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Marisa Finetti has called Las Vegas home since 2005, after spending 10 years as a zinfandel grower in Dry Creek Valley. Her best of moments in writing include getting her mug shot taken at Penn Jillette’s house, covering a nudist colony while being uncovered, and interviewing a sommelier who enlightened her that there is more to wine than California. Visit her blog loveandrelish.com
Aleza Freeman is a true product of the desert, conceived in the Negev and born in Vegas. She worked for many years as a reporter, editor and copywriter for newspapers, ad agencies, internet startups and casino creative departments before branching out on her own as a freelance writer. But it’s her role as mommy that excites her most (even more than reporting onassignment in Israel, interviewing “Weird Al” Yankovic or riding every thrill ride in Vegas with a video camera pointed at her face). Aleza’s squad includes her husband Howard, son Evan, two cats, one dog and the occasional spider.
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enjoys distilling, and voicing in print, the essence of topics she researches and those she interviews. Her acute and ardent style has been acknowledged throughout her years as a TV reporter, news anchor and journalist, interviewing persons of note on the world stage. As a certified alues and Manners Life Coach, Lynn trains groups and individuals on improving their personal, social and professional effectiveness. She is most proud of her three outstanding children.
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From the Publisher It is my experience that bad news comes in the early hours of the morning. The only calls I have ever received at a.m. came from my east coast based son. The first was on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. A familiar but shaken voice on the other end of the line shouted: “Turn on your television; two planes have flown into the World Trade Center.” The second came last month on Monday morning, October 2. This time, I was woken up by another plaintive appeal, “Turn on your television, there has been a horrendous mass shooting on the Vegas strip.” In both cases my wife and I, like all of you, were glued to our TV sets. This year, however, our viewing was interrupted by the need to respond to inquiries about our well-being from friends and family around the world. So….this month’s magazine was meant to be a fun-filled celebration of everything Thanksgiving and holidays. After the horrible events of October 1st, though, our enthusiasm for the “Shopping Till You Drop” theme seemed to wane. Writers started contacting me requesting changes in the focus of their assignments while advertisers asked for extra time to redo their ad copy. After much deliberation, we notified all our media partners that DAVID would be deviating from the information published in our editorial calendar and instead, we would be including significant Max & Joanne Friedland content relating to the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. We hope that the stories we include this month reflect our sadness and horror at the violence, as well as our immense pride for the bravery and generosity that Las Vegans of all walks of life displayed in the aftermath. leza reeman was the first to call and her essay, Met with the Best of Humanity, pages 28-31, is an intimate look at the lives of those heroic hospital workers both during the event and afterward. For readers waiting for Jason Harris’s piece on the secret dining venues and menus, sorry you are going to have to wait a little longer. This month, he chronicles the efforts of a valiant band of food professionals and the warmth and sustenance they supplied in the days following October 1st. His piece, Working the Line, pages 36-40, is a heartfelt record that had all our proofreaders in tears. Help came from all quarters; the Israeli American Council (IAC), through the generosity of Yohan Lowie, provided water, food from Café Leone, and Israeli products. This month Yohan is “Grill”ed as our Person of Interest. As a monthly, we are not in sync with the daily news cycle; in fact, it is impossible to predict the state of the investigation when this publication finally hits the racks. ne thing I am sure of, however, is that we will continue to shine a light on our fabulous Las Vegas and the amazing people who call it home Stay safe. And as always, see you on the racks.
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Vinyl, Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. 702-693-5000. http://hardrockhotel.com FIDF 7TH ANNUAL LAS VEGAS GALA 6 p.m., $250 and up. Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-414-1000. http fidf.org las-vegas-gala CAPTURING PABLO: AN EVENING WITH DEA AGENTS STEVE MURPHY & JAVIER PENA 7 p.m., $30 and up. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas
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ELTON JOHN: MILLION DOLLAR PIANO Through Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., $100 and up. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http://caesarspalace.com
MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH Through Nov. 20, 10 p.m., $70 and up. Brad Garrett's Comedy Club, MGM Grand, 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-892-7575. https://mgmgrand.com BILL ENGVALL 9 p.m., $82 and up. Treasure Island, 3300 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-894-7111. http://treasureisland.com
TONY BENNETT: THE BEST IS YET TO COME Through Nov. 11, 8 p.m, $65 and up. Encore Theatre, Encore, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-770-7171. http://wynnlasvegas.com
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ADAM SANDLER 8 p.m., $49 and up. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas http://cosmopolitan.com HARRY CONNICK JR. Through Nov. 18, 8 p.m., $60 and up. Encore, 3131 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-770-7171. http://wynnlasvegas.com GUNS N' ROSES 8 p.m., $64 and up. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://t-mobilearena.com SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? 8 p.m., $66 and up. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://palms.com
18 BEBE REXHA & MARC E. BASSY 8 p.m., $42 and up. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702-942-7777. http://palms.com
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19 WOW - WORLD OF WONDER Through Nov. 30, times vary, $39 and up. Rio Showroom, 3700 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 866-746-7671. http://caesars.com/riolasvegas JOE WALSH 7:30 p.m., $89 and up. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. LOS ANGELES KINGS 5 p.m., $75 and up. T-Mobile Arena, 3780 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-692-1300. http://t-mobilearena.com
22 PERIPHERY & ANIMALS AS LEADERS 6 p.m., $25 and up. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas MOLOTOV 7:30 p.m., $35. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com
JEWEL 8 p.m., price varies. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., Las Vegas. 800-745-3000. http://dlvec.com
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ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS 8 p.m., $95 and up. The Showroom, Golden Nugget, 129 Fremont St., Las Vegas. 702-385-7111. http://goldennugget.com
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ANA GABRIEL 9 p.m., $91 and up. The Pearl, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas. 702942-7777. http://palms.com WAKIN CHAU 8 p.m., $88 and up. The Chelsea, Cosmopolitan, 3708 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-698-7000. http://cosmopolitan.com SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS AT UNLV REBELS BASKETBALL 7 p.m., $6 and up. Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas. 702-739-3267. http://thomasandmack.com
STEEL PANTHER 9 p.m., $22 and up. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas http://mandalaybay.com LAS VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. DALLAS STARS 7 p.m., $75 and up. T-Mobile Arena, 1300. http://t-mobilearena.com
29 up. Axis Theater, Planet Hollywood, 3667 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-785-5555. http://caesars.com/planethollywood REBA, BROOKS, AND DUNN: TOGETHER IN VEGAS 7:30 p.m., $90 and up. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 866-227-5938. http://caesarspalace.com THE IRREPLACEABLES TOUR: THE GIRLS FROM DANCE MOMS 6 p.m., $35 and up. House of Blues, Mandalay Place, 3950 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-632-7600. http://mandalaybay.com
J.PHLIP, GOODNESS, WALKER & ROYCE, AND WILL CLARKE 7 p.m, $20. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., Las Vegas. 800-745-3000. http://dlvec.com
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FLOBOTS WITH BANG DATA 7 p.m., $18 and up. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-862-2695. http://brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas
WAX TAILOR: SOLO SET & GUESTS 10 p.m., $18 and up. Brooklyn Bowl, 3545 S. Las Vegas
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Devour LAVO Brunch Pizza Now that the day clubs have closed for the cooler season, the LAVO Party Brunch kicks into high gear at Palazzo. From 2-6 p.m. Saturdays, drapes are drawn closed, music is amplified, girls are dancing, drinks are flowing and the menu of brunch items is enough to put one to slumber after the party is done. But it’s daytime, so party on. A house specialty is the scrambled egg and smoked salmon pizza, which comes on a rectangular flatbread, with mascarpone goat cheese and fried capers. It’s a hearty lox and flatbread that will stand up to any libation. LAVO Las Vegas, inside Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-791-1800
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A Tiffany & Co. bracelet in sterling silver with ox bead quartz and designed by Paloma Picasso, is a powerful and stunning arm candy for the male wrist. Tiffany & Co., Shops at Crystals, 3720 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-545-9090.
Made in the Mountains of Italy, the “Franco” men’s belt in camo haircalf is guaranteed to elevate his style. The rich Italian textures of this stand out accessory will bring any look together. $120. Donald J Pliner, Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas. 702-796-0900.
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Mingle The Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada (JCC) 6th Annual Barbeque Cookoff Festival Venue Opportunity Village
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A wildly successful afternoon was had by young and old. This event gave grill masters and barbeque enthusiasts alike a chance to show off their culinary skill. Adult teams and “Kids Q” teams competed for the title of Ultimate Pit Master. Among this year’s judges were Chef Stephan Barr, Executive Chef, Green Valley Ranch Resort and Casino, Chef Emily Brubaker, Urban Seed Inc., Chef Bryan Fyler, Executive Chef, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Andrew Weintraub, Managing Partner, The Capital Grille Las Vegas, Mike & Jessica Ross, Owner and Pit Master, Jessie Rae’s BBQ, Sheryl Best & Derek Scharadin, Echo and Rig Butcher and Steakhouse, Chef Randall Warder-Blau and Associates, Chef Irving Harrell-Owner,TC’s Rib Crib, Chef Mark LaRusso-Costa di Mare, Chef Paco-El Dorado Cantina, Harry Sax-CEO Arby’s, Chef Daniel Taylor, Executive Chef, Cabana Grill MGM Grand and Jack Bulavsky-Restaurant/Travel Columnist, Las Vegas Israelite. Executive Director of the JCC, Jeff Metz: “The JCC Barbeque has become a Las Vegas tradition. Whether you’re a foodie, looking for a family-friendly event, or just looking to connect with others in the community, there’s something to offer everyone.” For the complete list of all the winners go to davidlv.com.
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700 guests walked to raise funds and awareness for critical water issues worldwide. Event host, professional BMX rider Ricardo Laguna, Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Congresswoman Dina Titus welcomed the local community and dancer and Cirque du Soleil® performer Khalid Freeman of Soul Clap Fitness warmed-up the participants. A unique “Bucket Challenge” that represented one of three individuals whose lives have been directly impacted by ONE DROP’s global projects was held this year. The 2.7-mile walk ended at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, where guests enjoyed an array of music, food and entertainment. $50,000 was raised, all proceeds benefiting water pro ects in the Las Vegas community.
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Nearly 1,000 people attended the poolside dine-around event, many of whom donned Havana-chic attire to complement this year’s event’s Cuban theme. The evening featured a live performance by the alternate rock band Everclear. M.E.N.U.S. showcased more than 50 of Las Vegas’ top restaurants, chefs, mixologists and beverage distributors, the event supported Epicurean Charitable Foundation’s mission of providing full college scholarships and mentorship opportunities to gifted, but underprivileged, Clark County high school seniors who are passionate about pursuing a career in the food, beverage and hospitality industry. More than any other area charity focused on student academic and career development, Epicurean Charitable Foundation provides valuable personal connections and one-on-one support to its scholarship recipients. They receive not only up to $48,000 toward tuition, books and other fees, but also participation in the Future Leaders of Hospitality Program. In this program, each student is paired with a board member, who serves as a mentor and provides real-life guidance, support and assistance with job and internship placement upon graduation.
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Mingle 2017 RiSE Lantern Festival Venue Mojave Desert
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The RiSE Lantern Festival returned to Nevada for a fourth year in the Mojave Desert October 6 and 7, 2017. Created to celebrate the collection of participants’ hopes, dreams and wishes, this year’s festival was particularly special, as many were able to honor those in the wake of the Las Vegas tragedy on Oct.1. The simultaneous release of thousands of lanterns created a breathtaking moment, that for some served as a floating vigil in the sky, welcoming guests from across the country. Festival organizers and attendees extended heartfelt condolences to loved ones of the fallen victims while participants also embraced the prayers and wishes of others through the “Still I Rise” social media campaign launched earlier this year, giving non-attendees an opportunity to share their messages. To complement the event, guests were treated to live music, in addition to a selection of food and beverage offerings enjoyed in the newly added lounge areas. t sundown, the first release of lanterns allowed for an astronomical feeling - filling the Mo ave esert sky with a multitude of sky lanterns each night. After the second release, the event concluded with a collection of fireworks. Participants planning to attend RiSE in 2018 can anticipate the RiSE Spa and Resort - an all-new addition to the festival. The new amenity will include a camping experience along with other meals, services and possible excursions. Photos: Courtesy RiSE
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Met with the Best of Humanity Las Vegas’ Trauma and E.R. Units Attend to the Casualties of the 10.01 Mass Shooting By Aleza Freeman
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t wasn’t until the morning after the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 arvest festival that Toni Mullan finally cried. The M trauma nurse had been in the moment since around p.m, when she picked up her phone at home to news of mass casualties. y p.m. she arrived at the evel I trauma center, and it was all hands on deck as healthcare workers treated victims from the shooting until well past 5 a.m. ater that morning, Mullan noticed truckloads of donations pouring into the hospital for the victims, their families, and the staff. That’s when the linical urse upervisor admits, I couldn’t hold back the tears. The generous outpouring from individuals and businesses all over the greater as egas valley dropped the nurse to her knees. e’re told this isn’t a tight knit community, says Mullan. ell, that has been proven wrong. s a nurse for years, in as egas, Mullan has worked several high-volume traumas in the past, even treating nine gunshot wounds in five minutes. ike most of her colleagues, she has been trained for a night like this, but never actually worked a disaster of this proportion, until now. The country’s largest mass shooting by an individual claimed lives and caused more than in uries. You don’t think about it in the moment, she explains. You ust do what you do every day, but on a much bigger scale. M Trauma urgeon r. yed a uib, who also treated the ctober victims, had a similar experience. I was aware of the tragedy and magnitude, he says, but for that initial moment, I had to focus on patient care. It wasn’t until a few days later that the reality set in for a uib. hen it really hit me was when I was watching and nderson ooper was doing a special on those who lost their lives, remembers the surgeon. e went over them one by one, each person with their
name, their picture and testimonials from their loved ones on who these individuals were, and that’s when it began sinking in and when it became personal on that level. hile saddened by the tragedy, a uib and his colleagues are also amazed and impressed by the overall response. I’m never going to forget the tragedy itself, he says, but I’m also going to remember how we came together that night not ust what we did at the hospital, but also on the field, the first responders and all the concert goers.
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UMC staff placed hospital gurneys inside and outside of the hospital to allow for rapid transportation and more immediate care for patients prior to the arrival of victims from the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas.
Strangers helping strangers, being good Samaritans … and everyone else who was there helping out and bringing our city closer together. People banding together as a community has really warmed my heart.” At Valley Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Jeff Davidson, Medical Director of the Emergency Department, feels a “sense of togetherness” among the hospital staff. As he thinks back on that night, he also recalls the remarkably cooperative nature of the injured patients and their families, many of whom waited long hours until some of the more seriously injured were stabilized.
“There was a gentleman, a young man in the hallway…he looked horrible because he had this big bandage on his head with blood staining it, and he was right out there in the middle of everything,” recalls Davidson. That young man sat there for probably five hours because and he ust sat there quietly, he never complained, he never asked anything that was unreasonable. What an incredible young man.” Valley Health System’s six hospitals saw 232 injured patients from the shooting. Like UMC, the hospitals received a surge of donations the next www.davidlv.com | 29
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day. By noon on Monday, Oct. 2, hundreds of cars were lined up outside Valley Hospital to drop off food, drinks, and non-perishable items. “I’ve been in this town since the early ‘90s and I’ve never seen anything like that,” says Davidson. “It was crazy. Every local restaurant, every local service, everything you can imagine, and it went on for days.” Donations and support weren’t just local. The attack resonated with people across the country and the response was wide spread. Survivors and mourners even received comfort from emotional support dogs, deployed by an animal group in Washington. Makeshift memorials popped up throughout the valley, including a community garden downtown and memorial crosses at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign. As of mid-October, only four patients remained at UMC. The two 32ndfloor windows from the shooter’s suite at Mandalay Bay were boarded up. And the memorial crosses are set to move to the Clark County Museum in mid-November. Still, Mullan admits, she isn’t entirely ready to move forward emotionally. “I’m experiencing emotions I didn’t know I had,” she says. “It’s very raw.” And it’s not just hitting those who worked the night of the shooting. Some doctors, nurses, and other staff, who weren’t called in to help, are now feeling survivor’s guilt, according to both Mullan and Davidson. LeAnn Thieman, author of the “Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul” series, compares what Las Vegas hospital staff faced Oct. 1 to working in a war zone. Thieman worked as a nurse in an actual war zone at the end of the Vietnam War and believes these circumstances take a toll on healthcare workers, potentially leading to Compassion Fatigue and PostTraumatic Stress Disorder.
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“They are trained to work in those conditions and they do and valiantly so,” she says, “but the same compassioned hearts that calls them to this profession, those are the same compassioned hearts that are broken with this kind of loss.” She recommends that healthcare workers, particularly those in trauma and emergency situations, take time every single day “to nurture their bodies minds and spirits” even if it’s just for 15 minutes. “I literally nag them,” she says. “We can’t give from an empty well and we can’t give what we don’t have inside.” Thieman is in contact with UMC and has offered to speak with local staff about self-care for healthcare workers. The hospital, and others in the valley, have been providing ample therapists, counselors, and psychiatric services to patients, their families, and hospital employees since the incident. I am confident we will be well taken care of, says Mullan. Dr. Davidson, meanwhile, is trying to focus on the positive. In particular, he recalls one patient, a woman, who suffered a gunshot injury to her face. His team was able to bring in an ear-nose-and-throat doctor “in the nick of time.” Together they stabilized her and treated her cosmetically. When the woman was discharged in early October, her husband brought her back through the emergency room. She and her husband stopped and took pictures with Dr. Davidson, and personally thanked him. “That was an amazing moment for me, an incredible moment,” he says. “It was such a tragic event, but for that moment, for that patient, my team had a positive effect on her.” Saquib heartily agrees: “We really met the worst of humanity with the best of humanity.”
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ong before Eric Ries and “The Lean Startup” shaped today’s American entrepreneurs, a legendary Russian ballet choreographer plodded through his own version of Reis’s minimal viable product (MVP) strategy.
The Business of Ballet
George Balanchine had to flee his Russian homeland in the 1920s and landed in merica in the s with the drive, and some financial backing, to grow ballet as an art form in the U.S. He co-founded the School of American Ballet, which became a feeder for the New York City Ballet and other companies around the world, all while choreographing new works of his own.
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Nevada Ballet Theatre entices with Balanchine and Classic Americana
In developing his first merican ballet, Serenade, in , alanchine was forced to do ust what so many daring entrepreneurs do today - put out a product that was not perfect, but merely good enough to start. t the time, there was not much balletic talent in merica and alanchine had to work with what he had, about one-and-a-half dozen dancers with minimal ballet experience; and he found a way to carve a dance
narrative around them. ne, more recent, ew Yorker story about those early days of Serenade described the dancers as plump and bewildered. ith a true artistic and entrepreneurial spirit, alanchine went to work and remained flexible. hen dancers left or got hurt or if ideas for improvement came to him, he tweaked and changed movements, even adding or cutting numbers when needed. ortunately, Serenade uickly erenade
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evolved into something great – a serious and sophisticated ballet created on American soil with American blood, sweat, and tears – thankfully overseen by a Russian choreographic genius. Over the years, Balanchine created some less serious, even playful 8:46 AM works, but all of it held to the rigid baseline of amazingly technical dancing as its core. Balanchine did not care about the audience understanding a plot and even less about one great dancer; dance as a whole, as a group, needed to rise above those less important elements of storytelling and individual greatness. If you see alanchine’s work for the first time, you might find yourself wondering what’s the story ut you’ll be intrigued by colors and background sets – not quite sure where you’re going narratively, but then ushered along by that ever-dependable Balanchine thread of explosive dance. Some of Balanchine’s critical work will be on display November 11th and 12th at the Smith Center for Performing Arts, when Nevada Ballet Theatre presents Classic Americana. Serenade is part of the three-ballet sampler, along with lighter counterparts, Balanchine’s Western Symphony and Paul Taylor’s Company B, which includes the singing of influential swing vocal performers, the Andrews Sisters. hen programming, you try to have a diversity of styles and make them whole.…Serenade is so beautiful and romantic…and then the Andrews Sisters and Company B and Western Symphony are so fun, a very different style and flavor, says oy aiser, evada allet Theatre’s artistic director.
In touch with ballet’s history Classic Americana brings together professionals with ballet roots, which rubs elbows with the art form’s history in the U.S. These aren’t ballet professionals who studied the greats; they either worked with them or were taught by those whom the greats shaped. Richard Tanner, a repetiteur, or ballet coach, working with the Las Vegas
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dancers in Classic Americana, comes to the program from the Balanchine Trust, which has worked to maintain the integrity of the performances by helping dancers and coaches understand the ballets as well as their intent. As a dancer, Tanner worked with Balanchine himself for about a decade before the choreographer’s passing in 1983. Now working with the trust, Tanner takes Balanchine’s genius seriously. He learned from the great choreographer that performers are not helped by praise that isn’t earned. If you knocked on that door of his office and you wanted something like a part, he would tell you what he thought. You took your life into your hands. He was very direct.…If he thought you weren’t good enough, he told you.…There was not a lot of beating around the bush, yet he had wonderful manners. … He had European manners and was very gracious,” Tanner recalls. Tanner’s work with the light-hearted Western Symphony, which is performed against the backdrop of a Western saloon and with cowboys and dance hall girls as characters, has its share of serious fun. The ballet is anything but pretentious, even though the dance is intensely skilled. “It’s accessible from the get go, not intimidating. It’s lively. The audience gets it right away…and there’s real dancing going on out there,” Tanner says. Both Balanchine’s Serenade and Western Symphony will be set to a live orchestra with members of the Las Vegas Philharmonic performing. In the name of budget, too often today’s dance companies perform to taped music, Tanner says, but a live orchestra encourages a new intensity for the dancers that pre-programmed music cannot replicate. “The difference between a live orchestra performance and a taped one is night and day,” Tanner says. “Tape is easier for the dancer who has been rehearsing to it, to know exactly what’s coming.…But for the dancer, live music is absolutely thrilling.…That dancer is on edge.”
Making ballet meaningful for today’s audiences Like orchestras around the country, the Nevada Ballet Theatre is tasked with helping today’s audiences find relevance and meaning in a classical art form. Kaiser, who has only been in the artistic director position for less than a month, sees ballet as having an advantage over other art forms in attracting younger audiences. “The artists on the stage are vibrant, young, attractive, talented people,” he says, “and once people are exposed to it, they realize how accessible it is.” Arriving from the Pennsylvania Ballet, Kaiser is impressed with the Smith Center, and he also sees an opportunity to merge ballet with the creative talent on the Strip. “The depth of the artists that are working on the Strip, on stage and behind the scenes, that’s really exciting to me to have them in such close proximity, and we may be able to find new ways to collaborate, he adds. He also sees more contemporary work coming to Nevada Ballet Theatre in the future, or updated takes on classics. “There’s so much we can do to make it contemporary and updated and still be true to those roots,” he says. “It’s a flexible art form. … People think tutus, point shoes and the Sugar Plum Fairy. That is part of it, but it can be so much more.” For Kaiser, Classic Americana wasn’t his first time working with Tanner. In fact, early in his own dancing career, Tanner actually coached Kaiser in a production of Western Symphony. You want someone who, first, understands the material. That’s the basics, but if you understand the choreographer’s intent,” Kaiser notes, “that’s like a home run that makes the dancer feel complete.” Complete. Yes, and far from a minimally viable product.
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Working the Line Las Vegas’ Chefs and Restaurateurs Come Together to Do What Needs to be Done.
By Jason Harris
It was inevitable we’d get to this point. It’s that intersection where goodwill and energy and charity meet up against real life and people’s desire and need to go back to their day-to-day. That’s what about 10 of us are meeting about right now. How do we best take our efforts, and moving forward, still continue to help those affected by the Route 91 tragedy and then the community at large?
As I leave, I’m within walking distance of the Route 91 Festival when Stephen Paddock unloads an AK-47 on thousands of concertgoers. I see the streets being blocked off and as I drive home, swarms of police and SWAT members heading in the opposite direction. I have no idea what is going on. I turn on the news when I get home. I am not shocked or even surprised – how could you be when the same thing happens over and over again and we do nothing to change gun laws? – I’m numb. I’m not saying I expected this, but I am saying I won’t be surprised the next time another gun massacre happens either. We need to do better for our fellow humans but that’s a different article.
Sunday – October 1
Monday – October 2
I’m at The Park outside of the Monte Carlo. I’m enjoying a meal, talking with a friend and some people we’ve never met before. It’s 10:20 p.m. I decide I should head out.
y the time I turn on my computer, I find a colleague of mine, food writer Al Mancini, already driving around the city, talking to first responders, cops, and blood banks, getting information about who needs food.
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That kind of sparks my efforts. Let me make this clear. I have no plan. I’m just gonna see what I can do. I don’t know who needs to be fed or how much or at what time. I just know food helps. I know enough chefs and have enough resources that I could maybe help some people. I start making calls to some chefs who I know will contribute. I start asking on Facebook who needs food and how much they need. And this becomes my week. Every day, all day and night, I spend my days coordinating from social media and my nights out with a rebellious team of chefs, restauranteurs, urban farmers, and random volunteers delivering free food to the victims and first responders. When your city gets hit with a tragedy like a mass shooting or a natural disaster – something Americans seem to experience more and more these days – you can feel devastated and powerless to help. But we in the culinary scene were and continue to be determined to find a way to do
what we could with the resources and skills that we have. As I talk to more chefs, we are rolling. Someone sends me a Facebook message like, “The blood bank on Charleston has a four hour wait. They need food for donors and volunteers.” I post that information on Facebook and call restaurants that might contribute. Within a few hours, we have 15 restaurants donating time and food. By the end of the week, the number will be up to nearly 60 restaurants. I have a team organizing needs for me. I don’t know how or why, but we just kind of become a unit. Jenn Hyla, an Air Force veteran who I used to see at concerts, makes a bunch of phone calls to police precincts and we take food orders. Carolina Chacon, a public servant who always seems to be helping the community, has boots to the ground and messages in more requests like: “40 counselors need lunch Tuesday at 12 p.m.” It’s like putting a puzzle together. Take the order, find the chef and get a volunteer to drive www.davidlv.com | 37
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and deliver the food. e start with maybe five people working together. y the end of the week, we have a acebook group with over volunteers. My team is not the only group of people trying to make things better through food. ifferent restaurants are separately deciding on their own how they can best help. ot surprisingly, it starts with pizza. Three of my favorite pizza shops are already delivering fresh, free pies to those waiting to give blood and others in need all over as egas. hris almieri of aked ity izza drives out to as egas Motor peedway where he has a kitchen and ust starts cooking. I hear he made slices that he delivered throughout the city. vel ie, the hipster pizza oint owntown, is all over in ity as well. The group that bases out of there will come to be known as the elpful ooligans. They deliver food and care packages and, with the tireless efforts of shop owner randen owers and ooligans leader ustin oots, they make a huge impact today and throughout the week. I’m in constant contact with ohn rena of Metro izza, who is handing out slices at blood banks throughout egas. ohn gives me the location of which of his shops to pick up the pies and we have drivers grab them and get them to hospitals and more blood banks. I call amie Tran, the chef at the new suburban hot spot The lack heep, for her help. he is in line to give blood but contacts friends at leur and Yardbird, two chic restaurants on as egas lvd. ithin an hour, food is going out the door from both those locations to the ed ross and others.
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I call her back hours later. She is still in line. So we have pizzas, lunches from major Strip restaurants and also offStrip eateries like Le Thai and District One all looping around the city, all because people care. People keep asking me what the name of our organization is. I chuckle and think to myself, “This is the least organized organization I can think of.” e don’t really have a plan in place. e ust see a need and fill it. Then there’s Jolene Mannina. She is a force in the culinary scene as the director of culinary partnerships for Urban Seed, the futuristic vertical aeroponic farming organization that is going to feed a lot of people as they grow. It’s 8 pm. I drive to Spring Valley Hospital where a food truck Jolene wrangled, courtesy of George Morales’s Quality Food Trucks, sits at the entrance to the emergency room. George takes orders. Expediting the food is Justin Kingsley Hall of the popular Chinatown eatery Sparrow + Wolf. Dan Krohmer of the acclaimed Other Mama, a modern Japanese joint, messaged me earlier in the day saying his restaurant’s food wasn’t really the right fit for what was needed but if we found a truck he’d cook all night. He, along with Chris Decker of Metro Pizza, Joshua Clark of The Goodwich, George’s wife, and some dude named Mike who cooks at Momofuku are preparing everything from cheeseburgers to elote sandwiches to tempura lobster tails. I work front of house with George and Justin while Jolene visits
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patients and nurses inside the hospital. She texts us orders which we relay to the chefs. They cook the requested meals and Jolene shows up with a rolling cart to bring everything to those inside. That’s eight different people from seven different areas of the culinary scene teaming up and just hoping to make people’s days a little easier, a little better with good food.
Tuesday – Friday Oct 3 - 6 That became the jumping-off point for the rest of the week. Sit at my desk, wait for orders to come in from Jenn or Carolina or any random message I got and figure out how to place the food. oordinate chefs and make moves. Then at night, we stationed outside of UMC where we had two food trucks going each night plus about 50 volunteers feeding everyone from victims and their family members to nurses to Helivac pilots. This was done in conjunction with olene and rban eed’s nnmarie eiler, who was often first on the scene and last to go. She was a leader amongst peers at these events. We had people drive up from San Diego just for the day because they wanted to help. We had parents and kids and chefs and writers. It became a communal gathering point and as much as getting sustenance in the bellies of nurses and doctors working 12 hour shifts was important, it also helped to get them some fresh air, some time to socialize, some time to take their mind off of everything. This became our rallying point and the reason we were able to serve about 3000 meals a day going forward. Requests for the next day would come in and we’d be able to start working in our make-shift, outdoor, food truck frenzy.
Another night With things running somewhat smoothly, we decided to try something different. My friend Dan and I used to work with someone who was shot at the fest. She was in the hospital recovering from surgery and we wanted to
be a little more personal. He got the names of a few victims recovering at home and we stopped by Evel Pie and picked up eight pizzas. We delivered them to people recovering and their family members and you would think we were buying them new houses by the way they reacted. The joy of pizza is one of the great joys in the world. One guy who answered had no idea why we were there. We explained that we were bringing pizza to his family and specifically his daughter. e told us, holding back tears, that he was a security officer at the festival and had to do his best to protect everyone while having zero idea what was going on with his kid. Just listening and letting people know you care does more than you think.
Monday – Oct 16 I get messages every day from more people wanting to volunteer – massage therapists, acupuncturists, private chefs, and documentarians to name a few. e’ve utilized most of them but now we have to figure out what’s next. We got an email from one restaurant that donated, saying they were “charity-ed out.” I understand and respect that but I hope we can utilize this civic enthusiasm, this communal spirit, and find more ways to help. I hope nothing like this ever happens again, here or anywhere. But it will. nd if it happens here, we are working towards a more efficient way to bring food to those in need going forward. In a time of crisis, you don’t think, you do. Most people on the outside looking in are horrified to see that innocent people died and over were injured, but they probably don’t consider how exhausted doctors and nurses, ambulance drivers and blood donors need to be fed. But this is Vegas. We pride ourselves on our hospitality and our hospitality industry stepped up enormously. For more information, please join our Facebook group #VegasStrong First Food Responders
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These Amazing Mega-Puppets Allow Our Old Grey Circus Friends to Return to the Wild.
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gather audiences to whisk them to a place away from everyday life. Circus 1903, now performing at Paris Theater inside Paris Las Vegas, captures the golden era of the circus. The producers have teamed up with the awardwinning puppeteers from War Horse, to bring a thrilling, turn-of-the-century circus spectacular to the Las Vegas Strip. Led by a cunning ringmaster, Circus 1903-The Golden Age of Circus’ production features amazing and dangerous circus acts from all over the globe. All the different performances you expect to see, from strong men to contortionists, acrobats to musicians to high wire walkers and an exciting new twist – sensational puppetry that puts elephants back into the ring as never seen before. After live elephants were phased out of the circus and Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey ended its 146-year run of the Greatest Show on Earth, the solution for Circus 1903 was the creation of two life-size pachyderms. The ondon-based puppet workshop, ignificant b ect, created and directed the elephant duo to life with an ensemble of puppeteers. It takes four people to bring mother elephant, Queenie, to life, and one person for her little baby, Peanut. Luke Chadwick-Jones, who plays Peanut, is alone in his role of the light hearted baby elephant. He says that playing Peanut is physically demanding, as he is always moving swiftly across the stage on all fours, and more specifically, on his toes.
Mervyn Millar, director of ignificant b ect designed the puppet so it pushes my weight forward to be in the right position because that’s… elephants walk on their toes,” says Chadwick-Jones. “Then, there’s the stamina of Peanut. He’s much quicker and fun.” To see the elephants for the first time on stage is a moment that re uires pause for examination. Their movements are so lifelike, the puppeteers completely convincing in guiding the massive puppet made of ute and molded silicone - and bringing the mother elephant to life. Queenie’s puppeteers are divided through the beast’s head, heart, hind, and trunk. “Puppetry is about connecting with other people and trying to become one vessel,” says puppeteer Jimmy Duncan, who operates Queenie’s head. The puppeteers trained for weeks before the show, observed anatomical movements on video and established ways in which they can manipulate and operate Queenie in the most convincing way. They say that the synergy outside of the puppet is ust as important as when they are inside it. But how do multiple people move a singular, large puppet and create life-like fluidity? According to the puppeteers, they communicate. But not through words. The first thing that brings the puppets to life is our breath, says hris Milford. e stand in the wing and ust breathe and that will connect the three of us operating inside the puppet . That’s where the sensitivity
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starts, then you bring connectivity and finding the balance. n stage, they demonstrate their movements by first standing in one line. Their breathing is exaggerated, their hands on each other’s shoulders help them to feel the rhythm of their breaths. lmost as if they have shared intuition, they move forward, adopting the elephant’s uni ue gait, motion and character. ne of the principals of the training is that we want the puppeteers to be responsive. e want to keep the performance fresh and alive. To get that is not through repetition, it’s to be more sensitive and to understand each, says designer Mervyn Millar. ike a chain of signals, even the bigger movements are cued from a single breath. It’s based on trust and what is re uired to pass the thought,
to each other and then to the audience, of what the animal is feeling at the time of the performance. e mix it up. nd that’s the oy of it all. e discuss, hat if she was grumpy tonight ’ r, hat if this time she came on really excited ’ e play with these ideas, discuss, and make choices together, says aniel anning, who plays ueenie’s hind. Maria ose ominguez and lorian lummel are also part of the synchrony, working outside of the puppet, acting like a trainer. ven so, they are keyed into manipulating the trunk and carrying forth ueenie’s character. They need to be extraordinary technical performers, they need to be good actors and on top of these things they need to share, says Millar. They need to be generous to each other and share the character. www.davidlv.com | 45
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Ruth Gruber 20th Century Iconic Woman, Trailblazer and Award Winning Photojournalist
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uth Gruber is an icon; a fearless, passionate, and unrelenting champion of humanity in the twentieth-century. Her work, as an award-winning photojournalist and author, reveals history through images and words. Gruber passed away a year ago, at the age of 105, leaving a legacy that enlightened the world on relevant issues and critical news for more than seven decades, spanning from the 1920s through the 1980s. er career as a photo ournalist and . . government official, and her life as a pioneer, woman, Jewish American, adventurer, and political activist, are on exhibit through January 7, 2018 at the Jewish Museum of FloridaFIU in Miami as part of their Art Basel Season. “The show is exhilarating,” says museum director Susan Gladstone. “It celebrates one of the twentieth century’s greatest innovators and humanitarians.” A heritage of more than 60 of Gruber’s photographs are featured in the show - from historic images of Jewish refugees on the ship Exodus in 1947 to her later works of Ethiopian Jews during the civil war in the 1980s - plus personal letters, telegrams, magazines, and memorabilia serving as evidence of a life and career lived with resolve and meaning. “Her ground-breaking work cites messages of courage, hope, and of living with a heroic purpose,” Gladstone adds. “Messages that we need to carry forward today.” Gruber was born in 1911 in, as she says, “a little shtetl called Brooklyn”. Surrounded by a nurturing Jewish community, she thought the entire world was Jewish. “The butcher, the baker, the grocer…even the corsetiere who made my mother’s corsets… were all Jewish.” ruber’s family encouraged education. rmed with a fierce intellect and an insatiable appetite for adventure, she attended NYU at age 15; got a Master’s degree at age 19 in German and English literature from the University of Wisconsin; and became the youngest PhD recipient in the world at the age 20 from the University of Cologne, Germany. Her doctoral dissertation, on the legendary Virginia Woolf, was inspired by Woolf’s book, A Room of One’s Own. Gruber wrote that Woolf, “is determined to write as a woman. Through the eyes of her sex, she seeks to penetrate life and describe it. similar scenario can be attributed to the celebrated photojournalist and author that Gruber would ultimately become.
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Ahead of Time, a 2010 documentary of Gruber’s life, produced by her longtime friend Patti Kenner, features an articulate 96-year-old Grande Dame who describes herself, in her youth, as “…a rebellious kid. I was always restless always fighting time. I had to get through everything fast . uth wanted to encompass the world, says enner, n ambition she embarked upon in 1935, at age 24, as an international foreign correspondent and photo ournalist for the Y erald Tribune. Under the tutelage of Tribune owner Helen Reid, Gruber maintained an association with the paper throughout much of her career, emerging as the eyes and social conscience of the world. Her experience as the first ournalist - much less first female journalist to document life across the vast oviet iberia and laska would prove to serve her well. he lived among both the skimo Inuit natives in laska and prisoners, many of them ews, in talin’s gulags. he learned to persevere through the brutal cold, the strangeness and treacheries of local culture, and the oppressive stalking of the ussian . ife there moved at its own pace slow, unpredictable, and sometimes not at all - an inconvenient state of being for a restless soul. I uickly learned it was useless to be restless, ruber says in the film. he decided to tame her impetuous nature and learn to live inside of time. ssentially, to be patient. uality she believes has since enabled her to see details she might otherwise overlook in her eagerness to tell a story. ruber served as special assistant to . . ecretary of the Interior Harold Ickes during World War II, entrusted with prospecting homesteads in laska for merican soldiers following the war. In 1944, she accepted a secret mission, at the behest of President oosevelt, to bring a thousand ewish olocaust refugees from Italy to merica aboard the . . rmy transport enry ibbins. Ickes appointed Gruber to the rank of Simulated General to spare her life, per the eneva onvention, in case of azi capture. anger was imminent. ships in the convoy made them easier to spot. hile still in the Mediterranean, thirty azi planes flew overhead one night. The ships went dark. The refugees ran to their bunks. It was then that ruber understood that she and her work would forever be inextricably bound to survival and rescue. The refugees were guests of the nited tates until the end of the war at which time they were to return to urope. They were interned at a decommissioned army base in Oswego, New York, sequestered behind a chain link fence with barbed wire. This was the only attempt by the nited tates to shelter and save ews from azi persecution during II, says Michael ederer, whose parents were among the refugees. ith ruber as their champion, the nited tates government, in anuary of , made the decision to allow the refugees to apply for . . residency. I, like so many, will be forever indebted to this magnanimous woman with the soul of a general who, despite her small size, s ueezed every centimeter of stature out of her slight frame, adds ederer. ruber’s coverage of the refugees while on board the ibbins offered the first public accounts of the horrors of the olocaust since the war had begun. he covered the activities of the nglo- merican ommittee of In uiry on Palestine, photographing the untenable conditions at the displaced persons’ camps of urope and yprus. www.davidlv.com | 49
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She had a front row seat while reporting on the Nuremberg trials in 1946. Eleanor Roosevelt was a close friend, as were countless other notable individuals. In 1947, she reported on the British attack of the ship Exodus. 4,500 (mostly) Holocaust survivors were trying to break the blockade on Jewish immigration to Palestine. Their attempts failed and all were subsequently forced onto three prison ships destined for Europe. Gruber’s photos of the unforgiving conditions she witnessed while on one of those ships – the Runnymead Park - were published around the world, influencing international opinion toward the plight of Jewish refugees and their quest for a Jewish state. Not one to retire, at the age of 74 Gruber was the only journalist on the 1985 secret airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. “You couldn’t invent Ruth Gruber…not even in a movie,” wrote Richard Holbrooke, Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the foreword of Gruber’s book Witness, where she details her trek through the Soviet Arctic as well as the casualties of the Nazi regime she witnessed in the ‘40s, and the resettlement of the Jewish refugees in the decades following World War II. “She was just a badass - no other way to describe it,” says Maya Benton, curator at the International Center of Photography. Benton spent several months with ruber in her final years, organizing her photos and slides, helping to curate the exhibit now running in Miami. “It was an honor. Ruth was a master practitioner of the medium, through which she gave voice to those whose traumas were hidden from view. She fought for their justice and refuge,” adds Benton. “For a photojournalist whose work is held in such high esteem, Ruth never took a single class in photography,” said Kenner. She instead followed the sage advice of renowned photographer Edward Steichen: “Steichen told her to ‘Take pictures with your heart’,” said Kenner. ruber focused first on the eyes of her sub ects, and then on the surrounding environment. “I discovered,” wrote Gruber, “that photographs, like articles and books, can help change the world. They can reveal the soul, the essence of people who are good and the essence of people who are evil.” The mini-series Haven is based on ruber’s life story. The show stars atasha ichardson as ruber and nne ancroft as her mother ussie. ancroft was nominated for an mmy ward for her role. While speaking in 2001 at a United Jewish Federation seminar at the niversity of ittsburgh, ruber said, I had two tools to fight in ustice. My words and images, and my typewriter and camera. I ust felt that I had to fight evil, and I’ve felt like that since I was years old,” she continued. “And I’ve never been an observer. I have to live a story to write it.” Maintaining her veracity and moxie to the end, Gruber went on to publish nineteen books and receive numerous awards and recognitions. Her life began before women won the right to vote. Just prior to the end, she cast her final vote for resident in ovember of . he was hoping to witness the first female resident of the nited tates. By all accounts, Gruber was, and still is, ahead of her time. Frequently asked to share her secret for success, she unequivocally states, “Have dreams. Have visions. Let no obstacle stop you. Most importantly… know your worth.”
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ordered large apples and this is what they brought.” My wife is holding up some medium sized green apples and looking at them distastefully. “Plus,” she continues, “these are Granny Smith and I wanted Golden Delicious.” Thus are the hazards of online grocery shopping. To be fair, of course, she also loves the fact, as do I, that, since we don’t have a car, it means someone else will have to carry the 7 pounds of potatoes and extra large bottles of laundry detergent home from the shop. There are certainly plusses and minuses. There are indeed trade-offs. We started doing online grocery shopping a few months ago, as soon as we found out it was being offered in our neighborhood. There were, we figured, no downsides. ur local service, which is an offshoot of one of the grocery chains in town, offers free delivery, will adjust the price based on actual weight of the produce and even throws in little “gifts.” We’ve gotten everything from frozen garlic bread and energy bars to dishwashing liquid. It’s like Hanukkah every time we get a delivery. Sure, we might take more time selecting just the right pieces of fruit or vegetables, making sure we’ve grabbed the correct apples or even grabbed an impulse candy bar or ice cream before checking out, but the convenience of placing an order before going to bed and having it at our front door when we wake up the next morning is pretty exciting, especially when the baby makes it a little harder to find the time to get out. www.davidlv.com | 53
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And we’re not alone. According to a June article on Fortune.com, upwards of 52 million Americans are doing their grocery shopping online, and with the recent acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon, that number is likely to increase drastically. In the same article, Michael Wystrach, CEO of meal delivery service Freshly, is quoted as saying that the food industry has been “insulated from the e-commerce revolution” but that ultimately, when the customer goes digital, the companies are going to have to follow suit in order to keep up. Those customers are looking for the same thing we were: Convenience. Sure, we opt for the delivery function, but a number of stores are also offering in-store pick up as well. This is the best of both worlds, where the bulk of your shopping is done before you leave the office and you can ust pick up a couple of bags on the way home – and still get in an impulse candy bar if you want. t the same time, it’s not ust produce that people are purchasing from the comfort of their laptops. There are now a number of delivery companies who will go to any restaurant you desire, pick up your “to go” order and drop it right to your door. UberEats is the big name in the field, but there are literally dozens of apps which will connect you with a delivery company. No matter what it is you want. A local driver shared with me that there were days he’d deliver McDonald’s several times in a day, often to the same house. Then there are companies like the aforementioned Freshly, which cooks the food for you, offering you plenty of complete meal options, rotating each week, and all you have to do is heat them up. Or there’s the meal kit services, where companies will deliver
all the ingredients, premeasured, to make the food yourself, giving a new definition to the concept of home-cooked meals. ven so, maybe you ust want to get out of the house for a bit and honestly, more on this in a minute, but with today’s technology, that is definitely a choice and not a necessity and do your grocery shopping in person You still may end up online. ome retailers almart and am’s lub for instance are adopting the old showroom shopping model, where you wander the aisles with a provided scanner, or, more often than not, your own smart phone, and you scan things you want to purchase like creating a wedding registry . Then, with a click of the button, your items are paid for and you simply go and pick up the bagged and tagged items at a checkout counter before heading out. Even the simple pleasures of pulling a number at the deli counter and waiting your turn in line behind the person who had lots of time but still took until they were called to actually think about their purchase may soon become a thing of the past. Now you can log in, order what you want and get a time to come pick it up or text telling you it’s ready so you can take care of other shopping in the meantime. ven ust wandering the aisles gets the online treatment. Shopping carts equipped with touch screen monitors will be able to give you information on the products you’re considering as well as making smart suggestions for secondary purchases and informing you about sale items. With Selfio, from the European company Tarent, you set your shopping list on your phone using an app for the specific shop and location you want to shop at, then, that app guides around the store to pick
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up your goods. As you place items in your cart, you scan them, again using your app, until you walk out of the store, when you are automatically run through a self-checkout program with a pre-approved payment method. The thing is, though, it’s not just food. Online shopping is the way things are going, enough so that earlier this year (and ever so briefly) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was the wealthiest man on the planet. Amazon itself is the 800lb gorilla absolutely no one wants to take on, but even they can’t do everything. Although in the future it might not be too far off. Today, modern retailers are trying to figure out ways to give the customers what they want while still being able to do what they do best – sell products. Take, for example, clothing. One of the hardest things to do is make sure the fit is right. o worries. ow you can get the retty oman treatment when you walk into a ordstrom over in and get completely pampered while trying on your new outfit. You can get a manicure, sip some wine, talk to the tailor about getting the perfect fit the only thing you won’t get is the outfit itself. Instead, you’ll place your order and the items will be shipped from a fully stocked warehouse. This allows the retail face to carry many more styles and sizes since they only need one of each on hand. It’s a win-win, right? This is as close as most of us are going to get to having something made specifically for us on avile ow or venue Montaigne. All of these things are happening now, today. The real question is what happens tomorrow or the day after that. And there, the trend seems to be going into two different kinds of reality – augmented and virtual. Augmented reality really made headlines last year with the release of
okemon o, where, once you activated the game, you pointed your phone camera around and eventually, the small “pocket monsters” would appear, overlaid on your actual surroundings, allowing you to interact with them (and, well, catch them all). That’s all well and good for a game, but the retail future of the technology is so much more. Imagine you move into a new place and you need to furnish it. Just go to the website of the manufacturer and point your camera at the place in your apartment where you think you might want to put that sofa. A touch of a button and the sofa appears, giving you the opportunity to see it in situ. You can make all the choices you need to, adjusting variables, until you have exactly what you want. And you can see it. o more arguments with a spouse about whether it will fit or if the color will overwhelm the room. That’s settled before you even leave the house. In fact, you never even have to leave the house. nother click of the button and the item is paid for and on its way to you. But again, being the social creatures we are, we might want to leave the house so we go off to the grocery store where our augmented reality phones will point out the items we’re looking for or give us visual guidelines to follow to get us where we need to be. e can use this technology to try on clothes or give us guided walking tours when we’re on vacation. Just point your camera lens at a medieval castle and witness a virtual battle right in front of you, or have the centuries dead king tell you his life story, while pointing out various points of interest. And hey, if there’s anything you really like, just click a button and your virtual payment system will transfer funds and the souvenir will be waiting for you upon your exit. The www.davidlv.com | 55
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possibilities are really endless. Then there’s virtual reality. You’ve probably seen pictures of people wearing huge goggles on their heads but until you’ve been inside this set-up, you have no idea how realistic it can be. The goggles completely envelope your lines of sight so visually, you are completely enclosed. You have controllers which can allow you to manipulate things inside the virtual environment, giving you an actual “hands on” experience. Lowe’s understands this and has developed the “Holoroom How To” for virtual instruction. You walk into a Lowe’s and they can walk you through how to do a number of DIY projects, and they’ve found the retention rate is fully a third higher than simply watching a YouTube video on the same subject. There’s tactile feedback and muscle memory involved. Now imagine you have a VR rig at home. In the future, you might be able to log into a shopping portal, a book store, say, and browse the shelves, pulling books down to read the back covers and thumb the pages. Then if you decide you want it, just toss it into your virtual basket and it will be delivered in whatever format you desire. You’ll be able to check sizes, compare products, do anything you could do in an actual shop, and all from the comfort of your living room. Given the way technology is advancing,
you could probably even squeeze the oranges or the Charmin and the haptic response of the VR gloves which are sure to be coming soon, will provide enough sensory feedback you can decide if you want to make the purchase or not. Add in a decent set of headphones and you could be watching an Imax size screen, from just the right spot in the theatre, on the living room couch you purchased through your augmented reality shopping spree. There are even virtual watering holes, where you can create avatars, full body representations of yourself, to meet and mingle with others in the same virtual world. I know I keep saying you may want to actually get out of the house, but ultimately, you won’t even need to do that. You’ll be able to interact with friends and colleagues from all over the world in a face to face virtual environment. My kid is going to grow up in a world where she can go to school in her bedroom, with the best teachers in the world, and still be physically active, playing games we can’t even imagine today. But until then, we’ll just have to make do with what we have. And I’ll make do with eating the Granny Smith apples they brought by mistake, because I like them and no matter how the food has been selected, prepared, and gotten to the house, we still need to eat it in the real world.
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