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Experts in paleoanthropology believe that Geoff Carter began his career in journalism sometime in the early Grunge period, when he joined the staff of Scope Magazine, the monthly alternative magazine that evolved into Las Vegas Weekly. Since then, it’s been nothing but hot rocks, big hits and fazed cookies: working staff gigs at the Las Vegas Sun, the Seattle Times and Vegas Seven; getting his freelance kicks at MSN, Time Out and Entrepreneur. He enjoys traveling, photography, Disneyland, fancy drinks and talking to you. His return to the Weekly staff was prophesied.

Story Archive

  • A&E

    Thursday, June 22, 2023

    The four-day event—running June 22-25 at UNLV’s Department of Film—illuminates the many creative possibilities for women to work both in front of and behind the camera.

  • News

    Thursday, June 15, 2023

    “There’s no way into the Valley, really, without going through a work zone.”

  • A&E

    Thursday, June 15, 2023

    He notes that the 16 ASL characters in the piece, spelling out the name of the neighborhood, are modeled by “Historic Westside community members with different backgrounds.”

  • Taste

    Thursday, June 15, 2023

    The ceviche stands alone, especially the Mezcal Aguachile, a savory beast of jumbo prawns, octopus, yellowtail, scallops, red onion, cucumber and Fresno chilies.

  • A&E

    Thursday, June 15, 2023

    “I’m somewhat of a hoarder when it comes to old punk rock stuff; I have tens of thousands of albums, flyers, posters and sh*t lying around.”

  • Features

    Thursday, June 8, 2023

    From the Copa Room to the Colosseum, the Bunkhouse to Brooklyn Bowl, counting down Las Vegas’ all-time concert spaces.

  • Concert Reviews

    Thursday, June 8, 2023

    A curious thing happened at the Schellraiser Music Festival: Attendees stood (or sat) on cool grass shaded by tall trees and actually listened to bands playing live music.

  • A&E

    Thursday, June 1, 2023

    It aims to introduce the world to a new kind of art exhibition, one previously locked to festivals.

  • A&E

    Tuesday, May 30, 2023

    Happening June 1-3 a few hours north of Vegas, homegrown music festival Schellraiser boasts a smartly-curated lineup that includes Blond Redhead, Asleep at the Wheel, Blitzen Trapper, The Joy Formidable and Dinosaur Jr.

  • Features

    Thursday, May 18, 2023

    ”We sell out on body suits; we sell out on women’s face masks; we sell out on gloves, LED gloves. We have a major gloving community out here in Vegas.”

  • A&E

    Thursday, May 18, 2023

    The master and commander of your 16-course meal, chef Taylor Persh pulls a couple of Nemo-like surprises, which resolve happily and deliciously.

  • Features

    Thursday, May 18, 2023

    The traffic snarls leading to and from the Speedway during EDC weekend are legendary. Not so through the air.

  • Features

    Thursday, May 4, 2023

    ‘Guardians’ 3 ‘Fast X,’ ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ Barbie,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘Asteroid City,’ ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘The Boogeyman’ and many, many more.

  • A&E

    Thursday, May 4, 2023

    Not only does it feature a broad-ranging variety of her works, spanning decades of restless creative endeavor, it’s situated directly adjacent to the studio where she conceived and created many of them.

  • A&E

    Thursday, April 27, 2023

    “I think the beer scene is wonderful right now; it’s strong. And I think it’s only gonna get better. There’s a lot of talent in this town.”

  • Features

    Thursday, April 20, 2023

    How many Strat towers could you build with sold prerolls?

  • Features

    Thursday, April 20, 2023

    Drawing from the best practices of presentation, they’re low-pressure, smartly arranged spaces with vibes that range from zenlike to dazzling.

  • A&E

    Thursday, April 13, 2023

    "I hope that residents, locals and tourists smile when they see Sammy, Dean and Frank overlooking DTLV."

  • A&E

    Thursday, April 6, 2023

    Guided tours will be conducted by the musicians who helped shape its accumulated history, including L7’s Jennifer Finch, Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz and Fishbone’s Angelo Moore.

  • Features

    Thursday, April 6, 2023

    “Don’t let science fiction influence what you believe about advanced technology.”

  • A&E

    Friday, March 31, 2023

    If the 40-plus-year-old band is aging out of this job, no one’s said it to their performance.

  • A&E

    Friday, March 31, 2023

    Spiegelworld's 'DiscoShow,' opening at the Linq Hotel in the summer of 2024, will encourage guests to boogie down with the performers in a fully immersive homage to 1970s glitz.

  • A&E

    Thursday, March 30, 2023

    “‘Sweeney Todd.’ I was a weird little kid who was obsessed with horror movies and haunted houses, and all of a sudden there was a slasher film onstage. That was a very powerful experience.”

  • Noise

    Thursday, March 23, 2023

    She sings, she tells stories, she banters with the audience. And when she sings, the room goes still and rapt.

  • A&E

    Thursday, March 2, 2023

    “When you look at some of our experiences, they have the capability to be more successful here than they would be in some other location. People are coming here with a mindset.”

  • A&E

    Thursday, March 2, 2023

    Music fans will delight in the offbeat performers and genres that will be booked into the auditorium and enjoy a pristine sound mix.

  • A&E

    Wednesday, March 1, 2023

    Comprised of 50 large-scale art pieces installed throughout a 200,000 square-foot multi-level venue, Transfix will invite visitors on a journey through psychedelic tunnels and past kinetic sculptures, fire-breathing artworks and hypnotic video installations.

  • Taste

    Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023

    The price is right, too: A 14-inch pie ranges from $11 to $22, depending on what and how many goodies you get on there.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023

    The stylish, 8,560-square-foot jazz club and Italian restaurant opened this month adjacent to the Smith Center in Symphony Park.

  • News

    Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023

    A festival geek could look at the placement of the stages in the rendering and easily imagine multiple bands playing alternating sets.

  • Fine Art

    Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023

    The pieces are in markedly different styles, but they share a similar palette, which makes those four walls feel like all of a piece.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023

    “I’m really productive when others are sleeping,” she says.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023

    It will display iconic punk rarities including show flyers, handwritten setlists, items of clothing items, stage props and storied instruments you’ll actually be able to play.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

    Acid 87.7 FM, a 24-hour dance music station that appeared on Vegas’ dial in late 2022, plays a mix of artists that aspires to go deeper than the club headliners and large-type festival names.

  • A&E

    Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023

    The horror experience, whose official name and opening date have yet to be announced, will be the anchor tenant of a 20-acre expansion of Area15.

  • A&E

    Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023

    The circus company says it bought the former mining town with the intention of making it its base of operations, a sheltered place "where Spiegelworld artists and performers will retreat to dream, create and undertake unfettered artistic experimentation."

  • A&E

    Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022

    “We were supposed to go on a four-day fast where we ate nothing, just water. We broke that rule almost immediately. We just started f*ckin’ snack attacking.”

  • News

    Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022

    The London Indie Short Festival recognized the film, which depicts the stories of four Las Vegas-based Holocaust survivors, with its Best Documentary Short award.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022

    Six 90-minute TV shows make for a proper “season,” so, I realized, Cirque du Soleil could be binged, too.

  • Taste

    Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022

    I’ve tried at least 15 flavors, and loved just as many.

  • A&E

    Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022

    The series brings works by Koichi Sato, Susumu Kamijo and Jonas Wood to the cavernous former Greyhound bus station that’s now part of Downtown’s Plaza Hotel and Casino.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

    His ‘Boytoy Summer’ art residency runs through the end of November at the Inside Style space in the Arts District.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022

    A wholesale reimagining of the former ‘Le Rêve’ space includes seats wired for individual 3D sound and a one-of-a-kind stage that’s essentially a gigantic glass LED screen.

  • Features

    Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022

    We’ll tell you where to find them, what you might expect to discover once you’re inside and how to gain entrance through those secret doors.

  • Features

    Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022

    I don’t necessarily think running around town and grabbing a bunch of stuff from Halloween superstores is the best idea.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022

    “Freddy’s line, ‘No running in the halls, Nancy,’ still gives me chills to this day.”

  • A&E

    Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022

    In the eight years since the duo’s first Vegas appearance, they have accumulated a legit selection of show-stopping hits, killer tracks that should lay Brooklyn Bowl flat.

  • Features

    Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022

    In our era of impermanent, unlovable junk, there’s something life-affirming to these drawers full of engraved spoons, rubber stamps and spools of thread. And admission is free; that’s nice, too.

  • A&E

    Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022

    Robby Cunningham and Frank Sidoris are now running have done the beloved Industrial Road haunt.

  • Fine Art

    Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

    It kinda sticks out. That’s the point.