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60-second grocery shopper

Laxmi Ginger-Garlic Paste (9-oz. jar, $4 at Albertson’s)

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

Masala and stir-fry dishes often depend on making a ginger and garlic paste to act as an integral layer of flavor. Laxmi Ginger-Garlic Paste is one good shortcut.

60-second grocery shopper

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Winter is here, and what better way to revel in the cold than with ice cream? Yup. Nothing like ice cream on a cold day to make you forget those 100-degree moments in July.

Dance the night away

CSN fall concert wondrous, but overlong

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

For its fall outing, the College of Southern Nevada Dance Department offered a bill mixing an abstract and intellectually distant duet with a large-scale cynical view of interpersonal relationships, stopping along the way for an introspective solo and a psychedelic trip down Boomer memory lane.

Dance … with a twist

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

One year it’s a ballerina escaping the Nazis, the next year Princess Diana shares the stage with the Heaven’s Gate mass-suicide cult—mixing it up is the name of the game for Kelly Roth and the College of Southern Nevada dance department.

‘A living gallery’

Nevada Dance Project provides creative outlet for production dancers

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

Co-directors Richard Havey and Gail Gilbert have created the Nevada Dance Project—a dance umbrella that offers the opportunity for contemporary choreographers and dancers to show their best work, new or preexisting, but always original.

Partners in choreography

Cirque, NBT pair up to offer second annual Showcase

Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008

One of the recent highlights of the local dance scene has been the unique collaboration between the high-concept Cirque du Soleil and the classically oriented Nevada Ballet Theatre.

It’s more than the steps

Ballet classic Giselle challenges its dancers in many ways

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008

Giselle tops most ballet companies’ wish lists. One of the most significant works of the Romantic era, the ballet has challenged dancers and directors since its 1841 debut in Paris.

Fall A+E Guide: Performing Arts

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008

From ballet based on Chinese folklore to the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Geri Jeter offers the fall forecast in the performing arts.

Love Downtown!

You're hungry? You're thirsty? You're broke?

Thursday, May 22, 2008

A gentle reminder that the most kick-ass deals are still Downtown