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Doctors turn to the arts to unwind

We found three doctors who like to stretch their creativity almost as much as study science. Photography, music and art are their choices for sheer pleasure.

Comedians use caution with political humor in front of Las Vegas audiences

“We live in a vacation town, and people want to forget about their problems and what’s going on. So if you go out and just start hitting them with political stuff, even if it’s funny and even if they kind of agree with it, they don’t want to think about that. … They just want to have fun, they want to gamble, they want to drink,” says Greg Vaccariello, who headlines and books acts at Sin City Comedy and Burlesque at Planet Hollywood.

Comic books more than kids’ stuff to Ralph Mathieu

In a retail landscape littered with the never-to-be reanimated corpses of comic shops that have come and gone, Alternate Reality Comics has become a rare commercial survivor and Ralph Mathieu the unofficial godfather of Southern Nevada’s comic book universe.

Why 50 years of ‘Star Trek’ is not enough

As the sci-fi franchise reaches its 50th anniversary, fans and observers share why the show, often cheesy, struck a chord and speculate on why we can’t let go.

Professors draw the line at looking like students

Fashion for professors at UNLV tends to be more casual than in the past, depending on the subject. But a reason you may not see them wearing jeans is that they still prefer to keep some distance from what students wear.

Living at Great Basin National Park in Nevada offers beauty, isolation

Ranger Annie Gilliland and biologist Bryan Hamilton work at Nevada’s only national park, and the stress-free commutes and quiet surroundings are the perks of living and working in one of the country’s least-busy destinations.

Dennis Bono’s weekly variety show a must-see for many

Dennis Bono stands backstage in the South Point showroom, in the wings to the right of the stage. He takes a sip from a glass of wine — nothing fancy, just a bit of white zinfandel — stretches, breathes deeply and shakes his head as if to focus.

Man behind Smith Center sculpture turns pieces of music into art

Southern Nevadans can examine Tim Bavington’s technique in “Pipe Dream,” his outdoor sculpture at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts that is an interpretation of “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland.