• Big Box O' Poverty: As Wal-Mart Expands in Vegas, Progressives Nationally Call For Louder Opposition to Its Exploitation of the Poor, Women and the Welfare System

• Two Characters in Search of a Checkbook: A plea for help to open the new Las Vegas Little Theatre. In one act.

• Lawsuits & Order: A motorist and Metro clash over a crash in a she-said/they-said search for responsibility

• Big B-eautiful: As local record stores shutter, Big B's endures, blending smarts and heart

• Fat Daddy's Ice Cream On Wheels: Overhauling a tradition

• GRAY MATTERS: News, observations, stray thoughts + medically supervised brain drainings about our city

• CULTURE CLUB: Fresh from the Oven: Year-end review fully bakes Bush, poker and cultural absentees

• WINK: The Big H: Reviewing the facts about ... Him

• Could Go All The Way!: Matt Jacob's Fearless Football Picks

• LETTERS: Mash Notes, Hate Mail, Urgent Communiqués, Secret Messages, Thesis Pieces

• PSYCHIC VIEW: Disposition of Resolutions: A new way to look at a new year

• CLASSIFIED ADS: View Ads and Place Ads

• PERSONAL ADS: View Ads & Place Ads

• DIGITAL TONY: Memories: Should auld New Year's Eves be forgot

• STRIP CLUBS: A guide to the erotic side of Las Vegas

• NIGHTCLUBS: Preview Vegas' afterhours spots, dance clubs and nightclubs

• BAR SCENE: Discover Vegas' cocktail nation

• VEGAS SCENE: The Weekly Scene

• Bio-Logical: Kevin Spacey splish-splashes all over Bobby Darin in 2004's final biopic, Beyond the Sea. But who truly deserves big-screen scrutiny in the Insta-Fame Age?

• A+E: All the Arts + Entertainment You Can Eat: Hey, Big Spender

• SORE THUMBS: Another Viewtiful Day: Sequel to 2003's hit sees Sylvia joining in the fight

• IN PRINT: Suicide Games: Nobel laureate Imre Kertész toys with death

• THE CONSUMER: Make It So: New Year's wishes for 2005

• ART EVENTS: This week's art events from the calendar

• NOISE: The Perils of Rock 'n' Roll Decadence: Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum deals with groupies, TV cameras and rock star egos

• SOUNDCHECK: The Beatles; Lindsay Lohan; Soul Asylum

• EVENTS CALENDAR: Your guide to concerts and entertainment

• TASTE: Dine Where the Chefs Eat: The Tillerman is a Vegas classic for several good reasons

• DINING GUIDE: Your guide to Vegas restaurants