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'What Happens Here, Stays Here' slogan makes ad Walk of Fame
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
The “What Happens Here, Stays Here” slogan created by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and R&R Partners has earned a place on Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame in New York City.
'What Happens Here' ... wins stuff in New York
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
Our city's most famous slogan has secured a spot on the Advertising Walk of Fame.
Weekend happenings: Motorcycles, tattoos and the sport of kings
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
Last weekend brought the sounds and tastes of Greece to Las Vegas. This weekend you can continue your culinary travels with some Asian cuisine, as the Orleans hosts the first Asian Food Festival.
'It's not just a motorcycle ... It is art'
Southern Nevada bike builder entered into presitigious invitation-only contest
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
One time, he put a Harley-Davidson engine in a golf cart. Another time, he customized a scooter using a football theme — fake-grass flooring complete with painted yard lines and seats made of faux pigskin.
Proposed noise ordinance changes draw rumbling
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
How loud is too loud? And what should be done about excessive noise? Those were the questions of the night Tuesday as the Las Vegas City Council held a community meeting to get feedback on proposed changes to noise ordinances covering the six-block segment of downtown designated the Fremont East Entertainment District. FEED runs from Las Vegas Boulevard to 8th Street, and from Carson Avenue to Ogden Street.<
Keep Downtown loud: The debate over entertainment district noise rages
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011
Downtown residents and business owners clash over proposed noise ordinance.
With Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’s repeal, gay soldiers come out of the shadows
Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
Dave Jenkins received the news after the end of a double shift. It was already one of the worst nights of his career as a corpsman. A 2-week-old infant had died in his arms. He was finishing filing the necessary paperwork when his commanding officer approached him. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say …”
Weekend happenings: Food festivals, classic cars and Oktoberfest
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
This weekend brings cars, stars and bars full of brew, just in time for Oktoberfest.
iHeartRadio Music Festival: Not just another concert
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
Organizers are calling the iHeartRadio Music Festival the largest live concert event in radio history. Tickets sold out in 10 minutes and are going for quadruple their original price on auction and broker websites. Thousands of people across the country have called radio stations in hopes of scoring free tickets.
With Don't Ask, Don't Tell's repeal, gay soldiers come out of the shadows
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011
Current and former servicemen and women open up about hiding their sexuality under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
Why you should care about the iHeartRadio Music Festival
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
Get the live broadcast details (and more) here if you didn't score tickets to the sold-out music fest.
Metro officer's book lays down the law on pimping
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
Christopher Baughman is a member of Metro Police’s Pandering Investigation Team (PIT), the unit within vice that investigates crimes related to human trafficking and prostitution. He’s seen more than his fair share of gritty crime scenes and broken lives, some of which he’s documented in his new book, “Off the Street.”
Weekend happenings: Fists, fireworks and Mexican Independence Day
Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011
When it comes to entertainment options this weekend, Las Vegas is packing a punch — literally and figuratively.
Q&A with Christopher Baughman, Metro detective and author
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
He’s seen more than his fair share of gritty crime scenes and broken lives, some of which he’s documented in his new book, Off The Street.
Before you see them on TV, TeleBrands hears product pitches at Inventors Day
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011
The inventors of Shirt Stick and Curl-Eze hope they’ll be as successful as the developers of ShamWows and Snuggies.
Weekend happenings: Wanderlust, Selena Gomez and a triathlon
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011
This weekend brings an intense triathlon, a yoga festival that embraces electronica and musical styling of Selena Gomez and David Crosby and Graham Nash — not together, of course.
Blush nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas to close Saturday
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
Wynn Las Vegas and Las Vegas Nightlife Group confirmed today that Blush nightclub will close Saturday. The nightclub announced its closure to the public via Twitter last night.
Blush nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas to close Sept. 10
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011
A replacement for the four-year-old nightclub has not been announced.
Is the country's best rumologist from Las Vegas? You get to decide
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011
When it comes to rum, Las Vegas knows—or at least two Las Vegans do.
New York New York's new ads feature epic Vegas scenes
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011
The hotel's new advertising campaign hints that "there's a story everywhere."
Michael Jackson’s birthday celebration continues throughout the rest of the year
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
The iconic performer would have turned 53 today.
Truth in advertising: Is the hard sell on 'sin' working, Vegas?
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
The imagery is everywhere. A billboard advertising Tao Beach at the Venetian features a buxom woman and the promise, “You’ll see a lot of breast stroke. Just not in the pool.”
Concert review: Adele at Cosmo's Chelsea Ballroom
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
Adele’s strength is in her ability to capture the most human of emotions, like the purgatory stage between being on your knees begging and being so over it. What she offers isn’t simple heartache but pain layered in self-awareness and the teensiest bit of hope.
Help save Downtown hip-hop dance studio Tunay
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
The combined dance studio/T-shirt printing business puts on a fundraiser this Friday.
Deciphering Bond, the Cosmo's less-traveled nightlife venue
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011
Is it a club—or is it a bar?
5 thoughts from Adele at Cosmo’s Chelsea Ballroom
Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011
Wiener dogs, Winehouse and weirdos who can't keep their tongues in their own mouths ...
Luvs riffs off our city's tag line in a disturbing diaper commercial
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
See how the diaper company took "what happens here, stays here" too far.
Just add water: Mermaids feel right at home at MerCon
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011
This is just role-play for "The Little Mermaid" and "Splash" generations.
First mermaid convention goes swimmingly at Silverton
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011
As a child, Malena Sharkey tied her feet together and jumped into the deep end of a pool. She wasn’t trying to drown herself; the curious youngster simply wanted to see if she could swim that way. Thankfully, she could. Given this, perhaps it should be no surprise that Sharkey would find herself among a group of men and women — but mostly women — who enjoy dressing up as merpeople, the gender-neutral term for mermaids.
Ignite Vegas offers tech-geeks the chance to inspire others
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Filling up the backyard at Beauty Bar is not easy, but one group managed to do it last week without breaking a sweat
Wanted: Trailer park housewives for new Las Vegas-set reality show
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
You might want to hold on to dat der plastic patio furniture, y’all, because reality television is fixing to get a whole lot worser.
Loving Weezer—then and now
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011
It could be all this deep, personal connection I have with the band’s earlier music forces me to forgive them for their subsequent shortcomings. Or not.
Have fashion, will travel: Haute Chix on the road
Monday, Aug. 8, 2011
Locally owned fashion boutique Haute Chix is expanding, and you can thank your favorite food truck.
A few ideas to spice up local reality TV
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
'Real Housewives of Downtown Las Vegas,' anyone?
The Cosmopolitan goes mobile with a big, purple truck
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
Find it in a neighborhood near you for Cosmo giveaways and deals.
Fashion on four wheels: Haute Chix takes its show on the road
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011
First there were sliders. Then there was BBQ. And now...clothes!
Planking craze plagues Las Vegas—then dies untimely death
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
The Weekly takes a look at the things bored people with cameras do.
Yappy Hour: Happy hour isn't just for humans anymore
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
GTL: gym, tanning, leash?
Charming Charlie is easy too, at least when it comes to accessories
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Do you want to feel like a Kentucky Derby-attending Southern belle with a big floppy hat? Or do you want the ruffled Bohemian scarf? With most accessories under $25, who’s to say you have to choose?
Lemurs, ecstasy and cash: A handy drug-bust breakdown
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Ten thousand is a big number. So, how do you put it into perspective?
Downtown dad: A Weekly writer takes her father to the Bunkhouse
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Have you taken your dad to the Bunkhouse? The 's April Corbin did. Find out what went down here.
Higher ed funding process siphons money from UNLV
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Gerry Bomotti, UNLV senior vice president for finance and business, recalls a budget meeting during the legislative session in which an elected official asked, “If fees are raised, does the university get to keep that money?” The answer given and accepted: Yes. The real answer? Not exactly. Welcome to the world of higher education funding, Nevada-style. It’s a politically charged, convoluted black hole fueled by an algorithm few understand and governed by a body of people who largely don’t have college degrees themselves.
How the state of Nevada is screwing UNLV, one dollar at a time
Thursday, July 14, 2011
“If the pressure is on institutions to raise their own budgets, there shouldn’t be disincentive within the (higher education funding) formula, and there is.”
Someone tell North Las Vegas police that safety sells
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Can the NLV police no longer "guarantee your safety?"
Las Vegas’ version of Ellis Island gets 15 seconds of fame
Friday, July 8, 2011
ABC's "101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow" turned to lesser-known casinos to test (and scare the crap out of) its contestants.
Combat Con is about bringing the pain, in any century
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Jedi, zombie killers, metalsmiths, ancient Celts, steampunks, horror makeup artists and knights could probably all fall under the category “cool,” but do they belong at the same convention?
Bring on the zombie apocalypse!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The group is debating the merits of a CostCo warehouse as a post-zombie apocalypse shelter.
Las Vegans are clipping a trend with extreme couponing
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Who wouldn’t want to own enough Vitamin Water to fill a pool?
A former emo kid reconnects with Taking Back Sunday
Monday, June 27, 2011
As a fan walking in to see a band you’ve already seen a few times, you’re bound to have expectations. Entering the House of Blues on Saturday night to see Taking Back Sunday, I definitely had mine.
Social media spills out into real life more than you’d think
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
We are what we tweet

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