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Archive for May, 2004

Battle of the Book Events

Alzheimer’s disease and wife swapping. They don’t ordinarily come up in the same conversation, but this is Las Vegas, a city known for juxtapositions that don’t exist in nature. We’ve got penguins and flamingos living side by side at the Flamingo, for example, and the Sphinx is only a stone’s throw from Grant’s Tomb. Last [...]

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Something Even More Spectacular: The Liberace “Play-A-Like” Contest

If it’s understatement you’re after, don’t go to the Liberace Museum. If you admire self-effacing modesty, stay away. Are you a person of quiet tastes? Be warned. The strip mall at the corner of Tropicana and Spencer will assault your tender sensibilities.
And don’t expect any apologies, either. Liberace was the guy who coined the phrases, [...]

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Spirit of the King

Elvis impersonation has been around long enough to show obvious signs of its own idiosyncratic evolution. You no longer hire an Elvis without first deciding whether you want the young Elvis of Ed Sullivan fame or the mature Elvis in white jumpsuit. Just the other day, I saw one of these senior Elvi (oh, and [...]

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Sipping for Scholarship: UNLVino Wine Tasting & Auction

I live in Las Vegas. Such a statement might seem superfluous, given the large banner that appears on every page of this Web site. I repeat it only to point out where I do not live. I do not live in Vegas. What a difference a “Las” makes.
Las Vegas is a multi-faceted boomtown of a [...]

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