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20 Desire Sin City abounds in worldclass shopping ... these are a few of our favorite things.

22 Discover Places to go, cool things to do, hip people to see in the most exciting city in the world.

28 Know Emerge Impact + Music Festival showcases the gay orthodox hip hop artist, Y-Love.

32 Sense Nearly 4,400 homeless people call the Las Vegas streets their.

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42 Pictures in a Frame Production designers create the time and place for this year’s crop of Oscar movies.

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Josh Bell is a freelance writer and movie/TV critic based in Las Vegas.

He’s the former film editor of Las Vegas Weekly and has written about movies and pop culture for The Dissolve, Comic Book Resources, Film Racket, LA Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and more.

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At home, I have an eight-foot long pony wall separating the front door entryway from the living room; its lacquered top serves as the perfect magazine display stand. After A I ’s first ten issues, I had to start overlapping to make them fit. Other than the current issue, this array provides a brief, three-quarter inch glimpse of previous covers. Very soon, I will run out of real estate and have to come up with a new design concept.

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This month our editors and writers explore a number of subjects that cover different aspects of the design process. Initially, we believed this issue would focus exclusively on the arts and architecture, but soon we realized that design permeates every sphere of existence.

When the organizers of the Emerge Impact + Music festival reached out to us to cover a gay, orthodox, African-American hip-hop sensation, we wanted to know more. In Lynn Wexler’s story Y-Love (pages 28-31) we interview the man and explore his faith, sexuality, and music.

Rehan Choudry, the festival’s director, discusses the inspiration behind the creation of this new annual event.

Designing a program that offers support to the Las Vegas homeless population is the subject of Corridor of Hope (pages 32-35). Joshua Ellis writes from his personal experience as an organizer of this noble enterprise.

In his piece, Vincent van Dough (pages 36-40), Jason Harris talks to Vincent Rotolo, the owner of Good Pie, the new slice house at Pawn Plaza. Discover the influence Rotolo’s grandmothers’ cooking had on him and look for her photo (among other grandmothers) on the restaurant’s walls.

This year’s Oscars may already be yesterday’s news, what isn’t, however, is the outstanding creativity of this year’s creative designers and the nominated movies they are responsible for. In Pictures in a Frame (pages 42-45), Josh Bell shines a well-deserved light on their work.

Ever go out for dinner and marvel at the splendor of the dining room? Designing a successful concept for a bar or a restaurant is more than what is on the plate or in the glass. In Fine Dining Design (pages 46-51), Marisa Finetti celebrates those responsible for creating the perfect dining environment.

It is all over the news, in the papers and on neighborhood websites; house invasions are on the rise. How much of this is hype and how much is fact? Either way, it may be time to consider the viability of your home security systems. In Protecting the Nest (pages 52-56) Brian Sodoma explores this subject by talking to the experts. In these confusing times, there is nothing quite like feeling safe and secure at home.

Finally, we interview Mark Hutchison, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. He is one of a rare breed, a third generation evadan. o matter your political affiliation, his dedication to service is admirable. We will miss him when he retires from public office at the end of his current term.

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Your Guide to the Arts, Entertainment and Community Events.

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FROM REFUSE TO REUSE Through Apr. 6, 7 a.m. Las Vegas City Hall Grand Gallery, 495 S. Main St., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http:// artslasvegas.org "RED" AERIAL GALLERY BANNER EXHIBIT Through Apr. 30. Downtown Las Vegas, First Street. 702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org

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MAGICAL REALISM IN POPULAR CULTURE 6 p.m. Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas. 702-507-3630. http://lvccld.org

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THE COMPOSERS SHOWCASE OF LAS VEGAS 10:30 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas.

702-749-2012. http://thesmithcenter.com

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702-255-3444

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BILL BELLAMY Through Apr. 7, 8 p.m. The Foundry, SLS, 2535 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-761-7000. http://slshotels.com/ lasvegas JADEN SMITH: VISION TOUR 8 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-6935000. http://hardrockhotel.com JAKE SHIMABUKURO Through Apr. 7, 7 p.m.

Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://thesmithcenter.com

POSTMODERN JUKEBOX 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

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JAPANESE SPRING FESTIVAL 11 a.m. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza, Lorenzi Park, 720 Twin Lakes Dr., Las Vegas. 702-626-0303. http:// kizunajapanesesociety.org THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com 3LAU WITH FLASH GANG AND 530 8 p.m.

Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl. com/las-vegas

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PEPPA PIG LIVE! PEPPA PIG'S SURPRISE! 12 p.m. & 4 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com WELCOME TO THE UNDERGROUND FEATURING RHYE AND TWIN SHADOW 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http:// brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas

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THE WAR ON DRUGS 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-8622695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas

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CHROMEO - HEAD OVER HEELS WORLD TOUR 8 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl. com/las-vegas

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HAIM 8 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http:// palms.com STEVEN WRIGHT 9 p.m. Treasure Island, 3300 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. http://treasureisland.com PORTUGAL. THE MAN 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC: STORIES, SONGS AND STARS 8 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: THE MAN OF THE WOODS TOUR Through Apr. 15, 7:30 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://tmobilearena.com CARMINA BURANA LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC 7:30 p.m. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

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Christopher Wheeldon’s

Carousel (A Dance) Based upon the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel

George Balanchine’s

Tarantella

World Premiere

by Matthew Neenan

George Balanchine’s

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

From the Rodgers & Hart musical comedy On Your Toes

With Full Orchestra

May 5 & 6

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

NevadaBallet.org (702) 749-2000

3RD ANNUAL GRILLIN' AND CHILLIN' JEWISH COMMUNITY BBQ 10:30 a.m.

Desert Breeze Park, 8275 Spring Mountain Rd., Las Vegas. 702-265-2137. http:// jewishnevada.org SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO: STAY HUNGRY TOUR 8 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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HIGHLY SUSPECT 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

DAVID BYRNE - AMERICAN UTOPIA TOUR 7:30 p.m.

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

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NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION 7:30 p.m. West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-2292787. http://artslasvegas.org JERRY SEINFELD Through Apr. 21, 7:30 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http:// caesarspalace.com ALT-J 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com VANCE JOY 7:30 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http:// palms.com

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PITBULL Through Apr. 28, 9 p.m. Zappos Theater, Planet Hollywood, 3667 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-7855555. http://caesars.com/ planethollywood

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ULTIMATE SUMO LEAGUE 8 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. https:// mgmgrand.com

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TIFFANY HADDISH 10 p.m. Terry Fator Theatre, Mirage, 3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702791-7111. http://mirage.com

TAO: DRUM HEART 7:30 p.m.

Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http:// thesmithcenter.com

POWER OF LOVE GALA 5:30 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-263-9797. http:// keepmemoryalive.org

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ELTON JOHN: THE MILLION DOLLAR PIANO Through Apr. 29, 7:30 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http:// caesarspalace.com

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CELEBRATE ISRAEL FESTIVAL 2 p.m. Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. noa@ israeliamerican.org. http:// israeliamerican.org

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THE COLOR PURPLE Through Apr. 29, times vary. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony

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ADL'S WALK AGAINST HATE 9 a.m. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas. ckravitz@adl.org. http://lasvegas. adl.org

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Devour Moroccan Chicken The newest additions to Chef Danny Elmaleh’s signature contemporary Mediterranean cuisine at CLEO, inside SLS, is the juicy and flavorful Moroccan fried chicken, served with apricot mustard and harissa aioli. Chef says the chicken thighs are marinated in buttermilk and smoked paprika, clove, onion powder, and oregano to showcase the exotic flavors. “The texture is very crisp and light and I would describe the taste as sweet and smoky with a mild hint of heat.”

CLEO, SLS Las Vegas, 2535 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-761-7000.

Count Negroni According to reliable lore, the Negroni was born when an Italian bartender acted upon a customer’s interest for a stronger riff on an Americano cocktail. The patron was Count Camillo Negroni, who had picked up a taste for strong liquor while working as a rodeo clown in the American Wild West, and gave his name to the resulting concoction. Adam Rains, who leads the beverage program at Flock & Fowl downtown, says London dry gin is used these days, but when the drink was created, Genever (Gin’s Daddy) was used more prevalently. In keeping with the original creation, Rains uses Genever.

He also adds house-blended vermouth, which starts out with house-infused wine made from the Negroamaro grape. “Every week we add new wine to it and re-infuse it with orange, cinnamon, and rosemary then fortify with Spanish brandy. It is then blended with Carpano Antica and Martini Rossi Vermouths.”

Celebrate with Jaleo!

Celebrate Chef José Andrés 25th anniversary of Jaleo on April 5 with a cava, the sparkling wine from Spain! Anyone who dines at Jaleo Las Vegas for dinner will receive a complimentary glass of Cava for bubbly fun. And while you’re in the spirit, throughout the entire month of April, every night from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m., Jaleo will pass its signature Spanish Porrons, filled with their Clara cocktail (Beer and house-made rosemary lemonade), around the lounge and bar for all to partake in a complimentary taste! “Hora de Porron!”

Jaleo, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7950.

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All Things Beautiful Crafted of polished yellow-goldtone brass, ries an oten’s drop earrings feature a clip-on stud clustered with strands of cascading purple, lilac, and pink crystals. From the designer’s Spring 2018 show, this sparkling, statement-making pair explores the concept of ornamentation. 63 . Barneys, Grand Canal Shoppes, 3327 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-629-4200.

The Tiffany T watch symbolizes the energy, creativity, and strength of ew York City. The strong, graphic lines reflect the verticality of the city’s architecture, where up is the only way to go. Efficient, linear, and certain in its sensuality, each piece energizes and inspires the wearer and reminds them that every minute of life holds the possibility of forward momentum.

Available in black with 18K gold, 8, 00 or in Tiffany blue with sterling silver, 2, 0. Tiffany & Co., Shops at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-545-9090.

Katherine Jetter recasts the opal, embellishing these lustrous stones with diamonds and other precious gems to showcase the brilliant prismatic fire of Australia’s national gemstone. Jetter’s geometric shapes lend a modern edge to her remarkable collection. The piece featured here 12 ct Opal Flower Petals set in 18K White Gold, 3 ct Oval Blue Spinel center stone, 2 ct diamonds, and Tsavorite Garnet pave. 30,000. KatherineJetter.com, 20 -2 -1080.

Here’s a versatile and cheerful blossom print silk scarf to tie around your neck (or knot it around your handbag) for a delightful spring accent. 128. Kate Spade New York, Grand Canal Shops, 3377 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-564-2812.

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Just a push of a button and the Marisol umbrella bursts into action, opening hearts and minds to the vision of a peaceful world where women are safe and free, all while keeping you dry. African wax prints are available in very limited editions to make each woman feel special. Able to brave the fiercest winds, the signature handle gives women the feeling of taking their power and their future into their own hands. Twenty percent of net profits are donated to survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. $425. www.ahalife.com

These mirrored sandals by Giuseppe Zanotti are a conversation piece with their distinguished rose gold tone and luminous crystal accents. No dress can compete with the powerful style and statement, so it’s best to keep things simple and let the feet take the show. $2,125. Giuseppe Zanotti, Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-866-0055.

The rainbow pendant in 18K yellow gold and colored gemstones is a replica of Salvatore Ferragamo’s legendary shoe created in 1938 for Judy Garland. The futurista label, created for Ferragamo by Lucio Venna, is clearly visible in the inside of each shoe, while the name of the model and the date of its creation are both engraved on the soles. $7,600. www.ferragamo.com

Take flight with the Sylvie mini bag, made in Gucci’s smooth, classic leather embellished with metal cicadas, moths, and lion heads from the Alchemist’s Garden – a magical wellspring of signs and symbols that influence the coming of spring. $3,190. Gucci, Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

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Discover UNLVino UNLVino’s all-star lineup of chefs and restaurateurs is rallying alongside the world’s most recognized wine and spirit brands in support of a one-nightonly celebration of TLC: Tasting, Learning, and Community. UNLVino will make history on one memorable night, celebrating the university s 0th year and benefitting U L ’s Hospitality College. It plans to feature more culinary influencers than ever before in the festival’s long history. A list of chefs to drool about…Brian Howard (Sparrow Wolf), Scott Conant (Masso Osteria), Charles Phan (The Slanted oor), Hubert Keller (Burger Bar), Gustav Mauler (Spiedini), Terence Fong ( enshin) and Paul Bartolotta (Ristorante Bartolotta) are among the regional, national, and international sensations uniting behind UNLVino’s cause, and the list is growing. The event takes place on Saturday, April 1 , p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Keep Memory Alive Event Center inside the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

UNLVino, UNLVino.com, tickets at UNLVTickets.com.

Giada’s Wine Bar Giada De Laurentiis says that the opening of her newest Las Vegas concept, Pronto, inside Caesars Palace, is “a great introduction to my food and brand in a more casual setting and it serves all the things I love with my own personal twist.” And with the food, there is an inviting full-service bar where guests can grab a quick sip or lounge while enjoying bites and libations and better yet, take a “sip trip” by tasting Italian and domestic wines — in all 40 by the glass are offered. Caesars Palace Wine Director Phil Park focused selections on California and Italian wines, both representative of De Laurentiis. With a variety of pour sizes and flights, wine experts and novices can taste their way through the menu while pairing with bar bites exclusive to the bar.

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Venetian Vessel Thought to be constructed around 1850, the gondola on display at the waterfall atrium inside The Palazzo is considered by experts to be one of the best surviving examples of Venetian gondolas from that time period. The elaborate wood carvings indicate that this gondola was likely used for weddings and special occasions. It has its original paint finish, black, the color mandated by enetian law passed in 1 62, and still current to this day. The gondola also includes a felze - or cabin - that was used to provide privacy as well as protect travelers from the weather. The windows of the felze would be closed with louvered shutters, or what is now known as Venetian blinds. The original 1800s furniture is still featured on the gondola, as well as 19th century etched glass windows and hardware. The only other historic enetian gondola on display in the United States is at the Maritime Museum in ewport ews, irginia. The gondola, very similar in age and form but in lesser condition, is promoted as one of the oldest gondolas in the world.

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The Las Vegas Philharmonic transformed The Smith Center into a 1920s.

Speakeasy for a night of fun and fundraising . This roving party featured bootleg cocktails, savory cuisine and silent and live auctions. The evening ended with members of the orchestra joining the International music sensation Pink Martini for a show for the ages.

This gala served as the Philharmonic’s main fund-raising event of the year and proceeds went to supporting the organization’s education and community outreach programs, primarily their newest initiative, Music Van.

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Dorothy Huffey and Cheryl Purdue.

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Kate Zhong with Cops.

Chris and Anita Murray.

(L-R) Colleen Ledingham, Rick and Jeri Crawford.

Zigmont Senk and Pat Fink.

Norm Craft and Nadia Khan.

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Mingle Temple Beth Sholom 70th Birthday Celebration Gala Venue Temple Beth Sholom

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In keeping with the “70” theme, 70 Temple members of distinction were recognized during the celebration with 0s disco-themed music, outfits, dancing and decorations.

The emcee for the evening was local NBC anchor, Jim Snyder. A fabulous birthday video was created by Terri Weisbord of WG Communications, Inc., lovely food stations served an array of menu choices created by Master Chef Gustav Mauler, drinks were provided by Southern Glazier’s Wine and Spirits of Nevada, welcome bracelets were donated

by Dee Berkley of Dee Berkley Jewelry, décor was handled by Don Schmidt of Eventscapes, Inc. and Marcy and Rob Murdock donated good night “sweets.”

The gala chairperson was Cynthia Asher, Temple Beth Sholom’s first vicepresident. Her committee included Lara Stone, Temple president; Marisa Matzdorff, Marci Murdock, Marcy Saxe and Debra Warner.

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Liz and Rabbi Felipe Goodman.

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Mingle One Night for One Drop Imagined by Cirque du Soleil® Venue

The Michael Jackson ONE Theatre at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Date Friday, March 2

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Presented by MGM Resorts International, this electrifying, one-night-only performance captivated the sold-out audience by taking them through pivotal moments throughout pop star Jewel’s life and making them relatable using popular themes such as family, love, betrayal and the courage to forgive.

Jewel was accompanied by breathtaking performances by artists from all seven resident Cirque du Soleil shows.

Highlights from the show included Jewel’s beautiful performances of her hit songs “Foolish Games,” “Hands,” “Standing Still,” “Save Your Soul,” “Intuition” and a new song “Mercy,” an unforgettable opening featured “Arab’s Got Talent” winner Emanne Beasha performing to an all-new, specifically composed song “Surreal Alaska,” an awe-inspiring performance of “Wonderful World” in minor-key by YouTube sensation Chase Holfelder and much more.

Following the performance, guests were invited to an after party to enjoy performances by Nicholas Petricca of the popular pop/rock band Walk The Moon who performed their hit song “Shut Up and Dance,” a stellar performance by music icon CeeLo, a seductive performance by cast members of MAGIC MIKE LIVE to Ginuwine’s “Pony” and music by DJ Craig Cruze and DJ Unimerce.

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Mingle Jewish Nevada’s Women’s Philanthropy Annual United Luncheon Venue Enclave, Las Vegas

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Over 150 women gathered for a meaningful event at Enclave in support of the 2018 Campaign for Jewish Needs.

Actress and comedian Milana Vayntrub gave an inspirational speech, sharing what it was like to grow up as a Russian immigrant and the role Federation played in helping to bring her family to America in 1979, an experience that inspired her to start her own organization, “Can’t Do Nothing”. The women also heard from a recipient of help from the Jewish Service Agency, who spoke about the positive impact the organization had in turning her life around.

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y-love Emerge Impact + Music Festival Showcases Gay Orthodox Hip Hop Artist

By Lynn Wexler

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he Y stands for Yitz. LOVE is his mission - a directive stemming from a profoundly unusual life story. Blending into the fabric of convention was never an option for this black gay Hasidic rapper, inexplicably drawn, from a young age, to the Jewish faith.

Born Yitz Jordan in 1978, his journey to Judaism began in Baltimore, Maryland as a brown-skinned seven-year-old kid - the only child of a Christian Ethiopian father and a Puerto Rican mother.

“I saw a TV commercial that wished everyone a ‘Happy Passover from your friends at Channel 2’ and displayed a six-pointed star. I was fascinated and started drawing the Star of David on everything at my mother’s house,” he says.

His attraction did not stop with stars. He pursued books on Judaism at the library. His parents did not encourage his new-found passion (though his grandmother expressed how she always wanted to be Jewish) but they did not discourage it, either.

“My mother gave me my first menorah when I was nine and agreed, at my request, to stop celebrating Christmas. She used this of course to her advantage. She would issue warnings like ‘Jewish boys clean their room’, and it worked!” he laughs.

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“I hope to be able to stand against bigotry and to influence a new age of Halachic (Jewish religious law) rulings which allow gay people to live fulfilling lives”

Soon after, he experienced his first Passover Seder when “a Jewish woman my mother worked with invited us to a Seder when she learned of my interest in Judaism. I read my first Haggadah and was taken by the rituals and meanings.” Then, not long after, while walking home from school through the nearby campus of Johns Hopkins University, he joined in on a rally, sponsored by a Jewish organization, opposing antiSemitism. “They noticed my curiosity and I left with an invite to my first Shabbat dinner!”

By 1 , unafraid of piercing stares, he began wearing a kippah and observing Shabbat.

“I developed a love for the spiritual teachings,” he said. “In my later teens, I would lie to my mother about late nights out, telling her I was hitting the club scene when I was “in fact” attending Talmudic discussions.”

In 2000, he moved to Brooklyn, immersed himself in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic sect, and converted to Judaism. He attended Yeshiva (religious institute of learning) there and in Jerusalem, where his hip-hop career got its start. He and a partner learned that it was easier to master the ancient texts chanting to hip-hop tunes.

He began performing his own brand of hip-hop at open mics in ew York City as Y-Love, combining English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic, and Aramaic in lyrics that addressed social, political, and religious issues - all the while maintaining a straight - even conservative - image.

The Jewish media took notice of “the world’s first black Jewish MC.” When his first album, This is Babylon, debuted, publications and T shows around the world featured the Hasidic rapper.

“I also knew I was gay. The world did not know because I hid it, and it was eating me up inside all the time,” he shares. He endured a brief arranged marriage, succumbing to the pressures of his Rabbis, though Orthodoxy wasn’t the only source of pressure he felt.

“Another big hurdle, it turns out, was not from the Jewish side of my life where I did come to experience some rejection. It was from the predominantly black world of hip-hop, where heterosexuality rules,” he claims.

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When one of the Hasidim from his sect ‘outed him’ for attending a Gay Pride Parade, he knew that finding happiness in the community he loved, and that had sustained him for years, was no longer possible.

Unable to continue living with the tension and secrecy, he went public with his sexual identity in 2012. It was easier than living with the pain and shame of pretending.

“I was the first rapper to come out as gay,” he says, “But I still identified as an Orthodox Jew and I recall feeling relieved after receiving a surprising amount of support from precisely the Orthodox fans I feared I would lose.”

Today, Y-Love embraces his sexual identity, continues his strong connection to Judaism, and is puzzled by those who are born Jewish and yet decide that Judaism is no longer relevant in their lives. “It’s like being issued an exclusive Cart Blanche Platinum Card from birth, with no expiration date, that you just decide to discard,” he says.

His beliefs, he says, are as Orthodox as ever, though he knows he will never be considered ‘observant’ in the eyes of much of the Orthodox community, those who cannot reconcile the reality of homosexuality with religious belief.

“Rabbis have long held the wisdom to dissect the complex Talmudic passages; but confronted with the question of what a gay Orthodox Jew is supposed to do - they only know that ‘it’s forbidden’,” he adds.

“I do mitzvot, celebrate holidays, light candles…but while I’m not as observant as I once was, I still believe in G-d and Torat Moshe (the Bible of Moses) as much as I ever did,” he says.

Y-Love will spread his message of tolerance, love, and global unity at the upcoming 3-day EMERGE Music and Impact Conference happening at a series of venues on the Strip from April 6th to 8th.

Founded by Life is Beautiful founder and creator Rehan Choudhry, EMERGE will feature rising artists performing and speaking at over ten 3-hour long showcases held over the three days. Y-Love will headline at one of those showcases, which each explore themes like protest and resistance, personal identity, the advancement of technology and biology, and mental health issues. Opening night will be an interactive performance spectacle called the Fairytale Ball.

“I wanted to create an inclusive and uplifting festival environment open to all ages - families and seniors included,” says Choudhry, “where, no matter when or how you show up, you’re stumbling across something new and finding reasons to re-examine your own perspectives.”

Y-Love sees EMERGE as another opportunity to share, through hip-hop, his message uniquely informed by a rich and intense spiritual journey and years of pain from hiding his true self.

“G-d minted all of humanity,” he asserts. “Why should our rights have to wait until others evolve?”

In one of his first music video releases following his official ‘coming out,’it was suggested that he add a female to the club scene they were filming.

“I thought, after all it took for me to arrive at where I am today, I didn’t want to even LOOK like I was straight in the video! So, in the scene, you see me walk out of the club by myself...story of my life.”

For tickets to the EMERGE Conference, Y-Love’s Showcase, and other participating talent, showcases, and venues, visit www.Emergelv.com/lineup.

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Corridor of Hope Using Social Media to Facilitate Social Outreach

By Joshua Ellis

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as Vegas has a homelessness problem.

According to the 2017 Homeless Census conducted by Clark County Social Services, nearly 4400 people in the Valley were “unhoused,” or sleeping on the streets.

They stay in vacant lots, in the dirt between the sidewalks and the cemeteries that lie along the “Corridor Of Hope” by Las Vegas Boulevard

and Foremaster. They’re moved along by the police at dawn and tolerated after dusk on public property. On private property — such as the empty lot on the northeast corner of LV and Owens, where a few dozen people had set up a small tent city — their camps are bulldozed and their few possessions destroyed, often with no warning.

A lot of the people on the street are addicts of some kind or another; a lot of them are mentally ill. And some of them are just people who’ve fallen through the cracks — people who’ve lost their ID, for example. Without ID,

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it’s impossible to get work or a place to live — but without a place to live, it’s nearly impossible to get a replacement ID, or keep yourself presentable enough to go on job interviews, or even get enough sleep or food to be coherent if you do. The shelters and services and charities here work at capacity, but it’s simply not enough — there is an incredible lack of mental health resources in the Vegas Valley, for example, and not nearly enough beds in our shelters. And getting into shelters or programs can be a slow, daunting, and humiliating process at the best of times. For someone who’s battling mental illness or addiction, it can be a hopeless task.

In 2003, I co-wrote a series of stories for the Las Vegas CityLife weekly with my editor, Matthew O’Brien, about the people who were living in the city’s large, labyrinthine and usually dry, storm drains. Since then, I’ve continued to pay attention to the growing numbers of homeless in the county. When East Fremont and the surrounding areas began to gentrify in 2012, many of the cheap weekly motels, where poor people lived, were bought up and repurposed or — more often — left vacant while the new owners tried to figure out what to do with them. The camps north of the I- got bigger.

Tents and makeshift shelters began to pop up all along Charleston and Maryland Parkway. I talked about it to whomever would listen.

Around the beginning of this year, I decided to stop talking about it and actually do something.

After talking to homeless people to find out what sorts of things they needed that they couldn’t usually get through charities, I made a list: flashlights, hand sanitizers, socks, gloves, hats, feminine hygiene products — little things, but important. I created an Amazon wishlist, similar to a wedding registry, which allowed my 3600+ Facebook friends to purchase items that would get shipped directly to my door. Those friends got in on the action, finding items cheaper and suggesting stuff neither I nor the homeless folks would think of.

I posted the list. A couple of days later, the boxes began to arrive — sometimes a dozen a day, filled with stuff bought by people around the world. That week, I made a couple of dozen “gift bags” out of my leftover Walmart grocery bags, each one with a flashlight, hand sanitizers, a couple of pairs of chemical handwarmers, a pair of socks, gloves, some included tampons and maxi-pads.…everything I’d gotten. And I loaded them in my truck and headed down to the lot to hand them out.

Since then, I’ve gotten several volunteers who help me do this each week.

We’ve been going to several camps around the city — one in Commercial Center at Sahara and Maryland, one off of Russell near Boulder Highway in Henderson.

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Vincent van Dough Rotolo’s Haloed Brooklyn Pie Lands at Pawn Plaza

By Jason Harris

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ith the theme of this month’s issue design nobody fits better than local pizzaiolo Vincent Rotolo. Rotolo recently opened Good Pie inside The Pawn Plaza, taking the space of

the lifeless pizza place that was there before his, and redesigning it into the hottest slice joint in the city.

Vincent Rotolo and Grandma Bea Vincent Rotolo shot into the stratosphere of pizza makers during the 2017 International Pizza Expo, placing second in the world with his glutenfree pie. That was his first competition. He recently opened Good Pie, in the same complex as the pawn shop from the television show Pawn Stars.

Since Good Pie opened, Gold & Silver Pawn Shop is no longer the only attraction in the complex with lines out the door.

Vincent loves grandmas. There’s even a wall at Good Pie featuring pictures of chefs’ grandmothers to honor them and because, as he says, “I know they are watching me.” Rotolo redesigned some of the classic recipes he learned from being around his nonna, and these are now some of his hottest sellers. Below, he talks – mostly in his own words – about two of his favorite pies.

Meatballs and A Good Time Pie My grandmother was born in Naples. She met my grandfather, who was Sicilian. Their relationship was not approved by those families at that time.

This was the turn of the 20th century and if you were a Sicilian man and you

were dating a Neapolitan woman, it was considered crossing boundaries.

My grandfather was a teenager at the time when they got together.

He had his life threatened and tried to break down those barriers but at that time, Italy wasn’t ready for that type of “interracial” relationship – even though they were all Italian. In order to start a life together they both immigrated to the New World. They settled on Bleeker Street [in New York].

My earliest memories of being in the kitchen with my grandma was at my Uncle Raymond’s and Aunt Joanne’s house in Elmont, Long Island.

We had Sunday dinner there. My grandma was named Beatrice, but most people called her Grandma Bea. I just called her Nonna.

I lived with my mom in Brooklyn. My dad also lived in Brooklyn. And he would pick us up every Sunday morning and we’d drive out to Elmont.

I can still see my grandmother with a wooden spoon in the kitchen, stirring sauce. Nonna laid everything out on the table. She made dinner, but she made sure all her ingredients were laid out. It was her Italian grandma version of mise en place.

Dinner wasn’t ready until 5 p.m., but at noon the smell started to overwhelm the whole house. We used to play this game where my brother Sal, who is 3 years older than I am, would be on all fours and my cousin Raymond would be on all fours. I would ride my brother like a horse and my cousin Sharon would ride her big brother Raymond like a horse. It was like chicken fights.

So we’d be in the living room doing these chicken fights and we’d be overwhelmed by whatever was cooking. There was always sauce going.

There was always a meat braising. Nonna made amazing meatballs. She made pasta by hand. It wasn’t like “go buy some Ronzoni” or whatever. She made all the pastas by hand.

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We would always sneak in there and we would steal whatever ingredients we could steal and go eat it. I was the youngest of the entire generation.

I was the baby. I got spoiled a little bit. I got away with stuff other people couldn’t get away with.

I would get in there and swipe a meatball. She would roast the meatballs off. It was a three-step process. She sautéed them till they were brown.

Then she would roast them. Then she would braise them in the sauce and all the flavor would come out. So in between steps, when the meatballs were cooling, I would roll in there, grab a meatball and run out and eat it.

Grandma Bea wasn’t fast as far as moving around, but her hands were really quick, especially for an old lady. The other, older siblings saw that I got away with it and then they would go in and try to get some. They always caught the end of the wooden spoon. She would smack them with the wooden spoon to keep them away.

We had this big table where 8-10 people always sat down. The sauce was always in a ladle so when we got our seats at the table, you got a ladle of sauce for your plate. It was all the chunks of tomato and fresh herbs. We basically, even as kids, were building our own plates. It was almost like buffet-style.

The ingredient aspect is important. I get that from my grandmother.

I used to go shopping with her. She would literally be at the fruit and vegetable stand and go through cherry by cherry, like for a half hour, to get maybe two pounds of cherries. She would go through each cherry and if it wasn’t perfect, she threw it to the side. Then we’d go home, and she’d make a cherry pie where every single cherry was handpicked. That’s how I grew up. We never cut corners. If the ingredients were not first-rate, it didn’t make its way to our table. That’s something, that as an adult, as a pizza maker and restaurateur, I can appreciate.

I probably spend more money on ingredients than any other pizza place that I know of and my food cost is probably higher than any other place because I want these amazing products to be accessible.

Those were the years, when I was 4-8 years old, that my food memories were being shaped. That’s kind of what I always wanted; to recapture the feeling of being nurtured. I always go back to that. What we aim to do at Good Pie is to nurture the community. How we do it is through making pizza and sharing that food, making sure every little bite, every little ingredient, all the components that go on it, everything we serve has to come from a source that we know and trust.

The most important thing is putting something out that my grandma would be proud to put out. Unfortunately, I don’t have any written recipes from Grandma Bea, I just have those memories. But what I remember, I can interpret into our meatballs.

She used veal, pork, and beef. I’m not using veal, so it is a modified version. We’re doing the same size as she did, 3 ounce meatballs. My grandma used to use, back then even, she had a little scooper. It kind of looked like an ice cream scooper. She used to scoop them all out on sheet trays and roll them.

The meatballs we had as kids were always with a scoop of really good ricotta. Then you could play with it on your plate with sauce, ultimately mixing meatball, ricotta, sauce, Parmesan, parsley or basil.

I make a pie at Good Pie called “A Good Time.” It’s balls on your pie. We take four different cheeses. We take pecorino, we season it with oregano, we use the Grande mozzarella and Aiello Brothers’ fresh mozzarella. Then we bake it off. When the pie comes out of the oven we put the sliced meatball on top, we put the marinara sauce on it, we put the dollop of

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Caputo pizza dough Good tomato sauce using Ciao tomatoes Fresh mozzarella Grande shredded mozzarella Pecorino cheese Greek oregano Good Balls meatballs Fresh ricotta cheese Shaved Grana Padano cheese Fresh basil Stretch pizza dough to 18 inches diameter or for grandma pie 16 in x 16 in Top with sauce, pecorino, shredded mozzarella and fresh mozzarella Add sliced meatballs Bake at degrees for 8 minutes or until golden brown Top with ricotta, shaved Grana Padana and fresh basil

Author’s ote This interview is from my forthcoming book From Grandma’s Kitchen: Great Chefs, Great Recipes and the Grandmas that Inspired Them. As the title indicates, it’s a cookbook all about chefs and their grandmothers’ influences on them. Which explains why, when I tried to get incent to be more specific about the recipe including amounts for each ingredient, he told me he couldn’t reveal amounts. In the same way Grandma Bea never wrote down recipes, incent likes to keep it all in his head.

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Pictures in a Frame Movie Production Designers Create a Time and Place

By Josh Bell

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But the best work in these categories contributes just as much to the artistic success of a movie as the more highly touted writing, directing, and acting do. At the 90th Annual Academy Awards Show in March, the design work which won awards was integral to the visions that the movies’ respective filmmakers brought to the screen, serving to bolster and deepen the narrative and character development.

It’s impossible to imagine Guillermo del Toro’s Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water without the immersive, authentic production design from Paul enham Austerberry, which both evokes the specific historical time and place (Baltimore in 1962) and emulates the classic monster movies from which del Toro took his inspiration. Gary Oldman probably should have shared his Best Actor Oscar for Darkest Hour with the makeup team of Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick, because without the extensive prosthetics they created for him, his performance as Winston Churchill wouldn’t have nearly the same power. As brilliant as Daniel DayLewis is as an actor, his fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock in Phantom Thread wouldn’t be remotely as convincing without the meticulous work of costume designer Mark Bridges, creating every design that Woodcock presents throughout the movie. And the visual effects in Blade Runner 2049 make up the bulk of the movie’s visual style, infusing every frame of Denis illeneuve’s sci-fi epic.

In The Shape of Water, Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins plays Elisa Esposito, a mute woman who works as a cleaner at a secret government-funded lab.

She endures treatment that ranges from indifference to abuse from most of her co-workers, especially the hard-nosed Colonel Strickland (Michael Shannon), who’s recently been brought in to run the place. Her only friend at work is fellow cleaner Zelda (Octavia Spencer, also Oscar-nominated),

Right: Still from The Shape of Water

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although she also has a close relationship with her neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins), a closeted gay man who works as an advertising illustrator.

The sensitive, shy Elisa eventually forms another bond with the mysterious amphibious creature (played by veteran monster specialist Doug Jones) that her superiors have captured to study, and their unlikely love story forms the core of the movie. Given that neither Elisa nor the unnamed creature is able to speak, much of their connection is expressed through the movie’s visuals, of which the production design is a vital part. Despite Elisa, Zelda and their co-workers spending what seems to be a significant amount of time cleaning the facility, it looks perpetually dank and murky, almost literally dripping with menace. The room where the creature is being held evokes old-school Universal monster movies, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if Dr. Frankenstein were one of the scientists involved in the study.

Outside of the facility, Elisa lives in a well-worn apartment over a gorgeous classic movie theater, and she and Giles often get together to watch classic Hollywood musicals. Elisa’s penchant for movie-inspired fantasy (which, of course, mirrors del Toro’s own love of vintage cinema) is reflected in the design of the theater, which resembles the kind of movie palaces that are almost entirely extinct these days. The spaces are all reflective of the characters’ personalities and journeys, from the cozy apartments to the antiseptic diner where Giles makes an ill-advised pass at a waiter. The movie takes place in a real period in American history, but it also takes place in a sort of cinema-fueled dream world, and Austerberry’s production design captures both of those elements perfectly.

In Darkest Hour, Oldman undergoes a transformation nearly as extensive as Jones’ in The Shape of Water, rendering the acclaimed actor almost

unrecognizable. Oldman is already a chameleon as a performer, and he’s disappeared under heavy makeup before, in roles including Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel, wizard Sirius Black in the Harry Potter films, deformed millionaire Mason erger in Hannibal, villain Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element, and many more. But Churchill may be his most extensive metamorphosis yet, all the more impressive because it involves becoming a real historical figure, not a fantastical creation.

Without the makeup team’s work, Oldman’s performance might just be empty bluster, given how Anthony McCarten’s script is filled with grandiose, bloviating speeches. But the actor’s altered physical presence makes that bluster more fitting, coming from a man whose very existence fills up a room. With his jowls, his gut, his hunched stature and his bald pate, the movie’s Churchill is as physically imposing as he is intellectually intimidating, which is clear from the very first scene in which he asserts his dominance over his new secretary (played by Lily James).

Churchill is also a hero who rallies a nation against the Axis powers during World War II, and Oldman puts his new physicality to use in a different way in a fictionalized scene in which Churchill takes the London subway and consults with average people about his course of action regarding the Germans. Here, the larger-than-life Churchill literally brings himself down to the level of the people, and it’s the contrast between his immense stature and his gentle demeanor that gives the scene its power (even if it’s also undeniably cheesy).

Day-Lewis plays an intimidating character of a different sort in Phantom Thread, which isn’t based on true events but often has the feel of a biopic.

Set in 1954, it focuses on fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock and

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his complex relationships with his sister/business partner Cyril (Oscar nominee Lesley Manville) and his new, much younger girlfriend Alma (Vicky Krieps). From the beginning, characters are declaring Reynolds a genius; it’s clear that his fashion house is extremely successful and he’s in demand to design dresses for the most high-profile women in society.

Every piece he creates has a deeply personal resonance, as he recounts to Alma when talking about his relationship with his late mother.

In designing costumes for Phantom Thread, Bridges wasn’t just designing outfits that members of London’s upper-class society might have worn in 1954. He was also creating pieces of art that might come from the mind, temperament and talent of Reynolds Woodcock himself, pieces that needed to express something important about the character, while also believably looking like 1950s fashion. Some online commentators have debated over whether Woodcock is actually a good fashion designer, or whether the work he creates in the movie is too fussy and constraining.

That debate only further demonstrates how strong Bridges’ work is, and how integral it is to the story that filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is telling. Fashionistas of the time would have had the exact same debate about Reynolds’ work, and making the film’s fashions controversial is a brilliant way of demonstrating Woodcock’s brash, sometimes abrasive personality via his creations.

While The Shape of Water, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread are all period pieces, with actual historical design elements to draw upon, Blade Runner 2049 is set in the future, allowing the design team to let their imaginations run wild when it comes to creating the movie’s world. At the same time, 2049 is the sequel to the 1 82 sci-fi classic Blade Runner, which has a very specific aesthetic that fans would be expecting to see

replicated. The visual effects split the difference between nostalgia and innovation, relying on practical, tangible creations as much as modern CGI, delivering a look that is sleek and forward-thinking while also evocative of the franchise’s past.

Set 30 years after the events of Blade Runner, 2049 stars Ryan Gosling as K, a replicant (the name for human-like androids) who also works as a blade runner, a government agent tracking down and eliminating rogue replicants. A new case puts him on the trail of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former blade runner and the main character of the first movie, and places him at odds with the sinister corporation that creates and controls the replicants.

In addition to its visual effects, 2049 won an Oscar for the cinematography by legendary director of photography Roger eakins. Pretty much every frame of the movie could be printed out and hung in a museum. Director Villeneuve preserves many of the striking visual elements of the original, including a Los Angeles overrun with giant, intrusive advertising, with now outdated brands like Atari and Pan Am, which appeared in the original, maintaining a presence.

Perhaps the most emotionally affecting use of effects comes in the character of Joi (Ana de Armas), a holographic companion who longs for more in her relationship with K. The scene in which Joi hires a replicant prostitute (Mackenize Davis) to serve as her avatar for sex with K is tender and heartbreaking, and the way that Davis and de Armas commingle and melt into each other seamlessly—thanks to sophisticated visual effects— is what gives those romantic moments their power. In all four of these movies, the design work transcends its “technical” designation to reach the audience in the same way that all good storytelling does. www.davidlv.com | 45

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Fine Dining Design Beautiful Spaces to Eat and Drink

By Marisa Finetti How fortunate are we to have one of the most vibrant dining scenes in the world? But, as you take that sip from that inventive cocktail or sink your teeth into a well-prepared bone-in rib eye, look around to notice the space you’re in.

You might discover that you’ve been transported to another place.

Rosina Lisa Simeone is the mastermind behind the conceptual design of Rosina, a bar inside Palazzo Las Vegas that is both emotionally and visually suggestive of jewel box opulence. Simeone is the co-owner of Simeone Dreary, a Chicago-based design house that has brought life to concepts such as Detroit Foundation Hotel, The Charmant, The LondonHouse Chicago, and most recently, Waldorf Astoria Chicago. “As the Palazzo is based on an Italian Renaissance theme, we designed to create the persona of a dazzling Sicilian socialite,” say Simeone. “Not only who she was, but where she lived, her mode of transportation, what she wore, her cocktail of choice…Rosina became so detailed that she truly began to take on a life of her own.”

Rosina’s hallmark is defined by all things luxe. Rich velvets, shirred leathers, brass inlayed marble, all lavishly layered to the point of opulence.

The interior design perspective was inspired by a treasured jewel box, with finishes that literally sparkle, such as faceted glass, beveled antique mirror, shattered crystal chandelier and polished marble to enhance the effect.

“Finally, we really wanted revelers and patrons to feel good in the space, so we made sure the colors were flattering so that everyone felt and looked gorgeous in the glow.”

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femininity. Enter into a space that not only provides a departure from everyday life, but also from the traditional steakhouse. Timber and leather, deep velvets, beveled mirrors, chandeliers dripping with crystal, and lamps reminiscent of the kind Daisy from The Great Gatsby would have in her mansion. “The look is glamorous and intimate with soft, golden lighting adding to the seductive mood,” say Martin Brudnizki of Martin Brudnizki esign Studio. His internationally-acclaimed design firm in ew York and London prides itself on designing spaces that feel like they have been there the whole time. “The [entry lounge] area is relaxed and comfortable with a mixture of seating, however it is the wall shelves, which have been styled with floral plates, urns and teapots, all vintage and found across the US, which creates a unique aspect to the restaurant,” says Brudnizki. “The ambience is authentic and helps convey the sense that the restaurant has always been a part of the Park MGM’s A.” The center bar is a dramatic focal point, experienced from every corner of the dining room. The dramatic ebony and ivory piano-key inspired flooring, which surrounds the bar, showcases the elegant centerpiece as a place for lively conversation and libations. And if you think you’ve seen it all, work your way to the secluded area in the deepest back part of the restaurant where an incredible agate crystal bar top awaits in the private room.

MB Steak Brothers and restaurateurs, David and Michael Morton of MB Steak, worked very closely with designer Karen Herold of Chicago’s Studio K Creative to create memorable spaces in their bi-level luxury steakhouse, located inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Each floor is distinctly and purposefully unique from the other, with the first floor featuring a dark color palette with a clubby feel, with the upstairs opening up to a sunlit space with a botanical living wall.

“The inspiration for the design was largely influenced from our research and travels around the world. The living wall is the focal point of the Garden Lounge, and we were inspired by some incredible ones we found in Europe.

We have used living walls in other projects, but never at this scale,” says Michael Morton.

Bursts of soothing emerald green and pink hues complement the moss and succulents in the living wall. Cocktails are served atop a leather bar and the adjacent private dining room enjoys its very own kitchen. The custom millwork in the Garden Lounge includes warm, fumed European white oak floors and burnt-charred wood walls with brass reveals. Opaque glass in the skylight above the bar gives the space a beautiful, natural glow and the motorized windows allow fresh air to enter the space.

But perhaps one of the best kept secrets at MB Steak is the private bar room downstairs. “It’s a small, intimate space hidden behind the bar with wooden louvers that can be opened for views of the casino floor or closed for complete privacy,” says Michael Morton. “There’s even a secret side entrance.”

Primrose Located just steps from the Park MGM lobby, Primrose was designed by interior designer Martin Brudnizki, who also designed Bavette’s. Brudnizki, whose celebrated restaurant work also includes The Ivy, Le Caprice, and Annabel’s in London, gave Primrose a distinctively residential feel. The restaurant evokes a series of rooms in a country house, leading out to a lush garden and terrace, with pots of fresh, fragrant herbs inspired by the French Riviera. The adjacent rooms include a warm and thoughtfully-

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curated drawing room and the park-inspired dining room, complete with custom park bench seating and a striking photographic mural portraying harmonious moments in the park.

In collaboration with Paris and New York-based creative studio bepoles, Primrose’s extensive art collection centers around early 1950s Provence, France, which captivated artists from around the world for its unmatched light and colors, as well as famed potteries from around the area of Vallauris. Each piece in the restaurant celebrates this Golden Age of art and includes five original edition linocuts by Pablo Picasso, a former resident of Vallauris, as well as lithographs by French artists Jean Cocteau and Pierre Boncompain depicting summers in the South of France.

At the heart of the restaurant’s Drawing Room, and reflecting the overall inspiration of Primrose, is a library featuring a diverse selection of vintage and early edition books celebrating topics ranging from the flavors of Provence to impressionist art from the South of France, parks from around the world and great country estates - many of these tomes were handpicked from long-time local Las Vegas purveyor Amber Unicorn Books.

Primrose will be a key part of the culinary offering at Park MGM. The restaurant will be managed by Sydell Group, owners and operators of trendsetting boutique lifestyle hotels across the country, including The NoMad in New York; The Line in Los Angeles; and Freehand in Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles, each one highly regarded for their food & beverage concepts.

MR CHOW Successful restaurateur Michael Chow is also a highly accomplished artist and designer. In addition to designing all of his MR CHOW restaurants, including this Caesars Palace location, Chow has designed Giorgio Armani boutiques and Chow’s own home in Holmby Hills, California.

Chow’s credence is to perfect every detail; every detail is a universe.

With that understanding, every detail, for every single element from colors to scents to textures to sound, has a truth and focus, with a ‘one-way, onlyway,’ to execute it.

When guests enter MR CHOW at the casino level, an elegant Champagne lounge provides a memorable entry point. Guests are welcome to sip on a variety of premium Champagnes, such as Krug Grande Cuveé or Dom Pérignon, from the famous champagne trolley, while taking in the bright space and the Jeff Koons “Balloon Venus” sculpture on display.

From the Champagne lounge, guests travel up a set of private elevators to the nearly 1,600 sq. ft. restaurant. A lounge with plush bronze furniture and custom Clive Barker artwork is where guests wait for the maître d’ to escort them to their table. On the journey to the table, guests can appreciate the landscape of the round, white Venetian plaster and Plexiglas lined dining room with outer banquette seating, the 150 plus Lily floral arrangements in the center, the bold dark wooden bar with shelves extending to the ceiling, lined with the finest spirits, and the large windows and French doors leading to the terrace overlooking the famous Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis.

The focal point of the restaurant is the one-of-a-kind kinetic sculpture, suspended from a 60 ft. dome. Created by Chow and constructed by TAIT, the 3,800 lb. fiberglass and aluminum framed sculpture is coined “The Moon,” as in its inactive state it resembles a full moon. However, throughout each evening, the sculpture performs a four-minute show as it maneuvers into various configurations. The outside of the sculpture is a crisp white, echoing the monochromatic coloring of the room, while the interior is Yves Klein Blue. www.davidlv.com | 51

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Local Media, Marketing & Technology Drive Demand for Home Security Systems

By Brian Sodoma

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ouble homicides, teen suicides, home invasions, burglaries.

It’s a case of pick your media poison when it comes to Las Vegas crime reports and statistics. Whether you blame it on a transient society, Las Vegas’ ever-debated dark soul, or a host of other reasons, the perception is still growing that Las Vegas is indeed a city seen as having its share of vulnerabilities when it comes to crime.

According to Las Vegas Review Journal reports, 2017 homicide rates kept pace with 2016 numbers, a record year. NeighborhoodScout.com, a tracker of crime in U.S. communities, ranks Las Vegas 11 out of 100 (100 being the safest) on its crime index, meaning the city is only safer than 11 percent of U.S. cities. The site reports more than 24,000 annual crimes in Las Vegas, nearly 5,500 of which are violent crimes and nearly 19,000 property crimes like burglaries or car thefts. Las Vegas’ crime rate is 8.63 per 1,000 residents for violent crime and 29.78 per 1,000 residents for property crime.

The data comes with some conflicting elements, however. Las Vegas is considered “not one of the safest communities in America,” according to Neighborhood Scout, but when “compared to other communities of similar population size, Las Vegas has a crime rate noticeably lower than the average.” In fact, the website also noted that, “Las Vegas is actually safer than most [cities] according to Neighborhood Scout’s exclusive analysis of FBI crime data. At the same time, our violent crime rate is among the highest in the nation, with a chance of becoming a victim pegged at one in 116. For property crime, Las Vegas offers an “above average chance” of victimization when compared to all other communities in America.

Burglaries may not get the mass media attention that violent crimes do, but homeowners are still plugged into the potential for problems in their neighborhoods – whether it’s real or not. Here’s a look at how local neighborhood crime and security experts see the situation, and how they say Las Vegas residents are responding to all the bad news.

Technology and perception Seeing how poorly Las Vegas fairs nationally when it comes to crime,

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hearing media accounts of specific crimes and an overall emphasis on the negativity of the crime conversation, all play a part in our perception of safety in our community, says U L Associate Professor William Sousa, who is also the director for the Center for Crime and Justice Policy at the university’s epartment of Criminal Justice.

“I think part of it is we’ve become more aware of these things happening and a lot of it has to do with social media,” he says. “It’s not always the case that … crime could be ticking up, but we’re also more aware of it and we’re able to see it so much more readily. That affects people’s perceptions and so people are more apt to say that crime is up, even if it’s really not on the rise.”

Sousa says it’s important to look at long-term crime data and not dwell on single-year spikes in order to get a good read on whether an area is truly becoming more crime-ridden. Since 2010, he says, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR), annual burglaries have ranged between 12,000 and 1 ,000 incidents in the Las egas metro area. 2016 saw fewer incidents than 201 and was closer to 12,000. While 201 numbers aren’t fully calculated, he suspects that year will be at least slightly higher than 2016.

“In the case of burglary, the numbers have been relatively stable,” he adds.

“You want to look more at five, 10 or 1 years, not just a two-year trend.”

Although there are three to four times more property crimes than violent crimes, considerably more resources are spent on violent crimes, Sousa added, making property crime solving a lower priority, in general.

“So many resources go towards violent crime. There’s not enough time in the day to handle property crimes. … They just don’t have the resources,” he says.

Preventative measures Burglaries, however, can be just as traumatic for a person as a robbery, that which may have involved a weapon, or a violent crime, Sousa says, since they primarily deal with the home environment. “People are very much traumatized and they wonder if they are safe sleeping in their own home,” he added.

With all types of criminal behavior being a focus for media outlets, alley home security companies are seeing increases in business activity.

Ronny Adler, founder of In The Sky, a Las egas-based security company, says cameras and alarms are the most popular requests today. Camera technology, he adds, has improved greatly while prices overall have dropped. For about 1, 00, an advanced system with cameras, alarm, and a video doorbell camera can be installed. oorbell video cameras, in particular, have been highly requested by homeowners, Adler says. Often times, criminals don’t even know a camera is inside the doorbell. The footage can be helpful to police, even in detecting porch pirates, those who steal packages left by delivery companies.

Most doorbell video cameras can also be connected to a phone app to alert the homeowner while he or she is not in the house that someone is at the front door. Some of these apps even integrate with a two-way speaker, allowing the homeowner to speak to someone ringing the doorbell.

“It makes them think that the homeowner is in the home, which can be enough of a deterrent,” Adler saysid.

Adler has also seen increased requests for security film on windows and door glass. The film his company uses is developed by 3M. While it will not prevent the glass from breaking if struck, it will keep the glass from shattering and holds broken glass pieces in place. Most intruders will likely abandon the situation then, as accessing the premises can still be difficult.

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Home automation, connectivity Jon Perry, president of Las Vegas-based Sting Alarm and Surveillance, says home automation needs have integrated with alarm systems, too. “You have the lifestyle element with thermostats, door locks, garage door openers, it all ties together with security and you can manage it through one platform.”

Perry’s team offers systems that operate through Alarm.com and integrate well with home automation technologies like Amazon’s Alexa.

The system, in combination with home automation solutions, allow for homeowners to view security events and concerns from their phone, change lighting configurations, and remotely make other changes to the home environment.

“We started this about seven or eight years ago, really, when we were sending texts and emails to homeowners,” he added. “Now, we have the cameras, thermostats, door locks, doorbell cameras in with it; it’s all together.”

Some of today’s camera technology, Perry notes, has greatly improved with the addition of video analytics. These systems, which are great for monitoring large areas for HOAs and open spaces around golf courses, can identify objects and people more accurately. Where older technology would give alerts based on motion, creating numerous false events, advanced pixilation from video analytics can discern between an actual act like a man jumping a fence as opposed to a neighbor walking his or her dog or an object blown over by heavy wind.

“By no means is every solution perfect, but this definitely works a lot better,” Perry adds.

Everyday tips, busting myths All three experts say it’s important to use simple crime prevention strategies, regardless of whether you have a home security system or

not. Locking all the doors and closing the garage, even if you are home throughout the day, and keeping the windows covered on the first floor are good practice, according to Adler. Some homeowners become lax and leave back doors open at times, thinking criminals use the front door.

“Many think burglaries happen at night, but most happen during the day,” Perry says. “I don’t know if it’s an urban legend. People see it on TV, I guess.”

Perry recommends registering cameras with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Vegas SafeCam community video surveillance program. This way, if a neighbor experiences a crime, your system’s camera footage may help provide information for the investigation.

Perry also says people who think their dog is a sufficient enough alarm system are often misinformed. He also recommends for those who have alarms to keep them set while at home. Some criminals may not think twice about trying to enter, even while someone is home. The practice also keeps a person familiar with the features of their system and in the regular practice of using it.

Adler also said social media apps like Next Door are very popular. They allow neighbors to stay in touch and alert one another to crimes that may have happened or are currently in progress.

“The good thing is with these social media apps, if we catch someone, that news spreads very quickly,” he adds.

Adler asserts that a security system is not intended to make a person feel like a prisoner in their own home. Styles can range from larger cameras so that a potential intruder sees them or extremely subtle eye-in-the sky types of cameras.

“My goal is to set the home up in a way so that they (intruders) don’t even want to try to come in,” the expert says, “but you don’t want to live in a prison with all these cameras around.”

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Mark Hutchison Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

By Ashley Losoya Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison is a third-generation Nevadan. After graduating from Bonanza High School, he earned a business administration degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University.

He is a business owner who built his law firm, Hutchison & Steffen, from the ground up starting in 1996, and it is now one of Nevada’s largest law firms. In 201 , while serving as State Senator, Hutchison won the general election to serve as evada’s 3 th Lieutenant Governor. He dedicates his time in public office to promoting economic development, job growth, and Nevada’s world-class tourist destinations, along with supporting policies to strengthen families and improve educational opportunities for Nevada students. He and his wife Cary have six children and six grandchildren.

What do you consider to be your most important role as the Lieutenant Governor of Nevada?

Although this is a broad generalization, I believe most challenges that we face can be solved by two things: a good job and a strong family. With that in mind, I have supported and will continue to pursue policies and legislation that enhance economic opportunities and prosperity for evadans and that strengthen their families. I want every Nevadan to have the chance to pursue the American Dream.

Have you seen that ‘pursuit of the American Dream’ play out in your own life?

Absolutely. My father and mother taught me to work hard from a young age and instilled in me the belief that if I set goals and worked hard I could achieve whatever I wanted to achieve. I began with a newspaper route at age 11. I then started working at age 12 at a local equipment rental company where my father was the general manager. I continued to work there through high school and college, which enabled me to go on to law school and move ahead professionally to provide for myself and my family.

None of that would have been possible without the opportunities afforded to me by living in this country. If there’s one thing America should be it’s the land of hope and opportunity, where everyone has the chance to succeed.

During your time in office, you’ve been vocal about one issue that is particularly close to your heart. Tell us about that.

I’ve had the privilege of traveling to Israel twice as an elected official, and I’m headed there again in the coming weeks. I was struck by the hospitality and warmth of the Israeli people. And, of course, Israel is the greatest ally America has in a very dangerous part of the world. uring the 201 legislative session,

I was honored to introduce legislation against the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) campaign. I was thrilled when Senate Bill 26 passed last year, after months of hard work by many people and organizations that support Israel. This new antiBDS law ensures that Nevada does not do business or invest with businesses that make economic decisions based on politics that discriminate against Israel. evada should undoubtedly be concerned with any company motivated by politics over legitimate business performance.

So what is your take on the recent move to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel?

I applaud and strongly support the decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. Recently, I joined with many of my fellow Lt. Governors across the county to express this sentiment in a letter to President Trump. Israel is one of this country’s closest allies and friends, so I believe this is the right thing to do. Jerusalem has been and continues to be the epicenter of Israel’s cultural and religious history. This move simply acknowledges that truth and validates our Israeli partners.

Most people are aware by now that you’re not seeking re-election this year.

How did you come to that decision?

Serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Nevada has been one of the greatest honors of my life. As a proud Nevadan, born and raised here, serving my constituents has been particularly meaningful and rewarding. But I have a large and growing family and large and growing law firm, which are both worthy of my attention. My six children have blessed me with six grandchildren and another on the way with many more to come! My firm, Hutchison Steffen has recently expanded by adding two offices in northern evada. With those priorities in mind, I felt it best to forego another campaign in 2018 and possible term. So, I’m taking a pass on this election cycle but leaving open future possibilities.

Looking back on your time as Lt. Governor, would you encourage others to run for public office? efinitely. We need more evadans to influence the political process. I often remind my friends and constituents, “You can ignore politics all you want, but politics will not ignore you.” I’d like to see more hardworking Silver State residents run for public office, whether it’s on the state, county or city level. If that’s too much of a commitment now, get involved in politics through lobbying, testifying at hearings, or meeting with elected representatives to tell them what’s going on in the community and what you expect them to do to improve the lives of evadans. There are endless possibilities to contribute and ensure your voice is heard.

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