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

32 Sense Dr.Warren Volker headed a medical team that provided services in hurricaneravaged Puerto Rico.

42 Dvorak Rewound LV Phil and UNLV team up to explore the Czech composer’s influence.

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46 Clown Trip On their travels, these performers break the language barrier one smile at a time.

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ALEZA FREEMAN

JAQ GREENSPON

PAUL HARASIM

is a true product of the desert, conceived in the Negev and born in Vegas. She worked for many years as a reporter, editor and copywriter for newspapers, ad agencies, internet startups and casino creative departments before branching out on her own as a freelance writer. But it’s her role as mommy that excites her most (even more than reporting on-assignment in Israel, interviewing “Weird Al” Yankovic or riding every thrill ride in Vegas with a video camera pointed at her face). Aleza’s squad includes her husband Howard, son Evan, two cats, one dog and the occasional spider.

is a new father as well as a world traveling, dog loving, scuba diving, book collecting, writer currently residing somewhere in Eastern Europe.

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is the editorial associate director for the UNLV School of Medicine. Following a stint in Houston in print and TV journalism as well as public affairs -- the Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring his work -- he spent more than a decade at the Las Vegas Review-Journal as an award-winning medical writer and columnist. A Vietnam veteran who covered the war for military publications, he is the author of “Standing Tall.”

JASON HARRIS

BRIAN SODOMA

LYNN WEXLER

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is a freelance journalist and copywriter whose work has been published by Entrepreneur, Forbes.com and major daily newspapers like the Arizona Republic and Las Vegas Review Journal.

enjoys distilling, and voicing in print, the essence of topics she researches and those she interviews. Her acute and ardent style has been acknowledged throughout her years as a TV reporter, news anchor and journalist, interviewing persons of note on the world stage. s a certified Values and anners ife Coach, Lynn trains groups and individuals on improving their personal, social and professional effectiveness. She is most proud of her three outstanding children.

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From the Publisher

Max & Joanne Friedland

Dust off the old portmanteau, check the expiry date of your passport and have someone take care of the cat, we are leaving town this month. Don’t expect the usual travel itinerary, if you travel with DAVID, expect the unusual, the fantastic, an absolute adventure-freak’s adrenaline rush.

This month we globe trot with clowns, join a homegrown medical relief team as they offer aid to a hurricane-ravaged island paradise and stay in state to explore the Silver State.

The American landscape of the 1890s provided inspiration for Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World” better known as the New World Symphony. In Dvorak Unwound, pages 42-45, Brian Sodoma explores the programming of the Music Unwound Festival; this year produced the by the Las Vegas Philharmonic in partnership with UNLV. Now in its 2nd year, amongst other things, the festival focuses on “American” music by way of an examination and a performance of Dvorak’s New World Symphony. long the way, we also visit the creative mind of a contemporary filmmaker and author. n her profile piece, Pulling the Plug, pages - , ynn Wexler interviews mmy-nominated filmmaker and author Tiffany Shlain, who was recently honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century.” Shlain, founder of The Webby Awards, will be a speaker at this year’s Women Empowering Women retreat presented by the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada on Sunday, March 31.

The Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico, famous for its mountains, forests, waterfalls, and beaches has long been the destination of choice for discerning vacationers. In September 2017 Category 5 Hurricane Maria changed that all – at least for the time being. Responding to the utter devastation and human loss, aid started to trickle in. In his piece Island Relief, pages 32-35, Paul Harasim interviews Las Vegas physician Warren Volker the founder of the #vegascares4puertorico initiative. We follow him and his intrepid team of medical professionals as they jet down to the Caribbean, this time on a mission of mercy.

In Clown Trip, pages 46-51, Jaq Greenspon shares his experiences, gallivanting around the world with the Las Vegas-based Aga-Boom clown troop. Along with stories of the places they visited we discover the power of silence. These performers are able to break the language barrier one smile at a time. For all of us that talk a lot, this piece leaves a lot to ponder.

Las Vegans have a notorious lack of curiosity about the State they vote in. I have lived in many places in the US, Europe, and Africa. Nothing quite compares to life in the Entertainment Capital of the World. For those who have a wanderlust, but want to keep it close to home, hit the 95 going north. In Reno-vating a Classic, pages 52-56, Aleza Freeman writes about the past, present, and future of our sister-city, and often rival, Reno. She also gives us the sights and sounds you should look out for on your road-trip there.

Here’s to the madness of March, as always see you in the racks.

Max D. Friedland max@davidlv.com

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Your Guide to the Arts, Entertainment, and Community Events.

What's Hot this Month in Dining, Shopping, and Local Attractions.

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702-749-2012. http://thesmithcenter.com BLUES TRAVELER 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-8622695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas FIRST FRIDAY ARTS FESTIVAL 5 p.m. The Las Vegas Arts District, 1225 S. Main St., Las Vegas. https://ffflv.org 2019 LAS VEGAS TOY CON Through Mar. 3, 10 a.m. Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, 3000 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. https://18b.org COMEDY SPORTZ IMPROV COMEDY SHOW 6 p.m. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-507-6019. http://lvccld.org LOS MONOLOGOS DE LA VAGINA 7 p.m.

Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. http://lvccld.org SMOKEY ROBINSON Through Mar. 2, 8 p.m. Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-770-7000.http:// wynnlasvegas.com

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BOB SEGER: ROLL ME AWAY, THE FINAL TOUR 8 p.m. MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-892-7575. https://mgmgrand.com WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MOVIE: A STAR IS BORN (1976) 2 p.m. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-5073400. http://lvccld.org

CREATING ABUNDANCE: THE POWER OF LETTING GO 1 p.m. West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-5073940. http://lvccld.org 5TH ANNUAL NATIVE SON COMMUNITY SPELLING BEE COMPETITION AND AWARDS PRESENTATION 12 p.m. West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-507-3980. http://lvccld.org SCHOOL GARDEN HARVEST MARKETPLACE 10 a.m. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Dr., Las Vegas. 702-5073860. http://lvccld.org GEEK BOWL XIII 7 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-6935000. http://hardrockhotel.com TIME FOR THREE - LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC 8 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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MUSE - SIMULATION THEORY WORLD TOUR 8 p.m. Mandalay Bay Events Center, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com

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HYMN: SARAH BRIGHTMAN IN CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS 7:30 p.m.

House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://

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Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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SHEN YUN 2019 Through Mar. 7, times vary. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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ART BATTLE LAS VEGAS 7 p.m. Millenium Fandom Bar, 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas.

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BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE BREAKOUT POET: HIEU MINH NGUYEN 7 p.m. Marjorie Barrick Museum, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. https://18b.org BAND OF HORSES 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695.

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ST. BALDRICK'S ROCK THE BALD FUNDRAISER - TO CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCERS 7 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000.

http://hardrockhotel.com

Music by Matthew Pierce Choreography by Septime Webre WITH ORCHESTRA

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DEAD KENNEDYS 6 p.m. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - THE MAN OF THE WOODS TOUR 7:30 p.m. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300.

“A pop-art dream, a feat of fevered imagination.”

— Washington Post

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KEN JEONG 9 p.m. Treasure Island, 3300 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111.

http://treasureisland.com

MOE Through Mar. 10, 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/

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SAMMY MILLER AND THE CONGREGATION 7 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

(702) 749-2000 • NevadaBallet.org PHOTOS BY JERRY METELLUS

NEVADA BALLET THEATRE — DAVID MAGAZINE — 5.25” X 9.875”

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TORI KELLY 8 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777.

http://palms.com

MY FAVORITE MURDER 8 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 844-600-7275. https://parkmgm.com BOOKER T. JONES 6 & 8:30 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012.

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

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STEPHEN MARLEY 2019 ACOUSTIC JAMS TOUR 7 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://

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CHER AT PARK Through Mar. 30, 8 p.m. Park Theater, MGM Grand, 3770 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 844-600-7275. https://

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JEWISH NEVADA WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL PRESENTS: POMEGRANATE 2019 6:30 p.m. DW Bistro, 9275 W. Russel Rd., Las Vegas. 702-7320556. http://jewishnevada.org

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

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BLEACH IMPROV 10 p.m. Cockroach Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 110, Las Vegas.

https://18b.org

THE POETS CORNER HOSTED BY LABLAQUE WILLIAMS 7:30 p.m. West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org IL DIVO 8 p.m. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777.

http://palms.com

JUANITA WESTBROOK AS ZORA NEALE HURSTON 12 p.m. Lloyd D. George Courthouse, Jury Assembly Room, 333 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-229-2787. http://

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TOBE NWIGWE 8 p.m. Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000.

http://hardrockhotel.com

JIM JEFFERIES Through Mar. 16, 10 p.m.

Mirage, 3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-791-7111. http://mirage.com

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

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SANKOFA CONVERSATIONS: CONTINUING THE JOURNEY 2 p.m. West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-229-2787. http://artslasvegas.org ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS: UPSIDE DOWN FLOWERS TOUR 6 p.m.

House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://

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ROSELIT BONE 9 p.m. The Velveteen Rabbit, 1218 S. Main St., Las Vegas. https://18b.org

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DISNEY'S DCAPPELLA 7:30 p.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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THE REVIVALISTS 8 p.m. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.

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JESS HILARIOUS 10 p.m. Mirage, 3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111 http://

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EN VOGUE 8 p.m. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas. 702-284-7777.

http://orleans.com

LAS VEGAS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 1 p.m.

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Desert Breeze Park, 8275 Spring Mountain Rd., Las Vegas. 702-265-1237 http://

HELLO, DOLLY! Through Mar. 24, times vary.

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

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DARYLL HALL & JOHN OATES Through Mar. 23, 7:30 p.m. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-2275938. http://caesarspalace.com

cosmopolitan.com

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ANDREW DICE CLAY Through Mar. 17, 10 p.m.

Tropicana, 3801 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-739-2222. http://troplv.com

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Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas.

702-414-1000. https://venetian.com

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TEMPLE SINAI ANNUAL GALA 5 p.m.

Temple Sinai Event Center, 9001 Hillpointe Rd., Las Vegas. 702-254-5110. http://

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34TH ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL AWARDS Through Mar. 29, times vary. Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas. 702-284-7777.

http://orleans.com

KENNY LOGGINS 8 p.m. Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-7707000. http://owynnlasvegas.com

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BE ENGAGED SUMMIT 2019 8 a.m. Reynolds Hall, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-749-2012. http://

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GIADA VALENTI - FROM VENICE WITH LOVE 8 p.m. Myron's Cabaret Jazz, The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas. 702-7492012. http://thesmithcenter.com

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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 8 p.m. The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com CITIZEN COPE 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695.

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Mingle Nevada Ballet Theatre Black & White Ball 2019 Venue

Aria Resort & Casino

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Over 100 community members gathered together for a wonderful evening of cocktails and food to raise money for the Jewish community Center’s ongoing cultural arts programming. The event chaired by Annette Aerenson and Nancy Weinberger was hosted at a beautiful home in Seven Hills provided by the Ivan Sher Group. Ivan Sher, a longtime supporter of the Jewish Community Center has been making available one of Las Vegas’ spectacular homes each year to provide the backdrop for this special evening. The evening featured spectacular automobiles provided by Towbin Motorcars and fabulous Jewels by T-bird Jewels. Entertainment art by Rachel Kramer who created a unique piece of art during the evening which was made available for auction. The event brought in critical dollars, which will help to continue to fund cultural arts programs at the JCC, including after school programs for kids and scholarships for the JCC Maccabi Artsfest.

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Nearly 400 people gathered for this event, which was chaired, by Dr. Geoffrey and Charlene Sher and Donna and Peter Dubowsky. Guests were treated to presentations by presidential campaign veteran and news commentator Ron Nehring, who spoke on the topic of “From Israel to Europe to the USA: The Inside Story of Democracy in Action,” and Michal Uziyahu, Director of Community Centers for the Eshkol Region and JNF’s liaison to the Gaza Envelope region.

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amplification. ward-winning filmmaker, speaker, author, and Webby wards founder Tiffany Shlain is living the antidote to what she says is a society increasingly ensnared by the relentless lure of screen technology.

“Nine years ago, my husband, two children, and I participated in the first National Day of nplugging ND , where we turned off screens on a Friday night for 24 hours. The experience was so profound that we decided to make it a weekly ritual. We call it Technology Shabbat and it’s been one of the best things we’ve ever done as a family, affirms Shlain.

NDU is an outgrowth of The Sabbath Manifesto, an annual adaptation of the ewish ritual that sets aside one day per week to pray, gather, unwind, reflect, and connect with loved ones without acquiescing to the demands and distractions of the work week.

The 24-hour tech respite that Shlain speaks about highlights the value of digital detox in order to connect to what’s meaningful in real time.

Shlain, who is Jewish, loves and respects all the ways in which Jews observe the laws of Shabbat. “For me, though, it’s not religious. Shabbat is a beautiful gift from the ewish religion that can benefit all people, she says.

The first time we tried it, a few things happened that didn’t expect, Shlain continues. “We found that time truly slows down…like we got four Saturdays in one. When we went back online Saturday night, we appreciated technology in a whole new light.” The more they did it, the more powerful the experience; the more productive the work week.

Which isn’t to say that Shlain isn’t a fan of technology and its farreaching ability, She is. She’s built an award-winning career based upon global connections made possible through the internet. Twenty-two years ago, she founded the Webby Awards to recognize producers of global connection through content and programming.

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The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences – also founded by Shlain – judges and presents the award to the winning recipient each year.

Shlain, however, acknowledges that the benefits of technology have also produced diminishing returns – its constant availability leaves no time for self-reflection or deep thinking.

She explores this dilemma in many of her films and addresses the issue in her new book, The 24/6 Life, available this fall from Simon and Schuster, which advises readers on how to reclaim their time from the grip of screens to create a better balance in their lives.

Connection, nonetheless, remains the predominant theme throughout Shlain’s body of work. Technology alone provides the platform for the “participatory revolution” she says has taken place, where people’s ideas can cross-pollinate and reproduce on a global scale, taking humanity to the next place through an emerging global brain.

“Our brains are designed to seek connection,” she says. “Innovation happens when people from different perspectives connect and share.

Technology and the world wide web make this possible.”

Shlain’s films are intended to provoke the viewer to consider where humanity is headed in this increasingly connected world. “I view myself as a conversation-maker rather than a filmmaker, she says.

Newsweek calls Shlain one of the “women shaping the 21st century.” er work has garnered over awards and distinctions, including being named on NPR’s list of Best Commencement Speeches.

She has premiered four films at Sundance, including her acclaimed feature documentary Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology. The .S. State Department selected four of her films, including Connected, to represent the U.S. at embassies around the world for their American Film Showcase. Her AOL Original series, The Future Starts Here, was nominated for an Emmy and has over 40 million views to date.

Shlain is a world-renowned speaker and has been featured at oogle, Harvard, NASA, The Economist Ideas conference, and was the closing speaker for TEDWomen and TEDMED. T D Conferences published her first book, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks, and she writes a monthly online newsletter about ideas and culture called Breakfast Tiffany’s.

Shlain runs the et t Ripple film studio in San rancisco, where she

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makes films and creates global internet days around topics that shape our lives. The annual global initiative, Character Day, features films, speakers, and discussions on the components of character courage, empathy, wisdom, social intelligence. er film series, 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power, premiered live at T DWomen and at T Dxes globally. t was the centerpiece film for the first annual Day, which had over , screenings around the globe, all linked together in an online discussion about what it’s going to take to get to a more gender-balanced world.

Shlain has achieved a lot by any measure of success. Determination, vision, and courage seem to be hallmarks that drive her to affect and evolve change. t’s only possible because believe in humanity and believe we’re evolving. Two steps forward, one step back, but always in a positive direction. t’s important to highlight the good so that it becomes a selffulfilling prophecy as opposed to the alternative, she says.

The goal of the films that she and her team produce is to trigger important conversations for the times we’re living in. t’s rewarding to make films that are used by professors, teachers, and organi ations around the world to educate and engage people on the complicated topics challenging the st century brain.

Basic academics are, of course, important, but it’s just as important to teach critical thinking, collaboration, learning from failure, improvising, and addressing the ecosystem of education, she adds.

Shlain feels fortunate to have had parents who encouraged her to be all she can be. She was inspired by a mother who returned to school to get her Ph.D. and a father who told her to think big f she wasn’t living on the creative cutting edge, she was taking up space.

She also practices the belief that naming your hopes and dreams and declaring them out loud is a way of manifesting them into reality. f you have an idea, and you believe in yourself, surround yourself with others who support and encourage you to go for it. o for it as if you know it’s already done. Pursue it with clarity and focus and commitment, and see what unfolds, she says.

Shlain grew up with a uote by th century erman writer oethe on her desk that she’s viewed each day since she was a little girl. t sums up her understanding of how to commit to being effective in the world hate er ou an o, or ream ou an o, e in it Bo ness has enius, ower, an ma i in it Be in it now But dreams back then weren’t distracted by gadgets that bu and ping relentlessly from a glaring screen that beckons our attention , impacting our peace of mind, body, and soul.

Which is precisely why Shlain and her family are committed to unplugging once a week, beginning on riday night, for twenty-four hours. er love of technology is why she values time away from it.

Tech Shabbat, she says, turning off every screen in sight - phones, laptops, TVs, and yes, even pple watches allows me to space out and explore my imagination. t puts my mind into a different mode of thinking. t’s supple and allows me to reinvigorate creativity and be inspired all over again. t’s what Rabbi and ewish theologian vraham eschel calls a san tuar in time. ike technology, unplugging is truly lifechanging.

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If that description of the U.S. Territory 1000 miles from Miami sounds like a tourist’s vacation paradise, it is : Until 2017, nearly 4 million people visited the island annually, supplying approximately $1.8 billion each year to the Puerto Rican economy. ears ago, Dr. Warren Volker, the chief clinical officer of Davita edical

Group-Healthcare Partners of Nevada, as well as a clinical professor of minimally invasive surgery at the UNLV School of Medicine, had heard all about the beauty of the island from friends, colleagues, and students. He hoped to vacation there one day.

But when Volker did go to the island, it wasn’t on vacation. It was on a medical mission that he organized in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico in late September 2017. The Category 4 storm made landfall with winds close to 150 miles an hour and plowed a path of destruction across the island, killing nearly 3000 people and causing property damage estimated at $90 billion. Much of the island was without electricity for months.

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Above: Hurricane damage on Puerto Rico. Bottom left & right: Dr. Warren Volker and team provide medical assistance to Hurricane victims.

Even before the media began its major coverage of the storm, Volker, who has regularly gone on medical missions to help the needy in Honduras, recently said he knew the hurricane was going to be devastating and he felt he had to help with the relief effort.

“I have taught several surgeons from the university in Puerto Rico and was in contact with them. also work with Boston Scientific a medical device manufacturer) and they have a major center there...I was in communications with them as well,” Volker says now. “Everyone was telling me that the island was going to be destroyed, with thousands of people who were not going to be able to access medical care for months...I couldn’t stand the fact that there was going to be thousands of Puerto

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A couple of days after the storm’s landfall, Volker had assembled a team for the week-long medical mission. Dr. Jasmine Pedroso, an associate director of the minimally invasive surgery fellowship Volker created and that’s run through the UNLV School of Medicine, would be the second physician. Jessica Ortiz, a Puerto Rican native and a nurse anesthetist who worked on cases with Volker at Centennial Hospital, where he’s chief of staff, was brought along to help dispense medications. Volker’s son Alex, a Las Vegas-based commercial pilot, would fly the plane Volker www.davidlv.com | 33

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would charter. Also set to make the trip were Alex Volker’s co-pilot, Ryan indley, and two representatives from Boston Scientific, Dallas-based David Solero, a Puerto Rican native, and ordan Councill of Salt ake City both men agreed to help distribute supplies, many of them donated by the device manufacturer which has about employees in Puerto Rico.

We were scheduled to go on Oct. , says Volker, who was coordinating his mission through disaster relief officials with the help of .S. Senator Catherine Corte asto, D-NV., and Steve Sisolak, then the chair of the Clark County Commission. verything was set.

But the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in the history of the nited States changed those plans. On the night of Oct. , Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concert goers at the Route arvest usic estival on the Strip, killing people and leaving injured before turning the gun on himself. n his leadership capacity with both ealthcare Partners and Centennial ospital, Volker was called on to help coordinate care for the injured. t wasn’t until almost a month later that Volker’s team was on their way to Puerto Rico. That Volker, now in his s, could fund the mission himself, is testimony to his business acumen. s an undergraduate at the niversity of North Dakota where Volker also received his medical degree and a PhD in molecular biology he majored in both natural sciences and finance. y undergraduate work in financial management has been

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Three years after completing an OB- N residency through the niversity of Nevada, Reno edical School, where he became a member of the faculty and directed the school’s research, Volker started Women’s Specialty Care, a as Vegas clinic where he was C O and managing partner. That single clinic eventually morphed into and become known as Well ealth uality Care. n , Davita edical roup- ealthcare Partners ac uired Well ealth and asked him to stay on as chief clinical officer.

While directing his clinics, Volker also helped develop the cCarus-Volker ornisee System, one of the most used surgical devices in women’s health care. n , when doctors were finding it difficult to obtain malpractice insurance, Volker also found time to found Premier Physicians nsurance Company. n , after Premier Physicians became one of the five largest malpractice insurance companies in Nevada, he sold it. e has used his financial success in healthcare to start a nonprofit foundation which funds endeavors that include a N V School of edicine fellowship. We need more specialty care in Nevada, Volker says. ach year, the raduate edical ducation ellowship program has young doctors from around the country vying for two spots. ost of the fellows, including Pedrosa, have stayed in Nevada. have wanted to use my talents to help people, says Volker, who plans on expanding his medical efforts internationally. We need to do all we can to help the less fortunate.

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he phone rings.

Calling me is Ralph Perazzo, the large and excitable man behind bBd’s, the new burger joint in Palace Station. The first point here is that calling bBd’s a “burger joint” doesn’t exactly do the place justice, so shame on me. The second point is that if Perazzo is calling, one should expect the unexpected.

In the past, Perazzo’s queries have gone from the cultural: “Is there a good Jewish deli in Las Vegas?” This one was not so out of the ordinary and the answer is: for New Yorkers, no, for everyone else, Weiss’s and Bagel Cafe are pretty great.

To the more spontaneous: “Do you want to drive to Los Angeles today, eat an unholy amount of food at various restaurants and drive back to tomorrow?” I would have liked to, but I was unavailable.

This time, not only was the ask one I wasn’t ready for, but it was one I didn’t understand. “Why don’t you suit up?” Perazzo presses me.

Suit up? My mind goes wild.

Is Chef Ralph asking me to join some adult, relive your high school glory football team with real jerseys, coolers of beer, and drawn up plays on the dry erase board? Some real weekend warrior shit.

You see, Perazzo, 39, and I are similar. We are both burly gentlemen with somewhat intimidating statures. Each of us tops 6 feet and are both bald with large Rabbinical style beards and sizable bellies. In other words, we are both incredibly good looking.

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So together, we could perhaps become a vicious professional wrestling tag team. Our gimmick would be our knowledge of food and when the referee has his back turned, we’d shove raw meat down our opponents’ throats, incapacitating them for long enough to hit our running splash/ senton bomb combination finisher maneuver.

Or with enough leather apparel, we could portray a pair of bikers in the background of bar scenes in movies where the hero somehow ends up in some back road, how did I get here honky-tonk, where he accidentally offends us locals by talking to one of our girls respectfully.

Or maybe we are going to be a pair of offensive linemen in this grownup, make believe football league I am pretty certain Ralph is asking me to join.

My mistake here was not taking into account Perazzo’s sense of whimsy and his love of sharing his food, as his request of me had nothing to do with us becoming tag team champions, working actors, or a fearsome lineman duo.

Let me ask you a question: how many “burger joints” do you know that have their own butchering room? And if you do know any, how many of

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them display said butchering room to customers right when they walk in? bBd’s – which stands for burgers, beers, desserts – is the only one I can think of. Before you get to the table to chomp down on some tasty meat patties, and even before you see said makeshift butcher shop, you walk through a hallway that looks like it will lead you to a dungeon. A large, goth-style wooden door opens up to a corridor splattered with dark, bloodred paint. Art work that appears to have been bought at a Manson family garage sale adorns the walls. Paintings of discombobulated babies and wizards holding lathes on mountains stare back at you from each side of the path. If Lord of the Rings was a horror movie, this would be a good set for a hobbit beheading.

Don’t get me wrong. I’ll take this entranceway over the shitty corporate “neighborhood” burger restaurants any day of the week. I’m no fan of the inauthentic flair (or cuisine, for that matter) at those places: Banners representing hometown sports teams the corporations know nothing about; Pictures of groups of friends from the 1980s, so young they are

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still naive enough to still have hopes and dreams; Hard working men in greasy undershirts tinkering with classic cars. It’s like they bastardized a John Mellencamp song, if that’s even possible, and put whatever came out the other end on the walls at those T.G.I. ChileBee’s.

With the much more original bBd’s gateway to hell, what you’re getting is an accurate representation of the owner. If you could bottle those walls and sell them as a cologne, they’d be the “Essence du Ralph.”

But, as mentioned, it only gets more morbid from there. Once through the stylish hall of nightmares, you are met at eye level with giant hunks of raw meat hanging from massive hooks. From time to time, as you look through the window to the butchering room, you see cooks expertly cutting, emulsifying, and grinding the meat you might be eating soon. Just your average, friendly neighborhood burger joint, right?

With that information, we can now revisit the original question Perazzo called and asked me: “Why don’t suit up?”

“What do you mean?” I ask.

“Get in uniform, come butcher some steaks with me, then we’ll cook them and eat them,” Perazzo explains.

Basically, he’s inviting me to butchering fantasy camp. Yes and please and thank you. Let’s go.

Perazzo is proud of his meat. Every burger eaten at bBd’s is ground in house. He has different blends of lean and fat for each style he presents.

He has also done extensive research on the product he puts out. Perazzo states that while 5% of all beef in the United States is considered prime, only 40% of that 5% is actually prime, so it’s really only 2% of US beef that’s prime and yes, I did that equation by myself, without calculators, in my head. nd yes, ’m also terrified for when my child is old enough to start using new math in school and I’ll be f****n dumbfounded on how that works and why they changed it from the way we learned it to begin with.

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itself; a griddled burger that will bring you back to the pleasure of eating at old-school diners; a prime burger that can compete with any steakhouse burger in Las Vegas; and Perazzo’s newest creation: a charbroiled burger that is so damn good, it’s best to just eat it with cheese and no other accoutrements on it. The salt and pepper crust on this burger packs so much flavor into the thing, it’s a damn wonder.

That type of care goes into everything served at bBd’s. It sounds wacky but it’s absolutely true that this place, with its vault of raw meat showcased for all who enter, also has one of the best vegan menus in town. Don’t believe me? Order the vegan wings, which utilize seitan that Perazzo sources from a small purveyor in Philadelphia and tell me they aren’t as good as any version of the bone-in fowl appetizer you’ve had anywhere.

Speaking of appetizers, the massive cheese sticks, which feature a secret mix of cheeses that both another food writer and couldn’t figure out together, are also showstoppers. I never thought mozzarella sticks needed to be improved upon until I tried these delicious monsters.

So you can imagine Perazzo’s excitement to roll out his steak program.

He is proud of the fact that he gets the same meat from the same farm as famed steakhouse Peter Luger’s. And why wouldn’t he be? What other “burger joint” can say that, or even attempts to go that big?

We suit up. White butcher coats. Bandanas that we wear over our mouths. bBd’s skull caps. Blue latex gloves. If we weren’t butchering, we could easily be a pair of offbeat meth lab assistants who Walter White has to work with after he blows up Gus Fraine. (Sorry for the spoiler, but not really. If you haven’t watched Breaking Bad by now, that’s your own damn fault.)

The butchering room is cold. Like really cold. And fans circulating cold air make sure it stays that way so as to not disturb the temperature of the meat. All of Ralph’s toys sit against the walls, ready to help him create his masterpieces. A band saw to cut the meat. Some crazy Swedish emulsification machine for house made sausages. The we-didn’t-try-toohard-to-name-it “Patty-O-Matic” for his perfect burger blends.

Perazzo, realizing I’m a legal liability, takes a fat hunk of meat over to the band saw and shaves off a thin piece. He makes me eat it raw. I passed his test by getting in touch with my inner Revenant. He passed mine because it was fricken tasty.

Then he cuts your average 3-pound porterhouse. WHAT?! But being that this fat slab of beef won’t be enough for us two beefy boys, he also cuts out a ribeye of the same size. But, of course, why have two gigantic steaks when you can have three? So he has also marinated a 3-pound tri-tip in house-made teriyaki sauce.

After the meat is seasoned, we take it a super-hot grill with customized slats to create the crusting Perazzo wants. The heat comes from only coals and wood, keeping the flavor clean. What really impresses me is what happens after we get the char we are looking for.

While the outside of the beef is now flavor-crusted, the inside remains rare. Perazzo slices the steaks one by one and puts each on a sizzling hot plate with some aromatics. The meat is now cooking on the plate. For fans of Japanese food, consider this American tataki style. What takes the whole thing to the next level is while the meat is plate-cooking, Chef Ralph bastes the porterhouse and the ribeye in beef fat and the tri-tip in more teriyaki sauce, amping the flavor of the beef even more.

These are steaks I’d be happy to get at any steakhouse. But thankfully, all I have to do is walk down a hallway of horrors, past the room with the saw and the hanging raw meat, and order them at my new favorite local “burger joint.”

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Dvorak Rewound Las Vegas Philharmonic, UNLV, Team Up to Explore the Czech Composer’s Influence on Today’s Diversity Conversation

By Brian Sodoma

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ometimes, those who know little about us are the ones who teach us the most about ourselves. In the world of art and culture, that may certainly be the case for Czech composer Antonin Dvorak and his brief time spent in America.

Dvorak arrived in the US in 1892 to head the National Conservatory of Music in New York at the request of its president, Jeanette Thurber. Thurber’s hope was not to merely have Dvorak – who had just come off more than a decade-long run of increasing popularity in Europe – simply teach composition and run an orchestra. She asked the composer to explore American culture and the notion that the young country could have its own musical identity.

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went back to Prague in 1895; but the experience also sparked sometimes uncomfortable diversity conversations about who we are as Americans. His primary work of the time, Symphony #9: From the New World, reflected his exploration of American landscapes, Native American culture, and slavery and the African American experience.

Dvorak essentially came to the S and was asked to figure out who we are, says oseph Horowitz, director of Music Unwound, a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded effort to encourage orchestras to rethink themselves as humanities institutions that deliver not only cultural performances but education as well. “New World Symphony is a very sad piece. It reflects how he felt about Indians, the slave trade. He was inspired by America, but saddened by the things he discovered.

Horowitz is also the producer of the Saturday, April 6th Dvorak in merica concert event, in which the Las Vegas Philharmonic will perform Dvorak’s New World Symphony at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. usic nwound’s Dvorak in merica is far more than a single performance, however. It’s a week-long partnership between the as Vegas Philharmonic and N V’s College of ine rts, filled with lectures, discussions, and concerts, not merely reflecting on the past, but demonstrating how this small but important window of American cultural history is still relevant to America’s current societal, cultural, and artistic themes.

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Finding inspiration in America In the late 19 century, east coast cities looked to Europe and the music of Brahms, Beethoven, and Mendelson as a barometer for greatness, explains Donato Cabrera, the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s music director and conductor. Dvorak found that America had a rich, if troubling, well of history and that it inspired music like spirituals and call and response slavery songs to go along with the then still unexplored Western landscapes and Native American music. He became fascinated with spirituals, the immigrant experience, and Longfellow’s “Song of iawatha.

“What you have is a picture of America drawn by a great humanitarian in the 1890s, that focuses on immigration and persecuted minorities as well as the grandeur of the landscape, which is all very provocative and timely today, orowit adds.

These perspectives were not popular, as Dvorak was shedding light on topics many people in the New World were still figuring out how to deal with.

“I think what we’re trying to achieve here is an awareness of how important he was in terms of making us aware that we can have a music all our own, especially at that time, Cabrera adds. th

humanitarian in the 1890s,

that focuses on immigration and persecuted minorities as well as the grandeur of the landscape, which is all very provocative and timely today.”

A Bohemian perspective Dvorak knew little of the American experience and likely had no contact with other ethnicities in his native Bohemia. But certain elements of his upbringing and life experiences may have encouraged an openness to exploring something new. As a butcher’s son, Dvorak grew up in a working-class society. He eschewed any Germanic influence and was a force in putting the Czech arts community onto the global stage. Bohemians were considered an ethnic minority under Hapsburg rule.

“I compare him to Tocqueville as someone who saw us with fresh insight…because he was an outsider and brought no assumptions and prior knowledge, orowit adds. “[Dvorak] was ahead of his time in that he was already looking at what was distinctively merican about our society so long ago. e is sometimes referred to as a prophet of diversity, adds Nancy Uscher, dean of UNLV’s College of Fine Arts.

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A unique collaboration As orchestras do not tend to interface with academia often, the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s work with UNLV to present Music Unwound is a rare collaboration, Horowitz explains.

This unique partnership encourages education and public discussion, rather than simply shedding light on great music. As part of the program, Horowitz will lecture at UNLV classes as well as conduct a public lecture. Singer Kevin Deas will also conduct a workshop for UNLV students and both will be involved with pre-concert discussions.

“I think there’s a lot to celebrate when different cultural entities can work together,” Uscher notes, adding that as a Research One institution, UNLV’s top-tier vision includes partnerships to forge community impact with arts and culture. “We really look at the cultural vitality of our community to find ways we can come together to help each other do good work for society.

Adds Cabrera: “This (partnership) gives the audience a lot of information to think about, which I love…You won’t just go read a program…so much information is embedded into the performance.”

“[Dvorak] was ahead

of his time in that he was already looking at what was distinctively American about our society so long ago. He is sometimes referred to as a prophet of diversity.”

Pushing comfort zones Of course, with lectures and public discussions about cultural sensitivity, Horowitz admits that the subject matter inherently pushes some audience members out of their comfort zones. He recalls last year’s Music Unwound program highlighting composer Aaron Copland’s time in Mexico drawing negative reaction from an audience member.

“It was great that there was a reaction, and she (the audience member) stuck around. She was there for a long time engaging in conversation,” Horowitz adds.

In the late 1890s, the country dealt with waves of immigrants and there were tensions similar to what is being seen today regarding the subject, Horowitz explains. “There was a certain amount of confusion about what being ‘American’ really is…This is a great instrument for instilling dialogue on American identity,” he offers.

Ultimately, the goal is for the week-long Dvorak celebration and discussion to bring people together to discuss, listen openly, and enjoy good music.

“These shows are so timely,” Horowitz says. “They all have to do with the American experience, which has never been more controversial among mericans We’re all trying to figure out what will happen next, who we are, and how can we come together?”

Cabrera agrees: “We hope that the information will illuminate the music in an even deeper way…When you have a great understanding of a piece of art, you can appreciate it.”

Music Unwound: Dvorak in America Key Events: • Thursday, April 4: UNLV Lecture and Symposium by Joseph Horowitz: A lecture on Dvorak, race and societal attitudes of the time. (more information to come) •

Saturday, April 6, 7:30 PM: Las Vegas Philharmonic performs Dvorak’s Symphony #9: New World Symphony at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts

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Clown Trip Breaking the Language Barrier One Smile at a Time

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lot of us have a shared fantasy. We want to travel. And we want to get paid for it. Sure, we understand the reality of the situation is that it’s probably not going to happen and, for a huge number of us, even if we knew the opportunity was there, we know in our heart of hearts we wouldn’t take it. Even when we complain about it, we prefer our everyday lives, going on vacation when we can, enjoying it, then coming back home to a certain amount of solid foundation.

But for those who do pursue the idea of traveling for a living, for

seeing the world on someone else’s dime, there are certainly venues where you can make that happen. You can get a job on a cruise ship or become a travel writer, you could be an entertainer (or just work for one) and get yourself booked in theaters and arenas all over. Or you could do what so many little kids dream of and so few actual make a reality…you could run away with the circus.

For me, that last one was always the most appealing. ’d always wanted to be a performer. When was six, made my first movie and when I was nine, I joined the Rainbow Company Children’s Theater, but with movies and plays, it seemed you had to have a literal common language in order to perform elsewhere. The circus, on the

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other hand, was silent. You didn’t need to speak to understand and to be amazed. My last memory of my maternal grandmother was her taking me to the circus. I couldn’t tell you anything about the “story” or the “show” but I oh so vividly remember the 10-foot-tall clown and the laughter he got out of six year old me. I remember the joy of watching lions and elephants, acrobats and high flyers. And all of it could be performed anywhere in the world with no changes to set or routine.

So yeah, when I was little and I wanted to run away from home, the circus was always my escapist fantasy. Even as I grew and my interests shifted and changed, it would linger in the back of my mind. I made friends with real life clowns, people who had done what I dreamed of, and I lived vicariously through them.

Then, suddenly, about years ago, had the chance to fulfill my dream.

To become, as they say in the trade, a first of ay1,” to run away, however briefly, with the circus. The call came from a friend in Vegas, a former clown himself, who had heard that the clown show Aga-Boom was going to be performing a single show at a comedy festival in Lithuania and was looking for a local stage manager. certainly fit the bill. We connected, chatted, and I agreed to meet with them in Vilnius, the capital city, which was about 90 minutes from my home.

I was about to become part of the Show.

In this case, the show consisted of three clowns in a 75-minute series of scenes conceived and directed by Dimitri Bogatirev, who also stars as “Aga” one of the three clowns in the show, and based in the “European theatrical style and universal language of clowning.” I learned my job quickly. Since it was a one-day gig, I had to learn the show based on cues, not on rehearsal or performance, and it was certainly a seat of your pants experience. At the end of the night, though, I discovered the truth of a couple of myths I had always believed: one was that no matter what happens backstage,

it’s what goes on in front of the audience that matters; and two, physical comedy translates easily into laughter no matter the native language or age of the audience.

This latter fact would become important to me periodically over the next few years. When said my good-byes after that initial performance, Iryna Ivanytska, who is the second primary clown (“Boom”), asked if I’d be open to working with them again when they had European gigs. Naturally I agreed.

Then I went home and thought about the show I’d just helped bring to life and what it is that these performers, and others like them, do all over the world.

In this case, Dimitri and Iryna are both from Ukraine and have been trained in the Russian circus style. It is their show and has taken them all over the world. They have also been featured performers with Cirque du Soleil and at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, but it is in their full length show where they really shine. As their promotional material says “AgaBoom cuts through the barriers of language and culture with the art of slapstick, the humor of physical comedy, and the delightful excitement of childhood.” Even that, though, doesn’t really give you an idea of what it is they accomplish when they step out on the stage.

The moment Iryna, as Boom, in her yellow patchwork dress and spiky, broom-bristle hair, steps from behind the curtain and realizes there is an audience watching her, that audience is hooked. She is a master of making her facial expressions readable, even to the furthest seat in the back of the house. And she uses that mastery to evoke laughter. In the entire “75-minutes explosion of pure family fun” she has precisely one line of dialogue, when she panickily dials for emergency services from the sole of a show (and even that will change depending on the local emergency number), which means her laughs are dependent on her ability to contort

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her face and body and have it understood no matter where in the world the show is performing.

Dimitri’s Aga, on the other hand, relies on other circus skills (juggling would be the easiest and yet most dismissive way of explaining the gravity defying things he does with a black and white polka-dot suitcase) to uphold his end of the audience / performer bargain just as much as his physical humour.

But still, he only speaks a couple of words in the show. During one sketch, he plays a film director with an audience volunteer on stage. verything is predicated on Aga yelling the words “action” or “cut” which are simple enough in themselves, but they are also both part of the popular culture zeitgeist as well as self-defined within the show itself. ga explains the action he wants the volunteer to do through pantomime, and then explains to start when he says the word “action.” But that start word could be anything and the audience understands that implicitly. They are along for the ride.

The third clown in the troupe is Dash (he’s the one between Aga and Boom in the show title, get it and this role is filled by rotating performers who, no matter their initial skill level or clowning experience, are taught the show by Dimitri. And he knows what he’s talking about. In my time with them, not being a clown myself, I’ve had occasion to hang out backstage between shows and just absorb the history and “rules” of clowning, listened to stories about the past masters of the form, and why these acts and routines are funny worldwide. ven better, ’ve seen it in action.

I’ve watched them rework bits between shows, cut or change small gestures which one culture might find hilarious, but another might find offensive. I’ve seen how they play with the audience and break down barriers, getting a crowd which might have been hesitant to completely come out of their shell to end a show with an enthusiastic standing ovation.

Since that first show in Vilnius, ’ve had the pleasure to travel the globe with Aga-Boom and experience laughter in a multitude of cultures and political climates. In China, we distributed red rubber noses on the street, making crowds of people squeal in delight. In Kuwait, a country with specific religious rules, we had to adjust the show so as to not break any laws. But once the spotlight caught up with the clowns on stage, none of that mattered and the show was a wild success.

In Portugal, we were the Christmas holiday entertainment for thousands of school kids on break and the several times we went to Spain (including outside Barcelona, Tenerife and Figueres), the show was featured as part of different clown or comedy festivals, and always met with overwhelmingly positive reactions. nd in none of these places was nglish the primary language and none of these performances relied on an ability to verbally communicate from the stage. very time went out with the show, and certainly hope to do so again, I would sit in the back of the theatre, in the dark, behind a light board and I watched the show from the vantage point of seeing what the audience sees. I see the silent work done by the skilled and talented performers and I listen to the shrieks and laughs coming from the people watching and even though ’ve seen it before, it’s like ’m seeing it for the first time. ore than that, it’s like it’s tapping into my own primal memories and I’m six years old again, my grandmother is beside me and I know that running away with the circus is more than a dream, it’s a wonderful possibility.

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Reno-vating a Classic Northern Nevada City Reshuffles its Deck for a New Generation of Visitors

By Aleza Freeman

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t’s a chilly winter morning in downtown Reno, and the Riverwalk District begins to stir. s the sun breaks the hori on, a fisherman stands, up to his knees, in the cold, bubbling Truckee River, widely casting his rod. Further along the rocky shore, a family plays and laughs, taking full advantage of the relative calm in the Truckee River Whitewater Park at Wingfield. Other early risers walk their dogs past steelsculptures (and a sleeping homeless man) on the City Plaza. bove the river, in a vain attempt to beat traffic into the city, cars crawl across the “new” Virginia Street Bridge. Their slow progress might allow the occupants to glimpse, out of the corner of their eye, the ghosts of the countless women who, taking advantage of the state’s lax divorce laws, walked straight from Reno’s courthouse to the old Virginia Street Bridge a block away to cast their now inconsequential wedding rings into the water below an act memoriali ed by arilyn onroe in the film The is ts That the old “bridge of sighs” was entirely replaced during an $18 million overhaul in 2016, is just one of the outward symbols of a city trying to reinvent itself and show the world it is still a place worth visiting. Chef Mark Estee watched it all happen from the window of his home in The Palladio, a luxury high-rise overlooking downtown.

The restauranteur moved from Truckee, CA to Reno in 2011 “because I fell in love with a spot by the river” and to open the neighborhood restaurant Campo at The Palladio. He was there during the last days of the “Wedding Ring Bridge”… but not much else. At the time, there were no other restaurants, bars, or any cultural activities, and even at the resort-casinos a few blocks away, tourism was on the decline. www.davidlv.com | 53

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“We were in the throes of the recession here,” recalls Estee, “especially in downtown.”

Now, though, Reno is gaining national attention for rebranding and reinvesting hundreds of millions of dollars into citywide redevelopment.

Unique shops, farm-to-table eateries, trendy bars, and public art have popped up along the two-mile river walk, as well as in other districts like Midtown (south of the river) and the newly dubbed 4th Street Brewery District.

“In the last 5 to 8 years, we’ve seen a real resurgence in new businesses coming to town,” says the chef, who has since sold Campo and opened several other Reno restaurants, including his farm-to-table Liberty Food & Wine Exchange at the river and Chez Louie at the Nevada Museum of Art. The resort-casinos are starting to thrive again, and new jobs are hitting the area. Tech giants like Apple, Tesla, Switch, and Google have put down roots, inviting employee growth while a variety of smaller tech companies have opened on the self-dubbed “Startup Row” along First Street.

The Biggest Little City in the World Restaurants and tech start-ups are only a small part of the city’s repositioning. Wandering further down Virginia Street is the newly redubbed Arch District, named in honor of the iconic arch, which proudly proclaims Reno as “The Biggest Little City in the World.” Built originally in 1926 (adding the moniker in ‘29), the arch has become the symbol of the city. Even though it’s been moved around several times, it has maintained its current position on Lake Street since 1995 and continues to welcome guests to the tourist corridor at the heart of downtown.

The atmosphere in the Arch area mingles old-school charm with a touch of seediness and a splash of youthful energy. As if it understands the inevitable comparisons with Las Vegas, the area feels a little bit Fremont Street Experience (without a canopy) mixed with a little bit 18b Arts District, but then adds a little bit of something entirely different. A few outside walls are covered with commissioned murals while art from Burning Man, the “annual week-long experiment in temporary community.” which takes place two hours away in a temporary city erected in the Black Rock desert, dots the sidewalks.

“It’s always going to have that kind of old Reno part to it,” says Estee, insisting that it’s important to hold onto the past when you look to the future. In other words, cheap $3.99 casino breakfasts and locally-farmed cuisine can peacefully co-exist.

“Our job is to kind of balance that seedy Reno weird kind of funk and vibe with the cooler, more like-minded growth, where venture capitalists and the grunge kind of meet,” he adds. “There are a lot of smart people making sure we keep Reno cool. We don’t want to gentrify too much.” Estee also mentions the redevelopment is not without its growing pains, such as a shortage in affordable housing, but he acknowledges that the city is taking steps to address it.

Some downtown resorts (and old motels) have been torn down over the years. Others like Harrah’s, Club Cal Neva, Peppermill Reno, Atlantis Casino Resort, and Grand Sierra Resort, are spread out nearby, away from the core, making major upgrades.

“There was a period of 4-5 years [where companies] weren’t able to reinvest into their properties, and that had an impact on guest experience,” says Ben McDonald, senior communications manager for the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitor’s Authority. “Now that the national economy has rebounded, hotels have put in $500 or 600 million over the last six years or so, and the product is much improved. You’re going to get some high-quality

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accommodations, which wasn’t necessarily true 20 or 30 years ago.”

In 2018, three interconnected properties—the Eldorado Resort Casino, Circus-Circus Reno and The Silver Legacy Resort Casino—were rebranded as one mega-resort: The Row. Together, there’s 25 restaurants, 22 bars and lounges, 11 nightspots, over 4,000 rooms and suites, a brand new 21,000 square foot spa, and 227,000 square feet of casino space. Not to mention the fact that The Eldorado at The Row is home to The Brew Brothers, the country’s first craft brewery inside a casino. Since opening in the mid-1990s, the brewery is credited with catalyzing Reno’s burgeoning beer movement. There are now 12 breweries within a 3-mile radius.

Among downtown’s newer properties is the non-gaming Whitney Peak otel, featuring the world’s largest artificial outdoor climbing wall, a verified uinness record. olding pride of place right next to the arch itself, The Whitney Peak replaced Fitzgerald’s Reno in 2014, offering locals and visitors an independent, pet-friendly hotel with the Cargo Concert Hall and an indoor BaseCamp Climbing ym to compliment the outside wall.

The Great Outdoors Away from the arch and the center of town, the concrete canyons of the city quickly give way to more outdoorsy recreations. The Reno Aces, an ri ona Diamondback Triple- affiliate, play nearby at the reater Nevada Field and, just over a mile away, is The University of Nevada, Reno, home to the Wolf Pack.

In 1931, when gambling was legalized in Nevada, Reno dominated the country’s gaming scene, but it was quickly outshone by the massive growth of Las Vegas. But Reno has something their rival to the south doesn’t: Accommodating nature. According to McDonald, most consumers come to the Reno-Sparks area to head outdoors. It didn’t take long for the city to carve its niche in the tourism industry.

“They want to go to an event, they want to go to a lake, they want to go for a hike, they want to go kayaking, they want to go biking, they want to go skiing, they want to go to the art museum, cDonald explains. ou can party pretty hard here if you choose to. If you choose not to, it doesn’t have to be so in your face.”

The country’s largest alpine lake, Lake Tahoe, is located 37 miles to the south and the sandy beaches of the Truckee River-fed Pyramid Lake are 39 miles to the northeast. ou have a Pristine lake, a mountainous forest rolling down along the Truckee River into the Truckee Meadows with green trees and wild grasses,” McDonald says, describing the drive between downtown and the Incline Village portion of Lake Tahoe. Had you gone ten minutes in another direction, you’d have found yourself “in the middle of the desert.”

Outdoor experiences around the area differ widely by season, from boating on Lake Tahoe in the summertime to hitting the slopes in the winter. There are tons of festivals and events by the Riverwalk year-round, including the monthlong Reno Artown festival in July. self-professed en- er, cDonald relocated from as Vegas to Reno after college because he was attracted to the region’s indoor and outdoor experiences.

“If I wanted to get into trouble, I could,” he says, “but I could escape if I wanted to.”

Estee, meanwhile, found Reno charming but never predicted the growth to come.

“It’s still early,” Estee says. “We’re just getting started.”

The Road to Reno

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he flight from as Vegas to Reno is relatively inexpensive, fast, and simple (well, as simple as it can be, these days).

The Reno-Tahoe International Airport is small, sleek, and simple to navigate. ou could realistically get off your plane, grab your checked bag, and head out the door in less than 20 minutes.

Driving, however, takes a bit longer. The fastest route from Las Vegas (primarily along U.S. 95) takes nearly 8 hours. Though it’s often described as long and boring, there’s a lot of state history, hidden gems, and haunted hot spots along the way, if you know where to look. ere are a few towns to explore on the road to Reno.

Rhyolite After driving 116 miles north on U.S. 95 to Beatty (Nevada’s gateway to Death Valley National Park), a 10-minute detour on State Route 374 will land you in Rhyolite, the 1905 gold-mining center turned ghost town. Ruins include a well-preserved house built from beer bottles in 1906. There are 500,000 bottles of beer on those walls. The oldwell Open ir useum and its ghostlike statues are located at the southern entrance, near the abandoned railroad.

Goldfield t’s hard to believe when driving past, but oldfield was once one of Nevada’s wealthiest boomtowns and its largest city (even home to Wyatt and Virgil Earp for a year). Most of its buildings were destroyed by fire in , but some remain, including oldfield igh School, smeralda County Courthouse, and the supposedly haunted oldfield otel. t the southern tip of town is a bold and bi arre roadside attraction, the nternational Car Forest of the Last Church, which includes more than 40 uniquely painted, junked vehicles. Some are face-down in the sand, others are stacked in interesting configurations sort of like Nevada’s version of Stonehenge.

Tonopah Tonopah, the halfway point at 211 miles, is not only a good place to fill up on the way to Reno, but it’s also been voted one of the best places in the country for stargazing (no bright lights to impede your view). Tonopah is also home to the creepy and again supposedly haunted Clown otel located next to a haunted cemetery, of course). The motel is known internationally for its uni ue theme and clown memorabilia. ou could stay the night there or at the recently renovated Mizpah Hotel, but that’s haunted, too. The good news: they’re friendly ghosts.

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