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Contents 7 mail Readers chew on the

39 A&E Strip performers leave day

topic of Vegas’ best burgers.

jobs behind for the OK, OK showcase.

8 as we see it Debating the

40 pop culture The Internet is

state drink. Sweating with a DJ. Adopting birds in a bookstore!

Steven Soderbergh’s plaything.

12 weekly q&A Music teacher Chuck Cushinery’s Grammy nod.

14 Feature | wardrobe

41 screen SpongeBob and Saul get some serious screen time.

44 noise Inside the minds of 46 the strip Alice’s steampunk

18 Feature | life in the lot

47 comedy Is Joe Rogan funny?

People are living in Airstreams in a pocket of Downtown, and thinking about how space can change you.

48 fine art Litter as sculpture.

24 nights Guess which power

Sandwich Spot. Hunting for noodles.

DJ is opening Omnia? Off-Strip spots to catch fresh sounds.

Bring the Whole Krewe!

Ossum Possum (it’s weird in there).

of mystery Corinne Sidney’s clothes tell a story about her wild life and American fashion’s roots.

adventure arrives at Vinyl.

50 food Humble goodness at the 54 calendar Zola Jesus speaks.

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FILM FEST ROAD TRIP! Film critic Mike D’Angelo headed to Utah for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, watching movies that ranged from an experimental anthology to a 17th-century horror movie to a dark comedy starring Jack Black. Get the scoop at lasvegasweekly.com.

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MOST READ STORIES lasvegasweekly.com 1. 10 brilliant new burgers to eat right now in Las Vegas 2. A vibrating teddy bear?! Six sexy products from the porn convention floor 3. Three Las Vegas Big Game parties to consider 4. The Local Burger Hall of Fame 5. At the Sterling Brunch, a $90 meal feels like a bargain

Mail Gordon Ramsay’s BurGR kind of discredits this writeup. You saved yourselves by not adding White Castle ... now that place is disgusting. –Rigo Rigo Five Guys is the best ever. –Akos Poppe Five Guys is overrated. –Crystal Ann Gorzalski You forgot Rollin’ Smoke’s Outlaw Burger. –Timsticle

A FAREWELL TO ART Erin Ryan’s affectionate goodbye to Trifecta Gallery was appreciated by the gallerist herself.

Again, no words. I will be writing my own Love Letter to Las Vegas once I stop crying and get a few zen moments of actual reflection from this amazing decade. –Marty Walsh

BURGER TIME Ten great new Vegas burgers, White Castle, veggie alternatives and the Local Burger Hall of Fame ... and you’re still hungry?

These joints are on the Strip (mostly). I’m a local who doesn’t want to schlep down to the Strip. Where are the great local burger joints? –Rob Siegel Not better than a Red Burger from Sloppi Jo’s Roving Eatery. –John Pitts When I think “brilliant” and “new,” the words White Castle never come to mind. –Laura Wachler I’m glad you included the Bacon Mac-N-Cheeseburger from Guy Fieri’s. He may be a lot of things, but when Guy put this on the menu, he was on the money. I’m not a burger fan ... except for this one. –Vicky Brogan The Las Vegas collection of the world’s best-loved burgers is not complete. We still do not have a Habit Burger. Stopped at St. George on the way home and had the green chili char burger and loved it. –John Bachmann

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You know what would have been on this list if it was still around? Create. –Ryan Pasion In my opinion, the fact that you did not include a burger from

I am so glad all these Midwest and East Coast burger chains are choosing Las Vegas as their pioneer West Coast shops. –Secunda Bell-Blacksher I lived in Michigan growing up. My fondest memories as a teenager were hanging with my brother and friends and grabbing sliders at the “porcelain palace” after midnight and taking them home to watch the Three Stooges. Nothing better late at night after a doobie or booze. They did not have Crave Cases then, but we did buy as many as one. –Craig Thornton The best vegan burger is at Tableau, by a long shot! –Stan Mo Best veggie burger in all of Las Vegas is the one at Stripburger ... amazing! –Kathleen M. Hopay

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BURGER BONUS Last week marked the third time Las Vegas Weekly has listed 10 favorite burgers of the moment. Here are our past picks (with asterisks for the spots that are no longer in business):

Store at 3937 S. McCarran Blvd. in Reno (on the corner of Longley and McCarran).

May 2013 Tamago Burger at Fukuburger Steakhouse Burger at Holsteins Kobe Burger at N9NE Steakhouse Hubert Keller Burger at Burger Bar Banh Mi Burger at Bachi Burger Backyard Favorite Burger at Honey Salt Hell’s Kitchen Burger at Gordon Ramsay BurGR Cheesy Cheese Burger at Rambo’s Kitchen Perfect Burger at LBS* Cadillac Burger at P.J. Clarke’s* July 2008 Double Double at In-N-Out Kobe Burger at N9NE Steakhouse Wagyu Sliders at CUT Patty Melt at Kilroy’s* Half Pound Burger at Adam’s Ribs* Turkey Burger at BLT Burger Bison Burger at Burger Bar Lamb Burger at Burger Brasserie Veggie Burger at Claim Jumper Veal Sliders at Brand

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lawfully odd ∑ We want dogs in bars, we want Basque boozy punch

and we want Bishop Gorman to stop winning all the state football championships. Oh, we also want to square dance. And so our legislators have drafted bills and bill draft requests to try to make it so. Picon punch failed to become the state’s official drink in 2013, but Assemblyman David Bobzien of Reno isn’t backing down. He says the drink, made with brandy and Amer Picon apertif, would please Basque constituents and would boost the economy by creating marketing opportunities. State Sen. James Settelmeyer of Virginia City wants dogs to be able to join their humans at certain watering holes. Assemblywoman Robin Titus of Wellington wants to join 31 other states in declaring square dancing Nevada’s official favorite. Assemblyman Harvey Munford of Las Vegas wants to ban Bishop Gorman High School from competing in state playoffs because the former high school football coach says Gorman has an unfair advantage for its ability to “recruit” players. “Everything isn’t life or death,” state Sen. Tick Segerblom says of lighthearted legislative proposals. “A little humor never hurts, in my opinion.” After all, it’s all part of Nevada’s heritage. And it’s why he supports Picon punch. Quirky bills aren’t limited to Nevada. New Jersey has considered naming milk the state drink or the collie the state animal (the horse won). In 2003, Pennsylvania’s Legislature argued whether the chocolate-chip cookie or the Nazareth sugar cookie should be the state treat (the jury’s still out). And in 2013 Wyoming discussed whether to name the jackalope its official mythical creature (maybe next session). That same year the Illinois Legislature passed six laws prohibiting anyone but eye doctors from dispensing contact lenses; preventing tanning salons from serving minors; clarifying the definition of “bow and arrow” from “crossbow”; forbidding the “wanton” waste of game meat; and creating a custom license plate for Prince Hall Freemasons, Chicago Magazine reported. Last year, Texas proposed several head-scratchers, among them the right to carry a formerly illegal Bowie knife (fail); a petition to end Daylight Savings in the state (fail); permission to house prisoners in tents (like Arizona!); and allowing school board members to bring concealed weapons to board meetings (Pass! Just kidding). Will we soon be drinking Picon punch at the bar with our dogs while watching Gorman-less football playoffs? That might depend on how well we square dance. –Kristy Totten

fumbling the football ∑ Silly city-ranking lists are a

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a WalletHub rep explained that the poll’s methodology didn’t take factors like betting into account when ranking, focusing instead on the performance of and attendance for cities’ NFL and college teams. To which we say, WalletHub’s panel needs to a) adopt better methodology and b) meet more football fans, say on an average NFL Sunday in Vegas … –Spencer Patterson

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dime a dozen, but last week we received one we simply couldn’t ignore: WalletHub’s “in-depth analysis of 2015’s best and worst cities for football fans,” which put Las Vegas at No. 142 … among 142 cities.

So the only place in the U.S. that legally permits football betting (see: Sunday’s reported $116 million Super Bowl handle, for example)—and upon which hordes descend each weekend to view games in sports books and bars—ranks behind Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the absolute worst city for football fans? Hmm. When reached for explanation,

as we see it…

> dance does a body good Clubbing is a workout, officially.

IN BRIEF STREET MUSIC There’s a pretty impressive blockage happening on Fremont Street right now. Credit— or blame—the Grammys for the rock ’n’ disruption. A temporary stage has been erected at Fremont and Sixth streets, between the El Cortez and Backstage Bar & Billiards, for a live performance by Imagine Dragons that will cut into the 57th Annual Grammy Awards (set for 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS). The performance, reportedly an hourlong set with cutaways from the televised show, will not be open to the public. Grammy officials have not confirmed the participation of the local superstars, but the ticketing website 1iota.com lists a Sunday performance by the band at 4:30 p.m. –John Katsilometes

Nightclub abs?

The Cosmopolitan gets into alt-fitness By Leslie Ventura At the front of the room, 305 Fitness founder Sadie Kurzban transforms from soft-spoken instructor to toughas-nails drill sergeant, her voice echoing off mirrored walls. “Hep!” she yells, signaling the students to turn—now. We shake it off with a “Macarena”-ish move (hands to head, shoulders, then hips), followed by a quick sprint. I’m waving my hands in the air, and even though I look silly as hell, my dance-class-virgin nerves fade away. Hailing from Miami, Kurzban came up with the idea for 305 Fitness after realizing a night at the club could double as an intense calorie burner. Named after her old area code, 305 Fitness combines the nightclub environment (black lights, a live DJ, lots of neon) with funky choreography and high-intensity interval training that can burn up to 800 calories per session. And while you’d normally have to be in New York City to check out Kurzban’s classes, last week

tourists and locals got to experience her concept inside the Cosmopolitan’s pop-up space (normally a boxing gym). It’s part of the resort’s partnership with FITiST Collective, a campaign to spread boutique fitness trends. With global interest in healthy living on the rise, Cosmopolitan chief marketing officer Lisa Marchese says FITiST is driving discovery. “People are just thinking about their lifestyle differently. That interest is really around these boutique fitness concepts that allow you to try a new workout, that give you a new challenge outside of just going to the gym.” The 305 pop-up is over, but the Cosmo’s fitness programming extends through February, including classes designed by workout guru Tracy Anderson and NYC-based Yoga for Bad People. Even better, the classes are affordable ($15-$30), making FITiST a great way to try something new—and the perfect excuse to hit up brunch after.

Sound bites from another public meeting about Downtown “The people here are rugged individuals. They’re risk takers.” “A challenge to bring people and businesses is a lack of housing Downtown.” “Downtown Las Vegas is really being held back by the high cost of land.” “More shade.” “A lot of money goes into promoting Las Vegas as just the Strip and not our community.” –compiled by Kristen Peterson

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FEATHER BABIES? Announcing its February 3 grand opening, Downtown’s Writer’s Block slipped something odd into the promise of a mayoral ribbon cutting and coffee—“artificial bird adoptions.” Co-owner Drew Cohen explained that decorative birds you might use in floral arrangements will be placed throughout the shop and equipped with name tags and bios listing likes and dislikes (i.e. peanut butter and tickling). For under $10, you can take one home. The gimmick is in line with the bookstore’s indoor-outdoor vibe, though Cohen laughingly says, “There wasn’t a logical train of thought that led to it.” –Erin Ryan

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“We want to preserve historical neighborhoods, not trash them.”

DROPPING THE PUCK The Las Vegas Wranglers are finished—the Sun reported on January 30 that the homeless team that used to play at Orleans Arena has officially withdrawn from the ECHL—but efforts to start a new pro hockey team are heating up. Gavin and Joe Maloof, former owners of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, have been making the rounds to generate excitement and collect seasonticket deposits in order to show the NHL that Vegas is ready for the big leagues, and a commercial for their vegaswantshockey.com was broadcast locally during the Super Bowl. –Brock Radke

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Experiencing SLS the way everyone else has been

SLS BY STEVE MARCUS

BY STEVE FRIESS

A year ago, I squabbled with a Vegas friend who had been hired to shoot publicity photos at the soon-to-open SLS on the Strip. I baffled over why the hip set would go there given its remote location and all the overstocked competition. “What they are doing there is completely different,” the photog said, parroting the press releases. “It’s revolutionary! It’s really hard to explain.” I doubted that, and I was right. I swooped into Las Vegas for the first time since SLS opened last week, and my reaction was as I predicted: It’s very nice. It’s also the same as most other casinos. Short of handing out $100 bills to everyone walking in, there’s nothing “completely different” a casino owner can offer. However, my journey inside SLS was still a unique experience. Before my friend Amy and I ran in to get an Umami Burger and place some Super Bowl wagers, I had not read a single digital inch of the hype or the media reaction to its Labor Day debut. I was blissfully unaware that impresario Sam Nazarian had stepped away from operations and that the place was being likened to Atlantic City’s high-profile flop Revel. This was new for me, after more than a decade as a member of the Vegas media. In those days, my pre-opening ritual included personal preview walkabouts, often with the CEO, during which everyone from the architect to the horticulturalist was trotted out to explain “design choices.” These tours usually included samples of the culinary wares, and entertainers of relevance would genuflect, too. I’m not slamming this approach. These businesses wanted publicity and, to their credit, never limited the scope of my questions and rarely punished me for negative reviews. The public devours the vicarious experience and wants journalists to be knowledgeable about the trivia of a place. Hopefully everyone—including the reader—is aware that the reporter’s experience isn’t the same as that of the average chump actually spending money, and I always tried to make sure that was clear. But I live elsewhere now, and my membership has been revoked. Vegas no longer keeps me in the loop, and I no longer feel obligated to know every wrinkle of who comes and goes or what thread-counts the latest room redesigns have deployed. Thus, I walked into SLS as most people do, knowing little about its backstory, the company’s earnings or the media scuttlebutt. The only bit of hype ringing in my ears was that of my photog friend. I didn’t go to Life to hear how it’s any different than other clubs, and I didn’t sneak up to the rooms, which look from online photos like typical modernist Vegas fare. No, I did what the folks do. I went in, ate dinner at a burger joint, placed some bets,

> ANOTHER VEGAS BET SLS isn’t different enough to dominate the hipster demographic.

looked around for my favorite slot machine—multi-hand blackjack, which I could not find—and left. I was amused by the amoeba-shaped statue in the porte-cochère that reminded me of a Yo Gabba Gabba! creature, and I marveled at the LED fixture above the center bar, which was pretty and unusual. So, like I said: It’s nice. It’s better than the dying Sahara, but so are the bathrooms at the Riviera, so whatever. The burgers were delicious and, as Strip fare goes, reasonably priced ($12-$15). The sports book staffers were by far the kindest and most patient I’ve encountered in Vegas as we confronted the anxiety-inducing experience of placing wagers at the counter. Everything was clean and pleasant, a fine first impression. Yet it felt obvious that none of that was enough. The place feels quieter than a Wednesday afternoon at church, although perhaps mid-week at dinnertime isn’t the fairest for taking SLS’ temperature. I might lodge there if I had something to attend at the Las Vegas Convention Center, because of the monorail, but that’s not the stated core market. This place’s success requires a certain hipster demographic to spend dough there. Completely different? Revolutionary? Hard to explain? No, no and no. Happily for Vegas, none of that is Vegas’ problem. Someone plunged $400 million into the economy to rehab a decrepit lot, and that’s always a good thing. The place inevitably will change hands, and the next owner should turn a profit with cheaper rooms and attractions. It might even give the monorail ridership a boost as a cost-effective destination for conventioneers. Not every Vegas bet pans out. As Steve Wynn once told me, if it were that easy, everyone would do it. But sometimes even when the house loses, the neighborhood wins.

Looking at a graph of human life expectancy over the past four millennia, you get how far medicine has come from diagnosing witchcraft and prescribing bloodletting. But it’s still so inexact that for every year we live, we gain about two months of life. That’s how fast research is improving health care, says Martin Schiller, adding: “It’s maybe the best buy in history for return on investment.” Schiller is executive director of UNLV’s new Institute of Personalized Medicine, which introduced itself on January 30. Some very bright minds were looking toward a future where every patient’s unique genetic makeup will be mapped and used as a “blueprint for effective treatment and disease prevention.” It’s not as far off as you might think. The New York Times recently reported that while scientists differ, “estimates range from a few years to a decade or so” before whole genome sequencing is widely accessible and covered by insurance. The model asserts that if a patient’s unique biology uniquely drives his condition, then it should determine how that condition is addressed, down to the exact dosage of a drug tailored to his body so side effects are minimized and curative benefits are maximized. NIPM (which is awaiting formal approval by the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents) aims to contribute to the universal cause of making health care better and cheaper, and to spark related invention, technology commercialization and job creation in Nevada. Steve Hill, head of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, says the state’s Knowledge Fund is supporting NIPM because its work will be important for decades to come. “Health care is one of the best development opportunities, as well as one of the greatest areas of need.” –Erin Ryan

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Weekly Q&A Tell me about your most memorable moment at Clark. I have

> grammy man Conducting in a Clark High classroom or at Carnegie Hall, Cushinery knows how to inspire greatness.

Making musicians is a teacher—with Grammy noms, Carnegie Hall stints and an EDM Club on his résumé

ChUCK Cushinery

“Thicker on the string! It’s a tango!” Three young string players continue making music as Charles “Chuck” Cushinery offers his rehearsal notes, sliding by them in Clark High School’s music technology lab. The CCSD teacher, who has been directing orchestras at Clark since 1997, was again named a top-10 finalist for the Grammy Foundation’s Music Educator Award in December, beating out more than 7,000 teachers across the country. With the Grammys set to air February 8 (8 p.m., CBS), we tapped the local educator and jazz violinist to discuss the prestigious honor, Clark’s innovative music program (EDM in high school?!) and what it’s like to hear his orchestra fill New York City’s acoustically perfect Carnegie Hall. You were again named a top-10 finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award. No one else can claim that, as the award is only in its second year. What was your reaction? The whole process is

very humbling. The first time you’re a little bit shocked, and you go, “Why me?” And the second time you go, “Really, why me?” And it’s very flattering. I’m not used to such things; I’m a little bit uncomfortable [about] it. But I appreciate the fact that somebody outside of my immediate sphere of contacts is recognizing that what we’re doing here at Clark High School and [in] CCSD is valuable. And it’s making a contribution to society as a whole. You’ve conducted your students twice now at Carnegie Hall. What was that experience like?

Are the acoustics as amazing as everybody says?

No. They’re better. They’re absolutely better. The acoustics in Carnegie Hall are magical. … We were in rehearsal and we were just getting tuned to the hall, and one of the hall workers came up to the front of the stage over by our cello section, and said, “Cello section, I want you to know that this is Carnegie Hall and

Many high schools ask that students arrive with skills to play in a musical group, but you have a beginning orchestra at Clark. Did you start that program? Yes, we started that.

We found that there was a whole contingent of students, for whatever rhyme or reason when they were in their middle school years, they never had the opportunity to be exposed to organized music or instrumental music or string music. And they had this huge desire. My personal philosophy is a philosophy of inclusion—if you want to be here, we’ll find something for you to do and we’ll make it productive. So we began a beginning string program. It’s not designed to make you a violin player or a viola player—it’s designed to give you a working knowledge of what it takes to be that. We’ve had students who started in their freshman year and they finished in their senior year; they got four years of string playing here.

The top-10 finalist distinction came with a $2,000 prize. What did you put that money toward?

The philosophy of our music department is inclusion, and if you walk down the halls here you’re going to see a lot of kids with earbuds in their ears. I venture to guess that if you look on their device, that ain’t Beethoven being played. That segment of our student population has been underserved by the traditional band/orchestra/ choir/guitar program that we have here. So with my award money from last year, I started [what we call] the EDM Club. It is a music technology lab, and that technology lab is going to be rolled over this coming year into a technology class. The idea is to capture those kids who haven’t had that organized music experience before and introduce them to the process of making the music that they’re listening to, and getting them into our fold that way. We’ve got 93 percent of the student body involved in the arts programs, but I’ve got 7 percent that I haven’t gotten yet. So I’m going after that 7 percent. –Mark Adams

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Oh my gosh, Carnegie Hall is the place. It’s a cathedral. And for every musician, that is the

goal, to set foot on that stage and create music. It’s a magical place. There is no place in the world that feels like that, that sounds like that. The kids who went the first time now understand the historical significance of what they did and I’m now getting that same sense from students who went on the second trip—that they were on the same stage as this person, that this is American musical history. It was an awesome experience.

you’re working too hard. Let the hall do its work …” So it is that good. It’s perfect.

very fond memories and very dear memories of students who are very advanced, who have gone on to do great things after this. We’ve had kids go to Juilliard; we’ve had kids go to the Peabody Institute [at Johns Hopkins University], we’ve had kids go to Curtis [Institute of Music]. Those are really special memories. The proudest memories for me are the memories of the students who come from a less-thanideal circumstance, who have used our music program as a refuge and as a catalyst for them to complete their high school career. I just had a message yesterday from one [former student], who is the first person in her family to not only graduate from high school, but just graduated [college] and got her teaching certificate. It’s a career full of wonderful memories.

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ACCIDENTAL MUSEUM Corinne Sidney’s incredible wardrobe is an heirloom of American fashion BY KRISTEN PETERSON Corinne Sidney is walking us through her Las Vegas home, a sprawling space accented with 200-year-old European furniture and rare Hollywood relics. She’s wearing a turban and a cardigan over another sweater. “I don’t turn on the heat,” she says. “My mother told me, ‘Heat makes your skin wrinkle.’ If you’re cold, I’ll give you a mink coat.” It’s late afternoon the day before Thanksgiving. We take a seat near the grand piano and talk about her mother—a former Ziegfeld girl—and her own career in acting and modeling. There are juicy bits, of course. This is a well-lived woman, now 77, who sleeps with a gun under her pillow, was married to a Vegas casino boss in the ’60s, hung out with Frank Sinatra and was once kidnapped and hog-tied in the back of a Cadillac in LA (she tried to swallow her 9-karat diamond ring to keep it from the abductors). But the stories invariably turn to clothes, of which Sidney is a connoisseur. The former “black-belt shopper on Rodeo Drive” traveled the world to find just the right outfit, sometimes buying seven of them. “I always felt that a woman should look like a tribute to a man’s success,” says the former Sands Copa Girl, syndicated columnist and 1958 Playboy Playmate. Indeed, the men in her life were successful and wealthy—among them, late Sands general manager Jack Entratter, followed by filmmak-

er George Sidney, to whom she was married until his death in 2002—but arm candy oversimplifies. Sidney’s approach to haute couture is more that of a wine sommelier or art collector: refined, personal, particular and treasured. Part of her wardrobe was recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Nevada State Museum is compiling a wish list for its collection, and the Smithsonian is showing interest. Moreover, cultural historian and UNLV professor Deirdre Clemente and her graduate students have just finished cataloging the entire wardrobe, extracted from Sidney’s 2,400 square feet of closet space. “It documents the development of Western fashion, the rise of California as a tastemaker and what that means,” Clemente says. “She tells me things I could never have found in any book anywhere—how things were made, how they were worn.” It was inevitable that the educated socialite and the outgoing academic would cross paths and, naturally, it happened with Sidney eying the striking Clemente at a UNLV function. “She was carrying a handmade envelope purse,” Sidney recalls, her small terrier, Peau de Soie (French for “the finest of silk”), moving from lap to lap. “I thought, ‘I’m going to go talk to her. She knows what she’s got.’” After a few words, Sidney handed her a business card and said, “You should come see my clothes.” But FEBRUARY 5-11, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM

> strong threads Deirdre Clemente discusses beadwork in Sidney’s clothing. (Below) A snap of Sidney’s wedding to Jack Entratter from UNLV Special Collections.

“The cultural significance of her clothes can never be underestimated.” –Deirdre Clemente

it was Sidney who would contact Clemente, after reading an article about her role as historical consultant for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. Sidney told her she’d been unloading her collection on second-hand stores. Clemente, who received her doctorate in history from Carnegie Mellon University and her master’s in museum study from the Fashion Institute of Technology, realized the potential loss. Arriving at Sidney’s house the following Saturday, she was in her element. “The cultural significance of her clothes can never be underestimated,” Clemente says. “The most interesting are the clothes bought and sold in Southern California. She’s very California, and it’s the California style that defined Western fashion. California was never hampered with the oldschool mentality of producing clothes. New York was tied to a production schedule and regimented fabrics—New York’s fashion industry didn’t want synthetics.” Sidney knew how to find and, more importantly, how to wear beautiful clothes, mixing and matching in a way that only an expert in pattern, color and texture could, Clemente says. There are the vintage Hermès dresses, a Christian Dior Canadian lynx coat, pieces by Valentino, Armani, Pauline Trigère and from boutiques in LA and Europe. She wore and preserved these classics, occasionally modifying them to suit her needs, even turning friend Frank Sinatra’s tuxedo pants into shorts for herself to wear.

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But put her on a platform and Sidney will mix it up. Astute about fabric, stitching and design and self-educated in the finest boutiques from Rodeo Drive to Paris, she’d almost rather offer up advice: “Don’t go to lunch or dinner with people who are stupider than you, because you don’t want to be the brightest bulb on an empty chandelier,” and “Get a good sense of humor, and if you don’t know how to get a good sense of humor, get a book on how to get a good sense of humor.” Sidney offered this up at “Fashion and the Changing Face of American Femininity” back in December at UNLV’s Barrick auditorium, where students, academics, writers and museum folk turned out to hear her talk and see part of the collection. Google her by any of her various names: Corinne Cole as an actress (1966’s Murderers’ Row and 1967’s Who’s Minding the Mint?), Corinne

Entratter and even Lari Laine—until Ozzie Nelson of Ozzie and Harriet suggested she change it. That was in the late 1950s, when she posed for Playboy with her large eyes, blonde hair, slender 5-foot-9 frame and ample bosom. Today, it’s Corinne Entratter Sidney, socialite and founder of the George Sidney Scholarship at UNLV. She still owns the handembroidered red floral caftan Jack Entratter gave her in the late 1960s, George Sidney’s Sulka robes and hundreds of his Hermès ties that were bought back when Hermès wasn’t accessible in the United States. It’s details like this that help narrate the development of American fashion. Still active and social, Sidney is unmissable at any event. Not only for her stature and colorful demeanor, but for her incomparable style. “She’s a true-blue clothes person,” Clemente says. “She understands the social meaning of clothes, the nuances of dressing that nobody does anymore.” photograph by mikayla whitmore

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You’re standing in a kitchen with Tony Hsieh when you learn something new and surprising about him. You already know he heads up Zappos, which is now owned by Amazon. You know he’s behind Downtown Project, the sometimes controversial investment group responsible for revitalizing the city’s center. You know he’s into Burning Man and brought that fire-breathing mantis to the Container Park. What you don’t know is that, among his talents, he regards two most highly. You learn this while staying at the Airstream park, the mysterious lot of trailers and tiny cabins next to Atomic Liquors. “Do you like spicy or kimchi?” he asks, standing in the community kitchen, which is housed in a shipping container. You ponder. “Both.” “How spicy on the Le Thai scale of one to five?” “Medium?” “I made kimchi noodle egg drop soup,” he says. The batch is “third-generation,” because it’s been sampled and augmented a few times over. As long as there are noodles, veggies, seasonings and beer, this soup could go on forever. “I have two skills,” Hsieh declares, testing the broth. “I’m the world’s best iPhone photographer, and I’m the best improv soup maker.” From there, he suggests an Iron Chef challenge … maybe with celebrity chefs from Life Is Beautiful … using leftover inventory from restaurants and grocery stores. And like that, a concept is born. The spontaneity is not unusual for Hsieh’s ideas; after all, it’s how the Airstream Living Experiment came about. * * * * * “It came from a ‘Why the hell not?’” says Janice Lopez, a project manager for Downtown Project who oversees the park’s evolving design. Flash back to October, Hsieh and Lopez laying out blueprints on the floor of Hsieh’s Ogden apartment. Post-its with names scrawled on them shuffle around the map. Who wants an Airstream? Who wants a Tumbleweed Tiny House? Shared amenities include kitchen, laundry, community pantry, an outdoor living room with fire pits and coworking buses. And then there’s a wish list: pool, dome, tents, solar, a playroom for kids. Inside, the Airstreams are sleek and high-tech, with wood paneling, stainless-steel appliances, a Bluetooth stereo and two TVs. The Tumbleweeds are homier, with the feel of a modern wood cabin, but with less tech and less space—the main sleeping quarters are lofted, and there’s no couch or kitchen table. The trailers were initially purchased for a hotel concept, but that hasn’t gotten off the ground.

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> ’Stream scenes Daniel Park sings ’round the campfire; (below left) Hsieh with Blizzy and (below right) daytime in the “living room.”

Brad Johnson, a former Downtown Project employee who now manages the Airstream park, worked on that hotel project but says the timing wasn’t right because Container Park had just opened and the Bunkhouse Saloon was still being renovated. The location lacked foot traffic, so the 30 trailers sat unused on an RV lot owned by Downtown Project. “We had a couple million dollars in trailers sitting in a parking lot,” says Johnson, known at the park as Ranger Brad. Lopez says inspiration for the Airstream Living Experiment struck during a walk down Fremont. How could they draw people further east, where a bookstore was set to open

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and a record shop and restaurant were in the works? What if they moved in? Hsieh agreed to try it. “Four months ago, we were all up there,” Lopez says, pointing to Ogden Apartments from the lot on Fremont and 10th. “Next thing I know I’m giving tours.” * * * * * Staying at the Airstream park is part ordinary, part surreal. The ordinary is evident on weekdays, when residents are at work and the park is mostly silent, save for groundskeepers and Blizzy, Hsieh’s rescue terrier, bouncing around the property. Nights are typically more lively,

though not always. Each night there’s a bonfire and a movie, usually an action flick, projected onto a blow-up screen. Sometimes only a few folks gather, other times there are dozens, with guests from all corners of the world. Most of the time, it’s like any other residence, with people coming and going. But then things like this happen. It’s Saturday morning after a late night of drinking Fernet and chatting up Airstream guests, including a film festival owner and an excitable German gent. Hsieh calls and asks what you’re doing. “Sleeping.” “Can you be ready in 10 minutes?” “Why?”

“It’s a secret.” Dressed in last night’s clothing you emerge from your trailer to load into—what else?—a rock star tour bus that was used for Hsieh’s Delivering Happiness book tour. Carrying five humans and two furry friends, the bus heads south, exits near the airport and turns right. There’s some confusion initially, but after directions are solicited from strangers, you arrive at a nondescript warehouse complex. Outside an open garage there’s a large piece of Star Wars-looking metal, folded upon itself. It seems to have eyes, and a tail … and teeth? “That’s Robosaurus,” Hsieh says before climbing into the creature’s photographs by l.e. baskow

> Downsizing Airstream “crash pads” for guests and (below) a loft inside a Tumbleweed Tiny House.

skull, where the control panels are housed. “Are you glad you came?” The spiky-haired, black-clad crew gives a demo of the dino in full glory, lurching and spewing fire and swinging its tail. It crushes cars in its jaws and has been featured on TV and in monster-truck events. Hsieh is checking it out up close, wondering aloud if there’s a way to incorporate it into Downtown. There could be. There probably is. * * * * * “It’s constant experimentation with new ideas,” Hsieh says of the Airstream park, though he could be talking about Downtown as a whole. photographs by l.e. baskow

He says he prefers Airstream living to his Ogden apartment, that he considers his trailer a bedroom and the fire pit area a living room. Shared common areas encourage “collisions,” or chance meetings, of which Hsieh is known to be fond. He says the park was inspired by Burning Man for its communal nature and randomness. “We want people to contribute more than they take,” he says. “For some people, it might be cooking for everyone. For others it might be playing music.” Music is the gift of choice from Daniel Park, a regular at the Airstream Living Experiment. As resident musician, Park finds himself

singing around the campfire a few times a week. Hsieh gives Park’s move-in as an example of the experiment’s unplanned nature. Initially, the two met there for a meeting. “We randomly invited Daniel to Airstream park,” Hsieh says. “He stayed and played music till 5, so he crashed here.” Park says he was originally supposed to meet Hsieh at Container Park, where he will play the first and third Fridays in February, but the meeting moved to Airstream. When he arrived, “people were making hot dogs and hamburgers,” Park recalls. “They handed me a shot and a beer and said, ‘Check this out.’” A few singalong songs turned into an all-nighter, and Park has more or less lived there since. Collaborations, like the time he jammed with a member of Santana, are a perk, too. For Park, living small isn’t an issue. “It was an easy transition,” he says. “I used to travel as a musician so I’ve lived out of a duffel.” The tiny spaces (about 200 square feet in an Airstream and about 130 in a Tumbleweed) are easy to clean and keep him from acquiring too much. “It’s definitely a unique experience. It allows me to be more creative, in a way, because it helps me concentrate on what’s important.” Small-space living, defined as under 200 square feet, has gained popularity in recent years for its environmental- and wallet-friendliness. In Graham Hill’s 2011 TED Talk “Less stuff, more happiness” the treehugger.com founder extols three tenets: edit ruthlessly, think small and create multifunctional spaces. “Less stuff and less space are going to equal a smaller footprint—this is actually a great way to save you some money—and a little more ease in your life,” says Hill, referring to his 420-square-foot Manhattan apartment, which is tricked out with a moving wall and dual-use designs to increase space efficiency. The concept resonated with Hsieh. “For me, experiences are more meaningful than stuff,” he says. “I have way more experiences here at Airstream.” In the 2012 documentary, We the Tiny House People, Hill further explains his preference for small living. “I believe that the skill of the century is editing,” Hill tells host SuChin Pak. “Cutting back on space, cutting back on possessions, cutting back on media, cutting back on friends. I think you’ve got to refine, because it gives you lots of mental clarity, and a lot more space, and a lot more flexibility. And it’s also really good financially.” The financial and mental freedom resonate for others in 2013’s Tiny: A Story About Living Small, which follows a couple as they build a tiny home from scratch, and interviews others who have downsized their lives, often parking their trailers in friends’ backyards. “The primary

asset that comes with a small house is freedom,” Jay Schaefer, founder of Tumbleweed Tiny House Co., says in the film. “The world gets a lot bigger when you’re living small. I can afford to do a lot more things now in terms of cash and time. The whole world is now my living room.” Lopez has a loft at Juhl but often stays overnight at the park with her son and daughter, who prefer it to their condo. She admits that she sometimes wonders whether she’s making the right choice for her children, but when she takes them home each week, “by night they’re begging me to come back here.” At the park they have toys, outdoor movies, lots of room to play and a bus that’s being converted into a playroom. The entrepreneurial minds that pass through are a perk, too. Lopez’s daughter started a s’mores shop, then expanded to savory snacks and upgraded her storefront at the suggestion of visitors. “Where else can you expose your kids to such a flexible space and teach them another way of living?” Lopez asks. Sure, it’s not the norm, but “Life will give them every opportunity to learn all things conventional,” she says. “That’s what Downtown revitalization is about. It’s about doing things differently.” Still, those who participate in the experiment realize it’s a unique way of life. “You’re pretty much forced to say hello,” Park says of communal living. “It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it might not be for everyone.” * * * * * Something else that might not be for everyone: showering in an Airstream. It’s a tight fit for an average woman, let alone a tall woman, or a man. Kids might do all right. And although the spaces are high-tech and functional, it’s a little awkward getting dressed in the morning (Do you stand in the living room? What if you have company?) or storing more than a suitcase of clothing. But that’s all part of the experiment. The hotel concept isn’t off the table, and neither is anything else the team might dream up during its stay. (A busmaze entrance, however, was nixed by the city for fire-safety reasons.) “The whole point is that there’s no master plan,” Hsieh says. “When we first moved in here it wasn’t ‘Let’s see what works for a hotel.’ It was just ‘Let’s see what happens.’” One plan calls for the Life Is Beautiful Festival to use the park for an artist-in-residence program. And who knows, the Airstream Iron Chef challenge could actually happen. That’s the beauty of living here, Park says. You meet people, you do things, “and sometimes you make soup with random strangers.” February 5-11, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

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DVBBS AT HAKKASAN Pronounced “dubs,” the up-and-coming Canadian EDM duo has worked with the industry’s biggest names (Sander van Doorn and Martin Garrix, to name a couple) and probably had you getting down and dirty with the bouncing beats of “Tsunami,” a Borgeous collabo that burned up the dancefloors in 2013. It brings that sound to the MGM Grand danceteria Thursday night. February 5, doors at 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. J DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE AT BEAUTY BAR If you have overlooked

the work of the producer/rapper phenom—taken from us way too early in 2006, at age 32—consider your attendance at this birthday tribute a justifiable overcompensation. DJs EDoc, 5’8 and Kev P provide tunes crafted and influenced by the Detroit/LA hip-hop icon, while live artists create Dillainspired work for a silent auction later in the evening. Proceeds from your $5+ donation go to the J Dilla Foundation. February 7, doors at 9 p.m., $5+ donation. SPLENDOR IN THE GLASS AT THE WESTGATE Merriam-Webster defines

“splendor” as “great and impressive beauty,” so be prepared for top-notch pours at Vegas PBS’ annual sipping soiree. In its 26th year, the fundraiser features tastes from more than 60 wineries and breweries, a wine auction, live music from the Woody Woods jazz ensemble and a special appearance from celebrity chef Hubert Keller. Did we mention your ticket keeps the local TV station’s programming afloat? We know you’re an avid Downton Abbey fan, so don’t be shy … February 7, 3-7 p.m., $85 in advance, $100 at the door.

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DIRT NASTY AT BEAUTY BAR From an MTV VJ gig and a short-lived porn career (does Young, Hard & Solo sound familiar?) to mainstream movie roles (including stints in What I Like About You and the Scary Movie franchise), it seems Simon Rex has done it all. The actorturned-rapper takes the mic as his Dirt Nasty alter ego Tuesday night during the Fremont East bar’s weekly Nickel F*cking Beer Night promo. Arrive thirsty. February 10, doors at 9 p.m., $10.

starts March 13—is hiring for several positions, including lifeguards, security and model bartenders, during an interview event at 10 a.m. February 5 at Hakkasan’s Ling Ling Room. Vegas trap/electro duo Caked Up just announced it’s signing with Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak label, with its first release “Rave Police” due February 10. Its locals-only tour with Aoki crosses the country through March, including a February 15 date at Hakkasan. Revelers trying to avoid the Strip and its high covers have a slew of new off-Strip options. Crafty, a house and open-decks night that debuted at Rebel Republic in January, returns February 11. House of the deeper, techier variety—

played by residents Eric Martinez, Digital Addikt and David Serrano—make up the soundtrack for Warp, the first weekly at the new Urban Turban restaurant. After last week’s soft opening, it officially launches February 6, joining neighbors Tacos & Beer and Satay Thai Bistro & Bar as unlikely underground groove spots. A Wednesday night LGBT party called Hard & Heavy has begun at Hard Hat Lounge near the Arts District, with DJs LP Sound and Tyler Caiden. And another new weekly—Future Funk, featuring both modern and classic funk, upbeat soul and underground cuts—begins February 5 at Insert Coin(s), with DJs CryKit and MamaBear on music detail. –Mike Prevatt

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DJs Wyldside, Martin Jane, Byra Tanks, Shaun Seville Jr., Willy Uno; doors at 10 pm; free

Friday Night Live

TUESDAY

Closed

DJ Turbulence; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women, locals free

Closed

Lounge open 24 hours

Doors at 5 pm

Teach Me Equals

Double D Karaoke

Lounge open 24 hours

DJ Mayket, 10 pm, free; live jazz, 6-10 pm, free; lounge open 24 hours

Closed

Dee Jay Silver

Max Graham, others, 2 am, $20+ men, $10+ women; DJ Ease, doors 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Latin Revolution

Karma Sundays

DJs Karma, Shift; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Sunday Sessions

Throwback Thursday

10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Social Sundays

DJ JustIN Key, Double J, midnight, free; drink specials, 11 pm-1 am; lounge open 24 hours

EDM Saturdays

DJs, 10 pm; live music, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

WEDNESDAY

One of a Kind

DJs EDoc, 5’8, Kev P; live art/silent auction; doors at 9 pm; $5+ donation

Live music, 9 pm; DJ Jace 1; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Industry Night: Metal Mondays Doors at 9 pm; free

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Nickel Beer Night: Dirt Nasty

live; DJs B.A.R.S. Murre, BizE, Beast Fremont, others; doors at 9 pm; $10

Karate Karaoke Doors at 9 pm; free

Ladies Night Out

DJ ROB & The Star One All Stars Band live, 6 pm; happy hour 4-8 pm, doors at 4 pm

DJs Exile, Tommy Lin; half-off drinks for industry; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

$4 Blue Moons; happy hour w/half-price drinks, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

Half-off drinks for women; live music, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

Closed

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

Closed

Happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

After

BODY ENGLISH

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

Doors at 11 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

CHATEAU

Closed

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

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

Downtown Cocktail Room

Happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

Friday Night Social

Saturday Night Vibe

DJ Carlos Sanchez, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

MONDAY

Doors at 9 pm

Live music, 9 pm; halfprice happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, women free after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Justin Hoffman

SUNDAY

DJ Casanova

DJ Douglas Gibbs, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

DJ Ted Nice

Cymatic Sessions

DJs Skull, Laguerre, Rob Dub; 10 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

Happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

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VENUE

THURSDAY

DRAI’S AFTERHOURS

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

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

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

Karma

Bubbles For Beauties

FIZZ

FOUNDATION ROOM

Afterhours

DJ Scooter

10 pm; $30

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women, locals free before midnight

Ladies Night

GILLEY’S

Austin Law, 9 pm; $1 drafts/ wells for women, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

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

HYDE

Mahi live, 9 pm; doors at 5 pm

Live Thursdays

Future Funk

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DJs MamaBear, CryKit; doors at 8 pm; free

LAS VEGAS BULL

$1 drinks for women; $30 all-you-can Jack Daniels boots, $20 all-you-can PBR boots; doors at 7 pm; $10

LAX

FeenixPawl

DJ Exodus

DJ Mark Stylz; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women

Austin Law

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

Afrojack

DVBBS

HAKKASAN

Ladies’ Night

DJ Wellman

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

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

DJ Benny Black

GHOSTBAR

FRIDAY

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

DJ Sid Vicious; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $20+ women

DJ Loczi

SATURDAY Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

D-Wayne

DJ Eric Forbes

DJs J Nice, Marc Mac; 10 pm; $30

GBDC: Superheroes

DJ Wellman

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

Closed

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

Closed

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

DJ Marc Mac

DJ Casanova

DJ Kay TheRiot

Doors at 10 pm; $30

Sundrai’s

10 pm; $30

DJ bRadical

Bikini Bull Riding

Nervo

DJs Mark Eteson, OB-One; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

$200 prize; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

10 pm, $30

DJ Seany Mac

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

Locals Night

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

DJs Chuck Fader, Seany Mac; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

Country Club

10 pm; $30

DJ Seany Mac

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

DanSing Karaoke

WEDNESDAY

DJ SINcere

DJ Presto One

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

DanSing Karaoke

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

Eva Shaw

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

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

DJ Five; 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

Closed

DJ Spider

Saturday Night Live

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

Closed

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Austin Law

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

Game Over Fridays

18 and Over

TUESDAY

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 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

MONDAY

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

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

DJs 88, Mikey Francis; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

SUNDAY

Lost Angels

Locals Stampede

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

DJ Wellman

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

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VENUE

THURSDAY

LEVEL 107

DJ Dezie

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

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

LIAISON

Closed

LIFE

Closed

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

EC Twins

Stafford Brothers

LIGHT

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

DJ E-Rock

FRIDAY

Steve Powers

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

Live music

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Panorama Saturdays

Scenic Sundays

Sky High Mondays

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

GTA

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

Live music

MANDARIN BAR

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

Drag Queen Bingo

PIRANHA

REVOLUTION LOUNGE

Andrew Rayel

F*ck it Fridays

Michelle Holliday hosts, 7-10 pm; $8 drinks w/text (“GAY” to 83361), 10 pm, free; open 24 hours

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

Get Back Thursdays

Good Foot First Friday Party

DJ G-Minor; doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

DJs Relaps, Sincere; doors 10 pm; $20, women free

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

Fireball Fridays

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

Vice

Selfie Saturday

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

DJ G Minor

Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

Silver Saturdays

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

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

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

DJ Dezie

Woman Crush Wednesday

DJ Kittie; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

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

DJ Jayceeoh; doors at 10:30 pm; $25+, free for locals before midnight

Closed

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

Live jazz

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

#IndustryLife

6 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Myon & Shane 54

Closed

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

#Social Sundays

Beer Pong Tournament

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

El Deseo

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

Revo Sundays

Doors at 10 pm; $20, locals free before midnight

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

Industry Mondays

Karaoke Night

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

Confession Sundays

$50 open bar; doors at 8:30 am

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

La Noche

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

DJ Majesty, Vago, 10 pm; karaoke w/Sheila, 7-11 pm; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; free; open 24 hours

2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; free; open 24 hours

Closed

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

Ladies Night

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

Ladies Night

SIN Sunday

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

Baauer

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

Taco Tuesdays

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

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VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

ROSE. RABBIT. LIE.

Doors at 5:30 pm

Closed

Doors at 5:30 pm

Doors at 7 pm, free

Closed

DJ set; DJ Eric D-Lux; doors at 9 pm; $50+ men, $40+ women, locals free

Closed

Naomi Mauro

Zowie Bowie: #BadKidsClub

SAYERS CLUB

Bands. Beats. Vibes.

10:30 pm; doors at 7 pm, free

NSA Thursdays

Desrae Pendavis hosts; DJ Diesel; $10 liquor bust; doors at 10 pm; free

SURRENDER

Closed

TAO

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

TRYST

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

TUSCANY

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Sessions

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

Stripper Circus Doors at 10 pm; free

TJR

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

DJ Five

The Affair

Amanda Avila

Breathe Carolina

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

DJ Ikon

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

Kenny Davidsen Show

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

The Get Back

Velveteen Rabbit

Doors at 5 pm

DJs John Doe, Danny Boy, Phoreyz, Aurajin, 8-Bits; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Closed

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

Will Sparks

Sessions

Live music, 9 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Share Saturdays

Half-off drinks, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

Arty

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

Eric D-Lux

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

DJ Dave Fogg

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

Corro Van Such

Closed

Lil Jon: Shot Class

Nik at Nite

T-Spot Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Piazza Lounge; 7:30 pm, free

Piazza Lounge; 7:30 pm free

DJ Aurajin

Doors at 5 pm

10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Miss Nine

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

Salva

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

Home Cookin’

T-Spot Lounge, 11:30 pm; free

T-Spot Lounge; 10 pm, free

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

DJ Shift

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

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> UP ALL NIGHT Strum, left, and Slaughter, back in the day.

Showcase of the stars OK, OK Variety blends some of the Strip’s top talent

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otherwise. The Minneapolis hip-hop collective’s latest songs are anthemic, imposing and, as always, inspiring. Listen and be saved.

GO HeaR SLAUGHTER Last month, the first multi-platinum-selling album released by a Las Vegas band, 1990’s Stick It to Ya, turned 25. Celebrate the local-music landmark by helping the quartet—featuring original members Mark Slaughter and Dana Strum—belt out the words to “Up All Night” and “Fly to the Angels.” You know you still know them. With Great White. February 7, 8:30 p.m., $16-$30, Eastside Cannery.

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BASS DRUM OF DEATH This Mississippi garage-rock outfit sounds exactly the way you’d expect Mississippi garage rock to—gritty, reckless and destined to have the Beauty Bar faithful banging into one another by set’s end. With The Singles, Leather Lungs, Warblood. February 5, 9 p.m., $8-$10, Beauty Bar. Doomtree’s ALL HANDS “Welcome to the future; rap won’t save you,” Mike Mictlan warns in 2008’s “Game Over,” but Doomtree’s January 27 album, All Hands, proves

frank cullotta book signing If reading the jawdropping exploits of the infamous Hole in the Wall gang further piques your interest in Vegas’ underworld history, stop by La Casa Cigars and Martini Lounge and hear the tales from the crew leader himself, Frank Cullotta. February 6, 6:30 p.m., free entry, Tivoli Village. DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Boulder City’s annual celebration of short films continues through Saturday, including Friday night’s popular showcase for local filmmakers. Through February 7, times vary, $9 per screening, Boulder Theatre, damshortfilm.org.

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tion of Bernard Gaddis, former principal with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the multicultural and multi-age LVCDT presents a performance speaking to the African American diaspora. February 6, 7 p.m., & February 7, 1 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library Theater.

You’ve seen all the Strip production shows, but have you caught those performers’ personal projects? OK, OK Variety Show, organized by Amos Glick of Le Rêve, gathers performers from Michael Jackson One, Zarkana, OK, OK Mystère, Absinthe Variety and others. Show Glick says his February 7, high-energy, off11:30 p.m., the-wall event is $15-$25. inspired by Berlin’s Inspire mitternacht, or Theater, face midnight, shows. book.com/ “People would vegasvariety. come and show their wares and the director would say, ‘I’m going to take these 10 acts,’ and would weave stuff through them,” Glick says. “No one would get paid, but it was a way for lesser-known people to try new acts.” The ongoing but irregularly scheduled show takes place at Inspire Theater and includes aerialsilk performances, dance routines, a juggling act, magic, comedy, wirewalking, a yo-yo entertainer from Japan and Glick performing “Jewish hip-hop.” OK’s cast and numbers are ever-changing, but the quality feels consistent and consistently thrilling—an event that should make you feel grateful to be a local in Las Vegas. The variety show got its start years ago at a now-shuttered bar when a cellist from O asked if she could play a few songs and dancers from Believe began dancing improvisationally. “The environment made me think it would be so cool to establish a kind of space where we’re sort of entertaining each other but it’s open to the public,” Glick says. –Kristy Totten

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> IDOL WORSHIP Soderbergh revamps Indy, and others, at extension765.com.

Where Steven Soderbergh makes lists, retools Raiders and sells mouse pads and booze By Smith Galtney

So I totally have a crush on Steven Soderbergh. People who know me aren’t surprised by this, since I’ve always had a thing for a) bald men, b) guys who wear glasses and c) dudes who have a nice, prominent schnozz. Soderbergh scores on all counts, so I can’t spot him at awards shows without averting my eyes and giggling coquettishly. But aside from the fact that he also looks really friggin’ cute in a tux, the thing that really turns me on is his website, which is the sexiest place you can visit on the ’net without flooding your email with embarrassing spam. Billed as “a one-of-a-kind marketplace from Steven Soderbergh,” extension765.com might look like your average vanity site. There’s a page for swag (an Ocean’s Thirteen mouse pad!), a place for art (original prints of exposure-test snapshots from Traffic and Behind the Candelabra run between $750 and $1,000), even a spot that hawks Singani 63, the man’s own brand of 80-proof booze. Then there’s “Salon des Refusés,” featuring “creative detritus” from the Soderbergh archive, and that’s where things get pretty steamy for me. It’s where Soderbergh lets his nerd flag fly. (Don’t you dare call him a geek. Geeks are antisocial hoarders. Nerds go outside and put their passions to practice.) He lists every movie/TV show/play/book/album he consumed in 2014. (He got to see Gone Girl back in the spring and has viewed the upcoming Magic Mike XXL at least five times.) He shares an old interview conducted with the late cinematographer Gordon Willis. A clip called “Your Past Is Now Mine, Maybe” contains someone’s abandoned home movies, purchased in a flea market in Pasadena, California. Another called “Wide Awake” consists of random imagery set to the sounds of “Trap Doors” by Broken Bells. It bears the lone description,

“Sometimes when I’m wide awake in the middle of the night this happens …” Most impressive, though, are Soderbergh’s personal re-edits of classic movies. I didn’t get to see his leaner interpretation of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which cut out 41 minutes and switched some music around, before the Kubrick estate asked him to take it down. Nor have I watched his “Butcher’s Cut” of Heaven’s Gate, since I doubt I’ll ever be interested enough to watch that notorious flop. But his version of Raiders of the Lost Ark, recast in black and white, silenced and soundtracked with the The Social Network score, succeeds in making you “watch this movie and think only about the staging.” And Psychos, his side-by-side comparison of Hitchcock’s original Psycho with Gus Van Sant’s remake, is a revelation that actually makes you wonder if Anne Heche is

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a more effective Marion Crane than Janet Leigh. (It also proves the obvious: Vince Vaughn has no business trying to be Norman Bates.) Soderbergh is quick to acknowledge that what he’s doing with these movies is “immoral and illegal,” and just as quick to brush that hokum aside. “It’s TECHNOLOGY’S FAULT,” he half-jokes in a written intro for 2001. “Without technology, I wouldn’t have been able to spend so much intimate—and, ultimately, inappropriate—time with [these films].” Which basically explains why this might be the coolest website ever. If most of us wake up in the middle of the night, eat too much ice cream and use our computers to watch panda GIFs, Soderbergh spends his idle moments feeding his head, cracking the codes of great works and honing his craft. And nothing’s sexier than that.

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How does the new SpongeBob movie measure up? For kids: All the familiar characters (SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Plankton) from longrunning Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants are here, and despite the mix of CGI and live action that’s been touted in advertisements, the majority of the movie features traditional animation in line with the TV show. Plus, SpongeBob teaches all about teamwork (complete with an annoyingly catchy song).

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The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending is a beautiful disaster By Josh Bell planets that go unmentioned. That’s not good news for Siblings Andy and Lana Wachowski have been both the petulant kids (who are themselves thousands of years blessed and cursed by the massive success of their 1999 old), especially eldest sibling Balem (Eddie Redmayne, film The Matrix: blessed in that even after two boxmaking a strong case against his recent Oscar nominaoffice failures (Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas) they can tion), and they all devise their own ways to deceive and/ still get a studio to pony up $175 million for an ambior murder Jupiter so they can hold onto their planetary tious, effects-heavy sci-fi epic; and cursed in that every inheritances. Meanwhile, bounty hunter Caine, hired movie they make will end up being compared, probably to track Jupiter down, does his best to protect her from unfavorably, to their early-career achievement. The these new dangers. siblings’ latest film, Jupiter Ascending, is a similar study There’s more (way too much more) to the in contradictions. It’s both excessively conplot, but it really boils down to Jupiter as the voluted and simplistically predictable, like latest version of the old-fashioned Chosen a movie that’s been adapted and condensed aabcc One, using her newfound status to save the from a 500-page assembly-line young adult JUPITER ASCENDING Mila world while falling in love. The plot of Jupiter sci-fi novel. Ascending is ridiculously overstuffed, with Only it hasn’t been—the tale of seemingly Kunis, Channing huge swaths of exposition that might be betaverage human woman Jupiter Jones (Mila Tatum, Eddie Kunis) learning that she’s a secret space Redmayne. Directed ter suited to a role-playing-game manual. And the characters thus get pushed to the margins, queen and falling in love with an extraterres- by Andy and Lana even Jupiter and Caine, whose star-crossed trial human-wolf hybrid named Caine Wise Wachowski. Rated (Channing Tatum) is an original Wachowskis PG-13. Opens Friday. love story is inert and unconvincing. But the Wachowskis remain impressive creation, although it draws heavily from stylists, and Jupiter Ascending is quite an achievement sci-fi/fantasy classics ranging from Dune to The Last in world-building, with dazzlingly ornate costumes, sets Starfighter to Brazil to The Matrix itself (with a little and special effects. An early spaceship battle through Cinderella thrown in for good measure). the streets of Chicago stacks up favorably against the Jupiter, who works as a lowly housecleaner in Chicago best action sequences the Wachowskis have created. If and lives with her extended working-class Russian famJupiter Ascending were just as accomplished in its plotily, becomes the target of an intergalactic power struggle ting and character development, it would be brilliant, but when the three heirs to a millennia-old royal family instead it’s a stunning, wildly creative book cover with a discover that she’s the reincarnation of their late mother, mediocre story inside. and thus entitled to rule over Earth and various other

For parents: At least there’s only THE one annoyingly SPONGEBOB catchy song, alMOVIE: though the movie SPONGE OUT drags on for what OF WATER feels like much Voices of Tom more than its Kenny, Clancy 90 minutes, and Brown, Mr. would have been Lawrence. more tolerable Directed by Paul as a half-hour TV Tibbitt. Rated PG. episode. There Opens Friday. are a handful of amusing puns, plus some highbrow movie references (Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone), and Antonio Banderas hams it up in the live-action segments as a pirate named Burger-Beard. But this is not one of those animated movies that will be as entertaining for adults as it is for kids. For stoners: The show’s perennial, dedicated audience will appreciate the surreal touches, including a literal journey inside SpongeBob’s brain and a trippy time-travel sequence that features a super-intelligent talking dolphin from the future. Creator Stephen Hillenburg, who gave the show its distinctive oddball tone but left in 2004, returns as a writer and producer for the movie. –Josh Bell

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> ICE CREAM OF DOOM Cotillard (with Rongione) ponders her grim fate.

FILM

What a weekend

Two Days, One Night is a transportive experience By Mike D’Angelo

Marion Cotillard’s Oscar nomination for Best Actress a few weeks ago took numerous pundits by surprise—they’d predicted that her slot would go to the hard-campaigning Jennifer Aniston, looking anti-glam in the downer indie Cake. What’s more, Cotillard gave highly acclaimed performances in two films last year; her turn in The Immigrant, which is (mostly) in English, seemed the more aaaab likely bet, as acting TWO DAYS, nominations in forONE NIGHT eign languages are Marion rare. Ultimately, Cotillard, Academy memFabrizio bers may simply Rongione, Catherine Salée. have been unable to resist the overDirected by Jean-Pierre and whelming pathos of 2014’s very best Luc Dardenne. film. Forget Best Rated PG-13. Actress—in a just Opens Friday. world, Two Days,

One Night would have been nominated for Best Picture, and now be considered a near-lock to win. Written and directed by Belgium’s great brother team, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (see sidebar), Two Days, One Night actually unfolds over roughly three days; the title refers to the period during which Cotillard’s character, a factory worker named Sandra, is actively canvassing her coworkers. Before the film begins, the

company’s 16 employees are asked to choose between allowing Sandra, who’d been hospitalized while battling clinical depression, to have her old job back, or receiving their annual 1,000-Euro bonus. Almost everybody predictably voted to keep their bonus, but the boss, after hearing that the initial vote had involved some shifty lobbying, agrees to let Sandra conduct a second vote on the following Monday morning. That

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Dardenne brothers 101 Since making their breakthrough drama La Promesse in 1996, brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have turned out a new film every three years like clockwork—each one set in Belgium and combining stringent naturalism with surprisingly gripping narratives. Rosetta (1999) and The Child (2005) both won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, but the Dardennes have yet to make a movie that doesn’t qualify as a mustsee—even their least beloved effort, Lorna’s Silence (2008), makes most other foreign films look timid by comparison. Beginners should start with 2002’s The Son, about a carpenter who tracks down the juvenile delinquent who accidentally killed his only child, and then takes the boy on as an apprentice. –Mike D’Angelo

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gives her the weekend to meet with each co-worker individually and plead her case. In lesser hands, such a story might have resulted in a tediously repetitive tract. The Dardennes use it to explore the entire vast continuum of human nature, ranging from a woman who instructs her young daughter to tell Sandra she’s not home to a man who breaks down sobbing at his shame for having voted for the bonus the first time. What’s more, Sandra is no noble crusader—she’s still depressive, though functional enough now to return to work, and has to force herself to overcome the distaste she feels asking friends to give up a significant amount of money for her sake. Cotillard makes this woman’s struggle to be acknowledged as having value—by herself as much as by anyone else—seem both Sisyphean and heroic. In truth, even the Oscars are small potatoes. The world would be a better place if everyone were required to watch Two Days, One Night, and then think hard about its lessons.

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> familiar faces Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks (left) and Bob Odenkirk return for Better Call Saul.

Three spinoffs that lived up to their potential Daria The sarcastic girl who annoyed Beavis and ButtHead turned out to be a surprisingly rich character when she got her own show, an entertainingly deadpan satire of suburban blandness. Angel After falling in love with and/or attempting to kill the title character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, immortal bloodsucker Angel (David Boreanaz) had some dark and twisted adventures of his own in LA.

with public defender cases while taking care of his brother Chuck (Michael McKean), a brilliant lawyer who suffered a nervous breakdown and now fears electromagnetic fields. The parallels between Saul and Bad are plentiful: With Saul makes for an enjoyable Breaking Bad his brother being taken advantage of by the law firm he spinoff By Ken Miller helped to build (Gray Matter?), Jimmy scrambles for jackpot clients in his smoke-belching Suzuki Esteem (Plymouth Aztek?). It’s not long before he’s making deciThe decision to do a Breaking Bad prequel featuring sions that often have ugly consequences, mostly Saul Goodman, Walter White’s attorney, posed an to those around him, and eventually he’s going to obvious challenge. Considering everyone already assume an alternate identity (Walter White and knows the fate of its protagonist, at best a fringe aaaac Heisenberg?). character on one of the greatest shows of all time, BETTER CAlL Where the show breaks with Bad is that Walter could this really work? SAUL Mondays, White was able to live two lives; Jimmy isn’t foolThrough three episodes provided for review, 10 p.m., AMC. absolutely. Better Call Saul isn’t to ascend to Two-part premiere ing anyone. Everyone knows he’s a slimy guy, and he’s either playing or being played. As a result, Breaking Bad’s place in pop-culture history, but as February 8 & a guilty pleasure for those who miss Heisenberg February 9, 10 p.m. Better Call Saul is nowhere near as complex or compelling as Breaking Bad. It’s often downright and the gang, it succeeds on just about every breezy by comparison, throwing in numerous level. Not only does it return to the desert surmovie references and farcical situations (Jimmy’s repeated roundings we know and love, but it also revels in the same attempts to get his car past a parking lot attendant feel like moral depravity and dark humor we’ve come to expect something out of Curb Your Enthusiasm). from show creator Vince Gilligan. But when famous Breaking Bad characters enter the It also gets another standout performance from Bob picture (and there will be several), it’s a sobering reminder Odenkirk as the title character, whom we learn started life that, no matter how much we might enjoy this show, it’s as James “Slippin’ Jimmy” McGill, a man of questionable going to end badly. And soon. character almost from day one. Jimmy struggles financially

Good call

Melrose Place The first season of this Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff was as cheesy and earnest as the show that spawned it, but the addition of Heather Locklear and the increasing serialization eventually helped it become one of the greatest over-the-top soaps in TV history. –Josh Bell

Does this premise sound familiar? A married couple lives a seemingly mundane existence in a major American city, raising their children, while hiding Allegiance is an inferior take on a familiar premise the secret that they are covert agents for the Russian government. That, of course, is the concept behind FX’s acclaimed drama The Americans, and it’s also the concept behind NBC’s new drama Allegiance, which sets itself a pretty high bar to cross. Set in the present, Allegiance follows former Russian spy Katya (Hope Davis) and her American husband Mark (Scott Cohen), who are drawn back into the life they thought they left behind when the SVR (the modern-day KGB) insists they recruit their oblivious CIA-agent son Alex (Gavin Stenhouse) as a Russian asset. ¶ Allegiance is flashier than The Americans, with far more questionable leaps of logic, and it burns through so much plot in the first three episodes that it seems to be exhausting its premise almost immediately. While the show mines some tension from the family with divided loyalties, Alex turns out to be an annoying only-on-TV investigator, who’s a ridiculous super-genius but doesn’t understand normal human behavior. Without the nuanced characters and slow-building suspense of The Americans, Allegiance is just a preposterous thriller. aabcc ALLEGIANCE Thursdays, 10 p.m., NBC. That puts it right at home on NBC, but still far behind its obvious inspiration. –Josh Bell

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A&E | noise C O N C E RT

> STILL A FIEND Rakim rocked the Bunkhouse like only he could.

Five thoughts: King Tuff (January 30, Bunkhouse Saloon)

C O N C E RT

Follow the leader

A rare Rakim drop-in gets the legendary MC’s Vegas fans frenzied ing into the yard, impossible to wade through much This wasn’t a concert. It was a history lesson. less lift your arms in, which would’ve turned into The strength of the openers notwithstanding— hugs given the amount of crow’s feet, smile lines and local hip-hop congregation Rhyme N Rhythm rocked surprised recognition throughout the center floor. like hungry wolves, and seeing Hassan virgins get By the time Rakim took the stage, an hour late, deflowered was like Christmas morning—Rakim’s and opened with my personal favorite track presence at the Bunkhouse felt like a turning “Microphone Fiend,” the audience was wild. point. This was one of those shows that Las aaabc To each song, a clot of fans cheered in that Vegas doesn’t get often: a literal historical figRAKIM personally significant way, paying homage to ure whose influence is strong but doesn’t have January tracks that probably changed their musical a current touring pedigree. 29, road map from an early age, the coldest and For any reader unfamiliar, Rakim was one Bunkhouse most recognizable samples this side of A Tribe half of Eric B. & Rakim, regularly propped Saloon. Called Quest: “Don’t Sweat the Technique” on the shortlist of most influential duos in (oooh!), “I Ain’t No Joke” (ahhh!), “I Know pop music, the inimitable force in the driver’s You Got Soul” (heyyy!), et magnificent al. Rakim was seat of hip-hop between the mid ’80s and early ’90s. clearly showing his years (all 47 of them) the whole Shows like this rarely stop here because the local set. But the beauty of being the B.B. King of your community doesn’t turn out enough to cover the genre is that the audience will do the work for you. performer guarantee. But this time, it turned out. And it did. Happily. –Max Plenke Overwhelmingly so. The venue was brimming, spill-

Bob Dylan has been in an uncharacteristically reflective mood lately, starting with 2012’s Tempest and ending with last year’s unleashing of The Basement Tapes aaabc Complete. His latest studio album, Shadows in the Night, appears to be just as Bob sentimental: It’s a self-produced collection of pop standards associated with Frank Dylan Sinatra, recorded live with Dylan’s band without overdubs. But Dylan has never been Shadows one for rote nostalgia, so although the collection includes versions of traditional songs such as “Some Enchanted Evening” and in the “I’m a Fool to Want You,” it’s no Rat Pack revival. ¶ For starters, Shadows’ arrangements are ascetic, forgoing the schmaltz and Night pomp of the originals in favor of vintage country signifiers: island-vacation pedal steel, velvety horn accents and the faintest hints of percussion. This no-frills instrumentation keeps Dylan’s craggy vocals at the forefront, an interesting move given his increasingly mumbled live performances and sandpaper singing. But he sounds stronger and more clear-headed than he has in years; in fact, Shadows in the Night reveals he’s an impressively nuanced, even-keeled crooner who sounds unabashedly romantic on some songs (“Stay With Me”) and utterly despairing on others (“Where Are You?”). As is his way, Dylan keeps people guessing—and comes out on top. –Annie Zaleski

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Rakim by bill hughes; king tuff by spencer burton

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Wearing a studded denim vest and a Raiders cap, Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff, opens the show with a rock ’n’ roll declaration. “It’s the last show of our tour and we’re ready to f*ckin’ party,” he says. The guys launch into their set with the ear-splitting floor tom and kick drum of “Madness,” then follow with “Wild Desire.” I never wear earplugs, but the wild pounding of the drummer known as Big ’Ol Gary kind of makes me wish I had them. Between songs, Thomas struggles to get his fog machine under control as the stage is cloaked in puffs of smoke. “It’s got a foggy mind of its own,” Thomas says. King Tuff dives into the next song, another shiny, glam-punk jam that sounds like a Buzzcocks Bside, if Marc Bolan was the lead singer. “Headbangers,” sounds a little too similar to The Only Ones’ “Another Girl Another Planet,” but it’s still my favorite song off Black Moon Spell. The live rendition is pretty true to the recording, but the vocals sound drowned-out from inside the middle of the crowd. I move around the venue for a better spot and settle on the bar, where the sound is clearer. “Can we get a light show?” Thomas asks. “I’m a little bored with these lights.” The crowd breaks into a moshpit under the ominous gleam of the blue lights. The energy remains high for the rest of the set. The trio brought everything you’d expect of a King Tuff show—jokes about getting laid, diamond-sharp guitars and glittery, metallic solos—but as a fan of KT, the show didn’t feel particularly special. Next time, I’ll probably just stick to the album. –Leslie Ventura

A&E | noise

> Starting fresh The Quitters play outside the old Artistic Armory last year.

LO C A L S C E N E

Scrapes and bruises

Vegas on the Mic goes dark, Acoustic Armory scrambles for space

The local music scene hit two road bumps last week, with news that open-mic institution Vegas on the Mic had come to an abrupt end and that the Artistic Armory, a live venue and art studio, had lost its familiar space. If you hung out at Money Plays on Thursday nights over the past three years, chances are you noticed (or were part of ) a group of local musicians performing inside the local dive bar. But on January 26, Vegas on the Mic founder Mike Ziethlow announced through Facebook that the open-mic night was over, “effective immediately.”

“It’s sad it’s over, but he’s probably moving on to bigger and better things,” says Sonia Seelinger, a local musician who got her start performing at Money Plays. “He wanted to help the community, and he did. I think he had a lot on his plate.” On top of running Vegas on the Mic, Ziethlow recorded artist performances and uploaded content onto his website, vegasonthemic.com, free of charge. A label, Off-Strip Records, was also in the works, which Ziethlow also addressed on his Facebook. “OffStrip Records may still exist, but it

will do so without me.” The Artistic Armory ran into difficulties of its own last week when, co-owner Dustin Hoots says, landlords evicted the renters from their space at Russell and Arville. Now, the Armory is moving into new digs down the block from the original location, at Tropicana and Arville, Hoots says. A crowdfunding campaign went up last week at gofundme.com/savethe armory to “keep us from being in massive amounts of debt,” Hoots says, adding that the new space should be ready to host shows soon. –Leslie Ventura

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Marsupial madness the quitters by aaron thompson; ossum possum by bill hughes

Vegas band Ossum Possum takes it to another musical dimension Glancing at Ossum Possum’s Facebook page, one might wonder if the rhyming-named troupe is some sort of cult. With descriptors like “illustrious possum,” “higher vibrational song” and “prismatic trans-dimensional being” peppering their posts, it could actually be. Either that or Ossum Possum is a youngblood Las Vegas garage band based on a forthcoming comic book. ¶ Saturday night’s show at the Beat began on a vaguely acoustic wavelength, with just a hint of Syd Barrett and the harmonic neo-psychedelia of The Church. But there’s an edge under the pastoral tones, such as on “Wendigo Psychosis,” a song pretty much about eating people. ¶ Things rocked-up more as Ossum Possum’s set went on, with frontman Germs (Jeremy Luker) switching from mandolin to guitar. Frequently he took on a stance that bordered on possessed, eyes rolled and head thrown back, as if actually hollering from inside the mythical marsupial’s fantastic universe. ¶ Ossum Possum’s music isn’t overly trippy—it’s not MGMT, Jagwar Ma or even Tame Impala. But it does generate plenty of aural landscape. Keyboard tones and software squelches by Aries Kuykendall lend a Get Up Kids-style uplift, along with demented carnival noise reminiscent of The Rock*A*Teens. The multi-instrumentalist also pulled out a melodica (the breath-powered keyboard) for a hint of Gorillaz, another comic-book grounded outfit. The band was rounded out with Shawn Flanagan (electric guitar), Ian Garcia (bass guitar) and Kyle Deignan (drums). ¶ Ossum Possum opened the triple-bill night, which also featured Moonboots and High Noon Narrative. The crowd at the Beat was on the sparse side that night, which is a shame. The quality show was free and pints of Sierra Nevada were just $2—a punk-rock deal if ever there was one in modern Vegas. Astral travel was complimentary, too. –Greg Thilmont

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A&E | THE STRIP

> LOOKING GLASS The BBR gang is headed to the Hard Rock.

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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

BBR’s fantastical Alice is breaking theatrical rules at Vinyl BY JOHN KATSILOMETES When Anne Martinez was a child, no older than 5, her mother read a book to her each night. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was the title. Oh, the dreams that kid had. She’s still having them. “I have always been fascinated by Lewis Carroll, the original Alice book and the sequel, Through the LookingGlass, and my parents also bought me the VHS tape of the cartoon,” says Martinez, founder of the rock-opera outfit BBR and creator of Alice, A Steampunk Concert Fantasy, a show that opens February 17 for a series of six performances ending in July. Martinez hopes it can build an audience strong enough to support a five-show-perweek run either at the Hard Rock Hotel or another suitable venue. For Martinez, an indefatigable singer currently performing in Jubilee!, the show is an awakening. For real. “I actually had trouble sleeping when I was a kid,” Martinez says, “and my parents bought me those books on tape. I always fell asleep to this story and that very relaxing voice.” As an adult, Martinez has turned her childhood dreams into one of the city’s more adventurous productions. Alice is the steamy, rocking adaptation of the Carroll series as told through well-placed dialogue and a heavy dose of contemporary rock and pop classics. The show has far outgrown its original form, when a more standards-driven version of BBR (which originally was the acronym for a Blonde, a Brunette and a Redhead) debuted two years ago at

Boulevard Theater on the Strip. Over time, Martinez and the troupe of Alice performers have showcased the production at T Spot at Tuscany Suites, Club Madrid at Sunset Station and, finally, Vinyl. During that lengthy process, the production has experienced serious shifts in the band, the singers and especially the concept. “Honestly, what they’re going to see is nothing they have ever seen before, let alone in Las Vegas,” says Martinez, who not only conceived of the show and recruited its cast, but also shopped it to entertainment officials and negotiated the Hard Rock deal. “We wanted an adventure.” Added to the cast for the run at Vinyl are a White Rabbit (Adolfo Barreto, who is also the makeup man) and a Cheshire Cat (LeMichael Curry, who will be the first male to sing in the production). A rotating lineup of Red Queens has been used through the history of the show. Up next is Brooke Brown of Vegas! The Show. The music charts are crafted by David Perrico, late of Pin Up at the Stratosphere. A seasoned musician and composer, Perrico has worked with an array of greats, including Chuck Mangione, Natalie Cole and Donny & Marie. He spent six years touring with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, has taught jazz studies at UNLV, and even has a Cirque show (the ill-fated Viva Elvis at Aria) on his résumé. Perrico is backed by a band of ringers, a nine-piece mini-orchestra that reels off the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Lady

this Alice, too, wrapped tightly in Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and Johnny dark costumes designed by Vegas Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” A medley has vets Sandra Huntsman and Jeffrey been developed for the show at Vinyl, DeBarathy. The stage makeup is glitenveloping some Green Day and Iron tery and sharply shaded, with the Maiden. entire cast made up as if they are But BBR is not merely putting on a wearing masks. rock concert. The choreography of the It’s little wonder Martinez show’s four dancers is heavhas had a difficult time ily emphasized, with Ryan describing what Alice is all Kelsey and Claudia Mitria— ALICE, A about. She understands it’s both of whom have worked STEAMPUNK a show that needs to be seen extensively in stage producCONCERT to be fully appreciated, and tions on the Strip—workFANTASY such Vegas luminaries as Lon ing as co-directors. In these February 17, Bronson—who after a BBR dance numbers, plates are March 18, April show at T Spot said the show angrily hurled about, women 1, May 20, June is the best small-showroom are lifted and spun, and the 17, July 15, 10 production he has seen in two singers—Martinez and p.m., $30. Vinyl, Las Vegas in 25 years—have newcomer Ashley Fuller of 702-693-5000. taken notice. “It’s a fantasy Jubilee!—crawl along the that breaks every theatrical floor and smoke a hookah. rule you can break,” Martinez says. In a tweak of Carroll-esque word“All we want the audience to do is play, Fuller’s character is Ecila. That’s let go, and fall down the rabbit hole Alice, backward, fitting for this show. with us.” The performers look the part in

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A&E | comedy

> once more, with punch Joe Rogan is funniest when he makes you use your brain.

Joe’s highs and lows

photograph by Jason Bahr

Rogan’s stand-up plays like his career, for better and worse By Jason Harris That’s like you don’t want to clean Joe Rogan’s comedy bears an your room so you move out of your interesting resemblance to the house ... Get in the car. Let’s go to other aspects of his career: a dichotDeath Valley. Get out of the car. omy of styles playing to different There’s nothing here, right? Mars levels of intelligence. For every sucks worse! I just want to go to critically acclaimed NewsRadio space. You’re already in space.” there’s a Fear Factor counterpart. Against the high of that wellFriday night at the Mirage, his best crafted bit came the letdown of jokes were the ones where he made Rogan’s defense against critics spectators utilize their brains. But who’ve called him homophobic: “It for every thinker, there were cracks depends on the context. If I’ve got that never went beyond basic in nine tequilas in me and a dude setup and punchline. with a dress is trying to suck The backbone of Rogan’s high-energy set was the aaacc my dick, I’m probably going to be a little scared.” A lame well-worn premise that JOE response to a subject very few men and women are differ- ROGAN comedians are digging for ent. This included Rogan January deeper truths on. doing the lame voice of a 30, But then there was this hippy-dippy guy claiming Mirage. gem, calling out YouTube he understands women and commenters: “Do you really think that he’s different than other men. Jennifer Lopez has time to read It served as a lead-in to jokes, but your comments in between eatinstead of building them up it felt ing diamonds and f*cking all her like it should have been left in the background dancers?” Of all the ’90s. That stood in stark contrast things Rogan does, perhaps his to Rogan’s skill of taking typical comedy most mimics the cards comedy punching bags and findhe calls for the Ultimate Fighting ing new ways to hit them. Championship. You have to sit On people obsessed with going through a few clunkers to get to to outer space: “Some people think the highlight knockouts. our future is on other planets.

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A&E | fine art

> gonzo beasties Discarded things are weighty in D.K. Sole’s new work.

beautiful waste

In D.K. Sole’s hands, chewed pen caps, lollipop sticks and broken bulbs take on surprising resonance By Dawn-Michelle Baude

D.K. Sole’s exhibition or, Some Time Ago extracts the 2D from 3D forms. No massive, ponderous objects marshal the gallery space; no backbreaking hunks of art to haul about. Sole’s sculpture doesn’t so much fill the Winchester Cultural Center as hover within it. Her delicate, ephemeral pieces—all 96 of them—seem like a colony of gonzo beasties visiting from an interstellar realm, or a flock of affable creatures animated with a disarming, post-apocalyptic verve. Materials matter. Sole collects random spoor and detritus, leavings and scree discarded in the Las Vegas cityscape. Bits of paper, lollipop

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sticks, fake flower petals, paperclips, golf balls, headphone ear pieces, bottle caps—her sculptures are a compendium of what we don’t want to see on the ground, what we can’t consider as art because ... Geez, litter? But in Sole’s hands, a chewed pen cap becomes weirdly fascinating, a scratched eyeglass lens a source of sustained contemplation. We look at these little pieces of junk like never before because they’re no longer junk—they’re shapes, colors, texture, and forms integrated into miniature minimalist sculptures. Wire is key. Serving as a practical way to connect fragments, it also func-

Winchester Cultural Center Gallery tions sometimes as line, sometimes as is one of the most challenging exhivolume. Sole often “draws” in space bition spaces in town. Sole opted to with her wire, recalling classic, delicreate a wire web across the walls and cate works by Richard Tuttle or Curt hang her works as stars in a constellaAsker. Or she may shape the wire so tion (or perch her non-carbon-based that phantom 3D forms appear, almost life-forms in a net). She made as if the missing planes were excellent use of the spotlights transparent. For example, in to highlight the wire in the “not aware that they had met aaaac pieces, so that the shadows lately,” the wire has an almost OR, SOME draw upon the wall the lines calligraphic appeal, the black TIME AGO reel supplying the central Through March the wires draw in space. In upcycling fragments gravity of the composition, the 13. Tuesdayof consumer residue into yellow fragments of plastic a Friday, 10 a.m.lyrical note. In “twisted, then 8 p.m.; Saturday coherent works, Sole sits at the confluence between carefully folded,” the wire 9 a.m.-6 p.m. found-object assemblage and delineates invisible volumes Winchester ecology art. In the strongest within a biomorphic cloth/ Cultural Center, pieces, the components merge net/thread/rubber/adhesive/ 702-455-7340. into a cohesive whole rather aluminum assemblage. than insisting upon their individual Wire, too, is key in the hanging thinginess. (It’s not a broken LED of the show. With its low ceilings, bulb—it’s color, shape and form.) All in curved wall, nonexistent natural light, all, a quirky but charming exhibition, industrial carpet, generic spotlights full of unexpectedly resonant works. and walls in need of fresh paint, the

A&E | fine art

> Career art Jerry Kearns’ “Tweet” and Suzanne Silver’s “The End” are part of the upcoming Heroes exhibit.

Gallery renaissance

Four new spaces for serious art By Kristen Peterson There was a sense of relief back in November when guests at Ta s t y S p a c e ’s final art reception spilled into the new Satellite Contemporary gallery across the hall at Emergency Arts. That galleries around town work, putting the art back inside that had been showing career artDowntown’s Emergency Arts. ists’ work were closing—or had While Satellite Contemporary’s closed—meant dwindling opporFebruary exhibit, Heroes, featunity for exposure to serious art. tures work by established artists But here was curatorial acumen and mentors—including Venice playing out in works by young artBiennale representatives Ann ists from around the country. Hamilton and Dadang Christanto— It was a sign that the Las Vegas and mentors that have inspired the gallery scene would, as usual, gallery’s owners (a trio of artists and rebound as part of the ebb and faculty members from Flagstaff’s flow that has defined the arts here Northern Arizona University), for more than a decade. And the Rhizome Gallery’s I Hope dizzying game of musiThis Doesn’t Succulent cal chairs that ensued comprises mostly emergoffered even more meat SECOND ing artists on the subject to the meal: By December, SATURDAY of cacti. Satellite Contemporary February 6 Gallery continues its had moved into the old 14, 6-10 p.m. exhibit The Last Goodbye TastySpace suite, allow- Emergency with work by painter ing for 6 Gallery to move Arts, 520 into that vacated space. Fremont Street. Wade Schuster and photographer Monica In January, Rhizome Figura, both tackling the color Gallery, opened in the former and form of Las Vegas signage. 5th Wall Gallery by two academAnd Space 164 continues its ics who’d recently settled in Las exhibit of work by Tess Felix, Vegas for work at UNLV, formed a California artist with a thea nucleus that included Space 164 ater background whose repregallery. sentational assemblages, mostly The four galleries have now engaging portraits made from teamed to create Second Saturday, beach-found discarded plastics, a monthly art crawl that offers reflect environmental issues a well-rounded, diverse repaffecting marine life. resentation of contemporary

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FOOD > which ’wich? The Darius and Sweet Science (below) are tough to pick between.

Filling the void

The modest new Sandwich Spot keeps it simple and delicious By Brock Radke mayo, mustard, secret sauce (more Celebrity chefs, cutting-edge of a vinaigrette than a sauce) letcuisine, multimillion dollar ventuce, tomato, pickles, onions and ues—the Las Vegas restaurant peppers. That’s a lot of stuff on landscape can be quite exciting, a standard sandwich, especially sometimes even overwhelming. pleasant considering the veggies Maybe that’s why I crave simare fresh. plicity. You’ll find your favorite combo, I’m eager to try all those curilike the Roger That ($8.49) with ous new Chinatown restaurants, its turkey, bacon, cheddar and and those cool coming-soon avocado; the vegetarian Darius Downtown spots, and definite($7.49), which adds avocado, ly those big Strip projects from cucumber and sprouts to the mix; Julian Serrano and Masaharu and the Sweet Science ($7.99), Morimoto. But point me in the teriyaki chicken with pineapple. direction of a new sandwich shop The Buffalo wing-ish sandwich is and I’m all yours. called the Bayer Necessity, and the We need more sandwich shops meatball is called Binion’s Baller. in Las Vegas. I wrote a list of local My favorite so far is the Runnin’ favorites for the Weekly in July Rebel ($7.99), sala2012, and five of my mi and pepperjack 15 picks aren’t availwith “bomb sauce,” able anymore. (Bread The Sandwich which is something & Butter, Eddie D’s, Spot 3250 N. of a suicide sauce— Johnny McGuire’s and Tenaya Way #104, everything mixed ’Wichcraft closed, while 702-749-7400. together. It tastes RM Seafood’s crazy Monday-Friday, kinda meaty, which Catfish Sloppy Joe is 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; is delicious with no longer a permanent Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 actual meat. menu fixture—though p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.The Spot offers it’s back this month for 4 p.m. several house-made the restaurant’s 10th sauces that can help anniversary.) make these sandwiches more All things considered, I was memorable, so feel free to ask cautiously optimistic heading into for a sample before augmenting the northwest’s new Sandwich your lunch. Bread options are Spot, our first location of a small also surprisingly varied, from the franchise started in Sacramento seldom-used Dutch Crunch roll, in 2005. The simple, yet still dense and sweet, to sourdough Vegasy decor—an homage to or marble rye if you prefer slices neon signage—immediately put to subs. I also applaud the presme at ease, and the menu proved ence of cream cheese, which just mouth-watering. Other than a doesn’t get the love it deserves few salads and sides, the Spot is in basic sandwich construction. all sandwich, familiar ingredients It elevates the turkey-and-cranassembled with care and attenberry Pilgrim and the roast beeftion and, sometimes, creativity. based Tom Slick ($7.99). The Winston Cooper ($8.49) There’s nothing at the jumps out first, hot pastrami Sandwich Spot that’s particularly paired with lean roast beef and trendy or hype-worthy, and that’s salami. Choose a cheese and fine by me. My craving for simdecide which standard toppings plicity is fully satisfied here. you want; “everything” includes

b i t e n ow

Tortas at Pinches Tacos In the global sandwich pantheon, the Mexican torta is vastly underrated. Similarly, the food options at Downtown Container Park are often overlooked—especially Pinches Tacos. The chalkboard menu proclaims “We are here to save you from fake-sican food,” and they mean it. (Pinches is setting up to open a second location at the southwest Valley’s Gramercy project, too.) ¶ All these tortas are constructed on a huge, puffy, lightly sweet bolillo roll, slathered with refried pinto beans, guacamole and sour crema. Your chosen meat—fish, chicken, carne asada, pork carnitas or al pastor—gets decorated with cilantro and Pinches Tacos Container Park, onions, too. They’re all hearty and supremely savory, but the spicy-sweet, 702-910-3100. Sunday-Thursday, 9 a.m.caramelized perfection of the al pastor might take the trophy. Or is it the 11 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 a.m. huge, crispy fried fish sandwich? I can’t decide. Get both. –Brock Radke

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the sandwich spot by christopher devargas

FOOD > SLURP IT UP Beef ramen at Big Wong and (below) tonkotsu at 8 Noodle Bar will satisfy your cravings.

SMALL BITES Dining News & Notes

ON THE HUNT

DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT RAMEN It’s time to broaden your noodly horizons BY DON CHAREUNSY This is the perfect time of year for the ultimate Asian comfort food on a cold winter’s night: ramen. But it’s not comforting that two of the town’s most popular Japanese noodle soup joints—Monta in Chinatown and on Eastern Avenue and Shoku Ramen-ya attached to the original Bachi Burger—are now nearly impossible to visit without finding a long wait and line out the door. So where else can you go for a savory bowl of noodles, pork, boiled egg and vegetables? If money isn’t an object, Wazuzu (Encore, 702-770-5388) offers traditional chicken and tonkotsu (pork) ramen, plus a vegetarian option. Each is about $20, but every ingredient is incredibly fresh. Adding Korean-style kalbi ribs is a meaty twist. Feel like a real splurge? Add lobster, for $68. Lucky Foo’s (8955 S. Eastern Ave., 702-650-0669) offers four bowls of ramen ($9-$13) with voluminous toppings; the ones with short ribs and pork belly stand out. This new restaurant recently adjusted its pricing to better fit its off-Strip location, and the ramen is even better discounted during happy hour (4-6 p.m. and 11

p.m. to close). At the new 8 Noodle Bar (Red Rock Resort, 702-7977576), chicken—with a light broth—and pork—a thicker, sweeter broth—options (both $12) give Shoku a run for my favorite ramen in town. This soup and this restaurant are so good that they’re worth my drive from Henderson to Summerlin. Fingers crossed that a location opens at sister resort Green Valley Ranch. It could happen. Chinatown’s Big Wong (5040 Spring Mountain Road #6, 702-368-6808) is the epitome of no-fuss dining, and so is its ramen ($4.95). This big bowl could be filled with tender beef, or it could include a choice of white- or dark-meat fried chicken. Yes, fried chicken. Talk about comfort food. Other unconventional places for good ramen include Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace, the Buffet at Wynn and the new Fulton Street Food Hall at Harrah’s. All come with buffet or all-you-can-eat prices and formats, so maybe enjoy your ramen as a first course before digging into crab legs?

BIG WONG BY BEVERLY POPPE; 8 NOODLE BAR BY BROCK RADKE; FUKUBURGER SUN FILE

F.A.M.E., the Asian street food experience at the Linq, has temporarily closed for a remodel, but its most prominent occupant will find life elsewhere. Fukuburger, the beloved food truck that hit local streets in 2010 and anchored F.A.M.E., will be moving into the Hawaiian Marketplace center just below a brand-new Chili’s. Expected to open by March, the new Fuku spot will join a heated Stripside burger battle as Fatburger, Bobby’s Burger Palace and Shake Shack are nearby. As profiled in the Weekly’s 15 to Watch in 2015, former Comme Ça chef Brian Howard is striking out on his own this year, and now more details have emerged. His first project is called Harvest & Larder, a name that invokes a casual, pub-like atmosphere, a sense of seasonality, and the chef’s passion for carefully crafted charcuterie. Howard and his team have signed a lease for their space, which could open in September, and though they’re not saying exactly where they’ll be setting up shop, they were rumored to be hunting around Downtown’s Arts District. In the meantime, Howard is off to New York to cook at the James Beard House as part of a special Skuna Bay Salmon dinner event on February 25. Restaurant shuffles at SLS continue. On February 1, the Griddle Cafe—the Vegas version of the wildly popular Hollywood breakfast spot—was replaced by Northside Cafe, a more traditional 24/7 coffee shop concept. This transition comes after the November closure of the SLS buffet, and several sources say more change is coming—expect the quietly magnificent Ku Noodle by superchef José Andrés to shutter soon. –Brock Radke

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A&E | SHORT TAKES SPECIAL SCREENINGS

> WIZARD WARS Ben Barnes (left) and Jeff Bridges fight evil in Seventh Son.

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 2/8, 2/11, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Dam Short Film Festival Through 2/7, short films, parties, more, times vary, $9 per screening, passes $30-$100. Boulder Theatre, 1225 Arizona St., Boulder City, damshortfilm. org.

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: COL, SC

Erotic Movie Night Fri, 7 pm, free. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 Industrial Road, 702-794-4000. Game of Thrones: The IMAX Experience 2/5, IMAX screenings of Game of Thrones episodes “The Watchers on the Wall” and “The Children” plus season five preview, times vary, $14-$17.50. Theaters: AL, PAL, SS Levitated Mass 2/12, documentary screening, 6 pm, free. Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-8953381. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2/7, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 pm, $9. Theaters: TC. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Sat, Doctor Who weekly, 5 pm, free. Sun, The Walking Dead viewing party, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 2/7, Westworld, Soylent Green, 8 pm, $5. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 2/10, The Yearling (1946). Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

NEW THIS WEEK Jupiter Ascending AABCC Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne. Directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski. 125 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 41. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Seventh Son (Not reviewed) Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore. Directed by Sergey Bodrov. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. A young man becomes the apprentice to a powerful warrior and must fight an evil witch. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water AABCC Voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence. Directed by Paul Tibbitt. 92 minutes. Rated PG. The second movie starring animated undersea creature SpongeBob SquarePants features all the familiar characters in an adventure to track down the stolen recipe for Krabby Patties. The story drags over the course of 90 minutes, with mild humor and a strained climax that mixes the animated characters with live action. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Two Days, One Night AAAAB

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 embellish the biblical narrative, but it does so only in service of typical blockbuster bombast. –JB Theaters: ST, TC

Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée. Directed by JeanPierre and Luc Dardenne. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. In French with English subtitles. See review Page 42. Theaters: SC Yennai Arindhaal (Not reviewed) Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Trisha Krishnan. Directed by Gautham Menon. 177 minutes. Not rated. In Tamil with English subtitles. A man turns to a life of crime to help a friend. Theaters: ST

NOW PLAYING American Sniper AACCC Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 132 minutes. Rated R. Cooper’s performance is the strongest element of this biopic about Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. It’s a simplistic, pandering tribute to the American military, aimed at an audience that prizes patriotism over drama and isn’t interested in complexity when telling the stories of so-called American heroes. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

Theaters: TX

Theaters: COL, ST, TS

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: COL, DTS, ST

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

Blackhat AABCC Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis. Directed by Michael Mann. 133 minutes. Rated R. Hemsworth plays a hacker furloughed from prison to help an FBI agent and a Chinese official track down the person responsible for a cyber attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant. Blackhat is a stylistic treat that is essentially incoherent when it comes to plotting, characterization and dialogue. –JB Theaters: ST

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: TX

Black or White AACCC Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jillian Estell. Directed by Mike Binder. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. Binder achieves an impressive feat here, depicting a courtroom battle between a middleaged white lawyer and a working-class African-American family, and making the rich white guy into the underdog. That kind of deck-stacking pervades Binder’s clumsy melodrama, which stars Costner as a man fighting for custody of his biracial granddaughter. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, DTS, GVR, ORL, PAL, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX

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

Black Sea AAABC Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. 115 minutes. Rated R. Laidoff submarine captain Robinson (Law) hatches a plan to steal an underwater cache of Nazi gold. Surprisingly, things do not go according to plan, and Macdonald ratchets up the tension as Robinson and his men start turning on each other. When it sticks to the chaotic undersea action, Black Sea is efficient and gripping. –JB

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The Boy Next Door ABCCC Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett. Directed by Rob Cohen. 91 minutes. Rated R. After one ill-advised night of carnal passion, a middleaged teacher (Lopez) finds herself being stalked by her hunky, unstable neighbor (Guzman). With its painfully obvious plot twists and moronic characters, Boy is so terrible that it’s actually quite funny at times, thanks especially to Guzman’s intensely wooden performance. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, GVR, ORL, PAL, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Cake AABCC Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Sam Worthington. Directed by Daniel Barnz. 101 minutes. Rated R. Aniston does her best as a bitter lawyer suffering from chronic pain in the aftermath of a vaguely defined accident. Her award-nominated performance is the best part of this mediocre movie, a listless indie drama that never goes much of anywhere, with moments that are framed as revelatory but contain little revelation. –JB Theaters: GVR 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 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: TC 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 grandeur is mostly empty. –JB Theaters: BS, COL, ORL, RR, SC 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 emotional and thematic resonance. –JB Theaters: GVR, RR, ST 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: AL, DTS, GVR, ORL, SF, SP, ST, TS 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

A&E | Short Takes the same time, Nolan creates overwhelming, often breathtaking suspense in a number of astonishing set pieces. –JB Theaters: ST

Theaters: TC Unbroken aabcc Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi. Directed by Angelina Jolie. 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: SC, SF, 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: CH, COL, RR, ST, TS

The Wedding Ringer AACCC Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley CuocoSweeting. Directed by Jeremy Garelick. 101 minutes. Rated R. This contrived bromance involves a lonely rich guy (Gad) hiring a professional best man (Hart) to stand in at his wedding. Hart is likable, but the story never builds on its ridiculous premise, stumbling through unfunny set pieces and vulgar humor, without any worthwhile payoff. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX

The Loft (Not reviewed) Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller. Directed by Erik Van Looy. 108 minutes. Rated R. Five men who share an apartment where they conduct illicit affairs discover a dead woman in their secret hideaway. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX Mortdecai aaccc Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor. Directed by David Koepp. 106 minutes. Rated R. Depp acts primarily with his goofy mustache in this strained caper that is more witless than witty. As English nobleman and art dealer Charlie Mortdecai, Depp puts on another funny voice but fails to do anything funny, and the comedic mystery surrounding him is limp and uninvolving. –JB Theaters: PAL, ST, TS A Most Violent Year aaaac Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, Albert Brooks. Directed by J.C. Chandor. 125 minutes. Rated R. Set in New York City in 1981, Year delves into the inner workings of the ruthless heating-oil business, with Isaac as a business owner targeted by hijackers. Year is an exacting thriller with a rich sense of time and place, made by a filmmaker at the top of his game. –JB Theaters: BS, DTS, GVR, ORL, SC, SP, TS, TX Night at the Museum: 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: CH, RR Paddington aaabc Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, voice of Ben Whishaw. Directed by Paul King. 95 minutes. Rated PG. Somehow the new Paddington movie seems modern while at the same time holding firmly to its quaint, lovely ideals. The movie includes a few big slapstick moments, but they arise naturally out of the character’s unfamiliarity with the civilized world. Ben Whishaw voices the CGI bear. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX 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

> marital spat Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year.

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, TC Project Almanac aaccc Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner. Directed by Dean Israelite. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. A group of irritating teenagers discover a time machine in this forgettable thriller. It takes what feels like an eternity to get to the actual time travel, and the eventual consequences are vague and rushed. The found-footage style is distracting, and the vapid characters aren’t worth watching as they stumble toward discovery. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX 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: SP, ST 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, TX Strange Magic (Not reviewed) Voices of Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Kristin Chenoweth. Directed by Gary Rydstrom. 99 minutes. Rated PG. A mysterious potion sends a group of elves, goblins, imps and fairies on an adventure. Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, RP, RR, SF, TS, TX

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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX The Theory of Everything aaccc Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis. Directed by James Marsh. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Redmayne gives an impressive physical performance

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

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: COL, DTS, SC, ST 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

(DTS) Regal Downtown Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283 (FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(CAN) Galaxy Cannery 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779 (CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570

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

(DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565

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: BS, TX JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178 (SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283 (SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061 (SC) Century Suncoast 9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880

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

(COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283

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: COL, SC

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

(SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (TX) Regal Texas Station 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283 (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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THREE QUESTIONS WITH INDIE SONGWRITER ZOLA JESUS You moved to Vashon Island [Washington] to write the music for new album Taiga. Why? Moving to Vashon Island kind of eliminated all my anxiety … taking myself out of culture, where I was living in LA at the time, and putting myself into a very rural area. We have encumbered ourselves with our technology and our infrastructure to make our lives more efficient, but at the same time they make our life so much more complex, and that was really weighing me down. You’ve said it would be nice to turn the radio on and have it be “nutritious.” Can you help make pop radio more nutritious? I don’t know. When I was really young, I loved pop radio. I loved Christina and Britney and Spice Girls, ’cause I was a child—I grew up loving them, and they’re still kind of a part of me. I feel like these pop stars have such power, and they’re just abusing it. I’m glad we have people like Sia and Lorde, even parts of Miley Cyrus. I think she’s empowering young girls more than, say, Rihanna.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl Naive Melodies 2/5, 8:30 pm, free. Spare Time 2/5-2/7, 11 pm, free. Hellyeah, Devour the Day, Like a Storm, Archer 2/6, 8 pm, $28-$33. Tribal Seeds, Hirie, Leilani Wolfgramm 2/7, 9 pm, $22+. Brown Sabbath 2/8, 8 pm, free. The String Cheese Incident 2/13-2/15, 8 pm, $55. The Brothers Comatose 2/14-2/15, noon, free. Lotus 2/14-2/15, midnight, $17. Iration, Stick Figure, Hours Eastly 2/16, 8 pm, $26-$28. Chronixx, Protoje, The Indiggnation 2/20, 9 pm, $17. Gov’t Mule, John Scofield 2/22, 8 pm, $25-$28. Phantogram, Talk In Tongues 2/23, 8 pm, $28. Flight Facilities 2/28, 9 pm, $22+. Ozomatli, Hellride, N.E. Last Words 3/1, 8 pm, $28. Rebel Souljahz, The Jimmy Weeks Project 3/15, 9 pm, $20. Dan & Shay, Canaan Smith 3/21, 7:30 pm, $22-$28. Railroad Earth 3/22, 8 pm, $22-$28. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Roosevelt Collier 3/27,

Are you mostly referring to sexualization in pop music? Yeah, and also they’re just not really saying anything. Katy Perry has this incredible mouthpiece to say something very powerful to these young kids, and she’s not saying anything. She’s saying something about, like, dancing in her birthday suit. I just think young girls need more role models. They need to know that it’s okay to be into weird stuff; it’s okay to have different opinions.

ZOLA JESUS with Deradoorian. February 7, 9 p.m., $15-$20. Bunkhouse Saloon, 702-854-1414.

1 a.m., $13-$17. Trampled by Turtles 3/30, 8 pm, $21-$28. Linq, 702-8622695. The Colosseum Rod Stewart 2/6-2/7, 2/10, 2/14-2/15, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. Elton John 3/20-3/21, 3/23-3/24, 3/273/28, 3/30-3/31, 4/3-4/4, 4/6-4/7, 4/104/11, 4/13-4/14, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. 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, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Billy Idol, Broncho 2/21, 8 pm, $50+. Pentatonix 2/28, 8 pm, $20-$30. Jason Mraz 3/14, 8 pm, $50. Hozier 4/9, 9 pm, $30+. (Boulevard Pool) Ratatat, Sylvan Esso 4/8, 9 pm, $28. RAC, St. Lucia 4/11, 9 pm, $20. Marina and the Diamonds, Kiesza 4/13, 9 pm, $25. Lykke Li, Ryn Weaver 4/14, 9 pm, $20. Interpol 4/15, 9 pm, $25. Stromae 4/16, 9 pm, $25. 702-6987000. Dive Bar 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 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., 702-7915775. 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 Austin Law 2/5, 3/5, 9 pm; 2/62/7, 3/6-3/7, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 2/12, 3/26, 9 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3/273/28, 10 pm. Wolfcreek 2/20-2/21, 10 pm. Country Nation 2/27-2/28, 10 pm. Chancey Williams Band 3/12, 9 pm; 3/13-3/14, 10 pm. Chad Freeman Band 3/19, 9 pm; 3/20-3/21, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Live 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,

And if I can be that person, then I would love to, but at the same time, I’m not cut from the popstar cloth, really. –Leslie Ventura For more of our interview with Zola Jesus, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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 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. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint 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, 5/15/2, 5/6, 5/8-5/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 5/22, 9 pm, $35+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) 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) 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 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) Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-944-3200. The Pearl Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band 3/15, 7:30 pm, $73-$153. Steely Dan 4/11, 8 pm, $94+. Joe Bonamassa 5/1-5/2, 8 pm, $89-$130. The Moody Blues 5/3, 8 pm, $63-$133. Palms, 702942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Fri & Sat, 9 pm, two-drink minimum. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-369-2305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 2/62/7, 2/11, 2/13-2/14, 2/17-2/18, 2/20-2/21, 2/25, 2/27-2/28, $60-$195. Ricardo Arjona 3/15, 8 pm, $59-$181. Weird Al Yankovic 5/12-5/16, 8 pm, $59-$89. 702-234-7469. Rock in Rio Festival Ft. Taylor Swift,

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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. Silver Sevens All shows 9:30 pm, free. 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. 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 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, 702-6935000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

D OW N TOW N Backstage Bar & Billiards The Blasters, The Yawpers, Delta Bombers, Eddy Bears & The Cubs 2/5, 8 pm, $12-$15. Assuming We Survive, Inurgency, Revolve, Ambush America, Light ‘Em Up 2/7, 8 pm, $5. Pinback 2/12, 8 pm, $16-$20. 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 Bass Drum of Death 2/5, 9 pm, $8. J Dilla Tribute Show 2/7, 9 pm, $5. Dirt Nasty, B.A.R.S. Murre, Biz E!, Beast Fremont 2/10, 9 pm, $10. Jesse Lawson 2/12, 9 pm, free. Enjambre, Maria Del Pilar, Petra Ice 2/12, 10 pm. Will & The Hi-Rollers, Cutty Flam 2/13, 9 pm, $10. Off the Wall 2/14, 9 pm, free. Sounds of Threat, Mercy Music, The Quitters, Surrounded By Thieves Cage & Sadistik 2/24, 9 pm. Love Vendetta, Black Beans & Hippie Liver, Jam Stain 2/27, 9 pm, free. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. The Bunkhouse The Bunny Gang, Thee Swank Bastards 2/6, 10 pm, 10-$15. Zola Jesus, Deradoorian 2/7, 9 pm, $15-$20. Pussyrama, Destruction Unit 2/8, 8 pm, $10. JT Habersaat, Mishka Shubaly 2/9, 8 pm, $5-$8. The Boom Circuits, Avalon Landing 2/12, 10 pm, $5-$8. The Growlers 2/13, $12-$15. Neil Hamburger, Johnny Pemberton, Megan Koester, DJ Douggpound 2/14, 8:30 pm, $14-$16. Corners, The Blind Pets, Quaalude DJs 2/16, 8 pm, $5-$7. The Biltmore Boys, The Youngest, Brad Bailey 2/18, 9:30 pm, $5. Surfer Blood 2/21, 7:30 pm, $10-$12. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com. Fremont Country Club Sheppard 2/23, 9 pm, $26-$28. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Cheap Trick 3/7, 9 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Don Williams 3/6, 8 pm, $61-$109. 129 Fremont St., 702385-7111. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Mickie Finnz The Leeroy Jenkins Incident 2/5, 8 pm; 2/6-2/7, 9 pm. Bad Sounds 2/8, 8 pm. JV Allstars 2/9-

Calendar 2/11, 8pm. Kold Front 2/4, 8 pm. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204. 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. The Smith Center Tizer 2/13-2/14, 7 pm, $35+. Engelbert Humperdinck 2/15, 7:30 pm, $29+. Ana Gasteyer 2/20-2/21, 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., 702507-5700. Eagle Aerie Hall 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. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139. Elixir Marty Feick 2/6. Chris Heers 2/7. Phil Stendek 2/13. Scott Starr 2/14. Stefnrock 2/20. Nick Mattera 2/21. Scott Starr 2/27. Shaun South 2/28. Shows at 8 pm, free. 2920 N. Green Valley Pkwy., 702-2720000. Fiesta Henderson (Cerveza Lounge) Josh LaCount Wed, 8 pm. (Coco Lounge) Shows 9 pm, free. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm. (Cabo Lounge) Shows free unless noted. 702-631-7000. 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. 702-367-2470. 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) Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Sat, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) 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., 702-7977777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Magic of Motown Sat, 10 pm. Jerry Tiffe 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., 702-658-4900. 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 Beginnings 2/6-2/8, 7:30 pm, $25+. Tower of Power 2/13-2/15, 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 3/20-3/22, 7:30 pm, $25+. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-7978005. Suncoast Rita Coolidge 2/12-2/15, 7:30 pm, $16. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Barry Black Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi

Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat, 7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Chrome Showroom) Shows free unless noted. 1301 W. Sunset Rd., 702-547-7777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels FriSat, 7 pm. (South Padre) Crossfire Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-631-1000.

E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill Bow Wow Wow, Midnight Clover, The Unwieldies, Water Landing, Irie 2/7, 8 pm, $8-$10. 3103 N. Rancho Dr., 645-4139. Arizona Charlie’s (Naughty Ladies Saloon) Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. (Palace Grand Lounge) Gregg Peterson 1/23-1/24, 9 pm. Jamestown 1/30-1/31, 9 pm. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. Hip Hop Roots Fri, 10 pm, $5. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Space Karate 2/6. Out of the Desert 2/7. Jimmy Prima Band 2/13. Toney Rocks 2/14. Justin Mather 2/19. DJ Hayden 2/20. The All-Togethers 2/21. You Knew Me When 2/27. Blue String Theory 2/28. All shows free unless noted, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) 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. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. The Dillinger Marty Feick Thu, 7 pm. Stefnrock First & third Sat, 8:30 pm, free. 1224 Arizona St., 702-293-4001. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri-Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-4586343. Eastside Cannery (Eastside Events Center) Brian McKnight 2/15, 7 pm, $20+. (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-507-5700. Italian American Club Tony Sacca, Denise Clemente 2/21, 8 pm, $25. 2333 E. Sahara Ave., 702-457-3866, iac.com. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thur, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Jimmy Wilkins New Life Jazz Orchestra 2/7, 1 pm, $15. Bruce Harper Big Band, Elisa Fiorillo 2/21, 1 pm, $15 Charles McNeal Big Band 2/28, 1 pm, $15. Jazz Conversations Big Band Series Sat, 1 pm, $15. Swingin’ Sundays Sun, 5 pm, $10. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702384-0771. Sam’s Town The Police Unity Tour ft. Crossfire 2/7, 8 pm, $10-$15. NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777. Winchester Cultural Center The Strip Kings 2/6, 7 pm, $10-$12. Joe Lano Guitar Ensemble ft. Jobelle Yonely 2/15, 2 pm, $12$15. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030.

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$40-$96. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8:30 pm, $50-$60. Luxor, 702-262-4900. Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39$50. Quad, 888-777-7664. Andrew Dice Clay 2/6-2/8, 2/13-2/15. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Whitney Cummings 3/13-3/14, 5/22-5/23, 9:30 pm, $74-$118. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Bill Engvall 3/6, 9 pm, $60+. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55-$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Fortune Feimster, Cameron Esposito 4/25, 8 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Craig Ferguson 3/13, 8 pm, $25+. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Garfunkel & Oates 3/21, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90-$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. The Improv Owen Benjamin, Sean Kent Thru 2/8. Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Gabriel Iglesias 4/3-4/4, 5/23-5/24, 10 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. Lisa Lampanelli 2/7, 9:30 pm, $50-$119. Venetian, 866-641-7469. The Laugh Factory Shows at 8:30 & 10:30 pm. $29-$45. Tropicana, 702-739-2222. Laughternoon Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. The D, 702-388-2111. Jay Leno 2/28, 10 pm, $60-$80. Mirage, 702792-7777. Loni Love 2/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$97. Venetian, 866-641-7469. M Resort Comedy Night Fri, 9 pm, free with drink purchase. M Resort, 702-797-1000. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show TueSat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Kevin Nealon 2/20-2/21, 7:30 pm, $16+. Suncoast, 702-636-7075. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702531-4320. Ray Romano & David Spade 2/20-2/21, 4/104/11, 10 pm, $80+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Red Skelton Tribute Sat-Tue, 2 pm; $35-$40. Westin Las Vegas, 160 E. Flamingo Rd., 702245-2393. 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. Riviera, 855-468-6748. Rita Rudner 2/11, 2/25, 7:30 pm, $60-$100. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Rd., 702-796-6000. 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., 702-368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-7777776. 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 Tue, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm, Wed-Sun, 7:30 pm, $69+. Bally’s, 50shadesvegas.com, 702-777-2782. Dixie’s Tupperware Party Thur-Sun, 2/52/15, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 2/7-2/15, 3 pm, $33-$39. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. First Friday Poetry 2/6, 5 pm, free. Colorado Ave. 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 . 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, 702-749-2000. Nevada Ballet Theatre: A Gala Performance 2/21, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Nice Work If You Can Get It 2/24-3/1, 7:30 pm; 2/28 & 3/1, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Reckoning A staged reading. 2/8, 7 pm, $10. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. First St. #110, asylumtheatre.org. 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.

Special Events An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 2/12, $135. Bellagio, 866-406-7117. Daughter of the King: An Evening Wth Sandra Lansky 2/18, 6 pm, $25. Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., mobmuseum. org. Dam Short Film Festival Thru 2/7, Historic Boulder Theatre, 1225 Arizona St., 702-2933171, damshortfilm.org. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 2/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Splendor in the Glass Wine & Beer Tasting 2/7, 3 pm, $85-$100. Westgate Las Vegas, VegasPBS.org/winetasting. A Vintage Valentine’s Affair 2/14, 11 am, $40. Ron DeCar’s Event Center, 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771.

Sports Ellis Mania 10 2/21, 8 pm, $20+. The Joint, 702-693-5222. Harlem Globetrotters 2/5, times vary, $24+. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. UNLV Men’s Basketball Fresno State 2/10, time TBA, $15-$100. Boise State 2/18, 8 pm, $15-100. Wyoming 2/28, 5 pm, $15-$100. San Diego State 3/4, 8 pm, $20-$110. Thomas & Mack, 702-739-3267. UNLV Women’s Basketball Colorado State 2/7, 4 pm. New Mexico 2/21, 2 pm. Utah State 2/25, 7 pm. San Jose State 3/6, 5 pm. All games 5 p.m. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267.

Galleries Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702383-3133. 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. 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, 702-455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-3754147. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. At UNLV, 702895-3893. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am5pm. 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., 702647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-3669339. P3Studio 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., 702-455-7340.

CALENDAR | FIRST FRIDAY > LOOK, UP IN THE SKY Quaranto’s first solo show in nearly five years is showing at Blackbird Studios.

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CASINO CENTER City of the World Gallery 1229 Casino Center Blvd., 702-523-5306. Cornerstone Art Gallery 201 E. Colorado St., 702-238-5894. Photo Bang Bang 224 E. Imperial Ave., 702-527-2264.

MAIN STREET Clay Arts Vegas Ft. work by Shana Salaff. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147.

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THE ARTS FACTORY 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 383-3133. Galleries include: 17 Moons Art Studio Ste. 240., 702-245-7725. 303 North Studio Ste. 115. A. Stein Visual Arts Ste. 220. Blue Sky Yoga Ste. 145, 702-592-1396. Eden Pastor Gallery Ste. 215. Happy Panda Toys Ste. 120B 702-516-3432. HellPop! Ste. 105B. Hillary Salon Ste. 250, 702-525-1053. Hiptazmic Studio Ste. 105C., 702-516-9563. Jana’s RedRoom Ste. 160, 702-454-3709. Joseph Watson Collection Ste. 115. 858-733-2135. Obgarts Creative Main lobby. PeaceNArt Studio Ste. 230. R Space Studio Ste. 125. Sin City Gallery “Desert Bound” by Marshall Bradford. Ste. 100, 702-952-9656. Studio West Photography Ste. 250, 702-383-3133.

NEARBY Blackbird Studios “Regarding the Moon” by Gina Quaranto. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Gainsburg Studio 1533 W. Oakey Blvd., 702-249-3200. Globe Salon 900 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-938-4247.

DOWNTOWN SPACES 1800 Industrial Rd. Galleries include: Beloved Relics Ste. 200 A. Brazen Architecture Ste. 200 C. Craft Acting Studio Ste. 204. Skin City Body Painting “Caio’s World” by Julia Parrot. 702-431-7546. SolSis Gallery “Abstract Illusions” by Chris Kennedy. Ste. 130 H, 702-557-2225. Spectral Gallery Ft. works by Jska Priebe; Mike and Dasha Biggs. Ste. 104 D. Toyboxx Las Vegas Ste. 130 C. Urizen Gallery “Meditation” by Benito and Kortnie Colón. Ste. 206 B. Ortego’s Juniper Gallery Ste. 206 A. Wasteland Gallery “Bubblegum Nightmare” by Leslie Ann Farrell. 702-475-9161.

702-384-8987. Hogs & Heifers 201 N. Third St., 702676-1457. Insert Coin(s) 512 Fremont St., 702477-2525. Inspire 512 Fremont St., 702-477-2525. Mob Bar 201 N. Third St., 702-2599700. Oak & Ivy Container Park, oakandivy. com. Vanguard Lounge 516 Fremont St., 702-868-7800. Velveteen Rabbit 1218 S. Main St., 702685-9645.

FLYING SOLO

It wasn’t meant to be such a departure from her usual style and subject matter; it just turned out that way. “People are going to expect the girls,” says Gina Quaranto, artist and owner of Blackbird Studios. “This is a different show. Completely different.” ¶ Those “girls” have been her signature subject in recent years, wide-eyed women with melancholy gazes. Quaranto tried to paint them and to incorporate color, but it didn’t work out this time. Instead came Regarding the Moon, a black-and-white sculpture-based show, the artist’s first in nearly five years. The exhibition focuses on books, birds and the moon—recurring fascinations of hers. ¶ Suspended in the gallery’s entryway are books adorned with birds in various states of departure. “I’ve always wanted to do something where a bird came out of a REGARDING THE book and freed itself from the pages,” Quaranto explains from her Commerce MOON Through Street gallery. “It’s not in a cage; it’s in a book.” The books are old strays, February 28, call picked up around town and during travels. In one piece, carved wooden for hours. Blackbird waves, which evoke Beetlejuice, rise from the pages of Encyclopedia BritStudios, 702-782tanica. In another, black bird feathers explode from a painted book’s pages. 0319. Artist reception –Kristy Totten February 6, 6-11 p.m.

CONTAINER PARK 707 Fremont St., 702-637-4244. Galleries include: Lead in the Window Ste. 2250, 702907-2787. Lil’ Art Bodega Ste. 2230, 702-7121708.

EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont St., 686-3164. Galleries include: 6 Gallery Ste. 156 Burlesque Hall of Fame Ste. 120. Envisage Imagination Factory Ste. 209 Hidden Hippies Ste. 180. Our Las Vegas Ste. 222 Rhizome Gallery Ste. 162, 702-9077526.

Satellite Contemporary 973-9643050. Stone Fox Salon Ste. 207, 702-7794542. Sommersault Letterpress Ste. 188. Tag, You’re It Ste. 166.

ART SQUARE 1017-1025 First St., 702-481-7972. Galleries include: Art Square Theatre Ste. 110. Brett Wesley Gallery Ste. 150, 702-433-4433. Freddie Ramon Ste. 170. Las Vegas Camera Club Ste. 185 Modern Studios Ltd. Ste. 195. Nevada Humanities Ste. 190. Ryan Williams Fine Art Gallery Ste. 135, 321-258-9032. Josephine Skaught Salon Ste. 165, 702-431-8071.

Unhinged Ft. work by Sarumaru. Ste. 155.

AFTERPARTIES Artifice 1025 S. First St. Atomic Liquors 917 Fremont St., 702982-3000. Beauty Bar 517 Fremont St., 702-5981965. Dino’s Lounge 1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-382-3894. Don’t Tell Mama 517 Fremont St., 702207-0788. Downtown Cocktail Room 111 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-880-3696. Frankie’s Tiki Room 1712 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-385-3110. The Griffin 511 Fremont St., 702-3820577. Hard Hat Lounge 1675 Industrial Rd.,

Amberjoy’s Vintage Closet 1225 Main St., 702-825-2020. American Vagabond Container Park, 702-816-8200. Art Box Container Park, Ste. 230, 702789-7115. Buffalo Exchange 1209 S. Main St., 702-791-3960. Coterie 515 E. Fremont St., 702-3502939. Gaia 4 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-9970222. Jessica Galindo Couture & Fine Art Container Park, Ste. 2080, 702-5380632. Not Just Antiques 1422 Western Ave., 702-384-4922. One Man’s Trash 2960 Westwood Dr., Ste. 22, 702-778-7988. Patina Decor 1300 S. Main St., 702-776-6222. Retro Vegas 1131 S. Main St., 702-3842700. Widow Den Boutique The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd, Ste 120A.

RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS Bar+Bistro Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 155, 702-202-6060. The Beat Coffeehouse Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., 702-686-3164. Big Ern’s BBQ Container Park, 702834-7845. Bin 702 Container Park, 702-826-2702. Bocho Sushi 124 S. 6th St., 702-7500707. Carson Kitchen 124 S. 6th St., 702473-9523. Casa Don Juan 1204 S. Main St., 702384-8070. Cheffini’s Hot Dogs Container Park, Ste. 1050, 702-527-7599. Hogs & Heifers Saloon 201 N Third St., 702-676-1457. La Comida 100 Sixth St., 702-4639900. Le Thai 523 Fremont St., 702-778-0888. Lola’s: A Louisiana Kitchen 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 101, 270-2275652. Makers & Finders Coffee 1120 Main St., 702-586-8255. Mingo Kitchen and Lounge Art Square, 1017 First St., Ste. 180., 702-685-0328. The Perch Container Park, 702-8541418. Pinches Tacos Container Park, Ste. 5, 702-910-3100. Pizza Rock 201 N. Third St., 702-3850838. Radio City Pizza 508 E. Fremont St., 702-982-5055. Triple George Grill 201 N. 3rd St., 702384-2761.

FIRST FRIDAY INFO All activities run from 6 p.m-midnight. There is no charge for this month’s First Friday. Street artists, live painters and bands will set up on East Fremont Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Art exhibits will be set up in the festival area on Casino Center Boulevard and Colorado Avenue. Free parking is available at the Stratosphere, City Hall and at the Clark County Government Center with shuttle service (from 5:30-12:30 a.m.) headed to the Casino Center hub. The shuttle from the Government Center will also stop on Fremont East. Dedicated parking lots in the Arts District are available for $5. Free valet parking is also available at the Arts Factory from 6-9 p.m. Hungry? Fifteen food trucks will set up Downtown during First Friday.

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HONORARY FIRE HYDRANT DEDICATION | LAS VEGAS CITY HALL | JANUARY 28, 2015 | 1:30 P.M. I am not a huge fan of watching televised football (except for the viewing parties where I consume my weight in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos). However, tuning in to the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet really sparks my fancy. Hearing that a Nevada SPCA foster puppy named Keno was representing us, I had to get within petting distance. Mayor Carolyn Goodman walked out with two “showgirl” puppies and presented Keno with a fire hydrant directly outside City Hall. Keno refused to christen it in front of all the spectators, and instead lay down next to it to chew on a delicious bone. Looking at how happy he was in his new owners’ arms, it was hard to believe that this little pup and his brother were left in the lobby of the Nevada SPCA in a dirty cardboard box. –Mikayla Whitmore