Forget the housing meltdown, the crisis on Wall Street and the fact that banks are failing faster than Hugh Hefner’s relationships. The surest sign America is in trouble? Even our TV shows are being outsourced.
The return of cooler months to the desert invites exploration of the sprawling Mojave National Preserve just over the Nevada border in Southern California.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
The Latour Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas was the site for the Las Vegas Collects Contemporary Gala, this year’s Las Vegas Art Museum’s annual fundraiser on Sept. 27.
Here are issues that were brought up to me this past week at the Springs Preserve.
Here are a few of the things in news, entertainment and pop culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
With the fall season at hand, nonprofit groups across the Las Vegas Valley have been busy preparing for their upcoming holiday and craft bazaars.
The missile has been launched. It is angry, dog-shaped and increasing in size in my field of vision.
And now from the Department of Yuck, here comes a game — and no, you’re not even ready to deal with this news — starring a simulated human baby, where you grow a tot from scratch, feed it, and change it, and waaahh.
FLIERS’ REMORSE: The downturn has hit home, sending local economic indicators plunging back to earth and turning what was once a tourist surplus into a tourist shortage. Therefore some people, particularly airline officials, are questioning the wisdom of continued expansions at McCarran International Airport.
Maybe we’ve become jaded in Las Vegas. Or maybe Midwest residents are little uptight.
A major local publisher of niche newspapers and magazines laid off as much as 10 percent of its staff this week, industry sources said Friday.
Once the personal shock of Bob Gripentog’s death in an ultralight plane crash 16 years ago began to wear off, the shock to the business he built began to take over. Although the Las Vegas Boat Harbor on Lake Mead and its related entities were transferred smoothly to his widow, Betty Gripentog, the family realized it had not prepared for a generational transition.