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Contents 7 mail Waxing nostalgic about

42 noise Does Madonna still

Pearl Jam and defending Nic Cage.

have it? Does Talib Kweli?

8 as we see it Saying goodbye

43 the strip What’s up with

to Hiphopsite. Artists brighten up Child Haven. The 51s ... pamper us!

Puppetry of the Penis. (Wink!)

12 weekly Q&A Warrior for culture Emmanuel Ortega.

14 Feature | downtown

44 comedy John Mulaney writes the funny. But can he perform it?

46 fine art A Cirque aerial-silk artist takes to the lens.

spaces—dissected Artful taxidermy to playful burlesque, creativity is king at this complex.

49 Scene Wild times at the Italian

19 Feature | when the

50 food Legit cheesecake at Off

rebels ruled LJ. Plastic Man. Anthony. Hunt. Tark the Shark.

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MUSICAL MEMORIES Sonic Flashback recalled Pearl Jam’s first-ever Vegas show at the Aladdin in 1993.

I always feel like Las Vegas was still Sinatra-style Vegas up until the day I moved here in 1998. This is weird. –David Rosen No mention of the second night’s Green River songs leaves this article lacking any real depth.

–Darrus Chaffee I went to both nights. The stage rushers turned my nosebleed seats into front row. –Luke Freteluco [Pearl Jam’s] 10th anniversary show at MGM is still the best show I’ve been to. –Jace Radke

CULTURE UNCOVERED Hoping to grow, the Nevada State Museum fights for attention at its Las Vegas Springs Preserve location.

We go to the Springs Preserve a couple times a month. My grandson who is almost 5 always insists that we go see the mammoth at the Nevada State Museum. We love all the displays there.

–Mary Skibicki The museum is great! It’s the best in the state of Nevada.

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WAITING FOR THE MAN

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Max Plenke isn’t the only local on the hunt for the one and only Nic Cage.

He’s a human unicorn. You can’t force this. Leave him alone or he’ll flee Vegas as well. Don’t ruin this for the rest of us. You don’t find Nic Cage; Nic Cage finds you.

–Amy Ortiz

Let’s all make sure we give our celebrity residents a little space.

We don’t want to be like TMZ in Vegas. Although if I saw Brandon Flowers around town—I’m not gonna lie—I’d politely thank him and mention what a fan I am.

–Cliff Flaro He’s always at my sushi spot in Summerlin. –Ruby Romero I think whoever finds him first and takes a pic with him and the location should get a prize.

–Maria Matakovich I’ve met him several times. He buys his snakes’ food at several exotic pet stores in Vegas. He’s such a sweetheart! –Kelly Alvarenga I wish I was his hummingbird.

–Sandra Bird I had the honor to meet Mr. Cage once along with his wife and kid.

They were clothes shopping for a red carpet event over two years ago. I got to shake his hand and small talk with Nic. He was a true gentlemen and his wife was nothing but super-sweet and very nice!

Nicolas Cage is so smooth in person and transmits a “cool vibe.”

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POWER DOWN Josh Bell found the new sci-fi flick Chappie to be a failure at both social commentary and basic storytelling.

Note to [director Neill] Blomkamp: M. Night Shyamalan is not a good role model. –Chas Johnson Really disappointing. I had high hopes for this director. I’ll see it anyway. Maybe he’ll get another bite at the apple. –JohnSmith38

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AsWeSeeIt OPINION + POLITICS + HUMOR + STYLE

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After 19 years, the pioneering hiphopsite.com calls it a day BY MIKE PREVATT ∑ In the early days of hiphopsite.com, webmaster and co-owner Mike Pizzo wanted to stock his online store with copies of The Slim Shady EP from buzzing but unsigned phenomenon Eminem.

Copies were scarce, so—knowing the Detroit rapper was in town for a MAGIC show—Pizzo sought out Eminem at his Motel 6 room and bought copies from him directly. Which eventually led to Pizzo becoming webmaster of Eminem’s site and selling the performer’s merchandise through his online store.

That’s one of a few brag-sheet highlights for the 19-year-old Hiphopsite, which Pizzo (who freelanced for me at a former publication) ceased updating last week so he could concentrate on his managing-editor duties at new music journalism site Cuepoint.

Back in 1996, Pizzo and local DJ Warren Peace—along with web designer friend Adam Rogas—launched Hiphopsite at a time when the Internet was considered too geeky for rap. But the trio changed that impression pretty quickly as it made the site one of the first— and most prominent—online hip-hop HQs. “I don’t want to sound like I’m tooting my own horn here, but Hiphopsite was really the archetype for a modern-day rap website,” Pizzo says. “It was the first place people were reading hip-hop news and getting the music early because we were radio DJs and we had access to the music early.”

The site obtained and posted an early copy of The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Hypnotize” and saw its web traffic surge— as it did when publishing exclusive, inside information on a NYC rap feud between Canibus and LL Cool J. “There was no competition, no blogs to copy you, no one to steal your website design. It was a unique situation,” Pizzo says.

In 1997, Hiphopsite birthed an online retail component; it was such a success three years later that a brick-and-mortar version on Maryland Parkway opened (as did a short-lived one in Seattle in 2001), focusing on independent hip-hop, which broke through right around the time Hiphopsite did. Artists like Pharrell, Talib Kweli, Atmosphere and Redman performed numerous in-stores there, and DJs bought their hip-hop vinyl there—until laptops became the new music crate.

The physical store closed in 2007, and shortly after that Peace bowed out and let Pizzo take over the site. Hiphopsite continued until Pizzo’s former Wynn nightlife colleague Jonathan Shecter— whose Source magazine influenced Hiphopsite—brought him on for Cuepoint. “I was like, I need to close Hiphopsite now,” Pizzo says. “I can’t turn my attention away from what I’m doing with Cuepoint. I felt it was so much more important and so biggerscale.”

Hiphopsite will remain online so that its legacy is preserved.

“Although I wasn’t around for the latter years of HipHopsite, I’m very proud of what Mike and I accomplished,” Peace says. “Not that many people can say they fueled a movement.”

FORGET PEANUTS Fantasizing about sweet partnerships that would pamper fans of the 51s

∑ On March 14, the Chicago Cubs will take on the Oakland A’s for Big League Weekend at Cashman Field. And the crowd will take on the UV rays with complimentary sunscreen! We have the Las Vegas 51s to thank, as they’ve teamed with Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada to raise awareness and lower skin damage. And we can’t help wondering about other partnerships the 51s might forge to spoil their devoted spectators.

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∑ Coaster Pedicab California and Texas already have the rickshaw-ish bike service, and we’re envisioning a setup where you step from your car directly into a cab that takes you to the stadium stairs. Conserve energy for heckling pitchers.

∑ Kazoobie Kazoos Soccer can keep the vuvuzela. It’s time for baseball fans to toot kazoos at tense moments. But why limit ourselves to the standard instrument when there’s a KaZobo with dual resonators and a 10-inch horn?!

∑ Miller Park It might seem strange to hit up the home of the Milwaukee Brewers to amp up our Cashman snackage, until you see the pork parfait. There’s a reason it has its own Twitter feed of worshippers—gravy layers.

–Erin Ryan

AS WE SEE IT…

> BACK IN SPIRIT Former local Dave Hickey’s words will spark discussion at the Writer’s Block.

ARTFUL PROTECTION County program to add some flair to Child Haven facility

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THE CAC HITS THE BOOKS Dave Hickey’s collection kicks off a new art-ed adventure BY KRISTEN PETERSON stories (including those on being an art critic) After a near dismantling last spring, a with essays on artists, Ghanaian movie postreforming of its board and a little bit of soul CAC BOOK ers and whorehouse photography, Pirates is a searching, the Contemporary Arts Center of CLUB March hilarious read on taste.

Las Vegas has been making baby steps back 14, 2 p.m. The For the CAC, the book club follows last into the arts scene through film screenings, Writer’s Block, a pop-up exhibit and now a book club that 1020 Fremont St., year’s screenings of PBS’ Art21 documentaries at the Scullery and a screening of The Space launches at Downtown’s Writer’s Block with 702-550-6399.

Between followed by a Q&A with the filmmaka book by one of the city’s most notable forers and the founder of the Kenyan hospice mer residents. featured in the documentary. More recently, it partnered On March 14, the nonprofit organization will lead a with the Barrick Museum to present Levitated Mass. Its discussion of Dave Hickey’s Pirates and Farmers, a col26th annual juried show opens in April at Alios. lection of magazine essays written by the art and culture So why the book club? “The CAC is focused on precritic, including two published in Las Vegas Weekly. senting multiple opportunities for people to be educated Published by Ridinghouse in October shortly after about art. Some people are visual learners. Others enjoy Hickey (now residing in New Mexico) made headlines reading. We wanted to appeal to the broadest audience,” by saying he was retiring, the book includes what Hickey says Melissa Petersen, CAC board president. “Dave referred to as “fugitive essays,” including pieces that had Hickey is an interesting voice in contemporary art and been published in Art in America as columns that Hickey has a hometown connection.” restored to “their original crankiness.” Mixing personal

A NEW DISCOVERY TURNS 2 Most admired the building, but few loved the location when the Discovery Children’s Museum was on Las Vegas Boulevard in the city’s Cultural Corridor. For some families,

Shortly after the Clark County Public Art Program was created, one of its first potential funding projects to tackle was at Child Haven, the county’s emergency shelter protecting abused, abandoned and neglected children. When it comes to advocating art in the community as a way to enhance lives, this was an easy choice: While the cottages at Child Haven provide temporary housing in a fairly quaint environment, the intake area where kids first arrive is bland and unwelcoming, particularly for a scared child.

“They’re coming to Child Haven under intense circumstances,” says Michael Ogilvie, the county’s public art cultural specialist. “They’ve been physically and emotionally abused or have been abandoned. After they’re checked in, they go down this long corridor, and it couldn’t look more institutional.”

Next week three artists (selected from 33 applicants) will present proposals for the $65,000 art renovation project set to begin this year. The finalists are Rachel Mosley, Robert Beckmann and Sush Machida, two of whom have murals in Southern Nevada—Beckmann in downtown Henderson and in local casinos and Machida on the Emergency Arts building in Downtown Las Vegas. Mosley is a figurative realist painter.

Ogilvie says this is the first large project the county is taking on using funds from the new arts program.

Funds have already been directed to smaller projects, including the Zap! project, which commissioned artists to paint utility boxes. Next up is the Siegfried and Roy Park.

–Kristen Peterson

the overlap with Downtown’s homeless corridor made it a less desirable destination. Fast-forward two years. Now located at Symphony Park, Discovery has become the kids’ destination Las Vegas deserved, the kind of fun (and educational) family attraction some say doesn’t exist here.

¶ Though success seemed to arrive overnight, it’s been in the works for some time. The museum opened 25 years ago but spent much of that time as an underfunded nonprofit kept afloat by elementary school field trips. Those challenges were overcome by focusing on finances and fundraising, and a $32 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation that paid for its brand-new, three-story home next door to the Smith Center. The ever-generous Reynolds Foundation also sponsors public radio and community centers locally. ¶ In its first year there, the children’s museum surpassed its own expectations with 360,000 visitors. As it marked two years this month, new CEO Tifferney White took the helm as an educator who helped design the new programming and interactive exhibits that kids seem to love so much. With a new leader and the attention it deserves, we can’t wait to see what happens in year three. –Kristy Totten

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AS WE SEE IT… For a city as young as Las Vegas, it’s amazing how little we really know. The big things about the big people are well documented to be sure, but in their historical wake are countless minor actors, buried tales and odd mysteries.

As a journalist, I love solving these curiosities. I’ve written columns and published podcast interviews exploring the lesser-known backstories of odd bits of architecture, long-gone restaurants and otherwise anonymous players who quietly made Vegas what it is while Hughes, Kerkorian and Wynn took the glory.

All of this is why I’ve decided to ask for your help. Over the years, I’ve accumulated a set of Las Vegas mysteries that I’ve simply been unable to resolve. As you’ll see, I’ve tried all my normal journalistic keys only to come up short in my quest to liberate the truth from behind the wall of time.

Perhaps these three questions are unanswerable. But we’ll never know if I never ask.

Mystery 1: The Savoy and Bob Maheu. One Saturday six years ago, I attended the estate sale at the home of Bob Maheu, the recently deceased, longtime public face of Howard Hughes, as well as a man with ties to the FBI, CIA and an attempted assassination on Fidel Castro. I was hunting for cool Old Vegas memorabilia, which I found in the form of a signed Noël Coward at Las Vegas vinyl record and a Howard Hughes Invitational golf ball hiding in Maheu’s golf bag.

Yet it was deep in the back of a utility pantry next to the washing machine that I struck real gold: a small, unmarked cardboard box containing 40 matchbooks from the Savoy Motel “on the Strip!” as each boasted.

Neither I nor any of the Vegas history buffs I knew had ever heard of the Savoy, which stood at a long-gone address of 496 W. Keno Lane “opposite Circus Circus.” An artist’s rendering shows the place as a sprawling three-story structure configured in a stretched-out M, and a tagline promises “gracious accommodations surrounded by five major casinos.”

At first I was just charmed by the discovery. But the Internet offered precious little information about the place or even precisely where it was.

Not only was there no Wiki, I failed to find any photos of the Savoy. Michael Green, the local historian, was able to find one by scouring Flickr for ancient images of Circus Circus’ original Big Top tent, which was great for confirming the place actually once existed.

Yet try as I might, I cannot fig-

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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES From Maheu’s matchbooks to Tropicana tile, the truth is out there BY STEVE FRIESS > STAY CHEESY This is a real ad from a 1976 issue of Sports Illustrated.

Crazy, huh?

ure out why Maheu had this box of matchbooks. There was a time when Hughes went on a Strip buying spree, but there’s no evidence that the Savoy was among his purchases. Maheu’s son, Peter, said he thought maybe his father was friendly with “the lady who owned the place,” but the only owners I’ve found associated with the Savoy were men—Frank Fishman and Ed McSwiggan. Neither seemed to have a logical connection to Maheu or Hughes. The younger Maheu also thought Steve Wynn bought the Savoy to raze and build the Mirage, but Green and I have ascertained that a northern tower of Circus Circus actually occupies that spot.

It remains confounding. I’ve posted on various online Vegas history discussion boards, and nobody has come

forward with a memory of the Savoy or any ties to Maheu. Green theorizes that perhaps he went there for a clandestine meeting, but who takes home 40 matchbooks and then tosses them in the back of a laundry-room closet?

Mystery 2: Trop tile in a house on Ottawa Drive.

When my friend Amy moved into one of those funky Paradise Palms homes along the Las Vegas Golf Course a couple years ago, she was fascinated by the image embedded in the black-and-red tile of her main living room. She did a little sleuthing and figured out that it was the same as renderings of the fabulous

fountains at the Tropicana Hotel that the resort used on stationery, poker chips and elsewhere.

The curious thing is, nobody who ever owned the house on Ottawa Drive has any obvious ties to the Trop. And believe me, we’ve tried to work one out. Amy asked her landlord, but he said it’s been there since he bought the place in 2009. The original owners were Thomas and Luella Logan and they moved there in 1963, six years after the Trop opened. Did either of them work there? Not in any prominent capacity, so far as I can tell.

Perhaps, Green theorized, one of the other four subsequent owners bought the tile at an inventory auction when the Trop was undergoing one of its many renovations, thinking it would add some Vegas chic to an already-funky mid-century abode? Or maybe one of their prominent neighbors—vaunted Vegas architect Harris Sharp, boxer Sonny Liston or actress Debbie Reynolds all lived within a block—offered to hook the owners up at a block party or something?

We’re stumped. Got anything?

Mystery 3: Bicentennial-era LVCVA. This one’s less a mystery than a thirst for knowledge. Last year, I bought a 1976 issue of Sports Illustrated for my University of Michigan-obsessed husband, because it featured the Wolverines on its cover. Imagine my surprise when the inside back cover was a full-color ad paid for by the “Las Vegas Convention/Visitors Authority,” selling the destination as one offering “sophisticated pleasures and glittering elegance” that “isn’t expensive.” The ad features a well-dressed middle-aged couple holding wine goblets.

I’m dying to understand the angle, given that Vegas of the ’70s was one in which the Rat Pack had all but dispersed and fat Elvis in polyester jumpsuits was the hottest ticket around.

Advertising giant R&R Partners didn’t take on the LVCVA contract until the early ’80s, so who was in charge?

Whose idea was this? What other silly slogans besides “Las Vegas: The Head of the Class” did they try?

I’m not the only one bemused by this marketing approach. Green wondered if, given the city’s reputation for cheese and tackiness in that era, the ad-meisters weren’t being a little ironic there. I reached out to today’s LVCVA, but a publicist there who promised she’d get back to me never did. Maybe they don’t know.

If you know something about any of these mysteries, please email sfriess@ umich.edu. If you don’t have a clue but wish to offer a really creative theory, I’m open to being fruitlessly entertained, too. And if you know any oldtimers who might otherwise not come across this publication, by all means, ask them to take a look.

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Weekly Q&A What prompted the formation of a cultural group here? We concluded that

there are a lot of things for Latinos to do in terms of popular culture, but in terms of more intellectual things to do, there’s really not a lot. My main interest is to push local artistic talent. I want to have a space for Mexican and Chicano artists to exhibit because most contemporary art shows that I’ve see in town, there’s really not a lot of diversity.

In addition to baroque art, you’re teaching a course on Mexican art history, which is something I’ve heard artists say they wished they’d had when they were at UNLV. This is why I want

> the curator Ortega wants to show sides of Mexican art that don’t fit into “folk” and “popular” categories.

to stay here. We’re part of the Southwest and, as such, this should be part of the curriculum. This was Mexico. The history of Mexico is in a way our history, but we don’t know anything about it. There are kids who are interested, and there is a need for that. The kids at UNLV who take my class, that might be the only class where they learn about Latin American culture.

Why does the word “folk” often precede Mexican art?

Culture shocks In the visual history of Mexico, Emmanuel Ortega sees dialogue sparking about everything from human brutality to Las Vegas’ identity When Emmanuel Ortega curated an exhibit of 19th- and 20th-century Mexican devotional paintings at the Barrick Museum last year, the personal testaments culled from private collections were a rare treat for Las Vegas audiences. The UNLV art history teacher gave tours in Spanish and English, eager to share the show with as much of the community as possible. ¶ After that he curated a touring collection of 19th-century satirical political cartoons at the Mexican Consulate. And now Ortega has joined forces with others cultivating more events focused on Mexican art, including a juried exhibit this summer that will feature local artists. ¶ As he pursues a doctorate in Ibero-American colonial art history from the University of New Mexico, Ortega’s expertise has already gained him accolades from peers and members of the art community. We talked about his interest in Mexican art history and new projects, including two exhibits he’s curating at Museo de Arte Religioso Ex Convento de Santa Mónica in Puebla, Mexico.

It’s a big problem. It’s a hierarchy that was born in the 19th century and even in art history of Mexico that’s been a problem, because anything that’s not European enough becomes popular art.

It becomes folk art, and that’s what sells because that’s what the tourists want to see. Tourists want to see color. Tourists want to see Frida Kahlo with a monkey on her shoulder. ...

“Popular,” “folk,” all those words I try not to use in the class. I’m interested in the context of things.

Are your students surprised by the breadth of Mexican art? I seduce my stu-

dents for class by making posters for my class with Frida Kahlo. We talk

about Frida Kahlo for like a day. And when I show some of the 18th-century baroque missions people have no idea they exist. I had no idea they existed several years ago.

What are the exhibits you’re curating in Puebla? They

wanted me to choose pieces from the collection and put them in some dialogue together. I chose a series of 18th-century landscape paintings from Puebla. There’s a Flemish tradition, so I’m talking about that. And then I’m going to do a series of martyr paintings. I’ve always been interested in images of violence in the Colonial Period. For my master’s thesis, I did images of the Inquisition in Mexico. But in the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, I found an image of Franciscan martyrs from the 18th century, and I went from there.

What interests you in those representations of violence? By the time I

started graduate school, the violence in my hometown, Juárez, was out of control. Images of violence started to circulate heavily in Juárez. I started seeing the images of beheaded people in newspapers. They became an everyday event, and I wanted to make sense of that. I’d been studying colonial art, so I decided to go to the root of the source.

I ultimately wanted to make the connection between the colonial and the contemporary period, but that’s impossible. It’s two different contexts.

But that’s what started it off because it is part of Mexican visual culture.

Were you ever able to make sense of it? I don’t think

there’s an explanation for human brutality, but you can put things in a context and begin a dialogue, which is the least I can do.

–Kristen Peterson

“Tourists want to see Frida Kahlo with a monkey on her shoulder.”

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Two years ago, former Bunkhouse owner Charlie Fox closed a deal with Downtown Project, selling the beloved music venue and surrounding land for $1.4 million. Following the sale, Fox invested that money into two ventures on Industrial Road, Hard Hat Lounge and Downtown Spaces, both in an area known for its downtrodden warehouses and strip clubs—not art. ¶ “I had no doubts,” Fox says firmly. From the time the former New Yorker moved to Vegas in 1996, he loved the building that became Downtown Spaces—something about the Brutalist, ’60s architecture. But “I never thought I could own it,” he adds. Now, Fox is the proud owner of “a piece of Vegas history,” and the landlord for a number of local artists, musicians and creatives housed inside the at-capacity complex. He’s “the visionary,” says Skin City Body Painting owner Robin Slonina. ¶ “You don’t have a lot of stuff like that in Vegas. Usually that stuff is ripped down,” Fox says. “It seemed if we could repurpose it for artists and creative people, it would be the perfect match.” On the fringes of Downtown in an environment a bit more rugged than what you’d find on Fremont or Main, the evolving collective is a platform for everything from shops specializing in taxidermy and sex toys to a recording studio, countless galleries and soon, Fox confirms, a marijuana dispensary. “It’s really unbelievable,” he says. “This is the naked city, and it’s fantastic.”

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skin city photograph by krystal ramirez

Robin Slonina was just passing through Vegas as a traveling sculpture and mural artist in the early ’00s, but after being “seduced” by Cirque du Soleil performer Jimmy Slonina (now her husband), she not only stayed; she started her business here. After deciding this isn’t the place for mural art (it’s too hot), she tried her hand at something else: body painting. “To see your art stand up and breathe and move around and change expression—it’s really intriguing as an artist to see your art embodied by a living, breathing human,” Slonina says. In 2014, more than 100 freelance artists offered their services at Skin City. And while Halloween is its biggest season, the studio welcomes clients year-round, from desert rats headed to EDC to costume contestants for the Fetish and Fantasy ball to out-of-towners here for conventions, plus commercial work and more. “There are tourists that come to Vegas just to get painted.” skincitybodypainting.com

WASTELAND GALLERY

On the first floor of Downtown Spaces is a nook full of arty, creative treasures. When I wander into Wasteland on a February afternoon, LeslieAnn Farrell’s comically morbid hand-painted dolls hang from the ceiling. There’s art everywhere—shelves containing everything from comics to toy figurines, white walls covered with paintings, drawings and sculptures. The collection of prints and originals represents artists all over the Valley, like some permanent First Friday festival jammed into a 10-by-10 room. “That’s really where the thought came from,” owner Scott Wood says. “If you’re an artist and don’t have a show, your prints are just sitting around [until] First Friday … then [you] wait for the next First Friday. Why not have a place that carries that stuff while everybody’s just sitting on it?” Wasteland is currently home to the works of artists like Su Limbert, Jska Priebe, Dan Fortyfive, Roxy B. Montoya, Spencer Olsen, Scream and more. “Everybody in here is a local artist,” Wood says, though he adds that he’s open to inviting traveling artists in the future. wastelandgallery.com

Locals on the wall

> Sound ‘Compositions’ Sal Giordano of No Red Alice performs on First Friday.

SOLSIS GALLERY Art in technicolor A plume of pungent smoke from freshly lit incense swirls outside the rolled-up garage door. I venture inside to find SolSis Gallery owner Shannon Dorn sitting there with sunglasses on. One look around and it’s clear I’ve stepped into a different dimension—something out of a childhood daydream where art lives painted on walls rather than canvas. Today, the bright, bold images are the works of street artists Scream and Anthony Ortega, but it’s always changing depending on the show, Dorn says. There’s one image that’s permanent—Alexander Sky’s giant, 10-foot-tall purple goddess, sitting naked and cross-legged along the fold of the wall. “She’ll stay forever. I’m in love with her,” Dorn says. A play on the words “soul” and “sol,” (the second half being “sister”), the title is tied to roots from a previous art collective, the Slum Sistas. “It started from an idea with a group of girls,” Dorn says, “so we wanted to keep that feminine aspect.” solsisprod.com > soulful vibes Zabi Naqshband plays to a small crowd among works by Scream.

BELOVED RELICS The not-so-walking dead Paxton Gate and Loved to Death, two of San Francisco’s most popular oddity-style shops, are household names for creepy, crawly and furry macabre. But who wants to travel 12 hours for bejeweled bones and rare animal skulls? When Beloved Relics owner Noel Terracina realized she had a niche to fill in Las Vegas, she turned her background in costume design and tattooing and her love for animals (both dead and undead) into a real-life store. Between the assortment of tiny bat bones and giant cow skulls, dyed rabbit feet, old medical equipment, animal fetuses (aka “wet specimens”) and a supposedly haunted chair from an asylum, there’s an afternoon’s worth of exploring to do. The spot also hosts classes like taxidermy 101, where students can learn how to stuff a dead rodent, or Tea and Entomology, which includes the basics of butterfly pinning. If you want something more permanent, the back of Beloved Relics is Terracina’s personal tattoo shop. belovedrelics.com photographs by krystal ramirez

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Naked City Audio Recording with the Professor John Kiehlbauch, known by pretty much everyone in the music community as Professor Def, is no stranger to the Vegas scene. The recording engineer/promoter behind the heralded, now-defunct collective Macro-Fi launched Naked City in 2013. Reflecting the same sentiment (community defies genre) that Macro-Fi had, the studio brings in local artists from every sound, be it hip-hop and metal or punk and grunge. “I love completing albums,” Kiehlbauch says. “Sometimes they do well, sometimes they don’t. But there’s always the possibility. The guy who recorded [Nirvana’s] Bleach was bored, recorded it fast and was like, ‘These guys suck, I wanna go home.’ And all of a sudden, that’s the one.”

Recently, Kiehlbauch’s been working on Shayna Rain and the Part Time Models’ first full-length, singer Blair Dewane’s debut solo album and Lawn Mower Death Riders’ upcoming release, Deadgrass. “It’s my own personal goal,” he says. “I want that record that means sh*t.” nakedcityaudio.com

> Records that mean sh*t Shayna Rain cuts a track at Naked City.

CRAFT ACTING STUDIO Discovering foundations

> The craftsman Adam Hill’s studio has partnered with Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club.

MORE SPACES

Other endeavors to explore inside the creative complex

> UNCOVERING ART Anthony Ortega paints a mural for ISI Group.

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On a windy Sunday afternoon, I head to the only acting class I’ve ever been to—not because I have any inclination to be an actress, but because I want a glimpse of what acting coach Adam Hill has up his sleeve (the studio is partnered with Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club). Inside the barren room with wooden floors are rows of chairs, a table with bottled water and an assortment of store-brand cookies. A teenager walks in with his mom—he wants to be an actor, she says. Hill invites Ma and son to sit in on the class. Today’s topic, “How to read a script,” is going to be a good one, he assures.

We begin with speech exercises that remind me of middle-school choir, followed by a quick read-through of an untitled script. Before I know it, Hill has captured the attention of his small audience, and for the next hour and a half we’re taken on a transformative journey that allows us to sink our teeth into the text in front of us. Dissection.

Analysis. I leave wanting more—a passion for acting possibly unearthed. Could I be an actor? If you ask Hill, anyone can. craft-acting.com

ISI Group Launched by Phillip Limon and Dana Anderson in 2011, “Industry Supporting Industry” promotes artists through nightlife and other “lowbrow” art events. Comprising tattoo, graffiti and body painting, ISI has painted murals at the Linq and held live-painting events at the Palms, Brooklyn Bowl and other spots throughout the city. The Beauty Bar hosts ISI’s next event, the Off the Wall graffiti disco on March 14.

Toyboxx This sex-positive adult toy store doesn’t have its licensure to sell product just yet, so owner Karoline Khamis is moving forward with workshops and events to educate the community about safe sex until the store gets green-lighted. Toyboxx currently has a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the cost of operations, a blog and more at toyboxxlv.com.

Urizen Gallery A small gallery on the second floor of Downtown Spaces, Urizen combines the talents of partners Kortnie and Benito Colón-Contreras.

The art has a range of inspirations— mythology to philosophy to the elements—and the space is open to the public on First Fridays and during special events.

Square Shooting The commercial photography studio owned and operated by Jennifer Burkart and Ryan Reason was one of the first businesses inside Downtown Spaces in 2013. From magazine editorials to promotional work, the duo has made a household name out of capturing the essence of Las Vegas.

Naked City Audio and craft acting by spencer burton; ISI group by Shannon Dorn AKA Solsis Productions

LAS VEGAS burlesque STUDIO The art of tease “Release your inner starlet!” reads the top of a pink flier on the door of the Las Vegas Burlesque Studio. Owned by dancer (and local celebrity) Cha Cha Velour, the studio offers classes for burlesque rookies and regulars, and women looking to gain confidence and health. “Bump and Grind,” “Flirty Movement,” “Vegas Stiletto Fitness” and “Pin Up and Down Dog” are just a few of the $10 drop-in classes offered by different local star-instructors like Lou Lou Roxy, Darby Fox and Lily Star. Zosa Pistola will even teach you the art of asseling (that’s ass tasseling, if you didn’t know). The studio just started hosting exhibits on First Fridays, and it’s also home to crafting workshops (like making pin-up hair flowers) and sexy, strip-inspired burlesque parties. If you want to learn about the art of tease, this is your classroom. lasvegasburlesqueclasses.com

SPECTRAL GALLERY Ghoul power If you’re into sci-fi or fantasy, you probably know the artwork of Jska (pronounced Jessica) Priebe. Split between Priebe and co-owners Mike and Dasha Biggs, Spectral is a small, quiet room with intense energy and original art covering nearly every bit of wall space. On Priebe’s side, portraits of Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in Alien and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones grace the walls, recalling childhood fantasies and the most memorable characters of television drama. “Everyone is so cool and positive and willing to collaborate,” Priebe says about Downtown Spaces. “We geared this space toward the dark, surrealist, creepy, cute stuff ... and pop culture, too.” On the Biggs’ side is more fantasy-themed art—including Dasha’s whimsically spiritual watercolors and Mike’s traditional tattoo and zombie-themed paintings. A tattoo artist himself, Mike’s work can also be found at Studio 21 Tattoo. spectralartgallery.com > altered state Co-owner Jska Priebe loves all things surreal and supernatural.

On the map

Planning your night around Downtown Spaces?

Check out these nearby hot spots for a perfect crawl

Luv-It

Viva Las Arepas

Hard Hat Lounge

Yeah, gelato spot Art of Flavors just closed—but you can still get your frozen-goodie fix at this Vegas custard classic. 505 E. Oakey Blvd., 702-384-6452.

Before catching an exhibit opening, head here for a Venezuelan arepa, or corncake sandwich. Another must try is the cachapas—like a giant dessert quesadilla.

1616 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-366-9696.

Charlie Fox’s renovated dive-bar right across the street from Downtown Spaces is the no-brainer pick for a close, cheap beer and live music. 1675 S. Industrial Road, 702-384-8987.

spectral gallery by krystal ramirez

Dino’s It’s late. You’re drunk. You need something besides beer to keep this party going. What could fill your craving? Karaoke … and more beer. 1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-382-3894.

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A RUN FOR ALL TIME

It’s been 25 years since UNLV claimed the 1990 national championship, our town’s most enduring athletic achievement

THE BIG BANG

UNLV’s basketball title changed everything, even if we were too young to understand

BY BROCK RADKE

There were six of us, brothers and friends and rivals, and we were at that point of adolescence when we could only be obsessed with something—not just enthralled with it, but truly obsessed. That something was basketball.

For years, or what seemed like years, we woke up at 6 a.m. every Saturday, carpooled to Helen Marie Smith Elementary School and took over its blacktop. We went early to beat as much of the desert heat as we could, and we played until we couldn’t play anymore. Full-court three-on-three, first team to 100. Then, 7-Eleven for Big Gulps or Slurpees or Gatorade, then back home to play video games, usually basketball-themed.

I was the second-youngest of the six, a 13-year-old runt/point guard, but I felt like a king if my team won those Saturday-morning games. Each of us had a favorite NBA team, too, and mine, the over-achieving Detroit Pistons, was right in the middle of back-to-back world championships in the winter-tospring of 1990. So there was that.

But NBA glory was distant. We couldn’t touch it. It was TV and those T-shirts with caricatures of players we thought we loved. It wasn’t ours. We

MEET THE SQUAD

Key faces from UNLV’s championship team

had Saturday mornings, the heat off the pavement, blackened hands and the drinking fountain that was so far away.

That was until March, and then April 2.

Monday night. A 30-point blowout, in the championship game, against Duke.

The Runnin’ Rebels’ championship win was too good to be true. Even as the team—our own team—notched big wins in the West Regional and handled exciting Georgia Tech in the Final Four, we couldn’t believe it could happen. I was too young to understand the significance of this little team from Vegas, a defiant crew led by a true rebel, bringing home a national title and what it would mean for the school and the city. All I saw was celebration, messages on Strip casino marquees and parades and a big party at the Thomas & Mack. Maryland Parkway was closed along the campus when the Rebels won.

Can you imagine something happening that was bigger than Las Vegas? That’s what it was.

For the six of us, it was an immeasurable explosion. We’d gone to UNLV games and even post-practice meetand-greets at the North Gym where we got autographs from Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon and shook hands with Jerry Tarkanian and told him we wanted to play for him in a few years. This was not distant. It was as real as the ball in our hands and our court at HMS. We didn’t have to root for NBA teams in other cities, because we had the Rebels and they were the best. There isn’t anything else that feels like that.

BY ADAM CANDEE

GREG ANTHONY BY UNLV ARCHIVES; ANDERSON HUNT BY BOB GALBRAITH/AP

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The Rebels’ path to immortality, game by glorious game

BY SPENCER PATTERSON

UNLV 102, Arkansas-Little Rock 72 (March 15, Salt Lake City) ∑ The 29-5 Rebels rolled into the NCAA Tournament having won 15 of their previous 16 games, and put their opponent away quickly in this West Regional opener, building a 19-point halftime lead. Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson, David Butler and Anderson Hunt all scored in double figures before UNLV’s starters exited with 12 minutes remaining, and the Rebels’ seldom-seen bench took over from there, contributing 48 points, led by James Jones (13), Barry Young (12) and Travis Bice (12).

“It’s obvious why we were the 16th seed and they are the first seed,” Little Rock coach Mike Newell said afterward.

UNLV 76, Ohio State 65 (March 17, Salt Lake City) ∑ The Rebels never quite ran away from the eighth-seeded Buckeyes (featuring future NBAer Jim Jackson, then a freshman) in round two, but UNLV used a 14-1 second-half run and a late Greg Anthony 3-pointer to survive and advance. With heavyweight champ Buster Douglas watching courtside, the Rebels struggled early and led by just two at the half, but the team’s famed “amoeba” zone defense held Ohio State without a field goal for nearly nine minutes after the break, and Anthony—who’d aggravated his fractured-and-wired jaw the day before in practice—hit UNLV’s lone three with 1:23 remaining to ice the game.

UNLV 69, Ball State 67 (March 23, Oakland) ∑ It’s weird to imagine UNLV not winning the ’90 championship, but a 12seed from Muncie, Indiana, very nearly

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by 20 points at the break. The Lions never got closer than 13 after that, with Augmon (33 points, 11 rebounds), Hunt (30 points, 13 assists), Anthony (21 points, eight assists) and Johnson (20 points, 18 rebounds) running roughshod over their emotionally spent foes.

sent the Rebels packing in the Sweet 16. Swirl together a severe rebounding deficit (51-36), some serious Anderson Hunt foul trouble and terrible team foul shooting down the stretch, and this one had all the makings of an upset for the ages. Down two points with 18 seconds left, the Cardinals owned the ball, but Paris McCurdy slipped with time running down. Though he managed to shovel the ball to teammate Mike Spicer, UNLV’s Butler easily intercepted the latter’s lob at the rim, preserving Rebel glory by a surprisingly slim margin.

UNLV 131, Loyola Marymount 101 (March 25, Oakland) ∑ The Lions had captured the hearts of basketball fans across the nation following the on-court death of star player Hank Gathers earlier in the month, making this the most anticipated matchup of the tourna-

ment. Gathers’ teammate Bo Kimble wound up with a game-high 42 points (remember his left-handed free throws in tribute to his childhood friend?), but Loyola’s up-tempo system played into the Rebels’ hands, and the outcome was never in doubt. Augmon scored 25 points before halftime, 13 of them during a 24-8 run that put UNLV ahead

UNLV 90, Georgia Tech 81 (March 31, Denver) ∑ A mini-scare for the Rebels, who came up against “Lethal Weapon 3,” the vaunted Yellow Jackets trio of Kenny Anderson, Dennis Scott and Brian Oliver, in the Final Four. Tech became the lone team to go up five

BALL STATE & LOYOLA MARYMOUNT BY ERIC RISBERG/AP; LARRY JOHNSON & STACEY AUGMON BY ERIC RISBERG/AP

> ALONG THE ROAD The Rebels took out (left to right) Ball State, Loyola Marymount, Georgia Tech and Duke on their path to the trophy.

points or more on UNLV in the entire tourney, posting a 53-46 halftime lead, but Augmon spearheaded a stifling defensive effort from there (“We are seeing one of the great defensive stands by an individual player!” commentator Billy Packer proclaimed), and the Rebels overcame the foul-out of star forward Johnson with just under seven minutes to play. All five UNLV starters scored in double figures in a methodical, balanced effort (led by Augmon’s 22), and the

THE REBELS’ RINGLEADER

banshee-shouting duo of Butler and Moses Scurry combined for 21 rebounds. CBS’ cameras captured Duke students chanting “We want you!” at the UNLV student section as time ran down on the Rebels’ win. Be very careful what you wish for, Dukies.

UNLV 103, Duke 73 (April 2, Denver) ∑ Reeeeeebels, Reeeeeebels. The chant began early, as UNLV, which received a surprise pre-game pep talk

from NFL great Walter Payton, scored first and never trailed in a blowout win over the Blue Devils. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski—still in search of his first title—and future NBA players Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley and Alaa Abdelnaby had no answers for the Rebels’ attack, especially coach Jerry Tarkanian’s smothering man-to-man defense, which keyed an 18-0 run that saw the fastbreaking Rebels turn a 12-point game at halftime into a 75-47 laugher. Hunt racked up 29 points on

12-of-16 shooting to claim tournament Most Outstanding Player honors, Johnson notched 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Anthony and Augmon added 13 and 12 points, respectively, as UNLV set records for total tournament points, points in a championship and championship margin of victory. As the clock ran down, Rebel players pulled “Shark Takes His Bite: 1990 National Champions” T-shirts over their heads and started the celebration. It was, simply put, sweetness.

“i think our game [against duke] will go down as one of the greatest basketball games of all time. in less than 48 hours we beat two great acc teams to win a national championship. the kids have made the state of nevada very proud.” –jerry tarkanian

GEORGIA TECH & DUKE BY ED REINKE/AP; DAVID BUTLER & MOSES SCURRY BY DOUG PIZAC/AP

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> MOTOR CITY MADMAN Hunt caught fire in the 1990 NCAA tournament.

CATCHING UP WITH THE MVP

REBEL

STAT ATTACK!

Anderson Hunt scorched the nets during the Rebels’ championship run, including a 29-point performance in the blowout final over Duke. We phoned the ace shooting guard in his native Detroit for his perspective looking back at making UNLV history.

It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long.

Twenty-five years? That makes me feel old.

•• • • • People still come up to me. “Didn’t you used to play for UNLV?” I get that a lot and it’s a surprise because I’m only 6-2. There are a lot of 6-2 people in the world.

•• • • • The year before we won, we went to the final eight. When you get that far, all those teams get to try on Final Four rings. So we tried them on before we played Seton Hall, and we were talking about, “I’m gonna get my ring on this finger,” and this and that, and weren’t as focused on the game. We got beat. The next year, we were much more focused. Eyes on the prize.

•• • • • It started in the locker room. We always felt like it was us against the world.

The fans were a big part, too. Ain’t no fans in the world like Rebel fans.

•• • • • We were rock stars. There was a lot of crazy stuff off the court. During the tournament, you’d get a police escort if you went anywhere. I remember, plain as day, we were in Salt Lake City for the first round and a few of us were in this bus, going to the mall, and some ladies pulled up on us.

“That’s the Rebels in there?” I don’t know how they even saw us. But they drove up and started pulling up their shirts.

•• • • • People say we were wild, and we were, but we were controlled. We lived on a set

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Record for most points scored in a single NCAA Tournament game.

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Record for most points scored in an NCAA championship game.

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Record for largest margin of victory in an NCAA championship game.

schedule. I never went to the Strip, unless I had people in town or maybe to eat some $2 breakfast special.

• • • • • We practiced so hard that once the games came around we couldn’t wait to see someone with a different-color uniform.

• • • • • A lot of people don’t realize: All you have to do is go on a six-game winning streak.

• • • • • When we played Loyola Marymount in the tournament, there was never a point in our minds that we could lose to them because we beat them already that season and when we played them again, Hank Gathers had passed. They were playing off emotion and that can only take you so far. When Bo Kimble shot those left-handed free throws in other games, they would go on a run right

after. When he did that against us, we went on a run.

••••• What was I thinking in the championship game? I was thinking about September, running on the track at three in the afternoon when it was 110 degrees outside.

Once we saw they weren’t getting back, we kept running. If we got up 10, we wanted to be up 20. If we got up 30, we wanted to be up 40. We had a different mentality.

••••• For a young kid, that’s an experience you never forget and you’ll always be able to tell somebody. I’m in the record books for life. When we got home, driving up to the Thomas & Mack, there were kids on the sidewalks holding signs and that gave me goose bumps ... to see all those people with respect for what you did and thankful for what you did. I would love for the program to get back there again. –Brock Radke

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Tournament games in which UNLV outscored its opponent by exactly 30 points.

571

Record for most total points scored by a single team in an NCAA Tournament.

3

Starters on UNLV’s title team drafted among 1991’s top 12 NBA picks.

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HOT SPOTS OPENING DAY AT LIQUID POOL LOUNGE It’s the second-to-last week

of winter, and you know what that means—the start of pool-party season.

So call in sick and report to Aria’s shrouded oasis as it opens its doors for 2015. Local DJ Kid Conrad lays down the beats. March 13, doors at 11 a.m., $30+ men, $10+ women.

party, so it makes sense he’d return to perform at After’s own pre-sunrise throwdown. Boris is known for his mid2000s remixes of Top 40 artists, but his original productions and DJ sets are strictly house and techno, banging hard enough to propel you to breakfast.

March 15, 2 a.m., $20+ men, $10+ women.

O’SHEAS BLOQ PARTY AT THE LINQ

Here’s a party checklist if there ever was one: live music (by Darby O’Gill, Garage Boys, The Hooligans and surprise popup bands), bagpipers, dancers, stilt LUDACRIS AT SURRENDER With walkers, parades, beer trucks, mobile new album Ludaversal due out later this month and the premiere of bars, cornhole and beer-pong Furious 7 set for early April, contests and, of course, the rapper-turned-actor leprechauns. If you’re has a lot to promote not clanking pints right now. Here’s hopwith leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day, ing he treats the crowd you might as well to a few new tracks People dressed as pour your neighborwhen he takes the leprechauns for the mic at the Encore club hood bar’s green Bud world record set Friday night. March 13, Light over your head. in 2012 in Ireland. doors at 10:30 p.m., $40+ March 17, doors at noon, men, $30+ women. free entry.

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Didn’t get your art fix during First Friday? Still looking to cut a rug Downtown? Enter street-art collective Industry Supporting Industry’s “graffiti disco,” complete with a live graffiti art installation and funk, soul, rare groove and hip-hop tunes courtesy of DJs Edoc, BZ Beats, Daze and Aurajin.

March 14, doors at 9 p.m., free entry.

GREEN PARTY AT SHARE St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Tuesday this year, so why not get your green on a bit early over the weekend? The off-Strip LGBT club invites revelers to “get lucky” Saturday night with half-priced drinks until midnight and a soundtrack courtesy of Salt Lake City-based DJ Robbie Rob. March 14, doors at 10 p.m., free entry.

AFTER WITH DJ BORIS AT BODY ENGLISH The New York City main-

> EVERYBODY LOVES CRIS We’re hoping for a taste of Ludaversal Friday at Surrender.

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife News & Notes Light has refreshed its Cirque performance component thanks to Maximiliano Torandell, who helped open the Mandalay Bay club in 2013 as a performer and returns as its new artistic director. New routines— which bear more of a Latin influence, per Torandell’s Argentinian background—

stay used to come around these parts to play Empire Ballroom’s afterhours

will be on full offer starting this week, each night boasting its own specific numbers, which now happen more spontaneously and seamlessly with the DJ performance.

Light’s daylife component, Daylight, will open April 17.

Despite rumors suggesting otherwise, both spots will be managed by Hakkasan Group, which bought original operator Light Group last year.

Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club quietly opened a rooftop nightclub called Fuso two months ago. Fire pits and a

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private entrance distinguish it from both the topless joint downstairs and other nightspots. Check it out March 14 during Epyk Entertainment’s third-anniversary party, with DJs Zmajlee, Brett Rubin, Jeremy Espinosa and others.

Tao recently revealed two more exclusive residents for 2015: DJ Khaled and Snoop Dogg, with the latter returning for another round of Snoopadelic DJ/ performance dates.

Girl Bar Dinah Shore Las Vegas—aka Dinah Vegas—returns April 23-26

ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT MCFADDEN’S The party-hearty Irish

pub celebrates the Emerald Isle’s patron saint Tuesday with a boozy, Erin Go Bragh bash—and with $4 green beers, $5 Jameson shots, $6 Car Bombs and $7 pints of Guinness, you won’t need a pot o’ gold to show your Irish pride properly. Did we mention the $1K BuildYour-Own-Bikini contest? In the booth: DJs T3d Morri5, Brando and Mickey.

March 17, 11 a.m.-close, free entry.

DOWN & DERBY AT GOLD SPIKE

The Downtown party spot is launching its new throwback promo PYT #RetroWednesdays in fitting style— it’s bringing Down & Derby back to Las Vegas. The drink-and-skate bash will feature PBR/Jameson drink specials (among others) and DJs SHR3D and Supra. Thankfully, if you don’t own your own quad rollers, Gold Spike will have free loaner pairs. March 18, 9 p.m., free.

in conjunction with Caesars Entertainment, whose venues will host most of the parties and gatherings. For more info on the lesbian circuit party, visit dinahshore weekend.com.

Vegas After Dark Tours launches its new line of chartered club crawls on March 17 with a St. Patrick’s Day Irish pub tour (at $69 per person). A handful of other packages—including one for EDC—are also available starting at $60 per person. For more info, visit vegasafter darktours.com. –Mike Prevatt

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Nights

In Omnia paratus We prepare for Caesars’ new megaclub by explaining the basics

By Mike Prevatt Interactive. Immersive. Experiential. These are key words in Omnia’s pre-opening campaign. We won’t know exactly how they apply until Hakkasan Group’s latest venue—which replaces Pure at Caesars Palace—introduces itself to the public on March 12. So we’ve answered the big questions, with the help of Omnia brass, to provide a more practical guide to local nightlife’s big new addition.

What’s Omnia got that Pure didn’t and Hakkasan hasn’t? Pure was the Miami-style club that put

celebrity guests on display before and after their trip to the DJ booth. Hakkasan is all about the eye candy—the visual effects and design, usually operating in lock-step with the DJ in the booth. It would seem that Omnia is striving for the latter, but with more elegance. “With Omnia, we believe we’ve created a space that is unlike anything the Las Vegas market has seen before,” says Alex Cordova, Hakkasan Group’s executive VP of marketing. “The development includes opulent design merged with state-of-the-art technology to create a truly dynamic environment.”

He also explains that Omnia will be more performance-friendly than its competitors, and will allow for more “fan interaction.” Will that mean the Beliebers can reach out and touch Justin during his 21st birthday celebration Saturday night?

What’s it look like? Fancy. Gold. Purple. And tall.

Omnia has four stories, having incorporated the vaulted ceilings of the former Caesars poker room.

Which means the space grew out from Pure’s original 36,000 square feet to 75,000. The height is a good thing for the dancefloor (more on that in a minute), as the upper levels will accommodate bottle-service customers.

What element will supply the technological wow factor? The main-room chandelier, according to

Cordova: “Omnia’s 22,000-pound kinetic chandelier … is made of eight concentric circles, each of which can move independently from one another at a rate of four feet per second and is suspended directly above the dancefloor; comprised of LEDs, projec-

> NEXT BIG THING Hakkasan Group’s Vegas nightlife takeover continues Thursday when Omnia Nightclub opens at Caesars Palace.

tion panels, sparkling crystals and its immense size, What musical styles will be featured in the club? The the chandelier is the dramatic focal point of the previously announced artist roster confirms the entire room.” Sounds also like the potential focal main room will be primarily EDM: Calvin Harris, point of local Instagram accounts once the club Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren, Chuckie, etc. Up officially opens. (Remember how inescapable the at the rooftop garden, don’t necessarily expect the illuminated disco polyhedron was upon the opening house sounds once associated with Pure’s outdoor of Drai’s Nightclub last May?) terrace—it’s open format, which usually means Top Also, Cordova casually mentions 40 and older favorites. Ditto for the “interactive LED panels” for the main Heart of Omnia ultralounge, though its room. We can’t wait to find out what that residents, such as Questlove, DJ Jazzy Omnia Thursdaymeans come Thursday, as the construc- Sunday & Tuesday, Jeff, Rev Run and our own DJ Five, tion specialist I privately spoke with a doors at 10 p.m., would suggest a hip-hop slant for that few months ago said that this feature cover varies. room. would actually be the club’s real wowser.

Caesars Palace, What about the dance element? Omnia

702-785-6200, omnianightclub.com.

is boasting one of the largest dancefloors in Las Vegas, which may be a lesson learned from sister club Hakkasan’s typically tight boogie space. What’s interesting is that Hakkasan Group not only consulted with some of its exclusive DJs to “see what tech enhancements would catapult their sets beyond the average nightclub experience,” as Cordova puts it, but positioned the DJ booth so the talent could play in the round, visible from every angle—which you don’t often see in Las Vegas nightclubs.

Speaking of Heart of Omnia, why is that part of the club VIP only? If Joe

Ticketholder is a big Questlove fan, he’ll have to wait until The Roots’ drummer plays Hakkasan’s Ling Ling Club—or upgrade to table service. “With Omnia being a multi-faceted destination, we wanted to ensure that the space had an experience for every individual that visited,” Cordova says. “Not all of our guests have the desire to be within the main club experience for the duration of the evening with an electronic music setting; some guests may be looking for a more intimate setting that’s the exclusive offering of Heart of Omnia.”

lo c a l t r ac k o f t h e w e e k

David Serrano’s “Moving On” A quick sampling of local producer/DJ David Serrano’s Soundcloud page reveals a versatility within the non-commercial realm of electronic dance music. Earlier this week, the resident at Urban Turban’s Warp LV party revealed his hard-driving techno side with his remix of Hawk’s “Soldier.”

And then there’s his straight-up house preferences, showcased beautifully on “Moving On,” which he crafted with fellow Vegas producer/DJ Fernando Alvarado (aka F3R). Multiple vocal samples— including the echoey, dominant one exclaiming “I’m moving on!”—lay atop a repeating five-note synth melody, swinging bassline, sharp high-hat and four-on-the-floor slaps. Given the current fixation on tech and minimal house, it’s nice to hear something a little more soulful. –Mike Prevatt soundcloud.com/david_serranomusic/moving-on-david-serrano

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VENUE

THURSDAY

1 OAK

Closed

ALIBI

DJs, 10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

ARTIFICE

Doors at 5 pm

ARTISAN

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

THE BANK

BEAUTY BAR

Pornstaraoke

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

A Place to Bury Strangers

Close to Modern, Candy Warpop, Creepoid; DJ Fish; doors at 9 pm; $12

Latin Ladies Night

BLUE MARTINI

BODY ENGLISH

BOND

FRIDAY Miguel

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

Closed

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

Closed

DJ Turbulence

DJ Eddie McDonald

10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

DJ Eddie McDonald

10 pm; lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Pet Tigers

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 5 pm

Double D Karaoke

Lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Closed

Closed

10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Sound

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

#FollowMe Fridays DJ Que; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ M!KEATTACK

Friday Night Live

Throwback Thursday

Rock Candy Fridays

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

DJ Excel

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Closed

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

Social Sunday

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

DJ Justin Key, others; midnight; free; open 24 hours

DJ Five

Industry Sundays

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

Off the Wall

Doors at 9 pm

DJ Casanova

CHATEAU

DJ E-Rock

SUNDAY

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

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

DJ Roger Gangi

SATURDAY

live; 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

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DJs Ikon, Karma; doors at 9 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

TDK, MUGZ Poundz, Slap the CEO, others; DJs Mack, JKrazy, Kelly J; 9 pm; cover

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

Lounge open 24 hours

Closed

Nickel Beer Night

Casino Dreams

DJs EDOC, Aurajin, BZ Beats, Daze; live graffiti art; doors at 9 pm; free

10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm

Doors at 9 pm; free

Lit

DJs Delta Heavy, Loadstar, Optical TC; DJs Biz:E, Beast Fremont; doors at 9 pm; $10

Karate Karaoke Doors at 9 pm; free

Ladies Night Out

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

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

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

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

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

After

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

DJ Excel

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ Miss Joy

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ CyberKid

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ John Cha

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

DJ Shadow Red

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

Closed

Closed

Closed

DJ Atom E

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Rooftop Wednesdays

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

LAS VEGAS WEEKLY CLUB GRID

VENUE

THURSDAY

Downtown Cocktail Room

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

DRAI’S AFTERHOURS

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

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

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

live; 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

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

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

FOUNDATION ROOM

DJ Soxxi

Bubbles For Beauties

Bubbles For Beauties

GHOSTBAR

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

FIZZ

Downtown Soul

Afterhours

DJ Politik

10 pm; free

DJ Benny Black

Ladies Night

GILLEY’S

Chancey Williams Band live, 9 pm; $1 drafts/wells for women, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

Dada Life

FRIDAY Friday Night Social

DJ Carlos Sanchez, 10 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

3LAU

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

DJ Presto One

SATURDAY Saturday Night Vibe

DJ Douglas Gibbs, 10pm; doors at 7pm; free

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Chromeo

DJs Greg Lopez, Sam I Am; free Champagne/vodka for women; 10 pm; $30

DJ Mark Stylz

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Closed

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

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

Closed

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

Closed

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

Closed

Closed

Closed

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

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

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

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

Cymatic Sessions

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

10 pm; $30

DJ b-Radical

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

Chancey Williams Band

Chancey Williams Band

Bikini Bull Riding

Tiesto

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

Nervo

DJs Jeff Retro, Justin Credible; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

HAKKASAN

DJs Tigerlily, Crooked; doors at 10:30 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women

HYDE

Doors at 5 pm

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

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

Game Over Fridays

INSERT COIN(S)

DJs Destroyer, Monalisa; doors at 8 pm; free

Saturday Night Live

DJ Loczi

DJs Destroyer, Charlie Darker, Chuck Fader; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

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

DJs, 10 pm; $30

DJ Seany MAC

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

Locals Night

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

DJ Kay the Riot; free custom glass with Guinness purchase; 7 pm; free entry

DJ Seany MAC

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

DanSing Karaoke

DJ SINcere 10 pm; $30

DJ Seany Mac

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

Above & Beyond

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

Closed

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 5 pm

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

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 8 pm; free

Closed

Closed

Doors at 8 pm; free

DJ Skratchy

Doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

Unfiltered Soul

DJs Rob Alahn, Doug Wilcox; 9pm; happy hour, 4-8; doors at 4pm; free

St. Patrick’s Day

DJ Eric Forbes

DJ Exodus; doors at 8 pm; $20-$25

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

Country Club

WEDNESDAY

Sundrai’s

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

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

Future Funk

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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY CLUB GRID

VENUE

THURSDAY

LAS VEGAS BULL

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

LAX

Ladies’ Night

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

DJ Dezie

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

FRIDAY 18 and over

SATURDAY 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

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

Panorama Saturdays

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

MARQUEE

Closed

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

OMNIA

DJs Calvin Harris, Burns, Five; doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $30+ women

DJs Burns, Questlove; doors at 10 pm; $75+ men, $40+ women

DJ Ruckus; doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $30+ women

Ladies Night

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

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

DJ Brooke Evers

Opening Night

PBR ROCK BAR

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

Drag Queen Bingo

PIRANHA

REVOLUTION LOUNGE

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

Get Back Thursdays

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

R3HAB

Dors at 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women

Norman Doray

Lema

Calvin Harris

F*ck It Friday

India Ferrah, Des’ree St. James, midnight; DJ Vago; 10 pm, free; open 24 hours

Good Foot BBoy/ BGirl Dance Battle DJs BenStacks, Alpha Q, Sincere; doors at 10 pm; $20, women free

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Closed

Closed

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

DJ Dezie

Woman Crush Wednesday

March Badness

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

DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

SPONSORED BY: Las Vegas Bull Cowboy Town

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

Steve Angello

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

Ingrosso

Doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $30+ women

Cedric Gervais

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

Martin Garrix

Selfie Saturday

Scenic Sundays

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

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

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

Closed

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

Closed

Closed

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

Closed

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

#Social Sundays

Beer Pong Tournament

DJ Kittie; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

#IndustryLife

Chuckie

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

El Deseo

India Ferrah’s Goddess Show, midnight; DJs Vago, Virus; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; free; open 24 hours

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

DJ G Minor

St. Paddy’s Day event; DJ Morningstar; doors at 10 pm; $20, locals free before midnight

DJ Flow; doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free

Sky High Mondays

Carnage

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

Industry Mondays

Nervo

Karaoke Night

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

Baauer

Closed

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

La Noche

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

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

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

Closed

Closed

Closed

Revo Sundays

NIGHTS | club grid

VENUE

Listings are accurate as of press time.

For more info, contact venues directly.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

REVOLVER

Closed

Costume contest; drink specials; doors at 8 pm; $5, free for zombie costumes

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

ROCKHOUSE

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

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

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

Dancing Dead

SAYERS CLUB

White Label Thursdays

DJ Karma; doors at 10:30 pm; free

NSA Thursdays

Sessions

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

Stripper Circus

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Silver Saturdays

Get Your Balls Wet

Sessions

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

Green Party

WEDNESDAY

Closed

Closed

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

Ladies Night

Taco Tuesdays

$50 open bar; doors at 8:30 am

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

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

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

Doors at 7 pm, free

Doors at 7 pm, free

Doors at 7 pm, free

Doors at 7 pm, free

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

live and DJ set; doors at 9 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women, locals free

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Closed

Confession Sundays

Closed

Ladies Night

SHARE

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

SURRENDER

Closed

TAO

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

TRYST

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

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

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

Closed

Closed

Amanda Avila

Corro Van Such

Corro Van Such

Nik at Nite

Laura Shaffer Vintage Vegas Cocktail Party

TUSCANY

DJ Five

The Affair

Doors at 10 pm; free

Ludacris

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

DJ Justin Credible

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

DJ Skratchy

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

T-Spot Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

Velveteen Rabbit

Doors at 5 pm

DJ 8-bits; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

XS

Closed

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

No Requests

Kaskade

DJ Robbie Rob; happy hour, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

TUESDAY

Beer pong tournament, $25; doors at 8 pm; no cover

MONDAY

Lil Jon

DJ set; doors at 10:30 pm; $35+ men, $25+ women

DJ Eric D-Lux

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

DJ Dave Fogg

T-Spot Lounge; 8:30 pm, free

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LABOR! THE MUSICAL! Newsies spins a historic strike into sing-along fun time

> OUT OF STEP Ian MacKaye (with mic) and Minor Threat play a lead role in Salad Days.

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scene—the one that birthed Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Fugazi—gets the documentary treatment, starring Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins and more. Las Vegans get two chances to see it, in a warehouse space, natch.

March 13, 8 p.m. & March 15, 1 p.m., $5, 9272 Tamarus St. #110, xoxobvenue.com/events.

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inaugural event showcases features, shorts, docs and animations—ranging from serious topics like immigration and sex trafficking to zombies and Sherlock Holmes-inspired dance— from local and international female filmmakers. March 14, noon-midnight, $8-$14, Baobab Stage at Town Square.

UNLV’s Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery. Through March 22; opening reception March 13, 6-9 p.m.

HEAR BURGER RECORDS CARAVAN TOUR The garage-y

Fullerton, California, label hosts its blowout Burgerama Four bash in Orange County later this month, but you can catch a few of its acts—like Gap Dream, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Blood Sister and Max Pain and the Groovies—a lot closer to home.

March 14, 8 p.m., $10-$12, Bunkhouse Saloon.

EAT ANDIRON STEAK & SEA Kim Canteenwalla and Elizabeth Blau seem dedicated to making west-side dining great. Their brand-new project is a modern take on a traditional steak and seafood house.

Downtown Summerlin.

You’ll be forgiven if you don’t remember Newsies hitting theaters back in 1992. The musical film, which starred a young Christian Bale as singing, dancing, “pape”-slinging orphan Jack Kelly, was a box-office flop for powerhouse Disney. Apparently no one particularly wanted a heartwarming historical tale of striking New York newsboys exploring the wonders of organized labor and trying to stick it to media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.

Until they did.

Newsies won a strong NEWSIES cult following after its March 17-22, release on video, and Tuesdayin 2011 it even spawned Friday, 7:30 its own stage musical p.m.; Saturday adaptation, which was & Sunday, nominated for eight 2 & 7:30 p.m., Tony Awards, winning $39-$139.

Best Choreography and Smith Center’s Best Original Score Reynolds Hall, Like the film, 702-749Newsies the musi2000. cal, which plays at the Smith Center March 17-22, is based on the historic Newsboys Strike of 1899. And like the film, the play follows a cohort of child laborers as they hock the day’s headlines around New York City. When the men at the top of the paper chain try to raise the cost of the newsboys’ papers, Kelly and co. organize a strike, boycotting the offending publications with much belting of tunes and impressive heel clicking in the process.

Child labor hardly seems like the foundation of a sing-along Broadway smash, but with a fresh-faced cast, infectious numbers and plenty of knickers, Newsies spins its tale into an uplifting underdog story that’s easy to love. You may even want to buy a newspaper by the time it’s done. –Sarah Feldberg

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early and block out Sunday for the nerdiest, most obsessive sports happening of the year. You can print out an empty bracket ahead of time at sportingnews. com, if you’re that guy. March 15, CBS.

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> BELLE OF THE BALL CInderella and the prince share their first dance.

FIVE ANIMATED MOVIES THAT SHOULD NEVER GET LIVE-ACTION REMAKES Kung Fu Panda Real pandas are pretty bad at kung fu, so the alternative would be to get a guy in a panda suit, which might be amusing but would probably scare the kids in the audience.

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TALE AS OLD AS TIME

Cinderella plays like a rote retelling BY JOSH BELL

movie) is subjected to the cruelty of her nasty stepmother Thanks to the success of Tim Burton’s Alice in (Cate Blanchett, disappointingly subdued) and two bratty Wonderland and the Sleeping Beauty reimagining stepsisters. Here, she has one brief encounter with the Maleficent, Disney has been eager to strip-mine its aniprince before the glamorous ball, so that their eventual mated classics for new live-action versions. But while love is slightly more believable, but this is still a fairy tale, Burton brought his distinctive personal style to Alice, so believability isn’t really the point. and Maleficent offered a new perspective on the Sleeping There’s the fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter, Beauty story, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella is a straightalso the movie’s narrator), the pumpkin that forward retelling of the story, without any twists turns into a coach, the friendly mice (much less or stylistic innovations. It’s a lavish, handsomeannoying than their animated counterparts), the ly staged production, but it’s also dramatically aabcc glass slipper, the happily ever after. There are no inert, a pretty diorama led by a pair of good-look- CINDERELLA songs, but the fairy godmother does say “Bibbidiing but forgettable TV actors: Downton Abbey’s Lily James, Lily James as the downtrodden title character, Richard Madden, bobbidi-boo,” at least. Branagh turns the midnight dash from the ball (as the fairy godmother’s spell and Game of Thrones’ Richard Madden as her Cate Blanchett.

Directed starts to wear off ) into a giant CGI set piece, dashing royal suitor. and the set and costume design walks a fine line Branagh and screenwriter Chris Weitz stick by Kenneth between sumptuous and garish. Ultimately it’s fairly close to the outline of the classic 1950 Branagh. Rated Disney animated movie, adding some elements PG. Opens Friday. all a little too restrained and tasteful, although it should be entertaining enough for kids who’ve from the different Cinderella folk tales and givworn out the DVD of the animated movie. We can only hope ing a larger role to the prince, who barely has any lines the forthcoming live-action versions of Beauty and the Beast in the 1950 movie. But the broad strokes are the same, as and The Jungle Book will be a bit livelier. poor Cinderella (or Ella, as she’s called for most of the

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Cars The talkingcar genre reached its live-action peak with KITT on Knight Rider, who, incidentally, would probably be a strong addition to the animated Cars franchise.

The Iron Giant This heartfelt story about a sensitive alien robot that bonds with a young boy during the 1950s would probably end up looking like a Transformers spin-off if a studio attempted a live-action version.

The Emperor’s New Groove This madcap, Looney Tunes-influenced comedy (featuring a main character who gets transformed into a llama) would never work if constrained by real actors and locations.

The Secret of NIMH Oh wait, it was recently announced that this story of experimentally enhanced rats who’ve escaped from a lab would be getting a live-action remake. Thanks, Hollywood.

–Josh Bell

Refreshingly, fascinatingly, the biggest action-thriller star in America right now is still a 60-something Irishman. In his new movie Run All Night is another dependable Liam Neeson thriller Run All Night, Liam Neeson plays Jimmy, an aging hitman plagued by his past and taking refuge in booze; his drunken performance as Santa at a mob Christmas party is both funny and sad. Jimmy’s childhood pal Shawn (Ed Harris) is a successful mobster. After a disagreement with heroin dealers, Shawn’s live-wire son levels his gun at Jimmy’s own estranged—but innocent—son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman). Jimmy dispatches him, Mike gets the blame, and soon a city full of gangsters and cops are after father and son over the course of one long night. ¶ Neeson reunites here with director Jaume Collet-Serra, of Unknown (2011) and Non-Stop (2014). Not the subtlest of directors, Collet-Serra seems to have an appreciation for actors, and while his obligatory, sludgy action scenes can sometimes appear thrown together, he genuinely enjoys little byplays between characters. These wiseguys know each other well and are all from the same New York neighborhood, and they’re capable of having a chat, or making a couple of jokes, just before trying to kill one another. The scenes with Harris and aaacc RUN ALL NIGHT Liam Neeson, Neeson, especially, have a touching shorthand, an unspoken bond that goes much Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris. Directed by farther than any shootouts and car crashes. –Jeffrey M. Anderson Jaume Collet-Serra. Rated R. Opens Friday.

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Modern family One Big Happy is a retrograde sitcom with updated values

> detective zombie Rose McIver and Rahul Kohli are on the case.

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another side effect: It gives her access to the memories and certain personality traits of the brain’s previous owner, so soon Liv is having visions of murder victims’ last moments and teaming up with a homicide detective (Malcolm iZombie offers sympathy for its ghoulish Goodwin) to help him solve their murders. So iZombie protagonist By Josh Bell is, ultimately, a crime procedural, albeit a quirky one, and Liv’s visions often just serve as plot devices to move the mystery of the week along. While the cases aren’t any betZombies are all over pop culture, but they generter or worse than those on other procedurals, the zombie ally don’t get any sympathy. Nobody feels bad when Rick angle gives each mystery personal stakes for Liv, and there guns down walkers on The Walking Dead or when hordes are lurching long-term subplots in the background, most of the undead get wiped out in World War Z. But the new notably an evil fellow zombie (David Anders) who CW dramedy iZombie, based very loosely on the is setting up an undead criminal empire. comic-book series by Chris Roberson and Mike Developed by the team behind Veronica Mars, Allred, presents a relative rarity: a zombie protago- aaacc iZombie has a similarly sophisticated and snarky nist. Liv Moore (Rose McIver) is a promising young IZOMBIE heroine who shares her thoughts in voiceover, and medical resident who finds herself in the middle Sundays, of a freak zombie outbreak and wakes up undead. 9 p.m., the McIver shows impressive range as Liv. The supporting characters aren’t quite as fully formed yet, Liv isn’t a mindless walking corpse, though; as CW. but if Veronica Mars is any indication, they soon long as she consumes a regular supply of brains, will be. While it doesn’t have much in common with its she remains completely rational and looks mostly like a source material (in which the main character was part of normal (if very pale) person. Lucky for Liv, she lands a a larger monster cosmology and ended up having to save job as an assistant medical examiner, which provides her the universe), iZombie seems to be building a distinctive with all the brains she can eat. little world of its own.

Aside from keeping her sane, the brain-eating has

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Perhaps the true sign of equality is that it’s now no big deal for a gay character to anchor a terrible network sitcom. That’s the main takeaway from One Big Happy, the awful new NBC comedy produced by Ellen DeGeneres and starring Elisha Cuthbert as a lesbian who decides to have a baby with her straight male best friend (Nick Zano)—just as he meets and impulsively marries the girl of his dreams (Kelly Brook). The mismatched group of people who are forced to live together (but really, deep down, love each other) is right out of Sitcom 101, and making one of them a lesbian turns out to do very little to change the formula. One Big Happy is full of broad, obvious jokes, loud, obnoxious performances and disabccc ingenuously uproarious studio-audience laughter.

ONE BIG And for all its efforts at HAPPY being progressive, it still Tuesdays, features a stereotypical 9:30 p.m., sitcom heterosexual marNBC. ried couple in the main character’s killjoy sister and her henpecked husband. Cuthbert displayed impressive comedic skills on Happy Endings, but here her performance is just as strained as her co-stars’, and they’re all saddled with one-dimensional characters. One Big Happy is a generic, low-rent sitcom with only one thing setting it apart—and that one thing, thankfully, is no longer all that remarkable. –Josh Bell

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At first, Gabe Polsky’s documentary Red Army seems like it will be about the entire Soviet national hockey team, but it soon becomes clear that the movie is really about one man: Viacheslav “Slava” Fetisov, the team’s talented and headstrong defenseman and captain. While it’s a little disappointing to see Polsky give limited screen time to the other members of what was once the most successful hockey team in the world, Fetisov is such a fascinating, contradictory figure (and an entertainingly combative interview subject) that it’s hard to fault the filmmaker for wanting to include as much of him as possible.

Polsky’s breezy, energetic documentary does offer up a succinct and informative look at the intersection of sports and politics in the careers of Fetisov and his colleagues, which stretched from the late 1970s to stints in the NHL in the ’90s. What Red Army loses in aaacc RED ARMY Directed by comprehensiveness, it makes up for in entertainment value. –Josh Bell Gabe Polsky. Rated PG. Opens Friday.

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A&E | NOISE > SELF-SACRIFICE Madonna forgot the hooks for Rebel Heart.

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Upper echelon Hip-hop hero Talib Kweli restates his credentials at Brooklyn Bowl

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Broken heart

Madonna disappoints with the messy Rebel Heart By Josh Bell

have always gone hand in hand with Madonna, and Back in December, Madonna responded to online on classic songs like “Human Nature,” she’s manleaks of demos for Rebel Heart by rush-releasing six aged to smartly combine both. But Rebel Heart is full songs from the album, a move that ran counter to the of empty, clumsy braggadocio; at times, typically meticulous marketing and planMadonna is reduced to just listing things ning that goes into everything she does. that sound edgy or trendy, like celebrities Now that the entire album (19 songs on (“Illuminati”), drugs (“Devil Pray”) or sex the deluxe edition) is out, that sense of paraphernalia (“S.E.X.”). hurried desperation hasn’t gone away—it Even when her lyrics have been lackonly intensifies listening to this sprawling, Madonna has usually been great at ing, chaotic mess of an album, the singer’s crafting pop melodies (or recruiting colworst since 2003’s American Life. laborators who can), but Rebel Heart is Like American Life, Rebel Heart is aaccc shockingly devoid of memorable hooks. consumed with Madonna’s own image, MADONNA All that the 23 songwriters and 14 prowhether it’s bragging about how hard she Rebel Heart ducers manage to do is clutter up the parties (“Bitch I’m Madonna”), rehashsound, lurching from grating, repetitive ing her career (“Veni Vidi Vici,” with lyrbeats to cloying synths. ics that incorporate past Madonna song titles) or Rebel Heart closes with the title track, a lovely and advertising her sexual prowess (“Holy Water,” with understated look back at Madonna’s life and career, awkward lyrics about oral sex that recall cringewhich starts out quiet and guitar-driven and builds to inducing Erotica track “Where Life Begins,” includa lush, anthemic finale. In just over three minutes, it ing the deeply unfortunate line “Yeezus loves my accomplishes what the rest of the album fails to in 74. pussy best”). Self-reflection and self-aggrandizement

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Two times in as many months Las Vegas has received live performances from hip-hop royalty. First was the colossal showing of Rakim at the Bunkhouse Downtown. And Friday night saw Talib Kweli—a Brooklyn household name solo, but the stuff of vinyl-shop parables when paired with Mos Def to become Black Star—grace the cavernous Brooklyn Bowl for the first time with support from local HighDro and touring support Niko Is. Like Rakim’s performance, Kweli’s was a lesson in the history of the genre. He included “Get By” from 2002.

He included “Definition” from Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black aaacc Star­—songs that would make Talib the playlist if we ever need Kweli to explain hip-hop to visiting March 6, aliens. Kweli took full advanBrooklyn tage of the ability to skip all Bowl. over his discography, hitting turn-of-the-century singles while still bringing out songs from 2013’s albums Gravitas and Prisoner of Conscious.

And while there were more eardrum-teasing partial plays than can sustain a steadily rising flow, it left enough time for, among a few more surprises, a rendition of Rick James’ “Mary Jane,” Kweli’s own take on The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” (called “Lonely People,” from a 2004 mixtape), his verse on Kanye West’s “Get ’em High,” and Dilated Peoples’ “Kindness for Weakness.” Which, more than anything else, points out how Kweli has cameo’d on damn near everything.

And while, like Rakim, Kweli showed some age (that’s a big stage for a 39-year-old to cover all night), Kweli’s show came with an added message encouraging the Black Lives Matter movement, something he’s been supporting heavily since (and before) joining protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Which now gave the show two significant and inspiring signs: Some musicians still tour in support of causes larger than themselves, and Las Vegas is continuing the trend of attracting significant hip-hop acts who would otherwise plan tours around the Valley.

Here’s hoping we keep it up. –Max Plenke

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Redefining Puppetry ‘‘Genital origami’ is headed for—where else?— Erotic Heritage Museum By John Katsilometes

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Still, challenges are inherent in such a unique production, even one as inventive as Puppetry of the Penis.

Many of those who have been in the audience for the show on the West End or in New York have said it is indeed hilarious—for about 15 minutes. It feels a bit like an act at the old Freaks production show at O’Sheas back in 2009, a series of oddball (and typically, gross) circus side shows that ended just as the audience became either bored or queasy.

And the ticket price of the show is $49. Alert Las Vegans can find a two-for-one deal at a Cirque show for that cost. Shows such as the hilarious Zombie Burlesque production at V Theater at Miracle Mile Shops are in that range, at $65 per ticket. Pin Up at

the Stratosphere, starring 2011 Playboy Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair, starts at $56 per ticket.

“We will be doing deals for locals, and we wanted to make it one of the cheapest shows in Las Vegas and make it an exceptional deal for locals,” Morley says. “But because we have such a small capacity, we will have a good demand for tickets. But we want to target the locals audience, especially in the first six months.”

Morley hardly sounds concerned about the reception his show will receive in Vegas. “We are always looking for new installments to keep the show fresh,” he said. “I am looking at some of these buildings, these hotelcasinos, and many of them look very phallic to me.”

Sounds like it’s time for rehearsals.

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Box exhibit space, easily filling the This show will fold. Guaranteed. room with the help of video screens It’s a real stretch, too. and the bold personalities of co-stars What can be accurately stated less Christopher J. Cannon and Rich than a month before the stage show Binning. Puppetry of the Penis has Puppetry of the Penis, billed as a celbeen performed to upwards of 2,000 ebration of “genital origami,” makes people, and has had a successful run its debut in Las Vegas, is that this on London’s West End—more than show is not a good fit for a hotela “dickade,” as promotional matericasino showroom, theater or lounge. al trumpets—at the famed Redditch That concept was floated years ago Palace Theatre.

by Australian producer Simon Morley “We have seen 16-foot-high penisand one of his partners in the show at es,” Morley says. “It’s all the time, a fellow Aussie by part of the big picture.” the name of Ross Mollison.

Puppetry of The show is as the title We would hear from the Penis infers, a exercise in which Mollison later in Vegas, Begins April 14; the stars manipulate their as the “Improssorio” and Tuesday-Sunday, genitalia into various familfounder of Spiegelworld, 8 p.m.; $49. Erotic iar characters and even landwhich blasted into town Heritage Museum, marks. These characters are with Absinthe at Caesars 800-595-4849. called “installments,” and Palace four years ago. include the Eiffel Tower, Many hotel-casinos Loch Ness Monster and one dubbed were contacted, on and off the Strip the Hamburger. Cannon and Binning and Downtown, and the producers are dusting off an old installment from were quickly rejected once resort even before the production launched entertainment officials learned of the 15 years ago, the One-Armed Bandit. contact. “There are laws on the books Elvis will be depicted, too, in a little that you cannot have live sex shows caped costume made of rhinestones and you can’t have frontal nudity in and sequins. these places, you can’t touch yourThis is where we say, it would not be self and so forth,” Morley says. “The the first time a prick has performed an hotels couldn’t get caught up in riskElvis impersonation in this city. ing our show, which is unfortunate, The long-term goal is to extend the because the laws are not implemented Puppetry of the Penis brand in the U.S., to stop a show like ours. But they do. develop a franchise with the Las Vegas We’re just really happy to have found production as its launching point. Blue someone to support us.”

Man Group is such a model, starting Or lend a hand, as it were. with a simple three-man act and buildMorley has a fitting home and ing a production empire. The guys stage at the Erotic Heritage Museum, from Recycled Percussion, too, are managed by Déjà Vu strip club foundtraining cast members to branch into er Harry Mohney. The show will be a series of production shows, with the performed in the 160-capacity Jewel

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Stand-up John Mulaney throws down a set to remember at the Mirage By Jason Harris

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Perhaps it was because it was Speaking of urinating, Mulaney, his first show in Las Vegas. Perhaps who often gets compared to Jerry it was because he was four-walling Seinfeld, showed his similar preciand had to prove he’s a legitimate sion in joke writing when demandStrip headliner. Perhaps he had a ing that people stop assuming one little extra edge since his critically has wet himself when he accidenpanned sitcom, Mulaney, is on the tally gets water on his pants, “No verge of cancellation (“My wife one anywhere is peeing in their and I just bought a house, because pants and then just, like, going we don’t know how the TV busiabout their day as planned. ness works.”). Whatever ‘I fully peed in my pants to the reason, John Mulaney, completion. I don’t know in the middle of March, aaaac how that happened, but I staked his claim as the John have appointments. I must man to beat in town for Mulaney soldier on. I’ll sure get a the set of the year.

March 6, lot more done now that Making fun of the Mirage.

I don’t have to go to the location, the Terry Fator bathroom anymore.’”

Theater and its namesake, The high point might have been the native Chicagoan and former his take on how Back to the Future SNL writer quipped, “I’m going to was pitched. After the executive be killed later tonight by a couple of learns of the time machine, he puppets and buried out in the deschimes in, “They go back in time ert. Then they’ll kill the puppets so and they stop the Kennedy assasthey don’t talk to the cops.” sination,” to which the creators, His original slants on Vegas who never considered this option, continued when a man left to use respond, “We thought it would be the bathroom and Mulaney told funny and fun if the boy goes back the audience that much later in in time and tries to f*ck his mom.” the show, he would say, “You know Mulaney showed off an array what they say about Vegas ...” of skills: handling hecklers, riffing Instead of some lame take on with the crowd, tagging long sto“What happens in Vegas,” he ries at every turn. Forget the cirinstructed the crowd to yell out, cumstances. Perhaps the show was “We want milkshakes” for the sole so good because John Mulaney is purpose of confusing the midjust that good right now. show pee breaker. The payoff was

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Fraught medium Photo retrospective While I Am Still is ambitious and unconvincing

By Dawn-Michelle Baude Linda Alterwitz’s mid-career retrospective, While I Am Still, is an ambitious collection of 50-some photographic pieces on view in a whopping 4,427 square feet of gallery space.

While the work fails to make a convincing fine-art statement, it does succeed admirably in terms of creating an educational environment where the relationship between technology and art is, well … probed.

A plaintive Neil Young soundtrack greets visitors at the entrance, setting a maudlin tone. An interesting display cabinet commands the first room, full of canine X-rays, fetal sonograms and various med-tech paraphernalia. The cabinet functions as a prop introducing the science-meetsart angle of the exhibition. On the walls hang elongated photographs printed on aluminum from Alterwitz’s series, Flesh and Bone. In these works, she transforms enlarged canine X-rays into landscapes. As teaching moments, audiences might thrill in figuring out what part of the doggie is on

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display, but as landscapes the muffled black and white images struggle for impact.

In the second room, Alterwitz presents three photographic series: In-Sight, Mojave and Just Breathe. In “Untitled 76” from In-Sight, Alterwitz superimposes medical imagery with fabric and flowers, recalling edgy photos by JoelPeter Witkin; the clean lines, depth of field and frontal plane make this work exceptional. In general, the figure-and-fabric photographs possess a bondage quality that gives them verve. Other photos in the In-Sight series have a Hallmarkcard-meets-zombie-apocalypse aura, as it is difficult to superimpose body imagery on landscapes without invoking cliché.

In Alterwitz’s latest series, Just Breathe, participants lie on the ground with cameras on their stomachs and “breathe” during 30-second exposures. The sky/breath portraits are assembled in an indifferent 40-panel work, accompanied by explanatory aids, including a photo of a girl with

a camera atop her tummy and a sincere, handwritten description of her thoughts at the time.

Just Breathe provides an accessible prompt for discussing one’s place in the universe, as does the “Life Is Beautiful” installation in the final gallery. It features photographic banners with medical imagery hanging in the center of a darkened room with wall-sized photos of the Mojave at the perimeter.

As an educational exhibit, While I Am Still easily dovetails into STEM curricula. But as fine art, the quality is doubtful. Photography is a fraught medium, rarely able to shake its roots in documentation, no matter what ornate effects are applied. An X-ray is, almost always, an X-ray.

More importantly, the exhibition points to the slippage between concept and execution: having an idea is enough for a commercial art market, but for the higher stakes of fine art—where art history is in the balance—the work has to astonish, provoke, thrill, mystify and/or disturb, not once but again and again. For all its high-production values, While I Am Still is, in fact, too still.

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> Springing to Life Griep-Ruiz shoots her magazine manipulations from ground-level.

Stage highs and low angles A Cirque aerialist shows her skill with a camera at Blackbird By Kristy Totten “I spend a lot of time on the floor,” says Ginger Ana GriepRuiz, a Cirque du Soleil aerialist and photographer whose Pop Up series transforms magazine photographs into surprising subjects of her own work.

Using images from publications she collects, Griep-Ruiz cuts out and reinforces the printed pictures, and then phoing in the desert at sunset—purtographs them, still attached to ple, pinks and oranges crowding the magazine and often outside a pointed mountain peak behind and from low angles. A secondher. The woman, head cocked generation circus performer, she and thigh-gapped, seems to be relates her ground-level point of walking a small, short-legged view to her childhood, when she dog, when in realreceived a 110mm ity it’s several fish Kodak and began obscured by shadow. snapping photos of POP UP “I don’t think people family, including her Through March; get it,” Griep-Ruiz fire-eater father and call for hours. says. “They expect it aerialist mother.

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“Our family photo 1551 S. Commerce But it’s not. “There is albums have very St., 702-782-0319. absolutely not digital few pictures of me, manipulation beyond and many photosimple tonal adjustments …” her graphs were taken from oddly statement reads. “What you see, low angles,” Griep-Ruiz writes in I made by hand and in camera.” her artist statement.

Since that first Kodak, her “Safari Hanami,” taken for an camera has remained in reach uncle who was an elephant hanas she’s performed and coached dler, depicts an African elephant aerial silks for Cirque du Soleil walking in a Tokyo park dotfor more than 13 years, includted with cherry blossoms. The ing three and a half years in serene pachyderm appears to be Tokyo. She has appeared in Zed, full-sized in the photo, and the La Nouba and Delirium and curillusion remains even after the rently performs in Mystère. “It’s viewer notices the calendar page a constant evolution,” she says unfolding before it. From afar it of her job as an aerialist. “I’ve could be a white sheet or tarp. never finished it, and I never “She went a walkin…” shows will finish it.” The same goes for the silhouette of a model from a her photography. hotel chain advertisement stroll-

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Sin City Opera’s Trouble in Tahiti reaches high but hits some wrong notes By Jacob Coakley coats; and Sam’s time at the office, Not all marriages are happy, a sharp paean to the contradictions and not all deaths in opera require and ego of the American businessblood. In Leonard Bernstein’s man. (Emphasis on “man.”) curious trifle, Trouble in Tahiti, he The singers themselves, charts a day in the life of a dying though, don’t have as good a marriage in the ’50s suburbs. Sin time communicating. Even as the City Opera’s production of the trio (Scott Johnson, Marcie Ley, show, playing through March 15 at Jorge Ortiz) supported the scenes the Winchester Cultural Center, playing various characters, they uses a Mad Men vibe to capture lacked a vocal presence throughsome of the stifling despair behind out the show. Their harmonies ’50s consumerism. But the show were excellent, but their somestill doesn’t wound. what subdued singing often got Starting with a trio of chirpy lost in the large Winchester space. radio singers, Lysander Abadia’s Sadownik’s diction was also off for graceful direction captures the most of the evening, aggressively optimisrobbing her arias of tic space-age vibe of intelligibility as well the era, while allowaaacc as impact. Singing ing the black clouds of TROUBLE IN opposite Galla at a an unhappy marriage TAHITI Through psychotherapy sesto seep through. The March 15; Friday sion while he’s at the breakfast sequence & Saturday, 7 p.m.; office, her part was between Sam (sung Sunday, 2 p.m.; $10lost. Galla felt tentaby Skip Galla) and $15. Winchester tive at times but still Dinah (Stephanie Cultural Center, 3130 did the best at filling Sadownik) is wonS. McLeod Drive, up the Winchester, a derfully understated, 702-455-7340. larger house than Sin full of horrible pasCity Opera is used to. sive-aggressive bulAnd Ginger Land-van Buuren was lying and punishment. Sam says, delightful singing several com“Try Dinah, try to be kind.” She mercial spots with gusto and great stops and sits at the table, quiet. comedic appeal.

There’s a beat. Then she offers The orchestra, under the direcher hand across the table, a gentle, tion of Jack Gaughan, played small token of peace. In response, beautifully. Both Scott Teeple on he takes his hand off the table. string bass and Bryan Wente on It’s everything you need to know clarinet and flute were particuabout this couple and exactly larly evocative. where their marriage is.

Even with these bright spots, Other nicely realized moments Trouble in Tahiti remains a minor include a chance encounter work by a great composer. Sin City between Sam and Dinah that they Opera gives it some zest, but it both lie to get out of, set off by doesn’t rise to new heights. black umbrellas and brown trench

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It’s Throwback Thursday in March on East Sahara. With a tasseled red dress, a sparkling purple hat and a feathered boa, Jeanne Brei is ruling the ballroom as she descends from the stage in the Italian American Club.

With a band playing Dixieland jazz behind her— the Full banjo/trumpet/trombone/saxophone/bass/ drum Monty—Brei works the crowd. She dancewalks between banquet tables where the audience is seated, while black-and-white-clad waiters deliver wine and entrées, supper club-style. She meets and greets, encouraging folks to two-step on the dancefloor. It’s kind of a rager.

Oh, about the crowd …

It’s safe to say that on this night the house definitely trends toward the retiree set (and their grandparents). All the same, the monthly show billed as “The Swanky Supper Club Soiree!” is gettin’ jiggy at its own good-times pace. The band, The Speakeasy Swingers, delivers some Big Easy-themed greatest hits such as “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” Then a guest vocalist, Paul

> SPEAKEASY SWINGIN’ Jeanne Brei keeps it cooking at the IAC.

Rider” and “Got My Mojo Working.”

Stubblefield, takes to the stage and brings a This speakeasyin’ Throwback touch of Motown to the evening.

The Swanky Thursday doesn’t end with the music, For an interlude between sets, Supper Club though. There’s a raffle! During the Throwback Thursday heads into Lawrence Soiree First March edition, prizes ranged from Welk territory with The Backstage Revue Thursdays, 7-10 p.m., tickets to Ja-Makin’-Me-Laugh at the Dancers, a trio of ladies whose patriot- $10. Italian American D to a month of crossfit training. ic routine includes tambourines and tap Club, 2333 E. Sahara Sadly, I did not win a single thing. dancing. Is it Absinthe? No, but it has a lot Ave., 702-457-3866, For a $10 cover (including a of charm. Next, a violin soloist brings a iacvegas.com. few raffle tickets), the evening Russian cabaret vibe to the cavalcade. at the Italian American Club is The Dixielandia resumes, and of course a #TBTastic deal. The recurring evening next there’s a “When the Saints Go Marching In” lineup, returns to the Italian American Club on April 2, Brei acting as parade marshal with a festive umbrella. when the theme will be more in the jump-jiveThe second set gets a lot funkier than the early show, and-wail swing-dance vein. with the band turning out rave-up versions of “C.C.

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CENTER OF ATTENTION Off the Strip brings its satisfying fare to the Linq By Brock Radke I’ve still never visited the original Off the Strip, the popular neighborhood bar and restaurant in Southern Highlands, and while I’ve always heard great things about the food and service there, the idea of the place coming to the Strip didn’t initially make a lot of sense to me. Would tourists roaming the Linq care to experience a recreation of a local, suburban favorite? ¶ Turns out, it makes a lot of sense. The new Off the Strip is huge and spacious but still warm and cozy—it really does feel like your neighborhood spot. And the menu maintains old favorites while mixing in new dishes to suit those looking to eat healthy and others looking for innovative flavors.

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Grilled Mahi Filet Off the Strip plans to expand its Fresh & Fit menu, but this perfectly grilled, fresh fish on a bed of balsamic-sauced red quinoa already fits the bill.

You could eat this delicious dish every day. ($24)

> OYSTERS and then some Radio City now serves Kumamotos and also makes a pizza topped with chicken oysters, which are not really oysters, but still ...

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Downtown’s delicious sandwich kiosk the Goodwich, redesigned Radio City and its food and drinks with the help of chef Sean Collins (Rose. Rabbit. Lie., Japonais) and barmen Bryant Jane (Rose. Rabbit. Lie., Vesper) and The Fremont East pizzeria is Lyle Cervenka (Velveteen Rabbit). turning into something special The restaurant space is darker, warmer and more welcoming, and the menu is now modern Italian with a focus on top-notch Tiny, tender potatoes decorated with ingredients melded into flavorful rosemary, onion ash, caperberries small plates (mostly under $10). and herbed crème fraîche.

You can still get classic NY-style Kumamoto oysters with lemon, Radio City pizza—Leslie and Collins completely apple, pickled shallot and a dash of Pizzeria 508 redid Radio City’s recipe—or opt for red absinthe. Pizzas topped with beef Fremont St., 12-inch house pies like the aforeheart and basil pesto or pork jowl, 702-982-5055. mentioned combos or one with chorizo and pickled jalapeño.

Daily, 11 a.m.duck confit, seasonal pesto, red chili This sounds like fancy food 11 p.m. and pecorino cheese ($15). you’d find in a Las Vegas Strip casiThe new guys aren’t close to no, not in a pizza joint sandwiched being done. They’ll introduce between bars on Fremont East, fresh pastas soon, and the back patio will and that’s the whole point. Surprises are nice. become Retroscena, an Amaro bar with a Radio City Pizzeria owner Elias Ghanem bicycle valet.

Jr. and his family, who originally opened their How could something so interesting haprestaurant at the suburban Tivoli Village pen to a simple pizza joint? “We wanted to be before setting their sights on Downtown, a cool surprise, but still easy,” Leslie says. “It have brought new partners into their busishouldn’t be a hassle to find a hidden gem.” ness, allowing for a wholesale revamp. Jake Agreed. –Brock Radke Leslie, a Strip veteran and co-creator of

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Rolled NY Strip with Asparagus Off the Strip calls this a table starter, but you may have to order it for your entrée; it’s too tasty to share.

Tender beef is layered with provolone cheese, asparagus, basil and sun-dried tomato, all awash in a lusciously rich Marsala sauce. ($14)

Sweet Chili & Bacon Prawns This addictive appetizer adds plenty of sweet and spicy to the guaranteed winner that is bacon-wrapped shrimp. The crunchy Asian slaw packs plenty of flavor, too. ($13)

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Lamb Gyro Cheesesteak The original restaurant is known for a killer burger, but the new spot raises the sandwich game with this hybrid.

A crusty roll is crammed with Greek-spiced lamb and smothered with melty provolone, onions and peppadew peppers. ($13)

Al’s Cheesecake Named for original chef/owner Al Hubbard, this sweet treat proves that classic New York cheesecake never goes out of style ... especially with a little chocolate and strawberry. ($11)

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Forte does everything deliciously, and now it does breakfast, too METHOD Nina Manchev is at it again. The chef and owner at Forte, one of the city’s most innovative restaurants, FORTE recently rolled out a new breakfast menu. Similar to the TAPAS BAR schizophrenic evening offerings, the morning menu & BISTRO begins with a quartet of world-traversing breakfast 4180 S. plates: meat-centric Spanish ($12.50); Israeli egg-based Rainbow shakshuka ($10.50); a traditional British breakfast ($12); Blvd., 702and the smoked fish-charged Russian option ($20) 220-3876. which includes a $30 caviar add-on for ballers. ¶ But Breakfast you don’t have to be geographically limited—you can served order à la carte and sample greatness from throughout TuesdayEurope. Being of Hungarian descent, I was particularly Saturday, 10 interested in the trio of Magyar dishes, including the a.m.-3 p.m. palachinka ($6), a breakfast favorite of my late grandmother. Manchev serves a paper-thin crepe swimming in honey and studded with walnuts, not the way Grandma made them but still deliciously comforting. If only all bacon was as good as the thickcut, smoky Hungarian rendition ($4.50). Best of all is lángos ($8), fried dough reminiscent of funnel cake. The Hungarians got it right when they topped theirs with cheese, a savory riff on the fairground favorite. ¶ On the lighter side, Manchev channels her Bulgarian roots with banitsa ($8), filo dough layered with egg and mild feta. No matter where your “travels” take you, Forte is a most delicious breakfast destination. –Jim Begley

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Build drink over ice in a tall pilsner glass, starting with Jameson and Crown Royal and then ginger ale. Stir and top with Fireball. Squeeze juice from the lemon wedge and drop into the drink. Garnish with fresh mint.

Green beer is great, but Jameson sure is better. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, one of our favorite libation-loving holidays, we’ve prepared a cocktail that combines the best qualities of the occasion itself: top-notch whiskey and light-hearted, campy fun.

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 3/12, touring festival of outdoor adventure and action sports films, 7 pm, free.

Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 3/18, City of God. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-489-9110.

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 3/15, 3/18, The Seven Year Itch. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Dale Hoyt Screening 3/18, short films “Farm” and “The Complete Anne Frank” by video artist Dale Hoyt, discussion with Hoyt and musician Monet Clark, 6 pm, free.

Barrick Museum at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.

Drake’s Homecoming 3/19, Drake concert from 2009 at Toronto’s Sound Academy, 7:30 pm, $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: ORL, SF, SP, ST. Info: fathomevents.com.

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

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.

The Last Unicorn 3/15, screening plus signing and Q&A with author Peter S. Beagle, 11 am, $12.

Theaters: SP. Info: lastunicorntour. com.

The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 3/14, Rossini’s La Donna del Lago live, 9:55 am, $16-$24. 3/18, Rossini’s La Donna del Lago encore, 6:30 pm, $15$22. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000.

Nevada Women’s Film Festival 3/14, films by and featuring women, plus awards ceremony, noon-midnight, $8-$14. Baobab Stage, 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Info: nevadawomensfilm festival.com.

The Royal Ballet Cinema Season 3/19, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, 7 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

Salad Days 3/13, 3/15, documentary about DC punk scene, Fri 8 pm, Sun 1 pm, $5. XOXO B Modern Events Venue, 9272 Tamarus St., Ste. 110, xoxobvenue.com.

Saturday Movie Matinee 3/14, Gone Girl, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702507-3400.

Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 3/14, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 10 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter. com.

Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 3/17, On the Beach. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos 3/14, broadcast of UFC fight between Anthony “Showtime” Pettis and Rafael dos Anjos, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

New this week Cinderella aabcc Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 105 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 40.

Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Red Army aaacc Directed by Gabe Polsky. 76 minutes.

Rated PG. See review Page 41.

Theaters: SC Road Hard (Not reviewed) Adam Carolla, Jay Mohr, Diane Farr.

Directed by Adam Carolla and Kevin Hench. 98 minutes. Not rated. After his movie and TV career goes bust, a struggling comedian finds himself back on tour.

Theaters: TC Run All Night aaacc Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. 114 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40.

Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

Now playing 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 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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX Annie aaccc Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Cameron Diaz. Directed by Will Gluck. 118 minutes. Rated PG. This new film version of the 1977 Broadway musical about an adorable orphan (Wallis) who melts the heart of a high-powered industrialist (Foxx) uses fewer than half of the original songs. The insipid material isn’t improved by equally cloying new songs, crass product placement, dated pop-culture jokes and movie stars who can’t sing. –JB Theaters: TC 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

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> fist bump The robot star of Chappie keeps it gangsta.

Birdman aaabc Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. Directed

by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 119 minutes.

Rated R. Keaton gets a much-needed comeback vehicle in Iñárritu’s entertaining chamber piece, playing a washed-up actor—famous for playing a Batman-like superhero called Birdman—who’s now directing and starring in a chaotic Broadway play.

Seemingly composed of a single continous shot, the film also boasts Norton, Watts and Andrea Riseborough as fellow actors. –MD Theaters: COL, DTS, ST, VS Black or White aaccc Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Jillian Estell. Directed by Mike Binder. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. Binder achieves an impressive feat here, depicting a courtroom battle between a middleaged white lawyer and a workingclass 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 Black Sea aaabc Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. 115 minutes. Rated R. Laidoff submarine captain Robinson (Law) hatches a plan to steal an underwater cache of Nazi gold. Surprisingly, things do not go according to plan, and Macdonald ratchets up the tension as Robinson and his men start turning on each other. When it sticks to the chaotic undersea action, Black Sea is efficient and gripping. –JB Theaters: VS

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 Chappie AACCC Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yolandi Visser. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. 120 minutes. Rated R. Writer-director Blomkamp (District 9) proves to be a one-hit wonder with his third feature, about a future police robot given artificial intelligence.

Chappie is inconsistent, overreaching and often preachy, the second movie in a row in which Blomkamp demonstrates visual flair but fails at both social commentary and basic storytelling. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, 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 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, CH, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TX 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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, 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 curtain a few too many times. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies aabcc Martin Freeman, Luke Evans, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen. Directed by Peter Jackson. 144 minutes. Rated PG-13. The conclusion of Jackson’s three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s

A&E | Short Takes classic fantasy novel is underwhelming, dispatching with the previous films’ main villain in the first 10 minutes and then turning to an interminable battle.

The title character spends most of the time on the sidelines, and the attempted grandeur is mostly empty. –JB Theaters: TC 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: DI 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 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, SC, SS

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, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, 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, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, 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: CH, COL, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, 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 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 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: TC The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel aabcc Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench. Directed by John Madden.

122 minutes. Rated PG. Nearly all of the characters return for the continuing story of a ramshackle retirement home for British pensioners in India. The storylines are mostly half-hearted, centered on the romantic couplings that blossomed in the previous movie. The talented actors make the experience pleasant enough, even if it drags on for too long. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, DTS, FH, GVR, ORL, SC, SF, SP Selma aaabc David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo. Directed by Ava DuVernay. 127 minutes. Rated PG-13.

Selma is a sometimes powerful, sometimes stilted look at the 1965 march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Oyelowo) from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama to rally for voting rights for African-Americans. The filmmakers create a sense of real life being lived, rather than just facts and figures being dramatized. –JB Theaters: VS Seventh Son (Not reviewed) Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore. Directed by Sergey Bodrov. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. A young man becomes the apprentice to a powerful warrior and must fight an evil witch.

Theaters: ST, VS

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

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water aabcc Voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence. Directed by Paul Tibbitt.

92 minutes. Rated PG. The second movie starring animated undersea creature SpongeBob SquarePants features all the familiar characters in an adventure to track down the stolen recipe for Krabby Patties. The story drags over the course of 90 minutes, with mild humor and a strained climax that mixes the animated characters with live action. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS 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: GVR, ST, 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: SC, TC 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, VS

Unfinished Business abccc Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Ken Scott. 91 minutes. Rated R. Vaughn continues his losing streak with this alternately obnoxious and maudlin (and consistently unfunny) comedy about three businessmen on a crazy business trip to Germany. The movie itself often feels unfinished, with erratic pacing, jarring tonal shifts and jokes that get cut off before they can play out. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX 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, ST, TC What We Do in the Shadows aaacc Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonathan Brugh. Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. 86 minutes. Not rated. Clement and Waititi (Flight of the Conchords) bring a familiar understated, deadpan humor to the story of three vampires who live together in a rundown house in Wellington, New Zealand. Even when the laughs get less frequent, they continue through to the end, with plenty of quotable lines. –JB Theaters: VS Whiplash aaabc Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser.

Directed by Damien Chazelle. 107 minutes. Rated R. Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who has either the good or bad fortune to fall under the tutelage of a sadistic teacher-conductor (Simmons). There’s not much to the film apart from their weird sort of S&M relationship, but with two lead actors this formidable, that’s enough. –MD Theaters: VS JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo; NS Nick Schager

Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283

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

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

(SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283 (SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Calendar LISTINGS YOU CAN PLAN YOUR LIFE BY!

> GET LOUD Ackermann (right) brings his band to Beauty Bar.

THREE QUESTIONS WITH A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS’ OLIVER ACKERMANN A Place to Bury Strangers is known for being loud and chaotic. What makes you want to push those sound boundaries?

When things are really loud and have certain sounds, you really get lost. There’s this amazing, euphoric feeling, like listening to one of your favorite songs while you’re doing something you like to do, like jogging down the road. And there’s the way that we create the sounds that we create—it’s sort of necessary for it to be so loud to get these kinds of sounds, the interplay between your guitar and it being cranked up really loud and what sound it makes when speakers are blowing up or

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. Linq, 702-862-2695.

Blvd. Cocktail Company Modern Jazz Assembly Tue 8 pm, free. The Linq, blvdcocktail.com.

The Colosseum Rod Stewart Elton John 3/20-3/21, 3/23-3/24, 3/27-3/28, Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333.

The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Jason Mraz, Raining Jane 3/14, 8 pm, $50.

about to blow up. You’re almost struggling on the edge.

What’s the loudest show you’ve ever been to? Dinosaur Jr. at the

Boathouse in Virginia Beach.

There was this band that played before them—I can’t remember who it was, but they were crazy loud—and then Dinosaur Jr. came on, and they were 10 times louder.

and had the fire department show up, and we’ve had cops cancel our shows before. One time cops shut down our show in New York and, apparently, someone was standing next to the cops, and the cops were like, “Let these guys play one more song; these guys are sick.” (laughs) –Leslie Ventura For more of our interview with Ackermann, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

You’ve mentioned blowing speakers and amps. Have you ever had to stop a show because you accidentally ruined your gear? Totally. Sometimes you

blow the power and they can’t turn it back on. We’ve played

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS with Creepoid, Close to Modern, Candy Warpop. March 12, 9 p.m., $10-$12.

Beauty Bar, 702-598-3757.

Hozier 4/9, 9 pm, $30+. (Boulevard Pool) Ratatat, Sylvan Esso 4/8, 9 pm, $28. St. Vincent 4/10, 9 pm, $25. 702698-7000.

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 Thru 3/14, 3/17-3/21, 5/26-5/30, 6/2-6/6. 702733-3333.

Gilley’s 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 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. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600.

The Joint Rascal Flatts, Craig Wayne Boyd 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+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222.

Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Charlie Wilson 3/28, 8 pm, $50-$130. 702632-7777.

MGM (Grand Garden Arena) Fleetwood Mac 4/11, 8 pm, $50-$200.

Bette Midler 5/22, 8 pm, $95-$310.

Madonna 10/24, 8 pm, $43-$383. 702891-7777.

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 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. Alice in Chains 7/18, 8 pm, $53+. 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 Ricardo Arjona 3/15, 8 pm, $59-$181. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 4/10-4/11, 8:30 pm, $69$250. 702-234-7469.

Rí Rá Amerian Diddle Idols 3/12, 8:45 pm. 3/13, 9 pm. The Black Donnellys 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 3/23, 3/30, 8:45.

The 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.

Art Bar Ryan Whyte Maloney Thu, 6 pm. Live music Fri-Sat, 6 pm.

Downtown Grand, 206 N. 3rd St., 702719-5100.

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Backstage Bar & Billiards Revolve, Someday Broken, Moonboots, Alyeska 3/13, 8 pm, $5. O’s of Presidential, Cure For Gravity, Rivermaker, Jane N The Jungle 3/14, 8 pm, free. New Order Tribute ft. Close to Modern 3/14, 11:30 pm, free. Farewell My Love, Requiem, Baddpit, Adam Crow, Honor Amongst Thieves 3/16, 8 pm, $10.

Bogtrotters Union, Brock Frabbiele, The Civilians, Lawnmower Death Riders 3/17, 8 pm, free. Wicked Garden, Burn Unit 3/18, 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 Arma, Yautja 4/29, 9 pm. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757.

The Bunkhouse 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. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com.

Downtown Grand Roxy Gunn Project 3/13-3/14, 3/20-3/21, 9 pm. 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100.

Fremont Country Club Leprechauns Gone Wild 3/17, $21-$50, 8 pm. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601.

Golden Nugget 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. 129 Fremont St., 702-385-7111.

Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577.

Hard Hat Lounge 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987.

LVCS 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 3/12, 9 pm. Vagrant Nation 3/14, 9 pm; 3/15, 10 pm. JV Allstars 3/16, 3/18, 9 pm. Safety Orange 3/17, 9 pm. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204.

Mob Bar Reckless in Vegas 3/27, 9 pm, free. 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 Jake Shimabukuro 3/20-3/21, 7 pm, $39+. Clint Holmes

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First Fri & Sat, 8:30 pm; first Sun, 2 pm; $35-$45. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-7492000.

The ’Burbs Cannery 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. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139.

Elixir Marty Feick 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.

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LEO

SAGITTARIUS

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July 22-August 22

November 22-December

In the old Superman comics, Mister Mxyztplk was a fiendish imp from the fifth dimension who sneaked over into our world to bedevil the Man of Steel with pranks. The sure way he could be banished back to his own realm: If Superman fooled him into saying his own name backwards. I’d like to suggest that you have a similar power to get rid of a bugaboo. Don’t underestimate your ability to outsmart the pest.

In 1961, 19-year-old Bob Dylan played an acoustic guitar and harmonica. By 1963, his career had skyrocketed, but he still kept his instrumentation simple. That changed in 1965, when he made the leap to rock and roll. How dare he renounce his folk roots? I wonder if it might be time for you to consider a comparable transition, Leo. Are you willing to risk disorienting or disturbing those who would prefer you to stay as you are?

One of your important assignments in the coming week is to get high without the use of drugs and alcohol. In my oracular opinion, you simply must escape the numbing trance of the daily rhythm. Experiencing altered states of awareness will provide you with crucial benefits. At the same time, you can’t afford to risk hurting yourself.

So what do you think? Do you have any methods to get sozzled and squiffed that will also keep you sane?

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VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 19

August 23-September 21

December 21-January 20

In 1637, mathematician Pierre de Fermat declared that he had solved the “Last Theorem,” a particularly knotty mathematical problem. Unfortunately, he never actually provided the proof that he had done so. It wasn’t until 1994, more than 350 years later, that anyone succeeded. I think you are on the verge of discovering a possible solution to one of your own long-running riddles. You’re almost there.

“Whoever travels without a guide needs 200 years for a two-day journey.” That’s an old Sufi saying sometimes attributed to the poet Rumi. I don’t think it’s accurate in all cases. Sometimes we are drawn to wander into frontiers that few people have visited and none have mastered. But right now, Virgo, I believe it holds true for you. Where you’re headed, you would benefit from an advisor, teacher, or role model.

Singer Gloria Gaynor recorded the song “I Will Survive” in 1978. It sold over two million copies and ultimately became an iconic disco anthem, yet it was originally the B-side of “Substitute.” I foresee the possibility of a similar development for you, Capricorn.

What you currently consider to be secondary should perhaps be primary. A gift or skill you think is less important could turn out to be pre-eminent.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 20-June 20

September 22-October 22

January 19-February 17

Your upcoming efforts might not be flawless in all respects, but I suspect you will triumph anyway. You may not be completely sure of what you want, but you’ll get a reward you didn’t know you were looking for.

Cagey innocence and high expectations will be your secret weapons. Dumb luck and crazy coincidences will be your X-factors. As the unreasonable blessings flow in your direction, don’t disrupt the flow.

There’s a meme rolling around: “Everyone wants a magical solution for their problems, but they refuse to believe in magic.” I think this Internet folk wisdom applies to your current situation. If you intend to keep fantasizing about finding a magical solution, you will have to work harder to believe. But if you can’t finagle your brain into actually believing, you should stop fantasizing about a magical solution.

I’m tempted to furrow my brow and raise my voice as I tell you to please go out and do the dicey task you’ve been postponing. But that would just be a way to vent my frustration, and probably not helpful or constructive for you. So here’s my wiser advice: To prepare for that task, lock yourself in your sanctuary until you figure out what you first need to change about yourself before you can accomplish it.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 21

October 23-November 21

February 18-March 19

As soon as a baby loggerhead turtle leaves its nest on a Florida beach, it heads for the ocean. Although it can swim just one mile every two hours, it begins an 8,000-mile journey that takes ten years. Succeeding at such an epic journey requires a stellar sense of direction and a prodigious will to thrive. I nominate the loggerhead turtle to be your power animal for the coming weeks, Cancerian.

I have taken a passage from a letter that Henry Miller wrote and chopped it up so as to create an oracle that’s perfect for you right now. “This is the wild dream: you with your chameleon’s soul being anchored always in sensing you are at home. You asserting yourself, getting the rich varied life you desire; and the more you assert yourself, the more you love going deeper, thicker, fuller. The insatiable delight of constant change.”

In “The Ugly Duckling,” the young hero suffers from a peculiar case of mistaken identity. He believes that he is a duck. In the end, his anguish dissolves when he finally realizes that he is in fact a swan. Fellow swans welcome him into their community. Is there anything in this story that resonates with you? I’m guessing there is. It’s high time to free yourself from false notions about who you really are.

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