Leila Navidi

Last drumroll

Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010

Mickey O’Neill, a 61-year-old drummer in a local Irish band, had outpatient laparoscopic surgery to remove his gall bladder June 2.

Rolling in for a short stay at the Las Vegas KOA

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Children from Mexico, Sweden, Canada and California play in the heated pool. Americans and Canadians mingle and chat about ice hockey in the Jacuzzi.

Photographer looks at our fascination with fame

Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010

On the red carpet, the celebrity is almost secondary.

Leila Navidi - Behind the curtain

Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

I am always trying to get behind the curtain. Whether the curtain is real or a metaphor — like the orchestration of an event or invisible social barriers — when I take photos I’m always trying to get on the other side.

For 51s player, a break from media day

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Las Vegas 51s’ Jeremy Accardo relaxes during media day April 7 at Cashman Field.

Protesters march against closure of F Street

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Nearly 100 people rallied against the closure of F Street today, marching down the Las Vegas Strip, passing out flyers and chanting, "No justice, no peace, reopen F Street!"

Photos: Final bow for ‘Folies Bergere’

Friday, March 27, 2009

Almost 50 years have passed since “Folies Bergere” staged its first performance at the Tropicana. “Folies Bergere” will stage its last performance at the Tropicana on Saturday night.

Students compete, inspire

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

During the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Festival on Tuesday, students from kindergarten to high school competed in several categories with the common theme of "Living the Dream and Setting New Heights."

Snoop the dog gets a shot

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009

Lisa Henderson looks away as the veterinarian gives her dog Snoop Taylor a shot.

A safe place to celebrate

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

Antoinette Wentworth of Namibia, in Africa, stands, with Metro Police officers on duty during Tribute Palooza, the New Year’s Eve party at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. Wentworth, a Fulbright Scholar studying in the United States, was enjoying her first trip to the city. “It’s a lot more plastic than I expected,” she said.

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