More CCSD students passing AP exams, with qualifying scores up 9.6%
More Clark County School District students are passing the Advanced Placement exams showing that they can handle college-level coursework, and possibly earn college credit while ...
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Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 7 winners against the spread
The race to be the last undefeated team is down to three sides — the Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers and Minnesota Vikings. None ...
Fermenting at home can have healthy and delicious results
Long before refrigerators, home cooks relied on microscopic helpers to keep food from spoiling.
Explore these boo-zy bar pop-ups running through Halloween in Las Vegas
Black Lagoon, a nationally recognized spooky staple created by two award-winning bartenders, is taking over Jammyland and creating a world from the depths of nightmares and cocktail cravings.
Proposed business district would put the Arts District’s future in property owners’ hands
The once-niche creative refuge of Downtown Las Vegas has transformed into a busy local hangout, but the neighborhood’s business owners, residents and artists are asking a familiar question: Is this place still for us?
Where to get spooked this Halloween in Las Vegas
Craving a double dose of fear? Las Vegas Haunts celebrates its 28th season with Asylum and Hotel Fear.
The Chandelier puts a new shine on three tiers of fabulous mixology
While the iconic Cosmopolitan bar is a feast for the eyes, the revamped beverage menu steals the spotlight.
Big Las Vegas show closures mark a transitional time for Strip entertainment
A time of change can be sad, when you’re thinking about what might be lost, but it’s also a time of opportunity.
Las Vegas post-rock outfit Peaceful Retreat charts new territory
On "Voyager," the band’s first full-length album since 2018, the unknown is both the destination and organizing principle.
El Cortez elevates Downtown dining with Alex Prime Steakhouse
In his own words, casino owner Kenny Epstein shares the elements that make this brand-new restaurant so special.
Making Halloween: Las Vegas scaremasters peel back the curtain
What makes a good haunted house? Ask these three monster talents.
Free Will Astrology (Week of October 22)
Make one small but potent gesture of liberation, Scorpio. Say this aloud: “I am no longer chained to outdated versions of myself.”
What to do in Las Vegas this week: October 22-28
Charli XCX at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Samantha Fish at 24 Oxford, a new farmers market at Huntridge Circle Park, The Righteous Brothers farewell performance at South Point Showroom and more.
Back in the 702: Las Vegas' own R&B girl group comes home to celebrate
To celebrate their debut album's 30th anniversary, 702 will perform at Park MGM’s On the Record on October 23 and host a skate night at Skate Rock City on October 24.
Halloween in Las Vegas 2026: Parties, Family Fun and Costume Ideas
From Megan Thee Stallion’s Hottieween and Martin Garrix at OMNIA to family fun at HallOVeen, here’s where to celebrate Halloween 2026 in Las Vegas.
Zero Teen Fatalities Player of the Month: Coronado's Tru Halvorsen
Early this season, she passed 1,000 assists for her two-year varsity career, a milestone celebrated with a flurry of photos and balloons spelling out “1,000.”
College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 7 game
Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith has become the favorite in the two biggest individual-player college football markets, but Indiana will try to dampen his ...
Turnstile's Las Vegas stop provides a unifying catharsis among fans
For a band that came up playing DIY venues and is now taking its hardcore roots to new heights, this performance showcased serious star power.
4 Las Vegas Weekend Brunch Spots, from Pilates to Prime Rib
Bottomless mimosas, live DJs, prime rib and poolside Pilates: 4 ways to do weekend brunch in Las Vegas at Resorts World, STK, Luxor and South Point.
Award-winning filmmaker Hisonni Mustafa blazes a bright trail in Las Vegas
The UNLV student was recently selected for the Tyler Perry Studios Dreamers program to produce his latest short, "Gospel for Ghosts."
From the screen to the Strip: 'Now You See Me Live' lands at MGM Grand
The magic spectacular based on the film franchise makes its U.S. debut at MGM Grand Theater on October 15.
Super Cr3w at On the Record, Luke Combs’ Category 10 arrives and more Las Vegas Strip notes
Las Vegas’ Super Cr3w have announced their limited-time residency, Robots vs. Ninjas, at Park MGM’s On the Record through November 7.
Halloween is the perfect time to check out horror-themed Sliced Pizza in Las Vegas
The Industrial Road destination restaurant is also home to live music and comedy shows.
Discovering street food favorites at Chaska Indian Restaurant
Chaska focuses on North Indian cuisine, while its street food offerings draw from Punjabi traditions and Mumbai.
Boy Harsher brings latest album 'Get Mean' to House of Blues Las Vegas
Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller have captured the imaginations of a devoted subculture, uniting those with a shared appetite for dark, shadow-drenched electronica.
Feeling trapped? Voting is the way out
The 2026 general election, colloquially known as the midterms, kicks off in Nevada with early voting October 17-October 30. Election Day is November 3.
Endorsements for the midterm election in Southern Nevada
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Where to vote: Midterm Election voting sites
Any Clark County registered voter may vote in person at any early voting site or Election Day vote center instead of by mail.
Nevada’s majority nonpartisan voters want politicians to stop arguing and focus on the issues
Nonpartisans now make up nearly 39% of the state’s active registered voters, more than either Democrats or Republicans, who make up roughly 27.5% each.
Free Will Astrology (Week of October 15)
Denying yourself beauty and comfort depletes you, Pisces. Treat yourself to almost more fun, happiness, bliss and amusement than is allowed by law.
What to do in Las Vegas this week: October 15-21
Keith Urban at BleauLive Theater, New Kids on the Block at Dolby Live, Cringe at Vegas Theatre Company, Corey Taylor at Fremont Country Club, The Phantom of the Opera at Reynolds Hall and more.
5 Thoughts: TLC, Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue at BleauLive Theater
At BleauLive Theater on October 9, all three groups proved why their staying power still holds up, decades later.
58 lights for 58 lives: Mass shooting memorial breaks ground in Las Vegas
The ground where 58 people were killed during the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Oct. 1, 2017, will soon hold a ring of 58 lights, ...
Catching up with legend Judy Collins before rare performances in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is in for a rare musical treat October 14 and 15 when Judy Collins brings her Sweet Judy Blue Eyes farewell tour to Myron's.
Montreal smoked meat icon Lester’s Deli opens its first U.S. location in Henderson
The Valley's newest sandwich sensation got an assist from Quebec-born Las Vegas musician Jean-Francois Blais, who was all-in on adding deli co-owner to his resume.
New Las Vegas LGBTQ tradition Pride on Paradise honors the Fruit Loop’s history
The weekend celebration October 9-11 in the historic district offers live performances, afterhours parties, vendors and more, anchored by an annual block party the night before National Coming Out Day.
Las Vegas singer-songwriter Ted Sablay raises his own bar on new album
Between being the Killers’ touring guitarist and musical director, Sablay teaches and recently became a father.
How to make the most of the Pride on Paradise block party
Local LGBTQ mainstays Gipsy and Piranha are throwing a block party in the historic Fruit Loop on October 10 and it’s going to be bigger than ever.
How to throw a party that will be the highlight of spooky season
Is your Halloween party inspired by monsters and horror movies, or something more gothic and elegant?
Serving royalty: Get to know the divas of Gipsy’s Drag Ultra Brunch
We sat down with the queens to talk about their drag journeys, representation and celebration of being LGBTQ.
Inside Side Quest Sports, where medieval combat comes to life
Side Quest welcomes everyone. Its current fighters range from ages 6 to 60, with experience spanning decades between the groups.
Hedary’s returns, Picnic in the Alley is coming soon and more Las Vegas food news
Green Valley Ranch Resort will once again host Wine Under the Stars on October 24 at 6 p.m.
Will we still love the LA Lakers when we get our own NBA team?
The Lakers' annual preseason game brings the team back to T-Mobile Arena on October 13.
Saying goodbye to Cashman Field, a pivotal place in the development of Las Vegas
The Downtown ballpark and special events venue, closing for good on October 17, has been instrumental in the city's rise to major-league status.
Free Will Astrology (October 8)
In the coming weeks, Aries, I invite you to trade the anxious hunt for superiority for the warm, throbbing joy of full self-expression.
What to do in Las Vegas this week: October 8-14
Las Vegas Pride Parade, Empire of the Sun, Juanes, Nightmare in Vegas 2, Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival, Blues Traveler and more.
LIV Beach resident DJ Westend can’t get enough Vegas
It’s been a big year for New York tech-house hitmaker Westend, between launching his own record label, writing a groove-filled anthem for the New York Knicks during their championship run and squeezing in his first Las Vegas residency.
5 Thoughts: Wu-Tang Clan at T-Mobile Arena
On October 3, at the second-to-last stop of what’s billed as their final tour, every surviving member returned to Sin City to remind everyone at T-Mobile Arena exactly why they’re nothing to f--k with.
Accessories to the stars: Keep an eye on these four Golden Knights to emerge this season as pivotal players
The Golden Knights’ core of best players is set, but who will emerge as the most important complementary pieces?
What it was like at opening night of Metallica at Sphere in Las Vegas
This striking new Sphere residency is nothing short of a feather in the cap for heavy metal’s most enduring act.
How UNLV’s Ranjani Murali hunted for dark oxygen two miles down—and brought some home
A team of scientists including UNLV's assistant professor of microbial environmental genomics descended into a mineshaft just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa to research a billion-year-old brine discovered after an earthquake split a tunnel wall.
Metallica storms the Sphere for one of the biggest residencies to hit Las Vegas
From the inaugural October 1 show through its March 13 conclusion, generations of metalheads like will flock to the Strip for Metallica’s 24-date Life Burns Faster residency.
How to eat the exciting new menu at Beauty & Essex on the Las Vegas Strip
Beauty & Essex is celebrating 10 years since the opening of its Vegas outpost at the Cosmopolitan with what chef Chris Santos calls “the most ambitious menu change we’ve ever done.”
Upper crust: Metro Sliceteria elevates the by-the-slice pizza experience in Las Vegas
The iconic local Metro Pizza's gourmet pies are available here by the slice, in a half-moon shaped cafeteria-style line that affords you a mouth-watering preview of everything on offer.
'Things I Shouldn’t Tell You' sparks a hilarious discourse at THIRD Street
"Things I Shouldn’t Tell You," created by and starring Las Vegas performer Shannan Calcutt, plays at THIRD Street October 1-11.
Barter Beer & Mall's Suzanne Roozendaal curates a hub for preloved treasures, art and community
The emergency medical physician at Sunrise Hospital spends her "free time" in the Arts District, sourcing mid-century furniture, vintage clothing, handmade art and more.
Free Will Astrology (October 1)
Refuse to accept that the way things are is the way they must continue to be, Libra. Imagine more beautiful, just and loving arrangements in every area of your life.
What to do in Las Vegas this week: October 1-7
Jack White at BleauLive Theater, Wu-Tang Clan at T-Mobile Arena, NASCAR weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Wiz Khalifa at Hakkasan, Brandon Flowers at Encore Theater and more.
French Police brings brooding, danceable post-punk to Area15
French Police performs at Area15 on October 2.art
Comedian Zoltan Kaszas on Old Vegas, returning to the motherland and converting anxiety into laughs
Zoltan Kaszas performs at Palazzo Theatre on October 2.
Women Inspiring Nevada: Annette Logan-Parker, Founder and Chief Advocacy & Innovation Officer, Cure 4 The Kids Foundation
Drawing on her experience as both a nurse and a parent navigating a complex medical condition in her own family, she founded Cure 4 The ...
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‘Magic Mike Live’ adds new dancers and extends run at Sahara through 2028
Two Las Vegas Strip venues have entertainment news to share this week — one adding fresh faces to a long-running spectacle, the other locking in ...
Las Vegas Weekly’s 2026 Best of Vegas awards culminate with a grand celebration at Resorts World
Las Vegas Weekly celebrated 2026 Best of Vegas awardees with a yearbook-themed bash at Resorts World on August 27.
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Five EDM artists worth betting your night on at the High Stakes Festival at Area15
The two-night event brings a stacked lineup of hitmakers and local DJs to Area15’s A-Lot on September 25 and 26.
Take your shot: Stroll through Downtown Vegas on a photography tour
Walking and shooting enables you to look past the obvious to the peeling facades, painted walls, forgotten objects and tiny visual cues that make a place look and feel lived in.
Las Vegas punk, metal and rock festival founders look to the future
Tsvetelina Stefanova and James Howard Adams, who perform in Same Sex Mary, bring the 14th edition of the Life Is Sh-- Festival to the Dive Bar on September 26.
'Ikons of Rock' shakes the genre’s legends alive with exceptional live musicianship and stage presence
The new tribute show rocks the stage Tuesday through Sunday at the Strat Theater.
Las Vegas rapper Wave MMLZ on a new album and hometown pride
Though he typically takes his time to “whittle” his analog-heavy recordings into a unified concept, Wave MMLZ says his latest album was intentionally crafted “within 90 days.”
An iconic Las Vegas pub is reborn as The Irish Spot
The Crown & Anchor British Pub near UNLV was a legendary local watering hole until it closed in 2024. In early April, the friendly old building on East Tropicana came back to life—and now, it’s Irish.
University of Copenhagen study ranks Nevada first in the U.S. for dark personalities
Nevada topped the nation for a set of traits researchers call the Dark Factor of Personality, or a tendency to prioritize one’s own interests, sometimes even at the expense of others.
Free Will Astrology (Week of September 24)
Dare yourself to be startled by your own exquisite beauty, Capricorn. Be bold and even brazen in appreciating what a marvelous creature you are.
What to do in Las Vegas this week: September 24-30
Santana at House of Blues, Social Distortion at the Chelsea, Foo Fighters at Allegiant Stadium, Bill Nye at UNLV, Parcels at Area15 and more.
Drink Las Vegas adds new dimension to culinary festival scene
MGM Resorts’ inaugural four-day food and drink extravaganza takes place at Aria, Bellagio, Cosmopolitan and Park MGM September 24-27.
5 Thoughts: Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats at the Portal at Area15
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats brought fuzzed-out doom metal to Area15 on September 18.
Las Vegas fall arts and entertainment: The season’s can't-miss concerts, festivals, theater, art shows and more
From Charli XCX at MGM Grand to "Oh Mary!" at the Smith Center to the Las Vegas Book Festival, the next few months will be packed with fun and culture.
Carolina’s Mexican Kitchen serves scratch-made comfort food rooted in family tradition
Growing up, Carolina Alvarado helped her mother, aunt and sister in the kitchen, mostly chopping, peeling and pulling apart ingredients. The first dish she really nailed was chiles rellenos.
How The Writer’s Block and the Beverly Theater form and sustain the center of a cultural community
There’s a bustling cultural district at Sixth Street and Bonneville Avenue in Downtown Las Vegas, where you’ll find the city’s most visually unique and well-curated book shop and a purpose-built theater specializing in independent, international and repertory…