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CONTENTS 8 AS WE SEE IT A childhood rite

42 NOISE Alice in Chains brings

of passage on soap-slicked plastic. WTF is happening with all of these closures?! Aussies bring the abs.

a big catalog. New Ratatat and an intro to Eliza Battle’s fresh punk.

11 Q&A Arlene Rivera fights for immigrant rights.

12 FEATURE | THE STORY OF KHOURY’S How a modest liquor store became the ultimate clubhouse for booze lovers.

M!KEATTACK BY TONY TRAN; JUICE NV BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

16 FEATURE | YOU CAN’T BE LIKE MIKE Because this local DJ works like no other, with a grin on his face, in a cutthroat scene. How did he get here, and what’s next?

45 THE STRIP The future of Monte Carlo’s music venue.

47 STAGE Avenue Q at LVLT. 48 SCENE Fantasy football gets real (and ridiculous, of course).

50 FOOD Don’t be fooled by the Japanese “fondue.” Juice NV slings great sandwiches. Dogs with extra.

54 CALENDAR Public-radiopodcast mania on the big screen!

24 NIGHTS Quivver brings his sweet sound to Cymatic Sessions.

39 A&E With Bunkhouse gone, the shows we hope find homes.

40 SCREEN Southpaw gives us another fighter with demons. Are you missing out on Joe Dirt 2?

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Mail > FURTHER FUTURE We loved the new music fest; you couldn’t stop reading about it.

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AND THE AWARD FOR BEST AWARD GOES TO ... The annual Best of Vegas issue created an online firestorm, naturally, as you and your fellow readers hunted through the winners and shared favorites with your friends. Which people, places and things received the most attention? Here’s a list of the 10 most viewed Best of Vegas awards at lasvegasweekly.com. The best of the best? You decide. Best Music Festival: Further Future Best Mexican Restaurant You Haven’t Tried: El Dorado Cantina Best Non-Cirque Show: Steve Wynn’s ShowStoppers Best Taco Shop: Los Tacos Readers’ Choice—Best Pizzeria: Pizza Rock Readers’ Choice—Best Buffet: Bacchanal Most Wanted Bottle Server: Ashley Vu at Hakkasan Best Las Vegas Mascot: Mark Hall-Patton Chef We’d Like to Hire as Our Own: Michael LaPlaca Best Barbecue Joint: Rollin Smoke

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FREMONT FAREWELL Insert Coin(s) closed recently, and readers have ideas as to why the Downtown barcade is no more.

I think the comments here have hit it perfectly: it’s a great idea, but if you treat your customers like they’ve got to pay to be exclusive, they will stop coming. Fremont isn’t the Strip. People go there to avoid VIP cover charges, and ridiculous bottle-service prices. –Jem Waller

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We have a few places like this in Chicago, and all the games are free. You pay for drinks and food and play for free. –Eric Dillon I say we start a crowdfunding effort to bring it back! Who’s with me? We can all be part-owners. –Richard Silva WTF is going on? Our must-go bars are closing left and right. –Amanda M. Thomas Weird how Hi Scores in Henderson seems to be okay and their games are free. –John Dominguez

FREE ONLINE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN NEVADA CAROLLA’S COMEDY We found Adam Carolla’s live podcast at Vinyl to be a bit bland.

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Vanishing vanguards

> Downtown memories Built to Spill played two sold-out shows at the briefly relaunched Bunkhouse; (below) Bar+Bistro’s patio was a nexus for cultural happenings.

Bunkhouse joins the casualty list of venues that offered something different ∑ After two Downtown shutterings over the past two weeks—Insert

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a theater act in other cities and final concert coup for the Fremont East barcade. It also enticed DJ talent like KCRW’s Anthony Valadez, who occasionally educated Insert Coin(s) patrons on the eclectic LA underground. Bar+Bistro might have been a restaurant and lounge first, but the former Arts Factory venue will always be best known for its substantial patio, once a popular groove locale

for revelers of various alternative stripes. It used to be the only Vegas spot house music pioneer Jesse Saunders would play. Its Bluegrass Hangover Brunch—with live bluegrass acts—was a longtime Sunday staple. And yet, the venue apparently didn’t bring in enough money to cover the costs of city-mandated permits, which led to its demise. It’s hard to imagine acts like Mates of State, KT Tunstall, The

Wombats and Rachael Yamagata getting scheduled in town, but the Cosmopolitan’s no-cover Book & Stage took those risks, until the underperforming casino could no longer bankroll them. Even DJ acts falter in Las Vegas. If EDM fans hadn’t totally given up on Life, house and techno fans sure did upon the elimination earlier this year of its Underground Sundays industry night, which brazenly featured bottle service-unfriendly acts like Hot Since 82, Apollonia, Art Department and Richie Hawtin—the latter being one of the rare big draws for the promo. And while Body English was largely a mainstream club, it still took chances with Bassment’s Friday night bassmusic events in 2013 and ’14 and hosted midweek pre-EDM house promo Godskitchen. The latter party especially struggled; I saw paltry crowds for the traditionally progressive James Zabiela and indie-disco favorite Hercules and Love Affair. After two-plus years, Godskitchen was euthanized in 2009. Turned out Las Vegas wasn’t as supportive to the alternative then as we’d hoped. Maybe we still aren’t. –Mike Prevatt

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Coin(s) and Bar+Bistro—and a handful of notable closures in the tourist corridor in the past month (Book & Stage, Body English, Hard Rock Hotel’s Center Bar and the temporarily dark Life nightclub), the surprise factor of the Bunkhouse joining the casualty list might’ve been low for some. Nonetheless, when owner Downtown Project suddenly announced on July 20 that the performance space/kitchen/bar was now closed, the shock was palpable on music fan and Downtown social media feeds—followed by predictable commentary, anger and mourning for one of the few remaining Vegas venues that booked touring indie rock acts, local hip-hop shows and drum ’n’ bass events. DTP invested considerable capital in the purchase, renovation and programming of the Bunkhouse, only to turn out the lights less than a year after its grand opening—a quick surrender by anyone’s standards. The venue wasn’t without its troubles. Last November, a beleaguered DTP brought on Corner Bar Management, owners of Commonwealth four blocks away, to take over operations. Some events struggled to draw; friends at a recent show headlined by the LA-based Cayucas counted no more than 30 attendees. Conversely, infrequent Vegas visitors such as Panda Bear, the Breeders, Blonde Redhead and Built to Spill sold out the venue—the latter band twice—to say nothing of healthy showings for local showcases, such as the hometown farewell gig by Caravels in January. You have to wonder how the 25 now-cancelled shows—including Savages, Mew, Deerhoof and MeltBanana—would have fared. Booking left-of-center live and DJ events in Vegas remains a toss of the dice, as the recent wave of padlocked doors demonstrate, even if the circumstances ultimately vary. Insert Coin(s), for instance, flecked its calendar with indie urban fare, from hip-hop royalty De La Soul to buzzing act Hiatus Kaiyote, the latter

as we see it…

> scenic slide This 25-footer will soon be replaced with a longer one, so the kiddies can really go for the glory.

Slip slidin’ away

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park is your new backyard The scene is familiar to anyone who grew up with a Slip ’N Slide: children leaping onto a slippery plastic runway like baserunners diving for home plate and careening across the yard. But who in Las Vegas has a lawn anymore?

Spring Mountain Ranch does. In addition to tapping into its many springs and turning on its sprinklers for hot families this summer, the state park’s picnic meadow offers its own version of the childhood summertime staple, slicked by user-

Bad blood

water on the meadow by mikayla whitmore

Gay and bisexual men still face roadblocks to donating The donation of valuable blood is being discouraged with “a simple grammatical question,” according to End the Ban organizer Colby Spencer. Reacting to the donor survey classifying all men who have sex with other men (labeled MSM) as high-risk, the End the Ban blood drive at Downtown’s LGBT Center July 10 invited friends of MSM to donate in their place. The FDA recommended a lifetime ban on MSM blood donation in 1983. On its website, the FDA states that, “MSM are, as a group, at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis B and certain other infections.” The eligibility questionnaire for nationwide

donated bottles of baby shampoo to further propel kids and brave parents. (The July 19 tarp only measured 25 feet, but a supervising ranger said the July 25 edition would feature a 50- or 100-foot replacement.) The weekly Water on the Meadow event, which alternates between Saturday and Sunday through August 30, also features a water-conservation presentation by the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

blood-bank collective Blood Systems words the MSM question, “Have you had sexual contact with another male, even once?” even though that same survey covers testing positive or having sexual relations with someone who tests positive for HIV/AIDS. “I’ve got paperwork showing I’m HIV-negative. … I’m a perfectly qualified blood donor,” Spencer said. “If that question was, have I engaged in behavior that would put me at risk for the transmission of HIV, I could answer that question no and be able to donate.” But after decades of LGBT activism and recent calls from prominent health organizations like the American Red Cross, the FDA recently proposed a policy change—reducing the all-out ban to a deferral period of 12 months from a man’s last sexual contact (reportedly to guard against HIV tests missing recent infections). After the FDA releases final rules following a 60-day public-comment period slated to end this month, gay and bisexual

The ranch has a lot going on July 25, as it will also host two recurring yoga classes (note: bring your mat), an event featuring safety/emergency cars and trucks and an interactive Civil War event that includes weapons, uniforms and reenactments of the era. All events are free, though Nevada residents pay $7 per vehicle for park entrance. For more info, visit parks.nv.gov/calendar. –Mike Prevatt

men who abstain for an entire year might be eligible to give blood. “The fact that they reduced [the recommendation] from a lifetime of discrimination to 12 months of discrimination is really irrelevant,” Spencer said, pointing out that while the proposed guideline would put the U.S. “on par” with the U.K. and Australia, other places are more progressive, like Italy, which has asked a behavior-based question on its survey since 2001. “And there’s been no averse effects on their blood supply whatsoever. As long as the question is still on orientation, I’m going to have a problem with it.” The Center reports more than 50 people donated at End the Ban. “I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why they would be rejecting this blood based on sexuality,” said donor Allison Tregor. “I have a lot of friends who are rejected … I’d be happy to donate in their place and raise awareness for something that I feel is asinine and antiquated.” –Mark Adams

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AS WE SEE IT… PYRAMID OF BISCUITS

DON’T DATE GOMER PYLE

> GETTING HANDSY The Fremont Street psychics break it down.

Psychic pearls from a Fremont Street wagon BY STACY J. WILLIS Feeling uneasy about the universe, I went to see a palm reader in a wagon under the Fremont Street canopy. Twice. The first time, I burned up my session interrogating the psychic about her palm: “So what does your palm say you’re supposed to do with your life?” I needled. “I’m supposed to be a psychic,” she said, followed by a smoker’s hack that may have camouflaged the words, “you dumbsh*t.” I liked her. She was about a hundred years old and didn’t smile. It seemed like the right response to a century culminating in Kardashians. “How’d you end up here?” I asked. “I drove,” she said, touching the lines on my hand with a thick, yellow fingernail. Then she looked up from my palm and told me I was supposed to be a detective. Some months later, still feeling detectivey, I read a Yelp review that deemed my psychic a con artist. P’shaw. How could that be? In America? 2015? Here? So I gumshoed back to that completely confree section of Las Vegas to pay for more psychic advice. I walked by slot machines, past the entire donation-seeking Justice League and two Michael Jacksons, around the old guy in a neon green, V-strap, over-the-shoulder swimsuit. I steered clear of several breakdancers and a dirty Hello Kitty and the sturdy-gluted nearly naked guy in a headdress, and finally got to the little trailer that looks like a detached train car, where someone could make sense of our existence in the palm of my hand. Inside, I met a new psychic, a woman with a slightly softer aura. Once again, I began my interrogation. She told me she only works a couple of days a week, but she’s been doing this for 40 years and “know[s] [her] sh*t.” She took my $10 and asked me to put both hands on the table. She silently traced my life, heart and head lines with a long, manicured finger. She stretched my right hand open, scrutinized the fine lines, and scowled. “You’ve overextended yourself financially,” she said. “You haven’t made good financial decisions.” Having just paid to have my palm read in a trailer on Fremont Street, I found that hard to dispute. But I also found it comforting to have someone other than my accountant confirm that for me. Sometimes,

Golly. I have no plans to date a man, despite the tantalizing leather-skinned dude in a lime-green thong standing outside the trailer. But I promise you I will never look at a man’s, um, mound the same way. I wanted to interject something in my reading, maybe lead her back to talking about the wide assortment of my enviable if unspecific skills, but she was on a roll now. The muse had given, and the psychic advice was flowing: “You need to have some fun. Later tonight, this whole street will be a big party,” she said, neglecting the part of my palm that indicated I’m a longtime local. “But here’s the thing. Don’t pay $40 for one of those tall souvenir drinks.” At this, she tapped my life line, which, to my surprise, carried some important information about consuming alcohol on Fremont. “So here’s how you do it. Go in a casino and put a few dollars in a slot machine, and wait for a cocktail waitress to offer you a free drink. Order a double and tip her well. It’s more alcohol than one of those souvenir drinks. And cheaper.” So what if I already knew that bit of advice? The fact that my palm reader was doing her part to balance the yawing universe made me happy. It made sense.

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DANGER AUSSIE CROCS

MATE-ing SEASON

in a world layered in illusions, you want to know someone sees the real you, however reprobate. Dear Yelper: You’re wrong. These psychics have game. “But things will get better,” she continued. Not just game, but a gift. She’s got a psychic gift. “You have a lot of skills, but you just can’t decide which ones to reveal,” she said, her aura now glowing whatever color means smart. “You’re very analytical and you shouldn’t date stupid people. You know? Like you’d never get along with Gomer Pyle. Do you remember Gomer Pyle from The Andy Griffith Show? He always said, ‘Golllllly’—you know, dumb. That’s not for you.” Fair enough. Not for me. I’m a lesbian in a relationship with a smart woman. She squeezed the fleshy mound of muscle beneath by thumb. “Your heart is big—see?” Well, that’s not my heart, but whatever. “Now, on a man’s hand, this mound beneath the thumb indicates whether he can perform sexually. So next time you meet a guy you’re interested in, check his mound. Grab it like this—” she pinched my lower palm—“make sure it’s meaty.”

WARNING: Aroused senses may stimulate sensual rhythmic pumping movements followed by the IMMEDIATE SHREDDING of outer layers.

I’m not exactly sure what that means, but apparently it involves Australian glutes, naked ones that can do things! That’s right, Las Vegas, you’ve been given the gift of another male revue featuring hot Aussie men. Aussie Hunks, to be more specific. The show debuts at the D on Fremont Street July 31, and the dancers are said to be hip-hop specialists, from breaking to popping and locking. Without pants. ¶ According to a release about Aussie Hunks—which will play seven nights a week at 10:10 p.m. (tickets start at $45)—the group’s cred involves appearances on Australia’s Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance Australia. Will it be a hit? Well, videos and photos on the show’s Facebook page display some legit dance and acrobatic skills (and abs). Plus, every ticket comes with a “Croc-Tail,” in case you need to ease into the rhythmic pumping. –Erin Ryan

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Weekly Q&A

> JUSTICE FOR ALL Poor conditions at U.S. detainment camps prompted Rivera to offer free representation to refugees.

community. There was a very positive response, but it died off because the first question is, “What can I do?” There was really nothing that could be done, aside from, “Give me money and I’ll go back.” Most people don’t want to operate that way with their pocket books. You want to say, “Here’s a blanket, go give that cold child this blanket.” The [centers] were confiscating toys, they were confiscating food, they were not letting us bring blankets. There was nothing tangible that we could take, which makes it harder for the community to feel they could have an impact. What’s the biggest immigration issue Vegas faces? Aside from notario fraud,

there’s a lot of misinformation. People don’t understand what the procedures are or that they even have a viable legal remedy. They wait so long that oftentimes they lose out. Sometimes you have a certain period of time to apply for asylum, for instance; you have to apply within one year of your entry to the United States. If you don’t know that, you don’t apply and then you’re not eligible later. … Generally speaking, if you’re unaware of the limitations then you lose out.

Human shield Arlene Rivera ’s Immigrant Justice Initiative is helping—

and humanizing—the undocumented Immigration is a tricky branch of law because it’s shrouded in mistrust. Scam notarios and unethical attorneys have cast the profession in a suspicious light among clients. “That’s what makes this job really challenging,” lawyer Arlene Rivera says. “You’re coming into a field where everyone expects there will be some kind of fraud.” But that didn’t dissuade the native Las Vegan from pursuing the job and founding the Immigrant Justice Initiative, which provides free and low-cost counsel to immigrants. We caught up with Rivera to talk about the state of detainment camps, the message the U.S. sends to undocumented immigrants and why you should care.

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Why did you start the Immigrant Justice Initiative? It started when I did a volunteer round at the detention center in Artesia, New Mexico. They had been detaining women and children who had recently arrived from Central America. As a Spanish-speaking attorney, there was a really high demand for those with my skills. … I went with another attorney in town and some interpreters. What we saw kind of changed us because it was on American soil. They’re being dubbed “internment camps.” We have refugees seeking asylum who are being denied reasonable bond and not given due process. They’re in inhumane conditions. The children are sick, they’re hungry, they’re cold. It’s not a situation you want to see a child in—no matter where they’re from. That was what was most shocking. You have these

guards treating children and women like cattle and just completely dehumanizing them. When I came back I just felt like we needed to do more to address that population. What are the best- and worst-case scenarios for refugees in detainment camps? What should be happening is they pass

a credible fear interview, where you’re able to convince an officer that you do have fear of returning to your country. Then you should be released so you can gather evidence and hire an attorney for your hearing. What was happening is that even after passing the interviews, they were remaining in detention and had to post bond, and oftentimes it was an unreasonable bond—we saw some women that had bonds of $25,000. If you can’t pay that, you remain in detention. Why is that happening? On the political side, one side says,

“This can’t be happening.” On the other side they say, “This is a threat to national security and we need to send a message.” … If they release them there’s a fear they’ll send a message to Central America that the doors are open. On the other side, the media, when the detention centers first came to light around July of last year, it was on the news. You would see pictures, you would hear stories. A year later, they’re still there, you just don’t hear about it as much. The frustrations in this line of work must be pretty constant.

I tried to be an ambassador for change and mobilize the

What’s the bigger picture? Why should people who don’t have a direct connection to this cause care? Human rights

abuses come to mind. You should care about what’s happening to your neighbor, even if your neighbor doesn’t look like you. To take it back to the children, you should care that they’re underfed and they’re not having access to adequate medical care. It might be easy to care when you’re talking about children because no one wants to see a child in pain, but our humanity should lend itself so we should care about what’s happening to adults as well—men and women. We also address the labor market. You have so many undocumented workers who are working in terrible conditions, working really long hours and getting paid nothing. They’re under the constant threat of deportation and loss of wages if they don’t comply. That’s affecting the job market, which should concern everybody. Now you’re reducing wages across the board because there’s somebody willing to do it for less. If you were to offer them some kind of way to legalize, I feel like those problems would not exist as much. You’d have workers paying into social security who previously weren’t, and it keeps the economy going. –Kristy Totten

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Grapes. Hops. Heaven. How Khoury’s became local booze-geek headquarters By Mark Adams PhotographS by yasmina chavez

ints of IPA and goblets of stout catch the evening light, conversations floating up from picnic tables speckled with “bottleshare” picks being passed among the hop-minded. A food truck hums by the fence shielding this happy island from nearby traffic, an island ruled by Mark Dion, at least for today, at least according to Foursquare, the app declaring him mayor of this patio after 51 consecutive weeks of checkins at Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits. “You need a new hobby,” jokes Dion’s husband Don Tenney, looking up from a cribbage board the two bequeathed to their favorite bar, which is actually a liquor store in a southeast strip mall. It’s Wednesday, the best night of the week for Khoury’s faithful, when new brews are tapped. Not Blue Moon and Stella—seasonal and specialty local stuff that’s hard to find outside the breweries, from CraftHaus’ crisp and citrusy Any Which Way white IPA to Joseph James Brewing’s collaboration beer with the Nevada Craft Brewers Association, a “banana split” hefeweizen bursting with notes of ripe fruit and chocolate. “We were always wine drinkers until Issa installed the taps, and then we started getting into craft beers. So now we’re equal-opportunity lushes,” Tenney says with a laugh. He’s talking about Issa Khoury, who put his family name on this modest retail space in 2004. Back then it really was just a liquor store, but Khoury’s has evolved into one of the city’s premier destinations for beer and wine enthusiasts, boasting an exciting selection, a staff of certifiable geeks, cozy atmosphere and patrons as loyal as they are discerning. Looking for Bud Light? It’s behind the last door at the end of the beer cooler, and to get there you have to

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pass loads of locals (from Joseph James’ Desert Snow white IPA and Blood Moon Barleywine to Bad Beat’s Ace in the Hole basil pale ale), trendy regionals (Sam Adams’ boozy Barrel Room Collection or Dogfish Head’s toasty and bold Indian Brown) and fun finds from breweries new to the market. Khoury’s is the place to taste that just-released beer before your friends do. “I like to think even though we don’t have the biggest selection, we have one of the more eclectic selections in town,” says Khoury, adding that his small operation is sometimes an advantage. If distributors get shipments of something interesting, they don’t have to wait for corporate approval to drop the product here; the indie shop can put it on the shelves or on tap that afternoon. Khoury says he was one of the first retailers in the Valley to sell now-popular beers from the Bruery, Almanac and Evil Twin, and his shop helped introduce top-notch nearby breweries like San Diego’s Pizza Port and LA’s Angel City Brewery to our scene. The most frequent gets are from local spots, particularly Joseph James, whose new releases often show up on Khoury’s shelves a week before hitting other local stores. Recent specialty dropoffs include the Henderson brewery’s shandy and raspberry saison and a 10-year anniversary beer aged in bourbon, wine or brandy barrels and brewed just for Khoury’s. “They’re always bringing in stuff you can’t get here, which is really cool,” says Matt Marino, director of brewing at Joseph James. “He probably has the best beer selection in town.” The brewer says he’s a Wednesday regular because, “There’s always something interesting on tap” (sometimes his own creations), in a chill, non-gaming, non-smoking environment. There’s also the chance to

> Welcome to Khoury’s Issa and his customers talk beer on the patio; (below) the shop’s interior makes for a fun hour—or afternoon—of shopping.

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to leave the fight to sell it cheaper to big stores like Lee’s and Total Wine. And he added a library, with titles ranging from Bottled Poetry to The Bartender’s Best Friend, even product look-books from Rogue Ales and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, plus a section for communal board games (if you need a Cards Against Humanity judge, a bartender will happily stand in). He wants the vibe to encourage conversation, which is why he avoided “distractions.” “I purposely did not put gaming in here. I don’t do a lot of big TVs or anything like that,” Khoury says. “You’re sitting here having a beer, and that guy’s sitting there having a beer, and I can almost guarantee that guy’s going to ask you what you’re drinking.”

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> Pour Form Khoury’s offers a chance to drink, shop or do both simultaneously.

catch a tap takeover or special release, like Big Dog’s recent launch of its line of canned beers. “He supports all the local breweries; we do a lot of events here,” Marino says. “Issa’s the rare person who does draft and package … And he’s really easy to work with. Some guys are a pain in the ass.”

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Backed by his father, he opened Khoury’s in August 2004, initially selling wines, spirits and beers and offering a Thursday wine tasting that’s still going strong. But if you’ve driven by the Silverado Ranch storefront on a Wednesday, it’s obvious the hops now rival the grapes. “When we opened up, in my opinion, it was one of the first true wine shops in Vegas, and then a lot of wine shops opened up,” says Khoury, who still makes the majority of his money on wine but moves beer in much greater volume. Demand drove him to get a special liquor license and install a three-tap kegerator behind a small bar. As word spread and crowds swelled, he did away with his expansive hard-liquor section to make room for a new bar that now features 11 beers and eight wines on tap. “Do I really need all 32 flavors of Smirnoff?” asks Khoury, who decided

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Khoury’s first taste of “the business” came working for his father, who owns the Khoury’s Market grocery store in his Northern Nevada hometown, Elko. “Since I was old enough to push a broom, I was working at my dad’s shop,” says Khoury, who started out bagging groceries, cashiering and handling inventory in the produce and meat sections. When he came of age, his focus shifted to the small-town supermarket’s booze department.

“My dad took pride in his liquor selection. For a little town like Elko there weren’t a whole lot of options,” Khoury says. “I became familiar with a lot of brands and styles. I like marketing; I like the labels. I like reading about it; I like the stories. That’s what kind of got me into it.” Khoury studied business and marketing at UNLV while working at the family store on breaks. He got a job offer with Gallo, the largest exporter of California wine, but turned down the sales-rep position to stay in Las Vegas, opting for a similar job with Gallo’s local distributor, Johnson Brothers. “I ended up getting even deeper into wines and crafty spirits and beers. … I started traveling a lot to California and started seeing a lot of smaller shops like this, and even up in Reno. I was inspired,” says Khoury, giving credit to bigger retailers but pointing out that there were unfilled niches.

Frank DiNicola has been that guy. “I’ve met so many people just talking about beer. Beer is like the great equalizer,” says DiNicola, who rarely misses Wednesday beer tappings. Regulars aren’t shy about sharing their buys or even a home brew or rare find from elsewhere. For a small fee, Khoury lets customers bring in beverages he doesn’t sell. He wants them to feel at home, even if that means installing one television for some Sunday patrons who’d otherwise move to the football bar down the road. “There are other places that do craft beer here, and there are other places that sell the same stuff, but you don’t get that community environment,” says Jason Huffer, mentioning a cornhole tournament and even a group of Khoury’s patrons who go out for karaoke together on Friday nights. “It’s kind of neat to see the intermingling, to watch a lawyer that comes in here all the time talk to a librarian that comes in here all the time—in normal cases, those guys would never talk to each other if they were at a sports bar,” Khoury says. “Here they’re having a full conversation about something that they’re passionate about, the beer, or a glass of wine.” You’ll often find the owner in these conversations; he considers many of his patrons friends. Even the ones he doesn’t know well he probably knows by name. He’s the kind of guy who drinks the beer he sells, and plays on the rec soccer team his shop sponsors. Hands-on. Which makes it even sweeter that his little business has grown legs. “I had one guy come in here and say [to his friends] he was at the liquor store for three hours, and they thought he was crazy,” Khoury says. “But when he brought them down here, they realized: This isn’t a liquor store.”

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t’s 1 a.m. at Marquee, and M!KEATTACK has been DJing for nine of the past 13 hours. He’s got another two and a half to go before he’ll help shut down the main room at 4:30, but for now he’s enjoying a 90-minute break while the night’s headliner, hip-hop heavyweight DJ Khaled, takes the reins. “Break” has a different meaning to a guy like Mike. While he could take advantage of a private balcony and complimentary bar tab, he stays close in the booth, watching intently and taking mental notes as Khaled drops the latest bangers and gets the crowd hyped. That ethos and a relentless seven-to-10-gigs-a-week schedule have earned Mike a reputation as the hardestworking DJ in Las Vegas, one who has opened and closed for everyone from Calvin Harris to Ne-Yo to Fun. He played for Jay Z and Beyoncé during MayPac weekend and warmed up for the Red Hot Chili Peppers on New Year’s Eve. For the one or two hours Harris, Kaskade and other reigning club headliners spend behind the decks, they’ll earn more than Mike does in a week. Still, the industry is carried on the backs of homegrown DJs like Mike. They warm up crowds for headliners and keep the party going—and drink tabs running—long after the main attraction has ended. That’s in addition to filling last-minute slots, covering late arrivals and drawing fanbases of their own. But for the 31-year-old Mike, who after a decade in the game says he makes enough to live comfortably, it’s never been about the money. “It’s about just making everyone have a good time,” he says. “I mean, I have a really fun job. When I’m on the decks, it’s not work.” That’s not to say he isn’t working hard. Like a surfer catching a wave, momentum is everything:

There’s a narrow window, a fleeting moment to harness the crowd’s energy and attention as control of the music changes hands. Mike strides to the booth and drops the swagger-heavy Jay Z remix of Panjabi MC’s “Beware of the Boys,” his return to the decks underscored by CO2 cannons, air-horn blasts, a parade of go-go dancers and a shower of confetti—lest you forget he’s here to bring the party. But the crowd isn’t sold just yet. The dancefloor thins in Khaled’s wake as clubgoers retreat to tables to reassess the night. Main-room gigs like this, with A-list clientele in attendance to celebrate NBA Summer League, can make closing particularly high-pressure and unforgiving. Locals and regulars might recognize Mike, but to others he’s just the guy playing after the guy they came to see. “A crowd like this, you gotta work hard. [DJ Khaled] wore them out,” Mike says, one hand on his laptop, the other on the mixer (he traded turntables for a CDJ years ago after confetti and other club accoutrements kept ruining his equipment). Anyone who knocks DJs for being “button pushers” hasn’t seen M!KEATTACK. Many call his energy infectious, and it is, but perhaps the better word is relentless: Mike sets the pace, and sooner or later the crowd catches up. He’s constantly moving, weaving between equipment to mix, scratch, add effects (more air horn!) and otherwise enhance each tune in real time, but just as swiftly blowing it up and moving on after 30 seconds if he doesn’t think the crowd is feeling it. A remix of 2 Chainz’s “I’m Different” sparks some movement, but its successor, Snoop and 2Pac’s “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,” gets cheers. All the while, as he hones in on the flavor of the night, Mike dances harder than anyone on the floor, taking his hands off the equipment only for a little shimmy or body roll as he flashes his electric smile. July 23–29, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 17

Twenty minutes into the set, he pauses to towel off sweat, the first of many times he’ll do so that night. And then—it happens. Waka Flocka Flame’s “Grove St. Party” comes on, and the crowd gets on Mike’s level. Hands go up, glowsticks come out, bodies start grinding and, within minutes, a parade of sparkler-lit servers are delivering a comically large bottle of Champagne to a table. But Mike isn’t a hip-hop DJ. He’s an open-format expert, comfortable playing a wide range of genres. His success depends as much on an ability to read and connect with the crowd as depth of music knowledge. It’s less about sound and more about feel. Mike’s versatility helped land him a hip-hop-focused residency in Marquee’s Boom Box Room in 2013, which has since evolved into his current main-room gig on Monday nights. His ease in adapting to and manipulating the energy in just about any room has been central to his brand in the increasingly cutthroat world of Las Vegas DJs. That, and maybe his hair. “My name, my teeth, my smile and my hair,” Mike says, listing the trademark features he insisted on including in his logo. It’s easy to see why. His bright grin and luxurious ’fro are the first things you notice, physical extensions of the spirit he brings. “How you present yourself, the energy you present, the way you engage the crowd—those are the keys to success,” says Pedram Niazmand, artist relations manager for Tao Group, which operates Marquee. “Mike has unique features that stand out. A lot of times people overdo it. They oversell the music. It has to come naturally, and it does with him. He knows exactly what level the crowd is at.” In an industry and city that breed both competition and guarded personalities, Mike is refreshingly candid and enthusiastic. He accents his texts with cartoons of himself paired with catchphrases like, “Can’t stop won’t stop!” Like any true Las Vegan, he’s an observer, and says people-watching is his favorite part of going to nightclubs. He’s more soft-spoken than his emoji-andexclamation-point-peppered online persona suggests, but is just as quick to smile and hype his friends. “DJing here is a competitive sport. There’ve been a lot of people, high in the business, who have told me I’m too nice, that I need to be more [selfish]. I can’t,” he says. “I don’t think that’s ever gonna affect me. I think it’s gonna help me out. Because I walk into a club and people freaking smile, ‘Yes!

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M!KEATTACK’s back!’ And that’s the best feeling ever.” His personality and talent have earned him a breadth of opportunities and support virtually unheard of in a notably possessive industry. But after 10 nonstop years, he’s ready for more—chiefly, expanding his reach through production. It’s a step full of new challenges, from focusing his sound to landing an agent to answering the question: How does Las Vegas’ hardest-working DJ work even harder to reach the next level?

> party starter Infectious energy is a M!KEATTACK trademark, whether he’s spinning at Marquee (above) or Daylight.

wo hours after Mike gets home from Marquee, he’s up again at 7:30 a.m., taking care of his 8-monthold son Madden while his fiancée Mandi gets ready for work. “Sorry I was napping & I’m now trying to put the baby to sleep,” he replies when texted about meeting up. “#dadlife.” Becoming a father has meant Mike’s schedule is even busier, though the odd hours and grueling pace of being a DJ have ironically smoothed the transition. An average day might mean getting up around 5 or 6 a.m., going back to sleep at 9 a.m. and then, on the three or four days a week he has a daytime gig, getting up again two hours later to drop Madden with one of his grandmothers on the way to the venue. Mike usually has a stretch of two to four free hours in the evening to nap, grab food and see his family before leaving for a six-hour club show at night. It’s a grind that, up until last month, also included a 4-8 a.m. after-hours slot Saturdays at Artisan. That doesn’t leave much time for sleep. “Honestly, I don’t mind. It gets me up early, and I need that,” he says. Entire days off are rare—about every other month, he estimates— so he makes the most of every hour, whether spending time with Madden, running errands, hitting the gym or souping up his 700 horsepower Lexus SC300 in the garage. But the bulk of Mike’s days are taken up answering emails, scheduling shows, negotiating bookings, updating social media and selecting music

for his next set—an endless cycle of self-management and promotion that keeps his career running. It’s an unglamorous part of the grind that doesn’t feature in the popular narrative of the hotshot Vegas DJ stepping out of a limo and into the club. But that’s not far-fetched; many of these guys belong to agencies that handle the heavy lifting for them. Mike prefers to speak for himself, to stay hands-on and in control. “I’ve had some people reach out, but … I’ve never been good at asking for anything,” he says. “Especially when it comes to gigs. I’ve never, ever asked for a gig. I’ve always been booked, because of my branding and reputation. I want that to speak for itself.” Staying up on new music is a job unto itself, one he does through

subscription record pools like Direct Music Service and streams of live festival sets from DJs he admires— the Skrillex-Diplo project Jack Ü is a current favorite. His music library contains 24,951 songs, and counting. When asked what he listens to in his free time, the answer is surprising but understandable: “Talk radio!” he says, laughing. Mike’s hustle is driven largely by passion, but also necessity. He hasn’t had a “day job” in nine of the 10 years he’s been doing this, and that’s rare. Las Vegas’ ascent to nightclub and dance-music mecca has made it a hotbed for rising DJs, but as clubs shell out extravagant paydays to lock down residencies with the biggest stars, there’s less money for the growing number of local openers. While a headliner might make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per set, an experienced local DJ will make around $400-$1,000. “Clubs don’t [necessarily] have

a budget to pay us. It’s just, ‘This is what it is now, you can take it or leave it,’” Mike says. “A lot of DJs don’t have the ability to say no.” The focus on established headliners and a particular emphasis on producers have also created a glass ceiling for much of the local DJ community. “It makes it harder for you to make a name for yourself when you have the biggest DJs in the world playing every night,” says Geoff Goode, aka DJ and producer G-Squared, a veteran of the Boston DJ scene who relocated to Vegas six years ago and has become a club staple. For all of its challenges, experience in the Las Vegas club scene makes for valuable currency in the DJ world. “Vegas is the best place in the world for DJing right now. There’s a certain amount of luck— it’s about who you know, not just skill. But when you get the opportunity, you have to be ready to rock it.” photograph by tony tran

ours before playing with DJ Khaled at Marquee, Mike was posted up poolside at Hideout at Downtown’s Golden Nugget. The daytime set is decidedly more casual in pace and clientele (more MBA than NBA), but six hours with no break is still a challenge. The marathon set is quintessential M!KEATTACK party rock, touching on anything from The Rolling Stones to the Beastie Boys, and the crowd is jumping. “Some of these younger upand-coming DJs will come in and play all of this Top 40 new stuff, but they’re not seeing the 40- or 50-year-olds out there,” he says. “That’s where an experienced DJ will come in and really know how to set the vibe and cater to everyone. That’s something I’ve always been really good at doing,

and I don’t mind it, because I love music.” No gig is too big or too small for Mike. He could get by on fewer bookings, but he admits he has a hard time saying no. “It took me a while to have that click—that it’s better to get exposure than fuss over a paycheck,” he says. “I’m sure Tiësto has rocked a small party before.” Mike’s current bookings range from Marquee’s main room to Daylight at Mandalay Bay, Alibi Cocktail Lounge at Aria to STK at the Cosmopolitan. The fattest paychecks are on the Strip, but he makes a point of keeping Downtown in his lineup, with regular weekly sets at the Gold Spike and Golden Nugget. It’s a nod to where it all started for him. “There’s a nostalgic, local feel to those sets. People know you there,” he says. “And there’s no better feeling than that.”

!KEATTACK was born Michael Mohammednur, the third of four children of Eritrean immigrants who relocated from Las Vegas to Reno when he was 4. A self-described “rambunctious teen,” Mike was more interested in making graffiti than making music, a skater kid who was into break-dancing and going to punk shows. That changed when he was introduced to a pair of turntables at a friend’s house in seventh grade. “That was the first time I got bit by the electronic-music bug, the first time I heard real LA- and Chicagostyle hard house music.” After moving back to Las Vegas his junior year of high school, Mike fell in with the Bargain DJ Collective through Beauty Bar’s weekly party Fantastic Damage. His first gig came when the late DJ Aurajin asked Mike

to fill in for him at an ’80s party. “I said, ‘Are you kidding?!’ I was waiting tables and asked my boss if I could get off. I told her—this is my big chance.” That Beauty Bar set was so successful that it led to a regular Thursday night stint with pal Chris Curry, giving rise to the wildly popular Atomic Saturdays at the now-defunct Red Room. It was then that Mike became M!KEATTACK, pumping up his natural exuberance and matching it with showmanship built on reactions from the crowd. “It caught on like wildfire. There was a huge line to get in. People were sneaking in; underage people were trying to get in,” Mike says. Casino nightlife players couldn’t ignore the buzz. In 2009, Mike got enlisted by the Palms to help launch weekly locals party Snitch at Ghostbar, where, among several regular gigs across the property, he landed his first solo residency. “He brought a cool factor,” says Bronson Olimpieri, former VP of Nine Group. “At that time Palms was a crossover property, so when music and the city started changing from hip-hop to EDM, it was difficult to get someone to play other stuff. Mike could play everything from hip-hop to rock to, like, Peaches. He had everything and helped define the sound of that night.” Mike landed his first Strip residency at Encore Beach Club, then broke into the lineups at Wet Republic, Pure, Lavo and more. “I was the only DJ that was working with everybody, because I just had relationships,” Mike says. “I didn’t have to climb up a chain and have all these bosses.” But as clubs pushed more and more for exclusivity, his popularity lost him several residencies. And during the recession, with venues shuttering all around, there were times when Mike didn’t have a single gig. But he never stopped working to create opportunities, and the same relationships that helped him grow helped him survive. His reliability and commitment to the craft won out: Operators now opt to share the wealth rather than risk losing him over turf wars. He’s in an enviable place for a local DJ, which is to say there’s not much further he can go in Vegas.

n a recent 110-degree afternoon, Mike spins a sleek set of house and techno for a crowd of hundreds at Daylight at Mandalay Bay. Sunday fete Sundown has been heralded as the hottest new

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> #dadlife Mike and son Madden both have style.

party on the Strip, its hip underground stylings slowly encroaching on commercial EDM’s clubland hold. And there, at its center, is M!KEATTACK. He’s riding high on the success he’s earned through so much sweat, but can’t help asking: What now? For himself, for his family, for his satisfaction as an artist. “There are the really expensive out-of-town headliners and then locals. There isn’t much in between for locals who have built up and established themselves,” muses veteran local DJ Tina T. “It’s like you just get stuck and hit a ceiling. I think once you’re labeled as a local, you’re kind of put into that group and price range.” But there are reasons she and so many others have stuck around. “Because we’re bringing all these big DJs in, that to me only helps us breed our culture and make it bigger and bigger,” she says. “If you’re a resident and opening DJ in Vegas, you can use that to be a headliner elsewhere.” Mike plans to travel more in the year ahead, but his most immediate focus is on production. In a market as saturated as Las Vegas, that has become a distinguishing factor—and a competitive edge favored by industry gatekeepers. “Production reaches a lot faster than playing shows and connecting,” Tao’s Niazmand says. “One track gets so many plays, so many fans.” Mike’s packed schedule and self-management duties have made finding the time nearly impossible, but he’s dedicating a room to production in his family’s new home. He concedes that he may finally need to join an agency. For an artist whose success has been based on his versatility and independence, though, the prospect of focusing on his sound—and perhaps asking for help—is daunting. “I prefer to let my DJing speak for itself,” he says. “But times change and people forget. There are people out there who don’t know I was crowned ‘Best DJ in Vegas’ or throwing these crazy parties or have this strong local following. I need to polish all that up.” Dusk settles over the pool at Daylight, marking the end of another week, another crowd wrung out from the sonic assault of M!KEATTACK. There’s uncertainty in the lull, in the quiet between gigs when you can think about the bigger picture. But like any good DJ, Mike knows its his job to move with the moment. “I don’t know what’s next, or what it’s gonna sound like,” he says. “But whatever it is, it’s gonna have soul. It’s gonna have rhythm. And it’ll definitely feel good.” LVW

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hop album, so perfectly demonstrative of Cam’ron’s singular style, it doesn’t even matter what he’s been doing for the past decade. Any chance Cam performs the whole record start to finish at Foxtail? July 26, 10:30 p.m., $33+ men, $22+ women. FANTASY AT LAX The Luxor nightclub pumps up the party Wednesday nights when the ladies from Fantasy, the pyramid-shaped resort’s adult revue, pop in for hosting duties. Cast comedian Sean E. Cooper will be mingling, too, and DJ Cass handles the sonics. July 29, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

PRETTY FOXY SLS’ pool club/nightclub fills up the party docket When SLS announced it was temporarily de-programming its Life nightclub to focus on Foxtail, it could have been interpreted as misdirection. But no matter what happens with Life, the slate of events and performers at the indoor/outdoor, nightlife/daylife venue Foxtail proves the not-yet-year-old resort is still serious about providing a party. ¶ Australian DJ duo Nervo will launch its Haute Mess residency at Foxtail’s pool on August 8, continuing with shows through September. Nervo had been playing Omnia, so this move is a pretty big score for SLS, which recently lost Steve Angello to the new Caesars Palace megaclub. More dance music heavyweights—Zen Freeman, EC Twins, Markus Schulz, Gareth Emery, Michael Woods, Thomas Gold and Danny Avila—are also scheduled to return to Foxtail through the summer, and the venue has doubled down on hip-hop, too. After recent Sunday appearances by Omarion, Chedda Da Connect, Ty Dolla Sign and DMX, Foxtail brings in Fetty Wap on August 2, followed by future shows from Mystikal, Ja Rule and Method Man & Redman. –Brock Radke

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> makin’ some scratch Quivver brings his underground sound to DCR July 28.

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Producer/DJ Quivver experiments with guitars, but it’s all house for his Vegas return By Deanna Rilling The last time British DJ/producer Quivver played Las Vegas, “EDM” didn’t exist and the biggest nightclub draw was some celebrity hosting her birthday party. Thankfully, the underground exists for those looking to journey off the beaten path, and the artist born John Graham is finally returning to play Cymatic Sessions at Downtown Cocktail Room.

ring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, there’s a new Quivver EP about to drop on Bedrock Records and you’ve also recently released the Cold Sun LP as John Graham. [Cold Sun] is influenced by a lot of U.K. indie bands like Kasabian, Doves and Stone Roses and stuff like that, but it’s also got a lot of electronic influences from people like Nine Inch Nails or Depeche Mode or U.N.K.L.E., so it’s a combination of guitar indie rock and electronic beat.

It’s been a long time since you last played Vegas. I can’t even remember the name of the place I played last time—I think it was Jet, actually. It was QUIVVER a long time ago, maybe eight years?

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Do you sing on Cold Sun? Every track! It’s 12 songs, and they’re all written and performed by me with a couple of friends playing guitars, including my friend Mike Hiratzka, who now lives in Vegas. I’m going to meet up with him when I’m in town. He played guitar on about seven tracks.

What do you think about the evolution of Clement. clubbing in Vegas? It’s pretty crazy. The major- July 28, 10 ity of the places out there don’t cater to the kind p.m., $20. Will the Vegas gig be purely Quivver or will of music that I play, which is why I haven’t been Downtown you work in any of the John Graham album? booked there in a while, but it certainly seems to Cocktail Room, 702It’ll be strictly house music, tech house. The John have blown up over the past few years. Graham album is so different, it just wouldn’t fit I’m really excited to come back to Vegas after 880-3696. into a house or techno kind of venue. It’d be the all this time and hang out a little bit and hopewrong sound for that kind of night. fully play a good set to a decent crowd. It’s been so long since I’ve played Vegas and all I see is the super casino Would you ever incorporate singing into a DJ set? clubs. I’m just hoping there’s still a crowd there for the No. (Laughs) I doubt it. It’s something that I’ve been kind of music that I play. asked to do a few times, and I’ve always said no. Recently I’ve started doing more vocals again in the Quivver You’ve been very busy lately. You worked on the tracks, so maybe it’s something I should consider. soundtrack for the forthcoming American Ultra star-

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As if Drai’s Beach Club wasn’t already an ideal place to play hooky—locals are free Monday through Thursday—the rooftop pool complex recently launched Drai’s Paradise, bringing a different vibe to midweek programming. And yes, it’s still free. Keeping in line with the everpopular Miami-meets-Ibiza trend, Drai’s sultry, swanky vibe is in full swing for Paradise. Think of it as an upbeat version of downtempo Drai’s, with live DJs spinning deep house throughout the day. Beach Club operations manager Fernando Alva, aka F3R, is Paradise’s resident DJ, but the rooftop party also features guests behind the booth every week. It’s just the kind of Drai’s pool party Paradise that Las Tuesdays, 11 a.m.- Vegans 6 p.m., free for need—chill locals & service vibes, sweet industry. The grooves, no Cromwell, cover and an 702-777-3800. unintimidating atmosphere. The crowd skews younger, but Paradise is an inviting spot for folks of all sorts. Cabanas are reserved for paying guests (starting at $300) but most of the pool property is yours for the taking. Seating is first come, first served, and the plush, red sofas add some privacy for those who aren’t looking to rub elbows with tourists. Flying solo or got your beau in tow? Grab a drink at the bar, find a cozy spot to catch some sun and treat yourself. After all, you work hard. Why not relax hard, too? –Leslie Ventura

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> NO RUSH We mean yes, rush. Rush to Rush.

A plea for local promoters to save these displaced Bunkhouse shows The Downtown venue’s abrupt closure left more than 25 scheduled concerts without homes, including these four we’d be especially sad to see skip town. SAVAGES (August 21) The Brits’ 2013 debut album caught critics’ ears with its vicious post-punk, but it’s the quartet’s live shows—singer Jehnny Beth howling and shaking as the band pummels through each song—that have made Savages so beloved since. After a sleepy summer season, they’re the jolt Las Vegas needs. –Andrea Domanick MEW (September 19) Mew’s would-be Vegas debut was exactly why we needed Bunkhouse: It’s highly doubtful another Vegas venue would have booked an international newbie to the market. The revered Danish indie/prog trio hasn’t even played LA since 2009. Here’s hoping someone spares me and others from another long trip down the 15. –Mike Prevatt

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Stuff you’ll want to know about HEAR RUSH Even if you’ve seen Geddy, Alex and Neil in the not-too-distant past (or, like some of us, caught all six MGM Grand shows since 2002), this 40th-anniversary tour stop is not to be missed. Without spoiling the setlist, we’ll just say it’s big and beautiful—and includes chestnuts the trio hasn’t brought to the Grand Garden Arena before. July 25, 8 p.m., $59-$179. THE GENERATORS The LA punks’ 10th full-length, Life Gives … Life Takes, dropped in 2014, and though the band starkly diverges from its ’90s origins, its brand of West Coast punk continues to rock our pants off. With The Civilians, July 24, 9 p.m., free, Beauty Bar.

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AMERICAN WHISKEY EXPERIENCE Sea scallops with summer corn or steak grilled over apricot wood, a great single malt or a concoction of Wild Turkey 101, grapefruit and maple syrup—this is an all-American pairing for the books. July 29, 7 p.m., $90, Andiron Steak & Sea, reservations at 702-685-8002.

SEE SOUTH OF TOWN Never mind a bird—put a bullet in it.

Artist Sean Russell shot up 25-pound blocks of clay to create abstract ceramic sculptures, on display among large landscape photos of a firing range—where else?— south of town. Through September 11; Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Artist reception July 24, 6-8 p.m.; Clark County Government Center Rotunda Gallery.

SPLASH DISCO SLIDE NIGHTS Few things rank above taking a dip once the sun has— especially during the summer. Henderson slide ’n’ surf complex Cowabunga Bay makes the premise even more fun by adding a dance soundtrack, accompanying lights and mirror balls—and extending its weekend hours, too. Fridays & Saturdays through August 15, 5-10 p.m., $26 after 5 p.m.; free with daytime & season pass admissions.

SWERVEDRIVER (September 24) When the shoegazey Brits’ March date got scuttled, it seemed that was that, but Bunkhouse talent buyer Mike Henry stuck with them, scheduling a makeup. After months dreaming of Adam Franklin’s and Jimmy Hartridge’s twin guitars twisting ’round the room, losing this one again would hurt twice as bad. –Spencer Patterson DEERHOOF (November 5) Satomi Matsuzaki, the fierce voice at the San Fran trio’s center, blends feathery lightness with teethrattling noise—and keeps it all strangely catchy. Like St. Vincent or Dirty Projectors, Deerhoof’s one of those acts you just know would be brilliant live—and Vegas deserves all its volatile glory. –Leslie Ventura

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> the fighter Gyllenhaal shows off his muscles and his grimace.

Sutter is full of heavy-handed symbolism (come on, the main character’s name is Hope), and its inspirational arc is predictable and contrived. Director Antoine Fuqua doesn’t exactly have a light touch, and he hammers home every clichéd plot development, making the ridiculous lows of the first half and the ridiculous comeback of the second half equally melodramatic. Jake Gyllenhaal swings and misses in Gyllenhaal has made strong impressions in unconvenboxing drama Southpaw By Josh Bell tional roles recently, but while he clearly bulked up for his role as Billy, his performance is mumbly and sluggish, without the depth to sell Billy’s extreme emotional Southpaw begins with its protagonist, boxer Billy fluctuations. The direction and the performances end Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) on top of the world: He’s the up pounding the audience as hard as Billy in his early undefeated world champion, having just successfully fights, and there isn’t much relief in his eventual defended his title again, and he lives in a giant drawn-out triumph. Even the boxing sequences mansion with his beautiful wife and childhood are mostly unremarkable, a few exciting POV sweetheart Maureen (Rachel McAdams) and aabcc shots aside. loving daughter Leila (Oona Laurence). The SOUTHPAW The whole movie is unremarkable, really, movie then spends 45 minutes tearing Billy Jake Gyllenhaal, down, beginning with his wife’s accidental Forest Whitaker, from its gritty back story for Billy (raised in shooting death as a result of a fight he him- Oona Laurence. foster care, in and out of prison) to its portrayal of the corrupt, money-hungry world of boxing self started. Soon, he’s lost his title, his boxing Directed by (embodied in Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s role as license, his house, his cars, his money and even Antoine Fuqua. Billy’s unscrupulous manager/promoter). Fuqua custody of his daughter. Luckily he’s now in a Rated R. Opens and Sutter do little to distinguish Southpaw great position to be the main character in an Friday. from other boxing movies going back decades, underdog sports drama. and they don’t have the excuse of telling a true story to So he teams up with a grizzled but wise boxing coach fall back on, either. Billy’s final match is tailor-made to named Tick (Forest Whitaker), with whom he first butts inspire cheers from the audience, but that applause is as heads but soon comes to respect, and he’s on the road to empty as everything that’s come before it. redemption. The script by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt FILM

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Game over Pixels goes from a viral short to a typical Adam Sandler dud In 2010, French filmmaker Patrick Jean directed a two-minute short film called Pixels, which depicts the destruction of New York City by a brigade of 1980s video-game characters. It’s essentially a special-effects demo reel, one with an eye-catching premise that helped it become a viral online sensation. As with anything popular, Hollywood pounced on it, and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company won the rights to turn Pixels into a feature film. Sadly, they’ve turned it into an Adam Sandler film, albeit one slightly less lazy and obnoxious than his other recent efforts. Of course, calling Pixels one of Sandler’s better movies aaccc is like calling a PIXELS Adam particular strain of Sandler, Kevin Ebola somewhat James, Josh Gad. less horrifically Directed by Chris painful; either way, Columbus. Rated it’s not pleasant. PG-13. Opens Sandler barely Friday. seems awake in his role as loser Sam Brenner, who peaked at 13 when he won a video-game championship. When aliens invade Earth with replicas of ’80s video-game characters, Sam’s best friend (Kevin James), who happens to be the U.S. president, calls on Sam and his fellow video-game nerds to save the day. Directed by Hollywood veteran Chris Columbus, Pixels aims for a mix of Ghostbusters and Independence Day, but it can barely keep Jean’s original concept afloat long enough to make it to feature length. The humor is a mix of Sandler’s typical sour misanthropy (his “romance” with a military official played by Michelle Monaghan is disgustingly regressive) and random ’80s pop-culture references. It’s mostly genial and family-friendly, but also plodding and frequently boring, with listless performances and a moronic plot. Jean’s short was clever, fun, visually striking and over in two minutes. The feature version has Adam Sandler. –Josh Bell

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Alice in Chains successfully blends its past with its present “Nutshell” from 1994’s Jar of Flies. DuVall and singer-guiJudging by the sold-out crowd at the Pearl on tarist Jerry Cantrell harmonize nearly as well as Cantrell Saturday night, Alice in Chains fans have thoroughly and Staley did, and Cantrell is still a fantastic guitar player, embraced William DuVall as the band’s singer, and he’s breaking out a number of impressive solos. The been in the band for nearly a decade now. But it newer songs fit seamlessly into the set, especially was still a bit jarring when the band opened with aaabc haunting slow burn “Your Decision” and 2009 “Junkhead,” as DuVall sang raw, revealing lyrics ALICE IN hit “Check My Brain,” with a riff that rivals anywritten by late AIC singer Layne Staley about CHAINS July thing from the band’s ’90s heyday. his drug addiction. 18, the Pearl. With no opening act and no encore break Staley’s ghost will always hang over AIC, and (“We’ll just stay here and play,” Cantrell at Saturday’s show, the second of the current tour, explained), the 100-minute show felt a little the band focused mostly on songs from the Staley short, and the audience clearly would have been happy to era, with only five songs from the two albums released hear a few more songs. The classics are always important, since DuVall joined the band. That did leave room for but AIC has proved over the last several years that its new some deep cuts from early albums, including “It Ain’t Like songs are worthy of a spotlight, too. –Josh Bell That” from 1990 debut Facelift and a beautiful version of

On Man Plans God Laughs—Public Enemy’s first release since 2012’s The Evil Empire of Everything and 2013’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—Chuck D plays the elder statesman well: “You’re 20, 30, 40? I’m 55/Double nickel, stick to cell like sickle.” His louder-than-a-bomb vocals echo the sentiment of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, yet it’s one he’s been prophesying and raging about since the early ’80s. He sarcastically alters classic rock song titles to fit his own message— “No Sympathy From the Devil” and “Give Peace a Damn,” surely to the ire of some aging Rolling Stones and John Lennon fans. It doesn’t always work however, as on Public Enemy the Stones’ riff Man Plans God “Honky Talk Laughs aaacc Rules,” which finds Chuck and Flav teaming for a tongue-incheek country tune. Yet this forgettable misfire fits right in with Public Enemy’s M.O. of making the listener feel uncomfortable. As Chuck told me in 2014, “I think that anybody can rock something that they can feel. I like the challenge of making something good out of something that might be difficult.” For much of the rest of the album, produced by longtime Bomb Squad member Gary G-Wiz, the noise is still brought, but the group’s famed chaotic sample collages are long gone. The album’s finest moment is actually its most somber one, the reflective title track, which repeats, “Do it for the culture, do it for the youth,” even if it’s falling on deaf ears. –Mike Pizzo

Brooklyn-based instrumental duo Ratatat has always been adept at weaving different styles, eras and textures into its Ratatat largely vocal-less electronic music—from squirrelly techno and Magnifique gnarly classic rock to gothic orchestral flourishes and lilting aabcc reggae. Fifth studio album Magnifique, however, is more of a nod to 2004’s simpler, self-titled debut. Corrugated guitar bombast with the warm, fuzzy tone of French disco is the driving force of songs like “Abrasive” and “Cream on Chrome.” “Pricks of Brightness” is almost a metal-riffic triumph, while retro-fabulous standout “Countach” alternates zooming synth-funk flourishes with sound effects of shattering glass. But mostly, Magnifique feels sleepier and less engaging than previous Ratatat efforts. As the album progresses, its tempos turn sluggish, and repeating ideas and rhythms blend together and become more monotonous. “Supreme” has a languid Hawaiian vacation vibe, between the sampled bird noises, swaying tempo and keening tropical guitars, and both “Drift” and the title track sound like ’50s proto-rock relics. Though pristine-sounding in the moment, little about these songs lingers later. Magnifique makes for pleasant background music but lacks staying power. –Annie Zaleski M u s i c | El e c t r o n i c

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Consider these shows as you plan your week By leslie ventura The Lentils Frontman Luke Csehak doesn’t just sound like Ray Davies on the Brattleboro Is Flooding opener “I Lost My Favorite Enemy,” he embodies The Kinks’ sunny, carefree ethos through ’60s-washed pop-rock and jangly guitars. Fans of the Davies brothers, The Velvet Underground, Neutral Milk Hotel and The Magnetic Fields will swoon over these Vermonters’ latest Bufu Records release—which tiptoes, then dives, into flowy psychedelic crowd-pleasers and lo-fi noiserock (bonus points for lyrics about Vegenaise). With Grape Room, Electric/Coronation. July 23, 8 p.m., free, the Beat.

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Lil Debbie “Bitch, you ain’t got sh*t on me,” raps Jordan Capozzi, better known by her snack-loving pseudonym, on “Bitches.” But don’t expect any oatmeal pies or zebra cakes here. The self-described “California Sweetheart” rose to fame alongside Kreayshawn as part of the now-defunct White Girl Mob, so she’s about as street as Iggy Azalea—but with better lyrics (“You high or what?/’Cause I’m high as sh*t./ Eyes blood red/Just like DJ Quik”) Debbie comes to Vegas a day after her Home Grown EP release, so snag a copy while you’re there. With Jackie G, Cash Colligan, King Anthony James, Ollie Cheefs. July 25, 9 p.m., $12, Beauty Bar.

’90s Punk Tribute Night Nostalgia party! Hardcore-punk band Hard Pipe Hitters and skate punks War Called Home headline this throwback night of unabashed covers—NOFX, Anti-Flag, Blink-182, The Vandals, and even Body Count—you get the idea. Rad Beligion, Cherry 2000, Damn You’s and Radio Silence round out the locals-only bill, which we’re guessing will wreak as much havoc on your liver as your ears. Throw on some Operation Ivy or Bikini Kill to get yourself in the mood to relive your favorite decade, sans liberty spikes. July 25, 8 p.m., $5, Backstage Bar & Billiards.

The last time Nick Shelton went on tour, he was living in Chicago and about to play a show in Detroit when his band’s entire rig was stolen. Now the frontman for Vegas-based Americanapunk band Eliza Battle, Shelton had time to reconcile his former group’s abrupt end. “Someone stole our trailer and every piece of gear—all of our merchandise—everything. We were just never really able to recover. I was 27 or 28, and I was like, what am I doing?” Shelton left music and began working in the casino business, which eventually led him to Vegas. Eliza Battle, whose lineup also includes guitarist Chris Bitonti (a Weekly contributor), bassist Sal Giordano, drummer Chris Berg and vocalist Tina Dawn, is gearing up for its first tour—a West Coast run that starts in Victorville, California, on August 14 and ends in Flagstaff, Arizona, nine days layer. The band also recently dropped its first release, a 7-inch titled Cheers to That, digitally at elizabattle lasvegas.bandcamp.com and on vinyl (royal blue for the first 500 copies). “‘Cheers to That’ is a really important song to me,” Shelton says. “I wrote it eight or nine years ago, and it was one of those perfect storms. I think I wrote the whole song in five minutes, walking from work to the Brown Line [in Chicago] to go home. When I started Eliza Battle, it just kinda took on a new life. It’s sort of the iconic song of the band, so it was definitely the obvious choice for the leadoff single.” Cheers is out now, but Shelton suggests you pocket the shipping fee and pick one up in person at Eliza’s all-ages release party, August 19 at Vinyl. The band also plays Punks in Vegas’ four-year anniversary party August 1 at Alternate Reality Comics. –Leslie Ventura

We sit in a semi-circle around Kevin Bowman, holding court at Windmill Music a desk below a projection screen, Discussion the mostly empty multi-use room Group Last inside Windmill Library evoking A library group gives albums the book club treatment Sunday of each The Breakfast Club. But instead month, 4 p.m., free. of Barry Manilow, we’re here to chat about Patti Smith and sample her seminal 1975 album, Horses. You read that Windmill Library, right: A Sunday discussion in suburban Las Vegas about Jesus dying not for our sins, but somebody else’s. The 7060 W. Windmill punk poet’s substantive lyrics give us lots to talk about. ¶ Bowman, a library staffer and big music fan, dreamed Lane, 702-507-6030. up the now-monthly Windmill Music Discussion Group after reading an article about similar clubs—and noticing a dearth of adult library programs. “I thought music could be talked about like any novel could,” he says. The club launched in March 2014, discussing mostly albums (The Beatles’ Revolver), but also general work (James Brown) and topics (women in punk), our Horses group last month tying with the previous attendance high. One might predict a record-breaker with the July 26 topic: an overview on Nirvana, inspired by how often Bowman sees people wearing the band’s shirts at the library and how that resonance might spur the sort of shared personal anecdotes Bowman likes to hear most. Plus, he adds, “there’s gonna be lots to talk about.” –Mike Prevatt lo c a l s c e n e

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Monte Carlo’s new theater could remake the Strip’s concert look By John Katsilometes Lance Burton, Frank Caliendo and Zowie Bowie would seem not to have many common characteristics. But they do share in this reality: Over the years, all headlined at the Monte Carlo theater. In Burton’s case, the venue was named for him when it opened in 1996. More recently, the classically appointed, 1,200-seat theater has been home to Blue Man Group, which moved into the space in 2012 from the Venetian. The Blue Men will be the theater’s final headliners when they close October 11, when MGM Resorts shuts down Monte Carlo’s long-standing entertainment venue in a widespread hotel overhaul that will almost certainly be topped by a new name for the resort. That process kicked off in earnest with the announcement on July 15 that the resort company plans to build a 5,000-seat theater connected to the Monte Carlo on the south side of the hotel, adjacent to the new 20,000seat Las Vegas Arena. That venue should be easy to identify and locate, readily accessible by pedestrians and motorists coming off the Strip along Rue de Monte Carlo, which will be a one-way street once renovations are finished. The theater sits along the Park, the 8-acre entertainment and retail promenade leading to the new arena, and will stage its first show at the end of 2016. In this project, MGM Resorts is working in concert with AEG Live, which is also the company’s partner in the Las Vegas Arena project. The

comparison is unmistakable between the Strip-side entertainment fortress and the L.A. Live complex, home to the Staples Center, Microsoft Theater (formerly Nokia Theater) and a similar complex of restaurants, theaters and the Grammy Museum between those two venues. MGM Resorts President Bill Hornbuckle says of L.A. Live, also an AEG development, “The adjacency of the plaza, theater and arena as an epic entertainment district was compelling.” The new theater’s design is unique for its external access points; existing theaters at MGM properties are built inside their respective hotels. Not this one. “It sets itself up for an amazing red-carpet environment, by design, and just screams at you ‘entertainment, theater activity’ when you’re walking up and down Las Vegas Boulevard,” says Hornbuckle. For MGM Resorts, the new theater adds versatility and volume to its entertainment options. The resort company already operates MGM Grand Garden Arena, Mandalay Bay Events Center, MGM Resorts Village across from Luxor and Mandalay Bay, and MGM Resorts Festival Grounds on the southwest corner of Sahara Avenue and the Strip. Las Vegas Arena opens next spring, too. The strategy for the new theater is to invite star performers to play single shows or short-run residencies, the way Kiss, Journey, Mötley Crüe and Guns N’ Roses have filled dates at the Joint. The new theater’s size will put it in obvious competition

with the Colosseum at Caesars and Axis at Planet Hollywood, both of which seat about 4,000. Other venues within range of the new theater are the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan, House of Blues, Brooklyn Bowl and the Joint. As Hornbuckle led the planning for the Monte Carlo theater, he looked at the performances at the Colosseum (where Brooks & Dunn and Reba McEntire have just been added to that theater’s robust lineup) and Axis (where Jennifer Lopez will join Britney Spears in superstar headlining-duties in January). “We clearly saw what happened with Caesars. We saw the activity was productive. We’ve seen, even, to a lesser degree, what’s going on at Axis at Planet Hollywood, which has been somewhat productive.” The challenge: filling all these venues. Even if Las Vegas Arena winds up home to an NHL expansion team and locks up 44 dates per year with that team’s home schedule, MGM Resorts still needs 100 additional events to

satisfy all its needs, but Hornbuckle doesn’t sound concerned with finding artists and acts who can fill the room. “With our Rolodex and our outreach, we can find anybody and everybody. There is no venue need that we can’t accommodate.” An acoustic performance by a touring arena act—Taylor Swift being one example—would fit well into the theater. MGM Resorts obviously feels it’s the city’s predominant entertainment company, but there was a hole in its game. A 5,000-seat hole. “If you step back for a moment, at 40,000 feet strategically, first and foremost the whole arena and theater business was about not losing our position as the dominant entertainment company in Las Vegas,” Hornbuckle said. “It’s really our brand, it’s who and what we are, and when we looked across the portfolio we didn’t have a venue like this.” All that is left is all the work. Someone might want to ask Taylor if she’s interested in unplugging, even for a night.

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> vegas is the medium (Clockwise) Justin Favela’s “Estardas,” Danielle Kelly’s “Blanket” and Wendy Kveck’s “Sister.”

Barrick’s group show finds strong continuity in a stunningly diverse curation By Dawn-Michelle Baude

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power and submission while provoking both playfulness and unease. Do they want to be hugged or punched? “Blanket,” in turn, iterates the curved motif in Justin Favela’s adjacent “Estardas” sign. And the curves in Brent Sommerhauser’s mysterious, cosmological “Arch” drawing, which echoes in … which echoes in … The continuity in the hanging is nothing short of stunning, given the challenge of finding the sweet

spots for the following diametrically opposed styles and interests: Michael Reafsynder’s faux-naïve expressionist painting; Patricia Burns’ archival digital print of rebellious, cyborg lamps; Erin Stellmon’s deceptive mixedmedia surrealist landscape; Brian Zimmerman’s withering chair sculpture; and Sam Davis’ pseudo-absurd collaged photo, among others. Yet the works do more than successfully coexist in Recent

Acquisitions. The exhibition emits a strong signal that this joint venture by the Las Vegas Art Museum and the Barrick is aimed at building a coherent permanent collection that does Las Vegas proud. aaaab RECENT ACQUISITIONS Through September 19; MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Barrick Museum, 702-895-3011.

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Ah, the pitfalls of the group art exhibition! The goulash factor looms large. How could it not? Art is valued because it’s fiercely distinctive. So when you assemble works by radically different artists—an expressionist still life, say, by Marty Walsh, and a slick, post-conceptualist abstract by Yek—the risk of mishmash runs high. So how did UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum create a coherent curatorial statement with the terrifically diverse Recent Acquisitions? With a double-dose of quality— both in terms of the works themselves and their presentation. Collaboratively curated by UNLV Galleries staff and UNLV Galleries Advisory Board member Shannon McMackin, the exhibition features first-rate paintings, sculptures, photographs and videos by 32 artists connected to Las Vegas. From minimalism to remodernism, surrealism to pop, the show bops stylistically all over the place. But Recent Acquisitions also literally hangs together in a meaningful display that enhances both individual and collective presentation. At the entrance, Nicolas Shake’s “Untitled,” a delicate Friendly Plastic cast of desert detritus with shovel and tire treads, greets visitors like a phantom semaphore, pointing the way from badlands to the treasures inside. Next, two striking paintings by Daniel Habegger—an artist we don’t see often enough—vie for attention. “Clearance” is a large-format abstract that literally glows, its luminosity seemingly vibrating from an ethereal grid. A ghostly fence? A virtual circuit board? Habegger’s smaller “Plaza Towers” also deftly manipulates light through a mesh of contrasts: black/ white, vertical/horizontal, figure/ ground. As the show progresses, it multiplies affinities and techniques. Habegger’s architecture echoes across the room in Mark Brandvik’s portrait of the El Morocco hotel. Both futurist and retro, “Morocco II” features flirty, curvy arches and a saucy palm. Nearby, Danielle Kelly’s mixed-media “Blanket” bobs seductively in the spotlight—suspended on meat hooks, the three clothed anthropomorphic forms, outfitted in fringe and beads, relay narratives of

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Hoots and hollers greet the cowriter of Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles in a Wynn ballroom on this Saturday morning. Maybe cinephiles fill this TED Talk-styled space for the inaugural Fantasy Sports Combine, but that’s not why these enthusiasts forked over $895 apiece. They crave fantasy football wisdom, and their spirit animal just arrived. The dark-suited 40-something onstage is Matthew Berry, better known as ESPN Senior Fantasy Analyst. In this room, he’s a personified cheek swab of Jim Cramer, Taylor Swift and Tom Brady, playfully excoriating a fan who asks advice on kickers. “Bad question! Stop it—you shouldn’t be here.” They eat it up, as they will handsliced prosciutto and béchamel-laced lasagna at lunch. Charging nearly a month’s rent for two full days of schmoozing with fantasy experts and former NFL stars, event founder Bo Brownstein will not sling hot dogs to aspiring savants paying for guidance on how to win million-dollar prizes in daily fantasy games. “The first part of this is, you’re making an investment,” Brownstein says between breakout sessions. “We’re about premium education and experience.” This hobby, once hidden from wives, morphed long ago into a multibillion dollar business with 57 million players in the U.S. and Canada. At 27, FSC panelist Peter Jennings quit

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Swish away

Yojie attempts to elevate the shabu-shabu experience By Brock Radke to 10 ounces) and which protein you prefer—A5 Don’t let the name fool you—there’s nothing Japanese Wagyu is market price, and Gold Grade cheesy going on at Yojie Japanese Fondue. This is American Kobe is $26.99 for five ounces at lunch. shabu-shabu, the Japanese iteration of Chinese hot Swish your ingredients for a few seconds, dip each pot, a DIY dining experience where you quickly bite in a finishing sauce and you’re in business. And cook meat, fish, noodles and vegetables in a pot if you really wanted fondue, you can dip of flavorful, boiling broth. My guess is fruit and pastry in chocolate for dessert. Yojie, which already had three Southern YOJIE JAPANESE Yojie does a traditional sukiyaki, a California restaurant before recently FONDUE 9440 W. shallow pot of sweet broth that boils opening its first Las Vegas location in Sahara Ave., 702down faster and gets thicker (your server Village Square, was trying to make the 445-7008. Sundaywill help you keep it bubbling by addfood sound more fun, hence the appetizThursday, 11:30 ing water). Instead of a ponzu or sesame ing misnomer. a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday sauce, you dip each piece of meat into But it’s already fun, and Yojie puts a & Saturday, 11:30 raw egg, maybe with a bit of garlic or few twists on the experience, starting a.m.-11:30 p.m. chopped scallion beaten into it. It’s a with sleek, relaxing decor that allows pleasant, memorable bite, especially if you to sit at the counter-top for an you’re eating paper-thin slices of fatty beef or upbeat feast. Unlike the more communal Chinese Kurobuta pork. For the biggest flavor boost, eschew hot pot, where you’re swishing and dipping in a the tonkotsu pork broth for the spicy miso, parshared bowl, everyone gets an individual burner ticularly tasty with chicken, vegetables and salmon and pot at Yojie. Everyone gets a bountiful bowl of with a generous dunk in the citrus-soy ponzu. colorful, crisp veggies, too, carrots and cabbage and You don’t have to spring for the more expensive shimeji and enoki mushrooms, plus thin noodles beef, either. “Yojie’s cut” ($16.99 for five ounces and brown or white rice. And everyone chooses or $23.99 for 10 ounces at dinner) is rich, marbled a meat (beef, chicken, pork, salmon or combo) and delicious, needing only a few seconds in your and a broth (sukiyaki, spicy miso or tonkotsu). chosen broth for maximum melt-in-your-mouth Prices depend on how much meat you want (three

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texture. The combo entrée gets you five ounces of this stuff plus an equal amount of chicken, salmon, pork or pork belly, the best way to get the full Yojie experience in one sitting. I’m a shabu-shabu convert. I’ll admit that the prospect of eating what is basically deconstructed soup—and cooking it myself—while paying $15 to $25 to do so seemed like not the best deal. But that’s an inaccurate description of this experience. The ingredients are high quality and impeccably prepared, and even the smallest order of meat is ample and delicious. Bottom line, it’s fun, no matter what you call it.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

HEALTHY DELIGHTS Juice NV’s posh new spot serves stellar sandwiches and more

> COLORFUL YUM Juice NV’s avocado pesto sandwich (top) and tropical açai bowl satisfy.

It’s called Juice NV, but those last two letters could just as easily be LA. The new location, inside Look Style Society at Town Square, feels like it would fit as well in a posh Beverly Hills salon as it does in our outdoor mall. The small space serves smoothies, juices and an assortment of energizing vegan meals. My favorite smoothie is Almond Delight ($9.95), which contains almond milk, strawberries, banana, JUICE NV almond butter, 9500 S. Eastern coconut oil, vanilla Ave. #110, extract and sea salt. 702-463-1689. It tastes like a fruity Mondaymilkshake with the Saturday. 8 a.m.sea salt elevating the 8 p.m.; Sunday, rest of the players. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. You can’t go At Look Style wrong with any of Society at Town the sandwiches. Square. MondayAvocado pesto Saturday, 8 a.m.($8.99) is one of the 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, great bites in the 9 a.m.-5 p.m. city, vegan or otherwise, with avocado, arugula and walnut pesto all working in sync. Almond butter and jam ($5.99) uses strawberries to raise the game, a treat for kids and adults. The kale chips ($8.99) ain’t cheap but they are addictive, crispy chips tossed with chipotle sauce and coconut aminos for super savory goodness. If you’re looking for something a little sweeter, the tropical açai bowl with spirulina ($8.99) lives up to its name with pineapple, orange juice and mint. I’m not sure if the chia pudding with berry jam and granola is a main course or a dessert, but I’m happy to eat it for either. –Jason Harris

FINE STREET LINKS WITH VENEZUELAN FLAIR Culinarily speaking, Venezuela is probably best known in our Valley for its arepas—corn cakes stuffed with tasty goodness. But mobile eatery Street Dogs is spreading the word about another specialty from the South American country, the Venezuelan-style hot dog. Chicago dogs are said to be “dragged through the garden” because of their piled-high veggies. Maybe Venezuelan dogs—layered with cabbage, carrot, onion, potato strings, shredded cheese, aji sauce, mustard and ketchup, with a crisp beef link beneath it all—have “rummaged through the pantry.” (As a purist I despise ketchup on my dogs, yet it inexplicably works in this instance.) ¶ Something else I never expected to say: Order chicken, not pork. You can get an optional meat topping on your dog, and as much as I adore the swine, the shredded chicken is moister and more flavorful. First ketchup and now chicken? I hardly know myself. But I do know Street Dogs serves a damn fine snack. The bright red trailer is often tucked away in a strip-mall parking lot on Rainbow just north of Sahara, but it gets around. Keep up at streetdogslv.com. –Jim Begley

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DIDDY IN PARADISE

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Skyy Infusion Pineapple /2 oz. Aperol Aperitivo

/4 oz. lime juice

1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice Splash of Cruzan 151 Rum Slice of pineapple, slice of lime, sprig of mint (garnish)

METHOD Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Cover and shake thoroughly. Strain into a tiki glass over ice. Garnish and top with a Cruzan 151 Rum float. Light the 151 on fire and extinguish before consuming.

Let’s face it: Drinks on fire are inarguably cooler than drinks that are not, and this one is particularly impressive. Tropical, eccentric and literally ablaze, the Diddy in Paradise is every bit as much a party trick as it is a decadent cocktail.

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings All Work All Play 7/30, encore broadcast of eSports panel discussion and competition, 7:30 pm, $15. Theaters: COL, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Back to the Future 30th Anniversary 7/25, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, plus appearance by original movie DeLorean, 11 am, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6036. Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 7/29, Midnight Madness. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702489-9110. Cast Party: Podcast Festival 7/28, broadcast of event featuring appearances and performances from top podcasters, 8 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 7/26, 7/29, Gremlins. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Dive-In Movies Mon, 7 pm, $5, hotel guests free. 7/27, Agent Cody Banks, Mission: Impossible. Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-698-7000. Flashback Features Sun, 8 pm, free. 7/26, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The Pond at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-617-7777. Metropolitan Opera HD Live 7/29, encore showing of Verdi’s Aida, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. Movie Madness 7/24, Paddington plus family activities, 6 pm, free. Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas., 702-633-2418. Movies in the Square Thu, sundown, free. 7/23, Wreck-It Ralph. 7/30, The Princess and the Frog. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Night on the Towns 7/23, screening of Paper Towns plus broadcast of Q&A with cast and crew, musical performances, 5:30 pm, $25. Theaters: ORL, SF, SP Outdoor Picture Show Sat, dusk, free. 7/25, Planes: Fire and Rescue. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 7/25, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 8 pm, $9. 7/28, Flash Gordon (1980), 8 pm, $1. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Summer Movie Date Night Alternate Fridays, sundown, free. 7/24, The Notebook. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., mytownsquarelasvegas. com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 7/28, Adventures of Don

> Teen angst Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff bond in Paper Towns.

Juan (1948). Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week Infinitely Polar Bear aaabc Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide. Directed by Maya Forbes. 90 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 41. Theaters: SC Paper Towns (Not reviewed) Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage. Directed by Jake Schreier. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. A teenager and his friends hit the road to search for his missing love interest. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Pixels aaccc Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad. Directed by Chris Columbus. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Southpaw aabcc Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 123 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, ST, TX, VS The Vatican Tapes (Not reviewed) Kathleen Robertson, Michael Peña, Djimon Hounsou. Directed by Mark Neveldine. 91 minutes. Rated PG-13. Exorcists from the Vatican attempt to save a young woman’s soul. Theaters: BS, CAN, SF, TX

Now playing Amy aaabc Directed by Asif Kapadia. 128 minutes. Rated R. The triumphant but sadly abbreviated life of singer Amy Winehouse (“Rehab”) is told via copious archival footage in this expertly assembled documentary, directed by Asif Kapadia (Senna). The footage of her performances and songwriting

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craft, as showcased here, makes a strong case for her legacy. –MD Theaters: GVR, ST, VS

ence of celestial beings that helped them survive. Theaters: SC, ST

Ant-Man aaabc Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Peyton Reed. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. Semi-reformed thief Scott Lang (Rudd) is recruited by scientist Hank Pym (Douglas) to steal a version of a size-changing suit from a greedy technocrat. Ant-Man plays things relatively safe, but it’s still a different sort of Marvel superhero movie, a looser, funnier and lower-stakes story than Marvel’s typical world-ending spectacles. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX

Dark Awakening (Not reviewed) Jason Cook, Lance Henriksen, Valerie Azlynn. Directed by Dean C. Jones. 95 minutes. Not rated. A family moves into an old house haunted by the spirits of dead children. Theaters: ST

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: ST, VS Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Not reviewed) Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Directed by Kabir Khan. 154 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. An Indian man helps a mute girl from Pakistan return home to her family. Theaters: ST, VS The Breakup Playlist (Not reviewed) Sarah Geronimo, Piolo Pascual, Rio Locsin. Directed by Dan Villegas. 90 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A pair of musicians fall in love while collaborating on a song. Theaters: VS The Cokeville Miracle (Not reviewed) Jasen Wade, Nathan Stevens, Sarah Kent. Directed by T.C. Christensen. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. In the aftermath of a tragedy, children describe the pres-

Dope aaabc Shameik Moore, Kiersey Clemons, Tony Revolori. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa. 105 minutes. Rated R. Geeky inner-city teenager Malcolm (Moore) has to fend off dangerous characters when he ends up with a backpack full of drugs meant for someone else. Writer-director Famuyiwa mixes winning comedic moments with serious, life-or-death situations, often at the same time, like a cross between Adventures in Babysitting and Boyz N the Hood. –JB Theaters: SC Entourage aabcc Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly. Directed by Doug Ellin. 104 minutes. Rated R. Based on the HBO series that ran from 2004 to 2011, Entourage picks up where it left off, with Vincent Chase (Grenier) directing a movie, and Ari Gold (Piven) worrying about money. Like the show, it’s lightweight and pleasurable, even if it doesn’t really skewer any of this Hollywood behavior. –JMA Theaters: TC 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: TC The Gallows abccc Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos. Directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff. 80 minutes. Rated R.

There’s nothing exciting or original about this found-footage horror movie, which puts a group of unpleasant teens at the mercy of a vengeful spirit in their high-school auditorium. The acting is subpar and awkward, the dialogue is full of clumsy exposition, and the scares are minimal. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, COL, ORL, PAL, RR, TX 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: TC I’ll See You in My Dreams aaacc Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott. Directed by Brett Haley. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. This dramedy about aimless retiree Carol (Danner) is a low-key amble through a brief period in her life, as she takes a few steps to shake up her settled but lonely routine. Danner is charming, and the talented supporting cast offers gentle laughs and a few moments of heartfelt emotion. –JB Theaters: VS Inside Out aaabc Voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Directed by Pete Docter. 94 minutes. Rated PG. Pixar’s latest animated feature takes place almost entirely inside the brain of an 11-yearold girl, focusing on the five core emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger—who control her behavior. It’s a funny movie with a remarkably wise message, but parents of pre-teen kids be warned: It will wreck you. –MD Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TX Jurassic World aabcc Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fourth movie in the series about genetically

A&E | Short Takes engineered dinosaurs returns to the theme-park setting, with a new deadly dino wreaking havoc on the fully operational park. Two decades after the groundbreaking original, this sequel arrives as just another overstuffed, CGI-filled blockbuster about people running and yelling. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, TX

Terminator Genisys aabcc Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney. Directed by Alan Taylor. 126 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the series about the battle between humans and machines for control of the future rewrites events of the first, but fails when it comes to creating its own story. With a convoluted plot that’s full of holes, Genisys often feels like a glorified piece of fan fiction. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS

> speak of the devil Michael Peña and Olivia Dudley in The Vatican Tapes.

Love & Mercy aaabc John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks. Directed by Bill Pohlad. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. This biopic focuses on two periods in troubled musician Brian Wilson’s life, with Dano as the young Beach Boy and Cusack as the middleaged burnout. Dano and Cusack’s performances don’t necessarily line up, but each captures Wilson convincingly, and the filmmakers don’t try to fit his life into a particular movie formula. –JB Theaters: VS Mad Max: Fury Road aaabc Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. Directed by George Miller. 120 minutes. Rated R. Taciturn drifter Max Rockatansky (Hardy, replacing Mel Gibson) returns for the first time in 30 years, on another post-apocalyptic adventure. The thin plot is an excuse for director Miller to stage bravura car chases and action sequences, which should be more than enough to satisfy fans. –JB Theaters: COL, TC, VS Magic Mike XXL acccc Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer. Directed by Gregory Jacobs. 115 minutes. Rated R. The sequel to the surprise-hit male-stripper drama is barely even a movie at all; the plot is a string of minimally connected set pieces that exist mainly to showcase the stars’ abs. It’s every bit the cheesy, brainless exercise in audience pandering that many expected from the first movie. –JB Theaters: BS, DTS, SC, SF, SHO Max abccc Josh Wiggins, Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham. Directed by Boaz Yakin. 111 minutes. Rated PG. This shamelessly manipulative family drama follows sullen teenager Justin (Wiggins) as he learns important life lessons while taking care of the military dog left behind by his late brother. The heavy-handed message is matched by the terrible dialogue, one-dimensional characters and sloppy third-act attempt at generating suspense. –JB Theaters: CH, COL, ST, TX, VS Me and Earl and the Dying Girl aaccc Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. This Sundancewinning dramedy is smug and selfserving in its story of an awkward teen (Mann) who learns and grows after befriending a cancer patient (Cooke). It’s at least somewhat clever in its lighter, funnier first half, but what starts as a mildly funny comedy ends up as a disingenuous tearjerker. –JB Theaters: VS Minions aabcc Voices of Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda. 91 minutes. Rated PG. In the two animated Despicable Me movies, the little yellow pill-shaped creatures were reliable sources of pratfalls, pranks and puns, but given the task of carrying their own 90-minute feature, they quickly wear out their welcome. It’s just a series of silly set pieces barely held together by a halfformed plot. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST,

Testament of Youth aabcc Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton. Directed by James Kent. 129 minutes. Rated PG-13. Adapted from a memoir by Vera Brittain (played by Ex Machina’s Vikander), Testament of Youth focuses on its heroine’s experiences during World War I, when she dropped out of Oxford in order to volunteer as a nurse. It’s sober and relentlessly tasteful in the blandest British tradition. –MD Theaters: VS

TX, VS Mr. Holmes aaacc Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker. Directed by Bill Condon. 104 minutes. Rated PG. McKellen plays the retired 93-year-old Sherlock Holmes, who tools around his rural estate tending to the bees in his apiary and fighting against his failing memory. The tone is more contemplative than suspenseful, and the resolutions to the various mysteries rely on sentiment over deductive reasoning. –JB Theaters: GVR, ORL, SC, SP 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: TC Pitch Perfect 2 aabcc Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow. Directed by Elizabeth Banks. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Everything in this sequel to the 2012 surprise hit college a cappella comedy is a little bigger, but none of it is better. The songs are still catchy, the stars are still charming, and some of the jokes are still funny, but the original’s freshness has been replaced by a dutiful retread. –JB Theaters: TC Poltergeist aaccc Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Catlett. Directed by Gil Kenan. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. Poltergeist is considered a horror classic, so a remake ought to have a unique point of view, or at least deliver some solid scares. Kenan’s new version of the 1982 haunted-house story has neither, recycling most of the original’s major plot points with a few half-hearted modern updates. –JB Theaters: TC San Andreas aaccc Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario. Directed by Brad Peyton. 114 minutes. Rated PG-13. Johnson plays a fire department rescue pilot who attempts to save his wife and

daughter when a series of massive earthquakes strike California in this moronic, mushy, painfully predictable disaster movie. Its wholesale devastation of California is an impressive feat of special effects, but the destruction eventually becomes repetitive. –JB Theaters: BS, RR, SC Self/less aaccc Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode, Natalie Martinez. Directed by Tarsem Singh. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. This rote, forgettable thriller feels like a refugee from a 2005 straight-to-video bin, with a predictable and uninvolving plot (about a dying billionaire who’s offered the chance to inhabit a new, younger body) stitched together from elements of other sci-fi movies. –JB Theaters: GVR, PAL, RR, SC Spy aaacc Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne. Directed by Paul Feig. 115

Theaters (AL) Regal Aliante 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283 (BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 702-221-2283 (PAL) Brenden Theatres at the Palms 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 702-507-4849

minutes. Rated R. The plot is the least interesting element of this plot-heavy movie, in which McCarthy’s insecure CIA analyst is thrust into the field after the apparent death of her partner. That stuff is all just window dressing for the comedy, though, and McCarthy delivers, even when the overstuffed plot drags the movie down. –JB Theaters: COL, DI, ST, VS Ted 2 aaacc Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, voice of Seth MacFarlane. Directed by Seth MacFarlane. 115 minutes. Rated R. MacFarlane’s foul-mouthed teddy bear is back, struggling to overturn a legal decision that he’s not a person, with the help of thunder buddy Wahlberg and a bong-toting civil-rights attorney (Seyfried). Like the original, it’s very hit-and-miss, joke-wise, but the relaxed chemistry between the actors gives the gags an appealing context. –MD Theaters: DI, DTS, GVR, PAL, ST, VS

(DTS) Regal Downtown Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283 (FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

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

(SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283 (SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061 (SC) Century Suncoast 9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880

(CAN) Galaxy Cannery 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779 (CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570

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

(DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565

Trainwreck aabcc Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. Directed by Judd Apatow. 125 minutes. Rated R. Comedy Central star Schumer wrote the latest film directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, This Is 40), and also plays the lead, a commitmentphobic journalist who falls for a surgeon (Hader) she’s profiling. It’s a perfectly ordinary rom-com that merely swaps the genre’s standard gender clichés. –MD Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, DTS, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX

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

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

(COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283

Tomorrowland aabcc George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy. Directed by Brad Bird. 130 minutes. Rated PG. A teenage prodigy (Robertson) teams up with a grumpy ex-inventor (Clooney) to discover the hidden futuristic city of Tomorrowland and eventually save the world. This slow-paced, convoluted and strangely preachy movie is more of a presentation about the concept of adventure stories than an actual exciting adventure story. –JB Theaters: TC

(SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (TX) Regal Texas Station 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283 (TS) AMC Town Square 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-362-7283

(RP) AMC Rainbow Promenade 2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., 888-262-4386 (RR) Regal Red Rock 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-221-2283

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

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

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

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Calendar LISTINGS YOU CAN PLAN YOUR LIFE BY!

> YELLOW IS THE NEW BLACK Lapkus will highlight a cast of Cast Party characters.

THE PUBLIC RADIO TIE THAT BINDS (AND ENTERTAINS!) Early on in Orange Is the New Black, the Netflix show’s only obvious tie to public radio was that its real-life protagonist, Piper Kerman, had unfurled her drug-smuggling and prison-time tale on The Moth: True Stories Told Live. Sometime after, black characters Taystee and Poussey aced a satirical back-and-forth about “white people politics,” gushing about yoga, wine, scheduled sex and “that piece on NPR about hedge funds.” Then creative do-it-all comedian and This American Life contributor Mike Birbiglia shows up with a major role in Season 3. And I just learned that Lauren Lapkus, who plays milquetoast guard Susan Fischer, has a podcast called With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, where her friends guest-host and she’s always the interviewee. Whaaaa? This isn’t really about Orange Is the New Black, though. Lapkus, along with podcast titans Radiolab, Invisibilia, Reply All and The Truth, are coming to big screens from New York City next week for a drooly, inaugural fan-fest that dubs itself the Lollapalooza of podcasts. Horn quartet The Westerlies will CAST PARTY July 28, 8 p.m., horn and Cocoon Central Dance Team will dance. Like the vaguely $16-$18. Playing at Orleans, synopsized podcasts, we don’t really know what to expect, but also Colonnade, Village Square & like those podcasts, we’re confident it will deliver. –Kristy Totten Santa Fe Station, castparty.org.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl Easy Star All-Stars, The Movement 7/27, 8 pm, $17-$20. Ky-Mani Marley 7/29, 8 pm, $17-$20. Danzig, Pennywise, Cancer Bats, Brave Black Sea 7/31, 7:30 pm, $36$39. The Suffers 8/6, 9 pm, free. Everclear, Toadies, Fuel, American Hi-Fi 8/8, 8 pm, $40. Reckless Kelly, Micky & the Motorcars, Jason Eady 8/14, 9 pm, $17-$20. Common Kings 8/15, 9 pm, $20-$22. The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Black Ryder 8/16, 8 pm, $30-$35. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Yojimbo 8/18, 9 pm, $28-$33. Modest Mouse 8/20, 9 pm, $55. Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Devil You Know, Saint Ridley, Madlife 8/21, 6:30 pm, $20$25. Lecrae 8/22, 9 pm, $25-$50. Jill Scott 8/27, 8 pm, $46-$100. Jerry Day, Catfish John 9/1, 9 pm, free. Psychedelic Furs, The Church 9/8, 8 pm, $30-$35. Banda El Recodo 9/12, 8 pm $55-$66. Lettuce 9/23, 9 pm,

$20. Robert Randolph, Amy Helm, The Handsome Strangers 10/6, 8 pm, $20-$30. My Morning Jacket, Strand of Oaks 10/9-10/10, 9 pm, $50. Blues Traveler 10/22, 8 pm, $28-$33. Trey Anastasio Band 10/30-10/31, 9 pm, $43-$50. Peaches 11/11, 8 pm, $22-$27. Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Tigers Jaw 11/21, 8 pm, $26-$30. Linq, 702862-2695. The Colosseum Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Rod Stewart 7/31, 8/1, 8/5, 8/8, 8/9, 8/12, 8/15, 7:30 pm. Celine Dion 8/27, 8/28-8/30, 9/1, 9/4-9/5, 9/8-9/9, 9/119/12, 9/29-9/30, 10/2-10/3, 10/6-10/7, 10/9-10/10, 11/3-11/4, 11/7-11/8, 11/1011/11, 11/13-11/14, 11/17-11/18, 11/20-11/21, 12/20-12/31, 1/2, 1/6, 1/9-1/10, 1/12-1/13, 1/16-1/17, $55-$250, 7:30 pm. Aretha Franklin 8/14, 8 pm, $55-$160. Enrique Iglesias 9/13-9/14, 9 pm, $40-$300. Plácido Domingo 9/15, 8 pm, $80-$500. The Who 9/19, 10:30 pm, $96-$501. Elton John 10/13-10/14, 10/16, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Brantley Gilbert, Carter Winter 7/24, 8 pm,

$65. Willie Nelson, Emi Sunshine 7/26, 7 pm, $35. D’Angelo & The Vanguard 8/21, 7 pm, $50. Lenny Kravitz 9/8, 8 pm, $40. (Boulevard Pool) Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Colin Hay 7/18, 8 pm, $50. Of Monsters and Men 8/13, 9 pm, $35. Slightly Stoopid 8/14, 9 pm, $35. Drake 9/6, 9 pm, $65. Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Stephen Ragga Marley, Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley 9/24, 8 pm, $43. Counting Crows, Citizen Cope 10/3, 7:30 pm, $55. Charli XCX, Bleachers 10/9, 8 pm, $26. Garbage, Torres 10/10, 8 pm, $40. Father John Misty, Mikal Cronin 10/15, 8 pm, $23. The Neighborhood, Bad Suns, Hunny 10/30, 8 pm, $25. 702-6987000. Cox Pavilion E40, Too Short, Eric Bellinger, Baby Bash, Suga Free, AV, Tee Flyii 8/1, 8 pm, $53-$113. Silento, Casey Veggies, Samantha J. 8/2, 1 pm, $23. 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-739-3267. Dive Bar Smashing Alice, TailGun 7/31, 10 pm. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-586-3483. Double Down Bargain DJ Collective

Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Punk Rock Bingo first Wed of the month. Blooze Brothers Third Sun of the month. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Rd., 702-7915775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John thru 7/25, 8/4-8/8, 8/11-8/15, 8/18-8/22, 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Chad Freeman Band 7/23, 9 pm; 7/24-7/25, 10 pm. Kenny Allen Band 8/27, 9 pm; 8/28, 8/29, 10 pm. Austin Law 8/20, 9 pm; 8/21-8/22, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 7/30, 9 pm; 7/31-8/1, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Hotel (Pool) G. Love and Special Sauce, Big Head Todd and the Monsters 7/23, 9 pm, $45-$37. Puddle of Mudd 7/31, 9 pm, $25+. The Wailers 8/7, 8 pm, $30-$32. Inner Circle, Fourtunate Youth 8/14, 9 pm, $20-$25. Tribal Seeds, The Expanders 8/21, 9 pm, $25. Skid Row 9/4, 9 pm, $35-$40. Blue October 9/18, 9 pm, $30. Live 10/2, 9 pm, $35+. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Turnpike Troubadours 7/23, 7 pm, $17-$21. Upon a Burning Body, Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive, Iwrestledabearonce, Within the Ruins, Oceano, Dayshell, Come the Dawn, Chasing Safety, Conquer Divide 7/24, 2 pm, $21. Tuneboy, Arenalize, Kellism 7/30, 8 pm, $25. Say Anything, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Modern Baseball, Hard Girls 7/31, 7 pm, $20-$25. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. House of Blues Led ZepAgain 7/30, $12. Tokio Hotel 8/1, 7 pm, $22-$25. Stephen Ragga Marley 8/4, 7:30 pm, $26-$31. Heart 8/13-8/15, 11/19-11/21, 8 pm, $55-$70. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 9/5, 8 pm, $29-$44. Carlos Santana 9/16, 9/18-9/20, 9/23, 9/25-9/27, 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/13-11/15, $90-$350, 8 pm. The Tragically Hip 10/3, 7:30 pm, $43-$55. Halestorm 10/17, $30. Ghost 10/31, $25. Kamelot, DragonForce 12/7, 7 pm, $22-$25. Rhyme N Rhythm Mon, 9 pm, free. Live swing music Tue, 9 pm, free. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Singles Sat, 9 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702632-7600. The Joint Steve Miller Band 7/25, 8 pm, $50+. Juanes, Ximena Sariñana 7/30, 7:30 pm, $60+. Brit Floyd 7/31, 9 pm, $35+. Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick 8/22, 8 pm, $50+. Primus and the Chocolate Factory, The Fungi Ensemble 9/4, 8 pm, $43+. Incubus 9/6, 8 pm, $70+. Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach 9/19, 6:15 pm, $50+. Scorpions, Queensrÿche 10/7, 8 pm, $60+. UB40, Ali Campbell, Astro, Mickey Virtue 10/16, $40-$55. J Balvin, Becky G 10/24, 8 pm, $60+. Little Big Town 12/4, 8 pm, $35+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa 8/7, 7 pm, $25$70. Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix 8/15, 7:30 pm, $40-$125. Juan Gabriel 9/13, $69-$229. (Mandalay Beach) 311 7/3-7/4, $55-$95. Switchfoot, Drew Holdcomb & The Neighbors, Colony House 7/10, $34. Pepper, Iration 7/17, $35+. Sugar Ray, Uncle Kracker, Eve 6, Better Than Ezra 7/16, $35, 9 pm.

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Ziggy Marley 7/31, $43. Lost ‘80s Live ft. ABC, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls and more. 9/26, $35. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) Rush 7/25, 8 pm, $60-$180. Aerosmith 8/1, 8 pm, $50-$150. Madonna 10/24, 8 pm, $43-$383. Andrea Bocelli 12/5, 8 pm, $78-$403. Mötley Crüe 12/27, 7 pm, $25-$150. 702-891-7777. Orleans Espinoza Paz, El Komander, La Adictiva, Los Torres 7/25, 8 pm, $50. The Bacon Brothers 8/1-8/2, $30. Super Freestyle Explosion ft. Stevie B, Exposé, Taylor Dayne, Lisa Lisa, The Cover Girls, Freestyle, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Nu Shooz, J.J. FAD 8/7, 8 pm, $32. CSNSongs 8/15-8/16, $20. Coyote Countryfest 8/29, 7 pm, $20. Brass Transit 8/298/30, $20. Air Supply 9/4-9/6, $40. NiteKings Wed, 4 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Acoustic Den Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-365-7075. Palace Station (Jack’s) Forget to Remember Fri-Sat, 9 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 702-5475300. Palazzo (Palazzo Theatre) Frank: The Man. The Music. ft. Bob Anderson Tue-Thu, Sat, 8 pm; Fri 9 pm, $72. 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 Melissa Etheridge 8/7, 8 pm, $49+. Fifth Harmony 8/13, 7 pm, $33+. Jackson Browne 8/21, 8 pm, $63+. Alejandra Guzman 9/12, 8 pm, $33+. Oliver Dragojevic w/ UNLV Symphony Orchestra 9/26, 8 pm, $69+. 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 8/5, 8/7-8/8, 8/12, 8/14-8/15, 8/18-8/19, 8/21-8/22, 8/26, 8/28-8/29, 9/2, 9/49/5, 9/9. $60-$195. La Arrolladora 9/13, 9 pm, $59-$175. Ricky Martin 9/15, 8 pm, $50-$160. 702-234-7469. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 7/23, 7/26, 7/28-7/30, 8:45 pm; 7/24-7/25, 7/31, 9 pm. John Windsor 7/27, 8:45 pm. Shows nightly. Mandalay Place, 702632-7771. 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. Vinyl The Aggrolites 7/29, 8 pm, $15-$35. Lights 8/18, 8 pm, $18-$35. Eliza Battle, Alex & His Meal Ticket, Lawn Mower Death Riders 8/19, 8 pm, $8-$15. Kehlani 8/22, 7 pm, $15$35. Cody Canada & The Departed 8/26, 8 pm, $17-$32. Millencolin 9/1, 8 pm, $19-$22. Anuhea 9/4, 9 pm, $20-$45. Blue October 9/19, 9 pm, $30-$45. Misfits 11/11, 8 pm, $25$45. Reverend Horton Heat, The BellRays, The Lords of Altamont 12/4, 9 pm, $25-$45. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

Calendar D ow n tow n Artifice Louise Le Hir, Headwinds, China, Chris Leland 7/31, 9 pm, free.Vegas Blues Dance Tue, 7 pm, free. Thursday Request Live Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Art Bar Ryan Whyte Maloney Thu, 6 pm. Live music Fri-Sat, 6 pm. Downtown Grand, 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Backstage Bar & Billiards Kyle Gass Band, Moksha, Jack & The B-Fish, Irie 7/24, 8 pm, $11-$14. ‘90s Punk Tribute Night: Hard Pipe Hitters, War Called Home, Cherry 2000, Damn You’s, Radio Silence, Rad Beligion 7/25, 8 pm, $5. The Ataris, Rusty Maples, Mercy Music 7/27, 7 pm, $15-$20. Cletus & Mexican Sweat, Sweet Pete & The Natural Facts, Thirty-2 Dollar Pickup 7/31, 8 pm, $5-$8. Coliseum, Culture Abuse, Super Unison 8/3, 8 pm, $10-$12. Almost Normal, Valise, Smoke Season, Adam Knaff 8/5, 7 pm, free. International Swingers 8/5, 11 pm, free. Big Daddy’s Hayride, James Intveld, Dave Damiani, Eddy Bear & The Cubs, The Clydesdales, DJ Lucky La Rue, Big Sany and His Fly Rite Boy 8/7, 8 pm, $15-$20. Black Sheep, DJ Lethal 8/12, 8 pm, $12-$15. Guttermouth, Death By Stero 8/13, 8 pm, $12-$15. Chelsea Wolfe 8/27, 8 pm, $10-$12. Murs, Red Pill, King Fantastic 10/1, 8 pm, $15-$18. Marty Friedman 10/2, 8 pm, $20-$25. My Life WIth the Thrill Kill Kult, Candy Warpop, EMDF, Midnight Feature 10/9, 8 pm, $15-$20. 601 E. Fremont St., 702382-2227. The Beat Coffeehouse The Lentils, Grape Room, Electric Coronation 7/23, 8 pm, free. 520 Fremont St., 702-385-2328. Beauty Bar The Generators, The Civilians 7/24, 9 pm. Lil Debbie 7/25, 9 pm, $12. Haunted Summer, Foxtail Bridge, Oldfriends 7/29, 10 pm, free. Death Valley Girls, LA Witch, Candy Warpop 8/10, 9 pm, free. The Brocks 8/24, 9 pm. Shannon & The Clams 9/27, 9 pm. 517 Fremont St., 702598-3757. Downtown Container Park Philip Stendek 7/24, 7:30 pm. Bricks performing “Dark Side of the Rainbow” 7/24, 9 pm. Patty Ascher 7/31, 9 pm. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Downtown Grand Journey Unlimited 8/8, 8 pm, $5. Wanted 8/22, 8 pm, $5. Mick Adams and the Stones 9/5, 8 pm, $5. 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, One OK Rock 10/24, 6 pm. 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec. com. Fremont Country Club Same Sex Mary, Dark Black, Hidden Levels 7/25, 9 pm, $10. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Spin Doctors, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies 8/1, 9 pm. Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult 9/6, 9 pm. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Gold Spike Haleamano 7/25, 10 pm, free. 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., goldspike.com. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge The Funk Jam Wed, 10:30 pm, free. Florescent Flames Second Sat, 9 pm, free. Foundation Factory Fourth Sat, 8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. LVCS Gamblers Mark, The Original Boilermakers, Dead at Midnight 7/25, 8 pm, $8-$10. Defeated Sanity, Skinned, Carnivore Diporsopus 7/31, 8 pm, $8-$10. The Killer Dwarfs, Snew, TailGun, Lovesick Radio, My Own Nation 8/1, 8 pm, $10-$13. Klymaxx, Cheryl Cooley, The Manhattans, Kristian De Lane, Freeman Brown 8/8, $25-$33. Kobra and the Lotus, Hatchet, A Fail to Break, Leona X, Jennasyde, The Watchers 8/9, 8 pm, $10-$12. Sincerely Collins 8/14-8/15, 8 pm, $25. Moonshine Bandits, J Gamble, N.E. Last Words, Jelly Roll, Crucifix 8/21, 9 pm, $10. Insomnium, Ominium Gatherum, Stickman Shadow, Scicosis, Bad Pitt & Adam Crow 8/29, 9 pm, $12-$15. Krisiun, Origin Aeon, Alterbeast, Soreption, Ingested 9/17, 8 pm, $17-$20. Sadistik, Sapient, Ceschi, Early Adopted, Graves 10/4, 9 pm, $7-$10. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mickie Finnz The Leeroy Jenkins Incident 7/23, 7/29, 9 pm. Pop Republic 7/24-7/25, 10 pm. Sexytime 7/26, 9 pm. JV Allstars 7/27-7/28, 9 pm. Happy hour music 4-7 pm

daily. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702382-4204. The Smith Center Lyle Lovett and His Large Band 7/25, 7:30 pm, $25+. Johnny Mathis 7/31, 7:30 pm, $29+. Frankie Moreno 8/11, 8 pm, $25-$35. Reckless in Vegas 8/14, 8 pm, $35-$45. Spectrum 8/15, 7 pm; 8/16, 3 pm, $37-$40. Clint Holmes 9/11-9/12, 8:30 pm; 9/13, 2 pm, $37-$46. Paul Anka 9/18, 7:30 pm, $29-$149. Pink Martini 2/6, 7:30 pm, $100$250. The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24-$95. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

The ’Burbs Babes Rockin’ Sports Bar Swamp Pussy 7/24. Tailgun 7/25. Rock ‘n’ Roll Never Forgets 7/30. 5901 Emerald Ave., 702-435-7545. Cannery Tal Pearsall Wed & Thu thru 8/1., 8:30 pm, free. Tal Pearsall, Clifton James Fri & Sat thru 8/1, 7 pm, free. The Hit Men 7/25, 8 pm, $23. Paul Charles 7/25, 9 pm, free. 70s Soul Jam 8/1, 8 pm, $25. Gospel Brunch ft. The Stamps Quartet w/ Johnny Fortuno 8/9, 11 am, $10-$25. The Highwaymen 8/15, 8 pm, $15. Shaun South Wed & Thu, 8/19-8/29, 8:30 pm, free. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-5075700. Distill Summerlin Marty Feick 7/25. All shows free & begin at 8 p.m. 10820 W. Charleston Blvd., distillbar.com, 702-5341400. Eagle Aerie Hall Distinguisher, A Shark Among Us, Heartwork, Scream the Lie, Locust, From Where We Came 7/30, 5:20 pm, $10-$13. Like Moths to Flames, The Plot in You, Myka Relocate, Yuth 7/31, 5:30 pm, $15-$17. Levitron, Desolation, The Holy Pariah, Cordycepts, Casket Raider, A Distant Calm, Singularity 8/7, 5:30 p.m., $11-$13. The Devil Who Decieved Them, Words From Aztecs, Invoker, Amongu, Mephitic Origins, Loose Ends 8/8, 5:20 pm, $11-$14. Autumn in Stiches, I am Vertical, Dale Phoenix, Call SIgn, Bowers, Courvge, Faded Prisms, The Plazas 8/26, 5 pm, $11$13. Knocked Loose, Orthodox, Another Mistake, Locust, Brooklyn Edge 9/1, 5:20 pm, $12-$15. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-6454139. Elixir Justin Mather 7/24, 8/14. Shaun South 7/25. Kelly Dorn 7/31. Michael Anthony 8/1. Marty Feick, Tim Mendoza 8/7. Stefnrock 8/15, 8/21. Thomas Rojas 8/22. Tim Mendoza 8/28. Kelly Down 8/29. All shows at 8 p.m., free. 2920 N. Green Valley Pkwy., 702-272-0000. Green Valley Ranch (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. Shows free unless noted. 702367-2470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Elvis, The Aloha Concert Tribute 8/8, 7flpm, $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. (J.C.’s Irish Sports Pub) All shows free unless noted. (Round Bar) All shows free unless noted. JW Marriott. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-5075900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Sat, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) Jared Berry Thu, Sat, 9 pm. The Dirty Sat. 11 pm, $10. (T-Bones) Dave Ritz Wed, 6 pm; Fri, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom)All shows free unless noted. (Revolver) Bro Country Thu, 8 pm. (4949 Lounge) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm, free. 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) 3333 Blue Diamond Rd., 702-263-7777. South Point Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-7978005. Suncoast The Society of Seven 7/25-7/26, 7:30 pm, $18-$44. The Brooklyn Bridge 8/18/2, 7:30 pm, $18-$44. Brandon Bennett’s

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E V E RY W H E R E E L S E Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill DJ Lucky LaRue, Shanda & The Howlers, Swank Bastards, Dante’s Inferno Band 7/25, 7:30 pm. Toxin 7/31, 8 pm. TailGun 8/14, 9 pm. 3103 N. Rancho Dr., 645-4139. Arizona Charlie’s Boulder (Palace Grand Lounge) Live music Fri thru Sat, 9pm, free. 4575 Boulder Highway, 888-236-9066. Arizona Charlie’s Decatur (Naughty Ladies Saloon) The Good Fellas 6/26-6/27. Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. 740 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-258-5200. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-3681863. Boulder Dam Brewing Unscene Patrol 7/23. Tommy Alexander 7/24. Joe Teichman 7/25. Holes and Hearts 7/31. Thu, 7 pm; Fri & Sat, 8 pm, all shows free unless noted, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-2432739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Jonny Lang 8/21, 8 pm, $30-$60. Yellow Brick Road Fri, 9 pm, $5. Bee Gees Gold Sat, 9 pm, free. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Sin City Sinners 7/30, 10 pm, free. Let it Rawk, London 8/1, 9 pm, $10. Texas Hippie Coalition, Red Sky Mary, 3Eighty3, Dellacoma 8/8, 8:30 pm, $10-$15. Tom Keifer 8/14, 8:30 pm, $20-$25. Orgy, First Class Trash, Crackerman 8/21, 9 pm, $10-$15. Black ‘N’ Blue 8/22, 9 pm, $10-$15. Femme Fatale 9/4, 9 pm, $10-$15. The Winery Dogs 11/7, 8:30 pm, $20-$25.John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. The Dillinger Manny Franco 7/24, 8 pm, free. Clever Band Name 7/25, 8:30 pm, free. Marty Feick Thu, 7 pm. Stefnrock First & third Sat, 8:30 pm, free. 1224 Arizona St., 702-293-4001. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri-Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-458-6343. Eastside Cannery (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702507-5700. German American Social Club Vintage Classic Jazz Night Tue, 7 pm, $4. 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., 702649-8503. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thu, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Woody Woods Orchestra 7/27, 1 pm. Jimmy Wilkins 9/5, 1 pm. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Sam’s Town Los Van Van 8/16, 10 pm,

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$50. NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777. Star of the Desert Arena Kenny Rogers 7/25, 8 pm, $22-$77. Huey Lewis and the News 8/1, 8 pm, $22$77. El Coyote Y su Banda Tierra Santa 8/15, 8 pm, $33. New Edition 8/22, 8 pm, $28-$77. Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino, 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Primm, 800-386-7867. Winchester Cultural Center 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

COMEDY Louie Anderson 7/24-7/26, 7:30 pm, $40+. South Point, southpointcasino.com. Big Al’s Comedy Club Wed-Sun, 8 pm, $20. Gold Coast, 702-251-3574. Bonkerz Comedy Club Downtown Grand Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm, free (with two-drink purchase). 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Bonkerz Comedy Club JW Marriott Shows 7 pm, $15. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-386-7867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Sayers Club Michael Parise 7/23-7/25. J.C. Currais 7/30-8/1. All shows 8 pm, $10-$20. SLS, 702-761-7000. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens Fri-Sat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club All shows at 8 pm, $65-$87. MGM Grand, 891-7777. Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50-$60. Luxor, 702-262-4900. Margaret Cho 10/16, 9 pm, $44-$72. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111. Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39-$50. Quad, 888-777-7664. Andrew Dice Clay All shows at 9 p.m., $59+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Comedy After Dark Wed-Sun, 10 pm, $40-$60. LVH, 702-732-5755. Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72. Planet Hollywood, 702531-4320. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. Kevin Hart & Friends Comedy AllStars 9/5, 7 pm & 10:30 pm, $50. Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanlas vegas.com. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston Blvd., 702-776-6417. The Improv Ben Gleib, Nick Youssef, Joe Dosch thru 7/26. Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702369-5000. Jim Jefferies 10/3, 8 pm, $45. The Joint, 702-693-5000. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39-$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. The Laugh Factory Rich LIttle SatSun, Tue-Thu, thru 8/23, 7 pm, $40$60. Tropicana, 702-739-2222. Laughternoon Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. The D, 702-388-2111. Jay Leno 9/18, 11/20-11/21, 10 pm; 9/19, 9 pm, $60-$80. Mirage, 702-7927777. M Resort Comedy Night Fri, 9 pm, free with drink purchase. M Resort, 702-797-1000. Bill Maher 10/24, 8 pm, $49+. Pearl, 702-942-7777.

The Mac King Comedy Magic Show Tue-Sat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. Harrah’s, 702369-5000. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Russell Peters 9/6, 8 pm, $49+. Pearl, 702-942-7777. Puppetry of the Penis 8 pm, $45-$49. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 S. Industrial Rd., eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. Red Skelton Tribute Sat-Tue, 2 pm; $35-$40. Westin Las Vegas, 160 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-245-2393. Riviera Comedy 40 is Not the New 20 Mon-Sat, 10 pm, $40. Riviera, 855-468-6748. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Rd., 702-796-6000. S.E.T. Improv Comedy Mon, 8 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Side Splitting Sundays Sun, 10 pm, free. Boomers, 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-7776. Christopher Titus 7/31-8/2, 7:30 pm, $20+. South Point, southpointcasino.com.

PERFORMING ARTS Art 9/4-9/20, 8 pm, $14-$15. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702362-7996. Avenue Q 7/23-7/25, 8 pm; 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 2 pm, $25. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702-3627996. Book of Mormon 9/22-9/27, 9/29-9/30, 10/1-10/4, 10/6-10/11, 10/13-10/18, 7:30 pm, 9/26-9/27, 10/3-10/4, 10/10-10/11, 10/17-10/18, 2 pm, $36-$160. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. The Bridges of Madison County 2/23-2/28, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. A Balanchine Celebration: From Tchaikobsky to Rodgers & Hart to Gershwin 11/7, 7:30 pm., 11/8, 2 pm, $29-$139. Smith Center,. Bye Bye Birdie Presented by Super Summer Theatre. Thru 7/25, 8:05 pm, $12-$20. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Highway 159, Blue Diamond, supersummertheatre.org. Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. Smith Center. Cabrera Conducts Rachmaninoff 1/9, 7:30 pm, 1/10, 2 pm, $26-$96. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Ceremony 7/31-8/1, 8 pm, $20. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-7327225. A Choreographer’s Showcase 10/11, 10/18, 1 pm, $25-$45. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Cinderella 2/13, 7:30 pm, 2/14, 2 pm, $29-$139. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Don’t Quit Your Day Job Sat thru 9/26, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. The Explorers Club 7/30-7/31, 7 pm; 8/1, 2 pm & 7 pm, $12. Faith Lutheran High School Chapel and Performing Arts Center, 2015 S. Hualapai Way, faithlutheranlv.org. Flop 4: May the 4th Be With You 7/26, 7 pm, $15. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. For the Record: Baz Mon-Sun, 8 pm, Tue dark; $55+. Light Nightclub, Mandalay Bay, bazlasvegas.com. The Get Fri. thru 9/25, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-7327225.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch 8/6-8/8, 8/13-8/16, 8/20-8/22, 8/27-8/29, 8 pm. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Jeff McBride’s Wonderground Variety show. Third Thu of the month; 8, 9 & 10 pm; $10. Olive Mediterranean Restaurant Lounge, 3850 E. Sunset Rd., 702-451-8805. Ken Block Show 7/25, 7 pm, $15. Starbright Theatre, 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Las Vegas Philharmonic: Beethoven & Brahms 9/12, 7:30 pm, $26-$96; opening night cocktail reception, 9:30 pm, $50. Passport to the World 10/24, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. The Snowman: A Holiday Tradition 12/5, 2 pm & 7:30 pm, 12/6, 2 pm, $26-$96. Spotlight Series 2/16, 4/26, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $168. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS The Art of Naked Yoga Tue, Thu, 7 pm; Sat, 6 pm; $20. Harry Mohney’s Erotic Heritage Museum 3275 Industrial Rd., eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. The American Whiskey Experience Dinner pairing 7/29, 7 pm, $90. Andiron Steak & Sea, 1720 Festival Plaza Dr., 702-685-8002. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 7/23, 8/27, 9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866-4067117. Beer for Breakfast 8/30, 9 pm, $50. Fleur at Mandalay Bay, lvbeerbarrelproject.com. CLIF Bar CrossVegas 9/16, $55. Desert Breeze Soccer Complex, W. Desert Inn Rd., crossvegas.com. Family Movie Night Ghostbusters 7/23, 7:30 pm. E.T. 7/30, 7 pm. Downtown Container Park, downtowncontainerpark.com. Harvest Festival 9/11-9/13, 10 a.m., $4-$9. Cashamn Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd N., harvestfestival.com. Hot Havana Nights 8/6, 6 pm, $45. Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave. Kumukahi Ukulele & Hula Festival 8/7-8/8, times vary, $22. Sam’s Town, 702-284-7777. Las Vegas Beer and Barrel Project: Seminars and Panel Discussions 8/29, 1 pm, $99. Mandalay Bay, lvbeerbarrelproject.com. Mandalay Bay Beach Beer and Barrel Festival 8/29, 7:30 pm, $75. Mandalay Beach. M.E.N.U.S. presented by Epicurean Charitable Foundation 9/11, $500. The Beach at Mandalay Bay, 702-9325098. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Christopher Norment Book Signing 11/17, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Jessica Lee RIchardson Book Signing 10/24, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Mon, 7 pm, free with one drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Skin Wars Viewing Party Wed, 8 pm, free. Hard Hat Lounge, 1675 S Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. Sunday Night Cinema for Grown Ups Step Brothers 7/26, 9 pm. Downtown Container Park, downtowncontainerpark.com. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Pkwy, 702-733-9800.

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Vegas Gone Yoga Festival 9/199/20, 8 am-4 pm, $89-$169. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., vegasgoneyoga.com. Vegas Valley Book Festival 10/15-10/17, times vary, free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Windmill Music Club Discussing Nirvana. 7/26, 4 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W Windmill Ln., 702507-6030.

SPORTS Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 9/17-9/19, 7 pm, $72+. Orleans, orleansarena. com. Las Vegas 51’s vs. Fresno 7/23, 7:05 pm, $10-$25 unless otherwise noted. Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., milb.com. Las Vegas Outlaws vs. New Orleans Voo Doo 7/25. Spokane Shock 8/8. $18-$198. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com. Premier Boxing Champions 7/25, 3 pm, $55-$105. Pearl, palms.com. USA Basketball Showcase 8/13, times vary, $15+. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com.

GALLERIES Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery. com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Blackbird Studios Fri-Sun, noon-7 pm. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Abraham Abebe Thru 7/10. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Wasteland Gallery Thu, 6 pm-9pm; Fri & Sat, 6 pm-11pm, Sun-Wed by appointment. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-686-3164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Left of Center Gallery Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Rd., 702-647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-366-9339. P3Studio Gabrielle St. Evensen Marry Your Self Thru 6/7. Wed-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. UNLV Lied Library The French Connection Open thru Oct. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. At UNLV, 702-895-3893. 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. TueFri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

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free will astrology

By Rob Brezsny

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LEO

SAGITTARIUS

March 21-April 19

July 23-Aug. 22

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

The Latin motto “Carpe diem” shouldn’t be translated as “Seize the day,” says author Nicholson Baker. It’s not a battle cry exhorting you to “freaking grab the day in your fist like a burger at a fairground and take a big chomping bite out of it.” The proper translation is “Pluck the day.” In other words, “you should gently pull on the day’s stem, as if it were a wildflower, so that the day’s stem undergoes increasing tension and draws to a tightness, and then snaps softly away and the flower is released in your hand.” Keep that in mind, Aries. I understand you are often tempted to seize rather than pluck, but these days plucking is preferable.

A researcher at the University of Amsterdam developed software to read the emotions on faces. He used it to analyze the expression of the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The results suggest that she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry. Whether or not this is accurate, I appreciate its implication that we humans are rarely filled with a single pure emotion. We often feel a variety of states simultaneously. In this spirit, I have calculated your mix for the coming days: 16 percent relieved, 18 percent innocent, 12 percent confused, 22 percent liberated, 23 percent ambitious and 9 percent impatient.

I’m a big fan of the attitude summed up by the command, “Be here now!” The world would be more like a sanctuary and less like a battleground if people focused more on the present moment rather than on memories of the past and fantasies of the future. But in accordance with the astrological omens, you are hereby granted a temporary exemption from the “Be here now!” approach. You have poetic license to dream and scheme profusely about what you want your life to be like in the future. Your word of power is tomorrow.

TAURUS

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

When I talk about “The Greatest Story Never Told,” I’m not referring to the documentary film about singer Lana Del Rey or the debut album of rap artist Saigon or any other cultural artifact. I am, instead, referring to a part of your past that you have never owned and understood ... a phase from the old days that you have partially suppressed ... an intense set of memories you have not fully integrated. I say it’s time for you to deal with this shadow. You’re finally ready to acknowledge it and treasure it as a crucial thread in the drama of your hero’s journey.

“What makes you heroic?” asked philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here’s how he answered himself: “simultaneously going out to meet your highest suffering and your highest hope.” This is an excellent way to sum up the test that would inspire you most in the coming weeks, Virgo. Are you up for the challenge? If so, grapple with your deepest pain. Make a fierce effort to both heal it and be motivated by it. At the same time, identify your brightest hope and take a decisive step toward fulfilling it.

A philanthropist offered $100,000 to the Girl Scouts of Western Washington but the donor specified it couldn’t be used to support transgender girls. The Girl Scouts rejected the gift, declaring their intention to empower every girl “regardless of her gender identity, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.” Do you have that much spunk, Capricorn? Would you turn down aid that would infringe on your integrity? If you are faithful to your deepest values, even if that has a cost, you will ultimately attract an equal blessing that doesn’t require you to sell out. (P.S. The Girls Scouts subsequently launched an Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $300,000.)

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

The ancient Greek philosopher Thales is credited as being one of the earliest mathematicians and scientists. He was a deep thinker whose thirst for knowledge was hard to quench. Funny story: Once he went out at night for a walk. Gazing intently up at the sky, he contemplated the mysteries of the stars. Oops! He didn’t watch where he was going, and fell down a well. He was okay, but embarrassed. Let’s make him your anti-role model, Gemini. I would love to encourage you to unleash your lust to be informed, educated and inspired— but only if you watch where you’re going.

Actress and musician Carrie Brownstein was born with five planets in Libra. Even professional stargazers who know how tricky it is to make generalizations might speculate that she is skilled at cultivating balance, attuned to the needs of others and adaptive to life’s ceaseless change. So what are we to make of the fact that Brownstein has said, “I really don’t know what to do when my life is not chaotic”? In her ongoing exertions to thrive on chaos, she is learning how to be a connoisseur of elegance and harmony as she masters the intricacies of being balanced, sensitive to others, thrilled by beauty and adaptive to change. This is important for you to hear about right now.

Consider the possibility of opening your mind, at least briefly, to provocative influences you have closed yourself off from. You may need to refamiliarize yourself with potential resources you have been resisting or ignoring, even if they are problematic. I’m not saying you should blithely welcome them in. There still may be good reasons to keep your distance. But I think it would be wise and healthy for you to update your relationship with them.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

Charles Darwin is best known for his book The Origin of Species, which contains his seminal ideas about evolutionary biology. But while he was still alive, his best-seller was The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms. The painstaking result of over 40 years’ worth of research, it is a tribute to the noble earthworm and that creature’s crucial role in the health of soil and plants. It provides a different angle on one of Darwin’s central concerns: how small, incremental transformations that take place over extended periods of time can have monumental effects. This also happens to be one of your key themes in the coming months.

You’re entering a volatile phase of your cycle. In the coming weeks, you could become a beguiling monster who leaves a confusing mess in your wake. On the other hand, you could activate the full potential of your animal intelligence as you make everything you touch more interesting and soulful. I am, of course, rooting for the latter outcome. Here’s a secret about how to ensure it: Be as ambitious to gain power over your own darkness as you are to gain power over what happens on your turf.

Over 10,000 species of mushrooms grow in North America. About 125 of those, or 1.25 percent, are tasty and safe to eat. All the others are unappetizing or poisonous, or else their edibility is in question. By my reckoning, a similar statistical breakdown should apply to the influences that are floating your way. I advise you to focus intently on those very few that you know for a fact are pleasurable and vitalizing. Make yourself unavailable for the rest.

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split SUNSET | ROBERTO’S TACO SHOP | JULY 19, 2015 | 7:57 P.M. Taco shops are a fine place to consider the nature of life, one’s deepest connections to spirituality, and the history of mankind. The thing is, I don’t frequent this particular taco shop, but it was clear that some sort of force brought me here. Some might say it was the carne asada burritos. Or the relevance of time and space. I say, six of one, half a dozen of another. The intensity of the golden hue of the sky shifted, splitting into what appeared to be two moments happening in one. Like a figurative chimichanga that deserves a moment of silence, so are the days of our lives. Can I get an amen with a side of guacamole? Lettuce pray. –Corlene Byrd

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