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Paint the town

The city hopes a new art museum will anchor East Fremont

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

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.

Feeding the city

Las Vegas’ central food bank gears up for a busy ’09

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

On a chilly Christmas Eve morning, Julie Murray, the CEO of Three Square Food Bank, and her staff were on the job well before 8 a.m., readying their giant warehouse for its daily ritual.

Union rules

Nevada’s Culinary Union wants to put redevelopment decisions in the voters’ hands

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008

Admittedly, it feels like a sign of the economic times, when the Culinary Union, the 55,000-member collective of hospitality workers, decides to pick a fight with City Hall.

Encore: Let there be light

In Steve Wynn’s new Encore, the casino is no longer the heart of the resort

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008

There is, quite literally, no surface of this building, no wall, no ceiling, no floor, no pillar that has not been touched with woodwork or mosaic tile or glass or Kyoto-pleated wall coverings, or design touches like a 27-foot crystal-and-glass dragon, or hand-applied Swarovski crystal butterflies.

Playlist: A jazzy Xmas

Jazz standards to enhance the season

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008

This Christmas, play more jazz.

Aliante Station: Dime-store modern

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

The 202-room, $662 million Aliante Station in North Las Vegas feels like an off-the-rack Red Rock. Both share a desert-modern vibe of textured-rock-meets-sheets-of-glass, but Aliante is blocky and squat, solid but undistinguished.

’Tis the season

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

We’re talking Nat Cole singing about chestnuts roasting on an open fire, or a symphony galloping through “Sleigh Ride.” And this week the place to get your fill of yuletide tunes is with the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Christmas Pops show.

Reaching out

UNLV plans to raise its profile in the local arts world

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

It’s often two steps forward and one step back in the Vegas cultural community. It may seem that art has taken a step back, but UNLV’s Department of Art is trying to push forward with the announcement of plans to create an arts advisory board by next spring.

Battle in Seattle

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

In actor Townsend’s directorial debut, a team of well-coordinated, nonviolent protestors take the 1999 World Trade Organization summit in Seattle by storm, outfoxing the local police and spurring them to violent means to restore order.

The Revolution continues

Ron Paul supporters look to shake up the local GOP from the inside

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

Clearly, the Republicans got some kind of beat-down—losing the White House, seats in Congress and control of the Nevada Legislature—although the extent of the drubbing is still open for debate.