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44 noise Kelly Clarkson and

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The Jesus and Mary Chain deliver. A new album from Vegas’ Alaska.

8 as we see it The local thrust of Black Lives Matter. Beware the (alien) octopus! And take another look at UNLV campus life.

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12 Q&A Love and sick lats on

47 the strip Lance Burton gets magical—onscreen.

48 fine art Riviera ruminating.

American Ninja Warrior.

49 stage SST’s masterful Tarzan.

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50 food At Public School 702,

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24 nights Oscar winners gig it up at Drai’s and Foxtail.

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TASTY UPDATES Chef changes at Andiron, Honey Salt and DB Brasserie. New locations for well-known pizza and cupcakes. Plus, free lemonade. Get up to date on the local food scene with Dining News & Notes, only online. CODE? WORD. “Life’s too short for the wrong career,” asserts the Iron Yard, a new web-coding school Downtown that boosts noobs to junior-engineer levels, and helps them land jobs. Interested? Read more at lasvegasweekly.com.

DRUM ROLL Brooklyn indie-popsters The Drums were back in town Tuesday night, part of the recently launched Bunkhouse Series at the Sayers Club. We were there, and you can be, too, by way of our web-only show recap.

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spaghetti & meatballs KIDS’ BEAT Fremont East coffee shop and hangout the Beat has acquired all-ages status, which doesn’t sound like a polarizing issue … but apparently is.

A huge service to the music community. –Jason Sturtsman Damn it, leave the adult places to the adults. There are plenty of family friendly places. Do not encroach upon places I enjoy that are child free. –Ruby Thompson Last I knew, the Beat was a coffeehouse that served beer and sandwiches attached to an art gallery with the occasional small concert. Can someone explain to me why they shouldn’t be all ages? I’m just curious. –Karie Lawson Another joint ruined by people wanting to tote their brats everywhere and spoiled teens running around. –Michael Haberland Finally! This is great news. So many haters on here! –Krystal Ramirez Ugh. No kids was a big part of the appeal. –Charity Morgan

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All-ages clubs usually don’t work. Just sayin’. –Mike Conrad ’Bout time. Someone has to teach these kids how to drink! –Jason Aragon

SEEING IS BELIEVING The eye-popping digital

creations of Brian Henry are all over Las Vegas.

This moving picture is out of this world! If you haven’t seen it you should; it’s at the SLS hotel. It’s so freaky cool! –Annette Nakanishi Love it. Have to check out the friggin’ spaceship at Omnia next time I’m out. –Phil Gilbert Jr. Vegas is very lucky to have the Henrys! –Stacey Kerby-Torres

THERAPY SESSION Downtown’s newest restaurant is a pleasure for the palate.

Everything about this place is yummy. It’s my go-to place Downtown! –Donna DiMaggio

FOUNTAINS AND FISH Bellagio’s lake became the stage for the Kabuki Spectacle last weekend, presenting a traditional Japanese performance of Koi Tsukami, “fight with a carp.”

I lived in Las Vegas for 17 years and loved the Bellagio fountains, even in the regular programs. I left in June, and sure wish I could see this show. –Michael Adams Nothing to look at unless you [were] sitting directly in front of the tiny stage facing the Strip. Hundreds of people standing on the sides and behind the stage could see nothing. People around me and including me were totally misled by the picture of the show advertised on YouTube. Extremely disappointed. –Mubla1

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Demanding justice ∑ Put it in writing and do something about it—that’s the

message from Black Lives Matter, a movement spurred by the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin. Following recent high-profile cases of police brutality against blacks, the invigorated cause continues to gain momentum as the presidential election approaches, demanding that hopefuls in both parties recognize and vow to fight racial injustice. On the national level, activists confronted Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders during public speeches, successfully pushing Sanders to release a racial injustice platform within a day of the protest. Locally, activists drove Republican candidate Jeb Bush from the stage last week by chanting “black lives matter” when he dodged a question about police reform during his town hall meeting in historically black West Las Vegas. “We’re at this point of, ‘I need to get in your face and stay in your face for you to hear me,’” says Erika Washington, who attended the town hall as a Las Vegas Urban League executive board member. “The main goal [for Black Lives Matter] thus far would be for the black agenda to be at the top of the political platforms. We’re talking about policing, we’re talking about prison reform, we’re talking about underserved urban communities in every city.” Laura Martin of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada attended the Bush meeting as a Black Lives Matter activist with others from Unity Vegas, Fight for $15, Planned Parenthood and the immigration rights movement. In Las Vegas, the cause is loosely organized, she says, but the message is the same. “It’s about raising awareness and making the presidential candidates put into writing a plan to address injustices. We don’t just want them to say words that they’ve been coached on.” Blacklivesmatter.com lists five national demands, mostly focused on police reform. The undated statement calls for justice for Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri; for the U.S. Attorney General to release the names of all officers who have killed black people within the past five years; for a national policy to redress anti-black law enforcement; for a decrease in spending on law enforcement; and for the federal government to stop supplying weapons to police. According to an August 9 update, blacklivesmatter.com does not currently endorse a presidential candidate, nor is it affiliated with a political party. As for who might be the most agreeable candidate, “It’s too soon to say,” says Rafael Lopez, a pro-Black Lives Matter immigration rights activist who attended the Bush talk. Protesters weren’t responding to a particular local tragedy, Lopez says, and he’d like to keep it that way. “We can’t just wait for a moment when something horrible happens here. We need to be proactive, not just reactive.” –Kristy Totten

> BUILDING MOMENTUM The movement is gaining ground as the presidential election approaches.

Swing kids At-risk youth gain Cirquelike skills and self-confidence through Social CirKISH

∑ You couldn’t be blamed if you associated Strip entertainment behemoth Cirque du Soleil with local youth program Social CirKISH. But the only thing the former has to do with the latter is inspiration. Three years ago, Cirque’s global youth organization arm, Cirque du Monde, consulted with John C. Kish Foundation trustee Matthew Frazier. In

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turn, Frazier imagined—and then created—a group where (non-Cirque) performers safely taught local disadvantaged kids various circus acts and gymnastics, hoping to instill them with self-confidence and cooperative skills, among other valuable but unteachable social and individual qualities. Last weekend, kids whom Frazier calls the program’s “all

stars”—from two Title I partner schools and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada—performed in public for the first time at both the Las Vegas Film Festival and UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Hall, the latter being Social CirKISH’s version of a Strip extravaganza. ”We’re Vegas, we do it over the top,” Frazier says. “It was very cool.” –Mike Prevatt

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As We See It… > BEATNIK APPROVED Beat writer John C. Lilly invented the isolation tank.

Immerse thyself! Salt, subzero temps and sound are ready to treat you right Flotation Therapy If you can’t play football like Tom Brady, at least you can relax like he does, in the same model sensory deprivation tank. Joe Rogan digs them, too, and his praise is what led Travis McQueen and Raquel Martinez to dive into the isolation business. Coonskin cap-wearing writer/ scientist John C. Lilly pioneered the tank therapy in the 1950s, and today it’s used to treat mental and physical ailments like PTSD and sports injuries, and is favored by expecting mothers and those looking to unwind. McQueen relates it to a reset button physically and mentally. “You’re in the pod, it’s dark, there’s no sound,” he says of the baths, which contain 1,200 pounds of Epsom salt for maximum buoyancy. “You’re giving your central nervous system a break for a whole hour.” McQueen and others report out-of-body experiences and visuals. “It’s like being high but not on drugs,” he says. Martinez adds, “It’s just like dreaming.” Float Centers of Nevada, 5875 S. Rainbow Blvd., floatcentersnv.com. –Kristy Totten Cryotherapy Imagine standing in a tanning booth-like structure with nothing but a robe, gloves and socks, then dropping trou as puffs of liquid nitrogen surround you. There, in your birthday suit, temperatures will fall to -220 degrees,

only your head and hands above the doors as your body is exposed to the freezing cold for up to three minutes. It sounds like a device straight out of Austin Powers, but ever since Floyd Mayweather Jr. heralded the futuristic treatment as a way to recover from intense workouts, cryotherapy centers have popped up all over the U.S. In Vegas, B-Fit Training co-owner and personal trainer Byron Ross subjects himself to cryo sessions at SubZero Recovery to relieve muscle soreness, increase metabolism and decrease inflammation. It’s more effective than an ice bath and purportedly safe—and once you’re out, you may find a new appreciation for living in the desert. SubZero Recovery, 5031 Wagon Trail Ave. #110, subzerorecoverylv.com. –Leslie Ventura Sound Bath Drive three hours south of Las Vegas to Landers, California, and you’ll find the Integratron—a 38-foottall wooden dome and “rejuvenation machine” constructed by aeronautical engineer and self-proclaimed alien contactee George Van Tassel. Created in the ’50s, the Integratron is “based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials,” according to the website. During a 60-minute sound bath, relaxation seekers are supplied with mats, blankets and pillows before lying down inside the Integratron as crystal bowls are played in the “multi-wave sound chamber.” The experience is said to help people balance their chakras and find deep “relaxation, rejuvenation and introspection.” Integratron, 2477 Belfield Blvd., Landers, California, integratron.com. –LV

Two things we’re afraid of right now OCTOPUS My fear of cephalopods has waned over the years, but the slimy, eight-tentacled monstrosities still make my stomach turn (I have to dig deep to order tako). So last week, when I saw the Irish Examiner headline, “Don’t freak out, but scientists think octopuses ‘might be aliens’ after DNA study,” I freaked out. But you shouldn’t. Actual scientists have debunked the story, chocking it up to general misunderstanding of basic science and the complexity of the octopus genome. So no, octopi are not going to come after you for eating their brethren as sashimi—but if there’s one animal I’d ever expect a meticulously planned covert attack from, it’s still these guys. –Leslie Ventura TOMATO BATTLE We’ve all dreamt of raucous food fights à la Animal House. The Tomato Battle (which is coming to Vegas at some point, according to the site) makes those dreams reality by supplying 300,000 “past-ripe” Romas for flinging and stomping, in the style of Spain’s La Tomatina festival. The idea is undeniably fun, but is it environmentally responsible, when even squishy tomatoes have culinary value? If people lost their minds over the Ice Bucket Challenge’s spilt water, how will they react to this? –Kristy Totten

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SUBTLE surge Packed dorms and campus improvements abound at UNLV My first day at UNLV ended in disappointment. A transfer student from the University of Arizona, I had decided to return to Las Vegas and live at home. The residential side of UNLV’s campus felt quiet, and Maryland Parkway’s atmosphere didn’t match the vibrancy of Tucson’s University Boulevard. Retreating home to Green Valley, I felt defeated. But after a recent exploration of the campus and surrounding community, I can see why UNLV is—for the second time ever— boasting at-capacity dormitories this fall, with 1,800 new Rebels (including 1,300 freshmen) moving onto campus this week. That’s about 500 more than in my first year (2007), and double that from my 2010 graduation. Remnants of the Maryland Parkway I knew are still there, from Coffee Bean to Stephano’s, but the street has been augmented with buzzing eateries, a new Starbucks and an inviting Rebelbooks store. The university has also made campus improvements that are attractive to incoming freshmen, adding new buildings (the stunning Greenspun Hall), updating old ones (a fresh coat of paint on Flora Dungan Humanities, sometimes described as the ugliest building in town) and shifting the main entrance to offer a glimpse of UNLV’s greenery. The gorgeous Student Union, open during my time as a Rebel, now offers options like Metro Pizza and even a sushi spot for between-class lunch breaks. They are minor adjustments, sure, but things high-school seniors think about when deciding where to live. UNLV also boasts appealing student-life statistics, from increased Greek system involvement (696 students in 2006 to 1,681 in 2014) to an additional 50 student clubs (added over the past five years) available to those looking to engage. No matter how many different factors sparked this on-campus spike, it’s clear UNLV is starting to shed its commuter-school status, and I’m pleased to see that. –Mark Adams

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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER

Twisting paths through the world’s disruptive noise lead to ... something BY STACY J. WILLIS

It’s odd that the ear is both the organ of hearing and the organ of balance. So many times, those two are at odds: too much mental noise leads to a shaky relationship with life balance. A labyrinthectomy is an ear surgery performed to relieve relentless vertigo. Vertigo, of course, is the sensation that either you, or the world around you, is spinning. It’s also a fine 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, in which Novak’s character plays a duplicitous woman who pretends to be someone else and then pretends to commit suicide, dramatically kill-

and #disruption. Turns out, the Valley has several actual labyrinths— places where you can walk on mazelike paths inside a circle, presumably with your devices off, and find inner peace. Balance. Labyrinths have a long and colorfully interpreted history dating to Greek mythology. Some were designed as traps for evil spirits; other were made for pilgrimages to peace on a single, twisting, patiencestretching path to the center. There’s one in front of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Boulder City, which is nice because it’s on a quiet hill. There’s one at St. Rose Hospital’s San Martin

> STRANGE TRIP A trap for evil spirits, or a pilgrimage to peace?

ing someone she never was—profound, no? Later she admits who she really is, and dies tragically anyway, because we’re all trapped in an existential death spiral. And yet it’s Stewart’s character who was so troubled by vertigo. It’s worth noting that two-thirds of the inner ear, known as the bony labyrinth, is devoted to balance, and only one-third to hearing. I recently went labyrinth hunting. Not in my ear, but in our community. I was suffering from life vertigo brought on by the noise of incessant media and its meta-meanings, missing spoiler alerts, double-entendre emoji, guileful trolls, Donald Trump

campus, findable by following the (spiritual) emergency signs to the ER. I tried them both. Sadly, I failed Labyrinths 101. I had a hard time staying inside the lines, and may have skipped a few rows here and there to get to the freaking center already. When I was kinda done, I was oddly still off-kilter, and now literally dizzy in addition to figuratively. For some of us, when the din of civilization becomes deafening, (like my use of bad metaphors), and we start feeling like we’re living multiple lives (social media), or the wrong life (Kim Novak), and equilibrium is lost (Trump leads), there is only one way to reset: nature. Fortunately, there’s

an app for that. The Southern Nevada Health District offers “Neon to Nature” for free, and it’s nobly intended to help us get out of our chairs and onto a trail. I selected my specifications— rural and dirt—and up popped a nice selection of nearby paths. Sure, I’ve been finding trails on my own my entire life. But I’ve also relied on the occasional cairn, a stack of rocks left by a hiker who went before, to guide me home when I got lost. Those years seem weak and prehistoric now that I have an app. For example, I was reminded that there’s a quick hike on the edge of Red Rock I’d yet to walk, but when I hit “directions” on my app, Google Maps insisted there was “no route” from my home to the trailhead. Apparently, I live in a closed-labyrinth subdivision. No matter. It’s a cool app. And since I was seeking nature to escape the peace-suckage created by technological progress anyway, I just headed out to one of my old haunts in Calico Basin. Of course, on the way I listened to the radio, and I heard a story on KNPR critiquing ... excessive cairns. Help me, spirit animal dizzy Jimmy Stewart! Never mind all-absorbent media culture. Apparently, too many people are stacking rocks in the Southwest. They’re not just meant as occasional trail markers anymore, but as overkill I-was-here nature selfies littering the desert and confusing the vertiginous. Yep. Where technology won’t reach, we have rock-stack addictions. My head was spinning. I slammed the car door and headed up the hill, only to stumble upon— not making this up—a labyrinth made with stacked rocks. At first, I had mixed feelings about the arrival of this 50-foot spiral: People! Excessive-cairning syndrome! But then, I took a deep breath, and decided to walk it. It demanded patience. Discipline. More patience. Breathing. When I finally got to the center, I turned my inner ear’s bony labyrinth to the ground, and realized I heard the sound of ... nothing. In that silence, I found a nanosecond of balance.

CLASSROOM TO CASINO Writing papers, working on PowerPoint presentations … developing a new table game for a casino? That’s exactly what UNLV student Charlie Bao Wang did at the school’s Center for Gaming Innovation, creating “Pai Wow,” which hit the casino floor at Palace Station in July. Just two years after UNLV debuted the center and its gaming innovation course, students have filed 25 patent applications and founded three companies, with six gaming products in or on their way to the field. –Mark Adams

COMPETITIVE COOKING Ever visited one of those fancy Las Vegas celeb chef restaurants and thought, I can do better than this? Tie on your apron and put your money where your mouth is. Fox’s MasterChef is casting for its seventh season right here in Vegas on August 22 starting at 10 a.m. at the Alexis Park Resort on Harmon Avenue. If you’re ready to face off with Gordon Ramsay—or prepared to let him yell at you and your favorite casserole—find an application and more info at masterchefcasting. com. –Brock Radke

BACK ON TRACK? Just when it seemed X Train (like the other would-be SoCal-toVegas locomotive, XpressWest) had been derailed for good, its recent and prolific Facebook updates hint at a back-on-track future. While further details won’t be released until September, X Train plans to initiate irregular, event-weekend service this New Year’s Eve with its refurbished period cars. Caveats abound: It’s for round-trip service for LA/ Orange County riders only, with prices ranging from $99 for coach seats to $299 for first-class domecar access, and since its average speed is 65 mph, it’ll take five hours. Which will still be quicker— and more relaxing—than the Sunday car crawl down I-15. –Mike Prevatt

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Weekly Q&A BS: That’s part of being a ninja, too. You can train for all these things that you think are going to be there, but really what helps you get through the course is being able to adapt on the fly and get through whatever they put in front of you.

> daring duo Brent Steffensen and Kacy Catanzaro on the Vegas set.

Is the course built for men? Are there certain obstacles, Kacy, that you won’t be able to complete no matter how hard you train? KC: There’s definitely a big

balance. I am short, so sometimes if people can reach and swing to [a bar], I have to actually jump and get off the bar completely and get to the next one. … Sometimes my body just isn’t long enough to reach it. But it definitely goes both ways. I am also very light, so something like the peg board, where it’s just about strength, I only have under 100 pounds to hold up. What’s it like to be stars in a new sport? KC:

Love on the salmon ladder American Ninja Warrior’s star couple handles uneven success and the pressures of leading an emerging sport

They call her Mighty Kacy. Last year, the 5-foot, 100pound former gymnast made history as the first woman to conquer the Warped Wall and qualify for the finals of extreme obstacle-course competition American Ninja Warrior. But while Kacy Catanzaro was swinging, leaping and climbing her way to hashtag fame, her boyfriend, veteran ninja Brent Steffensen, was sitting on the sideline after going out early. This year, the roles have reversed, and it’s Steffensen who will be eyeing the top of Mount Midoriyama in Las Vegas when the finals air August 31. We caught up with the couple during taping to talk obstacle advantages and why Olympians don’t necessarily make the best ninjas. How has this year’s competition been

different? Is there added pressure? KC:

It felt a little different for me this season. Last year I made history, and I think a lot of people have had their eyes on me and are expecting a lot from me. It’s an honor to have that and have all of that support, but it’s definitely a lot of pressure, too. BS: The more seasons that I compete, the more I realize that you’re going to have your good seasons and your not-so-good seasons. You can’t really let that stress you out and affect your current season. You just have to relax and have fun. If you’re enjoying yourself on the course and having fun and doing what you love, that’s when you’re really going to perform your best. You’ve had a role reversal from last year, with Brent making it to the finals and

Kacy going out early. How do you deal with one person’s disappointment and the other person success? BS: I kind of

view Kacy and I as a team, so one of our results doesn’t really define who we are as a team. Last year when I went down early, it was kind of nice to have Kacy’s history-making run to redirect focus behind, instead of just sobbing in my wet clothes and fixating on all the things I would’ve changed. The obstacles are constantly being adjusted and tweaked. Does it feel like the course gets more difficult year to year? KC: Oh yeah. They know that

we’re getting stronger, that new rookies are coming in who are stronger than ever and that we probably already built the obstacles that they gave us last year. So they want to throw new stuff at us.

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It’s really awesome to NINJA be able to learn from WARRIOR everybody who comes Mondays, 8 from different walks p.m., NBC. of life. Everybody’s not just a gymnast; everybody’s not just a rock climber. Everybody’s bringing something new to the table. BS: It is very interesting to see top athletes in their specialty come into this new sport because it is so diverse. A lot of people think this Olympic track runner is going to crush this thing because he just set all these world records, but it’s its own sport. You gotta have it all: You gotta have the grip strength, you gotta have agility, you gotta have the endurance, strength. So there are a lot of different attributes you gotta be training for and staying sharp on. American Ninja Warrior has yet to crown a winner. Do you think we’ll see one this year or ever? BS: Every year the course

is doable, you just gotta be able to have that flawless run in that moment. The talent pool and the bar of talent this year is bigger and badder than ever, but it’s a whole new course. It doesn’t matter how many hours you put in on the salmon ladder [obstacle], they’re going to have a bunch of new stuff that nobody’s ever done, so it kinda levels the playing field. I know that it’s doable. We’ll just see if someone can do it this year. Hopefully it’s both me and Kacy and maybe another buddy joining us at the top. –Sarah Feldberg For more of our interview with Catanzaro and Steffensen (and a Ninja Smoothie recipe), visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Everything you want

Broadacres Marketplace is an awesome patchwork

By Kristen Peterson | photographs by mikayla whitmore

It’s 1,000 degrees and we’re sticky as hell, but there’s clam juice in the beer and cowboy boots for sale and push-up bras spooning in rows of magentas, reds and lemony yellow. Deodorant by the cartload and cleansers of every fragrance form a panorama as visually intoxicating as the spread of new bicycles and lenticular wall décor. But more than that, more than the multiples of everything stimulating the stimuli is the sweet, sweet smell of discount. There are deals to be made here at the Broadacres Marketplace. Random arrays of American consumerism are displayed like prized vegetables at a county fair. Household appliances and vintage tennis rackets scattered on the pavement fall into the same vendor camp as ceramic cats and gently used toilets. Lucha libre masks, leggings, guitars, tools and lawn mowers scream: Buy me! “If you can think about it, you can pretty much find it,” says Broadacres general manager Yovana Olanso, referring to the vastness of the bazaar. Famous for its authenticity, endurance (in operation since 1977) and swap meet candor, the outdoor marketplace expanded its food and entertainment offerings in 2007 under new ownership, adding a little more culture to the community attraction that draws vendors

from Nevada, Arizona, Texas and California. Maybe it’s the band playing on the giant stage in front of the dancefloor under the misters, or maybe it’s the micheladas and crepes and quesadillas and fresh coconut in a bag and snow cones and pizza that fuel the festival spirit. Get your keys made, ride a pony, have your hair cut and eat a pupusa. Even with the late-night rowdiness, this is family territory, and most everyone is speaking Spanish. We return the next morning, the corridors more spacious with shoppers hoping to avoid the already searing temperatures launching the day. Everything America needs, wants (and thinks it wants) is for sale again, all the toys, televisions, brand-new jeans, shoes and dresses and used jeans, shoes and dresses. So much Mexican candy. So many umbrellas, ukuleles, fresh fruit and religious knick-knacks all on a 44-acre stretch. A plastic bird chirps in a plastic cage. Customers wait for their embroidered goods. Pepe, a guard dog long dead and peculiarly stuffed, overlooks the medical surplus hawked by his owner, Brad, who says he’s been selling at Broadacres for 17 years. “How you doin’ there, lady?” a vendor asks a woman strolling toward a table of cups, décor and books, to which she says, “It’s another day in paradise, gentlemen.”

The perfect pairing

Have a michelada with your swap meet

“This is not a candy,” reads Tajín’s safety seal in a pixilated liar’s scrawl. The addictive seasoning is not merely a candy, it’s the only one able to elevate an inoffensive but unsatisfying pilsner from nay to yea. Maybe don’t eat a Snickers’ weight of it, but the star ingredient is a close cousin to Lucas chili mix (a candy!) and lends a mouth-watering kick to micheladas. They are medicine, and should be your first stop at Broadacres. Queue up at a beer shed (you’ll know it by its fan club). Weigh your options: Corona Light, Victoria, Pacifico, Modelo Especial or Miller Lite. Order a large for $7.50. Smaller sizes exist; we’re not sure why. Specify “with chili and lime,” which includes lime, hot sauce and a Tajín rim. For more tomato and less tang, add Clamato for $2.50. Give thanks for the elixir you are about to imbibe. Chug! Repeat. –Kristy Totten

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∑ Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz. The sound of ink color-

ing the human canvas surrounds me, and the manager of Revolt Tattoos asks if I’d like to see the work being done. We walk over to a panel of flat-screens and choose one of the webcams above each studio chair, revealing a gorgeous outline of some Nightmare Before Christmasinspired vision. Jack Skellington smiles. The studio is massive, industrial, watched over by a pair of eyes in an American flag mural on one wall. It would make a cool tattoo for a customer here at Revolt, Joey Hamilton’s sleek new tattoo shop on Paradise Road. The veteran artist puts it plainly: “I’m trying to create the best shop in Vegas.” After winning Spike’s Ink Master competition in 2013, Hamilton returned to Vegas and Club Tattoo at Planet Hollywood. But as a former operator of an ink shop in Florida, it didn’t take him long to be his own boss again. “When you keep working for guys who don’t tattoo, they don’t have the best interest in mind for the artist,” Hamilton says. “They don’t see eye to eye; they’re not in that chair, tattooing eight to 10 hours a day.” Hamilton’s $100,000 winnings helped him open Revolt in February, and it’s staffed by a collection of “top-tier” tattoo artists, including his former Club Tattoo coworker and Season 4 runner-up Walter “Sausage” Frank. Decals of the two reality stars welcome anyone looking for body art (or fan photos) at the strip-mall space, where Hamilton is booked until January. He’s tattooing six days a week for around eight hours a day (for proof, head to those live-streams on Revolt’s website). That’s 13 hours more a week than his pre-Ink Master routine, and he says most clients come in because of the show. Hamilton has since appeared on later seasons of Ink Master, Showtime’s Gigolos and an HBO special in which he tattooed adult film actress Christy Mack. He just signed another multi-year contract with Spike that includes spots in Miller High Life and Taco Bell commercials airing during Ink Master. And the network scouted his new digs—he just finished competing on another season, Master Vs. Master. “Once you’re on TV, you like being on TV as much as you can,” he says, musing on a Vegas-based “Life After Ink Master” concept. Next month, Hamilton jets to Brazil to be a “Sin City expert” for travel website Expedia, having done the same in Montreal earlier this year. But he’s most excited to be developing his tattoo school, the Institute for Modern Tattooing. “Apprentices usually go in the back room. I’ve got one right now, he’s in the back room tattooing without me watching,” says Hamilton. “I want to open a school where I can stand over students … direct contact, teaching them how to do this profession the right way.”

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∑ Laced with nasty synth and sweep-

ing orchestral elements in The Crystal Method’s “Over It,” Dia Frampton’s voice is softly powerful. (And she holds her own against a trio of hotties in the song’s hilarious video.) If you watched the first season of NBC’s The Voice, you remember Dia. The former Shadow Ridge High School student exhibited artistry rarely seen on reality shows, from her gentle, soulful cover of Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly” to her tickling of the ivories during a haunting rendition of Kanye West’s “Heartless” (seriously, Google it). As that season’s runnerup, Frampton subsequently released her first solo album, Red, just months after the finale aired. Afterward she toured as an opener for her Voice coach Blake Shelton and pop-rock outfit The Fray, and later hit the road as a headliner. “[Being on The Voice] helped with a lot,” she says. Frampton, who formerly fronted indie-rock band Meg & Dia, which also featured her sister, says she “never intended on a solo career, … [and] it was a hard transition.” But soon the singer-songwriter returned to collaborative projects, both writing for and appearing on tracks with some recognizable acts, from EDM violinist Lindsey Stirling to Australian DJ tyDi. Frampton penned a song for M83 and Haim for the Insurgent soundtrack, which was produced by composer Joseph Trapanese (his portfolio ranges from Tron: Legacy to Straight Outta Compton). Frampton partners with Trapanese in her new project, Archis, which released a selftitled EP in February. “The solo stuff has really slowed down. I’m writing a new record for Archis with Joe, and I honestly have no plans to write any Dia Frampton songs in the future.” She says we can expect the next Archis release in early 2016. Frampton is also actively pursuing a career onscreen. “I guess I’ve gotten the acting bug that goes around in LA,” she says with a laugh, adding that she’s been taking acting classes for three years and mostly sticks to musical projects when auditioning— everything from Glee and Nashville to the film adaptation of Les Misérables. She has yet to land any big roles, but she’s hopeful. “My sister always says, “You have to have a hundred nos before you get one yes.”

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∑ Richard Hatch might have walked

away from the first season of Survivor with a million dollars (and no pants), but runner-up Kelly Wiglesworth still considers her post-realitystardom reality a win. “I didn’t win the money, but I feel like I kind of came out better at the end,” the former Las Vegan says. “I got an amazing life. … A lot of really good things happened to me, and still continue to happen.” After returning to Las Vegas from the jungles of Borneo, Wiglesworth kept her job as a whitewater rafting guide on California’s Kern River. But when Survivor finished its inaugural run,

opportunities didn’t just come knocking—they caved in the door. “It was instant celebrity. I was going to the Emmys, and I got a job working in television,” says Wiglesworth. “I was in Glamour magazine and Cosmopolitan magazine, and it was just pretty crazy. It was very instant and very fast and very Hollywood.” In October 2001, just one month after the Survivor finale aired, Wiglesworth was living in LA and working for E! as the host of travel reality show Celebrity Adventures. “I had never thought of that as any type of a career for myself,” she says, adding that she continued working for the network for a number of years in various hosting roles. Wiglesworth now lives with her 2-year-old son in Caleta de Campos, Mexico, where she operates a yoga school and is developing a “healthy” cocktail. But this spring, reality stardom again beckoned, when she was fanvoted onto the cast of Survivor: Cambodia: Second Chance. “I was really excited and honored that people still wanted to see me,” she says. Wiglesworth was understandably tight-lipped about the upcoming season, but says she went into the competition with the same strategy as Season 1, to “lay low.” We’ll be rooting her on September 23, with the premiere of Season 31.

∑ It seemed like Season 12 of MTV’s The Real World set records for drunken debauchery and hookups … or maybe that was just because the roommates lived in a 28th-floor suite at the Palms casino-resort in Las Vegas, partying and “working” at nightclubs and the pool. Sin City lived up to its name for Arissa, Frank, Trishelle, Alton, Brynn, Steven and Irulan, so much so that Season 12 stands as the point where the once-groundbreaking series moved away from its almost anthropological origins exploring young adulthood into a showcase for immaturity and irresponsibility. But the true impact of that season wasn’t on reality TV, it was on Vegas. It debuted in September 2002, when George Maloof’s off-Strip resort wasn’t even a year old. The show put the Palms on the map, and the property became successfully bipolar—locals’ casino by day, wild party spot by night. The Hard Rock Ho-

The Real World by Jane Kalinowsky/AP

tel’s opening seven years earlier had already started the cool new Vegas ball rolling, but post 9/11, the city was kinda dead. When college kids and 20-somethings saw The Real World crew getting crazy, it brought the classic Anything Goes ideal of Las Vegas to a brand-new market segment.

Funny how that has become the dominant market on the Strip today—the endless Spring Breaker. If not for The Real World, we might not have tens of thousands of young visitors packing the dayclubs and nightclubs every weekend, spending their money, making their own Las Vegas. –Brock Radke

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∑ “You bitches better look the f*ck out,” Coco Montrese says, batting her absurdly long and fabulous lashes at her fellow queens on RuPaul’s Drag Race. While she didn’t sashay away with the show’s ultimate prize, she set a record by lipsync battling for her life four times. And we’ll never forget the time she absolutely slayed Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted,” pointing her index finger to her painted lips, making sure the judges saw every perfectly rehearsed lyric. The stunning female impersonator in Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas is one of the most memorable characters in the history of Drag Race, mostly for her feud with fellow competitor Alyssa Edwards (and maybe that time she pretended to be RuPaul’s cousin “from the hood”). Coco continues to win fans in Divas as Rihanna, Dionne Warwick and Janet Jackson and is recording a CD and working on breaking into film. On a personal note, the man under the fierce wigs, Martin Cooper, officially tied the knot after Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage was struck down in October 2014. Graciously pausing from her busy schedule following Janet Jackson’s tour around the country to perform at afterparties, Coco spilled some tea. Unfortunately, this time she held the shade … On reconciling with Alyssa Edwards: “We’re

very good friends. I’ll tell you this, Alyssa pops into Vegas … [and] spends a lot of time with me. She stays at my house; we go shopping; we go to the movies; we do very normal things … We just did a [three-city tour] in Brazil … [and] ended in Rio de Janeiro with thousands of fans. … We’re almost like brother and sister. We have this relationship where we don’t have to agree on everything. ... If she wants chicken and I want fish, we’ll argue about it. We’ll eventually eat lunch, but we’ll argue.” On being recognized: “It’s pretty amaz-

ing. I was on Season 5, and we’re on Season 8 now. I would think that it would die down a little bit, but everywhere I go people always notice me. … For the most part, they notice me out of drag. I didn’t know my look was that distinctive, that they would know—oh, that’s Coco—right away.” On the craziest thing that’s happened post-Drag Race: “I was performing at

one of the pool parties here in Vegas and I actually fell into the pool! That was hilarious. That was fun. Everything stayed on! My wig stayed on. [The crowd] went crazy.”

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∑ Five years is a lifetime for anything on the Strip to stay hot, yet the Cosmopolitan’s STK remains a place to see and be seen while nibbling on a prime piece of beef. Stephen Hopcraft opened STK as the vibe-dining steakhouse’s executive chef shortly after appearing on Top Chef: D.C. His team is in the throes of planning the restaurant’s annual White Party (September 14), but he took time to sit down at STK and talk Top Chef fandom and what’s cooking outside the kitchen.

On opportunities that come from Top Chef: “To really get any

real pull from it, you have to be a fan favorite. … You don’t really remember the people that win, but there’s always the fan favorite,” he says, mentioning Carla Hall, Season 5 runner-up and fan favorite winner from the show’s All Stars season, who now co-hosts ABC’s The Chew. On being recognized: “I can always tell when there’s a rerun on, because people will start to recognize me [again].” On Top Chef fans dining at STK: “I’ve definitely had people

that have come in because of [Top Chef]. That show has a really, really strong following. There are people that, it’s like their soap opera … They really pay attention to all the details. I’m surprised by some of the stuff that they remember.” On other endeavors: “I do some consulting stuff, [but]

mostly, this is my bread and butter. … There’s a place in Hawaii and hopefully a place here in town, but it hasn’t really come up yet. That’s as specific as I’d like to get. Make sure I get paid, you know?”

∑ We’ve all heard it before: Diets

don’t work. Getting healthy is about a lifestyle change. While that line elicits plenty of eye-rolls, it’s hard to argue when you talk to Sarah Nitta, who lost 106 pounds by the time she stood in the spotlight on the finale of The Biggest Loser: Couples 4. “The thing about a diet is that it becomes your entire focus and it consumes your mind,” says the former Las Vegan. “People want quick results. … When it’s a lifestyle, it takes longer and it lasts longer.” Nitta, who has a condition that makes gaining muscle mass, and thus losing fat, extremely diffi-

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cult, says her weight-loss journey has been a “roller coaster” since she appeared on the show in 2011. That’s especially understandable given her main motivation to be a Loser—to reach a healthy weight to have children, and Nitta and her husband are now raising two young daughters. “[We] took a break from fertility treatments for a while, and we decided to look [at] adoption. We were chosen to adopt, and two weeks later I found out I that was pregnant.” Their children, just 14 weeks apart, are enjoying normal life in Bountiful, Utah, where the Nittas are house-sitting for Sarah’s parents while they’re on a service mission in Mongolia. She still stays in touch with her Biggest Loser “family” through an alumni group on Facebook. “We’re all over the globe,” Nitta says. “We were on different seasons, had different experiences, but we’re bonded because of what we’ve been through.” August 20–26, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 21

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NIGHTS > PARTY TIME Foxx visits Foxtail for SLS’ first anniversary; Bay Area house fave J.Phlip (below) joins her Dirtybird crew at Daylight.

HOT SPOTS SOULKITCHEN WITH MARC COTTERELL AT VANGUARD LOUNGE Edgar Reyes’ underground

house party is still going strong at Vanguard. The latest edition features deep house DJ Marc Cotterell from the U.K.’s Plastic People Records, plus Reyes, Daniel Martinez and percussionist Cayce Andrew. August 20, 10 p.m., no cover. M!KEATTACK AT MARQUEE DAYCLUB

JAMIE FOXX AT FOXTAIL Jamie Foxx has been celebrating a lot lately. Last month the actor/comedian/singer was inducted into the Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame (he’s a Texan), and now he’s performing for SLS’ first-anniversary concert. August 22, 7 p.m., $33. W&W AND MARK ETESON AT HAKKASAN The Dutch trance duo of Willem van Hanegem and Wardt van der Harst teams up with British/Vegas house favorite Mark Eteson for what should be a memorably melodic experience in Hakkasan’s main room. August 22, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

Well, well ... look who jumped from local opener to the marquee at Marquee. Our recent cover star M!KEATTACK gets top billing at the dayclub Saturday, with support from DJ LC. August 21, 2016 movies Common has 11 a.m., $20+ men, $10+ women. in the can: Barbershop 3,

WALE AT CHATEAU Wale does

things most rappers don’t, like advise college students on a panel with the First Lady and release an album (The Album About Nothing) inspired by Seinfeld, including Coco and Suicide between-track comments recordCOMMON AT DRAI’S The live acts Squad. ed by Jerry Seinfeld. He’s also great at Drai’s keep getting bigger, but this on the mic, as you’ll notice at Chateau has to be the club’s first Oscar winner. Saturday night. August 22, 10:30 p.m., The Chicago hip-hop cornerstone only $30+ men, $20+ women. has two other gigs on his calendar, in Brooklyn and Japan, so don’t miss this one. August 21, 10:30 p.m., $50+ men, $30+ women. SUNDOWN WITH DIRTYBIRD PLAYERS AT DAYLIGHT If it’s been a minute since you’ve been to a good house party, come channel those vibes with STEVE ANGELLO AT OMNIA The Size Records the Dirtybird crew on Sunday. Celebrated label boss chief has rocked the Caesars megaclub for the first Claude VonStroke will bring those deep and techy two gigs of his new residency. Now he’s playing grooves to Sundown, along with cohorts Shiba San Omnia twice this week. August 21, 10:30 p.m., $40+ and the queen of Dirtybird, J.Phlip. August 23, noon, men, $30+ women; August 25, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $30+ men, $20+ women. $20+ women.

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NIGHTSWIM WITH RUBY ROSE AT XS The androgynous Australian model, actress and DJ made her Vegas club debut this week at Surrender and returns to further amp up Nightswim in one of the only documented occurrences when the person in the booth is as hot as the person bringing your bottle. August 23, 9:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. CYMATIC SESSIONS WITH DAVID HERRERO AT DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM Downtown’s home

for deep, progressive and tech-house sounds brings Spain’s “organic” house specialist David Herrero for the latest Tuesday night groove session, plus supporting sounds from Laguerre and David Serrano. August 25, 10 p.m., $20.

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Between nonstop media coverage of Caitlyn Jenner bands when I was younger, and we even had a residency and sudden public obsession with her daughter Kylie’s at the Viper Room. My mentor when I started [was] relationship with rapper Tyga, the Jenners have kinda stoDJ Vice. … When I started two years ago I wanted the len the spotlight from their uber-famous Kardashian kin. same setup as him. I built a small studio at my house in Youngest Jenner brother Brody is contributing to Malibu and just started to get to work. [I’m] grateful that that takeover effort with the launch of his new sexso many talented DJs came over to show me the ropes, focused talk show, Sex With Brody. The former Hills and such as William Lifestyle, Devin Lucien (my current DJ Bromance star celebrates his 32nd birthday with partner) and Bee Fowl, to name a few. a DJ set at the Bank this weekend, so we decided to “keep up” with the famous-for-being-famous Brody You’ve hosted a lot of nightclub events in celeb via email, talking the new show, why Vegas Jenner Las Vegas. Do you like visiting? I’ve been to never gets old and what’s going down Saturday at AND Devin Vegas so many times, but it always feels spethe Bellagio nightclub. Lucien cial when you touch down. There is always excitement when you walk into the casino, August 22, and I’ve learned you never know what’s going 10:30 p.m., You’re DJing at the Bank this week. What can to happen while you’re in Vegas. $30+ men, clubgoers expect? They can expect a true open$20+ women. format DJ set from Devin [Lucien] and I. We play The Bank, everything from Martin Garrix, Fetty Wap and Your new show, Sex With Brody, launched last 702-693even some old-school hits. Each room in every month. Tell me a little about your experience 8300. city is different. [A] Vegas DJ set is completely working on that so far. It was an amazing different from [an] LA [set], which is different experience working with such talented peothan NYC or Miami. We like to give the crowd ple as Dr. Mike Dow, Stevie Ryan, and show what they want, whether that’s hip-hop, pop or EDM. producer David Friedman and the rest of our incredible crew. Everyone loves talking about sex, and the people who call, telling us their stories, make the show so How did you get your start DJing? Did you have a menentertaining and fun. –Mark Adams tor? I [have] loved music my entire life and [was] in

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A new tenant has taken over the old Scullery space at the Ogden. Oddfellows, the Vegas sister venue of Barbarella in Austin and Houston, is Downtown’s first video bar and dance club, and decidedly unpretentious. It soft-opened on August 14 with the ’80sthemed Footloose Fridays, followed by the inaugural New Noise indie night on Saturday. Expect more weekly themed parties to emerge, including a possible gay night. –Mike Prevatt Diplo’s Mad Decent Block Party returns for the third time to Encore Beach Club on August 28. Expect sets from Mad Decent labelmates Gent & Jawns, Yellow Claw, Major Lazer, Grandtheft, RL Grime, TJR and Zeds Dead, and Diplo and Grandtheft will be back to play the afterparty at Surrender that night. Hakkasan residents The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) have announced their Friend Zone Tour, a 30-plus city adventure kicking off in Nashville October 23. Supporting acts will include Autograf, Matoma, Ansolo, Loudpvck and SNBRN. The tour hits Hakkasan at MGM Grand November 5 and 28 and December 5. Monte Carlo’s Strip-side party spot Double Barrel Roadhouse has launched DB Live! on Saturdays, featuring live music and local bands starting at 9 p.m. plus specials like $5 Bud Lights and Shock Tops and $6 DB Courage drinks. Country rockers Crossroad South followed by DJ Jimmy Lite take the stage this week. And from the department of unlikely party team-ups, former One Directioner Zayn Malik spent some quality time with Method Man and Redman during the hip-hop duo’s Foxtail set Sunday. We’ve said it before and we will say again—oh, Vegas. –Brock Radke

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Giving it everything Catching up with Savages bassist Ayse Hassan Singer Jehnny Beth has said she really enjoys playing the U.S., because we “like when the music hurts.” What’s your take on playing here? I love it. The American audience, you can’t help but just love them. There’s such an intense feedback. And it’s such a bizarre experience for us—you can see people head-banging and going mental, and it makes us play to every inch of our energy. Your band has a strict no-Instagram, no-video, noSAVAGES tweeting policy during shows, right? August 21, 9 p.m., $22. Yeah. It’s important The Sayers to remind people Club, 702that [the show is] 761-7618. not that important;

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you don’t have to document it. Just have fun. Enjoy the music. Don’t watch it through a screen. You’re probably not going to watch it back, or if you do, it’s probably terrible quality. Are you finished recording the new album? Yeah. We’ve been working on the artwork together. Is there a title? I don’t know if I’m allowed to say, but the title is on a piece of merch that we’ll have on the West Coast. The band has talked a lot about the objective of emancipation through music. What are you emancipating yourself from? This band isn’t about us being four women; it’s about us being four people who want to make music and do it in our own way, free from any kind of expectation. When we play, the focus we put into that performance, it’s almost like you could pass out because you’ve given it your everything. –Leslie Ventura For more of our interview with Hassan, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

see freakshow Sci-Fi Center’s live shadow cast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be preceded by the creepy 1932 horror film Freaks, which famously stars actual circus freaks in a story about a beautiful woman taking advantage of a sideshow performer. August 22, 8 p.m., $9.

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The End of the Tour dramatizes a mundane conversation By Mike D’Angelo Back in 1996, when David Foster Wallace’s mammoth, insanely brilliant novel Infinite Jest became an instant literary sensation, Rolling Stone sent contributing editor David Lipsky to interview Wallace on the final leg of his book tour. The two Davids spent five days together, talking incessantly while Lipsky’s tape recorder rolled, but the magazine wound up killing the piece. Their conversation was only published after Wallace’s death (he hung himself in 2008), in a book entitled Although of Course

guy. He waxes rhapsodic about Die Hard and talks You End Up Becoming Yourself. earnestly about how he wishes he could parlay his Now, that book has improbably been adapted literary fame into a date with Alanis Morissette, and into a movie, The End of the Tour, starring Jesse while he’s not being dishonest, he seems disingenuEisenberg (The Social Network) as Lipsky and, even ous—providing the profile he wants Lipsky to write. more improbably, Jason Segel as Wallace. Is there Segel captures that reasonably well, while simulanything to be gained by having this dialogue edited taneously doing a decent impression of to a fraction of its original length and perWallace’s vocal and physical mannerformed by actors? Not really, but there’s a isms. (The trademark bandanna helps.) certain voyeuristic pleasure in watching aabcc All the same, this relentlessly talky two sizable egos clash. THE END OF movie never quite justifies its existence. What’s at stake for Wallace (at least as THE TOUR In a sense, it’s just a very bloated verhe’s conceived as a character), is authenJesse Eisenberg, sion of an ordinary celebrity interview, ticity. Early on, he tells Lipsky that he’d Jason Segel, struggling to mine tension from the basic really prefer to control his public image, Anna Chlumsky. antagonism between someone who’s and is concerned about all the ways in Directed by endeavoring to look good and somewhich a writer can easily manipulate how James Ponsoldt. one who’s trying to get juicy material. he comes across, even while quoting him Rated R. Opens Both actors are solid, but they can’t do verbatim. Consequently, much of their Friday. much with such banal micro-conflicts conversation sees Wallace—whose work is as Wallace getting pissy when he thinks so unapologetically erudite that even peoLipsky is hitting on his ex-girlfriend. For a truly ple who scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT incisive look at this great writer’s penchant for selfverbal section keep a dictionary handy when readdoubt and self-interrogation, read his books. ing him—attempting to position himself as a regular

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> busy week Eisenberg (right, with John Leguizamo) plays against type.

Ultra violence Action eventually kills comedy in American Ultra Jesse Eisenberg: action hero? That’s the premise that the uneven action-comedy American Ultra wants its audience to accept, and to the movie’s credit, it manages to make the idea seem aabcc almost credible. It helps that Eisenberg’s character, small-town stoner Mike, also happens to AMERICAN be the product of a secret CIA program that turned him into an ultimate weapon, although he ULTRA Jesse doesn’t know that. When Mike is targeted for termination by a sniveling CIA bureaucrat (Topher Eisenberg, Grace), the agent in charge of his defunct program activates him so that he can defend himself. Kristen Stewart, The early parts of American Ultra, as affable burnout Mike hangs out with his equally easy- Topher Grace. going girlfriend Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) and tries to work up the nerve to propose to her, Directed are pleasant and sometimes funny, showcasing Eisenberg and Stewart’s strong chemistry. by Nima That tone initially carries over to the couple’s efforts to avoid the government assassins sent Nourizadeh. to take Mike out, thanks to the amusing contrast between their laid-back mannerisms and the Rated R. Opens danger they find themselves in. But as the movie focuses more on action and conspiracies Friday. and becomes increasingly violent, the sweetness of the love story gets lost in flashy nihilism. Director Nima Nourizadeh (Project X) and writer Max Landis (Chronicle) put so much effort into creating badass moments that they lose sight of the core of the story. As Mike maims and kills more thugs in increasingly brutal ways, the low-key stoner comedy becomes an ugly, cynical bloodbath. Eisenberg ends up a convincing action hero, but the soul of his character gets discarded along the way. –Josh Bell

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> calm before the storm The stars of Fear the Walking Dead await the zombie apocalypse.

talk is cheap Patrick Stewart debases himself in Starz comedy Blunt Talk

Beating an undead horse

Fear the Walking Dead begins as a mediocre extension of the zombie franchise By Alan Zilberman

sickness spreading through the city, no one believes him. The universe of The Walking Dead could continue This series banks on its audience internalizing the indefinitely. As with daytime soap operas, showrunners dread that most everyone on the show will die, or suffer could replace stories and actors while still preservhorribly. We already know it won’t work out for anying the essential premise (in this case, the fallout of one. The curiosity, then, is just how society unspools. a zombie apocalypse). Fear the Walking Dead, AMC’s Unfortunately, the first episode is workmanlike to a new spinoff series, is a test of this longevity. While Fear fault: It sets up its characters, throwing in some forgetstumbles into the same rut that mars the original series, table, tedious character moments so we can it has the potential to frighten us in different, care about them. despairing ways. aabcc Fear the Walking Dead doesn’t really kick Fear the Walking Dead takes place in the FEAR THE into gear until Travis and Madison realize first weeks of the zombie outbreak, a period WALKING that the world has gone wrong. There are when ordinary people still trust that infraDEAD Sundays, large-scale moments of panic—including riots structure will not break down. Travis (Cliff 9 p.m., AMC. and zombies without the usual rotting flesh— Curtis) and Madison (Kim Dickens) are a along with smaller moments that are terrifynewish couple who work as a teacher and ing in a quieter way. We see one character hoard water, guidance counselor, respectively, at an LA high school. for example, while another dimly notices that the tap is They both have teenage children from their previous no longer so reliable. These shrewd details all suggest marriages. As the series begins, Kim’s junkie son Nick the worst is yet to come, so the series may surprise us (Frank Dillane) escapes from a zombie attack. He tries with civilization’s rapid decline, which is a more intense, to explain to others about what happened to his undead immediate fear than accepting its grim aftermath. girlfriend, and even though there are strange reports of a

The novelty of seeing Patrick Stewart—Shakespearean actor, Captain Picard, Professor X—as a drunken, drug-taking, lecherous, foul-mouthed narcissist is pretty much all the obnoxious comedy Blunt Talk has going for it, and that novelty wears off rather quickly. Stewart is, of course, a great actor, but even he can’t quite make sense of Walter Blunt, a blowhard cable-news host in the vein of Piers Morgan or Chris Matthews. Walter is introduced getting kicked out of a bar for being belligerent, then picking up a aaccc transgender prostitute BLUNT and finally getting TALK tasered and arrested Saturdays, by the police. 9 p.m., Starz. Things calm down only slightly from there, and in the first four episodes Walter continues to be a disaster in his personal life while attempting to combat declining ratings in his professional life. Creator Jonathan Ames brought a refreshingly dry wit to his previous series, HBO’s Bored to Death, but there’s nothing understated about Blunt Talk, which seems to owe more to executive producer Seth MacFarlane than to Ames. Walter’s colleagues are just as depraved as he is, but their issues feel forced, more about crass, envelope-pushing jokes than character development. Stewart dives into his role with admirable gusto, but the show around him isn’t worthy of his talents. –Josh Bell

Created by Saturday Night Live alums Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, aaacc Documentary Now! has very specific satirical DOCUMENTARY targets, and it hits them with precision. A sendNOW! Thursdays, up of PBS series like POV, American Experience 10 p.m., IFC. and Independent Lens, Documentary Now! parodies a different nonfiction filmmaking style in each episode, and its re-creations are remarkably effective, thanks to wonderful work from directors Alex Buono and Rhys Thomas. Armisen and Hader star in each episode, alongside guest players like Jack Black and John Slattery, and their spot-on impressions are funny enough that it doesn’t really matter if the jokes are hit-and-miss. The three episodes provided for review take on Grey Gardens, Nanook of the North and HBO’s Vice, and for people who are familiar with the source material, Documentary Now! is likely to provide plenty of knowing laughter. It may be niche humor, but it fills that niche skillfully. –Josh Bell TV

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Reel growth The Las Vegas Film Festival continues to expand and improve By Josh Bell In its second year Downtown, the Las Vegas Film Festival further cemented its position as the city’s premier movie showcase, even partnering with the organizers of onetime local institution CineVegas. That now-defunct fest presented four screenings at the LVFF, including a welcome return from mysterious local filmmaker Tom Barndt with his new short The Paranormal Idiot, and the CineVegas brand added some extra legitimacy to the LVFF. Head programmer West McDowell has done a lot to erase memories of the LVFF’s somewhat checkered past, and this year he did an especially effective job putting together the numerous shorts programs. There were some worthwhile features as well, but the shorts were easily the festival highlights, including some impressive works from local (or formerly local) filmmakers. The best came from UNLV alum Clinton Cornwell, who delivered a poignant mix of comedy and drama in Kiss and Tell, with nothing more than two characters sitting together on a couch. On the feature side, the festival presented a program heavy with documentaries, including two inspirational films by local directors, both about young people with terrible illnesses. CineVegas’ Robin Greenspun directed Semicolon; The Adventures of Ostomy Girl, about Dana MarshallBernstein (daughter of local lawyer and TV personality Ed Bernstein), a 25-year-old suffering from severe Crohn’s disease; and local DJ Landon Dyksterhouse

(aka the Mash-Up King) directed Beats4Tanner, about a teen with terminal brain cancer whose dreams of DJing at the Hard Rock brought him to Vegas. Both films are well-intentioned if sort of bland, but they’re professionally crafted and showcase subjects that are easy to root for. My favorite feature documentary in the festival was the more stylish Chuck Norris vs. Communism, an entertaining and audiencefriendly look at the underground VHS-trading network in Romania in the 1980s. It’s both a loving tribute to the power of movies (even bad ones) and a basic primer on communist repression. The festival’s slate of narrative features was its most underwhelming, although I was transfixed by the baffling and often beautiful Canadian-Norwegian drama Violent, a meditation on the time leading up to a young woman’s death in a sudden disaster and her interactions with the people who mean the most to her. The other narrative features I saw often lacked the skill and vision to completely pull off their artistic ambitions, but at least they were reaching for something. The festival, too, is reaching for something, and each year it gets closer to realizing its lofty goals.

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Pop star of the people Kelly Clarkson puts on a relatable and musically accomplished show

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Still like honey

The Jesus and Mary Chain celebrates Psychocandy in style By Jason Harris The noise-rock masterpiece Psychocandy, Sunday night at Brooklyn Bowl, as both stage now 30 years old, held up beyond expectations. and audience were bathed in swaths of blue aaaab Opener “Just Like Honey” is a perfect pop song. and red, The Jesus and Mary Chain proved that THE JESUS “Sowing Seeds” is as brooding as ever. And “Cut some things, though created in a specific time, AND MARY Dead” is such an ideal mixtape cut, it makes me remain timeless. Playing a seven-song set of CHAIN even sadder mixtapes no longer exist. choice tunes followed by a second set of seminal August 16, The songs were great when they came out, debut album Psychocandy in full, JAMC created Brooklyn but what makes them so special live is how a full-circle evening for fans, perhaps the height Bowl. ridiculously good the band sounds today. Jim of this second incarnation of the Scottish collegeReid’s voice is in pristine condition, seemingrock group. ly unchanged since the ’80s. Brother William Reid “April Skies” and “Head On,” two of the band’s poppiexplores space with his fuzzy guitar licks in a way that est numbers, set the tone wonderfully for the evening to makes you wonder what he knows that other guitarcome. Later in set one, Stooges-style distortion was in full ists don’t. The five musicians play with such controlled effect during “Reverence.” And “Some Candy Talking” is chaos, they continue to prove why they are revered as such a good song about taking illicit drugs, if you told a the peak of their genre. judge it motivated you to try bad stuff, he’d almost have Such beautiful noise. to let you off with a slap on the wrist.

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Even 13 years into her career as a pop star, Kelly Clarkson is still a gushing fan at heart. Every night on tour, she and her band work up a different cover song, and Clarkson has no shortage of favorites to pick from. At the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Saturday night, the cover of choice was Lana del Rey’s sultry “Off to the Races,” which Clarkson and her band performed with such confidence and intricacy, it was hard to imagine they’d just learned the song that day. Elsewhere in the set, aaabc Clarkson beamed KELLY when introducing CLARKSON back-up singer August 15, Bridget Sarai, who Mandalay Bay took a turn on lead Events Center. vocals for a version of “Proud Mary,” heaped praise on opening act Pentatonix when the a cappella group joined her to harmonize on “Heartbeat Song” and gave Sarai and her fellow back-up singers another spotlight to open the encore with a version of Jessie J’s “Bang Bang.” Clarkson is remarkably humble and down-to-earth for a multiplatinum-selling singer playing arena shows, and her enthusiasm for interacting with the audience always came across as genuine. When she got a bit choked up while singing the very personal lyrics of the title track from her recent album Piece by Piece, there was no question that those emotions were real. Clarkson combined that authentic feeling with her still-phenomenal voice, which could bring to life even a mediocre song like treacly new single “Invincible.” Her generosity in sharing the spotlight is endearing, but it was her own voice singing her own songs, both hits and deep cuts, that made the night a success. –Josh Bell

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Local music news & notes By leslie ventura SHRINE ON It’s been two years since Vegas-based hardcore band Alaska released debut full-length Everything Is Fine, and between an extensive tour last fall and a monthlong jaunt this spring, the DIY group still found time to write and record a follow-up album. Singer/ guitarist Joel Kirschenbaum told the Weekly that sophomore LP Shrine will begin streaming in late September, with an official release the first week of October. “I feel like being on tour and traveling is what most of this record is about,” Kirschenbaum says. “Without that experience, I don’t think we would have the context to write the music that we did write. We tried to avoid the clichés of hardcore music or emo music. We’ve done some things we’ve never done before, and that changes your perspective on things.” After writing from December to March, the band returned to Panda Studios in Fremont, California, to record Shrine before an annual SXSW run. “We are really trying to make it more of an artistic thing. This is a musical representation of everything we’ve done in our lives this far.” The release accompanies Alaska’s two-month string of U.S. dates (plus a few Canadian stops) that will bring the guys as far south as Gainesville, Florida, for Fest 14 (better known as “the Fest”) during Halloween Weekend. The band kicks off with a local house show September 25 and returns November 24 for a gig at 11th Street Records with New Orleans’ Woozy and Vegas’ Dark Black. alaskanv.bandcamp.com.

BRAIN FOOD Independent local collective Brain Jelly Music dropped its third compilation, Brain Jelly Music Vol. 2, on August 8, a follow-up to last year’s Spread the Jelly Vol. 1 and Solid Wax Mistress. The 27-track album includes one song from each artist on the Brain Jelly roster, resulting in a varied collection of voices from the Vegas scene. Like Brain Jelly itself, Vol. 2 transcends genre, with gems from hip-hop MC Hassan (“I’m the Best”), experimental Americana rockers Fishing Season (“UFO in Mexico”), soulful singer-songwriter Kella Bo Bella (“Carmen’s Song”), bluegrass/folk artist The Rifleman (“Battle of a Cornered Bear”) and others. According to Brain Jelly’s Bandcamp page, Vol. 2 reflects “the unity of the Las Vegas music scene” and a “wide range of genres from our community.” brainjelly.bandcamp.com. LOCKED IN Pioneering

Vegas heavy-metal outfit Hemlock will release a new album, Mouth of Swine, on September 14. The 11-song LP will be the group’s first studio record in two years (Hemlock released a live album and DVD, Viva ’Lock Vegas, in 2014). The band embarks on a string of tour dates starting September 10 in Hutchinson, Kansas. hemlockworld.com.

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subjects, but that she has nothing If likability is 50 percent of to say about them. Love can get what makes a comedian great, away with putting on kid gloves Loni Love is halfway there before before she throws punches on the she sets foot onstage. If writing assorted talk and clip shows from and telling well-crafted, intelliwhich most people know her. But gent jokes is the other 50 percent, onstage, there needs to be more however, Love is still only halfhonesty and craftsmanship. way there. Not that Love didn’t have That might sound harsh, but opportunities. She mentioned that consider this: Within the first five she grew up without a father, and minutes of Love’s Saturday-night the man who played Cliff Huxtable set at the Venetian, she engaged was her TV surrogate. This would the crowd with this played-out have been a perfect time to explain call and response technique, how Bill Cosby’s trou“Where my black people bles have confused and at?” Black people clap disappointed her, learnin obligatory fashion. aaccc ing things she doesn’t “Fried-chicken-eating LONI LOVE want to know about her asses ...” This was folAugust 15, fictional father figure. lowed by the bombshells Venetian. What is it like to see the that Hispanics enjoy person you most admire tacos and white people fall so far? Instead, she called him love mayonnaise! “Pill Cosby.” That’s Page 1 of the Urban During one joke, Love proved Comedy Playbook, and more of she could do more. On Mary the same followed on other subMagdalene and everybody pointjects. On her being plus-size: “I ing out she was a prostitute: just want skinny people to leave “When Christ was on that cross, fat people alone. ‘You gonna eat all who was the only person there? of that?’ Yes, I am. And when I finWe couldn’t find Matthew, Mark, ish I’m gonna eat yours, too.” Luke and John. It was Mary From there it was Paula Dean Magdalene. Who went to the tomb loves butter, Caitlyn confuses me for three days? Not the boys. It because she looks like a woman was Mary Magdalene. So she may but sounds like a man and Donald have been a ho, but she was the Trump is orange and has bad hair. first ride-or-die ho.” The frustrating part isn’t that It was just too little, too late. Love is taking on so many familiar

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A sleight comeback

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After five years away from the stage, Lance Burton reappears with the film Billy Topit By John Katsilometes For two weeks after he attended the Frito-Lay company Christmas party in Louisville, Kentucky, 5-yearold Lance Burton incessantly checked his hair and ears for silver dollars. Maybe we need a backstory here. Burton’s mother made potato chips at the plant in the family’s hometown. During this particular Christmas party, a guy named Harry Collins got up to entertain the employees and their guests. Collins was sales manager at the plant, but on this night he was a headlining magician. “He was an excellent magician,” says Burton, who for decades in Las Vegas has been aptly known as “Master Magician.” Collins asked for a volunteer, and little Lance hustled to the stage. Collins then reached behind the child’s ear and produced a silver dollar. Then another, from the opposite ear. Then from his arms and elbows. The kid who would one day star on the Las Vegas Strip had become a little slot machine. “I didn’t understand what I was experiencing and didn’t know that he was an illusionist,” Burton says today. “I thought I had money hidden in my hair, behind my ears … I figured if you were born with magic powers, you had magic powers. If you were normal, you were screwed.” Burton soon understood that the art of illusion was a skill to be learned. A neighbor gave him a book, Magic

Made Easy, and he made his own coins appear. Burton’s interest was further piqued by the TV show The Magician, a one-year-and-done series starring a pre-Hulk Bill Bixby in which a magician used his powers to solve crimes. Burton played birthday parties, growing in stature to the point where in 1981 he joined Folies Bergere at the Trop. His classic style was a fine fit at the Monte Carlo when that hotel opened in 1996, and Burton spent 16 years as the resort’s headliner under the Master Magician moniker. In April 2010 at age 50 and still at the top of his game, Burton abruptly announced he was leaving the room, amid unconfirmed reports the hotel had planned to cut back its investment in his show. Despite potential opportunities in showrooms up and down the Strip (including a possible return to the Trop), Burton effectively retired after his final show in September 2010. He played to 5 million fans at the Monte Carlo, and seemed to have a lot left in the tank and on paper, having signed a contract that ran through this year. Now, Burton is producer, director and star of Billy Topit Master Magician. The indie film is a fundraiser for local charities, especially Variety the Children’s Charity of Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Shriners and Nevada SPCA. The film’s world premiere is September 24 at the Palms’ Brenden Theatres.

> STAGE TO SCREEN Burton’s film is a fundraiser for several local charities.

It took Burton six years to draft the script with writing partner Michael Goudeau (a former clown/juggler with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), who had been nominated for an Emmy for his writing on Penn & Teller’s Showtime series, Bullsh*t! “It’s about a magician who plays children’s birthday parties, and we all started at that level,” Burton says. “His friends are a juggler and a mime who is a clown. It’s exactly like The Avengers, except we don’t have Robert Downey Jr. and no one has superpowers. But they have skills.” They work to rescue a kidnapped girl using illusion, juggling and even clowning and pantomime. Those forms of performance art are incorporated into the plot, says Burton. “It’s not like we stop the movie and say, ‘Here is some magic!’ It’s all part of the story.”

Remarkably well-liked and respected in the oft-cutthroat culture of magicians, Burton has persuaded a stout collection of performers to appear in the film. Magicians Johnny “The Great Tomsoni” Thompson, Mac King, Criss Angel, Russ Merlin, Fielding West and Michael Holly are featured at least in cameos. Louie Anderson, Frankie Scinta and Gabriella Versace (the singer in Sexxy at Westgate Las Vegas) are also in the mix. The movie’s charity focus meant that they all worked free of charge. “I said, ‘We’re shooting this movie, and we’ve written a part for you!’” Burton says, grinning. “‘We’re shooting on Sundays, it’s going to be great and a lot of fun, and the best part is … you don’t get paid!’” And still, he filled the cast. When you’re Lance Burton, you can work that kind of magic.

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In the Riviera’s final days, artist Brent Holmes organized a themed show based on the legendary hotel, stemming from access the artists would hopefully gain after it closed. When that didn’t materialize, artists camped out or milled about the stilloperational casino and corridors, capturing its aura from vignettes while culling personal memories. The resulting works created in media that play directly into the hotel’s character include snapshots, Polaroids and poolside video footage. Erin Stellmon’s realist drawing depicts (or even archives) a gaming cashout voucher from the hotel’s final day, unfolded and offering a return of $.07 as if it had just been pulled from someone’s pocket. Robert Beckmann contributed sketches for a mural he was commissioned to paint on the hotel in the 1990s. David Sanchez Burr used his 3D scanner to capture what would soon be artifacts and shot footage of tourists at the pool, adding an effect that melts and disappears slowly. In the spirit of Las Vegas, he fractalized a scene, reinventing it into a new design. Stewart Freshwater included sketches he made at the Riv’s Monday night jazz program. The work of the 11 artists in Riviera Bon Voyage is at Blackbird Studios. Holmes says in addition to imploding these landmarks, there should be “another tradition of venerating them.”

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By Jacob Coakley orating and infectious. The show Sometimes it’s necessary to used aerial acrobatics from Trapeze distinguish between the book and Las Vegas and Braun Productions score of a musical and the physical sparingly but effectively. Tarzan and production. Tarzan, based on the Jane flying and falling in love was a animated Disney film of the same sexy aerial pas de deux, and bungeename from 1999, is one of them. bouncing gorillas added more levels The book is a mess, the score has of energy to the larger numbers. more valleys than peaks—but Steve Huntsman directed the the Super Summer Theatre and show and designed the set, and Huntsman Entertainment prothe pairing shows its strength in duction of it at Spring Mountain some remarkably beautiful set Ranch is full of dazzling kinetic pieces, including a watering hole energy, beautiful stage pictures at night, with glowing fireflies and amazing performances. and luminescent waterfalls. The The plot—such as it is—involves 11 o’clock number “Everything a boy raised by apes in the African That I Am” combined rain forest. Years later, the vocal talents of when more Brits Lloyd, Susie and arrive (including the aaaac Jones-Tannen (as well beguiling naturalist TARZAN as Jennifer Bacigalupi Jane), Tarzan must Through August and Scott Gibsonchoose between stay29; WednesdayUebele) with scenic ing with his ape family, Saturday, 8:05 p.m., imagination to creor leaving it to return $12-$20. Super ate the high point of to England with the Summer Theatre, the show, a genuinely humans. Jessica Jones702-594-7529. affecting moment. Tannen and Carnell Not everything was Johnson, as Kala and perfect. Some stage tricks didn’t Kerchak, brought Tarzan’s adopwork—especially a black-light tive parents to life with appropriexploration of the jungle that ate gravitas and still managed to didn’t pop with ultraviolet colhave a little fun in their romantic ors as much as leave most of the duet “Sure as Sun Turns to Moon.” dancers in darkness—and I would As Young Tarzan, Ricky Susie had have liked more of the movement a strong, crystalline voice and a from the large choral numbers warm presence. Cory Lloyd, as the added into the more intimate fully grown Tarzan, loped across songs to give them a little more the stage with a loose-limbed life. Sometimes awkwardness and eagerness and impressed with his contraptions were more promiwarm singing. As Jane, Melissa nent than the magic of flying. Still, Hoffman was a delight. In fact, the the excellence of the performers entire ensemble was. and the beauty of this production Thanks to choreographer Afton make a most enjoyable evening at Garrett, the large choral numbers the ranch. had a clarity and joy that was invig-

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> TIMELESS CLASSICS Cherries jubilee, prepared tableside, and Hugo’s Hot Rock Special (below right) are must-haves.

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The rose sets the tone Hugo’s Cellar remains a singular Vegas experience By Rick Moonen with Hugo’s Hot Rock Specialty for the entire table. I wouldn’t normally seek a great dining experiImagine a pu-pu platter, except instead of a hibachi ence at the Four Queens, but Hugo’s Cellar was on with sternos, you get a 500-degree hunk of granite my bucket list of old-school Vegas restaurants to where marinated tuna, tiger prawns, filet of beef and check out, so ... off to the Batcave! chicken breast are cooked before your eyes. The steam Arriving at Hugo’s feels like finding a secret hiderises up and the drama begins! You get a trio of sauces away after sliding through this aging casino that to play with, too: béarnaise, plum and mustard ... knock might make you think you Super Mario-warped to yourself out. We received two more appetizers Atlantic City. Walk down the stairs and preto share (after all, we are professionals), escarpare to be pampered properly in old-world got en croute, a rich dish of Burgundy snails charm. My wife and I met our dinner guests HUGO’S basking in garlic-herb butter, and the sneaky in the quaint bar and lounge and then, at CELLAR winner, grilled stuffed portobello mushrooms. the hostess podium, the ladies were each Four Queens, Filled with great-quality Gorgonzola cheese handed a rose from an arsenal of long-stem 702-385and drizzled with reduced balsamic vinegar, beauties in what appeared to be an umbrel- 4011. Daily, these rocked the table. la stand. The girls were enamored, and I 5-10 p.m. Cocktails low? Time for wine. At your winked to my friend because we knew we service is master sommelier John Simmons, were off to a terrific start. a great pro who caters to your palate and budget. I The atmosphere is vintage 1976 with brick walls, ordered the 2012 Shafer Merlot, because I think old paintings, dim lighting, antique chandeliers and merlot haters are just sheep who watched Sideways rose-shaped decorative lamps. We were escorted to too much. Then it was show time as the salad cart a nice booth near the kitchen and settled in. A vase arrived, complete with 15 fresh garnishes and three with water was immediately presented to temporardressings to customize. The confident waiter, dressed ily house the flowers of love while we dined. Little in a tuxedo and bowtie, hooked us up big time. As touches make a huge difference. the crunching sound subsided and the plates were Time for cocktails! Hugo’s does not skimp on the cleared, something cool happened. Tiny cones filled pre-dinner libation with drinks poured tableside and with raspberry sorbet were handed out to cleanse the remainder stored in small buckets of ice for you palates in preparation for the main course. Bravo! to refresh at your leisure—love it! There’s a team of Entrées arrived on hot plates (thank you). My seasoned professionals watching over your every need. 16-ounce ribeye was spot-on and garnished with Per the suggestion of Jaime, our captain, we started

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tomato gratin, green and white asparagus, mushrooms and smashed potatoes. I plowed through it with gusto. My friend had the rack of lamb, cooked perfectly but slightly under-seasoned. Duckling anise flambé was finished tableside on a rolling cart, sautéed in a pan and lit on fire with anise liquor. Another guest had the veal Oscar, and she felt it was one-dimensional ... what are you gonna do? Have a sip of merlot and go with the steak! (While I’m at it, I have to call Hugo’s out for having Chilean sea bass on the menu. It is most likely pirated and overfished. Time for a change.) The grand finale included two must-haves, cherries jubilee and bananas foster. A table-side crescendo of sweet decadence that perfectly punctuated a great dining experience. As if those weren’t enough, out marched the petit four plate complete with dark chocolate-dipped fresh strawberries, apricots, figs on white chocolate, whipped cream and chocolate tuiles. Talk about over-delivery! Hugo’s Cellar is easily one of the best-value dining experiences in Las Vegas. The roses were packed up for the ladies to take home, another reminder that you are appreciated. This well-oiled experience is worthy of a very high rating on the Moonen old-school bucket list.

When he’s not dining at classic Vegas restaurants, Rick Moonen is chef and owner at RM Seafood and Rx Boiler Room at the Shoppes at Mandalay Place.

Hugo’s cellar by mikayla whitmore

BACK TO SCHOOL With a strong beer list and fun food, Public School 702 is rolling

> PUB POWER Go easy with the grilled watermelon and tomato stack (above) or feast on the “hand-held Cobb” chicken burger.

Most of the restaurants at the nearly year-old Downtown Summerlin mega-complex have been packed upon opening and then leveled out after a few weeks. Public School 702, a small franchise of self-described “authentic gastropubs,” has been crammed with diners and drinkers since debuting in June. Why? It’s something different for Summerlin, a pub focused on great beer and solid grub with different spaces for different fun. Meet friends in the bar, where there are many taps and high, communal tables, or get a proper seat in the casual dining room, or overlook the mall’s dramatic Dining Arroyo on the sweeping patio. Go to PS702 during its recess-themed happy hour (get it?), 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Exceptional draft brews like Joseph James’ Citra Rye Pale Ale and Ninkasi’s Dawn of the Red are an impossible $4, and other taps and well drinks are $5. There are tasty food deals, too, like an order of crispy cauliflower ($4) in Buffalo wing seasonings that might make you forget about wings altogether, and a platter of four shortrib and roasted chicken tacos ($7) that makes a meal. The restaurant’s regular menu is pretty simple: snacks, salads, PUBLIC burgers and pizzas, then a rather SCHOOL 702 interesting selection of entrées. Downtown Fried Jidori chicken and green Summerlin, chili cornbread waffles ($23) are a 702-749-3007. brunch and dinner favorite, a flavor Monday-Friday, bomb (and gut bomb) doused in 11 a.m.-1 a.m.; bacon gravy. There are solid rendi- Saturday & tions of pub favorites like bangers Sunday, 10 and mash ($14)—with bacon and a.m.-1 a.m. Brussels sprouts in the mash—and fish and chips ($15), contrasted by lighter fare such as grilled salmon with roasted vegetable succotash ($22) and a roasted poblano pepper with quinoa, black beans and adobo sauce ($13). The pizzas get it done, especially pepperoni and jalapeño ($12); the fresh stuff is fun, like a grilled watermelon and heirloom tomato stack ($10); and it’s easy to get hung up on appetizers like that cauliflower or bacon cheddar tots with sriracha ketchup ($7). Purists may quibble as to whether this is an “authentic gastropub,” but without a doubt it’s a comfortable spot with a tremendous beer list and tasty, satisfying fare. Call it whatever you want. –Brock Radke

THE PISCO TRAIL

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Barsol Pisco Primero 1 oz. Marie Brizard Apry Apricot Brandy Liqueur 2 oz. Fever-Tree Ginger Ale 2 oz. iced mint tea juice from two lime wedges apricot slices (fresh or canned), sprig of mint (garnish)

METHOD

TOMATOES ARE ONLY THE BEGINNING A fortunate few diners experienced something spectacular at Spago last week: an 11-course tomato tasting menu. The meal ran the gamut from familiar (chilled tomato gazpacho) to utterly unexpected (cherry tomato sorbet with sweet basil), a seasonally driven extravaganza cooked up by Spago chefs Eric Klein and Brandon Deardon and guest chef Johnny Church. For Church—who fashioned two dishes, lion fish ceviche with tomato confit and Piedmontese-style sirloin—the dinner was a perfect example of what’s happening next in his journeyman chef’s career. Church has cooked and helmed kitchens at some of the city’s best restaurants and most recently helped build MTO Café into a casual powerhouse. Now he’s joining forces with ingredient-sourcing wunderkind Brett Ottolenghi and Artisanal Foods. The specialty shop recently relocated to a larger spot on Pama Lane in the southeast Valley, and Church will be heading up its catering services, along with a new café. “It was just the perfect opportunity to get together and do something great,” says Church, who’s always been focused on using the best ingredients when they’re in season. At the eight-seat café, set to open in early September, Church will do lots of dishes utilizing the rare and interesting products available at Artisanal Foods, served during lunch hours and including a prix fixe menu. At a recent local farmers’ market demo, Church shaved zucchini and squash into spaghetti and sautéed the veggies with black garlic, Early Girl tomatoes, lemon zest and olive oil, “simple but vibrant,” he says. Expect more of the same. –Brock Radke

PUBLIC SCHOOL 702 BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE; CHEF JOHNNY CHURCH BY STEVE MARCUS

Build drink over ice in a 12-ounce Collins glass. Stir well. Garnish with apricot slices and a mint sprig.

Pisco, a Peruvian Brandy made from grapes, is a highproof, full-flavored spirit. This cocktail is exotic, smooth and slightly sweet, while still upholding the strong kick that Pisco is known for.

Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine & Spirits.

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> on the run Rupert Friend and Hannah Ware in Hitman: Agent 47.

Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-489-9110. Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 8/23, 8/26, Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8/23, Counter-Strike world championship broadcast live from Germany, 10 am, $15. Theaters: ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Dive-In Movies Mon, 7 pm, $5, hotel guests free. 8/24, Hotel Transylvania, ParaNorman. Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-698-7000. Family Movie Night Thu, 7:30 pm, free. 8/20, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. 8/27, The Dark Knight Rises. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., downtowncontainerpark.com. Flashback Features Sun, 8 pm, free. 8/23, Footloose. The Pond at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702617-7777. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. Movies in the Square Thu, sundown, free. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, dusk, free. 8/22, Annie. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 8/22, Freaks, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 8 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter. com. Summer Movie Date Night Alternate Fridays, sundown, free. 8/21, The Wedding Singer. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Summer Screen Thu, sundown, free. 8/20, How to Train Your Dragon 2. 8/27, Guardians of the Galaxy. Downtown Summerlin, Sahara Ave. & 215, downtownsummerlin.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 8/25, Damn Yankees. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week American Ultra aabcc Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. 96 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS The End of the Tour aabcc Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky. Directed by James Ponsoldt. 106 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 40. Theaters: BS, DTS, GVR, SC

Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware. Directed by Aleksander Bach. 96 minutes. Rated R. A genetically engineered assassin targets the corporation that created him. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX The Love Affair (Not reviewed) Dawn Zulueta, Richard Gomez, Bea Alonzo. Directed by Nuel Naval. 125 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A lawyer strikes out on her own professionally with help from a new man in her life. Theaters: ORL Sinister 2 (Not reviewed) James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan. Directed by Ciarán Foy. 97 minutes. Rated R. A single mother and her two sons move into a haunted house. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

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 craft, as showcased here, makes a strong case for her legacy. –MD Theaters: VS 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, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

Hitman: Agent 47 (Not reviewed)

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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: 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: VS Brothers (Not reviewed) Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez. Directed by Karan Malhotra. 156 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. Two brothers face off in a mixed martial arts tournament, in this Indian remake of the American film Warrior. Theaters: VS Cartel Land aaabc Directed by Matthew Heineman. 98 minutes. Rated R. Heineman’s documentary focuses on two very different vigilante groups fighting drug cartels on either side of the Mexican border. Heineman gets astonishingly close to heated gun battles, and he uses careful editing to show how both groups are ultimately almost as ruthless and menacing as the criminals they are up against. –JB Theaters: VS Drishyam (Not reviewed) Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Tabu. Directed by Nishikant Kamat. 163 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A humble family man finds himself the prime suspect in the disappearance of a teenage boy. Theaters: VS Fantastic Four AABCC Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell. Directed by Josh Trank. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. Trank’s rebooted Fantastic Four stacks

the deck in the wrong direction, spending far too much time getting things going and caring very little about these particular superheroes. This the fourth feature-film version in this franchise, counting a 1994 low-budget mishap, and it just seems as if it’s doomed. –JMA Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS 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: ST The Gift aaacc Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton. Directed by Joel Edgerton. 108 minutes. Rated R. Married couple Simon (Bateman) and Robyn (Hall) run into Gordo (Edgerton), a creepy loner from Simon’s past who appears way too eager to befriend the couple. Writer-director Edgerton subverts expectations with his stylish, elegant thriller, although he eventually succumbs to a cheap, sensationalistic twist ending. –JB Theaters: AL, CH, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS 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 aim-

less 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: BS, COL, RR, SC, TX Irrational Man aaacc Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey. Directed by Woody Allen. 96 minutes. Rated R. This year’s Allen movie looks for a while as if it’ll be another of the filmmaker’s faintly icky May-December romances. Thankfully, however, the story eventually shifts into another familiar (and more satisfying) Allen arena, tackling murder, moral relativism and the vagaries of fate. –MD Theaters: VS 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 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: BS, COL, DI, FH, SC, TX The Man From U.N.C.L.E. aabcc Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander. Directed by Guy Ritchie. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on the 1960s TV series of the same name (and set in that time period), U.N.C.L.E. features Cavill and Hammer as American and Soviet secret agents, respectively, forced to team up against a poorly defined threat. Director Ritchie throws buckets of style onto the screen but

A&E | Short Takes fails to generate an interesting plot. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX 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: ST, TC, 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, COL, DI, FH, ORL, RR, SF, ST, TS, TX, VS Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation aaabc Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the action series finds Cruise’s secret agent Ethan Hunt once again on the run after being disavowed by the very government he works for. While not the strongest in the remarkably consistent series, it’s still entertaining and exciting, an example of the best in blockbuster filmmaking. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

Ricki and the Flash aabcc Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer. Directed by Jonathan Demme. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. The title character (Streep) is a onetime suburban wife and mother who ditched her family to follow her rock ’n’ roll dreams in LA. Those dreams never came true, and now she’s attempting to reconnect with her grown kids in this awkwardly paced story, with weak comedy and weaker drama. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, FH, ORL, RR, SC, SF, SP, TS 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: TC Shaun the Sheep Movie (Not reviewed) Voices of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili. Directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. 85 minutes. Rated PG. Shaun the sheep must find his way home to his farm from the big city. Theaters: AL, COL, PAL, RR, SF, ST, TS, VS Southpaw aabcc Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 123 minutes. Rated R. Former boxing champion Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) attempts to mount a comeback in this contrived melodrama. The direction and the performances end up pounding the audience as hard as Billy in his early fights, and there isn’t much relief in his eventual drawn-out triumph. –JB Theaters: DTS, GVR, ORL, PAL, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, 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: COL, SC

Spy aaacc Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne. Directed by Paul Feig. 115 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: TC, VS

Paper Towns aabcc Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams. Directed by Jake Schreier. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Shy, bland teenager Quentin (Wolff) has his life shaken up by textbook manic pixie dream girl Margo (Delevingne). He enlists his friends to help go after her when she leaves town, but that journey isn’t particularly interesting, and the supporting characters along for the ride are as one-dimensional as Margo herself. –JB Theaters: COL, SC

Straight Outta Compton aaacc O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell. Directed by F. Gary Gray. 146 minutes. Rated R. Seminal ’80s hip-hop group N.W.A. gets the musical-biopic treatment, with Ice Cube played by his dead-ringer son (though it’s Mitchell, as Eazy-E, who’s the potential breakout star). It’s fairly standard-issue, but the time is definitely right for a cathartic portrait of the group that sang “F*ck Tha Police.” –MD Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, FH, GVL, GVR, 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. When aliens invade Earth with replicas of ’80s video-game characters, the president (James) calls on loser Sam (Sandler) and his fellow video-game nerds to save the day. Based on a 2010 short, Pixels is mostly genial and family-friendly, but also plodding and frequently boring, with listless performances and a moronic plot. –JB Theaters: CH, COL, ORL, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

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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, ST

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: COL, ST, TC, VS 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

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

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 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: DTS, GVR, ORL, SC, TC

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

Vacation aaccc Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein. 99 minutes. Rated R. This franchise sequel/reboot recycles the plot of the 1983 original, replacing previous patriarch Clark (Chevy Chase) with his son Rusty (Helms), taking his family on a cross-country road trip. Relying heavily on nasty gross-out humor, it’s a series of belabored, poorly executed jokes, a sad recreation of a once-beloved comedy franchise. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, ORL, PAL, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178 (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 (SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For complete movie times, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movies/listings. August 20–26, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 53

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> GAME TIME Hosted by the Fox (pictured) and the Vamp, Bombshell Bingo is a monthly delight Downtown.

HOT TICKET Bingo is fun. Bingo is more fun with pinup-girl hosts as lovely as they are cheeky, and party themes like Tiki and vintage pajama. This is Bombshell Bingo, a monthly romp presented by Backstage Bar & Billiards and Nevermore Productions that combines the classic game with a cabaret smorgasbord of burlesque-style acts, bands, comedians and DJs. And prizes might be “dreamboat” pillows printed with Cary Grant and Sophia Loren or a Four Queens staycation, dinner at Radio City Pizzeria, gift cards for tattoo shops and boutiques or even bar tabs. Speaking of cocktails, themed shot and beer specials accompany bingo, and you get access to the whole shebang by dropping $5 on three bingo cards. “We’re up there calling out bingo numbers and making dirty jokes,” says Darby Fox (the Fox), of the experience she shepherds with fellow pinup coach and model Sarah Vamp (the Vamp). On August 20, they’ll host a Back to School edition, featuring burlesque stars Kalani Kokonuts and Buttercup Delight, plus comedy from a “guest sex-ed teacher,” BOMBSHELL BINGO: beats by DJ Catman and music by Dante’s Inferno. Fox says the event BACK TO SCHOOL mashes up bingophiles, retro enthusiasts, neighborhood folks and August 20, 9 p.m., $5. Backtourists, “which is fun, because then they get to actually see that side of stage Bar & Billiards, 601 E. Vegas and why Vegas is the mid-century icon that it is.” –Erin Ryan Fremont St., 702-382-2227.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl 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, BJ the Chicago Kid 8/27, 8 pm, $46-$100. Excision, Lookas, Etc!, Trollphace, Dirty Lazrs, Blurnt Squad 8/29, $35$40, 8 pm. Black Uhuru 9/1, 8 pm. 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. Turquoise Jeep 9/16, 8 pm, $15-$18. Lettuce 9/23, 9 pm, $20. Robert Randolph, Amy Helm, The Handsome Strangers 10/6, 8 pm, $20-$30. Dark Star Orchestra 10/8, 8 pm, $25-$28. My Morning Jacket, Strand of Oaks 10/9-10/10, 9 pm, $50. Blues Traveler 10/22, 8 pm, $28-$33. Deftones 10/27, 8 pm, $27-$42. Trey Anastasio Band 10/30-10/31, 9 pm, $43-$50. The Dandy Warhols 11/6, 9 pm, $20-$23.

Peaches 11/11, 8 pm, $22-$27. J Boog 11/18, 9 pm, $18-$20. Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Tigers Jaw 11/21, 8 pm, $26-$30. Gary Clark Jr. 3/12, 9 pm, $30-$50. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum 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. Enrique Iglesias 9/13-9/14, 9 pm, $40-$300. Plácido Domingo 9/15, 8 pm, $80$500. Mark Knopfler 9/16, 7:30 pm, $81-$131. The Who 9/19, 10:30 pm, $96-$501. Elton John 10/13-10/14, 10/16, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Rod Stewart 3/19-3/20, 3/23, 3/25-3/26, 3/29, 4/1-4/2, 4/5, 7:30 pm. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) 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. 702-698-7000. Double Barrel Roadhouse Crossroad South 8/15, 8/22. John Reno 8/29. Shows at 9 pm unless noted, free. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Double Down TV Party Tonight: Suburbia ft. The Gashers, Fish, Atomic 8/13, 9 pm. 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., 702791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John thru 8/15, 8/18-8/22, 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. Donny & Marie TueSat, 7:30 pm, $104+. 702-733-3333.

Gilley’s 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. 10 pm. Brian Lynn Jones Band 9/24, 9 pm; 9/259/26, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Hotel (Pool) Skid Row 9/4, 9 pm, $35-$40. Blue October 9/18, 9 pm, $30. Live 10/2, 9 pm, $35+. 702693-5000. Hard Rock Live Tremonti, Trivium 10/11, 6:30 pm, $25. Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is 11/15, 5:30 pm, $26. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702733-7625. House of Blues No Duh! 8/20, 7 pm, $12. Motorhead, Saxon, Crobot 8/21, 7 pm, $40-$43. Clash of the Titans 8/22, 7 pm, $12. South of Graceland 8/28, 9 pm, $8-$10. Schism 8/29, 7 pm, $12. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 9/5, 8 pm, $29-$44. Hollywood Undead 9/12, 6 pm, $26-$30. El Tri 9/13, $35-$38 Carlos Santana 9/16, 9/18-9/20, 9/23, 9/259/27, 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/13-11/15, $90-$350, 8 pm. Hair Nation 9/24, 7 pm, $12. Hemlock 10/2, 6 pm, $10$13. The Tragically Hip 10/3, 7:30 pm, $43-$55. Halestorm 10/17, $30. Seether 10/20, 6:30 pm, $33-$43. Korn 10/23, 7:30 pm, $50. The Adicts 10/30, $17-$20, 6:30 pm. Ghost 10/31, $25. King Diamond, Exodus 11/9, 7 pm, $35-$50. Ride 11/10, 7:30 pm, $30. Collective Soul 11/12, 7 pm, $33-$36. The Wonder Years 11/5, 5 pm, $23$25. Heart 11/19-11/21, 8 pm, $55-$70. Parkway Drive 12/6, 4:30 pm, $25. Kamelot, DragonForce 12/7, 7 pm, $22-$25. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint 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+. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 9/18, 8 pm $40-$150. 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. Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin 10/22, 7 pm, $40+. 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) Juan Gabriel 9/13, $69-$229. (Mandalay Beach) Lost ‘80s Live ft. ABC, Wang Chung, Naked Eyes, A Flock of Seagulls and more. 9/26, $35. 702632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) 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 Coyote Countryfest 8/29, 7 pm, $20. Brass Transit 8/29-8/30, $20. Air Supply 9/4-9/6, $40. The Temptations 9/19-9/20, 8 pm, $40. Frank Caliendo 9/25-9/26, 8 pm, $35. (Cabaret Lounge) Front Page 8/208/22, 8 pm, free. NiteKings 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 4 pm, free. WolfCreek 9/10-9/12, 9 pm, free. In-AFect 8/13-8/15, 9 pm, free. Jukebox Heroes 8/27-8/29, 9/17-9/19. 9 pm, free. Chyna 9/24-9/26, 9 pm, free. (Brendan’s Irish Pub) Route 66 8/218/22, 9 pm, free. Dollface 8/28-8/29, 9 pm, free. ‘60s Sensation 9/4-9/5, 9 pm, free. 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) Walk Off Hits 8/21, 10 pm, free. WolfCreek 8/28, 10 pm, free. Northern American 8/31, 10 pm, free. Franky Perez 9/6, 10:30 pm, free. Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-944-3200. The Pearl Jackson Browne 8/21, 8 pm, $63+. Vince Gill 8/28, 8 pm, $50-$100. Alejandra Guzman 9/12, 8 pm, $33+. Oliver Dragojevic w/ UNLV Symphony Orchestra 9/26, 8 pm, $69+. Gregg Allman 10/9, 8 pm, $39. Judas Priest, Mastodon 10/17, 8 pm, $73+. Godsmack 11/14, 8 pm, $53+. Puscifer 12/12, 8 pm, $43+. Il Volo 3/25, 8 pm, $43+. Palms, 702942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Fri & Sat, 9 pm, two-drink minimum. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-3692305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 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 8/20, 8/23, 8/25-8/27, 8/30, 8:45 pm; 8/21-8/22, 8/28-8/29, 9 pm, free. John Windsor 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 8/31, 8:45 pm. Mandalay Place, 702-632-7771. 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. Sayers Club Savages 8/21, 9 pm, $20-$25. The Melvins, Big Business 8/29, 9 pm, $20. Mew, The Dodos 9/19, 9 pm, $12. Saul Williams 9/21, 8 pm, $20-$25. Legendary Shack Shakers 9/21. The Mynabirds, Stranger Cat 10/7, 9 pm, $10-$12. Doomtree, Astronautalis 10/18. Deerhoof, Cy Dune, The Anti-Job 11/5, 9 pm, $12-$15. In the Valley Below 11/13, 9 pm, $12-$14. The Polyphonic Spree 11/18, 9 pm, $25$27. 2535 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702761-7618. 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 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. Bless the Fall, Stick to Your Guns, Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska 11/19, 6 pm. 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.

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Calendar 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 Chelsea Wolfe 8/27, 8 pm, $10-$12. Missing Persons, Rewind, Definitive, New Wave Sounds, Midnight Clover 8/29, 8 pm, $10-$12. Funkathon: Jimi Jackpot & The Hot Slots, Constant Moving Party, Home Cookin’ Herd of Lemmings 9/5, 8 pm, $13-$15. Nations, Amarionette, Distinguisher, Words From Aztecs, First Class Trash 9/19, 8 pm, $7-$10. Murs, Red Pill, King Fantastic 10/1, 8 pm, $15-$18. Marty Friedman 10/2, 8 pm, $20-$25. Conflict, Total Chaos, Hard Pipe Hitters, Brutal Resistance, D.I. 10/8, 7 pm, $20. My Life WIth the Thrill Kill Kult, Candy Warpop, EMDF, Midnight Feature 10/9, 8 pm, $15-$20. Wanda Jackson, Delta Bombers, The Yawpers, DJ Lucky La Rue, Catman Eddy Bear & The Cubs 10/31, 8 pm, $20. Tankcsapda 11/6, 8 pm, $35. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. The Beat Coffeehouse 520 Fremont St., 702385-2328. Beauty Bar The Brocks 8/24, 9 pm. Pears, Illicitor, The Core 8/25, 9 pm, $10. True Violet, Holes and Hearts 9/18, 9 pm. Shannon & The Clams 9/27, 9 pm. Crizzly 9/29, 9 pm, $10. Joey Cape, Walt Hamburger, Laura Mardon 10/13, 9 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Downtown Container Park Philip Stendek 8/28, 7:30 pm. The Fab 8/28, 9 pm. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Downtown Grand 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 Daughtry 10/17, $35. All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, One OK Rock, Neck Deep 10/24, 6 pm. Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Letlive 11/21, 8 pm, $40-$80. 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec.com. Fremont Street Experience Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult 9/6, 9 pm. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Gold Spike 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., goldspike. com. Griffin TogetherPangea, White Reaper, Leather Lungs, DJ Fish 10/31, 9 pm, free. Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge James Cleveland Band 8/22, 9 pm, free. Acoustic Showcase & Musician Swapmeet 8/29, free. T-Reble, Way2Gone, C-Money, Polani, Phaze 1, King Ace 8/30, $5. 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. Life is Beautiful Music and Art Festival ft. Stevie Wonder, Imagine Dragons, Kendrick Lamar, Duran Duran, Hozier, Snoop Dogg, Weezer, Major Lazer and more. 9/25-9/27, 2 pm, $255. Downtown Las Vegas, lifeisbeautiful.com. LVCS 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 Happy hour music 4-7 pm daily. All shows free. 425 Fremont St., 702-3824204. The Smith Center Greg Bonham 8/22, 8 pm, $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 Cannery Shaun South Wed & Thu, 8/19-8/29, 8:30 pm, free. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-5075700. Eagle Aerie Hall 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. Secrets, A Friend A

Foe, From Where We Came, I Am Of Terra 11/3, 5:30 pm, $12-$15. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-645-4139. Elixir Stefnrock 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. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-367-2470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Martin Nievera 12/12, 7 pm, $32-$46. 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) Chicago IX 9/11, 7:30 pm, $15. Fleetwood Nicks 10/9, 7:30 pm, $15. Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Sat, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) Jared Berry Fri & 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) Boomer Wednesdays: Jazz Night 8/26, 6:30 pm, free. The Paul Charles Band 8/21, 9 pm. American Voodoo 8/22, 9 pm, free. Cornwell 8/29, 9 pm, free. Route 66 8/26, 9 pm, free. (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 (Veil Pavilion) Rock Fantasy 9/12, 8 pm, $25. The Fabulous Thunderbirds ft. Kim Wilson 10/10, 8 pm, $29. 3333 Blue Diamond Rd., 702-263-7777. South Point Sheena Easton 8/28-8/29, 7:30 pm, $20. Stayin’ Alive 9/11-9/13, 7:30 pm, $25+. Frankie Avalon 9/25-9/27, 7:30 pm, $45+. Winter Dance Party 10/2-10/4, 7:30 pm, $20+. Tower of Power 10/16-10/18, 7:30 pm, $45+. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri-Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-797-8005. Suncoast Jack Jones 8/22-8/23, 7:30 pm, $33-$55. Arrival From Sweden: The Music of Abba 8/29-8/30, 7:30 pm, $22-$44. The Flamingos 9/5-9/6, 7:30 pm, $16+. Sonny Turner 9/19, 7:30 pm, $16. 9090 Alta Dr., 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Nashville Unplugged ft. Rob Crosby, Billy Montana 8/21, 8 pm, $10. American Voo Doo 8/27, 8 pm. Clay Mills 8/28, 8 pm, $10. Yellow Brick Road Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Fri, Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat, 7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Sunset Amphitheater) George Thorogood & The Destroyers 9/19, 8 pm, $24-$60. (Cabo) Vegas Voice Afternoon Affair 5/20, 1:30 pm. Shows free unless noted. 1301 W. Sunset Rd., 702-5477777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri-Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) VooDoo Band Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-631-1000.

E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill 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., 702258-5200. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Justin Mather 8/20. The Deltaz 8/20. Cletus & The Mexican Sweat 8/22. Ashley Raines 8/27. The AllTogethers 8/28. Jimi Prima Band 8/29. 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.

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CALENDAR Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues ft. Eric Sardinas, Bernie Smithers Blues Bus 8/20, 6 pm; 8/21, 10 pm, $5. Jonny Lang 8/21, 8 pm, $30-$60. (Kixx Bar) Reflection Fri & Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Michael Angelo Batio 8/20, 9 pm, $13-$15. Orgy, First Class Trash, Crackerman 8/21, 9 pm, $10-$15. Black ‘N’ Blue 8/22, 9 pm, $10-$15. Sin City Sinners 8/27, 10 pm, free. Kiss Night in Las Vegas IV 8/29, 8 pm, $10. Femme Fatale 9/4, 9 pm, $10-$15. Lynch Mob 9/26, 9 pm, $15. Trixter, Cyanide 10/2, 9 pm, $10. 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 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. Dive Bar The Goddamn Gallows, The Scoundrels, The Sawyer Family, Eliza Battle 10/17, 9 pm, $8-$10. D.R.I. 10/28, $20-$22. One Eyed Doll 10/30, 9 pm, $10-$12. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702-586-3483. 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. Fiesta Henderson (Coco Lounge) Gregg Peterson 8/21-8/22. Drum ‘n Girl 8/28-8/29. Shows at 7:30 pm. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Sherry Gordy: Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm, $5-$10. (Cabo Lounge) Le Mar Le Warren 8/21-8/22, 8:30 pm. Eagle One All Stars 8/28-8/29, 8:30 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-6317000. Milo’s Cellar T.G. Miller 8/27, 7 pm, free. Live Music Thu, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Jimmy Wilkins 9/5, 1 pm. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Sam’s Town Los NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge Lou Lou White 8/20, 10 pm. Chris Tofield 8/21, 10 pm. Stoney Curtis Band 8/22, 10 pm. All shows free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Rd., thesanddolarlv.com. Star of the Desert El 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 Nosotrosound 9/5, 2 pm, $10-$12. Bountalo ft. Touany Kouyate 9/8, 2 pm, $15. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702455-7340.

COMEDY Aces of Comedy Jay Leno 9/18, 11/2011/21, 10 pm; 9/19, 9 pm, $60-$80. Gabriel Iglesias 9/11, 10 pm; 9/12, 10:30 pm; 9/13, 8 pm, $60+. Nick Swardson 10/9, 10 pm, $50+. Ray Romano 10/2-10/3, 10 pm, $50+. Ron White 9/5-9/6, 10/23-10/24, 12/4-12/5, 12/11-12/12, 10 pm, $60. Daniel Tosh 8/28, 9/25, 10/16, 11/13, 10 pm; 8/29, 9/26, 10/17, 11/14, 7:30 pm. Tim Allen 10/10, 11/7, 10 pm, $60+. Mirage, 702792-7777. 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.

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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 All shows 8 pm, $10-$20. SLS, 702761-7000. 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. Bill Engvall 10/23, 12/4, 9 pm, $53-$83. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111. Billy Gardell 11/27, 9 pm, $44-$72. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. Whoopi Goldberg 11/13, 9 pm, $58-$99. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111. Kevin Hart & Friends Comedy AllStars 9/5, 7 pm & 10:30 pm, $50. Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanlasvegas. com. The Improv Kivi Rogers, Nika Williams, Sean Kent thru 8/9. Scott Record, Alex Hooper 8/11-8/16. Don McMillan, Robert Duchaine, Tracey MacDonald 8/18-8/23. Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702-3695000. Jim Jefferies 10/3, 8 pm, $45. The Joint, 702-693-5000. 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. Las Vegas Live Comedy Club Daily, 9 pm, $56-$67. V Theater, 3663 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Ste. 360, 866-932-1818. The Laugh Factory Rich LIttle SatSun, Tue-Thu, thru 8/23, 7 pm, $40$60. Greg Morton, Manny Oliveira, Ed HIll 8/20-8/22, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $35-$55. Angelo Tsarouchas, Kristeen Von Hagen, Noel Elgrably 8/24-8/30, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $35-$55. Adam Ray, Mark Serritella, Brett Riley 8/31, 8:30 & 1030 pm, $35-$55. Tropicana, 702-739-2222. Laughternoon Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. The D, 702-388-2111. Lipshtick Loni Love 8/15, 7:30 pm; 10/10, 9:30 pm, $40-$60. Joy Behar 9/12, 9:30 pm, $50-$70. Whitney Cummings 9/19, 11/28, 9:30 pm; 1/2, 8 pm, $50-$118. Lisa Lampanelli 9/26, 9:30 pm; 10/31, 8 pm; 12/26, 8 pm, $50-$118. Jennifer Coolidge 10/3, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Roseanne Barr 10/17, 9:30 pm, $50-$118. Jen Kirkman 10/24, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Fortune Feimster 10/24, 9:30 pm, $40-$97. Garfunkel & Oates 11/7, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Iliza Shlesinger 11/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Sarah Colonna 11/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Venetian, 702-4149000. 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. 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., 702368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-7776. Wanda Sykes 9/25, 9 pm, $53-$88. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111.

PERFORMING ARTS Art 9/4-9/20, 8 pm, $14-$15. Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Dr., 702362-7996. Book of Mormon 9/22-9/27, 9/299/30, 10/1-10/4, 10/6-10/11, 10/13-10/18, 7:30 pm, 9/26-9/27, 10/3-10/4, 10/1010/11, 10/17-10/18, 2 pm, $36-$160. 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, thesmithcenter.com. Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. A Choreographer’s Showcase 10/11, 10/18, 1 pm, $25-$45. 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. Dirk Arthur Wild Magic Opens 8/24. Mon-Sat, 4 pm, $50-$90. Westgate Las Vegas, 3000 Paradise Rd., 800222-5361. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. For the Record: Baz Mon-Sun, 8 pm, Tue dark; $55+. Light Nightclub, Mandalay Bay, bazlasvegas.com. Full House: The Very Special Episodes Fri, 11 pm, $15. Onyx Theatre, 702-732-7225. The Get Fri. thru 9/25, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Hedwig and the Angry Inch 8/208/22, 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. 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, $26-$96; 12/6, 2 pm, $46-$96. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. The Nutcracker 12/12, 8:30 pm, 12/13, 1 & 5:30 pm, 12/18, 7:30 pm, 12/19, 2 pm $ 7:30 pm, $29-$179. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Panties in a Twist 2/2-2/6, $35-$43. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Ragtime 10/27-11/1, $30-$130. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Showgirls the Musical 9/10-10/3, Thu-Sat, 8 pm; 9/20, 5 pm, $25. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., onyxtheatre.com. Sol Mexicano presented by Ballet Folklorico. 8/29, 6:30 pm, $10-$12. Winchester Cultural Center, 702455-7340.

SPECIAL EVENTS AFAN’s 29th Annual Black & White Party 8/29, 9 pm, $50. The Joint, afanlv.org. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 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. Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales 10/2-10/4, times vary, $20+. Orleans, orleansarena.com.. Downtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., downtownpodcast.tv. Goose Island Beer Pairing Dinner 8/21, 6 pm, $55. Lagasse’s Stadium, Palazzo, 702-607-2665. Harvest Festival 9/11-9/13, 10 a.m., $4-$9. Cashamn Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd N., harvestfestival.com. Las Vegas Beer and Barrel Project: Seminars and Panel Discussions 8/29, 1 pm, $99. Mandalay Bay, lvbeerbarrelproject.com. Las Vegas Golf Show 9/5-9/6, times vary, $7-$10. Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., golfshowvegas. com. Lebanese Festival 10/9-10/11, times vary, $3. St. Sharbel Catholic Church, 10325 Rancho Destino Rd., 702-6166902. Mandalay Bay Beach Beer and Barrel Festival 8/29, 7:30 pm, $75. Mandalay Beach, lvbeerbarrelproject.com. M.E.N.U.S. presented by Epicurean Charitable Foundation 10/9, $500. The Beach at Mandalay Bay, 702932-5098. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 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. Pole Expo 9/9/-9/13, times vary, $185. Hard Rock Hotel, poleexpo.com. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Mon, 7 pm, free with one drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Sip & Savor 9/16, 6 pm, $175. Spago at Forum Shops, 702-369-6300. Skin Wars Viewing Party Wed, 8 pm, free. Hard Hat Lounge, 1675 S Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. Suicide GIrls: Blackheart Burlesque 11/20, 8 pm, $25. Vinyl, 702-6935000. Summer Movie Date NIght The Wedding Singer 8/21. Films begin at sundown, free. Town Square, 6005 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-269-5001. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Pkwy, 702-733-9800. 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 10/1510/17, times vary, free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Windmill Music Club Last Sun. of the month, 4 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W Windmill Ln., 702-507-6030.

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SPORTS Global Force Wrestling Live 8/21, 8 pm, $25+. Orleans, orleansarena. com. Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 9/17-9/19, 7 pm, $72+. Orleans, orleansarena. com. Las Vegas 51’s vs. Iowa thru 8/22, 7:05 pm. El Paso 8/31-9/6, 7:05 pm; 9/7, 12:05 pm. $10-$25. Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., milb.com. MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout Óscar Valdez vs Chris Avalos, Jesse Hart vs Aaron Pruor Jr. 4 pm, $20$100. Cosmopolitan, 800-745-3000. Monster Energy Cup 10/17, 6 pm, $56-$76. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Mylan World TeamTennis Smash Hits 10/12, 7 pm, $45-$125. The Colosseum, 1-888-929-7849. National Finals Rodeo 12/3-12/12, 6:45 pm, $58-$232. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com. PBR World Finals 10/21-10/24, 6 pm; 10/25, 1 pm, $30-$170. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets.com. World Wrestling Championships 9/7-9/12, 10 am, prices vary. Orleans Arena, 702-284-7777.

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 Brent Sommerhauser Thru 9/13. 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

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July 23-Aug. 22

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

You’d probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you’re ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle. Your freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should now make way for careful introspection and thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless star-gazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing. Despite how it may initially appear, it’s not a comedown. In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will satisfy you in unexpected ways.

English author Barbara Cartland published her first novel at age 21. By the time she died 77 years later, she had written more than 700 other books. Some sources say she sold 750 million copies, while others put the estimate at two billion. In 1983 alone, she churned out 23 novels. I foresee a Barbara Cartland-type period for you in the coming months, Leo. Between now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever been. And here’s the weird thing: One of the secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced ability to chill out. “Relaxed intensity” will be your calming battle cry.

Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Museum of Failed Products is a warehouse full of consumer goods that companies created but no one wanted to buy. It includes caffeinated beer, yogurt shampoo, fortune cookies for dogs and breath mints that resemble vials of crack cocaine. The most frequent visitors to the museum are executives seeking to educate themselves about what errors to avoid in their own companies’ future product development. I encourage you to be inspired by this place, Sagittarius. Take an inventory of the wrong turns you’ve made in the past. Use what you learn to create a revised master plan.

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VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

In accordance with the current astrological omens, I recommend the following activities: Sing a love song at least once a day. Seek a message from an ancestor in a reverie or dream. Revisit your three favorite childhood memories. Give a gift or blessing to the wildest part of you. Swim naked in a river, stream or lake. Change something about your home to make it more sacred and mysterious. Obtain a symbolic object or work of art that stimulates your courage to be true to yourself. Find relaxation and renewal in the deep darkness. Ruminate in unbridled detail about how you will someday fulfill a daring fantasy.

“On or about December 1910, human character changed,’’ wrote English author Virginia Woolf in 1924. What prompted her to draw that conclusion? The rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars and indoor plumbing? The rise of the women’s suffrage movement? Labor unrest and the death of the King? The answer might be all of the above. Inspired by current astrological omens, I’ll borrow her brash spirit and make a new prediction: During the last 19 weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will undergo a fundamental shift. Ten years from now, you will look back at this time and say, “That was when everything got realigned, redeemed and renewed.”

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” Virtually all of us have been guilty of embodying that well-worn adage. And according to my analysis of the astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern. But I am happy to report that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold turkey. In fact, the actions you take to escape this bad habit could empower you to be done with it forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort? Here’s a good way to begin: Undo your perverse attraction to the stressful provocation that has such a seductive hold on your imagination.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

The ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad is one of the foundation works of Western literature. Written in the eighth century BCE, it tells the story of the decadelong Trojan War. The cause of the conflict was the kidnapping of Helen of Troy, reputed to be the world’s most beautiful woman. And yet nowhere in the Iliad is there a description of Helen’s beauty. We hear no details about why she deserves to be at the center of the legendary saga. Don’t be like the Iliad in the coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you can about the goal at the center of your life. Be very clear and specific and precise about what you’re fighting for and working toward.

“The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble,” said psychologist Carl Jung. “They can never be solved, but only outgrown.” I subscribe to that model of dealing with dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too—especially in light of the fact that from now until July 2016 you will have more power than ever before to outgrow two of your biggest problems. I don’t guarantee that you will transcend them completely, but I’m confident you can render them at least 60 percent less pressing, less imposing and less restricting. And 80 percent is quite possible.

“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it,” confessed the late, great author David Foster Wallace. Does that describe your experience, too? If so, events in the coming months will help you break the pattern. More than at any other time in the past 10 years, you will have the power to liberate yourself through surrender. You will understand how to release yourself from overwrought attachment through love and grace rather than through stress and force.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

The comedian puppets known as the Muppets have made eight movies. In The Great Muppet Caper, the muppets Kermit and Fozzie play brothers, even though one is a green frog and the other a brown bear. At one point in the story, we see a photo of their father, who has the coloring and eyes of Kermit, but a bear-like face. I bring up their unexpected relationship, Cancerian, because I suspect that a similar anomaly might be coming your way: a bond with a seemingly improbable ally. To prepare, stretch your ideas about what influences you might want to connect with.

Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians celebrated an annual holiday called Makahiki. It began in early November and lasted four months. There were nonstop feasts and games and religious ceremonies. Communitybuilding was a featured theme, and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or bloodshed. I encourage you Scorpios to enjoy a similar break from your daily fuss. Now is an especially propitious time to ban conflict, contempt, revenge and sabotage as you cultivate solidarity in the groups that are important for your future. You may not be able to make your own personal Makahiki last for four months, but could you at least manage three weeks?

“Most people love in order to lose themselves,” wrote Hermann Hesse in his novel Demian. But there are a few, he implied, who actually find themselves through love. In the coming months, Pisces, you are more likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I don’t think it will even be possible for you to use love as a crutch. You won’t allow it to sap your power or make you forget who you are. That’s good news, right? Here’s the caveat: You must be ready and willing to discover much more about the true nature of your deepest desires—some of which may be hidden from you right now.

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