Stacy J. Willis

Photo of Stacy J. Willis Stacy J. Willis has worked as a writer and editor for the Weekly for four years. Prior to that, she worked for the Las Vegas Sun and the Arizona Daily Star. When not on the clock, she builds hot rods from scratch in her suburban garage.

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In praise of libraries
Books are only the beginning
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
The best thing about a library is that when the world breaks into pandemonium you can hide in the stacks.
Las Vegas appears to only be growing in intolerance
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
Hello, rising wave of intolerance, I haven’t seen you in a while. I was tempted to believe that momentarily we had dispatched with the villainization of gay people; because, yawn.
There's a battle over the hump in Pahrump
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
Pahrump—a town known for legal brothels and guns—is battling over the city’s image.
Death’s answer man
The spokesman for the Valley’s largest mortuary talks about cremation, neckties and his first embalming experience
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
The spokesman for the Valley’s largest mortuary talks about cremation, neckties and his first embalming experience.
What’s wrong with a few fake dead children?
One Pahrump couple puts their fascination with death to good use—making custom coffins
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
One Pahrump couple puts their fascination with death to good use—making custom coffins
Fresh, yes; easy, we’ll see
Notes on Alice Waters, local growing and the slow-food movement
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Notes on Alice Waters, local growing and the slow-food movement.
Can Anybody Be Trusted?
How the story of Tire Works, Nina Radetich and the state of Nevada adds up to a farce about integrity
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
How the story of Tire Works, Nina Radetich and the state of Nevada adds up to a farce about integrity.
Tattoo U.: LV Ink offers hopeful artists a chance to start needling
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
Lemons, pig ears and then human flesh - the journey of aspiring tattoo artists.
A love note on the passing of another payphone
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
Stacy J. Willis responds to news that the Las Vegas City Council might remove the pay phone at Las Vegas Boulevard and Oakey because it attracts “unsavory characters" (Review-Journal).
Free parking, anyone? Monopoly World Championship rolls into Vegas
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
The Monopoly World Championships are coming to Las Vegas. Get your thimbles and wheelbarrows ready!

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