Friday, November 01, 2002 Edition of NEON

 

Writers Bloc

A diverse range of writers, from New York Times best-selling author John Irving to comic book creators, nonfiction writers and poets, kick off the first Vegas Valley Book Festival today and Saturday throughout Henderson and Las Vegas.




Making His Case

Billy Nershi, the guitarist for String Cheese Incident, doesn't read much news. Before this interview, he didn't even know that the pro-marijuana magazine High Times awarded his band a 2001 Doobie Award for best jam band album ("Outside Inside").