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kamran zand by mikayla whitmore; sticks & shakes by steve marcus

8 as we see it Buildings fall where an Angel stands. CES tells us who we are. Salt (for breathing).

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12 weekly Q&A Historian and

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Rio’s lineup and Caravels’ farewell.

comforts, and pork belly two ways at Moko Asian Bistro.

52 calendar Same Sex Mary and Mercy Music, the tours.

24 nights Controlling beats and lights with your mind at P3Studio. And drinks ... at Tuscany?

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Mail > late bloomer Will the Huntridge ever catch up to the community’s vision?

WAITING GAME A lack of momentum for the possible restoration of the historic Huntridge Theatre has supporters in a bad mood.

Sad to see all that local enthusiasm go to waste. –Kerry Dunn Tear the eyesore down. A parking lot would be better than what’s there now! –Michael Haberland I know this town is still in it’s “teenager” phase as a city and thinks it knows best. Much like a teen, it does not see the need to listen to the wisdom of its elders, however I am baffled at the number of locals unaware, or apathetic, to the Huntridge Theatre’s huge cultural significance. My newly adopted city has unbelievable potential, but I am astonished at the lack of vision from a city that was originally built by visionaries. Go figure! Hopefully the Huntridge Theatre will be a historic preservational turning point, like how Penn Station ignited the preservation movement back East. –SantiagoPinupsLasVegas

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The city really needs to help get this going in the right direction. –Sonia Mays End of the day, if this was an easy money investment, people would be lining up to buy it. It is a project with risks, requiring a lot of capital and a huge commitment. Many people think they just need to dip a paintbrush in a can and polish the floors, but this is a major renovation project, not a little fixer upper. –Bonner1231

VEGAS VS. VEGAS As Lennar Homes’ social media meme sort of asks, which is the real

Las Vegas—Strip or suburbs?

Neither ... finally sold the house and left so fast it was a blur. I’ve lived in many cities around the country but LV wins the prize for the most unusual and sometimes oddest city. –jokersmile It is a great ad. Most people that don’t live or never have been to Vegas just think it’s all casinos. They fail to realize it is a real city outside of the Strip. –Billy Paul Can someone please Photoshop some clouds on the neighborhood ad or something? All the empty space of the ad bugs me more then the message. –RobertCox2 If it’s an ad, I think it’s a bad one ... for us living in Vegas, aren’t you ready to see a new community where every other house isn’t the same? –Lanea Hyland None of the above. I spent some time living in a nice 2,100-squarefoot McMansion in a gated community near Lone Mountain. I like my dumpy little apartment Downtown much better. –KillerB

‘DOWNTOWN’ DINING Not everyone enjoyed the new Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill as much as we did.

Our first experience here a few weeks ago was great. Last night, not so good. Very disappointing. –Brent Hunter Unfortunately we had a bad experience, too. Out of all the restaurants that have opened in Downtown Summerlin, I’m sorry to say that Wolfgang Puck is the “least best.” The menu is boring. Disappointing, because it’s so good elsewhere. –Jeff Galindo

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monument ‘City’

> city of earth Heizer’s sculpture stretches more than a mile and is built to last long after we’re gone.

Will a masterwork in the Nevada desert become a national landmark? ∑ During the land-art movement of

the late 1960s, artist Michael Heizer turned his attention westward for his large-scale “negative” sculptures. In Nevada, he blasted and removed more than 200,000 tons of earth for “Double Negative,” a sculpture of trenches intersecting a canyon near Overton. But for decades his focus has been in Lincoln County, where he’s been building “City” since 1972. The work is a complex of minimalist, enormous abstract structures similar to ancient monuments and sites, stretching more than a mile and sealed off from the public by the very private artist living onsite with his wife. Last week, a push to have “City” designated as a national monument began when Conservation Lands Foundation field organizer Laura Mistretta arrived in Las Vegas to begin a four-month campaign. The effort comes after Sen. Harry Reid’s Garden Valley Withdrawal Act (introduced last September) failed to pass. Designed as a way to protect “City” and more than 800,000 square miles of mostly federal land in the area from mining, it followed Reid’s suggestion four years ago to designate a national conservation area in Garden Valley. Conservation Lands Foundation hopes to rally local support and encourage President Obama to use the Antiquities Act to protect the area. Mistretta, who will be here through April, will present to the Las

Vegas Arts Commission January 15, followed by a meeting with the larger arts community at Fifth Street School January 22. It’s convenient, critics of conservation in that area might say, that this artwork is there. It was

referenced in debates about the Department of Energy’s proposal— now halted—to lay tracks for hauling nuclear waste through Garden Valley. But art advocates will likely join in the cause. “City” is made of mostly earth materials and designed to exist long after the rest of us are gone. It will be one of the world’s largest sculptures. Heizer plans to open it to the public upon completion. “It’s a valid piece of art to protect,” says Melissa Petersen, a local arts advocate helping to connect Mistretta with the arts community.

sign of the times The Blue Angel Motel comes down, but the iconic figurehead will remain ∑ A shoddy paintjob on the Blue Angel Motel’s icon-

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Arnold Stalk, planning and development consultant for owners of both properties, reiterates that plans to preserve the signs remain. The Angel, he says, is mounted on a pole and will stay when the building is gone. (Imagine a giant swizzle stick.) Monitoring all of this closely, along with other community members, are Neon Museum representatives keenly aware of the vulnerable status of design relics in this town. Executive Director Danielle Kelly says the museum is ready to assist should something go awry. “There is a wonderful survey of sign design on that corner. We’ve been in dialogue with the representatives, and the Neon Museum has offered to extend our support to keep the signs, specifically the Blue Angel, in the community.” –Kristen Peterson

heizer by Richard Vogel/ap

ic vintage signs last fall sent a shockwave through the community strong enough to stir discussion at a Historic Preservation Commission meeting. No surprise, given the devotion to that area’s Googie-style signage as well as the statuesque, golden-haired angel watching over the neighborhood, earning herself quasi-religious status. Now that demolition of the dilapidated MidCentury buildings is underway—the Vegas Motel razed this week and Blue Angel Motel up next—

“Michael Heizer is one of the most important contemporary land artists. ‘City’ is one of the more important pieces of land art.” Petersen points to the potential bump in cultural tourism after its completion, with passengers landing at McCarran Airport to travel the circuit of southwest earthworks, which in addition to Heizer’s completed and near-complete works includes Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty in Utah and, eventually, James Turrell’s “Roden Crater” near Flagstaff, Arizona. –Kristen Peterson

As We See It… > READING IS FUN! Downtown’s new bookstore will soon offer children’s writing workshops.

Cheeseburger poetry? With free, creative courses, the Writer’s Block makes getting literary more colorful By Kristy Totten Mario Kart is a story. Hunger Games is, too. Kids who don’t love writing might be surprised to learn that the fun stuff, like video games and ’splody, actionpacked blockbusters, are stories created by people who took the time to write them. “Writing is fun” is the message behind upcoming children’s workshops at the Writer’s Block bookshop in Downtown Las Vegas. Beginning in February, the shop will host free, project-based courses, ranging from one-off book-making classes on topics such as French poetry and poetry about cheeseburgers, to longer-term playwriting and filmmaking projects.

“Writing is so necessary to anything you do in life,” says Scott Seeley, who owns the bookstore with his partner Drew Cohen. “Whether you decide to become a writer or not, you need to be able to articulate yourself well.” Seeley founded 826NYC, a nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 students improve their writing through in-school and after-school programs, workshops and field trips. Though not related to the 826 National network, the workshops will be similar and will serve the same demographic. Admission will be awarded on a lottery basis to keep classes small, and schedules should be available on thewritersblock.org soon. In the future, the shop will serve as a meeting space for book clubs and critique groups. Depending on demand, the Writer’s Block could host workshops for adults, too. The main goal is to unite the Valley’s scattered literary groups. “We want to help create a focal point for the community young and old,” Seeley says, adding “ … hopefully we’ll help gel those communities a little bit and just build it.”

The new Westside

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The historic schoolhouse gets a $12.5 million transformation It seems West Las Vegas is finally getting some love. January 21 at 11 a.m., Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Ward 5 Councilman Ricki Barlow break ground on the rehabilitation of the Historic Westside School, a $12.5 million undertaking that will transform the schoolhouse into a buzzing community center for West Las Vegas. ¶ It comes on the heels of the December 12 reopening of the F Street underpass, which was controversially closed in 2008, blocking off the historically black neighborhood. ¶ Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the schoolhouse is the oldest in Las Vegas and significant to the fabric of the city. Opening as the first branch of the Las Vegas Grammar School in 1923, the schoolhouse eventually became the first to integrate students and also the first to educate Native American students from the nearby Paiute tribe. ¶ While not technically a renovation (restoring the school to its 1923 specs would limit its use as a “flexible community resource,” according to a City of Las Vegas release), the project will rehabilitate the structure, along with the 1948 annex to house office and retail spaces and the KCEP community radio station. –Mark Adams

starting block Are the roots of NV education healthy? Nevada got another D, ranking 49th in the early-childhood education index of the latest Education Week Quality Counts report on American schooling. But the grade shouldn’t spark our usual sigh of despair, for one because our country scored a D+, and because these metrics are not about academic performance. The index looked at enrollment in preschool and kindergarten, and how it’s affected by the poverty gap. While Nevada is dead last for the number of 3- and 4-year-olds in preschool and Head Start programs, it’s also No. 8 for gains observed between 2008 and 2013, and No. 17 for progress made in closing the gap. “The fact that we are seeing improvements in Nevada is what we should be focusing on,” says Amanda Haboush-Deloye, senior research associate with UNLV’s Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy. With three federal grants recently awarded to Nevada that will give earlychildhood education a much-needed infusion, she’s excited about the possibilities. She’s also realistic about the infrastructure needs. Kindergarten is not mandatory in Nevada, and less than half of our elementary schools offer the full-day program (and even those schools don’t have the capacity to cover all eligible kids). Preschool rates are lower, and Haboush-Deloye says that while some parents choose to teach their young children at home, others are dealing with costs that can be prohibitive and a lack of quality—or any—options in some cases. Why should we care? Prevention, HaboushDeloye says, explaining that some problems kids are having much farther down the line in the K-12 system can be traced back to weak foundations. “If you want to make an investment, that’s where you make it.” Taxpayers who feel such an investment doesn’t benefit them should think of the ripple effect, says Jeff Gelfer, a professor in UNLV’s Department of Educational & Clinical Studies who’s been working to advance early-childhood education here for 26 years. “We’ve found that the most critical years in a child’s development are the first eight years. That’s when they learn the most,” he says, explaining that brain development is not just about colors, numbers and language. It’s about social skills, emotional stability and intellectual capability. “The more money you put in education,” Gelfer asserts, “the more money your economy will gain.” Whatever the benefits of early-childhood education, Nevada parents still have the choice to enroll their kids. Haboush-Deloye stresses that efforts to expand the landscape are about making sure all children have access to quality programs. The rest is up to them. –Erin Ryan

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Better living through data

> searching for self Want to know the vertical oscillation of your running stride? Yup. There’s an app for that.

CES was all about apps that quantify who we are By Sarah Feldberg

You awake so gently, you almost don’t notice the bedside Aura device, glowing blue and nudging you into consciousness at the ideal moment in your sleep cycle. You reach for your smartphone to check your stats. Congratulations! You slept well. A half-dozen apps are fighting for your attention as you return to full consciousness. Your Fitbit has documented yesterday spent on the couch, burning almost no calories and barely raising your heart rate above nap level, never mind that 10,000-step daily goal. The Parrot Flower Power app says your house plants are thirsty, and Tractive Motion informs you that your dog has spent most of the week sprawled on his side, likely dreaming of bacon and long walks on the beach. You work through a series of yoga postures on your SmartMat, sensors measuring the pressure distribution in downward dog and warrior pose while a digital coach suggests adjustments. Your pigeon pose needs serious work. Afterward, you hold the Skulpt device to your chest so an electric current can analyze your pectorals for muscle quality and body fat, sending the data straight to your phone—another chart, another graph, another set of numbers and stats to digest on the way to becoming a fitter, healthier, more

quantified version of yourself. All over the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, devices were promising better living through data. A bracelet tracked sun exposure; headphones measured running cadence; a headband monitored concentration during three-minute attention exercises, the sea sounds turning stormy if your mind wandered. Of course, this type of data can be tremendously helpful. Monitoring physical activity—or lack thereof—can motivate people to hit the gym or take Pickles out for an evening stroll. Apps that allow users to share their stats can result in encouragement from friends. And online competitions that pit individuals or groups against each other

may lead to more steps walked, miles run or pounds lost. A 2007 review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that participants given a simple pedometer increased their physical activity by almost 27 percent. Setting a specific daily goal also prompted big gains, the data driving them to do more. However, in 2015 technology companies have moved well past devices that just measure one or two basic metrics. Every new wristband or smart watch promises new data, from the vertical oscillation of our running stride to the fractions of seconds between our heartbeats. (The Apple app store already has multiple options for tracking bowel movements.) As brand reps at CES preached the

benefits of all these numbers, pointing to perky little charts and brightly colored graphs, I couldn’t help wondering about the side effects of digitizing and quantifying every aspect of our daily lives. With more and more people devoting more and more time to email, social networking and other forms of digital media, perhaps the advantages of plugging in our sleep cycles and yoga practices don’t outweigh the pleasures of keeping certain activities delightfully disconnected. I don’t need an app to tell me I feel fatigued or to recognize the burn of a particularly deep stretch. I’ve got a brain for that. Turn to Page 58 for shots of some of the coolest tech at CES.

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cES by mikayla whitmore

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We’re on a flawless beach, shoes off, breathing the salt air. Only there’s no ocean. And the air is being pumped with pharmaceutical-grade, micronized particles of sodium chloride. The luminous walls are pink salt dug from the Himalayas, and so are the fine pink cave isn’t just for looks pebbles under our socks. This is a salt cave, a sterile microclimate in a busy Summerlin shopping center. ¶ Ava Mucikyan wanted the foot traffic, the daily pop-ins asking, “What is this place?” It happens while we’re in the lobby of her wellness center, Salt Room LV, and she talks a man through body treatments, yoga classes and the flagship service—salt therapy. She says it goes back to ancient Egyptians bathing in the Dead Sea, though the first clinical observation was made in 1843, when a Polish physician noted that salt miners had incredibly healthy lungs. Salt is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, Mucikyan explains, so a 45-minute session in the cave ($35 drop-in) purportedly alleviates respiratory and skin conditions ranging from asthma to psoriasis. Her husband’s allergies and her own eczema drove them to try salt therapy in California, and the results inspired the banking exec to open Salt Room LV in November. ¶ The space glows with hand-cut, ionizing salt lamps. You can pick up a culinary salt slab or natural salt deodorant, but the cave is what brings Cory Patterson every single day. The 35-year-old suffers from cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disorder causing heavy mucus buildup and chronic infection. There’s no cure, and the Mayo Clinic puts life expectancy around 50. He’s been coming for a month, and he says his usual fit of coughing in the morning has diminished. ¶ “It’s almost been a life-saver,” he says. While his pulmonary function still went down 5 percent in a recent test, he thinks it would have been worse without salt therapy. It makes sense to him because he already uses a saline treatment, and because salt therapy is common in Eastern Europe, though little English-language research has been done on its effectiveness. It’s too new in the U.S. to have FDA approval, Mucikyan says. That means Patterson’s doctors can’t endorse it, but he says they encouraged him to keep coming SALT ROOM LV 1958 Village Center if he feels it helps. “It gave me a positive outlook. ... Deep inside I think it’s improving, but Circle # 7, 702-228-7258. MondayI think it’s gonna take some time.” ¶ Whatever its curative properties, “Cory’s cave,” as Saturday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, Mucikyan calls it, is soft light, soft music and a reason to stop and just breathe. –Erin Ryan 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

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involvement with employment. They came here because they needed work. What was important was the story they were telling about themselves. The fact that they were employed at higher rates on average of women in the United States led me to examine how Las Vegas was a magnet for women who needed or wanted to be employed, but also how women survived in an era that was before equal employment opportunity.

Were there surprises? Yeah. The stories about gambling families migrating [from areas where gambling was illegal]. I had not thought about that migration. We know about the migration of African Americans to Las Vegas, but the migration of gambling families, you couldn’t really have casinos without those families. The other thing was this independence of women during this period who were going to figure out a way around the obstacles.

Why oral histories? That is a

> new perspective Joanne Goodwin says the domestic stereotype of the ’50s is being challenged.

true tales of working women Joanne Goodwin ’s book chronicles Nevada’s trailblazing workforce Cinema and literature have presented the most riveting stories built around the lives of ordinary people. As Joanne Goodwin explains, “Ordinary people’s lives are, in a way, what constitutes our society.” The UNLV history professor and director of the university’s Women’s Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN) has spent two decades piecing together the story of Las Vegas, adding in the role of women—high profile and not—who have largely remained invisible. In her recent book, Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas 1940-1990, Goodwin collects narratives told by women who came to Nevada as part of a larger migration to find work. Far from a dry academic read, Changing the Game merges a data-driven story of women in the workforce with first-hand tales of independent women making a life for themselves, with colorful asides depicting the unique character of Las Vegas. The book evolved from Goodwin’s ongoing work with colleagues and students within UNLV’s library and Special Collections and the WRIN, an effort to build an archive of a more complete history of Las Vegas and Nevada. in labor unions; African American women who’ve been working before, during and after; and Latino women who have become more active in their community. The picture has become more complex. What have you learned? Women in Las Vegas were leading the country in terms of their

And in the context of Las Vegas?

I was hearing at conferences the trivialized view that very smart people had about women’s experiences in Las Vegas. It brought out this part of me that said, “Wait till you hear their stories.” Hopefully their stories will give a very different impression of this community and the women in this community. What is the takeaway? It speaks to this fact that this city deserves its own history, yet the history of this city has been really narrowly focused, for important reasons, but narrowly focused. We’re beginning to see some work now that looks at the history of the people who actually worked in the industries. My particular interest in that is the women who worked in the development of Las Vegas and how that informs the larger picture of U.S. history and women in U.S. history.

You discuss lived experience versus perception, something many residents here can relate to, and also mention Annie Leibovitz’s 1990s photographs of Las Vegas showgirls in their costumes juxtaposed with images of them living their daily lives. How did that play out in your world? I heard

about that photo essay at every conference I went to when it first came out. It really grabbed people. They were stunned at the regularlness, and I thought, “Wow, you are really wrapped up in the fantasy.” For scholars and academics that’s kind of funny because people in academia are all about deconstructing things, and here their minds were scrambled about deconstructing the showgirls to the regular mom. What about the current portrayal of Las Vegas women in the media? They don’t think it

reflects what’s happening in the corporations these days. There are aspiring women in the hotel and entertainment and casino industries who really want to change that perception. They certainly want to see more of their experience portrayed. What’s ironic is that their companies do so much to continue to expand that perception. But that’s the funny part about tourism. Tourism demands the perpetuation of a fantasy that people want to come and buy. –Kristen Peterson

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Why is this research important? Historians of women often portray the period after the war as one of women retreating from the factory, moving back into the home and starting families. The 1950s was portrayed as a very domestic era. That’s been challenged in the last 15 to 20 years, and it’s been challenged by people who don’t fit that model—women

primary way that we get a particular set of lived experiences. If you look at the movie Selma there’s great contention about the way LBJ is presented by the people who keep his legacy, but the only way you’re going to know about the individuals who made the march is by interviews that were done with them. There are just no other sources. If they show up in the newspaper it’s simply a name.

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Self-made baller Luxury real estate broker Kamran Zand is in the business of selling an image. And business is good. By Andy Wang

When Kamran Zand rolls up to a multimilliondollar home in his BMW 7 Series, rocking his Tom Ford threads and Hermès ties, he really does exude all kinds of luxury. The 28-year-old Vegas real estate broker and founder of Luxury Estates International carries himself like a boss, a guy who not surprisingly goes to conferences in Beverly Hills and New York City and finds himself discussing potential deals, TV opportunities and wardrobe choices with Bravo regulars like the Altman brothers of Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles. It’s all part of a calculated business strategy for a shrewd young broker who knows that image means so much when it comes to unloading high-end real estate. It’s as much about selling a lifestyle as it is about selling Sub-Zero wine storage or Cararra marble. Zand—whose highlight reel includes the $3.8 million sale of the mansion at 9028 Players Club Drive to Rick Salomon, Pamela Anderson’s husband, in 2014—is known for creating elaborate online videos to showcase properties. He uses aerial phophotograph by mikayla whitmore

tography and drones, creates 3D tours and cinematic experiences complete with their own soundtracks, sometimes hiring actors or models to swim in a pool or hang out in a kitchen. “There’s a new kind of real estate company,” Zand says. “It’s not about wearing a suit or a tie. I do it because I like it, but real estate is not what it used to be. For me it’s about doing innovative marketing that will create an emotional experience in the buyers and get them to pay that premium that sellers want.” His marketing style also includes open houses with valet parking, catering and entertainment. For 9028 Players Club Drive, Zand spent $5,000 on direct mail to every wealthy local homeowner he could think of, and he worked the phones. “We had nearly 100 people, a lot of local celebrities and casino executives,” Zand says of the open house. It looked like a good party was underway, so UFC President Dana White came over. “He lives a street over, 10 doors away, and he still drove and valeted, and I think he gave the valet drivers a $100 tip.” January 15–21, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

> The Life of Luxury Two memorable Zand sales: 9028 Players Club Drive, purchased by Rick Salomon, and (below) 2616 Mystere Court.

eyond selling Vegas real estate, Zand realizes that there’s value in his luxuryestates.com URL, and he has big plans to turn that site into a global property powerhouse. “What I want to create—actually, I will create the largest international luxury real estate network,” Zand says. “You’ve got Sotheby’s, you’ve got Christie’s, but we all know that it’s the boutique brokerages that run their cities.” Zand is reaching out to the “top boutique brokerages” all over the map as he builds a site that aspires to showcase listings in every major market. He wants to have at least 10 countries locked up in 2015. He says he’s already got Berlin and Paris firms and brokerages in Spain and Turkey ready to join. It’s full-on expansion time for Zand, who launched Luxury Estates International in January 2014 and just opened a sleek office in a Sahara Avenue building where neighbors include restaurant mogul Elizabeth Blau and cosmetics brand Estee Lauder. He’s usually in that office by 7, always by 7:30. He made a bet with a friend that involves each party paying $500 if they show up to work any later. Once at his desk, Zand reaches clients in every possible way. “For some brokers it’s just phone calls. Now there’s text, there’s Skype, there’s email, there’s WeChat, there’s WhatsApp, there’s Viber.” But fancy tech and innovations mean nothing without a work ethic, and Zand’s greatest edge might be his refusal to give up on potential deals. Joseph Sacco of JS Interiors Group is a client who’s become

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friendly with the broker and even designed his office. “My house wasn’t on the market,” Sacco recalls. “He sent me a letter, and I ignored him. He sent me another and I ignored him. Then he sent me another. I thought I should at least meet this guy, I knew he was persistent. He reminded me a lot of myself, because he’s very focused on his work and obviously enthusiastic.” They agreed on an aggressive asking price, and Zand went to work. “I remember thinking he was crazy when we met,” Sacco says admiringly. Zand closed on the $1.1 million sale of Sacco’s house at 2616 Mystere Court in April 2013, setting a new milestone for the street just four months after meeting with his latest client. Soon, neighbors wanted to see if Zand could work similar magic on their properties, in an area where previous sales were largely in the $600,000 range. Zand sold several

more houses on the block for around $800,000 and then, most impressively, resold 2616 Mystere for $1.3 million in 2014.

***** Zand now regularly sells milliondollar-plus houses and condos, like a $1.63 million penthouse at CityCenter’s Veer Towers, where he himself rents a unit while also owning six Vegas investment properties. He’s living the high life, but it wasn’t always like this. Growing up in Southern California with his single mother, brother and sister was “horrible; we didn’t have any money at all.” They moved and changed schools frequently while struggling to feed themselves. Zand remembers panhandling and being embarrassed about friends finding out. At 17, he moved in with his grandparents in Vegas and started working for his grandfather’s landscaping

business. “I finished my last year of high school at Durango while I was shoveling rocks, planting plants, doing really hard manual labor,” Zand says. “My grandfather helped me turn everything around, he helped me get my driver’s license, a bank account, taught me what was right and wrong, gave me something I always needed.” Zand began moving up, driving landscaping trucks, then working as a foreman and later a salesman. “I was killing it, I was just knocking on every door in the neighborhood, signing up jobs,” he says. By the time he was 19, he had saved $10,000 and, in a booming 2006 market with 100 percent financing available, he bought a $450,000 house. When he realized the broker made a $25,000 commission, he immediately went to real estate school. “When I passed the test, I thought I was going to be a millionaire,” Zand says, but his struggles started anew. “It turns out I was eating Top Ramen noodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the first year.” The bank foreclosed on his house, one he now realizes he “had no business at all buying.” But after being introduced to the Mike Ferry Organization, which offers real estate coaching services, Zand became a cold-calling machine. “I learned scripts,” he says. “I was literally just calling out of the phone book. ‘Do you want to sell your house? How long have you lived here?’” He started getting clients, but then the market collapsed. So Zand started calling banks and asset managers that took control of scores of homes in 2008. With eight brokers and at least that many assistants, Zand’s team started bringing in more than $1 million in commissions yearly by selling distressed properties. Then the market changed again in 2010, and Zand realized that he had to focus on luxury homes to make the kind of money he was now accustomed to earning. It took him more than three years before he started his own firm, and he continues to grind tirelessly to make sure he doesn’t lose momentum. He’s always learning new technologies, both to up his game and simplify his life. He works all the time, so living at CityCenter is a major convenience. He eats at Javier’s, Mastro’s and Lemongrass, and has reps at the Shops at Crystals contacting him about new items to keep his image sharp. The high life doesn’t leave much room for play, but Zand’s one hobby is the salsa dancing he does at night. He’s part of a local team that travels for competitions. Like everything else, Zand takes it seriously. He’s a man who knows that sometimes you have to pivot and then pivot again, that you have to be ready when it’s time to make the next move.

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e looks good, considering the circumstances. The Amazing Johnathan’s weight is down 50-plus pounds from his bloated heyday. Contrasting the manic decades when the comic-magician progressed from acid to coke to speed, his eyes are calm and focused. He’s chucked the emergency defibrillator vest he decided was cramping his style. At lunch he scarfs a bowl of mushroom soup and a pastrami sandwich, picks fruit from others’ plates and jokes with old pal Bob Rossi, storied magic historian and collector, about his wife nagging him to take his meds. Then, rising to pay the check, he suddenly wobbles and leans heavily on a neighboring table. His head spins. He breathes slowly and deeply. “Just have to get my balance,” he grunts. “I’m trying not to pass out.” A few hesitant, shuffling steps point him toward the door. Strapped in a black medical bootie, his right foot drags. The dorsal halves of the first two toes sloughed away a couple days ago when he removed a sock. With negligible circulation reaching his extremities, there was no blood, and no pain. Upon closer examination, he realized the hard, white protrusions he prodded were bone. It was like a tender slab of meat coming apart, he remembers. Like the little red, round cheeses that peel down the middle. The nightmare where your teeth crumble from your gums. His body was failing before his eyes. * * * * *

Six years ago, at age 50, Johnathan Szeles was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a degenerative weakening of the heart muscle. Type 2 diabetes nixed any chance of a transplant, and a lifetime of unrepentant drug use exacerbated all of it. When he broke the news that he was dying on WTF With Marc Maron’s July 14 podcast, his heart functioned at 12 percent capacity. He had two years, at most. And, as Maron asked, “You could die at any minute?” “Yeah, I could.” His father, a military draftsman who died at 61 of a heart attack two weeks after retiring, also suffered from diabetes. Admits Szeles, “I’m following in his footsteps of being an idiot.” Ending a three-decade career that included 13 years as a Vegas headliner, appearances on Letterman and HBO, multiple Comedy Central specials and International Magic Awards, performances for presidents and shows around the world, Szeles took his final bow July 1 after a private, two-night stand at LA’s hallowed Magic Castle. He’s glad to be retired … mostly. “I got to see part of the heyday. I was in Vegas when it was still cool, and I made my fortune from it,” he says. “It feels good to sit still for a while. But not for too long. That’s dangerous.” Soon the man who infamously swallowed razor blades, plucked out his eyeball, skewered his tongue, sawed into his arm, lost gallons of fake blood and masterminded hundreds of other physically gruesome, groundbreaking illusions—and who successfully combined comedy-magic with rock ’n’ roll bombast—will experience a very real and fatal heart attack. What to do with his remaining time is the one nagging, final trick he has yet to solve. JANUARY 15–21, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM

ows of identical warehouses near McCarran International Airport lie dark and still. Only two units designated “Szeles Mortuary” and “Funeral Supplies” show signs of activity. Inside one, racks of musty costumes, ancient slot-machine panes, outdated electronics and rows of faded theater seats rise to the ceiling. Outside the other, a raised receiving door spills light onto the half-dozen classic American muscle cars temporarily backed out to accommodate around 60 friends, family and Vegas cast and crew members. “We’re gonna relive the past and have a lot of fun!” Szeles promises, introducing tonight’s two-part finale of Burn Unit, his web talk show of two years. He’s broken out the eyeliner and his trademark black headband for the occasion, welcoming, with co-host Sophie Evans, his beloved team of managers and “six or seven” assistants “… a lot of them my girlfriends!” For two and a half hours they share inside jokes, taunts and behind-the-scenes stories: road manager Chris Ritter sneaking blasting

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caps past the TSA shortly after 9/11; Erica Vanlee frightening mall shoppers in full vampire makeup; Psychic Tanya comic-actress Penny Wiggins catching a staple in the eye when a real staple gun was mistaken for the usual prop. Szeles reminisces about touring Italy, France, Russia and Australia, or crossing paths with Joan Rivers, Tony Orlando, Wayne Newton, Pauly Shore and Kevin James. He also cops to behaving like a prima donna, eschewing rehearsal and getting high before and during performances, though all agree he never overdosed or missed a single show. Panelists and audience members whoop when he quips, “Boys and girls, don’t do drugs, okay? Just because they made me wealthy and famous and cool, doesn’t mean it’s going to happen to you,” but eyes brim throughout the evening. Tonight could be the last time most see Szeles alive. “So many people have asked him for help with their act, or help in writing,” Wiggins says. “Most would charge $200 an hour for the services that he’s given. He freely passes along his advice and opinions; he’s helped people out of financial binds. One time he let someone stay at his house for weeks, because he had nowhere else to go. A lot of

people don’t know that about him. He’s just a very big-hearted person.” The makeshift studio’s murals, speaker boxes and vintage concession stands normally re-create the drive-in movie theaters Szeles worked growing up outside Detroit, where he made teachers believe he could mentally bend spoons, and where reading minds got him laid. Relocating as a teenager to San Francisco in 1976, his street act progressed under the tutelage of future Saturday Night Live and Daily Show writer/performer A. Whitney Brown. Future Night Court star Harry Anderson inspired him to incorporate comedy. He caught a young Penn and Teller, whom he’d later befriend in Vegas, at the Phoenix Theater. “Comedy-magic is a very, very odd form, because in most cases people are neither funny nor magical,” Penn Jillette says today. “Amazing Johnathan is a good enough comedian to not use magic, and he’s a good enough magician to not use comedy. That is very, very rare.” After one too many Fisherman’s Wharf arrests for obstruction—not to mention muggings by vanloads of teenagers from the nearby projects— Szeles became a fixture at the Holy City Zoo, performing alongside Ellen DeGeneres, Dana Carvey and Robin

Williams, with whom he shared an affinity for cocaine. “Then, after John Belushi died, everybody stopped doing it,” Szeles recalls. “It woke everybody up. It scared Robin and it scared everybody else. It didn’t scare me.” * * * * * Szeles continued turning to “focus” drugs as his career took off following a strategic showcase at the Hollywood Improv. That single 1983 set landed Szeles HBO’s eighth Young Comedians Special (hosted by John Candy, with Bill Maher, Paula Poundstone and a pre-Mystery Science Theater 3000 Joel Hodgson), the first of several Letterman spots and international tours. Richard Avedon photographed him and Elayne Boosler in matching sweaters for a GQ spread. The ’90s saw the theft of $300,000 by his booking agency and a Merv Griffin game-show deal that went south. Reeling from a blindsiding divorce and unsure of his next move, Szeles met Wiggins at Hermosa Beach’s Comedy and Magic Club. Even before seeing her perform, he asked her to play ditzy assistant/foil Psychic Tanya. “Every comic said, ‘Amazing Johnathan is the funniest comic

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> Still Laughing Johnathan Szeles, billed as The Amazing Johnathan during his performing days (inset), peeks up the skirt of a friend at a Christmas party in December.

we’ve ever seen in our life,’” Wiggins recalls. “I’d heard about him from so many different people. All the magicians were in awe of him.” The pair took to the road for six months, “writing like maniacs,” then hit Vegas in 2001. Szeles previously gigged at the Sahara as a touring act for two years prior, with his threeweek engagements repeatedly selling out and extending. But it wasn’t until the Golden Nugget invited him to fill in a two-week David Brenner vacancy that he became a permanent fixture. Combining shock illusions, offcolor quips, choice puns and an adversarial attitude—a style Jillette praises as “controlled sloppiness”— the anti-establishment madman Amazing Johnathan portrayed wasn’t far removed from the offstage Szeles. “He’s really brave, and really out there,” Jillette says. “He does stuff that’s more gutsy than everybody else in magic. He’s a very fearless performer.” The subsequent crowds prompted Nugget management to create a new 10 p.m. time slot, which sold out 500 seats nearly every night for the next two years. “We brought business Downtown for the first time since the Rat Pack was at the Nugget,” grins Szeles, who lived like a king in a two-story spa suite complete with

unlimited signing privileges. Drawn to the higher profile of the Strip, he moved the show to the Flamingo in 2004. But a year in, the Nugget offered $3 million for his return. A week before he was slated to open, MGM Mirage sold the Nugget, and its new owners didn’t honor his contract. Szeles and Wiggins relocated to the Riviera for a year (“They wanted to increase my rent when we exceeded their expectations in numbers”), went back to the Sahara for two years (“until creative bookkeeping and hidden cameras were found”), and then spent six years at the unaffiliated Harmon Theatre (“The lighting and sound sucked toward the end, and management stole our $35K deposit”). While at the Harmon, Szeles met performance artist Anastasia Synn. Comedian Gallagher married the couple at Fourth Street’s A Special Memory Chapel this past June. Synn joined Johnathan and Tanya at Bally’s in 2012, in a less-than-ideal banquet space shared with Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. The stage was in the center of the room, with no wings from which Tanya could emerge. The dressing area was a kitchen. Laying a board across an industrial sink created a vanity. “The room could never be found by half the people that bought the

tickets,” Synn says. “It was way at the back of the casino up the set of escalators. No signage whatsoever. We fought them constantly for signage.” The advertising dearth came to a head during renovations, when construction workers covered the single poster advertising the show. Synn marvels, “All you could see was his headband!” Szeles walked out four months into a one-year contract, announcing on Facebook that he’d no longer perform in Vegas. Sometimes I miss the Old Vegas when they would, at least, look you in the eyes when they lied to you. I recall the days where the casinos would try to help you out instead of making everything so f*cking hard. I’m used to a standard, although very low, that isn’t here anymore. So, after asking nicely a dozen times, I just stopped showing up. I think they should have noticed by now. It just felt right. It still does. The Screamont Experience opened that same autumn at Plaza property the Las Vegas Club, Szeles’ first haunted house since discontinuing his legendarily debauched Halloween parties. Each October, he had dropped roughly 20 grand to create a private, intricate, “no restrictions” event in his warehouses, hosting a few hundred

invited guests before word of mouth attracted closer to 1,000. After midnight, attendees might catch a group of clowns having sex, performers on bungee cords having sex or a church choir singing, disrobing and commencing an onstage orgy. It was all highly illegal, particularly since alcohol was sold. Though the cops left him alone, Szeles knew he’d pushed his luck. “The last act we had was a girl hanging upside down from hooks from her vagina and spinning around to Nine Inch Nails. She was painted gold and blood was going everywhere. I said, ‘This is probably going to be the last year I do this. I can’t go any farther than this.’” Investing his own money in the two-floor Screamont Experience, Szeles designed it as a permanent attraction. The space lost money its first year, and by the second Halloween, Las Vegas Club renovations sent him packing. “The guys at the Plaza were great, and they tried to get me back Downtown, but I wasn’t interested,” he shrugs. “They got Louie [Anderson] instead.” Szeles announced a year-long farewell tour of clubs and theaters. He made it to May before the seizing up of his arms and legs prevented him from continuing. January 15–21, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

> ‘it feels good to sit still for a while’ Szeles rests at home, as wife Anastasia Synn looks on.

n a Henderson gated community filled with stunning mansions, the one Szeles financed as the Amazing Johnathan might be the stunningest. The exterior’s carved lions and spiraling evergreen bushes blend in with the surroundings; the purple Dodge Challenger, black Hudson Hornet and blue-velvet-lined Pontiac Silver Streak in the driveway less so. He’s selling all two dozen of his beloved cars, including the tricked-out stretch limo (a gift from Anthony Cools) in which he’d ferry to and from his second home in Marina Del Rey. He parted with the beach property last month. What definitively sets The House That Dick Jokes Built apart from its neighbors is the interior. A mounted tarantula hangs on the wall of a bar. When guests crane to study the glass casing, a second toy spider attacks from the ceiling. In the next frame over, a watercolor cow dispenses real milk from its udder. The front guest bathroom features trick photographs of a young girl and boy who transform

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into a vampire and demented clown. A back bathroom locks, plunges the user into darkness and illuminates a portrait of a rotting, leering skull. In the halls, a chained, bloody doll thrashes when approached, and a hidden cat door propels a mechanical furball into the feet of passersby. (A trio of real house cats—the black Dodger, orange Fuzzy and a small gray foster the rescue shelter named Peek-aBoo—lounge safely in the living room.) Secret passageways abound. Szeles takes pride in the customizations, most controlled by universal remote, but acknowledges basic upkeep has fallen off. In the yard, moldering leaves, browning rose bushes and a gunky pool mock his deterioration. A mound of plastic piping gathers dust off to the side. He’d intended to build a water slide from the balcony, a project he now knows he’ll never complete. These days he gets winded ascending a flight of stairs. His eyesight has started to go, forcing him to print in wide fonts and constantly enlarge his phone screen. He’s rarely able to fall asleep before daybreak, and once he

does, it’s for no more than four to six hours. Gone, too, are his notorious practical jokes, the kind that could make even Jillette shudder. “People who scare me, that list is very, very short,” Jillette says. “In fact, it may contain no one but Johnathan.” Szeles bides his time in a bed littered with art supplies, painting portraits and watching movies. When he could still climb and raise his arms, he decorated the ceiling above his bathtub with a vibrant angel vs. demon yin-yang. A few feet away, 19 different pill bottles sit organized in rows on the bathroom counter. “It’s hard to get out of bed now,” he says. “I guess most people, the last year of their life they would be traveling around the world, but I’ve already done all that.” He pauses. “It’s really hard for me to focus on any one thing. I start a project that I leave unfinished, I start another project … I just don’t have motivation anymore, because why bother? “Not doing my show, at first it didn’t bug me. It’s starting to bug me now. I think when you stop working, you die. Everybody says that. It

happened to my dad, and you’ve got that on your brain now, too … I’m just confused about what to do.” He’s considering making a documentary or writing a book, or finally trying heroin. Contributing material or illusions for someone else’s act could keep his mind busy, but campaigning for such a job seems overwhelming. “You’ve gotta put the word out. You gotta hustle. I have no hustle left in me. I think I’ve done everything on my bucket list. When that bucket list is empty, it’s time to go, you know?” He’d probably be gone already, if not for his family. He’s been in a relationship with Synn for three years, and loves her 14-year-old daughter as his own. “She’s a good kid, she’s really smart and she’s got a wicked sense of humor,” he boasts. Quiet domesticity with his wife, teenager and cats might not be the grand finale he once anticipated, but as the curtain closes, Szeles has few complaints. He made people laugh, and he had fun doing it. Most important, he embraced life on his own defiant terms. He sees no reason to approach death any differently. photograph by l.e. baskow

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HOT SPOTS DJ MUSTARD AT LIGHT It’s about time a Las Vegas club signed ratchet-master DJ Mustard to a contract. Not only is the LA-based producer one of the few high-profile DJs who hadn’t landed a Sin City residency, but his style of hip-hop—faster rhythms, hooky melodies and drop-friendly—seems tailormade for nightclubs. January 15, doors at 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT AT 1923 BOURBON & BURLESQUE This debut of Service Industry Night

will likely also serve as the (re-)introduction of the Mandalay Bay throwback venue, which celebrates its grand opening through Saturday. Bonus: The weekly promo’s bookings indicate that house music—read: not EDM—will be on offer, with DJs John Destiny, Azmyth and Silla the Thrilla christening the booth tonight. January 15, doors at 9 p.m., $20, locals and industry free with ID.

DEEP SBASS AT HARD HAT This month’s Deep SBass—a party name Morrissey albums on that compels you to say it out loud, BOZ BOORER AT BEAUTY BAR which Boz Boorer has or at least whisper it in the middle of The rockabilly singer-songwriter played guitar. your office—edition is themed “Puss in and Morrissey music director/guiSpace Boots,” which will include a contarist returns for a DJ engagement test for the most cosmic, sexiest or just flatat Beauty Bar, where he’ll play postout awesome shoes, along with a space-y drink punk and alternative/indie jams. Joining menu created just for the event. Three DJs from him inside will be locals Hektor Rawkerz, who will the Dancetronauts art car, as well as a fat handful be throwing down Smiths/Moz chestnuts, and DJ of other local talent, provide the tunes for this Arts 702, while live acts The Delta Bombers and Sex in District dance-off. January 16, 9 p.m., free. Latex—along with rockabilly DJ Maybelline—perform outside. January 17, doors at 9 p.m., $10, $5 before 11 p.m. FEENIXPAWL AT DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB The Australian house DJ duo’s hit single “In My Mind” has been DJ TRACY YOUNG AT REVOLUTION From playing the everywhere since its 2012 debut—all over the airEmmys and Grammys to supplying sets for the likes of waves, burning up dancefloors and even featured in Britney Spears, Madonna and former NSYNCer Lance Kia’s ubiquitous Soul commercials with those cute Bass, Young has been serving fresh beats to the masses and cuddly hamster EDM-heads. And Saturday night, and VIP crowds for more than 20 years. The veteran, you’ll likely also hear it at Drai’s when Feenixpawl openly gay beat-slinger brings her sound to the Mirage takes the booth at the rooftop Cromwell club. “This club’s LGBT RevoSundays promo this weekend. Don’t is what we’re waiting for,” right? January 17, doors at be “Tardy for the Party!” January 18, doors at 10 p.m., 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. $20, locals free before midnight.

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife news & notes The rainbow-emblazoned door on Third Street might’ve been painted over, but Snick’s Place is still going strong. The Arts District watering hole—which has been open since 1976, making it the Valley’s oldest gay bar—recently received a small facelift, after the owners of the Garage purchased the bar and adjacent space in December. The Downtown venue has been updated with a fresh coat of paint, new interior fixtures and different beverage promos, and Snick’s Facebook page promises “exciting changes” for 2015. Just as long as the bar’s pink elephant mascot goes unharmed. –Mark Adams In other gay nightlife news, Piranha is now open 24 hours a day.

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JEREMIH AT MARQUEE DAYCLUB Break out the bikinis and board shorts! The Cosmo club is opening its indoor dayclub dome for another mid-winter pool party, this time passing on the big-name beatmeister set for a live performance from “Don’t Tell ’Em” R&B artist Jeremih. In the booth: Local vets M!KEATTACK and Lisa Pittman. January 18, doors at 1 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. AVN KICKOFF PARTY AT CHATEAU Adult film stars are invading Las Vegas for another installment of AVN’s annual Adult Entertainment Expo—and the porny party doesn’t end at the convention room floor, as a number of naughty nightlife events (both public and private) dot the AEE calendar. AVN starts its four-day sexyfest Wednesday night with a kickoff party at Chateau, hosted by Julia Ann and scored by DJ ShadowRed. January 21, doors at 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free.

Expect daytime and pre-clubbing drink specials and promotions (such as drag queen bingo and karaoke) throughout the week. More dayclubs have begun the hiring process for the upcoming pool season. Hard Rock Hotel’s Rehab, the granddaddy of them all—seriously, 12 seasons might as well be a century in clublife—begins group interviews for 11 different positions on January 15-16 at Body English, with another round on February 12-13. Applicants must bring resumés and wear photo-ready swim attire. Meanwhile, newborn Foxtail Pool Club at SLS begins interviewing for four positions on January 19-20 at Life Nightclub. Candidates must apply online ahead of time at slslasvegas. com/careers, and bring a headshot along with resumé to the interview, with swim attire mandatory only for

model positions. Marquee’s longtime affiliation with Kaskade has ended with the California dance icon’s exclusive signing to XS and Encore Beach Club for the next two years. Speaking of losses: Hakkasan has said goodbye to producer/DJ (and occasional Tiësto opener) Danny Avila. The young Spaniard begins his new residency at Life on January 25. However, the MGM Grand enormoclub will help its recent re-signee Tiësto celebrate his 46th birthday on January 17 with a gig. Among the DJs on the 2015 roster for Drai’s Beach Club and Nightclub: 3LAU, Adventure Club, Borgeous, Chromeo, Dannic, Dyro, D-Wayne, Feenixpawl, Helena, Luke Shay, MAKJ, Merk & Kremont, Mike Hawkins, Quintino, Sidney Samson and Vicetone. –Mike Prevatt

NIGHTS > Guiding Light Lia Chavez’s Octave offers a meditative nightlife experience.

‘Energizing the club’ Lighting leader Stephen Lieberman gives XS a $10 million makeover When it comes to lighting design for EDM clubs, there’s no room for amateurs. With over 20 years of experience, Stephen Lieberman and his company SJ Lighting, Inc. have dominated the industry. His résumé includes more than 20 Las Vegas nightclubs (such as Marquee, Drai’s and the former Utopia) and festivals such as Ultra Music Festival and Electric Daisy Carnival. We caught up with Lieberman fresh off the heels of a massive $10 million production redesign at XS.

Your brain is the DJ

Cosmo’s P3Studio hosts an experimental zen nightlife experience By Deanna Rilling Step into the darkness as a low hum resonates and lasers dance on the walls of Las Vegas’ smallest and mostexclusive nightlife experience, limited to only 10 attendees at a time. And the DJ isn’t some superstar—it’s you, using only your mind to control the music and visuals. On January 7, the P3Studio art space at the Cosmopolitan debuted this unique pop-up nightclub, a blend of performance art, neuroscience and hacked technological innovation called The Octave of Visible Light: A Meditation Nightclub. Artist-in-residence Lia Chavez, along with creative technology company rehabstudio, takes curious onlookers through an exploration of consciousness as art material. The experience features “the world’s first technological system that brings together three concurrent oscillations: neurobiological, sonic and light,” Chavez says. “As a participant in this meditation nightclub, you wear this headset and it transmits your brainwave activity to an audiovisual system. That audiovisual system broadcasts both the color and sonic equivalent of the brainwave that you’re experiencing in real time.”

When the system engages, the DJ, or participant, sees a red circle and then moves up the spectrum of visible light, starting at the lower end of concentration. The higher the concentration, the closer to the color violet. A high state of concentration creates a rainbow effect. Unlike in Strip megaclubs, you’ll never hear the same set twice here. Chavez explains the experience is tuned in at 432 HZ, a frequency reported to be reparative for some people. Here, it produces a realigning effect on your body. Think of it as the ultimate chillout room. “This was really conceived as a healing experience—almost a disruptive experience in Las Vegas,” says Chavez, adding that her experiential exhibit is also “winking at the culture here, [like] a spiritual striptease.”

THE OCTAVE OF VISIBLE LIGHT Through February 8; Wednesday-Sunday, 6 p.m.-midnight; artist performances Saturday, 9 p.m., free. Cosmopolitan’s P3Studio, 702-698-7000.

Meet me at the Tuscany?

Just east of the Strip on Flamingo Road, the Tuscany is a natural post-shift hang for industry folk. But things Surprisingly great cocktails are getting more interesting await in an unlikely off-Strip spot here lately. There’s lively new entertainment in the T-Spot Lounge, and the weeks-old Caffé Bottegais comes armed with Stumptown coffee and a killer craft beer selection (read: lots of Belgians). ¶ But I’m looking for a worthwhile cocktail menu, and I find it away from the casino at the lobby’s Piazza Lounge. There are twists on classics and a handful of thoughtful originals, like the aptly described “boozy and contemplative” Walking Stick, its gin and sweet vermouth mingling with cherry liqueur and plum bitters. You can pick a spirit and let the barmen do their thing, or ask about the specials. This night, there was a shockingly smooth white Manhattan with 6-week-old moonshine, and then the Bulleit with Butterfly Wings, with bourbon, blood orange liqueur and bitters, almond syrup and lemon sour. Its brisk pop of nostalgic creamsicle was delicious enough to have another, the exact temptation you Tuscany Suites & Casino want from a great cocktail lounge, 255 E. Flamingo Road, 702-893-8933. no matter where it is. –Brock Radke

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How did you end up specializing in lighting for EDM events and clubs? I’ve been doing this as long as I can remember. This whole community wasn’t as popular as it is now ... it was very much a subculture. Other people in production industries who had similar careers as I did weren’t necessarily interested in these projects. I’ve always had a love for this community. What was the XS renovation process like? One of the things that we always try to convey through our designs is we don’t want our stuff to look like an afterthought. There’s so many intricate details of architecture in there that we wanted to really highlight those details when they’re on and really be very discrete and low-profile when they’re off. Which of your updates has the biggest wow factor? There’s so many features that we put in this club, but I’d say the most overwhelming feature we did is an LED pixel detail that pretty much encompasses the entire venue inside and outside. … When the [people are] really moving and you activate those pixels, the club is really energized. –Deanna Rilling

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VENUE

THURSDAY

1 OAK

Closed

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FRIDAY Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Savi

DJs Eric Forbes, Marc Mac; free champagne/vodka for women; 9:30 pm; $30

DJ Exodus

SATURDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Closed

DJ Mr. Mauricio; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Closed

Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; live music, 7-10 pm; doors at 5 pm

Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; doors at 5 pm

Holiday Hangover

DJ Marc Mac

DJ Casanova

DJ Kay The Riot

Doors at 10 pm; $30

GBDC: Bring Your Own Theme

DJ bRadical

DJ Seany Mac

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

FeenixPawl

DJ Skratchy; 10 pm; $30

SUNDAY Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Sundrai’s

10 pm; $30

DJ Presto One; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women

Doors at 1 pm, $10, local women free. Night: Doors at 8 pm; $20-$25

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

Chancey Williams Band

Bikini Bull Riding

live, 10 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am; $10-$20 after 10 pm

Calvin Harris

DJs Burns, Jeff Retro, OB-One, Ruckus; doors at 10:30 pm; $75+ men, $40+ women

DJ Skratchy

live, 10 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am; $10-$20 after 10 pm

Tiesto

Locals Night

DJ Seany Mac

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DanSing Karaoke

DJ Exodus

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DanSing Karaoke

Line dance lessons, 7 pm; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am

8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am

8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; beer pong; doors at 11 am

Closed

W&W

DJ Crooked

Championship Sunday Tailgate

Doors at 5 pm

DJ Spider; 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 8 pm; free

Closed

Doors at 8 pm; free

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Game Over Fridays

Saturday Night Live

18 and Over

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

10 pm; $30

DJ Mark Eteson; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

Drink specials for 21+; dance lessons; doors at 7 pm; $10, $15 for 18-20

$200 prize; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

10 pm, $30

DJs Jeff Retro, OB-One; doors at 10:30 pm; $50+ men, $30+ women

10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

DJs Charlie Darker, Mike Carbonell; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

Country Club

WEDNESDAY

Too Many Zooz live; DJs 88, Crykit; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

Kelly in Vegas hosts; 11:30 am-6 pm

Lost Angels

Locals Stampede

Dance lessons; $30 all-you-can Jack Daniels boots; doors 7 pm; $10, $5 for locals w/ID

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VENUE

THURSDAY

LAX

DJ Mike Bless; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

LEVEL 107

DJ Dezie

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

LIAISON

Lambda Lambda Nu

DJ Wellman

DJ Ayler; doors at 10 pm; $20+

LIFE

Closed

LIGHT

DJ Mustard; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

The Beat

FRIDAY DJ Wellman

Fantasy Fridays

DJ Laszlo; doors at 10 pm; $20+

Gareth Emery

Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Norman Doray

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Live music

SATURDAY

Panorama Saturdays

DJ Dezie; $5 Absolut drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; 15% off bottles; doors at 4 pm

Liaison Undressed: Glow DJs Mash-Up King, Ayler; doors at 10 pm; $20+, free for those in glow clothing

R3HAB

Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

A-Trak

DJ Shift; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Live music

Doors at 5 pm

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

MARQUEE

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $20+ women

Doors at 10 pm, $40+ men, $20+ women

Ladies Night

2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 8 am

PBR ROCK BAR

$1 vodka for women, 9 pm, $5; 2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am

Bare

PIRANHA

REVOLUTION LOUNGE

Des’ree St. James hosts, $8 drinks w/text (“GAY” to 83361), 10 pm, free; open 24 hours

DJ G-Minor

Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

F*ck it Fridays

India Ferrah, Des’ree St. James hosts, DJs Vago, Virus, 10 pm, free; open 24 hours

DJ Sincere

Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

DJ Dezie

Woman Crush Wednesday

DJ Wellman

DJ Mike Bless; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

MANDARIN BAR

Vice

SUNDAY

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

Porter Robinson

Selfie Saturday

Goddess show w/India Ferrah, 10 pm, free; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; open 24 hours

DJ G Minor

Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

Scenic Sundays

Sky High Mondays DJ Girl 6; 2-4-1 drinks for locals, $5 Skyy drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJ Dezie; 2-4-1 drinks for women; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Closed

Bynon

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Live jazz

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

DJ Kittie; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Glam of Drag

Desarae hosts; DJ Majesty; Allie McQueen live; doors at 10 pm; $20+; locals free

Doors at 10:30 pm; $25+

6 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Jeremih

live; DJs Lisa Pittman; MikeAttack; doors at 1 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women

#Social Sundays

$20 open bar 9 pm-1 am w/social media follow; $50 open bar; doors at 8 am

El Deseo

DJs Virus, Vago; $5 mystery drinks; 10 pm; free; drink specials, 5-9 pm; open 24 hours

Vice

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free

Beer Pong Tournament

9 p.m.; $25 open bar until 2 a.m.; doors at 8 am

Hot Mess

Karaoke Night

10 pm; 2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am

La Noche

Baauer

2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 8 am

Boylesque

Hosted by Des’ree St. James, 10 pm, free; half-off drinks w/industry ID, 4-9 pm; open 24 hours

DJ Majesty, Vago; $2 well drinks w/text until 1 am; 10 pm, free; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; open 24 hours

with India Ferrah, 10 pm, free; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; open 24 hours

Closed

Revo Sundays

DJ Tracy Young; doors at 10 pm; $20, locals free before midnight

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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY CLUB GRID

VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

REVOLVER

Closed

Drink specials; line dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm

ROCKHOUSE

Happy hour, 2-6 pm, 11 pm-2 am; $50 open bar; Kill the Keg unlimited drafts, $20, 2-9 pm; doors at 11 am

$50 open bar; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 8:30 am

Doors at 7 pm, free

Live music, 10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Blacklight Friday

SAYERS CLUB

Sessions

All You Can Drink

Stripper Circus: Hustlaball

DJ Diesel; $10 liquor bust; doors at 10 pm; free

DJ Chris Cox; Rhea Litre live; doors at 10 pm; free

SURRENDER

Closed

Matthew Koma live; doors at 10:30 pm; $35+ men, $25+ women

What So Not

TAO

DJ Five

Doors at 10 pm; $20+ men, $10+ women

The Affair

TRYST

TUSCANY

DJ Kris Nilsson; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women, local ladies, industry free

Laura Shafer Vintage Vegas Cocktail Party

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Wyatt McKenzie

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Brody Jenner & William Lifestyle

DJ set; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

SATURDAY Silver Saturdays

Sessions

Live music, 10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Share Saturdays

Corbin Fisher models; DJ Knightlife; half-off drinks, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

Tommy Trash

Doors at 10:30 pm; $35+ men, $25+ women

Eric DLux

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ Alie Layus

DJ Mike Carbonell

Kenny Davidsen

Corro Van Such Band

Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

T-Spot Lounge; 10 pm, free

DJ 8-Bits

Velveteen Rabbit

Hibou; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

DJ Aurajin; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Closed

Manufactured Superstars

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

T-Spot Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

DJ Astrogold

10 pm; doors at 5 pm

Zedd

Doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm

Ladies Night

Taco Tuesdays

9 pm; happy hour, 2-6 pm, 11 pm-2 am; doors at 11 am

$1.50+, $5 tequila shots, $7 margaritas; happy hour, 2-6 pm, 11 pm-2 am; doors at 11 am

Happy hour, 2-6 pm, 11 pm-2 am; $50 open bar; Kill the Keg unlimited drafts, $20, 2-9 pm; doors at 11 am

Doors at 7 pm, free

Closed

Doors at 9 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women, locals free

Closed

Ladies Night

SIN Sunday

Drink specials; doors at 8 pm; $5, free for industry and before 10 pm

Confession Sundays

$50 open bar; NFL open bar, $100; doors at 8:30 am

Doors at 7 pm, free

Caliente

Josie Cavallar hosts; DJ Flow; half-off drinks, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

Conference Championship Viewing Party Doors at 2 pm

Nik at Nite

Rockie Brown

Christina Amato

Dillon Francis

Franky Perez

Piazza Lounge; 7:30 pm, free

T-Spot Lounge; midnight, free

T-Spot Lounge, 11:30 pm; free

T-Spot Lounge; 10:30 pm, free

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

Dave Fogg

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free

Slander

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free

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UNLV VS. NEW MEXICO The Runnin’ Rebels’ clashes with the Lobos are typically tight, but UNLV will have to play like the team that toppled then-No. 3 Arizona—not the one that fell to Reno at home—to keep this one close. January 21, 8 p.m., $20-$110, Thomas & Mack Center.

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The Weekly helps you choose between Saturday-night performers BY KRISTY TOTTEN

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Host of This American Life public radio show, which has 2.2 million listeners weekly.

Dance and radio, two art forms that Glass says “have no business being together.”

Decidedly high. The show boasts that it “has won all of the major broadcasting awards.”

Buddy Holly-esque hornrimmed glasses.

“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”

You dig experimental entertainment and can drop $100 on the good seats.

One half of comedyrock duo Tenacious D, alongside actor/ comedian/wild man Jack Black.

Comedy and music, through songs such as “Manchild,” “Bro Ho” and “Questionable.”

Proudly low. The band says it is “imitated by countless weekend warrior guitarists, tribute-band wannabees and dorm-room drunks.”

Bald head, which graces his self-titled album cover in art form.

“I might go back to school to learn to clean your pool. There’s so much more to me.”

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> combat veteran Cooper practices his thousand-yard stare.

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American Sniper offers a superficial look at the life of Chris Kyle By Josh Bell American Sniper ends by showing real news footage of the massive memorials for Navy SEAL Chris Kyle that followed his death in 2013, when he was murdered at a shooting range by a fellow military veteran. Like 2013’s Lone Survivor, which similarly closed with tearjerking footage related to dead servicemen, American Sniper is a simplistic, pandering tribute to the American military and people who give themselves over to it blindly, aimed at an audience that prizes patriotism over drama and isn’t interested in complexity when telling the stories of so-called American heroes.

Lone Survivor at least had some exciting action sequences, but Sniper doesn’t even get that right in its drawn-out but superficial story of Kyle’s life, based on his own memoir. Bradley Cooper bulked up and put on a mostly credible Texas accent to play Kyle, and his performance is the movie’s strongest element. But Jason Hall’s script doesn’t give Cooper much to work with, and the supporting characters are even flimsier. Clint Eastwood directs with his usual workmanlike efficiency, which doesn’t do much to elevate the material. Even the action sequences, especially a climactic battle that takes

point of view, which carries him from place during a sandstorm, are unreIraq back home to Texas. Once he’s markable, with little suspense. Kyle home, his battlefield intensity makes served four tours of duties in Iraq it difficult for him to readjust, and over the course of a decade, but they the movie finally seems like it might all end up blurring together, and his be adding some additional facets to fellow soldiers are almost completely Kyle’s character. Then Kyle’s PTSD interchangeable, so that when one is is essentially cured within injured or killed, there’s no a single scene, as he chanemotional impact. nels all his problems into Kyle’s wife Taya (Sienna aaccc helping wounded veterans Miller) is equally one- AMERICAN who came home with more dimensional, relegated to SNIPER Bradley obvious battle scars. nagging phone calls for Cooper, Sienna That effort is admirable, most of the movie. Kyle’s Miller, Luke Grimes. as is honoring the sacriclaim to fame is that he Directed by Clint fices made by members has more confirmed kills Eastwood. Rated R. of the American military. (160, officially) than any Opens Friday. Kyle himself has been a bit other sniper in American of a divisive figure, but the movie history, and the movie’s tensest and leaves out the more dubious claims he most complex moments involve his made in his book, instead focusing on brief crises of conscience when he a streamlined, crowd-pleasing story has women and children in his sights. that celebrates Kyle’s life while failing But the movie ultimately comes down to offer any insight about it. on the side of Kyle’s black-and-white

The evolution of the story presented in Syfy’s 12 Monkeys is a study in moving from distinctive style to aaacc mainstream blandness: The ideas originated in French 12 MONKEYS 12 Monkeys makes a generic TV show New Wave filmmaker Chris Marker’s 1962 short film La Fridays, 9 p.m., Jetée and were then expanded on by Terry Gilliam for Syfy. out of a distinctive movie his more accessible 1995 feature 12 Monkeys. Now the same story is being told in a Syfy series that smooths out the stylistic edges and streamlines the narrative, fitting it into the mold of an audience-friendly, action-heavy sci-fi show. ¶ That’s not to say that Syfy’s 12 Monkeys is bad, just that it isn’t as striking or creative as its source material. Like Gilliam’s movie, the series focuses on time traveler Cole (Aaron Stanford), who travels back from the future in order to stop a deadly plague. Within the first two episodes, the story deviates from its origins, which is necessary for it to carry an entire series, and the twists inherent in the time-travel premise keep things exciting. Unlike its predecessors, the series focuses on plot over atmosphere, and it makes use of some stock sci-fi devices. It’s an entertaining genre series with some fun performances, but it doesn’t make the same lasting impression as the works that inspired it. –Josh Bell

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Time paradox Predestination is a twisty but emotional sci-fi story

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visceral impact, but they don’t connect to form a cohesive narrative. The movie might have been better if nobody said a word, since the performances are consistently unimpressive, starting with star Chris Hemsworth as a hacker named Hathaway. He’s furloughed from prison to help an Michael Mann’s Blackhat is stylish FBI agent (Viola Davis) and a Chinese official (Leehom Wang) track down the person responsible for a cyber nonsense By Josh Bell attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant. The globetrotting plot makes little sense, though, nor does it feel Michael Mann’s best movies (Heat, Collateral, The authentic to the way malicious hackers (known as black Insider) are a masterful combination of style and subhats) operate in 2015. But Mann doesn’t seem stance, gorgeously shot, artfully orchestrated to care about that, instead languishing over blends of thrilling plots, compelling characglimpses of the primal attraction between ters and stunning images. But that balance aabcc Hathaway and Lien (Tang Wei), a Chinese has become increasingly tilted in Mann’s later BLACKHAT Chris data analyst, and staging improbable but beaufilms, and nowhere is it more apparent than Hemsworth, Tang tiful set pieces like an expedition into the in Blackhat, a stylistic treat that is essen- Wei, Viola Davis. power plant’s ruins or a gunfight in the midst tially incoherent when it comes to plotting, Directed by Michael of a cultural festival in Jakarta. characterization and dialogue. Mann’s love Mann. Rated R. The dialogue is as weak as the plotting, and of digital cinematography that clearly looks Opens Friday. between Hemsworth’s shaky American accent digital reaches its apex here, and it matches and Tang’s difficulty expressing herself in English, none perfectly with the subject matter of modern-day cyberof it is delivered convincingly. When Hathaway eventucriminals (as opposed to clashing with the period story ally discovers the extent of the evil hacker’s plan, it’s in Mann’s last film, 2009’s Public Enemies). The score an anticlimactic conclusion to a story that was never by frequent Trent Reznor collaborator Atticus Ross and engaging to begin with. Even as the movie limps to its his brother Leo is moody and tense. There are certain dissatisfying resolution, though, Mann delivers every wordless sequences—brutal fights, sensual love scenes, underwhelming development with style. complex computational maneuvers—that make a strong

A beautiful mess

Predestination opens like a fastpaced action thriller, with a gun battle between an agent of a time-travelling police force and a crazed bomber intent on killing thousands. But once that agent heads back to the future, having been defeated and disfigured by an explosion, the movie reveals itself as a mind-bending piece of intellectual sci-fi and a carefully crafted character study. Much of the movie focuses on a conversation between the unnamed time-travel agent (Ethan Hawke), now stationed as a bartender in 1970 New York City, and a patron known as John (Sarah Snook), whose backstory unfolds in flashback. Of course, John’s story turns out to be integral to the agent’s mission, and the twists in his tale all tie together neatly by the end. Some of aaabc those twists PREDESTINATION are pretty easy Ethan Hawke, Sarah to figure out, Snook, Noah Taylor. but Snook’s Directed by Peter fantastic, heartand Michael Spierig. felt perforRated R. Available on mance makes Video on Demand. her character’s arc fascinating even if you know exactly where it’s headed. Writer-directors Peter and Michael Spierig added the crazedbomber angle to the original short story by Robert A. Heinlein, and while that element doesn’t quite work, the rest of Predestination is a clever and surprisingly affecting reminder that sci-fi doesn’t need overblown action to keep audiences intrigued. –Josh Bell

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First appearing in 1958, Paddington Bear is a creature of kindness and politeness, far from the wise-cracking, marketable children’s characters of today. Yet somehow the new Paddington movie seems modern while at the same time holding firmly to its quaint, lovely ideals. Ben Whishaw voices the CGI bear, who was raised in darkest Peru under the indirect influence of an English explorer; he loves marmalade. He travels to London and finds a place to stay with the Browns (Hugh Bonneville and a delightful Sally Hawkins) and their children, Judy and Jonathan. Villains can often kill the mood in a children’s film, but here it’s Nicole Kidman as a driven taxidermist, and she makes the role worthwhile. Director and co-writer Paul King includes a few big slapstick moments, but they arise naturally out of the character’s unfamiliarity with the civilized world, and only one brief burp/ fart joke enters the proceedings. Perhaps the real appeal of this movie is that good manners never go out of style. –Jeffrey M. Anderson

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aaabc PADDINGTON Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, voice of Ben Whishaw. Directed by Paul King. Rated PG. Opens Friday.

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> ROCK IN VEGAS (Clockwise from top right) Sam Smith, Gary Clark Jr., Charli XCX and Empire of the Sun are coming to the Strip in May.

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Sam Smith, Foster the People and Empire of the Sun highlight the Vegas version’s latest lineup adds By Mike Prevatt

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Caravels’ final hometown show leaves an emotional impact

USA would seem to fall closer to MGM Grand’s iHeartRadio pop weekender, which is more akin to a radio station’s seasonal promo show, than it does the more archetypal Life Is Beautiful. And while the amusement park-like festival—which will feature a zipline, a ferris wheel and a themed City of Rock—will provide opportunities for new discoveries early in the day at the Main and Sunset stages, as well as at the smaller Rock Street stages, they’ll largely be musicians from overseas, dancers and performance troupes, not buzz acts. Last spring, Rock in Rio Lisbon largely followed the same booking philosophy, though it did feature alternative/indie faves like Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age and Blood Orange. It also featured a spider-shaped electronic music stage, which will appear at Rock in Rio USA (the DJ lineup will be revealed in the near future). Tickets for Rock in Rio USA go on sale January 20 at rockinrio.com/tickets and through Ticketmaster. General admission weekend wristbands cost $298, with VIP day wristbands going for $498.

I didn’t plan on spending Friday night pressed against the Bunkhouse stage. In my mind’s eye, I’d be camped near the sound booth, where the mix would be pristine and the odds of getting bowled over all but nil. Yet as the clock ticked toward midnight and the headliners’ set approached, I found myself inching forward, until I stood at the very front of the Downtown venue’s floor. It just felt necessary, being that close to one of my favorite Vegas bands, for what might be the last time ever. I’d caught 19 Caravels shows coming in, and No. 20 would mark the quintet’s final U.S. performance. I’d seen them play in houses, warehouses, taco shops and art galleries, and now I’d watch their send-off a few feet from my face. Nothing else made sense. As the five musicians—guitarists Matt Frantom and Dillon Shines, bassist Cory Van Cleef, drummer George Foskaris and vocalist Mike Roeslein— soundchecked, I thought back to the first time I’d encountered them, a pack of teenage kids dropping by our office for an early story. Even then they had a power when plugged in, playing a heady brand of hardcore I connected with from the start. And as they got it going Friday night, I felt the strength of their near-decade together, and what those years spent touring and recording have done for their confidence and their songs. I also felt emotion, as the minutes flowed past and realization set in that the end was nearly here. I faded back just before the finish, to find some space and get a different view. But as Caravels launched into last song “Snake Plissken,” I launched ahead once more, joining the leaping bodies, pointing toward the sky and shouting along to Roeslein’s familiar roar. When my feet got tangled and I stumbled to the wooden floor, I simply grinned and got up, to spend a few more moments with an old musical friend. –Spencer Patterson

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The second big lineup announcement of Rock in Rio USA’s first stateside edition, to be held at the MGM Festival Grounds just north of Circus Circus May 8-9 and 15-16, almost completely fills in the performer roster for the two largest stages—and rounds out an unabashedly commercial offering that mostly differs from those of the biggest and most revered American music events. Additions include Sam Smith, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun, Charli XCX, Gary Clark Jr., Tove Lo, Bleachers, Of Mice & Men and Hollywood Undead. They join previously revealed acts like Taylor Swift, Metallica, No Doubt, John Legend, Ed Sheeran, Linkin Park and Bruno Mars. On the Vegas music festival spectrum, Rock in Rio

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Willie Nelson’s latest Vegas visit can’t live up to his last How can something so similar feel so different? In 2013, Willie Nelson blew me away—along with the rest of the crowd—at the Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, playing a bevy of hits, both his own and those belonging to other country legends. It was the type of night when the music became something more than a concert. It was a communal celebration, in which all partook, and it was one of my favorite live experiences ever in Las Vegas. Cut to this past weekend. The 81-year-old Nelson, still going strong, played back-to-back shows at House of Blues. The setlist was similar to that from the previous tour stop: “Whiskey River” to open, set pieces “Georgia on My Mind” and “Always

Maybe it was a more casual on My Mind,” tributes to fallen crowd. Everyone is on the Strip, but comrade Waylon Jennings (“Good finding the Smith Center might have Hearted Woman”) and country godbeen an effort only diehards cared father Hank Williams (a medley of to make. Maybe it was Saturday’s “Jambalaya (On the Bayou),” “Hey ill-conceived room setup—the Good Lookin’” and “Move It general admission pit half full on Over”). On paper, it should have been another transcen- aaacc of standing patrons, surrounded by VIP high-top tables, dent night. WILLIE with more GA patrons on the But something just didn’t NELSON outer tiers—which separated click. It wasn’t for a lack of January the crowd rather than brought effort on Nelson’s part. His 10, House it together. Or maybe it was distinctive voice and singular of Blues. the muted sound, not nearly guitar work were both in good as pristine as on his last visit. form, and his five-piece backI’ve seen shows at House of Blues ing band—highlighted by older sister where none of that factored in, but Bobbie on piano—was also in top this time, it made what could have shape. But that indefinable connecbeen a special night only enjoyable. tion between performer and audi–Jason Harris ence just wasn’t there.

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Judging from the title, one would assume there’s some dark matter rumbling in the core of the new solo album from Noah Lennox, the Animal Collective member known as Panda Bear. But like anything in the AC/PB vortex, darkness is merely a space yet to get splattered with DayGlo paint and black light and campfire chants. If the Grim Reaper does make an appearance on Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (I have my doubts), he’s ditched his sickle for glowsticks and bustin’ those annoying, noodle-y, rave-y moves in the chillout tent. ¶ More accessible than 2011’s Tomboy, more tethered than 2007’s Person Pitch, this feels like PB’s least demanding effort. The songs are concise, framed by beats initially inspired by dub reggae and ’90s hip-hop (before getting royally screwed with, of course). And while Lennox’s voice sounds clearer than ever, he still has a Stipe-ian knack for making the simplest lyric utterly indecipherable. I was convinced he was singing “really shouldn’t do that other drug” in “Butcher Baker Candlestick Maker,” until a lyric page informed me it’s actually “really shouldn’t bring that other guy.” But I did know he was singing “Are you mad?” in “Come to Your Senses,” because he sings it about 70 times in seven minutes. –Smith Galtney

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spends most of the novel coming Everyone in Paula Hawkins’ to terms with guilt about Jekyll/ The Girl on the Train has someHyde behavior. She still loves Tom thing to hide. The novel is told and can’t stop herself from intrudfrom the alternating perspecing wildly on his new life with tives of three women: Rachel, a Anna. She’s been told she’s violent. divorced, out-of-work blackout She calls and shows up inapprodrunk who rides the train into priately. After the disappearance, London each day; Anna, who’s Rachel inserts herself into Scott married to Rachel’s ex-husband, Hipwell’s life, ignoring boundaries Tom; and Anna’s neighbor, Megan and feeding off the drama of the Hipwell. Rachel has a voyeurissearch for his wife. Rachel can’t tic obsession with Megan and her resist the temptation to go searchhusband Scott, whose house she ing after clues, desperately trying passes daily on the train. Hawkins’ to flesh out her missing debut novel is a tangle of hours. unreliable narrators, but Many of Hawkins’ what will have readers aaabc characters are doubles— talking is her deft han- THE GIRL ON almost doppelgangers— dling of twists and turns THE TRAIN complicating the plot and and her eerily fine-tuned By Paula adding intrigue. There narrative. This is one Hawkins, $27. are many of these pairs: creepy, dark thriller. marriages, wives, babies, restless After a bad blackout, Rachel men, cheating women and dark learns that Megan has disapsecrets. Each of the characters is peared, and knowing she was on uneasy, driven by either a desire to the Hipwells’ street, senses a dark escape the past or a drive to cover connection to what happened. “I up guilt. Each one offers a peek feel certain that I was in an arguinto a different kind of agitation. ment,” she says, “or that I witThe book is smartly paced and nessed an argument. Was that with delightfully complex. Just when Anna? My fingers go to the wound it seems Hawkins is leading us on my head, to the cut on my lip. I one way, Rachel, Anna or Megan can almost see it, I can almost hear change the game. Nothing can be the words ...” Desperate to undertaken for granted in The Girl on the stand what happened, unsure of Train, not even the account of the her own innocence, Rachel chasgirl herself. es memories that slip away, and

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FOOD > satisfying snacks Moko’s 30-hour sous vide pork belly packs a lot of flavor, as does the seared yellowtail salad (below).

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An island of creativity

Moko Asian Bistro spices up campus cuisine By Jim Begley

version ($10) and a 30-hour sous vide rendition ($12). The area around CSN’s Charleston campus is dotEach has the same setup—sweet potato; mildly flated with approachable, low-cost eateries designed vored, black raspberry-marinated sea salt; and an outto attract budget-conscious students, the majority of standing kimchi crepe so good it deserves its own spot which are, naturally, chain restaurants. But tucked on the menu—but the 30-hour take served in doenjang between McDonald’s and Tropical Smoothie Café is (soybean paste) is substantially more flavorful than the something vastly more interesting. soy sauce-marinated 10-hour version. Moko Asian Bistro is a clean, contemporary space The doenjang also contributes substantially to the with eye-catching artwork and an inoffensive alterbeef tataki ($9). Thin slices of seared beef native soundtrack lingering in the backmingle with the paste, soy-sauce jelly and ground. It was originally known as Moko microgreens for a balance of funkiness Tapas Bar, so the majority of its dishes are Moko Asian and smoke. A special found only on a table smaller servings intended for sharing, all Bistro 6350 W. topper, fiery noodles ($8) are flavorful but demonstrating Asian flavors, with most Charleston Blvd. not particularly appropriate for the spice having distinct Korean influence. #120, 702-489-4995. averse. Being of Irish descent, I have limThat cuisine is most evident in the Lunch: Mondayited ability to process heat, but I found favorite bibimbap ($9), where rice is Friday, 11 a.m.myself returning to the dry-rubbed ramen served with marinated beef, spinach, 2:30 p.m.; Dinner: noodles over and over. bean sprouts and an over-easy egg. Mix it Monday-Thursday, Not all the dishes charm. I had high all together with the not-so-spicy gochu5-10 p.m.; Friday & hopes for the smoked mackerel pasta ($7), jang, bright red Korean hot sauce, and Saturday, 5-11 p.m. but any smokiness was obscured by vinthe result is gooey gloriousness that can egary kimchi. And the eggplant salad ($7) be washed down with the accompanying lacked any hint of grilled shishito even if the Moko umami-rich miso soup. The only drawback? Moko dressing provided distinctive, sharp flavor. doesn’t prepare the dish in a dolsot—an overheated Service is friendly, but the small staff can get overstone bowl—so it’s missing the characteristic char whelmed. Regardless, Moko is a welcome addition to imparted onto the bottom layer of rice. But even the local Asian culinary scene and provides a welcome without that smokiness and crispy texture, it’s a oasis of creativity in an otherwise wasteland-ish area of worthy rendition. fast food mediocrity. There are two pork belly dishes, a 10-hour braised

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Move over, sweet shops touting live cultures and granite slabs—there’s a new way to treat yourself with customizable, frozen fun. Inspired by London’s milkshake-bar mania, Mark Glassman brought his dessert concept, Sticks & Shakes, to two local malls, the Galleria at Sunset and the Fashion Show on Sticks & the Strip. “I was used ShakeS to them being at every Galleria at airport and on every Sunset, 702high street in the city,” 478-8866. he says. “But when I Mondaymoved here and wantSaturday, 10 ed to grab a milkshake a.m.-9 p.m.; where I could choose Sunday, 11 the ingredients and a.m.-6 p.m. have it blended, my Fashion Show friends looked at me Mall, 702like I was crazy.” 541-8855. To tap into the MondayAmerican palate, Saturday, 10 Glassman researched a.m.-9 p.m.; local convenience Sunday, 11 stores’ candy shelves a.m.-7 p.m. and solicited feedback from friends and family, then added a riff on a certain trademarked frozen confection on a stick. With more than 500 flavor variations courtesy of cereals and candies, the objective is edible expression. If you’re not in the mood to take the lead, suggestions range from the familiar combo of milk chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows to the eccentric To Infinity + Beyond! that melds Milky Way and Sour Patch Kids. If you prefer your treat delivered on a wooden utensil, take your pick from gelato, sorbet or cake flavors, from red velvet to strawberry cheesecake. Want it to dive into white chocolate and pistachios? Make friends with some liquor in the form of a piña colada? Ask and you shall receive. It might have taken a Brit to rekindle our origins with these dessert duos, but who says Cadbury and Hershey can’t play nice? –Brittany Brussell

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FOOD > CUP OF FRIENDLY Molina and Varela are using great coffee and comfort foods like chorizo Brussels sprouts (below) to create a welcoming vibe.

SMALL BITES Dining News & Notes

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MAKERS & FINDERS BY CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS; CASA DON JUAN BY BEVERLY POPPE

Makers & Finders brings stylish comfort to Main Street BY LESLIE VENTURA Walking into Downtown’s newest coffee shop feels like a glimpse into the future of Main Street. Scents of lavenderinfused lattes mingle with chorizo Brussels sprouts and mango-caprese arepas. An eclectic electro-jazz tune pours out of the speakers, and there’s chatter on the patio. There’s an actual patio. It’s the real-city vibe that many of us hoped would develop on Main Street, the feel that Makers & Finders owners Valeria Varela, 25, and Josh Molina, 26, set out to achieve. Varela and Molina had been working on their dream restaurant since 2011, but the original idea for a café specializing in arepas and empanadas fizzled due to a lack of funding. After backpacking through South America and staying on two Colombian and Peruvian coffee farms in 2013, the duo returned with a clearer, streamlined vision: a focus on coffee—each cup brewed fresh to order—and a few Latin comfort foods inspired by Molina’s heritage. The goal is simple: get people talking and eating. “We really think the true Downtown is actually happening here,” Molina says. “We picture Main Street completely different in five years. We wanted to be at the forefront of this whole transformation.” When I visit, the buzzing crowd eventually thins out, but a handful of customers sticks around long after closing. It’s that kind of place. The coffee bar boasts a flavorful, bold menu with Cuban cortaditos (espresso and condensed milk), Mexican spice lattes and free-trade, organic Bolivian, Peruvian,

Colombian and Honduran coffees. For the less-discerning java drinker, there are sweeter offerings like white mocha and Nutella lattes. Early birds can pair a coffee with a croissant sandwich of scrambled eggs, cheddar and maple bacon ($7.50). At the top of the menu is a disclaimer: “All coffee and espresso is ground, brewed and made to order. Please allow 3-5 minutes for order, depending on method.” But don’t let that discourage you. Whether you want your cup brewed traditionally or in a French press, there’s plenty to nosh on while you wait and even more to keep you coming back, like Latin hash with pulled beef and potatoes ($9) or empanadas ($6) filled with mushrooms, kale and spicy salsa. “It’s like a cocktail bar, but with coffee,” says Molina, who previously worked at Herbs and Rye (Varela worked at the Cosmopolitan’s Vesper Bar). “I was looking at the cocktail culture in Las Vegas and how it exploded, and now [you] wait 15 minutes for your cocktail, no big deal. What says that people won’t get used to waiting for coffee?”

Two longtime local mainstays are expanding their operations. M&M Soul Food Cafe, likely Las Vegas’ favorite place for Southern and soul food since 2006, opened a second location January 1 at 2211 S. Las Vegas Blvd., in the shadow of the Stratosphere. The new spot is larger than the original on West Charleston, which isn’t going anywhere. Downtown’s Main Street Mexican stalwart Casa Don Juan is planning to grow with a second restaurant near Summerlin, at 1780 N. Buffalo Drive. Northwesterners should be able to get their carnitas-and-margaritas fix in February. Meanwhile on the Strip, another casual Mexican eatery is celebrating five festive years. Hussong’s Cantina at the Shoppes at Mandalay Place—the first U.S. outpost of the oldest cantina in Mexico—is celebrating by serving up $5 buckets of Tecate and a $25 birthday margarita loaded with five shots of Sauza Blue Reposado, vanilla cake batter, strawberry syrup, whipped cream and sprinkles in a souvenir chalice. There are new menu items, too, but it’s tough to top a hybrid birthday-cake margarita, right? –Brock Radke

MAKERS & FINDERS COFFEE 1120 S. Main St. #110, 702-586-8255. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings

> dance party Josh Gad (left) and Kevin Hart get down in The Wedding Ringer.

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 1/18, 1/21, All About Eve. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC

Feng Shui 2 (Not reviewed) Kris Aquino, Coco Martin, Cherry Pie Picache. Directed by Chito Roño. 100 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. The owner of a cursed bagua tries to defeat its evil. Theaters: VS

Erotic Movie Night Fri, 7 pm, free. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 Industrial Road, 702-794-4000.

Foxcatcher aabcc Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo. Directed by Bennett Miller. 134 minutes. Rated R. Carell gives an uncharacteristically dramatic performance (wearing a big prosthetic nose) as John E. du Pont in this fictionalized version of a real-life tragedy. Tatum and Ruffalo are better still, but the movie huffs and puffs to freight a fairly banal case history with Meaning. –MD Theaters: ORL, SC, SF, TS

Family Lunchtime Movie Matinee Wed, noon, free. 1/21, The Pirate Fairy. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Dr., 702-507-3863. Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival Through 1/25, feature films and documentaries related to Jewish culture and history, discussions with filmmakers and experts, various days and times, $10 per screening. Various locations, lvjff.org. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 1/17, Lehár’s The Merry Widow live, 9:55 am, $16-$24. 1/21, Lehár’s The Merry Widow encore, 6:30 pm, $15-$22. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus 1/19, documentary on the origins of the biblical story of Exodus, 7 pm, $10.50$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Sci Fi Center Sat, Doctor Who weekly, 5 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 1/17, Another Heaven, 8 pm, $5. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 1/20, Sergeants 3. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week American Sniper aaccc Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 132 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Blackhat aabcc Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis. Directed by Michael Mann. 133 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 41. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS I (Not reviewed) Vikram, Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi. Directed by Shankar. 188 minutes. Not rated. In Tamil with English subtitles. A former model, disfigured by a deadly chemical, seeks revenge. Theaters: ST My Big Bossing (Not reviewed) Vic Sotto, Ryzza Mae Dizon. Directed by Joyce Bernal, Marlon Rivera and Tony Reyes. 125 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A trio of stories about young girls in fantastical scenarios. Theaters: VS Paddington aaabc Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, voice of Ben Whishaw. Directed by Paul King. 95 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 41. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI,

lish the biblical narrative, but it does so only in service of typical blockbuster bombast. –JB Theaters: PAL, RR, SP, ST, TX, VS

FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX Spare Parts (Not reviewed) George Lopez, Carlos PenaVega, Marisa Tomei. Directed by Sean McNamara. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. A team of working-class Hispanic high school students enters a prestigious robotics competition. Theaters: BS, CAN, ORL, PAL, TS, TX The Wedding Ringer (Not reviewed) Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley CuocoSweeting. Directed by Jeremy Garelick. 101 minutes. Rated R. A shy groomto-be hires a professional fill-in as his best man. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

Now playing Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day aabcc Ed Oxenbould, Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner. Directed by Miguel Arteta. 81 minutes. Rated PG. In order to turn Judith Viorst’s 1972 children’s book into a live-action feature, producers have abandoned almost everything about it except the concept of a bad day, which now extends to young Alexander’s entire family. Viorst’s book is a beloved classic; the movie is destined for afternoon filler on the Disney Channel. –JB Theaters: TC Annie aaccc Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz. Directed by Will Gluck. 118 minutes. Rated PG. This new film version of the 1977 Broadway musical about an adorable orphan (Wallis) who melts the heart of a high-powered industrialist (Foxx) uses fewer than half of the original songs. The insipid material isn’t improved by equally cloying new songs, crass product placement, dated pop-culture jokes and movie stars who can’t sing. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CH, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX Big Eyes aaacc Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston. Directed by Tim Burton. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. Burton and his Ed Wood screenwriters take on the

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true story of Margaret Keane (Adams), whose paintings of big-eyed children were hugely popular in the 1960s, when her husband Walter (Waltz) took credit for them. It’s a fascinatingly bizarre pop-culture story, but Burton rarely gets below the surface in telling it. –JB Theaters: GVR, ST, VS Big Hero 6 aabcc Voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller. Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. 108 minutes. Rated PG. Based loosely on an obscure Marvel comic book, this Disney animated adventure features a bright, friendly world and some exciting action sequences, plus a very entertaining character in cuddly robot Baymax. But its superhero-team origin story is bland and familiar, with Scooby-Doo-level plotting and underdeveloped characters. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CH, DI, ORL, RP, RR, TS, TX Birdman aaabc Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 119 minutes. Rated R. Keaton gets a much-needed comeback vehicle in Iñárritu’s entertaining chamber piece, playing a washed-up actor—famous for playing a Batman-like superhero called Birdman—who’s now directing and starring in a chaotic Broadway play. Seemingly composed of a single continous shot, the film also boasts Norton, Watts and Andrea Riseborough as fellow actors. –MD Theaters: ORL, TS, VS The Book of Life aaccc Voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum. Directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez. 95 minutes. Rated PG. This animated movie tells a bland story about a love triangle connected to the Mexican Day of the Dead. With corny jokes, flat dialogue, a thin plot, blocky animation and a soundtrack full of lazily mariachi-fied versions of pop songs, it’s a weak representation of a rich cultural tradition. –JB Theaters: TC Boyhood aaaac Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette. Directed by Richard Linklater. 165 minutes. Rated R. Linklater’s grand experiment, in which

he shot a little bit of footage every summer for 12 years in order to capture a boy (Coltrane) growing up in front of the camera, proves to be, in its beautifully aimless and unhurried way, a real film, not merely a cute gimmick. –MD Theaters: VS Dracula Untold abccc Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper. Directed by Gary Shore. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. Focused on the title character before he was worth making a movie about, Untold takes place in the 15th century, with Vlad the Impaler (Evans) going to unspeakable lengths to defend his homeland of Transylvania. Untold is a generic medieval action epic, filled with garish CGI clutter and ironically bloodless violence. –JB Theaters: TC Dumb and Dumber To abccc Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle. Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Dim-witted friends Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd (Carrey) return to search for Harry’s long-lost daughter. Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly do their best to recapture the first movie’s appeal 20 years later, but the effort comes across as desperate and sad, with meager laughs and sloppy storytelling. –JB Theaters: TC The Equalizer aabcc Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 131 minutes. Rated R. Washington is convincingly worldweary and taciturn as a former government operative, living a quiet life until he decides to take on the men who beat up a local prostitute (Moretz). Washington’s wry presence enlivens what can be a drab, dreary film, an overlong adaptation of the 1980s TV series. –JB Theaters: TC Exodus: Gods and Kings aaccc Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley. Directed by Ridley Scott. 150 minutes. Rated PG-13. Exodus lacks the boldness and personality of Darren Aronofsky’s recent biblical film Noah, instead plodding dutifully through the story of Moses’ liberation of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. Not that the movie doesn’t deviate from and embel-

Fury aaacc Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman. Directed by David Ayer. 135 minutes. Rated R. Five American soldiers take on what seems like the entire SS in this ultraviolent World War II epic, written and directed by David Ayer (End of Watch). At once refreshingly old-fashioned and disturbingly modern, Fury is perched midway between grave and grotesque, and constantly threatens to topple over. –MD Theaters: VS The Gambler aabcc Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. 111 minutes. Rated R. This remake of the 1974 drama about a college professor with a serious gambling problem fails to replicate the feel of bold ’70s cinema, and Wahlberg is unconvincing in the lead role. Like its main character, the movie is all swagger and no followthrough. –JB Theaters: DI, ORL, PAL, RR, SHO, SP, ST, TX, VS The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies aabcc Martin Freeman, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen. Directed by Peter Jackson. 144 minutes. Rated PG-13. The conclusion of Jackson’s three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novel is underwhelming, dispatching with the previous films’ main villain in the first 10 minutes and then turning to an interminable battle. The title character spends most of the time on the sidelines, and the attempted gradneur is mostly empty. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Horrible Bosses 2 abccc Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day. Directed by Sean Anders. 108 minutes. Rated R. After not actually killing their bosses, friends Nick (Bateman), Kurt (Sudeikis) and Dale (Day) go into business for themselves, but when they get screwed over by an investor, they conspire to kidnap his son. The lazy, tasteless jokes are matched by the haphazard plotting, which recycles several elements from the first movie. –JB Theaters: ST, TC The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 aaacc Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Francis Lawrence. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. After enduring the titular tournament of death twice now, headstrong teenager Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) has moved on to fighting directly against her totalitarian government. Mockingjay may lack the action and excitement of the previous two movies, but it makes up for it in greater emo-

A&E | Short Takes tional and thematic resonance. –JB Theaters: AL, CH, GVR, RR, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

> walk and talk George Lopez and Marisa Tomei in Spare Parts.

The Imitation Game aaacc Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode. Directed by Morten Tyldum. 114 minutes. Rated PG-13. Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the English mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the Nazis’ Enigma code. While that material is quite exciting, however, the film’s attempts at a character study, treating Turing as someone on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, are less successful. –MD Theaters: DTS, GVR, ORL, SF, SP, ST, TS, VS Inherent Vice aaabc Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 148 minutes. Rated R. Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel about an LA private eye (Phoenix) in 1970 has a ridiculously complex story, but its incomprehensibility is part of the point. Vice is a little too long and meandering for a shaggy-dog story, but even (or especially) when it’s completely baffling, it’s frequently very funny. –JB Theaters: DTS, GVL, SHO, ST, TS, VS Interstellar aaacc Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 169 minutes. Rated PG-13. Nolan’s three-hour, effects-heavy sci-fi epic (about the search for a new planet for humanity to inhabit) turns out to be a soft-hearted plea for the power of love, ultimately relying on sentimental platitudes. At the same time, Nolan creates overwhelming, often breathtaking suspense in a number of astonishing set pieces. –JB Theaters: SC, ST The Interview aabcc Seth Rogen, James Franco, Randall Park. Directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. 112 minutes. Rated R. A vain, vapid talk-show host (Franco) and his producer (Rogen) score an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un (Park) and are tasked by the CIA with assassinating him. This dopey comedy, which is more of a lowbrow bromance than a political satire, doesn’t benefit from all its controversy. –JB Theaters: TC Into the Woods aaacc James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep. Directed by Rob Marshall. 124 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), the long-awaited screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy-tale musical boasts a strong cast, including many actors (like Kendrick) who can actually sing. Unfortunately, Act 2 of the stage production has been gutted, and the result is a movie that’s only half satisfying. –MD Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Night at the Musem: Secret of the Tomb aaccc Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Dan Stevens. Directed by Shawn Levy. 98 minutes. Rated PG. Made from the “kids-won’t-care-how-badly-weslapped-this-thing-together” school of filmmaking, the third movie in the Night at the Museum series brings the usual cast to London to save their magic tablet. The movie brings up ideas and lets them drop, clumsy cutting ruins most of the jokes, and visual effects are plentiful and lifeless. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX

137 minutes. Rated PG-13. This glossy biopic depicts World War II hero (and Olympian) Louis Zamperini (O’Connell) as more of a superhuman ideal than a person. Director Jolie cranks up the oppressively rousing score and gets some sweeping camerawork from topnotch cinematographer Roger Deakins, but the movie often feels like a parody of a feel-good biopic. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CH, DTS, GVR, ORL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SS, TS, TX Whiplash aaabc Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser. Directed by Damien Chazelle. 107 minutes. Rated R. Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who has either the good or bad fortune to fall under the tutelage of a sadistic teacher-conductor (Simmons). There’s not much to the film apart from their weird sort of S&M relationship, but with two lead actors this formidable, that’s enough. –MD Theaters: TS, VS

Nightcrawler aaaac Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed. Directed by Dan Gilroy. 117 minutes. Rated R. Gyllenhaal gives what may be the best performance of his career as Louis Bloom, a freelance videographer who sells footage of gruesome violence to the local TV news. Nightcrawler is a dark, funny and often brilliant character study about a truly reprehensible character. –JB Theaters: ST Ode to My Father (Not reviewed) Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, Oh Dalsu. Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. 126 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. A Korean man spends his life separated from his father following the Korean War. Theaters: VS Ouija ABCCC Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff. Directed by Stiles White. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Cheap jump scares are the hallmark of this toothless horror movie that doubles as a toy commercial, about a group of teens who accidentally awaken an evil spirit with their Ouija board. The characters are one-dimensional, the plot is rushed, and the scares are tame and perfunctory. –JB Theaters: TC Penguins of Madagascar aabcc Voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights. Directed by Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith. 92 minutes. Rated PG. The no-nonsense penguins who stole scenes in the Madagascar animated movies get their own feature, proving again that characters who are funny in small doses aren’t necessarily suited to carrying entire movies. The penguins’ madcap adventures fighting an evil octopus are occasionally cute and occasionally clever, but mostly just end up exhausting. –JB Theaters: ST, TX, VS Selma aaabc David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo. Directed by Ava DuVernay. 127 minutes. Rated PG-13. Selma is a sometimes powerful, sometimes stilted look at the 1965 march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Oyelowo) from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama to rally for voting rights for African-Americans. The filmmakers create a sense of real life being lived, rather than just facts and figures being dramatized. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

Taken 3 abccc Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker. Directed by Olivier Megaton. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Neeson returns as former secret agent Bryan Mills, who has to clear his name after being framed for murder. Lacking the strong hook of the original, this sequel blunders through action-movie clichés, with nonsensical twists, inconsistent characterization and one of the most incoherently shot and edited car chases in recent memory. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

minutes. Rated PG-13. Redmayne gives an impressive physical performance as famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, conveying a vivid sense of a lively mind trapped inside an unresponsive body. Alas, the movie, which gives science short shrift, is primarily about Hawking’s bland relationship with his first wife (Jones). –MD Theaters: SC, ST, TS

Wild aaaac Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski. Directed by JeanMarc Vallée. 115 minutes. Rated R. Witherspoon and director Vallée clearly have great respect for author Cheryl Strayed and her attempt to leave behind a troubled past while hiking more than a thousand miles. They approach the story with grace and subtlety, downplaying big revelations and instead focusing on the small steps that Cheryl (Witherspoon) took. –JB Theaters: DTS, SC The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death AABCC Phoebe Fox, Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine. Directed by Tom Harper. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. This horror sequel takes place at the same creepy, abandoned mansion as the original, only decades later. Harper relies heavily on the creepy atmosphere of the house and the surrounding town, but he relies even more heavily on sudden loud noises, which are the source of the movie’s meager scares. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, TS, TX

Tevar (Not reviewed) Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Manoj Bajpayee. Directed by Amit Sharma. 157 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A kabaddi player saves a young woman from an unwanted marriage and hides her in his house. Theaters: VS

Top Five aaacc Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union. Directed by Chris Rock. 101 minutes. Rated R. Rock gives his best performance as a struggling movie star. At best, Top Five is like a cross between Funny People and Before Sunrise, with smart observations about settling, in both career and romance. At worst, it’s a lame romantic comedy with a contrived third-act twist, gimmicky celebrity cameos and ill-advised subplots. –JB Theaters: DI

The Theory of Everything aaccc Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis. Directed by James Marsh. 123

Unbroken aabcc Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi. Directed by Angelina Jolie.

JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo

Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178

(FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283

Theaters (AL) Regal Aliante 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283 (BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 702-221-2283 (PAL) Brenden Theatres at the Palms 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 702-507-4849 (CAN) Galaxy Cannery 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779 (CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570 (COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283 (DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565 (DTS) Regal Downtown

(SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061

(GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(SC) Century Suncoast 9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880

(GVL) Galaxy Green Valley Luxury+ 4500 E. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702442-0244

(SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(ORL) Century Orleans 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-889-1220

(TX) Regal Texas Station 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283

(RP) AMC Rainbow Promenade 2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., 888-262-4386

(TS) AMC Town Square 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-362-7283

(RR) Regal Red Rock 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-221-2283

(TC) Regency Tropicana Cinemas 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-438-3456

(ST) Century Sam’s Town 5111 Boulder Highway, 702-547-1732

(VS) Regal Village Square 9400 W. Sahara Ave., 702-221-2283

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LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl DJ Logic Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, B-Real 1/18, 8 pm, $30-$35. Cody Canada and the Departed 1/19, 8:30 pm, $17+. 1/221/24, 1/29-1/30, 2/1, 11 pm, free. March Fourth Marching Band 1/25, 9 pm, free. Keller Williams & The Motet 1/31, 9 pm, $11-$17. The Wailers 2/2-2/3, 9 pm, $22-$28. Jack White 2/4, 9 pm, $65. Naive Melodies 2/5, 8:30 pm, free. Hellyeah, Devour the Day, Like a Storm 2/6, 8 pm, $28-$33. Tribal Seeds 2/7, 9 pm, $22+. Iration, Stick Figure, Hours Eastly 2/16, 8 pm, $26$28. Flight Facilities 2/28, 9 pm, $22+. Railroad Earth 3/22, 8 pm, $22-$28. The String Cheese Incident 2/13-2/15, 8 pm, $55+. Lotus 2/14-2/15, midnight, $17. Chronixx, Protoje, Kelissa, Keznamdi 2/20, 9 pm, $17. Gov’t Mule, John Scofield 2/22, 8 p.m., $25$28. Phantogram, Talk in Tongues 2/23, 8 pm, $28. Flight Facilities 2/28, 8 pm, $22. Dan + Shay, Canaan Smith 3/21, $22-$27.50. Railroad Earth 3/22, 8 pm, $22-$28. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Roosevelt Collier 3/27, 1 a.m., $13-$17. Trampled by Turtles 3/30, 8 pm, $21-$28. Milky Chance, James Hersey 4/9, 9 pm, $18-$22. Clean Bandit 4/10, 9 pm, $22-$25. Zappa Plays Zappa 4/25, 9 pm, $39$72. OK Go 4/28, 9 pm, $22-$28. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Elton John 1/161/20, 1/23-1/24, 3/20-3/21, 3/23-3/24, 3/27-3/28, 3/30-3/31, 4/3-4/4, 4/6-4/7, 4/10-4/11, 4/13-4/14, 6:30 pm, $55$500. Rod Stewart 1/27, 1/30-1/31, 2/3, 2/6-2/7, 2/10, 2/14-2/15, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/24, 6/26-6/27, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. The Who 9/19, 10:30 pm, $96-$501. Caesars Palace, 702731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Eric Church, Halestorm 1/16-1/17, 7 pm, $65+. Billy Idol, Broncho 2/21, 8 pm, $50+. Pentatonix 2/28, 8 pm, $20-$30. Hozier 4/9, 9 pm, $30+. (Boulevard Pool) Stromae 4/16, 9 pm, $25. 702-698-7000. Dive Bar D.I., Scorpion vs. Tarantula 1/16, 9 pm, $6. Westfield Massacre, Vile Child, Autumn in Stitches 1/18, 9 pm, $5. Luicidal, Rule of Thumb, Since We Were Kids, IDFI, False Cause 1/23, 9 pm, $6. JFA, Unfair Fight, Brutal Resistance 1/24, 9 pm, $6. The Toasters, Mustard Plug, The Scoundrels, Tiki Bandits, Frank & Deans 2/6, 9 pm, $10-$12. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-586-3483. Double Down Thee Swank Bastards, Geezus Cryst & Free Beer 1/16. The Gashers, Rodents of Unusual Size, No Other Option, Damaged 1/17. The Blooze Bros. 1/18. The New Waves, Guilty by Association, Sounds of Threat, The CGs, Eliza Battle 1/23. Attack Ships on Fire, False Cause, Surrounded by Thieves, War Called Home, Franks & Deans 1/24. Uberschall 1/25, midnight. Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Punk Rock Bingo first Wed of the month. Blooze Brothers Third Sun of the month. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Rd., 702791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 3/103/14, 3/17-3/21, 5/26-5/30, 6/2-6/6,

6/9-6/13, 7/7-7/11, 7/14-7/18, 7/21-7/25, 8/4-8/8, 8/11-8/15, 8/18-8/22, 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-7333333. Gilley’s Chancey Williams Band 1/15, 3/12, 9 pm; 1/16-1/17, 3/13-3/14, 10 pm. Chad Freeman Band 1/22, 3/19, 9 pm; 1/23-1/24, 3/20-3/21, 10 pm. Country Nation 1/30, 2/27-2/28, 10 pm. Austin Law 2/5, 3/5, 9 pm; 2/6-2/7, 3/6-3/7, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 2/12, 3/26, 9 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3/27-3/28, 10 pm. Wolfcreek 2/20-2/21, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm.Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Live Natural Vibrations, Junior Reid, Karlos Paez 1/22, 7 pm, $18. Kate Voegele, Leroy Sanchez 2/7, 6 pm, $12. The New Mastersounds, Moksha 2/9, 7 pm, $16. Mod Sun 2/13, 5 pm, $13. Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Authority Zero 2/14, 6:30 pm, $23-$25. Bayside, Senses Fail, Man Overboard, Seaway 3/13, 7 pm, $20. The Devil Wears Prada, Born of Osiris, The Word Alive, Secrets 3/24, 5 pm, $21. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. House of Blues Carlos Santana 1/21, 1/23-1/25, 1/28-1/31, 5/20, 5/22-5/24, 5/27, 5/29-5/31, $90-$350, 8 pm. Guster, Kishi Bashi 1/22, 7 pm, $27$29. Wale 1/27, 7:30 pm, $55-$111. Ru Paul’s Drag Race 2/1, 7 pm, $30-$50. Silverstein, Beartooth, Hands Like Houses, My Iron Lung 2/3, 5 pm, $18$22. Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Aeon, Tribulation 2/6, 5 pm, $28$30. Badfish, Phil and the Blanx 2/7, 7 pm, $24-$26. The Spazmatics, Days After Hail 2/12, 6:30 pm, $20. Paper Tigers 2/13, 7:30 pm, $12. Steel Panther 2/13, 2/20, 9 pm, $22. Marilyn Manson 2/14, 7:30 pm, $60. Gilberto Santa Rosa 2/16, 7:30 pm, $43-$47. Kalin & Myles 2/19, 6 pm, $18-$20. Dr. Dog, Hanni El Khatib 2/21, 8 pm, $25-$30. In Flames, All That Remains, Wovenwar 2/22, $25$28, 5:30 pm. Taking Back Sunday, Letlive, The Menzingers 2/24, 5 pm, $28-$29. Cold War Kids 2/28, 6:30 pm, $20-$23. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience 3/6-3/8, 7:30 pm, $28-$75. Bayside, Senses Fail, Man Overboard, Seaway 3/13, 7 pm, $20. Nightwish 4/30, 7 pm, $43-$78. Rhyme N Rhythm Mon, 9 pm, free. Live swing music Tue, 9 pm, free. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Singles Sat, 9 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Anisong 1/16, 7 p.m., $50+. Seether, Papa Roach, Kyng, Islander 2/7, 7 pm, $40+. Rascal Flatts 2/25, 2/27-2/28, 3/4, 3/6-3/7, 3/11, 3/13-3/14, 8 pm, $40+. WIdespread Panic w/ Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe 3/27 w/ Chris Robinson Brotherhood 3/28, 8 pm, $55+. Sixx: A.M., Apocalyptica 4/10, 8 pm, $35. Kenny Chesney 4/3-4/4. Alt-J, Jungle 4/13, 8 pm, $40. Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo 4/18, 8 pm, $40+. Journey 4/29, 5/1-5/2, 5/6, 5/85/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull 1/31, 7:30 pm, $50-$200. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 2/21, 8 pm, $75-$125. Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga 3/7, 8 pm, $50-$126. Nickelback 7/3, 8 pm, $25-$105. 5 Seconds of Summer 7/17, 7:30 pm, $50-$100. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena)

MONSTERS OF ROCK A nondescript white touring van loaded with band gear escapes the furry vice-grip of the abominable snowSAME SEX MARY with Max Pain and the Groovies, The man. Peeling out of the snow-covered mountains, Same Sex Mary Astaires, The Red Paintings. has made it to the next destination, in the nick of time. ¶ Okay, January 15, 9 p.m., $7. Bunkso the band’s tour probably won’t be as dramatic as singer James house Saloon, 702-854-1414. Adams’ concert poster depicting that scene, but it’s one hell of a drawing. The bluesy garage-rockers kick off their two-week MERCY MUSIC & NO RED “Abominable Tour” with Max Pain and the Groovies, The Red ALICE with Alex and his Meal Paintings and The Astaires January 15 at the Bunkhouse. The fiveTicket, Eliza Battle. January 16, piece will then wind through Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and back, 7 p.m., $5. Artistic Armory, 702with a last stop in New Mexico on January 30. ¶ One night later, 574-9005. on January 16, Vegas punks Mercy Music and No Red Alice (aka Sal Giordano of The Core.) gear up for their 12-date West Coast “No Mercy” tour with a show featuring Alex and His Meal Ticket and Eliza Battle at the Artistic Armory. ¶ As if you needed another reason to cheer on this batch of locals, your contributions will help each band get from point A to point B by filling gas tanks and warding off giant Himalayan snow-monsters, you know, should that problem arise. –Leslie Ventura

Grasshopper 2/28, 8 pm, $58-$168. Fleetwood Mac 4/11, 8 pm, $50-$200. Iggy Azalea, Nick Jonas, Tinashe 4/25, $40-$70. Bette Midler 5/22, 8 pm, $95-$310. (Crown Royal Gold Buckle Zone) 702-891-7777. Orleans Rickey Smiley 1/17-1/18, 8 pm, $44-$66. Helen Reddy 1/241/25, 8 pm, $44-$66. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 2/7-2/8, 8 pm, $30-$61. NiteKings Wed, 4 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Acoustic Den Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-365-7075. Palace Station (Jack’s) Peter Love Trio Fri, 9 pm. Willplay Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-547-5300. Palazzo (Palazzo Theatre) Frank: The Man. The Music. ft. Bob Anderson Tue-Thu, Sat, 8 pm; Fri 9 pm, Beginning 1/24, $72. (Laguna Champagne Bar) Jimmy Hopper Thu-Sun, 9:30 pm, free. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-414-4300.

Palms (The Lounge) Vinyl Vault 1/18, 10 pm, free. Sin City Sinners 1/31, 10 pm, free. Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-9443200. The Pearl Styx 1/18, 8 pm, $33-$83. Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band 3/15, 7:30 pm, $73-$153. Joe Bonamassa 5/1-5/2, 8 pm, $89-$130. The Moody Blues 5/3, 8 pm, $63-$133. Palms, 702-942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Fri & Sat, 9 pm, two-drink minimum. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-369-2305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 1/28, 1/30-1/31, 2/4, 2/6-2/7, 2/11, 2/132/14, 2/17-2/18, 2/20-2/21, 2/25, 2/272/28, $60-$195. Ricardo Arjona 3/15, 8 pm, $59-$181. (855) 702-234-7469. Rí Rá Black Donnellys 1/15, 1/18, 8:45 pm; 1/16-1/17, 9 pm. John Windsor 1/19-1/26, 8:45 pm. Ruaille Buaille 1/20-1/22, 1/25, 1/27-1/29, 8:45 pm; 1/231/24, 1/30-1/31, 9 pm. All shows free.

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Mandalay Place, 702-632-7771. Rock in Rio Festival Ft. Taylor Swift, Metallica, Linkin Park, No Doubt, The Deftones, John Legend 5/8-5/9, 5/15-5/16, $298-$498. Rockinrio.com. Stratosphere David Perrico and Pop Evolution First & third Tue, 10:30 pm, $20. 800-998-6937. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-893-8933. Vinyl Elvis Monroe 1/16, 9:30 pm, free. Indigenous 1/28, 9:30 pm, $35. Brett Scallions 2/6, 11:30 pm, $30. The Glorious Sons, Luminoth, Systemec 2/18, 8 pm, $22. Machine Head 2/19, 9 pm, $23+. Tiger Box 2/20, 9 pm, $25+. That 1 Guy 2/28, 9:30 pm, $13+. Ed Kowalczyk 4/2, 9:30 pm, $40. Nekromantix 4/4, 9 pm, $20+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael

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D ow n tow n Backstage Bar & Billiards Aperfectool, Wicked Garden 1/15, $5-$7, 8 pm. Jason Cruz and Howl, Des and the Cendents 1/16, 8 pm, $10-$12. Fever Red 1/28, 8 pm, $5. Hunter Beard, Keddy Mac, Dub-Raw, JMZ Dean, Ekoh, Elmer Demond 1/31, 8 pm, $10-$15. The Blasters, The Yawpers 2/5, 8 pm, $12-$15. Pinback 2/12, 8 pm, $16-$20. Fishbone, The Untouchables 3/1, 8 pm, $21-$25. 601 E. Fremont St., 702382-2227. Bar & Bistro Out of the Desert Bluegrass Band Sun, noon, free. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 702202-6060. Beauty Bar Midnight Affair, Personal Touch 1/15, 9 pm. Boz Boorer 1/17, 9 pm, $5-$10. Violet 1/16, 9 pm. The Generators, New Cold Ware, The Civilians, Guilty by Association 1/17, 9 pm, free. Beat Academy League 1/18, 9 pm. Sweater Beats 1/22, 9 pm, $10-$12. Payola Presley, Willa 1/23, 9 pm, free. Hard Pipe Hitters, Poor Me, FireWater Folklore, 12 Good Summers 1/30, 9 pm. Jackson Taylor & The Sinners, The All-Togethers, Whiskey Breath 1/31, 9 pm, $5. A Place To Bury Strangers 3/12, 9 pm, $8-$10. 517 Fremont St., 702-5983757. The Bunkhouse Same Sex Mary, Max Pain and the Groovies, The Astaires, The Red Paintings 1/15, 9 pm, $7. Kyle Gass Band 1/17, 8 pm, $10-$15. Moonboots, The Astaires, Newsense, High Noon Narrative 1/18, 8:30 pm, $5. Wax Pig Melting, Late For Dinner 1/22, 9 pm, $5. Mini Mansions, The Growl, 1776 1/24, 9 pm, $15-$20. Mobile Death Camp, Eagle Claw, Hated Silence Unleashed 1/25, 9 pm, $5. Helms Alee, Marriages, The Fat Dukes of F*ck 1/27, 9 pm, $8-$10. King Tuff 1/30, 9 pm, $10-$12. Todd Snider, Reed Foehl 1/31, 9:30 pm, $25. Zola Jesus 2/7, 9 pm, $15-$20. The Growlers 2/13, $12-$15. Parlor Mob 2/22, 8 pm, $10-$15. Vegas on the Mic Second Tue of the month, 8 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com. Downtown Container Park Daniel Park 1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 6 pm, free. Josh Liberio 1/17, 10 pm, free. The Fab 1/20, 10 pm, free. Eagle Wolf Snake 1/23, 10 pm, free. Empire Records 1/24, 10 pm, free. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Fremont Country Club Dilated Peoples 1/16, 8 pm, $18-$22. Sheppard 2/23, 9 pm, $26-$28. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Viva Visiion Night Show Nightly, 6 pmmidnight, free. Cheap Trick 3/7, 9 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. LVCS Gamblers Mark, The Henchman, The Rocketz, Predators, Dead

at Midnight 2/7, 8 pm, $8-$10. Alestorm’s Piratefest America, The Dead Crew of Oddwood, Rainbow Dragon Eyes, Caliban and the Witch, Firewater Folklore, Time Crashers 2/17, 8 pm, $10-$13. Blaze, Boondox, Crucifix, Donnie Menace, Ne Last Words, Circa:Sik, Dim 2/27, 8 pm, $10$13. Doro, Cyanide, Fever Red, Leona X 3/17, 8 pm, $12-$15. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mob Bar The Jeremy Cornwell Project Thu, 8 pm. Shaun DeGraff Band Fri, 8 pm. Dueling Pianos Sat, 8 pm. Yvonne Silva Sun, 6 pm. All shows free. 201 N. 3rd St., 702-259-9700. Scullery The Young Lions 1/20. The Hot Club of Jazz 1/28. All shows at 7:30 pm, $15. 150 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-910-2396. The Smith Center Soul Men ft. Spectrum 1/17, 7 pm, 1/18, 3 pm, $37. The Composers Showcase of Las Vegas 1/21, 10:30 pm, $20-$25. Tony Desare 1/23, 7 pm, $39+. David Perrico - Pop Revolution 1/28, 10 pm, $15-$30. Burt Bacharach 1/30, 7:30 pm, $29+. Jackie Evancho 1/31, 7:30 pm, $20-$125. Benjamin D. Hale 1/31, 5 pm, 8 pm, $29+. Tizer 2/13-2/14, 7 pm, $35+. Engelbert Humperdinck 2/15, 7:30 pm, $29+. Ana Gasteyer 2/202/21, 7 pm, $39+. Jimmy Mulidore 2/26, 7 pm, $35+. The Lon Bronson Band ft. Larry Braggs 2/28, 8 pm, $15. HAPA 3/6-3/7, 7 pm, $35+. Jake Shimabukuro 3/20-3/21, 7 pm, $39+. Clint Holmes First Fri & Sat, 8:30 pm; first Sun, 2 pm; $35-$45. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

The ’Burbs Cannery DND Project, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free, Tue-Thu, Sun, 8 pm. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-507-5700. Distill Summerlin Nick Mattera 1/17. Betsy Holm 1/24. Stefanrock 1/31. All shows free & begin at 8 p.m. 10820 W. Charleston Blvd., distillbar.com, 702534-1400. Eagle Aerie Hall Courvge, Vocal Venom, Asa, Almost Awake, The Promise Hero, Honor Amongst Thieves, Our Name Our Story 1/16, 5:20 pm, $11-$13. The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Words From Aztecs, Distinguisher, The Devil Who Decieved Them, Bridge Burner 1/26, 5:20 pm, $12-$15. Fish Leg, Aenimus, Apparitions, We Gave it Hell, Nocturnal Burial, 16 Hours Remain, Man Made God, Oscillation 2/7, 5 pm, $11-$14. I the Breather, I Before Giants, On Letting Go, IOF, Words From Aztecs 2/19, 5:20 pm, $13-$15. Stolas, Mad Arrow, Amarionette, A Friend, A Foe, Alaska 2/20, 6 pm, $10. Your Life Is Over, Leather Bound Crooks, Courvge, Minnow, Pool Party, New and Improved, Ambedo 2/27, 5 pm, $10-$13. Within the Ruins, We Gave It Hell, Man Made God, 16 Hours Remain, Mephitic Origins, Amongu, Full Fledged 3/27, 5:10 pm, $13-$15. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139. Fiesta Henderson (Cerveza Lounge) Josh LaCount Wed, 8 pm. (Coco Lounge) Shows 9 pm, free. 702-5587000.

Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm. (Cabo Lounge) Shows free unless noted. 702-6317000. Green Valley Ranch (Drop Bar) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 6 pm. Tony Venniro Sat, 6 pm. Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Sun, 9 pm. (Hanks) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm. Jeremy James Sat, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. (Lobby Bar) Shai Peri, Christina L Thu, 8 pm. Christina L Fri, 8 pm. Cayce Andrew Sat, 8 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-3672470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Elvis, The Aloha Concert Tribute 3/14, 8/8, 7 pm, $30-$42. Shows free with drink purchase. M Resort, 800-745-3000. Rampart Casino (Grand Ballroom) (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6 pm. All shows free unless noted. (J.C.’s Irish Sports Pub) All shows free unless noted. (Round Bar) All shows free unless noted. JW Marriott. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Michael Lington 1/24, 7 pm, $29-$39. Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Every Sat starting 1/10, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) Jared Berry 12/31, 9 pm. Willplay Fri, 8 pm. Tim Catching Sat, 9 pm. The Dirty Sat. 11 pm, $10. (T-Bones) Dave Ritz Wed, 6 pm; Fri, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Magic of Motown Sat, 10 pm. Jerry Tiffe 2/4, 3/4, 6:30 pm. Vegas Goodfellas 2/11, 3/11, 6:30 pm. Best of the Crooners 2/18, 3/18, 6:30 pm. Las Vegas Jazz Society 2/25, 3/25, 6:30 pm. (Revolver) Bro Country Thu, 8 pm. 4949 N Rancho Dr., 702-6584900. Sienna Italian Authentic Trattoria Vegas Good Fellas Thu, 7:30 pm. Red Velvet Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm. 9500 Sahara Ave., 702-360-3358. South Point Tommy Roe 1/23-1/25, 7:30 pm, $20+. Beginnings 2/6-2/8, 7:30 pm, $25+. Tower of Power 2/132/15, 7:30 pm, $45+. The Diamonds 2/20-2/22, 7:30 pm, $25+. McCartney Years 2/27-3/1, 7:30 pm, $25+. Bill Medley, McKenna Medley 3/6-3/8, 7:30 pm, $45+. The Lettermen 3/203/22, 7:30 pm, $25+. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-797-8005. Suncoast Mary Wilson 1/17-1/18, 7:30 pm, $16+. Piano Men: A Tribute to Sir Elton John & Billy Joel 1/31, 7:30 pm, $16+. Rita Coolidge 2/12-2/15, 7:30 pm, $16. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Tony Arata 1/16, 8 pm, $10. Danny Myrick 1/23, 8 pm, $10. Walt Aldridge 1/30, 8 pm. Voices ft. Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker, Jake Worthington, Kristen Merlin, Michael Austin 1/17, 7 pm, $23. Barry Black Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker 12/31, 10 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat,

7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Chrome Showroom) Dennis Wise 1/24, 4 pm & 6 pm, $12.50. Shows free unless noted. 1301 W. Sunset Rd., 702-5477777. Texas Station (Dallas Events Center) A Tribute to Lennon & McCartney ft. Jim Owens, Tony Kishman 1/16, 8 pm, $15. (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri-Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) Crossfire Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702631-1000.

E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill Jesse Pino & The Clever Clouds, Justin James Turner, Found In Fiction, Moonboots, Omingnime 1/16. Calabrese, The Relapse Symphony, Boiler Makers, Dead at Midnight, Dead Beat Vultures 1/17, 9 pm, $8-$10. Saving Able, Revolve, Hyperion’s Horizon, Obsidian Order, Meade Avenue, Within the Cochlea 1/24, 9 pm, $13-$15. Bow Wow Wow, Midnight Clover, The Unwieldies, Water Landing, Irie 2/7, 8 pm, $8-$10. Mechanical Manson, E.M.D.F., Meade Avenue 2/28, 8 pm, $8-$10. Open Mic Night Thu, 7 pm. 3103 N. Rancho Dr., 645-4139. Arizona Charlie’s (Naughty Ladies Saloon) Jamestown 1/16-1/17, 9 pm. Chris Heers 1/23-1/24, 9 pm. The Good Fellas 1/30-1/31, 9 pm. Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. (Palace Grand Lounge) Gregg Peterson 1/1-1/4, 1/23-1/24, 9 pm. Chris Heers 1/9-1/10, 9 pm. Desert Outlaws 1/16-1/17, 9 pm. Jamestown 1/30-1/31, 9 pm. Artistic Armory Mercy Music, No Red Alice, Alex and His Meal Ticket, Eliza Battle 1/16, 7 pm, $5. 5087 S. Arville St., 702-547-9005. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. Hip Hop Roots Fri, 10 pm, $5. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Bruskers 1/16. Holes and Hearts 1/17. Andy Frasco & the U.N. 1/21. Mike Wojniak 1/23. American Voodoo 1/24. The All-Togethers 1/30. Phil Friendly Trio 1/31. All shows free unless noted, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-2432739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues ft. Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown 1/15, 7 pm, $5. Bee Gees Gold Fri, 10 pm, $5. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Todd Kerns 1/15, 9 pm, $5. Adelita’s Way, Conflict of Interest, Devil’s Run 1/16, 8 pm, $10$15. Maragold, Leona X, Roni Lee 1/17, 9 pm, free. Sin City Sinners, Derek Davis 1/22, 10 m, free. The Solid Suns, Jack & The B-Fish, Lawn Mower Death Riders 1/23, 9:30 pm, free. Uli Jon Roth, Vinnie Moore, Joe Lynn Turner, Black Knights RIsing, Old James 1/24, 8:30 pm, $20-$25. John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702220-8849. The Dillinger Marty Feick Thu, 7 pm.

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Pearl, 702-942-7777. John Mulaney 3/6, 10 pm, $54-$65. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Ray Romano & David Spade 2/20-2/21, 4/10-4/11, 10 pm, $80+. Mirage, 702792-7777. Red Skelton Tribute Sat-Tue, 2 pm; $35-$40. Westin Las Vegas, 160 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-245-2393. Don Rickles 2/21-2/22, 8 pm, $80. Orleans, 702-365-7075. Riviera Comedy Club 40 is Not the New 20 ft. Matt Kazam Mon-Sat, 10 pm, $40. Mitch Fatel, Geoff Keith Thru 1/18, 8:30, $30. Gerry Vednob, Kathleen Dunbar 1/19-1/25, 8:30 pm, $30. Richie Minervini, Johnny Pizzi 1/26-2/1, 8:30 pm, $30. Riviera, 855468-6748. Joe Rogan 1/30, 10 pm, $40+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Rita Rudner 2/11, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 7:30 pm, $60-$100. Harrah’s, 702-3695000. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Rd., 702-796-6000. Amy Schumer 4/24, 8 pm, $45. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. S.E.T. Improv Comedy Mon, 8 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Side Splitting Sundays Sun, 10 pm, free. Boomers, 3200 Sirius Ave., 702368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-7776. Sinbad 1/30-1/31, 8 pm, $50+. Orleans, orleanscasino.com. Rickey Smiley 1/17-1/18, 8 pm, $40+. Orleans, orleanscasino.com. Aries Spears 1/23-1/24, 7:30 pm, $16+. Suncoast, 702-636-7075. Daniel Tosh 1/23, 10 pm; 1/24, 7:30 pm, 3/27, 10 pm; 3/28, 7:30 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Trailer Park Boys 2/22, 8 pm, $40-$125. The Joint, 702-693-5222. Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops 3/4, 7:30 pm, $80-$119. Mirage, 702-792-7777.

Performing Arts 50 Shades! The Parody Shows beginning 2/3, Tue, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm, Wed-Sun, 7:30 pm, $69+. Bally’s, 50shadesvegas.com, 702-777-2782. The Breasts of Tiresias 5/16, 5/225/23, 7 pm; 5/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. Broadway in the Hood: Once on This Island 3/13-3/15, 6:30 pm; 3/14-2/15, 2:30 pm, $21. Smith Center, 702-7492000. The Composers Showcase of las Vegas 1/21, 10:30 pm, $20+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. David Perrico: Pop Evolution 1/28, 10 pm, $15+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Dixie’s Tupperware Party Thur-Sun,

2/5-2/15, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 2/7-2/15, 3 pm, $33-$39. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Girls Night: The Musical 3/26-3/28, 7 pm, 3/28-3/29, 2 pm, $35. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Jeff McBride’s Wonderground Variety show. Third Thu of the month; 8, 9 & 10 pm; $10. Olive Mediterranean Restaurant Lounge, 3850 E. Sunset Rd., 702-451-8805 . John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean: The Live Glow in the Dark Family Musical 3/12, 6 pm, $13+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1/20-1/25, 7:30 pm; 1/24-1/25, 2 pm, $28+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Kodo One Earth Tour 2/12, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops III: A Gershwin Valentine 2/14, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops IV: Symphonic Spectacular 3/28, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops V: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra 5/16, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Masterworks IV: Cabrera Conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann 3/7, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-7492000. London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas 3/30, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Momix Alchemia 3/10, 7:30 pm, $19+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Newsies 3/17-3/22, 7:30 pm, 3/21-3/22, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Nevada Ballet Theatre: A Gala Performance 2/21, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2/243/1, 7:30 pm; 2/28 & 3/1, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Re-Animator the Musical Thru 1/18, times vary, $44+. Smith Center, 702749-2000. Reckoning A staged reading. 2/8, 7 pm, $10. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. First St. #110, asylumtheatre.org. Shen Yun 3/2-3/4, 7:30 pm, $54+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Trouble in Tahiti 2/20-2/21, 2/27-2/28, 8 pm; 2/22, 4 pm, $15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030.

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Sports Arenacross Championships 5/1, 8 pm, $40. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Arenacross 5/3, 8 am, $20. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Big City Showdown Findlay College Prep vs. Bishop Gorman 1/24, 2 pm, $5-$10. South Point, 702-797-8055. Championship Bull Riding 3/7, 8 pm, $20-$60. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Ellis Mania 10 2/21, 8 pm, $20+. The Joint, 702-693-5222. Harlem Globetrotters 2/5, times vary, $24+. Orleans Arena, orleansarena. com. UFC 183 1/31, 3 pm, $250-$1,000. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. UNLV Men’s Basketball New Mexico

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Galleries Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Artistic Armory 5087 S. Arville St., 702-547-9005. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Trifecta Gallery Mon-Fri, 11 am-5 pm; Sat-Sun, 11 am-3 pm. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Blackbird Studios Fri-Sun, noon-7 pm. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-4557030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery MonFri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. At UNLV, 702-895-3893. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Wasteland Gallery Thu, 6 pm-9pm; Fri & Sat, 6 pm-11pm, Sun-Wed by appointment. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-686-3164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Left of Center Gallery Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Rd., 702-647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-366-9339. P3Studio The Octave of Visible Light A Meditation Nightclub By Lia Chavez. Thru 2/8. Wed-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. West Las Vegas Arts Center Wed-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702455-7340.

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ARIES

LEO

SAGITTARIUS

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Nov. 22-Dec. 21

You will never make anything that lasts forever. Nor will I or anyone else. I suppose it’s possible that human beings will still be listening to Beethoven’s music or watching The Simpsons TV show 10,000 years from today, but even that stuff will probably be gone in five billion years, when the sun expands into a red giant star. Having acknowledged that hard truth, I’m happy to announce that in the next five weeks you could begin work in earnest on a creation that will endure for a very long time. What will it be? Choose wisely!

In one of his poems, Rumi writes about being alone with a wise elder. “Please,” he says to the sage, “do not hold back from telling me any secrets about this universe.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I suggest you make a similar request of many people, and not just those you regard as wise. You’re in a phase when pretty much everyone is a potential teacher who has a valuable clue to offer you. Treat the whole world as your classroom.

In 1939, author Ernest Vincent Wright finished Gadsby, a 50,000word novel. It was unlike any book ever published because the letter “e” didn’t appear once in the text. Can you imagine the constraint he had to muster to accomplish such an odd feat? In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to summon an equally impressive expression of discipline and self-control, Sagittarius. But devote your efforts to accomplishing a more useful and interesting task, please. For example, you could excise one of your bad habits or avoid activities that waste your time or forbid yourself to indulge in fearful thoughts.

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Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

What does your soul need on a regular basis? The love and attention of some special person? The intoxication provided by a certain drink or drug? Stimulating social interaction with people you like? Music that drives you out of your mind in all the best ways? The English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said that the rapture his soul needed more than anything else was inspiration— the “sweet fire,” he called it, “the strong spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe flame.” So the experience his soul craved didn’t come from an outside stimulus. It was a feeling that rose up inside him. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your soul needs much more than usual of its special nourishment.

Have you been tapping into your proper share of smart love, interesting beauty and creative mojo? Are you enjoying the succulent rewards you deserve for all the good deeds and hard work you’ve done in the past eight months? If not, I am very upset. In fact, I would be livid and mournful if I found out that you have not been soaking up a steady flow of useful bliss, sweet revelations, and fun surprises. Therefore, to ensure my happiness and well-being, I COMMAND you to experience these goodies in abundance.

Most plants move upwards as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown off by the wind or are carried away by pollinators. But the peanut plant has a different approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen underground, where they are protected and more likely to get the moisture they need to germinate. The peanut plant’s approach to fertility might be a good metaphor for you Capricorns to adopt for your own use. It makes sense for you to safeguard the new possibilities you’re incubating. Keep them private, maybe even secret. Don’t expose them to scrutiny or criticism.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

In 1987, California condors were almost extinct. Less than 30 of the birds remained. Then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an effort to capture them all and take emergency measures to save the species. Almost 28 years later, there are more than 400 condors, half of them living in the wild. If you act now, Gemini, you could launch a comparable recovery program for a different resource that is becoming scarce in your world. Act with urgency, but also be prepared to practice patience.

Libran engineer Robert Goddard was the original rocket scientist. His revolutionary theories and pioneering technologies laid the foundations for space flight. Decades before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, he and his American team began shooting rockets aloft. Members of the press were not impressed, however. They thought he was a misinformed crank. In 1920, The New York Times sneered that he was deficient in “the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools.” Forty-nine years later, after his work had led to spectacular results, the Times issued an apology. I foresee a more satisfying progression toward vindication for you. Your unsung work will be recognized.

In his poem “The Garden,” Jack Gilbert says, “We are like Marco Polo who came back/with jewels hidden in the seams of his ragged clothes.” Isn’t that true about you right now, Aquarius? If I were going to tell your recent history as a fairy tale, I’d highlight the contrast between your outer disorder and your inner riches. I’d also borrow another fragment from Gilbert’s poem and use it to describe your current emotional state: “a sweet sadness, a tough happiness.” So what comes next for you? I suggest you treat yourself to a time out. Take a break to integrate the intensity you’ve weathered. And retrieve the jewels you hid in the seams of your ragged clothes.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

Daniel Webster was an American statesman who served in both houses of Congress. He dearly wanted to be President of the United States, but his political party never nominated him to run for that office. Here’s the twist in his fate: Two different candidates who were ultimately elected President asked him to be their Vice-President, but he declined, dismissing the job as unimportant. Both those Presidents, Harrison and Taylor, died after a short time on the job. Had Webster agreed to be their Vice-President, he would have taken their place and fulfilled his dream. In the coming weeks, I advise you not to make a mistake comparable to Webster’s.

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In the plot of the TV science-fiction show Ascension, the U.S. government has conducted an elaborate covert experiment for 50 years. An outside investigator named Samantha Krueger discovers the diabolical contours of the project and decides to reveal the truth to the public. “We’re going full Snowden,” she tells a seemingly sympathetic conspiracy theorist, invoking the renegade computer administrator who in the real world leaked classified information that the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. It might be time for you to go at least mini-Snowden—not by spilling state secrets, but by unmasking any surreptitious or deceptive behavior that’s happening in your sphere.

“All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet,” wrote Shel Silverstein, in his children’s book Where the Sidewalk Ends. It’s especially important for you to focus on that truth in the coming weeks. I say this for two reasons. First, it’s imperative that you identify and celebrate a certain unique aspect of yourself that no one else has ever fully acknowledged. If you don’t start making it more conscious, it may start to wither away. Second, you need to learn how to express that unique aspect with such clarity and steadiness that no one can miss it or ignore it.

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Toshiba’s humanoid robot & OSVR headset by mikayla whitmore; Body glove by l.e. baskow

INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW | LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER | JANUARY 6-9 Every year, journalists whine about covering CES. The crowds, the parking, the impossibly vast halls of trendy tech blurring together, no matter how cool. But then you get there, and someone prints you a pair of sunglasses, or a snack. The wonder always wins out, and this year, it came in the form of Toshiba’s ChihiraAico, a humanoid robot so real I bet you looked twice at the photo. The Body Glove waterproof iPhone case and virtual-reality gaming headset by OSVR just couldn’t compete. –Erin Ryan For a closer look at some of the apps that defined CES, turn to Page 10.