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CHEESE WHIZ FANNIE’S FEMINISM POWER LUNCH WOMEN OLYMPIA DUKAKIS

SEX AND SPIRITUALITY

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devour Where to find some of the best eats, drinks and foodie happenings in the Valley

Women of Valor Who are these “Feminists of Valor”, these trailblazing Jewish mothers of the woman’s movement?

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sense Allergies aside, spring is in the air. We take a look at this season through the creative eyes of the artist.

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care Many businesses have recently opened to provide beauty services for the woman on the go. We take a look at some of them.

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Power Lunch Women DAVID took four busy women to Bagatelle for lunch. We discuss with them their experiences in business.

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taste Laura Werlin is one of the country’s foremost authorities on cheese. She is a James Beard award-winning author of six books on the subject and is a frequent television and radio guest.

Sex & Spirituality Ayo Oppenheimer and Jewrotica.org focus on the intersection of sexuality and Judaism.

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Marisa Finetti is a local writer, marketing professional and blogger. The Tokyo-born Finetti has called Las Vegas home since 2005.

She has written for such publications as Spirit and Las Vegas and Nevada magazines and has a healthy-living blog at bestbewell.com.

When she’s not writing, Finetti enjoys family time with her husband and two boys.

Jaq Greenspon is a noted local journalist, screenwriter and author with credits on The New Adventures of Robin Hood and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He also is a literary and movie critic, has taught and written about fi lmmaking but is most proud of his role in the fi lm, Lotto Love. A Vegas resident for most of his life, his native language is Hebrew, but he doesn’t speak it anymore.

Marilyn LaRocque is Contributing Editor for Gastronomique en Vogue and former Senior Food and Wine Editor for LUXURY Las Vegas.

She’s traveled extensively around the world, visiting great wine regions and enjoying fantastic food.

She’s also Vice Chargée de Presse Nationale des Etats Unis for Chaîne des Rôtisseurs USA.

Christina Parmelee originally aspired to be a physical therapist, needing to graduate from college, she changed her major to English. In 2005, after writing jobs in numerous publications and ad agencies in Metro Detroit, she moved to Sin City. The frigid Michigan winters gave way to the Vegas climate she now adores. She has held copywriting positions on the Strip and is presently a freelance writer moonlighting in outside sales. Her hobbies include travel, watching football and trying to get through “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Erin Trieb is a freelance photojournalist, editorial and documentary photographer. She is based in Austin, Texas and photographs for TIME Magazine, The New York Times, MSNBC. com, Newsweek, The Times in London, and The Wallstreet Journal.

Her work has received international recognition and awards from World Press Photo and Pictures Of The Year International. In 2010 she earned a VII Agency Mentorship under Gary Knight. She is the director and founder of The Homecoming Project, a long-term documentary recording the social effects of post-war trauma on service men and women returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. www. thehomecomingpro ject.org

Lynn WexlerMargolies has been a feature writer and contributor for magazines and newspapers, locally and nationally, for over 20 years. She writes a monthly online column entitled Manners in the News, which comments on the behavior of politicians, celebrities and others thrust in the public arena.

She is the Founder and President of Perfectly Poised, a school of manners that teaches social, personal and business etiquette to young people.

She is a former TV Reporter and News Anchor.

Of her many accomplishments, she is most proud of her three outstanding teenaged children.

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feedback To the Editor: I teach seventh-grade reading at Molasky Junior High School. In 2007, then-Superintendent Walt Rulffes advocated for Holocaust education through the NV Holocaust Speakers Bureau. Since then, I’ve had four local survivors — Stephen Nasser, Ben Lesser, Lydia Lebovic and Alex Kuechel — speak to about 4,000 of my students.

As an educator, I’ve seen the tremendous difference survivors make Stephen Nasser in students’ lives. Often when parents and teachers can’t reach their children, survivors can. Former students never seem to mention state objectives enriching their lives, but do cite Holocaust lessons and survivor stories.

As a teacher, I’d hope some students become leaders, but I’m equally pleased with those who choose kindness over hatred.

I was disappointed to notice that only 57 of 60 local survivors were pictured in Bernard Judd the April article Faces of Hope. Stephen Nasser’s picture wasn’t shown.

How unfortunate that he and two others were omitted. It was noticed on Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 7 at the Midbar Kodesh Temple in Henderson. I don’t know about the other two, but Mr. Nasser took it in stride. After all, he’s a Holocaust survivor. I was deeply hurt for him and hope this oversight can be corrected.

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mea culpa Even though we at DAVID strive for perfection, on occasion we fall short. Ann Raskin (edited for space, letter above) kindly informed us that we had omitted three important survivors from the story Faces of Hope that we ran last month (April 2013). This unintentional error will be corrected, we hope, by publishing their photographs in this publication:

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from the publisher This issue marks our third birthday. We celebrate this accomplishment by publishing our annual women’s issue. DAVID was launched in May 2010 at a time of great financial uncertainty.

Foreclosure notices were going out in record numbers, and Las Vegas topped the nation in an unfortunate category, with staggering unemployment.

There was so much we had no control over, let alone whether Vegas would receive our publication and support us with loyal readership and advertising.

Colleagues in the publishing business, who we consulted, told us we were in serious need of psychiatric help, as print media was on its way out. We were told that newspapers and magazines were soon to be a thing of the past, as printed pictures and words were being replaced by pixels on a screen. We also were chastened in knowing we lacked the optimal financial muscle to design and launch a new publication.

Our response to this reality was simple: We will not fail for a lack of investment of creative capital. Our mission from day one has been to leave it all on the printed page, to create a monthly publication with a neshamah (Jewish soul) that speaks to everyone.

It was important to us that we become a readers’ magazine, with editorial content that initiates public discourse. From an aesthetic perspective we were determined to produce a monthly of simple elegance and quality design.

It remains our belief that if we are diligent, hardworking and stick by our principles, success will follow no matter the economic environment. We hope that our publishers’ note is testament to this reality, and that our story can serve as encouragement to others who, unfortunately, have fallen upon difficult times. We have always seen DAVID as “the little magazine that could” — that is partly why we chose the name.

We are extremely proud that we can now add this wonderful adjective “award-winning” before our name and that each month we grow in size, distribution and sales. None of this would have been possible without the support of an excellent team of graphic artists, editors, copy editors, proof readers, writers, distribution guys and sales staff. It is rare to find a group of dedicated souls that so ably blend their talents in pursuit of a common goal.

Our advertisers that have been with us from day one, and those who have joined us along the way, are our partners in this endeavor. Everything we do, ultimately, services their needs. We take seriously the responsibility to maintain a quality showcase for their brands.

In May 2010 we introduced DAVID to his new world; it is our absolute pleasure to report that he has found his place. We are excited to see what he gets up to in the years to come.

Max & Joanne Friedland MAY 2013 DAVID

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Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3400. lvccld.org Sahara West Library, 9600 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-3630. lvccld.org THE 12TH ANNUAL TEEN VISUAL POETRY PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION: Through June 2, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, Las Vegas. 702-507-3860. lvccld.org

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BLACK EXTRAVAGANZA - A CULTURAL AWAKENING! IN LAS VEGAS BY JOHN T. STEPHENS II: Through June 11, Mon.-Thurs.

10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free.

West Las Vegas Library, 951 West Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-507-3980. lvccld.org JEWISH SENIOR SINGLES: 6:30 p.m., free. For more information, contact Jeanne Schomaker at 702-233-8618.

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NEW BEAT FUND: 8 p.m., $15. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com HARES TO YOU...AND MORE! BY HERB RUSSEL: Through July 9, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free.

Centennial Hills Library, 6711 North Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas. 702-507-6100. lvccld.org DANNY FROM NORTH KOREA: 7 p.m, free.

Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org

KINGS OF THE MIC TOUR: 8:30 p.m., $49.50. The Joint at Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

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COSMOPOLITAN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: TODD DICIURCIO - DRAW US SIN: Through May 12, Wed.-Sun. 6-11 p.m., free. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

18B AEROSOL PAINTINGS OF LAS VEGAS BY STEVEN DANSKY: Through May 19, Mon.Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-3900. lvccld.org

DAVID COPPERFIELD: Through May 3, times vary, $69.99-$99.99. MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-891-1111. mgmgrand.com

THE LOUIS J. HENDRICKSON MEMORIAL PHOTO CONTEST: Through May 21, Mon.Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Whitney Library, 5175 East Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-4010. lvccld.org

THE ART OF EBRU & SUMINAGASHI BY MUSHEERA NAGAZI: Through May 7, Mon.Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Spring Valley Library, 4280 South Jones Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-507-3820. lvccld.org

MY FIRST ART EXHIBIT BY EMILY KRAY: Through June 4, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. West Charleston Library, 6301 West Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-507-3940. lvccld.org

MAP YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE, HAVE A PLAN BY FINANCIAL GUIDANCE CENTER: Through May 12, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Windmill Library, 7060 West Windmill Lane, Las Vegas.

702-507-6030. lvccld.org

ART IN ACTION - SPRING BREAK TEEN ART CAMP EXHIBITION: Through June 23, Mon.Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. At these three Libraries: Enterprise Library, 25 East Shelbourne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-507-3760. lvccld.org

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CLINT HOLMES BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: 8:30 p.m., $35+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492000. thesmithcenter.com CSN SPRING DANCE CONCERT - KARPAY DIEM: Through May 4, 7 & 2 p.m., $8-$10.

CSN Cheyenne, 3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-4720. csn.edu/pac GEICO ENDUROCROSS RACING: 8 p.m., $37.

Orleans Arena, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. orleansarena.com AZIZ ANSARI: Through May 4, 10 p.m., $49.99-$69.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com FARM TO STRIP DINNERS: Through May 4, 6:30 p.m., $48. First Food & Bar at Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6077777. palazzo.com FIRST FRIDAY: 6 p.m., free. Various downtown locations. firstfridaylasvegas.org CARLOS MENCIA: 9 p.m., $49.95. Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

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Orleans Arena, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-284-7777. orleansarena.com DAVID COPPERFIELD: Through June 5, times vary, $69.99-$99.99. MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-891-1111. mgmgrand.com TASTE OF JAPAN & OKINAWA - MUSIC CONCERT: 2 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702507-3459. lvccld.org

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RAINBOW COMPANY YOUTH THEATRE PRESENTS “RAPUNZEL! RAPUNZEL! A VERY HAIRY FAIRY TALE”: Through May 5, times vary, $3-$7. Charleston Heights Art Center, 800 South Brush Street, Las Vegas. 702-2296383. artslasvegas.org

POW WOW PORTRAITS BY LAMAR MARCHESE: Through July 7, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free.

Rainbow Library, 3150 North Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas. 702-507-3710. lvccld.org LAS VEGAS 51S BASEBALL: Through May 14, times vary, $10-$35. Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., Las Vegas. 702-386-7200. lv51.com

PARAMORE: 8 p.m., $35. The Joint at Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702693-5000. hardrockhotel.com

AMERICA'S STORY THROUGH ART - AMERICA DIVERSIFYING 1945-2000: 11 a.m., free.

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 West Bonneville, Las Vegas. 702483-6055. keepmemoryalive.org

LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC MASTERWORKS V - CELESTIAL BODIES: 8 p.m., $46+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com AN EVENING OF POP AND DOO WOP: Through May 5, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast Showroom, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702636-7075. suncoastcasino.com LEI DAY POLYNESIAN FESTIVAL: Through May 5, 9 a.m., free. California Hotel & Casino, 12 East Ogden Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-3851222. thecal.com

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CINCO DE MAYO MARIACHI CONCERT: 7 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org

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CSN ORCHESTRA: 7:30 p.m., $5-$8. CSN Cheyenne, 3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-4720. csn.edu/pac

CSN JAZZ COMBOS & JAZZ SINGERS: 2 p.m., $5-$8. CSN Cheyenne, 3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-4720. csn.edu/pac

TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BIJOU - THE ESSENTIAL JOAN CRAWFORD, PART 1: Tuesdays through May 28. 1 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org CSN BIG BAND & STEEL DRUM BAND: 7:30 p.m., $5-$8. CSN Cheyenne, 3200 East Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-651-4720. csn.edu/pac ART & WINE - A PERFECT PAIRING: 5 p.m., $30-$38. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com

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THE MIRROR OF LIFE BY LAWRENCE TOTARO: Through July 14, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Spring Valley Library, 4280 South Jones Blvd., Las Vegas.

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YOUNG ADULT NIGHT AT THE 51S: Join the JCC and other young adults for a night of baseball and fun. The Las Vegas 51s will be playing the Round Rock Express (out of Round Rock, Texas). For more information, call the JCC at 702-794-0090. jccsn.org MICHEL RICHARD GOURMAND DINNER FOR VEGAS UNCORK'D: 7 p.m., $160. Central Michel Richard at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com VEGAS UNCORK'D BY BON APPETIT: For more information, visit http://www.vegasuncorked. com/ cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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RAY ROMANO: Through May 11, 10 p.m., $49.99-$69.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com THE OSMONDS: Through May 12, 8 p.m.,

MOLLY RINGWALD: Through May 12, 7 p.m., $35+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com LAS VEGAS 5K: 8 a.m., $35. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-260-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREMES: Through May 12, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast Showroom, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702636-7075. suncoastcasino.com ART FESTIVAL OF HENDERSON: Through May 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Henderson Events Plaza, 200 South Water Street, Henderson. hendersonlive.com GARY ALLAN: 9:30 p.m., $35. Mandalay Bay Beach, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-632-7777. mandalaybay.com FIGHT FOR HEALTH 5K RUN AND WALK: Benefits Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada. 6 a.m., costs vary. Las Vegas Shakespeare Company, 821 Las Vegas Blvd.

N., Las Vegas. 702-967-0530. vmsn.org AN AFTERNOON OF MUSIC & MEMORIES: 1 p.m., free. Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 West Bonneville, Las Vegas. 702-483-6055. keepmemoryalive.org SATURDAY MOVIE MATINEE - LES MISERABLES: 2 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas.

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HOLOCAUST WHITE ROSE EXHIBIT: Through Aug. 22, times vary, free. UNLV Lied Library, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas.

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BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL: Through May 19, times vary, $24+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492000. thesmithcenter.com JOURNEY OF THE HEART BY JANE ASARI: Through September 22, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free.

Windmill Library, 7060 West Windmill Lane, Las Vegas. 702-507-6030. lvccld.org VANGUARD UNIVERSITY GUITAR ENSEMBLE: 7 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702507-3459. lvccld.org

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COSMOPOLITAN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: TAMAR ETTUN - MUSICAL SCULPTURES: Through June 16, Wed.-Sun. 6-11 p.m., free.

Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

BELLAGIO MASTER SOMMELIER - SIMPLY SPAIN: 6 p.m., $80-$200. Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com

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11TH ANNUAL GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Time TBA, $150. Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-385-0072. friendsoftheshadetree.com YELLOWCARD: 8 p.m., $20. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-6987000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com HELLDORADO DAYS: Through May 19, times vary, costs vary. For more information, call 702-229-6672. elkshelldorado.com

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West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-3657075. orleanscasino.com RUNNIN' FOR THE HOUSE 5K RUN/1 MILE WALK: To benefit Ronald McDonald House.

7 a.m., $20-$25. Ronald McDonald House, 2323 Potosi Street, Las Vegas. 702-2524663. rmhlv.org PIANO MEN - A TRUBUTE TO SIR ELTON JOHN & BILLY JOEL: 7:30 p.m., $9.95. Suncoast Showroom, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702636-7075. suncoastcasino.com

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JEWISH GENEOLOGY SOCIETY: Speaker: Daniel Horowitz of myheritage.com. 1 p.m., free. Sahara West Library, 9600 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-5239874. jgssn.org LAS VEGAS PARANORMAL CONFERENCE: Through May 21, times vary, $225.

Palace Station, 2411 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-367-2411. thelasvegasparanormalconference.com TASTE OF POLYNESIA & THE PHILIPPINES - A DANCE CONCERT: 2 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702-507-3459. lvccld.org

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OLYMPIA DUKAKIS IN ROSE - A CONCERT READING: 7:30 p.m., $26+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702749-2000. thesmithcenter.com IMPRESSIONISM: 11 a.m., free. Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 West Bonneville, Las Vegas. 702-483-6055. keepmemoryalive.org

LISA HILTON - AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS & MORE: Through May 18, 7 p.m., $35+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com BILL BURR: Through May 18, 10 p.m., $39.99.

The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com

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DRESS FOR SUCCESS POWER WALK: 8:30 a.m., costs vary. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-260-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com

THE ROBERT CRAY BAND: Through May 19, 8 p.m., $29.95. Orleans Showroom, 4500

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WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE - I LOVE THE 90S: 7:30 p.m., $60-$75. JCC of Southern Nevada, 9001 Hillpointe Road, Las Vegas.

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CHAMUCOS TEQUILA & CANTINA LAREDO TEQUILA DINNER: 6:30 p.m., $49.99. Cantina Laredo at Tivoli Village, 440 South Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-202-4511. tivolivillagelv.com

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SATURDAY, MAY 4, IYAR 24 Shabbat ends at 8:13 p.m.

Blessing of the New Month FRIDAY , MAY 10, SIVAN 1 Light candles at 7:18 p.m.

Rosh Chodesh Sivan SATURDAY, MAY 11, SIVAN 2 Shabbat ends at 8:20 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, SIVAN 6 Light candles after 8:23 p.m.

Shavuot THURSDAY, MAY 16, SIVAN 7 Yom Tov ends at 8:24 p.m.

Shavuot FRIDAY, MAY 17, SIVAN 8 Light candles at 7:24 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 18, SIVAN 9 Shabbat ends at 8:26 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 24, SIVAN 15 Light candles at 7:29 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 25, SIVAN 16 Shabbat ends at 8:32 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 31, SIVAN 22 Light candles at 7:34 p.m.

JJAMZ: 8 p.m., $15. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com EXHIBITION OF GEOMETRICAL ART BY CLIFFORD SINGER: Through July 16, Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. & Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Whitney Library, 5175 East Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-5074010. lvccld.org

NEW VISTA COMMUNITY WINE WALK: 7 p.m., $25-$50. Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-260-5000. mytownsquarelasvegas.com RON WHITE: Through May 26, 10 p.m., $59.99-$79.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com THE MANHATTANS: Through May 26, 7:30 p.m., $15.95. Suncoast Hotel, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. suncoastcasino.com SATURDAY MOVIE MATINEE - ZERO DARK THIRTY: 2 p.m, free. Clark County Library, 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. 702507-3459. lvccld.org

BEING OSCAR BOOK RELEASE BASH Through May 25, times and costs vary. The Mob Museum, 300 East Stewart Avenue, Las Vegas.

702-229-2734. themobmuseum.org

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ONE QUEENSRIDGE PLACE CELEBRITY POKER INVITATIONAL: Hosted by Chef Todd English to benefit Three Square. 6 p.m., $75-$250. One Queensridge Place, 9101 Alta Drive, Las Vegas. 702-646-6377. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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KINGS OF THE MIC TOUR: 8:30 p.m., $49.50. The Joint at Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com A MOTOWN EXTRAVAGANZA: Through May 25, 7 p.m., $32+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492000. thesmithcenter.com EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIONS GALLERY MICHAEL FLOHR: Through May 26, times vary, free. Exclusive Collections Gallery, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-731-7110. caesarspalace.com KATHY GRIFFIN: 10 p.m., $59.99-$79.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas.

702-791-7111. mirage.com PUNK ROCK BOWLING & MUSIC FESTIVAL: Through May 27, times vary, costs vary. Sam's Town, 5111 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas. 702456-7777. samstownlv.com AIR SUPPLY: Through May 26, 8 p.m., $39.95. Orleans Showroom, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-636-7075. orleanscasino.com

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LAS VEGAS BADASS DASH: To benefit Lili Claire Foundation. Time TBA, $50-$105.

South Point Hotel, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. http://www.badassdash.com/2013las-vegas-beer-bacon.html

BELLAGIO'S MEMORIAL DAY BBQ SECRETS: 7 p.m., $95. Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. bellagio.com

AUDI SPEAKER SERIES - FRANK ABAGNALE: 7:30 p.m., $24+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-7492000. thesmithcenter.com MATT & KIM: 8 p.m., $20. Cosmopolitan, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. cosmopolitanlasvegas.com

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THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND & THE DEL MCCOURY BAND: 7:30 p.m., $26+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com

KARLA BONOFF: Through June 2, 7 p.m., $36+. The Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Avenue, Las Vegas. 702-749-2000. thesmithcenter.com WAYNE BRADY: Through June 1, 10 p.m., $39.99-$59.99. The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-791-7111. mirage.com BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB: 9:30 p.m., $32.50. Vinyl at Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. hardrockhotel.com UNITED WAY GOLF BENEFIT: 6:30 a.m., costs vary. Silverstone Golf Club, 8600 Cupp Drive, Las Vegas. uwsn.org/nveibewgolf

To submit your event information, email calendar@ davidlv.com by the 15th of the month prior to the month in which the event is being held.

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devour Park on Fremont Downtown Las Vegas continues to get a facelift, this time with Park on Fremont. This gastropub and bar features an eclectic mix of food, drink, and art – just right for the hip young crowd invading the downtown area. The owner wanted to create the feel of a rural restaurant amid the hustle and bustle of Las Vegas. The exterior of Park gives the vibe of an actual park, with antique, mismatched tables and chairs.

An 8-foot angel statue presides over the scene. Also outside will be a secret smoking area, complete with an oversized Jenga game and a seesaw, as well as multiple art installations. The food and drink aren’t to be missed, with more than 100 beer selections from around the world. Cocktails also will be available for those folks looking for something with a bit more kick. Daily 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Park on Fremont, 500 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas. 702-798-7000. parkonfremont.com

Pizza Lounge @ Tivoli Las Vegas has dozens of places to get pizza and during the last three years DAVID Magazine has covered most of them. Recently Tivoli Village added Pizza Lounge to its already great lineup of restaurants.

Originally founded in Laguna Beach, Calif., Pizza Lounge is not your ordinary slice of pizza palace. Diners can choose from more than 25 kinds of pizza, including pear and gorgonzola (or create wild combinations). Pizza Lounge also offers classic pies for those who don’t have such adventurous taste buds. However, Pizza Lounge is not just pizza.

It also offers a variety of small plate entres, including calzone style breadsticks. Pizza Lounge at Tivoli Village, 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-778-0400. tivolivillagelv.com

Kiss From a Rose, Mother’s Day Cocktail Nothing says “love” better than the cardinal blush of a plump red rose. This month we mark Mother’s Day with an expression of appreciation for the woman, without whom, we would not have issued our first yell. In celebration of this miracle and her special role in it, we prepare this delicate tipple. Just as a kiss from a mother does, this Kiss From a Rose cocktail will say “I love you” – ain’t that great.

Quick and easy, leaving time for enjoyment, this is what you need: 2 oz.

Hendrick’s Gin 1 oz.

Fresh Lemon Juice 1 oz.

Lychee Puree 0.5 oz.

Monin Rose Syrup Garnish: Rose Petal Glass: Cocktail Method: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with lots of ice, shake vigorously and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with rose petal. Cocktail created by Andrew Pollard of Wirtz Beverage, Nevada. All ingredients available at Total Wine & More, 730 Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas. (702) 933-8740 or other branches. totalwine.com MAY 2013 DAVID

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She is chic and feminine in this season’s hottest color combination: black and white. Kate Spade’s striped Dorothy coat is perfect for cooler nights out on the town, $628. Kate Spade at Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. (702) 650-3554.

Mom’s Day Mom can claim to be queen bee with this regal Alexander McQueen necklace, decorated with hexagonal hive links, bees and sparkling crystals, $815. Zappos Couture at www. couture.zappos.com.

It’s time for relaxation with Lollia perfumed, soy wax candle. The dreamy scent of white orchid, Tahitian vanilla, bee blossom honey and Indian amber will take mom to a place free of any cares, $34. Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-731-3636.

Adorned with Orla Kiely’s bright floral print, this diffuser features rich aromatic notes of geranium and opulent myrrh, creating a scent that is truly radiating, comforting and warming for mom, $39. Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. (702) 731-3636.

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With deliciously plush sheepskin, the Fluff Flip-Flop II by Ugg provides a moisture-wicking ultra soft treat for all year comfort around the house, $80. Ugg Australia at Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-430-7250.

Daisy Buchanan from F.Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, would have loved this fresh water pearl and onyx ring, which is part of Tiffany & Co.’s, Ziegfeld Collection, Treat mom and her inner starlet with this fancy ring, reminiscent of the Jazz Age, $475. Tiffany & Co., at Crystals, 3270 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-545-9090.

For the mom who doesn’t want to lug around a heavy purse, there’s the Henri Bendel Cork Deb Wrislet. Petite in size but ultra chic and surprisingly roomy, $128. Henri Bendel at Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-893-4800.

For the crystal collector, Baccarat’s new collection of small, elegant crystal orchids is as beautiful and as varied as the flowers themselves. Shown here in color Gold Mordore, $125. Bloomingdales at Fashion Show, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-784-5400.

Set in a medley of white gold with diamonds, yellow sapphires. red spinels, mandarin garnets, black spinel, and black onyx, the presence of a butterfly pin announces a good omen, while the tiger is a symbol of courage and protection. Like Yin and Yang, lightness and strength complete each other, symbolizing the world’s diversity. Price available upon request. Van Cleef & Arpels at Crystals, 3720 Las Vegas Blvd., S., Las Vegas. 702-560-6556.

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discover Warhol Out West Exhibit @ Bellagio The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting. Famous words from a famous man. “Warhol Out West,” at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, showcases some of Andy Warhol’s best works, including his rarely seen “Cowboys and Indians” series. The exhibit, featuring 56 works, is direct from the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and comprises the most comprehensive Warhol collection outside his namesake museum. The gallery director hopes visitors will recognize the influence Warhol has had on so much of our fair city. The exhibit also features many of Warhol’s pop art paintings, as well as his iconic 1980s series of advertisements (including Campbell’s Soup). “Warhol Out West” will be on display from now until Oct. 27. Times vary, $11-$16. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. 702-693-7111. Bellagio.com

Bonnie Springs Ranch

Since 1843, Bonnie Springs Ranch has provided a stopover for wagon train caravans and modern tourists alike. These days it’s strictly a tourist attraction, with a restaurant, a hotel and a petting zoo.

Horseback riding tours are also available. A variety of events at the ranch throughout the year provide fun and excitement for locals and tourists. Bonnie Springs offers karaoke and live music on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as food and drink specials during football season. Be sure to check their website regularly for updates and more information about the ranch. Bonnie Springs Ranch, 16395 Bonnie Springs Road, Blue Diamond. 702-875-4191. bonniesprings.com

Art Festival of Henderson This Mother’s Day, why not think outside the box and take Mom to the Art Festival of Henderson? Local and national artisans will be showcasing their art, clothing, jewelry, and much more. And local bands, school choirs and other performers will provide the entertainment. Don’t hesitate to bring the kids because there’ll be face painting, balloon art, henna tattoos and more. Several chalk artists will be creating “masterpieces” throughout the two-day event. For a schedule of events and more information, including how to purchase a square of your own to decorate, contact Henderson Events Plaza & Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., Henderson. http://www.hendersonlive.com/special-events/art-festival-ofhenderson#Sponsors.

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Food Las Vegas Entertainment Productions provided Kosher hors d’oeuvres and a mouth watering carving station.

Event This annual fundraising Gala was attended Bobby Feldman and Bob Dubin by a festive crowd of congregants and

friends. Len Eckhaus and Sandy Mallin produced the event with the assistance of Carol Jeffries. Guests gathered around a silent auction, beautifully set up by Marci Murdock. Food and wine flowed and impersonators, Neil Diamond and Bette Midler added to the festivities.

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The sheer volume of healing edge research conducted by our two partners creates a much higher likelihood that whatever is afflicting you, it won’t be a mystery to us. By combining research, an ever-increasing body of medical knowledge, and always looking for best practices informed by thousands and thousands of cases, Comprehensive is bringing true state of the art cancer treatment to Southern Nevada.

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Food Kosher food was available for purchase.

Event The program included a 75 minute performance by the, fresh off the plane from Israel, dance and music group Re-Vital.

Shortly before this event, a youth parade and performance by the Las Vegas Tzofim Israeli Scouts was received with enthusiasm by the crowd. A special area offering a lively selection of children’s activities provided parents the rare oportuniy to mingle. The event also included an Israeli Art Fair with artisans also coming direcly from Israel.

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Spring, Thru the Eyes of the Artist I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way.

But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture.

– David Hockney

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The proverb proclaims: “No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.” But until it does, we do not think it will. Like pain, which the body does not remember, we do not remember the sunlight.

So when the sun does start to rise, when blue skies timidly peek out from behind gray cloud cover, is it any wonder we rejoice triumphantly and scream to the heavens our pleasure? Is it any wonder we look to our artists and our poets, our writers and our singers?

Is it any wonder we entrust them with our feelings and our exaltations, and give them our faith that they will somehow make concrete these ephemeral feelings?

At the same time, the joy of being alive as the Serpent of the World is once again beaten back leads to other feelings of a more … amorous nature. In Lithuania, the phrase is “Šyla oras, kyla noras,” which literally translates into: [Gets warmer] [the weather,] [rises] [desire] or “As the weather gets warmer, desire rises/grows.” Or, as Alfred, Lord Tennyson stated so beautifully: “In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” In neither case, though, is it merely that it’s getting brighter and warmer as the days progress … no, the desires increase because we feel that overwhelming sense of blood flowing through our veins and want to experience it in all its glory. In winter, the idea of curling up with a lover can be just as much for warmth and personal survival as anything else. But in spring, it becomes much more about gathering rosebuds while we may.

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Life is short, the sun seems to say, make the most of it while you can. And we do. We frolic and play, we paint and compose, we create.

We create life and love and art. We make ourselves immortal. At the same time the world is waking up, we are trying to make sure we will not go to sleep again.

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

– Rainer Maria Rilke Vincent van Gogh must have heard that shrieking in the spring of 1888, when he moved to Arles in the south of France, and couldn’t resist it. A snowstorm disturbed his first two weeks there. But once it passed, he experienced the start of one of the most productive periods of his career. In the space of about six weeks, the Dutchman finished 14 canvases, all of them featuring the renewal of the time, the blossoms present in the orchards and on the fruit trees. The spring calmed his nerves, so much so that he braved unusually fierce winds to capture the feeling that was overwhelming him.

He saw the blossoms appearing on the bare branches as a metaphor for the rekindling of his soul, igniting him with a passion that he could only express by creating inimitable images on a canvas. He wrote: “Working direct on the spot all the time, I try to grasp what is essential in the drawings — later I fill in the spaces which are bounded by contours — either expressed or not, but in any case felt — with tones which are also simplified …”

Vincent van Gough, “Souvenier de Mauve” Arles, 1888

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Even Shakespeare, some 300 years before, understood that the turning of the season and the rotation of the Earth led to an annual frivolity and rising passions. For the great poet, though, his own passions were sublimated through words, giving form to thoughts and describing the commonplace as part of the infinite. In “It was a Lover and His Lass” he reminds us that: In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring.

In “Spring,” the Bard goes even further, revealing universal truths of the time of year:

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say It’s all right Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here It seems like years since it’s been here … But it is coming back. It’s coming back with a vengeance. Sun and warmth are returning, like smiles. We can all feel it, racing through our system like electricity.

It’s a renewed energy, a renewed vitality.

It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! – Mark Twain

When daises pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he: ‘Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo!’ O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear.

Artists at the top of their form, in the top of their field, all find inspiration in the season. George Harrison of The Beatles found his spring stimulus while wandering the grounds of Eric Clapton’s house in 1969 – “It seems as if winter in England goes on forever, by the time spring comes you really deserve it.” The result?

What you want is to experience it for yourself. You want to see the flowers blooming and the caterpillars, both real and metaphoric, coming out of their cocoons, turning into beautiful butterflies. You want to shake off winter’s oppressing shackles, you want to run out into the street with your face raised skyward. As much as you want to trust Mr. Harrison, you want to feel for yourself the returning sun. You want to hear Mr. Shakespeare’s birds singing and see Mr. Van Gogh’s blossoms in the orchards.

Most of all, you want to know that the darkness has been vanquished for another year and that the promise of spring’s return has been fulfilled.

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o we really have an hour to spare these days? Increasingly, it seems we are choosy about how we spend those precious 60-minute respites. Consider the lunch hour. It’s the perfect opportunity to escape from the office, scarf down some nutrients and release some tension before heading back to work. But what about using that time for an hour (or under) of pure beauty indulgence? Now, all of a sudden, it has become valuable time you can truly call your own. The era of leisurely afternoons of beauty treatments is over. We’re looking for beauty on the go.

The lunch hour is the perfect amount of time to attend to some basic beauty areas, such as teeth, skin, hair and health.

Here are seven health and beauty maneuvers that can deliver immediate effects, and be achieved in less than 60 minutes. One is actually free.

The Fabulous Blowout Getting a luxurious shampoo, a blow dry and style is a nice way to spend the lunch hour. Imagine a mid-day scalp massage under running warm water. It’s like a “Calgon, take me away” moment. Then, after your blowout, you can head back to the office looking great and feeling confident. What a perfect lunchtime pick-me-up! iBlowdry, near Decatur and Tropicana, is owned by working mom Melissa Bordinhao.

She knows just how precious that one hour

you’ve got is. Luckily for us, she specializes in blowouts and making people look and feel beautiful. “If you get a 30-minute blowout, you’ll still have time to go to the post office and do other errands,” say Bordinhao.

She says some of her clients stop in at the end of their workday, too, just before an evening event. “The blowout just freshens them up and gets them ready, and is great especially when something like a client dinner just pops up,” Bordinhao says.

iBlowdry is the only blow dry bar open until midnight (by appointment) in Las Vegas. Clients may choose from eight styles on her blowout menu, each named for a flower. The “dandelion,” her signature style, features soft, luscious curls for mediumto-long hair. The “tulip” provides the super straight look. All her blowouts start at $35.

Getting a mid-day blowout can become an addictive ritual. Looking and feeling your best is sure to improve the rest of your work day and week.

Threading It Most of us don’t want to pluck our own eyebrows. Threading is an ancient method of hair removal, having originated in parts of India and the Middle and Far East. It has gained wide popularity in Western countries, including our very own city.

All-cotton thread is twisted and rolled along the skin’s surface, entwining hairs so they can be lifted quickly from the follicle.

April Martin-Derrick has been going to Eyebrow Envy on Rainbow (just south of 215) for about a year. She owns Martin’s Leadership Academy, a martial arts studio a few blocks to the north.

She finds that getting her eyebrows threaded fits her busy schedule. “It is always easy to get in and out with little wait time, if any,” she says. “The actual process of eyebrow threading takes just 10 minutes at the most and is a great price. Most of the time I have Susan thread my eyebrows. But all of the staff there (are) very personable and kind.”

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Ten minutes? Now we’re really thinking about sitting down for a salad, sandwich and a frap-to-go in that lunch hour.

Ear-to-Ear Smile A delicious cup of coffee may satisfy our daily needs – some claim it feeds the soul – but it doesn’t necessarily do a lot for teeth. Furthermore, one of the first places a woman begins to show her age is through yellowing teeth. If that’s not enough motivation to sign up for a brighter smile program, what is? And when it comes to teeth whitening, your dentist is the best resource for the treatment.

Four Seasons Dental Spa, in the southwest, has a few options to whiten teeth in under an hour. They’ll work with you to select which process best suits your needs. For example, if you opt for the Zoom program, some patients have seen results in just 45 minutes, although with some caveats. Here’s what you can expect: A dentist or hygienist paints a peroxide-based gel onto the surfaces of the teeth and a light is applied to activate the bleaching process. After an hour, you can go right back to the office. You’re going to be asked to avoid colored foods and drinks, including the much-coveted coffee, at first. But results are likely to last up to two years.

Ageless Treat Living in a town populated by high-powered, image-conscious personalities has its benefits. Among the array of non-surgical skin treatments and facelifts is perhaps the most instant of the popular cosmetic wrinkle-releasers called Juvederm. It is a so-called injectable filler, largely packed with hyaluronic acid, which is believed to be the naturally occurring substance responsible for youthful skin. A Beautiful U, owned and operated by Stephanie Hill, has more than two decades of plastic surgery and dermatology experience and specializes in making people look their best – without surgery. Juvederm is the perfect one-hour beauty boost. It claims to subtly restore skin’s volume to where people will notice – but only you know what you did during that lunch hour. Hill is quick to point out that even non-invasive skin treatments aren’t for everyone, however. Hill offers private and personal consultations, guidance and recommendations for her clients.

“I really enjoy listening to my client’s needs when it comes to looking their best,” she says.

Getting Polished Looking good from tip to tip comes full circle with an awesome manicure or pedicure. In as few as 15 minutes, you can get

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a manicure at LAKA Manicure Express (note the keyword “express”) inside Fashion Show, and still have time to grab something to eat. LAKA’s mission is to provide fashionable, on-the-go solutions for people who want to indulge in glamorous beauty and high quality, safe nail treatments at an affordable price.

With 160 enticing, highly pigmented colors to choose from, the biggest challenge, and time-consuming factor, may be selecting the color.

You won’t find gels, fills or acrylics here.

LAKA specializes in promoting healthy nails and hands by offering treatment polishes, services, hand care and products.

“We have people who work in the mall from stores like Neiman Marcus who come to get their nails done with us on their lunch hour,” says Jackie Fernandez, a LAKA nail beauty consultant and licensed cosmetologist. “They have to look their best at their work.” She recommends the “manicure express pass” that gets you five manicures for $50.

Bikini Beauty With summer rolling in, we’re thinking about how we can look our best in our swimsuits. Waxing is the way to go.

A proper Brazilian wax is best accomplished in a salon. Even if you are confident in your own waxing skills, experts say you’ll get better, faster and probably safer results if you enlist the help of a qualified professional.

“About 75-80 percent of our clients request the Brazilian wax,” says Jason Larrichia, owner of The Birthday Suit. His salon just won the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Best of Las Vegas” award for a second year in a row.

The Birthday Suit is a full-service waxing spa that caters to the fun, hip, diverse clientele of Las Vegas. Their prices are highly competitive, with Brazilian waxing offered at $35 per service – $20 for first-time clients.

Another irresistible benefit to going to The Birthday Suit is its family- friendly atmosphere. They’ve created a playroom for kids that will keep little ones busy and happy during your service.

Get Your ZZZs And, finally, for those just planning on staying in for lunch, consider a nap. If you’re able to find a quiet nook at the office, you’re in luck. Better yet, some companies such as Zappos have created nap rooms. More and more, employers in the U.S. are offering opportunities for employees to sign up for naptime to help increase productivity and combat fatigue.

A good power nap lasts 15 to 30 minutes. Any more might make you groggy. According to research, taking power naps in the afternoon has more benefits for the body than taking an extra hour of sleep in the morning. The rest the body gets from power naps greatly reduces stress and improves the cognitive powers of the mind and makes you happy. And that’s beautiful.

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aura Werlin’s model-thin figure belies the high-profile career she has carved from a high-fat food — cheese. “I’m really a hummingbird in human clothes,” the James Beard Awardwinning cookbook author quips.

Whether she maintains her svelte figure through daily runs up and down San Francisco’s hills, or because high demand for her as a presenter at food events keeps her constantly on the run, Laura reigns as the cheese whiz. Home and professional cooks clad in white chef’s jackets immerse themselves in cheese-inspired indulgence at her Food University classes at Caesars Palace. http:// www.fooduniversitylasvegas.com For a “dish du jour,” Laura chose her Grilled Cheese, Please cover picture, double cheddar grilled cheese sandwich with tomato jam.

Success begins with freshly grated, not sliced, cheese. “Sliced cheese won’t melt before the bread burns,” she explains.

Cheese isn’t just an “inside” ingredient. Blended with room temperature butter, it’s slathered on the outside of the bread as well. Tomato jam is an insider, but just enough for flavor, not soggy overkill. The jam offers a tangy counterpoint to the richness of the cheese and butter. Then you cook the sandwich in a nonstick frying pan with a lid. Food U students use sleek, nonstick, cast aluminum Swiss Diamond pans made in Switzerland. Glass lids make it easy to keep track of the cooking process. (www.swissdiamond.com) “Grill the sandwich slowly, about two to three minutes each side, on medium heat so it doesn’t burn,” Laura advises. “Covering the pan expedites melting the cheese. When the underside is golden, you flip it, press slightly, and re-cover for another three minutes or so. Then flip it again, press it, leave the cover off and finish cooking.

You want the sandwich to be crisp with the cheese melted.”

Students eager to create their own classics lined up before a “buffet” of ingredients, starting with sourdough and brioche bread. (“Brioche is delicious but burns quicker,” Laura cautions.)

The acolytes selected from an array of cheeses, meats, tomatoes, avocado, apple slices, caramelized onions, sautéed mushrooms and garlic, and spicy Dijon mustard. “Let your imagination run wild,” Laura told her charges.

Tantalizing aromas waft throughout the room once the sandwiches hit the pans. Laura strolls among the stations, talking with each cook, answering questions, making suggestions. Then comes the moment of truth: Which grilled cheese sandwich does Laura anoint “best?” The winner … a meld of cheddar, fontina, avocado and (kosher alert!!) bacon!

“The secret to a great grilled cheese sandwich is balance, plus flavor and texture,” Laura says. “Less is more … fewer great ingredients make your sandwich memorable. ‘Too much’ muddles flavors. However, you need enough cheese, the gooey component, to make it good. You don’t know what’s best until you try and taste. To host a ‘different’ party,” she adds, “have a grilled cheese buffet … let people make their own.”

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Soft ripened cheese: Brie, Camembert, which become softer as they age.

Semi-soft: Sheep’s milk cheese; Manchego — like a soft Parmesan with a nutty, savory flavor.

Unpasteurized cheese: Must be aged 60 days.

Dense cheese: Aged Fontina, etc.

Hard, grating cheese: Dry Jack or Parmesan.

“Blue” cheeses: Cheese injected with mold. Gorgonzola, both dolce (younger and creamier) and piquante. (older, harder, more pungent), Stilton, Roquefort.

Washed rind: Munster; wrinkly goat cheese.

So what’s Laura’s pedigree, the back-story for all this cheesy charm? As a kid, she baked cookies with her mom; and grilled Munster cheese sandwiches were her go-to breakfast in high school.

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spent eight years at KPIX-TV (CBS, San Francisco), then left to become a food writer. She soon discovered she had a nose for news and for Neufchatel.

“At KPIX,” she says, “I was news assignment manager, deciding what to cover, anticipating what was important, thinking ahead, deciding what was ‘news.’ Soon after I started writing about food I knew I wanted to focus on American cheeses. I could see they were on the precipice of a new frontier. I wanted to be the Paul Revere of American cheese.

“What American cheese makers are doing is very interesting,” she says. “I share their passion and have a visceral connection with them I didn’t feel that with European cheeses. I can’t explain why, but mainly because of farmers markets in San Francisco where I met people who made something I love so much. They were my instant heroes.”

Laura revealed new directions for cheese production, including Wisconsin, the largest cheese-producing state, and Vermont, another high-volume source.

“Obviously, to have the distinction of being the largest cheeseproducing state requires a lot of cheese coming out of factories,” she says. “However, to earn a reputation, you have to make great cheese.

There’s a cheese revolution in Wisconsin. Lots of small-scale artisan cheese makers are making world-class cheese.

“Vermont has more very small cheese makers per capita than any other state,” she reports. “They’re producing unbelievable cheese, overall much more French in style, lots of unusual little goat cheeses typical of small farms of France, plus cheddar; some that’s cloth bound.

“In California, especially Marin and Sonoma counties, artisan cheeses are being made by innovative, very small cheese makers using not just cows’ milk but sheep’s milk and mixed milks.

“What’s most interesting is what’s happening in the South …

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland,” she says.

“You’ll find cheese makers with a tiny output that you only hear about in the area. If you put a label of ‘France’ on it, it would be an instant hit. However, ‘Tennessee’ doesn’t have the same cachet … yet. What’s happening with American cheese is what happened with American wine. People wouldn’t consider it. As American vintners got better at their craft … look what happened. It’s the same with American cheese.”

Laura acknowledges that cheese made in small quantities is expensive and often difficult to find. “One of the charms, and frustrations, is that you can’t find a small producer’s cheese when and where you want it. We are being forced to understand that some foods are strictly regional … and appreciate that and not become frustrated.”

To explore the world of cheese, she suggests beginning with familiar varieties, then searching for lookalikes. “But to expand your cheese horizons,” she says, “you have to experiment. Look for healthy cheese as you would bananas. If it doesn’t look appetizing, it won’t taste good. Go with intuition, and taste, taste, taste. Shop where they cut and wrap cheese to order, and buy small quantities until you decide what you like.”

For more insights, check out www.laurawerlin.com. And to whet your cheese appetite, check the Internet for cheese guilds and the American Cheese Society. Northern California, Vermont and Wisconsin all have “cheese trail” maps. Laura champions The California Artisan Cheese Festival. (In 2014, March 21-23; artisancheesefestival.com).

The American Cheese Society’s annual conference in Madison, Wis., is open to the public. (July 31-Aug. 3, 2013; http://www. cheesesociety.org) Every cheese (roughly 1,700), submitted for judging must be offered for tasting! If you’re a cheesaholic, dive in!

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hey are the trailblazing Jewish women of the feminist movement – those with the courage and conviction to overcome social, cultural and religious barriers to create a more just and equitable world.

They are the women referred to in the hymn, Ashes Chayil (Hebrew for woman of valor, worth or strength), found in the Book of Proverbs and sung each week at the Shabbat table by the husband – in honor of and in gratitude for his wife and her praiseworthy deeds. Women of Valor: trailblazing Jewish women who overcame social, cultural and religious barriers to create a more just and equitable world.

Jewish women have played a predominant role in the women’s rights movement since its inception. Perhaps those extolled virtues they grew up hearing in Ashes Chayil encouraged, even subliminally, their sense of duty, obligation and perseverance, inspiring a commitment to leadership and righteous activism.

Frequently, history has shown Jews to be bound to social justice.

Even in spite of themselves, or when relegated to society’s fringe, the impact of their activism has made an indelible mark on the women’s movement.

Jewish American novelist Fannie Hurst recognized that a “woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.” Born in 1889, and best known for her novel-turned-screenplay Imitation of Life, Hurst echoed the sentiments of pioneering women back

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then seeking to gain acceptance, recognition and equal rights in a male-dominated society. The Women’s Rights Movement began in earnest in 1848 with the assembly of the First Women’s Conference in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Since then the movement has been characterized by three waves, all of which involved significant contributions by Jewish women.

Joanne Goodwin, a history professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, says the impetus for the women’s movement stemmed from a legality called feme coverture (a married woman). It’s part of the English common law (dating back to the 1600s) that was imposed on the British colonies. It governed the legal and economic limitations obligatory for married women.

The law states that, through marriage, ‘the very being or legal existence of a woman is suspended; or at least it is incorporated into that of the husband, under whose wing and protection she performs everything. Lacking separate legal existence under coverture, a wife cannot technically enter into economic contracts in her own right, and, in order to make basic purchases on credit, she must do so in her husband’s name. A husband gains permanent possession of all his wife’s moveable goods, along with the right to manage his wife’s land and to receive its rents and profits during marriage.’

“The modern American woman,” says Goodwin, “understood it was time to discard this inequitable status; and, thus, the women’s rights movement was born.”

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Kathryn Kish Sklar, co-director of Binghamton University’s Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, asserts that the first wave of feminism “took root in 1830 with women initially involved in anti-slavery activism. As the conversation extended to advocating for their own rights concerning child guardianship, property, freedom from abusive marriages, access to higher education and the medical professions, the right to vote and obtain credit, and equal pay and protective legislation for women in the work force, women saw the necessity to organize in order to successfully effect change.”

This wave continued through the 19th and into the mid-20th century, with women’s suffrage (the right to vote) emerging as the movement’s priority. It took 72 years to get this legislation passed

by Congress. In 1920, women, and many men, celebrated the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees a woman’s right to vote.

The 1940s and ’50s saw a post-war America challenging workplace stereotypes. Women began to enter the employment ranks in greater numbers. It became apparent that the burden of family responsibility needed to be shared with the state. The women’s movement teamed with trade unions in the fight for state-sponsored welfare to help provide a safety net for society’s most vulnerable.

These trailblazing Jewish women had to overcome social, cultural and religious barriers to struggle for a more just and equitable society.

They helped in the fight for expanded freedoms and workers rights, they strived often in the background, not becomming household names such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

“That’s because the majority of Jewish women in the first wave operated outside of the conventional women’s movement,” says Lisa Lampert, an English professor at the University of California, San Diego.

“Jewish women at the turn of the 19th century often viewed themselves as the Other,” Lampert says, “a term describing someone who felt Other than the majority; whose religion and

traditions made them the misunderstood Other, separate from the dominant majority. It’s interesting to note that their Otherness did not prevent them from pursuing activism. They simply did so from the sidelines.”

Among the many Jewish women in that first wave was Hannah Greenebaum Solomon, an avid child welfare advocate and founder of the progressive National Council of Jewish Women. Solomon was an important force for reform in late-1800s Chicago.

Through her celebrated poem “The New Colossus,” Emma Lazarus provided the immortal words (‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free’) engraved on a plaque on the Statue of Liberty pedestal.

Gertrude Weil’s passion for equality and justice placed her at the forefront of progressive and often controversial causes, including women’s suffrage, labor reform and civil rights.

Justine Wise Polier was the first woman justice in New York.

For 38 years she used her Family Court bench post to fight for the rights of the poor and the powerless. She pioneered juvenile justice as treatment, not punishment, making her court the center of a community network that encompassed psychiatric services and economic aid. For Polier, “to be a Jew means an unwavering commitment to uphold the rights of all people.”

Anarchist Emma Goldman was an ardent proponent of birth control and free speech; Nurse Lillian Wald was a founding member of the NAACP; Rose Schneiderman was a labor organizer and advocate of worker education for men and women.

The years 1960-66 ushered in the second wave of the movement, as Jewish women took up leading roles in the civil rights struggle.

Jewish men also comprised a large proportion of the white volunteers who went south to participate in the movement.

“Histories of this movement have not paid sufficient attention, however, to the contributions of Jewish women who worked tirelessly as organizers, Freedom Riders, teachers, reporters, voter

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registration workers, fundraisers, lawyers, doctors and political strategists,” Goodwin says. “Without a doubt, the courage these women showed helped change the course of American history.”

Following the volatile civil rights years, the second wave continued with the radicalization of the feminist movement.

The Pill and the mass entry of women into the workforce changed women’s traditional roles within the family.

Feminists demanded the right to abortion, a free childcare provision and equal pay.

The Jewish Women’s Archive website features the exhibit Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution. It highlights 74 prominent Jewish women integral to the second wave movement.

Among them are Betty Friedan, the groundbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique; Gloria Steinem, who founded and published Ms. Magazine; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court; Madeleine Kunin, America’s first Jewish woman governor; Susan Brownmiller, author of Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape; Sally Priesand, the first ordained woman rabbi in America; Ruth Messinger, who ran for mayor of New York City; Eve Ensler, who won an Obie for The Vagina Monologues; essayist Alix Kates Shulman, who published “A Marriage Agreement”; and Phyllis Chesler, who demanded reparations for women from the American Psychological Association.

By most accounts, third wave feminism began in the 1990s. It has included a renewed campaign for greater political influence for women; efforts to eradicate a putative corporate “glass ceiling”; attempts to balance the pressures of making money, pursuing careers, raising children and sustaining a marriage; and countering the lack of support from and confrontations with second wave feminists who decry third-wavers for supposedly setting the movement back via lipstick, the pursuit of sexual self-esteem and the case for motherhood.

Rebecca Walker, born Rebecca Leventhal, co-founded the third wave movement in 1992 after graduating from Yale. She is the daughter of Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, and Mel Leventhal, a Jewish civil rights attorney. Gloria Steinem is her godmother. She describes her feminist journey and evolving views in her book Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self.

The Jewish women’s motifs to stand for justice and to serve as effective agents for social change can likely be traced to where the Jewish DNA for tikkun olam (to repair the world), tzedakkah (to give charity) and chesed (kindness) intersects with the Jewish patriarchy experience.

Jewish feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin says she “grew up in a home where advancing social justice was as integral to Judaism as lighting Shabbat candles. Having learned from my parents to stand up for my dignity as a Jew, it was natural for me to stand up for my dignity as a woman and for the dignity of others. For many of us, feminism is an expression of Jewish values.”

“Then there is what many of us experience as a negative Jewish value … that of having been excluded from the prayer minyan (prayer reserved for a quorum of 10 men); from reciting kaddish (the mourners prayer) for a parent; and other such prohibitions,” Pogrebin says. “We embraced feminism, in part, as an adverse reaction to those patriarchal values, not dissimilar to the secular prohibitions once imposed on women by a maledominated society.”

Exclusions notwithstanding, Jewish biblical text and traditions more often than not inspire the Jewish woman to confidence and to embrace her power. Nowhere is that more evident, perhaps, than in Ashes Chayil, which opens with the words … What a rare find is a woman of strength! Her worth is far beyond that of rubies … and closes with these: Laud her for her accomplishments, and let her works garner her praise at the gates.

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as Vegas is full of women who come from nothing. They’ve pulled themselves up by their bootstraps over and over, survived great hardships and climbed the corporate ladder thanks to their incredible drive, determination and passion. And many of them make it their purpose in life to inspire other women in this eclectic valley that we call home.

If you spend any time networking, you likely know a handful of these women. DAVID sat down for a chat recently with four of them: Lisa Ulshafer, transformational life coach; Kathlyn Jaramillo, founder of defining: WOMEN Worldwide and owner of CoBiz Coworking; Annmarie Feiler, president of Special Event Management; and Meital Bronstein, owner of The Bungalow.

They shared their thoughts on: what and who inspires them; the future of Las Vegas; daily ways to keep a healthy, balanced life; and many more topics.

(left to right) Meitel Bronstein and Kathlyn Jaramillo

DAVID: Most of you have pivotal moments in your life that led you to where you are now. Let’s talk about that.

ANNMARIE: I grew up in Queens, N.Y., in an unconventional way. My grandparents raised my brother and me. My father was a heroin addict and my mom was an alcoholic, so my grandparents took custody when I was 2. This made a huge impact on my life, and my ‘grandfather’ was a driving force in teaching me hard work and (the) work ethic. And he wasn’t even my blood grandfather! We lived modestly but we never felt unloved. I learned as long as you’re loved by at least one person, circumstances don’t matter.

LISA: One evening in the summer of 2004, I was reflecting on my own life, and it wasn’t good.

I was blocked, stuck and uninspired. I began writing what became my own personal dissertation to the universe. Days later, the universe opened up and introduced me to my future mentor, Dale Halaway, a master teacher and transformational life coach, who continues to help me understand myself, my life and my greater purpose. This was the beginning of my two-year journey toward becoming a successful life coach as well.

DAVID: What inspired you to do what you do?

KATHLYN: Good question! At the time there were few, if any, exclusive women’s groups in Vegas. I felt like I needed my ‘girl’ back, and what a better way than to surround myself with amazing women who, just like me, needed a safe place to tell our story, express ourselves and 48 DAVID IYAR / SIVAN 5773

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MEITAL: I honestly just always loved fashion. Buying, identifying new collections, putting together an ensemble of designers. It’s truly my passion. I also love the sales portion of it, building relationships with my customers – and the clothes, of course. It’s hard to find something that you love. And if you do, you’re really lucky.

DAVID: There has obviously been a lot of buzz lately about the growth and excitement surrounding the future of Las Vegas, specifically downtown. What are you most excited about when you think of the future of Las Vegas?

ANNMARIE: I love what’s happening downtown. Tony Hsieh and Zappos, new restaurants and

(left to right) Lisa Ulshafer and Annmarie Feiler

bars like Park on Fremont and Commonwealth. Ten of us bought a building on South Commerce and Charleston in 2004; there are nine spaces in the building, and only one is still available. As part of the community, it’s been exciting to watch us grow together. I’ve recently moved into the building and created a co-op office. It takes a large team to create a successful event, and this is the perfect place to brainstorm, find inspiration and just collaborate.

KATHLYN: Having been born in Las Vegas in 1959, I have seen so much change. What excites me most is that so many smart people I know are part of a growing collective of ‘off the Strip’ thought leadership, business development and rising stars! We are a city that is so much more than sin, industry pool parties, T&A and gambling. We are a bright spot in the desert with so much to offer startups and entrepreneurs who truly seek connection and community.

LISA: Most people don’t see Las Vegas as a place for healing, but I have found that the energies here are extremely supportive of just that. I have been here for the better part of 10 years and my most intense and accelerated inner healing work has all been in Las Vegas. I feel with the right support in place we can create a healthier community of men and women, where we are more compassionate with each other, creating more cooperation than competition and more structure to foster healthier parenting styles for our future generations.

DAVID: What do you do every day to keep yourself focused, balanced and empowered?

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meditation and endeavor to center myself daily. When I keep the big picture at the forefront of my mind, it goes a long way to support me with staying empowered and on my path. I do have those days that I think, “What am I doing and I am really making a difference?” Honestly, if I can make a difference in just one woman’s life, for her to know that she is so brilliant and talented and beautiful, just the way she is.

LISA: I have made transformation a lifestyle. I always continue to educate myself and let go of my fear and negativity through the Transformational Life Coaching System® I learned through Dale that I also use when coaching others. I have wonderful family and friends in my life and keep fun and humor high up on my list of priorities. I truly believe that joy and laughter are imperative in living an empowered life.

I also keep simplicity in my life, as complexity creates stress and can disconnect me from my power.

DAVID: How about a fun question. What’s your guilty pleasure?

LISA: Chocolate, always.

ANNMARIE: Cigarettes, unfortunately. I recently switched to the electronic kind. My daughter calls it my hookah stick. If I could have a cigarette and a glass of red wine every night for the rest of my life, I’d be happy. But I know the smoking is bad for me.

KATHLYN: Reality TV, my Hay Day iPad app and Vitamin D, in the form of sunshine, of course. I can’t get enough of it!

MEITAL: Oh, I have many. Isabel Marant boots, Golden Goose sneakers, Luv-It Custard, pizza.

DAVID: What’s the best advice you ever received?

ANNMARIE: To understand what responsibility means and not to view it as a burden, but a privilege.

Don’t place blame, or be disappointed in, the people around me, personally and professionally. I’m only responsible for me, but take great pains to nurture my team and help them grow.

MEITAL: Stay focused. My first business grew really quickly, and I’m committed to treating this as an organic project and business. Also, be ambitious, passionate and take it day by day.

KATHLYN: Be myself! Many women, including me, have felt at some time in our life that we were not living up to expectations. I ask who placed them on us and what are those expectations? I am the only me that there is, and I can choose to live at my own pace, my way. I now declare that I am me and “I say who and I say when” (my favorite line from “Pretty Woman”).

LISA: Embrace my femininity and there I will find my true strength.

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DAVID: What are you working on next?

MEITAL: I’m launching a new website and developing a commitment-free, virtual dressing room for on-line shoppers. Browse my website, pick out some things you like, and someone will be in touch to discuss what you’re looking for, budget, etc. We’ll take a credit card but not charge anything until you’ve had the chance to receive the package and try things on. You can return what you don’t like and then you’ll be charged. It’s great for busy moms who may not have time to go shopping, and it’s literally commitment-free.

ANNMARIE: I plan to stay a boutique consulting agency and special event company with less than 10 good people and lots of personalized service. My priority is my husband and my kids, so I don’t want to get lost in a job that takes me away from them and celebrating Jewish holidays.

Events are getting big again and that’s exciting. Since my kids are bigger, I can do a little more traveling for work, too. That’s what I love.

LISA: I have created an ongoing program consisting of weekly workshops that provides the kind of support needed to overcome challenges, while creating consistent forward movement and momentum toward dreams and goals. I am also in the process of writing a book to help people find their way back to their divine connection. I know how isolated and frustrating it can be to feel disconnected, and I also know how meaningful and even magical it is to reconnect.

KATHLYN: I am currently producing my new baby… defining:WOMEN Magazine. It will be a bimonthly, online digital publication, produced by women, for women. It is in the big picture of bringing women from all over the world together to support, connect and empower one another!

Want to learn more about these women and their services?

Lisa Ulshafer 702-254-7730 www.lasvegaslifecoach.com Annmarie Feiler Special Event Management 702-234-8122 www.semlv.com

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The Emerging World of Jewrotica

By Jaq Greenspon Photograph by Erin Trieb

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his is not just erotica with a menorah thrown in,” says Ayo Oppenheimer. “Jewrotica is bringing the sex to Judaism, but also the Judaism to sex.”

“Jewrotica” is a brand-new dot-org website (founded

by Ms. Oppenheimer), which went live last October and has been slowly, but steadily, gaining notice and page views. People will hear about the site through friends, family, their religious leaders or various articles published around the world. “There was a Russian relationship or sex site that wrote about us,” Ayo says with a laugh. “So for weeks we were having insane traffic from the former Soviet Union.”

In the past eight months or so, Oppenheimer has traveled from her home in Austin, Texas, to places as far flung as Jerusalem and Orange County, Calif., from Sarah Lawrence College in New York to Texas State University in San Marcos, all to promote a new idea, one she was surprised no one had tapped before her.

“There’s a lot of different topics that interest me. I’m constantly bristling with ideas for cool products and things that I can do, but this was one where I thought, ‘How does this not exist yet? How is there not a hub for Jewish sexual expression?’ ” So she started one.

Growing up in New Jersey as part of a small Orthodox Jewish family, Ayo always has felt the need to make her world a better place. A self-styled social innovator, she shies from the entrepreneur label. As she puts it, “If I (were) doing my projects to make money, I would be doing different projects and running them quite differently.” In high school she saw a need for peer tutoring and peer counseling programs, and did what

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was required to solve the problem. At Johns Hopkins University she founded an international relief organization that has raised tens of thousands of dollars to alleviate international crises.

On a personal level, she’s “always been that go-to person. People feel very comfortable opening up to me,” she says, especially when it comes to sex and relationships. “I’m always happy to help and lend an ear.” While at Johns Hopkins, she simultaneously met the requirements of her international business and management major and took human sexuality classes. She also volunteered for a number of organizations that deal with women’s health issues.

As a member of an Orthodox community, she found time for outside activities foreign to most of her peers. Oppenheimer found herself straddling two worlds. And by the time she returned to that ultra-religious world, others sought her counsel. “I had people coming to me with questions about sexual problems and dysfunctions,” she says.

A lot of the “problems” she confronted involved finding answers to questions like “How can we make this more exciting?” and “What should I do about that taboo?”

Because she was “very out and about in the secular world,” Ayo says, people felt comfortable approaching her about intimate issues.

“In the part of New York where I lived, the kallah classes (Jewish marriage prep) were a lot more progressive. They weren’t about the rituals (most kallah classes focus on issues of nida rather than sex ed), but more ‘some people use lube’ things that are super basic, that maybe a ninth-grade public school kid would know but that aren’t spoken about in the Orthodox Jewish community.”

The plethora of questions and answers aside, she still wasn’t ready to create Jewrotica.org. Not yet.

After graduating college, she took a job with Deloitte Consulting, “honing that instinct of how do you take a company and help them reach their goals.” At the same time, she created a film program about the state and religious issues going on in Israel – then took it on the road. She gave away most of her possessions, downsized to an RV and started visiting as many Jewish communities as she could. At the same time, she experienced things like Burning Man (an annual gathering of artistic-minded people who set up a temporary city in the northern Nevada desert), and “a lot of different, sex-positive, but very out there, boundary-pushing environments.”

She learned a lot on the road by mingling with different cultures and people. She wanted to take all this knowledge back to her home community, to share the information and celebrate sexuality within a Jewish context. She soon realized, though, that the information she provided her New York/New Jersey community needed a larger audience. And an erotic book that took America by storm in the early summer of 2012 was just the catalyst she needed.

Last June, The New York Times reported that E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey was popular among the Orthodox population of The Heights, a predominantly Jewish area of New York City. “If people are reading it in the Orthodox Jewish community,” Oppenheimer thought, “the Jewish community has everything – books and conferences and organizations galore, and this is one thing we don’t have. What an interesting niche to fill.”

She immediately bought the domain “jewisherotica.org” before having second thoughts. “Not only is ‘Jewish Erotica’ a really lame title,” she decided, “but there’s so much more here than just erotica.

Let’s make it an umbrella, and that’s [how] Jewrotica came about.”

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co-founder of the popular Jewlicious website. They reconnected in the summer of 2012 at the ROI Summit (for Jewish innovators).

Oppenheimer pitched her idea of a website catering to the sexual side of the Jewish community – all Jewish communities. Abitbol served as a sounding board and an idea generator, working to flesh out the idea through many, many conversations. Jewrotica.org was born.

Ayo surmised that when it came to sex and relationships, Jewish communities fell into one of two categories: “We’re a very traditional Jewish community and passionate about the tradition and the religion and all those things, but we don’t do sex education, we don’t really talk about sex. Save it for marriage, but even then we’re not really going to have a conversation.”

On the other side, she said, were those who took the approach that “We’re so liberal and we’re so progressive.” They did Q&As with the rabbi on sex, she says, but often with the mentality that Judaism doesn’t have anything of relevance to say about a person’s sex life or relationship. As she saw it, neither side had the whole picture.

“A big part of Jewrotica is filling in the missing pieces for both communities,” she says, with the site becoming an extension of Oppenheimer herself, a person able to “walk the walk and talk the talk” in either community and bring understanding to both.

“In the first (category),” she says, “you have silence on sex and sex education, and the silence is what leads to ignorance … to feelings of shame and embarrassment and isolation. Even though Judaism is a sex-positive religion, practically, if you’re not having any discussion about it, if you relegate it to the back corners, that’s where people are going to end up feeling somewhat bad about it.”

With the second group, she reasons, the problem is slightly reversed. “I’m all for the empowered sex-positive approach; that’s a big part of what Jewrotica is. But I believe that (there are) a lot of really beautiful, fascinating things that we can learn from Jewish tradition. Even in the way of having Kavod Ha’Briot – having respect for other people.”

Basically, the idea is this: Just because you’re talking about sex doesn’t mean your Jewishness takes a backseat; and being Jewish doesn’t diminish your sexuality. For Jewrotica, this is one of the biggest differences between Christianity and Judaism: “Christians believe in this concept of original sin. Eve seduced Adam and their downfall was in the Garden of Eden.” This interpretation leads to sex and sexuality as a negative thing, something tinged with temptation. “I believe in Original Mitzvah,” Ayo says impishly. “Not Original Sin.” The first commandment G-d gives to humanity is to be fruitful and multiply. And so we shall. But even beyond procreative sex, there’s a great deal of talk in the Bible about sex. And once you get to the Talmud … forget about it. “In the Talmud you get the idea of onah, which is pleasure, just sexual pleasure (granted, these are more in the context of a relationship and a man pleasing his woman),” Oppenheimer says. “Our tradition is so full and rich with these commentaries and explications on sexuality, and yet modern day culture is quite silent on the issue.”

All of these aspects are being represented on the site, with new content being added daily. Oppenheimer understands the Internet concept that content drives page views; and she has worked with her team (an internationally diverse group of experts) to develop a weekly structure: Every day, readers can expect a different category to be updated.

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poetry, Wednesdays have essays, Thursdays are where the Jewrotica team gets to add its own voices via an editorial column and on Fridays we publish a weekly commentary on the Torah portion as it relates to relationships and sexuality called “Double Mitzvah”. The arbiters of the site also know that, especially within the Orthodox community, content must be organized appropriately, Oppenheimer says it only takes a click of the mouse to filter an individual’s Jewrotica experience from PG to XXX (Although the site does not have nude photographs or hard core pornography, the racy stuff is still pretty provocative).

It’s an evolving project. Ayo has plans for features such as “Sex With the Rabbi,” where insightful questions are answered directly, and “48-Hour Sex Diaries.” This one is generating some excitement, Oppenheimer says. “We take someone who is in the singles dating scene on the Upper West Side, someone who is in a same-sex relationship, someone who comes from the Orthodox community, someone who just got divorced, all these different phases of life, different backgrounds and have them, in time stamp format or essay format, record their sex lives and relationship encounters for 48 hours.”

Oppenheimer believes the site is only part of the process. She wants to move from an online community to an in-person one. She’s been rolling out Jewrotica events, the first taking place last March.

There is a “huge outreach potential for engaging people in Jewish culture and tradition in a really interesting way,” she says.

These evenings, thoughtful as well as thought-provoking, usually are sponsored by local Jewish groups and have drawn big crowds.

“People don’t realize that they’re learning about Jewish culture and tradition,” Oppenheimer observes. At a Sarah Lawrence event, a man from the Hassidic community had come up from Brooklyn, wanting to find out for himself what it was all about. At the end of the evening he offered an unsolicited endorsement: “I’ve never studied Torah like that. It was amazing!”

Outside groups are taking notice of the budding site, and partnership offers are tentatively being made. Organizations fighting sex trafficking and charities dealing with shelters and abuse issues all want to join forces, which couldn’t make Ayo happier. But she’s a realist, too. No matter how well the site starts out, she says, it’s going to require funding from an angel or a philanthropist to make it really viable. So she’s looking, and she’s working, bringing new ideas to the table, starting discussions and pulling the curtain back, exposing Jewish bedrooms.

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She won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1988 for her performance in the romantic comedy Moonstruck. Movie and TV fans since have discovered her versatility in everything from ethnic to cutting-edge humor and stark tragedy roles. Steel Magnolias, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Mighty Aphrodite are among her other notable films. In 1962, Olympia married Yugoslav-American actor Louis Zorich. The couple co-founded and ran the Whole Theatre Company in Montclair, N.J., for 15 years.

They raised three children and now have four grandchildren. She is also the cousin of one-time Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.

DAVID: In your autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, you seem to have had it all: a long and thriving marriage, extended family with traditions and celebrations, children, grandchildren and the career and successes of your dreams. How did you manage that?

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My youngest son was 18 when I left to do Moonstruck. Still, when I was running the Whole Theatre, I was gone most days and evenings, so I missed times with them. But I’m not constitutionally built to not pursue the work that I love, so for me there was no choice.

DAVID: To what then do you attribute having had it all?

DUKAKIS: I married the right man! Louis and I made a vow when we got married over 50 years ago to support each other’s dreams. And we have never once strayed from that vow. He believed in, supported and encouraged me to achieve what I desired. He was also willing to share responsibilities; so when, for example, I

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DAVID: Please share your thoughts on being outspoken about women’s and children’s rights, the environment and your Greek identity.

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I think that experience left me with an awareness for those who struggle to be respected … and that includes the Earth!

DAVID: Tell us about Rose.

DUKAKIS: It’s the riveting life story of a woman named Rose, who is a Holocaust survivor. She shares her complex journey, which begins in a tiny Russian village, then moves to the Warsaw ghetto, a ship called The Exodus, the boardwalks of Atlantic City, the Arizona canyons and finally Miami Beach, where the play takes place. There are husbands and children, triumphs and struggles, losses and gains in her life, all of which she shares candidly with the audience.

DAVID: What do you like about Rose?

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DAVID: Rose remains seated on a bench for the entire performance. Why is the play staged that way?

DUKAKIS: Well, the director, Nancy Meckler, and I wrote it that way because Martin, the playwright, wanted to keep the relationship between Rose and the audience intimate and intensely engaging.

DAVID: Rose Castorini, your character in Moonstruck, states, “I know who I am.” Does Olympia Dukakis feel similarly?

DUKAKIS: Every other day. That’s why the title of my book is Ask Me Again Tomorrow!

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