Heidi Kyser

By Heidi Kyser 5/14 8:55pm

A Place for Posers: Downtown Takes Up Yoga

Masses of sweaty Las Vegans are packing yoga classes in almost every part of the city, while Downtown supports only two small studios, Blue Sky (pictured above) and Sin City Yoga. Neither owner is complaining about her diminutive-but-devoted crowds. Still, the situation makes one wonder what’s going on. On a Read More

By Heidi Kyser 5/07 8:00am

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“An Awesome Ride”: One Year of Real Results

In December 2012, Branden Collinsworth, Paul Rosenberg and Anthony Alegrete were having a talk at Real Results, the gym they’d opened eight months earlier on Commerce Street a block south of Charleston Boulevard. Attendance in their fitness classes was on the Read More

By Heidi Kyser 1:13pm

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From left: Eric M. Roberts, president of AIA Las Vegas; Mayor Carolyn Goodman; Randy Lavigne of AIA; and Greg Blake Miller, Vegas Seven managing editor, one of the competition judges

CANstruction: Designers, Students Get Off Their Cans for Hunger Awareness

Three Square food bank left Centennial Plaza downtown with a heavy load this past weekend—but that’s a good thing. The anti-hunger nonprofit organization received more than 8,000 cans of food from a design competition that pitted teams of architects, designers and engineers against each other to see who could create the best Read More

By Heidi Kyser 4/22 5:19pm

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Faith City: Downtown’s Houses of Worship

Downtown is the heart of any community. And what keeps a heart beating, if not its faith? Contrary to popular belief, many Downtown Las Vegans hold things sacred aside from art and craft cocktails. Why, some of us even believe in God (capital “G”). True to our diversity, Downtown has got all the denominations Read More

By Heidi Kyser 4/04 3:38pm

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Tell the World: Join the StoryCorps

Public broadcasting geeks rejoice! The fabled StoryCorps mobile recording studio has made its way to Downtown Las Vegas, where it will be recording interviews with locals through April Read More

By Heidi Kyser 3/19 1:17pm

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Enjoy Downtown’s Five Best Parks and Public Spaces

Hurry! Get outside and grab an afternoon of spring before the other half of it is gone. We recommend these spots—and activities. BEST PLACE TO MEDITATE ON YOUR DESTINY: POET’S BRIDGE Location: Lewis Street Pedestrian Corridor And that is: Between Bridger and Clark Avenues, behind the 5th Street School Open: All the Read More

By Heidi Kyser 3/02 3:03pm

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It’s Your Last Chance to Go Beyond Sunrise Mountain

David Sanchez Burr’s interactive art exhibit at the Clark County Government Center in Symphony Park, “Beyond Sunrise Mountain,” closes in just under three weeks. To motivate stragglers, Clark County—which is hosting the exhibit in the Government Center’s Rotunda Gallery—invited the artist to take viewers on a journey through his thought process during Read More

By Heidi Kyser 2/25 1:12pm

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The El Cortez Makes History

If you run into anyone from the Jackie Gaughan or Ike Houssels families today, offer to buy them a congratulatory drink. The casino magnates’ beloved El Cortez has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, making official its status as cultural emblem worthy of preservation. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style building on Read More

By Heidi Kyser 2/04 3:55am

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Is Downtown in Danger of Becoming a Private Club?

It has been widely reported that Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh spent $45 million on Downtown property in 2012. That makes him a pretty big contributor of taxes to public coffers, so it would be wrong to say he doesn’t support local government. Nevertheless, Hsieh’s actions could have a detrimental effect on the public sector’s Read More

By Heidi Kyser 1/28 8:57pm

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COLAB Talks Cities and the Women Who Build Them

What do you get when you combine five successful Las Vegas women in various design fields talking about the challenges and rewards of their work? A packed crowd with perked ears. That’s just what you saw if you stopped by the Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art on January 23, when

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Heidi Kyser

A Place for Posers: Downtown Takes Up Yoga

“An Awesome Ride”: One Year of Real Results

CANstruction: Designers, Students Get Off Their Cans for Hunger Awareness

Faith City: Downtown’s Houses of Worship

Tell the World: Join the StoryCorps

Enjoy Downtown’s Five Best Parks and Public Spaces

It’s Your Last Chance to Go Beyond Sunrise Mountain

The El Cortez Makes History

Is Downtown in Danger of Becoming a Private Club?

COLAB Talks Cities and the Women Who Build Them

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