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🚬 UNLV fires up pot policy institute
November 16, 2023
Good morning, Thursday reader. As we slide toward Thanksgiving — note to self: time to dry-clean the pilgrim suit — I’m curious: What’re YOU thankful for? Whether you’re serious or sarcastic, send me a sentence or two about it, using this button:
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What's CITY Talking About?
😶🌫️ Budding Heads at UNLV
The local university has begun the state’s first cannabis policy institute, hoping to generate scholarship and policy guidance for the billion-dollar industry — and maybe host the nation’s first cannabis policy summit. [UNLV]
- Additional: Our podcast has covered scammy fake cannabis stores, and wondered whether LV could set the gold standard for pot lounges. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
💡 This Temporary Bridge Gives Me a Great Idea for a Permanent Bridge!
Formula One may have erected the temporary Koval-Flamingo bridge to help alleviate traffic problems F1 itself created — but it’s apparently proven so efficient and popular (words rarely associated with Vegas traffic!) that talks are underway to build a permanent version. [Review-Journal]
🗳️ Electile Dysfunction
Notwithstanding his public ambivalence on the topic, it seems Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office has been “quietly investigating” the slate of GOP fake electors who tried to certify themselves after the 2020 election and give Nevada’s Electoral College votes to Donald Trump. [Politico]
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What To Do
Today
- 🎨 Reception for ‘Icon of Las Vegas, the Spectacular Showgirl’ (exhibit) | 5-8 p.m. | Free | Arts District
Friday, Nov. 17
- 🎶 Bradleigh at the Barrick (jazz fusion) | 2-3 p.m. | Free | UNLV
- 📚 ‘Music in Las Vegas’ (panel talk) | 5 p.m. | Free | UNLV
- 🎙️ Piecing It Together: ‘Thanksgiving’ (live podcast) | 6 p.m. | $13 | Downtown
- 🎸 Splattuhfest (music, market) | 7 p.m. | $10 | Downtown
Saturday, Nov. 18
- 🛍️ Library Tree Lane Holiday Boutique | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Free | Henderson
- 🪈 ‘Native American Flute, Dance, & Stories’ | 4 p.m. | Free | West Charleston Library
- 🏎️ F1 Watch Party | 8 p.m. | Free | Water Street Plaza, Henderson
Today on City Cast
All You Gotta Do Is 🦃 Gobble!
Sure, for many Thanksgiving is a big deal, but pulling it together needn’t require F1-level logistical hassles. On today’s podcast episode, real-world kitchen whiz Kim Foster, an author and parent to a large blended and extended family, joins co-host Sarah Lohman — also an author and food expert — to dish out tips for your low-stress, no-stress, very Vegas Turkey Day.
Final kitchen tip: When making gravy, I follow a simple recipe gleaned from “The Simpsons”: It’s just brown and water. Works for me!
Lastly today, a little future 👀 hindsight from someone who gets this town:
☕ Scott Dickensheets
Thanks for the groovy edits, Layla Muhammad!
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