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EROTIC HERITAGE MUSEUM AND BARDOT BRASSERIE BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE; MARILYN MANSON BY ISAAC BREKKEN/WIREIMAGE

CONTENTS 7 MAIL Sandwich happy places and

45 THE STRIP Franky Perez, on

Beetlejuice floor spirals.

tour, with a Finnish metal band.

8 AS WE SEE IT Memories of

46 FINE ART Japanese ritual

Tark. How tough is Harry Reid? Measles FAQ!

bondage meets photography at Sin City. LACMA’s awesome rock.

12 WEEKLY Q&A Opening the

47 STAGE LVLT’s The Lady in

Toyboxx with Karoline Khamis.

Question packs a stylized punch.

14 FEATURE | VEGAS IS FOR

48 FOOD Freaking out for Bardot,

LOVERS BDSM at the brothel to direct-to-you cuddling, romance in a glass to love on paper—it’s a Valentine’s feast.

eating the Stratosphere and trying to find Vegas’ special ice cream.

24 NIGHTS Bartender’s bartender Nectaly Mendoza.

52 CALENDAR The LV Phil gives us A Gershwin Valentine.

58 BACKSTORY

39 A&E Muscling through the

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40 SCREEN Bed games in Fifty Shades. Spy games in Kingsman.

44 NOISE Jack White stacks Brooklyn Bowl with sound—and people. Zola Jesus at Bunkhouse.

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FAST FOOD FIGHT Lasvegasweekly.com’s recurring hunt for cheap grub on the Boulevard just got really interesting. Snacking the Strip breaks down the ultimate burger battle between White Castle and Shake Shack, so go online and take a big bite. CLASSIC DESSERTS + COOL SCIENCE Henderson’s new 346 Patisserie showcases chef Arthur Haynes’ traditional French training and flair for molecular gastronomy, from perfect croissants to shattered chocolate mousse made with liquid nitrogen (hence the name, as it’s -346 degrees). Get menu highlights at lasvegasweekly. com, and details about Haynes’ frozen/torched s’more on a stick. SOUND SCHEDULE Apart from being alive, what do Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa have in common? Nothing! But they’re still playing a show together. Head to lasvegasweekly.com to see what other on-sales were announced this week, including a handful of classic-rock greats.

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MOST READ STORIES lasvegasweekly.com 1. LGBT nightclub Liaison closes 2. Living small: At Downtown’s Airstream park, home is where the experiment is 3. The modest new Sandwich Spot keeps it simple and delicious 4. No guided tour: A first look at SLS, months after the red carpet and media hype 5. The Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending is a beautiful disaster

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Tony Hsieh’s experimental Airstream park, subject of last week’s cover story, isn’t the first time Vegas has played with “urban camping.”

Artist and Blackbird Studios owner Gina Quaranto is back with a new solo exhibit.

The “Airstream experience” is not new to Vegas. Circus Circus had this promotion a few years back in their KOA lot. You could rent an Airstream for $49 a night. It was a great way to decide if you really wanted to invest in those little suckers. It was a lot of fun. –Julie Smith

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SANDWICH TIME

WalletHub ranked our city as the worst for football fans.

Brock Radke isn’t the only one excited about the new Sandwich Spot.

There’s no single-team love out here. It’s money motivated. –Tina Marie Thormann

This spot takes me to my happy place. –Christina Tuttle

I think they meant European football, which is known as soccer in the U.S.A. –Ki Ho Lim

LIAISON CONCLUDED The first gay nightclub inside a Strip casino closed last week after a short life, but it will be missed.

Not surprising inside Bally’s, the hotel full of Midwestern Americans and blue-collar rednecks—just where the gay crowd wants to walk through or stand in line. NOT. Also, isn’t Vegas gay enough, in just being Vegas? Just stating the obvious. –Craig Thornton

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Gina’s show is, as always, amazing! What most people likely do not realize is everything is for sale. All props aren’t props—they are art! The books are for sale, the jars, the swirly Beetlejuice floor spirals—it’s all art and it’s all available! Take an art break, stop in at the gallery and enjoy this amazing show! –Jessica Kennedy

Not surprised. Never felt welcome as a local. It was fun, but not for the price. I stopped going when they stopped serving Bud Light! DJs were very random and inexperienced. I liked it as an option and it just became boring and not worth it. It cleared out by 1:30 and everyone went to Share. –Brian McNutt

I remember a sandwich shop that was on Main Street in high school that had the Dutch crunch bread ... memories. –Mike Stoller It is an awesome spot. They have Dutch crunch bread, which is awesome. The staff is really cool, too. –Tim McTigue

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NOODLE TIME We went ramen hunting and found lots of deliciousness. Apparently we missed a few bowls.

You are missing out on an even better ramen restaurant, Ramen Sora on Spring Mountain. I went on the recommendation of a coworker and was wonderfully pleased. I was sorry to see that your article missed out on this exceptional restaurant. As for one of the ones you named the best, Shoku Ramen-ya? I went there last week, then told the same co-worker who recommended Ramen Sora not to bother. Shoku was overpriced and not nearly as good. –Casskardeke

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AsWeSeeIt O p i n i o n + Po l i t i c s + H u m o r + S t y l e

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Remembering the man who got the Rebels runnin’ By Adam Candee

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onship he brought to UNLV. When I arrived here in 1989, the hysteria over UNLV basketball carried a palpable quality. Even the awkward sixth-grader coming from New York knew if he could talk about Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon, he would have a shot with his new classmates. When UNLV rolled through Duke in the national finals, Las Vegas came together in a way it rarely does, the old guard and new waves of residents joined by the Rebels. Tark gave us that. In return, we kept alive those feelings for him decades after his departure from the Runnin’

Rebels. If you were here in the ’70s, ’80s or early ’90s, you get it. Even if you weren’t here, you’ve likely heard enough Tark stories from those who were to understand why a man who hasn’t worked in Las Vegas for more than two decades still enjoys a king’s devotion. The court bears his name, and the statue outside the arena captures our lasting feelings for the man against whom we still measure anyone who sits in his chair on the UNLV bench. My mother made me go to church for Easter vigil on the night of UNLV’s national semifinal against Duke in 1991, the penultimate step in our presumed

coronation of an undefeated, back-toback national champion. I fidgeted my way through Mass in the days before the real-time score updates of smartphones. When we came out, something felt wrong. No cars honking. No neighbors partying. A pall washed over our neighborhood, a cluster of homes three blocks from UNLV, which announced the sad final score long before we turned on the late news. Here we are again, 24 years later, as another quiet casts over Las Vegas and we say goodbye to Tark, and thank him for bringing us together in a way no one else did.

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∑ Nothing about after-school JV basketball practice on freezing cold lunchroom tile inspires a young man to greatness. Glancing toward the door in the middle of a mundane drill and laying eyes on the godfather of all things hoops in Las Vegas leaning silently against the wall, however, suddenly makes a teenager more willing to go all out. That’s what happened when Jerry Tarkanian dropped in to watch his former player, Robert Smith, coaching our team that winter day in 1995. Everyone stopped to revere the architect of Southern Nevada’s greatest sports achievement commandeering our focus on whatever play we were running. The same thing happens now as news of Tark the Shark’s passing makes its way through town. Las Vegas pauses for a moment we knew might soon arrive but dreaded acknowledging, because of what Jerry Tarkanian meant to a community still bonded by his unprecedented record of success, a run cemented by the national champi-

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> GLITZY HISTORY Folies’ feathers will live on, thanks to the Nevada State Museum.

What measles is, who it attacks and how to stop it

FROZEN IN TIME

Nevada State Museum acquires the Folies Bergere collection BY KRISTEN PETERSON

When the Tropicana closed Folies Bergere in 2009 it had on its hands nearly five decades’ worth of cancan dresses, jewel-encrusted thongs, feathered headpieces, tuxedos and more. After a year of talks with the Strip property, the Nevada State Museum has acquired the collection. Its staff is carefully sifting through and researching the inventory, still amazed by the cache. “It is an incredible amount of stuff,” says museum director Dennis McBride. “This is something I’ve been waiting for [for] the museum—a signature collection, something no one else has.” Following other Parisian-themed topless revues, Folies opened in 1959 in the Trop’s Tiffany Theater and ended its run just shy of its 50th anniversary. Its early costumes were shipped over from Paris, says guest curator of cos-

With all the hype about measles floating around (two confirmed cases in Las Vegas and six pending), it’s hard to know what’s true. We caught up with Joseph Iser, chief health officer at Southern Nevada Health District, to get facts on the contagious respiratory infection. Measles are airborne. Illness sets in within a week of exposure and is contagious four days before and four days after the rash appears. Complications include inflammation of the spinal cord, encephalitis and meningitis, though most survive. Infants and those who cannot be vaccinated for health or allergy reasons are most at risk. Babies become eligible for shots at 12-15 months. The best way to protect them is to make sure everyone in the home is vaccinated, Iser says. Can you get measles if you’ve been vaccinated? It’s possible, but unlikely. “In the average person it’s 95-96 percent effective after one dose,” Iser says. “After the second dose it’s 99 percent effective.” But guess what! If you think you’ve been exposed, it’s possible to get the vaccine and Penn & Teller took on still dodge the illness. the vaccine argument in a tumes and textiles Karan Feder, who is “We really, really 2010 YouTube video. Find sorting the outfits and piecing together recommend that evout why Penn says antia timeline using old photographs and eryone be vaccinated,” vaccination is “bullsh*t” memorabilia. “It’s a great story about Iser says. “I can tell at lasvegasweekly. the evolution of stage costumes,” she says. you that I’m old enough com. “We can talk about certain designers, certain to have gotten all of the eras, costume progression.” childhood diseases, and I can It’s also a significant chunk of Las Vegas memoraguarantee that having the disease bilia from a bygone era when revues made the showgirl a is far worse than having the shot to Vegas icon. The wardrobe was trucked over to the museprevent it.” –Kristy Totten

um last month, and Feder sees the sorting, research and inventory as a five-year project. As with other costumes of bygone eras, many of the pieces represent lost and dying art forms—bead work, feather work and even metalwork. “What makes these unique is that we have entire numbers,” Feder says. “In general these pieces don’t really survive. They tend to disappear. I feel like we saved it. It’s here.” For more on the collection, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

∑ Last week, Friends for Harry Reid circulated an online quiz called “How tough Is Senator Reid?” Naturally, we took it as an opportunity to rate the Senate Minority Leader’s badassedness, using the quiz questions and recent events (each out of 10 possible points). Boxed at Basic High School: +7

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Married his high school sweetheart: +0 (Cool, but we’re not sure why quizmakers felt it showed toughness.) Was the apparent target of a 1981 car bomb: +9 Spent time in the Searchlight mines as a child: +5 Maintains a weekly workout

regimen that includes 750 situps—at 75 years old: +6 Worked the night shift as a U.S. Capitol Police officer: +3 Returned to the Senate a week after eye surgery: +8 Total: 38 badass points, which more than qualifies him for the next Expendables cast.

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> NEW LOOK The Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s open on February 26.

t h e i n c i d e n ta l to u r i st

Bally’s bizarreness

An outdoor mall is just the latest renovation to this patchwork property

Grand Bazaar shops by L.e. Baskow; downtown las vegas by steve marcus

By Brock Radke Almost 10 years ago, right after Harrah’s Entertainment became the world’s largest gaming company by acquiring Caesars Entertainment and its four Las Vegas Strip casinos, Harrah’s chief Gary Loveman told the Las Vegas Sun that change would be coming to one of those new acquisitions—a resort located at the ideal corner of Flamingo and Las Vegas boulevards, a casino that needed some love. Loveman said then that Bally’s would likely be renamed because it lacked a compelling brand identity. He said its location was one of the greatest, adding, “there’s probably something better that could be done there.” He said the 2,800-room hotel-casino could be imploded and rebuilt from scratch. That was the summer of 2005. Now, Loveman just stepped down as CEO of Caesars Entertainment in the wake of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of its largest operating division. Bally’s has seen some change in the past decade, with more coming later this month. But it’s still Bally’s, it’s still standing on the most iconic corner of the Las Vegas Strip and it still lacks a specific identity. On February 26, the Grand Bazaar Shops will open on the two acres in front of the resort, a retail remedy replacing the familiar neon loops of its Tomorrowlandish Strip entry. The makeshift outdoor mall managed by Juno Property Group will eventually feature 120 shops of various sizes, including Swatch, Ugg, Hammitt, AG by Anna Gutierrez Wearable Art and a 400-square-foot Swarovski boutique resembling a cut crystal topped off with a 14-foot-diameter crystal and LED starburst installation created by Young Electric Sign Company. At midnight every night, the starburst will blast out a threeminute light and sound show. Street-side retail and restaurant attractions are all the rage right now, so the Grand Bazaar is expected to add some timely excitement. But we thought the same thing in June when Victor Drai opened Liaison, the first gay nightclub inside a Strip casino. It seemed an odd fit for Bally’s, which generally attracts an older crowd at night looking for more mainstream entertainment options—the longrunning vintage fest Jubilee!, female tribute singer Véronic DiCaire and less-elaborate productions like 50 Shades! The Parody and dinner show Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. And

Liaison didn’t work; it closed last week. There are plenty of older Strip resorts that could benefit from an overhaul, but most of them are much more easily identified, if not outright memorable. If Bally’s has been known for anything, it’s for capturing (and refusing to relinquish) the Vegas vibe of the ’80s. That spirit is epitomized in Jubilee!, in the indulgent Sterling Brunch (brought back to life last year at the new BLT Steak restaurant), and in the layout and decor of the casino. Bally’s has only been Bally’s since 1985; how much has really changed? Despite its supreme placement encircled by icons Caesars Palace and Bellagio, Bally’s is overlooked and under-considered. Las Vegas just doesn’t love it. Maybe this property was destined to be intentionally forgotten after the hotel fire on the morning of November 21, 1980, when 85 people died and hundreds were injured. It was known as the original MGM Grand Hotel then, built by Kirk Kerkorian and opened in 1973 as the largest hotel in the world. Its original version was also a bit odd, adding a movie theater and a jai alai field to more routine amenities. The remnants of bygone Vegas are everywhere at Bally’s. Go exploring and you’ll find a food court, sports book and swimming pool at the end of a long, half-empty stretch of shops. There are no trendy restaurants or bars, and even when such venues have been recently remade— like BLT Steak and the nearby Indigo Lounge—it has happened with a consistent injection of older Vegas. I was just as awed by the continuing existence of Jubilee! as I was by its throwback glitz when I went to see it right before last year’s revamp from choreographer Frank Gatson Jr., a Beyoncé collaborator. The last refuge for our final showgirls, this production still has one of the alltime terrific marketing taglines: “Hundreds of Thousands of Rhinestones Covering Practically Nothing.” It must go on, altered or otherwise. The shuttered Liaison space could transform into a different nightlife experience, but how will it compete with the Strip’s heavy hitters? The Grand Bazaar Shops could charm Strip pedestrians, but will it drive traffic into Bally’s? Only smaller steps are in store for this property, when something bigger is required ... a lot like Loveman said 10 years ago.

Master plan Downtown 2035 analyzes the area’s present and future prospects With all the dialogue about what Downtown does and does not have—as decided by passionate and hypervigilant proponents and opponents of the city’s urban core—a study commissioned by the City of Las Vegas offers some interesting findings to chew on. As part of the Downtown 2035 master plan, the study looked at demographics, statistics and activity within 2,361 acres in an effort to guide redevelopment. In doing so, it committed a cardinal sin for locals who insist Las Vegas is so unique it should never be compared to other cities. But pointing out that Downtown’s 0.2 percent of open space (parks and gardens) was not just significantly less than New York City’s 36 percent but also Phoenix’s 19 percent seemed easily understood by residents in a public discussion last month. Many said that more shade was a legitimate need. Residents at the discussion also brought up the issue of vacant property, another deterrent to economic development and quality of life. The study concluded that 250 of the 2,361 acres are vacant, along with 26 percent of housing in the area. The master-plan project, kicked off in October and led by international planning and design firm RTKL, included a 90-day meeting period with area stakeholders, residents, casino representatives and city staff. It looked at crime, transportation, social services and cultural offerings. While much of the Downtown data was compared to Clark County (700 times more crime in the city than in the county during one period) and other cities, it stands on its own in terms of impact, helping to show why things are the way they are in terms of livability, poverty and even support for Downtown businesses. –Kristen Peterson

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Weekly Q&A

> PLAY time Khamis is constructing an inviting space for all kinds of people with Toyboxx.

worked. A majority of my writing and learning to facilitate stuff came from that—outreach and learning how to talk about this stuff in public to a variety of audiences. There’s a lot of pleasure that’s sold in Las Vegas, but not a lot of pleasure for women. It’s pleasure derived from women, not for them. Why hasn’t this model existed in Las Vegas previously? I think it’s because

Let’s (really) talk about sex With Toyboxx, Karoline Khamis wants to open up the conversation—and the playful possibilities Native Las Vegan Karoline Khamis has a long history working on women’s issues. The UNLV women’s studies grad served as violence prevention coordinator of the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center, helped found UNLV’s Campus Advocacy Resource Empowerment line and worked at the Rape Crisis Center and the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada. With Toyboxx, Khamis is applying that perspective as an entrepreneur. At Downtown Spaces on Industrial Road, her developing shop is gearing up to sell sex toys in an inclusive, sex-positive environment. While she navigates the licensing process, Khamis says the space is already functioning as an offbeat forum for new ways to talk—and think—about sex. Toyboxx’s model is “click and mortar.” What does that mean?

You have to have a digital presence. There are a few businesses, like Nasty Gal, that started out as Internet entities and now have enough money to launch a boutique. I didn’t know [Toyboxx] was going to take this form, in a gallery; I thought I was going to do crowdfunding first and go after a more traditional, larger, street-facing boutique. That already didn’t happen, so we’re evolving into something else. Your crowdfunding goal is $10,000. What are you looking to achieve? I need to lawyer up. It’s a difficult terrain to navi-

gate in Las Vegas. For being such a sexualized city, we have a crazy amount of restrictions on where and how and when sexual kinds of activity or retail can take place.

it’s easier to make money in other ways, and the business model that’s existed here so far has been from large company distributors. I don’t have the money to even play in the same field as far as square footage, so I’m addressing the market in a different way. There are a couple of interesting companies like Xandria and Paradise Electro Stimulations. They’ve been around since the mid-’80s, but I don’t think there’s been an opportunity that’s combined different kinds of business models or been flexible enough to address [different] communities. There’s a lot of queer spaces [in Las Vegas], but they’re kind-of male-oriented. There’s not really an address to the female market. Trans women, gay women, it’s just kind of absent. Even gay bars and spaces that are owned by gay men, they’re really welcoming, but they kind of present a male face. Why do you think sex education among adults is so needed—and wanted—right now? Because they didn’t get it before-

hand. It’s important for people to be comfortable in a space so they can get whatever information. In our state particularly, it’s because the knowledge isn’t put out there when people are younger.

What makes Toyboxx different from other sex-toy stores? The way it’s curated—education and training. When I go to couples conferences, the most popular thing that they do Will men—and people who don’t idenis sex-ed for adults. That’s kind of what I want to make tify as feminist—find something for available—sex-ed for adults, and other resources. I’m not a themselves at Toyboxx? We want to therapist, but I don’t want to end every conversabe an inviting space for tion with a product. I want to find what’s right for all kinds of people. Part of people. ... It’s a place for discovery. It’s kind of a TOYBOXX our blog is going to answer revival of the feminist discussion groups that have Anti-Valentine’s questions about sex. ... So been formed and abandoned over the years, the Self-Love we’re interactive in that Good Vibrations thing. That’s the increasing mar- Workshop, way already. You can be as ket and model, and we’re definitely building upon February 13, anonymous as you want other people’s success. and engage us online. And 5-10 p.m. 1800 we’re handing out resourcIndustrial Road es left and right. I’ve had How will toys be curated? It’s going to be the stuff I #130C, toytwo or three straight guys like, the stuff our team likes [and] has tested, has boxxlv.com. already like, “What is this? researched. Can you tell me what to do with the clitoris?” And I’m like, “Come on Does your team share your views on sex positivity and the in!” –Leslie Ventura female experience? We have two and a half decades of violence prevention work and social work between a couple of our staff. ... I think there’s a few of us that, For more of our interview with Khamis, pretty much anywhere with ‘women’ in the name, we’ve visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Hitler burned it down, and, unlike Quick, define “baculum.” No? It’s before, some of the works at the Erotic a penis bone, and you can see a Heritage Museum are for sale. few for yourself at the Erotic Heritage The “wall of shame” features oppoMuseum. nents of open sexuality. And an imposThe museum’s owner, Harry ing metal sculpture by Burning Man Mohney of the Déjà Vu strip-club artist Jay Losofsky is on display nearempire, ended things with the forby, a large wire grid in the shape of mer curators in February of last year the United States labeled with words and reopened with a new director such as “hate,” “bullying,” “ageism” and new direction in June. New to and “homophobia.” the space are exhibits on the psy“We wanted to be in your face about chology of human sexuality, the biolhow religion attacks sexuality and ogy of genitals, unusual sex practices women, and how politics attacks and sex revolutionaries, among sexuality and women,” others. There’s a Game of says Hartmann, a cliniThrones infographic cal sexologist and showing how often therapist for sexual characters got it on, EROTIC assault victims. and—fun fact!— HERITAGE MUSEUM Celebrity sex you can get marDaily, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. 3275 tapes are part of ried in the lobby Industrial Road, 702-794-4000, the collection, and consummate eroticheritagemuseum along with an your marriage lasvegas.com. exhibit on femalethere, too. teacher scandals. Broadway show Also new is an exhibit Puppetry of the Penis of gay art, photos and is coming to the museum video, including a self-porMarch 24; a Comic-Con trait by A. Rand, a gay minister corner will honor porn parodies; who committed suicide. “We’re very and a secret project having to do with passionate about exposing dogma North Korea is in the works. Walking that keeps people from expressing past a new BDSM display with a themselves sexually,” Hartmann says, Paradise Electro Stimulations chair, reflecting the museum’s focus. the museum’s new director Victoria “This museum is not about one perHartmann says, “It’s kind of like the son, nor one collection, nor any parelectrotherapy you get at the doctor, ticular mission,” reads a quote from but inside of you.” Hartmann on the building’s exterior. Alongside such artifacts, artworks “It’s about all of us as sexual beings are an anchor, with historic Japanese … our fantasies, our sex practices, our art as well as banned German, history, our roots … and how these Hungarian and Russian works. Two aspects have shaped us erotically.” paintings depicting flogging were saved –Kristy Totten from the Hirschfield Institute before

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Professional cuddling is real, and practitioners say it’s about comfort, conversation and human touch It starts with a handshake, an introduction, polite conversation. Money’s exchanged, then the pair might move to the couch, where they chat some more, knees touching. They might move to the bed at some point. Or not. The Snuggle Buddies’ rules are clear: no kissing, no touching private parts, no sex, and customers must shower, change clothes and brush their teeth within 12 hours of the meeting. Seasonally appropriate clothing requests are okay (clients can ask cuddlers to wear a particular color, for example), but phone calls are strictly for scheduling in-home sessions, which run $80 per hour or $325 for an eighthour overnight. “It’s more talking than ever cuddling, both of us working off that nervous energy of meeting someone for the first time,” says Tiffany Ann, a professional cuddler of five months. “The ice breaks after 30 minutes or so, and it’s kind of like hanging out with a friend.” Most of Tiffany Ann’s clients are first-timers, men aged 30 to 50. “You don’t need to be a loser to do something like this,” she says. “It’s just having someone there for you when you need them.” Evan Carp, owner of the Snuggle Buddies cuddling service, says he started it to cater to people like himself. “I spent six years in depression and was just researching things that would help,” Carp says. “I came across companies that did professional cuddling, and there were only two of them and they weren’t in an area near me.” He tried soliciting cuddles on Craigslist and Plenty of Fish before starting his website and enlisting the

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Cuddling as a commercial endeavor started in the cuddle-willing from across the country (Carp says early 2000s with cuddleparty.com. Then a one-man he screens applicants by email before they’re intercuddle therapy site launched, but it failed because viewed in person and signed for a two-week trial “there is a huge lack of interest in a male snuggler,” period). His New Jersey-based business employs says Carp, who employs more than 90 women but cuddlers in more than 20 states, including a handful only three men. When a student named Jacqueline in Nevada. Online, visitors can browse Snuggle Samuel started the Snuggery in Rochester, Buddies by location, headshot and bio. New York, in 2013, the concept finally Tiffany Ann’s bio says she enjoys took off. making up stories to help clients “I am In Portland, Oregon, Samantha escape reality. happy to be Hess’ Cuddle Up to Me allows cus“A lot of people are married the big spoon or tomers to buy cuddles in a private and don’t have a good relationthe little spoon. My bedroom setting. On Valentine’s ship with their wife, so they purpose is to make you Day, she’s hosting Cuddle-Con— just miss human touch,” Carp feel comfortable, loved the first-ever cuddling convensays of his primary client pool. and appreciated.” tion—to teach attendees to “com“They seek out cuddling just –Samantha Hess, municate your wants and needs because they’re missing that cuddler to those around you in a safe and at home. It really is essential to comfortable way.” have touch.” “Let’s hold hands, listen to some Science agrees. The study of touch soft music and be present in the moment,” began in the 1920s on animals and then Hess writes on her website. “I am happy to be in humans. the big spoon or the little spoon. My purpose is to “Infants who get touched in appropriate ways make you feel comfortable, loved and appreciated. weigh more, score better on motor assessments Everyone needs to know they matter. You matter, and have fewer neurological issues,” says Katherine and you are loved.” Hertlein, an associate professor in UNLV’s Marriage The Snuggle Buddies echoes that sentiment. As and Family Therapy program. Regarding a service for the charge that cuddling-for-hire is prostitulike Snuggle Buddies trying to address the biological tion in disguise: “It’s exactly what it seems. It’s and psychological need for contact, she says personnothing more,” says Tiffany Ann, who insists this al boundaries are paramount. “You’ve got to make job has restored her faith in humanity. “It’s not for sure you know the limits. You’ve got to recognize the pay. It’s here and it’s why I started doing it, but that this is designed to elicit some kind of connection I keep doing it because you feel like you’re helping to other people. This is not a place that’s a jumping someone, and it helps me, too.” off point of a nonprofessional relationship.”

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Lost that loving feeling? Perk things up with your significant other with the spirit-forward Bright Eyed & Bushy Tailed at Alibi Cocktail Lounge, made with coffee-infused George Dickel Rye, Cocchi Barolo, Jelinek Fernet and Angostura Bitters. You might need an excuse to keep your paws off each other—but why would you want to?

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Steeped in aphrodisiacs like watermelon and red chilies, plus Champagne, red wine, tequila, cinnamon and vanilla, the Feu De L’amour at Rx Boiler Room is a mixture served Champagne-style and garnished with a chocolatespiced strawberry. The end result is both tangy and hot—the perfect combo to stoke those sultry desires.

Cupid’s Arrow at Oak & Ivy points you in the right direction on Valentine’s Day with a romantic concoction of strawberry shrub, lime juice, Four Roses Bourbon Small Batch and Campari. Order one of these body-warming sippers and you’ll be saying “Bull’s-eye!” in no time. –Leslie Ventura

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Venetian We all know that Italy was full of sexmonkeys during the Black Death, what with the whole we’re-going-to-die-anyway plunge into random fornication (Florence, anyone?). But Petrarch’s sonnets had already launched into eternity an unrequited, unconsummated, heart-sapping love for Laura, a woman he hadn’t met. The plague, of course, took her life. He moved to Venice for five years, later settling near Padua.

sumers pick their favorites. “They’re our ambassadors!” Fraser jokes, and before you can ask, he’ll share his own preference—a silicone/water hybrid called Force Recon. Always pun-ready, Fraser is not your typical CEO. He’s a salesman with a sexual straightforwardness gay men relate to and straight women appreciate, lending credibility to the hilarious genesis of Gun Oil. Before he gave up the stock market for the sexual wellness one, Fraser was a platoon commander in the Marine Corps. While stationed in vice-free Saudi Arabia, he and his men created a “whack shack” where they could privately release some tension—with the aid of CLP liquid, normally used to clean their weapons. An idea was born, and in 2001, Fraser and a team of scientists came up with a better version with hypoallergenic, user-friendly ingredients—as Empowered’s VP of Sales & Marketing Mark Olsen puts it, “[Our products are] as safe in your mouth as they are on your body—because if you’re doing it right, they’re likely to end up there.” Fraser chose the Empowered name to emphasize the communication between lovers he hopes his products foster, boost the confidence of users and champion sexual exploration and health. “I know masturbation improves morale; I know this from actually being out there in the field,” Fraser says. “I don’t think of this as lube; I think it’s a path to happiness.”

Excalibur In looking beyond debates about whether King Arthur ever existed, you’ll have a clear view of the villainous ruler Maelgwn Gwynedd, who failed to redeem his sinful self after a stint in a monastery. He renounced his vows, moved from wife to wife (and lover to lover), finally chasing his nephew’s beautiful bride, and killing him to get to her.

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As I walk into Scott Fraser’s office just southwest of Mandalay Bay, he’s pecking away at his computer with a grin on his face. “I’m working on a piece called, ‘Are you ready to lube your path to empowerment?’ Genius!” he says, as only a guy with masturbation gel tubes on his desk could. Fraser is the president and CEO of Empowered Products, the independent company behind Gun Oil and Pink personal lubricant product lines (and the solution that cleans them off sex toys). Anyone doubting the reverence gay men have for Gun Oil need only query them about their favorite lube—they will almost certainly answer with one of its seven varieties. Women love it, too, with Pink selling more than its big brother. Empowered Products migrated here from Southern California, Fraser moving the company to more business-friendly Las Vegas in 2004. It eventually expanded to its current pair of buildings, which can be toured by anyone who inquires. Employees happily engage the customer base by encouraging correspondence and assembling sample kits, which are sent to online solicitors—from adult-film companies to straight-identifying masturbation enthusiast groups—dropped off at LGBT and HIV advocacy centers and handed to passersby at LGBT festivals and Pride parades. In fact, Empowered has distributed nearly 4.5 million “happy packs” in 10 years, letting con-

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At a nearby brothel, BDSM fantasies are in demand

By Mark Adams

to dominate at the box office this weekend. “CONDOMS ARE MANDATORY.” Even after passing the spanking bench And “that’s going to have a significant impact for the next several weeks, if not on the way in and peripherally noticing a human-sized cage, my eyes someseveral months, on the novelty industry,” said Sherri L. Shaulis, an Adult Video how zero in on this small, unassuming placard. News senior editor, during an interview at AVN’s Adult Entertainment I’m on an official tour of the Dungeon Room at Sheri’s Ranch, Expo in January. “It’s going to increase sales, and people who never the Pahrump brothel’s answer to Fifty Shades of Grey protagonist thought about BDSM are going to be really into it.” Christian Grey’s Red Room of Pain. While the BDSM playroom At Sheri’s, Dena says most clients inquiring about the Dungeon debuted long before E.L. James’ erotic novel (construction was For a peek inside the Room are hoping for a mix of information and entertainment. “It’s completed around 2003), Sheri’s reports a steady increase in brothel experience, visit more like an introductory course or an education into what the Dungeon Room and fetish-related bookings since Fifty Shades hit lasvegasweekly.com. whole BDSM world is all about,” says the madam, adding that the the world with its leather riding crop. room is quite popular among the coupled-up, 35 to 50 demographic. “The silk tie has been around a long time. This isn’t new Sheri’s employs and houses 25 to 30 courtesans at any given time, and to the industry,” says Dena, the madam at Sheri’s. “Fifty Shades Dena says she likes to have four to eight ladies who are educated in opened up the dialogue for a lot of people to say, hey, I’m kind of BDSM at the brothel each day. Many have also read Fifty Shades and can curious about that.” reenact particular scenes. While the book series—which jumps to the big screen this week (see the A dimly lit space with a stone façade and black lights emanating pink and review on Page 40)—has been heavily criticized for its portrayal of BDSM culture purple, the Dungeon Room has a strip-club-in-Camelot feel. BDSM furniture is and relationships, its social impact makes one thing clear: People are intrigued. dispersed throughout, and two black-leather couches face a stage with a stripJust look to Fifty Shades’ sales, surpassing 100 million copies. Its racy content per pole (the room is popular for bachelor parties, which explains the disco has been translated into stage-show parodies, and ladies are buying book-inspired ball). Chains and shackles line one wall, but you won’t find cattails, gags and sex toys at private purchasing parties like they’re kitchen utensils from the subjugation masks hanging—Sheri’s courtesans provide those. All told it’s a Pampered Chef. In fact, last July Women’s Health reported that sales of whips and legit echo of Fifty Shades, though a rep concedes, “If it was red we’d probably teasers increased more than 50 percent through 2012, and the book topped the get more business.” New York Times Best-Seller list in March of that year. The film version is expected

Paris Gertrude and Alice, Henry and June (also Henry and Anais) and other historical romances aside, nothing warms and breaks the heart quite like the legendary love of Abelard and Heloise, 12th-century scholars kept apart by Heloise’s uncle, secretly wed in Paris then tragically punished—she to a nunnery, he by castration.

Luxor The Festival of Drunkenness in ancient Egypt famously encouraged excessive drinking and sexual promiscuity, but the Opet Festival was much more ceremoniously processional, celebrating the marriage (and reconsummation) of the god and goddess Amun and Mut, whose home was the city of Luxor.

Caesars Palace Disgraced Roman emperor Tiberius Caesar was a fiendish weirdo if ever there was one, his “sex island” just the tip of the icing on a dirty iceberg cake, turning perversion on its head and making the bacchanalia references at Caesars a Hallmarkian stroll in the park. –Kristen Peterson February 12-18, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

The trip to the greetingcard aisle can be an agonizing one, sifting through the overly sentimental and the inappropriately funny. But what if none of the cards actually works, say, if you’re looking for a wedding card for two brides or a Father’s Day card for two dads? Enter Teazled, an LGBTowned greeting-card company based here in Las Vegas. Dina Proto, who co-owns Teazled with her wife Dina “Dom” Poist-Proto, says a Mother’s Day card made by their daughter was the seed. “She wrote how sad she was that there were no cards that identified her family.” That inspired a journal full of ideas, and the company now has cards in local Albertsons stores and a presence online (teazled.com). With endearing sentiments, fun fonts and engagementannouncement-worthy photos, the cards are like those down the street at Hallmark, but they add vital nuance to love on paper. –Mark Adams

Gas-station fudge Yes, I totally forgot. No, I don’t want you to hate me. But I’m lazy. And cheap. And I like your chocolate castoffs.

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Relationship history on CD Every single fragment of digital communication from the beginning of knowing each other is here, in order. It’s like a spy transcript of love.

On The Sex Factor, Buddy Hollywood could win big money, and sex his way to stardom

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Buddy Hollywood always knew he was equipped for porn. He just never had to prove it. Now the 25-year-old Vegas native is taking his passion to new lengths as one of 16 contestants on The Sex Factor, a reality show and competition currently in production that will award two winners (one man, one woman) $1 million to split. Judging them are the stars who do it best, from Tori Black to Remy LaCroix, with Asa Akira hosting. On top of the cash prize, the winners will also land a scene with one of them. “There’s just so much crazy stuff that’s happened, a lot of which I can’t really say,” Hollywood says of filming the show (details

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about when and where it will air have not been released). “It’s kind of like the Real World, but it’s 100 percent explicit, so it gets very interesting when we’re all at the house together.” The show includes intimacy challenges like the “first-base test,” to make sure the contestants have the natural chemistry to make a scene really sizzle. Then competitors are booted-off, Survivor-style. “I can’t say how many people are left, but I’m still a contender,” Hollywood says. “It’s not strictly sex,” he adds. In the firstbase scene, “two of the judges got out of their seats and started making out with the contestants to show how it’s done.” In another, the guys got a pole-dancing tutorial.

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For all the contestants, it’s their first time getting down on camera, so naturally anxiety runs high. What happened when filming began? “All the nervousness went out the window, and I was able to perform,” Hollywood says. “It was super natural, very organic.” The aspiring star is also documenting his less-racy adventures on his YouTube channel, where he hopes he can continue to brand himself after The Sex Factor ends. And Hollywood says his family and friends have been extremely supportive of his decision. Whether he wins or not, he hopes the competition will get him closer to his dream of being in the industry—in front of the camera and behind it.

Mini piñata I feel like I know every part of you. And like I’ve honored our many years together with every standard symbol. So it’s time for a mini piñata. Let’s destroy it and crush some candy, together. –Erin Ryan FEBRUARY 12-18, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM

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to pineapple and pumpkin, Ace’s crisp and refreshing ciders might be the best you’ll find on liquor store shelves and barroom beer menus. The Sonoma County operation celebrates the big 2-1 this year, and Thursday night its fruity and fermented suds—including a special, barrelaged variety dubbed Blackjack 21—dominate the Downtown drinkery’s taps. February 12, 6 p.m., free entry. GIRLS NIGHT OUT AT BODY ENGLISH Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Hard Rock Hotel nightspot helps ladies “slip into something more comfortable” Friday night with a Heidi Klum Intimates gifting suite. DJ Koko supplies sound for the club’s recurring, female-focused fête. You just have to decide: Are you in or are you out? February 13, doors at 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. BIG ASS BARREL AGED BEER BLOWOUT BONANZA AT ACES & ALES TENAYA Three Sheets. Ivan

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Hakkasan presents a rare night of exclusively Vegas DJs this Sunday—which also happens to be the local date of a national tour. Steve Aoki is officially making the rounds with his Neon Future Experience, featuring on-the-verge Sin City trap duo Caked Up. While those two acts play the main room (with Mark Eteson), DJ Shift will preside in the Ling Ling Club booth. February 15, doors at 10:30, $30+ men, $20+ women.

XS topped the list once again, with estimated revenues of $103-$105 million, with Hakkasan right on its tail with $100-$103 million. Fifteen local venues—from clubs like Hyde to casino bars like Bond—placed on the list, with seven in the top 10 alone. Life is the latest nightclub to confirm its artist roster for 2015. It will retain many of its previous headliners, including Steve Angello, Erick Morillo, Borgore, Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz (both as solo DJs and their duo New World Punx) and Pete Tong, who will continue his All Gone Las Vegas party despite the end of Underground Sundays. Also returning: Eric Prydz. In other SLS nightlife news, Foxtail Pool Club debuts on March 13,

with grand-opening weekend landing on April 26-28. It will feature many of Life’s resident DJs. On January 31, Liaison—the LGBT nightclub managed by Victor Drai— held its final party. A rep for Drai’s nightlife team said on February 4 that the Bally’s space will soon be recast for “an exciting new concept.” Liaison was the first exclusively gay-marketed nightclub in a Strip casino. Disco-llaneous: Has Alesso defected from Light? The Swedish producer/DJ has scheduled March 21 and 28 gigs at Marquee. (Light reps didn’t respond to an email query.) And the casting call for daylife pioneer Rehab takes place starting at 2 p.m. February 12-13 at Body English. –Mike Prevatt

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After has a new home. Following last weekend’s successful one-year anniversary event with Canadian producer/DJ Max Graham, managing partner Thom Svast says it has inked a deal with Body English for an eightweek afterhours run every Saturday night through the end of March, starting February 14. “Everyone was really happy with the Max Graham show—the show kicked ass—so we hope we can continue to ride that success,” Svast says. –Deanna Rilling Nightclub & Bar released its annual Top 100 rankings on February 9, and

HALFWAY TO EDC AT MARQUEE DAYCLUB We knew when Deadmau5 released 4x4=12 that dance music and mathematics aren’t exactly a package deal. So while the annual party at the Speedway might be four months away (and not half the calendar year), we’ll cut teams Marquee and EDC some slack for this killer splash-bash lineup, which includes Dash Berlin, Borgeous Andrew Rayel, Audien, Firebeatz and Lema. Dust off those kandi beads! February 15, doors at noon, $75+ men, $25+ women.

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are equally adept at mixing something delicious and making customers feel comfortable. “The industry is veering toward a positive attitude,” Mendoza says, “getting rid of the cockiness and the bartender with the mustache and the wax. We’re creating more rock-star bartenders.” And Mendoza deserves to be on the A-list. A local kid who says he was in and out of jail as a trouble-making youngster, he landed his first hospitality job at Doña María Tamales—a busboy position that lasted all of two weeks. “My whole career was luck,” Mendoza laughs. During an interview at the Bellagio, he was asked to wait in a cubicle—and then left there for nine hours. When the interviewer realized what she had done, she offered him a job: glass polisher at Olives. It doesn’t sound like much, but it started Mendoza on a path that shaped his life. When he left the Bellagio, it was for a job as a barback with the then-new Light Group. “Three years later, they made me their beverage specialist for the entire company,” Mendoza says proudly. Today, he’s the owner of a beloved local haunt where he says work never feels like it. “I truly wake up in the morning and I can’t wait to get to Herbs & Rye,” he laughs, adding that his already formidable drink list is still growing. “We just added on the For Herbs & Rye’s Nectaly Mendoza, mixing cocktails has been more than a job Rat Pack Age, the Tiki Age, the Dark Ages.” That last era is the most recent By Sarah Feldberg on the menu, just before the current resurgence when Red Bull vodkas ing up a fresh invention that taps Life of a Bartender, the event is about The life of a bartender isn’t were the order du jour. El Silencio Mezcal, beet juice, citrus, the experience of working the bar and what it used to be. There are still Mendoza swears he loves all the apple cider and a spicy rim. Though getting pros together to talk about late nights, flirtatious guests and the epochs enshrined at Herbs Herbs & Rye has been their lives as cocktail cooks. occasional workplace shot or two, but & Rye. (“At the end of the known for its menu of vinThe showcase is part of the second once upon a time, working behind the day, I’m a frozen piña colada tage cocktails divided by the FOR THE LOVE annual For the Love of Cocktails, a stick meant mixing rum with Coke drinker at heart and a Miller various ages of drinking cul- OF COCKTAILS liquored-up celebration and benefit and vodka with tonic on your way to High Life guy.”) And workture, these days the owner February 12-14, with boozy seminars on aromatic bitsomething better. ing the bar hasn’t been a is focused on a more “global times vary, $50ters, the pleasures of rum and home “Bartending used to be something $300. Locations job on the way to something approach.” mixology, a wine dinner, a casual you did before you went to college,” else. Bartending is his career, “The locals are pushing vary, forthelove happy hour and a spirit-soaked gala says Herbs & Rye owner Nectaly his calling. “It’s made me us,” Mendoza says, explain- ofcocktails.com. at Mix Lounge atop the Delano on Mendoza. “Now, it’s a career.” a better person. It’s opened ing that he’ll be competing Friday night. That culminating party It’s also the subject of Mendoza’s my eyes to a lot of things. It’s let me in tournaments outside of Las Vegas, will feature tasty nibbles, DJs and midnight showcase February 12 at see the world.” traveling more and working on a comdozens of local bartenders serving Herbs & Rye, his bar and restaurant That’s the life of this bartender, petition league for bartenders to test original creations. dedicated to classic cocktails made and it sounds pretty damn good. all-around masters of the craft who Mendoza will be there, too, mixto the standards of yesteryear. Titled

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just be the Sin City version of Bloodhound Gang, or even LMFAO, for that matter. Danny Boy and Jimbo (siblings Dan and Jim Kehoe) have

no shame in their novelty-pop game, incorporating all the trademark sounds of commercial EDM and hip-hop to boisterous and mischievous effect. Though their ReverbNation page hosts some 65 productions—which include original tracks, remixes, parody numbers and tributes to their nightlife friends—the one to stream is “In Vegas,” in which the two spit out countless local references (including just about every major club in town) atop a hard-driving 4/4 beat throughout, fade-ins during the verse and arpeggiated synth lines in the chorus. It’s the song version of a crazy souvenir cocktail, or something you’d imagine DJs playing at GBDC or XIV Sessions. Either way, it might just stir up some civic pride for the fist-pumping set. –Mike Prevatt reverbnation.com/hardnox

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VENUE

THURSDAY

1 OAK

Closed

ALIBI

ARTIFICE

FRIDAY Jenny McCarthy

DJs, 10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

Thursday Request Live

’80s Prom Divorce Party

Valentine’s Mixer/ Lesbian Singles Night

DJ Style; 9 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

ARTISAN

Lounge open 24 hours

DJs Justin Hoffman, others; 10 pm; $10; women, locals free; open 24 hours

#FollowMe Fridays

THE BANK

Glitz & Glamour Champagne Thursday: champagne for women until 1 am; doors 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Enjambre

Broken Hearts Show

Latin Ladies Night

BLUE MARTINI

DJ E-Rock

Doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

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

BEAUTY BAR

SATURDAY

hosts; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

Mana Del Pilar, Petra Ice (outside), $25; Jessie Lawson (inside), free; doors at 9 pm

My Bloody Valentine

DJs Mr. Best, Que; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Will & the High Rollers, Cutty Flam, DJ Maybelline, others; 9 pm, $10

Friday Night Live

8 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

DJs Cazztek, Michael Toast, others; 10 pm; $10, women and locals free; lounge open 24 hours

DJ Five

DJ G-Squared; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Off the Wall

DJs EDoc, Aruajin, BZ Beats, Haze; live grafitti; doors at 9 pm; free

EDM Saturdays

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

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

Throwback Thursday

Girls Night Out

Spacebyrdz, others, 2 am, $20, women & locals free; Brody Jenner, others, doors 10:30 pm, $20-$30

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

CHATEAU

Closed

DJs Willy Uno, ShadowRed; doors at 10:30 pm, $20$30+, local women free

DJs ShadowRed, Poun’; doors at 10:30 pm; $20$30+, local women free

Downtown Cocktail Room

Soul Foundation

Friday Night Social

Saturday Night Vibe

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

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

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

Closed

Lounge open 24 hours

Prom Date

Look Hear: Artists’ Showcase

Vegas Blues Dance

9 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Class/demonstration; 7 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Lounge open 24 hours

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

Closed

Doors at 9 pm; free

Nickel Beer Night: Fight Night

Karate Karaoke

One of a Kind

Payola Presley, Boiis; 9 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Double D Karaoke 10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Latin Revolution

Lounge open 24 hours

Industry Sundays DJs Karma, Shift; doors at 9 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Cali vs. Vegas Beat Battle

DJs Kelly, Mack, Shakespeare; doors at 9 pm; $10

Sunday Sessions

Doors at 9 pm; $5

Lit

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

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

DJs Sushi Sisters, Laguerre; 10 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

After

BODY ENGLISH

After Sevens Drop Kick Party

SUNDAY

Cupid’s Fetish Ball

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

DJs Brenda D, Lenny Alfonzo, 8 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

LAX

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

Closed

Panorama Saturdays

Scenic Sundays

DJ Dezie

Woman Crush Wednesday

DJ Dezie

LEVEL 107

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

LIFE

Closed

LIGHT

DJs Crooked, Neva; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ Mustard

MANDARIN BAR

MARQUEE

PBR ROCK BAR

Doors at 5 pm

REVOLUTION LOUNGE

R3HAB

EDX

Closed

live; DJ Franzen; doors at 10:30 pm; $20+

Closed

Bassjackers

Sultan & Ned Shepard

Closed

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

Live jazz

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

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

Live music

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

Live music

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

Dash Berlin

Benny Benassi

Ladies Night

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

Get Back Thursdays

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

Closed

I Love Makonnen

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

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

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

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

#IndustryLife

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJ Tony Arzadon; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

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

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

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

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

F*ck it Fridays

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

Red Light Green Light Party DJs Alpha Q, Sincere; doors at 10 pm; $20, women free

Fireball Fridays

REVOLVER

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

Closed

Drag Queen Bingo

PIRANHA

DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Sky High Mondays

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

Selfie Saturday

DJ Rockstar Aaron; 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

6 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Halfway to EDC

DJs Dash Berlin, Borgeous, Alvaro, Audien, others; doors at 10 pm, $75+ men, $25+ women

#Social Sundays

$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

Jeremih

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

Beer Pong Tournament

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

Industry Mondays

Karaoke Night

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

SIN Sunday

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

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NIGHTS | club grid

Listings are accurate as of press time. For more info, contact venues directly.

VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

ROCKHOUSE

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

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

ROSE. RABBIT. LIE.

Doors at 5:30 pm

Sessions

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 Alie Layus; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women, local ladies, industry free

TUSCANY

DJ Sour Milk

The Affair

Amanda Avila

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Ace Cider Tap Takeover

Velveteen Rabbit

6 pm; doors at 5 pm

Closed

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

Stripper Circus

DJ Blacklow; doors at 10 pm; free

Lil Jon

DJ set; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

Ty Dolla Sign

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Confession Sundays

Ladies Night

Taco Tuesdays

$50 open bar; doors at 8:30 am

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

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

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

Doors at 5:30 pm

Closed

Doors at 5:30 pm

Mercedes Cupid & Cocktails

Doors at 7 pm, free

Stop Light Valentine’s Party

Closed

hosts; DJ Brooke Evers; doors at 9 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women, locals free

Closed

Lifehouse live; SOLD OUT; doors at 6 pm

DJs LightKnife, Morningstar; half-off drinks, 10 pm-midnight;

DJ Snake

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

Politik

Nik Richie

live; DJ Eric D-Lux; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

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

DJ Dave Fogg

DJ Mike Carbonell Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

Closed

Kenny Davidsen Show

Corro Van Such

Nik at Nite

Rockie Brown Band

Laura Shaffer Vintage Vegas Cocktail Party

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

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

No Requests

DJs 8-Bits, others; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Arty

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

T-Spot Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Top Hat

Valentine’s dessert bar; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Diplo

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

Moonshiners

Piazza Lounge; 7:30 pm, free

T-Spot; midnight, free

Piazza Lounge, 7:30 pm; free

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

Green Lantern

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

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Diplo

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

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> WATCH HIM WORK The Sci Fi center celebrates Friday the 13th by rolling out Jason’s highlight reel.

THREE REASONS TO WATCH RUGBY THIS WEEKEND (Even if you don’t understand the rules) The HSBC Sevens World Series is circling the globe again, pitting teams from 18 nations against one another in fast-paced, full-contact, seven-a-side rugby matches that make for some fine spectating. Even if you don’t know your hookers from your scrums, it’s worth the trip to Sam Boyd to take in the chaos of this hard-partying tournament.

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Stuff you’ll want to know about GO FRIDAY THE 13TH 35TH ANNIVERSARY In honor of the 35th anniversary of the release of the original Friday the 13th, the Sci Fi Center will be showing the classic 1980 slasher film, plus a “greatest hits” reel of every single Jason Voorhees kill from the entire series, without any annoying plot to get in the way. February 13, 8 p.m., $5. FREE ADMISSION AT MOB MUSEUM Has it been three years already? The Mob Museum celebrates its anniversary with free admission for locals on Saturday, but be a pal and drop a $3 donation. It’ll be worth it to check out the limited-time display of two Thompson submachine guns used in 1929’s Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. February 14.

HEAR PINBACK There are other small

bands that can fill a room (and a heart). But these indie rockers win, for the complexity sneaked into easy

melodies and the sound spectrum whipping from tinny to lush, buoyant to plaintive. With David Huntsberger, February 12, 8 p.m., $16-$20, Backstage Bar & Billiards. KODO ONE EARTH TOUR: MYSTERY Drum lines aren’t just for marching bands and teen movies. Catch a glimpse of the ancient Japanese musical tradition taiko, which melds drums, dance and costumery to bring mythical beasts and brave warriors to life. February 12, 7:30 p.m., $29-$99, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.

SEE SNL 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL The fact

that Eddie Murphy, who hasn’t shown up for any previous Saturday Night Live reunion special, is going to make this one is reason enough to watch. But Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Bill Murray and pretty much everyone else is scheduled to appear, too—including musical guests like Paul Simon, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake. February 15, 5 p.m., NBC. UNLV MFA EXHIBITION See 12 of Las

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1. The crowd. Drunk USA SEVENS Jesus, Hello Kitty and RUGBY an elephant walk into February a stadium … Forget 13-15, times football fans and vary, $17-$775. painted faces, rugby Sam Boyd devotees treat this Stadium, tourney like Halloween, 702-739-3267. with costumes that evoke national pride or utter nonsense and drinking until they become as entertaining as the action on the field. Wherever you sit, expect to join in with the chants and cheers of people who actually know what’s going on. USA’s not going to win this thing, might as well join Team Fiji. 2. The food. We’re not saying you should spend the entire tournament in the fan festival area sampling snacks from the competing countries, but if you eat so many Kenyan samosas and New Zealand meat pies that you need to bask in a righteously international food coma, we’ll totally understand. 3. The rugby. Like your team sports fast and furious? Each 14-minute match is packed with relentless action, brilliant sprints, brutal hits and plenty of scoring. The talent on display is top-notch, so even if you don’t speak fluent rugby, you’ll appreciate the pure athleticism tearing up the pitch. –Sarah Feldberg

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Fifty Shades is a bland, neutered adaptation By Nick Schager So chilly and inert that a shrewder way to generate heat might have been to set the entire film on fire, the hotly anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey exists in a tepid middle ground apt to disappoint hardcore fans of E.L. James’ bestselling novel and newbies expecting something scandalously sexy. Stripped of its most X-rated elements, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s adaptation proves a creaky, old-fashioned fairy tale masquerading as soft porn, one in which dominatrix-style carnality is talked about more than actually performed, and in which the real fantasy peddled is that of a pure young woman softening the heart of a distant, wounded hunk through true love. In other words—pay for the erotica, stay (if you must) for the squishiness. As in James’ novel, Fifty Shades recounts the whirlwind adventure of Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), who, on the eve of securing her college degree in English lit, interviews her school’s celebrity alum, aloof billionaire playboy Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). During this initial encounter, drab and reticent Anastasia bites her lip to express nervous excitement, wooden Christian grips the edge of his desk like he’s trying to squeeze juice out of an orange, and the two stare at each other with so little fiery chemistry, the ensuing sight of Anastasia sticking a “Grey”-imprinted pencil in her mouth comes off as the height of phallic-symbolism comedy. Soon enough, Christian is stalking Anastasia, whose reciprocal interest is heightened by the fact that he’s a

> i want to eat your face Johnson and Dornan share their unusual sexual proclivities.

man of Power and Wealth. Her feelings are complicated, however, by his domineering arrogance—and also by his admission that he doesn’t “do” love, only impersonal, S&M-style craziness in his secret Red Room. This stuns Anastasia, as does the nondisclosure agreement he makes her sign, and the contract he gives her that lays out the various ground rules for their forthcoming libidinous mayhem. If that sounds like an overly formal arrangement for violent, boundary-pushing dominant-submissive sex, it’s in keeping with director Taylor-Johnson’s treatment of their eventual spankingand-riding-crop trysts, which are shot in languorous takes that drip with faux-sensual momentousness, and in

Worse still, Kelly Marcel’s leaden breathless slow-motion montages that script is all tease and no payoff, wasteschew explicit nudity or behavior in ing countless time suggesting outrafavor of hands being gently tied with geous carnal fireworks to come, and rope and blindfolded faces alighting then merely sprinkling a bit with excitement. of limp salaciousness over That Taylor-Johnson a dim-witted faux-empowstages Fifty Shades of Grey’s acccc FIFTY selling-point sequences SHADES OF GREY erment story that casts Christian as a man who, like clinical rituals certain- Dakota Johnson, ly drains the action of any Jamie Dornan, Luke for all of his intimidating suits and porn-playroom forceful, uncontrollable Grimes. Directed pastimes, is just a tormentpassion, though responsi- by Sam Taylored child in need of some bility for that failing can Johnson. Rated R. stern rebukes from a forcealso be laid at the bound Opens Friday. ful mommy figure. Feigning feet of its leads, who never freakiness in service of simplistic pop seem physically or emotionally in psychology, it’s a film that feels not sync, and who too often come off like only neutered below the belt, but also robotic mannequins going through lobotomized above the shoulders. second-rate Skinemax motions.

Sex ed Three more movies to fuel your sexual education beyond Fifty Shades of Grey

Secretary (2002) James Spader stars as a businessman named Mr. Grey (hmm …) who hires a troubled woman played by Maggie Gyllenhaal to be his secretary. Their relationship becomes equal parts loving and sadistic in a surprisingly sophisticated, compassionate look at BDSM and romance.

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Crash (1996) David Cronenberg’s film version of J.G. Ballard’s novel is a creepy but sensual story about car-crash fetishists, who get off on both the rush of collisions and the bodily changes from injuries. Certainly the only movie ever released by a major studio to feature a man having sex with a woman’s leg wound.

The Dreamers (2003) Filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci’s best-known contribution to onscreen sex is 1972’s Last Tango in Paris, but this tribute to the French New Wave is just as arousing and seductive, with Eva Green and Louis Garrel as a pair of quasi-incestuous French siblings who seduce a naïve American student (Michael Pitt). –Josh Bell

A&E | screen > Spy Kid Firth takes Egerton weapon shopping and shows him the secret lair (below).

Not quite a hit The Slap takes itself a little too seriously

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Kingsman: The Secret Service is a juvenile action-comedy By Josh Bell If you’re wondering who might be the next serious actor over 50 to unexpectedly become an action star, apparently it’s Colin Firth. In Kingsman: The Secret Service, the onetime Mr. Darcy stars as a dapper spy codenamed Galahad, who looks impeccable in a bespoke suit and can also take down a room full of bad guys without breaking a sweat. Firth’s stereotypically British stiff-upper-lip-ness is part of the movie’s humor, its rather tiresome pseudosubversion of the classic spy genre. Kingsman is director and co-writer Matthew Vaughn’s second collaboration with comic-book writer Mark Millar, after 2010’s KickAss, although unlike Kick-Ass, which stuck fairly close to its source material, Kingsman is only a very loose adaptation of Millar’s and artist Dave Gibbons’ The Secret Service. dle of the movie biding his time. That means it tones down some of Millar’s Eventually Valentine reveals his evil plan typical sneering misanthropy, but it’s still a aabcc for world destruction, as he tells Galahad mostly empty exercise in stylistic posturing. KINGSMAN: THE Like Kick-Ass, it’s a juvenile power fantasy SECRET SERVICE about his affection for the especially colorful, over-the-top installments in the James Bond for a vulgar young man—in this case, a street Taron Egerton, series. Kingsman fancies itself the cleverer, tough known as Eggsy (Taron Egerton) who’s Colin Firth, Samuel recruited by Galahad to join super-secret pri- L. Jackson. Directed more self-aware cousin of those movies, but it lacks the wit and style of the best Bond vate spy organization Kingsman. Vaughn and by Matthew adventures. It’s fun to see Firth cut loose and co-writer Jane Goldman spend half of the Vaughn. Rated R. kick ass, but the brash, fast-talking Eggsy is no overlong film on Eggsy’s training alongside Opens Friday. James Bond, and Jackson’s lisping Valentine is other recruits, a sort of combination of Harry a joke of a villain. Making the whole thing into Potter and the first half of Full Metal Jacket. a joke may be part of the point, but the cynical humor There’s very little tension in the process that whittles doesn’t do much to balance Millar’s trademark nihilistic down candidates for a new Kingsman position, and ultraviolence. Kingsman feels like it should be a good the movie’s actual villain, tech billionaire Richmond time, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste. Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), spends most of the mid-

With its big-name cast (Peter Sarsgaard, Uma Thurman, Thandie Newton, Brian Cox, Zachary Quinto), mature subject matter and ambitious structure, eight-episode miniseries The Slap feels more like a premium cable series than something that would air on NBC. That’s both a good and bad thing—it’s heartening to see NBC putting its resources behind a project this serious, but the seriousness can be a bit selfimportant, and broadcast standards mean the more explicit moments have to be toned down. Based on a novel by Christos Tsiolkas that was made into a 2011 Australian miniseries, The Slap uses its eponymous event as a jumping-off point aabcc for the unraveling of THE SLAP secrets among an affluThursdays, ent group of friends and 8 p.m., NBC. relatives. The seemingly small action of one adult slapping someone else’s misbehaving child at a backyard barbecue spirals into a crisis for everyone in attendance. It’s hard to feel sympathy for any of them, though, including the bratty kid who gets smacked, and after two episodes, the prospect of spending six more with these unpleasant people as they treat each other unpleasantly is not particularly welcome. Unhappy people making each other unhappy has been a cable-drama staple for years now, and The Slap would be a second-tier offering on HBO or Netflix (where the original Australian series is available). The show is generally well-acted by the talented cast, and it adds arch narration from Victor Garber to make it seem even more literary, but just because it’s based on a novel and delivered with gravitas doesn’t make it meaningful. –Josh Bell

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MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE Julianne Moore is powerful and poignant in Alzheimer’s drama Still Alice

> QUICKIES From top, “After,” “Forget Me Not” and “New” were among this year’s notable DSFF selections.

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The Dam Short Film Festival brings out movie lovers in Boulder City By Josh Bell For the past few years, one of my Dam Short Film Festival highlights has been reconnecting with a certain eccentric couple in their 60s. They park their RV behind the Boulder Dam Hotel and make their way to as many programs as possible, chatting up filmmakers from around the country and the world. Sadly, they were nowhere to be seen at this year’s festival, but the DSFF is full of people like them, who help build a friendly community around this celebration of the under-appreciated short film format. Those loyal patrons, mostly older Boulder City locals, packed the Boulder Theatre for many of this year’s screenings, and the festival programmers tend to cater to them, favoring films with gentle, often sentimental messages (those films also typically win the audience awards). That can be a good thing, as this year’s many programs

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focused on romance and relationships were some of the strongest, with sweet and funny entries like “Peter and Betty” (about a frustrated older couple), “Forget Me Not” (about a man with very specific amnesia), “Birthday Box” (about an unfortunately timed birthday surprise) and “New” (a sci-fi short about a couple reincarnated in the future). Even the late-night Underground program, with selections deemed too “naughty” for earlier in the day, had its share of sweetness, in the entertaining “Dad in Mum,” about a pair of little girls discovering some uncomfortable truths about their parents’ relationship. The audience winner at this year’s Nevada showcase, Adam Zielinski’s “Rule of Love,” was another relationship story, albeit one with a slightly darker edge. Zielinski’s well-shot and creatively edited short was the best of a mediocre bunch in a fairly underwhelming local program. Although films like Tobin Herringshaw’s sci-fi epic “After” had polished, professional looks, they were mostly lacking in narrative. Still, supporting local filmmakers is one thing that the DSFF does best, and it’s always heartening to see such a strong turnout from the Vegas film community. Even if a couple of my favorite community members were absent this year, the overall support was tremendous, and I hope to see all of the festival’s supporters return next year.

Actors tend to be unduly rewarded for playing characters who suffer from a physical or mental disability, as if that represents a higher degree of difficulty. So one could be forgiven for looking with skepticism at the acclaim for Julianne Moore’s performance in Still Alice, which is very likely to win her an Oscar later this month. Moore plays Dr. Alice Howland, a linguistics professor who’s diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease; the role provides her with an opportunity to detail the gradual loss of memory and other cognitive faculties that makes Alzheimer’s perhaps the most distressing ordeal imaginable. And she’s genuinely superb, often actively working against the material’s inherently tearjerking nature. A scene in aaacc which Alice creates STILL ALICE Julianne Moore, a video instructing her future self on Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart. how to commit suicide, taking advanDirected by Richard Glatzer tage of the mental impairment she and Wash knows she’ll then Westmoreland. be experiencing, is Rated PG-13. almost unbearably Opens Friday. poignant. Unfortunately, the rest of Still Alice isn’t up to her standard. While the first half, charting Alice’s herculean struggle to retain every shred of her identity that she possibly can, is impressively astringent, the second half turns into something of a public service announcement, with Alice delivering an earnest speech about living with Alzheimer’s (highlighting each sentence as she reads it, so that she doesn’t read it again) and engaging in heartfelt but maudlin conversations with her husband (Alec Baldwin) and youngest daughter (Kristen Stewart). In the end, it becomes the disease-of-theweek movie it had struggled not to be, as if ironically echoing its heroine’s own deterioration. –Mike D’Angelo

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> One-Man Army Those lucky enough to get inside Brooklyn Bowl got drenched in Jack White.

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Nika Roza Danilova is thrashing around the stage, dark strands of hair covering her face like that creepy girl from The Ring. In the middle of her chaotic rain dance, she falls to the ground, then returns center stage, poised and stoic, cloaked in a black ankle-length dress. We’re just minutes into the band’s performance, but Zola Jesus is already set on bringing down the house. From The Spoils to her most accessible and most recent Taiga, Zola Jesus’ albums have been too hollow and dissonant (even on the best headphones) for me to sink my teeth into. But tonight, I’m a devout follower. Unlike the recordings, which rely heavily on empty space, the band is gigantic and full and completely satisfying. From the keyboardist to the trombonist, these are all powerhouse musicians—but drummer Michael Pinaud, who hails aaaac from Las Vegas, is a truly Zola impressive force. Jesus Danilova glides like a March 7, haunted spirit across the Bunkhouse stage, that spookiness Saloon. amplified by the bellowing, emotive yawn of the trombone. During “Dangerous Days” she paces around like a wildcat, painting a picture like a walking canvas. Watching her crawl on all fours, then climb onto the Bunkhouse’s bar for a song, I can’t recall the last time I saw someone throw her entire body into a show. If Danilova’s goal was to bring art to the stage, she succeeded, and then some. –Leslie Ventura

A L B U M | I n d ie Fo l k

Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear aaabc It’s appropriate that ex-Fleet Foxes member Josh Tillman adopted the name Father John Misty for his solo work; after all, these songs tend to feature a (barely) fictionalized version of Tillman, his conflicted emotional life and debauched times. I Love You, Honeybear—a song cycle examining his real-life love affair with his now-wife, Emma—is slightly less tortured than previous work, though no less gleefully frank and ribald. (Sample lyric: “I wanna take you in the kitchen/Lift up your wedding dress someone was probably murdered in.”) Musically, the album trades the granola-folk vibe of 2012’s Fear Fun for a broader, more engaging take on reverb-softened Laurel Canyon pop. Tillman’s cad-as-choirboy vocals soar above twinkling instrumentation, augmented by flourishes such as breezy mariachi horns (“Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)”), rigid electro-pop beats (“True Affection”) and schmaltzy strings (the title track). Yet Father John Misty’s innate romantic skepticism is a delightful counterbalance to any mawkishness. –Annie Zaleski

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jack white by David James Swanson; zola jesus by spencer burton

a bar or bathroom was tough even before the headliner took the stage at 10:30 p.m. Such are the costs of a golden ticket, however—of catching a Coachella headliner in an intimate, acoustically superior space. And as soon as White announced his presence with the opening notes to “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” little else mattered beyond his voice, his electric Jack White packs the Brooklyn Bowl for guitar and his five-piece backing band. Working through a a concert to remember solid-if-somewhat-short hour-long main set that toggled By Spencer Patterson between White Stripes favorites (“Hotel Yorba,” “We’re Going to Be Friends,” “Icky Thump”) and solo material—and also touched on songs by American icons Hank The Stones at the old Joint. Dylan at House of Blues. Williams, Muddy Waters and Loretta Lynn—the 39-yearBeastie Boys at the Huntridge. Matador weekend at the old Michigan man was every bit the focused musical Pearl. It’s a tradition as woven into Las Vegas concert lore weapon veteran Vegas showgoers remember from as any epic encore or surprise guest: the golden the Stripes’ legendary 2003 tour stop. A savage, ticket, a super-coveted show that sells out in extended version of “Canon” served as the centerseconds, whatever the price. And on Wednesday, aaabc piece this time, though the simple, stripped-back Brooklyn Bowl played host to a big one. JACK blues of “I Fought Piranhas” (part of a 30-minute Tickets for Jack White’s midweek performance, WHITE encore) felt like the night’s maximum achievement, originally offered at $65, sold for $300-plus in the February 4, best encapsulating White’s raw, throwback appeal. days prior, and fans crowded around the Linq as Brooklyn “I wish I could say this was the first bowling the hour approached, praying for miracle access to Bowl. alley I’ve played in, but that would not be true,” he a hall that would fill to absolute capacity. For those announced, though, as always with White, it was tough who did get in, the mass of humanity made for a mixed to tell where truth diverged with fiction. One thing more experience, loaded with magical energy on one hand, certain was the night’s enduring import. As with any logistical frustration on the other. Quality sightlines, golden ticket, it was the sort of show you felt lucky to normally plentiful at the Bowl, were tough to score, with have witnessed, even if it wasn’t the absolute best conswatches of both levels left without direct view of the cert you’d ever seen. stage. And for those on the intensely packed floor, hitting C O N C E RT

Full-bodied Zola Jesus’ live show sails past the recorded version

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> HOMETOWN HERO He’s done about everything else, and now Franky Perez is touring with metal outfit Apocalyptica.

T H E K AT S R E P O RT

back from the brink

Veteran Vegas rocker Franky Perez fights off his demons and returns to the road By John Katsilometes There’s a moment in Franky Perez’s live show where he drags a bongo to the middle of the stage and sits on a chair spun backward. He bites the microphone cord so the mic hangs just above the drum’s surface. Then the impassioned, embattled, seemingly imperishable rock star from Las Vegas hammers that bongo with a ferocity that makes you think this will be his last show. There were days when it seemed any show could be the final curtain for Perez, a native son who has soared onstage, wept in jail and hooked up with an internationally renowned touring act, all in the past two years. “It’s pretty heavy, when you think about it,” Perez says. “I’m very blessed. Two years ago, nearly to the day, I was a bottom-feeding addict.” Today he’s the singer for the Finnish cello/metal rock outfit Apocalyptica. He leaves this month for a touring cycle of at least 18 months to support that group’s upcoming album, Shadowmaker, due in April. Perez’s Valentine’s Day show at the Palms Lounge will be his last appearance in town before he joins the band in Australia for the Soundwave Festival at the end of the month. (Apocalyptica will play the Joint on April 10.) How Perez became involved is something of a stroke of fate. Last spring, he heard Apocalyptica needed a singer and was delivered a song from the new album, “Hole in My Soul,” without a vocal track. Perez opened the file in GarageBand and, singing straight into his laptop on his kitchen counter, delivered the lyrics.

A month passed, and one day, unexpectedly, he was sent word that his “audition” had won him the job. “Unbelievable,” says Perez, who turns 39 on February 24. “I’ve been in this business long enough to be jaded, but this was just unbelievable.” Perez’s story of having it, losing it and getting it back is as old as rock ’n’ roll itself. He earned early success by signing with Atlantic Records’ imprint Lava Records, which issued his 2003 debut album, Poor Man’s Son. In the days when The Killers were still playing Cafe Espresso Roma, Perez’s single “Something Crazy” was receiving radio airplay and he was opening for such arena rockers as Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top. But three years later, Perez was in despair, a slave to drug abuse, admitting he’d developed some “expensive habits” that took him offstage entirely for a year. Perez got sober, but not for the last time. He managed to put six years of clean living together, rebuilding a solid recording and performing career as the vocalist for Scars on Broadway ( joined by Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan of System of a Down), collaborating with his old friends The Crystal Method, serving as the occasional frontman for the all-star rock band Camp Freddy, and then, temporarily, Velvet Revolver. Beginning in 2012, Perez was also lending his vocals to the hit FX series Sons of Anarchy, hooking up with the show’s band The Forest Rangers, featuring Katey Sagal on vocals. But in early 2013, Perez returned to those expensive habits. His self-

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> UNDER THE BRIDGE Barrick’s screening of the Levitated Mass documentary includes a Q&A with producer Erin Wright.

The incredible journey of Michael Heizer’s megalithic work By Kristen Peterson One way to draw attention to contemporary art in the 21st century is to drive it through the streets of Southern California on a truck the size of a football field. When part of Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass” sculpture was hauled 105 miles in 11 nights in 2012, people living along the route hit the streets to greet it and cheer it on. Appropriately dubbed “the rock star,” the 340-ton granite boulder measuring 21.5 feet by 21.5 feet— reportedly the largest such megalithic stone transported since ancient times—had traveled from a quarry in Jurupa Valley to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it was placed on a 456-foot concrete slot that allowed visitors to walk beneath it. The story of the journey of “Levitated Mass,” which actually began in 1969 when Heizer conceived LEVITATED of it, is told in the documentary of MASS the same name, which will screen February February 12 at Barrick Museum’s 12, 6 p.m., auditorium. Presented in partnership free. Barrick with the Contemporary Arts Center, Auditorium, the screening is part of a campaign 702-895launched this year for national-mon- 3381. ument designation of Heizer’s “City” in Lincoln County. The artist, whose “Double Negative” land art is located near Overton (on land owned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), has been working on “City” since 1972. The complex of giant, minimalist, abstract structures designed to appear similar to ancient monuments and sites is more than a mile long, still under construction and not yet open to the public. Conservation Lands Foundation is working to rally local support for the project, with the goal of inspiring President Obama to use the Antiquities Act to protect “City” and the more than 800,000 square miles of mostly federal land surrounding it. Arts advocate and native Las Vegan Melissa Petersen, who has been active in connecting Conservation Lands Foundation with the arts community here, is working to raise awareness of Heizer and his work throughout Southern Nevada. The screening of Levitated Mass, she says, will hopefully help educate people about the artist and his significance in the art world, adding that, “Michael Heizer is one of the most important contemporary land artists. ‘City’ is one of the more important pieces of land art.” Following the screening, the film’s associate producer, Erin Wright, will join Neon Museum executive director Danielle Kelly in a Q&A session.

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On a Friday night inside Sin City Gallery, artist Marshall Bradford is tying up his guests with rope, simultaneously adorning and binding them. The demonstrations of Japanese bondage are Marshall Bradford brings his erotic part of the exhibit Desert Bound, featuring Bradford’s photography to Sin City Gallery erotic photography, which captures mostly female nudes against solid backgrounds, bound and tattooed, some of them theatrical. The work melds Bradford’s interests in bondage and photography—capturing an intimacy in the acts of dominance and submissiveness through portraits designed to be sensual and beautiful. The body becomes both the canvas and the art with patterns across it formed by the knots and measured placement of the ropes, a celebration of Kinbaku. –Kristen Peterson

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LVLT’s cast travels back to the ’40s for The Lady in Question By Jacob Coakley 1940s thrillers that even though Nazis, espionage, shootings, he approaches this with his usual whippings. The Lady in Question, tart humor, his genuine affection opening at Las Vegas Little of the tropes and actors of the time Theatre this Friday, has it all. shines through. “Busch’s charac“Playwright Charles Busch ters are not just vehicles for firing wrote a script that would have off witticisms. There’s definitely a been a 1940s movie,” director warmth and roundedness there,” David McKee says. “This is his McKee says. And he’s grateful to homage to World War II pictures his cast for bringing it all to life that leading ladies like Norma with humor and heart. “These are Shearer and Joan Crawford wonderful actors to work with. I appeared in. What I tell my cast is had a good feeling from the first that you’re not playing these charread-through because everyone acters; you’re playing 1940s actors was laughing up a storm. I’m hopplaying these characters. There’s ing that same sense of a level of artificiality joy is felt by the audiand self-conscious theences, too.” atricality to it—it’s that Lady in That joy is definitelarger-than-life element Question February 13-March 1; ly felt by Tony Hsieh. to it that I love.” One of Las Vegas Little Larger than life is Thursday-Saturday, Theatre’s most ardent one way to put it. The 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 fans, he’s offering LVLT show pulls out the p.m.; $21-$24. Las stops to create a WWII Vegas Little Theatre, a sizeable matching grant for the third year thriller. It follows the 702-362-7996. in a row. Every dollar story of Professor Erik LVLT raises up to $25,000 will be Maxwell, who’s determined to doubled by Hsieh. “His support free his mother, Raina Aldric, from and the support from our patrons the Nazi dungeons of the cruel has meant that we are able to do Baron von Elsner. He, meanwhile, things like buy new seats and new is set on wooing the vain and equipment to enhance our producbeautiful concert pianist Gertrude tions and the audience’s experiGarnet, inviting her to his schloss ence at LVLT,” says artistic director to seduce her, without realizing Walt Niejadlik. “Tony has been so that she only has eyes for his vault generous with LVLT, and we are of family jewels. very grateful.” It’s a mark of Busch’s love of

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> french spread Go ahead, freak out. Bardot’s food is worthy, including the pastry-wrapped escargot (below).

Pièce de résistance

($29), the most buttery escargot in puff pastry ($17)— involved gathering classic French recipes and executing each version faithfully, then choosing favorite parts of each one and creating a new, best version. That chicken skin. That juiciness factor. That white wine sauce. The results are ideal. Gruyère-covered onion soup ($14) reaches for new Michael Mina’s precise, artful Bardot levels of richness, especially if you add black truffle, oxtail Brasserie is not to be missed and soft poached egg ($25). Sautéed skate wing ($29) By Brock Radke tastes like a fish that has lived a life in brown butter and lemon. Gnocchi ($23) are meltingly fluffy with a barely crisp exterior, mingling with Las Vegas has been good to Michael wild mushrooms and goat cheese. Mina, and he has returned the favor. His The menu is easily managed, just a few eponymous restaurant at Bellagio—named options in categories from chilled shellfish Aqua when Mina first arrived on the Strip to salads, appetizers to entrées. There are more than 15 years ago—remains one of four big plates for twosomes, including the city’s fine-dining standards, and he’s lobster Thermidor ($43 per person) and proven more than capable of executing a whole roasted loup de mer ($29 pp). a multitude of culinary concepts as his Steak frites can be flat iron, ribeye or filet, business has grown in Vegas and across each bit of tender beef imbued with spethe country. cial smokiness from a mighty wood-fired But maybe there’s been a little less grill. Side dishes are divine, particularly excitement surrounding Mina’s restaua mushroom and leek bread pudding ($9) rants here, especially compared to his that I would eat any time of every day. celebrity-chef peers. When we heard he Mina’s restaurants, maybe more than was converting Aria’s American Fish into those of the other celeb chefs, allow the a classic French brasserie, we were defiexecutive chef room to shine, and the nitely interested, but we didn’t freak out. BARDOT BRASSERIE talented Josh Smith gets a lot of credit We should have. Just walking into the Aria, 702-590-8638. for Bardot’s excellence. But it’s always a place shocks the system, starting with a Monday-Friday, 5-10:30 collaboration, especially when it comes gleaming-gold brass bar and then a sexy, p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, to creating the superb non-classic dishes, dark, energetic dining room with burgundy brunch 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., such as the wood-grilled, confit duck à booths and bistro tables layered over a dinner 5-10:30 p.m. l’orange wings ($13) that haunt my dreams, marble floor that has been raised a few feet or the roasted eggplant dip with basil from the sunken space of American Fish. pesto into which you’ll plunge chickpea frites ($12). It’s a lightning strike of a makeover. The place feels like Bardot has just the right amount of surprise blended into Champagne, so have some. (Weekend brunch offers $20 its familiar favorites. bottomless rosé.) It’s only February, but it’s hard to believe Las Vegas will The food is majestic. Team Mina’s process in developsee a better new restaurant this year. ing Bardot’s menu—the most beautiful roasted chicken

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Lucky Las Vegas is resplendent with worthy representations of Japanese izakayas, places like Raku, Kyara and Cocokala, where casually delicious drinking and multi-plate eating are a blissful experience. Now, tucked away at the Izakaya Go corner of Spring 3775 Spring Mountain and ValMountain Road ley View, the aptly #301, 702-247named Izakaya 1183. MondayGo is another fine Thursday, 5 example. p.m.-2 a.m.; Begin your Friday & Go by perusing Saturday, 5 chalkboard-touted p.m.-3 a.m. daily specials. Quality sashimi awaits, including outrageously good ocean trout ($9). But Go also loves uni, and you should, too. The unique uni shumai ($8) delivers unctuous sea urchin wrapped in soft dumplings, a rich and surprisingly un-briny bite. I only wish these morsels were served with traditional vinegar instead of spicy mustard. Another distinctive dish, torched uni ($9) arrives with a slightly smoky sear complementing its characteristic sweetness, easing the potentially difficult move of separating the uni from its wooden plank with chopsticks. For a taste of Japanese street food, explore the takoyaki ($6), where deep-fried battered balls hide bits of octopus like a surprise treat. And whatever you do, don’t miss the enoki butter ($5), where thin mushrooms are delivered awash in butteriness with a swirl of pepper. It’s a devastatingly good dish and another excuse to go, now, to Izakaya Go. –Jim Begley

> small packages Uni shumai and takoyaki (background) delight.

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STRATISFACTION Top of the World is just the tip of this dining iceberg BY BROCK RADKE serves like Tower Pizzeria, El Nopal Mexican Grill and I like the Stratosphere. Its ubiquitous presence and Chicago Hot Dog Construction Company (that’s a great isolated location (is it on the Strip?) seem to make it a name) blend into cheesy retail shops. The property’s fulltarget for scorn, but I’ve always encountered a clean, conservice restaurants are huddled in the northern end of the venient casino-space full of smiling service and plain old casino, and that’s where you wanna be. fun. It’s the lighthouse/watchtower of Las Vegas, always Nostalgia-inducing Roxy’s Diner does breakfast, burgshowing you where you are. Give it a chance. ers and shakes right, including Pin Up star Claire Sinclair’s Dining-wise, there’s more to eat here than just the obvifavorite Sin City Burger ($12.99) with fried ous—the award-winning, rotating institution egg, mushrooms, onions, pepper jack cheese that is Top of the World. If you haven’t been, and chipotle aioli. Cozy Italian alcove Fellini’s you must, and if you have, go back any time for STRATOSPHERE offers everything from pizza and antipasti the exquisite, versatile cuisine by chefs Rick 2000 Las Vegas to fettucine Capriciana ($17.95), loaded with Giffen (who oversees all of Strat’s food) and Blvd. S., 702-380shrimp, tomato, mushrooms and a vodka Claude Gaty. Knockout dishes: rack of lamb 7777. cream sauce, and even some steaks and chops. with Moorish tomato sauce ($58) and “surf But if you’re hungry for meat, head and turf” gnocchi with braised beef shortrib next door to the true hidden jewel of the Stratosphere, and lobster ($52). McCall’s Heartland Grill. Some of the more adventurSandwich Carvery 108 is hiding up top, too, where ous dishes have come off the menu since this affordable, you can fill up on house-roasted meats stacked on fresh delicious steakhouse opened in late 2012, but big flavors kaiser rolls, stuff like guava barbecued pulled pork ($10) remain—the spicy and sweet jalapeño bacon-wrapped or pepper-crusted beef strip loin ($11). The Buffet is a prawns ($12) are one of my favorite appetizers in the city, rather sterile experience that reminds me of a college and the chili-roasted St. Louis ribs ($19) are a thing of dining hall, but any place where you can pick between beauty. The most expensive steak on the menu is $36 for congee, lasagna or biscuits and gravy for brunch can’t be an 18-ounce bone-in New York strip, with fries or baked all bad, right? potato. Tough to top that, huh? On the promenade level, self-explanatory quick-

Las Vegas needs great ice cream. I’ve been saying that for years, bemoaning the lack of local shops with snaking lines and gourmet windows serving flavors like Earl Grey and raspberry goat cheese. In Boston, buried under snow for months HANDEL’S at a time, there are 10170 W. independent ice cream Tropicana parlors in nearly every Ave. #150. neighborhood. In 702-749San Francisco, Bi-Rite 9299. Daily, Creamery has a queue 11 a.m.-10 that stretches down p.m. the street in January. So how, in a city that sees about 300 days of sunshine each year, is there not more good, creative, fresh, homemade ice cream? Of course, Downtown has Art of Flavors, the local gelato spot (close enough) known for its bold inventions (red onion marmalade gelato, anyone?) and endless parade of tasting spoons. And in January, westsiders welcomed Handel’s, an Ohio export beloved for its candy-loaded creations and four-scoop samplers. Handel’s is not hipster ice cream. This is classic stuff, sweet scoops made fresh daily and served from a window with flavors like caramel pretzel crunch, key lime pie and chocolate cake batter posted on the board outside. The menu tends toward the Ben & Jerry’s model of packing as many swirls and candy pieces into each flavor as possible. That can make it difficult to distinguish one chocolateinfused treat from the next, but if you’re looking for a creamy dessert fix, you’ll certainly leave satisfied. And that fresh ice cream line? It’s already forming. –Sarah Feldberg

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings

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

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 2/15, 2/18, Giant. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Daryl Hall & John Oates: Recorded Live in Dublin 2/19, concert film plus backstage footage, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: ORL, SF, ST. Info: fathomevents.com.

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: TC

Erotic Movie Night Fri, 7 pm, free. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 Industrial Road, 702-794-4000. Hispanic Film Series 2/19, The Mambo Kings, discussion led by scholar Luis Bonilla, 6:30 pm, free. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. Levitated Mass 2/12, documentary screening, 6 pm, free. Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-8953381. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 2/14, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle live, 9:30 am, $16$24. 2/18, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta and Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle encore, 6:30 pm, $15-$22. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2/13-2/15, live action and animated programs, times vary, $10. Theaters: TS The Royal Ballet Cinema Season 2/17, Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, 7 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, VS. Info: fathomevents. com. Saturday Movie Matinee 2/14, Guardians of the Galaxy, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Sat, Doctor Who weekly, 5 pm, free. Sun, The Walking Dead viewing party, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 2/13, Friday the 13th (1980) plus highlight reel of Jason’s kills, 8 pm, $5. 2/14, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 10 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter. com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 2/17, Gentleman’s Agreement. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week Buen Dia, Ramon (Not reviewed) Kristyan Ferrer, Ingeborg Schöner, Adriana Barraza. Directed by Jorge Ramírez Suárez. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. In German and Spanish with English subtitles. A Mexican man travels to Germany to look for work and befriends an elderly German woman. Theaters: ORL C’est Si Bon (Not reviewed) Jung Woo, Kim Yoon-seok, Han Hyojoo. Directed by Kim Hyun-seok. 122 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. Romance and success among a group of Korean folk musicians from the 1960s to the 1980s. Theaters: VS Fifty Shades of Grey acccc

> courtship ritual Elizabeth Ann Roberts and Rik Swartzwelder in Old Fashioned.

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Luke Grimes. Directed by Sam TaylorJohnson. 125 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Kingsman: The Secret Service aabcc Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. 129 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 41. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Old Fashioned (Not reviewed) Rik Swartzwelder, Elizabeth Ann Roberts, Dorothy Silver. Directed by Rik Swartzwelder. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. A pair of jaded singles attempt an old-fashioned religious courtship. Theaters: VS Roy (Not reviewed) Jacqueline Fernandez, Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor. Directed by Vikramjit Singh. 146 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A mysterious thief has his various adventures made into a series of movies. Theaters: VS Shamitabh (Not reviewed) Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan. Directed by R. Balki. 155 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A mute actor achieves fame with another actor providing his voice. Theaters: VS Still Alice aaacc Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 42. Theaters: DTS, GVR, VS

Now playing The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin (Not reviewed) Vice Ganda, Richard Yap, James “Bimby” Aquino-Yap. Directed by Wenn V. Deramas. 100 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. Military hero Private Benjamin is forced to work as a bodyguard to a spoiled rich kid. Theaters: VS

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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 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: TC, 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 Theaters: TX Birdman aaabc Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 119 minutes. Rated R. Keaton gets a much-needed comeback vehicle in Iñárritu’s entertaining chamber piece, playing a washed-up actor—famous for playing a Batman-like superhero called Birdman—who’s now directing and starring in a chaotic Broadway play. Seemingly composed of a single continous shot, the film also boasts Norton, Watts and Andrea Riseborough as fellow actors. –MD

Theaters: COL, ST, VS 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, CH, DTS, GVR, ORL, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS 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 Theaters: ST, VS The Book of Life aaccc Voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum. Directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez. 95 minutes. Rated PG. This animated movie tells a bland story about a love triangle connected to the Mexican Day of the Dead. With corny jokes, flat dialogue, a thin plot, blocky animation and a soundtrack full of lazily mariachi-fied versions of pop songs, it’s a weak representation of a rich cultural tradition. –JB Theaters: TC 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 middle-aged 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, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, TX

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 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 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: COL, 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: DTS, GVR, ORL, SF, SP, ST, TS, VS Interstellar aaacc Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 169 minutes. Rated PG-13. Nolan’s three-hour, effects-heavy sci-fi epic (about the search for a new planet for humanity to inhabit) turns out to be a soft-hearted plea for the power of love, ultimately relying on sentimental platitudes. At the same time, Nolan creates over-

A&E | Short Takes whelming, often breathtaking suspense in a number of astonishing set pieces. –JB Theaters: ST

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, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

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, ST

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: BS, CH, GVR, ORL, SC, TX

Jupiter Ascending aabcc Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne. Directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski. 125 minutes. Rated PG-13. This convoluted sci-fi epic from The Matrix filmmakers the Wachowskis boils down to another story of a Chosen One who saves the world and falls in love. The Wachowskis remain impressive stylists, and if Jupiter were as accomplished in its plotting and character development as in its visuals, it would be brilliant. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, 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: PAL, RR, ST, TS 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: TC, 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: COL, SC 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: TC 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

> cartoon mayhem The creatures of The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. civilized world. Ben Whishaw voices the CGI bear. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, RR, SC, SF, 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 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: 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, 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, VS 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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS 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 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

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

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 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, SC, ST Two Days, One Night aaaab Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. In French with English subtitles. Best Actress nominee Cotillard plays a Belgian factory worker who must persuade fellow employees to forgo a sizable bonus so that she can be rehired. The world would be a better place if everyone were required to watch this magnificently empathetic film and think hard about its lessons. –MD Theaters: SC 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,

(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 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, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Whiplash aaabc Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser. Directed by Damien Chazelle. 107 minutes. Rated R. Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who has either the good or bad fortune to fall under the tutelage of a sadistic teacher-conductor (Simmons). There’s not much to the film apart from their weird sort of S&M relationship, but with two lead actors this formidable, that’s enough. –MD Theaters: VS 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: SC The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death AABCC Phoebe Fox, Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine. Directed by Tom Harper. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. This horror sequel takes place at the same creepy, abandoned mansion as the original, only decades later. Harper relies heavily on the creepy atmosphere of the house and the surrounding town, but he relies even more heavily on sudden loud noises, which are the source of the movie’s meager scares. –JB Theaters: BS 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

but the movie often feels like a parody of a feel-good biopic. –JB Theaters: SC, TC

(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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> CURIOUS ABOUT GEORGE? Scalera and the Phil celebrate Valentine’s Day with Gershwin.

A WONDERFUL VALENTINE By the time George Gershwin died at the young age of 38, he’d built a songbook that would endure for the remainder of the century and beyond. “Summertime” has been recorded by dozens of artists, from Billie Holiday to Janis Joplin and Ella Fitzgerald. Others have taken a stab at works he wrote with his brother Ira, including “‘S Wonderful” and “The Man I Love.” ¶ Classical or popular, upbeat or mournful, his music is unforgettable. This weekend it’s his love songs that will be featured as part of the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Pops Series, with Niki Scalera on vocals. The Broadway singer was a last-minute replacement for Sylvia McNair, who canceled due to illness. Scalera, who is currently working on a one-woman show featuring the music of powerhouse vocalist A GERSHWIN VALENTINE Shirley Bassey, has also performed in We Will Rock You at Paris Las February 14, 7:30 p.m., $26-$94. Vegas. But on Saturday, it’s all Gershwin for her and the Las Vegas Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, Philharmonic, conducted by Peter Bay. –Kristen Peterson 702-749-2000.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl 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, Touch Sensitive 2/28, 9 pm, $22+. Ozomatli, Hellride, N.E. Last Words 3/1, 8 pm, $28. Korn 3/13, 9 pm, $55-$61. 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. Jessie’s Girl 3/27, 8 pm, $11. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Roosevelt Collier 3/27, 1 a.m., $13-$17. Trampled by Turtles 3/30, 8 pm, $21-$28. Milky Chance, James Hersey 4/9, 9 pm, $18-$22. Clean Bandit 4/10, 9 pm, $22-$25.

Brand New, Circa Survive 4/17, 8 pm, $37-$41. Alabama Shakes, Allah-Las 4/18, 9 pm, $41-$44. Sturgill Simpson, The Lone Bellow 4/23, 8 pm, $22-$24. Zappa Plays Zappa 4/25, 9 pm, $39$72. . Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Rod Stewart 2/14-2/15, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. Elton John 3/203/21, 3/23-3/24, 3/27-3/28, 3/30-3/31, 4/3-4/4, 4/6-4/7, 4/10-4/11, 4/13-4/14, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. 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 One Eyed Doll, Irie, Someday Broken 4/25, 9 pm, $8-$10. 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, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Scotty Alexander Band 2/12, 3/26, 9 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3/27-3/28, 10 pm. Wolfcreek 2/20-2/21, 10 pm. Country Nation 2/27-2/28, 10 pm. Austin Law 3/5, 9 pm; 3/6-3/7, 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 Mod Sun 2/13, 5 pm, $13. Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Authority Zero 2/14, 6:30 pm, $23-$25. The Pitcher, Lady Faith, Darksiderz 2/20, 8 pm, $27$35. Bayside, Senses Fail, Man Overboard, Seaway 3/13, 7 pm,

$20. The Devil Wears Prada, Born of Osiris, The Word Alive, Secrets 3/24, 5 pm, $21. Crizzly, Dotcom, K Theory 3/28, 8 pm, $30-$35. Kimbra, MikkyEkko 4/18, 8 pm, $20-$25. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. House of Blues 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. Schism 3/3, 7:30 pm, $10-$15. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience 3/6-3/8, 7:30 pm, $28-$75. Bayside, Senses Fail, Man Overboard, Seaway 3/13, 7 pm, $20. Local Brews Local Grooves: Empire Records, Elvis Monroe, RnR 3/21, 7 pm, $35-$45. Jazmine Sullivan 3/29, 6:30 pm, $30-$32. Bad Religion 4/13-4/14, 7 pm, $30-$32. Nightwish 4/30, 7 pm, $43-$78. Mastodon 5/1, 8 pm, $30-$32. Carlos Santana 5/20, 5/22-5/24, 5/27, 5/29-5/31, $90-$350, 8 pm. Rhyme N Rhythm Mon, 9 pm, free. Live swing music Tue, 9 pm, free. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Singles Sat, 9 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702632-7600. The Joint Rascal Flatts, Craig Wayne Boyd 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. Three Days Grace, Pop Evil, Brave Black Sea 4/17, 8 pm, $29+. Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo 4/18, 8 pm, $40+. Journey 4/29, 5/1-5/2, 5/6, 5/85/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 5/22, 9 pm, $35+. Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick 8/22, 8 pm, $50+. 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. New Kids on the Block 5/1, 7 pm, $40-$125. Nickelback 7/3, 8 pm, $25-$105. 5 Seconds of Summer 7/17, 7:30 pm, $50-$100. Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa 8/7, 7 pm, $25-$70. 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 Robert Cray Band 2/28, 3/1, 8 pm, $30+. 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

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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 2/13-2/14, 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. Ricky Martin 9/15, 8 pm, $50-$160. 702-234-7469. Rock in Rio Festival Ft. Taylor Swift, Metallica, Linkin Park, No Doubt, The Deftones, John Legend 5/8-5/9, 5/15-5/16, $298-$498. Rockinrio.com. Stratosphere David Perrico and Pop Evolution First & third Tue, 10:30 pm, $20. 800-998-6937. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-893-8933. Venetian G.E.M. 2/21, 8 pm. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-287-5922. Vinyl Empire Records 2/13, 11 pm, free. Peter Love 2/14, 11 pm, free. Alice: A Steampunk Concert Fantasy 2/17, 3/18, 4/1, 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 11 pm, $10+. The Glorious Sons, Luminoth, Systemec 2/18, 8 pm, $22. Machine Head 2/19, 9 pm, $23+. Tiger Box 2/20, 9 pm, $25+. Battle Tapes and the Beta Machine 2/22, 9:30 pm, free. That 1 Guy 2/28, 9:30 pm, $13+. Ekoh, Almsot Normal, Avalon Landing 3/25, 8:30 pm, $5-$7. Ed Kowalczyk 4/2, 9:30 pm, $40. Nekromantix 4/4, 9 pm, $20+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

D OW N TOW N Artifice Tracy Au Go Go’s ‘80s Prom Divorce Party 2/13, 9 pm, free. Valentine’s Day mixer & Lesbian singles night 2/14, 8 pm, free. Prom Date, Payola Presley, Boiis 2/15, 10 pm, free. Look Hear 2/16, 9 pm, free. Double D Karaoke 2/18, 10 pm, free. Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School 2/19, 8 pm, free. Icky Hollow 2/20, 10 pm, free. Scarlet 2/21, 10 pm, free. Bad Faerie Ball 2/28, $10-$15. Vegas Blues Dance Tue, 7 pm, free. Thursday Request Live Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Pinback, David Huntsberger 2/12, 8 pm, $16-$20. Rewind: Billy Idol Tribute 2/14, 11:30 pm, free. Fishbone, The Untouchables 3/1, 8 pm, $21-$25. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Bar & Bistro Out of the Desert Bluegrass Band Sun, noon, free. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 702202-6060. Beauty Bar 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,

Calendar Black Beans & Hippie Liver, Jam Stain 2/27, 9 pm, free. A Place To Bury Strangers 3/12, 9 pm, $8-$10. Reverend Petyon’s Big Damn Band 3/29, $10-$15, 9 pm. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. The Bunkhouse 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. Parlor Mob 2/22, 8 pm, $10-$15. Cobalt Cranes, Charts 2/23, 9 pm, $5-$7. Capsula 2/24, 9 pm, $5-$7. T Bird and the Beaks 2/25, 9:30 pm, $8-$10. Heartless Bastards 2/26, 9 pm, $15-$20. La Luz, The Shivas 3/1, 9:30 pm, $10. Howlin’ Rain, The Blank Tapes 3/5, 9:30 pm, $8-$10. The Clydesdale 3/6, 9 pm, $8. Black Pussy, O’s of Presidential 3/7, 9:30 pm, $8-$10. Night Terrors of 1927 3/13, 9 pm, $10-$15. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com. Fremont Country Club Raw Las Vegas 2/12, 7 pm, $12-$15. JC Lodge, David Rhythm, Ray Leger, Finn the Groovah, Detour Passe Band 2/14, 8 pm, $31-$36. Sheppard 2/23, 9 pm, $26-$28. 601 Fremont St., 702382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Cheap Trick 3/7, 9 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Eddie Money 2/13, 8 pm, $32-$65. Christette Michele 2/20, 8 pm, $32-$65. Tommy James and the Shondells 2/27, 8 pm, $61-$109. Don Williams 3/6, 8 pm, $61-$109. Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan 3/13, 8 pm, $61-$109. Bobby Vinton 3/20, 8 pm, $72-$109. Sheena Easton 3/27, 8 pm, $39-$61. Tracy Lawrence 4/3, 8 pm, $32-$109. Morris Day & The Time 4/10, 8 pm, $32-$109. The Sing Off 4/17, 8 pm, $29$109. The Oak Ridge Boys 4/24, $54-$109. Earl Thomas Conley 5/1, 8 pm, $21-$76. Aries Spears 5/8, 8 pm, 10:30 pm, $21-$43. Christpher Cross 5/15, 8 pm, $32-$109. Blood, Sweat & Tears 5/22, 8 pm, $32-$109. Night Ranger 5/29, 8 pm, $32-$76. 129 Fremont St., 702-385-7111. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. 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 I the Breather, I Before Giants, On Letting Go, IOF, Words From Aztecs 2/19, 5:20 pm, $13-$15. Stolas, Mad Arrow, Amarionette, A Friend, A Foe, Alaska 2/20, 6 pm, $10. Your Life Is Over, Leather Bound Crooks, Courvge, Minnow, Pool Party, New and Improved, Ambedo 2/27, 5 pm, $10-$13. Within the Ruins, We Gave It Hell, Man Made God, 16 Hours Remain, Mephitic Origins, Amongu, Full Fledged 3/27, 5:10 pm, $13-$15. Barrier Villains, 2x4, Left Behind, Words From Aztecs, The Devil Who Deceived Them, Distinguisher 3/28, 5:20 pm, $13-$15. Out With the Old, Leota, Tonight We Fight, Courvge, Almost Awake, Smile Asterisk, Year One 4/3, 5:20 pm, $11-$13. Destruction of a King, Keepsake, Words From Aztecs, On Letting Go, Oscillation, Providence, Among Sheep 4/18, 5:20 pm, $11-$14. Europa, New and Improved, Pool Party, Smarter Than Robots, Our Name Our Story, Venture, Twenty 81, Punchable Face 4/25, 5:20 pm, $11-$13. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139. Elixir 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., 702272-0000. 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. (Ravello Lounge) The Old School Show 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 10 pm. Jamm 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 9:45 pm. (Hostile Grape) Tim Catching 2/13, 7 pm. Rein Garcia 2/14, 7 pm. Cameron Calloway 2/20, 7 pm. Curtis David 2/21, 7 pm. Anna Duerden 2/27, 7 pm. Zach Winningham 2/28, 7 pm. Shows free with drink purchase. M Resort, 800745-3000. 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 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 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 3/203/22, 7:30 pm, $25+. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-7978005. Suncoast Rita Coolidge 2/12-2/15, 7:30 pm, $16. The Man In Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash 2/28, 3/1, 7:30 pm, $16+. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Collin Raye 2/14, 7 pm, $22-$42. Billy Montana 2/20, 8 pm, $10. Brian White 2/27, 8 pm, $10. 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., 702547-7777. Texas Station (Dallas Events Center) DSB: An American Journey 2/21, 8 pm, $15. (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri-Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) Crossfire Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-631-1000.

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Calendar 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) Rick Estrin & The Nightcats 2/12, 6 pm, $5. Bee Gees Gold Fri, 10 pm, $5. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Sin City Sinners, Solid Suns 2/12, 10 pm, free. John 5 & The Creatures, With Our Arms to the Sun, Dinner Music for the Gods 2/13, 9 pm, $15-$20. LA Guns, The Bones 2/14, 9 pm, $10. Enuff Z’Nuff, Cyanide 2/19, 9:30 pm, free. Gilby Clarke, Sin City Sinners 2/20, 10 pm, free. Dilana, Systemec, Fever Red 2/21, 9:30 pm, free. Sin City Sinners 2/26, 10 pm, free. 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 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., 702-384-0771. Sam’s Town NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702284-7777. Winchester Cultural Center Joe Lano Guitar Ensemble ft. Jobelle Yonely 2/15, 2 pm, $12$15. Las Vegas Youth Camerata Orchestra 2/21, 2 pm. The Vaginia Monologues in Spanish 2/27-2/28, 3/1, 7 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030.

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Calendar Clark County Fair & Rodeo 4/8-4/12, 4 pm. Clark County Fairgrounds, 1301 West Whipple Ave., Logandale, ccfair.com. Dixie’s Tupperware Party Thru 2/15. ThuSun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 3 pm, $33-$39. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Girls Night: The Musical 3/26-3/28, 7 pm, 3/28-3/29, 2 pm, $35. Smith Center, 702749-2000. I Am Enough 4/1, 7 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Pkwy, 702-733-9800. Jeff McBride’s Wonderground Variety show. Third Thu of the month; 8, 9 & 10 pm; $10. Olive Mediterranean Restaurant Lounge, 3850 E. Sunset Rd., 702-451-8805 . John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean: The Live Glow in the Dark Family Musical 3/12, 6 pm, $13+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. 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. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops IV: Symphonic Spectacular 3/28, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops V: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra 5/16, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Masterworks IV: Cabrera Conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann 3/7, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas 3/30, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Momix Alchemia 3/10, 7:30 pm, $19+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Newsies 3/17-3/22, 7:30 pm, 3/21-3/22, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. 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. Once On This Island 3/13-3/15, times vary, $21. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Shen Yun 3/2-3/4, 7:30 pm, $54+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society 2/22, 3 pm, $10. Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, UNLV, 702-895-2787. The Legend of Tumbleweed Gulch 3/20, 5/1, 7:30 pm, $20. Clark County Library & Performing Arts Center, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., tumbleweedgulch.com. 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 AFAN AIDS Walk 4/19, 8:30 am, free, $25 donation encouraged. Town Square, afanlv. org. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 2/12, 3/19, 4/30, 5/26, 6/30, 7/23, 8/27, 9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866-406-7117. Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation: An Evening of Hope 3/6, 6 pm, $150. World Market Center, 495 S. Grand Central Pkwy., candlelightersnv.org. Daughter of the King: An Evening Wth Sandra Lansky 2/18, 6 pm, $25. Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., mobmuseum. org. Dowtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Scullery, 150 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-910-2396. Expanding the Arts: Suddenly Sondheim 3/20, 7 pm, $50. Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts, 2015 S. Hualapai Way, faiththeatre.com. Las Vegas Car Stars: Back to the Future 5/14-5/16, times vary, free. Fremont Street, lasvegascarstars.com. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 2/16, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel. com. Motley Brew’s Great Vegas Festival of Beer 4/11, 3 pm, $30-$75. Fremont East, Downtown Las Vegas, greatvegasbeer.com. Run Away with Cirque du Soleil 3/28, 7 am, $27-$37. Springs Preserve, springspreserve. org.

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ARIES

LEO

SAGITTARIUS

March 21-April 19

July 23-August 22

November 22-December 21

I hope you have someone in your life to whom you can send the following love note. If you don’t, I trust you will locate that someone no later than August 1: “I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.” (Borrowed from author Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Everything Is Illuminated.)

Is there any sense in which your closest alliance is a gift to the world? Does your relationship inspire anyone? Do the two of you serve as activators and energizers, igniting fires in the imaginations of those whose lives you touch? If not, find out why. And if you are tapping into those potentials, it’s time to raise your impact to the next level. Together the two of you now have extra power to synergize your collaboration in such a way that it sends out ripples of benevolence everywhere you go.

There are at least a billion ways for you to be attracted to another person, and a trillion ways to structure your relationship. Maybe your unique bond involves having sex, or maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it’s romantic or friendly or holy, or all three. Do the two of you have something important to create together, or is your connection more about fueling each other’s talents? Your task is to respect and revere the idiosyncratic ways you fit together, not force yourselves to conform to a prototype.

TAURUS

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

August 23-September 22

December 22-January 19

“We assume that others show their love in the same way that we do,” writes psychologist Amy Przeworski, “and if they don’t follow that equation, we worry that the love is not there.” I think you’re on track to overcome this fundamental problem, Taurus. Your struggles with intimacy have made you wise enough to surrender your expectations about how others should show you their love. You’re almost ready to let them give you their affection and demonstrate their care for you in ways that come natural to them. In fact, maybe you’re ready right now.

The poet Rainer Maria Rilke said that people misunderstand the role of love. “They have made it into play and pleasure because they think that play and pleasure are more blissful than work,” he wrote. “But there is nothing happier than work. And love, precisely because it is the supreme happiness, can be nothing other than work.” I’m sharing this perspective with you for two reasons. First, of all the signs in the zodiac, you’re most likely to thrive on his approach. Second, you’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when this capacity of yours is at a peak.

Anaïs Nin wrote the following passage in her novel A Spy in the House of Love: “As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a lover, or for wealth, or for power, or for poetry, she had prayed fervently: let him be kind.” I recommend that approach for you right now. A quest for tender, compassionate attention doesn’t always have to be at the top of your list of needs, but I think it should be for now. You will derive a surprisingly potent alchemical boost from basking in kindness. It will catalyze a breakthrough that can’t be unleashed in any other way. Ask for it!

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

September 23-October 22

January 20-February 18

I’d like to bestow a blessing on you and your closest ally. My hope is that it will help you reduce the restlessness that on occasion undermines the dynamism of your relationship. Here’s the benediction, inspired by a Robert Bly poem: As you sit or walk or lie next to each other, you share a mood of glad acceptance. You aren’t itchy or fidgeting, wondering if there’s something better to be or do. You don’t wish you were talking about a different subject or feeling a different emotion or living in a different world. You are content to be exactly who and where you are.

About 2,600 years ago, the Greek poet Sappho wrote the following declaration: “You make me hot.” In the next 10 days, I’d love for you to feel motivated to say or think that on a regular basis. You’re in a phase when you are both more likely to be made hot and more likely to encounter phenomena that make you hot. Here are some other fragments from Sappho to help you express your torrid feelings: 1. “This randy madness I joyfully proclaim.” 2. “Eros makes me shiver again . . . Snake-sly, invincible.” 3. “Desire has shaken my mind as wind in the mountain forests roars through trees.”

How many desires do you have? Take a rough inventory. Identify the experiences you continually seek in your quest to feel relief and pleasure and salvation and love and a sense of meaning. You can also include fantasies that go unfulfilled and dreams that may or may not come true in the future. As you survey this lively array, don’t censor yourself or feel any guilt. Simply give yourself to a sumptuous meditation on all the longings that fuel your journey. This is your prescription for the coming week. In ways you may not be able to imagine, it is the medicine you need.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

October 23-November 21

February 19-March 20

Want to infuse your romantic interludes with wilder moods? Want to cultivate a kind of intimacy that taps deeper into your animal intelligence? If so, try acting out each other’s dreams or drawing magic symbols on each other’s bodies. Whisper funny secrets into each other’s ears or wrestle like good-natured drunks. Howl like coyotes. Caw like crows. Purr like cheetahs. Sing boisterous songs and recite feral poetry to each other. Murmur this riff, adapted from Pablo Neruda: “Our love was born in the wind, in the night, in the earth. That’s why the clay and the flower, the mud and the roots know our names.”

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In the science-fiction show Doctor Who, the title character lives in a time machine that is also a spaceship. It’s called a Tardis. From the outside, it appears to be barely bigger than a phone booth. But once you venture inside, you find it’s a spacious chateau with numerous rooms, including a greenhouse, library and karaoke bar. This is an excellent metaphor for you, Scorpio. Anyone who wants your love or friendship must realize how much you resemble a Tardis. If they don’t understand that you’re far bigger on the inside than you seem on the outside, it’s unlikely you can have a productive relationship.

The German word nachkussen refers to the kind of kiss that compensates for all the kissing that has not been happening, all the kissing that has been omitted or lost. If it has been too long since you’ve kissed anyone, you need nachkussen. If your lover hasn’t kissed you lately with the focused verve you long for, you need nachkussen. If you yourself have been neglecting to employ your full artistry and passion as you bestow your kisses, you need nachkussen. From what I can tell, Pisces, this Valentine season is a full-on nachkussen holiday for you. Now please go get what you haven’t been getting.

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