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Contents 8 as we see it How the sports

44 noise Sounds and sights (and

world dances in and out of Vegas. Investigating the Zap! defacing.

sleeplessness) at Further Future. The new Mumford album is ...

12 weekly Q&A Broadway

49 comedy Felipe Esparza has

legend Hal Prince.

mastered the suspicious eye-dart.

14 Feature | Rocking the

50 the strip A first tour of the

strip Mega-fest Rock in Rio (and its populist lineup) is here! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the ground to prime you for two weekends of music and more.

new, staggeringly big MGM arena.

51 fine art Inside literary/arts mag Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exploration of music.

22 Feature | fest fashion

54 food Vegenation arrives

Hang up the nutty costumes for a relaxed take on music fandom.

Downtown. A World Burger Tour!

26 nights Catching up with

58 calendar Love inflicts pain ever so beautifully in Giselle.

Mark Eteson. Fresh spring drinking at Oak & Ivy.

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FRIDAY, MAY 22 Doors: 6:30 pm First Bout: 7:30 pm

41 A&E The Nevada Gay Rodeo: goat dressing and giving back to the community.

42 screen Reese and Sofia flee for their lives. The D Train laughs at high school reunions.

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OTTERS, WOLVES AND BEARS … OH MY! The local gay community gains one more bear-centric party this weekend with Bearracuda, the first gay event at the Bunkhouse (see Page 28). But local organization Bears Las Vegas has been putting on parties and hosting social events—like camping trips and movie screenings—for years. Find more information (including deets on this weekend’s Bear Bash) at lassvegasweekly.com.

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> big night Like Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, Las Vegas is party first, major sporting event second.

∑ Two short guys fought in Vegas. They barely hit each other but made $300 million. More than 300,000 people showed up and spent $150 million to be around it before anyone put a chip on a table. The people partied, and some even watched the fight before they all partied again. Then everyone went home and the boxers started talking about coming back, like two dudes who hit it big on a Saturday night in Vegas always do. That CliffsNotes version of Mayweather-Pacquiao highlights why Las Vegas ranks among the world’s great cities for putting on a major sports event, but also why its aversion to permanence forms a shaky foundation for a pro franchise. Take pride in your parties, Vegas, because you didn’t carve rivers of booze into the desert to throw the world’s most epic funeral. This place excels at huge sporting spectacles like the National Finals Rodeo that are events first, sports second. Floyd and Manny went all Hungry Hungry Hippos on giant piles of cash last weekend, but by Monday morning we moved on because, hey, only one week until Rock in Rio, and then it’ll be Electric Daisy Carnival. Our NASCAR Weekend generates $166 million in non-gaming impact with more than 150,000 visitors. Good luck getting out of McCarran the next morning. Most full-time teams attract curiosity without commitment. Our two minor-league hockey teams hit attendance highs in their first three years before losing 30 percent or more of that share in the next five years. The second-division football teams took nosedives of closer to 50 percent in the same time frame. Only the baseball team remains, and Don Logan’s crew works magic to convince nearly 5,000 fans to spend a sizzling summer evening in the 51s’ fraying Downtown ballpark. UNLV basketball bonds the community and enjoys a strong alumni base, so it’s in a different category. But you knew that, Vegas Sports Fan. The concept of Las Vegas as a place better suited for one-term than long-term surprises you little. You know Nate Silver thinks the NHL should see our three-shift workers and lack of hockey fanbase and run far away. You also know Bill Foley can point to 11,000 season-ticket deposits and a gleaming new arena on the Strip as reasons to believe in his NHL dream. Neither hits the key point: Vegas treats permanent like a mosquito on its neck, daring a fatal swat. Its DNA twists with rebirth. If days of fight weekend become months of hockey season, Vegas moves away from its successful identity. I made my first trip to Cashman Field for a Stars game in 1984. I’ve seen the checkered history. Vegaswantshockey.net gives me hope, but pause, too. Vegaswantsfights.net? We’ll never need it, because we know that works. Party on. –Adam Candee

‘Radioactive’ dance-off It’s hard to top the Atomic Testing Museum’s video antics ∑ With Las Vegas awash in the “Fight of the Century” media blitz, another smackdown of equally high stakes and frothing anticipation flew cooly and surprisingly below the radar. Of course we’re talking about the second annual international Museum Dance Off, in which Las Vegas’ National Atomic Testing Museum decimated three opponents in the first round, leading to a May 5 match against the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier

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21 that had fans voting early and often. The Canucks threw it down to “Safety Dance” in hard hats and safety vests (even a mascot!), but had this to face: the Atomic Testing Museum blowing it up to Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” a song practically written for the Smithsonianaffiliated institution. With 28 international museums participating in the video/ dance contest hosted by the humor blog whenyouwork

atamuseum.com, the competition had staffers in period garb shakin’ it in historic sites to “Turn Down for What” and Lady Gaga’s “Applause.” But with gas masks, an alien, a fallout shelter, Geiger counters and a multigenerational cast grooving and riding a B53 thermonuclear bomb, the rest of the field could only be pitied. Unfortunately, the Canadian museum got 12,707 votes to Atomic’s 10,340. Ka-pow. –Kristen Peterson

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Fight or flight

> MUST LOVE DOGS The Hydrant Club is a different kind of Downtown revitalization.

Immigrant advocates march for May Day

Social creatures The Hydrant Club cuts the leash Downtown By Kristen Peterson doodle, she realized there wasn’t a place within a In a spacious hall at 9th and Fremont, 15-block radius for dogs to run off-leash. Cathy Brooks looks onto the yard and offers a Hydrant Club She never expected to live in Las Vegas and play-by-play of the activity there, noting every- 109 N. Ninth St., run a dog park, but the plans unrolled anyone by first names—Captain, Moo Moo, Emma, 702-721-9663. way. Soon enough Brooks opened the Hydrant Kennedy and Mr. Sticky Rice, all of whom sud- Monday-Friday, Club, beginning with a privatized off-leash denly line up along the fence when it appears 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; club that could enforce behavioral assessment, that Emma might be leaving for the day. Saturday, 9 a.m.shot records and licensing as a way to pro“We love them like they are our own,” Brooks 5 p.m. Boarding tect the dogs. Last Thursday was the grand says of the various canines playing under the seven days a week, opening/leash-cutting ceremony, celebrating a watchful eyes of handlers while cars and pedes- daycare Mondayrecently completed indoor facility that allows trians move past on the other side of the fence. Saturday & Sunday for expanded services—boarding, boutique and While revitalization has infused Downtown by appointment. workshops—and ensures the club remains open with different energy and a new look, the in rain or inclement weather (a coup for the Hydrant Club, a members-only “social club” Frenchie, Moo Moo, who’s all about mixing it up with her dog park, doggie daycare and boarding facility, might daycare buddies, no matter their size). stand out as the most unique and surprising addition— “There is an expectation of behavior, and there is someunless, of course, you’re a dog owner living in a high-rise one to enforce the expectation of behavior,” Brooks, also or working long hours in the area. a trainer, says, noting the civility of two nearby canines. Back in 2012, Brooks, a Bay Area tech industry vet“In very few doggie daycares would you see a 70-pound eran, came to visit Tony Hsieh and see his operations here. Doberman and 7-pound Chihuahua in the same play group.” Staying at the dog-friendly Ogden with her giant labra-

The Zap! goes on Tagging won’t stop the urban beautification program Back in March, there seemed to be an exuberant spirit in the air among artists selected and commissioned to paint their work onto Maryland Parkway utility boxes, part of a Clark County public-art program designed to enrich and beautify the well-traveled thoroughfare. ¶ Social media was abuzz. County employees chimed in, citing this as one of the more successful Zap! programs—partly because of the community ties to Maryland Parkway, partly because of the number of artists (20 of them, painting more than 90 boxes between Russell and Desert Inn). ¶ In its seventh phase, the project had been successful in countering graffiti that would normally mark the boxes, and in making a visual connection between the neighborhoods and their histories. Artists apply, committees select and residents give input. Ten years after its inception, original boxes remain. Save for two racially motivated incidents, Zap! works have been mostly unharmed. ¶ So, county officials were surprised when a tagger marked large symbols in black over 10 boxes by Sush Machida, Nanda Sharifpour and Valentin Yordanov. Shan Michael Evans’ work was also tagged, but with different markings. Graffiti coating allows for removal, but not all boxes responded well, and artists volunteered to touch up the works. The program? Undeterred. But the county has asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of Nevada at 702-385-5555. –Kristen Peterson

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An organizer yells, “Sí, se puede!” over a loudspeaker, and cheers erupt. Before the crowd takes off, marching from Commercial Center on Sahara and Maryland to the federal courthouse on Las Vegas Boulevard, community members pass out handmade signs and rally for a round of speeches. The annual march on May 1 is part of an international event called May Day, organized by immigration activists known as the May 1st Coalition. This year, in the wake of the Baltimore riots, the coalition widened its focus to include the Black Lives Matter movement, the LGBT movement and other marginalized communities. “What’s happened with Baltimore with the riots [and] police brutality—the same thing is happening with the immigrant community,” Rafael Lopez, 26, says. Like thousands of other undocumented parents, Lopez’s qualified for DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents) but haven’t been able to apply since Attorney General Adam Laxalt added Nevada to the list of states filing a federal lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s executive order. “I would like to see my dad for once,” adds 15-year-old high school student Nohemi Ochoa Ruano. It’s been two years since she’s seen her father, who lives in Mexico. “If you think about it, we’re all immigrants. White folk came from Europe, so they’re European immigrants.” Laura Martin, communications manager of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, reflects: “It is a testament to the greed and the disconnect between politicians like Adam Laxalt who don’t see immigrants as human beings. ... It’s not amnesty, it’s [an] opportunity to fix the system. Right now there is no line, there is no way to apply. It’s just get out or hide in the shadows—so that’s what we want to fix.” –Leslie Ventura

hydrant club by doralynne valenzuela/fremont east studios; May day march by mikayla whitmore

AS WE SEE IT…

IN BRIEF

> FROZEN IN TIME The Meadows Mall feels the same as it did in the ’80s and ’90s.

IN THEIR WORDS The Nevada Indian Commission received a $20,000 grant from the Nevada 150 Foundation to go toward documenting Stewart Indian School students’ oral histories. The Carson City boarding school operated from 1890 to 1980, with the purpose of assimilating Native American children and providing vocational training until the curriculum shifted to academics in the 1960s. Interviews will be compiled and then archived at the State of Nevada Indian Commission, Nevada State Library and Archives and the University of Nevada, Reno. –Leslie Ventura

GETTING MALL-STALGIC AT THE MEADOWS The Valley’s shopping centers seem to be thriving, but my mall got left behind BY BROCK RADKE If Las Vegas isn’t in the midst of a retail resurgence, it sure seems like it. We’re not talking about the Strip, where tourists steadily flock to the Fashion Show and the Miracle Mile Shops, although both of those are engaged in major revamps right now. No, we’re focused on the Valley’s “regional shopping centers”—the malls of Las Vegas. Downtown Summerlin opened in October, bringing 1.6 million square-feet of somewhat high-end shopping and dining in an environment that combines a walkable fauxurban experience with a big-box suburban center we’re used to. Henderson’s Galleria at Sunset is expanding, adding new restaurants and shops to a recently renovated experience. Town Square on Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip is still more of a locals’ destination than a tourist trip, and even the east side’s Boulevard Mall—once struggling with heavy debt and the loss of key anchor tenants—is rebuilding with new owners and an ambitious, unconventional strategy. And yet one mall, my mall, seems to be exempt from this excitement. I grew up at the Meadows Mall, just off Highway 95 at Valley View Boulevard. Friday nights were for meeting up with friends and struggling to decide whether our few dollars should be spent on the latest CD or pumped into arcade games. We surveyed sneakers at Foot Locker and tried to talk our parents into bringing us

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back to buy them on Saturday. We talked to girls for the first time. We hid from the summer sun in air-conditioned splendor and feasted on corn dogs, cherry lemonade and greasy pizza. Today’s teenagers, mush-brained from texting and Tweeting, will probably never wax nostalgic about their malls, and they’re likely as unimpressed by the nearly 40-year-old Meadows today as most of us are. It simply can’t hang with Downtown Summerlin’s luxurious offerings—when the fancy new spot opened a giant Dillard’s; the same store at Meadows was converted into a clearance outlet. And yet the Meadows doesn’t feel like one of the “dead malls” The New York Times reported on earlier this year, the dozens of traditional, enclosed shopping centers that have closed in the past five years or are on the brink of disappearing. The Meadows is almost fully occupied ... by stores, if not shoppers. Unlike its previously mentioned peers, it hasn’t been renovated in a decade. But it’s still centrally located and still surrounded by a lot of residents. Grown-up me can’t find a reason to revisit the Meadows Mall. I buy my own shoes now, and the Foot Locker at Downtown Summerlin is really nice. But it might be nicer to see my old stomping grounds come back to life. If the Boulevard can do it, the Meadows can, too.

PARTY FOR GOOD After raising funds for local charities and organizations with proceeds from EDC, Insomniac steps up its philanthropic game with an EDC Week Charity Auction at ebay.com/insomniac. Fans can bid on festival experiences from helicopter rides to DJ meet-andgreets through May 15 at 6 a.m., with the dough benefiting local nonprofit Culture Shock Las Vegas, a hip-hop/ street dance company with a mission to keep youth “away from drugs, violence and hatred.” That’s definitely some PLUR right there, folks. –Mark Adams MUSIC SHOWING UNLV’s jazz program continues to shine. Last week the Latin Jazz Ensemble was awarded DownBeat Magazine’s Student Music Award for Undergraduate College Latin Group, an honor sought by the top collegiate ensembles around the globe. UNLV graduate Julian Tanaka and local high school Las Vegas Academy’s Jazz Band 3 also were honored by the respected music magazine. –MA SCRIBES AND THE CITY Nonprofit literary organization Poets & Writers announced last week the recipients of its 2015 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, which gives two up-and-coming scribes from a specified state a lucrative professional networking opportunity with literary professionals in New York City—and this year Nevada was recognized, with UNLV creative writing MFA Joseph Langdon and candidate Rosemary Powers receiving the honor. –MA

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Weekly Q&A Did you fall in love with theater as a child? Yeah, I was about 8

years old. It was Orson Welles in Julius Caesar. Did you ever want to perform?

No. I’ve never been a performer, nor ever wanted to be. I’m much too uncomfortable about that. I wanted to be part of the theater. Early on I wanted to be a playwright, and then very soon I wanted to be a director because I didn’t think I was a good enough writer. You’ve won 21 Tony Awards, including eight for directing everything from Cabaret to Evita. What’s your greatest strength as a director? Taste is prob-

is—how challenging—and how close you get to the mark. You also produced Fiddler on the Roof in 1964. How does a musical about such a specific demographic become one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history? The whole show

is about tradition. That’s why though it seems to be about an Orthodox Jewish family in Russia, it means as much to a traditional Japanese family. Any traditional family in our civilization responds to the message of tradition and family as a unit. For a show to succeed, what does it have to do for the audience?

ably one of the most imporI never think of that. I once tant things. Then asked [Tony-winning I have ideas, lots of playwright and direcideas, and then I have tor] George Abbott HAL PRINCE’S a degree of courage, why he did the shows BROADWAY: so I don’t have to do he did, and he said, AN EVENING things exactly as I’ve “To entertain.” And IN WORD seen them before, but I have to say, that AND SONG in fact like to do them May 14, 7:30 was not my priority. as perhaps I’ve never My priority was to p.m., $24-$79. seen them before. Smith Center’s stimulate, invite conThe other thing is, I troversy, get people Reynolds Hall, learned discipline. … 702-749-2000. thinking and, most You show up on time of all, express myself. and you do it like it’s That’s what I was a job, a creative job absolutely, interested in. but nevertheless a job. It’s not some kind of self-indulgent You served two years in the U.S. exercise in being “an artist.” Army in post-World War II Germany. Did that affect your career? Do you think taste can be taught?

Life is a cabaret Broadway legend Hal Prince on West Side Story walkouts and why he doesn’t worry about entertaining the audience They tell me the Riviera is closing, Harold “Hal” Prince says over the phone. He doesn’t sound nostalgic exactly, more bemused by the grand sweep of history that he’s witnessed and, when it comes to the world of theater, greatly influenced. The 87-year-old Broadway director and producer has 21 Tony Awards to his name and credits on everything from the original production of West Side Story to Sweeney Todd to Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular at the Venetian. On May 14, he’ll return to Vegas as the star of his own one-night show, a speaker series engagement at the Smith Center featuring Strip talent performing numbers from Prince’s plays. The details will be a surprise. “That’s what the theater is: an invitation to astonish an audience.”

That’s a very interesting question. I have no idea. I have no idea whether you’re born with it or whether you can be educated to it. A number of your shows have dealt with very serious topics, like West Side Story, which you coproduced in 1957. When it first opened, it wasn’t quite the gleaming success we think of it as today.

I was sent to Germany as a part of the Occupation troops, and I was there in Stuttgart. It was at that time that I encountered for the first time the emcee who became the main character in Cabaret in 1966. I was there in 1952; 14 years later, he was on the stage in Cabaret. How does opening night feel for you? I’m not a big opening night

Do you enjoy working on challenging shows? I guess the amount

person. I don’t enjoy reading the reviews so much, and the reviews are often inaccurate when history finally says … The reviews that West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof got were good but not great, and those two shows have made history. So time tells. If you’re lucky enough to have a show run, nobody knows what the original opening-night reviews were. –Sarah Feldberg

of joy you get from the work you’re doing is in direct connection with both how difficult it

For more of our interview with Prince, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

When it first opened, it didn’t win a Tony Award or anything like that. Although it did quite well and paid back its investment and made a profit, there were still a considerable number of walkouts at each performance because it was such an unusual subject for a musical.

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> In Your Face Rock in Rio USA’s main stage is tough to miss, whether you’re inside the festival footprint or out on the Strip.

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Rock in Rio is the biggest music fest to hit the Boulevard. So what makes it stand out?

∑ From day one, traditional American musicfestivalgoers have been a little confused about Rock in Rio USA. Its acts are more IHeartRadio than Coachella. It will require attendees to pay exclusively with their admission wristbands. There’s no parking despite being smack in the middle of a city with too much of it. And what the hell is a Rock Street anyway? Rock in Rio has caused me to wrinkle my brow, as well—and I’ve actually been to one. Last year I attended the Lisbon edition, and as I walked through the gates I felt like a festival virgin for the first time since Lollapalooza ’94. Here I was at a Portuguese music fest with bagpipe players in kilts approaching me while I waited in line for a Heineken. (And yes, the legend holds true—Heineken tastes much better overseas.) Fans were learning dance routines and falling three stories onto giant billowy landings. The longest line was for free inflatable chairs. I saw Lorde zipline a few hundred feet away from a performing Arcade Fire. And if all of that hadn’t sufficiently thrown me, discovering that people outside the U.S. like Linkin Park did the trick. Rock in Rio seeks to stand out from a glutted and heavily cloned American festival market by being not just populist—is there anyone more popular than Taylor Swift?—and high-tech, but experiential. Atmosphere and amenities are as considered as the performer lineup. Which is why structures and facades make Rock in Rio look less like Life Is Beautiful and more like Six Flags. Or Las Vegas, for that matter. –Mike Prevatt

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Rock in Rio USA: a primer What?

The biggest music festival ever to hit the Las Vegas Strip—and the first time Rock in Rio has staged a U.S. edition— featuring popular names like Taylor Swift and Metallica, and upand-coming acts like Echosmith and Tove Lo. When?

May 8 and 9 (rock) and May 15 and 16 (pop). The festival runs from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. all four days. Where?

MGM Resorts Festival Grounds, on the southwest corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. Cost?

$298 per weekend or $169 per day. VIP passes are also available, for $498 per day. Cashless currency?!

“Rock Cash” will be the only means of purchasing inside the festival grounds. Transfer funds from a credit or debit card to your wristband, either before the festival at rockinriousa.pay. intellifest.com or onsite at one of several TopUp Stations. Who can go?

Rock in Rio is allages, but attendees under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Recommended!

Backpacks, sunblock, sunglasses, ear plugs. Cigarettes are permitted, and each attendee can carry in one sealed water bottle. Not allowed!

Blankets, lawn chairs, flags, signs, umbrellas, bota bags, professional cameras, water guns, outside food or drinks.

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The big four Why we’re planning to catch the fest’s headliners

METALLICA (May 9, 11:10 p.m.) Metallica is the definition of a reliable live

band: They fill their shows with familiar hits played well, putting all of their energy into the songs and making sure the crowd does, too. Although the band is working on a new album, the Rock in Rio set will probably emphasize popular songs that appeal to a broad audience, and that’s exactly the way it should be. –Josh Bell

NO DOUBT (May 8, 11:45 p.m.) One of the first concerts I attended was

the 1996 co-headlining tour of Bush and No Doubt, and in the nearly two decades since, the latter has evolved beyond ska revivalism to incorporate elements of dancehall, reggae and electronica. I haven’t seen Gwen Stefani & Co. since, but I remember their explosive and raw live energy. I can’t wait to compare experiences, plus, this time I won’t need a parental guardian … hopefully. –Chris Bitonti

Acts to catch

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Saints of Valory (May 8, 3:30 p.m.) Who: An Austin-based modern rock band whose

Smallpools (May 8, 6 p.m.) Who: An effervescent LA quartet fond of fizzy

members hail from Brazil, Greece and Southeast Asia First spin: Fans of Imagine Dragons will find much to like, especially the earnest, percussion-chopped “Long Time Coming.” The plea-for-peace, children’s choir-featuring “Winter Lights” is on par with Coldplay’s sweeping anthems. Why see ’em? Straight-ahead rock ’n’ roll never goes out of style, especially when it’s this passionate and sincere.

synth-pop, kicky ’80s New Wave and danceable indie rock. First spin: Their self-assured and impeccably arranged debut Lovetap!, brimming with chewy hooks, zippy keyboards and frontman Sean Scanlon’s keening yelps. Why see ’em: Judging by that strong LP—and the fact that the band sounds close behind Passion Pit and Bleachers in the race for electro-pop superiority— Smallpools seem poised to break out in 2015.

BRUNO MARS (May 16, 11:10 p.m.)

His shows offer a little something for everybody, with his smallbut-substantial catalog spanning multiple genres. From funk and soul to reggae and doo–wop, Mars belts it all out while showing off some seriously smooth moves (and the extremely talented musicians in his backing band are just as entertaining to watch). Bruno should deliver one of the biggest dance parties the Strip has ever seen, and I can’t wait to be in the middle of it during the Mark Ronson collabo “Uptown Funk.” –Mark Adams

Taylor Swift (May 15, 11:10 p.m.) Tay-Tay may have angered fans by pulling her discog from Spotify last year, and music snobs might turn their noses up at 1989 (which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200), but I’m still on Team Swifty. You bet I’ll be in the crowd as the business-savvy songwriting sensation makes her “red-lip classic” Vegas headlining debut—and I’ll be singing along to every word. –Leslie Ventura

Sepultura (May 9, 6:30 p.m.) Who: An influential Brazilian heavy metal band cel-

James Bay (May 15, 3:30 p.m.) Who: The buzziest singer-songwriter export from

Tove Lo (May 15, 4:30 p.m.) Who: A Stockholm-born singer-songwriter with a

ebrating 30 years together.

the U.K. since Sam Smith and Hozier. First spin: Bay’s debut album, Chaos and the Calm, resembles Ryan Adams’ sparsest work with The Cardinals; songs like “Scars” and “Let It Go” are restrained folk-rock tunes highlighted by the young Brit’s soulful, wise-beyond-his-years voice. Why see him: Bay is at the forefront of a new generation of young folkies—and has the songwriting chops and sincerity to be a leader of the strummy empire.

predilection for the kind of ultra-modern pop Sweden cranks out by the bushel. First spin: Although the breakup anthem “Habits (Stay High)” was her breakthrough—perhaps because of its brutal honesty about post-romantic life (e.g., Twinkie binges, poor hookup choices)—the single “Talking Body” is superior, thanks to its sultry synth underbelly and sizzling beats. Why see her: Tove Lo is a hypnotic, mesmerizing live performer whose smoky voice is as well-suited to the stage as it is the studio. –Annie Zaleski

First spin: It’s tough to choose just one record (or

era). but 1996’s Roots—the last LP featuring original vocalist Max Cavalera—is a good place to start, thanks to its monstrous low end, piledriving riffs and bleeding-throat vocals. Why see ’em: Sepultura rarely tours the U.S., plus guitarist Steve Vai is guesting here, making this performance even more singular.

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> ROck ’n’ Roll Memories Castro and his Rio memorabilia.

‘It’s about the love’

A Brazilian-born local fan looks back on the first Rock in Rio, and forward to its unfolding here ∑ It’s a grainy, black-and-white image, but the fervor is palpable as two zealous young rockers salute their idols at the inaugural 1985 Rock in Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “The reason I was yelling like that is because the whole band of Iron Maiden came out to greet the fans,” Calex Castro recalls of the photo, which ran on the front page of O Globo newspaper. The festival, head-

lined by Queen, George Benson, Rod Stewart, AC/DC and Yes, was unlike anything the developing country had ever seen. “Rock in Rio was one of the first and only things from Brazil that was first-world-like,” says Castro, who was 13 at the time. “You absolutely marveled at the infrastructure. It’s as if someone from Disney had a spaceship and parked the spaceship in Brazil.”

A Las Vegan by way of Brazil, Castro attended the first Rock in Rio in 1985, worked the second festival in 1991 and is set to attend for a third time on the Strip. For him, the then10-day festival was life-changing. Prior to that, he had never dreamt of seeing his heavy-metal favorites in person; there just wasn’t a rock scene. The festival put Brazil on the music map. “It really makes people’s

lives better, in so many ways,” he says. “When you look into the love they put into the event, it’s special, it’s different. It’s not Coachella; it’s about the love. ... You’re going to go to watch Metallica, and you’re going to end up finding the love of your life, or finding Brazilian music, or some other band. It’s an experience that goes way beyond the headliners.” –Kristy Totten

> here to stay MGM Resorts Festival Grounds will become a permanent part of the Strip.

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Beyond the main stages

DJs, street performers and amusements round out the Rock in Rio experience

Uptown funk

There’s no parking at the north-Strip festival, so strategizing is a must ∑ Face it, folks—for once, you can’t

> Slice of Life Rock in Rio’s three Rock Streets will feature the sounds and flavors of the U.S., U.K. and Brazil.

The Rock Streets Away from the major stages sit three themed facades, each featuring singers and musicians, dancers and other performance artists indicative of their respective streets’ countries. You can find urban dancers and dramatic choreography at Rock Street USA, Beatles/Stones cover bands and Celtic music groups at Rock Street U.K. and electronic-flavored bossa nova and Brazilian jazz acts at Rock Street Brazil—and that’s just on the stages. Magicians, caricaturists, actors, bucket drummers and more will be found on the streets and within the crowds.

The EDM Stage Perhaps the strangest sight to any looky-loos is the sixlegged robo-bug on the southeast side of the festival grounds. Four DJs a day will man the booth underneath and perform for those needing some dance relief. May 8 will host a commercial EDM slate, headlined by AN21 (Steve Angello’s brother). May 9 carries more of a bass edge, and features the lone Las Vegas-based performer: trap duo Caked Up. Ladies comprise the entire dance bill on May 15, which includes the refreshingly eclectic Valida from LA’s KCRW. And May 16’s roster goes deep, specializing in overseas house faves like Spain’s Uner.

Extracurricular activities Taking a cue from Electric Daisy Carnival, the Rock in Rio Chapel can marry up to five couples looking for an unconventional (and gratis) wedding even by Vegas standards. (Interested parties should email marryme@ rockinrio.com.) Also free to experience: a 332-foot Ferris wheel and a 64-foot-tall, 600-foot-long zipline that allows users to coast over the main-stage crowd—and if previous Rock in Rio editions are any indication, perhaps one of the performers will brave the high-wire attraction as well. –Mike Prevatt

drive to a Las Vegas destination and immediately slink into a parking space (or valet, for that matter). Rock in Rio’s insistence on a centralized urban location means we have to work harder to get there, like—your best bet—parking somewhere with a monorail station, railing it to SLS and walking one block west to the MGM Resorts Festival Grounds (note: Nevadans buying fares at monorail ticketing offices get up to two per day for $1 each). Or we have to spend more, such as $25 for a (prepaid) weekend shuttle pass that delivers attendees from MGM Resorts Village, World Market Center or Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, or $30-$40 for limited Stratosphere and SLS spots, or however much it takes for you to cab it to a legal stop close to the grounds, as Las Vegas Boulevard will be closed southbound between Convention Center and Sahara. For more info, visit rockinrio.com/usa/ festival-travel-options. –MP

WHat’s up next?

The MGM has big plans for the Strip’s largest festival space ∑ Rock in Rio USA is a full-scale music festival, save for one genre: country. But

country fans will be heartened to know that their favorites won’t be ignored at the MGM Resorts Festival Grounds. Built for Rock in Rio, the 50-acre parcel will live on and host future events, including a three-day music spectacle as a component of the return of the Academy of Country Music Awards show from April 1-3, 2016, with Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Dierks Bentley set to headline. MGM Resorts VP of Entertainment Chris Baldizan says those three performances will be full concerts, and that more names will be added to the lineup. Expanding on what has already been booked, Baldizan and his fellow MGM Resorts officials have said they hope the Route 91 Harvest Festival grows enough to move from the smaller MGM Resorts Village across from Mandalay Bay and Luxor into the Festival Grounds. The comparison has been that the Village is akin to a Triple-A baseball field for a Major League franchise, using the grounds to develop events that are ready for the big time—the largest festival space on the Strip. –John Katsilometes

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The Nevada Gay Rodeo Association’s annual rodeo is back at Horseman’s Park this weekend (for details, see Page 41), but the country-western fun doesn’t end—or begin, for that matter—at the arena dirt. NGRA kicks it all off with a poolside party featuring a HomoRodeo.com/Boot Barn-sponsored fashion show. May 8, noon-5 p.m., free. DJS COLETTE AND HEATHER AT TRU According to our research, it’s been roughly five years since Vegas has grooved to the queens of Chicago house. Fortunately, Colette and Heather have included us in their national tour, slated to land at off-Strip spot Tru Afterhours. For scene veterans and those who like their house a little more traditional, this is a don’t-miss gig. Brian Gardner, Brenda D and Rob Dub all support. May 8, doors at 11:59 p.m., $20, $5 with Nevada ID. DITCH FRIDAYS WITH SCHEANA SHAY AT PALMS

Why count down the clock at your cubicle when you could be cocktailing in a cabana all Friday afternoon? The off-Strip work-week closeout returns for another season of splash-bash action and celebrity eyecandy as brunette beauty and Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay hosts. Time to (swim)suit up! May 8, doors at 8 a.m. and free before noon, $20 men, $10 women, local ladies free.

SUNSET SUNDAYS AT CARLOS ’N CHARLIE’S The tourist-friendly cantina is an unconventional spot for a new LGBT party, but its lively atmosphere ROB GRONKOWSKI AND PETE WENTZ and hang-loose patio, which is adjacent AT REHAB Well, this is an interestto the Flamingo’s iconic pool, offers ing pairing. On hosting duties (May gay nightlifers some serious week9 and 10) is record-breaking New end-closing potential, along with an outdoor alternative. Come as England Patriots tight end Rob you are to Sunset Sundays’ launch Gronkowski, who, at 6-foot-6, will Finalists for the cover of party, which will feature DJs and a be hard to miss at the Hard Rock EA Sports’ Madden $20 liquor bust. May 10, 8 p.m., free. oasis, where he’s celebrating his NFL 16 game (including birthday this weekend. Then there’s Rob Gronkowski). Fall Out Boy bassist/lyricist/vocalist YACHT CLUB AT DRAI’S Dust off and emo icon Pete Wentz, who is a foot your Sperry Top-Siders and take an shorter than his co-headliner but should iron to those Lacoste polos—the Drai’s be equally visible when he holds court at the DJ barge bash is back! Oh, and you might want booth and delivers one of his open-format sets. The to also practice your “Riverside” moves, as veteran blending of their respective fanbases should make beatslinger Sidney Samson supplies the tunes. Did for one of the most memorable Rehabs in a while. we mention the special guest set by “Like a G6” May 10, doors at 11 a.m., $40+ men, $20+ women. hip-hop group Far East Movement? This isn’t your

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife News & Notes Foxtail Pool Club might’ve had the most consistently impressive showing of celebrities throughout Fight Weekend (May 1-3). Friday’s party included disparate public figures like Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, 50 Cent, Lennox Lewis, “Sugar” Shane Mosley and Brandon Flowers. The next afternoon, Puff Daddy held court and performed, eventually joined by Lil Wayne and Mase, with Future, 2 Chainz, Jeremih and Akon watching from the crowd. That night, Lil Wayne returned to

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rich grandma’s boat party. May 13, doors at 10 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. NICKEL BEER NIGHT WITH BIG GIPP AT BEAUTY BAR Over the past eight years or so, Big Gipp

has enjoyed reuniting with groundbreaking Atlanta hip-hop act Goodie Mob, of which he’s a founding member, as well as collaborating with the Dungeon Family collective. On Tuesday, he gets to enjoy the more infamous institution that is Nickel F*cking Beer Night, which he will headline as a performer. Also on the bill: Mr. Ebranes, Biz:E and Beast Fremont. May 12, doors at 9 p.m., $10, $5 before 11 p.m. INFAMOUS WEDNESDAYS AT HYDE Another weeknight, another club, another new party—welcome to Las Vegas, right? Rub elbows with the nightlife set every Wednesday now at the lakeside Bellagio nightspot. In the booth: DJ D-Miles. May 13, 10:30 p.m., free.

the pool for a performance, with Questlove, Ciara, Lil Twist and Shanell in the audience. On Sunday, Jeremih and 50 Cent returned, this time with DJ Mustard. Marquee didn’t fare too poorly on Saturday night, either. Joining host Jay Z and wife Beyoncé were Nicki Minaj and beau Meek Mill, Tobey Maguire, Fabolous, DJ Clue, Jeezy, Adrien Brody, Gayle King, Swizz Beatz and a bunch of athletes. Then there was Chris Brown, who kicked off his Drai’s Live residency on Saturday with 50 Cent, Tyga, Akon, Too Short, Busta Rhymes and others, and, according to Metro, punched a man at the Palms the next night. Speaking of fighting: A series of videos went viral showing fights

at Rehab, which had previously sold out its $300 tickets on Sunday for a pool party featuring Ludacris. Metro remained at the Hard Rock Hotel pool for nearly three hours while the smoke settled. Disco-llaneous: Want a cush spot to hang at Rock in Rio USA this and/ or next weekend but VIP won’t cut it? Light is managing the new music festival’s cabana/bottle service program. Prices range from $6,000-$20,000 for a table accommodating 10-15 people. ... Managing partner Sean Christie tweeted out this weekend that Encore Beach Club sold one of its ridiculous, $125K Mid-Life Crisis bottle packages, which gets its purchaser (among other things) a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. –Mike Prevatt

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> memory man Mark Eteson wants you to walk out of the club humming a melody.

Five reasons to check out the Vegas debut of Bearracuda

Expat on the back Great things keep happening to U.K.-to-Vegas producer/DJ Mark Eteson By Mike Prevatt It used to be that entertainers moved here in matter if it was labeled trance or progressive or the twilight of their careers. It’s been the exact whatever. I hope that could be replicated in my MARK ETESON opposite for producer/DJ Mark Eteson, who reloproductions and that the fans would understand. May 7 & 9, doors cated from his native U.K. to Las Vegas in October at 10:30 p.m., In my productions there has been a kind of shift, 2013 after landing a residency at Hakkasan. A year but there will always be melodies in my tracks $30+ men, $20+ and a half later, he has added Omnia to his envithat reign supreme. I’ll never make a track with women, Hakkasan, able DJ résumé. And on May 4, “Heart Like an 702-891-3838; just noises and then a drop. Ocean,” his collaboration with Paul van Dyk for From your vantage point, how does Vegas May 8, doors the German trance icon’s third Politics of Dancing nightlife evolve from here? It definitely needs at 10:30 p.m., album, came out, which follows another new to evolve slightly. These DJs can’t keep playing $50+ men, $30+ release of his, “Let in the Light.” So it seemed like these songs with huge drops and no melody. … women, Omnia, a good time to ring him up. It’s definitely in our hands and our responsibil702-785-6200. ity to lead it the right way with real music. I How did the PvD collaboration come about? I wanna hear more vocals and melodies, and I sent over four different demos, he picked one and think that’s beginning to happen. We need to be mindful we worked on it together. I’m stoked, and I’m really happy that people are here to party and they’re drinking and it’s the first song on album. I [remember being] 16 years old, they want to rage. But they need to walk out of the club literally just learned how to DJ, and Paul had tracks in the humming a melody or hook. That’s what is going to create Top 40. It’s a dream to work with him on this level. the memories. Where do you see these two new songs in your evolution as a producer? Do they mark any sort of artistic shift?

I always played and enjoyed all sorts of music. It didn’t

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My cocktail is on fire. Not the rinse of mezcal on the glass—the rosemary curling Oak & Ivy’s spring creations from the ice. When it’s good and charred, a blend of Knob Creek don’t hold back Rye, herbal Cynar and maple is poured over, layering actual smoke on so many smoky flavors. Oak & Ivy calls it the Forest Fire Swizzle ($14), a theatrical sipper that mellows the rye just right for a late-spring evening. ¶ The Container Park bar may be charmingly teensy, but its seasonal “creations” run far and wild. Ocha & Ivy ($13)

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It’s about time: San Francisco-born Bearracuda, a party catering to the gay male subculture known as bears, has been staged in 45 different cities and 10 countries. Bunkhouse booker Mike Henry says that bringing it to Vegas was a no-brainer, as it did gangbusters business at the bar he used to manage in Austin. “Overall, incredibly fun party.” With racy bear videos, apparently! Stand-and-model types need not apply: While anyone is welcome, the general ethos of the bear community—masculinity rules, larger fellas are welcome and hirsute is hot—should scare off those BEARRACUDA May 9, 9 p.m., $7. who only Bunkhouse, cruise for ste702-854-1414. reotypically perfect men. A new party spot for gays: The Bunkhouse has never hosted an LGBT night, but its alternative programming, beer program and ample space make it a potentially good fit. Speaking of beer: A $2 Hamm’s special (chiefly because of its bear mascot) will be on offer, exclusive to the party. Also: $5 Pinnacle vodka drinks. A different soundtrack: Bearracuda’s Vegas debut will feature LA DJ Ryan Jones, who seems to favor indie, disco and house over the usual pop and EDM played in gay dance clubs. “Ryan plays for us all over the country, and the guys are definitely in for a treat,” producer Matt Bearracuda tells us by email. They’re definitely in for something different, which our little gay scene surely needs. –Mike Prevatt

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THURSDAY

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ARTISAN

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THE BANK

BEAUTY BAR

Pornstaraoke

DJ Kid Conrad

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

Tiny Toy Cars

The All-Togethers; doors at 9 pm; free

DJ Roger Gangi

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FRIDAY Blackout Fridays DJ Neva; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

Sound

DJs Justin Hoffman, Eddie McDonald, Frank Richards, Justin Key; 10 pm; $10; women, locals free

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

Gift of Gab

Coolzey, NOVN, Sampson (outdoors), $10; Future Sounds (indoors), free; doors at 9 pm

DJ Earwaxxx

BOND

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

CHATEAU

Closed

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

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DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

FIZZ

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Afterhours

Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free

DJ Crooked

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Capital Cities

SATURDAY

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

Closed

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

Lounge open 24 hours

Closed

DJ E-Rock

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

DJ M!KEATTACK

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

DJ Five

Social Sunday

DJs Double J, Justin Key, Joey Mazzola, others; midnight; free; open 24 hours

Off the Wall

DJ Suckerpunch

DJ Earwaxxx

Energy Reset

DJ Loveloss; doors at 9 pm; free

DJ Miss Joy

Nickel Beer Night Ladies Night

Doors at 9 pm; free

DJ CyberKid

Big Gipp, Ebranes; DJs Beast Fremont, Biz:E; doors at 9 pm; $10, $5 before 11 pm

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Adventure Club

DJ 360, MC Ray, 10 pm; health & beauty showcase, 8 pm; $10, $5 local men, women free; open 24 hours

DJ M!KETTACK

Closed

Britannia

Europe, Newsense, Joey Paul; doors at 9 pm, free

DJ Stephi K

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

Closed

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

Closed

Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free

DJ Ice Break

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

Closed

Industry Sunday

DJs Que, Shift; doors at 9 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

10 pm, free; doors at 10 am

WEDNESDAY

DJ Turbulence

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

Magic Bronson; doors at 9 pm; free

TUESDAY

Afterhours

Doors at 1 am; $30 men, $20 women, industry locals w/ID free

Afterhours

Talib Kweli

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

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

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

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

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; doors at 5 pm

DJ Soxxi

Music With a View

Bubbles For Beauties

DJ Casanova

DJ Kay theRiot

DJ SINcere

10 pm, free; Rock Jam, 9 pm, free

DJs Sam I Am, Marc Mac; 6 pm; free

DJs Rugrat, others; free Champagne/vodka for women; 10 pm; $30

DJ Eric Forbes 10 pm; $30

10 pm; $30, locals free

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THURSDAY

GHOSTBAR

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

DJ Benny Black

Ladies Night

GILLEY’S

Easy 8’s live; $1 drafts/wells for women, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

HAKKASAN

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

HYDE

Doors at 5 pm

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

Bingo Players

Doors at 8 pm

Ladies Night

Throwback Thursdays

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FRIDAY DJ Presto One

DJ Benny Black; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women

Wolfcreek

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

DJ Fergie

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

DJ Joe Maz

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

Game Over Fridays

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

DJ Benny Black

DJ b-Radical

DJ Seany Mac

DJ Seany Mac; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women

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

Wolfcreek

Bikini Bull Riding

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

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

Doors at 5 pm

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

DJ D-Miles; 10:30 pm; doors at 5 pm, free

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Closed

DJ Crykit; doors at 8 pm; free

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

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

Closed

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

Closed

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

Borgore

Steve Angello

LIGHT

Closed

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

MARQUEE

Closed

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

GTA

Firebeatz

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

DJ Loczi

Locals Stampede

LIFE

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

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

18 and over

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

DanSing Karaoke

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

Closed

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

Closed

DanSing Karaoke

DJ Presto One

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

Closed

DJs 88, Crykit, Mr. E; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

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

Eva Shaw

Locals Night

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

DJ Seany Mac

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

WEDNESDAY

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

DJs J Boogie, Silent John, Phoreyz; doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

LAX

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

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

TUESDAY

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

A-Trak

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

Vice

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

Doors at 8 pm, free

Lost Angels

Infamous

DJ 88

#IndustryLife

DJs Crooked, Scooter; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free

DJ Eric D-Lux

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VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

OMNIA

Omnia Thursdays

DJs Burns, Mark Eteson, Bee Fowl; doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $30+ women

DJ Crooked; 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

PBR ROCK BAR

Doors at 10 pm

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

Bare Thursday

Calvin Harris

F*ck It Friday

SATURDAY Nervo

Selfie Saturday

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Omnia Sundays

Closed

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

Doors at 10 pm

#Social Sundays

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

El Deseo

10 pm; drag queen bingo, 8-11 pm; hot body contest; $20 unlimited wells; free; open 24 hours

India Ferrah, Des’ree St. James, midnight; $25 unlimited wells, 11 pm4 am; 10 pm, free

REVOLVER

Closed

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

ROCKHOUSE

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

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

$50 open bar; doors at 8:30 am

Share Saturdays

Closed

PIRANHA

Fireball Fridays

NSA Thursdays

SURRENDER

TAO

Desrae Pendavis hosts; DJ J Diesel; Star Studded ladies’ party; $10 liquor bust; doors at 10 pm; free

Stripper Circus

Closed

Doors at 10:30 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women

Rae Sremmurd

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

The Affair

TRYST

DJ Ikon; doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women, local women & industry free

Closed

Goddess show w/India Ferrah, midnight; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-9 pm; free; open 24 hours

Silver Saturdays

Doors at 10 pm; free

DJs Kidd Madonny, J Diesel; doors at 10 pm; free

Skrillex

Dillon Francis

Brody Jenner & William Lifestyle

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

DJ Alie Layus

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

DJ Eric D-Lux

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

Suits For No Reason

Latin show, 1 am; DJs Virus, Vago; 10 pm; 2-for-1 drinks, noon-9 pm; free; open 24 hours

Beer Pong Tournament

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

Industry Mondays

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

Karaoke Night

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

Chinos Latino Noche

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

Closed

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

Boylesque Wednesday

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

Ladies Night

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

Closed

Ladies Night

Taco Tuesdays

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

Closed

DJ Mighty Mi; doors at 9 pm; $50+ men, $40+ women, locals free

Closed

Confession Sundays

Lil Jon’s Shot Class

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

Closed

Avicii

David Guetta

DJ Skrillex; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free

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

WEDNESDAY

Chuckie

SIN Sunday

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

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

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DJ Angie Vee

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

Chainsmokers

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

Drai’s Yacht Club

Doors at 11 am; $20; locals free

DJs Sidney Samson, Far East Movement; doors 10 pm; $30-$50+. Day: doors 11 am; $20; locals free

Doors at 11 am; $20; locals free

Closed

Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free

Doors at 11 am

Closed

Cabanas For a Cause

Doors at 8 am; $10, local women free

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Seven years in for this event, you, the public, are finally invited. May 8, 8-11 p.m., $25, P3 Loft at the Cosmopolitan.

see eat TEQUILA DINNER WITH MIKE MINOR Former Border

Grill chef Mike Minor has been killing it with his own Truck U Barbeque food truck, and now he’s expanding his repertoire further with a pop-up dinner at Made L.V. On his menu: mahi mahi ceviche, a kaleavocado-grapefruit tostada and slow-roasted achiote pork with fried plantains. May 13, 6:30 p.m., $39, Tivoli Village. Reservations required at 702-722-2000. HUNTER’S WAFFLE Usually the fancy food from last month’s Vegas Uncork’d event isn’t available the rest of the year, but Bardot Brasserie’s beautifully rich brunch highlight—a crisp waffle topped with duck confit, root veggie hash, poached eggs and Maltaise sauce—is yours for the taking. $19, Aria.

go PAINT THE TOWN Assist both those struggling with HIV/AIDS and your barren walls by attending this art-centric philanthropic bash, which allows attendees to bid on works by local and international creatives (and munch on free bites from D.O.C.G. and Scarpetta).

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WHISKEY & A WESTERN It’s a match made in cowboy heaven—get yer whiskey on as the Huntridge Foundation presents a screening of the classic Clint Eastwood film Unforgiven. The first pour is on the house. Yeehaw! May 8, 6 p.m., $10, Mesquite Club, 702 E. Saint Louis Ave. MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada hosts a special screening of this film by Michele Josue, who interviewed family members and visited significant locations surrounding the life of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime in 1998. May 13, 6 p.m., free.

Bull riding, barrel racing and … steer decorating? That’s right, the Nevada Gay Rodeo Association’s annual BigHorn Rodeo is back May 9 and 10. And while the yearly Western bash includes traditional rodeo recreation—from calf roping to bareback bronc riding—gay rodeo also incorporates camp events, and some have apparently become favorites across the global International Gay Rodeo Association circuit. “It’s a great way to introduce people to the arena dirt,” says NGRA President Douglas Graff, referring BIGHORN to events like goat RODEO dressing, steer May 9 & 10, 11 decorating and the a.m., $10-$15. wild drag race. Horseman’s The NGRA’s goals Park, 5800 haven’t changed since E. Flamingo its inception in 1992: Road, bighorn The organization rodeo.com. serves, first and foremost, to produce gay rodeos to “enrich and enhance the Western lifestyle,” with a secondary mission to raise funds for worthy local charities like the Sin Sity Sisters, a nonprofit supplying medication to Valley HIV/AIDS patients. “It’s a sense of community, giving back and being part of something bigger than yourself,” says Graff, referring to a camaraderie apparent in rural communities known for rodeo culture. “When someone’s neighbor’s barn burned down, [the community] helped build a new barn,” and Graff says that mind-set translates into support for the Sisters’ AIDS drug assistance program. “Somebody needs to do it.” Those looking for entertainment should be satisfied by the royalty competition, where cowboys and cowgirls, some in drag, show off their stuff, from lip syncing to comedy. Graff says a number of NGRA competitors have moved on to top spots in the IGRA competition. “We are Fabulous Las Vegas.” –Mark Adams

hear UNCHARTED WINDS There’s nothing like a little chamber music on a Sunday afternoon. Uncharted Winds, featuring Alexander Viazovtsev, Gilbert Castaneda, Bill Bernatis, Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev and Jae Ahn, performs works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Musgrave and Martinu. May 10, 2 p.m., Winchester Cultural Center, $10-$12.

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house in time to clear their names. The plot is mostly It’s never a good sign when the funniest parts of a predictable, and the one slightly surprising third-act twist comedy are the bloopers that play over the credits. The only emphasizes how half-baked the thriller elements are. outtakes at the end of Hot Pursuit don’t even generThe rote plot mechanics leave plenty of room for comedy, ate a lot of laughs, but they’re hilarious compared to but Witherspoon and Vergara have minimal chemistry, the 80-some minutes preceding them, in which Reese and the jokes mostly rely on tired gender stereotypes (men Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara flail their way through a get flustered when women talk about their periods!) and formulaic buddy movie. It’s sad to see these two talented jabs at Cooper’s short stature and Riva’s curves and incomactresses adrift in this terrible action-comedy, which prehensible accent. combines weak, repetitive jokes with desulThe movie doesn’t have to make a feminist tory cop-drama plot points. Neither star manstatement in order to be funny, but director ages to rise to the occasion, with Witherspoon aaccc Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Guilt Trip) struggling to find the humor and the emo- HOT PURSUIT and screenwriters David Feeney and John tion in her high-strung, rules-obsessed Officer Reese Witherspoon, Quaintance (both sitcom veterans) don’t have Cooper and Vergara settling for screeching Sofia Vergara, John any clever ideas about what to do with their most of her lines as Daniella Riva, the sultry Carroll Lynch. premise, and Hot Pursuit attempts to coast on trophy wife of a drug kingpin’s top lieutenant. Directed by Anne the charm of its stars. Like recent, similarly Cooper and Riva cross paths because Riva’s Fletcher. Rated husband has agreed to testify against his boss, PG-13. Opens Friday. lazy action-comedies Identity Thief and Ride Along, Hot Pursuit presents two annoying and Cooper is assigned as an escort for his people and has them yell at each other for an hour or wife. But when teams of corrupt cops and the drug lord’s so, then after they get shot at by generic bad guys, they henchmen both come after them (quickly killing Cooper’s decide that they like each other after all. Too bad the partner and Riva’s husband), the mismatched pair has to audience doesn’t end up feeling the same way. go on the lam, avoid their pursuers and get to the court-

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Most zombie movies either start with the outbreak, watching society fall apart, or depict the aftermath, as the undead have already overrun civilization. But Maggie begins after its zombie epidemic (called the “necroambulist” virus) has essentially ended, while society is rebuilding and the few remaining infected are being quarantined and disposed of. Unfortunately for farmer Wade Vogel (Arnold Schwarzenegger), that includes his teenage daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin), who has a few weeks after being bitten before she experiences “the turn.” Wade brings Maggie back to aabcc the family farm, MAGGIE where he and Abigail Maggie’s stepBreslin, Arnold mother (Joely Schwarzenegger, Richardson) care Joely Richardson. for her as best Directed by they can, as she Henry Hobson. literally decays beRated PG-13. fore their eyes. For Available a zombie movie, on Video on Maggie is remarkDemand. ably somber, with a muted, mostly gray color palette and an omnipresent mournful score. There are a few horrific moments, but overall this is a serious, downbeat drama, featuring the most subdued performance Schwarzenegger has ever given. At its most maudlin, it’s like a terminal-disease tearjerker with zombieism in place of cancer. Schwarzenegger can’t quite pull off the role of the anguished father, and the intense emotional moments mostly ring false. The best scene features Maggie hanging out with her friends as they say goodbye without actually saying it, and she gets one last night of companionship with an ex-boyfriend who’s also been infected. For a brief moment, the movie evokes the sadness and regret that it can’t manage to reach the rest of the time. –Josh Bell

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A gay old time

Grace and Frankie is an old sitcom in a new package By Josh Bell occasional F-bomb (because it’s on Netflix). That conJane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play the title characters trived wackiness doesn’t serve the more serious parts in Grace and Frankie, which combines a superficially of the story, especially when the writers try to sensiprogressive premise with some creaky sitcom constructively portray Robert and Sol’s relationship. Sheen and tion. In that way it reflects its main characters, two Waterston are completely unconvincing as a gay couple, women in their 70s who have to figure out new ways to and since their ex-wives are the main characters, they live their lives when everything they took for granted too often come off like the villains. At worst, comes crashing down. In particular, Grace and Grace and Frankie is a show about how tough Frankie’s respective marriages to law partners aabcc it is for straight people when gay people finally Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) GRACE muster the courage to come out. fall apart, when Robert and Sol reveal their twoAND At best, it’s a showcase for the chemistry decade-long affair with each other and declare FRANKIE between Fonda and Tomlin, who 35 years ago cotheir intention to get married. The uptight, type-A Season 1 starred in 1980’s acclaimed comedy 9 to 5. Their Grace and the laid-back, New Age-y Frankie find available May banter can be fun, and they can also bring out the themselves living together in the beach house 8 on Netflix. pathos in these women who are facing multiple that the couples jointly owned, having to rely on challenges in their twilight years. That genuine each other for support. emotion doesn’t come out often enough, though, and the That leads to a lot of familiar odd-couple jokes, storylines featuring the main characters’ grown children which combine with the clueless-old-people jokes to are mostly dead ends. Unlike Amazon’s Transparent, make up a good 50 percent of the humor. Co-created which deals compassionately with a late-in-life revelaby Friends’ Marta Kauffman, Grace and Frankie has an tion about sexuality, Grace and Frankie is mostly content old-school sitcom sensibility even though it’s a singleto recycle old jokes in a new context. camera show with no studio audience and features the

On its surface, The D Train appears to be a goofy comedy about a high school reunion organizer, Dan Landsman (Jack Black), who becomes obsessed with trying to persuade his class’ former Big Man on Campus, Oliver Lawless (James Marsden), to attend the upcoming 20-year reunion. Oliver is a struggling actor, but Dan sees him in a national TV commercial and assumes he’s hit the big time. Consequently, Dan fakes a business trip to LA to pitch the reunion to Oliver in person. Oliver barely remembers him, but he’s friendly enough. They drink. They party. They head back to Oliver’s place. What happens at that point switches The D Train onto a more provocative and considerably less funny track. That’s not necessarily a bad thing—the jokes are replaced with genuine aaacc confusion and THE D TRAIN introspection, as Jack Black, Dan finds himself James Marsden, questioning his Kathryn Hahn. very identity. Black Directed by wasn’t the ideal Jarrad Paul and choice for such a Andrew Mogel. uniquely challengRated R. Opens ing role, howFriday. ever, and first-time writer-directors Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul have trouble navigating the wild tonal shifts their bold premise demands. At one point, the film verges on becoming downright offensive, simply because it’s trying to be serious and uproarious simultaneously. It’s a mess, but at least it’s a commendable mess. –Mike D’Angelo

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At first, it’s hard to know what to make of Welcome to Me, and as the movie goes on, it doesn’t really get any easier. The movie stars Kristen Wiig as a mentally unstable woman named Alice Klieg, who stops taking her medication and soon after wins $86 million in the lottery, which she uses to fund her own bizarre talk show (segments include the on-air neutering of dogs, high-protein cooking and re-enactments of traumas from Alice’s past). Alice’s oddities are darkly funny but also incredibly sad, and the filmmakers tread a fine line between the two, more effectively than not. It’s like a cross between “Weird Al” Yankovic’s UHF and a Lifetime movie, and Alice aaabc WELCOME TO ME Kristen becomes a sort of tragic figure even as her behavior grows more unpleasant and Wiig, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini. potentially abusive. Her story ends a little too neatly, but the journey to get there is Directed by Shira Piven. Rated R. Opens as strange and surprising as an episode of Alice’s talk show. –Josh Bell Friday; also available on VOD.

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A&E | noise c o n c e rt

> START A WAR Mariachi El Bronx’s frontman has never finished Star Wars and doesn’t care what you think.

Five thoughts: helmet (April 30, Backstage Bar & Billiards)

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Laugh it up, fuzzball Mariachi El Bronx hosts its own kind of May the 4th party Caughthran mentioned that some doubted The Monday night at Brooklyn Bowl could perhaps Bronx could pull off the genre switch and that be best summed up with one quote: “All you outerits members were often called posers. But now space nerds go f*ck off.” And with that, lead singthey’re riding a wave of critical acclaim and expoer Matt Caughthran and his band launched into sure, and Monday, it was easy to get caught up “Norteno Lights,” a song that sounds like it was born in the mariachis’ clear enthusiasm at playing to in a Texas border town. such a lively crowd. Songs like “Cell Mates” and Out of context, Caughthran’s words might seem “Everything Twice” had everyone dancodd. In context—Monday was Star Wars ing. The guitar intro on “High Tide” fans’ May the 4th (be with you) day of celmade you feel like high tide could come ebration—they’re still strange. But maybe aaacc in any moment while you relaxed on a they’re to be expected when a crowd boos MARIACHI EL Mexican beach. a guy for disclosing that he’s never watched BRONX May 4, It was a good night to be at Brooklyn Star Wars all the way through, and has no Brooklyn Bowl. Bowl, with the performers and crowd desire to do so. embracing each another with full coraYou need to understand, odd is normal zones. Caughthran, ever the wordsmith, summed for Mariachi El Bronx, the mariachi version of LA it up best with his description of Las Vegas, hardcore punk band The Bronx. MEB features mul“Where the players play, where the pimps pimp tiple acoustic strings and trumpets, and all eight and where Mariachi El Bronx has a stronghold.” members wear matching mariachi outfits, complete –Jason Harris with sparkling golden eagles on their backs.

On show day, anticipating Helmet’s performance of influential and beloved album Betty in its entirety, my head was filled with questions: How will it hold up? How will the intricately produced album translate to live performance? Will anyone else care? Will anyone else care? It certainly seems like it, with Triple B packed with Gen Xers ready to see Helmet, which goes on with no opener. Frontman Paige Hamilton says nothing between songs until the quartet has barrelled through the entire album in the first hour of what turns out to be a two-hour marathon set. How will it hold up? Helmet grinds and chugs, its riff-driven sound deeper but more complex than modern hardcore. Hamilton’s voice matches that tone with his cavernous baritone growl. A close listen reveals all the sounds that defined the next 10 years of hardcore and even begat nu metal. At times, the band does sound a bit dated, but it’s still enjoyable. How will it translate to live performance? Two guitars, bass and drums. No tracks, no padding. It seems impossible to strip down such a multi-layered album for a simple quartet, but nothing feels missing. The highlight comes when Hamilton displays his jazz-guitar chops on the flawlessly performed “Beautiful Love.” I’ve heard Helmet described as the hardcore Anthrax, another important and influential act that was largely passed over by a cultural progression that vaulted Metallica and Megadeth. One thing seems certain: The Betty tour is more than a cash-grab designed to sell tickets; it’s a statement of how we got here. –Chris Bitonti

M u sic | fo l k i s h

Mumford & Sons’ shift away from banjo-strummed acoustic folk has been greeted with the type of scrutiny and shock reminiscent of Dylan going electric in 1965. The Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind aaacc tizzied debates are somewhat ridiculous: Although the U.K. band has added ferocious electric guitars and lacquered synthesizer flourishes, the first studio evidence of the shift, Wilder Mind, isn’t some radical transformation. “Only Love” features lovely multi-part harmonies; the elegiac “Broad-Shouldered Beasts” features prominent piano; and the in-your-face “The Wolf” and Kings of Leon-esque “Just Smoke” retain the band’s pop tendencies. ¶ More than anything, Wilder Mind is a sonic leap forward, thanks mostly to the influence of The National’s Aaron Dessner, who lent his studio (and expertise) to the band as it wrote new music. Unsurprisingly, the album frequently resembles The National: Strings and horns shiver in the background of “Snake Eyes” and “Believe”; Marcus Mumford’s vocal delivery is often grave and measured; and insistent drum patterns and spare riffs are prominent on “Tompkins Square Park” and “Ditmas.” In fact, if there’s a downside to Wilder Mind, it’s that Mumford & Sons don’t sound as original as they once did. That’s not a fatal flaw; if anything, it’s nice to hear a band so willing to change its core sound for the sake of progress. It does, however, make for an album that doesn’t feel quite as fresh or memorable upon repeated listens. –Annie Zaleski

Mumford’s new moves

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A&E | noise | Further FUTURE Edition

Dancing in the desert

> good morning DJ John Dill takes it past dawn. (Below) Henry Saiz and his live band.

Musical highlights from Future Future’s next-level lineup

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FAR OUT Further Future’s debut makes for a weekend of exploration and discovery By Mike Prevatt Upon stepping onto the cleared but dusty grounds of the Moapa River Indian Reservation for the inaugural run of Further Future, my first thought was: Where is everything? The entire campus was visible, but I wanted a map to better orient myself. I never found one. This may have been by design, as the dominant purpose of the music-heavy May 1-3 event seemed to be exploration. The more initiated one became, the more one discovered— and for a first-year fest, the rewards were plentiful. Its chief component and draw was its music slate, progressive for any American festival. Given the Burning Man pedigree of promoter Robot Heart, Further Future could have exclusively booked DJs. But instead, it booked a considerable complement of live acts, a decision that showed depth for a new festival, cultural relevance given the slowly building trend of electronic musicians opting to perform rather than play their material as a DJ (see: this year’s Coachella and Ultra Music Festival) and a commitment to being more than a party. Take Spanish producer Henry Saiz, who used an Ableton Live setup alongside a percussionist and bassist/guitarist. The added dimension was immediately obvious—no doubt aided by the Mothership main stage’s superior sound system—in the robust snap of the beats and alternating vocals from the musicians. Damian Lazarus’ new material with the Ancient Moons greatly improved in the live setting. It was tribal, soulful, organic-sounding and—like Saiz’s set, occasionally nostalgic, but still of the moment. It felt like a musical approximation of the festival itself. Live performances also served as real-time sonic explorations, like electronic/noise artist Tim Hecker’s early Saturday set, which was delayed to 4:30 a.m. but fortuitously transpired during sunrise. Even Hecker himself kept turning around to gaze upon it, seemingly pairing his

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ambient experiments with the changing atmosphere. Sonic explorations weren’t just observational experiences. Participatory engagements abounded at the Wild Lotus pavilion, including the Gamelatron Gong Baths, where robotic arms struck a series of gongs in a pattern designed to rebalance its listeners and promote vitality, and the 432-hertz sound-therapy sessions, another foray into achieving both consciousness and therapeutic benefits. The latter provoked vivid thoughts I wasn’t accustomed to in my normal meditation practice and even more intense revivals once I re-established my presence and focus. The Wild Lotus pavilion also led four yoga classes, the one I took proving that yoga is 10 times harder while being sleep-deprived, nearly dehydrated and bombarded with dusty 92-degree weather—and as such, 10 times more revitalizing, too. And talks on wellness and self-empowerment were offered there, with more future-minded discussions staged Saturday afternoon at the nearby, open-air Booba Cosmica structure. Talkers there ranged from SoundCloud brass Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, speaking about the future of music distribution, to Vegas’ own Tony Hsieh, giving his thoughts about the future of cities informed by his part in the ongoing development of Downtown Las Vegas. Impressively, the three-hour speaker series drew a capacity crowd despite taking place when the heat was at its most oppressive. The monologue of Google[X]’s Astro Teller resonated the most with me as I returned to my tent for lunch. The thesis of his chat was officially “building the future,” but he emphasized that doing such a thing meant not running from failure—and even embracing it. When he called the future a “messy process,” it reminded me of Further Future itself, with its dustiness, incomplete structures and occasional lack of organization—imperfections we gladly endured so we could discover, over and over again, in ways we hadn’t before.

Wandering in the desert, feeling the sand beneath your feet and the wind in your hair can have a reinvigorating quality. Further Future—essentially a desert music festival—produced a similar vitality. It had the best musical curation of any festival I’ve attended. Here were my top five acts of the weekend: FaltyDL: The amalgamation of Andrew Lustman’s influences ran the gamut, from jazzy to bass-driven music, with house and garage nuances punctuated by techno and even some drum ’n’ bass hints that were stimulating and energizing—as were the Mothership main stage’s trippy visuals, rivaling that of any major festival. Brett Rubin: The party went off at the Robot Heart art car during the local house/tech DJ’s set, with people grooving under and ultimately climbing the large neon heart that presided over the booth. The transitions were journey-inducing, with deep, soulful movements that lured and locked one in, creating an entrancing vibe. Little People: The pinnacle of the musical experience for me. Laurent Clerc drew people in until a crowd happily swung and swayed to his beats. When his classic track “Moon’” kicked in, I was in musical heaven. The complexity of the layers and subtle nuances were a wave of downtempo perfection, with an array of elements and creativity that singlehandedly resurrected my hope for modern electronic music. Taylor McFerrin: His midmorning Sunday set thoroughly rewarded the few soldiers still going. The amount of talent McFerrin exhibited is astounding: He played keyboards, sang—going a capella like his father Bobby— beatboxed, freestyled and even improvised with a bit of Radiohead’s “Everything in Its Right Place.” Bob Moses: To close Further Future for the Sunday stragglers, the duo gave an arena-sized performance. Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance were energetic and engaging without being cheesy; even after three days in the desert, I couldn’t help but dance, wishing their set was longer. –Deanna Rilling

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LOUD!

> Meet Your Doom (From left) Van Haitsma, Henneforth and Alvarado are Spiritual Shepherd.

Local music news & notes By Leslie ventura “Tonight at 11 … DOOM!” That’s the thunderous opening line from Spiritual Shepherd’s 2014 debut The Monkey’s Paw, hitting you like a furious punch to the dome. The rest of the 44-minute EP is all-instrumental, and filled with sludgy, fuzzed-out guitars and crashing percussion reminiscent of classic Sabbath and the psychedelic, stoner melodies of Sleep. “It’s not everyone’s genre,” says guitarist Sean Van Haitsma. “But Spiritual Shepherd is that perfect bridge for people who don’t Spiritual really know the genre. We’re not the heaviShepherd est kind of doom, but we’re not the slowest.” opening for The With no vocalist on board, members Van Atlas Moth, Found Haitsma (guitar), Omar Alvarado (bass) in Fiction. May and Ian Henneforth (drums) have plenty 14, 8 p.m., $10. of dark, swampy terrain to explore. When Bunkhouse Saloon, Haitsma, a 22-year-old Vegas native, start- facebook.com/ ed Spiritual Shepherd three years ago, the spiritualshepherd. band took whatever gigs it could land— from “reggae shows to Christian shows.” Recently the trio has been playing bigger gigs, first opening for Castle in March, and now, Chicago doom band The Atlas Moth at the Bunkhouse on May 14. Van Haitsma hopes that the trio’s atypical, atmospheric brand of doom metal will continue to draw listeners—and show them “that not all doom bands are trying to be the evilest thing out there. We want to see how far we can go. We still can be heavy, but we can throw jazz, blues, psychedelic … whatever we want, really. It’s basically one giant jam band, but we try to keep the doom aspect in there.” On top of playing better gigs, Spiritual Shepherd is also working on a more cohesive, polished album. “We tried to mix [The Monkey’s Paw] as well as we could but it still kind of came up rough,” Van Haitsma says. This time, Henneforth and Alvarado are further into their degrees (both are enrolled in audio programs), and the upcoming album is being recorded at the Art Institute of Las Vegas, where Henneforth is a student.

Speaking of doom metal, popular Vegas outfit Demon Lung will release new LP A Dracula on June 16 on Candlelight Records. Produced by Portland’s in-demand metal wizard Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, Neurosis), the eight-song album is based on Juan López Moctezuma’s 1978 Mexican horror film Alucarda, which tells the story of two orphan girls living in a convent who become possessed by the devil. A Dracula is up for preorder at candlelightrecords usa.bandcamp.com and manicmusiconline.com.

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Acoustic three-piece My Fair Rosalie will host a no-cover release party for debut EP Fall In at the Bunkhouse on May 7, with additional performances from Kella Bo Bella and Maxwell Fresh. The soulful four-song EP features Kevin Alberto on guitar/vocals, Jacklyn Murphy on cello/vocals and Alex O’Brien on drums, and was recorded by Black Camaro’s Brian Garth. It’s available now through myfairrosalie.bandcamp.com.

Local garage-rockers The Psyatics have released a self-titled second LP. Featuring former Yeller Bellies members Rob Bell (bass/vocals) and Jimmy Krah (drums), plus Jack Ball (guitar), The Psyatics returned with a 16-song followup to the band’s 2013 debut Oderint Dum Metuant (which translates to “Let them hate, so long as they fear”). The Psyatics is available at cdbaby.com.

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A&E | comedy

Foolin’ around Five thoughts: Felipe Esparza (May 2, Backstage Bar & Billiards) “All we have are those—and PBR on tap,” the bartender says, pointing to a handful of bottled beers perched on a shelf. “The crowd last night cleaned us out.” And tonight another audience has assembled for a second Vegas engagement by LA-based comedian Felipe Esparza, known for winning Last Comic Standing and his signature, so-very-SoCal greeting, “What up, fool?”

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The midnight show took place post-Mayweather-Pacquiao, and the froggy-voiced stoner didn’t spare the boring brawl: “There were more hugs at that fight than at my intervention.” Though he still jokes about it, Esparza says he no longer drinks. As in his 2012 Showtime special They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You, Esparza fortifies his routine with suspicious, rapid-fire eye darts and by tossing around his unruly mop. He also retells jokes from They’re Not

Gonna Laugh at You. When he and his friend both kiss a woman that turns out to be a man, his friend cries, “Why didn’t you tell me?” To which Esparza responds, “Because now I know you can keep a secret.” A father of three, the What Up, Fool? podcast creator recalled the birth of his first child, whom he fathered at 17. “You’re a f*ckup!” his mother says. “No, you are!” he jabs. “You’re 35 and a grandma!” On dating, he says as a single father he can only really date single mothers. To the question, “Are you my daddy?” he responds, “I’m more like your real daddy; you’ll never see me again.” An active social-media user and gracious rising star, the East LA native is quick to acknowledge the fans who keep his career afloat. After his skit, Esparza stepped offstage and directly into the crowd, where he took photos and signed posters … for every last fool. –Kristy Totten

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GROWTH CHART As MGM’s new arena takes shape, plans for the venue come into focus By John Katsilometes possibility of an NHL expansion franchise being delivered to Las Vegas, of which Prows said, “My gut feeling is they will be able to procure a team, and that the NHL is feeling a lot more comfortable with that idea.” Prows went on to say team owner Bill Foley would meet with NHL reps in June during the league’s meetings in Las Vegas (the NHL Awards show is set for June 24 at MGM Grand), and in September we might see some genuine movement toward league expansion in Las Vegas when the NHL Board of Governors meets to discuss league business. “The ownership group has a lot to discuss in June, and if they are comfortable they will probably be willing to make an action for a vote on expansion in September,” Prows said. “That’s what I’m hearing.” Still, there is no verification of plans to formally discuss the Las Vegas NHL bid in September. The earliest the Las Vegas expansion team could begin play would be the 2017-2018 season. Beyond pucks, Prows said he is confident the NCAA would seriously consider the new arena for a regional round of the NCAA hoops tournament. In the past, such talk has stalled at the topic of Las Vegas’ open sports books, which, of course, post NCAA basketball games. “We have looked into that, and we are waiting for the NCAA to take their course and their path with it,” Prows said. “We are on their timing, but I think with the advent of the Pac-12 Tournament [at MGM Grand] and other basketball conferences holding their tournaments here, that has made the NCAA understand that this big, evil place of Las Vegas actually

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has a lot of big business and corporate compliance around it … They are starting to feel more comfortable, but that is just my opinion.” The size and scope of the arena, and the adjacent eight-acre Park retail and entertainment promenade that will lead into the venue, will no doubt present a host of logistical challenges. MGM officials have not specified exactly how their parking plan is to be enacted, but have said that using the Monorail into the MGM Grand and the company’s trams on the west side of the Strip will be viable options. The nearby garages at Aria, Monte Carlo and New York-New York are the cornerstone of the arena’s parking blueprint. Expect a parking fee, only a recent phenomenon on the Strip, to be implemented during events at the arena. “The New York-New York garage charged for the (Mayweather-

Pacquiao) event,” Prows said, referring to the $20 fee charged per vehicle at New York-New York from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. on May 2. “And we will probably end up having some kind of paid component. But at the end of the day, we have the right parking capacity for the county requirements, and we will have the right traffic plan and traffic flow laid out.” What we do have is a description of the MGM’s grand designs, dazzling with external LED screens and a pair of permanent stages near the front of the facility. The size surpasses that of L.A. Live, home of Nokia Theater and the Staples Center in LA. Prows says the new arena is “better than anything we have put up in this city.” Maybe he’s gushing like a proud parent, but suffice to say everyone in the neighborhood is eager to get a look at this new kid on the block.

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Since when do you need to wait nine months to celebrate a new arrival? Wait. Maybe that question is, um, ill-conceived. A nine-month timeline is in place for the birth of MGM Resorts arena, which the company has temporarily named the Las Vegas Arena until it announces a corporate title partnership. The 20,000-seat facility is skeletally evident on the west side of the Strip, between Monte Carlo and New York-New York. And any event that can fill those 20,000 seats is in play for a booking at the new venue. “We’re planning what we’re calling an opening season that goes all the way from April through December,” MGM Resorts Vice President of Arenas Mark Prows said May 1, during the most recent media tour of the arena and its surrounding two-acre parcel. “This goes all the way from April through December, a full series of nine months of activity.” A list of events was rattled off for Prows: NHL, boxing, UFC, concerts, production shows, college sports, Olympic sports. Which are in line for the new arena? “All of them,” he said. “Our goal is to try to find events that wouldn’t have come to Las Vegas if it wasn’t for our new arena. There are still quite a few of those.” Prows was leading this tour a day before an event befitting the new venue was set for MGM Grand Garden Arena—the Floyd MayweatherManny Pacquiao title bout. Clearly, the major boxing sanctioning bodies and UFC would obviously love to stage the first combat sporting event at the facility. But the most tantalizing, and lucrative, prospect is the

A&E | Fine Art > SMART ART “Smarty” by Angela Kallus.

sound reading

Helen’s music issue has writers and artists getting inside the beats, melodies and experiences By Kristen Peterson age to the beat, the melodies, the Karaoke guru Danny G is sound waves and experiences in a whooping it up at Dino’s in a 68-page curated magazine plump digital cartoon painting by artwith art and literature specific to ist Sam Gorrie that will resonate Las Vegas and elsewhere—or, in with anyone who has cheered (or the case of Sam Davis: further elseheckled) singers there, or even where. The photographer known thrown down a melody themfor his desolate and othselves. It’s a local’s rite erworldly landscapes of passage, collective captures in a tintype phomemory-making at the HELEN: A tograph his trademark cherished dive bar. LITERARY Astrobot in a lab lined On an entirely different MAGAZINE with reel-to-reels. spectrum is a photograph Digital version And then, of course, capturing a minimalist at helenpre the literature: Writers orchestra of solar-pow- sents.com; hard (some award-winning and ered sound boxes (offi- copies availnationally celebrated), cially Sun Boxes) placed able later this including those living in in the desert near Rhyolite month. Launch Philadelphia, Memphis, by artist Craig Colorusso, party, June New York, Las Vegas and who spent time there dur- 12, 5-7 p.m., Vermont, contribute stoing a Goldwell Open Air Writer’s Block, ries, poems and essays. Museum residency where 702-550-6399. There’s even artist-onhis sound installation artist action with Danielle powered by nature played Kelly interviewing Yasmina Chavez to nature. on her sound project, “The Helen And so on: a 1993 Danny Keller Experience.” Breeden-designed Huntridge Not bad for a biannual literary flier; a black-metal-inspired paintand arts magazine that launched ing by Sean Slattery; a saxophonelast fall to celebrate local and nonplaying pop-art samurai by Martin local talent reflecting “the spirit of Kreloff and a Ginger Bruner digiSouthern Nevada.” tal pic of writer Lissa Townsend So why music? “I felt the theme Rogers giving a hellacious “what of music would be so emotionally for” to a stack of Martin speakers evocative and a great way to tie after a Tenacious D show. together art and literature,” says All of these works neatly placed Jocelyn Paige Kelly, publisher and into the latest Helen: A Literary founding editor. “We were also Magazine create a collective visureally looking for something fun al representation of music in all and energetic, something vibrant. its forms. The “music issue” has Music felt right.” writers and artists paying hom-

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Next big Strip thing Born in New York but perfect for Vegas, Carbone is on the way By Andy Wang New York’s Carbone is a spectacular, surreal restaurant, a place you could imagine being in Tom Wolfe’s next novel. It’s the type of establishment that could be derided as an example of extravagance gone mad, but it’s so damn good and fun that you just have to give in to the experience. If you can afford it, that is. Let’s get the first part out of the way: You can spend $200 a person at Carbone on cocktails and a dinner of pastas, veal, and langoustines, and maybe—okay, definitely—the carrot cake for dessert. This is not a place for the budget-conscious. But it is a place that stands atop the Italian-American dining scene in a city full of neighborhoods with red sauce coursing through their veins. Carbone, in Greenwich Village, is both an homage to those neighborhoods—the Bronx and Brooklyn and Manhattan, of course—and also a modern reimagination of old-school ItalianAmerican dining, complete with art curated by Vito Schnabel and waiter tuxedos designed by Zac Posen. All of this is to say that while Las Vegas has no shortage of fantastical restaurants, Carbone should stand out when it opens at Aria later this year. In New York, Carbone is where you might see Jerry Seinfeld celebrating his birthday by holding court at a big table or Jay Z and Beyoncé having a quiet, romantic dinner. It’s a hot spot where NFL team owners and the biggest entertainment and real estate moguls eat garlic bread, meatballs, $21 Caesar salads prepared tableside and $58 plates of excellent veal parm. Two jet-setting, food-loving women I know refer to the high that comes with snagging a tough reservation anywhere as “getting a Carboner.” Carbone is like New York’s Rao’s with an even more A-list

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crowd and food that’s personality-driven and refined. It’s brought to you by a crew of true New Yorkers who have become dominant operators in their city with their mix of fine-dining experience, artworld and society connections, and their singular balance of excess and whimsy. Their empire includes a chain of Parm sandwich shops (including an outpost in Yankee Stadium) along with Dirty French in the Ludlow hotel and the seafoodfocused Santina by the High Line. Chefs Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi learned from the best, cooking under guys named Batali and Boulud before moving on to make Italian food that’s distinctly American. Their partner, Jeff Zalaznick, is one of the most voracious and inquisitive eaters and drinkers you’ll ever encounter. All three men think about food and the spectacle of eating out as much as anybody in the business. Their company is called Major Food Group, because they think big and execute just as big. Which is to say, Carbone is the type of restaurant that could make even Steve Wynn swoon. There’s already a highly regarded Carbone in Hong Kong, and the fellas at Major Food Group have so much momentum to spare. Now that they’re coming to Vegas, don’t be surprised if they end up with more than one restaurant here. Parm is their most easyto-replicate concept, something that could fit into fancy casino food courts or Downtown Summerlin. But it makes sense that their first Vegas endeavor is Carbone, an outpost of a restaurant that’s part of the spectacle circuit as much as going to Art Basel or Cannes or the Super Bowl or, you know, a Floyd Mayweather fight or XS during Electric Daisy Carnival weekend. After a little while in Vegas, it might be easy to forget that Carbone wasn’t born here.

Chef Donald Lemperle has is partners with Downtown Project). worked in his share of fancy Lemperle calls his menu “global street kitchens. The former execufood.” In addition to pastas, pizzas and tacos, tive chef at Red Square and there are starters like the beautiful Save the sous chef at Citizens (both at Tuna roll ($6.95), with purple forbidden rice, Mandalay Bay) has built quite the résumé over avocado, cucumber, red pepper, wasabi aioli the past 30 years, even working at New York’s and ginger-carrot purée. The Hot Tamale, a legendary Le Bernadin. mixture of organic masa, fragrant pumpkin, But nine years ago, when Lemperle was lentils and green chiles is the perfect combo of diagnosed with multiple myeloma—a texture and heat ($5.95). For dessert, cancer of plasma cells in bone marthe chocolate tacos ($7) are a must— row—the chef’s diet was the first thing VEGENATION miniature phyllo dough tortillas hug to change. He went the vegan route, 616 Carson Ave. a thick layer of chocolate mousse, cutting all meat, eggs and dairy while #120, 702-366strawberries and coconut, topped adding exercise to his daily routine. 8515. Mondaywith a salted-caramel drizzle. And his cooking changed, too. Lemperle uses local vendors for Thursday, “This is a challenge,” the 54-year-old 11:30 a.m.-9 his ingredients whenever possible. chef says. “You don’t just take a dol- p.m.; Friday & The surprisingly delicious feta is from lop of butter or cream and throw foie Saturday, 11:30 local vegan cheesemakers Virgin gras on it. You’ve got to think of other a.m.-10 p.m.; Cheese, the spirits in the “juice-tails” ways to make it taste good.” It’s a risk Sunday, 11:30 are from Las Vegas Distillery, the juice he’s more than happy to take with his a.m.-9 p.m. is from GrassRoots, and herbs are from new Downtown restaurant, the plantBloomin Desert Herb Farm. based Vegenation. It’s an experience that reads friendly Inside the quaint, earthy space, plants hang and approachable, not granola. And that’s exactfrom the ceiling and adorn the walls, giving it ly what Lemperle set out to do. “To me, this is a fresh, modern vibe. But the kitchen is where more than fashion. This is a total shift in awarethe magic happens, with creations like vegan ness and lifestyle,” Lemperle says. “The biggest bao, steamed dumplings, gnocchi and the carnivore in the world can come here and still Downtown Tony portobello sliders (Vegenation feel satisfied.” –Leslie Ventura

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TAKING THE WORLD BURGER TOUR By now you’ve had a gourmet burger—maybe several—that incorporates “global flavors.” Now consider that the Hard Rock Cafe actually has restaurant locations across the globe, from Cambodia to Bahrain, Paraguay to Puerto Rico. Then consider that throughout the months of May and June, the two Vegas locations are serving up specialty burgers ($17.95) from those exotic Hard Rock spots, like pickled veggietopped Banh Mi Burger from Ho Chi Minh City or the double-stacked pork tower that is the Schnitzel Burger from Cologne, Germany. ¶ Whether you hit the Strip or visit the original on Paradise, a tasty world burger awaits. The different cafes have different flavors, so do some exploring. (That Schnitzel is the only burger at both restaurants.) For the wildest bite, I recommend Dubai’s Date Burger, an Angus patty topped with fresh dates and date chutney and hunks of cream cheese—sweet, rich, fantastic. –Brock Radke

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A&E | Short Takes > street urchins Deirdre O’Kane (center) helps the children of Vietnam in Noble.

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Fifty Shades of Grey acccc Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eloise Mumford. Directed by Sam TaylorJohnson. 125 minutes. Rated R. Existing in a tepid middle ground apt to disappoint both hardcore fans of E.L. James’ bestselling novel and newbies expecting something scandalous, Fifty Shades of Grey flounders thanks to its leads’ lack of chemistry, inert direction and limp faux-salacious sex scenes. –NS Theaters: TC

Backstreet Boys: Show ’Em What You’re Made Of 5/13, music documentary, 7 pm, $10.50$12.50. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 5/13, The Jerk. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-489-9110. Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 5/10, 5/13, Steel Magnolias. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC

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 and running out of gas early. –JMA Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

Driving Miss Daisy 5/14, broadcast of Broadway performance starring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, 7:30 pm, $10.50$12.50. Theaters: COL, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. RiffTrax Live 5/12, The Room with comedic commentary, 7:30 pm, $10-$12.50. Theaters: COL, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Saturday Movie Matinee 5/9, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Sun, Game of Thrones viewing party, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 5/8, Summer Wars plus anime costume contest, pizza, 8:30 pm, $5. 5/9, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 10 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 866-834-9019, thescificenter.com. The Story of Classic Las Vegas 5/7, documentary screening, Q&A with producer Lynn Zook, 7 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 5/12, A Guy Named Joe. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week The D Train aaacc Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn. Directed by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel. 97 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 43. Theaters: AL, BS, DTS, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, SC, TS, TX Hot Pursuit aaccc Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, John Carroll Lynch. Directed by Anne Fletcher. 87 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 42. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Noble aabcc Deirdre O’Kane, Sarah Greene, Ruth Negga. Directed by Stephen Bradley. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. This biopic about Irish activist Christina Noble, who started a foundation to care for orphaned children in Vietnam, is wellintentioned but dull. The movie fails to connect Noble’s rough upbringing with her later activism, and its bland positivity lacks any real impact. –JB Theaters: COL, DTS, TS, VS Piku (Not reviewed) Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan,

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intelligence, but it isn’t as smart as it pretends to be. –MD Theaters: DTS, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, TS, TX

Irrfan Khan. Directed by Shoojit Sircar. 135 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A successful architect and her aging father bond during a road trip. Theaters: VS Welcome to Me aaabc Kristen Wiig, Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini. Directed by Shira Piven. 88 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 43. Theaters: TC

Now playing The Age of Adaline aabcc Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Lively’s stilted, mannered acting actually works in her favor playing a seemingly immortal woman born in 1908. Adaline falls in love and wistfully looks back on her long, lonely life, but neither the romance nor the regret is particularly convincing. The plot is dull and predictable, especially in its turgid second half. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DTS, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX American Sniper aaccc Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 132 minutes. Rated R. Cooper’s performance is the strongest element of this biopic about Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. It’s a simplistic, pandering tribute to the American military, aimed at an audience that prizes patriotism over drama and isn’t interested in complexity when telling the stories of so-called American heroes. –JB Theaters: SC, TC Avengers: Age of Ultron aaabc Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth. Directed by Joss Whedon. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Marvel superheroes (including Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and more) team up for their latest adventure, taking on evil robot Ultron. Writer-director Whedon manages to include an impressive amount of character development and clever dialogue, although eventually the action set pieces and cluttered plot steamroll over the drama. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

Brotherly Love (Not reviewed) Cory Hardrict, Keke Palmer, Eric D. Hill Jr. Directed by Jamal Hill. 89 minutes. Rated R. Three teenage siblings struggle with growing up in inner-city Philadelphia. Theaters: PAL, TX Chappie AACCC Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja, Yolandi Visser. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. 120 minutes. Rated R. Writer-director Blomkamp (District 9) proves to be a one-hit wonder with his third feature, about a future police robot given artificial intelligence. Chappie is inconsistent, overreaching and often preachy, the second movie in a row in which Blomkamp demonstrates visual flair but fails at both social commentary and basic storytelling. –JB Theaters: TC 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: VS 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: CH, DI, RR, SC, SF Clouds of Sils Maria aaabc Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Olivier Assayas. 124 minutes. Rated R. Binoche does her usual outstanding job as a movie star feeling anxious about returning to the play that launched her career—but in the role of the older woman her original young character seduced. But it’s Stewart, as the star’s personal assistant, who’s the revelation here. –MD Theaters: GVR, VS

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: SC Desert Dancer (Not reviewed) Reece Ritchie, Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi. Directed by Richard Raymond. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. Biopic about Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who defied the government by starting a dance company. Theaters: SC Dior and I (Not reviewed) Directed by Frédéric Tcheng. 90 minutes. Not rated. Documentary following the development of one season’s haute couture line at fashion house Christian Dior. Theaters: VS 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: SC 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 Ex Machina aaacc Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander. Directed by Alex Garland. 108 minutes. Rated R. Isaac plays a tech genius who invites one of his employees (Gleeson) to conduct a series of interviews with his latest creation: a humanoid robot named Ava (Vikander). The film raises plenty of probing questions about artificial

Gabbar Is Back (Not reviewed) Akshay Kumar, Shruti Haasan, Jaideep Ahlawat. Directed by Krish. 128 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. The police attempt to track a vigilante who is killing corrupt government officials. Theaters: VS 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, DI, ORL, SHO, SP, ST, TX 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: TC 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, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SP, ST, TS, TX, VS 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, ORL, RR, SF, ST, TS, TX

A&E | Short Takes 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: DI

> superhero angst Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark contemplates his choices in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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: 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: GVR, VS

Kid Kulafu (Not reviewed) Robert Villar, Alessandra de Rossi, Cesar Montano. Directed by Paul Soriano. 120 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. Biopic about the life of boxer Manny Pacquiao. Theaters: ORL 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: ORL, ST, 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: TC Little Boy (Not reviewed) Jakob Salvati, Kevin James, Emily Watson. Directed by Alejandro Monteverde. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. An 8-year-old boy relies on his faith to end World War II and bring his father home. Theaters: AL, FH, SHO, ST, TS, TX, VS 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: CH, DTS, FH, SC, SP, TS 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: ST Monkey Kingdom (Not reviewed)

Erdogan. Directed by Russell Crowe. 111 minutes. Rated R. For his directorial debut, Crowe plays an Australian farmer searching for the remains of his sons after the World War I Battle of Gallipoli. The movie’s pseudo-mystical elements never quite connect with Crowe’s old-fashioned, melodramatic storytelling, especially the cheesy romance, and Crowe slathers every emotional moment with a sappy, overbearing score. –JB Theaters: GVR, RR, SP

Directed by Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill. 81 minutes. Rated G. Nature documentary featuring the monkey population of Sri Lanka. Theaters: AL, RR, SF, ST, TS, TX, VS Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 abccc Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough. Directed by Andy Fickman. 94 minutes. Rated PG. Six years after thwarting a heist at a New Jersey mall, bumbling security guard Paul Blart (James) ends up doing the same at a Las Vegas hotel. Mall Cop 2 suffers from indifferent plotting, listless action and apathetic jokes that often don’t appear to have punchlines. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Run All Night aaacc Liam Neeson, Joel Kinnaman, Ed Harris. Directed by Jaume ColletSerra. 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: TC The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel aabcc Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Judi Dench. Directed by John Madden. 122 minutes. Rated PG. Nearly all of the characters return for the continuing story of a ramshackle retirement home for British pensioners in India. The storylines are mostly half-hearted, centered on the romantic couplings that blossomed in the previous movie. The talented actors make the experience pleasant enough, even if it drags on for too long. –JB Theaters: SC 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 True Story aaacc Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones. Directed by Rupert Goold. 100 minutes. Rated R. Hill plays disgraced journalist Michael Finkel, who formed a strangely close relationship with accused murderer Christian Longo (Franco), in this adaptation of Finkel’s memoir. Even if the treatment of the story can be a bit lifeless, the facts themselves are so fascinating that the

movie can’t help but be compelling. –JB Theaters: DTS, VS Unfriended aaaac Shelley Hennig, Moses Jacob Storm, Renee Olstead. Directed by Levan Gabriadze. 82 minutes. Rated R. This impressively inventive horror movie takes place entirely on a teenage girl’s computer screen, using social media, video chats and other technology to tell a story of revenge from beyond the grave. The plot is familiar, but the execution is creative and involving, with strong acting and relentless pacing. –JB Theaters: AL, CH, DI, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, TS, TX

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: FH, GVR, RR, SC, SP

The Water Diviner aabcc Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz

JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo; NS Nick Schager

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(BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 702-221-2283

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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> BEAUTY AND PAIN Giselle lands at Reynolds Hall.

LOVE CONQUERS ALL Love is never easy. If we’ve learned anything from centuries of literature (other than religious strife, plague and war), it’s that. So when a 19th-century duke falls for a peasant girl, swaps his wealth-laden garments for simple clothes and steals the pretty villager’s heart despite being betrothed to another, disaster is inevitable. ¶ But in Giselle, love never dies. Thick with despair, madness and murder, the ballet presents it as painful, beautiful and enduring, a storyline complete with ethereal supernatural maidens haunting the forest. ¶ While it premiered in Paris in 1841, remaining a crowd pleaser for more than a century, it’s also what made Las Vegas audiences take note of choreographer James Canfield, who directed Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Giselle in 2008 GISELLE May 9, 7:30 p.m.; before becoming the company’s artistic director. ¶ This weekend, May 10, 2 p.m., $29-$128. Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, Canfield returns the two-act story ballet to the stage in the com702-749-2000. pany’s final performance of the season. –Kristen Peterson

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5/24, $90-$350, 8 pm. Ministry 6/10, 8 pm, $40-$90. Steel Panther 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 9 pm, $22. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Journey 5/8-5/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 8 pm, $60-$250. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Rusty Maples 5/22, 9 pm, $35+. Gipsy Kings 5/28, 8 pm, $40+. Whitesnake 6/4, 8 pm, $35. Little Big Town 6/26, 8 pm, $35+. Kenny Chesney 7/3-7/4, 8 pm, $155+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-6935222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Neil Diamond 5/17, 8 pm, $60-$175. (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. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) Bette Midler 5/22, 8 pm, $95-$310. Eagles 5/24, 8 pm, $85-$275. Rush 6/25, 8 pm, $60-$180. Aerosmith 8/1, 8 pm, $50-$150. Madonna 10/24, 8 pm, $43$383. 702-891-7777. Orleans One Night with the King 5/16-5/17, 8 pm, $20+. Air Supply

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Sky, Demesic, In the Flesh 5/13, 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., 702202-6060. Beauty Bar Tin Toy Cars, The AllTogethers 5/7, 9 pm, free. Gift of Gab, Coolzey, NOVN, Sampson 5/8. Magic Bronson, Off the Wall 5/9. Big Gipp 5/12. Britannia, Europe, Newsense, Joey Paul 5/13. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. The Bunkhouse 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. 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. Fremont Country Club Streetlight Manifesto 5/21, 8 pm, $21-$26. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Live music daily. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Aries Spears 5/8, 8 pm, 10:30 pm, $21-$43. Christpher Cross 5/15, 8 pm, $32-$109. Blood, Sweat & Tears 5/22, 8 pm, $32-$109. Night Ranger 5/29, 8 pm, $32-$76. 129 Fremont St., 702-385-7111. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. LVCS 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. 425 Fremont St., 702382-3531. Mickie Finnz The Leeroy Jenkins Incident 5/7, 9 pm; 5/8, 10 pm. Bad Noise 5/9, 10 pm. JV Allstars 5/10-5/12, 9 pm. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204. The Smith Center Spectrum and Radiance 5/8-5/9, 7 pm; 5/10, 3 pm, $37+.The Piano Guys 5/11, 7:30 pm, $24+. Boz Scaggs 5/13, 7:30 pm, $29+. David Perrico 5/13, 10 pm. Lisa Hilton 5/15-5/16, 7 pm, $37. Lon Bronson Band 5/22, 7 pm, $15+. Guys Sing Dolls 5/23, 2 pm & 8 pm, $35+. James Tormé 5/29-5/30, 7 pm, $37. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

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Cannery Van De Guzman, Cat Daddy 5/8-5/9. Sinatra Forever 5/9, 8 pm, $25. Yvonne Silva 5/9, 9 pm, free. Shaun South 5/13-5/14, 8:30 pm, free. Shaun South, Dean Bradley 5/15-5/16, 7 pm, free. The Hipsters 5/16, 9 pm, free. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-507-5700. Distill Summerlin Tim Mendoza 5/9. Nick Mattera 5/16, 5/30. Rick Foell 5/23. All shows free & begin at 8 p.m. 10820 W. Charleston Blvd., distillbar. com, 702-534-1400. Elixir Marty Feick 5/8. Shaun South 5/9. Nick Mattera 5/23, 5/30. Stefnrock 5/16, 5/29. All shows at 8 p.m., free. 2920 N. Green Valley Pkwy., 702-272-0000.

Artifice Vegas Blues Dance Tue, 7 pm, free. Thursday Request Live Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Art Bar Ryan Whyte Maloney Thu, 6 pm. Live music Fri-Sat, 6 pm. Downtown Grand, 206 N. 3rd St., 702719-5100. Backstage Bar & Billiards Rabid Young, The Runaway Lives, Charming Liars, Oliver Trolley, Midnight Clover, Tongue Pilots 5/8, 8 pm, $5-$7. Rewind: Tribute to Adam Ant 5/9, 10 pm, free. Anaal Nathrakh, Incite, Secrets of the

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Brooklyn Bowl 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. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum 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. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Boulevard Pool) Our Big Concert ft. Cage the Elephant, Dirty Heads, New Politics, Big Data, Joywave 5/28, 5 pm, $40. Billy Currington 5/29, 8 pm, $35. Neon Trees, Alex Winston 6/12, 8 pm, $20. 702-698-7000. Dive Bar DOA, Spotted Dick, Shitfaced Tattoos, IDFI, False Cause, Brutal Resistance 5/9, 9

pm, $10. Faster Pussycat 5/17, 9 pm, $10-$13. The Faction, Guilty By Association, Bad Samaritans, Loose Change 5/23, 9 pm, $25. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-586-3483. Double Down Revoltrevolt, Mindrips 5/7, 10 pm. Karate in the Garage, Cherry 2000, The Infidelz, Ace Bandits 5/8, 10 pm. The Bar Brawl III, Los Pistoleros, Repeat Offenders 5/9, 10 pm. 640 Paradise Rd., 702791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 5/265/30, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-7333333. Hard Rock Hotel Courtney Love 5/15, 9 pm, $35+. Kottonmouth Kings 6/19, 9 pm, $25+. 4455 Paradise Rd., 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Remy Banks 5/15, 8 pm, $29-$34. Luke Wade 5/16, 8 pm, $17-$21. E-40, Stevie Stone 5/17, 8 pm, $33-$47. Bianca Del Rio 5/24, 7 pm, $39-$45. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. House of Blues Walk the Moon 5/9, 6:30 pm, $22-$25. Juicy J 5/19, 8 pm, $28-$40. Carlos Santana 5/20, 5/22-

5/22-5/24, 8 pm, $40+. The Fab Four 6/13-6/14, 8 pm, $20. NiteKings Wed, 4 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Acoustic Den Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702365-7075. 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 Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Doyle Bramhall II 6/9, 6:30 pm, $63+. 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 5/85/9, 5/13, 5/15-5/16, 5/20, $60-$195. Weird Al Yankovic 5/12-5/16, 8 pm, $59-$89. Na Ying 5/23, $28-$228. A.R. Rahman 6/7, 8 pm, $49-$179. Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago 7/17, 8 pm, $70$219. 702-234-7469. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 5/7, 5/265/28, 5/31, 8:45 pm; 5/8, 5/29-5/30, 9 pm. John Windsor 5/11, 5/18, 5/25, 8:45 pm. The Whiskeydicks 5/10, 5/13-5/14, 5/17, 8:45 pm; 5/9, 5/15-5/16, 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. 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 ft. Las Vegas Philharmonic 6/10, 8 pm, $66-$176. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-287-5922. Vinyl Alice: A Steampunk Concert Fantasy 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 11 pm, $10+. 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 Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

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Fiesta Henderson (Cerveza Lounge) Josh LaCount Wed, 8 pm. (Coco Lounge) Shows 9 pm, free. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm. (Cabo Lounge) Shows free unless noted. 702-631-7000. Green Valley Ranch (Drop Bar) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 6 pm. Tony Venniro Sat, 6 pm. Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Sun, 9 pm. (Hanks) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm. Jeremy James Sat, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. (Lobby Bar) Shai Peri, Christina L Thu, 8 pm. 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 pm. All shows free unless noted. JW Marriott. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Tribute to Led Zeppelin 5/8, 7:30 pm, $15. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Keiko Matsui 5/16, 8 pm, free. Magic of Motown Sat, 10 pm. (Revolver) Bro Country Thu, 8 pm. 4949 N Rancho Dr., 702-658-4900. Sienna Italian Authentic Trattoria Vegas Good Fellas Thu, 7:30 pm. Red Velvet Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm. 9500 Sahara Ave., 702-360-3358. Silverton Wine Down Wednesdays Wed, 6 pm, free. (Veil Pavilion) Los Lonely Boys 5/22, 8 pm, $25. 3333 Blue Diamond Rd., 702-263-7777. South Point Winter Dance Party 5/8-5/10, 7:30 pm. Deana Martin and Big Band Swing 5/29-5/31, 7:30 pm. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-7978005. Suncoast Debby Boone 5/16-5/17, 730 pm, $16+. Earl Turner 5/30-5/31, 7:30 pm, $16. Bobby Brooks 5/1, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $16+. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Lisa Carver, Michael Peterson 5/8, 8 pm, $10. Chris Cavanaugh, Michael Peterson 5/15, 8 pm, $10. Bruce Wallace, Michael Peterson 5/22, 8 pm, $10. Jay Knowles, Darrell Brown 5/29, 8 pm, $10. Billy Dean & The Steel Horses Band 6/20, 7 pm, $25. (Sunset Amphitheater) Junefest ft. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Berlin, The Romantics, John Waite 6/6, 5 pm, $29-$59. 1301 W. Sunset Rd., 702-547-7777. Texas Station (Dallas Events Center) Mirage: Visiions of Fleetwood Mac 5/15, 8 pm, $15. (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri-Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) Crossfire Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-631-1000.

E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Arizona Charlie’s Boulder (Palace Grand Lounge) High Rise 5/8-5/9. 360 Band 5/155/16. Desert Outlaws 5/22-5/23. Southern Cross 5/29-5/30. All shows 9 pm, free. 4575 Boulder Highway, 888-236-9066. Arizona Charlie’s Decatur (Naughty Ladies Saloon) Desert Outlaws 5/8-5/9, 9 pm, free. Easy 8’s 5/15-5/16, 9 pm, free. The Good Fellas 5/22-5/23, 9 pm, free. San Fernando 5/29-5/30, 9 pm, free. Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. 740 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-258-5200. Babes RSB John Zito Band, Stoney Curtis Band, The Original 77’s 5/8. The Renegade Rockers 5/9. Decibelle 5/15. Tailgun 5/16. Swamp Pussy 5/22. Smashing Alice 5/23. Southern Stue 5/29. Children of the Damned 5/30. 5901 Emerald Ave, 702-4357545. 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 All-Togethers 5/8, 8 pm. Justin Mather 5/14, 5/30, 7 pm. Out of the Desert 5/16, 8 pm. Mike Wojniak 5/21, 7 pm. Cletus and the Mexican Sweat 5/23, 8 pm. All shows free unless noted, FriSat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Guitar Shorty 5/21, 6 pm, $5. Bee Gees Gold Fri, 10 pm, $5. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777.

Count’s Vamp’d John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. The Dillinger Marty Feick Thu, 7 pm. Stefnrock First & third Sat, 8:30 pm, free. 1224 Arizona St., 702-293-4001. David Tupaz Couture Studio Nomadic Nocturne: Live Jazz Tue, 7:30 p.m., $15. 5275 S. Arville Rd., Ste. 112. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri-Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-4586343. Eastside Cannery (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-507-5700. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thu, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Jazz Conversations Big Band Series Sat, 1 pm, $15. Swingin’ Sundays Sun, 5 pm, $10. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Sam’s Town NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702284-7777. Star of the Desert Arena The Commodores 5/23, 8 pm. Lupita D’Alessio 5/30, 8 pm. Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino, 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Primm, 800-386-7867. Winchester Cultural Center Uncharted Winds 5/10, 2 pm, $10-$12. ‘Chelle Reed 5/31, 2 pm, $10-$12. Willie Wainwright 6/20, 2 pm, free. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

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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., 702-5075900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-3867867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens FriSat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club All shows at 8 pm, $65-$87. MGM Grand, 891-7777. Bruce Bruce 5/8-5/9, 7:30 pm, $16+. Suncoast, 702-636-7075. 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 5/7, 5/9-5/10, 5/13, 5/155/16, 5/22, 5/24-5/25. 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, 702-531-4320. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55-$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. 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, 702-632-7777. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston Blvd., 702776-6417. The Improv Vince Morris, Dylan Mandlsohn, Jake Baker Thru 5/10. Tommy Savitt, Jesus Trejo, Andy Ostroff 5/12-5/17. Steve White, Jack Cohen, David Gee 5/19-5/24. Kivi Rogers, Gilbert Lawand 5/26-5/31. 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. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. The Laugh Factory Shows at 8:30 & 10:30 pm. $29-$45. Tropicana, 702-739-2222.

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All New People By Zach Braff 5/7-5/9, 5/145/16, 8 pm; 5/9-5/10, 5/17, 2 pm, $21-$24. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702362-7996. Annie 5/26-5/31, 7:30 pm; 5/30-5/31, 2 pm, $34+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Avenue Q 7/10-7/11, 7/16-7/18, 7/23-7/25, 8 pm; 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 2 pm, $25. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702-362-7996. The Breasts of Tiresias 5/16, 5/22-5/23, 7 pm; 5/24, 2 pm, $10-$15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. The Composer’s Showcase of Las Vegas 5/27, 10:30 pm, $20+. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.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. Izel Company Traditions, Music and Dance 5/30, 6 pm, $10-$12, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. 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 Love Song of Sidney J. Stein 5/7-5/9, 8 pm; 5/10, 2 pm, $10-$15. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702-362-7996. Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play 5/7-5/10, times vary, $16-$20. Art Square Theatre, cockroachtheatre.com. Mujeres de Arena Based on unsolved cases of the murdered women of Juarez (in Spanish). 5/9, 7 pm, $15. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. Nevada Ballet Theatre: Giselle 5/9, 7:30 pm; 5/10, 2 pm, $29+. Smith Center, 702749-2000. The Pan Based on the story of Peter Pan. 5/7-5/8, 7 pm, $7-$9. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7030. Pippin 5/8-5/9, 5/15-5/17, 7 pm; 5/10, 4 pm, $10. Faith Lutheran Performing Arts Center, 2015 S. Hualapai Way, faiththeatrecompany.com.

Special Events ArtRageous Vegas 5/16, 7 pm, $35-$40. Tropicana, artrageousvegas.org. Las Vegas Car Stars: Back to the Future 5/14-5/16, times vary, free. Fremont Street, lasvegascarstars.com. Linda Ly Presentation, Q&A and signing with author of The CSA Cookbook. 5/16, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine Film screening. 5/13, 6 pm, free. The Center, 401 S.

Maryland Pkwy., 702-802-5430. Megan Kruse A reading with the author of Call Me Home. 5/14, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Rumpshaker An afternoon of punk rock storytelling with Eric Weiss. 5/23, 2 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702550-6399. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Mon, 7 pm, free with one drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Simon Majumdar A reading with the authoer of Fed, White and Blue. 5/16, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-5506399. Walk of Johnnie Dinner and whiskey pairing. 5/9, 6:30 pm, $119-198. Nove Italiano, Palms, 702-942-6800. Winefest 5/15-5/17, times vary, $75-$199. Golden Nugget, goldennugget.com. Winemaker’s Dinner 5/7, 6:30 pm, $150. The Venue, 750 Fremont St., 702-334-4708.

Sports Knockout Night at the D ft. Richard Comney vs. Bahodir Mamadjonov 5/22, 7:30 pm, $26-$59. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., dlvec.com. Las Vegas Outlaws vs. Spokane Shock 5/23, 2 pm, $18-$198. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com. Lion Fight 22 Kem Sitsongpeenong vs. Jo Nattawut 5/22, 5 pm, $45+. Sunset Station, sclv.com. UFC: Jones vs. Johnson 5/23, 4 pm, $128$1,003. MGM Grand, ticketmaster.com. Tuff-N-Uff: The Future Stars of Mixed Martial Arts 5/15, 7 pm, $25+. Cannery, ticketmaster.com.

Galleries Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702693-7871. 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 Abraham Abebe Thru 7/10. 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., 702-3754147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Wasteland Gallery Thu, 6 pm-9pm; Fri & Sat, 6 pm11pm, Sun-Wed by appointment. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Left of Center Gallery Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Rd., 702647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-3669339. P3Studio Stephanie Hirsch: #Lightseeker Thru 4/12. Wed-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. UNLV Lied Library The French Connection Reception 5/17, 2 pm. Open thru Oct. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. At UNLV, 702895-3893. West Las Vegas Arts Center Wed-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Kim Johnson Thru 7/17. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702455-7340.

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JO KOY | MYSTÈRE THEATRE AT TREASURE ISLAND | MAY 1, 2015 One of the things I love about being a photographer is the special access. I’ve photographed everything from motocross to horse jumping from the tracks and fields, as well as concerts and comedians from the first row. This past Friday, I photographed renowned comedian Jo Koy. Aside from the laminated backstage credentials hanging around my neck, I also received my own “private booth” and comfy chair … well, actually a stool in the sound booth, but at least I had plenty of leg room and didn’t have to share armrests. Koy’s set was exceptionally well received by a massive Filipino audience likely in town to support Manny Pacquiao’s fight the following evening. His boisterous style and hyperactive stage presence kept the venue full of laughter and made my job for the evening another entertaining credential on my wall. –Adam Shane