T.R. Witcher

A (near) native of Chicagoland, associate editor T.R. Witcher is a veteran of alternative weeklies in Denver and Kansas City. He also was formerly associate editor at Las Vegas Life. In 2006, he received his MA from the University of Chicago. He is interested in writing about the ways we shape cities and the ways they shape us. If he’s not writing about Vegas’ urban landscape, he is likely to be roaming town photographing it. Todd's favorite book is Watership Down.

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Recent Stories (view all stories)

Lodging complaints: Arts district leaders and a local businessman battle over a Downtown motel; Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009; Arts district leaders and a local businessman are battling over one Downtown motel.
Second chance: A snapshot from the Vegas Valley Book Festival: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009; Vegas: “[T]oss a chip out on the table, you’re treated the same as anybody else. Nobody gives a damn where you come from. Where you’re going is all that counts."
The dog days of Dora To: She claims she’s a responsible pet-store operator; her opponents say she’s harming the animals; Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009; For animal-rights activists, Dora To’s business was an example of pet-store owners purchasing their puppies from puppy mills—breeders that, although they may operate legally, still do not take care of the animals they raise.
Flavor of Chinatown: A new book reveals the authentic community inside Las Vegas’ Chinatown; Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009; American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods chronicles Chinese communities in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and … Las Vegas?
Painting the town: A crusade to fight graffiti becomes a city-wide arts group; Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009; A crusade to fight graffiti becomes a city-wide arts group.
Objects telling stories: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009; Explore the endless possibilities of synthesizing graphic design and text.
Stupak’s true legacy: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; The Stratosphere helped create, and continues to complement, Naked City.
Economy be damned! Downtown gets a new gallery: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009; Place Gallery opened last week and the new space suggests that the local arts scene here is starting to turn around.
Downtown vs. the 'burbs: Murder rates surprisingly similar: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009; A look at Metro’s year-to-date homicide stats reveals that, when it comes to murder rates, there’s little separating Downtown from Summerlin?
What’s in a green name?: As more companies shoot for LEED certification, more are asking what it really means; Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009; An environmentally friendly casino has to be a contradiction in terms. Giant buildings that welcome and encourage the extravagant, wasteful behavior of thousands of guests at the same time hardly seem like a recipe for saving Mother Earth.

Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)

Death Becomes Him: At long last, the King of Pop makes his comeback: Tuesday, June 30, 2009; This is not the real story. This is our story. In our story, there comes a day when Michael Jackson realizes he will never outdo himself. And in our story, he doesn't fight it.
Effortlessly presidential in the Chicago night: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008; The black family members came from stage left. The white family members came from stage right. …that a man who looks like Obama…a man who looks like me…is monumental. It’s so monumental that words like monumental are small and somehow petty.
The roar of history too loud to ignore: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008; It’s tough to be an English teacher on Election Night. What was I thinking? To lecture on writing arguments—to a class trying to argue me out of even having class?
The Wright Stuff: Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008; When I think of Frank Lloyd Wright and religion, my first thought usually goes to the legendary architect’s legendary self-regard: Wright as a kind of god in his own head. But then I recall his arresting Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois—a starkly beautiful building that looks as ancient as the Great Pyramids—and I think, well, maybe he was a god.
Spectacle: Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
Radio Woes: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Energy is King: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
Mystic Valley: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
The Reddest of the Red: Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
Almost Underway: Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008