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🗳️ Does Nevada have too many voters?
December 5, 2023
Good morning, fellow residents of the nation’s funnest city, as proclaimed in a new WalletHub “study.” Achieving that finding must’ve strained someone’s statistical rigor. (Henderson clocked in at 65 and North Las Vegas at 140, btw.) Now we’re just awaiting the results of their What Color Is the Sky report.
What's CITY Talking About?
🎰 Now Witness This Fully Operational Durango Station
The hype-wreathed Durango Station opens today. If you’d rather skip the traffic and experience it vicariously, this story tells you “what to expect” when the doors open. [Review-Journal]
- Related: Are food halls replacing the Las Vegas buffet? [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
🗳️ Voter Suit
The Republican National Committee is threatening to sue Nevada over its allegedly erroneous voter rolls, claiming that Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties have more registered voters than people of voting age. Five others, it says, have suspiciously high numbers of registered voters. [Review-Journal]
✈️ Our Biden Time
President Biden is scheduled to visit Las Vegas on Friday. Amid the wide-scale traffic misery gripping the valley, the disruptions of a presidential visit may be hard to spot. [KTNV]
- Still, you should bone up on the valley’s best shortcuts just in case. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 5
- 🎄 Bruce Harper & Naomi Mauro Holiday Concert | 7 p.m. | $25-$45 | Smith Center
- ‘Doomed Poetry Night’ 🎤 | 9-11 p.m. | Free | Winchester
Wednesday, Dec. 6
- Michael Grimm Holiday Concert 🎶| 7 p.m. | $30-$45 | Smith Center
- 🎷 JOI Jazz Orchestra | 7:30 p.m. | $25 | Fremont East
- ‘A John Waters Christmas’ 🎄 | 8 p.m. | $47.50 | Virgin Hotel
Thursday, Dec. 7
- 🛍️ Downtown Christmas Expo (through Dec. 16) | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Free | Fremont East
- ‘Living With Wildlife’ 🐿️ | 4 p.m. | Free | Centennial Hills Library
- 🖼️ Closing reception, ‘Hija/e/o/x (s) de Su’ (exhibit) | 6-9 p.m. | Free | Huntridge
- Haushanka, Ugly Boy, and more 🎸 | 8-11:45 p.m. | $12.40 | Fremont East
Today on City Cast
Insider’s Guide to Amargosa
First, get the pronunciation right: It’s Amargosa, not ARMagosa. Then, dial up this conversation between co-host Sarah Lohman and Mason Voehl, executive director of the Arma …er, Amargosa Conservancy, who drops lots of useful knowledge about the wonderful desert ecosystem next door, from its sand dunes to its hot springs, its date farm to its fabled opera house.
➕ Speaking of cool desert places, here are a few quick thoughts on “City,” the massive desert art complex in central Nevada. [Hey Las Vegas 📧]
That's all for today. See you tomorrow.
☕ Scott Dickensheets
Thanks for the smart edits, Sonja Cho Swanson!
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