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Downtown Life is Beautiful festival sets music and food lineups

Downtown Life is Beautiful festival sets music and food lineups

Downtown Las Vegas’ first Life is Beautiful Festival will feature more than 50 musical acts and 60 chefs and restaurants. The Oct. 26-27 festival will show off the city’s best art and offer up wisdom from diverse speakers, alongside recognized and emerging musicians, and purveyors of tastes from simple to swanky. Kings of Leon, Beck [...]

Top 10 Thrill Rides in Vegas (with Videos)

Top 10 Thrill Rides in Vegas (with Videos)

I have a confession. I’m a closet adrenaline junkie searching for my next fix. Like most thrill-seekers, I sometimes find life on the ground a bit mundane and monotonous. You can walk. You can run. You can hop, skip or even Prancercise. But that’s pretty much where the fun stops. Sigh. Thank goodness for Vegas [...]

10 cool cocktails to sip in Vegas during summer

10 cool cocktails to sip in Vegas during summer

With temperatures topping the 100-degree mark in Las Vegas, summer is officially here. What better way to cool down than with a refreshing cocktail? We’ve scoured the city to find you the best drinks to chill out with. Some are well-loved classics while others have a more modern twist – and they’ll all help you [...]

10 fabulous poolside brunches in Vegas

10 fabulous poolside brunches in Vegas

Looking to indulge this weekend? Get ready to step up to the plate! Nothing could be better than a poolside brunch for the person who loves food, booze, sun and water. We’ve scoured Las Vegas’ pool clubs and pool-view restaurants to find the perfect spots – where you’ll be able to enjoy all of these [...]

Fabrik Fridays adds feminine flair to Vegas steakhouse

Fabrik Fridays adds feminine flair to Vegas steakhouse

There’s something about the word steakhouse that sounds inherently masculine. Not to say that a woman can’t enjoy the heck out of a nice, juicy cut of steak. But the traditional steakhouse concept seems to exude testosterone. Well, there’s very little that’s traditional about Vegas … and that includes the steakhouse. Case in point: SHe [...]

10 ways to beat the Vegas heat with frozen treats

10 ways to beat the Vegas heat with frozen treats

Summer in Las Vegas is sweltering. When the mercury starts rising everyone is looking for ways to cool off and there’s nothing more satisfying than a sweet frozen treat to help do the job. We’ve put together a list of 10 places that serve some of coolest refreshments around. You can thank us later. 1)      [...]

Ready to zip with views of the Vegas Strip?

Ready to zip with views of the Vegas Strip?

Thrill seekers will soon have another reason to come to Vegas. By the end of summer, you should be able to soar 400 feet in the air on a 10-second zip ride (not to be confused with a zip line) between the Rio hotel’s 50-story Masquerade tower and Ipanema tower. VooDoo SkyLine will launch from [...]

Rock Paper Photo takes a ‘shot’ at a physical shop

Rock Paper Photo takes a ‘shot’ at a physical shop

The rare images of music and pop culture figures curated in the online Rock Paper Photo gallery can now be seen and purchased in physical space. Rock Paper Photo’s first brick-and-mortar shop opened last week at the Hard Rock Hotel. Museum-quality prints of the gallery’s limited-edition photos are on display in the gallery-like shop and [...]

Free rock concerts to fire up Fremont all summer long

Free rock concerts to fire up Fremont all summer long

The 3rd Street Stage at the Fremont Street Experience will be lit up all summer, with big-name bands playing free shows all season. This weekend, Memorial Day celebrations will hit a high with a joint concert by Fuel and Lit on Saturday beginning at 9 p.m. Fuel rocked the early 2000s with hits like “Innocent,” [...]

Vegas entertainment set to rock Memorial Day weekend

Vegas entertainment set to rock Memorial Day weekend

Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly getaway or a raucous party, Vegas is the place to be this Memorial Day weekend. Headlining the holiday is the official launch of Cirque du Soleil’s newest creation, “Michael Jackson ONE,” at Mandalay Bay on Thursday. The show brings the music and spirit of the King of Pop together [...]

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