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Lead Photo It’s tricky

Rick Lax | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

Las Vegas doesn’t have an active chapter of the Society of American Magicians or the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Las Vegas doesn’t need one. We’ve got Gary Darwin’s Magic Club.

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Lead Photo A sobering proposal

Jack Colton | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

My job, quite literally, is to be out drinking and showing people a good time all the time. With all of this naturally comes a lot of readily available booze.

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Lead Photo It all connects somehow

Stacy J. Willis | Wed, Dec 31, 2008 (midnight)

Say what you will about Las Vegas being fake. Under that, or maybe because of that, is a city of everyday people whose lives create contradictions that make this place, especially at this moment, a masterpiece of art.

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Lead Photo The ultimate New Year’s Eve guide

Xania Woodman | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

A head-spinning, calendar-filling, dizzying line-up of New Year's parties to satisfy every taste and party style.

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Lead Photo My 2008 in many numbers

H. Lee Barnes | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Change in 2008 came in the form of a lion at the dining-room table alternately looking at its empty plate and the cook at the stove while trying to decide just how hungry it is. Change was the measuring tape of the past 11 months, but it’s not mine. Mine is the mind-boggling numbers 2008 produced.

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Lead Photo Arts and Entertainment: The year that was

Lists, lists and more lists. We boil 2008's movies, books, music and more down to the 10 best many times over.

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My 2008 in the Valley of the Dolls

C. Moon Reed | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Not unlike the three ingénues in Valley of the Dolls, all I had in September was hope and a great view of the Vegas skyline.

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Lead Photo 2008 in music: A critical dialogue between Spencer Patterson and Annie Zaleski

Annie Zaleski | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Two Weekly critics talk music and musicians in 2008.

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Lead Photo 2008 in movies: A critical dialogue between Mike D’Angelo and Josh Bell

Josh Bell, Mike D'Angelo | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

Two Weekly critics discuss the year in films.

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Lead Photo 2008: The best & worst in music

From men in masks to viral hip-hop videos, Weekly breaks down the best and worst of 2008 in music.

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Lead Photo 2008: The best & worst in movies

From the best and worst drug dealers of the year to the bet use of multiple F-bombs, Weekly give it's own film awards.

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Lead Photo Year in Review: Current events 2008

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Dec 24, 2008 (midnight)

From the mortgage-crisised suburbs to the undervisited Strip, perhaps the best that could be said of 2008 is that it wasn’t as bad as 2009. Looking back at a very dubious year.

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Lead Photo It sounded good at the time

No quantity of bleach, no amount of scrubbing, no dermatological procedure, will get the egg completely off our face from a few of the things we regret from the last 10 years.

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My letters editor, my friend

Chuck Nowlen | Thu, Dec 18, 2008 (midnight)

Chuck Nowlen's favorite memory of his time holding the reins at Weekly? Letters Editor Buck Buffalo, the fictitious alter ego of former columnist Andrew Ramsay, who had previously messed seriously—but facelessly—with people’s minds through his eclectic and hilarious replies to readers’ letters and e-mails.

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Special guests

Over the years, Weekly has showcased stories from many excellent writing. Here, a few of the bigger names that have graced our pages.

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A&E

Mamma Mia!, by the numbers!
How many yards of Spandex have been used in the construction of costumes for The Dynamos in the Mandalay Bay production of Mamma Mia!?
Still fab-“O”-lous at 10
O quietly marked its 10th anniversary in 2008. Far from dating, however, the show remains a timeless experience; even its technology still impresses.
Paint the town
The three-story building at 601 E. Fremont, at the edge of Downtown’s Fremont East District, has seen duty as a Sears store and a fingerprinting lab used by Metro. It was almost the site of a 10,000 square-foot nightclub.

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The Bearded Clam

A verrry distant cousin of the Mojito, the Caipirinha and the Batida is the Bearded Clam, created by Frankie's Tiki Room by bartender Alice Hartling. In a pint glass, muddle ...
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