Las Vegas Weekly

03/31/2025

In a state where every raindrop counts, scientists in the Desert Research Institute’s Cloud Seeding Program have mastered the art of enhancing natural precipitation, transforming wispy clouds into meaningful rainfall and snowpack across Nevada’s parched landscape.

03/31/2025

Any way you slice it, the International Pizza Expo always keeps us coming back for more. Here are some of the best things we saw and ate at this year’s conference and World Pizza Games.

Local pizza makers showed up to represent Las Vegas.

03/30/2025

David Cooper’s ink and mixed media drawings of vanished Vegas buildings are on display through April 24 at the Charleston Heights Arts Center.

03/30/2025

Like the majority of the sprawling Fontainebleau resort on the north Strip, there’s nothing that feels like Las Vegas within Mother Wolf, LA chef Evan Funke’s homage to the cuisine of Rome.

The Roman focus distinguishes Mother Wolf from so many other terrific restaurants and the menu is conveniently constructed for easy choices and maximum table sharing.

03/29/2025

Take a moment and look around your home and think about all the things that will inevitably make their way to a landfill someday. But what if you could take the things you use every day and turn them into something useful, beautiful and even cool?

Reuse projects can make your home feel a little more personal, but you’ll also feel better knowing you’re doing something for the environment.

03/29/2025

Dr. Marc Kahn, dean of Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, says that the same donor group that made the school’s main building possible is now working with the state to build a new lab within walking distance of it. The new lab will allow UMC to relocate its testing facilities, freeing up room for more beds—but more significantly, it will address longtime gaps in Vegas’ treatment capacity.

The Medical District, like the Arts District and Chinatown, is taking giant steps towards becoming a dense, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood.

03/28/2025

40 Under 40 honoree Ashton Bray began her career as a dancer and quickly gained recognition for her dedication to mastering all aspects of production. Fantasy: The Strip’s Sexiest Tease at Luxor Las Vegas "is a living, breathing entity that’s never perfect, and I find beauty and purpose in the process of constantly refining it,” Bray said.

Ashton Bray began her career as a dancer and quickly gained recognition for her dedication to mastering all aspects of production.

03/28/2025

Republic Services’ Southern Nevada Recycling Center—the largest residential recycling facility in North America—can process roughly 700,000 pounds per day. But not all objects make it through the channels.

The Southern Nevada Recycling Center can process roughly 700,000 pounds per day, but not all objects make it through the proper channels.

03/28/2025

The Big Black Comedy Show has been a resident at the V Theater inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood since July 2024, and that’s something to celebrate, says headliner Joseph “Smiley Joe” Wiley. “Las Vegas never had a Black comedy club on the Strip,” Wiley says. “This is an amazing thing. This is history.”

In a town where most comedians on stage have “already made it,” Wiley says, it’s important to have a space for local comedians to hone their craft.

03/28/2025

40 Under 40 honoree Dom Lewis is an award-winning digital and social media strategist who has spearheaded impactful campaigns for brands including Nike Football, the Seattle Seahawks and the University of Washington. Since joining Light & Wonder in 2022, Lewis and his team have reshaped the company’s social media presence.

Since joining Light & Wonder in 2022, Lewis and his team have reshaped the company’s social media presence across platforms with notable success on LinkedIn.

03/27/2025

Pineapple Fest started as a humble, offbeat gathering in the parking lot of a warehouse. After two successful years, they're stepping up by collaborating with the City of Las Vegas and taking over Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza.

After two successful years, Pineapple Fest is stepping up by collaborating with the City of Las Vegas and taking over Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza at Lorenzi Park on March 29.

03/26/2025

An unprecedented partnership between Insomniac, producer of the Electric Daisy Carnival and other festivals and events, and the iconic European dance fest Tomorrowland will generate Unity, debuting at Sphere on August 29, 30 and 31—Labor Day weekend.

Unity is billed as “a multi-sensory celebration of music and mind-altering visuals."

03/26/2025

Following their 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, Jack Eichel and Brett Howden exchanged "congratulations." Eichel had his first hat trick in two years and surpassed 90 points for the first time in his career. Howden eclipsed 20 goals for the first time in his career.

The season has been a career-best for seven different Vegas Golden Knights players. Following their 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday ...

03/26/2025

In Las Vegas this week: Chris Tucker at Wynn, the Tacos & Tamales Festival at Desert Breeze, the Spring Plant Sale at Springs Preserve, College Basketball Crown at MGM Grand Garden Arena and so much more to do in this week’s Superguide!

Chris Tucker at Wynn, the Tacos & Tamales Festival at Desert Breeze, the Spring Plant Sale at Springs Preserve and more in this week’s Superguide.

03/24/2025

Through the veil, white Americans struggle to see Black people outside of the narratives they create for them. Through the veil, Black Americans struggle with how they see themselves.

In her first solo exhibit at Left of Center Gallery, local artist and educator Q’shaundra James challenges us to look beyond that veil, aiming to address the stereotypes we perpetuate and the lens in which we view her art.

James restores agency to the subjects in her paintings, equipping them with artifacts that protect and connect them to their true selves.

03/24/2025

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 42% of enrolled Nevadans stand to lose their health care if the White House’s proposed cuts are implemented.

03/23/2025

Aaliyah Fafanto says Black Butterfly originally started as a side project to share with her students. But it’s since evolved into a community-wide film that will air at Left of Center Gallery on March 22. It chronicles the four stages of metamorphosis, with each woman sharing what it took to get to that place in their lives. Fafanto, as a first-time filmmaker, captures what it is to be a Black woman in a delicate but unflinching way.

“Black Butterfly” will be screened March 22 at Left of Center Gallery.