Las Vegas
The Front Row
Francis Ford Coppola’s “One from the Heart” Is Exactly What Its Title Says
Critically panned in 1982 and now released in revised form, this Las Vegas tale is a sublimely stylized work that is also highly personal.
By Richard Brody
Dept. of Popular Culture
Bravo in the Flesh
More than a hundred and sixty reality stars descended on Las Vegas, for BravoCon, where they were pulled apart by their harshest critics, who also happen to be their most diehard fans.
By Doreen St. FélixPhotography by Sinna Nasseri
Dispatch
An Elvis Impersonator’s Summer of Extreme-Weather Weddings
Bob McArthur has lived in Las Vegas for only a year and a half, but has worked through the wettest monsoon in decades, a rare tropical storm, and the city’s hottest month ever.
By Meg Bernhard
Afterword
The First Magician on the Vegas Strip
Gloria Dea began performing when she was five years old. Even then, she was sassy and self-assured.
By Susan Orlean
Cultural Comment
Fifty Years of “Learning from Las Vegas”
The cool appraisal of Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi’s revolutionary book has a lot to inspire the architects of today.
By Christopher Hawthorne
Road Trips
Night Driving
“What if this strange officer who has refused to say why he stopped me shoots me? What if he says I jumped out and pursued him to the back to attack him?”
By Uwem Akpan
U.S. Journal
The Afterlife of a Las Vegas Spectacular
Nearly two years after “Le Rêve” went dark, cast members are still grappling with what it means to be a performer without a show.
By Meg Bernhard
Afterword
A Showgirl to the End
On weekends, the Fabulous Mrs. Unruh performed in the Buckhorn’s lounge, in Mt. Baldy.
By Susan Orlean
Daily Comment
From Las Vegas to Thousand Oaks, Mass Shootings Go Unchecked
As the unaccounted and enormous social price of the prevalence of gun massacres grows, the majority of Americans want to move toward comprehensive gun control, but no national political path forward can be found.
By Adam Gopnik
News Desk
“I Realized I Was Probably Going to Die There”: Surviving the Las Vegas Shooting
By Amanda Fortini
As Told To
“That Was When the Fear Hit”: A Survivor’s Account of the Las Vegas Shooting
By Charles Bethea
News Desk
“I Sell Tools”: A Las Vegas Firearms Dealer Who Sold Guns to Stephen Paddock
By Charles Bethea
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, October 3rd
“We will now observe a moment of silencing critics of gun violence.”
By Pat Byrnes