For most of this decade, they’ve been among Vegas’ consistently rising acts with their breathy, bipolar alt-rock. Currently, The Day After… are readying their latest — and best — release, “Black Heart Symphony,” which should propel them further still. Here’s what they have to say about their new record and more.
Mac King takes the stage, greets his audience with a friendly “Howdy,” and kicks off one of the 10 afternoon comedy/magic shows he performs each week at Harrah’s Las Vegas.
We’ve got God, guitars and gobstopping beats on tap for you in the latest roundup of primo Vegas releases:
For the first time in nearly 12 years, a rodeo will be at the center of Helldorado Days.
Eric Eberwein’s “Great Western Wanderlust” — winner of Las Vegas Little Theatre’s original play competition — takes us on a train journey from Illinois to California, and on a spiritual quest inside a troubled marriage.
We know where Tony Bennett left his heart and which was Frank Sinatra’s kind of town.
If Danny Gans was sad on the day he died, don’t blame Beyoncé or Whoopi Goldberg.
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The city of North Las Vegas will present its seventh annual Tastes & Tunes celebration, a festival of culture, heritage and music, on Friday and Saturday in front of City Hall, 2200 Civic Center Drive.
Ah, swimsuit season. Only annual gyno appointments can rival the glee it inspires in women. But, that’s only if you haven’t discovered your swimsuit soulmate. That is, the suit your body was meant to be with for all eternity — or until you can shed those love handles.
Le Doux swimwear isn’t for the gal much interested in swimming. It’s a line intended for the woman who stacks her bangles high, smooths on shimmering tanning oil and walks to her nearest hotel swimming pool in a pair of 4-inch cork wedge sandals. Call her a sun-worshipper, but she’s the one normally being worshipped.
• Shop-a-thon: Neiman Marcus hosts a Chanel fall trunk show Friday in Couture Salon. Ladies shoes, handbags, accessories and ready-to-wear will all be featured.
A 14-year-old girl who lives in an apartment on Flamingo Road got into a fight with her mother last week. She accused her mom of using her razor. Her father tried to quiet her down. She kicked him in the groin. He slapped her.
With its Tuesday night agreement on higher education spending, the Legislature has finalized the framework of the 2009-11 general fund — and there’s no way anyone can use the word “cut” to describe it.
Burdened with a massive inventory of cars, Integrity Chrysler Jeep Dodge confirmed Wednesday that it is closing its dealership at 6770 Redwood St. in southwest Las Vegas, laying off 118 workers.
New Las Vegas Sands Corp. President Michael Leven said the company plans to eliminate up to 4,000 jobs in its Macau casinos in an effort to “right-size the operations” in the Chinese gaming enclave.
Home remodelers have lost nearly 10 percent of their business nationwide in the last year, but local contractor Michael Lopas would probably love to post that kind of decline.
WASHINGTON — Amid hand-wringing by senators and travel executives about the woeful state of U.S. tourism on Wednesday, the message from Sen. Harry Reid was direct: “Nevada is open for business and we eagerly await your visit.”
MGM Mirage unveiled a four-pronged corporate restructuring plan Wednesday that will seemingly help the casino giant resolve its debt and leveraging issues without having to sell any of its Strip resorts and possibly avoid having to file for bankruptcy.
WASHINGTON — If the federal government already manages huge chunks of Nevada and other Western states, why should it be allowed to take even more property out of private hands to build high voltage power lines?
