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downtown by steve marcus; flippin’ good burgers by mikayla whitmore; jay mohr by bill hughes

Contents 7 mail Beard envy.

45 noise The Dandy Warhols

8 as we see it The other guy

and Deerhoof, plus some thoughts on the future of teen pop.

developing old Vegas. Dance for local students at the Crisco Disco.

48 COMEDY Where did Jay

14 Q&A Cinephile Vivian Martian comes in peace (with popcorn).

16 Feature | The essential Downtown From the classic to the brand-spanking new, we map our city’s dynamic heart so you’ll know how to make the most of it.

26 nights Borgeous at Omnia, and a new gay Rendezvous.

41 A&E The Polyphonic Spree:

Mohr leave his edge?

49 THE STRIP ShowStoppers prepares to blow out a candle.

53 SPORTS Dave Rice’s big year (and some Rebels to watch).

54 food & drink Chicken at Chow, burgers at Flippin’ Good and fish at Mariscos Playa Escondida.

58 calendar Jazz and dance.

This choir can rock.

42 pop culture A farewell to New Orleans giant Allen Toussaint.

43 screen AMC’s Into the Badlands is no Walking Dead, and miners fight for survival in The 33.

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IT’S BAAAAAAACK ... The Bunkhouse is back from the dead … again. The Downtown music staple opens its doors Friday—and we’ve got the schedule at lasvegasweekly.com. Even better news? Chef Natalie Young will be heading up the kitchen. Yum. MOVIE MANIA Weekly film editor Josh Bell headed to LA for this year’s AFI Fest, checking out new independent and international films, including horror anthology Southbound and Turkish comingof-age drama Mustang. Read his festival recap, only online. FINDING THE GROOVE A dance music hero plays his first-ever set at XS this weekend. Visit lasvegasweekly.com to catch our conversation with Erick Morillo, who’s been playing Vegas clubs for 20 years, on everything from radio popularity to relaunching his Subliminal Records to making a new generation move it, move it.

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BACK FROM THE DEAD AGAIN The Bunkhouse is preparing for another resurrection, with shows booked and chef Natalie Young set to manage the food.

It’s on, it’s off, it’s on, it’s off, it’s on. The Bunkhouse seems like a crazy ex, the one you keep taking back. –John Bartlett Natalie is taking over the kitchen? Show or no show, I’ll be there for the eats! –Casey John Fry Best news out of DTLV in a while. Nice moves, DTP. –Nate Ludens If it doesn’t have gaming, it’s not the Bunkhouse. –Michael Yunkin

MAGICAL SURVIVOR The “Celebrity Magician” Murray Sawchuck continues to grow his presence in Las Vegas and beyond, despite a few rough turns recently.

Murray is not only a great entertainer, but a class act all around. We will never forget his gracious participation at last year’s Pets and Vettes community event. He’s got what it takes to thrive in the entertainment industry, but even more significant, he has substance, which makes him a valuable and welcome addition to our community. –Annoula Wylderich Canadian men are the most resilient in the world! Murray is class personified and a great performer. –Michael Ilnicki

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MAKING MIDTOWN UNLV’s slow-to-develop retail park might finally be coming along. Maybe.

I’ve never seen a bleaker college area, probably because we are so close to Fremont Street and the Strip. One bar doesn’t attract. Groupings of bars attract. Same with food. Add light rail down Maryland with a stop there. –Charity Morgan

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SHAG IT UP It’s beard season, as evidenced by last week’s cover and thorough exploration of the facial-hair phenomenon.

Damn, makes me wish I’d kept mine. After a year and a half it was in the way. “See my beard?/Ain’t it weird?/Don’t be skeard/Just a beard.” The late, great George Carlin’s beard poem. –KillerB I was working at Le Cordon Bleu and was the only “beard” there until Chef [Robert] Teddy came around. It’s funny because there’s a kind of camaraderie with having a beard. I saw him during his interview and we just smiled at each other. Two jovial bearded dudes in the same spot. –Dallas Martin

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The other Downtown guy ∑ Last week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board

granted Derek and Greg Stevens preliminary approval to become full owners of the historic Golden Gate casino. They’re buying out Mark Brandenburg, whose stepfather was part of the San Francisco-based group that took over and renamed the property in 1955. (Open since 1906, it’s the oldest hotel-casino in the state, and since it’s older than the Golden Gate Bridge, surely it’s the only Vegas casino that’s been around longer than what it’s themed after.) Now the Stevens brothers are almost on par with Boyd Gaming in Downtown Las Vegas—Boyd operates the California, Fremont and Main Street Station casinos. The Stevens will have the Golden Gate, the D and the Las Vegas Club, the shuttered property they purchased in August and plan to renovate and reopen, along with the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, the outdoor space they built after buying and demolishing the former county courthouse. Downtown development talk is still predominantly centered around Tony Hsieh, certainly due to the interesting things the Zappos boss has brought to the more locals-oriented portions of the neighborhood. Derek Stevens, the face of his company, has become the Fremont Street Experience equivalent, shaking things up on the tourist-oriented side, typically in a flashy but approachable way. He hyped a new “resident entertainer” at the D only to reveal a replica of Belgium’s famous Manneken Pis, the bronze statue of a boy urinating into a fountain, positioned at the valet entrance. He has almost 23,000 followers on Twitter and is known to respond to casino observers and patrons alike, and he often Periscopes a night out on the town, which almost always includes some time at the D’s Long Bar. That’s not something you see from the average casino boss. After buying the dilapidated Fitzgeralds in 2011, Stevens transformed it into the D, an unlikely but profitable tribute to his hometown of Detroit, and he would have made $1 million if his $20,000 bet on Michigan State to win this year’s NCAA tourney had hit. He always seems like he’s having fun, which is, after all, the point of the Fremont Street Experience. Unlike the enigmatic Hsieh—whose contributions Stevens constantly praises—Stevens is Downtown’s relatable everyman, the guy you want to have a drink with (and it’d be a beer, not a shot of Fernet). Downtown Las Vegas could use more guys like this. –Brock Radke

An artist ZAPS BACK Utility-box street art can be a Las Vegas Landmark, too

∑When the county launched its Zap! program 10 years ago, the idea was that artwork painted onto utility boxes would help beautify and define neighborhoods while deterring graffiti. While many of the works, now in seven neighborhoods, have stood up to the elements—including taggers—some haven’t.

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Realizing that damaged boxes would need a touch up or be forfeited back to the public utilities, the county went for repairs. Only instead of hiring some of the artists who originally painted the boxes (because they no longer live in Las Vegas), the county hired new artists to paint over those previous designs. So when

Thomas Willis spotted an image of his Zap! box after his elemental renderings of water and desert had been repainted with a colorful weasel, the artist now living in Boston replied with a Las Vegas sentiment—digitally placing his old Zap! box in the image of the Landmark implosion. Nothing is sacred. –Kristen Peterson

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Real conversation Distinc.tt is no hookup app, but do LGBTQ+ users really need it?

Disco-graphy A dance event aims to help local students get laptops By Mike Prevatt wright Ernest Hemmings, who enlisted friends At a time when teachers can’t procure enough pens and paper for their students, Hyde Park CRISCO DISCO in the nightlife scene to provide a venue, DJ talent and lighting/sound for the benefit. Middle School English instructor Lauren Beat- November 12, Beattie stresses her laptop campaign is not tie has taken the initiative to personally stock her 8 p.m., $5 donaabout shaming her school or pressuring fellow entire classroom with computers. Luckily, she has tion. Artifice, teachers, and that it’s independent of Clark equally passionate—and well-connected—friends 702-489-6339. County School District, which cannot purvolunteering their help. chase Chromebooks to replace Hyde’s existing On November 12, Artifice will host the fourcomputers—ones unable to accommodate the cloudhour Crisco Disco dance party and give a portion of bar based Google Classroom platform recently gifted to the proceeds to Beattie, who will also collect $5 donations at school by the tech giant. Hyde is a STEAM school that the door. In turn, she’ll buy as many $100-$125 Google can claim a majority of last year’s CCSD National Merit Chromebooks as she can to complement the 31 she and finalists. And Beattie doesn’t believe the Valley’s best science teacher Robin Hill already purchased for their students should have to awkwardly pass a laptop back classrooms—and, by extension, their 200 students. and forth. “They are the smartest, most creative, kind, “When she mentioned via Facebook that she was going cooperative people I’ve met. When you’re surrounded to work at night as an Uber driver to earn enough money by such people, you have to step up—because they’ve for her students to have laptops, I wanted to do something stepped up. They’re always trying to solve problems. to prevent her from taking on a second job just to cover a And this is one problem I can solve.” gap left by the school district she works for,” says play-

At the Church of Ha, it’s all about better living through laughter Like many churches, I can see the Church of Ha moving away from its original message. According to founder/ordained minister/ stand-up comedian Don Barnhart, “My inspiration for doing the Church of Ha was having seen so many people turn away from comedy shows because of the overuse of shocking topics that just weren’t funny. It’s not censorship in any way, but I am asking comics to be more creative in their approach.” ¶ On Friday night at Barnhart’s industrial workspace, the small but engaged congregation learned about the power of laughter. Speakers included a shaman discussing the necessity of humor to lead a fulfilling life, a gay Catholic minister who discussed the joy of performing, and an Air Force-man-turned-reverend who thought God was playing a joke on him by making him catch every red light in the city. ¶ From there, it turned into your run-of-the-mill comedy show with many of Barnhart’s students (altar boys?) performing. The best was Keith Lyle, who used the spirit of the night to create the character of almost-Rabbi Shlomo Lifshitz, whose mix of roast-style and street jokes went over well. ¶ If the true point of religion is creating a better world through kinship, then laughter is essential. So the Church of Ha might have something lasting to offer. –Jason Harris

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When it comes to social media, I’m the stereotypical millennial. I still remember “My Humps” playing on my MySpace page, and as soon as I received my dot-edu email address I signed up for Facebook in its infancy. Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and a trio of gay dating apps followed. But I recently drew a line in the sand, when I started seeing ads for Distinc.tt, a year-old social network aimed exclusively at the LGBTQ+ community. Why do we need our own digital watercooler? Can’t we just connect on mainstream social media? Thing is, Distinc.tt has received significant praise. The Wall Street Journal dubbed it “the gay app you can bring home to Mom,” and Queerty described it as “in a different league from its randier counterparts.” This isn’t just a hookup app—Distinc.tt prides itself on having “zero headless torsos” (ahem, Grindr). It’s presented as a place to communicate with the LGBTQ+ community in a judgment-free zone. In addition to presenting thoughtful discussion threads every time you sign on, the app’s news feed displays posts from everyone on the network, creating a truly global conversation about LGBTQ+ issues. Users offered their ears to strangers still in the closet. One pansexual user started a discussion about denying love based on gender, and a straight user sought advice on dating a transgender woman. Unlike so much of the commentary on social media, these dialogues were intelligent, supportive and real. Browsing Distinc.tt didn’t exactly convert me (I’ve been out for more than a decade, and have a great support system), but I appreciate its value for others—specifically those who might still be in the closet or confused about sexual orientation or gender identity. And I like the idea of engaging like-minded people in conversation without the assumption that I want to take their clothes off. –Mark Adams

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Check out the finalists for Downtown’s public art project With all the cutthroat mudslinging municipally driven public art can incite, there’s always the option of holding a public forum, inviting anyone to toss forward helpful comments and scathing opinions before final decisions are made. That’s why November 17 is a very special day in Downtown Las Vegas. The four finalists in the Main Street Signature Sculpture commission will present proposals for the planned work on Garces Avenue, where Main and Commerce streets intersect. The $246,000 art project is part of the $40 million Main Street Improvement Project, and the finalists are Wayne Littlejohn, Luis Varela-Rico, Mendre Sculptures (Randy Mendre) and artists Zak Ostrowski, Clemente Cicoria and Drew Gregory (working under the business name Zodiabula). The city will hold the event at the spacious Fifth Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth Street, at 6:30 p.m., so there should be ample room for dissenters to speak now or forever complain about who should’ve won. –Kristen Peterson

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NEW LIFE AT SLS A shuttered nightclub will become music venue Foundry Hall If the Strip entertainment scene is shifting from DJs in nightclubs to live performance, here’s more proof: SLS’ shuttered nightclub Life is transforming into the Foundry Hall, an 1,800-capacity live-music venue with versatility. It’s scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2016. SLS Vice President of Nightlife and Entertainment Matt Minichino says the north Strip resort was only going after a small portion of the entertainment market with Life, and the new venue should broaden those horizons and serve as a better complement to Foxtail nightclub and more intimate music room the Sayers Club. “We will still activate the Foundry Hall as the opportunity arises for some one-off, nightlifetype events, but the beautiful piece of this is that we now have the ability to activate any which way.” Acts from indie rock bands to stand-up comedians could be part of the new programming. Live Nation, which books the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay among other Vegas venues, has partnered with SLS on the new project, which has already eliminated the DJ booth in favor of a new stage setup anchoring a wholesale renovation. A major audio adjustment is also coming, though the Foundry Hall will make use of the former club’s visual assets, including massive LED screens. “We’re excited about that, because there are not many live-entertainment venues in this market that have the visual component we have,” Minichino says. “We’ve had some huge successes on property already with [concerts] like Jamie Foxx, Chevelle, the Wailers, out at the pool at Foxtail. This will give us the opportunity to drive more bodies to the property, and it can be a huge feeder for after-concert events at our other venues.” –Brock Radke

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Cinephile. Swing dancer. Vintage enthusiast. DJ. Vivian Martin, better known as Vivian “Martian,” has quite the cultural pedigree in Vegas, beginning with the title of co-host of Cinemondays at the Sci Fi Center. For four years 28-year-old Martin has been curating Monday screenings for adventurous movie lovers, from silent films to October’s monthlong horror series. Amid the hype of big-budget blockbusters and fast fashion, Martin shares her love of film craft and all things vintage, and how she’s carved out a nostalgic scene of her own. What got you into cinema? I started watching Turner Classic Movies when I was a kid. I’ve always loved the old films, and it grew from that. I took a bunch of film classes at UNLV, specifically I took a bunch of foreign film classes because my major was romance languages, so that sort of killed two birds with one stone. What do you look for in a film?

I get very consumed by the story. Then I look for the artistic elements, like cinematography, how things are composed, how the story plays out, music, editing. The story for me is the most important. What keeps me interested, what keeps me guessing. I don’t like films that are predictable and follow that traditional structure. What screens at Cinemondays?

We’ve shown cult classics. We’ve shown well-loved classics like The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca. We’ve

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shown foreign films, silent films. One thing we started a few months ago was showing more films that have limited or no release in Las Vegas. ... Last month we did all horror films and showed It Follows. We showed a Polish film from last year called Ida that was really nice. We showed The Zero Theorem—I believe that’s Terry Gilliam. Who’s involved in the weekly screening? I co-host with a good

you have to have a partner to learn. You do not need a partner. It’s social dancing, so you dance with whomever you want to. Learning how to dance has been the hardest undertaking of my entire life. ... But my grandma was a dancer, her and her sister were dancers on the Strip and my great grandma was a dancer, so it’s in my blood in a way. Why do you love it? I love the

music and I love the style. ... Probably friend of mine; his the most fun I’ve ever name is Kris Krainock. had, is dancing. I don’t We got pretty lucky know what it is about because [Sci Fi Center it. There’s no way you CINEMONDAYS owner William Powell] can be sad when you’re Mondays, 8 p.m., free. Sci Fi Center, was just like, “Yeah, of swing dancing. There’s 702-281-4143. course you can come just something about and do this for free.” ... it—it sounds cheesy, We never really know but it lifts up your spirit. what we’re getting into because the Something about the music and weekend is Rocky Horror, so there’s the way you move your body. ... It’s condoms on the floor and popcorn a whole thing and it just brings you and feathers and all kinds of weird such joy. I’ve been so sad because props. [Krainock and I] both curate I fell out of a window and I haven’t the films. He owns most of them—he been able to dance or do yoga and has a huge, huge collection of films, my arm still hurts. and I’m just a big cinephile. You fell out of a window? Almost a Movies aren’t your only love. two-story window—exploring an old You’re an avid collector of vintage abandoned hospital in Boulder City, clothes. I have the most impractical which is kind of ironic that I injured wardrobe, because I would say 75 myself coming out of an old hospital. percent of it is made up of cocktail At least you can still DJ. What’s dresses, and I can’t wear a cocktail in your record collection? I started dress five nights of the week. off collecting only ’60s pop from You’re a swing dancer, too. How France and Spain, more or less did that start? I always wanted to world pop music from the ’60s. learn how to dance, but I was under I’ve got some Japanese, Chinese, the common misconception that German records, but mostly French.

It’s a specific genre called yé-yé. I started collecting those records in high school. ... I collect a lot of swing-era stuff, too. I just started within the last year getting into collecting 78s and phonographs. You obviously appreciate retro artistry. Do Cinemondays audiences geek out with you? Even some of

the more disturbing films we’ve shown generated really good, positive discussion. ... The whole reason Cinemondays started was because we don’t have what a lot of cities do, and that’s an art-house cinema. We figured if we can offer it at least once a week for free, maybe people will come. We’ve had big crowds and small crowds, but we’ve stuck with it because we think it’s important and we think we need it here. What are you showing next Monday? Closely Watched Trains.

It’s one of my favorite films. It’s a Czech film from ’66. ... It’s about this teenage boy that works at a train station and just all the awkwardness of being a teenager and being lonely and sexually frustrated. There’s this scene where he walks in to see this woman force-feeding a goose, I’m assuming to make foie gras, but she’s force-feeding this goose and she’s got it in her lap and is stroking the neck and it’s so erotic but grotesque at the same time. (laughs) ... It’s a great film. -Leslie Ventura For more of our interview with Martin, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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∑ A little perspective: Downtown didn’t start when a cool new bar opened on Fremont Street. In fact, Downtown didn’t start when a cool old bar opened on Fremont (Atomic Liquors, in 1952). Downtown started when Vegas started, a hundred years ago, and it’s always been cool and real, even when it’s been kinda fake. ¶ Las Vegas has been talking about Downtown and what could and would come of it for as long as Las Vegas has been talking. It’s been a super-hot topic in recent years because of its high concentration of new fun—an arts boom with the arrival of the Smith Center, Mob Museum and fully operational Neon Museum, paired with a unique, small business-oriented redevelopment effort. At an accelerating pace, the original neighborhood is becoming the cultural hub we’ve longed for. ¶ But there’s a long way to go, and it won’t always be moving this fast. The only certainty is that right now, Downtown Las Vegas is where we want to be, smack in the middle of all that new fun. Where should we meet up? ILLUSTRATION BY MARVIN LUCAS

guide to downtown

> TRENDY TREATS Le Thai’s short rib fried rice (here) is an epic Downtown dish; find new favorites at Therapy and Pizza Rock (below).

WHERE TO EAT ∑ A city’s center is almost always a

great place to get a feel for its flavor, but that hasn’t been the case with Las Vegas—until now. Against all odds, Downtown is suddenly our hottest and edgiest food neighborhood, even though it’s in the early stages of dining development. There is a big three, a power triangle dangling from Fremont East that has set the hip, delicious tone: Le Thai (523 Fremont St., 702-778-0888), the ferociously fiery and constantly packed spot that kinda launched this wave in 2011; Eat (707 Carson Ave., 702-534-1515), the homey breakfast and lunch eatery that made suburbanites wanna brunch Downtown for the first time; and Carson Kitchen (124 S. Sixth St. #100, 702-473-9523), another comfortfood classic from the mind of Kerry Simon. If you haven’t had Carson’s crispy chicken skins with smoked honey or its bacon jam or its butter burger, you know where to start. Once you’ve mastered those, head directly to Pizza Rock (201 N. Third St., 702-385-0838). There you’ll find a bigger and better selection of regionally faithful, totally crave-worthy pizzas Le thai and pizza rock by steve marcus

than at any other restaurant in town, maybe across the country. Just next door, there’s the reliably satisfying Triple George Grill (201 N. Third St., 702-384-2761), where steak, seafood and San Francisco-y comforts have been served for more than a decade. Though you’ve gotta give props to the George and other longtime Downtown diner-survivors—Mexican at Casa Don Juan and Doña Maria Tamales, Italian at Chicago Joe’s, Cuban at Florida Café, Cajun at

Lola’s—it’s really all about the new stuff. There are toasty gourmet sandwiches like roasted mushrooms with sweet garlic fondue at the Goodwich (1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-910-8681)—set to move into new digs at Soho Lofts soon—and muchneeded-in-the-neighborhood sushi at Bocho (124 S. Sixth St. #150, 702750-0707). Some of the city’s best and most creative doughnuts are being crafted by chef Crystal Whitford at O Face Doughnuts (124 S. Sixth St.

#140, 702-476-3223), where applebacon fritters and Mexican chocolate with horchata pudding are just the beginning. Newer still, discover innovative, indulgent small plates like oxtail empanadas at Therapy (518 E. Fremont St., 702-912-1622) and pastrami salmon flatbread at Glutton (616 E. Carson Ave. #110, 702-366-0623). Deliciously healthy fare awaits at the Ogden outlet of local fave Rachel’s Kitchen (150 Las Vegas Blvd. N. #160, 702-778-8800) and the meatlessly fab NoVEMber 12–18, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

guide to downtown

> comfort zone Rich brew at Makers & Finders and meatless sliders at VegeNation do a body good.

A great bite in every Downtown casino Binion’s Gotta be the fresh-ground Binion’s Burger ($4.95) at Binion’s Café. Classic. California The oxtail upstairs is legendary, but try the new-recipe braised oxtail stew ($16) at the California Noodle House, spiced with lemongrass, cinnamon and star anise. The D The lobster and black truffle baked ziti ($16) at Andiamo is a side dish, but you don’t need anything else. Downtown Grand The diner-ish S+O’s waffle sandwich ($11.25) is a memorably crispy breakfast treat … with gravy. El Cortez The new Siegel’s 1941 restaurant specializes in sandwiches. Start with the Kentucky Hot Brown ($10), an open-faced roast beef masterpiece.

VegeNation (616 Carson Ave. #120, 702-366-8515). Hip urban coffee shops Makers & Finders (1120 S. Main St. #110, 702-586-8255) and PublicUs (1126 Fremont St., 702-331-5500) are elevating the simple cup of joe to artful levels, with impressive culinary complements, too. Boil it down and Downtown Container Park is a mall, which might be why its tasty food options have been overlooked. There’s solid meat-smoking going on at Big Ern’s BBQ (702-834-7845), contrasted by the savory vegan creations of Simply Pure (702-810-5641). Nextlevel eats are available in the form

of the bacon-wrapped and chipotleguava sauce-topped El Mexicano at Cheffini’s (702-527-7599), the gourmet hot doggery that graduated from a Fremont Street cart, and at the irresistible Pinches Tacos (702-9103100), cheap-and-easy Mexican food so good, it has already expanded to the ’burbs. The Container Park also boasts the Perch (702-854-1418), its only full-service spot, offering global flavor-infused fare for lunch, brunch and dinner—plus killer cocktails. The two best things about Downtown food are that a) It tends to be cheap—as you know if you frequently devour the Venezuelan

delights at Viva Las Arepas (1616 Las Vegas Blvd. S. #130, 702-366-9696) and the soul-satisfying brats and pierogies at King’s Sausage (outside Banger Brewing at Neonopolis)—and b) The best bites are probably yet to come. Super-newbies Chow and Flippin’ Good Burgers and Shakes (see pages 54 and 55) are only the latest waves in this crashing tide, which will soon see Le Pho (from the makers of District One and Le Thai) and Greens & Proteins arrive at Juhl, the Smashed Pig gastropub on Fremont and the greatly anticipated Harvest & Larder from acclaimed chef Brian Howard just off Main Street.

The center of all taco ∑ How is it possible that the city’s best taco shops are in the same parking lot? Whether you dig the famous, spicy-sweet adobada at Tacos El Gordo (1724 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-251-8226) or tortillas overflowing with carne asada, avocado and sour cream at Los Tacos (1710 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-471-7447), this is taco mecca. Both restaurants have other Vegas locations, but why bother when you can roll east on Charleston for a delicious doubleheader? –Brock Radke

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Makers & Finders by steve marcus; Vegenation by mikayla whitmore

Four Queens Hugo’s Cellar’s hot rock specialty for two ($36) is just as kitschy and delicious as this vintage gourmet room. Fremont Tony Roma’s or Dunkin’ Donuts? Nope. Do the wok-fried soft shell crabs ($15) at Second Street Grill. Golden Gate Du-par’s pancakes (2 for $8.25; 3 for $9.25; 5 for $10.25) are worthy of all the butter and syrup-soaked praise they’ve received. Golden Nugget The sriracha-kissed, mapleglazed quail ($19) at Vic & Anthony’s should win some sort of appetizer lifetime achievement award. Main Street Station The half-pound New York steak sandwich ($8.79) on Triple 7 brewpub’s late-night menu goes great with a beer. Plaza Select the slice of your choice at Pop-Up Pizza; I’ll take the Fremont ($3.75), with sausage, bacon, pepperoni and eggplant. –Brock Radke

guide to downtown

> taste the cred DCR’s craft cocktails raised the booze bar.

> blinged out Classic Jewel’s lush environs.

WHERE TO DRINK

> new classic Velveteen Rabbit’s Rusty Nail delights.

∑ Downtown has always

been the place to drink. Always. The astonishing thing about drinking there tonight—we will be drinking there tonight, right?—is how many different places there are to get a superb pour. Chic crafted cocktails abound at Downtown Cocktail Room (111 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702880-3696), obviously, but also at the eternally welcoming Atomic Liquors (917 Fremont St., 702-982-3000). If you want classics, they’re at the old-school swanky Parlour (El Cortez, 702-385-5200). Need a killer margarita, and not the frozen kind? La Comida (100 S. Sixth St., 702-463-9900) will keep you happy all night. Whiskey lover? Oak & Ivy (Container Park, 702-359-9982) is pushing brown-liquor boundaries every day. If you wanna sip wine, walk across the way to cozy Bin 702 (Container Park, 702-826-2702), and if you’re a beer geek, the taps at Atomic or Beer Garden (Plaza, 702-386-2110) provide diversity while Banger Brewing (Neonopolis, 702-456-2739) and Hop Nuts Brewing (1120 S. Main St. #150, 702-8165371) bring the local flavor. (Very soon, longtime local brewery Tenaya Creek will be Downtown, too.) In the Arts District,

Artifice (1025 S. FirstSt. #3, 702-489-6339)has been holding it down for five years with regular jazz, karaoke and goth nights, along with obscure visiting acts to forge your indie cred. And though we’ll always miss the Arts Factory’s funky Bar+Bistro, a third location of Crown & Anchor British Pub, the beloved local soccer stronghold, will fit right in when it opens in the same location sometime next year.Formerly Snick’s Place, Bastille on 3rd (1402 S. Third St., 702-385-9298) is the district’s only gay bar, a narrow poker hangout with a recent renovation that injects class into its divey past. And cocktail staple Velveteen Rabbit (1218 S. Main St., 702- 685-9645) is a transportive hot spot that lends hipness to the artsy hood. On the fringey no-

man’s land between the Arts District and East Fremont, find newcomer Classic Jewel (353 E. Bonneville Ave., 702722-6750), an urban lounge that throws it back to Vegas’ glitzy heyday. Most famous among dive bars is probably Dino’s (1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-3823894), the self-dubbed “last neighborhood bar on Earth,” known for its epic weekend karaoke, emceed by the charismatic Danny G. For cheap, smoky dives to hide out from the world, try Huntridge Tavern (1116 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-384-7377), the oldest continuously operating bar in the city, or Hard Hat Lounge (1675 S. Industrial Road, 702-384-8987), where you can catch live bands and get dirty with Cody’s Smokin’ Barbecue.

Downtown cocktail room, Velveteen rabbit and triple 7 by steve marcus; classic jewel by l.e. baskow

Don’t sleep on Triple 7 ∑ Downtown’s beer-ification brought stellar breweries and bars with perpetually solid suds, but let’s not ignore the OG. Triple 7 Restaurant and Microbrewery (Main Street Station, 702-3871896) opened in 1996 and still deserves a stop on your local beer crawl. Where else can you score delicious bar bites with a locally made double Imperial IPA with a fluffy white head, lots of hops and an ABV (11 percent!) to keep you rosy all afternoon? With $2.50 microbrews and $1-off food specials Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., Triple 7 also offers one of the best happy hours in town. Did we mention there’s a sushi bar? –Mark Adams

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guide to downtown

> friendly skies Let SlotZilla zip you down Fremont.

WHAT TO DO

> space between Festivities are frequent at Downtown Spaces.

∑ Like the Strip, Downtown went

through a lengthy period when it was only thought of as a place to gamble. Now it has much more to offer, including alternatives to the typical Vegas offerings. You won’t see a Cirque show on Fremont Street, but you will see Broadway productions, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Nevada Ballet Theatre and a whole lot more at the Smith Center (361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000), and ballsy rock shows and offbeat bashes (Bombshell Bingo!) at Backstage Bar & Billiards (601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227). Longtime local music staple the Bunkhouse Saloon (124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414) is also set to reopen this month, with an inaugural concert November 13. Catch larger-scale concerts, boxing and other events at the outdoor Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (dlvec.com) kittycorner to the D. Less spectator, more player? Blast across the Downtown sky aboard the zipline attraction SlotZilla (425 Fremont St. #160, 702-678-5780), or let the wee ones run you ragged at the interactive Discovery Children’s Museum (360 Promenade Place, 702-

Where does Downtown dance? Beauty Bar (517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757) Downtown Cocktail Room (111 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-880-3696) Gold Diggers (Golden Nugget, 702-385-7111)

382-5437). The Fremont Street Experience isn’t the only Downtown Vegas tourist attraction where locals also like to roam. The Las Vegas North Premium Outlets (875 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-474-7500) just exploded with more than 25 new and expanded shops and restaurants. For more distinctive retail exploration, Downtown Container Park (707 Fremont St., 702-359-9982) boasts boutique local shops (plus live music

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and a cool treehouse-playground for the kids); Downtown Spaces (1800 Industrial Road, dtspaces.com) is a hip collective of galleries and media workspaces featuring everything from artful taxidermy to fair-trade crafts; and the newly opened Pawn Plaza serves as the shopping and eating accessory to the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop (713 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-3857912), where people still line up for the Pawn Stars experience. History doesn’t have to be a mys-

Gold Spike (sometimes on roller skates, 217 Las Vegas Blvd. N., 702-476-1082) Insert Coin(s) (in our fondest memories and hopeful dreams) Oddfellows (150 Las Vegas Blvd. N., #190, 702-834-3377) Vanguard Lounge (516 Fremont St., 702-868-7800)

guide to downtown

> Party palace Get your skates on at Gold Spike.

> sharper view Think you know old Vegas?

Learn Downtown in a different way

> vinyl heaven 11th Street has your jam.

tery. To learn about the Valley’s past, visit very-Vegas museums the Mob Museum (300 Stewart Ave., 702229-2734) and the Neon Museum (770 Las Vegas Blvd. N., 702-3876366). The former investigates all things organized crime, with a police lineup photo opp, a re-creation of the Kefauver Committee courtroom, and even a piece of a blood-stained brick wall from the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. On the lighter side, the Neon Museum rescues, polishes and gives a whole lotta love to several of the

city’s iconic casino signs, such as the Stardust, the Fitzgerald and lesserknown gems like Sassy Sally’s. For the city’s best record and book browsing, hit East Fremont’s 11th Street Records (1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990) and the Writer’s Block (1020 Fremont St. #100, 702550-6399), newish Downtown additions that up the city’s culture IQ. Also check out longtimer the Beat Coffeehouse (520 Fremont St., 702385-2328) to peruse its art galleries and one-of-a-kind zine library.

gold spike by steve marcus; 11th street records by spencer burton

∑ Between ziplines, vendors, buskers, bands, light shows and outdoor bars, Fremont Street has become a modern-day celebration of momentary flash, catering directly to pupil-dilating experiences and short attention spans. For longtime locals it’s still a beloved stretch of history embodying the city’s origins and forgotten smalltown feel, a narrative that gets drowned out by the carnival. ¶ So when Richard Hooker retired from his job as urban arts coordinator for the City of Las Vegas, he decided to team up with travel expert Babs Daitch to reveal Downtown’s famous past and present through walking tours that consider Las Vegas through a historical narrative, encompassing everything from politics to design to popular culture. ¶ It turns out demand existed for this kind of thing. Daily Las Vegas Pop Culture Tours (lasvegaspopculturetours.com) that explore the city’s spectacle and mystique through its role in pop culture and the American West draw those more geared to cultural tourism (particularly Europeans, Hooker says), who are interested in the historical context and narrative of place. “I think people want a more personal interpretation or experience of Downtown,” he says. “They’re interested in hearing our point of view. And we talk about Las Vegas in a different way.” –Kristen Peterson Community-building awaits at the Center (410 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-733-9800), an LGBT gathering space with a great café, library and events with inspiring speakers that celebrate community. The coolest Downtown pool is unquestionably at Golden Nugget (129 E. Fremont, 702-385-7111), for its shark tank, but even moreso for the clear waterslide that shoots through it. And Hogs &

Heifers Saloon (201 N. Third St., 702-676-1457) is a biker’s paradise, where PBR comes in tall cans and surly lady bartenders cut down egos with a smile. When your pride’s gone, cheer up with a sundae at LuvIt Frozen Custard (505 E. Oakey Blvd., 702-384-6452), a Downtown staple that even stars we love can’t diss without consequence. Pro tip: Get the Western. NoVEMber 12–18, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

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> ONE-STOP SHOP Main Street is the spot to add some Downtown flavor to your life.

Old is new on Antique Alley ∑ The Violent Femmes play on the stereo inside Cowtown Guitars/Exile on Main Street (1235 S. Main St., 702-866-2600), where the showroom is loaded with amps and vintage guitars, music supplies and quippy T-shirts. Sunbeams land on a mannequin through the storefront windows and light up its turquoise jumpsuit. A woman passes by on Main Street toting an Antique Alley map printed by the guys at Retro Vegas (1131 S. Main St., 702-384-2700), a place stocked with mid-mod living room and dinette sets, cocktail furniture, consoles, Danish tables and plenty of teak. ¶ Among the 24 or so businesses that make up Antique Alley, Retro is possibly the most visible, with its bright pink exterior and floor-to-ceiling windows teasing the collection inside. It’s easy to knock out a few hours exploring this cluster of shops—ranging from high-end vintage boutiques to low-end knick-knackery—extending all the way to Garces Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. Highlights include longstanding mod antiquery the Funk House (1228 S. Casino Center Blvd., 702-678-6278), savior of old air-raid sirens and gumball machines Rick’s Restorations (800 W. Mesquite Ave., 702-366-7030) and retro-collectible emporium Sin City Pickers (10 Wyoming Ave., 702-366-9166). ¶ At Patina Decor (1300 S. Main St. #140, 702-776-6222), collectors meander the eclectic mixture of high-end furniture and women’s vintage couture, stopping to assess art on the wall, which like the rest of the store, falls somewhere between French provincial, Art Deco and mid-century modern. But across the street at Vintage Vegas (1229 S. Main St., 702-539-0799) a guy really wants a black velvet Elvis painting and asks where he could find one, while another customer flips through Riviera memorabilia and roams through vintage electronics. Chances are, he’ll find that velvet Elvis somewhere along the way. –Kristen Peterson

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Photographs by steve marcus

guide to downtown

WHAT TO SEE

> don’t fear the mantis fire He just wants to warm up your Container Park experience.

∑ In recent years, the

Fremont Street Experience (vegasexperience.com) has come to be known not for the 1,500-foot-long Viva Vision LED canopy that originally defined it as a pedestrian mall some 20 years ago, but for the sometimes costumed, sometimes mostly naked, sometimes supremely talented buskers that make for a very different show. Still, the original Fremont Street eye candy—the incredible neon draped around the casinos— is still brilliant. If you can catch the rich, warm pinks and oranges of the Fremont in the same frame as the icy blues and whites of Binion’s, you win. Similarly, you can’t help but notice the vintage signage once held in the Neon Museum’s boneyard but now sprinkled all over the area, from Third Street near the new bus terminal and bouncing down Fremont East. Even City Hall (495 S. Main St., 702-229-6011) gets in on the act, with an impressive night-time light show of its own; you might have noticed it heading north on the 15 and wondered: Which casino is that? There’s a new spectacle on its way to becom-

ing iconic, and that’s the fire-spraying Mantis at Downtown Container Park. Whether it qualifies as public art is for you to decide, but it’s certainly on the must-see list alongside new Downtown monuments like Tim Bavington’s colorful Pipe Dream at Symphony Park, David Griggs’ Vegas Arabesque bridge design stretching over Las Vegas Boulevard in the Cultural Corridor, and Jesse Carson Smigel’s giant kitten-head sculpture Snowball in

Vegas at the corner of First and Coolidge. Don’t wait for First Friday—build your own art walk. At Emergency Arts (520 Fremont St., 702-3852328) catch local, national and international artworks at the scene-elevating Satellite Contemporary (satellite contemporary.com), and emerging artists, many of them local grad students, at Rhizome Gallery (rhizomegallery.com). Down the street, Michele C. Quinn Fine Art (620 S. Seventh St., 702-

366-9339) is known to host big-name career artists such as Damien Hirst and Ed Ruscha, and at Arts Factory, Sin City Gallery (107 E. Charleston Blvd. #100, 702-608-2461) specializes in erotica. You can look at the city’s history Downtown at the Old Mormon Fort State Historic Park (500 E. Washington Ave., 702-4863511), the crumbling adobe structure built by the first non-native settlers in the Valley in 1855, and at the Historic Fifth Street School

(401 S. Fourth St., 702-2293515), now home to several prominent arts organizations. Of course, the most recognizable Vegas history is still alive and well under all that neon, at Downtown casinos like the Golden Gate (1 Fremont St., 702-385-1906), opened in 1906, and El Cortez (600 Fremont St., 702-385-5200), opened in 1941. These joints have been updated but retain their original Vegas character, something we hope can be said about the entirety of the new Downtown.

Painting a city’s aesthetic ∑ Despite years of progress, cultural and otherwise, cries of “Las Vegas isn’t a real city” persist. But the insular and haughty would be schooled with just a casual look at a Downtown wrapped in murals and collaged by street posters, revealing a vibrant, spontaneous— and still developing—metropolis. ¶ Nowhere is this more obvious than Fremont East, where a three-year program commissioned by the Life Is Beautiful Festival and curated by JustKids’ Charlotte Dutoit has covered Downtown’s most thriving district with largescale murals, ranging from nods to our legacy and influence (Ruben Sanchez’s geometric “Hunter S. Thompson”) to soft-protest sentiments recasting the once-blighted area (D*Face’s pacifistic “Peacemaker”). ¶ If Fremont East’s assortment remains light on local representation, Las Vegas creatives have an urban canvas in the 18b Arts District, where spray-painted pieces brighten alleys in the south and paste-ups slow the traffic in the north, thanks to Ras One, Aware, Dray, Deep Cover and other notable residents. ¶ Contributions surface elsewhere, from the Cultural Corridor to even the Fremont Street Experience, both early beneficiaries of the 2005 Centennial Mural Project. The area’s accelerating evolution suggests that street art might eventually dim neon’s aesthetic dominance, but we’ve arguably reached a balance—another example of Downtown’s bridging of the old and new. –Mike Prevatt

container park by christopher devargas; Mural by mikayla whitmore

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ly really like it. I was tired of LA and needed a change. The taxes are a big thing, and playing a lot of shows here are a big thing, but I’m going hiking at Red Rock for the first time this week and I’m excited to do that. I go to the spa at Wynn a lot. I love that place. You just released two singles last week, “Sins” and “Souls,” both with Piper Ferguson-directed videos. Have traditional music videos played a big part in your growth? Yeah, I would say those two

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Legends Never Die presents a series of tribute performances to Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Big Pun by Trade Voorhees, Brother Mister, Edoc, Kool DJ Dielekt and more. November 13, 9 p.m., no cover.

THE FAT JEWISH AT GHOSTBAR DAYCLUB Whether you love his feeds or hate on his particular style of meme curation, you have to admit Josh Ostrovsky’s drunk-on-rosé ways are a sign of the times. Exodus and Seany Mac provide the soundtrack to his GBDC visit. November 14, 1 p.m., $20+ men, $10+ women. ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT LUCKY FOO’S The

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and “Zero Gravity” were the three videos I invested the most in. I grew up in the TRL era, so I believe music videos play a really big part in getting a song to resonate with people. I think I’ll always do videos because they help a song grow and sell and connect, but I think it’s fun, too. Why’d you decide to work on a full album for release next year instead of continuing to drop singles? I wanted to do

something different after doing the singles thing for the last three years, and I really wanted to take some time with it and not have so much pressure to just put another single out. I’ve got some little club bangers on there, and some other artists and cool features. –Brock Radke

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Nights > sound engineer Bree DeLano is bringing more musical church.

DJ88 gets live and loud Bree DeLano’s Pop-Up looks to satisfy Las Vegas’ musical voids By Brock Radke genre and rotating partnerships with venues The loss of Insert Coin(s) in July meant and artists, and the first is the Soulsonic much more than just the closure of a popular POP-UP with Edition featuring local R&B-tinged standDowntown bar. “It was a musical church to a Brittany Rose, outs Brittany Rose, Cameron Calloway, CoCo lot of people, and it’s going to take a while for Cameron Jenkins and Rico DeLargo. DJs, including 88 it to resonate on what a loss that is,” says Bree Calloway, CoCo herself, will help set the vibe. DeLano. “It was iconic for Downtown, but it Jenkins, Rico “I’m taking everything I did as a programwas a destination location across the country DeLargo, DJ88, ming staple at Insert Coin(s) and breaking and the world. We had a really interesting Crykit, Seany it into its own separate night,” she says. group of different people in there on a nightly Mac. November “Any given night you could have heard Steely basis, and we were able to get away with mur- 15, 9 p.m., $10, $5 Dan or Diplo or Stevie Wonder or Wu-Tang. der as far as music was concerned. We tried locals. Ghostbar, Since there’s not a place like that now, takstuff, and it worked.” 702-942-6832. ing risks with that type of format, I’m going DeLano, also known as DJ88, was the music to break it down into separate parties.” And director at Insert Coin(s), where the soundtrack was big on hip-hop and soul but far more diverse than it DeLano—who came to Vegas in 2006 and has gigged got credit for. “When The Foreign Exchange played there, everywhere from the Griffin and Downtown Cocktail when Hiatus Kaiyote played, it was church. To see every- Room to residencies at lounges and clubs at Wynn, the one’s face on those nights, not to sound corny, but that Palms, the Hard Rock, Cosmopolitan and Bellagio—says was really what it was all about for me. The format we those parties could pop up in large or small venues, with just about anyone playing. “I have so many DJs created in there, nobody’s doing it, and now it’s missed.” Fortunately for those who miss it, DeLano won’t stop and artists and musicians who call me on a regular basis trying to fill the Vegas nightlife void between dive bar like, ‘Where do we go? Where do we play?’ I have very and megaclub. Her latest endeavor is Pop-Up, a recur- big plans ... the large-scale would be really, really large ring sonic party that will make its debut Sunday night names playing really intimate shows. There’s so much at Ghostbar. Each event will feature a different musical dead space out here.” Hopefully not for long.

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Fruit Loop west Rendezvous is the newest LGBT dance spot just east of the Orleans A new gay-hopping cluster has emerged off Tropicana between Arville and Wynn that includes local favorite Charlie’s, hi-energy danceteria Share and—opening November 13—Rendezvous. Managing partner Michael Ryan, formerly general manager of Share and the now-defunct Liaison at Bally’s, sought the Arville location when it was still Seamless, then finally nabbed it after the topless club shuttered in June. One chief positive of the space? “It’s in between Share and Charlie’s,” Ryan says. “We’re all in the business of selling liquor and making money, but we want this to be RENDEZVOUS the new Fruit Loop.” 4740 Arville St., Rendezvous cer702-265-3343, tainly gives tourists Thursdayand residents another Sunday, doors reason to consider at 10 p.m., no heading (or staying) cover. Opens west of the Strip. The November 13. 800-capacity club will boast free admission and parking, locals’ drink discounts on Thursdays, headlining DJs and performers on Saturdays (such as former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Yara Sofia), a primetime drag show on Sundays (to be preceded in the spring by a post-brunch, outdoor Sunday Funday promotion) and go-go boys who both lord over the dancefloor and offer lap dances in a draped-off VIP room—a bonus enabled by the building’s adult entertainment cabaret license. Other experiential selling points include a unisex bathroom with transparent stall doors that cloud when locked, spiked Dole Whips, a monthly promotion by mega-promoter Jeffrey Sanker (Palm Springs’ White Party), a performer bridge that lowers from the ceiling and female staffers (including dancers)—the latter part of Ryan’s attempt to also draw lesbian and heterosexual patrons and re-create the come-one-comeall utopia of NYC’s Studio 54. “Yes, the primary demographic is going to be gay, but we are rated E for everyone.” –Mike Prevatt

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Arts&Entertainment M o v i e s + M u si c + A r t + F o o d

Spilling from the stage Tim DeLaughter brings his Polyphonic Spree to the Sayers How big’s the group on this tour?

(Pauses) God, I can’t remember exactly—18 or 19. (laughs) How do you organize all that? These people, they’re awesome—incredible musicians, professional [and] they understand carrying their weight. … Some people aren’t cut out for this. It’s a demanding role. We’re on a big submarine, and we’re all living together on this thing. There is no personal space. We have a bus that’s nothing but bunks. We handle our THE own production; we POLYPHONIC handle our own gear. It’s a SPREE workout, for sure. November 18, 9 p.m., $22. The While performing debut Sayers Club, album The Beginning 702-761-7618. Stages of... on this tour,

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Records. Frontman Timmy Vulgar and company ought to play some of it at the Dive Bar. With Leather Lungs, Strange Mistress. November 15, 9 p.m., $5.

SEE hear the album leaf Jimmy LaValle’s transportive

post-rock outfit returns to town, hopefully with a set previewing upcoming album, Between Waves. With Hidden Levels, Moonboots, The Art Kids. November 14, 8 p.m., $10-$15, Backstage Bar & Billiards. in the valley below It took Jeffrey Jacob Mendel and Angela Gail Mattson’s somber earworm “Peaches” almost two years to hit the airwaves. Catch the dream-pop duo during the Sayers Club’s penultimate Bunkhouse Series show. November 13, 9 p.m., $13. LAS VEGAS JAM BAND SOCIETY 15TH ANNIVERSARY Know what’s longer than

a good jam? The groove-filled run of the LVJBS. The local improv-rock enthusiasts celebrate 15 years with a show headlined by Arizona cosmo-funk outfit Spafford. November 13, 8 p.m., $10-$15, Vinyl. timmy’s organism The Detroit garage/

fuzz-rock trio just released its Heartless Heathen LP on Jack White’s Third Man

the consul Sin City Opera presents Gian Menotti’s Pulitzer-prize winning, Cold War-era opera about a political dissident who flees his totalitarian European country and tries to retrieve his family. November 13, 14, 20 & 21, 7 p.m.; November 22, 2 p.m.; $15; Winchester Cultural Center.

have you gleaned further insights about that music? I think our [original] energy onstage projected this image of, “These are such happy and upbeat songs, and this band is so euphorically happy,” though that record really isn’t like that at all. … I wanted to go back and restrain ourselves, to experience that beautiful side of this band. How do you navigate the financial obstacles? You get really creative. You have to be extremely frugal. You barely make it. And you get a second [mortgage] on your house. Financially, it doesn’t make sense, but at the end of the day I’m at my best when I’m doing this. I’m the best me. When you feel like you’re the best of yourself, it’s hard to let go of that part. It’s a little bit of denial mixed with nourishment. I have to have it. (laughs) –Annie Zaleski

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“pilots” wearing high-tech goggles linking them to the view from their crafts racing around the Western Hotel. The DTP-hatched drone race’s “party-like” atmosphere includes a bar, and screens will live-stream the action for those bellied up. November 15, noon-6 p.m., free for spectators.

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DRINK tenaya creek brewery sweet 16 One of the city’s original beermakers marks its birthday by giving you the presents, like half-off booze and potential prizes— a party at the new Downtown location among them. November 14, 6 p.m.midnight, free entry.

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

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> Rock of Ages Allen Toussaint began touring later in life.

American royalty

RIP Allen Toussaint, who helped define the sound of New Orleans By Smith Galtney

Once basic tracks were completed, Toussaint asked Costello if he’d help with the broccoli. They hopped into a gold Rolls Royce with a “Piano” license plate, picked up a steaming shrimp feast from a local kitchen and headed back to the studio. “This was New Orleans,” Costello writes. “We weren’t just making a record. We’d been invited for supper.” It was Hurricane Katrina that reluctantly pushed Toussaint out into the world. He settled in New York City shortly after, making television appearances and playing local clubs. “Katrina came along and made us try other things,” he said. “It brought about some new collaborations that were very healthy for me. I even began doing live performances on a regular basis, which was unusual for me, but quite

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rewarding.” How wonderful that he left us in the midst of a rebirth, finally doing what most musicians do: touring the world. I saw Toussaint perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival earlier this year. In fact, I’m pretty sure he played all the Jazz Fests I’ve ever attended. Native New Orleans folks admittedly get a bit complacent when it comes to their local heroes. Oh, there’s Irma Thomas leading the crowd in a second line, again. There’s Aaron Neville singing that darn “Ave Maria” one more time. Toussaint played the same set I’d always heard him play. All I really remember from that afternoon was how hot it was. And how regal he looked in his sequined blazer. I wish I’d paid better attention.

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On Tuesday, Allen Toussaint—composer, producer, performer, New Orleans institution and American icon—died from a heart attack after finishing a show in Madrid. He was 77. Obituaries hail him as “influential” and “legendary,” but even those words don’t really cut it. This is the guy who wrote Ernie K-Doe’s “Mother-inLaw,” Lee Dorsey’s “Working in a Coal Mine” and “Get Out My Life Woman,” and handfuls of other ’60s evergreens that still teach musicians how to play. His ’70s productions—Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time,” Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade,” every classic cut from The Meters—are fundamental funk. The Rolling Stones, Dylan and The Who covered him. Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and The Band worked with him. Led Zeppelin once tried to sound like him (pretty badly on “Royal Orleans”). Hip-hop itself was built with Toussaint beats. The man’s legacy isn’t merely influential. It’s elemental, essential, necessary. Growing up in New Orleans in the ’70s, I can remember hearing Glen Campbell’s recording of Toussaint’s “Southern Nights” on the radio. My parents told me it was a New Orleans song, written by a guy who didn’t live all that far from us. It seemed weird that the glitzy superstar who sang “Rhinestone Cowboy” on TV was somehow connected to my hometown. When you’re a kid in New Orleans, it’s easy to think your world is ordinary, that the whole planet celebrates Mardi Gras and eats crawfish étouffée for leftovers and knows how to clap on the backbeat. Allen Toussaint made me realize New Orleans was anything but ordinary. It was a destination for anyone in search of something unique. It’s why Toussaint didn’t really tour until later in his life. How could he go anywhere when all everybody wanted was to come to him, his studio, his home? In his new memoir, Elvis Costello recalls recording a cover of Yoko Ono’s “Walking on Thin Ice” at Toussaint’s Sea-Saint Studios in 1983.

A&E | screen FILM

> underground brotherhood The miners bond; Banderas rallies his compatriots (below).

War and remembrance Labyrinth of Lies explores post-WWII Nazi cover-ups

FILM

A miner movie

The 33 turns real-life drama into Hollywood cheese By Mike D’Angelo

Given how many people worldwide tuned in five years ago to watch the saga of the trapped Chilean miners, a movie about their harrowing ordeal must have seemed like a slam dunk. The problem with The 33, however, is that it’s about 33 characters. A lot more than that, actually—there are 33 miners below ground, but the film spends an equal amount of time with the folks above ground working to rescue them. The news coverage of the event, unfolding live, had no need to make each of these individuals indelible, but a narrative feature relating a story everybody knows can’t get away with that degree of distance. Instead, a team of screenwriters and director Patricia Riggen (Girl in Progress) struggle to create drama and personalities, and wind up mostly burying the screen in clichés. To be sure, there’s a built-in fascination to this saga, which no amount of mediocre filmmaking can entirely undermine. The 33 dutifully chronicles everything: the warnings about instability, prior to the accident, that went unheeded; the collapse of a massive hunk of rock estimated at twice the weight of the Empire State Building; the miners’ efforts to ration three days’ worth of food and water (it would be 17 days before the world even learned they were still alive). And, of course, the film has the advantage of being able to put us down there in that dark, humid tomb, providing a sense of how the men maintained a slim measure of hope. If nothing else, Riggen does a creditable job of sculpting images from thin shafts of light. Too bad the faces that light illuminates are so unmem-

orable. Antonio Banderas has the juiciest role, playing “Super Mario” Sepúlveda, the group’s chief morale booster, and he hams it up relentlessly. But everybody else amounts to a grimy, bearded look of concern and a single tossed-off trait: addict, weakling, Bolivian. That last one is a nationality, of course, not a trait— but it’s ironic that the Bolivian character (Tenoch Huerta) is viewed so suspiciously by the others, given that few of the actors are actually Chilean. Some aren’t even Hispanic: French star Juliette Binoche plays the estranged sister of one of the miners, and the role of chief engineer André Sougarret was handed to the extremely Irish Gabriel Byrne. (Everyone speaks English, needless to say.) The whole thing feels very Hollywood-contrived, which is a shame. Without a real sense of authenticity, it’s just a hokey disaster flick. aabcc THE 33 Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche. Directed by Patricia Riggen. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday.

When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently made controversial claims about a Muslim leader who allegedly gave Adolf Hitler the idea to exterminate the Jews in Germany, German chancellor Angela Merkel released a statement reasserting that only Germans are to blame for the historical atrocity. That same need to atone infuses Labyrinth of Lies, Germany’s official selection for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Set in 1958, it chronicles the efforts of ambitious young German prosecutor Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling) to arrest and bring to trial Germans who committed crimes at Auschwitz, especially rankand-file Nazis who weren’t prosecuted at the famous Nuremberg trials. aabcc Less than 20 LABYRINTH years after World OF LIES War II, most memAlexander bers of Radmann’s Fehling, André generation haven’t Szymanski, even heard of Friederike Becht. Auschwitz, and he Directed by faces resistance Giulio Ricciarelli. from older GerRated R. Opens mans who are hosFriday. tile to the prospect of bringing up past misdeeds. Along with a crusading journalist (André Szymanski), Radmann works to shine a light on the sins of his countrymen, in the process questioning his own potential culpability. Radmann is a composite character, and the personal life that director and co-writer Giulio Ricciarelli invents for him is not particularly compelling, especially his bland romance with a pretty dressmaker (Friederike Becht). The way that a few officials meticulously built a case against war criminals who might never have been brought to justice is impressive, however, and the procedural details can be riveting. But like Radmann, Ricciarelli is so fixated on assigning accountability that he ends up belaboring his entirely valid points, making the movie more about spouting facts than effectively dramatizing them. –Josh Bell

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A&E | screen TV

Sketches from the past

> tense reunion Cross and Odenkirk face off once again.

W/ Bob & David provides clever but unfunny company By Inkoo Kang

The best sketch-comedy series of the past decade—Chappelle’s Show, Key & Peele and Inside Amy Schumer— have advanced the genre, particularly through their political satire and aesthetic considerations. The latter two series have also perfected virality—the new yardstick for sketches— an accomplishment largely achieved through briefer, brisker material. It’s entirely fitting, then, that the stars of W/ Bob & David, aaccc a reboot of sorts for W/ BOB the ’90s cult sketch & DAVID series Mr. Show, first Season 1 appear exiting a time available machine. The latest November 13 program to receive on Netflix. a second life from Netflix after cancellation, W/ Bob & David is aggressively old-fashioned, with audience laughter, unfocused send-ups, lumbering running times and easily one of the least diverse casts on TV, even among the supporting players. Its throwback qualities extend to the crude, brassy direction; most of the sketches look about as cinematic as your typical Judge Judy episode. None of this would matter, of

course, if the four half-hour episodes of W/ Bob & David were freaking hilarious. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ easy chemistry is still there, but the sketches often feel in style and occasionally in substance so outdated as to be historical curiosities. The opening episode features a running joke involving a sickly man (played by Paul F. Tompkins) who can’t stop eating red meat despite doctors’ solemn orders to the contrary, because men love meat—get it?

More timely but hardly original are two overlong sketches in the third episode that expose the reliance on sob stories in reality-TV competitions and the inspirational baloney that all tech visionaries seem to be fluent in. (Pro-tip: Just add the word “digital” to any noun to make it sound more future-y.) The best segments are the topical sketches that feel like they could air on Comedy Central today (and thus recall Mr. Show’s political lean-

ings). The first episode features a woolly but mostly effective parody of historical whitewashing, in which Cross plays a pompous dimwit— his specialty—who insists on calling slavery “helperism” and slaves “helpers.” Like so much of the show, the sketch merits cleverness points but fails to elicit laughs. This skit is sharp enough to make the demand for Odenkirk and Cross’ return to sketch understandable—but not funny enough to make it worthwhile.

Genre stew Into the Badlands mixes martial arts, fantasy and more into a flavorless mush A mishmash of various sci-fi and fantasy elements, Into the Badlands doesn’t particularly succeed at any of them, although it does feature some badass fight scenes courtesy of star and producer Daniel Wu, a veteran martial-arts performer. Wu plays Sonny, a warrior (known as a “clipper”) in a post-apocalyptic land ruled by feudal lords (called barons) constantly at odds with each other. The opening voiceover in the first episode makes a vague reference to “the wars,” but other than that there’s no information on where exactly the show takes place, or what led to the current state of affairs. ¶ The style is a mix of genres, with intricately choreographed martial-arts stunts (since guns have been “banished” from this world, everyone uses swords and fists) alongside aspects of steampunk, Westerns (some characters ride horses, while others drive vintage cars), fantasy and even superheroes. That last part comes courtesy of whiny teen M.K. (Aramis Knight), Sonny’s protégé, who possesses supernatural powers that emerge at convenient moments. ¶ Creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) strain to build a believable world, and they saddle their characters with near-constant exposition that doesn’t make things any clearer. The characters themselves are mostly one-dimensional, and the performances range from stiff to dull. The only exception is Marton Csokas, whose hammy turn as the evil, Southern-accented baron who employs Sonny is a highlight. The rest is like a more violent version of something that would have aired in first-run syndication in the ’90s, not exactly aaccc the potential genre sensation AMC is hoping will match The INTO THE BADLANDS Walking Dead. –Josh Bell Sundays, 10 p.m., AMC.

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> welcome back Deerhoof played the Lab back in ’97.

Northwestern bohemia The Dandy Warhols blend pop and psych at Brooklyn Bowl

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Deerhoof makes its long-awaited Valley return an indelible one By leslie ventura front, dancing and high-kicking her way around the stage, In last week’s interview with Deerhoof ’s John all while singing and playing bass like she’s been doing Dieterich, the guitarist told me the band had never this forever—and she basically has. Deerhoof is so techniplayed Vegas—except, possibly, before he joined the band cally sound, its experimental, explosive jam sessions seem in 1999. More than 15 years later, inside the Sayers Club to take lives of their own, and guitarists Ed Rodriguez on Thursday night, drummer Greg Saunier set the record and Dieterich played as though they were determined to straight about that performance, which most certainly knock the chandeliers right off the ceiling. did happen. At one point, during “The Perfect Me,” I “I’m about to add to his and everyone’s pool wondered if the band members were even of knowledge, by explaining that at some time aaabc playing the same song—only to have everyone in ’97, Deerhoof played in Henderson,” Saunier DEERHOOF land on the same note, completely in sync. As said, coming to the mic after the quartet finNovember 5, the Matsuzaki hopped around onstage, her mousy, ished opening number “Paradise Girls.” “I don’t Sayers Club. high-pitched voice danced atop every reverbremember the exact address, but it was somesoaked chord, and Saunier’s manic drumming one’s living room.” Shouts of “the Lab!” erupt(see: banging the snare with his fists) drove ed from the crowd—referring to the east-side each song into hysteria. house that also hosted bands like Neutral Milk Hotel and The encore was notably bizarre. During “Come See Modest Mouse in the late 1990s. To the band’s surprise, a the Duck,” Matsuzaki walked into the crowd, instructing few attendees on Thursday night might have actually been us to sing, “Come! Come! Come see the duck!” as a circle at that show. “It’s nevertheless somewhat surprising that formed around her—a true breaking of the fourth wall. nearly 20 years later, we are not in possession of cables Leaving the show, I thought back to my interview with that actually work,” Saunier continued, addressing apparDieterich, where I asked about the band’s longevity. While ent early technical difficulties. most musicians tend to run through sets as cleanly as posThose mechanical mishaps aside, Deerhoof cruised sible, this band does things differently. It’s impossible to its performance—17 songs soaked in loud noise and feropredict how a Deerhoof show might turn out, and that’s cious psychedelics. During “Doom,” singer/bassist Satomi exactly what makes the group so good. Matsuzaki brought her bouncy stage presence to the fore-

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We’re a long way from 1990s Portland, Oregon, but in some fashion, one of that city’s greatest musical exports brought us back to that northwest indie scene Friday night at Brooklyn Bowl. The place wasn’t nearly as packed as it would have been if, say, a live, staged veraaacc sion of seemingly THE DANDY real spoof show WARHOLS Portlandia was November 6, playing, but those Brooklyn Bowl. who were in attendance were happy to get down to the crunchy sounds of The Dandy Warhols. It’s interesting to think that at one point many tried to position the Dandys as new mainstream pop. Their psychedelic, shoegazey and often long songs had college radio written all over them back in the day, and now fit better on blog shows and SiriusXM than they ever did on KMXB 94.1-FM. That’s not to say the group’s purest pop songs don’t hold up. In fact, “Get Off” and “All the Girls in London” were two of Friday night’s strongest numbers. And of course “Bohemian Like You,” likely their best-known song, held down a slot late in the set and delighted the warmly dressed crowd. (It felt so right seeing one guy there in a baja sweatshirt.) I’m not sure ’90s nostalgia has caught on in the same way as ’80s nostalgia, but the train is moving and this is perhaps a sign of things to come. Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Peter Holmstrom and Zia McCabe might not play shows in the nude anymore, but they can still bring you back to a specific time and place when they did. Yes, The Dandy Warhols are considered old now, but everything old is new again. –Jason Harris

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A&E | noise M u s i c | soul– pop

> KEEPING IN TOUCH Can Bieber, left, and One Direction stay relevant by evolving?

Soul food? CeeLo’s pop heart doesn’t beat as loudly on Blanche

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Teen-pop stars like One Direction and Justin Bieber attempt to stay current By Annie Zaleski The record industry typically relies on the fourth quarter of the year—read: prime holiday shopping time—to boost its sales and revenue, which explains why so many blockbuster albums see the light of day during this time. This year, however, November 13 has far higher stakes than just label bottom lines: It’s the release date for new records by both U.K. pop sensations One Direction (Made in the A.M.) and Canada’s pop bad boy, Justin Bieber (Purpose). Both artists have something to prove in this teen-pop battle royale. Bieber has had multiple run-ins with the law in recent years, and he’s been working overtime to rehabilitate his sound and image. Accordingly, the singles from Purpose express remorse (“Sorry”) or employ well-liked collaborators (the Skrillex and Diplo-assisted smash “Where Are Ü Now”). One Direction, meanwhile, is trying to establish that it can survive without popular former member Zayn Malik, who left earlier this year. As a result, already-released midtempo Made in the A.M. ballads “Perfect” and “Infinity” dig in and play to their strengths: romantic sentiments and strong vocal melodies. (Neither album was made available by press time.) On a broader level, Made in the A.M. and Purpose feel like chapter-closers for the current teen-pop epoch. The members of One Direction have already announced they’re going on hiatus in 2016 to explore solo careers, while Bieber is (understandably) more eager than ever to grow up with his fanbase and explore more sophisticated, adult sounds and themes—a path taken by perennial teen faves Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato in recent years. That push toward independence and autonomy has had a profound influence on teen-pop’s

next generation, however. In fact, those next-wave artists are all self-made acts who have leveraged YouTube and social media to amass legions of fans. The undisputed kings of self-promotion are Australian pop-punks 5 Seconds of Summer, former One Direction tourmates whose new album, Sounds Good Feels Good, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts last month. Coming up right behind them are U.K. quartet The Vamps, who also harnessed YouTube to promote their rock-oriented pop originals, and soulful singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, whose “Stitches” has been a big hit. (Both 5SOS and The Vamps are also moguls-in-training: Each has formed a label to sign other bands.) Television also remains a strong medium to launch careers. Pop-rock quintet R5 has benefitted both from YouTube and its members’ parallel TV careers, while Ariana Grande started off on the Disney Channel, and vocal groups Fifth Harmony and Little Mix are X-Factor alums. Teen-pop often gets sneered at and assumed to be lightweight, as if its (mostly teenage girl) fans lack in discerning taste. Nothing could be further from the truth: These loyalists are savvy listeners who appreciate when favorite artists respect their fans enough to continue trying new genres or sounds. Teen-pop artists, in turn, stoke this fandom by explicitly acknowledging the power women wield, while empathizing with fans’ hopes and fantasies. Justin Bieber and One Direction have never been afraid to evolve, whether by choice or out of necessity. At this pivotal juncture in their careers, their chameleonic tendencies could be their saving grace.

One could argue that Goodie Mob alumnus CeeLo Green ushered in this current wave of pastiche pop, since hits like “F*ck You” and Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” paved the way for others to hit retro gold with “Blurred Lines,” “Get Lucky” and “Uptown Funk.” CeeLo, who’s been relatively quiet since his 2012 holiday album, returns with Heart Blanche, and he hasn’t really changed his tune, much to his detriment. Channeling past sounds doesn’t make quite the same impact it did before everyone else was doing it. CeeLo There are a few Green Heart Blanche moments where it does work, howaaacc ever. The delightful “Est. 1980’S” uniquely channels guitar licks from Duran Duran, as CeeLo name-drops his favorite bands from the early MTV era. Later, on “Sign of the Times,” he sings over Bob James’ lush classic “Angela (Theme from Taxi),” a match made in heaven. The heartfelt “Robin Williams” is a neatly penned ode to fallen heroes, but things get overly cheesy on songs like the disco-fied “Tonight” and “Working Class Heroes (Work).” Though the album has standout moments, it tends to bore as it drags on. Perhaps CeeLo’s return to rap is overdue. –Mike Pizzo

M u s i c | E lectronic

For its 2016 Southern Nevada festival, Further Future could not have picked a better performer than Oneohtrix Point Never. The electronic experimentalist born Daniel Lopatin Oneohtrix Point Never is the artistic embodiment of the future, represented in how his work pushes forward Garden of Delete aaaac contemporary music—partially by recontextualizing past and present sounds—philosophizes our modern dilemmas and humanizes the machinery used to craft it. Lopatin manages all this on Garden of Delete, a sonic and conceptual leap from its more ambient, still revelatory predecessor, 2013’s R Plus Seven. ¶ Garden, while no less atmospheric, is much more dense and restless, displayed in its myriad sampling, stitchwork and genre-hopping. As such, sudden shifts dominate the work, especially the child-like “Ezra,” Lopatin layering the usual synth pads with overstimulated arpeggios and treated guitar chords. “I Bite Through It” blends Daft Punk anthemry and Aphex Twin glitch, with added dashes of string plucks, death-metal riffage and MIDI epilepsy. And the dystopian, pummeling trance of the centerpiece “Mutant Standard” could be the sped-up score to a thrilling sci-fi film. It all suggests overzealous studio brainstorming, but Garden is too emotionally dynamic to be impersonal— even with its manic edits, hence the metaphorical title—and its collages too considered to be haphazard. Lopatin will earn his coronation having produced a frenetic work that nonetheless achieves—and expands the definition of—harmony. –Mike Prevatt

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in high school. I never finished it, and showed it to them. They started digging it. From there we just started building songs together. We didn’t really change styles; we just did the other kind of music we were into.” Collins, Guillermo and bassist Marvin Cantorna Jr. were high school buddies at East Career & Technical Academy. After ditching the hip-hop plan in 2013, they put out two EPs, then added guitarist José Quinoñes and drummer Mike Bryson when it came time to do live shows. Before taking on new members, though, there was still one tiny wrinkle. Collins and Cantorna had to learn to play their instruments. Collins even took a class at CSN. Quick learners, the band coalesced to do its first live show at Zia for Record Store Day. Echo Stains has begun to look for gigs out of state, but a return trip to the studio as a full-fledged five-piece might wait until the group finds the right time. “When something bad happens, that’s when we write a song,” Guillermo says. “It will just be songs about a girl we dated,” Collins says before pausing to think for a second. “Or not dated.” –Jason Scavone

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Checking in with ShowStoppers’ director, as the production approaches its first mile marker By John Katsilometes The name belies the spirit of the production. Steve Wynn’s ShowStoppers never ceases. Though stocked with showstoppers, no number has yet brought this show to a halt. Like the famous, circular dance segment in A Chorus Line, it seems built to spin indefinitely. ShowStoppers turns a year old next month at Encore Theater, playing to happily buffeted and, as Wynn has said, profit-turning audiences. The production has been consistent in its high-caliber execution, even as a principal singer left the cast and has just been replaced. But through that reliability and durability is a flexible approach as designed by its creator (Wynn, the resort mogul who doubles as an ace show producer) and director (the revered Phil McKinley, who has held the helm of ShowStoppers since its launch). The new singer is Rachel Tyler, stepping in for original cast member Kerry O’Malley. Tyler is the rare Strip performer who boasts credits from London’s West End, having performed in Smokey Joe’s Café, Miss Saigon and The Rocky Horror Show. In L.A. and New York City she has been a cast member in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and So Long 174th, and has also appeared on the Tony Awards telecast and BBC’s children’s musical series I Dream. She’s a wonderful singer and expert actor, selling the songs effectively while working with yearlong ShowStoppers vets Andrew Ragone, Randal Keith, Lindsay Roginski and Nicole Kaplan. The ShowStoppers orchestra, under the direction of UNLV Jazz Studies Program Director Dave Loeb, remains a powerhouse: 30 members in all, everyone onstage. The hand-beaded costumes and tightly performed choreography continue to set the standard

for Las Vegas productions. Aside from the addition of Tyler, the show is further freshened by three new numbers: Roginski’s fiery “Big Spender,” from Sweet Charity; Kaplan’s comically klutzy “Nobody Does it Like Me,” from Seesaw; and Tyler’s insistent “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl. In a phone interview from New York, McKinley canvassed the past 11 months. Some revelations: The singing auditions are not just about singing. “What I look for, to be honest, is

One is that because, obviously, it’s Steve Wynn’s ShowStoppers and these are the songs that he really loves,” McKinley says. “But there’s a certain sound to the show, with the orchestra, and when you get a little more contemporary—for instance, Little Shop [of Horrors] is contemporary, but it doesn’t have a symphonic sound, and we’ve got a 30-piece orchestra. So, some of the newer things that are sort of rock-based, like Hairspray, or have upbeat numbers, would not work with our orchestra. … But as the show progresses, we’re completely open to looking at newer material.” Even so, shows currently running on Broadway are unlikely to be featured in ShowStoppers. “The newer

things that are still running, getting rights would be much more difficult,” McKinley says.” They’re not necessarily going to give you those rights, and we have agreed with all of the right-holders that we do not STEVE WYNN’S reproduce any of the staging from the SHOWSTOPPERS original shows.” Monday-Thursday,

when a person walks into a room, they instantly connect with me,” McKinley says. “In auditions, I often tell people, ‘The main thing is to walk into a room Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; and entertain. Not audition, but enterFriday, 8 p.m.; There are many numbers ready to be tain.’ … With the six singers, they all had $100-$150. slotted into ShowStoppers pretty effisome of that trait in them. They walk Encore Theater, ciently. “We have a certain number of into the room and you say, ‘I want to be 702-770-9966. songs that are in the trunk and somewith this person. I want to spend some day may be used,” McKinley says. “It’s time with this person.’ In our show, never stopped. We do select numbers you’re not playing a role. You’re playing yourself.” that will fit our leads. I have to really know who is going to sing it, in my head, before we decide on a song to add.” There will be no darkness in ShowStoppers, ever. “We are always looking for material that is joyful, that is happy, that’s ebullient, that has a lot of energy. That is The company uniformly believes in passion over prodstill very much the criteria for the show, and we want uct. “Look, I’ll be really honest: In a show that I have to keep the audience happy, smiling and laughing,” a really long run in, oftentimes I don’t necessarily McKinley says. “We want to keep that. That is why we want to go back and see it all the time,” McKinley kind of steer away from what I call the Musical Drasays. “To me, it’s kind of like living in the past. But I mas, and this was very much done on purpose, because never get tired of seeing this show. Never. And that’s what Mr. Wynn wanted was a very fun, joyful time.” very rare for me. I credit that to Steve’s decision to make ShowStoppers fun, and I defy anybody to sit there and watch the show and not have a good time The songs used in ShowStoppers are old for a reason. and be part of it.” “Why aren’t we using more contemporary songs?

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GET UNCOMFORTABLE Tara Ison knows how to make you squirm for a purpose BY HEATHER SCOTT PARTINGTON would be an over-simplification. Tara Ison’s tales are twisted. The author’s work demonstrates In her new collection, Ball: Stories, an ear for the suffering that’s at the Ison pokes at her reader’s every core of many lives, and the myriad discomfort. Whether she’s tapping ways we use that to wound, entice into sexual obsession, fear, vioand reject each other. There’s a lence or love, Ison knows how to progression of ideas—or rather, find the most uncomfortable place a progression of deviancy and and stay there, relishing it for its dread—from one story to the next. weirdness, its taboo nature and its In the title story, Ison’s characcomplication. Ball is a collection ter loves her dog so much she of short stories narrated mostly fantasizes both saving and killing by damaged women. Some are in her; in “Bakery Girl,” an ingénue painful relationships, while othis torn between coveting a life ers seek pain out as a way to be as a grown-up and realsure they feel as deeply as izing that the adult world possible. It’s creepy, titiloffers betrayal more than lating and impossible to aaaac truth. “Wig” is a delicately put down. BALL: woven revenge tale about a Many of Ison’s characSTORIES woman caring for her best ters only trust their feelBy Tara friend, who’s dying of canings when they are most Ison, $16. cer. Lines like “it should painful. She allows them have been me” take on not to work out their anxietjust a literal, obvious significance, ies to the nth degree; in her steady but in what seems to be Ison’s hand each tale is a macabre explotrademark style, the author calls ration of the ugly, naked needs back to them later in the story to that drive love. In “Cactus,” a flip them upside down. woman recounts her relationship Her women lie to be heard, with a now-dead lover, one who they are sometimes interchangefound himself in the empty desert able and they punish themselves skies. Though she gets through to even as they are punished. But her love, (“I got him to tear off a though those are elements of piece of the vastness,” she says), at feminine existence that have been the end of the story she finds herexplored before, there’s nothing in self craving pain as a way to feel, Ball that isn’t fresh or disturbing. to remember, or to wake herself Ison knows the draw of the taboo, from the numbness of grief. Each and she understands that good of Ison’s stories shows how love stories make us feel—even things agonizes as much as it heals. we would rather not. But to say they center on pain

SPORTS

Do or die

dave rice by l.e. baskow; stephen zimmerman by christopher devargas; Pat Mccaw, Ben Carter, Jerome Seagears courtesy unlv photo servIces

In his fifth year with the Rebels, coach Dave Rice must deliver a glorious run By Ray Brewer

It’s the same narrative each November, when another UNLV basketball season begins. Dave Rice’s team has more than its share of talented players—guys destined for the NBA, high school All-Americans and role players every team needs to succeed. There’s no reason the Rebels shouldn’t win games, be competitive in the Mountain West and be so damn fun to watch you find yourself searching for tickets. In Rice’s fifth year, this could finally be the Rebel team to equal the hype. I promise. Twice they’ve made the NCAA Tournament; twice they’ve lost their first game. But the past two years, they wouldn’t have made the tournament if the field of 68 teams was expanded to more than 100. Last season, when I also felt the Rebels would break through, they fell flat. Despite starting two players currently on NBA rosters, UNLV finished seventh in the 11-team Mountain West with an 18-15 record, and lost for the second straight year at home to UNR. The Rebels were so bad, they had to win a play-in game just to reach the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament. Rice, despite getting a contract extension through 2019 less than a year prior, nearly lost his job. Some Rebel loyalists wish he had. They’re annoyed at the way the team executes at the end of games, and criticize Rice’s management of players and personalities. They claim he lacks charisma. They even question his game-day attire, a conservative look with a white dress shirt, tie and slacks. This is Rice’s do-or-die season. He either takes these talented pieces and turns his alma mater into a winner—more than making the tourney, winning a game there—or it

will be time for someone else to give it a try. The program’s mediocrity isn’t how anyone envisioned Rice’s tenure after the Rebels upset No. 1 North Carolina in 2011. UNLV won its initial eight games, including the signature victory against the Tar Heels, and Rice appeared to be the program’s savior. He started his coaching career as an assistant on Jerry Tarkanian’s final UNLV staff in 1992, and hoped his Rebels would resemble Tark’s—they’d play suffocating defense and aggressively push the ball up the court in transition. The Runnin’ Rebels would again be running. But it hasn’t happened, at least not yet. Crazy as it sounds, the North Carolina win might have been a bad thing. It took the expectations to another level and set Rice up to fail. We forgot that he was a firsttime head coach. We forgot that his pay was about $500,000 less than former coach Lon Kruger, a bargain for an athletic department struggling to piece its finances together. We expected more big wins and chances to the storm the court. Instead, there have been head-scratching defeats to inferior opponents, especially at home. Still, Rice’s skeptics can’t criticize the way he recruits. Though UNLV hasn’t reached the tournament in two seasons, highly ranked players still jump over each other to come to UNLV. This year, those players—like five-star recruit Stephen Zimmerman Jr. and returning standouts Patrick McCaw and Jordan Cornish—appear to be sold on accomplishing team goals over individual ones. Most important, Rice finally has the personnel to play his style of basketball. The Rebels have a rotation of 10 quality players, with experienced senior transfers Jerome Seagears (Rutgers) and Ike Nwamu (Mercer) leading the way, and plan to play at a fast pace. They’ll press after made baskets and push the ball up the court after turnovers. Maybe they’ll run all the way to the NCAA Tournament.

Rebels to watch This year’s UNLV basketball team differs from recent rosters due to its balance of youth and experience. The Rebels have at least three players in all four classes, a first under fifth-year coach Dave Rice, and many of them will be counted on to contribute in UNLV’s new full-court pressure defense. Here’s a look at one player from each class who should make a significant impact. –Taylor Bern

Stephen Zimmerman Jr. (Freshman forward, 7-0, 240) The Rebels’ top target for the past four years, Zimmerman made a lot of people happy when he stayed home in Vegas. The Bishop Gorman High grad is athletic and moves well for his size, but his best skill might be his offensive passing.

Patrick McCaw (Sophomore guard, 6-7, 185) McCaw was a defensive stopper and assist man until Rashad Vaughn went down, then he became the Rebels’ leading scorer, too. McCaw’s versatility will keep him on the court and contributing, no matter what his role turns out to be.

Ben Carter (Junior forward, 6-9, 225) Another Bishop Gorman grad, Carter transferred home after starting his career at Oregon. A good rebounder, he wants to show off his shot more here than in Eugene, where he took one 3-pointer in two seasons.

Jerome Seagears (Senior guard, 6-1, 180) The starting point guard practiced with the Rebels last season while sitting out as a redshirt alongside Carter. In three years at Rutgers he had good assist and 3-point shooting numbers, and UNLV will rely on him to be one of its primary leaders.

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FOOD & Drink

Chow down

Turns out Chinese food and fried chicken are great together By Brock Radke which winks at everyone’s favorite (usually too The secret behind Eat’s success is sweet) Chinese-American dish. Tender morno secret. It’s the food. Pancakes to sels of white meat are battered and fried and BLTs to chicken fried steaks, Natalie glazed in ginger, garlic, soy and rice vinegar Young’s Downtown diner offers ideal versions with a bit of chili. I prefer the of favorite foods for breakcrispy thighs ($12) in a similar fast and lunch. So although sauce with rice and Chinese Eat’s follow-up restaurant, broccoli, but it wasn’t on the Chow, seems like it’s fitting lunch menu on my last visit; together odd pieces with its Chow’s menu will likely conChinese food/Southern soul tinue to be adjusted as the new food menu, it really makes the restaurant finds its groove. same kind of sense. There’s no Overall, there’s more fusion at Chow. There’s great Chinese than American food, fried chicken and awesome and the Asian stuff is a bit betegg rolls, and nothing is going ter. My favorite dishes are the to blow you away with fashones that seem the most simple, ionable ingredients or fancy yet they impress with a balance presentation. The aim is still of refined textures and flavors. your sweet spot. The pho-style tofu ($6) is a perThe plump, crispy egg rolls fect portion of deeply sooth($8) are crammed with shrimp, ing, all-vegetable broth (lots of ham and celery, among other mushroom) with all the bright, garlicky stuffing, and their herbal notes you expect from accompanying sauces—dreamy the Vietnamese soup, plus cabpeanut and classic, nostril- CHOW 1020 Fremont St., bage, carrots and seared tofu burning, takeout-joint Chinese 702-998-0574. Tuesdaybites. The Chinese chicken mustard—push this appetizer Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; salad ($12) piles quite a bit of into must-order status. Equally Friday & Saturday, noon-10 that General Chow’s chicken delicious is the veggie version p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. atop a crisp mound of napa ($6) with red peppers and cabbage, bok choy, cilantro and enoki mushrooms. If you need toasted almonds for refreshing and satisfying to start with meat, opt for the indulgent results. And the barley vegetable stir-fry ($12; riblets ($10) in hoisin barbecue sauce. $5 more for meat) sounds like something I’d Chow does fried chicken several ways, leadavoid, but I’m glad I didn’t. Shiitake mushing off with the crispy Southern version ($10 rooms and tempura Chinese long beans mix for three pieces to $26 for eight pieces) Young among other fresh veggies and the tender has served at one-off dinners at Eat. The sweet grain, and I added shrimp and quite a bit of corn muffins and pickled jalapeños are lovely the garlic-chili sauce from that bright red jar accoutrements for this exceedingly juicy bird. on the table. It was perfect. There’s also General Chow’s chicken ($13),

Downtown’s hidden (sea) treasure Mariscos Playa Escondida is more vacation than lunch

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It reminds you of a place that reminds you of a place that might not exist. Mariscos Playa Escondida is hidden in the MARISCOS back of a strip mall on Charleston and 13th, and if you weren’t PLAYA looking for it, you’d have no reason to find it. The walls are ESCONDIDA painted in seascapes. Palm trees real and fake stand through1203 E. Charleston out. Is there really somewhere like this in the real world? Blvd., 702-906Whatever whimsy inspired the restaurant, the food is seri- 1124. Monday, ously good. The specialty is seafood—shrimp, prawns, catfish, Tuesday, Thursday, swai and more, cooked with anything from mojo de ajo garFriday, Sunday, lic butter sauce to spicy la diabla to zarandeados, a cream 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; sauce with grilled onions and jalapeños. Wednesday, Start with shrimp empanadas (three for $8), perfectly 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; fried pockets with a crisp exterior that retain all the flavor of Saturday, 10 a.m.the shrimp inside. The wicked accompanying serrano salsa 11 p.m. will stay in the back of your throat for a while. To get a taste of all the seafood, you can’t go wrong with a mixto ceviche, for the insanely cheap price of $7 if you opt for the tostada version. The assorted fish and shellfish retain their own textures, and when you hit this dish with lime and soft avocado, you’ll feel like you’re hanging out in South America. Then there’s the molcajete, one of the great Mexican dishes. Assorted meats (steak, chicken, chorizo), scallions, nopales (cactus) and cotija cheese are cooked in the stone vessel that gives the dish its name, building layers of flavor. Homemade tortillas are the perfect way to attempt to get everything in one bite. Aren’t you glad Mariscos Playa Escondida exists? –Jason Harris

chow by steve marcus; mariscos by mikayla whitmore

MEXICAN PAPARAZZI

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Casamigos Reposado Tequila /4 oz. Vittone Bianco-style Vermouth

> TRIFECTA OF YUM Crispy Southern fried chicken, pho-style tofu and eggrolls.

/4 oz. Aperol Apéritif

Grapefruit wheel (garnish)

> ORIGINAL FLAVOR The Double Farm Burger tastes like its own thing.

FLIPPIN’ FRESH First thought: How did it take this long for someone to open a burger joint on Fremont East, clearly a perfect fit? Then again, there are some seriously amazing burgers in the vicinity, like the ones at Carson Kitchen and Glutton and Fukuburger, which is often parked around the corner. But Flippin’ Good is decidedly different from its neighbors, another attempt to elevate the beloved fast-food burger à la Shake Shack or In-N-Out; it’s clear from its clean, casual design this place is supposed to be a franchise. Like those popular burger brands, Flippin’ Good tastes like its own thing, and the flavor is freshness—it actually tastes like its tagline: “Because fresh tastes better!” The lettuce,

FLIPPIN’ GOOD BURGERS BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

tomatoes and pickles are crisp. The never-frozen beef is clearly never frozen. And the Flippin’ Sauce, which is probably exactly what you think it is, can be dominant in the mix, tangy and slightly creamy and even vegetal. Easy picks: the Flame, with jalapeños and pepper jack, and the Farm, with fried egg, smoky bacon and American cheese. Unlike the restaurants that occupied this space previously, Flippin’ Good, thankfully, is open late on weekends. But this is not the greasy fast-food burger you could be craving after a Fremont crawl. It’s different, and better. –Brock Radke FLIPPIN’ GOOD BURGERS & SHAKES 505 E. Fremont St., 702776-7991. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 a.m.; Sunday, noon-10 p.m.

METHOD In a mixing glass, stir ingredients with ice then strain over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with grapefruit wheel.

What do you get when you combine a silky smooth, slightly oaky tequila with a white, sweet vermouth and the citrus-y, bittersweet flavor of Aperol? This layered, complex cocktail that’s sure to please even the toughest critic.

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

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema 11/15, Jewels, 12:55 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $5-$10. 11/15, 11/18, Fantasia. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Japanese Anime Afternoon 11/14, anime shows, cosplay encouraged, 3 pm, free. West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702507-3980. Lincoln Center at the Movies 11/12, Ballet Hispanico performances of CARMEN.maquia and Club Havana, 7 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. Movie in the Park 11/13, Avengers: Age of Ultron, 5 pm, free. Whitney Park, 5712 Missouri Ave., 702-455-8531. Saturday Movie Matinee 11/14, Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Sun, Doctor Who Night, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 11/14, Reefer Madness, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 8 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 11/17, Terror by Night. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Wild & Scenic Film Festival 11/13, films promoting environmental activism, preceded by reception, 5:30 pm, $12-$15. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Info: nevadawilderness.org.

New this week The 33 aabcc Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche. Directed by Patricia Riggen. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 43. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Akhil (Not reviewed) Akkineni Akhil, Sayesha Saigal, Rajendra Prasad. Directed by V.V. Vinayak. 130 minutes. Not rated. In Telugu with English subtitles. A mysterious man protects a village’s sacred artifact from a ruthless businessman. Theaters: ST The Funhouse Massacre (Not reviewed) Robert Englund, Scottie Thompson, Courtney Gains. Directed by Andy Palmer. 91 minutes. Rated R. A band of escaped serial killers terrorize a carnival. Theaters: TS Labyrinth of Lies aabcc Alexander Fehling, Andre Szymanski, Friederike Becht. Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli. 122 minutes. Rated R. In

> christmas cheer Jake Lacy and Olivia Wilde in Love the Coopers.

German with English subtitles. See review Page 43. Theaters: VS Love the Coopers (Not reviewed) John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde. Directed by Jessie Nelson. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. Four generations of the Cooper family face unexpected events when they get together for Christmas. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS My All American (Not reviewed) Finn Wittrock, Aaron Eckhart, Sarah Bolger. Directed by Angelo Pizzo. 118 minutes. Rated PG. The true story of college football player Freddie Steinmark (Wittrock) and his struggle with cancer. Theaters: AL, COL, CH, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Not reviewed) Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher. Directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya. 171 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A king and his peasant doppelganger switch places. Theaters: ST, VS

Now playing 99 Homes (Not reviewed) Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. 112 minutes. Rated R. A man goes to work for the same real estate broker who evicted him in hopes of getting his family’s home back. Theaters: SC 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

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spectacles. –JB Theaters: TC

elements. –JB Theaters: AL, COL, PAL, ST, TS, TX, VS

Black Mass aaacc Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Scott Cooper. 122 minutes. Rated R. Depp undergoes a startling physical transformation as James “Whitey” Bulger in this historical biopic, but opts to make the notorious Boston crime boss just the latest in his series of vaguely inhuman freaks, portraying him less as a typical gangster than as a Nosferatustyle ghoul. –MD Theaters: ST, TC, VS

Everest aaacc Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. This big-budget drama about the day in 1996 when eight climbers died on Mount Everest is not as informative as any of the several books on the subject, but it is viscerally exciting, with awe-inspiring visuals. The characters don’t make much of an impression, but the mountain and the storm do. –JB Theaters: ST, VS

Bridge of Spies aaabc Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan. Directed by Steven Spielberg. 135 minutes. Rated PG-13. In his fourth film for Spielberg, Hanks plays a lawyer who’s strong-armed into defending an accused Soviet spy (Rylance). Based on actual events, the film unfolds with superb old-school efficiency, and achieves something very difficult: It makes rooting for integrity fun. –MD Theaters: AL, BS, CH, FH, GVR, ORL, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS

Everyday I Love You (Not reviewed) Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano, Gerald Anderson. Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar. 122 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A young woman falls in love with another man while her boyfriend is in a coma. Theaters: ORL, VS

Burnt aabcc Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl. Directed by John Wells. 100 minutes. Rated R. Adam Jones (Cooper) is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict starting over as the new executive chef of an upscale London restaurant, but the movie never conveys any kind of anguish over his addiction or recovery. Instead it breezes through a predictable plot about a self-absorbed jerk becoming slightly less self-absorbed. –JB Theaters: COL, DTS, FH, ORL, SF, SP, TS, VS Crimson Peak aaacc Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. 119 minutes. Rated R. Shy American socialite Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) marries an English baronet (Hiddleston) and moves to his creepy, ghost-filled family estate. Del Toro is great at establishing the spooky setting, but his screenplay is less compelling, doing little to update or subvert its old-fashioned ghost-story

Goodnight Mommy aaabc Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz. Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. 99 minutes. Rated R. In German with English subtitles. A pair of young twin brothers suspect that their mother, returned home from an unnamed surgical procedure, may be an impostor. Writer-directors Fiala and Franz create a mounting feeling of dread, and the second half of the movie amplifies that feeling while also twisting it around. –JB Theaters: VS Goosebumps aabcc Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush. Directed by Rob Letterman. 103 minutes. Rated PG. Black is fun as teen horror author R.L. Stine, but the bigscreen Goosebumps movie is more focused on fast, loud action, dorky humor and special effects than it is on being spooky. Monster lovers may get something out of it, but it’s all rather graceless. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX The Green Inferno aaccc Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns. Directed by Eli Roth. 103 minutes. Rated R. Roth attempts satire in this

horror movie about student activists captured by a cannibalistic Amazon tribe, but he misses the mark. Instead of taking down privileged Americans, the movie wallows in nasty exploitation, with a series of gory acts of savagery by natives who are never given any motivation or agency. –JB Theaters: TC Heneral Luna (Not reviewed) John Arcilla, Mon Confiado, Arron Villaflor. Directed by Jerrold Tarog. 118 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. Biopic about Filipino military leader Antonio Luna. Theaters: VS Hotel Transylvania 2 (Not reviewed) Voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. 89 minutes. Rated PG. Dracula and his fellow monsters try to get Dracula’s half-human grandson to embrace his vampire side. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, FH, ORL, RR, SC, SF, SS, TS, TX 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: TC The Intern aaccc Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo. Directed by Nancy Meyers. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. For a movie that’s supposedly about life experience, The Intern shows very little. De Niro (as a “senior intern”) and Hathaway (as his boss) give everything they can to keep this company afloat, but filmmaker Nancy Meyers polishes and bleaches every scene, drizzling them in tinkly, twittery music; it’s scrubbed of life. –JMA Theaters: COL, DTS, FH, ORL, SC Jurassic World aabcc Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty

A&E | Short Takes 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: TC The Last Witch Hunter aaccc Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood. Directed by Breck Eisner. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. This noisy, cluttered movie with cheap, globby-looking digital effects features a paltry battle between one-dimensional bad guys and a one-dimensional hero. Diesel plays his character cool, but is no fun to be around, and his co-stars suffer for it. A cursed affair from director Breck Eisner (Sahara). –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX The Martian aaaac Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by Ridley Scott. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. Astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is left behind on Mars when the rest of his team believes him dead. Damon carries the film with an excellent performance that conveys Mark’s mix of ingenuity and loneliness, and the story makes furious calculations and engineering simulations into gripping, can’t-lookaway drama. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials aaccc Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Directed by Wes Ball. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are no mazes in this sequel to The Maze Runner, but there sure is plenty of running. The second movie in the dystopian sci-fi series based on the popular YA novels just throws together a bunch of overused post-apocalyptic elements and careens haphazardly from one to the next. –JB Theaters: BS, COL, SC, TX 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: TC Miss You Already aabcc Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. Lifelong best friends Milly (Collette) and Jess (Barrymore) struggle to cope when Milly is diagnosed with cancer. The tears flow easily, but the movie doesn’t really accomplish much else, and while Collette throws herself into her performance as a dying woman, Barrymore is too lightweight to properly balance her out. –JB Theaters: COL, ORL, ST, TS, VS 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: TC

Theaters

> The waterboys A break from the action in My All American.

(AL) Regal Aliante 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283

Our Brand Is Crisis aabcc Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida. Directed by David Gordon Green. 107 minutes. Rated R. Adapted from a 2005 documentary (of the same title) about U.S. campaign strategists consulting on the 2002 Bolivian presidential election, Our Brand Is Crisis reconceives the material as a comedy for Bullock, playing a wholly fictional operative marketing a fictional Bolivian politican (de Almeida). Sporadic laughs, but it feels poll-tested. –MD Theaters: BS, COL, RR, SC

(BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 702-221-2283 (PAL) Brenden Theatres at the Palms 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 702-5074849 (CAN) Galaxy Cannery 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779 (CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570

Pan aaccc Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund. Directed by Joe Wright. 111 minutes. Rated PG. This Peter Pan prequel gives the character a cluttered and unnecessary origin story, retrofitting him with a clichéd Hollywood “chosen one” narrative. It’s a rush of special effects that signify nothing, telling a story that pretends to add to a beloved mythology while instead mostly just cheapening it. –JB Theaters: AL, COL, RR, ST Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension aaccc Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George. Directed by Gregory Plotkin. 88 minutes. Rated R. Promising to answer all the questions about the found-footage horror series’ haphazard mythology, the sixth Paranormal Activity movie throws together some unsatisfying explanations along with familiar creaks and loud noises, making for a pretty pathetic finale. By finally allowing the demon to be seen, the filmmakers only make the movie less scary. –JB Theaters: PAL, RP, TS The Peanuts Movie aaacc Voices of Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin. Directed by Steve Martino. 86 minutes. Rated G. This big-screen computer-animated version of Charles Schulz’s beloved comic-strip characters is faithful almost to a fault. The central plot is about hapless kid Charlie Brown trying to win the affections of the mysterious Little Red-Haired Girl, but it makes room for plenty of diversions that incorporate almost every well-known Peanuts moment. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX The Perfect Guy aaccc Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut. Directed by David M. Rosenthal. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. A successful lobbyist (Lathan) becomes a stalking target for her unhinged ex (Ealy) in this overwrought, Lifetimestyle thriller. It’s too ridiculous to work as serious drama, but it takes itself too seriously to succeed as camp. Instead, it strands three talented actors in a story that devolves quickly from grounded to histrionic. –JB Theaters: ST 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: TC

(COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283 (DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565 (DTS) Regal Downtown Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283 Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (Not reviewed) Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan. Directed by Christopher Landon. 93 minutes. Rated R. Three teenagers must use their scouting skills to save their town from a zombie outbreak. Theaters: PAL, TS Sicario aaaab Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. 121 minutes. Rated R. Blunt plays an FBI agent who gets in over her head when she agrees to join a special interagency task force intended to take down a Mexican drug kingpin. Brolin and Del Toro co-star as operatives with questionable tactics and loyalties; the tension throughout is palpable. –MD Theaters: AL, COL, DTS, ORL, PAL, SP, SS, ST, TX, 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: TC Spectre aaacc Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux. Directed by Sam Mendes. 148 minutes. Rated PG-13. Craig’s possible final outing as secret agent James Bond focuses a bit too much on wrapping up his story and bringing back familiar elements of the Bond franchise. Spectre succeeds mainly as a series of dazzling set pieces connected by a thin plot. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Steve Jobs aaacc Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen. Directed by Danny Boyle. 122 minutes. Rated R. Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s lively but somewhat empty biopic reduces the Apple co-founder and CEO’s life to three moments in time. Sorkin’s dialogue crackles when it focuses on professionals trying to solve complex problems, but the script falters when it tries to understand Jobs as a person. –JB Theaters: DTS, GVR, SC Suffragette aabcc Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff,

Helena Bonham Carter. Directed by Sarah Gavron. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mulligan plays an ordinary wife and mother in early 20th-century London who joins the fight to secure women the vote and gradually turns into an outright militant. That ought to be exciting and thoughtprovoking, but instead it’s mostly dully worthy—history as self-congratulation. –MD Theaters: GVR, SP, TS, VS

(FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (GVL) Galaxy Green Valley Luxury+ 4500 E. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-442-0244

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. Theaters: TC

(ORL) Century Orleans 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-8891220

Truth aaacc Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid. Directed by James Vanderbilt. 121 minutes. Rated R. Vanderbilt’s well-acted, impassioned paean to the virtues of journalism—about the 2004 CBS News scandal that brought down Dan Rather—can be a bit belabored, prone to grandiose speechifying and awkward exposition. It’s never quite as rousing as it’s trying to be, but it comes close enough. –JB Theaters: SC

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

The Visit aaabc Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. Teenage siblings Becca (DeJonge) and Tyler (Oxenbould) start noticing strange things while visiting the grandparents they’ve never met before. Shyamalan brings impressive skill to the disreputable found-footage genre, effectively mixing comedy and scares and adding cinematic flair to the genre’s typically artless style. –JB Theaters: BS, TX Woodlawn (Not reviewed) Caleb Castille, Nic Bishop, Sean Astin. Directed by Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin. 125 minutes. Rated PG. A bornagain Christian helps a high school football team struggling with racial integration in the 1970s. Theaters: SF, ST, VS JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo

(RP) AMC Rainbow Promenade 2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., 888-262-4386 (RR) Regal Red Rock 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-2212283

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178 (SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283 (SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061 (SC) Century Suncoast 9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880 (SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (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 (TC) Regency Tropicana Cinemas 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-438-3456 (VS) Regal Village Square 9400 W. Sahara Ave., 702-221-2283

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SONG AND DANCE Alvin Ailey choreographed more than a dozen works to music by Duke Ellington in his decades-long career creating modern dance that reflects the African American experience. His company has continued the tradition under the choreography of Judith Jamison and others, presenting songs by influential black female vocalists including Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald. ¶ In Simply Ella, the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater celebrates Fitzgerald and Ellington in a program that pairs dancers with the magnetic vocals of Clint Holmes and Reva Rice and the choreography of Ailey, whose “Night Creature,” an upbeat, jazzy ensemble piece, has dancers on the prowl. ¶ Simply Ella closes the season for the spirited company founded by artistic director Bernard Gaddis, former principle dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a champion of multiculturism in dance. Also on the program is a new ballet by Gaddis, who typiSIMPLY ELLA November 13, cally brings a rousing, sexy and emotional blend of old and new to 7:30 p.m., $35-$125. Smith the stage. If you miss the company this go-round, it’s a long wait Center’s Reynolds Hall, till next season. –Kristen Peterson 702-749-2000.

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Double Barrel Roadhouse DB Live! Sat, 9 pm, free. Monte Carlo, 702222-7735. Double Down The Omega Three, Fist 11/14. The Blooze Bros., Gold Top Bob 11/15, 10 pm. Lambs to Lions, The Quitters, Sector 7-G, Child Endangerment 11/20. The Heiz, New Cold War, Franks & Deans, The People’s Whiskey, The Psyatics 11/21. Andalusia Rose 11/22. Thee Swank Bastards’ Basstravaganza 11/25. The Slants, The Negative Nancys, Jerk 11/26. The Tiki Bandits, Franks & Deans, The Mapes 11/28. Uberschall 11/29, midnight. Franks & Deans’ Weenie Roast 12/2. 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 11/1711/21, 11/24-11/28, 12/1-12/5, 12/15-12/19, 1/1-1/2, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. Donny & Marie Thru 10/17, 10/20-10/24, 11/311/7. 11/10-11/14, 7:30 pm, $105-$237. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Easy 8’s 11/12, 11/26, 9 pm; 11/27-

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12/30-12/31, 9 pm, $57-$180. 702-7772782. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 11/12, 11/15, 8:45 pm; 11/6-11/7, 11/13-11/14, 9 pm. John Windsor 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 8:45 pm. The American Diddle Idols 11/2411/26, 11/19, 8:45 pm, 11/27-11/28, 9 pm. The Black Donnellys ft. George Murphy 11/17-11/19, 11/22, 8:45 pm, 11/20-11/21, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. Mandalay Place, 702-632-7771. Rockhouse Lydia Ansel 11/15, 8 pm, free. Rockhouse Live Mon, 9 pm, free. Venetian, 702-731-9683. The Sayers Club In the Valley Below 11/13, 9 pm, $12-$14. The Polyphonic Spree 11/18, 9 pm, $25-$27. The Solid Suns 11/25, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). Plain White T’s 12/31, midnight, $50. Buckin Fridays Fri, 10 pm, $10. SLS, 702-761-7618. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Road, 702-893-8933. Venetian Diana Ross 11/13-11/14, 11/18, 11/20, 8 pm, $60-$226. R5 12/29, 1/1, 8 pm; 12/31, 7:30 pm, $55-$150. Carly Rae Jepsen 12/30, 8 pm; 12/31, 10 pm, 1/2, 8 pm, $56-$75. John Fogerty 1/8-1/9, 1/13, 1/15-1/16, 1/20, 1/22-1/23, 8 pm, $60-$350. 702-4149000. Vinyl Escape the Fate, A Skylit Drive, Sworn In, Sirens & Sailors, Myka, Relocate 11/12, 6:30 pm, $17-$19. Spafford 11/13, 9 pm, $10. The Midnight Dirty 11/14, 11/28, midnight, free. The Struts, Andrew Matt 11/14, 9 pm, $11-$25. The Story So Far, Basement, Turnover 11/18, 7 pm, $21-$24. Bless the Fall, Stick to Your Guns, Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska 11/19, 6 pm. Ratt, Firehouse, The Babys, Eric Martin 11/29, 7 pm, $20. Reverend Horton Heat, The BellRays, The Lords of Altamont 12/4, 9 pm, $25-$45. South of Graceland 12/5-12/6, 10 pm, free. Thrillbilly Deluxe 12/10, 10 pm, free. American Icon: Johnny Cash Tribute 12/12, 10 pm, free. Otherwise 12/26, 9 pm, $15. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed & Thu, 9 pm, $10. 702770-7000.

D OW N TOW N Artifice Vegas Jazz Tue, 7 pm, $15. Thursday Request Live First Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Tankcsapda, Sledgeback 11/12, 8 pm, $35. Outta the Black, Gorillahead, No Words 11/13, 8 pm, $10-$15. The Album Leaf 11/14, 8 pm, $10-$15. Almost Famous Karaoke 11/17, 8 pm, free. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Twin River, Holes and Hearts 11/16, 8 pm, free. Swingin Utters, The Bombpops, Success 11/17, 9 pm, $12. The Rocket Summer, Paradise Fears 11/20, 9 pm, $12-$15. Nikki Lane 12/3, 8 pm, $12-$15. Everlast, No Red Alice 12/5, 9 pm, $18-$22. King Daniel 12/10, 8 pm, $10. Agnostic Front, Brick Top, Bro Loaf 12/15, 8 pm, $12-$15. Avenues, Mercy Music, War Called Home 12/19, 9 pm, free. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Downtown Container Park Walk Off Hits 11/13, 7 pm, free. Sabotage

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Brooklyn Bowl Monica, Rico Love 11/12, 9 pm, $25-$45. Catfish John: A Grateful Dead Tribute 11/14, 9 pm, free. Motionless in White, The Devil Wears Prada, The Word Alive, Upon a Burning Body, The Color Morale 11/15, 5 pm, $22-$25. Mac Miller, Tory Lanez, Michael Christmas, Njomza, Alexander Spit 11/17, 7:45 pm, $33$38. J Boog, Spawnbreezie 11/18, 9 pm, $18-$20. Polyrhythmics & Jelly Bread 11/19, 9 pm, free. Dizzy Wright, Hopsin, Jarren Benton, DJ Hoppa 11/20, $25, 8 pm. Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Tigers Jaw 11/21, 8 pm, $26-$30. Public Image Ltd 11/25, 9 pm, $30-$50. Allen Stone, Bernhoft, Cameron Calloway 11/27,8 pm, $20$25. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe 11/27, 1 a.m., $20. Gogol Bordello 11/28, 9 pm, $30-$35. Fortunate Youth 11/29, 8:30 pm, $12-$15. Brett Dennen 12/1, 9 pm, $20. Nashville Unplugged 12/5, 9:30 pm, $25. John

Brown’s Body, Pure Boots 12/14, 8 pm, $15-$18. Maoli and Through the Roots, Bad Neighborz 12/15, 8 pm, $15. Pretty Lights 12/31-1/1, 10 pm, $60-$80. Stick Figure 1/23, 8:30 pm, $15. Lamb of God, Anthrax 2/11, 7 pm, $35. Galactic, Son Little 3/1, 9 pm, $22-$25. Vance Joy, Elle King, Jamie Lawson 3/5, 8:30 pm, $40. Gary Clark Jr. 3/12, 9 pm, $30-$50. Coheed and Cambria, Glass Jaw, Silver Snakes 3/25, 8 pm, $27. Underoath 3/26, 7:30 pm, $25. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Celine Dion 11/13-11/14, 11/17-11/18, 11/20-11/21. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Mariah Carey 2/2, 2/5-2/6, 2/10, 2/132/14, 2/17, 2/19-2/20. 8 pm, $55-$250. Rod Stewart 3/19-3/20, 3/23, 3/253/26, 3/29, 4/1-4/2, 4/5, 7:30 pm, $49$250. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Sam Hunt, Carter Winter 12/4, 8 pm, $30. Bruno Mars 12/31, 9 pm, $150. The Cure 5/19, 8 pm, $50-$100. Bryan Adams 7/2, 7 pm, $32-$57. (Rose. Rabbit. Lie.) Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox 12/30-1/2, 9 pm, $50. 702-698-7000.

11/28, 12/26, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 11/19, 9 pm; 11/20-11/21, 12/31, 1/1-1/2, 10 pm; 10/21, 9:30 pm. Chad Freeman and Redline 12/3, 10 pm. Kenny Allen Band 11/6-11/7, 10 pm. Country Nation 11/13-11/14, 10 pm. Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band 12/4-12/6, 10 pm. Locash, Rainey Qualley 12/7-12/12, 11 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702894-7722. Hard Rock Live Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is 11/15, 5:30 pm, $26. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. Hard Rock Hotel Pool Rock Star Beer & Music Festival ft. Noise Pollution, Smells Like Nirvana 11/14, 7 pm, $35. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. House of Blues Carlos Santana 11/1311/15, 1/27, 1/29-1/31, 2/3-2/6, 5/18, 5/20-5/22, 5/25, 5/27-5/29, $90-$350, 8 pm. 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. DSB 12/3, 7 pm, $15.Parkway Drive 12/6, 4:30 pm, $25. Kamelot, DragonForce 12/7, 7 pm, $22-$25. Falling in Reverse, Atreyu, From Ashes to New, Assuming We Survive 12/19, 5 pm, $23-$26. Marianas Trench 1/16, 6 pm, $22-$25. Charles Kelley, Maren Morris 1/28, 7 pm, $25-$28. At the Gates, The Haunted & Decapitated 2/18, 5:30 pm, $23$25. Billy Idol 3/16, 3/18-3/19, 3/26, 5/4, 5/6-5/7, 5/11, 5/13-5/14, $80-$150. (Crossroads) Looped Sun, Thu, 9-11 pm, free. Nothing but the Blues MonWed, 8-11 pm, free. Rockstar Karaoke Fri, 9 pm-midnight, free. Get Up and Dance Sat, 9 pm-midnight, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am, 1 pm, $60. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Café Tacvba 11/18, 8 pm, $35-$120. Warren Miller’s Chasing Shadows, Lee Canyon Lift Patrol 11/21, 7:30 pm, $20. West Coast Feast ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ Quik, Collie Buddz, Tha Dogg Pound 11/27, 9 pm, $45. Little Big Town, Ashley Monroe 12/4, 8 pm, $35-$150. Rob Thomas, Adam Lambert 12/5, 8 pm, $41. Gary Allan, Clare Dunn 12/1112/12, 9:30 pm, $40-$125. Bastille, Silversun Pickups, Fidlar, The Moth & The Flame 12/15, 8 pm, $40-$150. Morrissey 1/2, 8:30 pm, $45. Bullet For My Valentine, Asking Alexandria 2/6, 7:30 pm, $32. Twenty One Pilots 7/15, 7 pm, $43. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Roberto Carlos 11/20, 8 pm, $100$175. Maroon 5 12/30-12/31, 8 pm, $100-$225. Iron Maiden 2/23, $62$103. Ellie Goulding 4/9, 7:30 pm, $36-$55. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Latin Grammy Awards 11/19, 8 pm, $125$500. Andrea Bocelli 12/5, 8 pm, $78-$403. Mötley Crüe 12/27, 7 pm, $25-$150. Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas 8/13, 7 pm, $28-$92. 702-891-7777. Orleans (Showroom) Bret Michaels 11/21-11/22, 8 p, $66-$94. Josh Turner 12/2-12/5, 8 pm, $55. Charlie Daniels Band 12/11-12/12, 7 pm, $30-$55. 702365-7075. Palace Station (Jack’s Irish Pub) Forget to Remember Fri & Sat, 9 pm, free. 702-547-5300. The Pearl Godsmack, Red Sun Rising 11/14, 8 pm, $53-$93. Puscifer 12/12, 8 pm, $43-$103. Palms, 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 11/14, 11/18, 11/20-11/21, 12/27-12/28,

Calendar 11/13, 9 pm. Zach Ryan and the Wanderers 11/14, 9 pm. Elko 11/20, 7 pm. Stoked 11/20, 9 pm. Patty Ascher 11/21, 7 pm, free. The Fab 11/21, 9 pm. The Retrolites 11/27, 7 pm. The Moonshiners 11/27, 9 pm. Cameron Calloway 11/28, 7 pm. Rock and Roll Rebels 11/28, 9 pm. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Letlive 11/21, 8 pm, $40-$80. 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec.com. Fremont Street Experience Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band 11/14, 7:30 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience. com. Golden Nugget Village People 11/13, 8 pm, $32-$65. Eric Burdon & The Animals 11/20, 8 pm, $32-$87. Jefferson Starship 11/27, 8 pm, $21-$65. Edgar Winter 12/18, 8 pm, $32-$65. (NFR) Tanya Tucker 12/3, $43-$87. Big and Rich 12/4, $54-$142. Trace Adkins 12/5, $109-$164. Terri Clark 12/6, $43-$87. Merle Haggard 12/7-12/8, $109-$164. LeAnn Rimes 12/9, $54-$109. Alabama 12/10-12/11, $163-$252. Shows at 10 p.m. 129 E. Fremont St., 866-946-5336. Griffin Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge Bass Hey 11/14, 9 pm, free. Vintage Vegas Karaoke 11/20, 9 pm, free. 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. LVCS Kutt Calhoun, Flawless, King QP, Frankie Goldie & Rey Weeden 11/12, 9 pm, $10-$12. Mechanical Manson, Zombiewood, Ne Last Words, The Holy Pariah, My Own Nation 11/13, 8 pm, $10-$12. Cirka:Sik, American Slideshow, Jinxy Bear, Swamp Pussy, Ill Patients, The CG’s, Gold Monkey 11/14, 8 pm, $10-$12. Hate Eternal, Misery Index, Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil, Spiritual Shepherd, Casket Raider, Man Made God 11/16, 7 pm, $11-$13. Twisted Insane & Easy Money, Liquid Assasin 11/17, 9 pm, $20-$24. Stevie Stone, Donnie Menace, King QP, Sicc, Bom Green, The Tribe 11/19, 9 pm, $10-$13. Devin the Dude, Potluck, Doms Gauge, Donnie Menace, Charlie Madness, King QP, Danyull 12/2, 9 pm, $15-$17. Black Knights Rising, Tail Gun 12/4, 9 pm, $15-$17. Rittz, Donnie Menace, King QP, Bom Green 12/11, 9 pm, $15-$17. 425 Fremont St., 702382-3531. Mickie Finnz Live music Daily, 4-7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 425 Fremont St., 702-3824204. The Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Erich Bergen, Norm Lewis, Capathia Jenkins, Clint Holmes, Patina Miller 12/31, 7 pm, $39-$125. The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24$95. (Cabaret Jazz) Clint Holmes 12/312/5 8:30 pm; 11/8, 12/6 2 pm; $37-$46. Spectrum, Radiance 11/14, 7 pm; 11/15, 3 pm; $37-$40. The Skivvies 11/20-11/21, 7 pm, $39-$45. Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 11/27, 7 pm; 11/28, 6 pm; 11/29, 8:30 pm; $47-$69. Travis Cloer 12/7, 6:30 & 8:30 pm, $50-$65. Bronson, Brody & Beatles 1/20, 8 pm, $15-$35.Laura Osnes 12/11-12/12, 7 pm, $39-$59. Kristen Hertzenberg & Philip Fortenberry 12/19, 2:30 & 7 pm, $26-$36. Susan Anton 1/8-1/9, 7 pm, $35-$59. Lucie Arnaz 1/15-1/16, 7 pm, $39-$55. Christine Ebersole 1/22-1/23, 7 pm, $39-$59. Keola Beamer, Henry Kapono, Moanalani Beamer 1/29-1/30, 7 pm, $37-$59. Lisa Fischer 2/19, 7 pm; 2/20, 6 & 9 pm, $37$65. The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24-$95. Esteban, Teresa Joy 2/21, 3 & 7 pm, $45$55. Lucy Woodward 2/26-2/27, 7 pm, $39-$49. The Ronnie Foster Organ Trio 3/6, 2 pm, $19-$35. Cheyenne Jackson 3/11, 7 pm; 3/12, 6 & 9 pm, $39-$65. Engelbert Humperdinck 3/19, 7:30 pm, $29-$85. Lon Bronson Band 3/19, 8 pm, $15-$35. Yanni 3/21, 7:30 pm, $29-$99. Kristin Chenoweth 3/25, 7:30 pm, $29-$115. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

The ’Burbs Cannery Cannery Shaun South Thru 11/14, Wed-Thu, 8:30 pm, free. Shaun South, Cat Daddy Thru 11/14, Wed-Thu, 7 pm, free. Lights Out: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 11/13-11/14, 8 pm, $15. Patrick Puffer 11/18-11/28, Wed-Thu, 8:30 pm, free.

Patrick Puffer, Clifton James 11/18-11/28, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free. Legends of Motown 11/20-11/21, 8 pm, $15. Brett Rigby 12/2-12/19, Wed-Thu, 8:30 pm, free. Brett Rigby, Toto Zara 12/2-12/19, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free. Luggnutt 12/23-1/2, Wed-Thu, 8:30 pm, free. Luggnutt, Clifton James 12/23-1/2, Fri-Sat, 7 pm, free. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Elixir Yvonne Silva 11/13. Michael Anthony 11/14. Kelly Dorn 11/20. Thomas Rojas 11/21. Tim Mendoza 11/27. Shaun South 11/28. Music from 8-11 pm, free unless noted. 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, elixirlounge.net. Green Valley Ranch (Grand Events Center) Ronnie Milsap 2/20, 8 pm, $20-$50. (Hanks) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702367-2470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Martin Nievera 12/12, 7 pm, $32-$46. Shows free/drink minimum. M Resort, 800-745-3000. Rampart Casino (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) In Its Entirety Concert Series: Rush’s ‘Moving Pictures’ 11/13, 7:30 pm, $15. Orny Adams 11/21, 8 pm, $25-$35. Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Sat, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) Jared Berry Fri & Sat, 9 pm. The Dirty Sat. 11 pm, $10. (T-Bones) Dave Ritz Wed, 6 pm; Fri, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Revolver) Bro Country Thu, 8 pm. (4949 Lounge) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm, free. 4949 N Rancho Drive, 702-658-4900. Sienna Italian Authentic Trattoria Vegas Good Fellas Thu, 7:30 pm. Red Velvet Fri & Sat, 8:30 pm. 9500 Sahara Ave., 702-3603358. Silverton John Gracin, Joshua Scott Jones, Chuck Wicks 11/14, 8 pm, $29. (Veil Pavilion) 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-263-7777. South Point Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $5-$10. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri & Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-7978005. Suncoast The Official Blues Brothers Revue 11/14-11/15, 7:30 pm, $18-$44. Blue Moon Swamp: A Tribute to CCR 11/21-11/22, 7:30 pm, $18-$44. All-4-One 11/27-11/28, 7:30 pm, $18-$44. Trick Pony 12/5, 7:30 pm, $22-$44. The Texas Tenors 12/11-12/13, 7:30 pm, $33$55. Merry Christmas Darling: Carpenter’s Christmas 12/19-12/20, 7:30 pm, $33-$44. The Fab Four 12/26-12/27, 7:30 pm, $33-$55. 9090 Alta Drive, 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Richard Cheese 11/13, 9 pm &11:30 pm, $25-$45. Yellow Brick Road Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Fri, Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat, 7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Sunset Amphitheater) 1301 W. Sunset Road, 702-547-7777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri & Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) VooDoo Band Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702-6311000.

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CALENDAR 11/4, 9:30 pm, free. Like a Storm, From Ashes to New, Stitched Up Heart, Failure Anthem 11/19, 8 pm, $8. Outta the Black, Sweet Home Alabama 11/20, 9:30 pm, free. Smashing Alice, The Bones 11/21, 10 pm, free. Sin City Sinners, Doll Skin 11/27, 9:30 pm, free. LA Guns, Chaotic Resemblance 11/28, 9:30 pm, $10-$15. Faster Pussycat 12/5, 9 pm, $10. Adelita’s Way, Bravo Delta, Stoked 12/11, 8:30 pm, $12-$17. Gary Hoey 12/20, 8:30 pm, $18-$22. Y&T 2/5, 8:30 pm, $20-$25. Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime 2/6, 9 pm, $20-$25. Glenn Hughes, Joanne Shaw Taylor & Jared James Nichols 3/5, 7:30 pm, $20-$25. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater 628 W. Craig Rd., 702-633-2418. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri & Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-458-6343. Dive Bar 4110 S. Maryland Parkway., 702-586-3483. Eastside Cannery (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702507-5700. Fiesta Henderson (Coco Lounge) All shows 7:30 pm. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Sherry Gordy: Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm, $5-$10. (Cabo Lounge) Shows free unless noted. 702-631-7000. German American Social Club Vintage Classic Jazz Night Tue, 7 pm, $4. 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., 702649-8503. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thu, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Jimmy Wilkin’s New Life Orchestra 11/14, noon, $15. Bruce Harper Big Band ft. Elisa Fiorillo 11/21, noon, $15. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-453-8451. Sam’s Town Los NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777.

COMEDY Boomers Side Splitting Sundays Sun, 9 pm, free. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702368-1863. Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) 702731-7333. Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater 628 W. Craid Rd., 702633-2418. The D Laughternoon Starring Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20-$25. 702388-2111.. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Cedric the Entertainer 12/30, 9 pm, $50. Martin Lawrence 1/16, 7 pm, $40. Bo Burnham 1/30, 8 pm, $50. 702-6935000. Harrah’s (Main Showrom) Mac King Tue-Sat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. (The Improv) Henry Phillips, Avi Liberman, Wendi Starling Thru 11/15. Scott Record, Murray Valeriano 11/17-11/22. Jeremy Hotz, Don Barnhart, Jamar Neighbors 11/24-11/29. Jeremy Hotz, Steven Kravitz, Jesus Trejo, James Stephens 12/1-12/6. Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm; Fri & Sat, 10 pm; $30-$45. 702369-5000. Luxor Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50$60. 702-262-4900. MGM Grand (Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club) Nightly, 8 pm, $43-$87. 702891-7777. Mirage Jay Leno 11/20-11/21, 10 pm; $60-$80. Ray Romano 12/4-12/5, 12/11-12/12, 10 pm, $60. Daniel Tosh 11/13, 10 pm; 10/17, 11/14, 7:30 pm. 702792-7777. Orleans (Showroom) Gary Owen 11/1311/14, 8 pm, $40. 702-284-7777.

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Palms (The Pearl) 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Live Comedy Club) Edwin San Juan Nightly, 9 pm, $56-$67, V Theater. (PH Showroom) Jeff Dunham WedSun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72.. (Sin City Theatre) Failure is an Option Nightly, dark Tue-Wed, 5:30 pm, $60. 702-234-7469. Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show Nightly, 8:30 pm, $38-$49. 702-777-2782. Quad Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39-$50. 888-777-7664. Rampart Casino (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Thu, 7 pm, free., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Orny Adams 11/21, 8 pm, $25-$35. Hal Sparks 1/23, 8 pm, $25-$35. Justin Willman 2/20, 8 pm, $25-$35. 702797-7777. Rio Eddie Griffin Mon-Thu, 7 pm, $73$136. 702-777-2782. The Sayers Club (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Thu-Sat 8 pm, $10. SLS, 702761-7000. South Point 702-797-8005. Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) Nightly, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $35-$55. 702-739-2222. Treasure Island 12/4, 9 pm, $53-$83. Whoopi Goldberg 11/13, 9 pm, $58$99. Billy Gardell 11/27, 9 pm, $44-$72. 702-894-7111.. Venetian Iliza Shlesinger, Sarah Colonna 11/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Whitney Cummings 11/28, 9:30 pm; 1/2, 8 pm, $50-$118. Lisa Lampanelli 12/26, 8 pm, $50-$118. 702-414-9000.

PERFORMING ARTS Christ Church Episcopal AdventChristmas Recital 12/6, 4 pm, $15. Adam J. Brakel 1/8, 7:30 pm, $15. Hans Uwe Hielscher 2/5, 7:30 pm, $15. David Dorway 4/29, 7:30 pm, $15. 2000 S. Maryland Parkway, sncago. org. Italian American Club Voices of Rudy: The Journey to the Movie 11/13, 7:30 pm, $30. 2333 E. Sahara Ave., 702-457-3866. Las Vegas Philharmonic Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. The Snowman 12/5/12-6, 2 pm; 12/5, 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. Pink Martini 2/6, 7:30 pm, $100-$250. Spotlight Series 2/16, 4/26, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $168. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Nevada Ballet Theatre 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 & 5:30 pm, $29-$179. Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, 702749-2000. Onyx Theatre Mister Wives 11/1211/14, 11/19-11/21, 11/27-11/28, 8 pm; 11/22, 5 pm, $20. The Blanche DeBris Emergency Xmas Broadcast 12/1012/12, 12/17-12/19, 8 pm; 12/13, 5 pm, $20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-7327225. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Simply Ella 11/13, 7:30 pm, $35-$125. God Lives in Glass 11/15, 3 pm, $19-$79. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29$129. New Year’s Eve at the Smith Center 12/31, 7 pm, $39-$125. The Cat in the Hat 1/13, 6:30 pm, $15$23. Riverdance 1/26-1/21, $29-$129. Panties in a Twist 2/2-2/6, $35$43. The Symphonic Rockshow Presents: The Best of British Rock 2/5, 7:30 pm, $29-$59. Cinderella 2/13, 7:30 pm, 2/14, 2 pm, $29-$139. Elephant & Piggies We Are in A Play 2/17, 6:30 pm, $15-$23. The Bridges of Madison County 2/23-2/28, $29$129. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder 3/8-3/13, $29-$139. One Night

For One Drop 3/18, 7 pm, $104-$329. (Troesh Studio Theater) Violet 10/3011/1, 8 pm; 10/31-11/1, 3 pm; $34. ’Twas a Girls Night Before Christmas: The Musical 11/24-11/28, 7 pm; 11/28, 2 pm; $35-$43. My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m Home for the Holidays 12/2-12/5, 7 pm; $35-$40. Driving Miss Daisy 1/15-1/17, 8 pm; 1/16-1/17, 3 pm; $34. Shen Yun: A Gift From Heaven 1/21, 7:30 pm; 1/22, 8 pm; 1/23, 3 pm & 7:30 pm, 1/24, 1 pm. Bad Jews 3/3-3/5, 8 pm; 3/6, 2 pm, $35-$45. (Cabaret Jazz) Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill 2/12-2/14, 8 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3 pm, $34. 702-749-2000. UNLV (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall) Larry Del Casale & Carlos Barbosa Lima 11/21, 8 pm, $45. Amernet Quartet ft. Rachel Calloway 1/28, 7:30 pm, $27-$30. Andrew York 2/20, 8 pm, $41-$45. Chelsea Chen 2/26, 7:30 pm, free.Jens Korndorfer 4/8, 7:30 pm, free. Duo Deloro 4/13, 8 pm, $41-$45. Dorothy Young Riess 5/20, 7:30 pm, free. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Wind Orchestra: Raise the Roof 10/1, 7 pm, $10. National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China 10/2, 8 pm, $20$70. UNLV Dance: In Orchestra 2 10/16-10/17, 7:30 pm; 10/17, 2:30 pm, $18. Well Strung 10/24, 8 pm, $20$70. Rockapella’s Holiday Concert 12/5, 8 pm, $20-$70. Sarah Chang and Julio Elizalde 2/6, 8 pm, $25-$75. Polish Baltic Philharmonic 3/17, 8 pm, $25-$75. Orlowsky Trio 4/2, 8 pm, $20-$70. (Judy Bayley Theatre) Nevada Conservatory Theatre: The Magic of Seth Grabel 10/17, 7 pm, $30. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Consul presented by Sin City Opera 11/1311/14, 11/20-11/21, 7 pm; 11/22, 2 pm, $15. Las Vegas Guitar Quartet 11/15, 2 pm, $10-$12. Mark Deramo 12/12, 2 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.

SPECIAL EVENTS Alvin and the Chipmunks Live on Stage 12/2, 3:30 pm & 6:30 pm, $18$65. Art2 Downtown Arts Festival 11/14, 11 am, free. 18b Arts District, art2downtownartsfestival.com. 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. Bourbon Book Club 11/19, 6 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Patricia D. Cafferata Signing and Reading 12/4, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Scott Deitche Reading and Book Signing 12/3, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Disney on Ice presents Frozen 1/61/11, times vary, $38-$83. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets.com. Downtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., downtownpodcast.tv. Ethel M Chocolates Holiday Cactus Garden 5 pm to 10 pm, free. Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden, 2 Cactus Garden Dr., ethelm. com. Fitness America Weekend 11/20-11/21, times vary, $50-$150. Golden Nugget, fitnessamerica.com. Hypnosis Unleashed Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm, $30-$40. Binion’s, 128 E. Fremont St., 702-382-1600. Julia Lee Signing and Reading 1/22, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020

Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Kim Macquarrie Signing and Reading 12/10, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 12/3, 7:30 pm, $35-$75. Orleans, 702284-7777. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock Anniversary 12/14, 8 pm, $20-$50. Vinyl, 702-693-5000. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20-$30. Vinyl, 702693-5000. National Finals Rodeo Pink Party ft. Josh Thompson 12/7, 10 pm, free. Westgate, 3000 Paradise Rd., 702732-5111. 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. Opportunity Village’s Great Santa Run 12/5, 10 am, $45 adults, $30 children. Downtown Las Vegas, lasvegassantarun.org. Piff the Magic Dragon Mon thru Wed, 8 pm, $50-$70. Bugsy’s Cabaret at Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Poet Laureate Open Poetry Readings 11/14, 12/12, 2 pm, free. Winchester Cultural Center, 702455-7340. Repeal Day Celebration 12/5, 6 pm, $40-$46. Mob Museum, 702-2292734. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Tue, 7 pm, one-drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702733-7000. Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer 11/19, 3:30, $10. Fiesta Rancho SoBe Ice Arena, 2400 N Rancho Dr., fiestarancho.sclv.com. Suicide GIrls: Blackheart Burlesque 11/20, 8 pm, $25-$50. Vinyl, 702-6935000. Sunset Park’d 11/14, noon, free. Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Rd., sunsetparkd. com. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 702-733-9800. Toys for Tickets All-Star Jam ft. Tyler Farr, Jerrod Niemann, Eric Paslay, Canaan Smith, Old Dominion, Cam and Mickey Guyton 12/6, 7 pm, free with toy donation. Red Rock, 702797-7777. Windmill Music Club Highway 61 Revisited 11/15, 12/20, 4 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.

SPORTS AMA Pro Flat Track Finale 11/20-11/21, 7:30 pm, $45-$55. Orleans, 702-2847777. Boxing: Cotto vs. Canelo 11/21, 2 pm, $150-$2,000. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777. Cinch Boyd Gaming Chute-Out 12/1012/12, 2 pm, $50-$110. Orleans, 702284-7777. Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 11/26-11/27, noon, $47$157. Orleans, 702-284-7777. 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. National Finals Rodeo 12/3-12/12, 6:45 pm, $58-$232. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com. Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl 12/19, 12:30 pm, $24-$110. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. UFC: Fight Night ft. Paige VanZant vs. Joanne Calderwood 12/10, $75$225.

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Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale ft. Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes 12/11, $150-$350. UNLV Football San Diego State 11/21, 7:30 pm, $17-$53. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. World Series of Team Roping 12/512/8, 9:30 am, price TBA. Orleans, 702-284-7777.

GALLERIES Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art By appointment. 900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-7696036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Picasso: Creatures and Creativity Thru 1/10. Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Blackbird Studios By appointment. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Thu-Fri, 12-6 pm, Sat, 12-4 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Road, dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Candy Wolves Studio 702-600-3011. Skin City Body Painting 702-4317546. Solsis Gallery 702-557-2225. Spectral Gallery Sat, noon-10 pm & by appointment. Urizen Gallery First Fri, 6-10 pm. Wasteland Gallery Mon-Fri, 10 am-2 pm. 702-475-9161. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St. Galleries include: Satellite Contemporary 973-9643050. Rhizome Gallery 702-907-7526. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Las Vegas City Hall Chamber Gallery In Focus: Downtown Architecture by Ryan Reason & Jennifer Burkart Mon-Fri, 7 am-5:30 pm, 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art By appointment. 620 S. 7th St., 702366-9339. P3Studio Win, Lose or Have Fun! By Jesse Carson Smigel.Thru 11/8, Wed-Thu, 5-10 pm; Fri-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. UNLV Barrick Museum Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. 4505 S Maryland Parkway., 702-8953381 Donna Beam Fine Art Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 702-8953893. Lied Library The French Connection Thru 10/31. Mon-Thu, 7:30 am-midnight; Fri, 7:30 am-7 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm; Sun, 11 am-midnight. 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 Drive, 702-455-7340.

HOROSCOPE

free will astrology

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES

LEO

SAGITTARIUS

March 21-April 19

July 23-Aug. 22

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

“I demand unconditional love and complete freedom,” wrote Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun. “That is why I am terrible.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I’m offering you the chance, at least temporarily, to join Šalamun in demanding unconditional love and complete freedom. But unlike him, you must satisfy one condition: Avoid being terrible. Can you do that? I think so, although you will have to summon unprecedented amounts of emotional intelligence and collaborative ingenuity.

In the coming weeks, take special notice of the jokes and humorous situations that prompt you to laugh the loudest. They will provide important clues about the parts of your life that need liberation. What outmoded or irrelevant taboos should you consider breaking? What inhibitions are dampening your well-being? How might your conscience be overstepping its bounds and making you unnecessarily constrained? Any time you roar with spontaneous amusement, you will know you have touched a congested place in your psyche that is due for a cleansing.

Author Franz Kafka wrote a 47-page letter to his father Hermann. As he described the ways that his dad’s toxic narcissism and emotional abuse had skewed his maturation process, he focused on objectively articulating the facts, recounting events from childhood and analyzing the family dynamic. I recommend that you write a letter to your own father—even if it’s filled with praise and gratitude instead of complaint. I think you especially need the insights that this exercise would generate. (P.S. Write the letter for your own sake, not with the hope of changing or hurting or pleasing your dad. You don’t have to give it to him.)

TAURUS

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

You have the answers you need, but you keep sniffing around as if there were different or better answers to be had. Moreover, you’ve been offered blessings that could enable you to catalyze greater intimacy, but you’re barely taking advantage of them—apparently because you underestimate their potency. Here’s what I think: As long as you neglect the gifts you have already been granted, they won’t provide you with their full value. If you give them your rapt appreciation, they will bloom.

For 33 years, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Los Angeles has selected a national “Hero Dog.” In 2015, the group departed from tradition. Its Hero Dog is a female cat named Tara. Last May, she saved a 4-year-old boy by scaring off a dog that had begun to attack him. I’m guessing you will soon have an experience akin to Tara’s. Maybe you’ll make a gutsy move that earns you an unexpected honor. Maybe you’ll carry out a dramatic act of compassion that’s widely appreciated. Or maybe you’ll go outside your comfort zone to pull off a noble feat that elevates your reputation.

Shizo Kanakuri was one of Japan’s top athletes when he competed in the marathon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Partway through, fatigued by sweltering heat, bad food and the long journey he’d made to get there, Kanakuri passed out. He recovered with the help of a local farmer, but by then the contest was over. Fast-forward to 1966. Producers of a TV show tracked him down and invited him to resume what he’d started. At the age of 74, he completed the marathon with a time of 54 years, eight months and some change. It’s time to claim your own personal version of this opportunity.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Edgar Rice Burroughs tried to earn a living by selling pencil sharpeners, but couldn’t make it. In frustration, he turned to writing novels. Success! Among his many popular books, more than 20 were about a fictional character named Tarzan. The actor who played Tarzan in the movies based on Burroughs’ books was Johnny Weissmuller. As a child, he suffered from polio, and rebuilt his strength by becoming a swimmer. He eventually won five Olympic gold medals. Burroughs and Weissmuller are your role models in the coming weeks, Gemini. It’s a favorable time for you to turn defeat into victory.

According to Homer Simpson, “Trying is the first step toward failure.” I don’t agree with that comic advice. But I do think the following variant will be applicable to you in the coming weeks: “Trying too hard is the first step toward failure.” So please don’t try too hard, Libra! Over-exertion should be taboo. Straining and struggling would not only be unnecessary, but counterproductive. If you want to accomplish anything worthwhile, make sure that your default emotion is relaxed confidence. Have faith in the momentum generated by all the previous work you have done to arrive where you are now.

In most sporting events, there’s never any doubt about which competitor is winning. Each step of the way, the participants and spectators know who has more points or goals or runs. But one sport isn’t like that. In a boxing match, no one is aware of the score until the contest is finished—not even the boxers themselves. I think you’re in a metaphorically comparable situation. You won’t find out the final tally or ultimate decision until the “game” is complete. Given this uncertainty, I suggest that you don’t slack off even a little. Keep giving your best until the very end.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

Artist Andy Warhol had an obsession with green underpants. In fact, that’s all he ever wore beneath his clothes. It might be fun and productive for you to be inspired by his private ritual. Life is virtually conspiring to ripen your libido, stimulate your fertility and expedite your growth. So anything you do to encourage these cosmic tendencies could have an unusually dramatic impact. Donning green undies might be a good place to start. It would send a playful message to your subconscious mind that you are ready and eager to bloom.

Elsie de Wolfe was a pioneer in the art of interior design. She described herself as “a rebel in an ugly world.” Early in her career she vowed, “I’m going to make everything around me beautiful,” and she often did just that. In part through her influence, the dark, cluttered decor of the Victorian era, with its bulky draperies and overly ornate furniture, gave way to rooms with brighter light, softer colors, and more inviting textures. I’d love to see you be inspired by her mission, Scorpio. It’s a good time to add extra charm, grace and comfort to your environments.

One night as you lie sleeping, you will dream of flying through the summer sky. The balmy air will be sweet to breathe. Now and then you will flap your arms like wings, but mostly you will glide effortlessly. The feeling that flows through your body will be a blend of exhilaration and ease. After a while, you will soar to a spot high above a scene that embodies a knotty problem in your waking life. As you hover and gaze down, you will get a clear intuition about how to untie the knots. Whether or not you remember this dream, the next day you will work some practical magic that begins to shrink or dissolve the problem.

NoVEMber 12–18, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com

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ETHEL M HOLIDAY DELUXE COLLECTION | LAS VEGAS WEEKLY OFFICE | NOVEMBER 6, 2015 | 4 P.M. The shiny green box is a messenger, whispering in drizzles of milk chocolate, fluffy peaks of raspberry cream and crumbles of pecan toffee. Thanksgiving is on deck. Christmas is knocking with jolly force. It’s time to work on that holiday spirit (and maybe that holiday tummy). Ethel M’s seasonal assortment is a tradition for us at the Weekly (and the legacy of Ethel Mars, going back to her kitchen in 1911), though I’ve never tried every single piece. Because I’ve never had the audacity to put my chocolate fiendery out there, until now. I took a pristine box into the conference room and cut into perfect rows of yum. I tasted everything, from the special eggnog and peppermint nuggets to my all-time favorite Lemon Satin Crème swaddled in delicate dark chocolate. It was that fantasy we’ve all had, of biting into every chocolate in the box in one mad swoop. I made a sticky mess of myself, and I regret nothing. –Erin Ryan

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