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- Noise
Local spin: New releases from Mercy Music, Juno Rucker, Hunter’s Briefcase and more
Thursday, June 29, 2023 Also, fresh sounds from Neon and Secos.
- Taste
Chicago-style Windy City Beefs ’n Pizza has the sandwich you’re looking for
Thursday, June 22, 2023 The centuries-old sandwich played a leading role in The Bear’s fictitious restaurant, the Original Beef of Chicagoland.
- A&E
Vegas punk trio Pure Sport works hard and plays even harder
Thursday, June 22, 2023 The band inverts the ideology of Corporate America by becoming the very thing it despises—and imploding it.
- Features
A candid conversation about Juneteenth, the Black experience and the next generation
Thursday, June 15, 2023 The Weekly invited Las Vegans Tony Gladney, Ashanti McGee, Earl Turner and Erica Vital-Lazare in for a roundtable discussion.
- A&E
DJ/producer Frameworks brings emotive electronic music into focus
Thursday, June 15, 2023 “I hate the idea of someone being self-conscious at a show. I like to have the dancefloor as unlit as possible, so people can lose their inhibitions and feel free.”
- Taste
A Strip location marks the next step in Café Lola’s lovely Las Vegas takeover
Thursday, June 15, 2023 Co-founders Alexandra Lourdes and Lin Jerome have two rules: “Make it an experience, and make it gorgeous.”
- Noise
Local music notes: The Dollheads come out to play, Luxury Furniture Store embraces its Past Self and more
Thursday, June 15, 2023 New off-Strip venue the Industrial Sound kicks off its Far Out West concert series with a set that will double as a vinyl release from The Rhyolite Sound.
- A&E
Las Vegas acts to battle for a Life Is Beautiful festival lineup slot
Thursday, June 8, 2023 The festival’s annual Rising Stars competition, set to take place August 4-5 and 11-12 at the Space, is accepting submissions through June 14.
- A&E
Canadian blues-rockers The Blue Stones make their Las Vegas debut
Thursday, June 8, 2023 “We would watch The Black Keys or Mutemath, and we would think to ourselves, ‘I can’t believe how amazing that show was.’ That’s something I want to give people.”
- A&E
Actor Mark Wahlberg on laying down Vegas roots and ushering in a new film phase
Thursday, June 1, 2023 “I would love to be able to make films in my backyard. There’s a great pool of creative and talented people here, and it’s just very relaxing.”