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cursive (480 comments, so far).
Wynn. True Story’s identity heist.
8 as we see it Ikea is coming!
46 noise Coachella post-mortem.
Where is the biggest Hooters? Be Earth’s friend, cleverly.
Reviews of St. Vincent, two Wu stars, Fleetwood Mac and Hozier.
12 weekly Q&A Steffen Peters
50 the strip Elvis’ best girl
rides for World Cup glory.
dishes on Vegas Graceland.
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51 fine art Tapping Lucretius
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wax Vinyl is rising, and a new shop Downtown is a sign that Vegas believes in analog.
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26 nights Adventures in ladies’ night. Drinking Game of Thrones.
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THE ART OF CHANGE Downtown’s Arts District is undergoing yet another transition, possibly with less art.
Ugh. Something’s a good thing? Bulldoze it and make sh*tty things. –Noah Pippin Artists go where the rent is cheap and zoning is not oppressive. Once the liquor stores, pawn shops and vacant buildings are replaced with bistros, boutiques and condos, the only artists you will find will be con artists selling you overpriced real estate. –Jesus Francisco Javier Partida The SoHo effect ... have seen it over and over and over. –Trudy Beaulieu I doubt there will be any shortage of vacant sh*tholes. There’s more than plenty.–Eric Dillon
CONFUSING CURSIVE
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Who knew the issue of whether students should learn to write in script was such a polarizing topic?
Please take care with decisions regarding handwriting instruction. Reliable research that shows benefits of cursive simply does not exist at this date. Research has ONLY proved the cognitive value of writing by hand. A variety of cursives have been used ever since the Romans gave us our western alphabet more than 2000 years ago. There must be a better way, a better cursive, one that would be easier to read and faster to write. For the sake of better education for our children, serious, thoughtful attention is needed. –NanJay Barchowsky
They may have to start? When did they stop? I was educated in Las Vegas and we learned cursive. Wait. That was a loooong time ago. Never mind. –Kerry Dunn It’s pointless. Who uses cursive other than signing their name? Forget about cursive, we need more kids getting into STEM programs. –Melanie Kearley Hand-eye coordination is critical. Cursive writing is beneficial. Right now the children poke, swipe and tap on pads and keyboards, none of which develops hand-eye coordination. And we wonder why computers will become smarter than humans. –Pamela Brezinski Lappen How about teaching what they will need in the real world? –Raymond Meservey Nevada students may have to learn cursive writing? That’s why we rank on the bottom of the list when it comes to education. It is mandatory in most normal schools to learn cursive writing! I was taught that in first grade. –Jim Lockerbie Sr. Thumbs up to Nevada. Now my grandchildren will be able to read letters written from my grandmother. –Sheila Christilli
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IKEA IS COMING!
At long last, the Swedish furniture giant breaks ground in Vegas BY KRISTEN PETERSON
∑ “We’re getting ready to get our Swedish on!” County Commissioner Susan Brager exclaimed to the crowd in a white tent off the 215. Swedish flags waved modestly, and local Swedes, dressed in yellow and blue, applauded with dignitaries and other guests. A table of Swedish snacks lined the back wall, while a life-size Dala Horse representing Swedish folk art stood at the entrance. Even Gov.
HOO! WHO? HOOTERS, THAT’S WHO
∑ While our great city is certainly recognized as a global destination for entertainment and hospitality, Las Vegas also is known for its owls. It’s a close second. Who among us hasn’t encountered a burrowing owl while picnicking at Floyd Lamb Park, or perhaps a great horned owl relaxing in a tree overlooking the Valley’s desert perimeter? This is surely the reason that Hooters, the world’s preeminent owl-themed restau-
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rant franchise, maintains such a strong presence here. We already have three locations in addition to the Hooters casino-hotel on Tropicana Avenue, which was converted from the San Remo in 2006. Just last week, the Palms announced a new 15,200-square-foot Hooters will be opening before spring is over, including a massive poolside space. Owls love swimming pools. “There’s a ‘go big or go
Lena Walther, honorary consul of Sweden, was at the groundbreaking, sharing stories of how her grandfather knew the father of Ingvar Kamprad, the entrepreneur who founded Ikea in 1943. “I’ve been here for 18 years,” Walther said. “People have been nagging us about Ikea not being here.” Its arrival, she added, means “tremendous promotion for Sweden, Swedish design and Swedish food.” Like Prinsess cakes, the cream-filled, greenmarzipan goodies favored by local Harriet Olofsson, originally from Jämtland, Sweden. It’s the thing she’s most excited to buy. Having first visited Ikea decades ago in Sweden and seen it grow, Walther is familiar with fan fervor—customers crossing state lines and locals demanding home stores—and was likely unfazed when County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said, “All I’m hearing is, ‘Ikea is coming!’”
home’ mentality when you’re in Vegas, and Hooters is ready to ‘go big’ with our largest location in the world inside Palms casino resort,” said Mark Whittle, senior vice president of global development for Hooters of America, failing to mention there are 222 known species of owls. But that’s okay. Las Vegas will always welcome any project that celebrates these most regal of creatures. –Brock Radke
IKEA BY L.E. BASKOW
The world’s largest owl-themed bar and restaurant is coming to the Palms
Brian Sandoval sported the colors of the Swedish flag on his tie. Not all groundbreakings generate the nationalist pride of a Norse country, but this is Ikea, so the enthusiasm of the press event boiled down to all things Swedish—including the touted “Swedish values,” which will extend full benefits to part-time Ikea employees, something Sandoval described as “extraordinary” and representative of “a culture we really want in our state.” It will be another year before the store opens, employing 300 people and bringing tourists and locals to Durango and the 215 for Scandinavian furniture and food, but it has already been suggested that the area could turn into “Little Sweden” as Ikeas have in other cities. The Dala Horse did, after all, belong to a Swedish group in town before falling into the hands of the Sons of Norway’s Vegas Viking Lodge.
AS WE SEE IT…
IN BRIEF FLAVORTOWN, THE SEQUEL Of course Guy Fieri celebrated the first anniversary of his first Vegas restaurant by riding the High Roller with some fans (including New England Patriots star Julian Edelman) and serving up slider versions of the Bacon Mac-N-Cheese Burger on the Linq’s patio. But he also announced his son, Hunter, would be following in his footsteps and attending UNLV, planning to pursue a career in food and beverage. Translation: Be ready for another generation of frosted-tipped off-the-hookness. –Brock Radke
RAISE YOUR ECO-IQ
bottle won’t be reused, but what’s worse is trashing unconsumed water. At the very least, pour it down the drain so it can be reclaimed. “Water in Las Vegas that goes down the drain ends up in Lake Mead,” Soltz says. “[When trashed], it turns into air and is lost forever.”
Stop! You’re doing it wrong. Okay, maybe you’re doing all right, but you could probably show the planet a little more love. In honor of Earth Day, April 22, ditch these four habits you might not realize wreck the environment.
Buying overly packaged products. The highly conscious consumer might avoid petroleum-based packaging altogether because its production requires oil drilling, but for the average shopper, increased mindfulness will do. For example, buying shaving cream in a jar rather than a can avoids aerosol pollution and, because it lasts longer, saves money.
Stop being environmentally sucky! Fix four bad habits you didn’t know you had
Wasting food. We know there are starving kids in China, but it’s not just that. Every time you throw away an uneaten meal, you’re not just creating trash, you’re wasting the time and energy it took to raise, grow or process your grub. “That food took resources,” says professor Steve Soltz of College of Southern Nevada’s sustainability committee. “Those animals took water and grain. It took crops, and fuel, to deliver those products.” Throwing away bottled water. It’s bad enough the
Printing paper when there’s a virtual option. If you can manage without printing it, do. Use a smartphone for boarding passes and coupons, enroll in paperless billing and always use print preview to avoid inking unnecessary paper, like that annoying final page that contains only a date. Las Vegas needs to improve its eco-IQ in general, Soltz says. “There’s not a consciousness here. … We’re worried about Yucca Mountain but not about what goes in the streets. That can be just as toxic.” –Kristy Totten
URBAN CASINOIZATION There’s no question that casinos bring jobs, entertainment and even culture to an area, but now there’s a research paper asserting they can play key roles in urban revitalization. International consulting firm Global Market Advisors presented the findings of “Casinos and the City” on April 14 at a commercial gaming conference in Beijing. The full report is at globalmarketadvisors.com/white-papers, offering suggestions on developing casinos that not only provide jobs and tax revenue, “but stimulate commercial activity around the casino and enhance the quality of the communities in which they are located.” –Erin Ryan POETRY IN MOTION April is National Poetry Month, so maybe it’s time to consider if you or someone you know might be the right wordsmith to succeed inaugural Clark County Poet Laureate Christopher Luna. The county is seeking new candidates to serve in the honorary position, someone to promote the art form locally for a two-year term beginning June 1. The candidate must be at least 18 and available for lots of public activities. Nominations are due May 1. For nomination requirements and other information, visit clarkcountynv.gov. –BR
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‘On the edge of all our lives’
> WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS It only took 61 drag performers to put little old Las Vegas on the map.
The fight to preserve Michael Heizer’s land art in the open desert hits home
Men (and women) at werk
Drag queens and kings come together for a Guinness World Record By Mark Adams
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was 55, set by GSWS Columbus at Axis Nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, in July 2014. “You’re having a good time!” “Turn to your left, turn to your right!” The drag royalty is mid-rehearsal, working it onstage with samba moves, sassy snaps and Mom-dance staple the “lasso.” It’s apparent some of these queens and kings haven’t watched the instructional YouTube video in preparation, but they get it together toward the end—and that camouflaging is definitely helping. A few drag performances from Drag Queen Brunch regulars and several mimosas for the surrounding tables later, the moment is here: time to attempt the record. Once again the ragtag bunch takes the sunny spotlight, this time with numbered wristbands on for the official count—but the group is six kings and queens shy. What to do? “Brandon! Go put a dress on!” screams veteran queen Michelle Holliday from the stage. With makeup teams and costume crews on-site, a frantic search for willing participants ensues. While Guinness has yet to confirm the record, with Las Vegas’ final count of 61, Columbus might have to start planning its revenge. Because, as Drag Queen Brunch host Kitty Litter put it, “[We] just made drag history!”
drag performers by mikayla whitmore; dave hickey by checko selgado
“Whoever is confident in doing this, please step forward to the front. Whoever is not confident, step to the back. We want to camouflage you.” It’s 10:30 a.m., and a choreographer is trying to assemble about 50 drag queens and kings on a makeshift stage on the corner of Paradise and Harmon. Just a normal Sunday morning in Vegas, right? Wrong. Well, that scene definitely could happen, but on April 12 the Hard Rock Cafe attempted the Guinness World Record for Largest Drag Queen Stage Show, promoting its monthly Drag Queen Brunch that began in November. “Do we have any other queens who have arrived?” asks choreographer Paul Pratt, one final call before the rehearsal mandated by the Guinness rulebook. “Where she at?!” From a bearded glamazon in a black-and-white number serving Joan Collins à la Dynasty to drag kings sporting trucker hats and makeup mustaches, it’s quite the motley crew. Professional drag performers from around town are joined by amateur (even first-time) queens and kings for the record attempt, as Hard Rock Cafe reached out to various organizations like the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada to organize enough participants to break the record. The number to beat
There’s this idea that in a century (or several), visitors to Nevada will walk Michael Heizer’s epic artwork, “City,” a massive, four-decade undertaking composed of minimalist structures in Lincoln County. The conversation will turn to the 21st-century foresight to save the work as it was meant to be experienced—isolated in the desert; a marvel of engineering, concept and perseverance; modern, with references to ancient temples, industry and contemporary urban infrastructure. That’s only if Las Vegas doesn’t blow it, or more specifically, doesn’t “f*ck it up,” says art and culture critic Dave Hickey, who joined Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last week, to discuss the nearcomplete work for which advocates are seeking national monument designation. Lauded by Govan as one of the greatest artworks of our time, the importance of “City” extends beyond art history to history in general, he says, echoing Hickey’s assertion that its complexities and simplicities allow for longevity. Brought to the Smith Center by the Contemporary Arts Center, the two traded Heizer stories and championed the artistic merits of “City,” while discussing art and culture’s tendency to hold the information and intelligence of civilizations. Built to last millennia, “City” sits within the Basin and Range, a vast patch of Nevada that Sen. Harry Reid has been trying through legislation to conserve. Groups such as the Conservation Lands Foundation are working to see it protected under the Antiquities Act. Heizer selected the area for its geology, remoteness and feeling of expansive space. “In the ’70s he wanted to find a space that would be protected—a ranch surrounded by BLM land. In those days no one could touch BLM land,” Govan says, contrasting the idea with the more recent threat of nearby potential fracking and rail lines hauling nuclear waste (and in the 1980s, MX missiles). Encouraging residents to send letters to elected officials, Govan referred to the land as “ours as citizens of the United States.” Of “City,” Hickey said, “What could be more American, what could be more interstellar? I really cannot find any objection or any reservation about this work of art. It is not monumental, it’s sinuous. It’s big as hell and it’s sitting here right on the edge of all our lives.” –Kristen Peterson
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WEEKLY Q&A
> DANCES WITH HORSES On Ravel, Peters won World Cup Dressage in Vegas in 2009. Now on Legolas, he competes here again this week.
up to him. At a very safe distance, at a respectful distance, he would rear straight up and then I would run away. He would follow me just like a dog. … He would do this for a good 20 minutes, and it was a good cardio workout for me, too. (laughs) What about the bond between horse and rider during competition? When you feel they’re
so into it just like you, they want to please you, they want to compete for you, they want to win with you—to get this partnership from an animal is at least as special as a partnership with a human being, probably even more special. You and a horse named Ravel won the World Cup here in 2009. What can you tell me about that moment? I person-
SMOOTH RIDE Dressage champion Steffen Peters on Olympic memories, Vegas crowds and the power of David Bowie musical weapons and the enduring honor of representing the U.S. in the ring. You won team bronze at the Atlanta Olympics on Udon, a horse you trained from the time he was 3. That must have been pretty special. Anytime you
get to sit on a horse for the first time, put the saddle on for the first time, and then for this horse to make the Olympic Games in 1996, that is a very, very special relationship. It was 15 years of competing together, and it’s just amazing memories. Did Udon have any memorable quirks? He loved
to play with humans. When I came into the pasture he would look at me, and I would run
What’s the best part about this kind of competition? Any-
time you get to represent the United States in a huge competition, that’s, first of all, a gigantic honor. Competing for 30 years now, this certainly hasn’t changed. Are you hoping to try out for another Olympics? I’m 50
years old this year. As long as my body holds up, I’d love to aim for another two Olympic Games.
ally have never experienced a louder, more supportive crowd than What drew you to I experienced in Las dressage? I always EQUESTRIAN Vegas. … I’ll never had this love for aniWORLD CUP forget that moment mals, even when I Through April 19, when the No. 1 was a kid. ... I always times vary, $30behind Ravel’s name made a point of try$115. Thomas popped up on the ing to gain the ani& Mack Center, scoreboard, and this mal’s trust. This worldcup place completely is still what we do lasvegas.com. erupted. The crowd every single day that we see in Las when we ride our Vegas is top notch. It is my horses, and that’s what fasfavorite place to show in the cinates me, this wonderful world, and I can’t tell you communication with your how excited I am to go back. horse and the extremely difficult movements that we’re performing. ... It can be frusGiven your current ranking, trating, it takes an extreme what are your chances of winamount of patience, but it ning? For Legolas and myself, just fascinates me. it is pretty close to impossible to win this year. A place in the top seven would be super. … Music plays a big role in your But if you go to the World Cup sport. What are some of your and you don’t want to win, standards? U2, Coldplay, I’ve you shouldn’t compete. used some Rolling Stones before. This particular freestyle that I’m doing with Dressage’s intricate footwork Legolas has David Bowie and appears to just happen, but Queen’s “Under Pressure” obviously there’s a lot of comin there. ... When you look munication involved. If you into the crowd at the end and give very loud aids, very obviyou see here and there a teary ous leg aids, hand aids, we get eye because the music was so scored down for that. Needtouching, then I did pick the less to say, because of that we right music. –Erin Ryan train our core muscles excessively every single day so that For more of our interview we try to stay as still as poswith Peters, visit lasvegas sible. Since the aids need to be weekly.com. very hidden there is very little
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In performances at three Olympics, Steffen Peters’ feet never touched the ground. He’s a horseman of the highest order, and one Las Vegas might remember from the last time World Cup Dressage was held here, in 2009, when Peters won it all. Born in Germany, he began riding at 8 years old. He explains that dressage, often boiled down to “horse ballet,” is an intense sport requiring impressive core strength and trust between the athlete in the saddle and the one underneath. A few weeks before his return to the Thomas & Mack to compete in the Reem Acra New York World Cup Dressage finals (in tandem with Longines FEI World Cup Jumping), Peters shared his thoughts on
leg movement, and that takes an equal amount of strength. So I work with a personal trainer three times a week for an hour, and then I get on my bike, do some cardio training. It is a very demanding sport. It’s normal, for a World Cup, to lose easily six, seven pounds between Friday night and Saturday night.
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Pour your heart out
The motivations and astonishing moves of Las Vegas’ elite flair bartenders
By Mark Adams /// PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTOPHER DeVARGAS
Forty seconds are on the clock. After backhanded pours, bottle juggling and subtle but substantial hints of modern mixology, Mike Mills takes the remaining time to trickle Perrier into three cocktail glasses, finishing each with the elixir from his shaker, which may have done more flips than Gabby Douglas at the London Olympics. The crowd swoons at each bartender’s successful juggling sequence and even applauds a few moves, but these flair bartenders—sometimes called flairtenders or extreme bartenders—aren’t performing for praise alone, with reputation and thousands of dollars at stake in Shake It Up!, the U.S. Bartenders’ Guild’s flair showdown. “I didn’t crack the eggs onstage,” Ryan Clark says with regret. The veteran bartender of 20 years has been performing flair for just over a decade. He should have known. But after lending a half-dozen eggs to a fellow competitor who immediately opened them into a container, Clark decided to do the same. It would save time for the dynamic tricks that nab big points at the USBG event, held at the Nightclub & Bar convention March 30 to April 1 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. But the move lost him points, as egg cracking is a mandated part of the exhibition. The lesson? “Never make a last-minute change.”
***** While flair bartending has its place in entertainment, many practitioners consider what they do a sport, what with their training regimens, discipline, drive and com-
petition circuits. And as the Strip is lined with bars and lounges boasting skilled flair bartenders, some say Las Vegas is the best place to be for a juggling mixologist. According to the Flair Bartenders’ Association, the technique began in the late 1800s, when the “Father of American mixology” Jerry Thomas lit his signature Blue Blazer cocktail on fire. What the FBA calls “efficiency of movement with a little pizzazz,” flair bartending encompasses juggling, flipping, spinning and balancing bottles, bar tools and cocktails, all while making a (hopefully) delicious concoction. Its popularity exploded in the U.S. throughout the 1980s and early 1990s—likely thanks to the ’88 Tom Cruise classic, Cocktail, and a presence in chain restaurants like TGI Fridays and Applebee’s—leading to the formation of hundreds of competitions and governing bodies like the FBA, which operates both Advanced and Pro Flair Bartending tours. “Flairtending is huge in Vegas,” says Dario Doimo, a flair bartender at the Linq’s Catalyst bar and the reigning USBG Shake It Up! champion. “There’s nowhere else you can make a living with
flairtending than here.” Doimo could be referencing job security in a town with a handful of flair-centric bars, or he could be speaking to the lucrative prize money available on the competition circuit. “There’s a lot of money in the sport,” says Clark, adding that he’s seen competitions with $25,000 in prizes. Doimo alone won $5,000 at Shake it Up!, along with an invitation to the International Bartenders’ Association’s World Cocktail Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. The contest is one of many around the globe, from international meets like the Roadhouse World Flair contest in London (Clark considers it the most revered, with monthly qualifying wins necessary to compete) to small, local contests held at neighborhood bars. Las Vegas used to be home to one of the sport’s biggest competitions, the Legends of Bartending, until the event came to a close in 2011. “You were top dog” if you won Legends, according to Clark, who says even finalists could consider themselves “in good company.” Doimo, an Italian native, says he was hired on the spot at the contest by the owner of Kahunaville, who ended up sponsoring his visa
to work in the States. Doimo went on to travel to competitions with Kahunaville’s flair team, sometimes up to four times a month. He says he currently has more than 40 titles to his name, and took home $12,000 in winnings at the 2008 Legends contest—his winningest championship to date.
***** The familiar funk of James Brown’s “Get Up Offa That Thing” hits, and it’s game time for Doimo. Beginning with a juggling act of Finest Call bottles, he immediately has the audience’s eyes. Soon he’s balancing a bottle on his elbow, and then triple flipping it into the air, clapping to the funky beat in between. After a shaker-glass catch behind the back he does a series of shaker stalls, balancing the cocktail mixer on the back of his hand at each pause of the music. The crowd cheers and the soundtrack shifts to the Drake/ILoveMakonnen collabo “Tuesday,” with just seconds left when three martini glasses of Doimo’s tangerine-hued, Don Q rum libation Q the Passion are served to those cocktailing-injudgment. While Clark says rules and regulations are similar at the var-
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ied competitions, there are slight differences—from the ounces of liquid in the bottles to presentation mandates (like those pesky, uncracked eggs) and the nuances of points scored or lost for things like bottle drops and drink spills. There are also two distinct styles of flair, working and exhibition, the latter involving bottles with pre-set amounts of liquid. Working flair is supposed to model a real-world working situation, hence the differences in pours. Clark says that either way, the strategy is to play to your advantages; read the rulebook and score maximum points using your best skills. Mixology principles have become a more prevalent part of contest rules in recent years, according to Doimo and Clark, who were competitors at the invite-only USBG event, which judged participants 50 percent on flair and 50 percent on mixology. “They want to see a smooth, elegant routine, putting the drink together,” Doimo says—and that’s exactly what he delivered to bring home another championship.
***** Bottles in the air and music blaring, flairtending is alive and well at Vince Neil’s Eat Drink Party. Clark has conquered cocktail cartwheeling on the stage and at work, and he’s in his element at the Circus Circus watering hole. From flipping a shaker to performing a bottle stall
> UP IN THE AIR Competition keeps flair bartenders sharp, and some, like Shake It Up! winner Dario Doimo (right) in serious prize money.
on top of his head, after a decade, Clark does it all with an easy grin. The drinks have to taste right, but especially in Vegas, the spectacle of the mixing is paramount. Where does a bartender pick up such tricks? Clark says he started online, though he concedes that in 2004 there weren’t many outlets—websites, blogs or otherwise— devoted to flair bartending. Today, a quick Google search returns dozens and dozens of instructional YouTube videos, one of the many ways flair bartenders train today.
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Five spots to watch your drink order become a pour performance Carnaval Court The bottle-flipping bartenders are just part of the entertainment lineup at the centerStrip open-air nightspot. In between watching awesome shaker-stall sequences and bottle juggling, partiers can play a round of blackjack and hit the dancefloor to DJs and live bands daily. Harrah’s. Kahunaville The Island-style bar and restaurant boasts a flair staff of seven, some with competition championships under their belts. So stick around for the awesome alcohol acrobatics—or stay for the hourly free shots and LuWow show. We dare you to ask for a Miami Vice with flair. TI. Vince Neil’s Eat Drink Party The Motley Crüe musician’s eat-and-drink-
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While Doimo admits it’s the most common way for aspiring talents to acquire new skills, he believes the method promotes stealing moves. “This sport is about being original.” There are more formal ways to pick up its secrets. Some hospitality programs offer training in flair bartending, like the Rio’s, and fundamentals can be learned at schools like the Las Vegas Flair Academy. Clark mentions a spirit of collaboration, describing the flair community as a “family” that often gets together to demonstrate skills.
ery took over the space formerly occupied by Rock & Rita’s, another Strip-side destination known for its flair bartenders. Now those looking for some cocktails with a side of pizzazz can saddle up to a stool at the Party Bus Bar outside. Circus Circus. Catalyst The tricks flair bartenders perform aren’t the only inventive things you’ll see at this center-Strip destination, as the menu features interesting concoctions (barbecue sauce and vodka, anyone?) and a wide variety of breakfast drinks. Plus, the location is perfect for some Strip-side peoplewatching. Linq. Fuel Bar One of the only bars at the new Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s is also one of the Strip’s flair bartending destinations. So in between luxuriating at Lush Cosmetics and having a bite to eat at Del’s Lemonade, grab yourself a daiquiri and enjoy the show that comes with it. Bally’s. –Mark Adams
A flair bartender might post about a “yard day” on Facebook, inviting others to meet at a local park to practice their mixology moves. “You get to learn and get better,” Doimo says. But these guys don’t seem to do what they do for the thrill of competitions or prize money. With smiles on their faces and a passion for the pour, it’s obvious they enjoy their work—and their sport. “It makes my job fun,” Clark says. “I get to entertain my guests, and entertain myself.”
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For Las Vegas, the vinyl resurgence means new record stores, kids buying jazz and collectors trying to score on their lunch breaks BY M I K E P R E VAT T It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday, and there’s nowhere to park at Zia Record Exchange on West Sahara Avenue. For once, blame doesn’t lie with the heavy brunch crowd at the nearby Egg & I. The line is actually in front of Zia—long enough to require a break for the driveway, as cars are still entering the lot, drivers surely wondering if arriving an hour before opening wasn’t early enough. The line isn’t for One Direction’s latest or some touring band’s in-store performance, and the Christmas shopping season is eight months away. It’s Record Store Day 2014, the music industry’s promotional holiday to encourage the patronage of independent retailers and the purchase of limited-edition product not available at big-chain stores or online (eBay notwithstanding). And that RSD product is almost exclusively vinyl. After laying down some ground rules, a Zia manager opens the door and the line briskly files inside. It’s a remarkably polite feeding frenzy, numerous bodies flipping through about a dozen boxes up front, scanning specially marked endcaps and passing platters to later-arriving patrons. Even more surreal: the intermingling of those buying a stack of wax for the very first time with those
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more than twice their age doing the same—and reliving their own childhoods, when vinyl was king. It hasn’t reclaimed its throne as the dominant format for music listening and recording; that ship has likely sailed in the digital era, but don’t tell that to vinyl’s rapidly increasing fanbase. * * * * * Vinyl has always maintained a loyal following, especially in the underground and among classic rock and jazz enthusiasts. In the 1990s, as mainstream record stores phased out their wax inventory, Pearl Jam was giving out 7-inch records—the preferred recording format of the punk-rock scene—to its fan club. Turntablists like DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and even the late DJ AM turned a new generation on to the merits of the commercially bygone format—and the roots of hip-hop. The White Stripes, like many indie-rock bands, released all of their singles and albums on the format, and now Jack White’s Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville is a Mecca for vinyl enthusiasts. The Roots’ drummer Questlove is famous for his 70,000-strong record collection, which provides the soundtrack to his
Bowl Train parties at Brooklyn Bowl. But vinyl’s popularity of late— fueled by a younger generation intrigued by the novelty of tangible music, fatigue with the MP3 sound, nostalgia among those who grew up with records, cultural momentum, savvy marketing, artist support, vinyl’s high market value (typically, a new or used record sells for $10 more than its CD equivalent) and the possible guilt of rampant unpaid downloading—has turned it into the lone success story of the record industry. Not only does nearly every new album include a vinyl option, but some releases, especially on Record Store Day, can only be obtained on wax. As such, RSD is considered second to Christmas in terms of financial windfalls for independent record shops, which sweated through the rise of downloads and the precipitous decline of CD sales over the past decade. And during that same period of time, new vinyl record sales have increased a staggering 900 percent, pushing what few pressing plants exist to churn out product 24 hours a day even as general new album sales have tumbled by more than half. Last year, retailers—from brick-and-mortars like Zia to online outlets like Amazon to corporate chains like Hot Topic and, of all places, Whole Foods—moved
over 9 million platters, up more than 50 percent from 2013. Jack White’s Lazaretto was last year’s best-selling vinyl title. Indie icon Sufjan Stevens’ just-released Carrie & Lowell topped Amazon’s vinyl sales chart, knocking down the previous (and frequent) No. 1, Miles Davis’ jazz classic Kind of Blue. What year is this again? * * * * * It certainly doesn’t look like 2015. Even though retail stats from Nielsen Music indicate physical sales were down 20 percent last year and that only two albums in CD format passed the million-unit sales mark (vinyl represented 6 percent of overall album sales), record shops are actually growing in Las Vegas. Last week, vinyl-dominant Moondog Records on South Maryland Parkway celebrated its second anniversary. And this week sees the opening of 11th Street Records, the long-awaited music retailer affiliated with Downtown Project, whose music division sought out someone from the local scene with a bigger vision than a typical store or studio owner. It signed a contract with Ronald Corso, who has worked with Las Vegas acts as both a musician and the proprietor/producer of National Southwest
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> DOWNTOWN SOUND Ronald Corso is expecting a crowd at 11th Street Records.
11TH STREET RECORDS 1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990, 11thstreetrecords.com. Daily, noon-midnight. Opens April 18.
> ON THE RISE Moondog Records owner Clint McKean says “it’ll take time” for Vegas to become known for its vinyl.
MOONDOG RECORDS Sitting just a few doors down from the original location of the beloved, now-shuttered Big B’s CDs and Records, this University District store offers a great selection of used albums and 45s from all areas of music, and also sells CDs and cassettes, turntables and stereo equipment and even some instruments. 4440 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-802-3333, moondogrecordslv.com.
Recordings. He’s also a former teenage record-shop clerk who has remained a vinyl cheerleader. “I love records,” he says. “Everything about them: the sound, the artwork, the smell … I’ve been fascinated with how they are made since I realized that fooling with the knobs on my parents’ stereo could make the vocals or the drums disappear on Beatles or Jimi Hendrix records.” While the new vinyl generation may not be honing in on the technology quite so closely (many buying inexpensive Crosley turntables, widely derided by audiophiles), it is nonetheless making an experience of listening to albums, considered anathema to the recently established traditions of cherry-picking songs on iTunes or shuffling through tens of thousands of BitTorrent downloads. And those new to the vinyl party are also discovering an analog sound dynamic different from their MP3s and CDs. “I think
things go in cycles,” Corso says. “Ten or 15 years ago, people were experimenting with the digital thing, and they found it lacking.” His vinyl shop, on Fremont Street adjacent to the Bunkhouse’s outdoor hangout space, will not only forego CD sales (with the exception of those by local artists), but will have an analog recording studio and label operation in the back for musicians to make and distribute more tunes—which means it’s designed to foster development of the local music scene, a goal of both Corso and DTP. If there’s one demographic they’re hoping to lure into the complex, it’s musicians. “This is just infrastructure,” Corso says. “[Las Vegas] is a singular place. I have to believe great music will come out of here.” For the immediate future, the priority will be selling great music made elsewhere. 11th Street is slated to open on April 18—Record Store Day—but
For a complete list of April 18’s exclusive 2015 Record Store Day titles, visit recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases.
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Corso won’t have the sought-after exclusives, as his shop was too new to earn certification by the organization behind RSD this year. Nonetheless, he won’t miss corralling the morning rush expected at Zia and Record City locations on Saturday morning. A record hound himself, he knows that both casual and serious vinyl fans will visit multiple stores that day, regardless of the rarities or discounts offered. They merely want to participate and spend time among the product. “The important part of a record store is being in a record store,” Corso says. “I want to slow down the experience. Flipping through the racks is a Zen-like activity for some people … so we’re maximizing that.” Among his strategies: He’ll organize every album alphabetically by its artist—only classical and compilations will have their own sections—to facilitate genre-blind discoveries. Customers can even use one of the house turntables to sample the stock. And the store won’t emphasize expensive collector’s items—there will be plenty of relevant new vinyl and market-priced used chestnuts. You’ll be able to buy the latest Spoon album and John Coltrane reissue, as well as old records by Prince and The Who. “I don’t want a museum,” Corso says. “I want people to buy the records.”
* * * * * 11th Street Records joins a surprisingly crowded marketplace here. There are the aforementioned retail outlets, various thrift stores and antique malls, and chain stores like Urban Outfitters and Barnes & Noble, to say nothing of the vast world of Internet retail, from wax-specific online stores (like Popmarket and SoundStageDirect) to large commercial endeavors (Amazon and eBay) to the popular online vinyl community known as Discogs, where one can sell, buy, rate and discuss albums. And then there’s Wax Trax Records, which has actually been called a museum and certainly looks the part with its estimated half-million records, umpteen music-related collectibles and two dozen or so used turntables. Owner Rich Rosen, a collector extraordinaire with countless found-treasure stories (and another 60,000 records in his personal collection), opened it in 1999 after moving his family and substantial record collection from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas. The move served him well, despite the digital revolution and the 2008 recession. “Six years ago, business was slow, although I had been successful enough in my life that I could sustain,” Rosen says. “All of a sudden, it was like
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RECORD CITY This longtime vinyl outpost has two Valley locations: this freestanding purple home on East Sahara and a strip mallhoused shop on East Charleston. Though the former offers a fair number of new records, both spots specialize in the used stuff, with the Sahara store, in particular, a favorite of visiting collectors looking to dig for deals. 300 E. Sahara Ave., 702-735-1126; 4555 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-457-8626; recordcityonline.com
a bomb went off. It was really strange. What I picked to do with my life came back—but came back tenfold.” That bomb was the vinyl revival, sending locals and tourists, longtime collectors and curious newbies to his three-story vinyl destination, loaded with records by lesser-known artists from the 1950s and 1960s—some of which I played on Rosen’s vintage AMI jukebox during a recent Wax Trax visit—multiple pressings of classic albums like Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, alternative gems like the Misfits’ 1982 debut Walk Among Us and mysterious discoveries that stump even Rosen. He hands me an old but mint-condition Johnny Cash 7-inch, “Oh Lonesome Me.” “I just found this,” Rosen says. “Nobody can tell me anything about it.” Despite some collectors’ exasperation with his pricing policy, many local vinyl enthusiasts mention Rosen with a degree of reverence. In an ironic twist, his bad reviews on Yelp drew the attention of Elton John,
who visited the store last month and raved about it on Instagram. Shortly after I finish interviewing Rosen, Elton John returns for his third visit in three weeks, the contents of his want list—heavy on soul, Elvis and The Beatles, including the hotly coveted uncensored version of the latter’s Yesterday and Today compilation, featuring the Fab Four holding doll parts and raw meat—already stacked neatly on the counter. Three days later, John invites Rosen and his family to his Colosseum show, thanking them by name mid-performance and vowing to return that weekend. The superstar, of course, can easily afford what Rosen says is an expensive hobby. Naturally, he loves selling to serious, bargain-indifferent vinyl hounds—if he knows regulars’ tastes and spots something they might like, he’ll put it aside for them—and is less enthusiastic about the more fickle, casual vinyl enthusiasts. That said, he doesn’t mind giving advice to younger shoppers just getting their feet wet.
“I do two things,” Rosen says. “If they say, I want Kind of Blue, I will ask them, which variation? The six eye? The [cheaper] one with the regular swirl? I tell them this because I don’t want to take their money on the six-eye when I can give them the cheaper version. Then I’ll ask, why don’t you try Cal Tjader? Or why don’t you try this? You might like it—and you can sample it [first]. Sometimes it works if they have the money after buying the Miles Davis.” Customers aren’t the only people Rosen is advising. “Rich and I have agreements,” says Clint McKean, owner of Moondog Records. “We try not to hurt one another. He helps me out with a lot of things. He knows so much—things that take years and years to learn.” McKean’s choice inventory—quality over quantity, he maintains— suggests he’s already learned a lot. Moondog, like Wax Trax, sells recorded music in every format (except new vinyl), turntables and
WAX TRAX Some vinyl collectors have rightly described the three-story, west-side shop as a local record museum. A staggering half-million records populate it, according to owner and doo-wop enthusiast/DJ Rich Rosen. Also impressive: his extensive selection of used turntables and vintage AMI jukebox. 2909 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-362-4300, waxtraxonline.com.
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accessories and other musical wares. However, McKean devotes a larger percentage of his record bins to classic rock and New Wave/punk/metal. That would be a no-brainer for a University District music store, if only more students shopped there. Moondog’s location is actually more important for how close it is to the Strip. Asked about the hope of Las Vegas becoming a town known for its vinyl offerings, McKean says, “The tourists will keep it alive as long as there is vinyl,” adding that while there are some ardent local collectors who pass through his doors, he’s seen too many of them move elsewhere. “It’ll take time before we get there.” Trying to gauge the future of his own customer base, Corso says he no longer thinks of Las Vegas as a city of 2 million. He thinks of it as a city of 40 million, including visitors. “Any time I go to a new city, I try to find a record store. If you can make it happen, you do it. I think there are a lot of people that travel here that do the same thing.”
URBAN OUTFITTERS No joke—this mall store has the goods. New vinyl dominates the impressive curation; you can buy everything from Haim and Public Enemy to Can, and if you’re lucky, you’ll stumble on one of their biannual sales, where premium platters can go as low as $10 a pop. Fashion Show, 702-794-4011; Miracle Mile Shops, 702-733-0058; urbanoutfitters.com.
* * * * * John Doe, the Downtown DJ behind retro wax party the Get Back who has been collecting records (roughly 15,000) for 26 years, doesn’t fixate on tourist competition in the stores, especially since he’s made friends and traded with hardcore vinyl collectors who were just passing through. His chief gripe about Vegas’ vintage wax scene is that it doesn’t offer enough from his main area of musical interest: 1960s and 1970s funk, soul, R&B and jazz. “You run across more of those records now, but it’s still a lot of lounge singers and Sinatra and that’s not what I go after. If you went to another city with 2 million [people], you’d find a lot more of the records I’m looking for.” That doesn’t deter Doe, who still shops for albums every single day, usually on his lunch break. Not for nothing are multiple pictures of him hanging on the Wax Trax walls. If he skips a day, he might hit four places the next day. Like Rosen and McKean and now Corso, he’s always on the prowl for new record sellers, knowing full well he must get to store and garage sales first or it’s likely too late. With the current wax trend comes more buyer competition, though for the guy who’s been making the case for vinyl’s role in local nightlife for over a decade, it’s hard for him to complain about diminished inventory. “It’s a double-edged sword,” Doe
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says. “A lot of kids are coming out [to the Get Back] because we’re known as a vinyl party. I might be getting less fruit from the trees out there, but people are coming and digging the music and the culture. I’d rather have it this way than have a ton of records I can easily get and no one gives a sh*t. “I’m glad vinyl is really popular now,” he adds. “I hope it’s not a fad.” That being said, don’t expect to see one of Las Vegas’ most renowned record collectors queuing up anywhere on April 18. For one, Doe doesn’t really buy new vinyl or reissues. Besides, given his vinyl-shopping regimen, he’ll be rummaging through the bins soon enough anyway. “Record store day is every day for me.”
ZIA RECORD EXCHANGE An Arizona-based chain with two Vegas locations, Zia has beefed up its vinyl presence in a big way to meet recent demand, particularly its new release and reissues section. Best of all, store credit is relatively easy to come by, since the stores accept everything from video games to DVDs in trade. 4225 S. Eastern Ave., 702-735-4942; 4503 W. Sahara Ave., 702-2334942; ziarecords.com.
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Would you be surprised to learn that it’s (mostly) not about sound? BY S P E N C E R PAT T E R S O N Earlier this year, LA Weekly published an informative, well-researched cover story about vinyl, with a flawed central premise: that the format’s sound quality, relative to that of compact discs, matters significantly to today’s vinyl devotees. As its sound-engineer sources stated their case—that digital trumps analog for maximum sonic expression—my eyes glazed over and my thoughts wandered, to my own records and the reasons I own them, which have nothing to do with some belief that they sound “superior.” For me (and I surmise, many like me), preferring vinyl is about so much more.
HUNGRY CLOUD Hungry Cloud LP, $18, 11thstreetrecords.com. Ronald Corso’s first order of business, new-label-wise, was to give this 2008 classic from folk-rocker Mike Weller its first proper physical pressing—on sparkling blue vinyl, no less.
I enjoy collecting. As the son of former antique-store owners, I guess it’s in my blood. I started with action figures before my fifth birthday, moved on to comic books and ultimately landed on music, of varying shapes and sizes. Record store, web shop, thrift mart, garage sale—the hunt is half the fun, matched only by the thrill of finding a longtime want, or stumbling onto an unexpected find. I like the ritualism—and realness—of the experience. Scan the spines, choose an album. Slide it from its sleeve, place it on the platter. Tonearm up, needle down. Side one. In a world where almost any song is a mouse-click away, I prefer physical engagement, with the jacket, the artwork and the record itself. I use Spotify and iTunes when I’m working, but when music’s my primary mission, the turntable’s where I turn.
CARAVELS split 12-inch with Octaves, $11, topshelfrecords.com. The hardcore-scene faves called it quits this year, but not before releasing a final slab of vinyl, featuring their final two recorded songs, “Moody Miles” and “Slick Rick” (plus two from Baltimore buddies Octaves).
BOBBY MEADER MUSIC Breakfast After Noon 7-inch, $6, antiquerecords.limitedrun. com. Meader’s first release for a label (Boston’s Antique Records)—and first vinyl offering—is a folky, four-song EP, available on limitededition black or red wax.
Records represent commitment. My vinyl collection has two basic threads: albums I love and artists I trust. Checking either box means elevating to a place where a digital download isn’t enough, where I want to pledge real money as a show of support, and devote actual space as a sign of seriousness. Vinyl has value. No, I don’t buy records for investment. I play them, even the pricier ones, because life’s too short for shrink-wrap. But if I did want to sell some, say to buy others, I could, fairly easily. Try selling those iTunes downloads.
MERCY MUSIC When I Die, I’m Taking You With Me LP, $3.21, amazon.com. Scene staple Brendan Scholz debuts Mercy Music as a recording entity with this 11-song full-length, available at press time for a ridiculously low price at Amazon.
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FALSE CAUSE This Flag 7-inch, $7, squidhat. bigcartel.com. Locally based SquidHat Records charges on in its tireless mission to record and advance the Vegas punk scene with this latest release, a “blood-red,” five-song EP from hardcore veterans False Cause. –Spencer Patterson
And yes, it sounds different. I said different, not better. When I’m submerging in Tim Hecker’s ambient intensity, where an errant pop or click could pull me out of the moment, digital does it best, presenting that world as the artist intended. But when I’m cranking up Guided By Voices’ Alien Lanes for the 500th time, and its imperfectly perfect rock tunes are bouncing off my walls, some surface noise feels right—a reminder that sometimes, it’s good to get away from computer files for something a whole lot more tangible.
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> FOR THE KIDS Borgore is the first DJ to play Foxtail’s 18+ pool party.
HOT SPOTS BORGORE AT FOXTAIL POOL CLUB For once, the headliner isn’t what’s most important about this nighttime Strip-located party, though surely people will come just to see bass/etc. producer/DJ Borgore. The real draw here will be the age limit, as Foxtail Pool Club and local promoter Ravealation are experimenting with 18+ pool parties at night. Spring break has been extended for the college set. Ghastly also performs. April 16, doors at 8 p.m., $45. SOULKITCHEN WITH JOSEPH MERCADO AT VANGUARD LOUNGE For the April installment
of the longtime, monthly party, resident/originator Edgar Reyes has lured producer/DJ Joseph Mercado to trek from Phoenix to Fremont East and take househeads into Friday. If you party frequently and want to see some new blood behind the booth, here’s your opportunity to see who’s rockin’ not just Las Vegas, but the Southwest region. Reyes and percussionist Cayce Andrew support. April 16, 10 p.m. free. FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT REVOLVER The Santa Fe Station saloon celebrates five years of boot-scootin’, beer-slingin’ action Friday with a birthday bash. Raising a toast to the bar’s milestone should be easy with $2 Busch drafts, $4 Bud Light bottles and Bud drafts and $5 Jack Daniels specials. Raffles, giveaways, line-dancing lessons and free cover complete the Vintage restored arcade anniversary celebration. April 17, games still blipping doors at 8 p.m., free entry.
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FOUR-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT INSERT COIN(S) Seems like just yester-
but you can always “keep up” with her and her pseudo-celeb clan weekly on the E! network. Saturday night she celebrates one more candle on the cake at the Mirage nightclub—here’s hoping cameras (and drama) aren’t in tow. April 18, doors at 10:30 p.m., $40+ men, $30+ women.
and bleeping at Insert Coin(s).
day we were twitching like a PlayStation addict in anticipation of a new Fremont East bar that would allow us to down beers, play videogame classics like BurgerTime and get down to DJ-administered grooves all under the same roof. Insert Coin(s) graduates from toddler-hood this weekend with what it’s calling a house party, featuring venue residents such as DJ88, Charlie Darker, Seany Mac and others. Oh hey, check that hosted bar by NEFT Vodka from 8-10 p.m. April 18, doors at 8 p.m., $5 after 10 p.m. KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN AT 1 OAK Is the famousfor-being-famous Kardashian sister still “taking” the Hamptons? Maybe Miami? We’re not sure,
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR DE FINALE AT HUNTRIDGE TAVERN The folks at Blinking Man
have outdone themselves. What could be more fun than riding your illuminated bicycle through the streets of Downtown Las Vegas—once you’ve downed a pre-game drink at the Huntridge Tavern, of course—with your fellow urban cyclists, everyone (and/or their bikes) sporting their best Beatlesinspired garb? Consider this your ticket to ride. April 18, 7 p.m., free.
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KREWELLA AT OMNIA Do you “Live for the Night”? Well, the former EDM trio/now duo (Kris “Rain Man” Trindl parted ways with Yousaf sisters Jahan and Yasmine in 2014) returns to the Caesars club, this time playing its weekly industry party. So be a “Party Monster” and “Enjoy the Ride” cover-free (if you’re a local) Tuesday night. April 21, doors at 10 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free.
OutKast’s Big Boi will supply tunes for a pre-fight party at Liquid Pool. Minaj will also play the night before at the Tropicana Havana Room/Beach Club. Also, on May 1: A DJ set by megaproducer Mark Ronson at Marquee. May 3 sees rapper/singer Future perform at Life; Busta Rhymes return to Drai’s for a performance; and 2 Chainz join the bill at Foxtail. And Fabolous turns around two appearances within one day’s time, starting with Tao on April 30 and ending with Tao Beach on May 1. April 21 marks the season debut of Drai’s Yacht Club, the rooftop pool complex’s Tuesday night-swim party.
Adventure Club will steward the party’s musical route that night. Drai’s will also hold the 10-week Ultimate Bikini Championships starting July 5. However, the first casting call takes place at the daylife venue on April 26. If you need your fix of competing beauties sooner than that, Wet Republic launches its Bikini Battle Royale on April 24. Every other subgenre has its own DJ-curated night, so why can’t emo? Pop Punk! F*ck Yeah! aims to help you relive all the 1990s/2000s sadz and feelz starting April 24 at the Bunkhouse with guest DJ Marko Desantis of Sugarcult. –Mike Prevatt
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Vegas nightlife is clearly going all-in during the weekend of the Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao fight, judging by the slate of new bookings. Added to the May 2 lineup: Jay Z hosting at Marquee (presale tickets are already sold out); Nicki Minaj performing on Chateau’s rooftop; Snoop Dogg holding his usual Snoopadelic Cabaret at Tao; Lil Wayne taking to the mic at Foxtail Pool Club; and Jamie Foxx performing live at the Bank. Meanwhile,
JASMINE MASTERS AT PIRANHA The LA queen sashayed away during Episode 3 of the current season of Logo reality favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race, after failing to impress judges while lip-syncing “for her life” to Kylie Minogue’s “I Was Gonna Cancel.” Didn’t want to see her go? Couldn’t wait to see her pack her bags? Whatever camp you’re in, you’ll have the opportunity to show your support—or throw shade—this Saturday night at the Fruit Loop nightspot. April 18, 10 p.m., free entry.
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> for the ladies Blue Martini’s Latin Night is good to female patrons, as is Double Helix’s Keepin’ It Classy.
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girls twirl together until their guys cut in for what looks like synchronized foreplay. Even though it’s my lady-given right to attack cheap tequila, I tell bartender Kenny that I don’t feel right about doing shots alone. He laughs, asks what I like and whips up a Ginger Gypsy ($14)—Ketel One Oranje, pomegranate liqueur, ginger beer and cranberry. It looks like honey in the bar’s lamplight, and the taste is perfectly crisp with ginger and tart fruit. I nurse my shaker for a couple of hours, unable to contain my chair dancing when a bartender busts out the flashlight strobe. Sunday isn’t such an easy sell, even though it was the day of the most epic ladies’ night of my life many years ago in a quaint English village. (Let’s just say
four women should never take down eight bottles of wine, even if they are buy one, get one free.) Maybe Double Helix wanted to capitalize on being atypical when it launched Keepin’ It Classy in February, offering ladies $4 whiskey and sparkling cocktails from 8 p.m. until close on the churchgoers’ day of rest. I’m a lady. And whiskey is my love. So I convince Neighbor Boy to set aside his feelings about men getting a raw deal to check out ladies’ night at this lounge just below Blue Martini. For $19, he gets a flight of red wine. For $6 ($2 extra for going off-promo), I get an Old Fashioned with George Dickel. It goes down so smooth that I’m done before Neighbor Boy has conquered a single pour, perhaps because “lady” drinks aren’t as whiskey-forward. Perhaps because I know I can get another tasty lowball with the parking-meter fund that lives in my purse. But scanning the menu’s transcendent bourbon section, it strikes me that I’d rather pay $12 for Willett on the rocks. If it weren’t for the $4 classiness aimed at “female tipplers,” however, I wouldn’t be sitting here enjoying. Maybe the real gift of ladies’ night is that it draws us out to have actual lives, and sometimes to bring the men with us.
Game of martinis Slay your taste buds with innovative drinks at Sunset Station It’s called the Direwolf martini. It’s a blend of vodka, sour apple, white cocoa and fresh lime, and when bartender Russell Prunty shakes up those chunks of lime with the other ingredients, the flavor explodes—kind GAUDI of like an action-packed storyline from an episode of Game of Thrones. ¶ “I was going for a big, open, fresh BAR Sunset taste,” says Prunty, who has been creating original martini recipes at Sunset Station’s central Gaudi Bar since Station, 702the Henderson property opened almost 18 years ago. “You know, the countries where they film that show, all 547-7777. 24/7. the scenery has a really big feel to it. So that informed the concept of big-tasting martinis.” ¶ Prunty pours at least one other Thrones-inspired martini, the Dracus—a complex blend involving vodka and tequila with fresh sour and strawberry purée. These are just the latest of some 300 original martini recipes this bar has come up with over the years. For Prunty, it started before Sunset Station, when he worked at MGM Grand and some female customers requested a Hello Kitty-themed drink. “Now I’ve got a UFC fighter who comes in and drinks a Hello Kitty pink martini,” he says, “and no one makes fun of him.” ¶ The key element at Gaudi Bar is that most of the special, limited-time martinis are between $5 and $7, leaving plenty of opportunity to taste and taste until you find your favorite, Direwolf or otherwise. –Brock Radke
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In Las Vegas, every night holds the promise of two things: karaoke and discounts for women. Despite some spirited railing against the latter resulting in anti-discrimination lawsuits and bans in a handful of states, ladies’ night is solid in Nevada. Vegas venues ranging from climbing gyms to brunch spots embrace the idea of stirring up business by treating ladies. Nightclubs on the Strip value the model so much that promoters sling passes to groups of girls almost as aggressively as the porn slappers (who, incidentally, never discriminate). But what about the local hangouts? Wednesdays, I could learn to line dance while downing $1 wells at Revolver. Thursdays, it’s Chicas Night Out at Mercadito, with $8 margaritas, complimentary chips and salsa and a luxury raffle. That same night, the Las Vegas Bull invites cowgirls to drink for a buck and ride the mechanical beast for a chance at cash and prizes (“plus a free bikini”). McFadden’s even dedicates Fridays to “Lucky Ladies,” with free Champagne after 10 p.m. and giveaways of gift cards and show tickets. I could go on. Is ladies’ night unfair? Yes. Did I take advantage? Totally. Wednesday is the official night at Blue Martini, but I wanted to check out Thursday’s Noches Azul, alternately billed as Latin Ladies Night. Corona, Modelo and shots of well tequila are $5 for women, with allyou-can-drink select cocktails for $10 from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Add hot music, and this Town Square staple is ripe for winding down, or up, on a weeknight. I slide into a barstool just after 10 and get treated to a Stomp-style jam, courtesy of bartenders clapping and clanging ice scoopers and shakers to the DJ’s beat. It’s early, but the good mood is already fat and getting fatter. Twosomes and foursomes and bigger groups of ladies are plentiful, some doing shots and others sipping. Men are everywhere, too, adding a layer of energy (and cigar smoke). The dancefloor moves to Enrique Iglesias’ “Bailando,” the sick thump of Reggaeton and—you knew this was coming—a remixed “Macarena.” Two
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FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Blackout Fridays
1 OAK
Closed
DJ Clinton Sparks; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women
Kourtney Kardashian
ALIBI
DJs, 10 pm; lounge open 24 hours
ARTIFICE
ARTISAN
DJ Eddie McDonald
10 pm; lounge open 24 hours
Shiner/Runner 1929
Doors at 5 pm
The All-Togethers; DJ Rex Dart; 9 pm; $10; doors at 5 pm
Pornstaraoke
DJs Justin Hoffman, Eddie McDonald, Frank Richards, others; 10 pm; $10; women, locals free; open 24 hours
Porn actresses host; 10 pm; free; lounge open 24 hours
DJ Kid Conrad
Sound
#FollowMe Fridays
THE BANK
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ Que; Jessica Hinton, Jaslyn Ome host; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
BEAUTY BAR
Doors at 9 pm
Doors at 9 pm
SUNDAY
MONDAY
BLUE MARTINI
BODY ENGLISH
Live music, 9 pm; halfprice happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, women free after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
Throwback Thursday
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ Earwaxxx
Friday Night Live
WEDNESDAY
1OAK Rewind
Sisqo live; DJ Turbulence; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women, locals free
Closed
Closed
DJ Eddie McDonald
Lounge open 24 hours
Lounge open 24 hours
Lounge open 24 hours
Lounge open 24 hours
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Double D Karaoke
hosts; DJ E-Rock; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women
10 pm; lounge open 24 hours
DJ Joey Mazzola
DJs Brett Rubin, Justin Key; 10 pm; $10, women and locals free; lounge open 24 hours
Closed
10 pm, free; doors at 5 pm
Social Sunday
DJs Double J, Justin Key, Joey Mazzola, others; midnight; free; open 24 hours
Energy Reset
DJ 360, MC Ray, 10 pm; health & beauty showcase, 8 pm; $10, $5 local men, women free; open 24 hours
Lounge open 24 hours
Lounge open 24 hours
DJ Konflikt; doors at 9 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Closed
Closed
Mercy Music, The Core, Freward, Yotam Ben Horin; doors at 9 pm; free
Doors at 9 pm
Doors at 9 pm; free
DJs Ease, Beast Fremont, Biz:E; doors at 9 pm; $5
Doors at 9 pm; free
EDM Saturdays
Sunday Sessions
DJ Five
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Industry Sunday
Sic Waiting
Latin Ladies Night
TUESDAY
Lit
Closed
Nickel Beer Night
Ladies Night Out
Live music, 9 pm; DJ Jace 1; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
DJs, 10 pm; live music, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
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
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
DJ Beatnick
BOND
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
CHATEAU
Closed
DJ ShadowRed; doors at 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women, local women free
DJ Larose Royce
DJ Beatnick
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
DJ CryKit
DJ Technicolor
DJ John Cha
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
Closed
Closed
Closed
DJ ShadowRed; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free
DJ ShadowRed
Doors at 10:30 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women, local women free
DJ Noafex
10 pm, free; doors at 10 am
DJ Larose Royce
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VENUE
THURSDAY
Downtown Cocktail Room
DJ Lenny Alfonzo, others; 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free
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DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB
Downtown Soul
Afterhours
Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free
DJ Ross One
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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
Dannic
SATURDAY Saturday Night Vibe
DJ Douglas Gibbs, 10pm; doors at 7pm; free
Afterhours
Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Closed
Happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free
DJs Sushi Sisters, Laguerre; 10 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm; free
Closed
Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free
Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free
Cymatic Sessions
Afterhours
Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free
Eric D-Lux
Afterhours
WEDNESDAY Unfiltered Soul
DJs Rob Alahn, Doug Wilcox; 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8; doors at 4 pm; free
Afterhours
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Closed
Closed
Closed
Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; live music, 7-10 pm; doors at 5 pm
Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; 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; 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
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Music With a View
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DJ Casanova
DJ Kay theRiot
DJ SINcere
GHOSTBAR
Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women, locals free before midnight
FIZZ
10 pm; free
DJ Benny Black
Ladies Night
GILLEY’S
Live music, 9 pm; $1 drafts/ wells for women, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am
Tiësto
HAKKASAN
DJ Shift; doors at 10:30 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women
HYDE
Doors at 5 pm
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Future Funk
DJs 88, Chuck Fader; doors at 8 pm
DJs Sam I Am, Marc Mac; 6 pm; free
DJ Exodus
DJ Mark Stylz; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women
Live music
10 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am; $10$20 after 10 pm
Tiësto
DJs Tchami, Eric D-Lux, Five; doors at 10:30 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women
Jessica Who
DJs Greg Lopez, Sam I Am; free Champagne/vodka for women; 10 pm; $30
DJ Exodus
DJ Mark Stylz; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women
Live music
10 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am; $10$20 after 10 pm
Hardwell
DJs Kill the Buzz, Irie; doors at 10:30 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women
10 pm; $30
DJ b-Radical
Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women
Bikini Bull Riding
Ryan Whyte, Cali Tucker live; $200 prize; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am
10 pm; $30, locals free
DJ Seany Mac
Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women
Locals Night
Line dance lessons, 7 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am
10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free
Game Over Fridays
4 Year Anniversary DJs 88, Crykit, DMoney, others; hosted bar, 8-10 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm
10 pm; $30
DJ Seany Mac
Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women
DanSing Karaoke
10 pm; $30
DJ Presto One
Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women
DanSing Karaoke
8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am
8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; beer pong; doors at 11 am
Closed
Steve Aoki
Kryoman; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Closed
Closed
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
DJ Joe Maz; 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free
Doors at 5 pm
DJ Fabian
Closed
Closed
Doors at 8 pm; free
Loczi
10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free
DJs Seany Mac, Mike Carbonell; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals
DJ Eric Forbes
Lost Angels
Doors at 8 pm, free
NIGHTS | 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
Ladies Night
Doors at 10:30 pm; free open bar for women until midnight; $30 men, $20 women
LAX
DJ Dezie
Listings are accurate as of press time. For more info, contact venues directly.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
18 and over
Locals Stampede
Drink specials for 21+; dance lessons; doors at 7 pm; $10, $15 for 18-20
Dance lessons; $2 well drinks, drafts 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
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
LIGHT
Closed
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
MANDARIN BAR
Doors at 5 pm
9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm
MARQUEE
Closed
Doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $20+ women
OMNIA
Omnia Thursdays
DJs Bee Fowl, Dmitry KO; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJs Fergie, Devin Lucien; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ 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 Fergie; doors at 10 pm
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 7-10 pm; hot body contest; $8 drinks w/text (“GAY” to 83361), 10 pm, free; open 24 hours
PIRANHA
REVOLUTION LOUNGE
Get Back Thursdays
DJ G-Minor; doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free
DJs, 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
New World Punx
Clockwork
Live music
Borgeous
Axwell
F*ck It Friday
India Ferrah, Des’ree St. James, midnight; DJ Vago; 10 pm, free; open 24 hours
B-Boy/B-Girl Battle DJ BenStacks; doors at 10 pm; $20, women free
DJ Dezie; $5 Absolut drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; 15% off bottles; doors at 4 pm
Borgore
Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Alesso
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
Live music
9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm
Carnage
DJ Lema; doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $20+ women
Martin Garrix
Selfie Saturday
Jasmine Masters performs; DJs Vago, Virus; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-8 pm; free; open 24 hours
Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, women free
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Closed
Closed
Closed
Doors at 5 pm
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
DJ Dezie
Woman Crush Wednesday
Scenic Sundays
Sky High Mondays DJ Girl 6; 2-4-1 drinks for locals, $5 Skyy drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
11 pm; doors at 4 pm
DJ Dezie; 2-4-1 drinks for women; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
DJ Five; 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
Live jazz
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free
Closed
Closed
Closed
DJs Shift, Fergie; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free
DJ Kittie; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm
#IndustryLife
6 pm; free; doors at 5 pm
Closed
Vice
Krewella
Omnia Sundays
DJ Fergie; doors at 10 pm
#Social Sundays
$20 open bar 9 pm-1 am w/ social media follow; doors at 8 am
El Deseo
DJs Virus, Vago; $5 mystery drinks; 10 pm; drink specials, 5-9 pm; free; open 24 hours
Bauuer
Beer Pong Tournament
9 p.m.; $25 open bar until 2 a.m.; doors at 8 am
Industry Mondays
Karaoke Night
10 pm; 2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am
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
DJs 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
Customer Appreciation Party LGBT night; DJ Pornstar; doors at 10 pm; $20, locals free before midnight
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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY CLUB GRID
VENUE
THURSDAY
REVOLVER
Closed
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
FRIDAY Fireball Fridays
White Label Thursdays
SAYERS CLUB
DJs Spair, Duwop Rose, Paola Puente; doors at 10:30 pm, free
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
NSA Thursdays
DJ Five
The Affair
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SATURDAY Silver Saturdays
Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm
Drink specials; line dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm
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
Sessions
Live music, doors at 10:30 pm, free
Stripper Circus DJ Chyld; doors at 10 pm; free
Flosstradamus
Doors at 10:30 pm; $35+ men, $25+ women
Brody Jenner & William Lifestyle
DJ set; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ MeloD
Sessions
Live music, doors at 10:30 pm, free
Pornstars in Vegas Peter Le, Sean Duran host; DJ Pornstar; doors at 10 pm; free
Dillon Francis
Doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women
DJ Politik
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ Saint Clair
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Closed
Closed
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
Doors at 9 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women, locals free
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Ladies Night
SIN Sunday
Drink specials; doors at 8 pm; $5, free for industry and before 10 pm
Confession Sundays
Closed
DJ Dave Fogg; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women, local women & industry free
Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women
Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women
Closed
Closed
Tinnitus
Kenny Davidsen Show
Jimmy Hopper
Nik at Nite
Laura Shaffer Vintage Vegas Cocktail Party
T-Spot Lounge; 10:30 pm, free
Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free
DJ 8-Bits
Velveteen Rabbit
Doors at 5 pm
10 pm; doors at 5 pm
XS
Closed
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women
David Guetta
Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free
Piazza Lounge; 7:30 pm, free
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Avicii
Doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women
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DJ Snake
Piazza Lounge, 7:30 pm; free
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free
WEDNESDAY
Moonshiners
Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm
Grandtheft
Nieve
Piazza Lounge, 8:30 pm; free
Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm, free
Doors at 5 pm
Doors at 5 pm
Closed
Closed
Diplo
Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free
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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY POOL GRID
VENUE
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
BARE
Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women, locals free
Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $10+ women
DAYLIGHT
Closed
Captains of Industry
DRAI’S BEACH CLUB
Doors at 11 am; $20; locals free
DJs Crooked, Gusto, Mr. Mauricio, Five, Turbulence; doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
ENCORE BEACH CLUB
Closed
Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $25+ women
FOXTAIL POOL CLUB
LIQUID
Yellow Claw
Thomas Gold
SATURDAY DJ E-Rock
Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $10+ women
Alesso
Quintino
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
David Guetta
Michael Woods
Stafford Brothers
Clinton Sparks
PALMS POOL
Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free
TAO BEACH
Pink Cookies Doors at 11 am
DJ Gusto
Doors at 11 am
Major Lazer
Doors at 11 am; $45+ men, $30+ women
Amanda Lynn and Shanda Rogers
M!KEATTACK
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10 am; $60+ men, $40+ women
Industry Day
Closed
Clockwork
Adventure Club
Doors at 10:30 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
host; doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
Doors at 10:30 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ Stellar; free Champagne for women, 11 am-1 pm; doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
SUNDAY
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
DJ Ghastly; doors at 8 pm; $45
MARQUEE DAYCLUB
WET REPUBLIC
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
SKAM Takeover
Borgore
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Listings are accurate as of press time. For more info, contact venues directly.
Free Champagne for women, 11 am-1 pm; doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $20+ women
Tritonal
Doors at 10:30 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
Free Champagne for women, 11 am-1 pm; doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
DJ Natasunami; doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women, locals free
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Doors at 11 am; $20; locals free
Adventure Club; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women. Daytime: doors at 11 am; $20; locals free
Doors at 11 am; $20; locals free
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Industry Mondays
Drai’s Yacht Club
DJ Politik
Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
DJ Lema; doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $20+ women
DJ Frank Rempe; doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
Closed
Closed
Closed
Doors at 8 am; $20 men, $10 women, local women free
Doors at 8 am; $20 men, $10 women, local women free
Doors at 8 am; $10+, local women free
Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free
Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free
Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free
DJ Five
Brody Jenner & William Lifestyle
Doors at 11 am
Doors at 11 am
Doors at 11 am
Doors at 11 am
Closed
Closed
Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
DJ Shift
Doors at 11 am
Doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
Steve Aoki
DJ Burns; doors at 11 am; $50+ men, $30+ women
DJ Angie Vee
Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women
Hardwell
DJ Kill the Buzz; doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women
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> CHEERS! UNLVino’s Bubble-Licious event returns to Venetian.
UNIQUE AND PROFESSIONAL The CAC’s latest juried show reflects its curators’ instincts
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DRINK UNLVINO Tickets remain for all three of this year’s fundraising events for students of UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration—the Champagne-fueled kickoff Bubble-Licious at Venetian April 16; the poolside Sake Fever at Red Rock Resort April 17; and the Grand Tasting at Paris April 18—featuring a bodacious bevy of wines, spirits and beers plus food from local restaurants and UNLV’s culinary program. $100-$150, unlvino.com.
CHEER LAS VEGAS 51S VS. FRESNO GRIZZLIES Friday
night is the 51s’ first 2015 home game, and there will be fireworks. We prefer Sunday’s Tark Night, in which the players for both teams will wear Jerry Tarkanian-themed uniforms in honor of the ex-UNLV and ex–Fresno State college hoops coach. Brilliant. April 17, 18, 20, 7 p.m.; April 19, noon., $10-$25, Cashman Field.
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Sarah Jessica Parker is beautiful and fun, and no doubt her shoe line is, too.
It includes the Vegas-inspired Strip Collection, which debuts at a pop-up at the Shops at Crystals this weekend. SJP will be there to charm us into buying onsite or online exclusively through Zappos Couture. 1. Look sharp. 2. Don’t be creepy about your massive crush on her. April 17 & 18, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. (SJP onsite April 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; April 18, noon-3 p.m).
HEAR WHIRR Between its name, which practically shouts “shoegaze” (in a disorientingly dreamy manner, natch) and the legend of its brutally loud live sound, everything about this Bay Area band suggests the sort of night you’ll still be smiling about months later. With Wildmoth, Alaska; April 22, 9:30 p.m., $12-$15, Bunkhouse Saloon.
GO 18B DAY April is Arts District month. Paint,
dance and be merry to honor those who shaped Downtown’s creative scene. Festivities include live painting, body percussion by Molodi, speakers from the city and First Friday, a DJ and a bar. April 16, noon-10 p.m., free, Boulder Plaza. SMOKIN’ NOTES Tasty barbecue and clas-
sic rock go together. Get your fill at the second annual event in the northwest’s Providence community, also featuring a beer garden, children’s activities, lots of live entertainment and more. April 18, 1-4 p.m., free, Knickerbocker Park.
Command and control. Craftsmanship. A unique voice. Those were the guiding requisites of Contemporary Arts Center’s 26th annual juried show, curated by sculptor Rebekah Bogard and painter Max Presneill. The 45 selected works reflect Presneill’s large, colorful abstracts and Bogard’s whimsical yet subversive animal sculptures. This year, CAC added a second juror and a people’s choice award, given to Mikayla Whitmore (photo coordinator for the Weekly) for “We’ll Miss You,” a photo of a balloon peeking from a dumpster at the Grand Canyon. “There’s a little something for everybody,” says CAC JURIED CAC VP Erin Stellmon. SHOW “There’s wildly abstract Through May gigantic pieces, and 1; Saturday there are more realistic, & Sunday, intimate pieces and noon-5 p.m. figurative works. There are Alios Gallery, headscratchers that make 1217 S. Main you think, ‘I’m not sure if St., lasvegas I like this, but I kinda like cac.org. that I’m not sure.” “Sky Is a Landfill,” an ethereal mixed-media skyscape by Rachel Stiff, won best in show for being contemporary and experimental with strong control of materials and color. Janie Askew took first place for “Nose Bleed,” an “oddball” graphite and watercolor piece showing a bleeding woman at the end of a staircase. “It has a strong original voice, and the artist seems to have a formal understanding of art history,” Bogard says, pointing to the subject’s body type and pose. “It’s also comical; there’s an inordinate amount of blood.” Las Vegas expat (and former Weekly writer) Abigail Goldman and Las Vegan Chris Bauder took second and third. Nevada artists represented 40 percent of selected works. “We were looking for work that was really professional,” Bogard says. “We were looking for things that didn’t look like student work or didn’t look like assignments.” –Kristy Totten
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It is impossible and totally necessary to watch every last good thing By Smith Galtney While waiting to board a flight the other week, I flipped through an Entertainment Weekly and felt baffled—almost anxious—over all the worthy crap that’s out there. There were glowing notices about two new Netflix series (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Bloodline), plus articles telling me why I should be watching The Americans (already in its third season) and why Madonna still matters (I hadn’t even come close to listening to the new album, much less her Howard Stern interview). Also, HBO was premiering three documentaries (on Scientology, Frank Sinatra and the guy who co-created Eloise), while still hyping The Jinx, its six-part, truecrime special that’d been in my mental “Watch” queue for weeks. Even the obit for Albert Maysles made me want to screen Grey Gardens and Gimme Shelter and everything else in the great documentarian’s oeuvre. What glorious bounty, no? I should rejoice, giving thanks and praise to the Apple TV gods, who bequeath so much to my fingertips! Alas, when I got home, instead of diving in and drinking deeply from the Hulu stream, there was just a lot of clicking and scrolling and selfsabotage: Shall I start with the Scientology documentary? Nah, that’s two hours long. The Americans? Don’t get hooked on a new show, not when you still aren’t caught up on Mad Men. Alright, so Mad Men? Well, you haven’t watched one episode of Better Call Saul, and you did pay 26 bucks for it… This goes on and on, and
some nights the only thing I watch is a steady stream of Netflix thumbnails. The future wasn’t supposed to feel like this. Back when I was a teenager in those hazy-crazy ’80s, I used to read Rolling Stone and daydream of a life where I was rich and well-connected enough to build a home library full of every movie, every album, every book, every piece of pop junk I could ever want. But there was obviously something in not having access to everything. As Nick Hornby wrote in Billboard last month, “You bought an album, and for the time being, that album was all you had. You liked some tracks more than others at first … but you couldn’t afford to play favorites, so you listened to your one album over and over again until you liked all the songs equally. A couple of weeks later, you bought another album.” (One can play favorites these days, which unfortunately explains why I never finished Hornby’s lackluster new book.) Every other week or so, I do manage to temper my FOMO-induced anxiety, see the trees from the forest (or the shows from the thumbnails) and cross a thing or two off my list. I’m happy to say I’m now caught up on Mad Men (God, I hate to see them go). I did finally watch the Scientology documentary (Jesus, I’m terrified of David Miscavige). Perhaps I’ll even start watching The Americans tonight. Or maybe I’ll do Bloodline first. Or finally get around to watching The Wire. Or revisit The Sopranos and Six Feet Under. Or …
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> jailhouse talk Hill and Franco go one on one.
FILM
Nothing but the truth
True Story is a somewhat dull version of sensational events By Josh Bell The last time Jonah Hill and James Franco appeared in a movie together, they were getting stoned and trying to escape the end of the world in This Is the End. There isn’t even a hint of comedy in True Story, which reteams Hill and Franco in the deadly serious account of the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel (Hill) and accused murderer Christian Longo (Franco). In 2001, Finkel was a rising-star investigative reporter for The New York Times who lost his job after fabricating certain details in a story; that same year, Longo was apprehended after fleeing to Mexico and charged with the murders of his wife and three children. At the time of his arrest, Longo had been telling people he was Michael Finkel of The New York Times, and when this strange news reached Finkel, the disgraced reporter with nothing left to lose decided to visit the man who’d been impersonating him. Both men are looking for redemp-
tion, in a way, or at least rehabilitation in the public eye. True Story could have been an examination of the slippery nature of truth, or it could have been a clever look into the mutual manipulation going on between two self-absorbed egotists. Instead, director and co-writer Rupert Goold (a stage veteran making his film debut) turns it into a somber, ponderous and sometimes plodding true-crime story. Hill is in full-on Serious Actor mode as Finkel, which means he tones down his appealing natural goofiness, and Franco is mostly on autopilot as Longo. Goold throws in far too many ominous, slow-motion scenes of ordinary events, scored
confidence in laying out his version with threatening music, that make of events. Hill doesn’t have any simithe movie seem like it’s going to veer lar standout moments, and Finkel, on into Silence of the Lambs territory whose memoir the movie is based, (spoiler alert: It’s not). ends up just as inscrutable as Even if the treatment of Longo in the end. the story can be a bit lifeless, The movie closes with the facts themselves are so aaacc the requisite onscreen titles fascinating that the movie TRUE STORY can’t help but be compelling. Jonah Hill, James about where each person is now, and there are elements Goold manages to build a Franco, Felicity of dramatic irony in those bit of suspense for viewers Jones. Directed not familiar with the out- by Rupert Goold. few short lines that never come across in the entire come of Longo’s case, and Rated R. Opens preceding 90 minutes. The each new twist in the story Friday. true story of True Story is makes it more outrageous. enough to grab anyone’s attention, but Longo’s courtroom testimony is parthe way it’s told ends up muting much ticularly mesmerizing, and Franco of the excitement. does his best work conveying Longo’s
FILM
Wynn on film Analyzing the trailers of two new movies shot at Steve’s joint The film
THE SQUEEZE
Jeremy Sumpter stars as Augie, a character (inspired by longtime local golf figure Keith Flatt) from a small town whose golfing skills land him in some high-stakes craziness.
The trailer
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Looks like a cross between Tin Cup and He Got Game, but the presence of Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore) in another golf movie is a little distracting.
Just a little, but the trailer does feature Augie smacking a tee shot that seems to scale the side of the hotel tower’s beautiful bronzeness. The Squeeze was the first independent film to shoot at Wynn.
It has Blart (Kevin James) vacationing in Vegas, fistfighting an exotic bird and springing into unlikely action, Die Hard-style.
A lot ... maybe too much. Blart rides a Segway through lavish halls and belly-slides across gleaming marble floors, gut-punches a housekeeper in a suite and zip-lines between the Wynn and Encore towers. It’s not Godzilla’s full-on Strip trashing, but it’s close.
The squeeze
The highly anticipated sequel to 2009’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop, known best as the only comedy movie about being a mall security guard that’s not quite as funny as the title of the movie.
by Brock Radke
The Squeeze Jeremy Sumpter, Christopher McDonald, Jillian Murray. Directed by Terry Jastrow. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday; also available on VOD. PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough. Directed by Andy Fickman. Rated PG. Opens Friday.
For Josh Bell’s review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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Pleasant company
Seymour introduces a remarkable man
after Whiplash, Seymour proSeymour: An Introduction borvides a refreshing counterpoint rows its title from a famous short to J.K. Simmons’ abusive music story, but the subject of Ethan instructor, with Bernstein demHawke’s documentary, Seymour onstrating a method composed Bernstein, is considerably less torof equal parts affection and firmtured than was J.D. Salinger’s ficness. He’s such a charismatic tional Seymour Glass. Hawke was camera subject, in fact, seated next to Bernstein, that there’s no need for a semi-retired concert all the testimonials that pianist and still-active aaacc Hawke includes; after piano teacher, at a din- SEYMOUR: AN ner party a few years INTRODUCTION a while, the parade of students past and presago, and found him such Directed by Ethan ent (including New York an inspiring figure that Hawke. Rated PG. Times architecture crithe wanted to share him Opens Friday. ic Michael Kimmelman) with the world. The singing Bernstein’s praises gets a movie builds to Bernstein’s tribit wearisome. The film also lacks umphant return to performing a coherent structure or rhythm in April 2012, but it’s mostly just as cinema. But any time in such content to listen to him discuss his good company can’t be said to philosophy about life, art and the have been poorly spent. –Mike intersection between the two. D’Angelo Arriving in theaters not long
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The science of denial There are brief flashes of something beyond the standardissue social-activism documentary (complete with call-to-action URL at the end) in Merchants of Doubt, which explores the world of scientists and experts who testify in favor of huge corporations on a range of public-health issues. Director Robert Kenner finds a great interview subject in Marc Morano, a gleefully unapologetic global- aaccc MERCHANTS OF warming denier, but he devotes only DOUBT Directed by Robert a few minutes to Morano’s pride in Kenner. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday. his nasty tactics. ¶ Similarly, Kenner glosses over the subject of why these sometimes respected scientists end up opposing the majority of their colleagues, just when he’s brought up an interesting theory that gets beyond “for the money.” Instead, the movie rehashes familiar talking points and feeds its undoubtedly sympathetic audience a bunch of information they already know. With its framing device featuring an actual magician talking about deception and misdirection, Merchants of Doubt is both heavy-handed and smug, taking undue pride in saying very little that’s insightful or new. –Josh Bell
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Annie Clark, grand illusionist
St. Vincent’s first Vegas show is an indelible one By Leslie Ventura
Moments before Annie Clark charms fans with reckless-yet-poised abandon, the crowd anticipates the artrock star’s Las Vegas debut. The show isn’t sold out, but it’s also far from empty, and everyone’s here to witness the same thing: St. Vincent building, then destroying, everything in her wake. Clark and her three-piece band eventually take their positions, the singer smiling at the front of the stage, her signature gray hair replaced with natural black curls. For the next hour and 40 minutes, we watch as she shreds and sparkles above the Strip, shuffling across the stage like a swank Medusa in pointy heels and a shimmering, sequined mini-dress. Opening with “Bring Me Your Loves,” she tears at the strings of her electric guitar, the first of many in her arsenal. During Strange Mercy cut “Cruel,” Clark’s band bares its poppier side with a aaabc loose, cheery arrangement that bounces ST. around aerodynamic guitar licks. “Good VINCENT evening, ladies and gentleman,” Clark says, April 10, welcoming the “freaks and degenerates”—a Boulevard monologue she delivers during most sets, Pool. then personalizes for the crowd. Soon she’s talking about strapping Domino’s pizza boxes to her arms and flying over the Strip’s faux Eiffel Tower. Along with a handful of older tunes, we get almost all of 2014’s St. Vincent, including the frenetic “Birth in Reverse,” the jovial “Rattlesnake” and ballads like “Prince Johnny” and “I Prefer Your Love.” Between hyperbolic, robotic choreography, screeching riffs and computer-heavy sonics, Clark hits us over the head with digital awareness: Technology is more present in our lives now than ever. Somehow, St. Vincent manages to make this tech-laden show feel purely analog, and we’re repaying her by abandoning the brick in our pockets, foregoing the record button to experience the real thing. It speaks volumes about Clark’s ability to hypnotize and use performance art to capture her audience. Like the world’s greatest illusionists, St. Vincent leaves us to contemplate reality long after the show is over—and something tells me that was part of her plan all along.
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A few songs into Fleetwood Mac’s concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, singer Stevie Nicks noted aaabc that it was the 78th show on the band’s current tour with FLEETWOOD returned singer/keyboardist Christine McVie. Having McVie MAC April 11, A reunited Fleetwood Mac back after a 16-year hiatus seems to have reinvigorated the MGM Grand. proves its continued vitality group, and they played with the enthusiasm of the first show on the tour, along with the confidence of experienced veterans. ¶ McVie’s return meant the chance to hear many of the band’s classic hits (including “You Make Loving Fun,” “Say You Love Me” and “Little Lies”) that have been absent from recent tours, although it also meant less room for more obscure songs (and nothing recorded after 1987). McVie didn’t have the manic energy of drummer Mick Fleetwood (who delivered a characteristically bonkers drum solo during “World Turning”) or the showmanship of singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham (who performed a bravura solo version of “Big Love”), but she quietly shined, especially on the lovely show-closing “Songbird,” which she performed on piano accompanied only by a few guitar lines from Buckingham. ¶ Of the group’s three singer-songwriters, Nicks remained the shakiest in her vocal delivery, but that was partly because she was most likely to push herself. Even so, she sounded better than the last time the band came to town, and she was clearly overjoyed to have McVie back, delivering an endearingly rambling speech at the end of the show about her bandmate’s return. Like so much of the two-and-a-half-hour concert, it was more than a little self-indulgent, but after 40 years of ups and downs, line-up changes and reunions, the members of Fleetwood Mac have earned it. –Josh Bell
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st. vincent by Al Powers/Powers Imagery; fleetwood mac by bill hughes
> HYPNOTIC PRESENCE St. Vincent destroys the Boulevard Pool.
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Still killing Ghostface and Raekwon rep for the Wu at Brooklyn Bowl You have to hand it to Ghostface Killah and Raekwon. For a couple of steam engine-sized 40-somethings, their pipes blow like sousaphones during a Mardi Gras parade. No, they didn’t rush around the Brooklyn Bowl with the frantic hunger of their young opener Trade Voorhees or the big slamming hook drops of direct support Marion Write (both locals, both extremely worth a listen). But they performed songs like they were in their ’90s superprime and didn’t rely on historical significance to shoulder the weight like plenty of aging rappers with their prestige and diminished lung capacity might. But what else did you expect from the two most titanic members of aaacc the Wu-Tang Clan mega-collective, GHOSTFACE still able to make the Brooklyn Bowl KILLAH & look crowded 30 minutes tardy on a RAEKWON Monday night? What do you expect April 13, the crowd to do besides lose its everBrooklyn Bowl. loving sh*t at “Bring da Ruckus” and “Protect Ya Neck,” especially when the duo brings members of the crowd to pick up a verse or two on the latter? Everything and nothing, in that order. If “they’ve still got it” ever needed earnest application, this performance would be it. While the performance energy was better even than Talib Kweli during his last visit, it cast a wave of reality over the evening: Wu-Tang’s getting old. It didn’t stop the duo from killing Monday night, but it will sooner than later. And it’s at that point they’ll have to decide whether to go until they physically can’t—or retire and live on in the Throw Back Thursdays of music history. –Max Plenke
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More than anything, this type of performance puts to rest the idea that Hozier might be a one-hit wonder. aaabc His music has clearly crossed over from indie rock to HOZIER May mainstream (where it belongs), and backing it up with 9, the Chelsea. shows like this one at the Cosmopolitan only builds on Irish phenom Hozier thrills the powerful momentum. ¶ Starting Thursday’s set with crowd-pleaser “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” was a smart move by beyond his big hit the young Irishman. His music is lyrically adept, hook-heavy rock that’s beyond pop-friendly. “From Eden” and “Jackie and Wilson” might as well have been unreleased Van Morrison demos —not surprising for a man of Hozier’s geographic origin. ¶ The four-piece backing band more than held up its end, with his keyboardist owning the haunting melody on the wonderfully Irish-y titled “Arsonist’s Lullabye,” a song that no doubt goes perfectly with a pint of Guinness or a glass of Bushmills. Hozier also gave a solo nod to his blues influence with an acoustic performance of Skip James’ “Illinois Blues”—just the man and his guitar. His best acoustic piece, however, was “Cherry Wine” during the encore. And in the “had no business working but did” category, the full-band take on Amerie’s “1 Thing” got everyone dancing. ¶ As for the moment everyone was waiting for, it lived up to the hype. Main set-closing mega-hit “Take Me to Church,” with the entire crowd seemingly belting out every word, felt impressive. But then, so did the entire show. –Jason Harris
To church and back
ghostface and raekwon by chase stevens/kabik photo group; hozier by erik kabik/erikkabik.com
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A&E | noise > Snapshots from the scene (Clockwise) The festival grounds, full but hardly crowded; AC/DC, headlining night one; Kaskade, packing the main stage on Sunday; Friday favorites Tame Impala.
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Comfychella
Were Coachella’s 2015 crowds too busy drinking craft beer to queue up for the music? By Spencer Patterson Coachella used to be a battle. We’d head out to the Polo Club knowing we were in for an all-day struggle, against brutal heat, overfilled tents and sad beer, not to mention terrible traffic, remote parking and fast-dying phones. Yet we’d go smiling, and do it all over again the next day, confident our reward would be the best collection of live music we’d get all year.
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Sixteen years after the festival was founded (and 13 since I started attending), much has changed in Coachellaland. By moving forward on the calendar—from late April/ early May to early April—the fest has ditched its famous triple-digit temps. Last weekend, the thermometer in Indio, California, topped out around 90, leaving sweat and sunburns most-
ly out of the equation. Crowds? Coachella sold all of its tickets months ago, but it never really felt full, at least not the way it used to. The fields around the two outdoor stages seemed notably sparser than usual, both for heavy hitters like AC/DC and Jack White and hip subheadliners such as Tame Impala and St. Vincent. And the tents, where we once showed up a time-slot ahead of a must-see band to score a prime spot? Usually less than half-full, for bands both new (Cloud Nothings, Parquet Courts) and old (Ride, Swans), and hardly crushed to capacity even for it acts like Caribou or Run the Jewels. Beer? Gone is Heineken’s longtime
monopoly, thanks to a craft-beer garden loaded with rotating taps. Traffic and parking? No problems that I experienced, with drives in and out swift on all three days and the walk from my daily lot a quick shot to the entrance. Hell, even our phones stayed with us this year, saved by the arrival of charging stations and free Wi-Fi in some parts of the venue. By those metrics, Coachella 2015 would seem a raging success, all that we wished for back when we were whining. And yet, somehow, it wasn’t, at least not completely. In the end, what it lacked was spark, that intangible feeling of yes. Could it be that by striving to be perfect, the festival
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CARDINAL SYNTHS Highlight live electronic sets hint at the festival’s future For all the growing discontent over the dominance of DJs at Coachella—no less than three performance areas are dedicated to them—it has hardly given up on live performance, which doesn’t always have to center around guitars. Take Todd Terje’s masterful set with his live band, the Olsens. The Norwegian producer was flanked by a multiinstrumentalist and two percussionists to accentuate the depth and vibrancy of his exotic neo-disco. Numbers like “Strandbar” and the closing “Inspector Norse” showed the true potential of live dance music, driving the audience into a grooving, bouncing frenzy. Then there was Porter Robinson, who solely DJs for his Marquee residency but has yet to bring his live show to Las Vegas. While initially strange to experience lulls in the beats while inside the normally raging Sahara Tent, Robinson’s ephemeral instrumentals and Japanese animation-inspired fantasias—executed via synthesizers, controllers, drum pads and a laptop— only punctuated the highs of rhythmic serotonin-dumpers like “Sad Machine” and “Flicker,” two standouts from last year’s EDM-free artist debut, Worlds. Add Hot Natured’s house-flavored, R&B-kissed dance jams, Squarepusher’s frenetic forays into intelligent dance music and Gesaffelstein’s deliciously pummeling exhibition of minimal but evocative techno—to say nothing of Tycho’s post-rock house and the mirrorball Krautrock of Caribou and Ratatat—and you had ample demonstrations of the potency of live electronic music. As rock bands struggle to draw at the festival and music fans fatigue of commercial EDM’s button-pushers, expect to see more of its practitioners on future Coachella posters. –Mike Prevatt
made itself less so? Did we need to endure those hardships for the payoff to truly pay off? Has Coachella become too comfortable? It would explain a lot, like why so many there seemed so ambivalent about the music. Back when being there was tough, you had to really want it to put up with all that went into it. Now, $375 price tag aside, it makes for a relatively easy weekend spent with friends, with the acts onstage clearly a bonus, rather than the main draw, for some. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my time out there, and I caught some Grade A sets. Swans’ thunderous Saturday capper was a noise-
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lover’s treat; Ride delivered a dreamy dose of ’90s nostalgia on Friday; and St. Vincent closed out my Sunday with a strange but satisfying hybrid of guitar heroics and performance art. I also caught memorable chunks from at least a dozen others, including Eagulls, The War on Drugs, Tame Impala, Todd Terje, Perfume Genius, Run the Jewels, Panda Bear and Built to Spill, but most of the time, I didn’t sense much energy around me. I’m told the biggest crowds showed up for the DJs—Kaskade, Axwell & Ingrosso and David Guetta
and others—but coming from Las Vegas, where most spin regularly, they weren’t near my must list. Their huge turnout does raise a question, though: Might the fest consider filling its main stage primarily with DJs, and putting even its biggest rock acts somewhere else? Logistically speaking, that might make sense, but I say doing so would chip away another big piece of Coachella’s true identity. Then again, I’m the guy kinda wishing he’d driven home with some sunburn on his neck.
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ELVIS INCORPORATED
Priscilla Presley talks preserving the King’s legacy—at Westgate’s Graceland and beyond BY JOHN KATSILOMETES For Priscilla Presley, it’s time to reign in faux Elvis. For decades, the only woman married to the King of Rock ’n’ Roll has observed the often twisted exaggerations of Elvis Presley’s image. We’ve seen these characters all over town, and it ain’t always Viva Las Vegas. To be fair, some of these gents who evoke Elvis do serve a purpose. Able actors and musicians have long performed in Elvis-styled tribute shows on and off the Strip. Elvis in his Vegas era has been reprised in Legends in Concert for more than 30 years (today at the Flamingo), and a young Elvis is smartly portrayed in Million Dollar Quartet at Bally’s. But where flattery becomes folly, regretfully jumpsuited buskers pose for photos on Fremont Street, ordained ministers perform wedding ceremonies on Las Vegas Boulevard, limo drivers scoop up visitors at McCarran International Airport, and folks hold and spin promotional signs on our neighborhood streets. By the time you pass a person holding a “Colonic Elvis” sign, which was a not-uncommon sight in Vegas a few years ago, you’ve strayed far from what made Elvis a legend for all time. Priscilla Presley recognizes the distinction between tribute and caricature. And as she describes that distinction, her deeply ingrained diplomatic disposition becomes evident. “I haven’t really spent much time around impersonating shows, or tribute artists, as you call them,” she says during a phone conversation from
her home in LA. “I’ve kind of kept my distance, only because from the family point of view it’s kind of difficult ... How can I say this? As much as I appreciate them, what they do, they seem to take on a whole other personality. They seem to lose themselves in all this, um, portrayal of Elvis.” Presley then laughs a little. “They come in all shapes and forms, and our objective is to kind of keep that caricature of Elvis away and do justice to his legacy.” Sadly for the multitudes of devotees who crisscross the city in Elvis costumes, there will be no Elvis impressionist performing in any capacity at Graceland Presents Elvis: The Exhibition – The Show – The Experience opening April 23 at Westgate Las Vegas. This is the hotel that opened as the International in 1969 and became the Las Vegas Hilton two years later, and where Elvis performed 837 consecutive soldout shows from July 1969 through December 1976. As the only authorized Graceland exhibit to open outside the original Memphis estate, the attraction is at once vast and detailed. It covers more than 28,000 square feet, and also overtakes the 1,600-seat theater, which is being redesigned to reflect the traditional showroom design (with booth and table seating and an elegant gold curtain) of the days when Elvis head-
> FROM MEMPHIS, WITH LOVE Priscilla Presley (inset) is ready to unveil Graceland in Las Vegas.
lined the room. The stage show Experience, Elvis Experience fronted by the actor Martin Fontaine, moves into the refurbished showroom as the attraction opens. It’s an operation befitting a king. As Priscilla Presley says, “This is going to be much bigger than people think. We have so many great things on display: the American Eagle jumpsuit that Elvis wore in 1972, the tunic he wore on opening night from July 1969, a telegram he sent to Barbra Streisand wishing her well on her opening night at the International, the jumpsuit he wore in Viva Las Vegas. We have all the original Sun records he recorded. It’s going to be pretty amazing.” Last year Priscilla Presley took a scouting tour to Quebec to see Elvis Experience, and was impressed that the show is not a mere recitation of Elvis hits performed by a singer impersonating the real thing. “Martin doesn’t try to be Elvis,” she says. “He doesn’t walk like Elvis, talk like Elvis, act like Elvis. He’s an actor, a very good actor, and he’s pretty much
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done a character study of Elvis while remaining his own person.” Crucial to the appeal of the Graceland West fortress is the opening of the first wedding chapel outside of the original Graceland chapel to be authorized by Elvis Presley Enterprises—meaning the Presley family itself. The first wedding ceremony at Elvis Presley’s Graceland Wedding Chapel is set for the morning of April 23, by winners of a national contest on NBC’s Today show. But it’s not to be presided over by someone dressed in a kitschy Elvis costume. “I just made the decision not to do that,” Priscilla Presley says. “We’re going to make it a great experience for couples and their friends and families. But if they’re expecting to see that, then it’s the wrong chapel for them.” As they say in such holy enclaves, amen to that.
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> call to artists Elijah Maura’s “Bad News” at Las Vegas Academy’s group show.
Young professionals
LVA students get the full artist experience—and have the portfolios to prove it By Kristen Peterson At the opening of a group exhibit at Las Vegas Academy, Chazz Savage works on a sketch and greets visitors perusing his ink drawings. The mostly political works take on themes of racism and police brutality, balanced by comic-book-style renderings of a dark underworld. Prints are for sale. It’s a requirement for each artist, as are exhibit postcards, writing an artist statement and hanging the show. Afterward, they de-install and patch and paint the walls. This full gallery experience folds into the indepth training and studio practice of the magnet school. Saying that his initial intrigue with Las Vegas Academy was the boy-girl ratio, which tilts heavily to a high female student population, Savage (formerly Sandoval) adds about the school, “I wanted to take art seriously. I knew they took it seriously.
LVA made me better. My teachers have challenged me, introduced new materials and expected me to do better.” Savage’s portfolio won him a full college scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York, whose alumni include noted illustrators Paul Brooks Davis and Tomer Hanuka. Other seniors are considering scholarship options, some equally prestigious and maybe expected (LVA is a Blue Ribbon School recognized by the Department of Education for academic excellence). Its visual arts program touts itself as the most awarded secondary arts program in the state. Students must audition and, if accepted, are part of the 60-70 visual arts students a year. The intense training includes painting, drawing, ceramics, graphic design, animation, art history and/or video production. Portfolios are thick come graduation.
“They make more work at this school than I did the entire time I was in grad school,” says Sierra Slentz, a 3D art teacher and artist specializing in ceramics. Among 3D works in the senior show are ceramic pieces by Liz Garcia, whose dental theme is pervasive in her art—paintings of decaying teeth, ceramic dentures, a hyper-realist sculpture of her hand, painted and holding a bloody tooth (with more teeth set on gauze in the foreground). The artist, who says she’d wanted to be a dentist since second grade, is still unsure of her career choice, but would like to continue her art practice. Elijah Maura, who has exhibited his work at Cornerstone Gallery and done live paintings with Ruzo Logic, says he was offered scholarships to SVA and Parsons (and is leaning toward the latter). A trip to New York City with other art majors solidified his decision to pursue an art degree, but he says, “I’m very open to my path changing. I’m not set on anything.” On this night, it’s all about the exhibit—the excitement of peers studying their work, buying prints and negotiating prices on originals. One student asks another: “Is it okay if I pay you in quarters?”
When are you?
LOVE IS A PRODUCT OF HABIT Through April 25; Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wasteland Gallery, 1800 Industrial Road, wastelandgallery.com.
Rather than consider where people live as a contributing factor to their character, artist Brent Holmes is more interested in which century they inhabit philosophically. It paints a Brent Holmes examines current existence in the context of other more accurate picture, he says. “It defines how people behave more than anything else.” ¶ It might seem exasperating, times we philosophically inhabit placing the everyday in historical context as part of the usual thought process, but it’s how Holmes is wired these days. That’s why his Wasteland Gallery exhibit, Love Is a Product of Habit, celebrates creation without divinity, fueled by ideas of Lucretius and Epicurus, but centered on contemporary objects and landscapes. Abstract and representational, the work looks at “today” through the lens of 2,000-year-old ideas on philosophy and science (that still reign depending on the century in which one lives. Holmes puts America in the late 18th). ¶ Using a Polaroid camera—which allows for flaws—the artist photographed the local landscape and objects within it, scanned and enlarged the images, then went in for the full collision: A series of chance reactions made using paint and brushes, dripped paint, spray paint, resin, other media and whatever else made it into the work (in one case a small crane fly that landed and stuck to the drying resin). ¶ The gestural works—as much about process as completion—are crumpled, warped, weighted, textured, glossy (as if “preserved or trapped in amber”) and, in some cases, completely chaotic. But it’s in the disjointed moments and compositions that Holmes sees a depiction of how the universe is and how we came to be, panning out or not panning out based on one undulation or lack thereof. Whether you agree with his theory of creation depends entirely on your century. –Kristen Peterson
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From improv to podcasts, Matt Donnelly and Paul Mattingly turn their differences to comedy gold By Jacob Coakley ent schools of improv. I studied Since time immemorial, jocks with Second City and he studied and nerds haven’t gotten along— with Upright Citizen’s Brigade,” until the sweet siren of comMattingly says. Second City placedy paired improv artists Matt es a premium on bold characters, Donnelly and Paul Mattingly. while the UCB focuses on torment“Paul would never drink beer ing characters. “He’ll do things that and watch the game, and that’s my I will never do, and I’ll do things favorite thing to do,” says Donnelly, that he’ll never do. And it works.” sipping on a drink at the Beat It’s a dynamic that also works Coffeehouse and shaking his head for their podcast. While The Bucket at Mattingly’s T-shirt depicting the Show can focus on games and the heroes of DC’s Justice League of absurdity of invented characters, America. “And I would never want the podcast lets them mine their to spend a night sitting at home personal details for laughs—like playing video games or reading when they both discovered their comic books—and that’s Paul’s idea wives tried (and hated) of a Saturday night.” the Blue Apron food After six years of workdelivery service. ing together on various MATT AND “We all know shredded comedy and improv gigs MATTINGLY’S cheese exists—why are around town with a rotat- ICE CREAM you making my wife shred ing cast of players, they SOCIAL her own cheese?” asks decided it would be a lot mattand Donnelly, and Mattingly easier to schedule (and mattingly.com. jumps in. much more entertaining) “Some people find prepping if they made an improv show that food adventurous. It’s frightening demanded a full cast—but only that it’s an adventure now.” used the two of them. The Bucket “What’s the next step? Making Show was born, and while it’s on your own cheese? So like, oh, I’ve a short hiatus as Donnelly welgot this week’s meals, I have to comes child No. 2, the show has open my monger kit and begin this led to other projects for the duo, cheese aging.” including cruise-ship bookings, “Just a couple more weeks now, popular bi-weekly podcast Matt guys, couple more weeks.” and Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social, “In the meantime I’ll eat my and a writing gig for Donnelly on own hand,” adds Donnelly, finPenn & Teller’s show Fool Us. None ishing the bit. Then before I can of it would be possible without the finish laughing he and Mattingly friction and sparks generated by head for the door, off to keep the their differences. momentum—and laughs—going. “We come from two differ-
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Andiron, of course Downtown Summerlin’s steak and seafood house delivers, naturally By Brock Radke lowtail crudo in basil oil In just two and ($16), sea urchin-topped a half years, toast ($20) and sweet Elizabeth Blau Alaskan king crab with and her team have made avocado and grapefruit a heavy impression on the ($18) should not be missed. local dining landscape. For mains, grilled whole Summerlin-area restaubranzino ($37) and the rants Honey Salt, Made L.V. Santa Barbara shellfish and the new Andiron Steak pot ($33) (saffron-lobster & Sea have unquestionably broth stocked with all elevated the neighborkinds of oceanic delicioushood’s food scene—and ness) jump out at you, but don’t forget that Blau and the more subtle Scottish her husband, chef Kim salmon ($29) is sublime, Canteenwalla, are also augmented by a Serrano behind the rousing success ham crust and sweet-spicy of Buddy V’s on the Strip, chili glaze. the first restaurant endeavAndiron stays clasor associated with TV Cake sic by avoiding the small Boss Buddy Valastro. plates routine; this is a With Andiron, Blau and steakhouse, one with company move closer to big stars—bonefine dining while in, dry-aged New demonstrating once York strip ($58)— again that they know ANDIRON and reliable sides— their audience bet- STEAK creamed spinach, ter than anyone. & SEA wood-fired asparaThis is the signature Downtown gus and hand-cut, restaurant experi- Summerlin, fried Kennebec ence at Downtown 702-685potatoes. Still, litSummerlin, warm 8002. Daily, tle dashes of fun and familiar but 5-10 p.m. and lightness are interesting enough sprinkled here and to stand out. there, signature moves Named for the metal from these restaurateurs. support that holds wood The grilled and chopped in a fireplace, Andiron vegetable salad ($14) is is a dramatic and beautender, warm and crisp, tiful space designed layered with flavor from by Thomas Schlesser’s toasted almonds, garbanDesign Bureaux, Inc. Navy zo beans and a roasted and cream with wood tomato-balsamic dressaccents, the dining room ing. There are matzoh is framed by floor-to-ceilballs wrapped in bacon ing plantation shutters, a and macaroni and cheese glass-enclosed kitchen and formed into a waffle. And eye-catching ceiling instalthere aren’t many restaulations that seem ripped rants in Las Vegas where from the top of a cottage in you can have farro risotto the Hamptons. ($22) with mushrooms, Andiron might be the dates and pea shoots while Blau-iest of this restauyour better half indulges in rant trilogy, considering a luscious ribeye cap steak her New England roots. ($33) with chimichurri, But the skill and style of roasted shallots, and a big Massachusetts native Joe baked potato with all the Zanelli, the chef who also sour cream and bacon he opened Honey Salt, guides or she can handle ($10). the experience. This is destination dining Spend time with seain the suburbs, something food. In addition to festhat’s still kinda new for tive platters of shellfish Vegas, installed by the and oysters, delicate people who do it best. opening dishes like yel-
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> FAMILY STYLE Four-cheese lasagna, steak Pizzaiola and other classics await at Battista’s.
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EXTRA CHEESE, PLEASE Welcome back to Battista’s Hole in the Wall, a campy classic BY RICK MOONEN I have to admit: I love the cheese of Las Vegas. I’m talking about the places that seem like they should be long gone, but they’re so much fun. I love having the chance to dress up and dive into a slice of history that still lives on, against the odds, mostly in a kitschy way. To properly celebrate this phenomenon, I created a bucket list of joints that represent an older era of local dining, and I’m going to eat my way through all of them with my wife, Roni. These establishments are the equivalent of dinner theater; the cast of characters is made up of the owners, servers, chefs and food. The ambiance can’t be re-created or denied. It can be quite a show … so bring on the cheese! Battista’s Hole in the Wall was started by an Italian immigrant who landed in New York in 1949. (I was negative 7 years old then.) Battista Locatelli came to Las Vegas to be a famous singer and instead bought a dive behind the Flamingo. He opened his restaurant there in 1970, serving affordable and tasty Italian food and wine with a great atmosphere that made everyone who came through the door feel like part of the family. The menu has not changed; the vintage Sinatra photos still hang along with a hoarder’s gallery of gaudy assurance that you are in the right place. How could I resist? Reservation for four, please. A huge, warm smile greeted us as we were escorted to our booth in one of the eight rooms that make up Battista’s. As we relaxed in the red pleated banquette—charmingly lumpy from possible celebrity sittings of the past—our heads swiveled to take in the crazy décor. Before we knew it, two carafes of included-in-the-price-of-admission house wine landed, red and white. (I did ask to see the wine list for an upgrade … I’m a snob.) The menu is written on the wall, displaying all the classic dishes that made Italian food so popular in this country so many years ago. It reminded me of my dad taking the seven Moonen kids to the Italian restaurant in our New York neighborhood, which didn’t happen often. That’s what made it so special. Our waiter knew the menu inside, out and backwards and described the food with gusto, using blurry hands and enthusiastic arms. I ordered four-cheese lasagna; Roni, the steak Pizzaiola; and our guests, scampi and veal parm. Salad, minestrone soup and garlic bread arrived
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INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Dorothy Parker American Gin 1 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice 1/2 oz. simple syrup
seconds later. The salad was a perfectly dressed mix of chicory, romaine, olives, pepperoncini, salami, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes. The toasty bread was hot out of the oven, light with garlic and cheese—comfort food at its best. My minestrone, obviously not from a can, provided the perfect companion to the garlic bread, shooting me back to my childhood. Like the food critic late in Ratatouille, I couldn’t help but smile. At this point I had to order a side of meatballs to come with our entrées, because that is what you do. The steak was a perfect medium rare, even if it could have used a bit more seasoning. My lasagna had great depth of flavor and texture. Did I mention that I like cheese? The crispy veal had a very good gravy and awesome cheesy spinach perfumed with fennel and nutmeg (I’m stealing that combo). The plates were hot when the food arrived, a little detail that says We Care, and that’s the bottom line for any dining experience. Thank you, Battista’s. I was quite full, but the kitchen offers a complimentary cappuccino, so I needed a spumoni for the center of the table. Pistachio, chocolate and cherry—what’s not to love? As I pushed back and looked up to take in the fishnet ceiling one more time, I realized I was well cared for here, without ever feeling rushed or like a tourist in my own town. This hole in the wall was well worth the visit. Bravo! What’s next, Vegas?
Float of Briottet Crème de Mure (blackberry liqueur) Blackberries for garnish Lemon round for garnish
METHOD Combine gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker with ice. Shake thoroughly and strain into a 12 oz. rocks glass over ice. Float blackberry liqueur on top. Garnish with blackberries on a skewer with a lemon round.
Hailing from London and created in 1984, this gin cocktail is something of a modern classic. It expertly combines sweet and sour notes that are grounded by the juniper flavor of the spirit, creating a drink that’s as refreshing as it is potent. While the Bramble has come in and out of fashion over the years, its appeal is everlasting.
When he’s not dining at classic Vegas restaurants, Rick Moonen is chef and owner at RM Seafood and Rx Boiler Room at the Shoppes at Mandalay Place.
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> teen angst Shelley Hennig is scared of social media in Unfriended.
Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 4/22, Django Unchained. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702489-9110. Friday 20th Anniversary 4/20, feature film plus interview featurette, 7:30 pm, $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, ORL, SF, SP, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Las Vegas Black Film Festival 4/23-4/26, feature and short films by black filmmakers, workshops, parties, more, times vary, passes $150-$500, individual events $25-$100. Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive. Info: lasvegasblack filmfestival.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. R5: All Day, All Night 4/16, concert film featuring band R5, 7 pm, $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: COL, SF, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Sci Fi Center Sun, Game of Thrones viewing party, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 4/17, Planet of the Apes (1968), Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 6 pm, $10. 5077 Arville St., 702-792-4335, thescificenter. com. The Sound of Music 50th Anniversary 4/19, 4/22, remastered feature film, introduction by TCM host Robert Osborne, 2 & 7 pm, $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 4/21, Tail Spin (1939). Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. WolfCop 4/20, werewolf horror-comedy, 7:30 pm, $12. Theaters: TS. Info: tugg.com.
New this week Child 44 (Not reviewed) Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. 137 minutes. Rated R. In the 1950s Soviet Union, a former officer of the secret police investigates a series of murders. Theaters: ORL, TS, VS Merchants of Doubt aaccc Directed by Robert Kenner. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 45. Theaters: VS Monkey Kingdom (Not reviewed) Directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill. 81 minutes. Rated G. Nature documentary featuring the monkey population of Sri Lanka. Theaters: AL, CH, COL, FH, ORL, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Nanak Shah Fakir (Not reviewed) Arif Zakaria, Puneet Sikka, Adil Hussain. Directed by Sartaj Singh Pannu. 138 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. Biopic about Guru Nanak Ji, the first Sikh guru. Theaters: VS Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (Not reviewed) Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough. Directed by Andy Fickman. 94 minutes. Rated PG. While on vacation in Las Vegas, mall security
guard Paul Blart must stop a group of criminals. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Seymour: An Introduction aaacc Directed by Ethan Hawke. 84 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 45. Theaters: VS The Squeeze aaccc Jeremy Sumpter, Christopher McDonald, Jillian Murray. Directed by Terry Jastrow. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sumpter plays a young golf prodigy who gets in over his head when he teams up with a slick gambler (McDonald). The plot is dated and corny, including its stereotypical depiction of Las Vegas as a lawless den of sin, and the dialogue is stilted and awkward. –JB Theaters: TS True Story aaacc Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones. Directed by Rupert Goold. 100 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 44. Theaters: AL, COL, DTS, SF, SHO, SP, ST, TS, VS Twenty (Not reviewed) Kim Woo-bin, Lee Junho, Kang Ha-neul. Directed by Lee Byeong-heon. 115 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. A trio of 20-year-old friends try to figure out their lives. Theaters: VS Unfriended (Not reviewed) Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead, Courtney Halverson. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. 82 minutes. Rated R. A group of friends are haunted by the ghost of a girl they terrorized online. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX
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Now playing American Sniper aaccc Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 132 minutes. Rated R. Cooper’s performance is the strongest element of this biopic about Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. It’s a simplistic, pandering tribute to the American military, aimed at an audience that prizes patriotism over drama and isn’t interested in complexity when telling the stories of so-called American heroes. –JB Theaters: DI, ORL, SC Cinderella aabcc Lily James, Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. 105 minutes. Rated PG. Branagh’s live-action remake of the 1950 Disney animated classic about a downtrodden girl who falls in love with a prince is a straightforward retelling of the fairy tale, without any twists or stylistic innovations. It’s a lavish production, but it’s also dramatically inert, led by a pair of good-looking but forgettable actors. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, SC, SF, SP, TS, TX Danny Collins aabcc Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner. Directed by Dan Fogelman. 106 minutes. Rated R. Pacino plays a legendary rock star who discovers, decades after he’d started coasting on his success, that John Lennon had written him a fan latter that might have inspired him to try harder, had he only read it at the time. Pacino himself could use such a letter from Laurence Olivier. –MD Theaters: COL, SC, SP Do You Believe? (Not reviewed) Ted McGinley, Mira Sorvino, Andrea
Logan White. Directed by Jonathan M. Gunn. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. A pastor goes on a journey to renew his faith. Theaters: BS, SC, TX
and running out of gas early. –JMA Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, 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: TC
Get Hard aaccc Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie. Directed by Etan Cohen. 100 minutes. Rated R. A buffoonish finance executive (Ferrell) hires a man he believes to be an ex-con (Hart) to help him prepare for prison after he’s falsely convicted of fraud. For all its ill-advised humor about race and sexuality, Get Hard is less offensive than inconsistent and misguided. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, ST, TS, TX, VS
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: BS, GVR Freetown (Not reviewed) Henry Adofo, Michael Attram, Phillip Michael. Directed by Garrett Batty. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. Six Liberian missionaries flee civil war in their country. Theaters: ST Furious 7 aaacc Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez. Directed by James Wan. 137 minutes. Rated PG-13. Replacement director Wan freshens the seventh film of this ridiculous series with a great villain (Statham) and several razzle-dazzle set pieces, and replaces the usual machismo with “family”-type bonding. But he also can’t stop the movie from raging too long
The Gunman aabcc Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba. Directed by Pierre Morel. 115 minutes. Rated R. An impressively beefed-up (and frequently shirtless, lest those muscles go unnoticed) Penn attempts to follow Liam Neeson’s footsteps as a middle-aged badass in this globetrotting action flick, directed by Taken’s Pierre Morel. Penn seems uncomfortable, though, and he’s stuck in a film that’s as generic as its title. –MD Theaters: BS, SC Home aabcc Voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin. Directed by Tim Johnson. 94 minutes. Rated PG. After the cute, clueless alien Boov invade and take over Earth, human tween Tip (Rihanna) teams up with misfit alien Oh (Parsons) to save the planet. It’s a familiar mismatched-friends story, tolerable enough for children who like funnycolored aliens but forgettable enough that parents should be able to easily ignore it. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
A&E | Short Takes Insurgent aabcc Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet. Directed by Robert Schwentke. 119 minutes. Rated PG-13. The sequel to Divergent bypasses the exposition about its dystopian future, but it remains just as nonsensical. There are more exciting action sequences and better special effects, but the characters are still flat, and the plotting is still an incoherent mess. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVR, ORL, PAL, SF, SHO, SP, ST, TS, TX, VS
Serra. 114 minutes. Rated R. Neeson plays an aging hitman on the run with his estranged son (Kinnaman), dodging gangsters and cops, over the course of one long night. Director Collet-Serra concocts some sludgy, thrown-together action scenes, but he has an appreciation for actors, and the scenes between old-time wiseguys Neeson and Harris have a touching shorthand. –JMA Theaters: BS, COL, SC, TC
It Follows aaaac Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto. Directed by David Robert Mitchell. 100 minutes. Rated R. Mitchell, who made the sweet teen romance The Myth of the American Sleepover, returns with a terrific, discomfitingly creepy horror film about a malevolent force that’s always walking in a straight line toward its victim (Monroe), no matter where on the planet she goes. –MD Theaters: BS, COL, DI, TS
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: COL, SC
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: SC, TC 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: COL, ORL, ST, TS, 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: ST, TX The Longest Ride (Not reviewed) Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Benoist. Directed by George Tillman Jr. 139 minutes. Rated PG-13. The lives of a young couple intersect with an older man who recalls his own youthful romance. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX 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, ST, VS Run All Night aaacc Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris. Directed by Jaume Collet-
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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: TC While We’re Young aabcc Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried. Directed by Noah Baumbach. 97 minutes. Rated R. Baumbach follows his terrific Frances Ha with the story of a middle-aged couple (Stiller and Watts) whose lives are upended when they befriend a much younger couple (Driver and Seyfried). Alas, what starts off hilariously sardonic gradually turns uncomfortably sour. –MD Theaters: DTS, GVR, ORL, TS, VS Wild Tales aaabc Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas. Directed by Damián Szifrón. 122 minutes. Rated R. In Spanish with English subtitles. A more sophisticated, less gory version of movies like the V/H/S series, Wild Tales features six segments that start with mundane events before building to violence, betrayal and (sometimes) death. It’s an inconsistent anthology, but a deft mix of comedy and thrills keeps things fresh and surprising. –JB Theaters: SC Woman in Gold aabcc Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Tatiana Maslany. Directed by Simon Curtis. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. The true story of Maria Altmann, an Austrian Jew who fled the Nazis during WWII and later battled to reclaim paintings that the Nazis stole from her family, is stirring and complex, but the filmmakers smooth it out and simplify it, making every courtroom battle into a clichéd, heavy-handed triumph. –JB Theaters: AL, GVR, SC, SP, TS You’re My Boss (Not reviewed) Toni Gonzaga, Coco Martin. Directed by Antoinette Jadaone. 116 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A woman and her assistant switch places. Theaters: VS JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo; NS Nick Schager
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LAUGHING AT THE END OF THE WORLD When post-apocalyptic absurdist comedy Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening with the Illuminati) opens at the Onyx Theatre, audiences will get a heaping helping of righteousness from a preacher with nothing to fear—and maybe not all of his marbles, either. “Reverend Eddie’s a fantastic opportunity from an acting point of view,” says Taylor Hanes, who’s wanted to play the role for many years. “It’s the end of time, and he’s reached his end of time. But it’s approached with a humorous angle.” ¶ The humor comes across in sketches like the Reverend challenging the devil to a basketball showdown, or an applicant for sainthood deciding which martyrdom to pursue. In all of this, he’s assisted by his acolyte, Brother Lawrence—played in this production by the Onyx’s former artistic director Brandon Burk. “That freed me up to pursue my own performing career and some other opportunities,” Burk says of phasing out of his leadership role. Some of those opportunities include a stint at Utah Shakespeare Festival this summer. But Illuminati means a lot to him— and not just because he’s returning to the Onyx for the first time since he left last year. “This is a project that Taylor and I have been waiting to do for a long time,” Burk says. And since Troy Heard (director of the piece, and current leader of SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE the Onyx) knows the writers from his time in WORLD ENDS (A FINAL EVENING WITH THE Atlanta, “This seemed like the perfect team to ILLUMINATI) Through May 2; Thursday-Saturday, do it.” –Jacob Coakley 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.; $25. Onyx Theatre, 702-732-7225.
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10:30 pm, $96-$501. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Brian Wilson, Rodriguez 7/10, 7 pm, $50. (Boulevard Pool) Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay 7/18, 8 pm, $50. Slightly Stoopid 4/14, 9 pm, $35. 702-698-7000. Dive Bar One Eyed Doll, Irie, Someday Broken 4/25, 9 pm, $8-$10. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-586-3483. Double Down Thee Swank Bastards 4/16, 10 pm. Radio Silence, Agent 86, Yosemite Slam 4/17, 10 pm. Lambs to Lions, Vegasendents, The Ex-Gentlemen, Unit-F 4/18, 10 pm. The Gashers, Sounds of Threat, Spotted Dick & The Wylde Knights, Twat 4/24, 9 pm. The Psyatics, Thee Fourgiven, The Swamp Gospel, Wetbrain, CIphers of Transendence 4/25, 10 pm. The Phil Friendly Trio, Uberschall 4/26, 10 pm. Uberschall 4/28, midnight. Thee Swank Bastards 4/29, 10 pm. The Holy Smokes, The Astaires, The Ditch Diggers, The Psyatics 5/1, 10 pm. Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed,
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The Neighbors, Colony House 7/10, $34. Pepper, Iration 7/17, $35+. Ziggy Marley 7/31, $43. Lost ‘80s Live ft. ABC, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls and more. 9/26, $35. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) Iggy Azalea, Nick Jonas, Tinashe 4/25, $40-$70. Bette Midler 5/22, 8 pm, $95-$310. Madonna 10/24, 8 pm, $43$383. 702-891-7777. Orleans NiteKings Wed, 4 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Acoustic Den Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-365-7075. Palace Station (Jack’s) Peter Love Trio Fri, 9 pm. Willplay Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-547-5300. Palazzo (Palazzo Theatre) Frank: The Man. The Music. ft. Bob Anderson Tue-Thu, Sat, 8 pm; Fri 9 pm, $72. (Laguna Champagne Bar) Jimmy Hopper Thu-Sun, 9:30 pm, free. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-4144300. Palms (The Lounge) Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-944-3200. The Pearl Joe Bonamassa 5/1-5/2, 8 pm, $89-$130. The Moody Blues 5/3, 8 pm, $63-$133. Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones and the DapKings, Doyle Bramhall II 6/9, 6:30 pm, $63+. Alice in Chains 7/18, 8 pm, $53+. Jackson Browne 8/21, 8 pm, $63+. Alejandra Guzman 9/12, 8 pm, $33+. Palms, 702-942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Fri & Sat, 9 pm, two-drink minimum. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-369-2305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 4/17-4/18, 4/22, 4/24-4/25, 4/29, 5/15/2, 5/6, 5/8-5/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 5/20, 8/5, 8/7-8/8, 8/12, 8/14-8/15, 8/18-8/19, 8/21-8/22, 8/26, 8/28-8/29, 9/2, 9/49/5, 9/9. $60-$195. Weird Al Yankovic 5/12-5/16, 8 pm, $59-$89. Na Ying 5/23, $28-$228. J. Cole, YG, Jeremih, Bas, Cozz and Omen 7/18, 8 pm, $41-$200. La Arrolladora 9/13, 9 pm, $59-$175. Ricky Martin 9/15, 8 pm, $50-$160. 702-234-7469. Rí Rá Craic Haus 4/16, 4/19, 8:45 pm; 4/17-4/18, 9 pm. John Windsor 4/27, 8:45 pm. The Black Donnellys 1/211/23, 1/26, 8:45 pm; 1/24-1/25, 1/28-1/29, 9 pm. 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. Route 91 Harvest Festival ft. Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw and more. 10/2-10/4, times vary, $199. MGM Resorts Village, rt91harvest.com. Stratosphere David Perrico and Pop Evolution First & third Tue, 10:30 pm, $20. 800-998-6937. Silver Sevens All shows 9:30 pm, free. 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-893-8933. 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 The Dan Band 4/17, 9:30 pm, $25. Secondhand Serenade, Ryan Cabrera, Nick Thomas, Wind in Sails, Runaway Saints 4/24, 6:30 pm, $18+. Dr. John Cooper Clarke 4/30, 8 pm, $20. Alice: A Steampunk Concert Fantasy 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 11 pm, $10+.
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Brooklyn Bowl Steel Pulse 4/16, 8 pm, $30-$33. Brand New, Circa Survive, The Weaks 4/17, 8 pm, $37-$41. Alabama Shakes, Allah-Las 4/18, 9 pm, $41-$44. Fortunate Youth, Hirie, Highdro 4/19, 8 pm, $8-$10. The Grouch, Eligh, Zion I 4/20, 8 pm, $15-$20. Sturgill Simpson, The Lone Bellow 4/23, 8 pm, $22-$24. Andy Frasco and the U.N. 4/24, $8. Zappa Plays Zappa 4/25, 9 pm, $39-$72. Sebastian Bach, Conflict of Interest, Bravo Delta 4/26, 8 pm, $20-$25. Morgan Heritage, Jemere Morgan 4/27, 8 pm, $13-$17. OK Go, White Arrows 4/28, 9 pm, $22-$28. Umphrey’s McGee 5/1, 7 pm; 5/2, 8:30 pm, $30-$99. Kinky, Daniella Spalla 5/3, 8 pm, $25. Mariachi El Bronx 5/4, 8 pm, $17-$22. The Steppas, Lovd Ones, For Twenty Daze, The L81z 5/11, 8 pm, $15. The Expendables 5/14, $15. Little Dragon, Sango 5/15. Soja, Blue King Brown 5/19, 8 pm, $28.
Shakey Graves, Barr Brothers 5/21, 8 pm, $17. Big Sam’s Funky Nation 5/21, midnight, $9-$11. Xavier Rudd & The United Nations 5/26, 8 pm, $19-$22. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squa, The Simpkin Project 5/27, 9 pm, $10-$15. Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, JD McPherson 5/28, $77. Jenny Lewis 5/30, 8 pm, $28-$33. The Glitch Mob 5/31, 8 pm, $20-$23. Preservation Hall Jazz Band 6/11, 8 pm, $20-$22. Yelawolf, Hillbilly Casino 6/12, $15. Purity Ring, Braids, Born Gold 6/23, 8 pm, $22-$24. John Butler Trio, Anderson East 6/26, 8 pm, $28-$33. Adler 7/11, 8 pm, $22-$28. Kevin Fowler 7/15, 8 pm, $18-$22. Between the Buried and Me 7/18, $20. Everclear, Toadies, Fuel, American Hi-Fi 8/8, 8 pm, $40. George Parliament Funkadelic 8/20, 9 pm, $28-$33. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Rod Stewart 7/31, 8/1, 8/5, 8/8, 8/9, 8/12, 8/15, 7:30 pm. Elton John 10/13-10/14, 10/16, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/24, 6/26-6/27, 7/1, 7/3, 7/4, 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Aretha Franklin 8/14, 8 pm, $55-$160. The Who 9/19,
midnight. Punk Rock Bingo first Wed of the month. Blooze Brothers Third Sun of the month. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Rd., 702791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 5/265/30, 6/2-6/6, 6/9-6/13, 7/7-7/11, 7/14-7/18, 7/21-7/25, 8/4-8/8, 8/11-8/15, 8/18-8/22, 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Easy 8’s Band 4/23, 9 pm. 4/244/25, 10 pm. Chancey Williams Band 5/21, 9 pm; 5/22-5/24, 10 pm. Austin Law 6/11, 9 pm; 6/12-6/13, 10 pm. Ryan Whyte Maloney & Cali Tucker 4/20, 9 pm. Kenny Allen Band 6/4, 9 pm; 6/5, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Hotel Courtney Love 5/15, 9 pm, $35+. Kottonmouth Kings 6/19, 9 pm, $25+. Rusted Root 6/26, 9 pm, $30+. Nelson 7/10, 9 pm, $30+. South of Graceland 7/17, 9 pm, $30+. Puddle of Mudd 7/31, 9 pm, $25+. Tribal Seeds 8/21, 9 pm, $25. Blue October 9/18, 9 pm, $30+. Live 10/2, 9 pm, $35+. Hard Rock Live Kimbra, MikkyEkko 4/18, 8 pm, $20-$25. Metro Station, SayWeCanFly, 7 Minutes in Heaven, The Runaway Lives 4/27, 5 pm, $14$17. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. House of Blues Bad Religion, OFF! 4/13-4/14, 7 pm, $30-$32. Falling in Reverse 4/25, 5:30 pm, $22-$25. Nightwish 4/30, 7 pm, $43-$78. Mastodon 5/1, 8 pm, $30-$32. R. Kelly, Lil’ Kim 5/3, 8 pm, $150+. Walk the Moon 5/9, 6:30 pm, $22-$25. Juicy J 5/19, 8 pm, $28-$40. Carlos Santana 5/20, 5/22-5/24, 5/27, 5/295/31, 9/16, 9/18-9/20, 9/23, 9/25-9/27, 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/13-11/15, $90$350, 8 pm. Ministry 6/10, 8 pm, $40$90. Steel Panther 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 9 pm, $22. Dizzy Wright 7/4, 6 pm, $25-$30. Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix 8/15, 7:30 pm, $40-$125. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 9/5, 8 pm, $29$44. The Tragically Hip 10/3, 7:30 pm, $43-$55. Rhyme N Rhythm Mon, 9 pm, free. Live swing music Tue, 9 pm, free. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Singles Sat, 9 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702632-7600. The Joint Three Days Grace, Pop Evil, Brave Black Sea 4/17, 8 pm, $29+. Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo 4/18, 8 pm, $40+. Journey 4/29, 5/1-5/2, 5/6, 5/85/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Rusty Maples 5/22, 9 pm, $35+. Gipsy Kings 5/28, 8 pm, $40+. Whitesnake 6/4, 8 pm, $35. Kenny Chesney 7/37/4, 8 pm, $155+. Third Eye Blind, Dashboard Confessional 7/11, 8 pm, $40+. Juanes, Ximena Sariñana 7/30, 7:30 pm, $60+. Brit Floyd 7/31, 9 pm, $35+. Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick 8/22, 8 pm, $50+. Scorpions, Queensrÿche 10/7, 8 pm, $60+. UB40 10/16, $40-$55. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) New Kids on the Block 5/1, 7 pm, $40-$125. Neil Diamond 5/17, 8 pm, $60-$175. Nickelback 7/3, 8 pm, $25-$105. 5 Seconds of Summer 7/17, 7:30 pm, $50-$100. Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa 8/7, 7 pm, $25-$70. (Mandalay Beach) 311 7/3-7/4, $55-$95. Sublime with Rome 5/22, $50. The Script 5/30, $45. Lee Brice 6/5, $45. Chris Young 6/7, $45. Switchfoot, Drew Holdcomb &
Calendar Saxon 5/27, 8:30 pm, $22. Todd Rundgren 5/30, 8 pm, $30+. Amaranthe, Santa Cruz, I Prevail 5/31, 8 pm, $22+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge WedThu, 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., 702-719-5100. Backstage Bar & Billiards Buck-O-Nine, Kemuri, Dan Patthast, Light Em Up 4/17, 8 pm, $11-$13. Helmet 4/30, 8 pm, $18-$21. Felipe Esparza 5/1, 8 pm, $25-$40. Anaal Nathrakh, Incite, Secrets of the Sky 5/13, 8 pm, $12-$15. Agent Orange, In the Whale, Happy Campers, Assorted Jellybeans 5/30, 8 pm, $12-$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702382-2227. Bar & Bistro Out of the Desert Bluegrass Band Sun, noon, free. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-202-6060. Beauty Bar Sic Waiting, Mercy Music, The Core, Fredward 4/18, 9 pm, free. Prawn, Frameworks 4/23, 9 pm. Chicano Batman 4/24, 9 pm, 8 pm. Inter Arma, Yautja 4/29, 9 pm. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. The Bunkhouse Benjamin Booker, Small Wigs 4/16. J Live 4/17, midnight, free. Psychostick 4/19, 8 pm, $10-$12. Built to Spill, Braided Waves 4/20. Whirr, Wildmoth, Alaska 4/22. Moving Units, Glass Spells 4/23, $10-$12. We Are Scientists, Kingswood 4/26, 9 pm, $10-$15. Buck 65, Astronautalis 4/27, 9 pm, $10-$15. Peach Kelli Pop, Sang Bleu 4/29, 9 pm, $5-$7. A Tribe Called Red 4/30, 11 pm, $10$12. Soul Clap 5/2, 10 pm, $5-$8. Metalachi 5/5, 9 pm, $20. Local H, Battleme 5/8, 9 pm, $12-$15. Bearracuda Las Vegas 5/9, 10 pm, $7. Black Pistol Fire 5/19, 8 pm, $10. Crocodiles 5/21, $10. Frank Turner, Laura Jane Grace, Bob Log III 5/23, 10 pm, sold out. The English Beat, The Skints, Chris Murray 5/24, 10 pm, $20. Big Talk 5/26, 8 pm, $15. Pinata Protest 5/30, 9 pm, $10-$12. The Rentals, Rey Pila, Radiation City 6/3, 9 pm, $15-$18. E Life and Times 6/16, 9 pm, $8-$10. Melt Banana, Torche 6/26, $20. 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com. Clark County Government Amphitheater Jazz in the Park ft. Selina Albright, Jackiem Joyner, Steve Oliver 5/9. Elan Trotman 5/16. Marc Antoine 5/23. Spyro Gyra 5/30. Brubeck Brothers 6/6. 7 p.m., free. 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702455-8200. Downtown Container Park Peter Love’s Heartland 4/17, 5 pm. The Royal Hounds 4/17, 9 pm. Daniel Park 4/18, 5 pm. Billy Joel: A Tribute 4/18, 9 pm. Haleamano 4/19, 4/26, 2 pm. Jill and Julia 4/24, 9 pm. Patty Ascher 4/25, 5 pm. Rock and Roll Rebels 4/25, 9 pm. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Fremont Country Club First Class Trash, Audiovibe, Quantum 4/17, 8 pm, $16-$20. Streetlight Manifesto 5/21, 8 pm, $21-$26. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Carl Ferris 4/16, 7 pm, free. Yellow Brick Road 4/16, 8 pm, free. Monroy 4/16, 10 pm, free. Zowie Bowie 4/16, 10 pm, free. Carl Ferris 4/17, 7 pm, free. Cash Presley 4/17, 8 pm, free. Spandex Nation 4/17, 10 pm, free. Vic Ferrari 4/17, 10 pm, free. Carl Ferris 4/18, 7 pm, free. Cash Presley 4/18, 8 pm, free. Spandex Nation 4/18, 10 pm, free. Vic Ferrari 4/18, 10 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget The Sing Off 4/17, 8 pm, $29$109. The Oak Ridge Boys 4/24, $54-$109. Earl Thomas Conley 5/1, 8 pm, $21-$76. Aries Spears 5/8, 8 pm, 10:30 pm, $21-$43. Christpher Cross 5/15, 8 pm, $32-$109. Blood, Sweat & Tears 5/22, 8 pm, $32-$109. Night Ranger 5/29, 8 pm, $32-$76. 129 Fremont St., 702-385-7111. Gold Spike Avalon Landing 4/16, 10 pm, free. The Retrolites 4/18, 10 pm, free. Walk Off Hits 4/23, 10 pm, free. Dulcet Tones 4/24, 10 pm, free. Josh Royse 10/25, 10 pm, free. 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., goldspike.com. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511
Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge Transmission 4/24, 9 pm, $10. 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. LVCS Crobot, Heavy Honey, Gorilla Head, Within the Cochlea, Roaches in the Kitchen 4/21, 8 pm, $8-$10. Sworn Enermy, Wretched, Hammer FIght, Dark Sermon, Cold Existence, Rule of Thumb 4/22, 8 pm, $8-$10. Fayuca, Haleamano, New Age Trive, Days After Hail 4/25, 8 pm, $8-$10. Ritz & Crooked I, Donnie Menace, Doms, JHornay, Horse Shoe Gang, Bom Green 4/29, 9 pm, $15-$18. Septicflesh, Moonspell, Deathstars, Pillars of Creation, EMDF, Vile Child, Nogiler 4/30, 8 pm, $15. Sage Francis, Ekoh, DOMS, The Tribe, TFY, Charlie Madness, Peril & Plague 5/2, 9 pm, $13-$17. Dog Fashion Disco, Beebs & Her Money Makers, Within the Cochlea, Meade Avenue, Autum in Stitches 5/7, 8 pm, $8-$10. Death at Midnight, The Daftys, Inazuma, The Peabrains 5/14, 8 pm, $12-$15. Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire, Davey Suicide, The Damn Dirty Apes, Kissing Candice, Donnie Menace, Ne Last Words, Dim 5/15, 7 pm, $20-$23. Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Phenomenauts, Green Jello, Barbwire Dolls, Rule of Thumb, Since We Were Kids, Brutal Resistance 5/21, 8 pm, $15-$18. Eric Gales 5/13, 8 pm, $6-$8. Decide, Entombed A.D., Hate Eternal, Black Crown Initiate, Pillars of Creation, Spun In Darkness, Levitron 6/11, 5 pm, $20-$25. Potluck, Wrekonize, Prevail of Swollen Members 6/23, 9 pm, $10-$13. Geto Boys, Ne Last Words, Charlie Madness, The Tribe 6/28, 9 pm, $12-$15. Insomnium, Ominium Gatherum 8/29, 9 pm, $12-$15. Krisiun, Origin Aeon, Alterbeast, Soreption, Ingested 9/17, 8 pm, $17-$20. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mickie Finnz The Leeroy Jenkins Incident 4/16, 4/22, 9 pm; 4/17-4/18, 10 pm. Sexy Time 4/19, 9 pm. JV Allstars 4/20-4/21, 9 pm. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204. The Smith Center Garrison Keillor 4/16, 7:30 pm, $29+. Ramsey Lewis Trio 4/174/18, 7 pm, $45+. Bruce Hornsby 4/18, 7:30 pm, $32+. The Piano Guys 5/11, 7:30 pm, $24+. Duncan Sheik 4/24-4/25, 7 pm, $39+. Spectrum and Radiance 5/8-5/9, 7 pm; 5/10, 3 pm, $37+. David Perrico 5/13, 10 pm. Lisa Hilton 5/15-5/16, 7 pm, $37. James Tormé 5/29-5/30, 7 pm, $37. Clint Holmes First Fri & Sat, 8:30 pm; first Sun, 2 pm; $35-$45. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.
The ’Burbs Cannery Four Tops 4/18, 8 pm, $20+. DND Project, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free, Tue-Thu, Sun, 8 pm. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-507-5700. Distill Summerlin Michael Anthony 4/18. Justin Mather 4/25. All shows free & begin at 8 p.m. 10820 W. Charleston Blvd., distillbar.com, 702-534-1400. Eagle Aerie Hall Destruction of a King, Keepsake, Words From Aztecs, On Letting Go, Oscillation, Providence, Among Sheep 4/18, 5:20 pm, $11-$14. Europa, New and Improved, Pool Party, Smarter Than Robots, Our Name Our Story, Venture, Twenty 81, Punchable Face 4/25, 5:20 pm, $11-$13. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139. Elixir Phil Spector 4/17. Nick Mattera 4/18, 5/2, 5/23, 5/30. Marty Feick 4/24, 5/8. Shaun South 4/25, 5/9. Stefnrock 5/16, 5/29. All shows at 8 p.m., free. 2920 N. Green Valley Pkwy., 702-272-0000. Fiesta Henderson (Cerveza Lounge) Josh LaCount Wed, 8 pm. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702631-7000. Green Valley Ranch (Drop Bar) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 6 pm. Tony Venniro Sat, 6 pm. Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Sun, 9 pm. (Hanks) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm. Jeremy James Sat, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. (Lobby Bar) Shai Peri, Christina L Thu, 8 pm. Christina L Fri, 8 pm. Cayce Andrew Sat, 8 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-367-2470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Hotel California 5/23, 7 pm, $20-$30. Elvis, The Aloha Concert Tribute 8/8, 7 pm, $30-$42. Shows free with drink purchase. M Resort, 800-745-3000. Rampart Casino (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6
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E V E RY W H E R E E L S E Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill For the Fight 4/24, 9 pm, $6. Someday Broken, Double Barrel Diplomacy, First Class Trash, Uprising, Someday Broken 4/25, 8 pm, $9. 3103 N. Rancho Dr., 645-4139. Arizona Charlie’s Boulder (Palace Grand Lounge) In-A-Fect 4/17-4/18. Front Page 4/24-4/25. 4575 Boulder Highway, 888-236-9066. Arizona Charlie’s Decatur (Naughty Ladies Saloon) Randy Anderson Band 4/17-4/18. Lil’ Elmo and the Cosmos 4/24-4/25. Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. 740 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-2585200. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. Hip Hop Roots Fri, 10 pm, $5. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing The Saturday Giant 4/11. Justin Mather 4/16. Rick Berthod Band 4/17. Out of the Desert 4/18. Holes and Hearts 4/25. Scott Helmer 4/30. All shows free unless noted, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Bee Gees Gold Fri, 10 pm, $5. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Reservoir Dogs 4/16, 9:30 pm, free. Dizzy Reed’s Hookers
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COMEDY Louie Anderson Wed-Sat, 7 pm, $60$102. Plaza, 702-386-2110. Big Al’s Comedy Club Wed-Sun, 8 pm, $20. Gold Coast, 702-251-3574. Bonkerz Comedy Club Downtown Grand Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm, free (with two-drink purchase). 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Bonkerz Comedy Club JW Marriott Shows 7 pm, $15. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-386-7867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens Fri-Sat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club All shows at 8 pm, $65-$87. MGM Grand, 891-7777. Wayne Brady 4/17, 10 pm, $40+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Bill Burr 6/26-6/27, 10 pm, $70+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50-$60. Luxor, 702-262-4900. Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39-$50. Quad, 888-777-7664. Andrew Dice Clay 4/16, 4/18-4/19, 4/23, 4/25-4/26. All shows at 9 p.m., $59+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Comedy After Dark Wed-Sun, 10 pm, $40-$60. LVH, 702-732-5755. Whitney Cummings 5/22-5/23, 9:30 pm, $74-$118. Venetian, 866-641-7469. Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72. Planet Hollywood, 702531-4320. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Fortune Feimster, Cameron Esposito 4/25, 8 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 866641-7469. Craig Ferguson 5/23, 8 pm, $25+. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. Kevin Hart 5/24, 8 pm, $49-$129. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702632-7777. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston
Blvd., 702-776-6417. The Improv John Melendez, Ronnie Schell, Jessica Michelle Singleton Thru 4/19. Max Alexander, Tracey MacDonald 4/21-4/26. Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702-3695000. Gabriel Iglesias 5/23-5/24, 10 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Eddie Izzard 6/12-6/13, 8 pm, $53+. Pearl, 702-942-7777. Jim Jefferies 10/3, 8 pm, $45. The Joint, axs.com. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39-$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. The Laugh Factory Shows at 8:30 & 10:30 pm. $29-$45. Tropicana, 702739-2222. Laughternoon Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. The D, 702-388-2111. Jay Leno 5/15, 6/13, 7/4, 9/18, 11/20-11/21, 10 pm; 9/19, 9 pm, $60-$80. Mirage, 702-792-7777. M Resort Comedy Night Fri, 9 pm, free with drink purchase. M Resort, 702-797-1000. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show Tue-Sat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. Harrah’s, 702369-5000. Kathleen Madigan 6/12, 10 pm, $30+. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Dennis Miller 4/17-4/18, 8 pm, $55+. Orleans Arena, 702-284-7777. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Russell Peters 9/6, 8 pm, $49+. Pearl, 702-942-7777. Puppetry of the Penis Thru 4/19, 4/214/26, 4/28-5/3, 5/5-5/9, 8 pm, $45-$49. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 S. Industrial Rd., eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. Red Skelton Tribute Sat-Tue, 2 pm; $35-$40. Westin Las Vegas, 160 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-245-2393. Don Rickles 4/25-4/26, 8 pm, $80+. Orleans Arena, 702-284-7777. Riviera Comedy 40 is Not the New 20 Mon-Sat, 10 pm, $40. Riviera, 855468-6748. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Rd., 702-796-6000. Amy Schumer 4/24, 8 pm, $45. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. S.E.T. Improv Comedy Mon, 8 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Shaq’s All-Star Comedy Jam ft. Aida Rodriguez, Billy Sorrells, Kelly Walker. Aliante, 7300 Aliante Pkwy., 702-692-7777. Side Splitting Sundays Sun, 10 pm, free. Boomers, 3200 Sirius Ave., 702368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-7776.
PERFORMING ARTS 50 Shades! The Parody Tue, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm, Wed-Sun, 7:30 pm, $69+. Bally’s, 50shadesvegas.com, 702777-2782. Annie 5/26-5/31, 7:30 pm; 5/30-5/31, 2 pm, $34+. Smith Center, 702-7492000. The Breasts of Tiresias 5/16, 5/225/23, 7 pm; 5/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. David De Alba’s Tribute to Judy Garland 6/21, 2 pm, $18. The Onyx, 953-16B E. Sahara Ave., onyxtheatre. com.
Hansel & Gretel 5/15-5/16, 5/22-5/23, 7 pm; 5/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. Hal Prince’s Broadway: An Evening in Word and Song 5/14, 7:30 pm, $24+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Jeff McBride’s Wonderground Variety show. Third Thu of the month; 8, 9 & 10 pm; $10. Olive Mediterranean Restaurant Lounge, 3850 E. Sunset Rd., 702-451-8805 . Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops V: A Tribute to the Music of Frank Sinatra 5/16, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. The Legend of Tumbleweed Gulch A children’s play. 5/1, 7:30 pm, $15. Clark County Library Performing Arts Center, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., tumbleweedgulch.com. Marvel Universe Live 4/23-4/26, times vary, $20+. Thomas & Mack, marveluniverselive.com. Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play 4/244/26, 4/30, 5/2-5/3, 5/7-5/10, times vary, $16-$20. Art Square Theatre, cockroachtheatre.com. Native Speech 6/12-6/14, 6/18-6/21, 6/25-6/28, times vary, $16-$20. Art Square Theatre, cockroachtheatre. com. Nevada Ballet Theatre: Giselle 5/9, 7:30 pm; 5/10, 2 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella 4/28-5/3, 7:30 pm, 5/25/3, 2 pm, $39+. Smith Center, 702749-2000. Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening With the Illuminati) 4/165/2, Fri & Sat 7 pm, Sun 2 pm, $20$25. The Onyx, 953-16B E. Sahara Ave., onyxtheatre.com. Steve Solomon’s Cannoli, Latkes and Guilt: The Therapy Continues 4/29-5/2, 7 pm; 5/2-5/3, 3 pm, $35+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Voice of Rudy: The Journey to the Movie 4/25, 7 pm, $34+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000.
SPECIAL EVENTS AFAN AIDS Walk 4/19, 8:30 am, free, $25 donation encouraged. Town Square, afanlv.org. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 4/30, 5/26, 6/30, 7/23, 8/27, 9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866-406-7117. Animal Foundation’s Best in Show 4/26, 1 pm, $8-$25. Orleans Arena, animalfoundation.com. Bubble-Licious 4/16, 7 pm, $125-$150. Venetian, unlvino.com. Dowtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Scullery, 150 Las Vegas Blvd., 702910-2396. Great American Foodie Fest 4/305/3, times vary, $8-$13. Rio, 3700 W Flamingo Rd, greatamericanfoodiefest.com. Las Vegas Car Stars: Back to the Future 5/14-5/16, times vary, free. Fremont Street, lasvegascarstars. com. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Sake Fever 4/17, 7 pm, $100-$125. Red Rock, 11011 W Charleston Blvd., unlvino.com. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Pkwy, 702-733-9800. UNLVino Grand Tasting 4/18, 7 pm, $125-$150. Paris, 3655 S Las Vegas
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Blvd., unlvino.com. Wizard World Las Vegas Comic Con 4/24-4/26, times vary, $35-$75. Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Rd., wizardworld.com. Winefest 5/15-5/17, times vary, $75-$199. Golden Nugget, goldennugget.com.
SPORTS Arenacross Championships 5/1, 8 pm, $40. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Arenacross 5/3, 8 am, $20. South Point Arena, southpointarena.com. Geico Endurocross 5/1, 8 pm, $38+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 9/17-9/19, 7 pm, $72+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Lion Fight 22 Kem Sitsongpeenong vs. Jo Nattawut 5/22, 5 pm, $45+. Sunset Station, sclv.com. FEI World Cup Thru 4/19, times vary, $30-$1,500. Thomas & Mack, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtckets.com. Real MMA 5 4/17, 7 pm, $29+. Silverton, silvertoncasino.com. Takahiro Ao vs. Ray Beltran, Mikael Zewski vs. Konstantin Ponomarev 5/1, 5 pm, $50-$100. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Wacky World of Sports 5/2, 8 am, $100 per team. Sunset Park, clarkcountynv.gov.
GALLERIES Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery. com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Blackbird Studios Fri-Sun, noon-7 pm. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-4557030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery MonFri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. At UNLV, 702-895-3893. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Wasteland Gallery Thu, 6 pm-9pm; Fri & Sat, 6 pm-11pm, Sun-Wed by appointment. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-686-3164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Left of Center Gallery Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Rd., 702-647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-366-9339. P3Studio Lucky Debellevue: Collaboration/Exchange Thru 4/12. Wed-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. West Las Vegas Arts Center Wed-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702455-7340.
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free will astrology
By Rob Brezsny
ARIES
LEO
SAGITTARIUS
March 21-April 19
July 23-Aug. 22
Nov. 22-Dec. 21
In the early days of the California Gold Rush, gold nuggets were lying around on the ground in plain sight, or relatively easy to find, but later prospectors had to work harder, developing methods to extract the gold. One way was through the use of nitric acid. It’s a good time for you to use the metaphorical version of an acid test as you ascertain whether what you have discovered is truly golden.
“Don’t ever tame your demons— always keep them on a leash.” That’s a line from a song by Irish rock musician Hozier. Does it have any meaning for you? Can your personal demons somehow prove useful to you if you keep them wild but under your control? Your relationship to your demons is ripe for transformation—possibly even a significant upgrade.
Many people who live in Georgia, the country at the border of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, speak the Georgian language. They have a word, shemomedjamo, that refers to what happens when you love the taste of the food so much that you continue to pile it in your mouth well past the time when you’re full. That’s what I hope you won’t do in the coming days: get too much of a good thing.
TAURUS
VIRGO
CAPRICORN
April 20-May 20
Aug. 23-Sept. 22
Dec. 22-Jan. 19
The time between now and your birthday will provide you with excellent opportunities to resolve lingering problems, bring drawn-out melodramas to a conclusion and clean up old messes—even the supposedly interesting ones. You want to know what else this upcoming period will be good for? Surrendering control-freak fantasies, relieving your backlog of tension and expelling delusional fears you cling to.
Will you be the difficult wizard, Virgo? Please say yes. Use your magic to summon elemental forces that will shatter the popular obstacles. Offer the tart medicine that tempers and tests as it heals. Bring us bracing revelations that provoke a fresher, sweeter order. I know it’s a lot to ask, but right now there’s no one more suited to the tasks. Only you can manage the stern grace that will keep us honest.
When you’re a driver in a car race, an essential rule in making a successful pit stop is to get back on the track as quickly as possible. Once the refueling is finished and your new tires are in place, you don’t want to be cleaning out your cup holder or checking the side-view mirror to see how you look. Do I really need to tell you this? Can’t you postpone that until after this particular race is over?
GEMINI
LIBRA
AQUARIUS
May 21-June 20
Sept. 23-Oct. 22
Jan. 20-Feb. 18
In the mid-19th century, the entrance exam for the British Royal Navy was quite odd—writing the Lord’s Prayer, reciting multiplication tables, getting naked and jumping over a chair. I’m guessing your own initiation or rite of passage may, at least initially, seem puzzling or nonsensical. You might be hard-pressed to understand it, yet you will come to the conclusion this transition was an excellent lead-in.
My message this week might be controversial to the Buddhists among you. But I’ve got to report the cosmic trends as I see them, right? So here’s the truth as I understand it: More desire is the answer to your pressing questions. Passionate intensity is the remedy for all wishy-washy wishes and anesthetized emotions. The stronger your longing, the smarter you’ll be.
Until the early 20th century, mayonnaise was considered a luxury food. An entrepreneur named Richard Hellmann changed that. He developed an efficient system to produce and distribute the condiment and put together effective advertising campaigns. I foresee a comparable evolution in your own sphere, Aquarius: the transformation of a specialty item into a mainstay.
CANCER
SCORPIO
PISCES
June 21-July 22
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
Feb. 19-March 20
In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, a Parisian ballet company that ultimately revolutionized the art form. His main goal was not primarily to entertain, but rather to excite and inspire and inflame. That’s the spirit I think you’ll thrive on in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It’s not a time for nice diversions and comfy satisfactions. Go in quest of bouts of arousal, awakening and delight.
Karelu is a word from the Tulu language that refers to the marks made on human skin by clothing that’s too tight. Once the close-fitting garment is removed, the imprint will eventually disappear. I see the coming days as being a time when you will experience a metaphorical version of karelu. You will shed some form of constriction, and it may take a while for you to regain your full flexibility and smoothness.
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Midway through his career, Piscean author Dr. Seuss was dared by his publisher to make a book that used no more than 50 different words. Accepting the challenge, Seuss produced Green Eggs and Ham. I invite you to learn from Seuss’ efforts. How? Take advantage of the limitations that life has given you. Be grateful for the way those limitations compel you to be efficient and precise.
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