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CONTENTS 7 MAIL An outpouring of love for

46 THE STRIP What you’re

the Riv, and random hate for Florida.

missing at Cabaret Jazz.

8 AS WE SEE IT Symphony Park

47 COMEDY Wayne Brady wings

sans soccer. Why you don’t know about the Nevada State Museum.

it (and sings it) for laughs.

12 WEEKLY Q&A NOH8 founder Adam Bouska.

14 FEATURE | SCREEN TIME The Sci Fi Center’s entertainment Frankenstein, the home of Zotz (and bean bags!) and indie films about crappy luck and anarchy.

48 FINE ART Black Mountain and Lake Las Vegas find the Light.

49 STAGE When actors kiss onstage there are fireworks. And universe-warping consequences!

50 FOOD Urban Turban’s twists and High Roller Pizza’s Vegasness.

24 NIGHTS Don Diablo the DJ ...

57 FIRST FRIDAY Musical artists

and journalist? It’s Absinthe Day!

painted by a visual artist.

39 A&E Yoko goes digital. 40 SCREEN Vampires doing chores. A cult escapee. Julianne Moore on demand.

44 NOISE Flashing back to ’93 for Pearl Jam’s Aladdin stunners. Taking the edge off with Sang Bleu.

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PENCIL THIS IN What do a drag queen comedian, an octogenarian crooner and a crew of aging rock musicians have in common? The answer: They all announced Vegas shows this week! Head to lasvegasweekly.com for all the info on the latest on-sales, from Aerosmith’s arena tour to RuPaul’s Drag Race champion Bianca Del Rio’s stand-up show.

JUHL JEWELS A handful of shops open at Juhl apartments this spring, bridging the gap between Fremont East and the Arts District. Expect a healthfood restaurant, cocktail bar, waxing studio, home outfitters and— FINALLY—a place to get pho.

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MOST READ STORIES lasvegasweekly.com 1. 24 hours inside the Peppermill 2. Disneyland for everybody: Debunking the myth of Las Vegas’ family friendly ‘failure’ 3. Dear Riviera, you’re breaking my heart 4. Billy’s adds its barbecue style to the scene 5. Is Las Vegas really as transient as we think?

MAIL sure that moment. My first job in Las Vegas was at the Riviera ... thanks! –Larry Edwards I’ve played in countless roller derby games at the Riv with the Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls over the last 4-5 years. Thanks for taking a chance on your local roller derby, Riviera. It was amazing for us to have a home on the Strip for so long. –Laura DeSilva

FIRESIDE TIME Brock Radke isn’t the only one who likes to spend way too much time at the Peppermill.

Best 24-hour joint on the strip. –Robert Ryland Best nachos in town. –Alistair Bronson

COMING AND GOING Kristen Peterson’s thoughts on Las Vegas as a transient city ignited an online debate.

I left in 2002 after 25 years and moved to Florida. I really dislike it here—too humid and nothing but old people from up north. I’m moving back to Vegas next month where my life and friends are. –Cathy Kudzia So glad I left Las Vegas. Such a toxic city to live in. –Larry Francis I moved here from Chicago. I miss the big city and all the conveniences, but I love the weather here and watching Downtown grow into something worth living in is very cool. I may not be here forever, but I’m enjoying it. –Takashi Hasegawa If a person stays longer than six months, I would say they are less likely to leave. I’ve lived here 27 years and I know many who’ve been here that long as well. Vegas is home. –Erin Lally

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It’s not set to close until May, but still, tons of readers shared their fond memories of the Riviera.

My favorite memory: having the opportunity to perform onstage at La Cage six nights a week, three shows a night. I will always trea-

Walking through late one night in maybe 2001 and seeing Siegfried and Roy just hanging out at one of the bars in the center of the casino. I had seen them perform at the Mirage the night before ... the Riv made me believe Vegas was a magical place just like all the old movies. –Joanne Z. Grimaldi I worked across the street at Slots-A-Fun with a man, John Mcantee, who was working at the Stardust when the Kansas City gang was there. He told stories all night long about how things were at that time. We worked graveyard, and our craps table faced the Rivera during the months they were filming Casino. It wasn’t until after I saw [the movie] that the names, places and craziness of John’s stories fell into place. –Clarita Kendall The first time I ever came to Vegas, we stayed at the Riviera. It was during the summer, and we had to get out of the pool because a thunderstorm was coming in. I remember watching the lightning in the distance from our room. And now that I live here, watching the lightening during summer monsoons is still one of my favorite things to do. –Amanda Coatney Working in the coffee shop so many moons ago ... back when Pia Zadora was just a child. She was really cute. I was so worked up over that girl the first time I met her, I cleaned the table right onto the floor. –Clint Walker

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FAMILY FRIENDLY Steve Friess debunked the myth that kids and Vegas don’t mix.

I loved Vegas as a kid and my kids both love Vegas. Very kid-friendly if you’re not being a drunk sitting at the slot machines! –Brandi McKoy The people who say it isn’t family friendly haven’t tried very hard. –Rachelle Borbely

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With stadium plans scuttled, what’s next for Symphony Park?

∑ When Major League Soccer decided not to award an expansion team to Las Vegas last month, we missed out on more than a professional sports franchise and a new stadium. The team and the development could have kept a very important ball rolling—the evolution of Symphony Park. The ever-promising 61-acre former railyard is already anchored by Las Vegas North Premium Outlets, World Market Center, Molasky Corporate Center, the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, the Smith Center for the Performing Arts and Discovery Children’s Museum. Plans for a casino-resort developed by Forest City Enterprises, assorted residential developments by Newland Real Estate Group and a boutique hotel with spa and restaurant by Charlie Palmer still exist, each long delayed. And that’s the problem. “It just makes me sick,” laments Mayor Carolyn Goodman. “[The soccer stadium] is $450 million in brick and mortar invested into the heart of the city. Not $450,000. Not $1 million. $450 million. What did that say to anyone in the world with eyeballs on Las Vegas? That would have been the catalyst to spur everything we wanted to happen.” The mayor and her husband, former Mayor Oscar Goodman, have heavily prioritized Downtown redevelopment since Oscar first took office in 1999. Today, all the action is in the area surrounding East Fremont Street—boosted by Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project collective—and in the Arts District along Main Street, but Symphony Park is where it all begins—the dream of a new Downtown, a cultural and commercial hub, the soul of a real city. This was where the Rock in Rio festival wanted to be before it partnered with MGM Resorts, says the mayor, where the Montreal Jazz Festival wanted to expand. Symphony Park still wants to fulfill that promise. The stadium deal is dead, but so is the agreement with exclusive developers the Cordish Companies, which opens everything up. Citra Real Estate is still planning to build a mixed-use senior living, health and rehabilitation facility near the brain clinic, and the mayor says there’s been talk about a UNLV medical school facility there, too. The people behind the Modern art museum project are thinking the Smith Center would be the perfect neighbor. It would. City planners are brainstorming connectivity and transit between Symphony Park and the rest of Downtown. And when the mayor looks out her City Hall office window, sometimes she thinks a huge park might be beautiful there, like Central Park in the heart of New York City, where she grew up. “We’re alive and well and can’t wait to see what happens, but we don’t want to jump on something too quickly,” she says. “We want to make sure it’s the best thing for the area.” –Brock Radke

FILLING SEATS A few other ideas for the Strip’s new arena

∑ The MGM-AEG arena under construction behind New York-New York is being built to pro hockey and basketball specifications and will host all kinds of non-sporting events, but we have different ideas for the multi-use space: • Giant ball pit! • Re-enactments of historic sea battles (ancient Romans did this at the Colosseum). • Christians vs. lions (also Roman!) • Tuvan throat singing—plus didgeridoo. • Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan: Final Resolution. –Kristy Totten

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> HISTORY CONCEALED? The greatness of the Nevada State Museum deserves a little more love.

Are we excited? Mostly

INVISIBLE CULTURE

The Nevada State Museum fights for attention at Springs Preserve BY KRISTEN PETERSON

1. IKEA, 2. The Avengers: Age of Ultron, 3. Mayweather-Pacquiao, 4. St. Vincent in concert, 5. March Madness (sans Rebels), 6. Wahlburgers, 7. Nickelback in concert.

Despite its collection of artifacts from (and within) a city that often erases itself, the Nevada State Museum has never quite received the attention it deserves. Rarely do we celebrate the cultural with the same fanfare and gusto as we do the Strip—or even a strip mall—but the fact that the museum’s stellar new building sat empty for two years in its Springs Preserve location (with no state funds to open it) was maybe reflective of the overall opinion of cultural institutions in Las Vegas. When the museum finally opened at Springs Preserve in 2011, moving from Lorenzi Park and replacing its tired and outdated self with fresh and engaging interactive exhibits, another dilemma arrived: visibility. The two entities share the same entrance, meaning that visitors must pay entrance fees for Springs Preserve, owned by

Whoa, whoa, whoa—watch where you’re swinging that selfie stick. Though the telescoping Snap away, but try not to annoy the rest of the world smartphone pole is having a moment—during CES, mashable.com dubbed 2015 “the year the selfie stick took over”—not everyone is keen on the shameless device. Museums like the MoMA in New York City and the Getty in LA were among the first to ban the accessories for fear that clumsy users might damage artwork, and sports stadiums have followed suit, arguing that the poles can be used as weapons. Las Vegas establishments haven’t taken a stance on the matter (Bellagio’s art gallery rarely allows photography, stick or no stick), but fans should still mind their manners. Bloggers agree—get out of the way and use the thing sparingly—and vendor shopselfiestick.com reminds us not to confuse selfie for self-centered. Fusion.net, however, leaves us with a golden rule: Never, ever make a phone call with the stick still attached. –Kristy Totten

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the Las Vegas Valley Water District, to get to the museum. In turn, 10 percent of adult admission fees go to the State Museum on the five days the museum is open. But the museum is located in the opposite direction of many popular Springs Preserve attractions, so visitors aren’t as likely to stumble upon it. New signage at the main entrance off Valley View Boulevard listing Nevada State Museum as one of the offerings might help awareness. “Is that going to solve all of our problems? Not at all,” says Peter Barton, administrator for the state’s division of museums and history. “It’s a complex relationship, a complex site with a lot of options presented to the visitors when they arrive.” But, he adds: “We’re trying to raise our hand a little. We’re working with the Springs Preserve. It’s an ongoing process for everyone. Some of that is our inability to have a marketing budget. That would go a long way in terms of getting us in front of the community.” Dawn Barraclough, Springs Preserve spokeswoman, said the preserve wants guests to know about the museum, and the sign will help. Despite visibility issues, Barton says museum attendance has jumped to 42,000 the past two years, quite a bump from 30,000-35,000 at the Lorenzi location “during the good years.”

AS WE SEE IT… T H E I N C I D E N TA L TO U R I ST

OUR WALKABLE, DRINKABLE ART MUSEUM A different, slightly blurry way of looking at CityCenter BY BROCK RADKE

The Vdara hotel updates its > COLORS OF CITYCENTER Vdara’s Frank Stella piece and lobby bar and lounge, and I (below) Nancy Rubins’ “Big Edge.” come running. The new thing is called Vice Versa. It has dueling cocktail menus—classics vs. “twisted” concoctions—and a quiet, pleasant patio. It might seem like a typical renovation to you, certainly not the most exciting news from the Las Vegas Strip, but to me, it’s important. That’s because I like CityCenter. A lot. And I think I’m using it for its best possible purpose. CityCenter has been around for five years now. Its debut was deeply wounded by the recession, its plans to be the pinnacle of luxury residential development on the Strip battered by the struggling economy. The Harmon, which never opened and was the subject of much infamous litigation, is being torn down and will cease to exist by the end of the year. MGM Resorts has rebranded the complex with the dynamic Aria resort as the center of attention, and most speculators will tell you the Shops at Crystals are for sale. A lot has happened here in five years. But I’m still wandering around regularly, drinking at the fancy bars, snacking at fantastic restaurants, and absorbing the wonder CityCenter’s most famous installation, as you saunter of all the incredible pieces of art. to Aria’s north entrance. Step inside and head immeI consider CityCenter my own personal (sometimes diately down the escalator to your left to get some boozed-up) art museum, and I recommend you do the ethereal wisdom from Jenny Holzer’s 18-foot LED same. Take this tour and enjoy the splendor: installation. My most recent lesson: “You must know Park at Cosmopolitan or at Aria’s valet and make where you stop and the world begins.” your way into Crystals. Grab a coffee at Starbucks and Inside Aria’s casino, it’s easy to find Maya Lin’s 84-foot then slide into the elevator, going up to level three for “Silver River” in the lobby. But do a little more exploring. James Turrell’s “Shards of Color.” These shapes of space Find Tim Bavington’s hazy color-dream in the highand light are even better when you’re inside them. limit slots and Andy Warhol’s “Camouflage” series at the Take the escalator up and ride the tram to the entrance to the Sky Suites. Munch chips and salsa with Bellagio/Vdara station, where the hypnotic forest of a Bikini Martini at Javier’s and try not to be creeped out Doze Green’s “Crossroads of Humanity” is hiding, a by the 3,000-pound, intricately chainsaw-carved wood blue-green collection of figures that might make you panels hanging at the end of the dining room. hate on tourist crowds a little less. Before you decide on a restaurant for dinner, cap It’s time for a drink at Vice Versa, so walk from the things off with a walk toward the Strip to check out station down the bridge-corridor to Vdara. I recomthe quirky, whimsical, giant typewriter eraser by Claes mend the New Fashion, with strawberries and Bulleit Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, a pop-art monubourbon, and maybe some lobster tacos if you need ment that just doesn’t make sense out here. Some people a snack, but not as much as I recommend peering at think CityCenter doesn’t make sense out here, either, all Frank Stella’s “Damascus Gate Variation I” behind sleek and thoughtful on our flashy, gaudy drag. Vdara’s check-in desk and the colorful twins “Day for But it was never supposed to be like everything else Night, Night for Day,” by Peter Wegner in the lobby. on the Strip, and it isn’t. You just have to look at it difThese two pieces make me want to live at Vdara. ferently, and maybe have a drink. Get an eyeful of Nancy Rubins’ “Big Edge,” perhaps

IN BRIEF BIG CHEESE Listening to the acoustics of Carnegie Hall. Seeing the first pitch on opening day at Dodger Stadium. Watching a Whole Foods employee crack an 85-pound wheel of cheese? Yes, some things are best experienced in-person. On March 7, Whole Foods outposts across America will simultaneously break big-ass rounds of Parmigiano-Reggiano during the “Crack Heard Around the World.” We still don’t really get why this is happening, but we really like cheese. See you there! –Mark Adams REAL TO REEL Everyone’s favorite Vegas movie turns 20 this year, and the Mob Museum is marking the occasion. Starting March 18, former mobster and Casino technical consultant Frank Cullotta will guide the willing on a two-hour tour of the local places where the iconic Martin Scorsese flick was filmed. It starts with a special tour of the museum with former FBI special agent Dennis Arnoldy and historian Robert George Allen, then continues with a bus tour of film locations and tales of the events that inspired the movie. For more info on the monthly tours, visit frankcullottascasinotour. com. –Brock Radke GLOBAL DEFENSE In his February 21 “In defense of Vegas” piece for The Boston Globe, Christopher Muther got a lot right about our weird little city. (Minus calling Fremont East “Downtown Project.” Yikes.) And while he might have likened Vegas to a tacky relative “dismissed simply because she’s wearing an appliqué vest and kitten heels, and talks incessantly about her love of guinea pigs and Ray Romano,” he also said that’s no reason to dismiss us: “Under that misguided ensemble is a big heart screaming, ‘Love me!’” –MA

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WEEKLY Q&A

PORTRAITS FOR PROGRESS In 2009, ADAM BOUSKA put a face on marriage equality with his charitable NOH8 Campaign. The photographer’s silent protest has morphed into a global mission to advance causes dedicated to ending discrimination Your now-viral NOH8 campaign began in response to the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which temporarily banned same-sex marriage. A lot of progress has been made since the movement’s inception, with two-thirds of the country now allowing same-sex marriage. Why is it still important for Americans to support NOH8?

Ultimately, we started it in response to Proposition 8, but we’re not just a marriageequality movement, we’re an anti-discrimination [movement]. And at the end of the day, even in areas where we’ve seen marriage equality pass, discrimination still exists. So it’s important for people to still get involved. Discrimination affects us in so many different ways. Did celebrity involvement really help to launch the movement on a national scale? Celebrities

definitely created something relatable for a lot of people, and from different areas—we have different sports figures, different political figures, people from all different backgrounds showing that they can support this. And I think that’s important, to show that you don’t necessarily have to be on one side of the field or one side of the spectrum to be a part of this campaign. It truly involves everyone and it can affect people in different ways. Celebrities … had their own reasons why they wanted to get behind this; it affected them or they had family members that it affected. So I think ultimately, yeah, the use of celebrities is extremely important. NOH8 is also about open photo shoots in communities across the country. How do people react? [My partner] Jeff

[Parshley] and I both come from small-town areas … So when we’re able to travel all over the nation—and not even

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just the nation, we’ve been to 19 different countries now— to reach some of these areas, the people are super appreciative just to be a part of it and to be able to share their voice and to be a part of something, and I think that truly inspires us to keep going. And we wouldn’t be continuing to go to these areas if the communities didn’t request us being there. It’s a communitydriven effort and we’re really doing it for them. The portraits very effectively symbolize a silenced voice. It’s quite a striking image. I think

the great thing about it being an art project, though, is that everything is open for interpretation. We’ve seen people come in with their own ideas on how NOH8 speaks to them. It’s really been great to see how that has started the conversation. And for us, being a part of that conversation and getting that dialogue started, that’s what’s important. Throughout the life of the NOH8 campaign, what has been your most proud or memorable moment? It’s been an awe-

some experience to be able to photograph over 45,000 people for this campaign today, but ultimately, it comes down to the individual moments. Memorable moments like in Atlanta, when we had the opportunity to photograph a young child who was able to come forward and pose with his parents’ marriage license. The whole room erupted in applause and, for us, that really put the campaign into action. We saw … a community [coming] together to support this young individual, and he was proud to stand there. Twenty years ago you wouldn’t see [that]. … Moments like that make this all worth it. –Mark Adams

NOH8 OPEN PHOTO SHOOT March 5, 4-7 p.m., $40 solo shots, $25 per person for couple/group shots, benefitting/happening at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, noh8campaign.com.

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ressed as butchers and caked with blood, two teddy bears rest against an ancient cash register below a decapitated comrade, a plastic Freddy Krueger worm devouring a blonde, and a pink flier for some Rocky Horror Lingerie Fetish Bondage Costume Night. It could almost be a microcosm of the Sci Fi Center, but it doesn’t say enough. This place is an indie theater for stage and screen, a library of comics, a toy museum, a fringe art gallery and a snack bar where the Geek Combo gets you a soda, candy and popcorn for five bucks. For another $5 or $10, you might see a body-painting “autopsy” or an erotic circus or the full cut of ’20s-era sci-fi epic Metropolis. It’s entertainment Frankenstein, stitched together over many years by William Powell. And it’s something you just have to see. “My biggest battle is making sure that when you walk through the door, you truly understand,” Powell says, noting the disclaimer on his website. The Center’s Screening Room is NOT a theater. It is NOT a cinema. It’s a SMALL multimedia room where I do my best to show films that don’t get a lot of screen time in the cookie-cutter venues that litter this city. It’s not for everyone, and that’s not our aim, but if you are into what we are into, then our doors are open to you and we look forward to meeting you. :) “Click this before you come here, especially if it’s your first time. We want them to know. We don’t want somebody coming down here thinking they’re coming down to the Pantages, and then it’s my basement.”

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he eyes (or eye sockets) of Jason, Freddy, Chucky, Michael Myers and Pinhead glower from a massive painting on the wall of Powell’s screening room. It’s a lot of evil for one frame. Once the room is blacked out it’ll be even creepier, though there’s no telling when Powell will have time to paint in the midst of his full-time job at Home Depot and all of the other demands of the Center’s new space. On this day he’s stretching a virgin screen, the PVC-vinyl tied to tiny ropes looped around 2x4s nailed to anything solid. Sandra Bullock floats through outer space projected on it, her panicked breathing punctuating our conversation about how the Sci Fi Center came to be Las Vegas’ underground clubhouse. The seed was a comic-book store inside a movie-theater office, 600 square feet in the Mountain View Plaza that Powell rented in 1994. That, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Powell is a devoted fan of the campy musical and its shadow-cast tradition, and when a local cast lost its venue he was inspired to act. Moving his small operation into Commercial Center in 2006, he built a stage and screen specifically for Rocky Horror. As it turned out, it would be another five years before the Sci Fi Center would bring it to life with its own performance troupe, but Powell didn’t let the new firepower go to waste. “I figured the stage was there, the screen was there,

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> UNDERGROUND ART From industry mags to fan art from the Artistic Armory, the out-there artifacts in Powell’s venue are plentiful.

“For some people, the thought of something darker and more mysterious and unexplored is appealing.” The Sinister Minister

ibles. His own vintage toys (including my personal holy grail, a ’77 Millennium Falcon) are on display near new ones derived from Game of Thrones and Planet of the Apes. The walls are covered with art from the Artistic Armory, nerd odes like a hand-stenciled, spray-painted Doctor Who TARDIS and a lounging Stormtrooper hilariously done in boudoir style. The Murder Bears modeled after horror tropes are made by Powell and his sister Jackie (who manages the business side of the Center). He says he gets ideas on walks, thinking about that same question: Now what? “We can get fake blood on the walls; we can hang stuff up above your head to bring down on you; we can put TV screens up somewhere—I can pretty much design the environment to what we need to do for that particular night,” he says of the new location, which he thinks is the key to the Sci Fi Center’s next level. “This is the first time I’ve had the dimensions to do what I set out to do.”

ci-fi/action-themed burlesque? Ghostbusters shadow cast? Mystery Science Theater-style series headlined by The Geek Lounge podcasters and involving audience humiliation by hot-dog suit? All of these things are in the plan for 2015. But one new event has been in the works for years, an evening of horror schlock comically ripped apart by a man who digs European black metal and Elvira. His name is the Sinister Minister when he’s kitted out as a demonic Catholic priest. He sounds different as Sean Smith, a native who created the horror-host persona about a decade ago and appeared on several local stations with his Midnight Massacre Theatre. Now he has an international audience through Roku on Bizarre TV and the Grindhouse Channel, but Smith says he’s always wanted to do a live show. “People that are into this sort of stuff that we are, you just end up finding each other,” he says of meeting Powell. “I think the first time William learned of my show was way back almost 10 years ago when I was on Vegas 35. I think he caught it on that and just really liked it.” At the end of March—and once a month thereafter—the Sinister Minister will debut at the Center, on a set that riffs on his Chap-Hell of Horror with its chesty Altargirls and Unholy Throne hung with severed heads. Smith says the tone is sarcastic and raunchy, entertainment akin to bad-for-you candy

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and its sequel, and the projection was there. We just started doing it showed a mashup movies, and basically science-fiction movies, ’cause of every death in the that was the genre I was into. Nobody else was Friday the 13th canon doing it.” for the first film’s 35th The Sci Fi Center has evolved in its mission and anniversary. “It sounded location (this is the eighth), though the foundation like a good idea,” Powell remains a mix of offbeat film screenings and live events. If a shadow cast performing along with Clue says, admitting that 40 minis on the safe end, then showing 1988 scream-queen utes of killing is a bit much. “If specimen Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-Oit’s legal to show as far as its content and it’s not gonna get us shut down, I’ll show it. Rama is closer to the middle, because its unholy I don’t have to agree with everything I put on. imps (and gratuitous paddling) aren’t the weirdest Otherwise we’d just be watching The Godfather thing in Powell’s arsenal. In 2013, he and in-house and Blade Runner in a constant loop.” cast Science Fiction Double Feature staged an Powell saw Ridley Scott’s dystopian masterpiece immersive Night of the Living Dead. By immersive, I when he was 7, and the richly imagined, replicantmean the undead shambling up the aisles, exploding inhabited futurescape of 2019 LA still makes fake blood and brain matter on the audience his mind race. Other loves include the in sync with every onscreen kill. And first three Hellraisers, anything by don’t forget the cakes made to look SCI FI Michael Mann and John Carpenter like brains and innards. CENTER and 50 percent of what J.J. Abrams “We ended up having to repaint 5077 Arville St., 702does (the other 50 percent, Powell that location,” Powell says with 792-4335. Mondayforgives). I ask about Star Wars, a hint of a smile. “Trying to give Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; and he casually says it’s his least somebody something they can’t Saturday, 11 a.m.favorite of the heavies. Not because get anywhere else, that’s like 50 10 p.m.; Sunday, it isn’t good, but because poppercent of it. The other percentnoon-6 p.m. culture dictated his relationship with age of it is basically: Now what? You it too powerfully. I think that’s part of know that there’s brain matter in the why he enjoys unearthing things, whether movie, but you’ve been watching that for they make you laugh or cringe or think deeply 50 years, so what can we do about that brain about what it means to be human. matter and the eating of the humans? What can we All of it is shown in this converted garage with do about that? The next logical step is having you salvaged theater seats bisected by tattered red careat the humans.” pet. It does feel like a basement, unselfconsciously. Sometimes his gimmicks are more charming, Powell says some of the Science Fiction Double like 1922 silent feature Nosferatu scored by a live Feature cast members are headed to LA for a curpianist, “the way it was meant to be seen.” Powell tain, and he’s hoping to polish the overall vibe, has done a parking-lot drive-in with popcorn girls but not too much. “It’s still a warehouse where I on skates. He threw a Star Trek slumber party. hung the screen, and that’s what I want it to be,” And he hosts niche outfits, including the Spot’s he says of the space he’s been tinkering with since improv on Wednesdays and Monday movies with November, adding that Broadway and Hollywood Cinemondays where material ranges from Groucho are both rooted in the humble warehouse. Marx to bizarro Western El Topo. But programBut the Center isn’t just about the screening ming can get pretty dark. Powell believes the room. It’s the last thing he pushes, in fact. Out front, Center was the only venue in the state to screen it’s about comic books, graphic novels and collectdepraved Dutch horror flick The Human Centipede

begging to be sneaked. “For some people, the thought of something darker and more mysterious and unexplored is appealing. It always has been to me,” he says. He adds that the underground is “where all the best stuff really comes from,” but that Las Vegas isn’t an easy place to cultivate it. He observed that while playing bass for heavy-metal band 187—how local talent hits the wall because the city’s focus is catering to tourists rather than building local culture. “William’s the kind of guy that’s really good to have in town, because he’s very passionate about the underground scene.” If the colorfulness of the Center’s legacy is any indication, Powell takes chances on upstarts, whether it’s Dr. Sexpot or Virginia studio Burnt at Both Ends, which will host a festival in the screening room in May. He doesn’t frame it like some noble thing. He just likes this stuff. But he will say that helping to widen the audience is satisfying. “It’s really hard to exist, period, on any level. So when you’re doing something that allows somebody else to exist, it’s kinda cool,” Powell says, “because you know how hard it is.” Projectors have exploded. Bills have piled up. People have come without reading the disclaimer and demanded refunds or posted nasty comments online. Powell says the competition is Netflix and Amazon and Las Vegas itself, and consumers are lazy. He understands that not everyone wants to watch an 88-year-old German silent film in a warehouse, and he’s finally to a point where he isn’t chasing that audience. This move was about a better building, but it was also about getting away from random foot traffic. “If you came here, there was a reason you came here,” he says, “and there’s a better chance that

we’re gonna make a connection. ... It’s not necessarily going to be a fit for you here. Look around. See if it is. If it’s not, no hard feelings. If it is, we’ll reserve a seat for you. Eventually, I want all these seats filled with regulars.” Sara Galbraith has been one since 2012, going back two locations. The stay-at-home mom says she discovered the Center when her elder daughter was about to graduate from high school and empty-nest feelings set in. She needed to find something that was just for her, and she heard the Center had a night devoted to one of her favorite series, long-running Brit hit Doctor Who. Who “I walked in, there were comic books and movie posters on the wall, and people there who didn’t look like they were trying to impress anybody,” she says. “It was just ... comfortable.” Galbraith went every week for a while, sometimes bringing her daughter. She says part of the fun is sitting around after a screening and talking about episodes and characters (she says Powell loves to debate), and meeting kindred spirits. One introduced her to the comic-convention circuit, and she’s already scheduled to hit 10 this year as a vendor of handcrafted clocks and jewelry nodding to Doctor Who and Rocky Horror and other genre favorites. “I needed a place to go, and [the Sci Fi Center] gave me a place to go. Because of that, I allowed doors to open,” she says. The 41-year-old still hits the Center when she’s in town. She says you can’t go expecting something fancy. But if you want to commune with others who love what you love, or sit alone and watch something really different, it’s there. In a city like LA, with a robust theater district and countless devotees, it wouldn’t be that special. Here, Galbraith sees it as one of a kind.

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e made a monster movie where the monster was in it for six minutes. I paid 10 bucks to see a monster for six minutes and shaky cam, where old people were in the theater with me throwing up,” Powell says, explaining why Cloverfield makes a good case against J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens being awesome. I insist that just the teaser to the trailer got me amped, and he softens. “There’s a chance. I’m willing to give him a shot. He earned that from me.” You have to wonder what Powell has earned from loyal subjects of his Geek Kingdom. While he says he has had a few backers, and that Jackie and her predecessor Ron Mecklosky and the house cast have carried a lot of weight, the Center exists, and endures, because of him. It’s not how he makes his living. And when I ask about passion, he says the word is overused. “Too many things had to fall in place to make it to this, what we’ve got now. And by not continuing, you throw away lightning in a bottle. There’s a lot of people who will never make it to this level. There’s a lot of people that are way smarter than me that will drop dead working for someone else, literally drop dead, get wheeled out of their place of business or retire and walk into a place wondering, maybe I could have done that. I don’t know if it’s passion, or fear of knowing that something like this, I could have done.” So he spends his days off stretching vinyl, wiring sound and plotting the next time Doug Bradley— Pinhead himself—will headline a Hellraiser screening. That kind of spectacle always draws a crowd, but because he answers to himself, Powell makes room for oddities he knows never will. My first experience at the Sci Fi Center was one of those, on a night the pianist accompanied Nosferatu. The film speed was off just slightly, so it ran really long. The seats squeaked, and there were fewer people in them than you’d see on a late-night bus. It was strange, and totally endearing. I think the place has the same appeal as much of what flashes on its screen. It’s the dream of someone with limited resources who gets really, really creative with what he has.

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> ALTERNATE REALITIES The best geeks know how to laugh at themselves.

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> TEAMWORK OF ART Lundon Boyd (left) and Luke Jones in Dealer, artfully assembled by (below, left to right): Adam Zielinski, Cody LeBoeuf, Jeremy Cloe, Jerry Thompson, Mike Thompson, Ryan LeBoeuf, Charles Akin and Wesley Hirni.

LOCAL FILM ALL-STARS Some of Vegas’ most talented filmmakers come together for Dealer the Movie BY JASON HARRIS

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Each director (or team of directors) was responsible for writing, shooting (for one week) and editing his own piece. Boyd wrote the wraparounds to tie the film together. He gushes about his collaborators. First, there’s Jeremy Cloe, co-writer and director of Liars: “He’s searching for an emotional truth that he relates to,” Boyd says. “When you see anything he’s doing, it’s how he would react, how he would behave.” Of Ryan and Cody LeBoeuf, directors of Rabbit Days, Boyd says: They’re like “if David Lynch liked making comedies.” Then there’s Adam Zielinski, whose Nightwing web series has well over a million YouTube views: “He’s very much style-conscious. He wants

a visual look to his movies, and he wants them to be thrilling and fast.” And no local anthology would feel complete without Jerry and Mike Thompson, helmers of Thor at the Bus Stop and Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West. “If they weren’t filmmakers they’d be cartoonists,” Boyd says. “Their projects have this feeling of a Saturday morning cartoon. That’s what makes them so fun.” Zielinski says it was only a matter of time before a project like this got made. “We all were friends from UNLV and have made movies among one another, so it made sense to put them into one feature,” he says. “I had heard an idea like that all through my time at UNLV, but Lundon was the first one out of us to

put the wheels in motion.” The dark comedy/action flick was shot in more than a dozen locations, including Treasures Gentlemen’s Club, Lake Mead and the Thriller Villa, Michael Jackson’s old abode. The plan is to get the film out there in a few ways. Oogoog’s Charles Akin says he thinks, “It will be a huge festival film just based on its model alone,” but the group is focusing heavily on finding distributors and is already in conversation with a few. While there’s still some shooting left, the goal is to have post-production done by June. Boyd sounds excited. “I think it’s a project that’s completely unique,” he says. “There’s not one bit that’s boring. You go see it and it’s going to be a blast.”

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The Las Vegas film version of a supergroup has formed. Spearheaded by Lundon Boyd, co-writer and star of 2012’s Liars, Fires and Bears, and produced by Oogoog Productions (Ride Report), Dealer the Movie is an anthology film created by some of Sin City’s finest filmmakers. Boyd, who spends his summers in Anchorage, Alaska, doing asbestos abatement so he can afford to make films throughout the rest of the year with his friends in Vegas, was inspired by movies like Creepshow and Four Rooms. His pitch was simple enough: “A mistreated blackjack dealer is forced into becoming a drug dealer for a day with disastrous results.” The film features four segments.

I just want to party with you,

NICOLAS CAGE

ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINE MONTOYA

Max Plenke’s hunt for the Vegas-based actor turns weird

Even though there are many Twitter accounts that claim to be Nicolas Cage, act as a catalyst for his fans, or purely strive to corner the market on pictures of his face on the bodies of other celebrities, there is no actual Nicolas Cage presence on Twitter. Which made it especially hard to track him down when rumors of his frequenting Downtown Las Vegas bars began surfacing, a departure from his usual comfort zone of quiet neighborhood Summerlin. This would be so much easier if he were a couple decades younger. Young movie stars love social media. I could bump into Kardashians all day. But Cage has gone on record saying the point of living in Las Vegas is to live simply, away from the camera-per-capita analytics of LA. But I didn’t want to unsimplify his life. All I wanted to do was party. Party with Nicolas Cage. See his Las Vegas and compare it to my own. But I didn’t know where he was. Cage spent February shooting scenes for a film called The Trust, which stars Cage and Elijah Wood as corrupt cops working the evidence room of the LVMPD. There’s a vault full of drug money, a heist, gaunt/ adorable singer Sky Ferreira, a targeted October release date and (sh*t, why not?) Jerry Lewis. So far scenes have been shot at the Peppermill and the Riviera, a couple of Downtown houses and a big production warehouse near Flamingo Road, as far as my anecdotal research has yielded. And so, tonight, as I sit outside the big production warehouse, I am a hunter. A paparazzo without a camera, a rebel without a very good cause, and it’s cold out. The mountains are white-capped and the production crewmen loitering outside are wearing big black jackets and my newsfeed is all snowplows this and global warming that. I don’t know if or when Cage will stick his head out the door and at least validate my search, so I go through my list of rumored locations around town, the same location rumors everyone else has, but driven by a little more research. He’s been seen at a fancy athletic club in Summerlin (not unusual because Cage has been living in Las Vegas for a few years), enjoys the Italian offerings of Parma in the Summerlin Gateway shopping center and Siena on West Sahara, and favors Barolo reds—so, anywhere that might serve northern Italian

wines without too much fanfare. I go back to every hunting maxim I’ve ever heard: Think like your prey. But which Cage am I looking for? Is he Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas Cage, which would mean checking all the gnarly dives near the Strip? Benjamin Gates in National Treasure Cage, which would mean a place with a lot of puzzles and, I guess, tunnels? Castor Troy/Sean Archer in Face/ Off Cage, which is just anywhere that John Travolta would go? The man has so many personalities. It’s like trying to track a grizzly bear that likes the north woods but also goes rollerblading in Santa Monica. I check Frankie’s Tiki Room, an alleged favorite among The Trust production crew. I scan for an alligator-skin jacket before the bouncer tells me he hasn’t seen Cage in a while, but if I’m looking for Elijah Wood he saw him a couple times a week ago. I check the Peppermill because, even though it was just on the shoot list, maybe he returned because he was feeling particularly Ben Sandersonish and needed to slump beneath the neon glow of the jungle lounge. But no one working has seen him. As a last-ditch option I check the Griffin, because Michael Shannon used to hang out here when he was shooting a couple months ago, and maybe there’s a still-active Facebook group for the cast of 2009’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans where they discuss places to grab beers after wrap in Vegas. Who knows? The point is, he isn’t at any of these spots. And so I sit in the car, melting into my headrest every time the security van drives by, its busted headlight winking in the darkness, waiting for some sort of action. And while there are an astonishing amount of ponytails bobbing between a satellite building and the main warehouse, I don’t see Ghost Rider anywhere. Maybe one day, long after The Trust wraps, I’ll find myself in Summerlin, a real lust for chicken parmigiana and Barolo holding court in my soul, and I’ll pick one of Cage’s haunts. All of a sudden he’ll walk in, sunglasses and ’gator leather and all. And people will whisper. And the staff will be careful not to make him uncomfortable when he picks up his spaghetti alle vongole to go. And when he turns for the door, I’ll make eye contact. And before I can help it, I’ll blurt out, “I really liked you in Raising Arizona.” MARCH 5-11, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM

HOLLYWOOD FILMS TO WATCH FOR IN 2015

> SORTA RADICAL Schulman (right) might be starting a franchise with Alongside Night.

Free-market filmmaking

J. Neil Schulman’s Alongside Night is at the forefront of libertarian cinema BY JOSH BELL hit God’s Not Dead, starring Alongside Night’s own Kevin Sorbo. “After your star’s movie earns $61 million at the box office, you tend to want to capitalize on that,” Schulman says. So far, Alongside Night has shown mostly at conventions and conferences and at private screenings organized through crowdsourcing website Tugg, with libertarian groups forming the core audience. Still, Schulman is eager to reach beyond the conservative base. “I would say we’re going for a younger demographic than the Atlas Shrugged movies,” he says. Rallying libertarians behind a libertarian film might sound like an easy sell, but Schulman remains skeptical. “You would expect that a

novel that has been praised by libertarians would turn into a movie which would be of interest to libertarians,” he says. “However, libertarians are ornery types. I would say that some of my worst criticism has also been from libertarians.” At the same time, Schulman doesn’t necessarily want to reach the religious audience that has flocked to many recent conservative films (he says he turned down a distribution offer from a Christian film company). “I would say that Alongside Night wouldn’t necessarily be a movie which the markets for movies like God’s Not Dead would be appealing to,” he says, citing in particular a cameo by brothel mogul Dennis Hof, in which Hof praises por-

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Tomorrowland

Trainwreck

Crimson Peak

(May 1) The Marvel cinematic universe reaches its next climax with this massive superhero team-up, featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and new characters Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Writer-director Joss Whedon, who made the first Avengers movie into such a fun, rousing time at the movies, returns for the second installment.

(May 22) This sci-fi adventure from director Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol) has been shrouded in mystery, even after debuting its first teaser trailer. But with Bird, Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof and star George Clooney onboard, chances are it will deliver on its sense of wonder and intricate plotting.

(July 17) After stumbling a bit with This Is 40, director Judd Apatow has teamed up with comedian Amy Schumer for what looks like a perfect collaboration, a raunchy, overthe-top female-driven romantic comedy, written by and starring Schumer, along with Bill Hader, Brie Larson and Tilda Swinton. With her stand-up and her Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer, Schumer is on the verge of superstardom, and this may be the vehicle to take her there.

(October 16) Guillermo del Toro returns to his horror roots with this creepy-looking haunted house tale set in 19thcentury England, featuring Mia Wasikowska as a young woman who encounters some terrifying secrets when she moves in with her new husband (Tom Hiddleston). After the bombast of Pacific Rim, this should recall the quieter scares of del Toro films like The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth.

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“I like to say I live between Art Bell and the brothels,” jokes Pahrump-based filmmaker J. Neil Schulman, whose second feature, Alongside Night, is pitched somewhere in that same middle ground. Based on Schulman’s own 1979 novel, which was praised by the likes of Ron Paul and Glenn Beck (but also A Clockwork Orange author Anthony Burgess), Alongside Night is an unabashedly political sci-fi thriller, a libertarian manifesto that recalls Atlas Shrugged—both Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel and the recent movie trilogy. “Alongside Night is in many ways far more radical than Atlas Shrugged, and has roots in anarchism as much as anything else,” Schulman explains, although he’s happy to name Rand as one of his many literary influences (along with everyone from Robert Heinlein to J.D. Salinger). Set in the near future, Alongside Night imagines a United States crippled by debt and hyper-inflation, where a rogue economist becomes a target for assassination, and his teenage son must escape the clutches of the power-mad director of FEMA. He does so by joining an underground resistance that has set up its own capitalist utopia, complete with unregulated guns, drugs and even nuclear weapons. For Schulman, the story is a response to the current political climate, both at the time he wrote the book in the 1970s and in the present day. And although he might advocate a more extreme political viewpoint, his movie fits nicely into the current trend of conservative-targeted films, including the Atlas Shrugged movies and the surprise box-office

nography and prostitution as important parts of God’s plan. Hof and Sorbo are just two of the many conservative and libertarian figures who helped Schulman finance and market the movie. The bulk of the movie’s budget came from Patrick A. Heller, recently retired owner of Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Michigan, who first came onboard looking for product placement (and who has also created Alongside Night commemorative coins). Sorbo’s wife Sam, a conservative talk-radio host, plays his character’s wife. Books by Schulman’s fellow libertarian sci-fi author Brad Linaweaver show up frequently in the movie, and clips from Linaweaver’s web series Silicon Assassin play at an underground movie theater visited by the main character. Thanks to Heller’s backing and Schulman’s own Hollywood connections (he has worked as a screenwriter and penned an episode of the 1980s Twilight Zone revival), he managed to snag actors like Sorbo, Star Trek: Voyager co-stars Tim Russ and Garrett Wang and celebrity scion Jake Busey. Shot mostly in Las Vegas, Alongside Night is highly ambitious for such a low-budget production, with extensive special effects and even a car chase that the crew coordinated in regular Las Vegas traffic via cell phones and walkie-talkies. “This year is the year in which we intend to open up for a wider theatrical release, followed up by DVD, Blu-ray, video on demand, streaming, etc.,” Schulman says. He hopes to find a distribution partner, but is willing to go it alone if needed. At 61, Schulman isn’t exactly the typical fledgling filmmaker, but he hopes to make more features or even turn Alongside Night into a franchise. Like a true libertarian, though, he knows that the free market will dictate his future. “Obviously it’s going to be difficult for anybody to invest unless I can prove myself in the marketplace here,” he says. “If I’m going to be taken seriously for another project, I have to put some meat on the table on this one.”

TREVOR LAYNE AT MOVIES & CANDY BY ADAM SHANE

Rental heaven To put it in movie terms, Trevor Layne Inception-ed us. He somehow found his way into one of our dreams and decided to live it. Like many of you, I’ve often thought about how cool it would be to have my own video store. I used to work at one of the big ones when I was a teenager, and the arrested development part of me remembers just how much fun it was. But that was a simpler time. A time when DVDs ruled. A time when Netflix and other streaming options didn’t exist. Certainly in today’s world of instant access, a video store couldn’t work. I—we—put that silly dream away. But Layne, a former blackjack dealer and commercial real estate agent, didn’t. Ridiculously, he opened Movies & Candy on Eastern Avenue just north of Horizon Ridge two and a half years ago. And the business that shouldn’t have worked, did. “It took us only three months to get profit-

The Hateful Eight (November 13) Quentin Tarantino has already created a stir for his next film, first when the script leaked, then when he vowed not to make the movie, then when he staged a live script reading and finally when he decided to make the movie after all. The final product, a dark Western starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and many more, should be quite a culmination.

able,” the 41-year-old tells me, almost as if it’s still a surprise to him. How did this happen? When the housing market crashed, the laidback Las Vegas lifer taught guitar full-time. He used all his extra cash to buy movies. With around 35,000 films in his collection, he thought maybe his void matched a void for the people: “I opened it out of my need for wanting to rent movies.” Layne has fond memories of his time as a customer at his old video store. “I would go every week and rent all these old horror movies. We’d get VHS tapes, a Bootlegger pizza and some spaghetti and watch them as a family.” That’s the feeling he wants to bring back. Like the stores of yesteryear, Movies & Candy runs all types of deals—seven movies for seven nights for $7.77, and so on. Make no mistake, the candy part is essential. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups sit alongside forgotten favorites like Zotz, a sweet sucking candy that

At Movies & Candy, Trevor Layne is living his video-store dream BY JASON HARRIS days to date nights. explodes with sourness As Layne and I chat, when bitten. There are Clint, a first-time visitor, more than 20 types MOVIES & CANDY stumbles in by acciof soda and Popped 10895 S. Eastern Ave. dent. “Our friend Gourmet Popcorn, #160, 702-241-8888. wanted to get Elvira so you can rot your Monday-Saturday, swag,” he says. “We teeth in any number noon-9 p.m.; Sunday, thought it was a gift of ways. noon-8 p.m. store. It’s nice to see When I ask Layne the videos. It’s like walkabout his favorite moving into the ’90s.” Then ies, the first two he menBrooklyn, a 6-year-old cartoon tions are Tropic Thunder and fanatic grabbing a new Scooby-Doo Big Tits Zombie. But where to watch? movie, arrives along with his mother. Tucked away behind the rows of They’ve been regulars since the place DVDs—catalogued either by their opened. Layne estimates 80 percent release decades (dating back to the of his business comes from regulars. 1920s) or the genre they fall into— Perhaps it’s nostalgia. Perhaps stands a red curtain. Behind that is it’s a sense of community. Perhaps the pièce de résistance: a screening it’s the opportunity to have real conroom with a 150-foot movie screen, versations about movies. Perhaps luxury leather seats, a comfy couch it’s because, yes, video stores, like and more than 20 bean bag chairs. record stores, are still fun. Whatever Layne rents the place out for $10 a the reason, Movies & Candy is doing head, and it’s big business. He estiwell, and Trevor Layne is living our mates that they do at least 20 parties silly dream. a month, everything from kids’ birth-

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (December 18) Perhaps the most anticipated movie of the past decade, the start of a new Star Wars trilogy will feature original stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, plus a cast of fresh faces. Director J.J. Abrams did wonders for the Star Trek franchise, and the early glimpses of this movie indicate the same excitement and creativity on the way for George Lucas’ creations. –Josh Bell

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Fatigued with the button-pressing and auto-syncing that has devolved the formerly respected craft of DJing? SLS’ intimate lounge may have the cure for what ails you: A weekly, open-format, vinyl-only night where musical curators can exhibit their scratching and mixing skills, play two-by-two, even choose between analog machinery and digital technology to link the turntablism styles of then and now. DJ Spair serves as resident and programmer, and his first guest waxflipper is none other than Blend co-owner/instructor Presto One. March 5, doors at 10:30 p.m., free. JESSE SAUNDERS’ FIRST FRIDAYS VEGAS BIRTHDAY BASH AT BAR + BISTRO Though he now

resides in LA, the Chicago house pioneer has nonetheless left a legacy as a former Las Vegas resident. For his birthday, Saunders returns to Vegas—and the First Friday house-music afterparty he began five years ago and has since turned over to DJ Harry A (who opens this special edition). Come toast—and groove along to—the honorary Las Vegan in person. March 6, 9 p.m., free. GUY GERBER AND PETE TONG AT LIFE The respected Israeli house/techno/classicprogressive producer/DJ missed a December date at Life, but he’s making it up by joining Pete Tong’s first All Gone Las Vegas event of 2015. Bonus: Year Jesse Saunders Gerber will play a later set with its opened the own $10 cover if you’re passing on Playground in peak time. March 6, doors at 10:30 p.m., Chicago. $30+ men, $20+ women, $10+ after 1 a.m.

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ZERO POINT: MEOW The eclectic, metaphysical underground event moves from the desert hills to an urban warehouse (to be disclosed on the day) for this feline-themed edition, headlined by Costa Rica-to-Portland house DJ Mario Maroto and supported by LA breaks/DNB producer Moses Bass and locals such as Audiovana, Vixen and Bad Beat. Visit ourzeropoint.com for location and additional info. March 7, doors at 8 p.m., $20. JULIAN JORDAN AT MARQUEE DAYCLUB Vegas doesn’t wait for some silly little solstice to say it’s summer. Kick off pool season before spring even

arrives at Marquee’s daytime debauch-fest with beats courtesy of headliner Julian Jordan and DJ Lema. March 7, doors at 11 a.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

DANI ARRANKA AT REVOLUTION LOUNGE Weekly LGBT promo RevoSundays features a live performance from the fabulously androgynous, danceypop singer-songwriter Arranka, who is set to debut her new tracks “Prima Donna” and “Move” at the Mirage danceteria Sunday night. DJ Que supplies the additional tunes. March 8, doors at 10 p.m., $20, locals free before midnight. NICKEL BEER NIGHT WITH HOSPITAL RECORDS AT BEAUTY BAR The brass behind the enduring,

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife News & Notes Burning Man goes NASCAR? Sort of. The Dancetronauts art car/theme camp/performance troupe will conquer Las Vegas Motor Speedway again March 6-8 as part of NASCAR Weekend. “As we continue to appeal to audiences both young and old, we believe the addition of the Dancetronauts will bring a fresh new look and sound to our event weekend,” LVMS President Chris Powell said in a statement. Snick’s Place has officially become Bastille on 3rd. The longest operating LGBT bar in Las Vegas, now owned

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NSFW-named Tuesday promo likes to vary the entertainment options, and this week’s lineup appeals to the Valley’s drum ’n’ bass heads, with London-based Hospital Records’ producer/DJs Etherwood, Nu:Tone and Metrik and locals Beast Fremont and BIZ:E! & MNSTR! March 10, doors at 9 p.m., $12. BOOTIE VEGAS: ’80S MASHUP NIGHT AT GOLD SPIKE Dust off your checkerboard Vans and bust out

the Aqua Net! DJs Adrian and Mysterious D started this mashup party in San Francisco in 2003, and Wednesday night the promo rides “a radical wave of bitchin’ nostalgia” to the Downtown drinkery for the first 702 edition of the Bay Area bash. Bonus: The first 100 in line score free mashup CDs. March 11, 9 p.m., free entry.

by the proprietors of the Garage, revealed its new name on March 1. As previously reported here, an expansion into the space just south of the bar is forthcoming. Tao/Tao Beach has announced a new resident pair: reality TV star Brody Jenner and DJ William Lifestyle. They kick off March 6 at Tao. Similarly, Hard Rock Hotel recently unveiled its new headlining resident for Body English and the Rehab Pool: country/dance mashup DJ Dee Jay Silver. In daylife news: Bare Pool Lounge will open for the 2015 season on March 12. Liquid Pool Lounge opens March 13. Meanwhile, Sapphire DayClub won’t open until summer, but its casting call

takes place March 24-25 inside the showroom. Disco-llaneous: Steve Aoki will get his own Brendan Celebrity Star at Brenden Theatres inside the Palms on March 6 at 7 p.m. On the other side of the dance-music spectrum, Life rebooks house/techno act the Martinez Brothers for Pete Tong’s All Gone Las Vegas party on May 15, making up for its scratched November 30 gig. And speaking of international DJs with deeper beats, those of you bemoaning their scarcity in Las Vegas can get a weekend full of top-tier talent in San Diego during the March 14-15 CRSSD Festival. More info at crssdfest.com. –Mike Prevatt

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MEET THE GREEN FAIRY It’s National Absinthe Day! It’s widely documented that some of the greatest artistic minds in history were fans of absinthe; Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec all danced with the Green Fairy. But you don’t have to be a brooding novelist or a post-impressionist painter to enjoy the spirit, which was legalized in the United States in 2007. Once rumored to produce hallucinations (hence the previous ban), the anise-flavored liquor will be celebrated at cocktail bars across America Thursday for National Absinthe Day. Here are a handful of places to seek guidance from the emerald-hued muse:

Don Diablo evolves along (and sometimes ahead of) music trends BY DEANNA RILLING Don Diablo’s name makes him sound like an international man of mystery, but he’s actually a Dutch DJ/ producer—and a journalism major, just one bit of trivia he revealed during a recent phone chat. You dropped your first record at age 14. How would you say that’s shaped your sound? I think music is like fashion: You have these certain styles and vibes that just go around in circles [and] keep coming back. For instance, the whole ’90s sound is super-current, so it’s very lucky for me when I was a teenager we had those vintage sounds that were very standard at the time. Now I can just grab them from my hard drives from back then.

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How do you set your tracks apart from all the EDM releases? That’s the ongoing struggle, isn’t it? You have to sound different than everyone else, but at the same time you have to stick within a certain style of music because DJs have to actually play your music in a set. But two years ago I started with house music that kind of has a mainstage feel to it, and later on it grew into the sound they call future house, and I really gave that sound my own twist ... The sounds that I use are very layered so it’s not just a standard preset [or] Auto Synth. A lot goes into it, creating new sounds and [coming] up with a strong idea behind a track. Since you have a degree in journalism, what would you ask yourself in an interview? (Laughs) That’s a really good question, actually. People kind of see DJs as very one-dimensional characters. They never really ask about the meaning behind the records—they [believe] the DJs just buy certain vocals and toplines they haven’t

Herbs & Rye Cocktails aside, the off-Strip bar serves its pours scorched, where the sugar cube is saturated in absinthe and lit on fire prior to adding water. 3713 W. Sahara Ave. Sage Looking for variety? Shawn McClain’s acclaimed New American eatery boasts 17 varieties of the spirit, from La Clandestine Supérieure to Lucid. Just don’t try all of them in one sitting. Aria. –Mark Adams

written themselves … For instance, I made a track called “The Artist Inside,” and it was a song that I wrote as an open letter to my father when he passed away. … The track and the video became a big part of a huge campaign called Stand Up Against Cancer.

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On February 28, you could have seen Canadian duo Adventure Club DJ at Drai’s Nightclub. Roughly three hours before that, you Brooklyn Bowl carries the torch for live could have seen an act Adventure Club has famously remixed, Flight Facilities, perform just a short walk up the Strip at Brooklyn Bowl. That electronic music BY MIKE PREVATT scenario is unique, as local clubbers rarely get to hear the live and/or unremixed versions of the anthems they dance to nightly. (New York and LA still have that advantage over us.) Brooklyn Bowl has thrown us a few bones, however, having previously hosted acts from Disclosure and Flume to Bonobo and Kygo. ¶ Its Flight Facilities show might have drawn fewer bodies than Drai’s that night, but it introduced Las Vegas to another festival dance-tent fixture, which was able to exhibit most of its songs in their native form, not hacked up for a jumpy dancefloor. Not that Jimmy Lyell and Hugo Gruzman didn’t get bodies moving with four-on-the-floor Euro house hits like “Down to Earth” and “Crave You.” And the two evoked Daft Punk through live-mixing “Stand Still” with “Why Do You Feel” and “Foreign Language” with Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You.” With added samples and touring vocalists Owl Eyes and Kurt Kristen, Flight Facilities allowed for a more stimulating groove—and Brooklyn Bowl made the case again for a different kind of Strip nightlife.

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ALIBI

DJs, 10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

ARTIFICE

Doors at 5 pm

DJs Hektor Rawkerz, Xander Zero; 10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

FRIDAY

ARTISAN

Eva Notty hosts; 10 pm; free; lounge open 24 hours

Pornstaraoke

DJs Justin Hoffman, Eddie McDonald, Frank Richards, others; 10 pm; $10; women, locals free; open 24 hours

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

#FollowMe Fridays

The Biltmore Boys

The Bombmakers, Jupiter Cartel, others; DJs Willy Uno, Gabeles, others; doors at 9 pm; free

Clinton Sparks

BEAUTY BAR

The Bourbon Brothers; doors at 9 pm; free

Latin Ladies Night

BLUE MARTINI

BODY ENGLISH

BOND

CHATEAU

Sound

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

Under the Moon

Friday Night Live

Throwback Thursday

Rock Candy Fridays

DJ Earwaxxx

Closed

Dee Jay Silver; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Closed

Lounge open 24 hours

TUESDAY Industry Anniversary Party

WEDNESDAY

Lounge open 24 hours

Doors at 5 pm

Double D Karaoke

DJ Joey Mazzola; 10 pm; $10, women and locals free; lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

DJ Justin Credible

Industry Sundays

Closed

10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

Scarlet

DJs Style, Morpheus Blak; 10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

DJ M!KEATTACK

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

Miami Flavor

Exotics Racing hosts; DJ E-Rock; doors at 9 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ De La O; doors at 9 pm; free

EDM Saturdays

Sunday Sessions

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

10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Lounge open 24 hours

Closed

Nickel Beer Night

GMO Movie Night

“GMO OMG” and “Cowspiracy”; limited free street tacos; 7 pm; free

Doors at 9 pm; free

Lit

DJs Etherwood, Nu:Tone, Metrik, Biz:E & MNSTR, Beast Fremont; doors at 9 pm; $12

Karate Karaoke Doors at 9 pm; free

Ladies Night Out

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

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

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

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

Closed

After

Troy Pierce, others, 2 am, $20, $10 women, locals; Dee Jay Silver, doors 10:30 pm, $20-$30

DJ Patrice McBride DJ Patrice McBride 10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ Presto One

DJ Strip & Baroud

DJ ShadowRed, 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women, local women free

MONDAY

Closed

DJ Eddie McDonald

10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

SUNDAY

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

DJ Eddie McDonald

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

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ E-Rock

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

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

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

SATURDAY

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

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DJ Poun; doors at 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women, local women free

DJ CryKit

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Closed

DJ Technicolor

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Closed

DJ M!KEATTACK

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Closed

DJ Stephi K

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Rooftop Wednesdays

DJ Spair; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free

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VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM

DJ Lenny Alfonzo, others; 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

Downtown Soul

Friday Night Social

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Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

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

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

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

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

FIZZ

Afterhours

DJ Shift

10 pm; free

DJ Benny Black

Ladies Night

GILLEY’S

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

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

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Dan Fester live, 9 pm; doors at 5 pm

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Future Funk

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

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

J. Cole

DJs Sam I Am, Marc Mac; free champagne/vodka for women; 9:30 pm; $30

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

Austin Law

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

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MONDAY

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Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

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

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

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

Closed

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

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DJs, 10 pm; $30

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Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

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

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

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

Locals Night

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

Game Over Fridays

Saturday Night Live

Doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

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

Country Club

10 pm; $30

DJ Seany MAC

DJ Presto One

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

DanSing Karaoke

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

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

Closed

Don Diablo

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

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

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

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 8 pm; free

Closed

Doors at 8 pm; free

DJ Joe Maz

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

WEDNESDAY

Sundrai’s

DJ Benny Black; doors at 8 pm; $20-$25

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

TUESDAY Cymatic Sessions

Night Vibe

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

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

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

SUNDAY

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VENUE

THURSDAY

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

LAX

Ladies’ Night

Doors at 10:30 pm; free open bar for women until midnight; $30 men, $20 women

DJ Dezie

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SATURDAY

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

DJ Dezie

Woman Crush Wednesday

March Badness

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

Bullriding competition; $2 drafts, well drinks for locals; doors at 7 pm; $10, $5 for locals w/ID

Doors at 10:30 pm; free open bar for women until midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Panorama Saturdays

Scenic Sundays

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

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

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

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

Closed

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

Live jazz

Doors at 5 pm

LEVEL 107

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

LIFE

Closed

LIGHT

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

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

MANDARIN BAR

Doors at 5 pm

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

MARQUEE

Closed

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

Closed

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

Closed

OMNIA

Opens March 12. Info and reservations: 702-785-6200, omnianightclub.com.

Ladies Night

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

#Social Sundays

Beer Pong Tournament

DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Pete Tong

PBR ROCK BAR

DJ Brooke Evans

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

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> ON HIS OWN Talib Kweli—playing Brooklyn Bowl March 6—will drop a new album this year on his label Javotti Media.

PEACE SIGNS Yoko Ono brings her activist art back to the Cosmopolitan

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Stuff you’ll want to know about HEAR TALIB KWELI We’ll let Dave Chappelle do the honors: “Please welcome a good friend, scholar, ghetto philosopher, three-time Nobel Peace Prize winner, first black man to pilot an aircraft … the man that made Kool-Aid say, ‘Oh, yeah!’ Brooklyn’s own, Talib Kweli!” March 6, 8 p.m., $20-$24, Brooklyn Bowl.

SEE RAW Dusty Fruend’s black-and-white monochromatic photography captures the edgy, sexy side of life through party girls and high fashion. Through March 28, Brett Wesley Gallery.

CHEER NASCAR WEEKEND From the start of Stratosphere Pole Day to the final lap of the Kobalt 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway once again turns into a car-racing mecca from Friday through Sunday. So snag some tickeys, start your engines, and drive north to get in on the action. March 6-8, times & prices vary.

COLLEGE HOOPS INVASION Of course, the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament starts this week (March 9 for women, March 11 for men, unlvtickets.com), but that’s just the beginning. The Pac-12 tourney tips off March 11 at MGM Grand Garden Arena (pac-12.com) and the WAC basketball championships (wacsports.com) are going down at Orleans Arena, also starting March 11.

GIVE GROUCHY JOHN’S COMMUNITY DRIVE EVENT Local coffeehouse Grouchy John’s has always served as a gathering spot and supportive hub for its southeastern neighborhood—and beyond. So it’s fitting that it’s celebrating its third anniversary by holding a benefit for Child Haven— which includes a toy/school-supply drive and $1 charity raffle—and a parking-lot blood drive. March 5, 4-8 p.m.

EAT AFAN BRUNCH AT DOUBLE HELIX You just can’t do brunch without booze. Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Lounge is offering buy-one, get-one-half-off pitchers of red sangria to benefit Aid for AIDS of Nevada on Saturday, as 20 percent of sales during brunch will go to the local support and advocacy organization. It’s a good time to sign up for the April 19 AIDS Walk, too. March 7, 11 a.m.3:30 p.m., Town Square.

In 2007, artist Yoko Ono dedicated her “Imagine Peace Tower” on Viðey Island near Reykjavik, to the late John Lennon on what would have been his 67th birthday. Made of projected light beams shooting as high as 4,000 meters (and powered by geothermal energy), the tower is emitted from a stone base inscribed with the words “Imagine Peace” in 24 languages. Peace is a common theme IMAGINE for the 82-year-old PEACE multidisciplinary Through July, artist and every hour activist who has on the hour. championed it Cosmopolitan for decades, from marquee & her 1960 Bed-In registration for world peace lobby. with Lennon to addressing national tragedy and other issues (Columbine to fracking). Then there is her Lennon-Ono Grant for Peace, which awards money to artists. Now Ono is back at the Cosmopolitan, via her digital “Imagine Peace” artwork. Multilingual versions of the phrase are featured on the hotel’s Stripside digital marquee and on the registration lobby’s digital screencovered columns (along with an instrumental version of Lennon’s song “Imagine”). This is the second time Ono’s work has been featured. The Cosmopolitan, in partnership with New York’s Art Production Fund, launched its digital PAUSE Program in 2010 with the artist. Additionally, guests can participate in Ono’s Wish Tree Project by writing out a wish and hanging it on a tree in the hotel’s spa. The wishes will eventually be sent to be stored at the Imagine Peace Tower, where more than a million wishes are buried underneath. –Kristen Peterson

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> I LOVE NY Burgess and Kemper find adventure in the big city.

EVERYDAY VAMPIRES What We Do in the Shadows explores the daily lives of the undead

to New York City for a fresh start. The contrast between Kimmy’s unbreakable optimism and the harsh cruelty of the real world provides the show’s biggest laughs, and Kemper Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt finds is great at playing a character whose naïveté hides humor in tragedy BY JOSH BELL serious internal trauma (as she did on The Office). Co-created by Tina Fey and fellow 30 Rock writer/ producer Robert Carlock, Unbreakable is mostly Before being picked up by Netflix, Unbreakable about the absurdities Kimmy encounters as she Kimmy Schmidt was produced for NBC, and it feaattempts to rebuild her life, including her flamtures some of the formulaic rhythms and humor of a boyant, forever-aspiring actor roommate (Tituss network sitcom. But it’s also odder and darker than Burgess), her nutso landlady (Carol Kane) and her typical network fare, and it probably would have gotemployer, a self-absorbed trophy wife ten lost had it stayed on NBC. Instead it’s (Jane Krakowski, essentially reprising being allowed to flourish on Netflix (which her 30 Rock role as self-absorbed actress has already ordered a second season unen- aaacc Jenna Maroney). There are plenty of cumbered by broadcast limitations), and UNBREAKABLE the first six episodes indicate a show that KIMMY SCHMIDT typical sitcom misunderstandings and miscommunications, and some of the has some serious weirdness lurking under- Season 1 available humor is disappointingly tame coming neath its sunny sitcom exterior. March 6 on Netflix. from Fey and Carlock. Like Fox’s recent The Last Man on But the looming darkness is what makes Earth, Unbreakable starts with a pretty grim premise: Unbreakable worth watching, whether it’s Kimmy The title character (The Office’s Ellie Kemper) is one dealing with severe PTSD or conceding that there of four women rescued from an underground bunker was “weird sex stuff” going on in the bunker. Regular in Indiana, where they’d been held captive for 15 daily life can be just as disturbing and surreal as years by a deranged cult leader, who told them that being trapped in a doomsday cult, and at its best, the world outside had been destroyed. Cut off from Unbreakable understands that the best way to deal the world for half her life, Kimmy emerges deterwith that is to laugh at it. mined to make something of herself, and she moves

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If you ever wondered what Jemaine and Bret from Flight of the Conchords would be like if they were vampires, you can get half your answer from What We Do in the Shadows, a mockumentary starring and co-written and co-directed by the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement that often plays like Flight of the Vampire Conchords. Taika Waititi, who wrote and/or directed several episodes of the Conchords’ HBO series, is Clement’s co-writer, co-director and costar on Shadows, and the duo brings a familiar understated, deadpan humor to the story of three vampires who live together in a rundown house in Wellington, New Zealand. The juxtaposition of the supernatural and the aaacc mundane is the movie’s WHAT WE primary source of humor, DO IN THE and for the first half-hour or SHADOWS so, that’s more than enough. Jemaine But Clement and Waititi exClement, Taika haust a lot of the potential Waititi, Jonathan of their one-joke premise Brugh. Directed fairly quickly, and the movie by Jemaine gets bogged down with far Clement and more plot than is necessary Taika Waititi. for what is essentially an Not rated. extended comedy sketch. Opens Friday. Still, the performances are all strong, and the filmmakers make effective use of the mockumentary format. Even when the laughs are less frequent, they continue through to the end, with plenty of quotable lines that fans will no doubt add to their Conchords repertoire as soon as they leave the theater. –Josh Bell

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Satirizing show business is one of the easiest and often laziest ways to score points with an audience (Birdman just won a bunch of Oscars for it), but making that satire stick is much tougher. Director David Cronenberg and screenwriter Bruce Wagner go for the jugular with Maps to the Stars, but their take on the emptiness of Hollywood is itself mostly empty, built more on shock value than real insight. Cronenberg is still best known for his unsettling horror movies, and Maps goes to some messed-up extremes in its indictment of celebrity culture. The cast, led by Julianne Moore as an aging actress and Mia Wasikowska as her mysterious assistant, throw themselves into their performances, and Maps is sometimes uncomfortably nasty. But the movie never really gets beyond nastiness, ending with grotesque scenarios that say little about the characters or their circumstances. What could have been Cronenberg’s Mulholland Drive ends up more like his Hollywood Ending. –Josh Bell

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The sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is another bland senior dramedy BY JOSH BELL dreamer with big plans and bigCalling your movie “second ger insecurities. Sonny was primarbest” seems like an invitation for ily comic relief in the first movie, criticism, and The Second Best but here he really takes over the Exotic Marigold Hotel is indeed a story, which is structured around step down from its predecessor, his impending wedding, and his which became a surprise interincreased presence is more than a national hit in 2012. Not that the little grating. first movie was anything great—its Returning director John bland, affable inoffensiveness is Madden and screenwriter Ol part of what made it so successParker cram in subplots for all the ful, along with appealing to an other characters, along older demographic too with introducing a few often underserved by the more, most notably a movies. Stacking the cast aabcc suave American played with wonderful British THE SECOND by Richard Gere. The actors (Judi Dench, BEST EXOTIC first film was based on Maggie Smith, Bill MARIGOLD Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, HOTEL Dev Patel, a novel, but this one has etc.) certainly helped, Maggie Smith, Bill to invent original mateand the new sequel Nighy, Judi Dench. rial, and it lacks even the small sense of urgency works best as a sort of Directed by John of its predecessor. The victory lap for those Madden. Rated various storylines are late-career performers. PG. Opens Friday. mostly half-hearted, Nearly all of them centered on the romanreturn (except Wilkinson, tic couplings that blossomed in whose character died in the first the previous movie. The talented movie) for the continuing story of actors make the experience pleasthe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a ant enough, even if it drags on ramshackle retirement home for for too long, and cinematographer British pensioners in Jaipur, India. Ben Smithard makes Jaipur (along The first movie focused mainly on with a brief detour to Mumbai) the culture clash of the stuffy Brits look gorgeous. But overall it’s the adjusting to chaotic Indian life, but cinematic equivalent of warm oatnow that they’ve mostly settled in, meal: It goes down easy, but has the focus here shifts to hotel owner almost no flavor. Sonny (Dev Patel), a fast-talking

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> SWEET RELICS The venue is no more, but the concerts are alive on YouTube.

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An old Jersey venue’s concert archives have been preserved online, and you need to watch them BY SMITH GALTNEY

a true unit, with Tina Weymouth’s cool-as-moons bass and Adrian Belew’s guitar f*ckery scoring just as much screentime as Byrne’s spasmodic dancing. At times, the unpolished, as-is approach doesn’t agree with Internet viewing. Parliament-Funkadelic’s three-hour set (!!) from November 6, 1978 starts off with roughly 15 minutes of tuning up. And black-andwhite video doesn’t really do justice to the psychedelic, P-Funk experience, but how can you complain when the lead singer is wearing knee-high boots and a diaper? Much better is Lou Reed from September 25, 1984 (after the Capitol upgraded to color), which finds rock’s most notorious, speed-addled curmudgeon looking fit, happy, righteous. “This is a song about a man’s love for a controlled substance,” he says during an introduction for “I’m Waiting for the Man.”

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“It should not be construed, ladies and gentleman, to be an endorsement. It’s just a song.” Nancy Reagan must’ve been proud. Every so often, the cameras leave the stage and get priceless shots of the concertgoers. During The B-52s show on November 7, 1980 (three nights after Talking Heads, in fact), the band plays “Private Idaho,” and we see maybe five seconds of the audience, barely looking at the stage as they dance their asses off, nary a smartphone in existence. It’s enough to make you weep for humanity once more. Until you click on Prince’s set from January 30, 1982, and you see him jacking off his guitar during “Head” and taking off his clothes throughout “Do Me, Baby.” And suddenly, everything is right with the world.

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Last week, the FCC approved net-neutrality protections, and almost instantaneously, the Internet went kaboom with debate over … the color of a dress. Was it gold and white? Was it blue and black? “And what does our dress obsession say about ‘us’?” asked Bloggy McWankenslice of the Huffington Slate. I couldn’t be bothered, of course, as I was concerned with more substantive matters, like trying to tear my face away from a GIF of Madonna falling during the Brit Awards. Yes, too often we weep for humanity and cry out, “The Internet is but a gaping black hole!” Yet I am here to remind you how deeply freaking awesome it is. Just get thee to YouTube and search for “Capitol Theatre.” Located in Passaic, New Jersey, the Capitol Theatre was a concert venue that thrived throughout the ’70s and into the ’80s. It was on the small side, with no bad seats. Bands loved playing there, and pretty much all of them did: The Byrds, the Dead, the Stones, Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Springsteen, The Clash and The Police, to name very few. Coolest of all, the place was equipped with an in-house, multi-camera video system that captured many of these shows in decent-quality blackand-white with even better sound. The Capitol was sadly demolished in 1991, but in recent years, a slew of those classic sets have thankfully landed online. While the bulk of authorized concert footage consists of keenly edited, tightly paced performances in major halls, clips from the Capitol are appealingly raw, presenting concerts in real time, complete with clumsy feedback blasts and dead air between songs. And whoever directed the camera cues obviously wasn’t a Scorsese/Demme type. If Stop Making Sense often gave you the impression that David Byrne was the end-all/be-all force behind Talking Heads, the band’s show on November 4, 1980 portrays them as

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Pearl Jam // December 1, 1993 // Aladdin Theatre BY DENNIS MITCHELL Pearl Jam’s inaugural visit to Las Vegas in 1993 capped off a quite memorable year for what was still Las Vegas’ premiere midsize venue, the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts. Radiohead, Tears for Fears, Oingo Boingo and a downright raucous show in which Soul Asylum threw away its setlist and played ’60s pop songs were among the special memories that year. Two years after storming onto the scene with debut album Ten, Pearl Jam went out to promote equally powerful follow-up Vs., which was just starting to have an impact on radio playlists, including at Las Vegas’ first commercial alternative station “The Edge.” The group had skipped Vegas during its marathon tours the previous year, and by the time the five musicians got here in late November, sellout crowds on consecutive nights welcomed them with a surprising intensity and fists in the air. After brief opening sets by Urge Overkill and fellow grunge pioneers Mudhoney, Eddie Vedder led the band through a storm of a setlist that included all the early radio successes (“Jeremy,” “Alive,” “Even Flow”), along with the tracks from the new album that packed the biggest punch (“Daughter,” “Glorified G,” “Rearviewmirror”). “So we finally made it to Vegas,” he said. “Believe me, you were worth waiting for.” Mounted floor seating foiled fullout moshing, but there was still much stage storming and crowd surfing throughout. The floor crowd stood through the entire show, some on seats. Pearl Jam’s 90 minutes onstage

was the stuff of an exceptional concert movie, reaching some incredibly intense moments, and riveting from the start. We had come to expect near-perfect acoustics for any show at the Aladdin, and the theater didn’t disappoint. Even in his sometimes trance-like delivery, you could hear Vedder’s every word, while each instrument was in near-perfect balance. With only a few shows left on a grueling five-month tour, the band could not have been more on its game. The music of the grunge era in general served to reassure baby boomers (and the subsequent generation or two) that rock music hadn’t forgotten its roots. It had a purity to it and provided hope that hometown garage bands would continue to have a chance at being part of the landscape. During the show we noticed a group of about two dozen basketball action figures and other toys positioned in a row along the tops of the amps, leaving the impression of children bringing along what was most precious to them on their journey—a seemingly minor detail, but something we could all relate to. Pearl Jam has only returned to Las Vegas four times since, most notably for 2000’s 10th anniversary, celebrated with an amazing set at the MGM Grand Garden that included some of their earliest, deepest material and covers of “I Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “Baba O’Riley.” That show was officially released on CD, but videos of the two ’93 shows are up on YouTube, surreptitiously shot by attendees from various locations on the floor.

> REARVIEWMIRROR Vedder, shown here in the summer of ’93, made that year’s Vegas run memorable.

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Ever since the perceived failure of her deeply personal 2007 album My December, inaugural American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has been taking her music in increasingly generic directions, and Piece by Piece, her sixth album, is her most impersonal work yet. As she did on her last two albums, Clarkson has worked with a team of in-demand pop songwriters and producers, including Sia, Greg Kurstin, MoZella and Sir Nolan, to put together a collection of appealing but mostly unremarkable songs, full of blandly uplifting lyrics and mildly catchy hooks. Clarkson herself has only three co-writing credits, her lowest number ever. The only song that feels like it’s completely hers is the title track, with its impassioned rejection of the father who abandoned her, recalling anguished 2005 hit “Because of You.” ¶ Elsewhere, the album gets bogged down in a mushy middle, with interchangeable midtempo empowerment anthems like “Invincible” and “I Had a Dream.” Opener (and lead single) “Heartbeat Song” is the kind of catchy pop that Clarkson excels at, and the album closes with a couple more solid dance-pop numbers (“Nostalgic,” “Good Goes the Bye”). While they’re elevated by Clarkson’s stillfantastic voice, they evaporate quickly, leaving no more of an impression than a hastily assembled single from one of Clarkson’s many inferior Idol successors. –Josh Bell

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Local music news & notes BY LESLIE VENTURA BLEU VELVET Christmas lights are strung to wood-paneled walls in a cramped Downtown living room. The fuzzed-out jangle of an old Brit-rock band blares over the speakers as a swarm of middleaged partiers waits for Vegas indie group Sang Bleu to set up. It’s a scene straight out of a ’60s art film, except that the musicians are wearing gothic dresses, the shag carpeting has been updated with something more modern and all of our shoes are parked at the door. In this room full of Gen-Xers, nostalgia and exposed socks are everywhere. A crowd shuffles into the room, the smell of sweaty bodies hanging in the air when Sang Bleu begins. “Desire on fire/desire on fire/my pretty little liar/gonna set you on fire!” vocalist Maggie Leon sings during “Savages.” The five women behind her—Sulayla Arnett (drums, bass, synth) Stephanie Fuchs (guitar), Elizabeth Scheib (bass, synth, vocals) Karli Stenger (keys, drums) and Jennifer Gerena (xylophone, melodica, vocals)—swap instruments on nearly every song. “We all have so many different influences,” Leon says. “When we start playing, we never plan to sound like anything. We just kinda jammed and that’s what came out of us. Are we grunge? Are we post punk? Are we indie?” More like a hybrid of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Le Tigre and Vegas’ long-defunct Flaspar (Arnett is a former member). Sang Bleu’s grungy, post-punk edge is only reinforced by Leon’s somber vocals and high-pitched yelps. “This is everybody’s enjoyable hobby, to escape from the routine-life-kind-of-thing,” Leon says. Sang Bleu “kind of happened by accident,” she adds, first as a project featuring just her and Arnett, then snowballing into a full band. At the show, the group sells its self-titled three-song EP (recorded by Curl Up and Die’s Matt Fuchs) along with homemade cake pops (get a taste at soundcloud.com/sangbleu-1, sans trans fats). The sextet is already amping up for more projects, like a full-length album (and maybe vinyl) in the future. ***** SYNTHY SAVIORS Electro-indie duo Payola Presley dropped its latest collection of songs, EP of the Year, Tuesday at Beauty Bar with support from local electro-pop group Boiis. The warm, synth-heavy tracks flow between casual, downtempo beats and high-energy, ’80s-punkinfluenced rockers (hear: “Deadman” and “Empty Plastic Bags”). It’s the kind of EP that picks up where bands like Afghan Raiders left off, putting

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a fresh spin on Vegas-bred indie pop. ***** ALL TOGETHER NOW Bluegrass outfit The All-Togethers’ new 10-song CD, To the Sober Go the Spoils is now streaming on Soundcloud, with an official release scheduled for March 13 at the Forge Social House in Boulder City (sponsored by CraftHaus Brewery and Las Vegas Distillery). From toe-tapping opener “Self-Defense” (with an even catchier chorus), to the winter-in-the-country vibes of “Shadowboxing,” The All-Togethers’ Americanafolk will make you feel like you hopped in a time machine set to 1925—minus that whole Prohibition thing. Cindy Osborne’s stand-up bass, Brenna Luman-Glimp’s gorgeous cello lines, Michael Louis Austin’s guitar and Ken Osborne’s rich vocals, mandolin and banjo make To the Sober Go the Spoils (soundcloud.com/thealltogethers) a folky Americana treat for ears and feet.

SCENIC BEAUTY Alt-pop duo Almost Normal has released a YouTube video for its single, “Oblivion,” directed by Jacob Stark. The song hones in on Ashley Lampman’s powerful, Ellie Gouldinglike vocals, with Andrew Zakher on piano. The video is beautifully filmed—full of scenic train track and desert shots—even if it does have a bit of a cliffhanger ending. facebook.com/almostnormalband ***** ALSO Vegas punks False Cause signed with SquidHat Records last month following the group’s performance in SquidHat’s January battle of the bands showcase. False Cause’s first release, a fivesong EP titled This Flag, will be released on red vinyl on April 14. … Electronic music producer and composer David Rosen will release his album An Unseen Sky on April 7. The 16-song LP is a follow-up to 2014’s Further Into the Dark.

A L B U M | B R I T- P O P

SANG BLEU BY SPENCER BURTON

NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Chasing Yesterday aaaac Noel Gallagher’s songwriting was the heart and soul of Oasis, the melancholic, introspective yin to brother Liam’s brasher yang. And surprisingly, the stellar Chasing Yesterday—the long-gestating second album from current project Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds—rivals his output with the beloved Brit-pop band. The secret to the LP’s success is diversity: Although the record contains plenty of Gallagher’s trademark guitar barnburners—“Lock All the Doors” resembles the fuzzy surges of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and “You Know We Can’t Go Back” is a hardy strummer—Chasing Yesterday doesn’t shy away from pushing boundaries. The moody, vaguely psychedelic centerpiece “The Right Stuff” incorporates grimy sax wails and ominous organ churn; the Stones-esque “The Mexican” possesses glammy swagger and soulful female vocal shading; and “Ballad of the Mighty I” mixes Johnny Marr guest riffs with washes of piano and a sturdy disco beat. Clearly, Gallagher is more interested in chasing tomorrow than he is reliving the past. –Annie Zaleski

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A&E | THE STRIP

> LOCAL FAVE Frankie Moreno is one of several acts who should attract locals to Cabaret Jazz.

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Top local names are now gravitating toward the Smith Center’s jazz room BY JOHN KATSILOMETES Myron Martin has been saying it from Day One, and maybe even before Day One, as Cabaret Jazz has grown in prominence at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts: “The role of Cabaret Jazz is to bring national and international touring artists into Las Vegas to perform for smaller audiences in a room designed for live music,” says the Smith Center’s president and the center’s leading recruiter of talent. Long after Day One, as the Smith Center celebrates its third birthday on March 10, Cabaret Jazz is the sort of venue Martin has long described. Just this year, the list of headliners has popped with stars like Broadway standout Cheyenne Jackson, trumpet great Arturo Sandoval and Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. These shows, and this flavor of nationally recognized performers, are the highlights among a busy programming schedule at Cab Jazz. But what about those artists based in Las Vegas? Is Cabaret Jazz a suitable home for them, too? For the best of the best, the answer is yes. Though it started to gain an identity comparatively slowly among Las Vegas entertainers, Cabaret Jazz has bolstered its lineup of local headliners over the past year—and particularly as spring arrives. The venue’s strength has long been Clint Holmes’ monthly appearances, terrific every time, and the monthly (or so) Composers Showcase performances hosted by Jersey Boys music director Keith Thompson. Lon Bronson’s AllStar Band has been announced as a recurring headliner, along with David Perrico and his formidable 22-piece

Pop Evolution show band. The latest headliner at Cab Jazz is none other than Frankie Moreno—a cinch to deliver a high-caliber performance—who has started locking in gigs in Las Vegas after a series of outside dates. Those away-fromhome dates have included shows in Vienna and Paris on behalf of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Moreno starts a series of a dozen monthly, Tuesday-night shows on March 17. The titles of these shows, as dubbed by Moreno’s girlfriend Lacey Schwimmer, are “Under the Influence,” meaning each show will be a tribute to a different artist each week. One week it’s Ray Charles, another it’s Elvis, then The Beatles, like that. It’s a different show than Moreno will perform at his March 7 debut at Rocks Lounge at Red Rock Resort. That show will be more in line with the originals-laden show Moreno performed at the Stratosphere. He follows with a second show at Rocks Lounge on April 11, and is set up at Cab Jazz through June 9. The Holmes-Bronson-PerricoMoreno lineup gives Cabaret Jazz an impressive quartet of Vegas performers that should attract plenty of business from locals. For Smith Center officials, gaining a grip on the Vegas entertainment scene has been a process. Martin’s early signing of Holmes was expected, the quintessential no-brainer, as Holmes has developed a loyal Vegas fanbase since his days headlining at Harrah’s. Bronson, too, was an easy call; this year he’s celebrating his 25th year

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performing in Las Vegas. Just Friday night, Bronson sold out Cab Jazz for a night of soul fronted by ex-Tower of Power vocalist Larry Braggs. Prior to his debut at Smith Center in September 2013, Bronson was strictly a no-admission experience, dating to the days Steve Schirippa presented the band at the Riviera. Those who had followed Bronson over the years, from the Riv to the Golden Nugget to such midlevel venues as Ovation at Green Valley Ranch and the Railhead at Boulder Station, wondered if his fans would pay $20 to see him play at the Smith Center. But Bronson has filled or nearly filled the room in an octet of performances, and has offered something special in those shows—inviting Braggs (twice), Brody Dolyniuk of Yellow Brick Road and members of Bella Electric Strings to join him onstage. Bronson is seeking a late-April return to Cabaret Jazz, where he just sold out his latest show on Saturday night with Braggs at the front of the band.

The Cab Jazz schedule is further reinforced by the Composers Showcase events, and not just because they have grown into regular sellouts. The late-night shows have forged a connection between the Smith Center and many top-level performers in major Strip productions. Those who have performed regularly at the Showcase and also appeared in solo showcases at Cabaret Jazz include Travis Cloer of Jersey Boys, Ben Hale of Million Dollar Quartet, Philip Fortenberry of Jersey Boys (as the show’s associate music director) and Kristen Hertzenberg of Million Dollar Quartet. “The fact that Cabaret Jazz is a room built for live music is very appealing to many artists, and the audiences are there strictly to see a performance,” Martin says. “They sound better, and frankly I think they like playing Cabaret Jazz better and from a true artistic sense it is better than playing a casino lounge.”

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THE VIEW FROM ABOVE

Michael Light’s photography tells a Lake Las Vegas story BY KRISTEN PETERSON Just when it had seemed that life couldn’t get any more bizarre in the Las Vegas Valley, someone built a 320acre artificial lake on top of a wash and created a Tuscan/Mediterranean pop-up community. It was an effort so far removed from the reality of the Mojave Desert that for some of us living here it became another laughable element added to the punch line that is Las Vegas. Though plans for Lake Las Vegas had been carved out in the late 1960s, it wasn’t until the arrival of houses and casinos in the late ’90s and early 2000s that praise and admonishment were thrown at the project that confirmed the perme- MICHAEL ation of the Strip’s LIGHT: LAKE European themes LAS VEGAS/ into the rest of the BLACK Valley—all in the MOUNTAIN name of the luxu- Radiusbooks. rious, attainable org, $60. dream. But the housing bubble engulfing the Valley burst, Lake Las Vegas filed for bankruptcy and homes there were abandoned. Black Mountain—blasted away, leveled and scraped to insert the luxury community Ascaya—was left with nothing to cover its scars. It was during this halted construction that San Francisco-based photographer Michael Light—whose interest is in American culture’s relationship to the landscape—began taking aerial images of the area, illustrating through these communities the “aspiration and collapse” of the American Dream. Shot mostly from a helicopter (occasionally a small fixed-wing plane) Light’s work is among the most compelling and awe-inducing visual representations speaking to the audacity of the Valley’s famous building boom. The images, published in Light’s Lake Las Vegas/Black Mountain, are accompanied by essays written by Rebecca Solnit and Lucy Lippard. Light doesn’t offer his own commentary because, as he explains, the pictures “do the heavy lifting here.” The unfinished Ascaya, carved into the already harsh landscape, looks much like an abandoned space station on another planet in the largescale, hardbound book (10.5 by 16.5 inches) with color images. Terracing, extracting and removing topsoil made

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> SPEAKING IN SILENCE In altered landscapes, Light captures part of the American story.

for an easy comparison to mining communities. And Light’s vantage point over Lake Las Vegas, combined with his experienced eye, allows for a broader view, highlighting the sudden and abrupt extravagance in an environment of limited resources, while emphasizing the very fine line between fiction and reality. Here, the little mansions are placed

within the gouged and altered landscape, decorated to give the illusion of elsewhere, and accented by lumpy green golf courses where blankets of sod and pine trees speak an entirely different language than the host environment. The lighting—early morning and late afternoon—enhances the dimension of the subjects, making the terrain, real and artificial, pop.

We may grimace at the idea of limiting all of Las Vegas to the negative perspective of corporate sprawl and excess, but there’s no telling the whole story without it. And Light has echoed the sentiment that Las Vegas is not so much an isolated entity, but a representation of America. Here, that story is told through images that are as disturbing as they are beautiful.

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NOT YOUR MOTHER’S INDIAN Urban Turban offers a slight twist on a traditional cuisine BY JIM BEGLEY > ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE Urban Turban’s menu features veggie delights like this paneer tikka, along with protein-rich dishes like pan-fried fish (right).

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($9) accentuate the fowl with a finely Let’s play a little game of tuned combination of flavors. word association. When I On the vegetarian side, paneer tikka say “Indian restaurant,” what ($8) presents the ubiquitous Indian comes to mind? If you say anything but cheese in a different light—oven“buffet,” you’re lying. Indian restaurants grilled, tandoori-marinated cubes with evoke strong images of all-you-can-eat a dusting of curry. The result is sharplunch lines with curries and samosas ly flavored with a consistency just this lying in wait in heated trays. side of cheese curds. Interesting but a The recently opened Urban Turban little less successful is the masala cup is a different beast, approachable corn ($5), which promises garlic and while maintaining traditional flavors— butter but came up a bit boring. with nary a buffet line in sight. It Those never-enddoes offer bottomless ing curries are Urban curries, perhaps a bit Turban’s claim to buffet-esque, but othfame, and while a sinerwise this place is gle bowl seems ample more gastropub than for most, the botrun-of-the-mill ethtomless option gives nic eatery. you the opportunity The first inkling to sample. Classic that something is difBombay butter chickferent comes upon en ($18) is slightly entering. Apart from sweet without being a motorized rickcloying; you’ll find shaw near the hostyourself scraping the ess stand, neither the bottom of the bowl clean, contemporary with any leftover décor nor the stream naan. More robust of ’80s music (Soft is the Bombay lamb Cell, anyone?) would URBAN TURBAN 3900 masala ($19), which lead you to believe Paradise Road, 702-826-3216. this is an Indian res- Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; puts forward a complex medley of flavors taurant. But once Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. with more traditional you’ve had a chance curry composition. to sample the wares, If you’re in the mood for somethere’s no mistaking where you are. thing a little less mainstream, seek The journey begins with Bombay out the parda chicken biryani ($15), Bites, a section so prolific you could essentially an Indian pot pie. A curry fashion any number of meals from rice and chicken mixture is cooked in it without wandering anywhere else. a copper bowl with naan as a cover Urban Turban does some damn fine to keep the moisture in, resulting in chicken dishes, and coming from a well-seasoned medley enhanced by someone who doesn’t ever order the accompanying raita, a traditional chicken when dining out, that’s not cucumber-yogurt sauce. But beware faint praise. The cream-blanched the whole cloves lurking within, grilled chicken bites ($9) are which will mutilate your palate if enhanced with a drizzle of a mellow you bite into them. The more you cheese cream I couldn’t get enough know, right? of, while the chili basil chicken bites

There’s plenty of great pizza in Las Vegas, lots of different styles to sample. But only recently

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has a restaurant arrived that claims to make Vegas-style pizza—the four-month-old High Roller Pizza just south of the Strip. ¶ So exactly what does Vegas-style pizza taste like? High Roller’s dough is quite distinctive, with a flavor that re-

minds me of homemade pizza and the ability to crisp into a light, almost flaky, kinda biscuity texture. The house marinara sauce also has that homey taste, a thick mélange of roasted tomatoes and spices. ¶ High Roller’s namesake pie ($15.99 for 8-inch, $25.99 for 14-inch, $30.99 for 16-inch) piles on mozzarella, small discs of crispy pepperoni, sausage, bacon, ham, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, banana peppers, mushrooms and black olives. Another compelling flavor combo is the BBQ Pit Boss ($10.99, $22.99, $26.99), stacked with pulled pork, onions, mozzarella and cheddar cheeses and a house-made barbecue sauce, with a side of spicy coleslaw. ¶ I don’t know if I’m ready to make High Roller our city’s official pizza, but it’s definitely worth a taste. Maybe we should have a vote? –Brock Radke

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Chef Daniel Dalton might run the kitchen at a neighborhood sports bar, but his menu runs the gamut, from traditional snackage like chicken wings and mac and cheese to finer fare like braised pork belly and seared duck breast. It only takes a single visit to Sporting Life Bar to come to the conclusion that Dalton’s food is spe-

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cial. His twist on steak frites involves a marinated skirt steak and crushed potatoes, and Dalton’s marinade is so delicious, he says it doesn’t matter what grade of steak you use. Put his skills to the test in your own kitchen. k To make the marinade, blend paprika, olive oil and garlic until smooth. Toss steak with marinade and store with rosemary sprigs. k Rinse potatoes thoroughly. Place in a pot with enough water to cover and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook thoroughly. Once cooked, smash potatoes with a fork to expose flesh while keeping skin somewhat intact. k In a small pan, heat up butter and sweat shallots until translucent. Add potatoes and stir in beef fat. Add mustard and sherry vinegar and incorporate fully. Adjust seasoning and finish with chopped chives. k Once finished, spoon potatoes onto serving plate. Grill steak to desired temperature and rest for at least one minute. Slice steak and place on top of potatoes. k Finish steak with olive oil, Maldon salt and chopped chives. –Jim Begley

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Peel and muddle kiwi in shaker. Add vodka, St-Germain and lemon juice and fill with ice. Cover and shake well. Pour the contents of the shaker through strainer into a Collins glass over ice. Top with lemonlime soda. Garnish with dried kiwi slices. Though a fruity cocktail, the Kiwi Crush leans more tart and slightly sour in flavor, forgoing our sugary-sweet expectations and creating something truly refreshing. The crisp quality of the vodka and liqueur complement the tanginess of the kiwi and lemon juice, while the lemon-lime soda adds a splash of subtle sweetness.

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Bolshoi Ballet 3/8, Romeo and Juliet, 12:55 pm, $16$18. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 3/11, The Boondock Saints. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702489-9110.

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ACCCC Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson. Directed by Steve Pink. 93 minutes. Rated R. The first Hot Tub Time Machine was a pleasant surprise, but this sequel is worse in every way. The plot is overly convoluted, with the main characters traveling to the future to prevent an assassination. The jokes are tasteless, repetitive and unfunny, the production values are low, and the characters are abrasive. –JB Theaters: BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SHO, TX

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 3/8, 3/11, Sunset Boulevard. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC The Drop Box 3/5, documentary about abandoned babies in South Korea, plus broadcast of panel discussion, 7 pm, $10.50$12.50. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Erotic Movie Night Fri, 7 pm, free. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 Industrial Road, 702-794-4000. GMO Free Las Vegas 3/8, movie night featuring documentaries GMO OMG, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, 7 pm, free, includes El Dorado Cantina tacos. Beauty Bar, 517 E. Fremont St. Info: facebook.com/GmoFreeLasVegas. Hispanic Film Series 3/12, In the Time of the Butterflies, discussion led by scholar Luis Bonilla, 6:30 pm, free. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3/7, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 pm, $9. Theaters: TC. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 3/7, Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory, The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), 8 pm, $5. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 3/10, Designing Woman. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

NEW THIS WEEK Chappie (Not reviewed) Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Sharlto Copley. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. 120 minutes. Rated R. A police robot in the near future is reprogrammed to be able to think for itself. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX Crazy Beautiful You (Not reviewed) Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Lorna Tolentino. Directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar. 114 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A spoiled young woman is forced to join her mother on a medical mission, where she falls in love with a wholesome young man. Theaters: VS

curtain a few too many times. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel AABCC Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench. Directed by John Madden. 122 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 41. Theaters: AL, BS, DTS, FH, GVR, ORL, SC, SF, SP

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

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: VS

Big Hero 6 AABCC Voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller. Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. 108 minutes. Rated PG. Based loosely on an obscure Marvel comic book, this Disney animated adventure features a bright, friendly world and some exciting action sequences, plus a very entertaining character in cuddly robot Baymax. But its superhero-team origin story is bland and familiar, with Scooby-Doo-level plotting and underdeveloped characters. –JB Theaters: 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 middleaged teacher (Lopez) finds herself being stalked by her hunky, unstable neighbor (Guzman). With its painfully obvious plot twists and moronic characters, Boy is so terrible that it’s actually quite funny at times, thanks especially to Guzman’s intensely wooden performance. –JB Theaters: TC

A La Mala (Not reviewed) Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Papile Aurora. Directed by Pedro Pablo Ibarra. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. A woman whose job is to flirt with men to test their fidelity falls for her latest target. Theaters: CAN, ORL, ST, 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: AL, COL, DTS, ST, VS

The Duff AAACC Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne. Directed by Ari Sandel. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. It may be based on an idiotic catch phrase (the “designated ugly fat friend”), but The Duff is a fairly clever and heartfelt teen comedy about an awkward nerd (Whitman) who enlists her jock neighbor (Amell) to give her a makeover and, of course, falls in love in the process. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TX

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, CH, GVR, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX

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

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

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

Unfinished Business (Not reviewed) Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Ken Scott. 91 minutes. Rated R. Three American business associates take a disastrous business trip to Europe. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX What We Do in the Shadows AAACC Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh. Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. 86 minutes. Not rated. See review Page 40. Theaters: VS

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Fifty Shades of Grey ACCCC Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eloise Mumford. Directed by Sam TaylorJohnson. 125 minutes. Rated R. Existing in a tepid middle ground apt to disappoint both hardcore fans of E.L. James’ bestselling novel and newbies expecting something scandalous, Fifty Shades of Grey flounders thanks to its leads’ lack of chemistry, inert direction and limp faux-salacious sex scenes. –NS Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX Focus AAABC Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez. Directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. 104 minutes. Rated R. Smith and Robbie have fantastic chemistry as a pair of con artists in this glossy, uneven drama. The movie’s first half is playful and sly, but the second half is less successful, building up the suspense and then pulling back the

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: TC 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, ST, VS Interstellar AAACC Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 169 minutes. Rated PG-13. Nolan’s three-hour, effects-heavy sci-fi epic (about the search for a new planet for humanity to inhabit) turns out to be a soft-hearted plea for the power of love, ultimately relying on sentimental platitudes. At the same time, Nolan creates overwhelming, often breathtaking suspense in a number of astonishing set pieces. –JB Theaters: ST 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: COL, ST

A&E | SHORT TAKES 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, CH, COL, ORL, RR, SC, SS, TX

> OFFICE DRONES Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson and Vince Vaughn (from left) have Unfinished Business.

Still Alice AAACC Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. Moore fully deserves the acclaim she’s received as a linguistics professor who’s diagnosed with earlyonset Alzheimer’s disease. The movie itself isn’t up to her high standard, though, gradually deteriorating—much like its heroine—from an astringent drama to a more generic disease-ofthe-week movie. –MD Theaters: AL, GVR, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS

Kingsman: The Secret Service AABCC Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. 129 minutes. Rated R. A street tough known as Eggsy (Egerton) is recruited to join super-secret private spy organization Kingsman in this loose adaptation of the comic book by Mark Millar (Kick-Ass). Meant as a self-aware parody of James Bond-style superspies, Kingsman lacks the wit and style of the best Bond adventures. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS The Lazarus Effect AACCC Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Sarah Bolger. Directed by David Gelb. 83 minutes. Rated PG-13. A talented cast is wasted in this moronic horror movie about medical researchers attempting to bring people back from the dead. Once they do, something evil comes back, too, stalking the characters through underlit, sparse sets in predictable fashion. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS McFarland, USA AABCC Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Carlos Pratts. Directed by Niki Caro. 128 minutes. Rated PG. Costner’s weary, livedin performance as a high-school coach is the best thing about this predictable underdog sports drama, based on the true story of a cross-country team from the impoverished, primarily Latino central California town of McFarland that achieved surprising success in the late 1980s. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS Mr. Turner AAABC Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey. Directed by Mike Leigh. 150 minutes. Rated R. Spall plays painter J.M.W. Turner in Leigh’s sprawling, unconventional biopic, a portrait of the artist as an old crank. Providing virtually no context for his story of the renowned landscape artist’s later years, Leigh strings together scenes that are alternately funny, sad, bitter and baffling, and sometimes all at the same time. –JB Theaters: VS 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 Old Fashioned ABCCC Rik Swartzwelder, Elizabeth Ann Roberts, LeJon Woods. Directed by Rik Swartzwelder. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. A born-again Christian (Swartzwelder) sets out a strict code of

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with live action. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS

Taken 3 ABCCC Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Forest Whitaker. Directed by Olivier Megaton. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Neeson returns as former secret agent Bryan Mills, who has to clear his name after being framed for murder. Lacking the strong hook of the original, this sequel blunders through action-movie clichés, with nonsensical twists, inconsistent characterization and one of the most incoherently shot and edited car chases in recent memory. –JB Theaters: BS, COL, SC, TX conduct for his courtship with a young free spirit (Roberts) in this plodding, creepy romance. Rather than sweet and heartwarming, their relationship is off-putting and awkward, and the movie drags toward its pseudo-wholesome, paternalistic conclusion. –JB Theaters: VS Paddington AAABC Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, voice of Ben Whishaw. Directed by Paul King. 95 minutes. Rated PG. Somehow the new Paddington movie seems modern while at the same time holding firmly to its quaint, lovely ideals. The movie includes a few big slapstick moments, but they arise naturally out of the character’s unfamiliarity with the civilized world. Ben Whishaw voices the CGI bear. –JMA Theaters: CH, COL, SC, 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

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: COL, ST, VS

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, RR, VS

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water AABCC Voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence. Directed by Paul Tibbitt. 92 minutes. Rated PG. The second movie starring animated undersea creature SpongeBob SquarePants features all the familiar characters in an adventure to track down the stolen recipe for Krabby Patties. The story drags over the course of 90 minutes, with mild humor and a strained climax that mixes the animated characters

Unbroken AABCC Jack O’Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi. Directed by Angelina Jolie. 137 minutes. Rated PG-13. This glossy biopic depicts World War II hero (and Olympian) Louis Zamperini (O’Connell) as more of a superhuman ideal than a person. Director Jolie cranks up the oppressively rousing score and gets some sweeping camerawork from topnotch cinematographer Roger Deakins, but the movie often feels like a parody of a feel-good biopic. –JB

filmmakers create a sense of real life being lived, rather than just facts and figures being dramatized. –JB Theaters: VS

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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: BS, DI, TC, TX

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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

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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: DI, SC, ST 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: TC JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo; NS Nick Schager

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CELEBRATING AMERICA’S ART FORM UNLV’s jazz program has been earning national awards and acclaim for decades, from a five-star CD review in DownBeat magazine in the early ’90s to more-recent (and repeat) invitations to the prestigious Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, California. On Sunday afternoon the community has the opportunity to throw its support behind the talented juggernaut, when a laundry list of local musicians joins UNLV’s Jazz Ensemble I for the annual Joe Williams Scholarship Fundraising Concert. “It’s a signature event we do every year. We honor the legacy of the great Joe Williams,” says UNLV professor and Jazz Ensemble I director Dave Loeb, adding that the legendary musician and late-in-life Las Vegas local was “probably one of the greatest jazz singers of all time.” ¶ UNLV’s top-tier Big Band will share the stage with notable vocalists like Clint Holmes, Eric Jordan Young and Marlena Shaw, whom Loeb says once performed with the great Count Basie. Other highlights include collabos with Don Cunningham, Earl Turner and Jack Jones, and proceeds from the con- JOE WILLIAMS SCHOLcert go toward scholarships for UNLV jazz students. “Joe lived here ARSHIP FUNDRAISING for the remainder of his life … and really gave back to the community,” CONCERT March 8, 2 p.m., Loeb says. “This is all in his spirit, raising the money and keeping our $25. UNLV’S Artemus W. Ham American art form alive.” –Mark Adams Concert Hall, 702-895-2787.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl 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. Morgan Heritage, Jemere Morgan 4/27, 8 pm, $13-$17. OK Go 4/28, 9 pm, $22-$28. Umphrey’s McGee 5/1, 7 pm; 5/2, 8:30 pm, $30-$99. Little Dragon

5/19. Shakey Graves, Barr Brothers 5/21, 8 pm, $17. Xavier Rudd & The United Nations 5/26, 8 pm, $19-$22. Jenny Lewis 5/30, 8 pm, $28-$33. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Rod Stewart Elton John 3/20-3/21, 3/23-3/24, 3/27-3/28, 3/30-3/31, 4/3-4/4, 4/6-4/7, 4/10-4/11, 4/13-4/14, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. 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) Jason Mraz, Raining Jane 3/14, 8 pm, $50. Hozier 4/9, 9 pm, $30+. (Boulevard Pool) Ratatat, Sylvan Esso 4/8, 9 pm, $28. St. Vincent 4/10, 9 pm, $25. 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. Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay 7/18, 8 pm, $50. 702-698-7000. 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, 5/26-5/30, 6/2-6/6, 6/9-6/13, 7/7-7/11, 7/14-7/18, 7/21-7/25, 8/4-8/8, 8/11-8/15, 8/18-8/22, 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-7333333. Gilley’s Austin Law 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. Scotty Alexander Band 3/26, 9 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3/27-3/28, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Live 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 Schism 3/5, 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. Walk the Moon 5/9, 6:30 pm, $22-$25. Carlos Santana 5/20, 5/22-5/24, 5/27, 5/29-5/31, $90$350, 8 pm. Ministry 6/10, 8 pm, $40-$90. 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 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, 5/8-5/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Rusty Maples 5/22, 9 pm, $35+. Gipsy Kings 5/28, 8 pm, $40+. Whitesnake 6/4, 8 pm, $35. Brit Floyd 7/31, 9 pm, $35+. Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick 8/22, 8 pm, $50+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Tyga 3/7, 8 pm, $50-$126. Charlie Wilson 3/28, 8 pm, $50-$130. New Kids on the Block 5/1, 7 pm, $40-$125. Neil Diamond 5/17, 8 pm, $60-$175. 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. (Mandalay Beach) 311 7/3-7/4, $55-$95. Sublime with Rome 5/22, $50. The Script 5/30, $45. Lee Brice 6/5, $45. Chris Young 6/7, $45. Switchfoot, Drew Holdcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House 7/10, $34. Pepper, Iration 7/17, $35+. Ziggy Marley 7/31, $43. Lost ‘80s Live ft. ABC, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls and more. 9/26, $35. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) 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 Marshall Tucker Band 3/6-3/7, 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., 702-3657075. 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

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Champagne Bar) Jimmy Hopper Thu-Sun, 9:30 pm, free. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-414-4300. Palms (The Lounge) Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-944-3200. The Pearl Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band 3/15, 7:30 pm, $73-$153. Steely Dan 4/11, 8 pm, $94+. Joe Bonamassa 5/1-5/2, 8 pm, $89-$130. The Moody Blues 5/3, 8 pm, $63-$133. Jackson Browne 8/21, 8 pm, $63+. 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 3/4, 3/6-3/7, 4/15, 4/17-4/18, 4/22, 4/24-4/25, 4/29, 5/1-5/2, 5/6, 5/8-5/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 5/20, 8/5, 8/7-8/8, 8/12, 8/14-8/15, 8/18-8/19, 8/21-8/22, 8/26, 8/28-8/29, 9/2, 9/4-9/5, 9/9. $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. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 3/5, 3/8, 3/18-3/19, 3/22, 3/24-3/26, 3/29, 3/31, 8:45 pm; 3/6-3/7, 3/20-3/21, 3/27-3/28, 9 pm. John Windsor 3/9, 3/23, 3/30, 8:45. The Amerian Diddle Idols 3/103/12, 8:45 pm. 3/13, 9 pm. All shows free. Mandalay Place, 702-632-7771. Rock in Rio Festival Ft. Taylor Swift, Metallica, Linkin Park, No Doubt, The Deftones, John Legend 5/8-5/9, 5/15-5/16, $298-$498. Rockinrio.com. Stratosphere David Perrico and Pop Evolution First & third Tue, 10:30 pm, $20. 800-998-6937. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-893-8933. Venetian The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Godesses ft. Las Vegas Philharmonic 6/10, 8 pm, $66-$176. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-287-5922. Vinyl Alice: A Steampunk Concert Fantasy 3/18, 4/1, 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 11 pm, $10+. 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, 702-693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

D OW N TOW N Artifice Vegas Blues Dance Tue, 7 pm, free. Thursday Request Live Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Big Sandy, The Delta Bombers, Yosemite Slam 3/6, 8 pm, $10-$15. Alex & His Meal Ticket, Liam Kyle Cahill, Water Landing, Ossum Possum 3/7, 8 pm, $5. 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 A Place To Bury Strangers 3/12, 9 pm, $8-$10. Miami Flavor 3/21, 9 pm. Reverend Petyon’s Big Damn Band 3/29, $10-$15, 9 pm. Black Milk 4/3, 9 pm, $12. Sapient 4/6. Prawn, Frameworks 4/2. Candy Warpop, Fever Red 4/12, 9 pm, free. The Cribs, Warblood, Close to Modern 4/14, 9 pm, $10. Sic Waiting, TheCore, Mercy Music, Fredward 4/18, 9 pm, free. Chicano Batman 4/24, 9 pm, $8. Inter

CALENDAR Arma, Yautja 4/29, 9 pm. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. The Bunkhouse 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. Gap Dream, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Blood Sister, Vision, Levitation Room, Max Pain and the Groovies 3/14, 7 pm, $10. Single Mothers, The Dirty Nil, Mercy Music, The People’s Whiskey, Eliza Battle 3/15, 9:30 pm, $10. The Cure Tribute Night 3/20, 8 pm, $5-$8. Hamell on Trial 3/27, 10 pm, $10. Hawthorne Heights, Courage My Love, Mark Rose, Shane Henderson, Dayseeker 3/28, 9 pm, $12-$15. Panda Bear 4/10, 9 pm, $20. Dengue Fever 4/11, 9 pm, $10-$12. Psychostick 4/19, 8 pm, $10-$12. Vegas on the Mic Second Tue of the month, 8 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown. com. Downtown Grand Reckless in Vegas 3/27, 9 pm, free. 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Fremont Country Club Raw Las Vegas: Grandeur 3/5, 7 pm, $20. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Cheap Trick 3/7, 9 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Don Williams 3/6, 8 pm, $61-$109. 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. Hard Hat Lounge Sindicate anniversary party 3/6, 9 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. LVCS B Dolan, Perl & Plague, N.O.V.N. 3/10, 9 pm, $8-$10. Maoli, One A Chord, Jr. Rupley 3/13, 8 pm, $15-$20. Doro, Cyanide, Leona X, Fever Red 3/17, 8 pm, $12-$15. Kool Ketih, J Coop, C Slack, Chase, Gh057, Tommy B 3/20, 9 pm, $8-$10. Burn Unit 3/21, 9 pm, free. Allegaeon 3/23, 8 pm, $8-$10. Dirtbag Dan, Charlie Madness, Snap Murphy 3/28, 9 pm, $8-$10. Nekromantix, The Legendary Boiler Makers, The Tiki Bandits, Dead at Midnite, Franks & Deans 4/3, 8 pm, $15-$18. Death By Stereo 4/4, 8 pm, $10-$13. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mickie Finnz The Leeroy Jenkins Incident 3/5, 3/12, 9 pm. 3/6-3/7, 10 pm. Kold Front 3/8, 9 pm. JV Allstars 3/9-3/10, 3/16, 3/18, 9 pm. Darby Trio 3/11, 9 pm. Vagrant Nation 3/14, 9 pm; 3/15, 10 pm. Safety Orange 3/17, 9 pm. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702382-4204. Mob Bar The Jeremy Cornwell Project Thu, 8 pm. Shaun DeGraff Band Fri, 8 pm. Dueling Pianos Sat, 8 pm. Yvonne Silva Sun, 6 pm. All shows free. 201 N. 3rd St., 702-259-9700. The Smith Center 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 Billy Ocean 3/7, 8 pm, $30. Peace Frog 3/13-3/14, 8 pm, $10. Mopars at The Strip: Phoenix 3/27, 6 pm, free. Mopars at The Strip: Queensryche 3/28, 7:30 pm, $25. Patrick Puffer Wed-Thu, 3/4-3/14, 8 pm. Patrick Puffer/Glenn Nowak Fri-Sat, 3/4-3/14, 7 pm, free. Shaun South Wed-Thu, 3/18-3/29, 8 pm. Shaun South/Glenn Nowak Fri-Sat, 3/18-3/29, 7 pm. DND Project, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free, Tue-Thu, Sun, 8 pm. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-507-5700. Eagle Aerie Hall 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 Marty Feick 3/6, 3/13. Dean Kelly 3/7. Scott Starr 3/14, 3/20. Nick Mattera 3/21. Patrick Genovese 3/27. Stefnrock 3/28. All shows at 8 p.m., free. 2920 N. Green Valley Pkwy., 702-272-0000. 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. Shows free with drink purchase. M Resort, 800-745-3000. Rampart Casino (Grand Ballroom) (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6 pm. All shows free unless noted. (J.C.’s Irish Sports Pub) All shows free unless noted. (Round Bar) All shows free unless noted. JW Marriott. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Frankie Moreno 3/7, 4/11, 7 pm, $19-$39. 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. Vegas Goodfellas 3/11, 6:30 pm. Best of the Crooners 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 Bill Medley, McKenna Medley 3/6-3/8, 7:30 pm, $45+. The Lettermen 3/203/22, 7:30 pm, $25+. Crystal Gayle 4/24-4/26. Kingston Trio 5/1-5/3, 7:30pm. Winter Dance Party 5/8-5/10, 7:30 pm. Deana Martin and Big Band Swing 5/29-5/31, 7:30 pm. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-797-8005. Suncoast Four Freshman 4/4-4/5, 7:30 pm, $16+. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Barry Black Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat, 7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Chrome Showroom) Shows free unless noted. 1301 W. Sunset Rd., 702-547-7777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels FriSat, 7 pm. (South Padre) Crossfire Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-631-1000.

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COMEDY Louie Anderson Wed-Sat, 7 pm, $60$102. Plaza, 702-386-2110. Roseanne Barr 4/11, 9:30 pm; 6/6, 7:30 pm, $50-$118. Venetian, 866-6417469. Bill Bellamy 3/6-3/7, 7:30 pm, $16+. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Dr., 702-6367075. Big Al’s Comedy Club Wed-Sun, 8 pm, $20. Gold Coast, 702-251-3574. Bonkerz Comedy Club Downtown Grand Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm, free (with two-drink purchase). 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Bonkerz Comedy Club JW Marriott Shows 7 pm, $15. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-386-7867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens Fri-Sat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club All shows at 8 pm, $65-$87. MGM Grand, 891-7777. Wayne Brady 4/17, 10 pm, $40+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Jim Breuer 4/13-4/14, 7:30 pm, $35. South Point, southpointcasino.com. Hannibal Buress 4/4, 8 pm, $40-$54. House of Blues, houseofblues.com. Bill Burr 6/26-6/27, 10 pm, $70+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Caroline Rhea, Elayne Boosler 3/28, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 866641-7469. Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50-$60. Luxor, 702-262-4900. Dana Carvey 3/13-3/4, 8 pm, $55+. Orleans Arena, 702-284-7777.

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Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39-$50. Quad, 888-777-7664. Andrew Dice Clay 3/12, 3/14-3/15, 3/20-3/22, 3/26-3/28, 4/9, 4/11-4/12, 4/16, 4/18-4/19, 4/23, 4/25-4/26. All shows at 9 p.m., $59+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Comedy After Dark Wed-Sun, 10 pm, $40-$60. LVH, 702-732-5755. Whitney Cummings 3/13-3/14, 5/225/23, 9:30 pm, $74-$118. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72. Planet Hollywood, 702531-4320. Bill Engvall 3/6, 9 pm, $60+. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Fortune Feimster, Cameron Esposito 4/25, 8 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 866641-7469. Craig Ferguson 3/13, 8 pm, $25+. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Garfunkel & Oates 3/21, 9:30 pm, $40$96. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. Kathy Griffin 4/3, /18, 10 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Kevin Hart 5/24, 8 pm, $49-$129. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702632-7777. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston Blvd., 702-776-6417. The Improv Bob Zany, Nika Williams, Rick Ingraham Thru 3/8. Michael Colyar, Jim McCue, Shayma Tash 3/10-3/15. Henry Phillips, Joel Lindley, Sandro Iocolano 3/17-3/22. Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702369-5000. Gabriel Iglesias 4/3-4/4, 5/23-5/24, 10 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Eddie Izzard 6/12-6/13, 8 pm, $53+. Pearl, 702-942-7777. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. Jo Koy 3/20, 9 pm, $55+. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39-$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. Lisa Lampanelli 4/4, 8 pm; 6/13, 9:30 pm, $50-$119. Venetian, 866-6417469. The Laugh Factory Shows at 8:30 & 10:30 pm. $29-$45. Tropicana, 702739-2222. Laughternoon Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. The D, 702-388-2111. Jay Leno 5/15, 6/13, 7/4, 9/18, 11/20-11/21, 10 pm; 9/19, 9 pm, $60-$80. Mirage, 702-792-7777. George Lopez 3/13-3/14, 10 pm, $60$80. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Loni Love 2/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$97. Venetian, 866-641-7469. M Resort Comedy Night Fri, 9 pm, free with drink purchase. M Resort, 702-797-1000. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show Tue-Sat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. Harrah’s, 702369-5000. Kathleen Madigan 6/12, 10 pm, $30+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Bill Maher 3/21-3/22, 8 pm, $43-$93. Pearl, 702-942-7777. John Mulaney 3/6, 10 pm, $54-$65. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Ray Romano & David Spade 4/10-4/11, 10 pm, $80+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Red Skelton Tribute Sat-Tue, 2 pm; $35-$40. Westin Las Vegas, 160 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-245-2393. Riviera Comedy Club Jeff Wayne Mon-Sun starting 3/9, 8:30 pm, $30. 40 is Not the New 20 Mon-Sat, 10

pm, $40. Riviera, 855-468-6748. Rita Rudner 3/11, 7:30 pm, $60-$100. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Rd., 702-796-6000. Amy Schumer 4/24, 8 pm, $45. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. S.E.T. Improv Comedy Mon, 8 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Side Splitting Sundays Sun, 10 pm, free. Boomers, 3200 Sirius Ave., 702368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-7776. Daniel Tosh 3/27, 10 pm; 3/28, 7:30 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Undateable 3/20, 7 pm, $39-$44-$53. House of Blues, houseofblues.com. Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops 3/4, 7:30 pm, $80-$119. Mirage, 702-792-7777.

PERFORMING ARTS 50 Shades! The Parody Tue, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm, Wed-Sun, 7:30 pm, $69+. Bally’s, 50shadesvegas.com, 702777-2782. The Addams Family Thru 3/7, FriSat, Mon, 7 pm; Sun, 1 pm, $15. Summerlin Library Theatre, 1771 Inner Circle Dr., broadwayboundlv. com, 702-838-5131. The Breasts of Tiresias 5/16, 5/225/23, 7 pm; 5/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. Broadway in the Hood: Once on This Island 3/13-3/15, 6:30 pm; 3/142/15, 2:30 pm, $21. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Clark County Fair & Rodeo 4/8-4/12, 4 pm. Clark County Fairgrounds, 1301 West Whipple Ave., Logandale, ccfair.com. Corks & Kegs 3/21, 5 pm, $45-$55. Silverton Casino, silvertoncasino. com. Girls Night: The Musical 3/26-3/28, 7 pm, 3/28-3/29, 2 pm, $35. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. 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. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops IV: Symphonic Spectacular 3/28, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702749-2000. 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, 702749-2000. London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas 3/30, 7:30 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Marvel Universe Live 4/23-4/26, times vary, $20+. Thomas & Mack, marveluniverselive.com. Momix Alchemia 3/10, 7:30 pm, $19+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Newsies 3/17-3/22, 7:30 pm, 3/21-3/22, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Once On This Island 3/13-3/15, times

vary, $21. Smith Center, 702-7492000. Stage Kiss 3/5, 3/7, 3/12-3/14, 8 pm; 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 2 pm, $20. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. First St., #110, cockroachtheatre.com.

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. 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. Barks and Brews 3/17, 6 p.m. Bunkhouse, bunkhousedowntown. com. Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation: An Evening of Hope 3/6, 6 pm, $150. World Market Center, 495 S. Grand Central Pkwy., candlelightersnv.org. Dowtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Scullery, 150 Las Vegas Blvd., 702910-2396. 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 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. Pirate Fest 4/10-4/12, times vary, $8-$30. Lorenzi Park, 3343 W Washington Ave., piratefestlv.com. Raw Grandeur 3/5, $15-$20. Fremont Country Club, 601 Fremont St, rawartists.org. Run Away with Cirque du Soleil 3/28, 7 am, $27-$37. Springs Preserve, springspreserve.org. Southern Nevada Sons and Daughters of Erin St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival 3/14, 10 am, free. Henderson EVents Plaza, 200 Water St., hendersonlive.com. Stellar Gospel Music Awards 3/273/28, 7 pm, $50-$200. Orleans Arena, 702-284-7777. St. Baldricks Fundraiser 3/7, 11 am. Vinyl, stbaldricks.org. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Pkwy, 702-733-9800. Taste of Home Cooking School 3/10, 6 pm, $15-$40. Silverton, tasteofhome. com. Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Car show, burlesque, fashion show, bowling & music by Dion, The Sonics, The Chop Tops and more. 4/2-4/5, times vary, $30-$140. Orleans, vivalasvegas.net. Wizard World Las Vegas Comic Con 4/24-4/26, times vary, $35-$75. Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd., wizardworld.com.

SPORTS Arenacross Championships 5/1, 8 pm, $40. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Arenacross 5/3, 8 am, $20. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series 3/7, 8:30 am, $30-$69. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 North

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Las Vegas Boulevard, lvms.com. Championship Bull Riding 3/7, 8 pm, $20-$60. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Jay Cutler Desert Classic 4/4, times vary, $30-$78. The Pearl, ticketmaster. com. Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Gary Russell Jr. 3/28, 6 pm, $25-$200. Pearl, ticketmaster.com. Kobalt 400 Nascar Spring Cup Series 3/8, noon, $49-$110. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 North Las Vegas Boulevard, lvms.com. Las Vegas Outlaws vs. San Hose Saber Cats 3/30, 7:30 pm, $18-$198. Thomas & Mack, AFLoutlaws.com. Stratosphere Pole Day 3/6, noon, $25. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 North Las Vegas Boulevard, lvms. com. UNLV Men’s Basketball Thomas & Mack, 702-739-3267. UNLV Women’s Basketball vs. San Jose State 3/6, 5 pm. All games 5 p.m. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267. FEI World Cup 4/15-4/19, times vary, $30-$1,500. Thomas & Mack, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtckets.com. Wacky World of Sports 5/2, 8 am, $100 per team. Sunset Park, clarkcountynv.gov. Western Athletic Conference Championships 3/11-3/14, $37-$247. Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., orleansarena.com.

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

ART EXHIBITS Inspire 512 Fremont St., 702-477-2525. Mob Bar 201 N. Third St., 702-2599700. Oak & Ivy Container Park, oakandivy.com. Vanguard Lounge 516 Fremont St., 702-868-7800. Velveteen Rabbit The Get Back: Funky Soul Dance Party. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.

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

MAIN STREET Clay Arts Vegas Fabulous Figures ft. various artists. 1511 S. Main St., 702375-4147.

SHOPPING Amberjoy’s Vintage Closet 1225 Main St., 702-825-2020. American Vagabond Container Park, 702-816-8200. Art Box Container Park, Ste. 230, 702-789-7115. Beloved Relics 1800 Industrial Rd., Ste. 200 C. Buffalo Exchange 1209 S. Main St., 702-791-3960. Coterie 515 E. Fremont St., 702-3502939. Gaia 4 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-9970222. Jessica Galindo Couture & Fine Art Container Park, Ste. 2080, 702-538-0632. Not Just Antiques 1422 Western Ave., 702-384-4922. One Man’s Trash 2960 Westwood Dr., Ste. 22, 702-778-7988. Patina Decor 1300 S. Main St., 702-776-6222. Retro Vegas 1131 S. Main St., 702384-2700. Widow Den Boutique The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd, Ste 120A.

THE ARTS FACTORY 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 383-3133. Galleries include: 17 Moons Art Studio Ste. 240., 702-245-7725. 303 North Studio Ste. 115. A. Stein Visual Arts Ste. 220. Blue Sky Yoga Ste. 145, 702-592-1396. Eden Pastor Gallery Ste. 215. Happy Panda Toys Ste. 120B 702-516-3432. HellPop! Ste. 105B. Hillary Salon Ste. 250, 702-525-1053. Hiptazmic Studio Ste. 105C., 702-516-9563. Jana’s RedRoom Ste. 160, 702-4543709. Joseph Watson Collection Ste. 115. 858-733-2135. Obgarts Creative Main lobby. PeaceNArt Studio Ste. 230. R Space Studio Ste. 125. Sin City Gallery Ste. 100, 702-9529656. Studio West Photography Ste. 250, 702-383-3133.

NEARBY Blackbird Studios 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Gainsburg Studio 1533 W. Oakey Blvd., 702-249-3200. Globe Salon 900 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-938-4247.

DOWNTOWN SPACES 1800 Industrial Rd. Galleries include: Skin City Body Painting Ft. live bodypaint demo and exhibit by Niclucan Phillip. 702-431-7546. SolSis Gallery No Pop, No Style by Joseph Scream Guadamuz. Ste. 130 H, 702-557-2225. Spectral Gallery Ste. 104 D. Urizen Gallery Ste. 206 B. Ortego’s Juniper Gallery Ste. 206 A. Wasteland Gallery Composition: Faces of the Las Vegas Music Community by Jska Priebe. 702475-9161.

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In Composition at Wasteland Gallery, artist Jska Priebe takes the digital immediacy out of an image-based industry (within an image-based society) by painting oil portraits of Las Vegas band members, each sitting for three-hour periods or more in her Spectral Gallery. The portraits of the 35 musicians—members of Candy Warpop, Illicitor and Mercy Music and more than 20 other bands—including those who have recorded at the neighboring Naked City Audio. ¶ Though more painter and illustrator of dark surrealist fantasy, Priebe (who co-owns Spectral) uses traditional figurative style to merge the art and music scenes, a common fusion at Downtown Spaces, home to a variety of creative types. “I like the immediacy and the challenge,” Priebe says of the works created during January and February. “Musicians kind of have an image already and are comCOMPOSITION Through March; fortable presenting themselves.” ¶ Performing live at the First Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday opening will be Shayna Rain and the Part Time Models, Sal First Friday & Preview Thursday, Giordano of No Red Alice and The Core, Bob Oh of Illicitor and 4-10 p.m. Wasteland Gallery, 1800 Brian Gibson of Wax Pig Melting. –Kristen Peterson Industrial Road, 702-475-9161.

Hidden Hippies Ste. 180. Our Las Vegas Ste. 222 Rhizome Gallery Ste. 162, 702-9077526. Satellite Contemporary 973-9643050. Stone Fox Salon Ste. 207, 702-7794542. Sommersault Letterpress Ste. 188. Tag, You’re It Ste. 166.

702-433-4433. Freddie Ramon Ste. 170. Las Vegas Camera Club Ste. 185 Modern Studios Ltd. Ste. 195. Nevada Humanities Ste. 190. Ryan Williams Fine Art Gallery Ste. 135, 321-258-9032. Josephine Skaught Salon Ste. 165, 702-431-8071. Unhinged Ste. 155.

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520 Fremont St., 686-3164. Galleries include: 6 Gallery Ste. 156 Burlesque Hall of Fame Ste. 120. Envisage Imagination Factory Ste. 209

1017-1025 First St., 702-481-7972. Galleries include: Art Square Theatre Stage Kiss presented by Cockroach Theatre. Ste. 110. Brett Wesley Gallery Ste. 150,

Artifice 1025 S. First St. Atomic Liquors 917 Fremont St., 702-982-3000. Beauty Bar 517 Fremont St., 702598-1965.

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

Dino’s Lounge 1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-382-3894. Don’t Tell Mama 517 Fremont St., 702-207-0788. Downtown Cocktail Room 111 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-880-3696. Frankie’s Tiki Room 1712 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-385-3110. The Griffin 511 Fremont St., 702382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. Hogs & Heifers 201 N. Third St., 702-676-1457. Hop Nuts Brewing 1120 S. Main St., Ste. 150, 702-816-5371. Insert Coin(s) 512 Fremont St., 702477-2525.

RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS Bar+Bistro Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 155, 702202-6060. The Beat Coffeehouse Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Big Ern’s BBQ Container Park, 702834-7845. Bin 702 Container Park, 702-8262702. Bocho Sushi 124 S. 6th St., 702-7500707. Carson Kitchen 124 S. 6th St., 702473-9523. Casa Don Juan 1204 S. Main St., 702-384-8070. Cheffini’s Hot Dogs Container Park, Ste. 1050, 702-527-7599. La Comida 100 Sixth St., 702-4639900. Le Thai 523 Fremont St., 702-778-0888. Lola’s: A Louisiana Kitchen 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 101, 270227-5652. Mingo Kitchen and Lounge Art Square, 1017 First St., Ste. 180., 702-685-0328. The Perch Container Park, 702854-1418. Pinches Tacos Container Park, Ste. 5, 702-910-3100. Pizza Rock 201 N. Third St., 702385-0838. Radio City Pizza 508 E. Fremont St., 702-982-5055. Triple George Grill 201 N. 3rd St., 702-384-2761.

FIRST FRIDAY INFO All activities run from 5-11 p.m. There is no charge for this month’s First Friday. A KidZone, street artists, live painters, food trucks and bands will be set up throughout the festival footprint. Attendees can access the themed ArtWalk on Casino Center Boulevard from Colorado Avenue to Charleston. First Friday Poetry is held at Colorado Avenue between Third St. and Casino Center. Paid parking is available at the Ambassador (Llama) Lot on Fremont Street and at Symphony Park, with shuttle service from Promenade Place and Clark. Shuttle service also stops at El Cortez, Container Park, and the Arts District Hub (Colorado and Main). For more information visit firstfridaylasvegas.com.

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THE BACKSTORY

MECUM AUCTION | JIM ROGERS’ CLASSIC CAR MUSEUM | FEBRUARY 27, 2015 | 6:27 P.M. As a car fan I was pleased to document all the classics lined up and ready for the auction block at Rogers’ Classic Car Museum. There’s a beauty in the older models one may not see in newer cars, often more form than function, with interesting lines and color. I covered the entire property, and it seemed that every available space was utilized, including a line of cars stretching along the back wall. The most challenging aspect was working the angles enough to capture the enormity of the event and the volume of the collection. –L.E. Baskow

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