The annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is happening now. And, that reminded me of a depressing conversation I had there with guitar player/writer Lenny Kaye in March, 1999.  This was just before I moved to Las Vegas.  Kaye is the guitar player in The Patti Smith Group.  In 1999, after years out...

Capitalizing on Our Local Population Indeed, the Las Vegas Valley is truly blessed from the long-term investments made by its native population and the more than one-half million other families who’ve moved here beginning their lives over again, with dreams that are aimed at helping restore this...

It is a rarity that I have the pleasure to be friends with someone that loves Las Vegas as much as I do. A person who truly cares about its past and who wonders about its future. Lynn Zook, author, historian, preservationist, educator, creator and founder of the Story of Classic Las Vegas and friend...