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8 AS WE SEE IT POTUS has a green confab in Vegas, and the Arts Factory has its way with a wanderer. R.I.P. Las Vegas Club.

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Old-school Vegas ... amazing. –Andrew Cooper Great place and amazing selection of booze at the bar. –Clay Heximer Service is top-notch. Phenomenal dining experience. –Martha Valtierra Hugo’s was okay, but I much preferred the Sultan’s Table. Now that was one cool restaurant. –Dodgerchuck

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If I were visiting I sure would [stay]! Most hostels are not available to locals so that keeps me out, but I stay in them when I travel often. I’ve wondered for years why Vegas didn’t have a decent hostel. –Charity Morgan TripAdvisor has other honest opinions of this place, giving it three out of five stars. The prices are a bit high for a hostel and for Vegas. I can’t believe people pay $25 for a shared room during the week while better hotels are going for the same plus a resort fee. People in this price range select on price, then location and then amenities, not in reverse order. To find this place you’d have to select a price first, then narrow it to a location and bam—you’re in for a hostel 15 minutes from Fremont. –Joseph Tunstall

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THE FUTURE OF GREEN ∑ It’s a car and it costs $6,800 and no, it isn’t a Craigslist

clunker—in fact it’s brand-new. Meet Elio, a three-wheeled two-seater that runs on gas and averages 84 miles per gallon. It’s safe, it’s American-made, and it goes on sale next year. Need a ride sooner, or looking for something bigger? Consider the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel-cell sedan that has a range of 300 miles per five-minute refuel and only emits water. Yes, water. The car hits Southern California in October, with a sticker price of about $58,000 or a lease price of $500 per month. Green energy has crept into our lives slowly over the past decade, in the form of hybrid vehicles and high-efficiency washing machines, but experts expect future clean tech to develop more rapidly, with help from new initiatives and technological advancements, as touted during Sen. Harry Reid’s eighth National Clean Energy Summit August 24 at Mandalay Bay. “Six years ago, smart meters were pretty rare,” said President Barack Obama during his keynote speech. “Today, 60 million consumers have access to detailed information about how much energy we use, how we use it, when we use it. …

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We can control our thermostats from our smartphones. New appliances and smart devices can tell when energy prices are cheapest, and do laundry, or wash the dishes, or charge our car at those times.” In housing, UNLV promoted existing KB and Pulte zero-energy models with built-in solar and other green upgrades. Rooftop solar options prevail, from installers like Bombard Renewable Energy and SolarCity, and new financing plans are bringing it to a wider audience. Property-Assessed Clean Energy financing (PACE), which Obama announced at the summit, allows homeowners to pay for solar-panel installations over time through their property taxes. And then there’s the boost to the job market. Last year, solar prices fell by 10 percent and installations rose by 30, opening the industry not only to new customers, but to new employees. In the U.S., there are 75,000 solar workers (8 percent are Nevadans), more than 50,000 wind-power workers and federal plans to put 75,000 veterans to work in solar by 2020. Obama admonished solar-opposing legacy utilities, and deemed the climate issue nonpartisan: “If you’re a progressive, you should care about this. If you’re a libertarian, you should care about this. If you just want to save some money, you should care about it. And if you care about the future of our children and grandchildren, you should care about it.” Judging by the conference’s high turnout, people do care. –Kristy Totten

∑ Baz needs a forever home, and it ain’t Light. The show based on a trio of Baz Luhrmann musicals is leaving its venue of seven weeks after a final performance on Sunday. Producers say Baz will resurface, that the show—a partnership of Cirque du Soleil’s theatrical division and LA theatrical company For the Record—is seeking a more hospitable venue. “With all honesty, this is not a financial decision. The show is not shutting down and moving because it is losing money,” said Scott Zeiger, director of Cirque’s theatrical division. “We are working to find a new home,

one that will hopefully embrace the show in the same critical way and build an even bigger audience.” The appeal of Light was that Cirque owns it. So the move might be an indication that the company is looking to get out of the nightclub business entirely. Zeiger and For the Record founder and executive producer Shane Scheel say they’re confident the show will re-emerge, though they don’t have a timetable and won’t say what venues are in play. “Baz will be in an alternative space,” Zeiger said. “I can’t tell you that it’ll be in an EDM space, but it will be in an alternative space.” –John Katsilometes

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TIME TO INHALE On the scene as our city’s first marijuana dispensary opens

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Jolted by change, the Arts Factory is still enchanting as hell BY ERIN RYAN

> PERSONAL SPACE Details of works by James Henninger (left) and Alex Huerta, and (inset) a colorful hallway.

new incense rainbow (Sizzlin’ Bacon?!) is meant to give locals PBR cans sit on the empty patio like shiny little tombstones. more reason to return. They’re all that’s left of Bar+Bistro, the old logo obscured by a That’s not a problem at Hellpop, where comics and graphUnion Jack marking Crown & Anchor’s dibs on the Arts Facic novels ranging from Spider-Woman to Saga have their own tory’s anchor space. It has been vital to the wonderland behind followings. I bought the latter on another day after an awethese walls, funneling business to the patchwork of shops and some conversation with green-haired store manager galleries. (Trifecta was another significant loss to the Darin Cox, who matched it to my interests and told complex and art scene in January, but at least then we me to bring it back if I wasn’t into it. (I’m into it.) had somewhere to cry in our beers.) A local institu- THE ARTS Awesome conversation seems to be a theme. At tion in its own right, the coming pub may change the FACTORY Happy Panda Toys, co-owner Ilanit Moskal doesn’t just energy of this creative tornado, so I wander in to take 107 E. ring up my Tokidoki Unicorno and grinning Kidrobot stock before the construction dust settles. Charleston pistachio nut—she gives tips on ordering noodles in Skaters lounge inside Let It Roll, slick decks and Blvd., thearts Japan. Artist James Henninger doesn’t just show me sneakers displayed in neat lines. Next door, a new factory.com. pieces, he gets into the layers of Johnny Cash’s brilwall’s skeleton leaves a glimpse of Bar+Bistro’s back liantly cut and painted metal face, and the process of entrance and a sign thanking customers for their distilling Red Rock Canyon or a beautiful woman into a million faithfulness under a sticker that reads “irony tax.” lines of ink or swirls of wax. And when Alex Huerta sees me Origami cranes and yarn-bombed pipes lead to print shop/ staring at his richly saturated paintings that both jar and uplift, steampunk boutique Hiptazmic Studio. Shaping a shirt stenwe swing from the Basquiat influence to his hard-won undercil with an X-Acto knife, Matt Esposito chats about the tides standing of the meaning of life. He even tells me what it is. of the Arts Factory and the impact Crown & Anchor might The more than 20 indie joints in this Factory are not just have if it opens as planned in mid-September. For him and selling something. There’s wild love in here. Crown & Anchor his wife Christine, tourists have been key, buying feathered might make that energy build, but it better not change it. top hats, goggles and octopus rings for festivals, though a

SCENIC HISTORY

In the spring of 1959, German heiress Vera Krupp was finishing dinner at her Spring Mountains ranch when robbers forced their way in, stole the 33-carat diamond ring off her hand, tied her up, raided the house then fled into the night. It was a high-profile robbery, and the thieves were eventually Colorful tales of the caught in another state. The ring was restored, and after Krupp’s death it people who shaped became the famous engagement ring Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor. It’s not the usual story that comes to mind when absorbing the Red Rock culture extraordinary scenery of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, but the neighborhood, it turns out, is rich with arresting tales. In Seekers, Saints & Scoundrels: The Colorful Characters of Red Rock Canyon ($18.95), authors weave a fascinating story from 19th-century explorers to the ranchers, trappers, miners, homesteaders, horse thieves, vacationers and Natives who shaped area culture, including the ambitious developers whose controversial grand plans were thwarted—all pieced together through public documents, oral histories and newspapers. Researched and written by Friends of Red Rock Canyon volunteers, a dedicated group of loyalists monitoring, documenting and preserving the area, the book portrays the people drawn to the mountains and springs long before the land was protected. It unveils the history of the unique town of Blue Diamond, the quarries of Red Rock, the threat of oil drilling in the 1970s and the life story of Bonnie McGaugh, a salt-of-theearth, Hollywood-born professional ice skater who bought the ranch in the 1950s and turned it into a beloved local attraction. Seekers, Saints & Scoundrels is a straightforward archive putting 150 years of footprints on a landscape known more for its prehistoric, rather than recent past. And it does so with great affection for the area the Friends of Red Rock have fiercely represented for more than three decades. –Kristen Peterson

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A line of more than 20 people snaked around the corner at Euphoria Wellness in the southwest Valley Monday morning, anxiously awaiting the chance to become the first customers to legally purchase medical marijuana in Las Vegas. “I’m still not quite sure it’s real,” said one patient, who emerged from the store with a half-ounce of Kosher Kush and Cheese purchased for $225. There were pot-leaf T-shirts and other 420-friendly attire in the crowd, but the crowd was mostly middle-aged or older, patients who’ve waited as long as 15 years to acquire legal, quality-tested medicine. Medical marijuana was approved by Nevada voters in 2000, but it’s taken lawmakers more than a decade to set up a way for patients to legally acquire it (previously they had to grow their own). Now that medical marijuana has finally arrived in Las Vegas, it might be tempting to call Dr. Reefer so you can score some premium bud from one of the dozens of dispensaries expected to open over the next year. But unless you have a serious medical condition—cancer, seizures, multiple sclerosis, severe pain—don’t bother. Unlike California, where trouble sleeping or a stubbed toe can be enough to qualify for a patient card, Nevada’s laws are some of the strictest in the U.S., allowing prescriptions for only eight specific conditions or symptoms. So while most Nevada residents will be left out of this green rush—at least until voters decide on recreational marijuana in 2016—half a million California patients will be able to shop at Vegas dispensaries whenever they come out for the weekend, thanks to a clause in the law recognizing patient cards from around the country, a surefire way to boost sales for the fledgling industry. –Conor Shine

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> CHANGE ON MAIN The Las Vegas Club will become a new hotel and casino soon.

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The sale of the Las Vegas Club should be great for Downtown By Brock Radke After it was announced last week that the Las Vegas Club casino on Fremont Street had been sold, I tried to talk about it. I wanted to discuss, with other Vegasminded people, what it would mean for Downtown and the Fremont Street Experience and the city as a whole for the typically empty property, which opened in the 1930s, to get snagged by Downtown’s most active casino developers, Derek and Greg Stevens. I was excited. I wanted to talk about it. Problem was, most of the people I mentioned it to didn’t even know there was a Las Vegas Club. So much for Vegas-minded. Planted at the historic corner of Fremont and Main, the Las Vegas Club has been slowing down for a long time. Its 400 hotel rooms have been shuttered for more than two years, and many of its bestknown and most popular features—the sportsbook, the Dugout diner, the Great Moments Room restaurant—closed for good in the mid- to late-2000s. Tamares Group, which owns and operates the Plaza across Main Street, sold the Las Vegas Club for $40 million and closed the property on August 20. Maybe you aren’t familiar with the Las Vegas Club either, but if you’ve spent any time recently inside the D or the Golden Gate, it’s easy to see why this deal should be great for Fremont Street. “I concur,” says Derek Stevens. “I think it will be great for Fremont Street and Downtown.” In the recent, short era of Downtown Las Vegas being top of mind for reasons having little to do with the original Vegas casino drag, Stevens and his team have made the Fremont Street Experience a better place. They turned the dilapidated Fitzgeralds into the D, one of the Downtown tourist corridor’s premier party spots, and made beautiful improvements to the Golden Gate, the original Downtown hotel and casino opened in 1906. They also grabbed up some land behind the D and created the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, an outdoor facility that hosts rock concerts, boxing matches, festivals and other events.

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Stevens says there will be obvious synergistic opportunities between the Las Vegas Club and the Golden Gate, which are directly across Fremont from each other, but that it’s too early to talk about exactly what he’s going to do with his new project. “I’m not holding anything back; we really just need to fully evaluate the structure of the building. There’s a lot of back-of-the-house things that people don’t talk about, like plumbing, that need to be [assessed]. I anticipate by the time we’re done, you’ll see a combination of new construction, renovation and demolition.” When he’s done, it will be something new. Unlike when he bought Fitzgeralds, Stevens didn’t purchase the Las Vegas Club’s business, name or equipment—just the land and the building. He won’t have a player database to help build an audience, as Tamares couldn’t segregate that casino database from the one at the Plaza. So it seems like a daunting task, to take over a closed casino and build it into something new, from scratch. On the other hand, Stevens gets to take over a closed casino and build it into something new, from scratch. “These things tend to go in fits and spurts,” he says. “My overall goal is to grow our business, and we really like the Downtown area for a whole lot of reasons. There are so many great things on Fremont Street, and you’re seeing more new capital investment in [casino] properties. There are some really tremendous restaurant offerings down here. I’m just happy to be one of the guys doing these things.” Of course, the reason my people didn’t know about the Las Vegas Club and what it could become is that they spend their Downtown time around the intersection of Fremont and Las Vegas Boulevard, where the Fremont East Entertainment District begins and tourist traffic gives way to locals looking to eat, drink and party. I just have to remind them they’re missing out on the fun up on Main Street, at the spruced-up Golden Gate and Plaza casinos, and soon, whatever comes next at the former Las Vegas Club.

“Don’t make your drive that important,” Zabi Naqshband says. Those words from the avid cyclist and service manager at McGhie’s Ski, Bike & Board address a frightening statistic: In the past eight months, eight cyclists have died on local roadways. According to a June segment on KNPR addressing seven of those deaths, four involved driver error. The community’s most recent loss came earlier this month, when Bike Blast Las Vegas founder Matthew Hunt was hit from behind near Treasure Island. Hunt died on August 9, leaving behind a wife and two young children. “He started his own business for [cycling] tours, because he loved bikes. He loved people,” says McGhie’s general manager Jon Horenziak, Hunt’s friend and fellow cyclist. “He quit everything to start Bike Blast.” Horenziak thinks roads could be safer with focused efforts to improve the sometimes-unfriendly relationship between cyclists and drivers, and to increase bike awareness. “If you look at the Southern Nevada Water Authority, they do a really good job keeping everybody water-conscious,” he says. “You’re constantly thinking about it, ’cause it’s in your face.” Horenziak and Naqshband suggest the DMV should run similar ads on how to appropriately share the road, and increase standards by educating soon-to-be drivers on cycling law or by providing incentives to pass bicycle-awareness tests. Some might not realize that cyclists have the same right to the road and must follow the same rules, according to NRS 484B.777. It’s legal for cyclists to ride in a primary lane, with no law requiring them to stay in the shoulder or bike lane. In turn, cyclists must use the right and left turn lanes, stop at stop signs, wear reflectors and ride with traffic—never against it. And if drivers pass someone on a bike, they’re required to move to the left lane when possible. Can’t move a full lane? Remember that cyclists are always more vulnerable to injury, and give a minimum cushion of three feet. It might not happen overnight, but with more acceptance and awareness on both sides, we can make the roads safer for everyone. –Leslie Ventura

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Weekly Q&A I know you can’t go into too much detail, but what’s next for you in your role at Alon? I’m developing and pioneer-

ing and pulling things together with Andrew [Pascal] and Rob [Oseland] and James Packer. As we get closer to opening the resort, I’m in the social scene, building and managing experiences from the lobby area to the bars, to the nightclub, to the restaurants, all the facets that create that life—an experience-maker, basically. Are you in a position to procure some of the DJs you worked with before? Do you know the direction of the music for the property? It’s three years away, so I

can’t think about exactly what we’re going to do, but Vegas is constantly evolving into different sounds and different acts. We’re the entertainment capital of the world, so there’s always something happening with entertainment. I’m not going to say we’re not, I’m not going to say we are. What would you like to hear in Las Vegas? When I was at XS I was start-

> New Frontiers Waits has signed on to the team behind Alon.

ing to get into Robin Schulz. I like that softer, vocal, deeper house stuff, sexy. It doesn’t translate as much in Vegas, but there’s places it will fit, like at a restaurant or pool area, certain kinds of bars and atmospheres. In a nightclub atmosphere—big room, 10,000 people—it doesn’t translate.

Dreaming bigger Nightlife impresario Jesse Waits on life after XS and what’s next

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The finely tuned Las Vegas nightlife machine was thrown a surprising wrench when Jesse Waits, longtime managing partner of XS and Tryst at Wynn Resorts, left his post in July. The industry buzzed as to where the tastemaker would take his talents. Waits will join fellow former Wynn executives Andrew Pascal and Rob Oseland at Australian billionaire James Packer’s Alon hotel and casino, planned to open in 2018. Though his first day on the job is only this week, we caught up with Waits to reflect about his time at Wynn and what he’s been up to during his time off, and get a few hints about the new project. What has your break from day-to-day nightclub operations been like? It’s

been really nice. I was in Europe for a month almost, touring where everybody goes during the season, the socialites and the travelers. I went to Ibiza for a week, London, Capri and Mykonos. I didn’t have any plan, either. I just went out and decided each place to go when I got there. What was the best thing you saw? What

I liked this year was Mykonos. I had

been there before and didn’t like it that much, but this year it changed— it’s kind of the new Ibiza. The energy is there, the vibe and people are there. I think Ibiza’s kind of where Saint-Tropez was the cool spot at one time, then Ibiza took that, then it was too over-done and too much of the bridge-and-tunnel, where Mykonos is newer and took that vibe from Ibiza. So Ibiza is bridge-and-tunnel now? It’s

just too Americanized. I think after all the celebrity things happened last year, the vibe changed. The same people aren’t going there anymore. What’s the nightclub sound like in Mykonos? It’s deep house and minimal

house. I like the music, actually. To me it’s really cool and chill; it’s not banging music. Have you been missing anything about XS or the daily grind since you left? I

miss XS, the routine, where I eat and go to work and see my friends and people that came into town and take care of people. I love taking care of people. That’s one of my things, I’m a people-pleaser. I’m still able to do

that, and I have people call me and can sort and organize things. I miss that, but I’m really excited to be moving into this new venture. It’s the biggest decision I’ve made in my life, and I feel really good about it. What were the best lessons you learned during your time at Wynn? I think I

learned a lot from [Steve] Wynn. He’s so detailed and a perfectionist and demanding on certain things, and he’s a genius. I think the biggest experience I got out of it was from Steve [as] the biggest influence. Was your contract up or nearing its end, or was it that another opportunity presented itself? The opportunity came

up, but I’d been contemplating [a change for] the last five years. I just knew that in my line and career there has to be a natural evolution and I needed to make a new step, and if I didn’t make a change ... I didn’t want to be the nightclub guy in my 40s sitting in a nightclub. I wanted to be more than that. I wanted to evolve into bigger things and more things and make some changes. I think it’s natural to want more.

I have Klingande, Hot Natured, Eric Prydz, Felix Jaehn, Alina Baraz & Galimatias, DJ Assad & Greg Parys, Mr. FijiWiji, Automat, Henry Krinkle. Is there a specific element, from a feature to a certain artist, that you’d want to have? I think what I’d like is to have a

variety of different people like Pharrell and the Biebers from the younger pop culture, then some of the cool stuff that works in Ibiza and Mykonos. I like all of it and [don’t want to] stick to one specific genre. Is it a possibility that you could work together with your brother Cy again?

Anything’s possible. We’ve worked together a lot in the past. I got him into House of Blues with me, then he left to go open another club, I moved to another club, we joined forces again at Tryst and XS, he left and now maybe he’s going to come back. It would be best-case scenario for me, to be honest. If you had unlimited resources, what would your dream club be like? We’re

building it in Las Vegas! Literally from scratch, and I’m going to start working on it. –Deanna Rilling

“I’m building and managing, from the bars to the nightclub. I’m an experience-maker, basically.” photograph by christopher devargas

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> Creed

> Black Mass

> The Martian

towers of the World Trade Center, previously recounted in the documentary Man on Wire, gets the big-budget IMAX and 3D treatment. Black Mass (September 18; Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Scott Cooper.)

The Martian (October 2; Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig. Directed by Ridley Scott.)

Depp attempts to play a real person in this biopic of notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, who used his position as an FBI informant to take down his enemies.

This adaptation of the bestselling novel by Andy Weir stars Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars while scientists on Earth desperately try to figure out how to rescue him.

Sicario (September 25; Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.)

Steve Jobs (October 9; Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Kate Winslet. Directed by Danny Boyle.)

This thriller from the director of Prisoners premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to great acclaim, especially for Blunt’s lead performance as an FBI agent caught in the crossfire between a Mexican drug lord and her superiors.

Fassbender plays the revered cofounder and longtime CEO of Apple in this biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and focused on three major moments in Jobs’ career.

The Walk (September 30; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.)

The true story of Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the twin

Bridge of Spies (October 16; Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan. Directed by Steven Spielberg.)

This Cold War thriller stars Hanks as an American lawyer recruited by the CIA to help negotiate the release of an American pilot captured by the Soviets.

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> Steve Jobs

Crimson Peak (October 16; Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.)

After the big-budget spectacle of Pacific Rim, del Toro returns to his gloomy horror roots with this story about a young woman (Wasikowska) who finds herself living in a haunted house when she moves in with her new husband and his sister. Jem and the Holograms (October 23; Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko.

Directed by Jon M. Chu.)

The 1980s cartoon about a glam rock star with a secret identity gets a makeover for the social-media age in this live-action movie, with Jem as a YouTube sensation who must navigate the treacherous world of corporate rock stardom. The Peanuts Movie (November 6; voices of Noah Schnapp, Alexander Garfin, Mariel Sheets. Directed by Steve Martino.)

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty and all their pals return in

> The Peanuts Movie

The Forbidden Room The latest exercise in retrofueled insanity from Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World) takes the form of a Russian-doll nested labyrinth of stories within stories, all of them carefully crafted to look like lost silent movies and inspired by actual silent movies that are now lost. It’s Maddin’s most ambitious project to date, and one of his best.

> Sicario

Carol Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in Todd Haynes’ chilly yet steamy adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt, which tells the story of a lesbian romance from the perspective of the ultra-repressed 1950s. Mara won Best Actress at Cannes earlier this year for her performance, but Blanchett is equally at home in Haynes’ lushly gorgeous portrait of desire seeping through the portals of restraint.

> The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

> Spectre

The post-apocalyptic series reaches its conclusion, as teenage hero Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) leads a rebellion against the corrupt government of Panem. Creed (November 25; Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. Directed by Ryan Coogler.)

Rocky Balboa returns, this time as a supporting character in the story of Adonis Creed (Jordan), son of late Rocky opponent Apollo Creed and himself a troubled aspiring boxer who needs Rocky’s guidance. a computer-animated movie that attempts to replicate the style of original comic-strip creator Charles M. Schulz.

nists, the evil SPECTRE organization, returns in a new form in the superspy’s latest adventure, featuring Waltz as a villain with ties to Bond’s past.

Spectre (November 6; Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz. Directed by Sam Mendes.)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (November 20; Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Francis Lawrence.)

One of James Bond’s classic antago-

Breathe Actress Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Beginners) steps behind the camera for this bracing tale of a toxic friendship between two French teenage girls, one of whom uses her popularity and status as a weapon against the other. It’s a film that only a woman could make with such disturbing acuity, and Exhibit A regarding why we need more female directors. –Mike D’Angelo

The Good Dinosaur (November 25; voices of Raymond Ochoa, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Peter Sohn.)

Pixar’s latest animated movie imagines a world in which dinosaurs never became extinct, and follows a young apatosaurus as he befriends a human caveboy named Spot. –Josh Bell

AlsO: The Transporter Refueled (September 4); Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (September 18); Hotel Transylvania 2 (September 25); Goosebumps (October 16); Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (October 23); Rings (November 13).

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> The Grinder

> Life in Pieces

> The Muppets

> Quantico

TV Despite the drastic changes in TV-viewing habits in recent years, the major broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, the CW) still insist on rolling out dozens of new shows in early fall. With so many shows debuting in such a short amount of time, it’s tough to figure out which ones are worth watching. Josh Bell sat through 20 pilots to separate the hype from the genuine promise.

Life in Pieces (Mondays, 8:30 p.m., CBS; premieres September 21)

This single-camera sitcom about a multigenerational family is basically CBS’ version of Modern Family, but it boasts a stellar cast (including Dianne Wiest, James Brolin, Zoe Lister-Jones and Colin Hanks) and a refreshingly downto-earth tone that infuses its goofy situations with some genuine heart.

The Muppets (Tuesdays, 8 p.m., ABC; premieres September 22)

We only had a 10-minute presentation available to preview for this new take on Jim Henson’s classic puppet characters, but it promises a strong mix of self-aware, popculture-heavy humor and classic Muppet antics, with a format that mixes the variety-show style of the 1970s Muppet Show and the mockumentary style of The Office. The Grinder (Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m., Fox; premieres September 29)

Rob Lowe is charming as the title character in this goofy but endearing sitcom. It has a one-joke premise—an actor who played a lawyer on TV decides he’s qualified to be a real lawyer—but Lowe’s exuberant presence and chemistry with Fred Savage as his put-upon brother (who’s an actual lawyer) provide signs of hope. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Mondays, 8 p.m., the CW; premieres October 12)

By far the most promising new

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show of the fall is this one-of-akind comedy about a successful, neurotic New York lawyer (cocreator Rachel Bloom) who impulsively ditches her job and moves to a dingy Southern California suburb to be close to her childhood boyfriend. Oh, and it’s a musical, with a winning mix of sarcasm and emotion, wrapped up in catchy, clever original songs. Supergirl (Mondays, 8 p.m., CBS; premieres October 26)

> Supergirl

> Blindspot

starring Bradley Cooper, this drama turns a dumb sci-fi thriller into a dumber procedural, making its drugenhanced supergenius protagonist (played by Jake McDorman) into an FBI consultant. At least Cooper has a cameo. Scream Queens (Tuesdays, 9 p.m., Fox; premieres September 22)

The creators of American Horror Story launch another horror anthology, this one infused with alleged comedy. But the jokes are unfunny and mean-spirited, the characterizations are stereotypical and misogynistic, and the story (set in a sorority) is a muddled pastiche of various slasher movies.

The producers of Arrow and The Flash bring another DC Comics superhero to TV, with a bright, upbeat style and a charismatic lead performance from Melissa Benoist. TV and movies might be reaching superhero overload, but for fans of comic book-style storytelling, Supergirl gets things right.

The Player (Thursdays, 10 p.m., NBC; premieres September 24)

Blindspot (Mondays, 10 p.m., NBC; premieres September 21)

Las Vegas gets another poor TV representation in this ludicrous drama about a secret organization that both predicts crimes and then bets on the ability of a trained operative to stop them. Even Wesley Snipes as the organization’s shady mastermind can’t quite pull off this nonsense.

This heavily promoted action series draws from the same high-concept idiocy as NBC’s hit The Blacklist. Featuring Jaimie Alexander as an amnesiac badass with clues to finding terrorists tattooed all over her body, it’s both ridiculous and grim, but not fun enough or smart enough to succeed at either one. Limitless (Tuesdays, 10 p.m., CBS; premieres September 22)

Based on the 2011 surprise hit movie

Quantico (Sundays, 10 p.m., ABC; premieres September 27)

This drama about FBI trainees packs about five plot twists into its first episode, none of them remotely believable. Within minutes, it’s descended into overheated soap opera, combined with self-serious intensity in flash-forwards to a terrorist attack supposedly masterminded by one of the main characters.

Both Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah will begin high-profile late-night talk-show gigs, Colbert as the new host of CBS’ The Late Show (taking over for David Letterman) on September 8 and Noah as the new host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show (taking over for Jon Stewart) on September 28. Long-running Las Vegas-set crime procedural CSI ends its CBS run with a two-hour finale on September 27, featuring original cast members William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger alongside some of the show’s current stars. Variety shows are poised to make a return with NBC’s Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, airing live on Tuesday nights starting September 15. Harris will be the ringleader for a mix of sketches, musical numbers, guest appearances and more, all in the mode of TV’s early days. After successfully airing a live episode last season, the NBC sitcom Undateable airs its entire third season live, starting with the season premiere on October 9. The trend of resurrecting fan-favorite TV continues with the return of Heroes (titled Heroes Reborn) on NBC starting September 24. Original cast members Jack Coleman, Masi Oka, Greg Grunberg and more will join new stars including Chuck’s Zachary Levi. –Josh Bell

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> Neil Young

CONCERTS MEW (September 19, the Sayers Club)

THE WORD (October 6, Brooklyn Bowl)

Denmark’s arty alt-rockers bring their arena-sized sound to the SLS’ cozy music space, part of the Bunkhouse Series’ efforts to relocate key shows from that shuttered Downtown venue’s calendar. With The Dodos.

Haven’t heard of the band? You probably know its members: guitarist Robert Randolph, keyboardist John Medeski and three of the North Mississippi Allstars—who team for a modern, instrumental take on gospel music.

Life Is Beautiful Festival (September 25-27, Downtown)

The top of the street festival’s poster (Stevie Wonder, Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar) won’t resonate as loudly as last year’s headliners (Foo Fighters, Kanye West, OutKast), but the rest of the bill features some intriguing names, like Run the Jewels, Shamir and Dan Deacon.

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Las Vegas Jazz Festival (September 25-27, Henderson Pavilion)

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The oddly named gathering of mainly soul and R&B talent will bring Erykah Badu, The Isley Brothers, Toni Braxton and more to the Henderson Pavilion. We repeat, Erykah Badu is playing the Henderson Pavilion(?!).

My Morning Jacket (October 9-10, Brooklyn Bowl)

Jim James’ rootsy rock outfit, which canceled its last scheduled Vegas date (2008), finally circles back, doubling up on gigs in support of latest album The Waterfall. YO LA TENGO (October 11, the Sayers Club)

This new addition to the Bunkhouse Series brings Hoboken, New Jersey’s indie survivors to town for just the second time ever, with an all-acoustic format celebrating new, Fakebook-y record Stuff Like That There. NEIL YOUNG (October 11, the Chelsea)

Route 91 Harvest Festival (October 2-4, MGM Resorts Village)

If the headliner choices—Keith Urban, Tim McGraw and Florida Georgia Line—don’t excite you, dig deeper into the 20-act lineup for fastrising foursome A Thousand Horses, Colorado singer Clare Dunn and rockish trio The Cadillac Three.

On the cusp of his 70th birthday, the Canadian rock icon returns to Vegas after a 12-year absence, bringing along new backing band Promise of the Real (featured on new album The Monsanto Years) and a string of massive, droolworthy recent setlists.

Sold out? So what!

Beg, borrow or steal your way into these three packed houses DRAKE (September 6, Boulevard Pool) No surprise the Coachella-headlining rapper’s smallish Cosmo show ran out of tickets weeks ago. THE WHO (September 19, the Colosseum) Colosseum one-offs tend to be special (Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon), and Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend sounded fit and fiery when they last came through Vegas in 2013. Trey Anastasio Band (October 30-31, Brooklyn Bowl) The man they said might never play Vegas again finally returned with Phish last year, and marks the one-year anniversary of that epic weekend with another Halloween-pegged run. –Spencer Patterson > Yo La Tengo

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> Together Pangea

MADONNA (October 24, MGM Grand Garden Arena)

The pop queen’s shows are always a party, and this one’s got a local bonus: Vegas duo Shelco Garcia and Teenwolf co-produced a track (“Unapologetic Bitch”) off latest Madge album Rebel Heart.

Pick to click TOGETHER PANGEA (October 31, the Griffin)

You’ve got dozens of options on Halloween, and I’m betting nothing will be as badass as seeing these LA garage rockers—whose 2014 album Badillac is still at the top of my rotation— for free in a small Downtown space. –Leslie Ventura

RIDE (November 10, House of Blues)

The reunited British shoegazers (if you don’t know ’em, take a spin through 1990’s Nowhere, pronto), bring their dreamy guitars to the Strip. File under Least Expected Vegas Tour Stops. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (November 25, Brooklyn Bowl)

What better way to prepare for Thanksgiving than by feasting on Johnny Rotten’s “other” band, pioneers of the U.K.’s late-’70s post-punk sound— and reportedly still a crack live experience. –Spencer Patterson

ALSO: Primus (September 4, the Joint); Lil Wayne, Fetty Wap (September 6, Foxtail); The Psychedelic Furs, The Church (September 8, Brooklyn Bowl); Big Blues Bender (September 10-13, the Plaza); Alejandro Fernández (September 15, Mandalay Bay Events Center); iHeartRadio Festival (September 18-19, MGM Grand Garden Arena); Charli XCX (September 20, Rehab); Swervedriver (September 24, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Shannon and the Clams (September 27, Beauty Bar); Murs (October 1, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Janet Jackson (October 9-10, Planet Hollywood); Wine Amplified Festival (October 9-10, MGM Resorts Village); Pete Rock & CL Smooth (October 11, LVCS); Father John Misty with Mikal Cronin (October 15, Boulevard Pool); Judas Priest with Mastodon (October 17, the Pearl); The Sword (October 21, Vinyl); Deftones (October 27, Brooklyn Bowl); Sepultura (October 25, LVCS); John Prine, Kris Kristofferson (October 30, the Pearl); Wanda Jackson (October 31, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Deerhoof (November 5, the Sayers Club); Peaches (November 11, Brooklyn Bowl).

Rooftop ‘riot’

Cap the summer season with Miguel at Drai’s Last time you performed here you opened for Drake at MGM Grand. Now you’re playing Drai’s, the club on top of the Cromwell. What kind of show can Vegas expect this time? It’s going to be my show. When we play, we f*cking riot. It’s going to be a wild and fun and sexy show, and with bottle service, too, I can only imagine how that’s going to up the ante. You grew up in LA. What has your Vegas experience been before now? I’ve been to Vegas so many times I can’t even count, and it’s always a blur. I can never stay longer than two days, because that first night ends up carrying into the next day. Then that second night, you’re trying to rally and getting everyone to rally with you, so by the third day it’s time to get the f*ck out of here. You party your whole energy out. It’s always nonstop.

MIGUEL August 28, 10:30 p.m., $30+-$60+. Drai’s Nightclub, 702-6054000.

You got a whole lot of critics and writers talking about how you’re moving away from R&B with this latest album Wildheart. What do you make of that reaction? I’m an artist. I was put on this Earth in this dimension to express myself, and that doesn’t have any title to it. … I would be limiting myself if I tried to create within certain boundaries or didn’t explore beyond those. There’s always going to be a layer of soul in my music, because that’s just who I am, but I’m in love with rock ’n’ roll, too. –Brock Radke For more of our interview with Miguel, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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DAM-FUNK, INVITE THE LIGHT (September 4)

LANA DEL REY, HONEYMOON (September 18) LDR has per-

DAVID GILMOUR, RATTLE THAT LOCK (September 18)

Dam-Funk’s first solo record in six years picks up right where he left off with Toeachizown. In other words, if ’70s space-funk crossed with ’80s synth-soul is your jam, this LP is a must.

fected both her seductive double-agent persona and a shadier take on Cali-pop, which should carry over to album No. 3, going by drowsy first single “High by the Beach” and its perforated rhythmic underbelly.

With Pink Floyd officially put to bed, its frontman can focus squarely on his own career and this fourth solo album, shaping up to feature lush prog-pop with psychedelic flourishes.

FETTY WAP, TBD (September 25) The Jersey hip-pop phenom’s long-awaited debut LP is still shrouded in mystery, but chances are good it’ll include the Billboard chart hits “My Way” and “Trap Queen.” DISCLOSURE, CARACAL (September 25) Going by the

KURT VILE, B’LIEVE I’M GOIN DOWN (September 25)

DEAFHEAVEN, NEW BERMUDA (October 2)

Sam Smith-featuring “Omen” and the soulful, minimalist house track “Holding On,” this U.K. electronic duo won’t switch things up too drastically on album No. 2. And that’s not a bad thing.

Vile’s spiritual new record feels more intimate than previous work, and the indie-psych guitar guru adds banjo to bring folksy vibe to songs like “I’m an Outlaw.”

Deafheaven’s latest LP was produced and mixed by Jack Shirley, the same man who helmed their previous albums. As a result, expect more genre-invading hybrids incorporating keening space-rock ambience, sludgy shoegaze and chunky metal riffage.

DEERHUNTER, FADING FRONTIER (October 16)

JOANNA NEWSOM, DIVERS (October 23) Fans of indie-clas-

The band’s first album since frontman Bradford Cox got injured in a frightening car accident reportedly contains songs that are “brighter,” borne out by the strutting psych-funk of lead single “Snakeskin.”

sical instrumentation, rejoice: Newsom returns with her first LP in five years. Expect intricate unorthodoxy, judging by the Randy Newman-esque lilting piano and Kate Bushcaliber vocal cadences of new single “Sapokanikan.”

SOUNDTRACK, KURT COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK (November 6) The soundtrack

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to the documentary about the late Nirvana frontman is reportedly a collection of home recordings, music heard in the movie and rare compositions. –Annie Zaleski

Who’ll be the next artist to sneak an album onto the Web? Expect hip-hop and R&B—genres that have perfected the practice—to lead the way; leading candidates include Kanye West, Frank Ocean,, Macklemore, Rihanna, Run the Jewels and Chris Brown. But don’t count out pop, rock and electronic acts. Adele’s 25 has been long-rumored to ambush listeners this fall. Grimes tweeted out a tip-off for an October surprise. And wouldn’t it be a coup if Tool’s loooong-awaited album suddenly appeared, or we got one from the original leak-it-yourself act, Radiohead? –Mike Prevatt

ALSO: Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls (September 4); Prince, HitNRun (September 7); Beirut, No No No (September 11); Battles, La Di Da Di (September 18); Rudimental, We the Generation (September 18); Mac Miller, Good A.M. (September 18); Chvrches, Every Open Eye (September 25); The Dead Weather, Dodge and Burn (September 25); New Order, Music Complete (September 25); Silversun Pickups, Better Nature (September 25).

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> The Book of Mormon

> Lula Washington Dance Theatre

Talking Art (September 3-December 3, Barrick Museum)

The UNLV Art Department’s everyThursday fall lecture series kicks off with LA’s Allison Miller, followed by Hyperallergic’s editor in chief and cofounder Hrag Vartanian a week later. Viva Verdi! (September 9, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

Opera Las Vegas delivers an evening of Verdi arias and ensembles (Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto and Il Trovatore), featuring Metropolitan Opera baritone Daniel Sutin. Beethoven & Brahms (September 12, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

The Las Vegas Philharmonic opens its season with Dan Visconti’s “Breakdown,” Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73. P3Studio (At the Cosmopolitan)

London-born/New York-based artist Shantell Martin brings her serious drawing skills to the Cosmo (September 16-October 11) for a resithe book of mormon by joan marcus

Lula Washington Dance Theatre (September 16, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

The revered dance company is a worthy attraction on its own, but with Washington’s nephew and onthe-rise saxophonist Kamasi (and Marcus L. Miller) providing musical accompaniment, it’s a must-see cultural event. –Mike Prevatt

dency, followed by Las Vegan Jesse Carson Smigel (October 14-November 8) and the Weekly’s own Mikayla Whitmore (November 11-December 6). The Book of Mormon (September 22-October 18, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

Back by demand. Irreverent, brilliant and kooky, Trey Parker’s and Matt Stone’s take on a pair of Mormon missionaries spreading the Good Word returns to Las Vegas for a second run. Vegas Valley Book Festival (October 15-17, multiple locations)

Journalists, novelists, critics, poets and storytellers of all types celebrate and discuss the literary arts, featuring

local and national writers, including keynote speakers Brad Meltzer and Colum McCann. Kveck, Russ & Stellmon: Breaks Ups & Tear Downs (October 23-January 23, Barrick Museum)

A not-to-miss exhibit featuring the dynamic works of Las Vegas artists Wendy Kveck, JK Russ and the recently moved-away Erin Stellmon. Well-Strung (October 24, UNLV’s Artemis W. Ham Hall)

This hunky NYC string quartet romps it up on vocals and strings in performances of classical and contemporary pop.

A Balanchine Celebration (November 7-8, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

Nevada Ballet Theatre presents an evening of Balanchine (“Serenade,” “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” and “Who Cares?”) set to music by Tchaikovsky, Rodgers & Hart and Gershwin. Simply Ella (November 13, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall)

Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater celebrates Ella Fitzgerald with dance and vocal performances, including a duet from Clint Holmes and Reva Rice. –Kristen Peterson

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> Russell Peters

RUSSELL PETERS (September 6, the Pearl)

CLYBOURNE PARK (September 11-27, Las Vegas Little Theatre)

The most famous comedian you’ve probably never heard of is a megastar around the globe, but hasn’t broken through the same way here in the States. Come see why he’s an internationally funny phenomenon.

An explosive (and funny) twist on race. Act One, set in 1959, finds white community leaders trying to block a home sale to a black family. In Act Two, set 50 years later, a white family tries to move back into the same house. THE WHALE (October 9-25, Cockroach Theatre)

ILIZA SHLESINGER & SARAH COLONNA (November 14, Venetian)

An elegiac story of a man bereft, trying to connect one last time to his distant daughter and learn the cause of his gay lover’s suicide.

The Lipshtick series has had some excellent shows and some clunkers. This is a great bet to join the former, pairing Shlesinger, the only female winner of Last Comic Standing, with Colonna, a touring and festival veteran. BILLY GARDELL (November 27, Treasure Island)

SHE KILLS MONSTERS (October 15-31, OffStrip Productions)

The man behind the Road Dogs comedy series and the star of Mike & Molly has finally risen to a level of fame that suits his strong act. He’s blue-collar through and through, and his jokes are hilarious in a relatable way. –Jason Harris

NEGROLAND: A MEMOIR, BY MARGO JEFFERSON (September 8)

The former Newsweek/ New York Times critic’s account of growing up in black upper-class Chicago might be incendiary, as it looks at a social stratum historically trapped between much of white and black America.

M TRAIN, BY PATTI SMITH (October 6)

Following up on the success of 2010’s Just Kids, a memoir of the rock poet’s early days with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Smith rambles through her travels, real and fanciful, with her own photographs serving as illustrations.

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Get your geek on with this tale of a young woman exploring the life of her dead sister—by exploring the fantastical world of role-playing in which she found refuge. –Jacob Coakley

SINATRA: THE CHAIRMAN, BY JAMES KAPLAN (October 27)

AVENUE OF MYSTERIES, BY JOHN IRVING (November 3)

Set for release in time for the entertainer’s centenary, this volume completes the biography Kaplan started in Frank: The Voice in 2010, covering Sinatra’s life after winning an Academy Award in 1954, including, of course, the Rat Pack/Vegas years.

The acclaimed author of The World According to Garp and The Hotel New Hampshire returns with a book about a boy whose younger sister can somewhat predict the future, including his. A meditation on aging and childhood, and memory’s linking of the two.

HUNTING SEASON: JAMES FOLEY, ISIS AND THE KIDNAPPING CAMPAIGN THAT STARTED A WAR, BY JAMES HARKIN (November 10)

Harkin looks back on the horrifying first glimpse of the radical group’s rise amid the disorder of post-Saddam Iraq and Assad’s crumbling Syria— the murder of journalist James Foley. –Chuck Twardy

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DJ Montana and DJ b-radical roll you into a twangified latesummer happy haze. August 29, noon, $10+ men, $10+ women. MADE SUNDAYS WITH DEJ LOAF AT FOXTAIL POOL CLUB The recent hip-hop

MAD DECENT BLOCK PARTY AT ENCORE BEACH CLUB

Originally launched in 2008, Diplo’s mega-dance party returns to Encore for the third time, featuring his own Major Lazer crew and labelmates Gent & Jawns, Yellow Claw, Grand Theft, RL Grime, TJR and Zeds Dead. August 28, 11:30 a.m., $70+ men, $45+ women.

surge in Strip clubs occasionally brings in performers who wouldn’t otherwise show up in Vegas, and such is the case for 24-yearold Detroit badass Deja Trimble, aka DeJ Loaf. Her 2014 single “Try Me” is just as hot a year later, outscorched only by her recent duel with Big Sean, “Back Up.” With DJ Five. August 30, 10:30 a.m., $33+ men, $22+ women.

SUPER FLY DISCO NIGHT AT BACKSTAGE BAR & BILLIARDS

DJs Allen, Harry A and Soulkitchen’s Edgar Reyes let loose with ’70s throwback grooves while movies such as Saturday Night Fever play. Those with the funkiest threads compete to win a $25 bar tab in the Super Fly costume contest. August 28, 10 p.m., no cover. THE THING WITH 2 HEADS AT GOLDEN TIKI

Longtime underground and former local DJ Bazooka Joe (and his wife) team up for a weekend of “real gone go-go and grind” at the intriguing, tropically themed new Chinatown spot. August 28 & 29, 9 p.m., no cover.

SUNDOWN WITH SETH TROXLER AT DAYLIGHT After his under-attended Life gig with Pete Tong last year, the outspoken Detroit techno/house DJ slammed our nightlife scene during an interview with The Independent. Apparently our money talks loudly enough for him to return and headline the underground-friendly Sundown party, supported by locals Justin Baule, M!KEATTACK and Spacebyrdz. August 30, noon, $30+ men, $20+ women. Beats per measure of

pretty much every disco song.

RITA ORA AT DRAI’S The night after soul-rock champ Miguel takes the rooftop stage, British songstress Rita Ora—who just dropped her “Body on Me” collabo with fellow Drai’s performer Chris Brown—takes her turn. August 29, 10:30 p.m., $60+ men, $30+ women. COWBOY BOOTS AND BATHING SUITS AT PALMS POOL

Kick back with Crown Royal and Bulleit drink specials, catch a live performance from country duo Megan and Liz and let

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p.m., when the second annual Block Party precedes the EBC at Night Pool Party with Yellow Claw. Shop, eat, drink, dance and swim your way through samples from bikini.com, Fantasy Ink, Glo Cone, Gold Sin Jewels, GrassRoots, Sprinkles, Makers & Finders, Look Style Society, Lifetime Fitness and many more. A Labor Day Weekend substitution at Tao: DJ Khaled’s gig on September 4 is canceled; Busta Rhymes and DJ Drama will fill in. XS Nightclub at Wynn is set to become a freakshowthemed vintage American carnival for Halloween weekend, with staff costumed as clowns and mimes and clubgoers encouraged to wear sexy circus attire. The Halloween DJ lineup features Avicii (October 30), Kaskade (October 31), Skrillex (November 1) and Diplo (November 2). Tour time: Marquee resident Cedric Gervais is launching a 28-date US run on Labor Day Weekend that will include Vegas gigs at the Cosmo club September 25, October 5 and 10, and November 14. –Brock Radke For one night, Lucky Foo’s will revive Red Dragon, the beloved Wednesday night party at former Mandalay Bay eatery China Grill that ran from the late ’90s well into the 2000s, and bring back both its house-music soundtrack and suggested dress code (“neoAsian funk,” which is clearly open to interpretation). The exclusive, one-off event (for now) takes place September 19. Those interested in attending are advised to email mf@ luckyfoos.com. –Mike Prevatt

IMAGINE WITH SHOWTEK AT OMNIA

Dutchmen Sjoerd and Wouter Janssen have already collaborated with dance-music stars like David Guetta and Hardwell and might be working with Calvin Harris next. The Omnia residents are back to stir up Imagine Sundays this week. August 30, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. SLANDER AT XS Movement Mondays is all about trap this week when former UC Irvine frat brothers and prolific producers of vicious bass boom Derek Andersen and Scott Land take over. August 31, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

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Nights art on his sleeve Dirty South adds color to Omnia, his new Vegas home.

Gratifying gala A colorful weekend starts with the Black & White Party

Still doing it his way Dirty South on crafting his own go-to tracks and film scores Dragan Roganovic has been a staple of Las Vegas nightlife since the electronic music takeover. The DJ and producer better known as Dirty South has amassed an impressive following, received Grammy nominations and nabbed coveted megaclub residencies. Ahead of his gig at new home Omnia, we caught up with Roganovic to find out what’s inspiring him these days. As someone who’s played Vegas for years, what have you noticed about the sound of the city, and how has that impacted your sets? I’ve been play-

ing Vegas since 2007 or 2008. Vegas is a little more commercial than the rest of the country and there’s a lot of tourists. I’m gonna do my thing, but it’s definitely a little more commercial than Los Angeles, for example, where I can play like four or five hours, play deep and techno and do all kinds of stuff.

That song encapsulates that energetic, big-room EDM sound with the build and drop and other familiar nuances. What do you feel are key elements to the track that are unique? It’s quite melodic, a very catchy mel-

DIRTY SOUTH with DJ Shift. August 29, 10:30 p.m., $40+ men, $30+ women. Omnia, 702785-6200.

Do you have a ritual when going through music for your sets? It’s part of a DJ’s job to make sure

you have great songs, and as a producer, I have to spend time making new songs so I can play them out. I don’t really have a ritual; it’s more whenever I get a chance to. I’ll go through new music and play it loud through the speakers and see if I catch a vibe. If I do, it ends up being in my record box. What’s been your go-to track for this summer? I just fin-

ished a new record myself and it’s called “Find a Way”

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and I’ve been playing it a lot—I’ve actually been playing it since March and Miami [Winter Music] Conference. It’s been a work in progress since then. It’s a summery record that really works, vocal and uplifting.

Benefiting Aid for AIDS of Nevada, which provides advocacy and support for roughly 3,500 clients living with HIV/ AIDS in Southern Nevada, the annual Black & White Party had a humble but impactful beginning as a canned-food drive in a Green Valley backyard. Now in its 29th year, the party has evolved into a lavish celebration with attendees sporting sexy, fashion-forward ensembles—some even going Gaga and getting conceptual with their getups. (Think bedazzled football pads and dresses made entirely AFAN from balloons.) 29TH In addition to the eye ANNUAL candy, this year’s gala BLACK boasts a fun entertain& WHITE ment lineup (DJs, live acts PARTY like Pia Zadora and perAugust 29, formers from Legends in 9 p.m., $50. Concert), small bites from the Joint, restaurants like Hexx, afanlv.org. Ferraro’s and 35 Steaks + Martinis and scrumptious cocktails. The Joint will be transformed into a steampunk-inspired playground for the occasion, which also features opportunities to win more than 40 raffle prizes like packages from Strip properties, the Life Is Beautiful Festival, Exotics Racing and more. AFAN ups the ante this year, too, bringing in TV personality Ross Mathews (from Chelsea Lately and Hello Ross) to host and adding a pop-up wedding chapel, where an ordained officiant will perform weddings and vow renewals on the spot. And the party doesn’t end at the Hard Rock. Tickets also grant attendees admission to the afterparty at Piranha Nightclub and next-day splash bash at Luxor’s Temptation Sundays gay pool party. –Mark Adams

ody. [Australian artist and collaborator] Rudy wrote lyrics that are quite emotional. I don’t think it tries too hard. I think it just works with a lot of melodies. For me, melody is very important. It’s the thing that people remember. Last year you released a short film and accompanying album called With You and said a crime drama was your next project. What’s the status? We are

right now editing and are probably on the third version. We shot it in March. It’s called Suburban Cowboy. The next thing to follow is the sound and I’m making the soundtrack as well. Hopefully we will be complete within the next eight weeks.

Will it be a full LP of music? It’s going to be more of a traditional soundtrack where some parts will be songs and others the score itself. I’m doing some Dirty South tracks in there, and other friends like FMLYBND. So maybe five or six original tracks and some score as well. –Deanna Rilling

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Closed

Lounge open 24 hours

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Yacht Club with Vicetone

Closed

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

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Lounge open 24 hours

DJ Kid Conrad

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THE BANK

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CHATEAU

Closed

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Cyberkid

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Afterhours

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

Politik

DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

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

FOUNDATION ROOM

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FOXTAIL

Seany Mac

Closed

Benny Black

GHOSTBAR

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Tiësto

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Afterhours

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Greg Lopez

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Sam I Am

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

Kay The Riot

Afterhours

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

Stafford Brothers

Gareth Emery

Greystone Sundays with DJ Drama

Closed

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Exodus & Mark Stylz

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Tiësto

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Dada Life

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DJ b-radical

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

Seany Mac

Presto One

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

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Jesse Marco

At Ling Ling Club; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

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Joe Maz

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Steve Powers

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Imagine with Showtek

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Alie Layus

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OMNIA

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

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Audien

SUNDAY

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

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Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $10+ women

Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

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Drai’s Beach

Warren Peace

Vicetone

Feenixpawl

Drai’s Beach

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

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LIQUID

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

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Scotty Boy

Gusto

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

Mad Decent Block Party

Zedd

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Closed

Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

Closed

Doors at 9 am; $10+, industry and local women free

Doors at 11 am

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Wet at Night with Tiësto

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

Sammy Adams

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PALMS POOL & DAYCLUB

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TAO BEACH

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WET REPUBLIC

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Gareth Emery

MARQUEE DAYCLUB

Lema

Ditch Fridays with DJ Crooked

With DJ Mark Styles; $20+ men, $10+ women; free before noon

Javier Alba

Live, with DJs Shift, Stretch; doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $20+ women

Vice

With Lema; doors at 11 am; $30+ men, $20+ women

Megan & Liz

Live, with DJ Montana & DJ b-radical; doors at 9 am; $10+, local women free

Eric D-Lux

Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

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

Doors at 11 am

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Tiësto

Doors at 11 am

Drai’s Beach

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

EC Twins

Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $20+ women

Drai’s Paradise

Doors at 11 am; $50+ men, $30+ women

Doors at 10 am; $75+ men, $40+ women

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

Sundown with Seth Troxler

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With Diplo, Grandtheft, RL Grime, more; doors at 11 am; $70+ men, 45+ women

Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

DJ C-LA

Sultan & Shepard

Doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $30+ women

Made Sundays with DeJ Loaf

Live, with DJ Five; doors at 10:30 am; $33+ men, $22+ women

Elise

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

Savi

With Treo; doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

Doors at 9 am; $10+, industry and local women free

Angie Vee

Doors at 11 am; $20+ men, $10+ women

Cabanas for a Cause

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Chuckie

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Buzz Osborne and his Melvins are coming to the Sayers Club You played here last as threepiece Melvins Lite. What’s the setup for this tour, and how will it differ sonically? The guys from Big Business open, and then play with us for the rest of the show. With Melvins Lite, we had a stand-up bass, so we featured that a little bit. Now we have two drummers, so it’s heavier, and we can play stuff that’s more complex. You spend a ton of time on the road. How do you keep from burning out? If we can’t play live, then it’s difficult to make this work. We do it from that perspective. But it’s still enjoyable? Not always. When you’re doing MELVINS something as with Big much as we do, Business. there’s always August 29, 9 some new thing, p.m., $22. The some fresh hell to Sayers Club, mess you up, but 702-761-7618. you just soldier through it. I’m not afraid of it. Some people don’t want to do it, and that’s fine—more room for the rest of us.

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Stuff you’ll want to know about Hear chelsea wolfe If you didn’t see the haunting vocalist open for Queens of the Stone Age last year, the gothic songstress returns as headliner following this month’s release of her beautifully ominous album, Abyss. With Upsilon Acrux, DJ Fish. August 27, 8:30 p.m., $10-$12, Backstage Bar & Billiards. jill scott The Philadelphia-born singer/actress/poet first garnered success during 2000’s big neo-soul boom. That she landed her second Billboard No. 1 album last month with her fifth album, Woman, is a testament to her vocal gifts and perseverance. With Tish. August 27, 8 p.m., $46-$100, Brooklyn Bowl.

eat & drink southern italy wine dinner Newly renamed Panevino Italian Grille continues its quarterly wine pairing dinner series with a four-course menu focused on flavors from four Southern Italian regions. For example, lamb roast with

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cipollini onions, green olives and rosemary matches up with Nerone di Calabria’s Crisera, a Sangiovese-Nerello blend. August 27, 7 p.m., $85, 702-222-2400. milk dudz If you thought Baltic porters were sweet and rich, wait until you get a load of the milk chocolate variety. Banger Brewing has introduced the appropriately named Milk Dudz, concocted by its first “guest star” brewer, Allan Harrison. At Neonopolis, 702-456-2739.

I noticed you’ve become a Major League Baseball correspondent on Fox Sports. I was a correspondent with them, for quite a few weeks, and then this thing with deflated footballs happened and … I just never heard from them again. –Chris Bitonti For more of our interview with Osborne, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

the beautiful game turns ugly However nasty pro soccer gets on the field, its governing body FIFA puts that to shame. In the wake of a 47-count indictment of top officials, this Mob Museum exhibit illustrates the creative shapes taken by today’s organized crime. Opens September 1, $10-$22.

see zoolander With the recent premiere of the trailer for the long-awaited sequel, now’s a good time to catch up on the original comedy featuring Ben Stiller as really, really, ridiculously good-looking (but incredibly stupid) model Derek Zoolander. August 30, 7:30 p.m., free, Downtown Container Park.

The Bunkhouse Series at the Sayers Club at SLS is sponsored by Southern Wine & Spirits, Live Nation, Downtown Container Park and Greenspun Media Group.

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Get your shinebox A quarter-century later, Scorsese’s Goodfellas feels nastier than ever By Smith Galtney Celebrating the anniversary of an important piece of pop culture has been a ritual ever since The Wizard of Oz turned 20, but as with everything in the age of the Internet, the practice has gotten way out of hand. Earlier this year, CNN posted an articled titled “Pretty Woman at 25,” which reassessed the gold-heartedhooker blockbuster as a “cultural touchstone” and a “misunderstood feminist classic.” Last week, Rolling Stone observed two questionable milestones: the 26th anniversary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother’s Milk (an insignificant birthday of a most un-vital album) and the 25th anniversary of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual de lo Habitual, which supposedly casts “a massive shadow over the rock landscape 25 years later.” Holy hyperbole, Batman! Let’s all take three or five steps back and reserve the overstatement for something truly noteworthy: On September 19, Goodfellas—one of the greatest, most influential films of all time—marks its silver anniversary. Yup, it’s been 25 years since Martin Scorsese rebounded from a late-’80s slump (The Color of Money, The Last Temptation of Christ) with his third masterpiece (Taxi Driver and Raging Bull being the first two). It’s been half a century since my sophomorein-college self walked out of a theater in the East Village, completely exhausted, not knowing what hit me. And after three viewings this summer, I’m amazed at how well it’s held up. Time has somehow made

Goodfellas feel nastier, fouler, more intoxicating than ever. Part of the fun of watching it today is playing Spot the Influence: horrific violence padded with pop music and mundane dialogue (see Quentin Tarantino); numerous familiar faces (Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Frank Vincent, Tony Sirico) from The Sopranos (creator David Chase has called Goodfellas his “Koran”); a coked-out third act that blasts already-high tensions through the roof (the “Long Way Down (One Last Thing)” sequence in Boogie Nights), plus an expert mix of voiceover, freeze frames, tracking shots and long takes that countless directors have tried and failed to imitate (Ted Demme most laughably in Blow). “I don’t care where you are,” Jon Favreau says in a bonus feature on the recently re-released Blu-ray. “If you turn on cable and Goodfellas is on, you just never turn it off.” What keeps my attention again and again are the details, and for nearly two and a half hours, Scorsese layers on the minutiae: the florescent-blue cream the mob wives brush on their faces; Joe Pesci’s simple analysis of his mother’s painting; Paul Sorvino slicing garlic with a razor blade. My favorite moment of the whole movie happens in all of two seconds: Debi Mazar, playing a big-haired gangster groupie, sniffs a bottle of perfume and says, “French.” Just the idea that anything French has to be fancy, or that a third-tier mob hoochie would possess a nose so discerning—these

jokes never get old. Nor does the violence, although for shock value, all the spilled blood can’t compare to the appalling behavior of characters who—no matter how well Scorsese humanized them—remain genuine monsters. Say the wrong thing at any given moment and you’ve got bullets in your chest,

or an ice pick in the back of the head. And for what? The Corleone family were like the Kennedys, radiating power and prestige. Even Tony Soprano maintained a solid, uppermiddle-class family life. But the wiseguys in Goodfellas are the smallest of small-time crooks. They only use their riches to buy more rags.

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A&E | screen Three things We Are Your Friends got wrong about DJ culture

> knob twirler Efron attempts to convincingly spin some tracks.

Considering the popularity of electronic dance music, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to cash in on it. Unfortunately, with We Are Your Friends, it’s been done with cheesy and eye-rolling stereotypes. Here are a few of those moments in need of a reality check:

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falls for. There’s also a heavy-handed subplot about Cole and his bros working for a shady real-estate investor (Jon Bernthal) to make some extra cash, which serves mainly to give Cole a third-act wake-up call about doing the right thing (the cheap death of a minor character serves the same We Are Your Friends brings generic angst purpose, even more shamelessly). to the EDM world By Josh Bell Efron is affable but not particularly believable as a talented musician, and his friends are mostly one-dimensional dudes who say things like “Don’t bro me if you don’t know Given how big an industry DJs and EDM have me.” Bentley brings a little more weight to his role as become, it’s sort of surprising that there aren’t a seen-it-all second-stringer who never quite made more movies like We Are Your Friends, a dopey aaccc it to the A-list, but his potential character depth gets rags-to-riches story that uses the EDM scene as its WE ARE pushed aside in favor of more soul-searching and generic backdrop. The movie might not be a spotYOUR shirtlessness from Efron. on representation of DJ culture (see sidebar), but FRIENDS Director and co-writer Max Joseph (best known it serves as a surprisingly effective portrait of LA’s Zac Efron, Wes as one of the hosts of MTV’s Catfish: The TV Show) San Fernando Valley, the suburban expanse where Bentley, Emily adds occasional visual flair, with onscreen text and aspiring DJ/producer Cole Carter (Zac Efron) and Ratajkowski. graphics that sometimes come off like in-movie his friends live while dreaming of vague success. Directed by promos for the movie itself, but sometimes work At first, WAYF is set up like an EDM version Max Joseph. in tandem with the music to create cool little interof Entourage, with Cole’s friends ready to ride his Rated R. ludes (there’s even a brief trip to Vegas for EDC). coattails as his DJ career slowly starts to take off. Opens Friday. In general, WAYF would probably work better as a But then the focus shifts to Cole’s relationship series of music videos, focusing on attractive bodwith his mentor, veteran DJ James Reed (Wes ies, snappy edits and pretty effects, and ignoring the vapid Bentley), and James’ assistant/girlfriend Sophie (pouty, characters and paper-thin plot entirely. robotic model Emily Ratajkowski), whom Cole predictably

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Who the hell does PCP?! We Are Your Friends went for the lowest-common-denominator aspect of dance music culture with copious drug use of assorted varieties. But when veteran DJ James gives wannabe Cole PCP? I’ve seen and heard a lot of things in 15 years of raving, but never someone taking that. In the movie, James helps Cole make a track. In reality, as the washed-up star, James would have asked Cole to make a track for him—and Cole would have been so thirsty to make it in the industry, he’d become a ghost producer. Those headphones have got to go. Throughout the movie, in case you forgot Cole wanted to be a DJ, he wears his taped-up headphones everywhere to remind you. And considering James’ big gig in the film is sponsored by Pioneer, why doesn’t the dude have a decent pair? –Deanna Rilling

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At one time, it might have made sense for Owen Wilson to demonstrate his range by starring in a movie like the grimy thriller No Escape. But the Wilson of goofy comedies and low-key character parts is very out of place in No Escape, as is his co-star, fellow comedy performer and character actor Lake Bell. Wilson and Bell play an American married couple who’ve just moved with their two young daughters to an unnamed country in Southeast Asia. Coincidentally, they arrive hours before an armed coup begins, and they find themselves targeted by hordes of faceless revolutionaries who might as well be zombies for all the humanity the movie gives them. Good thing they previously met a dissolute Brit (Pierce Brosnan, having fun with the terrible material) with a secret background in espionage. The action that follows is mostly laughable when it isn’t tedious or insulting, both to the region it’s skittish about representing and to the audience that’s expected to buy into this nonsense. –Josh Bell

Ugly Americans

abccc NO ESCAPE Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. Rated R. Now playing.

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Dear diary The Diary of a Teenage Girl tells a rich coming-of-age story

> bundles of joy Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar in Narcos.

of the rise of the Medellin drug cartel, led by notorious kingpin Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura). On the other side of the conflict is American DEA agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook), who also serves as the show’s narrator, and his partner Javier Peña (Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal), both stationed at the U.S. embassy as they spearhead the U.S. efforts to stop Escobar and his associates. Brazilian filmmaker José The drug war gets a superficial Padilha, one of the show’s producers and the director of the first two episodes, has likened Murphy’s everdramatization in Narcos present narration to Goodfellas, but it lacks the cleverBy Josh Bell ness and moral ambiguity of Ray Liotta’s voiceover in Martin Scorsese’s classic gangster movie. Instead, it’s more like the info-dump narration of a documentary, Netflix continues its efforts to reach an interand Narcos too often feels like a history lesson national audience with the original series with occasional drama. Narcos, which was filmed primarily in aabcc Moura gives the show’s best performance Colombia with a cast of actors from around NARCOS as the deadly, grudge-holding Escobar, the world, and splits its dialogue about 50-50 Season 1 who balances his murderous impulses with between English and Spanish. Narcos is more available delusions of grandeur (he plans to become compelling and less awkward than the streamAugust 28 Colombia’s president) and excessive generosing service’s last international production, the on Netflix. ity. The supporting characters are mostly onedull Marco Polo (which is nevertheless getdimensional, and even Murphy, the ostensible ting a second season), but it’s still a bit stilted, second lead, barely gets any distinguishable traits. At attempting to tell a sweeping historical story while the infrequent times when his narration recedes and short-changing the characters who populate it. Also the show delves into the personal lives of the people like Marco Polo, Narcos is a fictionalized version of affected by Escobar’s actions, there are hints of the toll actual history, although it sticks closer to true events, that living through this battle has taken. But mostly incorporating numerous real figures as main characthe show is a breezy tour through history, sometimes ters and making ample use of archival footage. informative but rarely affecting. Set in Colombia in the 1980s, Narcos tells the story tv

Cartel country

“I had sex today!” exclaims 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) in voiceover at the beginning of The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and her enthusiasm for sexual activity remains at that gleeful level throughout the movie, even if her choices in partners may be questionable. Minnie’s sexual awakening comes courtesy of her mother’s boyfriend Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård), who’s 20 years older than Minnie and, at aaaac best, irresponsible when THE DIARY he succumbs to temptaOF A tion and takes her to bed. TEENAGE But the movie isn’t about GIRL Bel a young woman falling Powley, prey to a sexual predator— Alexander while Monroe’s actions Skarsgård, are sleazy and illegal, that Kristen Wiig. doesn’t mean Minnie is a Directed hapless victim. by Marielle Based on Phoebe Heller. Rated Gloeckner’s semi-autobiR. Opens ographical graphic novel Friday. and set in San Francisco in 1976, Diary is a funny, sad and ultimately triumphant coming-of-age story, never apologizing for or downplaying its main character’s sexual desire. Powley gives a star-making performance as the alternately brash and insecure Minnie, and first-time writer-director Marielle Heller tells Minnie’s story with style and wit, using animated interludes to illustrate Minnie’s inner thoughts and burgeoning creative impulses. Minnie makes mistakes and is often mistreated by those around her (including her boozy mother, played by Kristen Wiig), but she emerges strong and powerful, fully in control of her own identity and the choices she makes. –Josh Bell

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Based loosely on the 1974 novel by Robert C. O’Brien, Z for Zachariah takes place in a world devastated by some sort of nuclear disaster, but its main characters live in an idyllic valley untouched by the outside world. That’s where Ann (Margot Robbie) works alone on her family farm, waiting in vain for her father and brother to return from a mission to locate more survivors. Instead, she encounters scientist John (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and, later, miner Caleb (Chris Pine). Their inevitable love triangle is a somewhat disappointing use of the post-apocalyptic setting, but director Craig Zobel and screenwriter Nissar Modi use the story to explore issues of religion, race and gender in an often sensitive, understated way, and the gorgeous cinematography by Tim Orr makes Ann’s valley look like a genuine Eden. It’s not, of course, which is what makes the story both powerful and, eventually, a bit too contrived. –Josh Bell

A quiet post-apocalypse

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aaacc Z FOR ZACHARIAH Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine. Directed by Craig Zobel. Rated PG-13. Available on Video on Demand.

A&E | noise > Weeknd Forecast Expect to hear these songs even more in the coming months.

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Cherry on top Beach House’s latest album bubbles closer to the band’s best Beach House is a frustrating band. Musically, the Baltimore dream-pop duo is the modern equivalent of Cocteau Twins—the shimmering keyboards, gossamer ambient space and frontwoman Victoria Legrand’s gauzy but expressive vocals. But recent Beach House albums (in particular 2012’s monotonous Beach House Bloom) have lacked Depression the resonance Cherry and staying power aaabc of their spiritual predecessors. Things move in an incrementally positive direction with fifth record Depression Cherry, which harkens to the band’s earliest, most mysterious work. Frozen synth-pop standout “Wildflower” is a dead ringer for Cocteau Twins, while “Bluebird” has a gothic tint that adds welcome intrigue and uncertainty. Still, some of Depression Cherry’s best moments come off like a muted watercolor version of Stereolab—“Sparks” due to repetition (searing electric guitar arpeggios, a loop of wordless Legrand cooing and burnt organ), and “Space Song,” which sails along on a bed of burbling new-wave keyboards, gracefully dipping guitar lines and lyrics like “Who will dry your eyes, when it falls apart?” Beach House still floats off into the ether too often during the album’s second half, which causes songs to fade into the background. Overall, however, Depression Cherry finds the band getting better at making subtle moments memorable. –Annie Zaleski

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Beautiful day The Weeknd’s second album finds the fast-rising singer aiming higher still ones we want to listen to over and over, along It’s hard to believe Beauty Behind the with “Losers,” a bubbling-then-exploding track Madness is only The Weeknd’s second studio featuring British singer-songwriter Labrinth, album, given Abel Tesfaye’s rapid and unorthoand the soulful, ’70s-ish Kanye collabo “Tell dox rise to pop-music prominence. The bizarre, Your Friends.” Beauty’s second half gets a bit remarkable sound pioneered on his Trilogy bogged down by some odd and unexpected ’80s mixtapes—especially the still infinitely playable sounds, from the Flashdance-y “In the Night” to House of Balloons—is so different, it seems The the full-on hair ballad “Angel,” which unfortuWeeknd’s current status was unavoidable. With The Weeknd nately brings both Bonnie Tyler-style pounding Beauty, Tesfaye agrees to compromise, just a Beauty Behind drums and a children’s chorus at the end. A teeny bit, in order to craft more accessible hits. the Madness wholly unnecessary teaming with Ed Sheeran But this is not a crossover attempt. He won’t aaabc feels like a blues-lite version of Thriller’s “The meet you halfway. He glances in your direction Girl Is Mine.” “Prisoner” fares better on the and expects you to leap into his world. duet front, stacked with the dark, bleating bump that perThe songs we’ve already heard—“Often,” “The Hills,” meates The Weeknd’s earlier work. Even Lana Del Rey’s 50 Shades of Grey slow burner “Earned It” and the feathery uselessness can’t ruin it. –Brock Radke perfect “Can’t Feel My Face”—remain infectious, the

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As the story goes, about a decade ago Little Brother emcee Phonte Coleman began sending R&B vocals to Dutch producer Nicolay, and they became The Foreign Exchange. What started as a side project for Phonte has become his main bread and butter, now six albums deep, and on Tales From the Land of Milk & Honey the two continue to churn out smooth, vibey neo-soul in a post-R. Kelly landscape. Their brand of crispy, clean R&B sounds different than what dominates the radio, although Drake has called Phonte “his favorite rapper.” Songs like “As Fast as You Can” and “Disappear” pull influence from Prince and Stevie Wonder, but also modern acid jazz acts like Jamiroquai and St Germain. The hilarious “Asking for a Friend” finds Phonte catwalk rapping in a faux-British accent over some Chicago house. And standout “Work It to the Top” acts as the ultimate love letter to late-’70s boogie jams. –Mike Pizzo

Foals tasted stateside success with 2013’s hook-filled Holy Fire and its single “Inhaler,” the latter a chunk ’n’ funk departure from the math rock and ethereal jams of the English band’s previous albums. What Went Down, Foals’ fourth LP, sounds like another attempt to seduce American rock radio. The first single/title track is as blustery and thickriffed as “Inhaler,” and loudness abounds from there, especially on the less-compelling “Snake Oil,” which veils the nuance, layers and precision for which the band first became renowned. More resounding single “Mountain at My Gates” sports a well-executed tempo change, and Foals’ penchant for Talking Heads-esque polyrhythms resurfaces on “Night Swimmers.” And there’s “A Knife in the Ocean,” which unfurls like 2010’s majestic “Spanish Sahara.” That song’s album, Total Life Forever, initially disappointed but slowly revealed its many strengths. Here’s hoping What Went Down is a similar grower. –Mike Prevatt

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How does it feel this good? D’Angelo keeps it going after the big crowd goes home By jason harris It ebbs and flows and makes To understand the for one of the most memobreadth of this perforrable concert moments of mance, we must start at the our lives. end. Well, what some peoIt starts with a mean ple thought was the end. blues feel, nastier than the It’s right after the encore, version we all know from and many a crowd member 2000 album Voodoo. Then walks out. We can’t really the spotlight shines from blame them. Another monoverhead on the musicians, ster jam has just ended, this giving each a deserved one a 20-minute opus with moment while bandmates twists and turns, multiple continue playing, highlightsegments and pace changing one another. Imagine a es—a worthy closer by anylive performance with isoone’s account. (Side note: lated audio tracks for Whether D’Angelo each player, where played 10 minutes each player is good or 10 hours, nobody aaaab enough to back one would’ve comD’ANGELO of the most thrillplained. He leaves it August 21, ing frontmen in the all on the stage in a the Chelsea. game. That’s what’s fashion that’s exhilgoing on here. arating and exhaustFittingly, the last person ing for the audience.) left onstage is D’Angelo. Now we’re in a long After taking us on journeys break, but the lights still through the worlds of soul, haven’t come up; house funk, rock and jazz, it’s now music isn’t playing overtime for the gospel porhead. And those of us who tion of the show—D’Angelo remain are rewarded. The preaching, backed solely neo-soul maestro again by his keyboard and his walks onto the stage with remaining audience choir. the other 10 members of his As the set ends at the band and gives us a stirring two-hour mark, with all of rendition of “Untitled (How us screaming “How does it Does It Feel).” Like the song feel!” the answer is clear. before it, it stretches well –Jason Harris into double-digit minutes.

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> FIre It Up Brock, in peak form.

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Modest Mouse live can be an unpredictable proposition, as many fans who’ve seen the band more aaaac than once can surely attest. Last time I caught the indieMODEST rock titans, for example, their meandering Coachella set MOUSE A focused Isaac Brock elevates was an unmitigated disaster, memorable only for leader August 20, Modest Mouse’s Vegas return Isaac Brock’s between-song rambling and because the Brooklyn fest cut power midway through “Float On,” after the Bowl. frontman’s many mini-spiels had pushed the band beyond its allotted time. Thursday night’s Las Vegas tour stop, the first here in eight years, renewed my faith in the Mouse’s live power. Brock brought laser-beam focus to the show, searing through 21 songs in 90 minutes. His intensity felt pronounced from the outset, his head punctuating the forceful moments of throwback opener “Dramamine” as he led an eight-musician phalanx from his spot at stage left. A heavy version of the creeping “Out of Gas,” another ’90s cut, followed, setting the tone for a show that would see the band successfully shift pace—breakneck to measured and back again—the way its best albums always have. For me, March’s Strangers to Ourselves didn’t ascend to that level, but most of the material drawn from it—bouncy single “Lampshades on Fire,” the menacing, slow-building “Of Course We Know” and especially the six-plus-minute “The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box,” which capped a four-song encore in epic pedal-to-the-metal fashion—seemed at home among the classics. Only the sedate title track lost the sold-out room’s attention completely, though ensuing ’07 hit “Dashboard” picked the pace right back up. “Float On” also got the crowd singing, of course, but the best stretch of the night came next: a sweaty, super-sharp run through “Doin’ the Cockroach,” one of the band’s longtime jaw-droppers, and a gorgeous rendition of “Custom Concern,” a 19-year-old song that showcased Brock’s still-primo pipes. When he’s locked in like that, few bands can come close. –Spencer Patterson

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D’angelo and modest mouse by erik kabik photography/mediapunch

> Voodoo That He DO D’Angelo kept the party going late.

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Five thoughts: Motörhead (August 21, House of Blues) Obligatory health report: Lemmy Kilmister looked great. With his feet planted and his fingers strumming, the 69-year-old kept up with his band’s rapid rock ’n’ roll. It wasn’t until he took laborious steps offstage during bandmates’ solos and trembled trying to take a beer from his mic-stand cup holder that fans were reminded of his rash of recent ailments. Part of the London band’s magic is a stubborn consistency, so it was strange when it eschewed usual opener “We Are Motörhead” for a pair of cuts off 1979’s Overkill. The crowd didn’t respond kindly, standing eerily still until the band ripped into “We Are Motörhead” third, as beers flew and a moshpit began to swirl. Another setlist oddity: the band ignoring its eponymous debut on a night celebrating the record’s 38th anniversary. Then again, it’s no surprise Motörhead isn’t much for pageantry. The opening bands provided the theatrics. Saxon singer Biff Byford wadded up and chewed on a setlist to commence a requests-only portion of the veteran band’s performance, and Crobot counterpart Brandon Yeagley leapt on the shoulders of guitarist Chris Bishop, all the while maintaining a vocal range few contemporaries can match. Motörhead is past the days of putting on a transcendent live show, but it’s still darn good and a whole lot of fun. Lemmy’s last address was, “Don’t forget us. We are Motörhead, and we play rock ’n’ roll.” We won’t, and we know. –Case Keefer

> Metal warrior Lemmy soldiers on.

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“Music has emancipated me,” Savages singer Jehnny Beth said in a 2013 interview with aaabc Exclaim!. Two years later, the band’s collec- SAVAGES tive consciousness still seems to hinge on that August 21, Savages take an aggressive word. Emancipation. Crafted to go along with the Sayers stand inside the Sayers Club Savages’ fiery image, Beth’s philosophy is the Club. driving force behind the post-punk band’s dark recordings, shadowy mystique and aggressive live shows. Beth arrived onstage Friday night in a black zip-up jacket and structured bustier, hair slicked back as if she’d just walked off Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” set and straight into the Sayers Club. Her presence, energetic and chaotic, and vocals, gigantic and piercing, seemed to fuel the band’s heavy, distorted guitars and thunderous drums. Between howling opener “I Am Here” and the brooding “Shut Up,” the idea of emancipation was present in the band’s physical androgyny, its lyrical abandonment of social mores and dramatic lighting that allowed (most) audience members to lose themselves. Savages has a no-phones policy for its shows, but that didn’t stop some fans from recording portions of the set. Only when Beth jumped on the monitors, demanding that amateur videographers “Put it down!” did filming finally stop. By the next barrage of songs—some of them off the upcoming LP—phones were back in the air. Even with a debut album as acclaimed as Savages’, the venue was half-full at best. Sure, some Las Vegans were already on the road to FYF—but considering the way the London four-piece sustained chaos in such an the intimate space, those who skipped out missed a liberating performance. –Leslie Ventura

Free will

> They were here Beth led Savages through their first Vegas performance.

motÖrhead by bryan hainer; savages by nick coletsos

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> IN-N-OUT COMIC Garrett continues to make monthly appearances at his namesake MGM Grand club.

Everybody loves Brad

Garrett’s ‘basement’ comedy club keeps drawing— especially when he’s onstage By John Katsilometes Carl Labove and Heath Harmison through August 30). Garrett has been working and operating the club at the MGM’s underground promenade for three and a half years. He often jokes about plying his craft “in the basement,” which he reliably jokes is “what happens when your ex-wife spends all your Raymond money.” But there’s an air of restlessness in those comments, as Garrett has enviously eyed a choice room on the hotel’s casino level: the Beacher’s Madhouse nightclub and theater. “I thought of maybe moving up there, and it was lightly discussed, putting in something that was bigger than just a comedy show. I would love to do comedy with a variety feel—with music and a few ideas to expand on a traditional comedy show,” Garrett says. “But what we’re doing is working, with the low ceiling and a good footprint for the show. I gotta say, things are going well in the basement, better than ever. We’re loving it, so my thought is, ‘Don’t [screw] it up.’” Garrett still makes monthly appearances, with prices set $20 higher when he’s in the room than not. The return visits aren’t needed to turn a profit, Garrett says, but because, “I love it. The club is running on its own and could run on its own, and we’ve been in the black almost from the beginning.” And, there is the not-unimportant issue of the real Brad Garrett actually turning up at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club. “When we discussed this originally, moving to the MGM, my presence was important to what I do,”

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Garrett says. “We get a lot of repeat BRAD customers, espe- GARRETT’S cially over the last 18 COMEDY months, and I think CLUB Shows there is something nightly, 8 p.m., special about me prices vary. being here. I mean, MGM Grand, anyone can put their 866-740-7711. name on a club and never show up. I don’t want to be that.” Through his stand-up performances and writing, Garrett remains a relevant TV actor. His latest project is the FX show Fargo, which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Best Miniseries and returns for a second 10-episode run on October 12. Garrett joins a cast loaded with talent, including Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks and Martin Freeman. Garrett is a rare soul who performs ample charity work without making a big deal of it. His public philanthropic organization is the Maximum Hope Foundation (named for his kids, Max and Hope), which provides money

and assistance for practical needs for families caring for children with lifelimiting illnesses. The next Maximum Hope Celebrity Poker Tournament is set for September 19 at the MGM Grand, in the wideopen space at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill (the buy-in is $250; rebuys and add-ons are $100; and the grand prize is $10,000). Garrett raised more than $100,000 in last year’s event. He’s also a spokesman for and supporter of Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas. With his regular stays in Vegas, during which he spends between a week and 10 days in the city, Garrett is sometimes tempted to relocate here full-time. But not today. “I don’t know, I love Vegas, but I love Malibu, too, and I’m an LA guy,” he says. “My kids are in high school for a couple, three more years. I wouldn’t relocate them, for sure. But down the line, who knows? I might do more of a 50-50 split.” If there’s another chapter for the comic who runs the club in the basement, that would be it.

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A&E | Fine Art

> glass act Sommerhauser’s residency is actually a public workshop.

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Think you know glass? P3Studio’s latest resident explores the mystery By Kristen Peterson ness of blue and black results in the Brent Sommerhauser is meltmalleable and bold marks seen in a ing glass inside the Cosmopolitan’s BRENT minimalist “sketch” on the wall made P3Studio, explaining its properties SOMMERHAUSER by a visiting neurosurgeon. while a nearby kiln jumps 400 degrees Through September 13; While his own work is process heavy, per hour, topping out at nearly 1,500. Wednesday & Thursday, often involving complex experiments, “My first plan was to build a night5-10 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, intense problem solving and laborious ingale floor,” he says, referring to the 6-11 p.m. Cosmopolitan’s carpentry, his residency is more of a Japanese floors designed to chirp when P3Studio, 702-698-7000. 101 experience in kiln-formed glass for walked upon to deter unwanted visianyone who wants to slide up to the tors. The P3Studio artist-in-residence table and lay bits of color onto 3-by-3-inch tiles—a rare has rendered tornadoes, giant sheets of paper and chance to create glass art on a night on the town. “It’s black holes out of flooring, so an actual floor, no matter been a lot more popular than I thought,” he says. “It’s how complex, wouldn’t be out of the question. such a mysterious, esoteric material, so not everybody But with glass, a main ingredient in gets to see how it’s made.” Sommerhauser’s work, he opted for a public workVisitors use glass rocks, tiles, powders and spashop where visitors can make their own glass tile ghetti-like glass sticks that are fused into one tile artworks, revealing the mystery and explaining during a 12-hour kiln process. A couple walks in to details, like the hardness of colors and how the soft-

see if their works have been fired yet and to check on the overall progress, but with the portable kilns each holding only nine tiles, time is the main determining factor. The tiles are photographed and added to Instagram (#P3glassart), creating a digital community quilt. Eventually, they’ll be incorporated into a larger work that will remain at the Cosmo. For now, the completed tiles are lined up on the wall: abstract and decorative works, thoughtful line compositions and representational attempts and successes. In slow moments, Sommerhauser continues experimenting with his silver and copper point “wind drawings,” which are similar to his works on paper (created by harnessing wind from a vacuum cleaner or blower), only with metals on opaline glass. But the chemistry lessons, disguised by the excitement of color and form, are keeping him busy.

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IN BED WITH KANT The early work of a Japanese cult favorite is unconventional and stirring BY CHUCK TWARDY Americanized lives of cars, sex and Haruki Murakami had been rock that a reference to chopsticks one of those authors I’d read stands out. The narrator mentions much about without actually meeting a girlfriend at a student reading his work. So hearing demonstration, and that’s enough that Knopf planned to publish to settle these characters into translations of two early novelthe post-’60s malaise nursed by las coveted by Murakami cultists, their generation worldwide. But I figured, where better to start Murakami’s characters negotiate than at the beginning? Usually, I adulthood in a land that embraced try to read as much as possible by American commercialism as the an author in addition to the book antidote to traditions tainted by I am reviewing. But I wanted to militarism, so their lives are not come at Hear the Wind Sing and merely empty but abysmal. Pinball, 1973 as the first offerings Although references of a new novelist. to Hitler and Auschwitz Murakami himself, are tactless distractions, now 66, looks back in aaabc World War II hovers as a Wind/Pinball, writing WIND/ source of displacement— about early adult life PINBALL: The Rat looks like a flying from the vantage of age TWO ace, a pinball machine is 29. He explains in a conNOVELS like an old fighter plane. temporary introduction By Haruki And Murakami is an analthat the motivation to Murakami, ogy master. Even awkward write novels struck him $26. metaphors are redeemed when he witnessed an by astute imagery. “The American player for the undulating hills resembled a giant Yakult Swallows hit a double in sleeping cat, curled up in a warm the team’s 1978 season opener. pool of time,” the narrator observes Baseball crops up in both stoat one point, and you sense his casries without rising to motif stacading analogies themselves reptus, but the author’s inability to resent a groping for unanchored explain how a base hit propelled meaning. The narrator, who in him into literature is telling in Pinball lives with sweetly vacuous, itself. Events in both novellas nameless twin lovers, also spends often seem pointless, echoing in time in bed with Kant’s Critique of the hollow lives of the young Pure Reason. characters, particularly the So what of this young author? A unnamed first-person narrator promising start. I look forward to and his friend The Rat. reading more of his work. Murakami ignores conventions of traditional Japanese stories, but the two principal charFind more by Chuck Twardy at acters of these novellas live such chucktwardy.com.

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> IN A CURRY You’ll want this short rib to last a long time.

What you’ll drink and learn at Mandalay Bay’s Beer & Barrel Now an annual event, Mandalay Bay’s Beer & Barrel Project returns for its end-ofsummer beer weekend August 28-30, this time adding barrel-aged spirits to the mix. “[In] Vegas we like to do more, it’s always about bigger. So we just went a little bigger this year,” says Mandalay Bay Director of Food and Beverage Sarah Johnson. Beachside Beer and Barrel Festival The weekend’s main event (August 29, 7:30-11 p.m., $75) features a number of breweries bringing special releases and rarities not distributed in Nevada. “One of the breweries we’re most excited about is Left Hand,” says Johnson, adding that the Colorado brewing company is launching Nevada distribution at the event and even brewed a special Mandalay Bay-branded variety of milk stout. Other breweries not distributed here, such as Washington’s Elysian, New York’s Blue Point and Oregon’s 10 Barrel, will also be sampling their suds in the sand at Mandalay Bay Beach.

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Commercial Center adds the fresh, intriguing Arawan Thai Bistro By Brock Radke

and salted egg in a spicy-sweet chili-lime dressing. It might seem odd for a new Thai restaurant to The showcase dishes at Arawan are mostly seafood, open in Commercial Center, where the legendary Lotus like whole fried catfish ($27) with lemongrass, mint, of Siam resides, along with vegetarian-oriented Thai garlic and cashews or whole sea bass over a bed of stalwart Komol. But the new kid on the block, Arawan, spicy chili-garlic-lime sauce. Lobster is battered and is very different from those two, and its food showcases sauteéd with red curry paste, basil and lime leaves fresh, vibrant flavors that should help it compete in a ($24). A softshell crab special was dressed very strong Thai restaurant city. in that chili-lime elixir and topped with Its soft music, blond wood flooring and eggs scrambled with yellow curry. A nonbreezy decor set a relaxed tone rare in this arawan THAI fish favorite is crispy ribeye basil ($19), part of the Valley. Extra attention is also BISTRO & tender meat with basil, mushrooms, bell paid to the presentation of the plates, most DESSERT 953 E. peppers and Thai chili. of which stand apart from the typical piled- Sahara Ave. #E14, As flashy and tasty as those dishes can high platters of noodles, rice and stir-fry or 702-734-7799. heaping bowls of curry found in most neigh- Daily, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. be, ordering your favorite Thai standbys at Arawan is the way to go. There’s a bright, borhood Thai eateries. It’s clear Arawan is popping freshness to the curries that I about refinement, certainly evident in its haven’t encountered in a while, and I eat a lot of beautiful, must-eat-each-bite desserts. Vanilla bean local Thai food. Arawan’s version of drunken noocrème brûlée ($9) is topped with a spherical cage of dles ($19) involves squid-ink spaghetti and plenty of crunchy sugar, and the standard sweet sticky rice with shrimp, squid, cod, scallops and mussels. Pad Thai mango ($9) is served with coconut and mango sauces ($14) has extra-thin noodles and two giant fried and an eye-dropper of sweetened fresh coconut juice. prawns on top. They taste as good as they look. For a new restaurant, Arawan seems to have a Apologies for starting with dessert, though that’s strong vision. It will have to continue that way to be not a bad idea. Actual appetizers include chicken satay mentioned alongside its Commercial Center neighbors ($7) in bite-sized pieces, fresh rolls ($7) filled with and our city’s other top Thai restaurants, but it’s on the shrimp and vegetables, and egg som tam ($12), a salad right path. of papaya, tomato, green beans, pork sausage and rinds

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Seminars Johnson is stoked about all the panel discussions and demonstrations at this year’s event, but she’s most excited about the seminar on beer and food pairing, Beer Got Your Tongue (August 29, 1-2 p.m., $30; seminar day pass $99). “Having a culinary background, I think that beer with food is absolutely where it’s at.” Moody Tongue brewer Jared Rouben leads the lecture, which pairs beers with bites by chef Shawn McClain of Aria’s Sage and Five50 Pizza Bar. Beer for Breakfast Attendees can cap the boozy weekend with a beer-pairing brunch (August 30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $50) featuring brews curated by Johnson to go with celebrity chef Hubert Keller’s globally inspired menu at Fleur. Brews run the gamut, from fruit beers and sours with pastries to “no-brainer” coffee beers. Johnson says the idea is “to experience the different flavors and play around and see what you like best.” –Mark Adams For more details about Beer & Barrel, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Superchef Scott Conant knows how to go casual BY ANDY WANG

Chef Scott Conant burns the candle on both ends of the country. The gregarious, dapper, raw-onion-hating Food Network star is working on opening his flagship Conant restaurant in New York City, and his sprawling empire also includes the new Corsair restaurant in Miami. But it’s in Vegas, at the Cosmopolitan, where the man behind the country’s most prominent and best spaghetti pomodoro has both Scarpetta and the more casual concept, D.O.C.G. D.O.C.G recently launched lunch service, which accomplishes a couple notable things. One: It solidifies the Cosmopolitan—home to Estiatorio Milos’ $25.15 threecourse steal of a lunch special, the Mexi-Asian delights at China Poblano and the wide-ranging buffet fare at Wicked Spoon—as the best Vegas resort for a daytime meal. Two: It reminds visitors that, as elegant as Scarpetta can be, Conant is a chef who embraces casual food. A little background: Conant has an excellent sandwich shop, Paninoteca, inside the kitchen of Scarpetta at the Montage Beverly Hills. Paninoteca is where executive chef Freddy Vargas, who grew up on Staten Island, offers his mashup of New York red-sauce fare and refined cooking. Paninoteca’s chicken “parmagiano” sandwich, for example, is made with burrata and smoked tomatoes. So is the wonderful chicken “parmagiano” sandwich that’s now available for lunch at D.O.C.G. On a recent Monday, I found Conant at a back table in D.O.C.G. tasting all the sandwiches on his new lunch menu, making sure they were up to his standard. He’s a hands-on chef, so he’s often making tweaks even when things are popular or when he’s told they’re perfect. That’s what good chefs do. But he’s got little to worry about at D.O.C.G. The chicken sandwich is a winner, and the porchetta with spiced pork belly glistening with fat and topped with broccoli

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rabe pesto and a fried egg is even more stunning. These sandwiches are an affordable quick lunch ($11 for the chicken and $9 for the porchetta, bag of chips included), and they’re available to-go. Conant’s no fool. If all goes well, the chef says, he’ll end up with multiple restaurants that serve sandwiches. He understands that this is a world where fine-dining folks can make the most bank at fast-casual, where Danny Meyer takes Shake Shack public and makes investments in two salad chains: Tender Greens and Sweetgreen. Conant has wanted to go casual for years. Scarpetta in New York once served a late-night menu headlined by some of the best fried chicken I’ve ever had. D.O.C.G. was preceded by New York’s Faustina, a chill pizza-and-pasta joint that also served fried chicken. That restaurant closed, largely because the hotel it was in, which has since changed owners, seemed cursed. But you feel the imprint of Faustina every time you visit D.O.C.G. for a soulful pasta or pizza. The day I popped by D.O.C.G. was also when Eater LA editor Matthew Kang came in for a quick lunch. Kang left so impressed that he quickly wrote a piece listing “Five reasons why D.O.C.G might be the best new lunch in Vegas.” These reasons included the porchetta sandwich and the “fantastic” house-made pastas. Kang’s right. This is a special restaurant from a man who’s ready to expand his hold on Italian food in America. And Conant’s going to look pretty cool while he does it. Who else wears a white shirt, unbuttoned almost down to his navel, while eating sandwiches stuffed with juicy meat, oozing cheese and dripping tomatoes? But this is just how Conant, a man who bet it all on red sauce and won, rolls. His shirt stayed clean as he ate everything, took notes and smiled like a man with big plans.

Watermelon balls, lime peel (garnish) Passion fruit pulp (optional garnish)

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Watermelon sure has a way of cooling down the dog days of summer, and vodka has a way of making them seem more bearable. In fact, if there was ever a lateAugust-in-Las-Vegas drink, this might be the one.

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings Artists Den Presents Alt-J 9/2, broadcast of Alt-J concert from Hollywood American Legion, 7:30 pm, $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: COL, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. 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. 8/30, 9/2, Airplane!. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Dive-In Movies Mon, 7 pm, $5, hotel guests free. Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-698-7000. Family Movie Night Thu, 7:30 pm, free. 8/27, The Dark Knight Rises. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., downtowncontainerpark.com. Flashback Features Sun, 8 pm, free. 8/30, Weird Science. 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. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, dusk, free. 8/29, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 8/29, Re-Animator, 6 pm, $1. 8/29, Cannibal Holocaust, 8 pm, $1. 8/29, I Spit on Your Grave, 10 pm, $1. 5077 Arville St., 855501-4335, thescificenter.com. Summer Screen Thu, sundown, free. 8/27, Guardians of the Galaxy. Downtown Summerlin, Sahara Ave. & 215, downtownsummerlin.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 9/1, Lady by Choice. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

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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, SP, SS, TX 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: ORL, SP, 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 The End of the Tour aabcc Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky. Directed by James Ponsoldt. 106 minutes. Rated R. Segel does a surprisingly credible job as the late, famed writer David Foster Wallace in this adaptation of David Lipsky’s memoir, which is basically a transcript of a five-day conversation. (Eisenberg plays Lipsky.) The movie has no good reason

to exist, however, and is a pale shadow of Wallace’s work. –MD Theaters: DTS, GVR, SC 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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS 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, COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS Hitman: Agent 47 (Not reviewed) 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, TX I’ll See You in My Dreams aaacc Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott. Directed by Brett Haley. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. This dramedy about aimless retiree Carol (Danner) is a low-key amble through a brief period in her life, as she takes a few steps to shake up her settled but lonely routine. Danner is charming, and the talented supporting cast offers gentle laughs and a few moments of heartfelt emotion. –JB Theaters: VS Inside Out aaabc Voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Directed by Pete Docter. 94 minutes. Rated PG. Pixar’s latest animated feature takes place almost entirely inside the brain of an 11-yearold girl, focusing on the five core emo-

tions—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 Insidious: Chapter 3 aaccc Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney. Directed by Leigh Whannell. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13. This horror prequel features none of the main characters of the previous Insidious movies, instead focusing on an earlier case handled by psychic Elise Rainier (Shaye). It’s an underwhelming, standard-issue ghost story, relying mostly on jump scares, without the sense of dread that made the original movie stand out. –JB Theaters: TC 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: AL, CAN, COL, DI, PAL, RR, SC, SS, ST, 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, VS 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

A&E | Short Takes and Soviet secret agents, respectively, forced to team up against a poorly defined threat. Director Ritchie throws buckets of style onto the screen but fails to generate an interesting plot. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, 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 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, RR, SF, ST, 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, TX 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 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 onedimensional as Margo herself. –JB Theaters: COL, SC 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, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS

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 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, ST, VS 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, TX, 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: DI, DTS, GVR, ST, TX, VS 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 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, TX 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

> run for your life Murray Gray flees her attackers in Unsullied.

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: 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: ST, TC, VS Tomorrowland aabcc George Clooney, Britt Robertson,

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

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

(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

swaps the genre’s standard gender clichés. –MD Theaters: DTS, GVR, SC, TC 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 re-creation of a once-beloved comedy franchise. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, COL, DI, DTS, FH, ORL, PAL, SF, SP, ST, 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

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> COOL IT DOWN Carni-Fall proceeds go toward new A/C for Huntridge Tavern.

DRINK AND DUNK Some of Las Vegas’ favorite bartenders will clock out soaking wet this Saturday, after Huntridge Tavern staffers brave the dunk-tank hot seat at the bar’s Carni-Fall fest. The 21+ parkinglot bash celebrates the local institution’s anniversary (No. 53 … and a half), doubling as a fundraising effort for the bar to update its retro digs with a new A/C system and ice machine. Whether you’re an HT regular with your name on the Jameson Century Club plaque or a casual visitor first lured in by the glowing red letters and cheap-ass drink specials, this boozy cause is certainly one you can support. ¶ In addition to opportunities to dunk HT’s drink-slingers, the birthday bash features carnival games and tunes from a DJ and local bands Thee Swank Bastards, The Swamp Gospel and Gentlemen of Four Outs. Keeping with the bar’s usual drink prices, Carni-Fall revelers can catch a buzz on the cheap with $1 PBR and Hamm’s cans and $3.50 shots of Jame-o. Speaking of Jameson, there’s a raffle for whiskeyCARNI-FALL August 29, soaked peaches and baked goods. This is one boozed-up version of 8 p.m., free entry. 1116 E. your childhood schoolyard fair you don’t want to miss. –Mark Adams Charleston Blvd., 702-384-7377.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl Jill Scott, Tish 8/27, 8 pm, $46-$100. Cocochella ft. RNR, Marion Write, Solcetfre, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, MP Art & The Strings, Chop808, Jason Harris, Jay R. Beatbox 8/28, 8 pm, free. 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. Ms. Lauryn Hill 9/18, 9 pm, $55-$115. Lettuce 9/23, 9 pm, $20. Mike Love 10/2, 9 pm, $10-$15. Nashville Unplugged 10/3, 9:30 pm, $25-$50. The Word, 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.

Pepper, Ballyhoo 10/24, 8:30 pm, $25-$27. Deftones 10/27, 8 pm, $27$42. Rusted Root, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Moksha 10/29, 8 pm, $27-$32. Trey Anastasio Band 10/30-10/31, 9 pm, $43-$50. Rebel Souljahz, Tribal Theory, Teki 11/5, 8 pm, $20-$23. The Dandy Warhols, The Shelters 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. Public Image Ltd 11/25, 9 pm, $30-$50. $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. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Lenny

Kravitz, Andra Day 9/8, 8 pm, $40. Neil Young & Promise of the Real 10/11, 6:30 pm, $65. Sam Hunt, Carter Winter 12/4, 8 pm, $30. (Boulevard Pool) Drake 9/6, 9 pm, $65. Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Stephen Ragga Marley, Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley 9/24, 8 pm, $43. Flogging Molly, Sean and Zander 10/2, 8 pm, $40. Counting Crows, Citizen Cope 10/3, 7:30 pm, $55. 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 John Reno 8/29. Shows 9 pm unless noted, free. Monte Carlo, 702-2227735. Double Down Well Hung Heart, Mr. Clit & The Pink Cigarettes 8/27, 10 pm. The Gashers, Los Brigands, Fozzy’s Hero, Burn Burn Burn 8/28, 10 pm. Franks & Deans’ Weenie Roast ft. The All-Togethers, Jason Krychek, Miss Katie, Mon Ami, Mylissa, Rex Dart 9/2, 10 pm, free. Water Landing, The All-Togethers, 3D6, The Steady Extras 9/4, 10 pm.

TV Party ft. Atomic Fish 9/10, 9 pm. Candy Warpop, It’s Casual, System Rejex, Radio Silence, Monogrim 9/11, 8 pm, free. Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Punk Rock Bingo first Wed of the month. Blooze Brothers Third Sun of the month. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Rd., 702-7915775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John thru 9/1-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. Donny & Marie Tue-Sat, 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, Elvis Monroe 10/2, 9 pm, $35. 702-693-5000. 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 South of Graceland 8/28, 9 pm, $8-$10. Schism 8/29, 7 pm, $12. Fandango 9/3, 7 pm, $12-$15. Pet Tigers, Xoch, Leaving Springfield, Midnight Clover 9/4, 6 pm, $8. Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 9/5, 8 pm, $29-$44. The Petty Breakers, Never Forgets 9/6, 7 pm, $12-$15. The Rising 9/10, 7 pm, $12-$15. Hollywood Undead 9/12, 6 pm, $26-$30. El Tri 9/13, $35-$38 Carlos Santana 9/16, 9/18-9/20, 9/23, 9/25-9/27, 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/1311/15, $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. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Primus Clutch 9/4, 8 pm, $43+. Incubus 9/6, 8 pm, $70-$195. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 9/18, 8 pm, $40-$150. Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach 9/19, 6:15 pm, $50+. Safe in Sound Festival ft. Bro Safari, Datsik, Zomboy 10/1, 8 pm, $36-$46. Scorpions, Queensrÿche 10/7, 8 pm, $60-$250. UB40, Ali Campbell, Astro, Mickey Virtue 10/16, $40-$55. Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More 10/22, 7 pm, $40+. J Balvin, Becky G 10/24, 8 pm, $60+. Rick Springfield, Loverboy, Avalon Landing 10/25, 8 pm, $40$175. Little Big Town 12/4, 8 pm, $35$150. 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. 702-547-5300. 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) WolfCreek 8/28, 10 pm, free. Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns 8/31, 10:30 pm, $10. Franky Perez 9/6, 10:30 pm, free. Latin Vida 9/12, 10 pm, free. Sin City SInners 9/19, 10 pm, free. 702-944-3200. The Pearl 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+. Palms, 702-942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Fri & Sat, 9 pm, two-drink minimum. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-369-2305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 8/28-8/29, 9/2, 9/4-9/5, 9/9. $60-$195. La Arrolladora 9/13, 9 pm, $59-$175. Ricky Martin 9/15, 8 pm, $50-$160. Janet Jackson 10/9-10/10, 8 pm, $68$198. 702-234-7469. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 8/27, 8/30, 8:45 pm; 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 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 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. Blessthefall, Stick to Your Guns, Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska 11/19, 6 pm.

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Calendar 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 WedThu, 9 pm, $10. 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd.

D ow n tow n Artifice Vegas Blues Dance Tue, 7 pm, free. Thursday Request Live Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Art Bar Ryan Whyte Maloney Thu, 6 pm. Live music Fri-Sat, 6 pm. Downtown Grand, 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Backstage Bar & Billiards 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, D.I., Total Chaos, Hard Pipe Hitters, Brutal Resistance 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. Beauty Bar 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 Mick Adams and the Stones 9/5, 8 pm, $5. 206 N. 3rd St., 702719-5100. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Queensrÿche, Dokken 8/29, 8 pm, $48-$53. 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. Griffin Together Pangea, 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 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 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, free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204. The Smith Center 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., 702749-2000.

The ’Burbs Cannery Shaun South Wed & Thu, Thru 8/29, 8:30 pm, free. 2121 E Craig Rd., 702-5075700. Eagle Aerie Hall 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 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. JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. 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) 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 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) 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.

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E v e ry w h e r e E l s e 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) Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. 740 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-258-5200. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Ashley Raines 8/27. The All-Togethers 8/28. Jimi Prima Band 8/29. Rick Berthod Band 9/4. American Voodoo 9/5. Johnny Azari 9/11. Out of the Desert 9/12. Marty Feick 9/18. Sissy Brown 9/19. Sean Mullaney 9/25. Scorched 9/26. Thu, 7 pm; Fri & Sat, 8 pm, all shows free unless noted, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-2432739. Boulder Station (Kixx Bar) Reflection Fri & Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d 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

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Fri-Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-4586343. 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. 702-507-5700. Fiesta Henderson (Coco Lounge) Drum ‘n Girl 8/28-8/29. Shows at 7:30 pm. 702-5587000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Sherry Gordy: Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm, $5-$10. (Cabo Lounge) Eagle One All Stars 8/28-8/29, 8:30 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-631-7000. German American Social Club Vintage Classic Jazz Night Tue, 7 pm, $4. 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-649-8503. 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., 702-3840771. Sam’s Town Los NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777. Winchester Cultural Center Nosotrosound 9/5, 2 pm, $10-$12. Bountalo ft. Touany Kouyate 9/8, 2 pm, $15. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

Comedy Aces of Comedy Jay Leno 9/18, 11/20-11/21, 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., 702-5075900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-3867867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Sayers Club All shows 8 pm, $10-$20. SLS, 702-761-7000. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens FriSat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club All shows at 8 pm, $65-$87. MGM Grand, 891-7777. 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, 702-531-4320. 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 All-Stars 9/5, 7 pm & 10:30 pm, $50. Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston Blvd., 702776-6417. The Improv Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Jim Jefferies 10/3, 8 pm, $45. The Joint, 702693-5000. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-629-0715.

Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. 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 Sat-Sun, TueThu, 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 8/248/30, 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, 702-414-9000. M Resort Comedy Night Fri, 9 pm, free with drink purchase. M Resort, 702-797-1000. Bill Maher 10/24, 8 pm, $49+. Pearl, 702-9427777. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show TueSat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. Party Improv Comedy Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $25, 2 drink minimum. Planet Hollywood, 702531-4320. Russell Peters 9/6, 8 pm, $49+. Pearl, 702942-7777. 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., 702-368-1863. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show 8:30 pm, $38-$49. Planet Hollywood, 702-7777776. 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., 702-362-7996. The Book of Mormon 9/22-9/27, 9/29-9/30, 10/1-10/4, 10/6-10/11, 10/13-10/18, 7:30 pm, 9/26-9/27, 10/3-10/4, 10/10-10/11, 10/17-10/18, 2 pm, $36-$160. Smith Center, thesmithcenter. com. The Bridges of Madison County 2/23-2/28, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. A Balanchine Celebration: From Tchaikobsky to Rodgers & Hart to Gershwin 11/7, 7:30 pm., 11/8, 2 pm, $29-$139. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Cabrera Conducts Rachmaninoff 1/9, 7:30 pm, 1/10, 2 pm, $26-$96. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. A Choreographer’s Showcase 10/11, 10/18, 1 pm, $25-$45. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Cinderella 2/13, 7:30 pm, 2/14, 2 pm, $29-$139. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Don’t Quit Your Day Job Sat thru 9/26, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Dirk Arthur Wild Magic Mon-Sat, 4 pm, $50$90. Westgate Las Vegas, 3000 Paradise Rd., 800-222-5361. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.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 8/20-8/22, 8/27-8/29, 8 pm. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225.

Calendar 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. Spotlight Series 2/16, 4/26, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $168. 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, 12/20, 1 pm & 5:30 pm, $29-$179. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Ragtime 10/27-11/1, $30-$130. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Riverdance 1/26-1/21, $29-$129. 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. Simply Ella 11/13, 7:30 pm, $35+. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. Sol Mexicano presented by Ballet Folklorico. 8/29, 6:30 pm, $10-$12. Winchester Cultural Center, 702-455-7340.

Special Events AFAN’s 29th Annual Black & White Party 8/29, 9 pm, $50. The Joint, afanlv.org. The Art of Naked Yoga Tue, Thu, 7 pm; Sat, 6 pm; $20. Harry Mohney’s Erotic Heritage Museum 3275 Industrial Rd., eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 8/27, 9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866406-7117. 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 10/210/4, times vary, $20+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Downtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., downtownpodcast.tv. Family Movie Night The Dark Knight Rises 8/27. Thu, 7 pm, free. Downtown Container Park, downtowncontainerpark.com. Harvest Festival 9/11-9/13, 10 a.m., $4-$9. Cashamn Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd N., harvestfestival.com. Las Vegas Beer and Barrel Project: Seminars and Panel Discussions 8/29, 1 pm, $99. Mandalay Bay, lvbeerbarrelproject.com. Lebanese Festival 10/9-10/11, times vary, $3. St. Sharbel Catholic Church, 10325 Rancho Destino Rd., 702-616-6902. 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, 702-932-5098. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 9/21, 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. 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 9/19-9/20, 8 am-4 pm, $89-$169. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., vegasgoneyoga.com. Vegas Valley Book Festival 10/15-10/17, times vary, free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Windmill Music Club Last Sun. of the

month, 4 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W Windmill Ln., 702-507-6030.

Sports Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 9/17-9/19, 7 pm, $72+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Las Vegas 51’s El Paso 8/31-9/6, 7:05 pm; 9/7, 12:05 pm. $10-$25 unless otherwise noted. Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., milb.com. MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout Óscar Valdez vs Chris Avalos, Jesse Hart vs Aaron Pruor Jr. 9/11, 4 pm, $20-$100. Cosmopolitan, 800-745-3000. Monster Energy Cup 10/17, 6 pm, $56-$76. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Monster Energy Supercross Finals 5/7, 6:30 pm, $180. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets. com. Monster Jam World Finals 3/17, 5:30 pm; 3/18-3/19, 7 pm, $80-$180. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Mylan World TeamTennis Smash Hits 10/12, 7 pm, $45-$125. The Colosseum, 1-888-9297849. 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. Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl 12/19, 12:30 pm, $24-$110. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. UNLV Football UCLA 9/12, 7:30 pm, $24-$69; vs. Idaho State 9/26, 6 pm, $7-$22; San Jose St. 10/10, 6 pm, $17-$53. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. World Wrestling Championships 9/7-9/12, 10 am, prices vary. Orleans Arena, 702-2847777.

Galleries Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art Thu-Fri, 5-8 pm, and by appointment. 900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-769-6036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702693-7871. Blackbird Studios Fri-Sun, noon-7 pm. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Abraham Abebe Thru 7/10. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702375-4147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Spectral Gallery Sat, noon-10 pm and by appointment. Wasteland Gallery Thu, 6 pm-9pm; Fri & Sat, 6 pm-11pm, Sun-Wed by appointment. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Left of Center Gallery Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Rd., 702647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art Advisory By appointment only. 620 S. 7th St., 702-3669339. P3Studio 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., 702229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Kim Johnson Thru 7/17. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

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