A man (or woman) all alone on a stage, working with no safety net beyond talent, charisma and the good will generated by the effort.
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It has been both a sad and exciting year for Las Vegas restaurants.
Nevada’s vast regions of public lands contain hundreds of intriguing sites where its ancient human history is written on the rocks. Over several thousand years, various cultures living in what is now Nevada left a rich heritage of rock art in the form of petroglyphs and pictrographs. Visiting some of the most accessible sites provides glimpses at the mysterious past long before European settlers arrived on this continent.
Whatever you may think of “The Jay Leno Show,” it has made compiling a list of the year’s best TV much easier.
You’ve heard about the national obesity problem — and that’s a statement, not a question, because I’m assuming most of you don’t live in caves. You know that portion sizes are one of the big problems with weight control — or at least our inability or unwillingness to reduce them is. You’ve vowed to cut back, eat less, move more.
Gather ’round kiddies, and I shall tell you a magical Christmas tale of a little boy who grew up to be a successful Las Vegas magician. (All the other “magical” tales here involve gambling.)
Joan Adams is looking for large and small — but not Minute — tapioca, and readers have several recommendations.
When I was a kid, I often wanted to crawl inside my TV. Usually around the time “Charlie’s Angels” — and, more specifically, Cheryl Ladd — came on.
A little-known oasis of natural warm springs, meandering creeks and thick stands of palm trees lies less than an hour’s drive from Las Vegas in Moapa Valley. Once a popular destination for swimming and picnics, Warm Springs became part of a national wildlife refuge in 1979, dedicated to the preservation of endangered fish and other unique native species.
If you’re looking for fine words to close out the troubled 2000s, here’s a start:
What would Elvis do? At the risk of adding to longtime confusion between Jesus and pop culture’s deity, Gilles Ste-Croix paraphrased the Christian motto as “the driving force” for Cirque du Soleil’s new “Viva Elvis.”
There’s a sort of unspoken guarantee that every new hotel-casino in Las Vegas will be better — or at least more wondrous, more spectacular — than anything that had gone before it, and that’s certainly the case with the restaurants of CityCenter’s Aria.
Cher sets her priorities straight early on, during the only time she speaks to the audience at length.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
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Pennsylvania couple shows up in Las Vegas not knowing about F1
Ex-Palo Verde coach pleads not guilty to charges of sexual assault against a child
Uber driver killed in road-rage shooting in front of Las Vegas Strip resort
Patrick Mahomes fined over $14K for ‘violent gesture’ during game
Lavish restaurant south of the Strip finally opening after 2 year wait