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Contents 7 mail Bicycles and legal weed.

44 noise Metal mania! Slipknot

8 as we see it Las Vegas grills

and Melvins rock the Strip. Is Iron Maiden’s new album good?

new UNLV President Len Jessup. A fast-food mashup fantasy.

47 the strip Santa Fe and the

omnia by al powers/powers imagery; great american food by mikayla whitmore

12 Q&A Brittany Bronson dishes

Fat City Horns’ unstoppable groove.

on her gypsy-like professional life.

48 scene An artists’ open mic.

14 Feature | new blood

50 architecture The Riv has

High school-turned-college coach Tony Sanchez brings a change in attitude to Rebel football.

some champions trying to save it.

52 food Genius between bread.

16 Feature | Party People

DB Brasserie’s Vinet Pouessel chats and Tina’s gourmet sausage thrills.

We know all about the nightlife scene’s hotness, but what about the folks who make it hot?

56 calendar A friendship threatened by … experimental art?

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26 nights Eric D-Lux makes your moment. LDW—it’s on!

41 A&E Alt-rock-funk-metal musing with Incubus.

42 screen Redford and Nolte take an epic Walk. Amazon blasts off with TV original Hand of God.

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GELATO ALERT If you loved Desyree Alberganti’s delicious creations at Downtown’s Art of Flavors, read about our first taste of her new Southwest Valley sweet spot, Gelatology, at lasvegasweekly.com. Then get up from your computer and try it for yourself.

> OM Sin City Yoga moves to Main Street.

ALT ATHLETICS Three new health and wellness studios have popped up throughout the Valley, and we’ve got the info on each. Whether you want to down-dog Downtown or join an all-female fitness group, lasvegasweekly. com will help you get acquainted with the city’s latest options.

HALLOWEEN IN VEGAS GETS EVEN SEXIER Want to party with a porn star? You don’t have to wait until January for AVN’s Adult Entertainment Expo now. This week the adult media network revealed plans for its first-ever porn-tastic Vegas Halloween bash. Find all the details at lasvegasweekly.com.

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MOST READ STORIES lasvegasweekly.com 1. On the scene as our city’s first marijuana dispensary opens 2. The sale of the Las Vegas Club should be great for Downtown 3. Nightlife impresario Jesse Waits on life after XS and what’s next 4. Superchef Scott Conant knows how to go casual 5. Las Vegas’ Super Cr3w didn’t take the ABDC title, but it should have

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SMOKE UP Euphoria Wellness, the city’s first marijuana dispensary, opened last week.

I can get oxycodone for back pain, but I can’t get marijuana. –Edward Riley In a town full of enabler doctors, no worries. –Jack Timar But if you come to California you can get your rec[reational marijuana card] for $50 for a year and Nevada will honor California patients. Haha! –Jamez Patino I love how they add “wellness” to these dispensary names, like a spa. –Ivy Martinez The problem is people and politicians trying to brand most of these people as lowlifes looking for their next fix. The types willing and able to afford good quality medical-grade marijuana are usually people with money. The people that scream the loudest about the “evil Mary Jane” are those we would find snorting drugs off some stranger’s bum or on Ashley Madison. –Adria Tomlinson

CHANGE IS COMING

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The owners of the D have purchased the Las Vegas Club, vowing to reopen the ancient Fremont Street property as a new hotel-casino.

One plus is they can pretty much gut the building to the girders, something that really couldn’t be done with the changeover from the Fitz to the D. I’m imagining the rooms being along the lines of the rooms at the D and the Golden Gate, just maybe with a

tweaked color palette. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Great Moments Room revived as part of the new property. It was still a good spot when it became Tinoco’s Kitchen. –Vespajet

TWO-WHEEL TROUBLE In the past eight months, eight cyclists have died on local roadways, demonstrating a problem that needs a solution.

Pay attention. Problem solved. Anyone who rear-ends any other road user has his or her eyes pointed somewhere besides the front windshield. –BobInVegas Build actual bike lanes and [don’t just] call the shoulder of the road a bike lane. We can do better. –Loonachic Quit painting bike symbols and arrows on the ground with slippery paint. –EastsideMC I get that four of these tragedies involved driver error. What about the four that did not? This is too much like the pedestrian death problem, placing an imbalanced amount of the blame on drivers. I have been driving, walking and actively bicycling in the Valley for four decades and I know first-hand that many walkers and cyclists expect attitude and paint to save them. The law may state that cyclists have the right of way, but physics cannot care less. –RC_LV

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THE NEW SCHOOL ∑ You never know when you’re going to get a Slip ’N Slide

question, even when you’re the president of a university. UNLV’s Len Jessup took it in stride, answering more than 20 queries cultivated from UNLV brass and alumni, a TV star and a city leader, Weekly staffers and our creative friends on social media. It wasn’t a typical practice session for Jessup’s first State of the University address coming up on September 17, but he painted a bold picture of UNLV’s next chapter. You’ll find the full Q&A at lasvegasweekly.com, but here are a few highlights: Guy Fieri, celebrity chef: As a proud UNLV alumnus who, just this past week, moved my son onto campus for his freshman year, what attracted you to the school? It’s just personally such a great opportunity to be

at this university while it’s striving to be a top-tier university—in this place, at this time, with everything that’s happening here in Southern Nevada right now in terms of growth and economically. ... I saw a great opportunity and a great fit to come and make a difference. Julie Ann Formoso, Las Vegas Sun reporter/UNLV grad: How do you plan to improve student services? We identified five pathway goals

that we’re now working on implementing. One is around research and creative and scholarly activity; one is around the medical school; one is around better community partnerships; one is around fixing infrastructure and business processes and how we get stuff done on campus; and one is around student success. ... We need to continue to get better at the student experience and what outcomes students achieve as a result of coming here. I think everybody recognizes that’s got to be better as we go forward. Robert Corral, via Facebook: When will the Rebels win another national title? One of the fun surprises to me was how good Rebel

athletics is and how many great championship athletes we have across a variety of sports. So I’d say chances are good on a championship coming out of one of the sports here at UNLV. ... I honestly can’t wait for football season to start. It’ll be a building year; it’s going to take time, but I think they’re going to be really fun to watch and I think that we’re going to see improvement over last year— marked improvement. Erin Ryan, Las Vegas Weekly managing editor: With new leadership comes lots of excitement—and expectations. Are you feeling the pressure? There’s a great presidential quote, that we do these things

because they’re difficult. It’s the challenge that makes it interesting and compelling. ... People are stepping up to commit to UNLV, either legislatively or philanthropically or coming here to go to school. That’s a very good sign about the UNLV brand.

114-degree days, and I would have wholeheartedly supported it.

JEREMY CLOE WON A STUDENT OSCAR—AND COULD WIN THE REAL THING

∑ “And the Oscar goes to ...” is a line native Las Vegan Jeremy Cloe might hear with his name attached at the next Academy Awards. In a way, he already has. The now LA-based filmmaker won one of 15 Student Academy Awards for This Way Up, which he shot while at the American Film Institute. That win made his film eligible for a full-on Oscar nomination in the category of Best Live Action Short Film. ¶ “I think this year there were almost 1,700 films submitted. I was actually pretty shocked when I was a semifinalist,” the 28-year-old director says. “So winning is pretty surreal.” ¶ This Way Up follows Charlie, a man trying to hide his recent homelessness from his daughter. The concept centers on the homeless population living in Las Vegas’ storm tunnels. “I grew up skating in storm drains but had never explored too deep inside until I was about 16. That was a feeling that really stuck with me. It felt like you could just disappear down there and nobody would know.” ¶ Cloe’s production team built a 120-foot replica tunnel and a miniature version to shoot a flood tearing through, in the film’s climactic scene. That’s ambitious for a $60,000 budget that came together through AFI, a Bridges-Larson grant and crowdfunding. Whatever happens next, This Way Up is a step up for one of Vegas’ most notable filmmakers. –Jason Harris

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TAKING IT TOO FAR > MAJOR MOVES Expect to see more of Super Cr3w after its stellar showing on ABDC.

AMERICA’S FAVORITE B-BOYS Las Vegas’ own Super Cr3w didn’t take the all-star TV title, but it should have BY BROCK RADKE If you watched any part of the recent all-star eighth season of MTV’s resurrected America’s Best Dance Crew, you probably rolled your eyes when the winner (by public vote) was announced during Saturday’s finale. Las Vegas’ b-boy mega squad Super Cr3w, winners of Season 2 in 2008, dominated the competition but finished third. Simply put, we was robbed. But we still got to see some of our city’s most talented and innovative dancers doing what they do best, and the whole world got to see it, too. We caught up with veteran breaker Ronnie Abaldonado, one of the Cr3w’s senior members who also runs two Distrct Dance studios in town, just two days after the ABDC experience. It seemed to come as a shock to you guys and the other two teams when you didn’t get voted into the final two. Yeah.

Everyone at MTV was rooting for us, but it just came down to social media and who had the bigger following. Super Cr3w has been working with the Jabbawockeez show for the past five years in Vegas, so our fanbase has kinda declined. Our brand isn’t as strong as it was on the

show seven years ago. But you guys were so consistently thrilling all season long and got a lot of love from judges and fans. We’re humbled by that.

A lot of people have said we dominated the whole season. We knew we were capable and had high expectations, but we ended up going above those expectations. This season, no question, everyone was amazing. It was a true challenge and a great experience. Behind the scenes, how was this different from the Cr3w’s first time on ABDC? In our first season, we just came in as compet-

itors. We didn’t really have control over a lot of things, like music and wardrobe. You got a challenge and they dressed you up how they wanted, which wasn’t too bad for us but other crews hated some of the stuff they were wearing. We were just rolling with the punches. This time—which was only six episodes, like half as long—we were treated like champions. We had more freedom but more responsibility. It felt like going from high school to college. It was intense.

PREHISTORIC NEVADA Thousands of fossils excavated from Tule Springs deserve some Vegas-style spotlight Southern Nevada is renowned for its legacy of impermanence. It’s the kind of place where we build and forget, continuously replace the past with the more titillating present. But within that mind-set lives the larger story of time, visible evidence of millions of years embedded in the geological strata surrounding the Valley. Fossils surface to provide new clues on how we came to be—a strange juxtaposition between the recent past and the prehistoric. When Sinatra and the Rat Pack were launching a new era on the Strip, one of the state’s largest archaeological digs was taking place at Tule Springs 30 minutes north, revealing a wealth of ice age fossils, bones of mammoths and other animals that roamed in the cool, wet climate of their era. Yet when it was announced in July that more than 10,000 fossils excavated from the recently christened Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument had been brought back to Nevada following their stay at a California museum—where they were catalogued and surveyed—it lacked the usual fanfare when headliners return to town. Now that more than 23,000 acres of land have been designated as a national monument falling under the National Park Service—a long-fought battle by advocates and politicians—the past will likely have its red-carpet moment. After all, the entire state is a rich study of the prehistoric. “We have a fossil record that stands from the Paleozoic to the modern era,” says Eugene Hattori, state anthropologist and curator of anthropology at Nevada State Museum. “Because of the process of erosion and deposition there are fossils that are exposed, and it’s a continuing process.” –Kristen Peterson

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To honor International Peace Day, Burger King recently offered McDonald’s the chance to collaborate on the “McWhopper”—a well-meaning but unholy olive branch that would mate the warring chains’ signatures, the charbroiled Whopper and the Big Mac, a burger that receives its “secret sauce” via “sauce gun.” McDonald’s declined the offer on Twitter with an unimpressed, “Let’s do something to make a real difference.” Nevertheless, the bad idea for a good cause inspired the Weekly staff to dream up our own, mostly abominable mashups. Apologies in advance. Long John Silver’s + Sonic Clam Breakfast Toaster Clam strips, eggs and bacon, deliberately sandwiched between Texas Toast. Yum? Taco Bell + Dairy Queen Grilled Stuft Steak Burrito Blizzard All burritos are born to be vessels. Dunkin Donuts + Wendy’s Chili Doughnut With chili in place of jelly, like a lowbrow beef Wellington. Panda Express + Arby’s Orange Chicken Apple Turnover A flaky, fruit and feathers pastry. KFC + Jack in the Box Extra Crispy Chicken Churros Fried chicken with a churro crust. Yes, please. White Castle + Pizza Hut Fish Nibblers/ Hot Dog Bites Pizza A crust-itizer that alternates dog and fish bits around its exterior. Just no. Del Taco + In-N-Out Animal-style Macho Taco Messy fries in a loaded taco. What’s not to like?

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EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY!

> IT SHOOTS BULLETS, YES But does it have a laser pointer?

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SHINING A LIGHT ON THE GUN SHOW

The spectacle of laser pointers, muscle cream and naked G.I. Joes BY STACY J. WILLIS I’m standing in the flea market of firepower, a gun show at Cashman Center, listening to a salesman pitch the value of a solar-powered flashlight. “But how do you make it work?” I ask, and by “work,” I don’t mean create a beam of light. I’m already sold on that. I mean how do I make it do its semi-lethal thing, like stun someone with massive volts of electricity, or emit a stream of burning pepper spray, or turn into an easy-grip dagger—you know, defend me? “Oh no,” he says. “This doesn’t do any of that. But it does charge your cell phone with its stored-up energy.” I like that. In fact, it’s probably one of the few items at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show I’d really use. But somehow it’s not getting much attention here, where hundreds of people—all sorts of people—are milling around tables stacked high with deadly devices. Shoppers are pushing babies in strollers; they’re sipping Red Bulls; they’re wearing “Armed & Fabulous” T-shirts. They’re men, women, young, old, various races—some carrying military-style boxes of newly purchased ammo, others handling rifles or brass knuckles or Samurai swords. Above the hum of the crowd is the occasional crackle of a stun gun, zapping 35 million volts of back off. It’s a mesmerizing scene, and I’m trying to steer clear of the dire and divisive politics and just experience a corner of American consumerism. I could even buy a gun. But unlike most others here, I’m wary—weary, really—of guns. So I check out everything else first. Besides weapons and ammo, here are some other goods at the gun show: a collection of naked G.I. Joe dolls and assorted mini-clothing, affordable doctor-supervised testosterone therapy, crystal dishes, aluminum flasks, heating pads, cool-fast towels, life insurance, pain-killing muscle cream, bio-warfare handbooks, bamboo-themed bed sheets, collectible coins, Confederate flags, gun-shaped lighters, Las Vegas Review-Journal subscriptions, T-shirts galore, safes, old war patches, political bumper stickers, screwdriver-corkscrew-keychain combos and those multi-use flashlights. As I marvel at the breadth of the American arms

bazaar—our freedom is captivating, no?—I determine that my visit will be incomplete without at least consulting with a gun dealer about my particular self-defense needs. I wedge my way through the crowd to get to a table where I can buy a handgun. I’ve given this 10 minutes of semi-serious thought, and I want a gun with a laser-pointer light. He brings me a squatty handgun that he says will fit in my purse, even though I’m not carrying one. I push a little button on the side of the gun, and a red laser appears. I click the light off and on a few times, until he suggests I pull the trigger. I feel iffy about that, even though I watched him clear the chamber. But the gun is $400—a tad pricey to use strictly as a laser pointer. So I pull the trigger once, without event, and then return to laser buttonry. Sensing my inexperience, which does not preclude me from bearing an arm, the salesman levels with me. I respect that. He says I’ll never get the chance to use the laser by the time I dig this gun out of my purse while being assaulted. I have to agree, that sounds like a dicey scenario, especially since I would’ve left my purse in the car and my gun safely locked in a vault under my bed. Still, I appreciate his concern. He offers me a different handgun with no laser, and says it has a quicker trigger. Go ahead, he tells me, pull the trigger. Barging through my comfort zone again, I pull it, and immediately I see what he means: it’s easier to squeeze—almost gentle. A gentle gun. But I’m still partial to the laser. I explain the scenario to him: What if someone is breaking into my home, and it’s dark, and I want to unlock my gun safe and load my gun and turn on my laser and make my way through the hallways guided by the red light for pinpoint accuracy? Or what if I need the red light to help me see to unlock the back door and run like hell? Or to find and lure my cat to safety with a bouncing red light? “Oh,” he says, pointing toward tables of heftier handguns and rifles across the aisle, “if you’re getting this for home defense, you’ll need a bigger gun.” Or maybe I’m just better off with a solar-powered flashlight that also charges my cell phone, which calls 911.

It begins with National Dog Day, then devolves into Jamaican Patty Day, Grab Some Nuts Day, I Love My Feet Day and Mail-Order Catalog Day. Naturally, there’s a Just Because Day, and let’s be real—that’s just because Fresh Breath Day and Wiggle Your Toes Day were taken. And that’s August. In September, we suffer Lazy Moms Day, Research Administrator Day, Restless Legs Awareness Day, Hug Your Hound Day (isn’t Dog Day enough?) and—bonus squeeze!— Hug Your Boss Day. “Don’t Hug People Without Permission” Day could follow and no one would bat an eye. September 11, we honor the victims and heroes of 9/11 with Patriot Day, but degrade it with Make Your Bed Day (seriously?) and Hot Cross Bun Day (seriously). Following that is We Are Sick of These Days Day, taking place every day until further notice. Social causes, fine. Innocuous “scream like a goat” days, maybe. But no to consumerist “eat an obscure meat pie” days or “buy something to throw away” days. “Celebrate everything” days crept into the collective consciousness with novelties like the then-amusing Talk Like a Pirate Day, but have since exploded into a societal epidemic that attacks our better judgment and compels us to propagate mind-numbing drivel about oatmeal, hagfish, brandied fruit and pro-life cupcakes (yep, that’s a thing). Social media and lack of Better Things to Do have worsened the situation. Where will it end? As I write this it’s National Chicken Boy’s Day and National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day, which at least explains the chicken boy. Coming soon are Frappé Day, Name Your Car Day and Mole Day (sadly unrelated to burrowing animals or bodily growths). And look, if you want to name your car, whatever. Just do it on Keep It to Yourself Day. –Kristy Totten

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> double duty Bronson says three of four cocktail waitresses she works with have master’s degrees.

Did you think you’d be working more than one job after earning a master’s? I didn’t. My

first-ever job was in a restaurant. When I moved to Vegas I didn’t expect to get back into the restaurant world, but I feel the economy kind of shaped me here. I felt like I had the experience and had the opportunity to make decent money, and it was a responsible decision to take advantage of that. You said you’d like to teach full-time one day. Do you make more as a server than you would with a full-time teaching job?

I don’t know. There’s a big gap between what I make as an adjunct and what I would make as full-time faculty. Right now I serve part-time and teach part-time. If I were to work full-time cocktailing on the Strip I would make more money. At least the money I can make is enough to pay a mortgage and a car payment and student loans and all those things. It just wasn’t like that for me, only teaching part-time. When you get a college degree, so much of academia is telling you, “Now you need to go use this,” and saying that if you’re working a job like I’m working then you’re not using it, which I really disagree with. I feel like my education has made me a better server and a good worker. These worlds aren’t as separate as we want to make them.

Academic in an apron

Brittany Bronson has a master’s and a regular New York Times byline— and she’s also a server on the Strip Brittany Bronson’s résumé is admirable by any standard: She’s a monthly op-ed contributor to The New York Times and an adjunct English instructor at UNLV; she has a master’s degree in creative writing and—like more academics than you might realize—she’s a cocktail server on the Strip. One of these gigs is not like the others, but the combination is what keeps the Las Vegan of four years financially afloat, feeding her literary passion in the classroom and enjoying a more fast-paced restaurant job. The Weekly caught up with Bronson to talk about the state of education and how rude customers react when they find out the women in the aprons are more educated than they are.

Do you think customers would treat you better if they knew you had a master’s? Three out

of the four cocktail waitresses I work with have master’s degrees. I’m definitely not the only person who has this experience. When I was working at another restaurant, if it did come up that I teach at UNLV, I immediately felt people treat me differently. I really did. It wasn’t what they were saying, it was the tone of voice, whether they’re looking you in the eye, whether they’re answering politely or curtly. Sometimes if a guest would be really rude, I hoped somehow I could get that into the

conversation so they would feel bad and embarrassed. But another part of me is like, why do I think that having an education makes me more deserving of better treatment? That’s the Catch-22. Is it common for adjunct professors to have to take second jobs to make ends meet? What does that say about the state of education? It is really common.

After I wrote that initial piece about teaching and serving [for The New York Times last December], there were all sorts of comments on Twitter from people in the same situation. It’s interesting that our society requires education as a pathway to success, yet so many elements in that pathway put people at a serious disadvantage. This idea that education is going to open every door is not a reality anymore. But on the other side, I still find education so crucial, and such a vital part of being a human being. However, to say that suddenly your education stops when you leave the university, or this education has more value than the types of things you learn and do in the workplace, that is a false reality most of us have intrinsically accepted as true. Because I’m working in both places, I feel those systematic ideas constantly being challenged in both of my workplaces. Do you think people are unaware of the plight of adjunct instructors? I don’t think

people know or understand. Because so many general education classes rely on lowpaid teaching, sometimes as a result teachers don’t do as good of a job as they should because they think, “Why should I spend 20 hours grading papers when if I do that, literally, I’m making $3 an hour.” Students’ education suffers because of that. I also think in Vegas, where our graduation rate is so low, students take those classes and think, “This is what college is like? I don’t want to be here.” All these things are connected. –Kristy Totten

“These worlds aren’t as separate as we want to make them.”

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Tony Sanchez watched UNLV’s final 2014 home game from the stands at Sam Boyd Stadium in possession of the town’s worstkept secret: The Rebels wanted him to leave his safe home to scramble up the sheer face of the state’s highest football mountain. Don’t ask who won that night. In fact, let’s toss all we know onto the table: UNLV loses in football, you don’t go to the games, and Sanchez is just the fourth head coach to jump straight to the college game from high school. The aggressive rebranding of UNLV’s downtrodden football program began in Sanchez’s head that autumn evening, two weeks before his official introduction as head coach. Sanchez envisioned a marketing strategy to sell Vegas flash: countless revamped uniform combinations, tricked-out turf and a beefedup social-media presence. “We’re sitting in the stands and that’s all [I’m] thinking about—a real opportunity to be in charge of this, here,” Sanchez says. “It’s kind of a surreal experience.” No new UNLV football coach inherits the luxury of selling tradition or success. The Rebels own just two winning seasons since 1995. Neither Sanchez nor his bosses expect many victories this year, either, with a brutal schedule looming that features UCLA and Michigan. So while they pray recruits love the inviting hype of “The New Era” marketing, they also want fans and students to get excited without much hope for improvement right now. It’s risky but necessary. “In order to communicate to the public that something is a big deal, you have to treat it like a big deal,” says Randy Walker of New Chapter Media, a New York City-based sports marketing company. “So the rebranding, the new uniforms and the new attitude reflect that and can be effective.” The man in charge of marketing for UNLV athletics simply wants the football team to eliminate the apathy that drowns it in Southern Nevada. “In order for our football program to be successful, it first has to be relevant,” says Darryl Seibel, the university’s deputy director of athletics for external relations. “Because we have gone through a period of, at best, intermittent success, we have lost a great degree of relevance.” Relevance proved no challenge for Sanchez at

support you, you’ve got to win first,” Sanchez says. Bishop Gorman High School. Hours before that “And you go, well, maybe so, but if I’m going to open November UNLV game, Sanchez’s Gaels won by 50 a restaurant and I find a great location, I don’t just points en route to their sixth consecutive state chamopen the door and start cooking. I’ve got to invest. pionship. Marketing helped transform Gorman into “We’ve got to make this place look pretty cool so a national powerhouse, as Sanchez oversaw the propeople really want to be a part of it. And then we’ve duction of glitzy hype videos and slick websites that got to do our job on the field.” attracted elite players and media attention. Sanchez The energetic 41-year-old Sanchez emphaticalborrowed liberally from that experience to shape his ly reversed former coach Bobby Hauck’s socialpitch to UNLV. media blackout, reopening a vital line of com“From the design of the uniforms, to the new field, munication to recruits through his active Twitter to our ‘New Era’—that was all stuff that I came in with account. Sanchez spent dozens of hours courting into that interview,” Sanchez says. “This is how we’re Little Leagues and Rotary clubs, glad-handing with going to market the entire thing. It’s something that donors and entertaining national media was thought out well before. In my time at fascinated by his move. Gorman, I was exposed to a lot of highInside the program’s walls, Sanchez level marketing.” coated fresh paint in the most kidThe philanthropic might of UNLV relatable way he knew. To grasp Gorman’s donors creates unending FOOTBALL the importance of new uniforms access to the top shelf of everyAT NORTHERN and helmets, spend a few minthing. Sanchez didn’t need the ILLINOIS September 5, utes with UNLV quarterback marketing expertise of friends 4:30 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Blake Decker as he pulls out his like UFC leaders Lorenzo Fertitta Network; radio: ESPN iPhone and scrolls through photo and Dana White to sell the high 1100 AM. Betting line: after photo of the “sick” threads. school’s new 41,000-squareUNLV +22.5. “It’s a sense of belonging to colfoot training center that instantly lege football,” Decker says. “It’s revobecame the envy of UNLV and many lutionizing, and it’s moving forward. I other college programs. think Coach Sanchez just epitomizes that. UNLV football offers few such advanYou saw the swag he had at Bishop Gorman. I tages to help Sanchez entice recruits. Short think they had, what, 90,000 different uniform comon recognized talent, the Rebels are predicted to binations? It’s fun.” finish last in the Mountain West Conference’s West Yet even the young quarterback understands that Division. Their facilities need an infusion of cash. fun goes nowhere without an improved product. They play in a stadium flung far into the desert east “It’s not just getting the uniforms or getting people of the city, contributing to a 2014 average home behind us,” Decker says. “That takes you to a certain attendance—15,674 per game—that ranked 112th extent, but ultimately you have to win games. You among 125 teams at the FBS level. The Runnin’ Rebel can’t have a community back you and have a two-win basketball squad averaged 11,757 fans per home game season year in and year out.” last year, barely missing the national top 30. Sanchez, too, recognizes he can’t rebuild the pre“We’ve been known for Runnin’ Rebel basketball, season hype if his team falls flat. “You get one shot at but football is a big animal,” UNLV Athletics Director it,” Sanchez says. “We could say, oh, well, we’re going Tina Kunzer-Murphy says. “We needed to be in the to gradually get better, we’re going to work toward game. We weren’t relevant in Las Vegas.” success. Ahhh, to hell with that—here you go, here’s Make no mistake, though, Sanchez will sell whatthe chips. ever is within reach, a necessity with UNLV short“The hype, the uniforms are great and all that, but staffed in its marketing department. “It’s funny—on are you winning football games?” one hand, you hear people say, if you want us to September 3–9, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 15

∑ Juyoung Kang came into bartend-

ing by accident. Originally from Philadelphia, she was living and working in LA as a banquet server when someone else didn’t show up for her bar gig at a wedding. Ju, as she’s called, stepped in and found a new comfort zone. “There’s a sort of barrier behind the bar. It’s kind of a stage, in a sense. You’re putting on a show but you have something covering. It’s comforting that no one can look at your feet,” she laughs. She quickly found a passion for mixology, but also that the craft wasn’t being taken seriously in LA. “Every job interview I went on they asked if I was a model or actress.

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No, I’m a food and beverage professional.” So, time to go Las Vegas. Ju opened the former Comme Ça at Cosmopolitan—one of the Strip’s alltime great restaurant bars—then made the rounds at some of Downtown’s hippest watering holes before help-

ing open Cosmo’s Rose. Rabbit. Lie. Recently, she took over for industry favorite Max Solano as head barkeep at Venetian’s Delmonico Steakhouse. “It doesn’t matter where it is, or if it’s locals or tourists or what kind of people come to my bar,” she says.

“My whole thing is giving people the best service and giving them what they want. Some people read hospitality incorrectly, that it’s giving you everything you want. It isn’t. It’s giving you the best thing you want at the right time.” JUYOUNG KANG BY L.E. BASKOW

∑ What’s the major difference

between the nightclub scenes in NYC and Las Vegas? “In New York it’s very much about personalities. There, even though you love the music and venue and atmosphere, you come to see me,” Pavan Pardasani says. “In Vegas, it’s not about me, it’s about the most beautiful venues you’ll ever see, and world-class service, and the most recognizable talent. You’re coming to be part of a great crowd, and I’m the person who facilitates that.” Pardasani knows his way around both scenes. After building his name at EMM Group and consulting for top venues in New York City and the Hamptons, he landed in Las Vegas in 2013 ready to help change the game. While Hakkasan Group has done exactly that—through the acquisition of Light Group venues as well as the

stunning debut of Omnia at Caesars Palace—Pardasani’s fire burns brightest when it comes to the experience at the flagship nightclub at MGM Grand. “I am more passionate about maintaining Hakkasan’s position as the No. 1 club in town than I am about our newer properties,” he says. “Any time there’s something new, it’s only human nature to want to be a part of that. Maybe it’s a bit counterintuitive, but you have to love and be passionate about today’s project as much as you are about the new ones on the horizon.” It’s a wise approach, befitting someone whose experience elsewhere shaped his perspective. “In New York, for a club to last for two or three years is a good run. Out here, it takes more than that. You want to build something that stands for some time, and then you can look back on that success with the memories of having built more than a venue, but creating a legacy.”

∑ You’ve heard it before. You’ve probably lived it, too. “I came to Vegas from

New Jersey my sophomore year of high school, and I hated it,” Charo Ronquillo says. “As soon as I was done with school, I was leaving. Now, I would never live anywhere else.” Just like you, she fell in love with Las Vegas. Ronquillo’s first job was as a hostess at Kona Grill near Summerlin, then she graduated to hostess, server, bartender and other positions at Strip venues, putting in work at Caesars Palace, Encore and Light Group restaurants, clubs and lounges. “I was in school for nursing, but I like being in suits and dresses and heels better than scrubs and clogs, so I made the switch,” she says with a smile. (She says everything with a smile.) Ronquillo is always ready for a challenge, always looking to learn, and that drive brought her to the Foundation Room, Mandalay Bay’s stalwart nightlife perch. “This was new to me. It was always drinks then dinner, but this is a lounge on one side and a dining room on the other, and a nightclub next to that,” she says. “This place is a whirlwind, but it operates cohesively, and you are thrown into all of it all at once.” She wants to be where the action is, but she also loves the intimacy of the Foundation Room. “We can cater to people who want something a little more personal, and our team is so much fun. Nobody does what we do.”

∑ She’s a Las Vegan born and raised, and she certainly has a very Vegasy job, but

Brittney Porter is not necessarily a Vegas girl. How do we know? For starters, there aren’t a lot of figure skaters in the desert. Porter was a competitive skater for about 10 years, starting from age 8, and when her skating days subsided she took up as a coach. She might coach again in California next year, if she ends up in grad school. With a UNLV degree in marriage and family therapy, she’s looking to continue studying psychology. But right now, she’s closing out the summer at Encore Beach Club, which is apparently as much a fun place to work as it is to party. “What I like most is the amazing staff,” she says. “It’s like a second family. Of course we have some residencies with some of the top DJs in the world, and it’s great to be able to walk out here to work every day in this beautiful oasis. But it wouldn’t be the same if we weren’t surrounded by such a wonderful staff.” Though she pulls double-duty as a server at Surrender in the off-season, Porter says she’s definitely a day person. “I’m up at 7 every day, so the nights can be rough. Winter can be hard to deal with.” Maybe she’s a Vegas girl after all. –Brock Radke

PAVAN PARDASANI BY ADAM SHANE; CHARO RONQUILLO & BRITTNEY PORTER BY CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS

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∑ In January, Mikey Francis was

scrounging for pretty much any gig he could get, playing less-mainstream dance spots like Insert Coin(s) and local LGBT clubs. Fast-forward to now, and the producer/DJ/vocalist/half of local electronic music duo Black Boots not only plays regularly at Omnia and Hakkasan as a resident DJ, but just completed the 40-date Warped Tour with Black Boots bandmate Pedi Amiri. It’s a stunning turn of events for Francis, for whom transition has been commonplace since the 2011 disbanding of the electro-punk act he co-founded, Afghan Raiders. But successfully moving from the local music scene Downtown as a musician/performer to Strip nightlife as a DJ is anything but common, just like suddenly landing gigs at two of the most popular nightclubs in the country after nearly four years of intermittently playing smaller venues. For Francis, those four years—2015 in particular—have been defined by timing, especially in regard to the ebbs and flows of electronic music and his new Omnia/Hakkasan residencies (he’s also a resident DJ at Haven Nightclub in Atlantic City), the latter rooted in his budding friendship with Irish expat/ Hakkasan regular Fergie DJ, who got him an opening gig at the MGM Grand megaclub earlier this year—a relatively unheard of feat for local DJs. “They’re very against bringing new people in and very protective of their brand, and understandably so,” Francis says. “It’s one of the biggest nightclub brands in the world.” That early-night gig begat a few more, and after Omnia’s doors opened, Hakkasan Group offered Francis a job supporting headliners in the main room and playing the outdoor terrace on top of any duties at the big sister club down the street—opportunities that likely came because of his willingness to play open-format, commercial-friendly and multi-genre sets along with four-onthe-floor and trap bangers. “That was a personal choice of mine,” Francis says. “I wanted to learn to do that really well.” As a result, he’s not only become more versatile and sharpened his DJ skills, he’s evolved as a producer. Contrast all of that with just a year earlier, when the house-oriented Francis played under-the-radar DJ gigs while Black Boots crafted trap remixes and retooled its sound, the act having previously struggled to find an audience for its indie/electronic live hybrid. Even

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with the help of its label, Ultra—one of dance music’s biggest imprints—the duo’s sound didn’t fall in line with the commercial EDM soundtrack of the national nightlife scene. “We were trying to do these indie/rock ’n’ roll-vibe original tracks when everyone was starting to listen to big room/Dutch house-style music,” Francis says. “It just went over everyone’s head … ultimately, the stars weren’t quite aligned.” But the universe smiled on the act again in November, when its agent at the powerful LA-based Creative Artists Agency asked Francis and Amiri—also known as Lightknife—if they wanted to join the Warped Tour as part of its dance-oriented Beatport Stage. Despite stringent rules forbidding them to play almost anywhere ahead of and amid the summer trek, they jumped at the chance. During the 52-day experience playing 30-minute sets in 100-plusdegree weather and sharing a bus with several acts—including Vegas’ Splitbreed—Black Boots found an untapped, largely teenage market receptive to their industrial-tinged, trap-style bangers and remixes. Francis sung atop the music Amiri pounded out, and the more he interacted with the audience, the more energetic it got—and familiar the experience felt. “[The attendees] weren’t interested in hearing a DJ set,” Francis says. “You had to go out there and work the crowd, hype them, throw water on them, crowdsurf—like a rock show, which is my roots.” The experience was so positive, Black Boots is planning to spend time in the studio and map out a college tour for the fall, eager to cultivate a preclubbing age fanbase—one demographic already responding to the lifestyle the act projects via social media (especially Instagram). In fact, both Francis and Amiri are signed to Ford Models, which is linking musicians and sports figures to more narrative-based advertising campaigns. Add that to the brand-building and gig-performing Francis is doing for his solo DJ career—which still favors a more house- and EDM-centric sound— and 2015 looks to remain a whirlwind year, albeit one allowing him to grow more ambitious. “I just need to release some music,” Francis says. “Now that I don’t have the stress of hustling to get little gigs, I can focus on the bigger picture. I’m excited about everything.” –Mike Prevatt PHOTOGRAPH BY SHANE O’NEAL/SON STUDIOS

> BOOTSTRAPPING In four years, Francis has evolved from Downtown musician to Strip DJ.

∑ It was very hot. I saw an unusual amount of people pass out. Performing so high-energy at 3 p.m. was definitely one of the challenges of the tour. At one point my tour manager passed out from heat exhaustion. We caught him on the way down. We would start moshpits during our [DJ] set. With Warped Tour, it’s less sitting behind the decks and pumping our hands. It’s where the kids are used to seeing bands with frontmen. We became vocal with fans and jumped up on speakers and ran into the audience. It created this atmosphere of rock ’n’ roll chaos. A lot of people came up to us, which was really cool—lots of people wearing, like, an Underoath shirt. They’d watch the show, come up to us and say, ‘Dude, I’m not really into the music, but that was incredible.’ We’d convert these kids into electronic music fans right there. There were a couple of fans who drove two to three hours just to see us play, like from Kentucky up to St. Louis. Then they drove another 350 miles to see us again. Warped was such a beautiful experience, because we got to know a lot of people. You don’t get that in the nightclub environment. Warped is old-fashioned. We’re at the merch booth after for fans, taking pictures, signing autographs. We had a few boobs to sign. Some things never change! –As told to Mike Prevatt

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> SOUNDS & SIGHTS (From top) Rita Ora, the Beach Club and a Fight Weekend show featuring Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and more.

∑ When Victor Drai opened his posh

nightclub and beach club last spring atop the Cromwell boutique hotel, it was immediately clear this was a unique addition to the Las Vegas nightscape. And since its first party started, the new version of Drai’s has been steadily proving—especially this summer—that content is key. With its smart, stellar lineup of diverse artists, Drai’s programming is at least as special as its breathtaking location. The 65,000-square-foot club has capitalized on the industry’s stillpumping EDM heart with a DJ roster that has included Adventure Club, 3LAU, Borgeous, Dannic, Dyro, Mike Hawkins and many more. Yet Drai’s has made a bigger mark for live performances from the likes of The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Capital Cities, Chromeo, Big Sean and 50 Cent. With building buzz that live music is the future and big contracts for DJs might be the past, the Drai’s system appears to be catching on up and down the Strip. “I don’t know if it’s necessarily being mimicked. I think people are trying to find a way to mimic us,” says Drai’s CEO and partner Michael Gruber. “This club was built and designed to do what we do, built for live performances and to give our customers a great experience with an artist. It was built with different standards than anything else in town.” You only need to catch one show at Drai’s, whether it’s hip-hop, indie rock, R&B or EDM, to see that difference. The rooftop venue has unparalleled views of the Strip, and the indoor-outdoor stage magically melds the expected booming club atmosphere with a breezy music-festival vibe. The club has leaned heavily into hip-hop lately, a genre that hasn’t always had a rocksolid headquarters on the Boulevard. “It’s what the audience clearly wants, and again, we tried to lead the trends and get there a little bit early, which Victor has done his entire career,” Gruber says, noting that a focus on treating resident artists well has nurtured the club’s success. None of the big names have rotated out of performing at Drai’s, and more artists are being added to the stable. “We want people to realize Las Vegas really is the entertainment capital. You can see everything you want to see here, and certainly [as a nightclub] we’re No. 1 in bringing the stars to the city.” –Brock Radke

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DRAI’S NIGHTLIFE BY CHASE STEVENS/ERIK KABIK PHOTOGRAPHY; DRAI’S DAYLIFE BY CLAIRE HART

∑ Weezy and Fetty have both played SLS before, but, you know, not together. This all-day hip-hop heavyweights party at Foxtail adds DJs Hollywood, Ikon, Kid Conrad, E-Man, Wellman and T. Lewis to the mix. September 6, 10 a.m., $99+ men, $66+ women.

∑ Sundown has been one of the most fun, innova-

tive day-night parties all summer long, so of course it’s winding down with a back-to-back set from these two house legends. Expect a groove marathon. September 6, noon, $30+ men, $20+ women.

∑ The French hit-maker—and second highest-earn-

ing DJ in the world behind Calvin Harris, according to Forbes—has been touring the festival circuit for most of the summer. Now he’s back at his Vegas home, blowing up LDW Nightswim. Rage away. September 6, 9:30 p.m., $75+ men, $20+ women.

> POOLING RESOURCES Fetty Wap teams up with Lil Wayne once again.

For more Labor Day Weekend Hot Spots, see Page 26.

> PARTY FAVORS Pampinella is the man behind the props.

∑ You’re partying your ass off at one of Las Vegas’ spectacular megaclubs when someone splurges, purchasing a ridiculously expensive bottle of booze. The transaction necessitates one of the club’s over-the-top bottle presentations, which could include a beautiful girl carrying the bottle in an illuminated diamond at the Bank, or a beautiful girl being carried with the booze on a chariot at Hakkasan, or a collection of beautiful girls carted out on a mini-yacht at Encore Beach Club. It’s amazing, and you’ll go home telling stories about it, but it might not cross your mind that there’s a guy who builds all that stuff. Mike Pampinella is that guy. He started his company, All American Design Center, 15 years ago, doing fabrication for such sexy accounts as the Clark County School District. In 2006 MIKE PAMPINELLA BY STEVE MARCUS

he started doing upholstery and other interior projects for a few nightclubs, and then the Bank commissioned that diamond. Hyde Bellagio noticed and wanted something more grand, so Pampinella built the club a boat. In typical crazy bigger-is-better Vegas fashion, it kind of snowballed from there, illustrated by his latest creation for Encore Beach Club: a working four-chair Ferris wheel. “They gave me five weeks for that one,” Pampinella says. “We can take anyone’s imagination and bring it to life if the budget is there.” Most of the custom projects, single or multi-bottle carriers, only take about three weeks, but as the requests become more specific—and physically larger—things can get complicated. Pampinella is working on a vin-

tage English bathtub (you know, for a beautiful woman to sit inside with a magnum of Champagne) that’ll take a little more time to be custom-molded. “It’s a small portion of my business, but I’m starting to focus on it more because there’s so much demand,” Pampinella says. “People have noticed [these creations] and found out who

did it and contacted me, and I never thought something like that would happen. I’m not one to talk about stuff, pretty low-key. I do things for my clients’ gratification and making sure they’re satisfied and they can generate money from the product.” Spoken like a true behind-thescenester. –Brock Radke SEPTEMBER 3–9, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM 21

> FEAST FOR THE EYES Omnia’s chandelier beams down like an alien spaceship.

∑ They say you always remember

your first—your first kiss, your first alcoholic drink and, probably, your first time inside Omnia Nightclub. The 75,000-square-foot space makes for a remarkable experience, but it’s the chandelier—the 33-foot-wide, 22,000pound metal mass with eight concentric rings moving overhead—that imprints its swirling image onto your brain. It’s as breathtaking as it is technologically astounding: futuristic and opulent and completely unforgettable.

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For an undertaking that massive, it took eight designers and “at least another 40 on the manufacturing side” to create the technical behemoth, explains James Algate, VP of music for Hakkasan Group. “After conceptualization, it took about nine months to go through the design and manufacturing phases to complete the project.” Six months after Omnia’s opening, the chandelier has taken on a celebrity of its own; partiers stand wideeyed, snapping away for that perfect Instagrammable moment. Everyone knows about it, and it’s what each Omnia virgin wants to see once past the velvet rope. And it’s not as easy as flipping a switch. It’s a complicated effort, ensuring this gigantic machine runs without a hitch. “The lighting effects and video on the chandelier are operated by the same team that also operates the lighting and video content throughout the rest of the venue,” Algate says, and “through the intel-

ligent software and automation programming, one person is now capable of making sure it runs smoothly throughout each event.” Unlike any other chandelier in Las Vegas, Omnia’s is programmed on two levels—the first a static component, “the stationary scenes or positions it can stay in,” and the second, the animation or movement. “We are able to program both the animation and static scenes, but there are infinite ways to move the chandelier by changing the speed and movement between the various scenes,” Algate says. “This allows for unlimited possibilities.” From below, the glowing giant looks like Santa’s spaceship lighting up, thousands of LEDs and 60 moving headlights sparkling on the different rings. Tomorrow, Omnia’s chandelier will rise, fall and rotate in a completely unique pattern, ensuring no night is ever the same. Production teams refresh content

monthly, and a maintenance crew runs “checkups” daily, weekly and monthly “to ensure everything is working exactly how it was designed,” Algate says. “It is imperative for us to keep the chandelier to a strict schedule not only for safety reasons, but to ensure it runs smoothly with no malfunctions.” I look through my own Instagram scrapbook for the picture I snapped during my first night at Omnia. “Alien invasion?” I wrote below the photo, the massive vessel bathing revelers in electric green, all staring back as if waiting to be abducted. Somehow, as production teams work around the clock to make the chandelier shine, everything about Omnia’s grand centerpiece appears effortless. For now, it has no rival, and that’s what makes it so memorable. –Leslie Ventura For peeks inside other visual wonderlands, visit lasvegasweekly.com. PHOTOGRAPH BY RUKES

∑ Take the average “successful”

nightclub’s lifespan of around four years, add the highly charged competitive nature of the Las Vegas Strip and sprinkle on the struggle to maintain relevancy through changing music and industry trends, and the sum of it all is recognizing how rare it is for a venue to survive and thrive for a decade. “Tao, the restaurant, nightclub and later beach, was our company’s first entry into the Vegas market, so to be celebrating 10 years of success and a place in history as an iconic venue

known around the world is very gratifying,” says Tao Group managing partner Jason Strauss. “Our priority has always been delivering the best service and experience for our guests, and I think we have created a lot of

once-in-a-lifetime memories.” The success of the venue has allowed the company to expand its presence on the Strip, and that’s where the focus will be in the future. Marquee, the 5-year-old EDM-

oriented club at the Cosmopolitan, continues to be a major player on the scene, too, and Tao Group and Cosmo will expand their partnership with next year’s addition of Beauty & Essex, a restaurant and lounge set for the resort’s third floor. Back at Venetian/Palazzo, the onetime nightclub Lavo, which evolved into an Italian restaurant and intimate lounge, has transformed again as Lavo Casino Club, fusing the restaurant with blackjack tables (roulette, Baccarat and craps are coming soon) with Tao Group’s well-known VIP bottle-service experience and atmospherics. It’s an “avant-garde take on the glamorous history of gambling,” explains George Markantonis, president and chief operating officer of the Venetian and Palazzo. Innovation leads to longevity, and Tao Group isn’t letting up (look out for a special 10-year celebration party on September 19). “The first 10 years has been a wild ride,” Strauss says, “and we wouldn’t expect anything less from the next 10.” –Brock Radke

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running festival celebrates year 20. Expect some of Vegas’ usual DJ suspects, but our sights are set on Adam Beyer presents Drumcode, the Anjunadeep stage, Booka Shade live and Sasha.

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pout is more along the Burner/Further Future vibe, with workshops and yoga. The lineup digs deep with artists like Justin Martin, Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons, Bob Moses and Thugf*cker.

∑ If you’ve only got a

day to get away, this Saturday fest packs some good house talent with Erick Morillo, StoneBridge and Las Vegas veterans Chris Garcia and Tony Arzadon.

debut prompted a second edition, with an equally cool lineup that’s mostly electronic (but also features The Flaming Lips). Others worth checking out include Maya Jane Coles, Zhu, Bonobo, Jamie xx and Georgio Moroder.

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Halloween-themed massive tries on a Psycho Circus theme for 2015, complete with intense haunted houses and experiences. Top talent ranges from Above & Beyond and Richie Hawtin to Hot Since 82 and Moby.

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all-trance music festivals on the West Coast in recent years, and this lineup features some of the best in the genre, like Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, John O’ Callaghan, Astrix and Rank 1. –Deanna Rilling

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Labor Day Weekend begins this year when our very own LA-toHendo transplant party starter ignites MGM Grand’s dayclub. September 4, 11 a.m., $75+ men, $30+ women. TREY SONGZ AT DRAI’S Trigga kicks off an R&B-flavored holiday weekend at Drai’s, followed on successive nights by live sets from Jason Derulo and Chris Brown. September 4, 10:30 p.m., $75+ men, $50+ women. T-PAIN AT CHATEAU Faheem Rasheed Najm is back on the map after serving as America’s Best Dance Crew’s most entertaining judge. He’s got a new album on the way, too. Blanco & Gambino and ShadowRed support. September 4, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

it could be this big any weekend. That’s just how Hakkasan rolls. September 5, 10:30 p.m., $50+ men, $30+ women. TRAVIS BARKER AT HYDE Catch the second installment of Barker’s Give the Drummer Some residency, one of the most musically innovative club shows you’ll find on the Strip. September 5, 10:30 p.m., $40+ men, $30+ women. KEVIN HART AT TAO BEACH

Comedian Natasha Legerro joked recently that Kevin Hart is in so many movies and shows, he’s even going to be in Game of Thrones ... as Peter Dinklage’s shadow. The little guy’s planning a big weekend in Vegas, including Tao Beach hosting duties. September 6, 11 a.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. DRAKE AT MARQUEE

Speaking of Hart’s party plans: They include Drake’s CALVIN HARRIS sold-out Cosmo AT OMNIA The concert. If you biggest LDW Retail price for a bottle can’t find a ticket, ticket is the bigof Pauly D’s Remix catch the Canadian gest DJ in the cocktail drink. rapper/singer hostworld, natch. Harris ing the afterparty at gets help from Burns, Marquee. September 6, plus DJ Irie in Heart of 10 p.m., $150+ men, $100+ women. Omnia. September 4, 10:30 p.m., $125+ men, $50+ women. CARL COX AT LIGHT The thing that separates LDW from Memorial AXWELL AT DAYLIGHT Known Day Weekend is a longer, more for pairing with his former leisurely party vibe. Who keeps Swedish House Mafia mate the party going longer and more Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell actuluxuriously groovy than Carl Cox? ally back-to-backed with Skrillex September 6, 11 p.m., $30+ men, recently in Ibiza. It probably won’t $20+ women. happen again in Vegas, but you never know. September 5, 11 a.m., $75+ men, $20+ women. NERVO AT FOXTAIL POOL CLUB Assuming you make it to Monday, dear LDWer, you’re going to BAAUER AT LIQUID Philadelphianeed to recharge. That’s where born trap and bass guy Baauer the awesome Aussies come in, takes a spin away from his Studio full of Nervo-us energy. Go early. B residency at Light and pops September 7, 10:30 a.m., $30+ men, up at Aria’s Liquid Pool Lounge. $20+ women. September 5, 11 a.m., $40+ men, $20+ women.

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MONDAY NIGHTSWIM WITH SKRILLEX AND DIPLO AT XS Now

that the Biebs is back, crying at the VMAs and sticking music in your head you might not want there, can we officially blame/credit Skrillex and Diplo for making it happen with their super-sticky “Where Are Ü Now” summer smash? Blame/credit the duo at a special LDW-closing Monday Nightswim. September 7, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

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> HOLIDAY HEAVYWEIGHTS (Clockwise from top) Hardwell, Drake, Kevin Hart, Nervo.

Nights > DJ Denim There are no blues when Eric D-Lux plays.

blowing the roof off

Miguel slays during his Drai’s Live debut

The party must go on Eric D-Lux on finding the balance and keeping the dancefloor packed by Brock Radke DJ Eric D-Lux has been playing Vegas long enough to not know exactly how long it’s been. “It was at Mandalay Bay, at Rumjungle, maybe in ’05 or ’06?” he says. “That place, it was a mission to get to the DJ booth. It was hidden. Now it’s Light, and it’s like night and day. It changed to the point where the DJ is the star.” That change is emblematic of the DJ and nightclub scene over the past decade, and D-Lux has been at the center of the action. A longtime resident at Tao who has played just about every club on the Strip through the years, he’s back for Labor Day Weekend—taking a quick break from radio duties at his native LA’s Power 106—for gigs at Tao Beach, Marquee (with Kevin Hart hosting) and Drai’s.

ERIC D-LUX At Tao Beach: September 5, 11 a.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. At Marquee: September 5, 10 p.m., $50+ men, $20+ women. At Drai’s Beach Club: September 6, 11 a.m., $40+ men, $30+ women.

You’ve played pretty much everywhere in Vegas. How much does your experience differ from room to room? I

play a lot of rooms, but when I do a big EDM club, I’ll play the hip-hop room. Places like Tao or Marquee or Drai’s, they’re big rooms, so there’s definitely a lot more energy than when I play Ling Ling [at Hakkasan] or Heart of Omnia. But those have a really fun vibe, a feel kind of like a [club] in New York or LA. People are having a lot of fun with less stress. When I play a house room I still do open-format, because you have house tables and tables that like hip-hop, so I have to find the balance and keep everybody happy. How does a DJ adapt to musical trends while maintaining his or her own sound and style? I always just kind

Are you spending more time lately in LA or Vegas? I still live in LA full-time, but I have an apartment in Vegas that I share with DJ Five. I still spend so much time [in Vegas], and I just didn’t like checking in and out of the hotel all the time.

of read the room. I never have a set playlist or mindset. I feel it out. If it’s a big room like Marquee or Tao, I might start with the big EDM energy stuff, and I can tell right away if it’s gonna work or if it isn’t. I like to do quick sets, seven or eight minutes of a high-energy mix, then go to hip-hop, then back, and see what’s working and stay a little longer when I need to.

Tao is celebrating a big birthday this month—10 years on the Strip. When did you start DJing there? I think it was ’06 when

How much has the music changed since you started playing on the Strip? Las Vegas is a lot more current. People want to hear

Vice had me open for him. It’s always been one of my favorites, just because for some reason, that dancefloor always stays full. I’ve done venues where it’s a weird layout and people don’t know where to walk, or the dancefloor is by the bar. Tao is the one room that stays packed all the time. It’s the way it’s designed. Tao Group really knows what they’re doing.

the new hip-hop and EDM and pop records, and they don’t care as much to hear other stuff anymore. Then again, every venue is different. If I play at Hyde there might be a little bit of an older crowd, bigger spenders, and they might want to hear some Bon Jovi or something in the mix. Vegas is still the one spot where people can be drinking and partying so much that a lot of stuff will work.

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Early on in Miguel’s hour-plus set at Drai’s early Saturday, his band broke and bounded to the front of the stage to groove to Fetty Wap’s “My Way,” reminding everyone we were still at a nightclub. They quickly segued the smash into sinister, sexy banger “gfg” from latest album Wildheart. Later, Miguel grooved to the classic 2Pac/Digital Underground track “I Get Around” and rhymed atop the late rapper’s rapid second verse, repeating the line, “Don’t be picky, just be happy with this quickie,” until it morphed into his slinky 2010 sex jam “Quickie.” Simply put, this guy knows what he’s doing ... and what a great place to do it. With his solid band’s backing, a vivid, almost psychedelic light show going on all around him and cocky charisma to spare, Miguel’s set might have been the most complete live music performance to hit this stage so far. He focused on the sexy-spiritual material from Wildheart and never let up, toasting the crowd and exhorting us to live in the moment before closing with an extra-smooth version of megahit “Adorn.” Drai’s may be a smaller venue than his other tour stops, but the energy was big enough to fill an arena. –Brock Radke

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

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ARTISAN

Lounge open 24 hours

DJ Kid Conrad

THE BANK

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

CHATEAU

Closed

DJs 360, Kulprit, Justin Key; midnight; $10, no cover for women, locals; lounge open 24 hours

DJ Que

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

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Live, with Blanco and Gambino; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

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DJs Joey Mazzola, 360, Kulprit, Justin Key; midnight; $10, no cover for women, locals

DJ Five

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

DJ Drama

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Yacht Club with Jack Novak

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Social Sundays

DJs Justin Key, 360, Kulprit; midnight; no cover; lounge open 24 hours

E-Rock

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

Larose Royce

With guests; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Afterhours

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

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

Justin Credible

Trey Songz

Jason Derulo

Sundrai’s with Chris Brown

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

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Viva! Latin Thursdays

Rosa d’Oro Fridays With Banda Zacatena, DJ Paco, DJ Lee; doors at 10 pm; $10 men, no cover for women

Global Saturdays with Mr. Bob

Runway Dayclub

Doors at 10 pm; $10 men, no cover for women; Latin Afterhours at 3 am

Luis Coronel

Fedde Le Grand

Flo Rida

Greystone Sundays with DJ Hollywood

Doors at 10 pm; $10 men, no cover for women

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Kevin Hart

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

Drake

Hosts, with Eric D-Lux; doors at 10 pm; $50+ men, $20+ women

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Nicky Romero

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Carnage

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Henrix

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

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Oliver Heldens

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Monday Nightswim with Skrillex and Diplo

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Major Lazer

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

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Scooter & Lavelle

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

Zedd

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

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

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

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

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Justin Credible

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

Steve Aoki

Doors at 11 am

Doors at 11 am; $75+ men, $30+ women

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

Axwell

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

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

Kaskade

Doors at 10 am; $125+ men, $50+ women

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Lil Wayne and Fetty Wap

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

Baauer

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

Cash Cash

With Lema; doors at 11 am; $40+ men, $20+ women

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Eric D-Lux

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Tiësto

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

Kevin Hart

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Hardwell

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Drai’s Beach

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WEDNESDAY

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Doors at 11 am

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David Guetta

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Nervo

Audien

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Cabanas for a Cause

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

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

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Nice to know you Checking in with Incubus drummer José Pasillas You’re doing two nights here over Labor Day Weekend. Are you planning to change up the shows? We change up the set from night to night. We could play 22 singles, but that wouldn’t be any fun for us; there are so many deeper cuts that we love to play. The hardest thing for us is to make up a setlist, because you cannot please everyone, and we never do. We just do the best we can.

> LandS of Enchantment Olsen’s work visits Blackbird this month.

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Stuff you’ll want to know about see FURTHER LANDS Spencer Olsen presents his otherworldly drawings, paintings, collages, prints and sculptural works based on exploration of all kinds. September 4-30; opening reception September 4, 6-10 p.m., Blackbird Studios. MICKEY & WORM The Sci Fi Center goes full noir with this Intervision Entertainment production about broken hearts and broken dreams, featuring a failed boxer, a weary grifter and a young nightclub singer not as innocent as she looks. September 4 & 5, 7 p.m.; September 6, 2 p.m., $29.

Hear darkswoon Whimsical, dark (natch) and emotive, Portland’s self-proclaimed “electrohaze” duo layers cool vocals, fuzzy reverb and gigantic beats perfect for an intimate setting like the Hard Hat Lounge. With Kella Bo Bella, Monogrim, DJ Athenas.

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September 6, 8 p.m., $6. the psychedelic furs & the church Whether you’re more excited to hear “Pretty in Pink” or “Under the Milky Way,” you’ll surely get to hear both (and then some) when the ’80s alt-rock giants take over the Brooklyn Bowl stage. September 8, 8 p.m., $30-$35.

laugh KEVIN HART & FRIENDS COMEDY ALL STARS The ubiquitous comedian returns for another round of Hartbeat Weekend, which encompasses his two guestladen shows at the Cosmopolitan’s Chelsea and, technically, his hosting duties at Drake’s sold-out poolside concert, too. September 5, 7 & 10:30 p.m., $50-$125.

Help DINNER HIS WAY Made L.V. hosts a variety of cheffriends of Kerry Simon for a truly warm meal of some of Simon’s favorite dishes, including Iron Chef sliders, classic meatloaf and the infamous junk food platter. Proceeds benefit the Kerry Simon Fight MSA program and Keep Memory Alive. September 9, 6:30 p.m., $59, Tivoli Village, reservations at 702-722-2000.

The band’s latest release, Trust Fall (Side A) is a four-song EP. Why did you choose to do an EP versus a full album? Just experimenting. We’ve been doing the same thing for 20 years now—write a record, tour behind the record—and eight records later, we thought we’d try something different. It almost INCUBUS seems obsolete September to put out a full 5-6, 8 p.m., record now; the $70-$195. attention span isn’t The Joint, there, and I’m the 702-693-5222. same way. Tell me about Incubus’ Make Yourself Foundation. We’ve been asked to help out with all sorts of nonprofits and charitable organizations, and after a couple years we thought we’d concentrate our efforts by starting our own foundation. Every year we pool the money through tickets, merchandise, auctions, and at the end of the year, we delegate what organizations we want to help out. Heal the Bay has always been one, and Surfrider Foundation. A lot of environmental stuff. Those are some great nonprofits doing really good work, and we’ll continue to help out however we can. –Chris Bitonti For more of our interview with Pasillas, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Lord have mercy Hand of God is a punishing experience Dramas don’t get much darker than Amazon’s punishing Hand of God, which often feels like the TVseries equivalent of wearing a hair shirt. It’s yet another iteration of the tortured middle-aged male antihero, in this case powerful judge Pernell Harris aaccc (Ron Perlman), who’s HAND out for vengeance OF GOD after experiencing Season 1 what he believes are available messages from God. September Is Pernell crazy, or 4 on is he really speakAmazon ing with God? The Prime. show doesn’t want

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Grumpy old men Robert Redford and Nick Nolte grumble and stumble through A Walk in the Woods By Mike D’Angelo he could even walk two miles, much less 2,200—but they Author and humorist Bill Bryson was 44 when he and set out all the same, planning to finish their reconciliation a friend named Stephen decided to walk the Appalachian en route. Their adventures include an encounter with an Trail, which stretches some 2,200 miles from Georgia to intensely annoying young woman (Kristen Schaal) and Maine. That’s pretty old, by hiking standards, but Robert Bill’s mild flirtation with a friendly motel clerk (Mary Redford, who plays Bryson in A Walk in the Woods, is Steenburgen). considerably older, at 79. (Even today, 17 years Following last year’s twin solo-female hiking after the book was published, Bryson is only aabcc dramas, Wild (starring Reese Witherspoon) and 63, with nearly another 17 years to go before

A WALK IN Tracks (with Mia Wasikowska), A Walk in the he hits Redford’s age.) So, too, is 74-year-old THE WOODS Woods at least offers a change of pace, with its Nick Nolte, who takes on the role of Stephen. Robert grumpy old men and their bickering. Still, the Consequently, the film adaptation of Bryson’s Redford, Nick film is almost terminally mild, relying largely on best-seller doubles down on his lightly handled Nolte, Emma the inherent charisma of its two stars. Redford, themes of encroaching mortality and regret, Thompson. whose rarely employed comedic chops date and also indulges in some fairly broad geriatDirected by Ken back to his 1963 Broadway run in Neil Simon’s ric comedy. The worst you can say about it is Kwapis. Rated Barefoot in the Park, makes this hypothetical that it’s pleasant and inoffensive. Unfortunately, R. Now playing. elderly Bill Bryson an engaging wiseacre, while that’s also the best you can say about it. Nolte coasts on his standard hoarse stumbleIn this retooled version of the memoir, Bill bum persona, literally falling over on more than is inspired to make the trek when his friends one occasion. Together, they make a cute couple, which start croaking and he realizes that his grandchildren are is almost enough to distract from the lackluster pace and nearly adults. His wife (Emma Thompson) insists that rote scenic visuals, both courtesy of hack director Ken he not walk the Trail alone, but he has trouble finding a Kwapis (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, License willing partner until his estranged buddy Stephen rather to Wed). Like most actual walks in the woods, the result, conveniently contacts him out of nowhere. The latter is however agreeable, will be forgotten as soon as it’s over. in horrible physical condition—it’s hard to imagine that

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to answer that question, but it’s hard to care either way, since Pernell is such an unpleasant person to spend time with, both for viewers and for the other characters. Pernell’s son is clinically dead and being kept alive by machines following a suicide attempt, to which he was driven after being forced to witness his wife’s rape. And yet Pernell makes the entire situation about himself, his need to find and punish the rapist, which will somehow cause his son to miraculously wake up (you could build a drinking game out of how often he insists that his son isn’t really dead). Pernell’s nasty quest is wrapped up in a tedious story about municipal politics and corruption in a small California city (unfortunately reminiscent of True Detective’s second season), with dull subplots about only slightly less unlikable supporting characters. Hand of God’s bleakness doesn’t serve any greater purpose, and all the bluster says nothing about the nature of faith or revenge. Like its main character, the show ostentatiously wallows in sin and then tries to pass it off as genuine redemption. –Josh Bell

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Culture clash It’s religion vs. dancing in Jimmy’s Hall

> best buds Gerwig and Kirke share a bonding moment.

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real life). Gerwig is once again star and co-writer for Mistress America, in which she plays flighty and exuberantly friendly New Yorker Brooke, the kind of person who has a million “projects” in the works but no concrete plans for making a living or running a business. Brooke, however, seems amazingly accomplished to wide-eyed college freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke), The funny, insightful Mistress America who’s new to New York and feeling lonely. Brooke’s is one of this year’s best movies dad and Tracy’s mom are about to get married, so the two pseudo-siblings are encouraged to connect. By Josh Bell And connect they do, as Tracy attaches herself to Brooke, hinging her slowly emerging sense of self on The Noah Baumbach of Margot at the Wedding this woman who is bursting with ideas for her combiand Greenberg was a cynical chronicler of the passivenation restaurant/hair salon/art gallery, not aggressive nastiness of the privileged and to mention books, music, clothing lines and overeducated. The writer-director brought aaaab more. There’s an undercurrent of sadness to caustic wit to the stories of self-righteous MISTRESS Brooke’s showy enthusiasm, and both Tracy and condescending characters like Nicole AMERICA and Baumbach pick up on it in subtle and Kidman’s Margot and Ben Stiller’s Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, sometimes devastating ways. But Mistress and his movies cut deep. Baumbach’s more Lola Kirke, America isn’t a sad movie; it’s a bubbly comrecent films might seem to have softened his Matthew edy that sometimes recalls the screwball view on humanity, but as he proves in the brilShear. Directed farces of the ’30s, and it’s filled with sharp, liant Mistress America, he’s learned to temper by Noah hilarious, quotable lines. Gerwig is fantastic his jaded view of interpersonal relationships Baumbach. as a woman who, shark-like, feels like she with a bit of optimism, and that makes all the Rated R. will perish if she loses momentum, and Kirke difference. Baumbach’s characters are still Opens Friday. matches her as a teenager who becomes self-absorbed and awkward, but they have a more herself with every new interaction and sunnier disposition about it. observation. Baumbach and Gerwig have A big part of Baumbach’s development made a movie every bit as self-assured as their procan be credited to Greta Gerwig, who co-starred in tagonist, but unlike Brooke, they have the talent and Greenberg and starred in and co-wrote 2012’s glorious creativity to back it up, from beginning to end. Frances Ha (she’s also Baumbach’s romantic partner in

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Veteran English filmmaker Ken Loach has said that Jimmy’s Hall will likely be his final feature film, and if so, he’s going out on a fairly pedestrian note. That’s not to say Jimmy’s Hall doesn’t have its strengths, but its story, based on the real-life experiences of Irish activist Jimmy Gralton, is a bit predictable and heavy-handed. Jimmy (Barry aaacc Ward) returns to his JIMMY’S HALL small Irish hometown Barry Ward, in the early 1930s after Simone Kirby, Jim living in exile in the Norton. Directed U.S., and immediately by Ken Loach. reopens the communiRated PG-13. ty center that caused Opens Friday. him so much trouble a decade earlier. The authoritarian local Catholic priest (Jim Norton) doesn’t approve of Jimmy providing a place for locals to dance (to sinful jazz music!), study art and discuss poetry, and he sets about trying to shut Jimmy down. It might sound like the plot of Footloose, but the clash between the church and the townspeople is rooted in Irish politics, and specifically in accusations that Jimmy is a communist agitator. Loach uses this somewhat broad conflict to tell a story about the bitter divide among the Irish people following two wars, and the actors bring nuance to their sometimes thinly drawn characters. Jimmy’s Hall may lack the fire of Loach’s most acclaimed work, but it manages to make its point more quietly. –Josh Bell

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A huge hit in China, Dragon Blade comes to the U.S. in a much smaller-scale release, with about 25 minutes trimmed from its running time. That might account for the incoherence of the plot, but it wouldn’t make a difference in the cheesy dialogue, hammy acting and overbearing score. Poorly written in both Chinese and English, Dragon Blade teams Jackie Chan with John Cusack and Adrien Brody in the story of a Roman legionnaire (Cusack) and a Chinese peacekeeper (Chan) fighting against an evil Roman consul (Brody) along China’s Silk Road in 48 B.C. Chan can still pull off a cool stunt or two, but Cusack and Brody are painful to watch in their ill-suited roles, and writer-director Daniel Lee presents a series of emptily triumphant moments that never fit together. Chinese producers spent tens of millions of dollars trying to make Dragon Blade look like a Hollywood blockbuster, but they succeeded mainly in making it feel like a giant waste of money. –Josh Bell

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A&E | noise c o n c e rt

> Corey’s Inferno Slipknot sets fire to the Village.

Heavy metal family Slipknot and Lamb of God deliver intense music and good vibes By josh bell For a band with a hit song titled “People = Sh*t,” Slipknot is remarkably friendly. The nine-member metal band spent much of this past Friday night’s concert emphasizing its close bond with its fans (affectionately known as “maggots”), and the fans returned the love enthusiastically. Singer Corey Taylor called them his “heavy metal f*cking family” (after noting that he has actual family in Las Vegas), and during “Spit It Out,” he managed to convince nearly every one of them to crouch down on the concrete ground of the MGM Resorts Village aaabc and jump back up on his command. “On my signal, Slipknot unleash hell,” he instructed, but what was unleashed with was more joyous than hellish. Lamb The band’s stage setup did look a bit like it was of God playing in hell, with so much pyro that sometimes August there were just slowly burning fires all around the 28, MGM stage. With its ghoulish masks and matching black Resorts jumpsuits, Slipknot has always been theatrical, Village. and the show had a twisted funhouse atmosphere. Percussionists Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn towered above the stage on risers that spun around, and a grinning goat skull looked down on the band from the back of the stage. Musically, the nine members demonstrated how dense a sound they can create when playing in unison (guitarists Mick Thomson and Jim Root sounded especially strong), with a setlist that stretched from the band’s self-titled 1999 debut to last year’s .5: The Gray Chapter. Anthemic hits “Psychosocial,” “Wait and Bleed” and “Duality” got the crowd going, but fans were equally responsive to older album tracks like “(Sic)” and “Surfacing,” which opened and closed the encore (Taylor referred to the latter as “your national anthem”). Taylor’s talk of family might have sounded to some like platitudes, but the fans clearly felt the same way. Earlier in the evening, Virginia metal band Lamb of God delivered a less theatrical but no less intense 50-minute set, and the crowd was just as receptive. Singer Randy Blythe dedicated “Ruin” to “those poor f*cking bastards that have to get up after us in this heat,” but the weather didn’t do much to slow either band down. Even in the fires of hell, it helps to be among friends. –Josh Bell

> Ready to Rob Masked Intruder invades Downtown.

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Five thoughts: Masked Intruder and The Flatliners (August 26, Beauty Bar) Fat Wreck Chords’ 25th Anniversary Tour didn’t stop in Las Vegas, but we’re lucky enough to land one of the better spillover shows at Beauty Bar, pairing rising Fat bands Masked Intruder and The Flatliners on a Wednesday night. Masked Intruder performs music from a selfcreated genre I’ll call retro-crime-punk—taking ’50s doo-wop tunes and speed-punkifying them, with lyrical topics like burglary, armed robbery, puppy love and general disarray. It would feel super niche if M.I. wasn’t so damn good at it. Songs like “Stick ’em Up,” “Crime Spree” and “25 to Life” are catchy, funny, wellcrafted pop that resonates beyond the shtick. “I come from a little town called prison.” The members of Masked Intruder (Intruder Blue, Green, Yellow and Red) never break from their secret,

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hardened criminal personas, and even sport heavy Brooklyn accents … though they’re from Wisconsin. Their stripper/cop/hypeman Officer Bradford spends the whole show riling up the crowd, instigating dance-offs and sweatily hugging anyone within reach. Heavy-drinking Toronto-area foursome The Flatliners are headlining tonight, but the crowd has thinned out a bit post-Masked Intruder. In contrast, the pit has expanded and intensified, fomented by singer Chris Cresswell’s shrieking yell. Live, The Flatliners surge as a straight-forward punk outfit. What they lose by ditching the ska/reggae style of their recorded work, they more than make up for with velocity and energy. –Chris Bitonti

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and drummer Coady Willis—returned to the stage, along with Osborne and longtime Melvins drummer Dale Crover, for the main event. It was terrifyingly heavy and loud, yet the Sayers’ system kept that Melvins bring the heavy to massive sound clean, making it easy the cozy Sayers Club to hear Osborne’s shredding guitar, both vocalists and, especially, both Depending on their musical drummers, the stars of this latest taste, Bonanza Gift Shop customers touring Melvins version. The song got either a bonus treat or an earful sequence, a near-continuous piece of ugly as they exited their cars with little downtime, showcased Saturday night. The Crover and source of the sound? Willis on most Melvins, playing numbers—from diagonally across the 2010’s “The intersection, with the Water Glass,” windows wide open. featuring a drumWhen the backed callSayers Club at SLS and-response gobbled up the breakdown, to a best Bunkhouse breakneck cover shows following that of Wipers’ “Youth venue’s July closure, of America. And this one stood out the two were so as the weirdest pairlocked together, ing—of a band known much of the time for metallic mayhem they sounded and a room best like one drumdescribed as chill. mer, generating Spotting the small twice the power. army of Melvins fans In case we aaabc MELVINS lined up before doors weren’t sure August 29, the Sayers Club. opened (not to menthis band in this tion frontman Buzz room would go Osborne’s famous, messy ’fro as he down as one of the strangest things wandered the casino’s corridors) only we’d witnessed, Warren stepped heightened anticipation for whatever into the crowd near the end of the might follow. 75-minute set and began slithering Seattle two-piece Big Business proacross the floor, playing his instruvided a hint of what that would be, ment all the while, during final numkicking up a wicked cloud of sludge ber “A History of Bad Men.” In typical as the room began to fill and bodies Melvins style, the band left without spilled out onto the adjacent patio. an encore, leaving us hungry for the After a short break, the two musinext unconventional installment. cians—bassist/vocalist Jared Warren –Spencer Patterson

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Enveloped in sound Chelsea Wolfe’s dark songs transport a rapt crowd Downtown

> Into the Abyss Wolfe takes her Vegas fans on a trip.

Melvins by bill hughes; Chelsea wolfe by spencer Burton

It’s Thursday night, and I’m sweating inside the steaming Backstage Bar & Billiards, surrounded by an anxious, near-capacity crowd as the smell of artificial aaacc smoke permeates the room and Chelsea Wolfe takes the stage. Compared to her last CHELSEA time in town, opening for Queens of the Stone Age at the much larger Joint, tonight’s WOLFE setting is the most intimate you’ll find on her national tour, which kicks off here. August 27, As Wolfe and her band move forward, you feel the weight of the bass pulling your Backstage Bar gut as druggy distortion splits your chest like the grind of a rusted transmission. The & Billiards. slow music evokes a dark sadness Wolfe embraces and carries like the modern gothess she is. If you need speed or flash, this isn’t the place; patience and endurance take center stage tonight. Wolfe’s haunting voice can veer from moaning bellow to angelic siren in a single phrase. Time stands still as she sings, never rushing through a slow burn, letting each crash of the drums resonate and fade as she continues the death-march through her catalog. Aptly titled new album Abyss, the LA-based artist’s fifth since 2010, carries the bulk of the hour-long set. The new songs carry forth Wolfe’s experimentation, fusing goth, industrial, doom and ambience. Her swayable, reflective music plays like the soundtrack to a strange and enjoyable noir film in which we’ve all been cast. –Chris Bitonti September 3–9, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 45

A&E | noise FUNK

> Peace of Mind Souls is a fine addition to the Maiden catalog.

The funk won’t stop Invite the Light finds Dâm-Funk going long

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Up the irons Iron Maiden sounds fit as ever on its first new album in five years By matt wardlaw back a bit, with writing credits on only seven of the When Iron Maiden first reunited with longtime album’s 11 tracks. That opened up some additional vocalist Bruce Dickinson in 1999 for a well-received tour, space for input and collaboration from the other band the jury was out in regard to what a trip into the studio members, including Dickinson (sounding fanmight produce. The band answered that question tastically on-point vocally), who lands two on the edge of the summer of 2000 with Brave solo writing credits with the album opener, New World, a stunning return to form, produced IRON “If Eternity Should Fail” and 18-minute epic by Kevin Shirley and, for the first time, largely MAIDEN “Empire of the Clouds.” recorded live in the studio. The Book A double album with a total running time of The Book of Souls, Maiden’s fifth collaboration of Souls 92 minutes could easily feel bloated (something with Shirley, returns the band to the Paris studio aaaac that plagued the previous album, 2010’s The where it recorded Brave New World and approFinal Frontier), but instead, Souls feels intently priately, the musicians were able to capture the focused. Thankfully, it’s also often gloriously guitarsame exciting raw spirit and spontaneity, recording many heavy, proving that after four decades, Iron Maiden of the tracks live shortly after they had been written. hasn’t lost an ounce of vigor. –Matt Wardlaw Bassist and creative mastermind Steve Harris stepped

One has to appreciate the sheer audacity of LA’s Dâm-Funk, a Stones Throw Records artist who revels in creating retro funk/boogie tunes with the use of vintage synths and drum machines. It’s unclear if he puts a filter over his finished tracks to make it sound as if they were taped off AM radio, or if he’s just using charmingly cheap Dâm-Funk equipment Invite the Light to produce it. aaacc Nevertheless, his sticky-icky baselines and passionate crooning make for a novelty of a musical experience, despite the low-budget sound that renders many of the tracks from his new Invite the Light LP redundant. Dâm-Funk’s approach is less about conforming to hook-driven tracks and traditional song structure than finding his groove and freestyling. He really hit his stride in 2013, recording an entire project with Snoop Dogg as 7 Days of Funk, and that relationship gets reciprocated by the Doggfather on “Just Ease Your Mind From All Negativity.” Guest collaborations like that, including Q-Tip’s unmistakable appearance on “I’m Just Tryna Survive (In the Big City),” help break up the monotony a bit. Still, Invite the Light could have benefitted from a more selective curation. There’s no doubting Dâm-Funk’s talent as a musician, but running 20 tracks deep over an hour and 37 minutes, this record leaves too little to the imagination. –Mike Pizzo

Dan Bejar is a notorious sonic shapeshifter. In The New Pornographers, he provides the droll, Robyn Hitchcock-like counterpoint to Destroyer A.C. Newman’s fizzy power-pop. Meanwhile, the music of Bejar’s main Poison Season squeeze, Destroyer, has evolved from winking indie-rock full of gnarled, aaabc Dylan-esque tall tales to sleek sophisti-pop recalling both Roxy Music and 1970s’ AM Gold. The expertly produced Poison Season falls squarely into the latter category, continuing down the same lush, nuanced path Bejar displayed on 2011’s Kaputt. Fuzzy saxophone and moody piano washes emerge from the foggy mist of “Archer on the Beach”; brushed percussion and jazzy muted horns drive “Solace’s Bride”; avant-garde string arrangements wind through “Forces From Above”; and “Times Square, Poison Season I” ranges from Bowie circa Space Oddity to Bowie circa Young Americans. Yet while these glacial, subdued moments are gorgeous, Poison Season feels most compelling when Bejar lets loose. Belching horns, funk-flecked disco guitars and insistent conga rhythms give “Midnight Meet the Rain” a ’70s action flick feel, while the stomping “Dream Lover” and its raucous saxophone squawks recall the E Street Band in their hungry early days. Bejar’s muse may be unpredictable, but Poison Season has a singular focus—and cohesion—that’s delightful. –Annie Zaleski I N D I E- P O P

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A&E | the strip t h e k at s r e p o rt

A new healing

> Fat City Switch The Horns are headed south.

Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns seek expansion at the South Point By John Katsilometes On most nights Rochon Westmoreland plays bass for the band in the Donny & Marie show at the Flamingo. But this is a Monday night, and Westmoreland is at the Palms playing for Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns. He’s playing … and playing … and playing … a bass solo that has taken the crowd on a musical carnival ride. At the end of this journey, the crowd stands and roars. For a bass solo, in a Las Vegas lounge. This is but one moment, or a series strung together by Westmoreland’s hypnotic musical notes, known as “The Healing.” Santa Fe bandleader, founder and the great guitarist Jerry Lopez coined that phrase many years ago. It was just before a gig at Palace Station, one of the innumerable Las Vegas stages that have hosted Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns since the band was founded in 1975. “I had a horrible day and got onstage and said, ‘You know what? Let the healing begin,’ “ Lopez says today. “The band started playing, and all the pain was gone. It’s a healing, it really is, and I always feel better at the end than I did at the beginning.” Regarded by serious musicians and their hardcore fans as one of the best bands in the region, Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns started with a gig backing topless dancers at the old Thunderbird hotel-casino and landed their first “proper” gig at the Mint in ’75. Nero’s Nook at Caesars Palace, the lounge (and later showroom) at Tropicana, the since-closed lounge at Palace Statio, and Club Madrid at Sunset Station have been among the venues where “The Healing” has been delivered. For the past seven years, aside from a break at the Trop’s Folies Bergere showroom, the band has been featured Mondays at the Palms’ Lounge. The band has packed that 230-seat room on a regular basis. It’s an impressive mark, especially in a city where such reliable support for live music is elusive. Nonetheless, the 15-piece musical behemoth is moving to South Point Showroom—which seats 400—for an open-ended residency beginning at 10:30 p.m. on Labor Day. Admission is free the first

mances for two Caribbean Cruise Lines ships. Santa night; after that, there’s a $5 cover, or $10 with one Fe is featured on moving, 3D LED panels in their drink and VIP seating. Ridiculous value, that, for a showrooms, and reaches up to 5,000 fans each week. band that sells tickets for $15 a shot at the Palms. In its new residency, Santa Fe will go with the With the band cruising along so successfully in its tried and true: a mix of covers from such bands usual Monday show, why mess with what works? “We as Toto, Tower of Power and Earth, Wind & Fire, want to expand what we’re doing,” Lopez says. “And, and originals recorded over the years. What will we needed a venue where management and the entire be different: a more aggressive outcasino and hotel marketing machine reach to Las Vegas artists. Santa Fe has would get behind what we’re doing.” always welcomed recording stars like The band is loaded with A-plus playSANTA FE AND Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross and ers who enjoy prominent regular gigs THE FAT CITY Bill Champlin of Chicago to the stage. elsewhere. Drummer Pepe Jimenez was HORNS Mondays, Expect more Vegas headliners to be plucked from the lineup two years ago 10:30 p.m., $5-$10 invited at the South Point. by Carlos Santana. Santa Fe horn play(free September But the band’s unsurpassed musiers Nathan Tanouye, Danny Falcone, 7). South Point cianship will go unchanged. “If you Eric Tewalt and Phil Wigfall play in Showroom, come to see Santa Fe, you’re seeing the Celine Dion’s orchestra. Keyboardist 702-796-7111. writing, playing and arranging peak Dave Richardson is the associate music of everyone in the band,” Lopez says. director for Rock of Ages. Keyboardist/ “You’ll see what you won’t see if you’re watching me vocalist Jamie Hosmer has performed in Vegas! The in a tuxedo at Vegas! The Show.” Show. Trumpet master Gil Kaupp, percussionist Of the band’s propensity to play extended solos, a Gabriel Falcon and sax player Rob Mader are all part point of contention among entertainment directors of the Donny & Marie lineup. The vocal team of Tony over the years, Lopez says that’s simply a characDavich (who also fronts classic-rock band Phoenix), teristic of musical devotion. “That’s why we put the Tyriq Johnson (who has developed an Earth, Wind band together, not just play in a lounge, but to make & Fire tribute) and Lannie Counts (a member of the ourselves happy,” says the master guitarist. “This is busy Las Vegas Tenors) can sing any genre. And, when we get to feel 16 years old again, to feel like Lopez himself is a music director at Vegas! The Show, kids in the sandbox, rolling around and forgetting and has a long history playing Vegas productions. that people are watching us.” Moving that volume of talent can be like making And if Westmoreland kicks up some sand with a a U-turn with an aircraft carrier, so Santa Fe has hit bass solo, that’s fine with his playmates. the waters in virtual form—by recording live perfor-

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Art with heart

> COMMUNITY RECLAIMED The Human Experience open mic has a very appropriate name.

A loyal throng turns out for Reclaimed’s all-ages open mic By Molly O’Donnell

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who’s building an earthship in town, gets up to say they’ll be donating money to the space for volunteer hours, most of the normally snarky people there are too far gone to be cynical. Reclaimed’s doors might not stay open, but it won’t be because it’s not a real community with really talented members. As it turns out, that kind of beautiful does pay.

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A&E | architecture > THE GRAVITY of the situation In Las Vegas, what goes up must come down.

Losing our history

The Riviera’s impending implosion has some Las Vegans pondering preservation By Kristen Peterson ervation and progress make for disagreeable bedfellows. But what if they didn’t? What if some of the mid-century structures—the Sands, the Dunes, the Desert Inn—had remained impeccably preserved, and preservation was the norm, if not the main attraction? A petition on change.org proposing that the LVCVA reconsider demolition plans and save the Riviera (signed by fewer than 350 people) will likely go nowhere. But the idea of preservation isn’t so ridiculous that it hasn’t been considered by advocates and some longtime locals. After all, had Las Vegas openly celebrated its rich history, the skyline would look

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When community members confront a powerful behemoth like the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, suggesting, even demanding, that the legendary Riviera now owned by the LVCVA not be razed, it’s practically begging for a humorous retort. Even the illustrious original Penn Station, a monumental and architecturally celebrated historic New York City landmark, was demolished to build Madison Square Garden, this despite international outcry that ended up prompting new laws about preservation. When it comes to the pricey real estate of the Las Vegas Strip, pres-

of the LVCVA’s robust and legendary photo collection. Alan Hess, architecture critic and author, who’s written and lectured extensively on the value of mid-century Las Vegas architecture, suggests the possibility of preservation, adding that the Riviera complex includes structures that were designed by major architects Roy France and Son, Welton Becket and Martin Stern Jr. and date back to the “heyday” of the Strip. “They’ve been added to, screened off and remodeled a lot,” Hess says. “But the original building and the earliest wings still boast the classic, clean lines of mid-century modern.” Moreover, he explains, “There’s no question that parts of the Riviera complex could be incorporated into a new project and restored. That would keep alive an integral part of the Strip’s character. The LVCVA could also make a major statement about sustainability, which is so important today—the greenest building is the one that is already standing.” Lynn Zook, creator of ClassicLasVegas.com, shares Hess’ sentiment: “Perhaps it is time to stop telling Las Vegans their history is disposable,” she says. “Who better to do that than the LVCVA, home to the archive of the Las Vegas News Bureau, which helped make the Riviera famous. People who truly love the Las Vegas Strip are tired of losing classic hotels that are tied to that Las Vegas era.” Maybe that’s what led to the opposition to imploding the Riviera, the Strip’s first high-rise, designed in a modernist Miami style and built during the swank ’50s (even though the LVCVA paid a hefty $185 million for it). “A lot has been lost,” says local Darlene Dalmaceda, who’s promoting the change.org petition to save the Riviera (actually begun by a California resident). “We only preserve signs. Why can’t we preserve buildings?”

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Food & Drink

Eggplant parms and po-boys

Great American Food and Zydeco drop delicious new sandwiches on the city By Brock Radke

fresh tomato sauce you’ll recall from The time has come, once again, Chloe (all $8.50). to assess the state of the sandYou can’t have too many Italian delis, wich in Las Vegas. And things but Downtown now has something we are looking up. need even more: vibrant Cajun In the southwest, longtime cooking. Zydeco Po-Boys neighborhood Italian favorite recently joined the Carson Cafe Chloe has expanded its GREAT Avenue restaurant party, and operations farther south and AMERICAN it’s not to be missed. Soft, west with the tiny new Great FOOD supple Leidenheimer rolls American Food. This place 7790 S. Jones straight from New Orleans seems to have been created for Blvd., 702are the only acceptable founcatering dispatches to the many 868-1448. dation, and Zydeco’s got ’em. far-apart office complexes in Daily, 10:30 A simple turkey sandwich this part of the Valley, but don’t a.m.-9 p.m. ($8.75) features massive slabs be afraid to eat in; these sandof moist, brined bird that taste wiches are better hot off the ZYDECO better than turkey should. panini press. I’m talking about PO-BOYS Housemade Cajun sausage grilled chicken with prosciutto, 616 E. with caramelized onions is cheddar and Calabrian chilies Carson Ave. like gumbo on a roll (but you on toasty sourdough ($8.50) or a #140, 702should try the gumbo, too). grilled cheese of Swiss, cheddar 982-1889. Fried catfish ($9.75) or shrimp and Gruyere augmented with Monday($10.50) are crispy classics, bacon and guacamole. Saturday, but the ultimate masterpiece There are great American 11 a.m.-7 p.m. is the Debris Po-Boy ($8.75): foods to be had here as well, meltingly tender brisket driphalf-pound burgers ($8.50) and ping in its own savory juices, Cobb salads ($8.50) and bacondressed with lettuce, tomato, cheese tomato-avocado sandwiches on crusty and jalapeño mayo for extra kicks. As ciabatta rolls. But you really can’t go of now, this is your Vegas sandwich of wrong with the Italian-American clasthe year, especially with a bag of Zapps sics: homemade all-beef meatballs with potato chips or maybe some Creole mozzarella, sausage and peppers with mustard and pickle-laced potato salad. marinara, and a serious eggplant parm I repeat: Things are looking up. also topped with the slightly sweet,

> A MOUTHFUL The Special Po-boy at Zydeco and (right) Great American Food’s eggplant parm.

c h e f ta l k

Vincent Pouessel

DB Brasserie

Vincent Pouessel might not be a famous name, but he is one of the chefs who has made Las Vegas a delicious place to be for 15 years. Before he cooked at MGM Grand’s mansion, he worked at the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower—the real one, in Paris. For the past 12 years the native of Brittany has been executive chef at Charlie Palmer’s Aureole at Mandalay Bay, a position he recently departed to take the helm at Daniel Boulud’s DB Brasserie at Venetian. On his new gig: I’ve been in Las Vegas for 15 years, and you kind of know what’s going to work and what’s not and the certain way to run the restaurant. We also have some similar clientele, a lot of convention [traffic] at both hotels. Here [at DB], though, is more toward my roots. These are things I haven’t done in a while, classic dishes, and that’s very exciting. I can’t wait for fall and wintertime, to do the braises and soups, wild mushroom tarts. On the opportunities of brunch: I’m very excited for brunch, and we are going to implement some new things. And I really enjoy brunch, taking my kids and my wife and going to a place where everyone at the table will find something they’ll enjoy. We started playing last week with a ginger and potato waffle with smoked salmon and we’ll most likely put that [on the menu]. I can see a seared foie and waffle for brunch as well. On working with legends: People use the word mentor. I worked for 13 years with Charlie [Palmer], and clearly he influenced how I do things. I’ve had five conversations so far with Daniel and each of them is like going to a convention and listening to people talk for days about how to run the business. He just opens eyes, opens new doors and brings new ideas in. You really realize at this point why those guys are where they are. They are visionaries. They see things not all of us can see. –Brock Radke

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zydeco po-boys by mikayla whitmore; vincent pouessel by edison graff

THE SENSEI COCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Kai Lemongrass Ginger Shochu 1 1/2 oz. Ty Ku Cucumber Sake Fresh cucumber slice (garnish)

METHOD Stir ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice. Strain into a chilled, 7 oz. cocktail martini glass and garnish with a cucumber slice.

TINA’S KNOWS ITS MEATS

Ethnic grocery stores and delicatessens dot the Valley, but very few craft their own meat products. With the recent arrival of family-owned Tina’s Gourmet Sausage House on Decatur north of Sahara, however, those in search of house-made sausages and deli meats are in luck. The Eastern European store is masterfully producing those, alongside a number of other regional specialties. Straight outta North Hollywood, where the clan ran European Meat Specialties, the family stocks and mans this affable little storefront adjacent to Trader Joe’s. The

deli cases run the gamut of sausage options, including a paprika-laden TINA’S Hungarian gyulai (akin to salami), knockGOURMET wurst and even chicken weisswurst. On SAUSAGE the charcuterie front, meats include HOUSE bologna, various hams and a variety 2101 S. of head cheeses—including one of the Decatur Blvd. blood variety—with all the above cost#22, 702ing no more than $7 per pound. They’re 850-8333. even smoking fish, producing a complex Mondaybutterfish ($17 per pound) most Jewish Saturday, 9 delis would kill for. a.m.-8 p.m.; While Tina’s espouses mastery of Sunday, 10 encased meats, the menu is rife with a.m.-8 p.m. quality chicken options, too. Chicken blintzes ($2) are some of the best I’ve had in ages, with a flavorful center hinting of dill. And flaky puff pastries come with a variety of fillings, but once again the chicken ($2.50) excels. No need to take my word for it—you can sample anything as you peruse the cases. Costco’s got nothing on Tina’s. Don’t overlook the cheese cake ($2)—not cheesecake, mind you, but remarkable patties of slightly sweetened farmer’s cheese typically found in pierogis. Our culinary scene is better off with the artisan options at Tina’s. LA’s loss is our gain. –Jim Begley

GREAT AMERICAN FOOD AND TINA’S GOURMET SAUSAGE HOUSE BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

Prepare for a delicious pairing between Japanese sake and shochu (or soju). Sake is a clean-tasting, slightly sweet rice alcohol made by a fermentation process, and in this incarnation, the cucumber flavor gives the drink an extra crispness and smooth finish. Kai Lemongrass Ginger Shochu, a distilled rice spirit, has notes of lemon and warm ginger. The duo blend into a cocktail that is refreshing, light and pleasantly complex.

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

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A&E | Short Takes Theaters: COL, DI, FH, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

Special screenings

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, CAN, CH, COL, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 9/6, 9/9, Stripes. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Classic Movies at the Pavilion Fri, 8 pm, $6.50-$8.50. 9/4, Jaws. Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-2674849.

Inside Out aaabc Voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Directed by Pete Docter. 94 minutes. Rated PG. Pixar’s latest animated feature takes place almost entirely inside the brain of an 11-yearold girl, focusing on the five core emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger—who control her behavior. It’s a funny movie with a remarkably wise message, but parents of pre-teen kids be warned: It will wreck you. –MD Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX

Dive-In Movies Mon, 7 pm, $5, hotel guests free. 9/7, Rango, Life of Pi. Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-698-7000. Flashback Features Sun, 8 pm, free. 9/6, Back to the Future. The Pond at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702617-7777. How to Change the World 9/9, documentary about Greenpeace plus broadcast of Q&A, 7:30 pm, $13$15. Theaters: COL, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Las Vegas Urban Film Festival 9/3-9/6, feature films, shorts, workshops, parties, more, times vary, $20 per day, passes $100-$200. Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. S., lasvegasurbanfilmfestival.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, dusk, free. 9/5, Cinderella. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702564-8595. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 9/5, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 pm, $9. Theaters: TC. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 9/5, The Hills Have Eyes (1977), 10:15 pm, $1. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 9/8, We’re Not Dressing. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week Heroes of Dirt (Not reviewed) Joel Moody, William Martinez, Vivian Vanhorn. Directed by Eric Bugbee. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. A BMX rider becomes a mentor to a troubled teen. Theaters: ORL, ST Jimmy’s Hall aaacc Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton. Directed by Ken Loach. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 43. Theaters: VS Mistress America aaaab Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear. Directed by Noah Baumbach. 84 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 43. Theaters: DTS, GVR The Transporter Refueled (Not reviewed) Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson. Directed by Camille Delamarre. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Former mercenary and current special-ops driver Frank Martin faces off against a group of criminals out for revenge.

> Egg-cellent The odd creatures of Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.

Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Not reviewed) Voices of Bruno Bichir, Carlos Espejel, Angélica Vale. Directed by Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste. 99 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. A young, timid rooster must stand up to an evil rancher who threatens his family. Theaters: BS, CAN, ORL, SF, TS, TX A Walk in the Woods aabcc Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson. Directed by Ken Kwapis. 104 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 42. Theaters: AL, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, TS Welcome Back (Not reviewed) Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal. Directed by Anees Bazmee. 152 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A man falls in love with a beautiful woman, unaware that her brothers are powerful criminals. Theaters: VS

Now playing American Ultra aabcc Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. 96 minutes. Rated R. Small-town stoner Mike (Eisenberg) discovers that he’s the product of a secret CIA program that turned him into an ultimate weapon, and now assassins are after him and his girlfriend (Stewart). As Mike maims and kills more thugs in increasingly brutal ways, the low-key stoner comedy becomes an ugly, cynical bloodbath. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, COL, DTS, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Amy aaabc Directed by Asif Kapadia. 128 minutes. Rated R. The triumphant but sadly abbreviated life of singer Amy Winehouse (“Rehab”) is told via copious archival footage in this expertly assembled documentary, directed by Asif Kapadia (Senna). The footage of her performances and songwriting craft, as showcased here, makes a strong case for her legacy. –MD

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Theaters: VS Ant-Man aaabc Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Peyton Reed. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. Semi-reformed thief Scott Lang (Rudd) is recruited by scientist Hank Pym (Douglas) to steal a version of a size-changing suit from a greedy technocrat. Ant-Man plays things relatively safe, but it’s still a different sort of Marvel superhero movie, a looser, funnier and lower-stakes story than Marvel’s typical world-ending spectacles. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, PAL, RP, RR, SP, SS, TS, 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: TC, 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 Diary of a Teenage Girl aaaac Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig. Directed by Marielle Heller. 102 minutes. Rated R. Set in San Francisco in 1976, Diary is a funny, sad and ultimately triumphant comingof-age story about 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Powley, in a star-making performance), never apologizing for or downplaying its main character’s sexual desire. Writer-director Heller tells Minnie’s story with style and wit, using animated interludes to illustrate

Minnie’s inner thoughts. –JB Theaters: FH, GVR, SC Dope aaabc Shameik Moore, Kiersey Clemons, Tony Revolori. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa. 105 minutes. Rated R. Geeky inner-city teenager Malcolm (Moore) has to fend off dangerous characters when he ends up with a backpack full of drugs meant for someone else. Writer-director Famuyiwa mixes winning comedic moments with serious, life-or-death situations, often at the same time, like a cross between Adventures in Babysitting and Boyz N the Hood. –JB Theaters: AL, COL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX 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: 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: GVR, RR, 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

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, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX The Love Affair (Not reviewed) Dawn Zulueta, Richard Gomez, Bea Alonzo. Directed by Nuel Naval. 125 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A lawyer strikes out on her own professionally with help from a new man in her life. Theaters: ORL, 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 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, CH, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX Max abccc Josh Wiggins, Thomas Haden Church, Lauren Graham. Directed by Boaz

A&E | Short Takes 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: VS

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: TC

The Stanford Prison Experiment (Not reviewed) Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. 122 minutes. Rated R. Drama based on the true story of a psychological experiment enlisting college students as prisoners and guards in a mock penitentiary. Theaters: 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, RR, SF, ST, TS, TX, VS Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation aaabc Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the action series finds Cruise’s secret agent Ethan Hunt once again on the run after being disavowed by the very government he works for. While not the strongest in the remarkably consistent series, it’s still entertaining and exciting, an example of the best in blockbuster filmmaking. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, 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: SC No Escape abccc Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. 103 minutes. Rated R. Wilson and Bell are miscast in serious roles as an American married couple who’ve just moved with their two young daughters to an unnamed country in Southeast Asia, hours before an armed coup begins. The action that follows is mostly laughable when it isn’t tedious or insulting. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Paper Towns aabcc Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams. Directed by Jake Schreier. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Shy, bland teenager Quentin (Wolff) has his life shaken up by textbook manic pixie dream girl Margo (Delevingne). He enlists his friends to help go after her when she leaves town, but that journey isn’t particularly interesting, and the supporting characters along for the ride are as one-dimensional as Margo herself. –JB Theaters: COL, SC, TC Phantom (Not reviewed) Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rajesh Tailang. Directed by Kabir Khan. 148 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. An Indian government agent travels the globe to stop a planned terrorist attack. Theaters: VS

> he’s no statham Ed Skrein in The Transporter Reloaded.

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, TS, 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: CH, COL, FH, 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, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Southpaw aabcc Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 123 minutes. Rated R. 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: CH, DI, DTS, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, 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

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

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, CAN, CH, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, 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 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: TC 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

(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

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

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

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

Trainwreck aabcc Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. Directed by Judd Apatow. 125 minutes. Rated R. Comedy Central star Schumer wrote the latest film directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, This Is 40), and also plays the lead, a commitmentphobic journalist who falls for a surgeon (Hader) she’s profiling. It’s a perfectly ordinary rom-com that merely swaps the genre’s standard gender clichés. –MD Theaters: DTS, GVR, SC 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, COL, DTS, ORL, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS War Room (Not reviewed) Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie. Directed by Alex Kendrick. 120 minutes. Rated PG. A couple turns to prayer to save their troubled marriage. Theaters: AL, FH, RR, SF, SP, ST, TS, TX, VS We Are Your Friends aaccc Zac Efron, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski. Directed by Max Joseph. 96 minutes. Rated R. Given how big an industry DJs and EDM have become, it’s surprising that there aren’t more movies like this dopey rags-to-riches story that uses the EDM scene as its generic backdrop. Efron is affable but not particularly believable as a talented aspiring DJ/producer, alongside other vapid characters in a paper-thin story. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX 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

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

(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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> RIFT IN THE ROOM The men of Art argue over … something.

THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP

Ever broken up because your significant other listened to Miley Cyrus or Led Zeppelin or whomever way too much? Ever gotten into a blood feud at work after someone stole what was clearly your coffee cup? Sometimes in life it’s the smallest, stupidest things that can cause the biggest rifts. In Art, by Yasmina Reza, opening at the Las Vegas Little Theatre September 4, the fault lines in a friendship are set off by the acquisition of an experimental piece of art: a field of white, with white diagonal lines on it. The absurdity of it all sets three friends at odds, and as their disagreement escalates, their friendship—and the artwork itself—is threatened with destruction. ¶ “It really comes down to the fact that the artwork makes Mark feel that he’s losing his friend Serge, and Ivan’s caught in the middle,” director Mark Avis explains. Both friends get more and more vicious with one another, not hesitating to go for the jugular. “That’s one of the things that really hits home for me about the play,” Avis says, “that people in real life, just because they get hurt, do stupid things.” ¶ But if this is the collapse of a friendship, it could be one of the funniest breakups you’ll ever see. As the friends battle each other, and Ivan battles to keep them together, their cutting barbs elicit laughs along with the destruction. Reza mines their past, the nature of art and their innate, well, Frenchness, for comedy. “It could be a very tragic story, but it’s very ART September 4-20; Thurswell-written to bring out the humor,” says Avis, who’s sure everyone day-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, can identify with the main point: “We’re all idiots sometimes. Let’s 2 p.m.; $10-$15. Las Vegas Little just relax and enjoy the friendships we have.” –Jacob Coakley Theatre, 702-362-7996.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl 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, Vibe Street 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, Matt Jaffe 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. Moon Taxi 11/8, 9 pm, $18-$20. Peaches, Christeene 11/11, 8 pm, $22$27. Mac Miller, Tory Lanez, Michael Chrismas, Alexander Spit 7:45 pm, $33-$38. J Boog, Spawnbreezie 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. Gary Clark Jr. 3/12, 9 pm, $30-$50. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Celine Dion 9/4-9/5, 9/8-9/9, 9/11-9/12, 9/29-9/30, $55$250, 7:30 pm. Enrique Iglesias 9/13-9/14, 9 pm, $40-$300. Plácido Domingo 9/15, 8 pm, $80-$500. Mark Knopfler 9/16, 7:30 pm, $81-$131. The Who 9/19, 10:30 pm, $96-$501. Elton John 10/13-10/14, 10/16, 6:30 pm, $55$500. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Boulevard Pool)

Drake 9/6, 9 pm, $65. Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley 9/24, 8 pm, $43. Asian Moon Festival ft. Edison Chen, Love Cubic 9/26, 9 pm, $68. Flogging Molly, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss 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. (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. 702-698-7000. Double Down Water Landing, The AllTogethers, 3D6, The Steady Extras 9/4. The People’s Whiskey, The Quitters, Three Rounds, Ambush Americana 9/5. TV Party Tonight, Atomic Fish 9/10, 9 pm. Candy Warpop, It’s Casual, System Rejex, Radio Silence, Monogrim 9/11, 8 pm.

The Lazy Stalkers, The Chuckwagon Experience, Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores 9/12. Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-7915775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 9/3-9/5, 9/8-9/12, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. Donny & Marie 9/29-10/3, 7:30 pm, $105-$237. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Easy 8’s Band 9/3, 9/10, 9/119/12, 10 pm. Austin Law 9/17, 9 pm; 9/18-9/19, 10 pm. Brian Lynn Jones Band 9/5-9/6, 9/25-9/26 10 pm; 9/24, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702894-7722. Hard Rock Hotel Pool Skid Row 9/4, 9 pm, $35-$40. Blue October 9/18, 9:30 pm, $30. Live, Elvis Monroe 10/2, 9 pm, $35. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Las Vegas Weekly Music Issue Showcase ft. Moksha, Bee Master, Cameron Calloway 9/12, 7 pm, free. Tremonti, Trivium 10/11, 6:30 pm, $25. Skinny Puppy, Youth Code 10/30, 8 pm, $29. Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is 11/15, 5:30 pm, $26. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers 9/5, 8 pm, $29-$44. Hollywood Undead 9/12, 6 pm, $26-$30. El Tri 9/13, $35-$38 Carlos Santana 9/16, 9/18-9/20, 9/23, 9/259/27, 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/13-11/15, $90-$350, 8 pm. Hair Nation 9/24, 7 pm, $12. Hemlock 10/2, 6 pm, $10$13. The Tragically Hip 10/3, 7:30 pm, $43-$55. Halestorm 10/17, $30. Seether 10/20, 6:30 pm, $33-$43. Korn 10/23, 7:30 pm, $50. The Adicts 10/30, $17-$20, 6:30 pm. Ghost 10/31, $25. King Diamond, Exodus 11/9, 7 pm, $35-$50. Ride 11/10, 7:30 pm, $30. Collective Soul 11/12, 7 pm, $33-$36. The Wonder Years 11/5, 5 pm, $23-$25. Heart 11/19-11/21, 8 pm, $55-$70. Parkway Drive 12/6, 4:30 pm, $25. Kamelot, DragonForce 12/7, 7 pm, $22-$25. (Crossroads) Looped Sun, Thu, 9-11 pm, free. Nothing but the Blues Mon-Wed, 8-11 pm, free. Rockstar Karaoke Fri, 9 pm-midnight, free. Get Up and Dance Sat, 9 pmmidnight, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am, 1 pm, $60. Mandalay Bay, 702632-7600. The Joint Primus, Clutch 9/4, 8 pm, $43-$125. Incubus 9/5-9/6, 8 pm, $70-$195. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 9/18, 8 pm, $40-$150. Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, In This Moment, From Ashes to New 9/19, 6:15 pm, $50-$125. 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-$175. J Balvin, Becky G 10/24, 8 pm, $60$200. 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) Luis Miguel 9/12, 10 pm, $69-$299. Juan Gabriel 9/13, $69-$229. Marc Anthony, Carlos Vives 9/14, 8 pm, $76-$301. Alejandro Fernández 9/15, 9 pm, $65-$225. BIGBANG 10/2, 8 pm, $75-$239. Roberto Carlos 11/20, 8 pm, $100-$175. Maroon 5 12/30-12/31, 8 pm, $100-$225. (Mandalay Beach)

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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 Yawpers, Eddy Bear & The Cubs, Yosemite Slam 9/4, 8 pm, $15-$18. Funkathon: Jimi Jackpot & The Hot Slots, Constant Moving Party, Home Cookin’ Herd of Lemmings 9/5, 8 pm, $13$15. Nations, Amarionette, Distinguisher, Words From Aztecs, First Class Trash 9/19, 8 pm, $7-$10. Murs, Red Pill, King Fantastic 10/1, 8 pm, $15-$18. Marty Friedman 10/2, 8 pm, $20-$25. Conflict, Total Chaos, Hard Pipe Hitters, Brutal Resistance, D.I. 10/8, 7 pm, $20. My Life WIth the Thrill Kill Kult, Candy Warpop, EMDF, Midnight Feature 10/9, 8 pm, $15-$20. Wanda Jackson, Delta Bombers, The Yawpers, DJ Lucky La Rue, Catman Eddy Bear & The Cubs 10/31, 8 pm, $20. Tankcsapda 11/6, 8 pm, $35. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. 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 Patty Ascher 9/5, 7 pm. Rock and Roll Rebels 9/5, 9 pm. Peter Love 9/6, 5 pm. Empire Records 9/6, 6 pm. Jessica Manalo 9/11, 7 pm. A Slight Return 9/11, 9 pm. Daniel Park 9/12, 7 pm; 9/18, 9 pm. The Fab 9/12, 9 pm. Tyler Ward 9/18, 10 pm. Cameron Calloway 9/19, 7 pm. Avalon Landing 9/19, 9 pm. Life is Beautlful Emerging Artists Showcase 9/25-9/27, 8 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 Daughtry 10/17, $35. All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, One OK Rock, Neck Deep 10/24, 6 pm. Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Letlive 11/21, 8 pm, $40-$80. 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec.com. Fremont Street Experience Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult 9/6, 9 pm. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Gold Spike The Bernie Smithers Blues Bus 9/3, 10 pm, free. 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., goldspike.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 Rap is Fun ft. Omino Jakku, Phil A, Hassan, Helms, Jerry Shinefeld, Snuph, Thelonious Gawd, Day-Go Produce, Real Talk, Parker & The Numberman, Shanestream, DJ Tramlife 9/5, 9 pm, $1. The Funk Jam Wed, 10:30 pm, free. Florescent Flames Second Sat, 9 pm, free. Foundation Factory Fourth Sat, 8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 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. 9/259/27, 2 pm, $255. Downtown Las Vegas, Lifeisbeautiful.com. LVCS 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.

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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. 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 Road, 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 Adam Ray, Mark Serritella, Brett Riley thru 9/6. Andrew Norelli, Jason Stuart, Kill Bryan 9/7-9/13. Michael Finney, Lou Dinos, Bob Kubota 9/14-9/20. Shows daily, 8:30 & 10:30 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. 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 Road, eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. Sapphire Comedy Hour Fri-Sat, 8 pm, $20. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, 3025 Industrial Road, 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. 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. A Choreographer’s Showcase 10/11, 10/18, 1 pm, $25-$45. Smith Center, thesmithcenter. com. Don’t Quit Your Day Job Sat thru 9/26, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Dirk Arthur Wild Magic Mon-Sat, 4 pm, $50$90. Westgate Las Vegas, 3000 Paradise Road, 800-222-5361. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29-$129. Smith Center, thesmithcenter.com. The Get Fri. thru 9/25, 10 pm, $10. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Jeff McBride’s Wonderground Variety show. Third Thu of the month; 8, 9 & 10 pm; $10. Olive Mediterranean Restaurant Lounge, 3850 E. Sunset Road, 702-451-8805. Judy Forever in My Heart 11/8, 2:30 pm, $18$20. Erotic Heritage Museum Jewel Box Theatre, 3275 Industrial Rd, 702-794-4000. 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. Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 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. Cabrera Conducts Rachmaninoff 1/9, 7:30 pm, 1/10, 2 pm, $26$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.

Calendar Special Events The Art of Naked Yoga Tue, Thu, 7 pm; Sat, 6 pm; $20. Harry Mohney’s Erotic Heritage Museum 3275 Industrial Road, eroticheritagemuseumlasvegas.com. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 9/29, 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866-4067117. Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction 9/249/26, 8 am, $10-$55. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777. Bill O’Riley and Dennis Miller: Don’t Be a Pinhead 12/5, 7:30 pm, $86-$501. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. CLIF Bar CrossVegas 9/16, $55. Desert Breeze Soccer Complex, W. Desert Inn Road, crossvegas.com. Dancing Mantis Festival 9/5, 7 pm, free. Downtown Container Park, downtowncontainerpark.com. Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales 10/210/4, times vary, $20+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Harvest Festival 9/11-9/13, 10 a.m., $4-$9. Cashamn Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd N., harvestfestival.com. Lebanese Festival 10/9-10/11, times vary, $3. St. Sharbel Catholic Church, 10325 Rancho Destino Road, 702-616-6902. 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, 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20+. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Nitro Circus Live 11/21, 8 pm, $42-$128. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. 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. The Joy of Sake 9/19, 7 pm, $75-$125. Caesars Palace, joyofsake.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. Suicide GIrls: Blackheart Burlesque 11/20, 8 pm, $25. Vinyl, 702-693-5000. 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 Boxing: Cotto vs. Canelo 11/21, 2 pm, $150$2,000. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702632-7777. Boxing: Mayweather vs. Berto 9/12, 3 pm, $150-$1,500. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. Frozen Fury XVII: LA Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche 10/3, 7 pm, $53-$255. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 9/17-9/19, 7 pm, $72+. Orleans, orleansarena.com. Las Vegas 51’s vs. 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. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings 10/13, 7 pm, $25-$500. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. 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 Team Tennis Smash Hits 10/12, 7 pm, $45-$125. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. 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. UFC 191 9/5, 4 pm, $78-$603. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. UNLV Football UCLA 9/12, 7:30 pm, $24-$69; Idaho St. 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, 702-3833133. 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 Picasso: Creatures and Creativity Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-6937871. 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 South of Town by Sean Russell. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-3754147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Rd., dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Candy Wolves Studio Globally Indigenous Art 9/4, 6 pm. Ste. 130L, 702-600-3011. Skin City Body Painting 702-431-7546. Solsis Gallery Ste. 130H, 702-557-2225. Spectral Gallery Sat, noon-10 pm and by appointment. Urizen Gallery First Fridays, 6 to 10 pm. Ste. 206 B. Wasteland Gallery Mon-Fri, 10 am-2pm. 702-475-9161. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Galleries include: Satellite Contemporary Action + Object + Exchange. Fri, 5 pm-8 pm; Sat, 4 pm-8 pm. Ste. 150, Satelliteconemporary.com. Rhizome Gallery Thu-Sat, 1-5 pm. 702-9077526. 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 Road, 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 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-8953011. Galleries include: Barrick Museum Recent Acquisitions thru 10/10. The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection thru 10/5. 702-895-3381. Lied Library The French Connection Open thru Oct. 702-895-2111. Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 702-895-3893. West Las Vegas Arts Center Wed-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

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