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couple and ac/dc by christopher devargas; The smashed pig by mikayla whitmore

Contents 6W as we see it Death by

24W noise AC/DC at MGM and

selfie: a cautionary tale. Books by art-world renegade Dave Hickey. Stacking some cerebral biscuits, and touring Vegas on Reddit.

Awolnation at SLS.

26W the strip Wistful words for Jubilee before the final bows.

12W Feature | love, love,

28W fine art Left of Center

love (and sex) It’s the month of romance, and we’re celebrating with famous lines, epic frustration, Tinder war stories, leather parties and an amazing memory of love.

seeks justice through art.

30W food & drink Eating everything at the Kitchen Table. Smashed Pig’s Brit nosh.

19W A&E It’s a Bunkhouse feast

32W calendar What to do!

of Bowie odes, Built to Spill and the return of Dusty Sunshine.

20W POP CULTURE The music business gets Scorsesed on HBO.

21W screen Zoolander 2 and Deadpool provide the antiheroes, while Michael Moore does Europe and Stephen King does revisionist history surrounding JFK’s death.

ONLY online ArtPrize wants to disrupt Vegas; Burning Man goes on sale; and local reggae singer Lady Reiko drops a new single and looks to a big 2016. Much more awaits at lasvegasweekly.com.

Cover Photographs By christopher devargas PHOTO illustration by marvin lucas

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KILLER SHOT ∑ Statistically speaking, selfies are more deadly than Mount Everest. In 2015, the narcissistic self-shots claimed 28 lives—30 fewer than bee stings, exactly as many as skateboarding and 11 more than the mountain with an actual Death Zone. To put it in perspective, sharks killed eight and vending machines killed two last year, verifying the viral claim that selfies are in fact more deadly than sharks (and, apparently, snack robots). Erotic asphyxiation dwarfed other accidental deaths with 625 cases, but kink is old hat. What’s new and perhaps more disturbing is an uptick in people willing to risk their lives for an Instagram post. Attempting to quantify the phenomenon, economics website Priceonomics combed three years of news archives to find 49 reported cases of death by selfie since 2014. The study found that the average age of a selfie casualty is 21, which makes sense considering that 30 percent of photos taken by 18- to 24-year-olds are selfies—the highest percentage of any age group. What is surprising is that although women take far more selfies than men, men account for 75 percent of all fatal ones, maybe because they’re more willing to put themselves in dangerous situations for a cool shot. Though ranked the world’s 20th most-popular place to snap a selfie by Time, and the fifth-best American city for

selfies by MyLife, Las Vegas (thankfully) did not appear on the Priceonomics list. Of the fatalities identified by its study, 16 were caused by falls from heights, 14 by drowning, eight by train, four by gunshot, two by grenade, two by plane crash, two by car crash and one by animal, when an unfortunate selfietaker was gored through the neck during Spain’s Running of the Bulls. A Cessna pilot killed himself and his passenger when he lost control of his plane while snapping pictures, and two Russian teens blew themselves up while posing with grenades. The overwhelming majority of selfie tragedies take place in India. That’s attributed to the country’s high number of drowning incidents per year, a fatal combination of common flooding and citizens who can’t swim (yet somehow have the urge to take selfies near water). Of the 49 deaths since 2014, 40 percent (or 19) occurred in India, contrasted with seven in Russia and five in the U.S., followed by Spain and the Philippines with four each and Portugal and Indonesia with two each. Considering how photogenic Las Vegas is—Bellagio is among the world’s most-photographed landmarks, and we even rank the best nightclub bathrooms for selfies (congrats, XS)—it’s a relief Vegas isn’t making news for these gruesome stats. Look before you click so we can keep it that way. –Kristy Totten

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∑ Las Vegans know as well as anyone in the art world that Dave Hickey ingeniously stirs up the masses, whether intending to or not. One statement from his cigarette-stained lips can get the community talking, debating, lamenting

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about art” and see what came of it. In January, PCP Press published two books of the online experience—3,000 comments and 700,000 responses between June 2014 and March 2015, compiled and edited by Julia Friedman. Readers interested in useful dialogue or Hickey’s pop culture-fueled witticisms (“Don’t let this get around, but Björk is a Hobbit”) will find gold in Wasted Words: The Essential Dave Hickey Online Compilation and Dust Bunnies: Dave Hickey’s Online Aphorisms. –Kristen Peterson

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JON ESTRADA

Art renegade Dave Hickey’s social-media commentary gets bound

or celebrating. So when the art critic and former UNLV professor took to social media by opening a Facebook account, plenty were itching to dig in. But rather than pounding out only lengthy diatribes and hit quips on Maria Abramović (“a first-rate idiot”), graduate MFA programs and today’s art market, our favorite curmudgeon is also professorial, offering ideas on the pace of studio work and returning to teaching mode by challenging artists to “make or paint a work of art that contained everything they hated

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Interesting things we found on our city’s Reddit page

Sure, Google is your friend, but don’t deny yourself the rabbit-hole descent that is the Vegas Reddit page (/r/Vegas). There, you’ll scan the digital bulletin board-as-social network and discover not only the lurid, only-in-Vegas stories, but interesting and/or useful info—even in posts on exhausted topics (i.e. inquiries from incoming tourists and new residents). Here’s a sampling of gold mined during a recent click-a-thon:

Trees fall, cats die, systems— and bodies—break, and strength reveals itself BY STACY J. WILLIS It was liberating to buy an ax. It said to the Lowe’s clerk: That’s right, I may look like a slumpy woman beaten down by the banalities of suburban life, but I chop wood. No bag necessary for this, I’ll just carry it out on my shoulder. Like always. The huge gusts of wind in the Valley had blown over a tree in our backyard. It was a mature Shoestring Acacia, with multiple branches and hundreds of weepy strands of sinewy leaves. We could’ve called a landscaper, but instead, I looked across the basically destroyed entire backyard, threw back my shoulders and said, I got this. For the next three days, I took that ax and a borrowed handsaw to the fallen tree and chopped a chaotic scene up into more manageable and removable bits of wood. In doing so, I found a renewed sense of awesomeness, herniated a disc in my back and may or may not have killed our cat, who died of heart failure while watching me overexert from the window. True story. My once smoothly functioning spine, taken for granted for years, now had volumes to say about every twist, turn, fall, lift, lazy stride, sagging couch, baby hoist, kick, throw, tackle, reach, ill-advised twerk, cramped road trip, backpack, sedentary desk day and leap from a playground swing. * * * * *

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* * * * * I’m hobbling in the other direction when I look across the horizon and see a kid on a skateboard pop up from the bowl below, catch a ton of air, do a gleeful 180 in the sky and then disappear back to the cement pits. It’s a magnificent sight. All at once, I feel a rush of adrenaline and a nearly religious sense of awe for the human spine. I lean against the fence and take in the sounds of boards scraping and wheels racing. These limber lumbar spines, cloaked in 30 or so pre-teens in skater gear and chill attitudes, are performing artistic feats in midair, twisting and turning in explicably complicated ways, each healthy vertebra and disc and facet joint working with the next. A functioning system.

More than unknowingly displaying the genius of the human body, they’re navigating their place in the world: watching each other, one-upping each other, showing off, messing with gravity, testing their limits. Then one little portly kid who’s here by himself loses momentum in the bottom of the pit. I feel like my helpless cat in the window as I watch him struggle. He realizes he’s stuck down there—the walls are maybe 7 feet high, and he’s not even 4 feet tall. He looks around furtively to see if the older kids are watching, as this could be the stuff of childhood trauma. None of them have noticed. The odds are against him. But what choice does he have? He tosses his skateboard out and takes a fierce run up the slick cement side wall, leaping and grabbing for the top edge with stubby finger tips … and missing, sliding back down on his belly. One or two kids are watching now. He shakes it off, plays it cool, gets another running start and tries again. But his will is outmatched by the unfeeling cement. I want to help him, but three things stop me. First, I know it would solidify the embarrassment trauma, and second, embarrassment would become total mortification if we both ended up stuck because he’s too bottom-heavy and my portly body is in revolt. But the real reason is that it took guts and tenacity for him to join this scene; it took backbone. He’s working it out. It takes five tries, each more heartwrenching than the last, before he finally pulls himself out, the difference of a few centimeters of leverage and an ethereal teaspoon of I got this. He gets right back on his board and skates on. For me, it’s the most beautiful example of the backbone at work.

Anyone else always looking for a new picnic spot? One user recommends Oxford Park in Summerlin, which boasts a great Valley view. In the same item, another Redditor raves about something called Archery Tag, which takes place at Impact Archery indoor shooting range. One team against another, dodging both obstacles and foamtipped arrows—take my money. (Oh, and it’s on Groupon!) Get questions from non-local friends about bachelor parties? Instead of directing your buddy and his group to a Strip hotel where they’ll pay through the nose for multiple rooms (likely to be located on multiple floors), have them look off-Strip for mansion rentals on Airbnb. A post from a prospective visitor revealed an awesome Sunday brunch option available April through November from Lake Mead Cruises. It’s reasonable ($20$45) and includes Champagne for adults. My first upvote! Speaking of experiences to plan for the near future: A camel safari farm is due to relocate from Washington and open in Mesquite. Who wouldn’t want to take in the gorgeous Virgin Mountains riding a camel named Spud? –Mike Prevatt

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A billion ice packs and gallons of tears and several weeks later, I’m finally taking a careful, ab-engaged rehabilitative walk at Desert Breeze Park, still missing my cat, when a woman and her pre-teen son approach me. They’re wearing SolarCity T-shirts, and collecting signatures for a petition to fight NV Energy over the Public Utilities Commission-approved rate change on solar-energy customers. She looks tired. “I’m trying to save my job and thousands of others,” she tells me plaintively. NV Energy is no small opponent; nor is the green-energy industry a small ally. So it’s finally come to this: An epic, high-dollar bureau-

cratic battle between old energy and new, a battle whose powerful players include shrewd lobbyists and PR strategists and the governor and his PUC and stockholders and lawmakers and the already-spent solar incentives, all manner of political gamesmanship now weighing on this single working woman. So on an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon with her kid in tow, she is doggedly collecting signatures. The larger system has gone awry, and the smaller individuals are suffering the acute pain. It makes me want to take my ax to the red tape, to the behemoth bureaucracy that lost track of who it’s meant to serve. What does it mean to have a backbone? We say it to imply someone has the courage to assert her will in the world, no matter how daunting a task may seem. The woman trudges on through the park, pleading with strangers.

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In Vegas’ dating desert, Tinder isn’t just about the hookup

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her to see what was out there with boundaries intact. The reputation for soulless hookups is just a stigma, she says, especially here. “Because Vegas is so hard to date in, a lot of people are actually looking for relationships. ... If they’re local, I would say 70 percent are not in for hookups.” Between logins last week, Jo got a notification that 230 more people in her 30-mile radius had liked her. The quantity is there, but she’s admittedly picky and rarely swipes right. And her big rules are that the guy has to talk first and ask for the date. She’s been on two so far. One was awful, one was wonderful. Not so different from the odds of an IRL connection, but my friend Eli points out that Tinder “clears the initial air of: Am I interested? Are you interested? So you’re already starting past step one.” He agrees with Jo that it’s tough to meet people “organically” here if you’re looking for more than a fl ing. He’s not on Tinder to hook up, but he doesn’t have particular expectations about a relationship either—partly because he’s laidback, and partly because he’s been propositioned by so many randos seeking weed and bots tied to naughty webcams. He has made friends, and he’s happy with that. “I don’t take it too seriously,” Eli says. “I genuinely like meeting people, so that’s the best benefit for me, even if the date’s not good. You never know. That’s the same as regular dating, isn’t it?”

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∑ We’re drinking rum and debating the purpose of Tinder and toilet-seat covers. Nick swears the tissue flap is designed to protect man-parts, and that the app doesn’t favor meaningful connections as much as hookers looking for “roses.” This weird conversation is happening around his theory that Luna swipes through potential love matches in the bathroom. “You know when you’re on Facebook while you’re watching TV? That’s when I do it, when I’m bored,” Luna says. “Aaaaaand when you’re on the toilet,” Nick says. “Gross.”

“It’s not like you’re taking a cocktail in there!” It’s banter made for messaging on Tinder, the root of apparently 9 billion matches. This tiki bar is full of people trying to do it the old-fashioned way, but I wonder how many are checking their phones in the can ... All seven of my companions have tried Tinder, with wildly varying degrees of dedication and traction. Luna uses it mostly as a diversion, swiping left on guys who speak in emojis and offer foot massages and right on pretty much anyone with a dog. Jo and Mel agree that girls can’t Super Like without seeming clingy, and B.G. compares withholding that gesture to resisting the max-A/C button in his car even when it’s ruinously hot. If he ever does push it, it’ll be because something moved him that profoundly. As far as the app’s love-finding potential, he says you have to be a lot more attentive than he is. “I pretty much use it as a game. Tinder is full of people who’ll either never check it or just send movie quotes and then see how long it takes people to catch on. I feel like you have to wade through so much sh*t that it is very unlikely; but sure, it’s possible. The same way that it’s unlikely that one of us would meet our future husband or wife in this bar tonight, but it’s possible.” Jo “gave in” to Tinder because she’d lived in Vegas for more than two years and never been asked out. She chose it over traditional online dating services because it was free, easy and allowed

∑ He feels fat. He would feel fat. He is fat, and don’t even try to argue with him about it. He’s hungry. He just ordered Chinese food. He wants to order Chinese food. Cheetos hands. He’s tired. He’s drunk. He’s about to go out drinking. I’m drunk. “You’re making that crazy sex face at me.” (Related to prior). He’s about to go to work and doesn’t “want to smell like sex” (???). He’s stressed out by work and not in the mood. Baseball game. Basketball game. Hockey game. Football game (American). Football game (British). Football game (European). Fútbol game (Latin American). Boxing match. Presidential debate. Sopranos marathon (of his own creation, because he owns the box set). [Insert HBO/Showtime series]. His breath smells. My breath smells. He needs to shower. He just showered. He doesn’t want to have to shower afterward. “What, you want to have sex in the car?!” (Yes, after trying and failing on the bed multiple times.) It’s too early. It’s too late. I seem too emotional (which can happen when you don’t have sex for months). It’s too hot. It’s too cold. The air-conditioner sound is distracting. “But the dogs are here.” (They’re always here.) “They’re looking at us.” (They’re usually looking at us.) Toothache. Headache. Stomachache (sometimes related to Chinese food). Mysterious foot/leg pain that only occurs when I try to have sex with him. He needs to go drum and doesn’t want to be distracted by having had sex earlier in the day. (This just happened.) –Kelly Flynn

ILLUSTRATION BY GARY LACOSTE

Gorgeous lines to inspire notes of love and longing These words, said by Ruth to Naomi in Biblical scripture, have so much power they’ve been used in countless weddings and make the heart swell no matter how many times they’re read. Lucky are those who love this deeply. And lucky are we who come across such beauty. Love’s grip has been poured out in words for centuries, the debilitating yearning, the mutual adulation or undulating agony of unrequited love. Love controls all else. Lovers meet, and life as they know it changes. I can’t see how I can go on living away from you—these intermisdeath, Henry Miller says in a letter to Anaïs Nin. sions are death same, Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same Catherine says of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. My love as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite nite, says Shakespeare’s Juliet. We’ve been strengthened by love and crippled by it. broken, said Oscar Wilde, who was Hearts were made to be broken imprisoned for his love. James Baldwin makes it plain: Love is a battle, love is a war: Love is a growing up. But then there is the gloriousness, expressed by Dr. Seuss: You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. –Kristen Peterson

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They fell for each other when it was taboo, married others, had families. And decades later, they crossed paths in Las Vegas ... ∑ The year was 1965. The place, Flint,

Michigan. Paul Harasim remembers the day vividly. “My freshman year at Flint Junior College I saw this beautiful young lady working in the library,” he says. “She happened to be African American, more stunning than Nefertiti. She had a speaking voice I found mesmerizing.” Flint in the ’60s was a thriving bluecollar paradise. Both black and white families prospered, but rarely mixed. Yet Paul pursued Patricia Harden relentlessly. “I started to talk to her a good bit, walk with her on campus; she thought my classes were near hers, but they weren’t,” he says. Paul became editor of the student newspaper, and Patricia founded a human rights council, both contributing to each other’s projects. They talked on the phone nearly every day, and would listen to records at her house—Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Motown. After months of friendship, Paul finally found the courage to ask Patricia out. “Quite frankly, I was stunned by her response,” he says. “She said no. While she said she really cared for me, she also said interracial dating in Flint probably would mean we’d end up beaten or worse.” “To me he was just my best friend,” Patricia recalls. “Then one day out of the clear blue sky he said he wanted to go out with me, and I looked at him and said, ‘Are you crazy? You’re white and I’m black.’” Paul was incredulous. And persistent. He even called Patricia a hypocrite, asking how she could advocate equality on one hand, and on the other reject him because of what the outside world might think. Finally, Patricia said yes. “I fell in love with her, hard,” Paul says. It was a time when black men and white women rarely dated and white men and black women never did, Patricia remembers. But a year and a half after their first date, Paul asked her to marry him. Her love was strong, but her fear was stronger. She told him she believed an interracial married couple would be killed in segregated Flint. Paul fell apart, but Patricia remained firm.

She had experienced things he hadn’t. “I think he didn’t feel any of that, because he was white. White people grow up thinking everything’s all right and they can do anything they want to do. Black people grow up thinking, if I try they’re going to stop me; if I succeed they’re going to knock me down. ... He was angry with me, very angry with me, because Paul was such an idealist and I’m more of a pragmatist,” Patricia says. “I was angry at the country, that we were living in a place where something like skin pigmentation made a difference. I was angry that she couldn’t see it,” Paul says, “because she was such a bright and intelligent soul.” They parted ways, only speaking once or twice after that, though Paul kept in touch with Patricia’s mother. He joined the Army and left for Vietnam on April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. When he returned, he moved around the country working newspaper and communications jobs, while Patricia remained in Michigan, teaching. Both couples married within their own races and had children. And unknowingly, 40-something years later, both were divorced and living in Las Vegas. Patricia was watching Nevada Week in Review one Sunday. “I see all these old white men sitting on a panel, and I hear this voice,” she says. But she didn’t recognize anyone, until the panelists’ names appeared onscreen. He was no longer a strawberry-blond toothpick, but she knew it was him. “I screamed! I freaked,” Patricia says. “I couldn’t believe he was actually in Nevada.” The next day, she called him at the Review-Journal. “Do you remember Flint JC?” she asked when he picked up. “Not only do I remember Flint JC, but this is a voice I had been hoping to hear for decades,” he said. The two arranged to meet near UNLV and walked the campus, as they had in Flint 40 years earlier. “It was so comfortable,” Patricia says. “It was like we had never left each other.” One year later Paul asked Patricia to marry him. This time she wasn’t afraid.

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Lessons and leather worship at the gay fetish conference ∑ “Woof! Grrrrrrrrr. Woof! Woof!” says the man

in the leather dog mask and wrestling singlet as I pass him by the pool at Alexis Park. Knowing he’s purely paying me a compliment, I thank him. In any other circumstance I would have been taken

off guard, but I’m at Drummer North America, a fetish weekend open to all but aimed at gay kinksters into leather, rubber, BDSM, uniforms and smoking cigars in bed. Birthed from the now-defunct, leather-focused Drummer magazine—and one of many events where gay men gather to experience the brotherhood of this niche community—Drummer North America was held in Las Vegas for the first time this year January 28-31. And as a gay journalist with no proclivities for this semi-underground world of sexual exploration, I was curious to see what the hype was about. Fifty Shades of Grey made The New York Times best-seller list for a reason, right? My naïveté must have been palpable, since throughout the day men in skin-tight cowhide pants and leather harnesses shot looks my way, a handful calling me “fresh meat” when I asked about their experiences with the gay-leather and BDSM scenes. But I was no intimidated Anastasia Steele-type, because the atmosphere was completely welcoming, and the attendees were thoughtful, friendly people simply connecting through shared infatuations.

DNA hosted workshops throughout the weekend, including discussions and/or demos on rope bondage, flogging and, yes, cock-and-ball torture. I was present for Sir James’ session on flogging, in which he demonstrated whipping techniques while going over health and safety concerns. “You don’t want to hurt your toys,” one attendee said. I thought he was talking about whips and the like, but he meant play partners, explaining the thin line between inflicting consensual pain and causing harm. DNA also included cocktail socials, strip poker, “play spaces” for intimate acts, and a contest for the titles of Drummer and DrummerBoy that involved performances and fantasy stagings—one of the most entertaining and, well, stimulating events I’ve been to in some time (and I was at AVN the weekend before). While my day down the kinky rabbit hole didn’t exactly convert me to the Church of Leather, I’m glad to have a better understanding of what makes some of my gay brethren tick—and maybe also to know that I missed absolutely nothing by not reading E.L. James’ mommy-porn.

∑ Red roses are a time-tested symbol of Valentine’s Day. They also suggest you put about 30 seconds of thought into your gift. For those aiming Cupid’s arrow toward something more original, we asked Kathryn Null, owner and “floral ninja fairy” at Enchanted Florist (3261 S. Highland Drive #604, lasvegasfloral.com), how to make other arrangements. Your first instinct should be to stay away from the usual red, pink and purple, but keep colors bright. “Instead of hearts and the usual stuff, make an arrangement of flowers and a card that says, ‘You are the sunshine of my life,’” Null says. If red and pink are non-negotiable, ask the florist to sub out roses for the freshest mix of Valentine’s Day flowers, which should include romantic alternatives such as tulips and Gerbera daisies. If you’re looking for something more indicative of our desert environment, Enchanted Florist offers succulent gardens. “And we can dress them up any way you want,” Null adds. Of course, you should have planned your floral gift, like, last week. Null says you’ll likely score an arrangement if you place your order by the morning of February 12, but if you wait any longer, “It’ll be expensive.” It’ll also brighten the face of your Valentine. –Mike Prevatt

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Does this creature of Instagram get you hot? ∑ What is a lumbersexual? A metrosexual who cannot suppress his innate need for rugged masculinity. This subspecies consists of hipsters and beautiful boys with strong, angled jawlines and thick, bountiful beards. Their hands are smooth and soft, however, untouched by hard labor. They might occasionally sprain a finger coding on

their MacBook Pros, or blind themselves while taking selfies. And their pain is worth it, with nearly 60,000 likes on the catch-all Instagram and almost 140,000 posts under #lumbersexual. Grasping for tendrils of testosterone, these handsome, hairy hipsters love long walks to the coffee shop, listening to Arctic Monkeys and styling

their man buns with organic products. But I mustache: Where do we draw the line between the lumbersexual and the lumberjack? How incompetent must a lumbersexual be at camping and chopping up wood to indeed be considered lumbersexual? My personal lumberjack vehemently rejects the trend. “I don’t want to do

any of that hipster garbage,” he says. “I don’t want to sip mocha lattes, or try to get sparkles out of my beard. I groom it, and it grows on my face.” I see no problem. Any identification that combines the pine-scented sex appeal of Paul Bunyan with a streamlined face and the word “sexual” has got me lumberlustin’. –Rosalie Spear

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Along with the Thursday bashes—mark your calendar for a House Party 2-style jammy jam with Kid ’n Play on March 24—Olheiser sees LAX hosting afterparties for UFC fights and concerts at the nearby TMobile Arena and just showing visitors a damn good, hassle-free time. “I’m trying to reintroduce nightlife [from] maybe 15 years ago, where it’s really all about the party and maybe less about the business,” he says. “We just want to focus on the party; we just want to focus on the fun.” –Sarah Feldberg

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“Guests who came to see a concert or event are going to be looking for an opportunity to go out and do something afterward,” says Gerald Pacheco, director of operations for SBE Las Vegas. “Our goal is to have those guests stay for an extended period of time and have a nightlife experience at their fingertips.” The new lounge will sit on the perimeter of the arena, allowing for live viewing of the headlining event from 60 to 70 percent of the lounge. Guests will also be able to take in the action on nearly 30 screens. And the arena’s Hyde Lounge

will be even cozier than its Bellagio counterpart, with tufted couches, classic décor and intimate lighting. Heading up the dining component is executive chef David Mangual, but Hyde will also partner with the nearby Double Barrel Roadhouse for private events— another driving element to Hyde’s outside-the-box business model. Whether it’s Guns N’ Roses’ tour kickoff (April 8 and 9) or UFC 200 (July 9), Hyde Lounge plans to be the go-to afterparty. “There’s never been anything done like this in Las Vegas,” Pacheco says. “Obviously the possibilities are endless.” –Leslie Ventura

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Created by John and his partner David Furnish, the lounge is refined yet playful, showcasing artwork from their personal collection: portraits of Aretha Franklin, intimate shots of Liz Claiborne and skulls by David Bailey. General manager Jason Manley says every last detail, from the leopardprint bar to the ornate etchings on the walls, is overseen by the pair. But Fizz isn’t just about disco-chic décor, avant-garde artwork and dazzling Champagne cocktails. It recently hosted the debut exhibit of photographer and Las Vegas native Jon Carmichael, a benefit for AFAN and the Perry J. Cohen Foundation. Also benefitting AFAN, the venue just launched Equality Sundays as a way to

bring the LGBT community together with allies, colleagues and friends. “It’s not your typical gay night,” says AFAN event marketing specialist Garrett Pattiani. With no go-go dancers or Top 40 in the mix—it’s geared toward down-tempo house and groove—Pattiani calls Equality Sundays a perfect inclusive meeting space. “Fizz is doing a great job of supporting our community,” he says. “As the only gay night now on the Strip, it says a lot that they’re willing to do that.” Fizz at Caesars Palace, 702-776-3200; Monday-Thursday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m., Friday-Sunday, noon4 a.m. –Leslie Ventura

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2/11 DJ Seany Mac. 2/12 DJs Sam I Am & Mark Mac. 2/13 Greg Lopez. 2/15 DJ Sam I Am. 2/16 Kay the Riot. 2/17 DJ Sincere. 2/18 DJ Seany Mac. 2/19 DJs Sam I Am & Mark Mac. 2/20 Greg Lopez. 2/21 DJ Jimmy Lite. 2/22 Sam I Am. 2/23 Kay the Riot. 2/24 DJ Sincere. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.

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G H OST B A R 2/11 Benny Black. 2/12-2/13 DJs Exodus & Mark Stylz. 2/14 DJ Shred. 2/15-2/16 DJ Seany Mac. 2/17 Presto One. 2/18 Benny Black. 2/19-2/20 DJs Exodus & Mark Stylz. 2/20 GBDC with Official Sean Penn & DJ Mike Shay. 2/21 Pop-Up with She Wants Revenge. 2/22-2/23 DJ Seany Mac. 2/24 Presto One. Palms, 702-942-6832.

2/13 Fantasy. 2/18 Young MC. Luxor, 702-262-4529.

L I G H T 2/12 Stafford Brothers. 2/13 E-Rock. 2/17 Baauer’s Studio B. 2/19 Bassjackers. 2/20 DJ Mustard. 2/24 Blackout Artist Takeover. 2/26 Eric DLux. 2/27 Post Malone. 3/2 Eric DLux. 3/4 Jayceeoh. 3/5 Morgan Page. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.

2/11 Eric DLux. 2/12 Timbaland. 2/13 Jeremih. 2/14 DJs Crooked & Neva. 2/16 Travis Scott & Pusha T. 2/18 DJ Gusto. 2/19 Brody Jenner & Devin Lucien. 2/20 Nelly. 2/21 DJ Franzen. 2/25 E-Rock. 2/26 Justin Credible. 2/27 Trey Songz. 2/28 DJ Franzen. Cromwell, 702-777-3800.

2/11 Jesse Marco. 2/12 The Chainsmokers. 2/13 Above & Beyond. 2/14 Tigerlily. 2/18 Lil Jon. 2/19 GTA. 2/20 Chuckie. 2/21 Borgeous. 2/25 Dada Life. 2/26 Above & Beyond. 2/27 Axwell. 2/28 3LAU. 3/3 DVBBS. 3/4 Showtek. 3/5 Tiësto. MGM Grand, 702-891-3838.

H Y D E F OX TA I L 2/12 DJ Hollywood. 2/13 DJ Ikon. 2/19-2/20 DJ Hollywood. 2/27 Ja Rule. 3/5 Sean Paul. SLS, 702-761-7621

2/12 Andrew Rayel. 2/13-2/14 Halfway to EDC. 2/13 Cash Cash & Busta Rhymes. 2/15 Carnage. 2/19 Tritonal. 2/20 Carnage. 2/22 Vice. 2/26 Vice. 2/27 Cedric Gervais. 2/29 Politik. 3/4 Benny Benassi. 3/5 Galantis. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.

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S U R R E N D E R 2/12 Flosstradamus. 2/13 Dillon Francis. 2/17 Skrillex. 2/19 Slander. 2/20 Flosstradamus. 2/24 DJ Snake. 2/26 Virgil Abloh. 2/27 Flosstradamus. 3/4 A-Trak. 3/5 DJ Snake. Encore, 702-770-7300.

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XS 2/12 Martin Solveig. 2/13 Alesso. 2/14 Eric DLux. 2/15 RL Grime. 2/19 Audien. 2/20 Skrillex. 2/21 Jerzy. 2/22 Salva. 2/26 Audien. 2/27 DJ Snake. 2/28 DJ Five. 2/29 Virgil Abloh. 3/4 Zedd. 3/5 David Guetta. Encore, 702-770-0097.

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The ladies of the Fantasy show at Luxor bring the heat wherever they go, but their appearance and performance at LAX February 13—just in time for Valentine’s Day, naturally—will offer some extra sizzle. It’ll be a sexy celebration for cast member Soolin DeMaria, who was just featured in Playboy as South Africa’s Miss February 2016. So now you know what you’re doing Saturday night. Put your pictures here! Share your most Vegas moments. Bring us behind your scenes. Capture the night with #IndustryWeekly.

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Big week at the Bunkhouse Three shows to catch at the Downtown music hub Dusty Sunshine (February 12) In December we reported that the Vegas six-piece would reunite for a 2016 show, and that day has arrived. The women of Dusty Sunshine are ready to serenade you straight into folky, Americana heaven with tracks from 2012 EP Deer Paw, and possibly a few new songs, too. Prep at dustysunshine.bandcamp.com, then hear Dusty live for the first time in more than a year on Friday. With Jackson Wilcox, Blair Dewayne, Sonia Seelinger, 8 p.m., $5.

> THREE AMIGOS Sandler, MacDonald and Schneider team for comedic fun.

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This comedic thruple has done a lot together: come of age at LA’s Improv, become household names at Saturday Night Live and co-star in the new Netflix movie The Ridiculous 6. It’ll also end a 10-date comedy tour this weekend at the Joint. February 13-14, 8 p.m., $50-$175.

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go MLS SOCCER: LA VS. SAN JOSE What happens when a Galaxy battles Earthquakes? Las Vegans can find out in person, when the rivals square off in a preseason game outside California for the first time in 15 years. February 13, 7 p.m., $20-$50, Cashman Field. st. Baldrick’s Lepre-con Help topple Ireland’s record—1,263 leprechauns at a single event—for this 5K/ 1-mile walk and gathering benefitting childhood cancer research. Beards, hats and shirts are included with registration. February 13, 8 a.m., $25-$65, Town Square.

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Joining Ozzfest veterans Lamb of God and Anthrax is Coachella-bound Deafheaven, which will offer a brief, atmospheric detour from the thrash and groove metal of its tourmates. Texas throttlers Power Trip open. February 11, 7 p.m., $35-$60, Brooklyn Bowl.

cinderella Nevada Ballet Theatre presents a story ballet based on the beloved fairy tale. A happily ever after, just in time for Valentine’s Day. February 13, 7:30 p.m.; February 14, 2 p.m.; $29-$139, Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.

brahms: first & foremost The Las Vegas Philharmonic is thinking small with its much-anticipated Spotlight Series inside the Smith Center’s intimate Troesh Studio. Concertmaster/violinist De Ann Letourneau leads a four-person ensemble through three selections by the German composer/pianist. February 16, 7:30 p.m., $168 (three-concert package).

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What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with John Hughes’ classic romantic comedy? Debate the relative merits of Blane vs. Duckie while also watching behind-the-scenes footage featuring the movie’s alternate ending. February 14 & 17, 2 & 7 p.m., various theaters, $5-$12.50.

A Night for Ziggy Stardust (February 13) When rock legend David Bowie died January 10, two days after his 69th birthday and the release of album Blackstar, music culture seemed to change overnight. In place of an originally scheduled Cure tribute, the Vegas music scene will come together to pay respect to the late rock ’n’ roll shape-shifter with sets from The Laissez Fairs, Electric Spider Eggs, Par and more. Here’s hoping we get a heavy dose of his extraterrestrial classics—with some Thin White Duke-era cuts for good measure. 9 p.m., free. Built to Spill (February 16) The veteran indie darlings return to the Bunkhouse for the third time since the venue’s revamp—and the second since they released 2015 powerhouse LP Untethered Moon. Last year’s performance was nothing short of wondrous, but if we could ask for an extra treat, it would be even more cuts off that new album, which harkens to the group’s early glory days. With The Hand, Iceberg Ferg, 8:30 p.m., $20. –Leslie Ventura

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> Gold Record Smith Galtney had a positive reaction after taking Vinyl’s first five episodes for a spin.

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HBO’s new Sunday nighter brings the music biz—and ’70s NYC—to life By Smith Galtney Back in August, I wrote a column about watching the trailer for Vinyl, HBO’s new series about the music business in the 1970s, and trying not to get my hopes up because “95 percent of all music shows on TV suck.” Well, I just finished the first five episodes, and I’m positively giddy to report that Vinyl is the 5 percent exception—a really good show about music, that actually has good music in it, plus

characters that don’t make you groan. It’s not quite great yet. But it’s got great potential. And it’s more fun than a barrel full of sleazy, coked-out monkeys. Vinyl, co-created by Martin Scorsese (who also directed the pilot), is set in New York City in the early ’70s, and the producers spared no expense in re-creating the trashridden streets, the dilapidated buildings, the vandalized subways. It’s easy

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to romanticize the Manhattan of yesteryear, when rents were cheap and bohemia flourished, where punk and disco and hip-hop emerged simultaneously. But it was also a filthy town where people got mugged and murdered and threw themselves in front of trains. Even worse, the free-love movement of the ’60s had devolved into an orgy of cheap cologne, phony gold chains and sweaty CPAs who thought they were Casanova. Vinyl uses its very big budget to remind us that, yes, the decade was fabulous, but it was also pretty ugly. At the center is Richie Finestra, a record executive who’s inspired to revamp his flailing, out-of-touch label after having a cocaine-enriched epiphany during a New York Dolls

concert. Most shows totally botch this “aha” moment. Either the music they’re supposedly transfixed by is awful, or the scene is killed by cliché. (Cue slow zoom-in as character leans forward, nods head, stunned by aural greatness.) But Vinyl nails it; even the look-alikes pantomiming to the Dolls’ “Personality Crisis” hit all the right notes. When Richie—perfectly played by Bobby Cannavale—starts preaching to his colleagues about the power of rock ’n’ roll, we’re sold because the show conveys music experiences worth preaching about. What rings a tad false are the non-musical elements. The pilot leads up to a Boogie Nights-esque VINYL bit of ultra-violence Sundays, that ushers in two 9 p.m., detectives wearing bad HBO. Mike Brady wigs and taped-on pornstaches. And I’m not quite sold on the Nasty Bits, the punk band Finestra signs in hopes of molding them into The Next Big Thing. For one thing, the lead singer is played by James Jagger, who bears a distracting resemblance to his dad, Mick (another of the show’s creators). Secondly, they’re called the Nasty Bits, and the more people in the show refer to that name being great, the more I laugh. As a period drama set in the workplace at the dawn of a tumultuous decade, Vinyl draws easy comparisons to Mad Men, and HBO is clearly banking on it becoming a similar phenomenon. It’s nowhere near as nuanced in roping history into its narrative. (The Watergate references and a Warhol subplot feel clunky.) But with CBGB and Bronx block parties and Studio 54 all looming on the horizon, there will be plenty opportunity for ironing those kinks out. Besides, how can one really gripe when a show’s idea for exit music is the Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat”? I hope Vinyl lives long enough to see the ’80s.

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Mikey likes it Where to Invade Next finds Michael Moore uncharacteristically upbeat

> No Magnum Opus The second Zoolander probably won’t inspire devotion like its predecessor.

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Zoolander 2 comes up with too little, too late By Josh Bell There are so many famous people who pop up for Ben Stiller’s original Zoolander is a remarkable 2001 a few seconds that Zoolander 2 is practically Celebrity pop-culture time capsule—it was even produced by the Cameo: The Movie, and at around the 10th random briefly existing feature-film division of VH1. Its celebrity celebrity appearance, it becomes clear that Stiller (who cameos (Fred Durst, Lance Bass, Billy Zane), product returns as director and co-writer) doesn’t have a clever showcases (super-tiny cell phone, Razor scooter) and reason for putting any of these people in the movie. portrayal of the fashion industry (as reported on by Steve Derek and Hansel are once again drawn into a Kmetko) are all relics of a very specific time high-stakes international conspiracy that happeriod, and part of Zoolander’s appeal is how pens to center around the fashion industry, but well it captures the ephemera of its era. It’s aaccc Stiller has mostly run out of satirical targets. also a fairly funny send-up of the fashion world, ZOOLANDER 2 Kristen Wiig, one of the few celebrities in with plenty of quotable lines and enjoyable per- Ben Stiller, Owen formances from Stiller as moronic supermodel Wilson, Penelope the cast not playing herself, is funny as a leathDerek Zoolander and Owen Wilson as his rival/ Cruz. Directed by ery fashion designer with an incomprehensible Ben Stiller. Rated accent, but Penelope Cruz is a mostly useless best friend Hansel. addition as an Interpol agent who recruits Zoolander didn’t make a ton of money at the PG-13. Opens Derek and Hansel to help expose the convobox office, but it has become a minor cult clas- Friday citywide. luted conspiracy. Stiller doesn’t know what to sic, and so, 15 years later, we have Zoolander do with Cruz as an actual character any more than he 2, willed into existence by YouTube videos and memes knows what to do with Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Neil and Stiller’s continuously successful career. For a movie deGrasse Tyson, Willie Nelson, Susan Sarandon or any that’s been in the works for so long, though, Zoolander 2 of the other dozens of celebrities who appear as themis disappointingly slapdash, with a plot even more nonselves. Zoolander may have been silly, but at least it had sensical than the original, performances that fail to capsomething to be silly about; Zoolander 2 can’t even find a ture what initially made the characters entertaining and reason for existing. a dizzying cavalcade of celebrity cameos in place of jokes.

After a series of increasingly despairing documentaries (Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, Capitalism: A Love Story) chronicling the various ways in which the United States is failing its citizens, Michael Moore tries a more optimistic approach in his latest film, Where to Invade Next. Its premise is both simple and playful: Moore claims to have been hired by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to visit various European countries and claim their best ideas for America. Among the allegedly annexed policies are Italy’s generous vacation benefits (at least 30 days per year), France’s gourmet school lunches, Slovenia’s completely free universities (even for foreigners) and Norway’s comparatively humane prison system (which focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment, and aaacc in which even the WHERE TO most heinous crimes INVADE receive a maximum NEXT sentence of 21 years). Directed Each of these by Michael arguments Moore. Rated inevitably inspires a R. Opens “Yes, but …” response Friday at Regal in the mind of any Colonnade, thinking viewer—in Century the case of Slovenia, Suncoast. for example, one might credibly wonder whether a free education system created for a population of 2 million would work in a nation with a population of more than 300 million. Where to Invade Next does too little to head off such objections; the film’s use of statistics and infographics is at best glib and at worst deliberately misleading. Still, there’s a core of truth underlying all of these observations, which is that it’s possible to find a healthier balance between corporate profit and overall human happiness than the U.S. generally favors. Moore’s solutions might not always be practical, but at least he’s now actively looking for solutions, as opposed to just griping about problems. –Mike D’Angelo

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> SNARK AND BULLETS Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool has been a long time coming.

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lousness of superheroes and superhero movies. But that captures the essence of Deadpool, whose comic-book stories are often about the absurd mechanics of appearing in comic books. In between his dirty jokes and self-referential insults, Deadpool participates in Foul-mouthed mercenary Deadpool takes aim at a fairly familiar superhero origin story, going from small-time mercenary and forsuperhero movies By Josh Bell mer Special Forces operative Wade Wilson to a mutated, horrifically scarred and essentially invulnerable superhuman thanks to the sadistic experiments of a mad scientist known as Ajax (Ed Skrein). Determined to get revenge on the man who It might seem odd to describe a big-budget Hollywood superhero movie as ruined his life (while simultaneously curing his terminal cancer and a passion project, but that’s exactly what Deadpool is for star and progiving him superpowers), Wade dons a costume and becomes Deadpool. ducer Ryan Reynolds, who’s been working for more than a decade to get The story (which also includes Wade’s quest to reunite with the love a movie made about the sarcastic, ultraviolent Marvel Comics anti-hero. aaacc of his life, played by Morena Baccarin, and his team-up with a couple of Reynolds played Deadpool in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but that DEADPOOL take on the character bore only a passing resemblance to the comic- Ryan Reynolds, third-rate X-Men) is nothing special, but Reynolds and Miller make it fun by sheer force of their enthusiasm for the material. As in the comics, a book version, and Reynolds (along with director Tim Miller, who came Morena little Deadpool goes a long way, and the nonstop jokes get a bit tiresome, aboard in 2011, and Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld) has been pushing Baccarin, Ed for a more faithful adaptation ever since. Skrein. Directed especially since only about half of them really land. Even so, Reynolds is perfect in a part he’s been waiting half his career to play, and Miller All of that persistence has finally paid off with a movie that benefits by Tim Miller. (a special effects artist making his directorial debut) stages some strong from existing outside the monolithic Marvel cinematic universe (as an Rated R. Opens X-Men-related character, Deadpool falls under Marvel’s licensing agree- Friday citywide. action sequences that integrate the jokes into their visual style (starting with the snarky opening credits). Deadpool might have more passion to it ment with 20th Century Fox). The careful planners at Marvel Studios than sophistication, but that’s entirely appropriate for a character who’d would never go for a movie with this much swearing, sex and gore, not probably disembowel anyone who ever accused him of being sophisticated. to mention constant self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking jokes about the ridicu-

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Overlong Stephen King miniseries used to be big business for network TV, but it’s been more than aabcc a decade since one of King’s novels was adapted 11.22.63 into a multi-night event. The move to a streaming Mondays Stephen King miniseries 11.22.63 waits service means that the adaptation of King’s nearly starting too long to get to the point 900-page 2011 novel 11/22/63 has more room to February 15, spread out (as well as relaxed standards on profanity), but the result still feels like something ABC might have Hulu. aired in 1997. At eight episodes, each running about an hour, Hulu’s 11.22.63 takes a lot of detours, and while King’s novels, even the long ones, are usually breakneck page-turners, TV shows can only be watched at a single speed. ¶ As such, 11.22.63 is often slow going, especially in the middle, after small-town English teacher Jake (James Franco) travels through a mysterious portal from 2016 to 1960, resolved to stop the JFK assassination. Since he can only travel back to a fixed point, he has to hang around for three years until the titular date, time he passes by surveilling Lee Harvey Oswald (Daniel Webber), investigating a possible CIA conspiracy and falling in love with small-town librarian Sadie (Sarah Gadon). ¶ That last part forms the real core of the story, but while Gadon is charming, Franco plays his entire role with a smirk, like he can’t believe he’s stuck in this ridiculous show. Although there are moments of suspense when Jake gets close to major historical events, nothing (including the obligatory twist ending) is quite enough to shake the feeling that the series is just a really, really long Twilight Zone episode. –Josh Bell

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A&E | screen | short takes Special screenings Art & Architecture in Cinema 2/11, video tour of Goya exhibit at London’s Nation Gallery, 7 pm, $13$15. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Dam Short Film Festival Through 2/13, short films, panel discussions, more, times vary, $9 per screening, passes $30-$100. Boulder Theatre, 1225 Arizona St., Boulder City, damshortfilm.org. The Last Great Circus Flyer 2/17-2/22, documentary about trapeze artists plus live Q&A with filmmaker and subjects, Wed 7:30 pm, Thu-Fri, Sun-Mon 2:15 pm, $11.50. Theaters: PAL. Info: facebook.com/ LastGreatCircusFlyer. Pretty in Pink 2/14, 2/17, 30th anniversary showing plus behind-the-scenes footage, 2 & 7 pm, $5-$12.50. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Saturday Movie Matinee 2/13, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 2/13, Invasion of the Bee Girls, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 8 pm, $10. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Second Sunday Movie Club 2/14, Straight Outta Compton followed by discussion, 2 pm, free. Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4011. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 2/16, Lilies of the Field. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

New this week Deadpool aaacc Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein. Directed by Tim Miller. 108 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 22. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Fitoor (Not reviewed) Aditya Roy Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Tabu. Directed by Abhishek Kapoor. 131 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A Kashmirset adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.Theaters: VS

How to Be Single aaccc Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alison Brie. Directed by Christian Ditter. 110 minutes. Rated R. How to Be Single mashes several mediocre romantic comedies into one movie as it chronicles the dating lives of various single New Yorkers. The cast (especially Wilson) is up for anything, but the story arcs are formulaic, and the dialogue is full of clichés, with only occasional funny lines. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (Not reviewed) Nani, Mehrene Kaur Peerzada, Murali Sharma. Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. Not rated. In Telugu with English subtitles. A young man must overcome his fears to be with the woman he loves. Theaters: ST The Monkey King 2 (Not reviewed) Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng. Directed by Cheang Pou-soi. 119 minutes. Not rated. In Mandarin with English subtitles. A young monk becomes the disciple of the Monkey King. Theaters: TS Southbound aaabc Mather Zickel, Fabianne Therese, Chad Villella, Hannah Marks. Directed by various. 89 minutes. Not rated. This horror anthology set in the California desert is unusually deft at blending its different stories, resulting in a film that fluidly transitions from one unsettling tale to the next. Not all of them succeed, but the hits are more prominent than the misses, and the overall effect is creepy and darkly humorous. –JB Theaters: TS Where to Invade Next aaacc Directed by Michael Moore. 119 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 21. Theaters: COL, SC Zoolander 2 aaccc Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz. Directed by Ben Stiller. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 21. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

N ow p l ay i n g 45 Years aaabc Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James. Directed by Andrew Haigh. 95 minutes. Rated R. Rampling’s Oscar-nominated performance anchors a movie that

is sometimes too understated for its own good. She plays one half of a married couple whose relationship is rocked by unexpected news on the eve of their 45th anniversary. Rampling’s reactions tell the story beautifully even when the filmmaking is a bit opaque. –JB Theaters: SC Anomalisa aabcc Voices of David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan. Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson. 90 minutes. Rated R. Kaufman’s strange, downbeat stopmotion animated film explores the drudgery of everyday life via a middle-aged customer-service expert who hears the same voice (Noonan’s) coming out of everyone around him. The animation is beautifully detailed, but the story is a dull and mundane examination of the dull and mundane. –JB Theaters: VS Carol aaaac Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler. Directed by Todd Haynes. 118 minutes. Rated R. In Haynes’ achingly beautiful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel, elegant, composed housewife Carol Aird (Blanchett) and shy shopgirl/aspiring photographer Therese Belivet (Mara) have to hide their burgeoning courtship. Haynes brilliantly captures each small moment of both grace and indignity as the characters quietly rebel against societal constraints. –JB Theaters: VS The Choice (Not reviewed) Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace. Directed by Ross Katz. 111 minutes. Rated PG-13. Two smalltown neighbors fall in love. Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Hail, Caesar! aabcc Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. This shaggy-dog mystery set in 1950s Hollywood does a great job at crafting vintage movie pastiches, but stumbles when it comes to comedy and building a cohesive narrative. Brolin plays a studio “fixer” who spends his day solving various problems in a string of amusing but jumbled set pieces. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, DTS, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SP, TS Kung Fu Panda 3 aaacc Voices of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons. Directed

by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni. 95 minutes. Rated PG. This time around, kung fu panda Po (Black) must master the traditional Chinese concept of ch’i in order to take down a mystically powered bad guy. At this point, there’s really nothing new to discover in a KFP movie, but it’s still nice to see old friends every so often. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies aabcc Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote. Directed by Burr Steers. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. This adaptation of the popular mashup novel is, not surprisingly, a fairly poor zombie film, but, surprisingly, a pretty good Jane Austen film. Director Steers brings springy enthusiasm and even humor to the Austen part of the story, but could have used a co-director for the tacked-on, lifeless zombie parts. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

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The Revenant aaacc Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 156 minutes. Rated R. DiCaprio makes his bid for Oscar glory as Hugh Glass, a reallife fur trapper and frontier guide who trekked 200 miles across unforgiving terrain when he was left for dead after being mauled by a bear. As a survival tale, it’s gripping entertainment; as a revenge saga, it’s largely empty. –MD Theaters: AL, BS, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens aaabc Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver. Directed by J.J. Abrams. 135 minutes. Rated PG-13. The long-awaited seventh movie in the space-opera series is a carefully crafted brand extension with a familiar story and some appealing new characters. Everything about it seems calculated to entertain the widest audience possible, and for the most part, it succeeds. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, DI, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movielistings.

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> HIGH VOLTAGE Brian Johnson, left, and Angus Young, rocking a sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Welcome to the Foundry

Awolnation opens the SLS music room on a high note When christening a new venue, you want a band that creates buzz, whose performance people will talk about and share on social media. The Foundry couldn’t have done much better than Awolnation. Converted from short-lived nightclub Life, SLS’ new music room is slick and long. The three-level site features a large pit, a small center area for VIPs and bottle service and a nice upper deck aaaac with plenty of prime AWOLNATION viewing spots. It February 5, seems like a venue the Foundry. you might see in a

Let there be rock

AC/DC’s latest Vegas show is a predictable good time By Josh Bell

songwriter Malcolm Young (diagnosed with dementia) There are no surprises at an AC/DC concert, and and longtime drummer Phil Rudd (who’s struggled that’s exactly how it should be. The band that has built with drugs and legal troubles). But replacements Stevie its entire career on straightforward, reliable hard rock Young (nephew of Malcolm and lead guitarist Angus delivered a straightforward, reliable show at the MGM Young) on guitar and returning member Chris Slade Grand Garden Arena on Friday, the second night of on drums proved more than capable, providing a solid its current North American tour. The previous night, anchor alongside bassist Cliff Williams. the band had performed “Given the Dog a Bone,” from Williams and Stevie Young were so anchored 1980’s Back in Black, for the first time in 35 years, that they barely moved throughout the show, but by the Vegas stop it was just another part of aaabc but Johnson and Angus Young more than made the predetermined setlist. AC/DC up for their bandmates, strutting around the “Bone” was one of six songs the band played February 5, stage with the energy of musicians half their from the massively popular Back in Black, along MGM Grand age. Angus Young stretched main-set closer “Let with a parade of other classics (the set also Garden There Be Rock” to nearly 20 minutes with an included a couple of token songs from 2014 album Arena. extended guitar solo, which managed to keep Rock or Bust). “This next song we did 35 years most of the audience on its feet despite losing ago; we never thought we’d be doing it today,” momentum long before wrapping up. Still, even bloatsinger Brian Johnson said before the band launched ed arena-rock indulgence generally works in AC/DC’s into “Back in Black,” but the great thing about AC/DC favor, and the show wrapped up with a strong encore of is that the songs sound like the members absolutely did “Highway to Hell” and “For Those About to Rock (We think they’d still be playing them decades later. Salute You),” complete with the requisite cannon blasts. AC/DC has gone through some rough times recently, Not surprisingly, the audience left satisfied. with the departures of original rhythm guitarist and co-

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movie about trendy LA bands in the ’90s, combining modern and throwback aesthetics. Sound was clear throughout, and the lighting board served up lots of dazzle. Lines at the bars were predictably long, and somewhat blocked from the stage by two large wall installations flanking the performance space. As for that third level, the spot behind the center-room soundboard provides a unique vantage point, as you hear and see things from the tech team’s point of view. The headlining LA-based five-piece set a high bar for future Foundry performers, coming out playing at a feverish pace and keeping it up for the whole 15-song set. Lead singer Aaron Bruno showed off impressive range, using his voice alternately as a hard-rock and dance-pop instrument. The dude also happens to be a hit-writing machine, and we got all the favorites, from “Kill Your Heroes” and “I Am” to “Not Your Fault.” He didn’t need to sing on encore closer and best-known Awolnation song “Sail”—the crowd had every word covered. But single “Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)” off 2015’s Run was actually the evening’s high point, with the band infusing it with kinetic life well beyond its polished studio version. –Jason Harris

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The great showgirl production was beautiful, but got trapped in time By John Katsilometes The night I met Gene Lubas, in May 2011, we sat in judgment of 20 Elvis impressionists during the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest on Fremont Street. Our most recent meeting was earlier this month, and we talked of the demise of Jubilee. Lubas has touched some of our most treasured Las Vegas intuitions, that much is certain. He’s worked as a creative director for Cirque du Soleil in Viva Elvis at Aria, an inspired concept that never found its footing and in 2012 became the first Cirque show to close in Las Vegas. Lubas also spent some time directing Holly Madison’s 1923 Bourbon & Burlesque at Mandalay Bay, which wound up in a volley of still-unresolved lawsuits as Madison broke ties with her partners in the throwback nightclub. For Lubas, it’s been more toil and heartache with Jubilee. For nearly two years, after stepping in for starcrossed choreographer Frank Gatson Jr., Lubas tried to “iron out the kinks that my predecessor put into it” as he describes. But nothing could save the show financially, and the city’s greatest showgirl production ends its 34-year run on February 11. In one of the burgundy booths facing the Jubilee stage, Lubas talked of the closing of the show and what might take its place. What was your charge with the show when you were brought in after working with Holly in 1923? When I started, they asked me what I thought was wrong with the show, how to fix the Frank version or the version before. I made a list and they

said, “Have at it, but do it in a way that makes sense financially.” I had to tackle the most painful things first— like the nine blackouts in the show, where the audience was like, “What’s happening? Is something wrong?” … I clipped the show artistically and financially. I removed the side stages, and that eliminated four-to-six technicians, saved money but gained grief with the union. We saved money by moving from six-month to one-year contracts, which meant we went from integrating new artists two times a year to one time a year, which saved money in buying new shoes, tights, G-strings, wigs, all of that. Was there any change to the production that could have possibly saved Jubilee? Artistically? Maybe. I think if we had mechanized the show differently with some modernized technology, where there is a lot more button pushing and a lot less of what I call grunt work. You know, eight guys pushing the Titanic set on and Samson palace … We were paying more to operate the show than we were in entertaining people, just because it was so expensive. We couldn’t really move forward, because our profit-from-loss ratio was not balancing. You didn’t have enough money to bring the show where you wanted it to be. Bingo. It’s a catch-22. It always seemed that Jubilee was a beautiful show to look at, but that it lacked the sonic power

Will we ever see a showgirl production of Jubilee’s scope in Las Vegas again? It’s tough, because of the industry standard to pay them. I mean, in MJ One there are 24 dancers, if that. We have currently, 64. I don’t think so. I don’t think anybody can afford it. But a streamlined version with, say, a couple dozen dancers? Definitely. Especially with some modernized technology, I think it can be done. That’s why I think, whatever comes in here, if it’s a production show, it’s reconstructed to be able to afford the artistic team and creative team to do the things in a much more seamless way. This theater is classic, but it needs work, doesn’t it? The stage is broken. We have not used a set of elevators since June, the revolving elevators. It’s 45-year-old mechanics, and nobody knows how to fix it anymore. … The showroom needs to be overhauled. Whatever is hopefully going to land in here … I hate to say it, but they are buying a broken car. It needs a lot of work. You look at all the elements of Jubilee—the costumes and dancers and stagehands—they don’t build shows like that anymore, do they? Oh, no. It’s so sad. Everyone had seen the diminishing audiences, but it does tug at the heartstrings. This closing is all about what Jubilee has meant to so many people, how special and unique it is, and what a lavish production it really was.

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What’s next for this theater? Right now there’s nothing planned. We don’t have any deals finalized. We’re just waiting for somebody to write a check. But I want something that leaves the audience wanting more, something that tips its hat to its predecessor but throws in something that younger audiences like, so that we don’t have a strictly—and I don’t want this to sound wrong— but a strictly blue-haired audience. I would like it to be very elegant. I would like it to be both modern, entertaining and reminiscent of its predecessor with a lot of different things that we’ve never seen before.

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A morning feast

The Kitchen Table is fast becoming a local breakfast favorite It’s been open for less than three months, and its strip-mall location—at the corner of Valle Verde and Horizon Ridge—is relatively hidden. But the Kitchen Table has already become a major destination for breakfast- and lunch-goers in Henderson. In fact, the easiest way to find it is to look for the place with the line out the door. The team that runs the room, chefs Javier Chavez (back of house) and Antonio Nunez (front of house), matches the quality of the food with top-notch service. The two met while working at Brooklyn Bowl before opening this place of their own. Here are some of our favorite dishes so far. –Jason Harris

KITCHEN TABLE 1716 Horizon Ridge Parkway #100, 702-478-4782. Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

PASTRIES Spin around with your eyes closed, point your finger

toward the pastry counter and you’re sure to end up with something delicious. If you must choose one, go with monkey bread ($5). This version is baked so perfectly, you’ll think it was lightly fried. The caramel is gooey, the cinnamon prevalent. Everything works.

CROQUE MADAME ($13) The decadence reaches a new level with this riff on the French favorite. Challah bread sandwiches melted Gruyère cheese and Parisian ham. It’s fried, then topped with a legit three-cheese Mornay sauce and that sunny side up egg again. The side salad of greens, vinaigrette and pickled roasted tomatoes cuts through all the richness.

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CHILAQUILES ($14) One benefit to waking up with a hangover is that it’s a perfect excuse to order this masterful dish. It features tortilla chips coated with a housemade red sauce of guajillo and puya chilies, delicious pork from a suckling pig smoked outside the restaurant, charro beans, scrambled eggs, crema, ghost pepper salt and, of course, a sunny side up egg to coat it all.

BACON AND EGG SHOOTERS ($5) If you’re not already a fan of deviled eggs, you will be after these. The halved eggs are topped with creamy house-made mayo, a crispy combo of applewood smoked and jalapeño bacon, and house-pickled jalapeños. The pickled peppers make the dish, adding an assertive heat with just a little sweet.

MEATLESS BENNY ($12) There are options for all types of eaters here, and this vegetarian spin is a nice one. A grilled English muffin is served open-faced with a poached egg, avocado, a knockout combo of roasted pickled tomatoes and crunchy fried green tomatoes, Hollandaise sauce and dressed mixed greens. You won’t miss the meat with this one.

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> PUB CLASSICS Good luck finding better renditions of fish and chips or bangers and mash (below).

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SMASHINGLY GOOD Fremont Street’s new pub is a perfect fit BY BROCK RADKE The restaurant business is tough. Add extra risk points if you’re an independent operator trying to carve out some space in a comeback neighborhood like Downtown Las Vegas. The Smashed Pig was destined to be an uphill slog The Smashed Pig’s signatures are its peerless fish and and didn’t need additional hardship in its early days. chips ($16)—certainly the best I’ve tasted in Las Vegas, But after opening in November, it suddenly and tragiserved with mushy peas and creamy tartar sauce—and cally lost chef Linda Rodriguez, who died in December. the changing butcher-block special ($35), which serves Her husband and partner Martin Swift has soldiered two (with side dishes) and could be beef shortrib curry, on somehow. barbecued pork ribs, spicy lamb stew with vegetable cous The couple had developed a bit of a local following from cous or who knows? Jump on the Pig’s Facebook page for their time at a Japanese restaurant at the Red Rock Resort, a sneak peek. It’s a hearty deal. but this project moves in a different direction. For entrées you won’t plan on sharing, the Fremont already has a handful of pubby, chefperfectly sized, fresh-ground, cheddar-topped driven comfort-food spots, but the Smashed Pig THE is decidedly English, delivering a well-executed SMASHED PIG burger ($15) wants to battle it out with Glutton GASTROPUB and Carson Kitchen for the title of Downtown’s version of something the area was lacking. best. The garlic and sea salt fries are pretty aweThe menu is small, but the only things miss- 509 Fremont some, too. Getting more British, the bangers and ing are misfires. Along with oysters on the half St., 702-444mash ($16) will warm you through the desert’s shell and a rotating tartare or sashimi of the day, 7816. Mondaylast lingering days of winter. little pub snacks like crispy fried deviled eggs Saturday; lunch, The food fits nicely into the space, a long, ($8), French bean tempura with chipotle mayo 11:30 a.m.-3:30 skinny place with plenty of bar seats, a half($7) and a cheese and charcuterie platter ($12) p.m.; dinner, 5:30-10 p.m. dozen taps, lots of cans of beer and soothbring big flavor. ing cocktails that get more creative with each And then there are two next-level appetizers. visit. Considering what this young restaurant has been Mini Yorkshire puddings ($7) with savory onion gravy through already, it’s quite a miraculous feat how everyare pure crispy, puffy bliss, priming you for meaty offerthing feels right here. New restaurants have and will ings ahead. Lamb tacos ($9) use crunchy eggplant discs continue to pop up Downtown, but it’s hard to recall or as vessels for eye-rollingly rich meat topped with sour foresee one being such a well-formed complement to cream and tangy pepper chutney. Let’s be clear: You must this burgeoning scene. order both of these dishes.

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INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Hana Gin 4 oz. Fever-Tree Tonic Water Float of pineapple vinegar 2 sprigs of fresh Thai basil for garnish 1 Thai chili for garnish 1 lemongrass spear for garnish

METHOD Muddle Thai basil in a tall glass. Fill the glass with ice and add gin and tonic water. Add a float of pineapple vinegar and garnish with Thai basil, Thai chili, a lemongrass spear and lime wheels.

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LIVE MUSIC THE STRIP & NEARBY Brooklyn Bowl Lamb of God, Anthrax, Deafheaven, Power Trip 2/11, 7 pm, $35-$60. Hoodie Allen, Super Duper Kyle, Blackbear 2/12, 9 pm, $30$55. Nahko and Medicine for the People 2/13, 8:30 pm, $20-$24. 40 Oz. to Freedom 2/19, 9:30 pm, $12$15. Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra 2/20, 9 pm, free. Alice: A Steampunk Concert Fantasy 2/24, 10 pm, $15$30. Phil Lesh & Friends 2/26-2/27, 8 pm, $65-$70. The Infamous Stringdusters 2/27, 11:30 pm, $15. Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band 2/28, 1 pm, $30-$35. Metric, Joywave 2/29, 8 pm, $26-$46. Galactic, The Record Company 3/1, 9 pm, $22-$25. Matisyahu 3/3, 8:30 pm, $30-$60. Bingo Players, Henry Fong 3/4, 9 pm, $40-$45. Vance Joy, Elle King, Jamie Lawson 3/5, 8:30 pm, $40-$75. Ace Frehley, Lita Ford 3/6, 8 pm, $35-$60. Beck 3/10, 9 pm, $75-$125. Gary Clark Jr. 3/12, 9 pm, $30-$50. Linq, 702862-2695. The Colosseum Mariah Carey 2/132/14, 2/17, 2/19-2/20, 8 pm, $55-$250. Tsai Chin 2/12, 9 pm, $58-$188. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Celebration of the Lunar Year of the Monkey 2/13, 7:30 pm, $50. (Clique) Matt Morgan 2/11. Rein Garcia 2/18. Clique shows 9 pm, free unless noted. 702-698-7000. Double Barrel Roadhouse (DB Live!) Crossroad South 2/13, 2/20. Rowdy McCarren 2/12. Wheel High 2/19. Nicole Kerns 2/26. All shows at 11 pm, free unless noted. Monte Carlo, 702222-7735. Double Down Tank Girl, Atomic Fish, Leather Lungs 2/11, 9 pm. Blissins, Yosemite Slam, Catch the Fire, War Called Home, Torn at the Seam 2/12. Super Zeroes, Electric Ferrets, Stagnetti’s Cock, The Lazy Stalkers, Sons of L.A. 2/13. Cadaver Pudding 2/14. Gold Top Bob & The Goldtoppers 2/17. Spooky Mansion, Chameleon Technology, Something Called Nothing 2/18. Yosemite Slam, Gukdo, Sector 7-G, 40oz Folklore, Child Endangerment 2/19. Jesse & The Hogg Bros., Jerk, Alan Six, Radio Silence 2/20. Thee Swank Bastards 2/24. Acid Teeth 2/25. Spotted Dick & The Wylde Knights 2/26. Glass Houses, The Dirty Panties, The Negative Nancys, Latter Day Skanks, Broken Bodies 2/27. Uberschall 2/28, midnight. Shows at 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-7915775. The Foundry Buckcherry 2/20, 8 pm, $23. SLS, foundrylv.com. Gilley’s Easy 8’s Band 2/25, 9 pm, free. Scotty Alexander Band 2/18, 9 pm; 2/19-2/20, 10 pm. Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band 2/11, 9 pm; 2/12-2/13, 10 pm. Kaleb King 2/26-2/27, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Live Killswitch Engage, Stitched Up Heart, First Decree, Romantic Rebel, From Ashes to New 2/11, 7 pm, $15. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Queen Nation 2/13, 7 pm, $15-$18. Cradle of Filth, Butcher Babies, Ne Obliviscaris 2/16, 8 pm, $25. At the Gates, The Haunted,

> SEARCH AND DESTROY The reunited punks of Tsunami Bomb play Beauty Bar on February 27.

Decapitated 2/18, 5:30 pm, $23-$25. Wicked Garden, Roxy Gunn Project 2/20, 7 pm, $10. Fan Halen, Pick Your Poison 2/26, 7 pm, $10. Schism, diM 2/27, 6:30 pm, $10. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Ruco Chan, Linda Chung 2/12, 9 pm, $73-$173. Rascal Flatts 2/17, 2/19, 2/20, 2/24, 2/26-2/27, 8 pm, $40-$250. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-6935222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Gerardo Ortiz y Calibre 50 2/12, 8 pm, $70-$180. Black Sabbath, Rival Sons 2/13, 7:30 pm, $45-$164. Iron Maiden, The Raven Age 2/28, $62$103. 702-632-7777. Orleans (Arena) Los Temerarios 2/12, 8 pm, $46. Midnight Star, The Emotions, Heatwave, Debra & Ronnie Laws, Jody Watley, Malo, GQ, The Jets, Evelyn King 2/13, 7:30 pm, $30-$79. Love Affair 2/13, 7:30 pm, $30. (Showroom) Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. 2/13-2/14, $33-$55. Stellar Gospel Music Awards 2/20, 6 pm, $45-$200. 702-365-7075. Palms (Lounge) Sin City Sinners 2/11, 2/25, 10 pm. David Perrico & Pop Strings Orchestra 2/13, 2/27, 11 pm. Barry Black 2/14, 10 pm. Gypsy Road 2/18, 10 pm. Dueling Pianos 2/19-2/20, 9 pm. Cyanide 2/26, 10 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4321 Flamingo Rd., 942-7777. The Pearl Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Children of Bodom, Havok 2/26, 7 pm, $50-$86. Palms, 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (The Axis) Britney Spears 2/13-2/14, 2/17, 2/19-2/20, 2/24, 2/26-2/27, 9 pm, $57-$180. 702-7772782. The Sand Dollar Lounge Part Time Criminals 3/4. Shows at 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. The Sayers Club White Label Thursdays Thu, 10 pm, free. Buckin Fridays Fri, 10 pm, $10. SLS, 702-7617618. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Beau Hodges Band 2/12. Jon Pardi 2/19. The Cains 2/26. Chase Bryant 2/27. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 6611 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-435-2855.

Vinyl Thousand Foot Krutch, Bridge to Grace, David Brazil, Wayland, Sunflower Dead 2/12, 8 pm, $15-$18. P.O.D., 10 Years, Dead Letter Circus, War of Ages 2/13, 8 pm, $22-$39. Anti-Flag, Leftover Crack, War on Women, Homeless Gospel Choir, Blackbird Raum 2/28, 7 pm, $18. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.

DOWNTOWN Artifice Vegas Jazz Tue, 7 pm, $15. Thursday Request Live First Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Cash’d Out, Gamblers Mark, Henchmen 2/11, 8 pm, $15-$20. Mike Zito & The Wheel, Katy Guillen & The Girls 2/12, 8 pm, $16-$21. Cadillac Tramps, The Civilians 2/14, 8 pm, $15. Supersuckers 2/16, 8 pm, $10-$15. Dance Yourself Clean 2/26, 8 pm, $11. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Metalachi 2/11, 9 pm, $12$15. Tsunami Bomb, The Quitters, Roxy Gunn Project, Rayner 2/27, 8 pm, $10-$13. 517 Fremont St., 702598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Dusty Sunshine, Blair Dewane 2/12, 8 pm, $5. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Fremont Country Club Hawthorne Heights, The Ataris, Mest, Hand Guns 2/16, 7 pm, $20-$25. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience (Main Street Stage) Ashley Red Thu, 10 pm. Metropolis Mon-Tue, 10 pm. Alter Ego Wed, 10 pm. Spandex Nation Fri-Sun, 10 pm. ‘80s Station 10 pm. Empire Records 10 pm. (1st Street Stage) Spandex Nation Tue, 7 pm. Yellow Brick Road Thu, 7 pm. Las Vegas Bowl Pep Rally 6 pm. Alter Ego Fri-Sat, 7 pm. Tyler James Elvis Tribute Sun, 8 pm; Mon, 7 pm. Haleamano Wed, 7 pm. (3rd Street Stage) RaceJam Concert ft. Craig Morgan 3/5, 9 pm. ‘80s Station Fri-Sat, 10 pm. RockIt 10 pm. Alter Ego Sun, 9 pm. Tony Marques Mon, 9 pm. Monroy Wed, 9 pm. Zowie Bowie Thu, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com.

Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Christopher Cross 2/12, $32-$108. J.T. Taylor 2/19, $32-$108. Johnny Rivers 2/26, $32-$162. Gin Blossoms 3/4, $32-$141. All shows 8 pm. 129 E. Fremont St., 866-9465336. Hard Hat Lounge The Funk Jam Wed, 10:30 pm, free. Florescent Flames Second Sat, 9 pm, free. Foundation Factory Fourth Sat, 8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Blaze, Lex Hex Master, Trilogy, Donnie Menace, Ne Last Words, Sicc 2/27, 8 pm, $14-$17. Fremont St., 702382-3531. The Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Frankie Moreno 2/16, 8 pm, $25$35. Lisa Fischer 2/19, 7 pm; 2/20, 6 & 9 pm, $37-$65. Esteban, Teresa Joy 2/21, 3 & 7 pm, $45-$55. Lucy Woodward 2/26-2/27, 7 pm, $39-$49. Unforgettable Nat King Cole: The Stage Biography 2/28, 2 pm, $25. (Reynolds Hall) The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24-$95. (Troesh Studio Theater) Las Vegas Philharmonic Spotlight Series: “Brahms: First and Foremost” 2/16, 7:30 pm, $168. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

EVERYWHERE ELSE Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa (Access Showroom) Keiko Matsui 2/19, 8 pm, $33-$63. (All-Star Friday Nights) StarOne All-Stars 2/12. Rhythm Nation 2/26. All-Star Friday Nights shows start at 9 pm, $10. 7300 N. Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-692-7777. Boulder Dam Brewing Great Jones Band 2/12. Out of the Desert 2/13. The Black Grit 2/19. 9th Annibrewsary Bash: The AllTogethers 2/20. Whiskey Kiss 2/26. Sunset Ridge 2/27. All shows 8 pm, free unless noted. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (The Railhead) Forget to Remember 2/13, 10 pm. The Rock Show 2/20, 10 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-432-7777. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino The Fab: Beatles Love Songs Tribute 2/13, 8:30 pm, $15-$30. Mesquite

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MusicFest 2/15-2/17, 7 pm, $25-$32. Nieve Malandra & Stardust 2/14, 5:30 pm, $25-$45. Southern Nevada Symphony Orchestra 2/20, 7 pm, $15$30. Tony Sacca 2/27, 7:30 pm, $15$30. 897 W. Mesquite Blvd, Mesquite, mesquitegaming.com. Count’s Vamp’d Sin City Sinners: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 2/14, 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-2208849. Dive Bar The Psyatics, Sector 7G, The Swamp Gospel 2/12, 9 pm, $5. The Fat Dukes of F*ck, Blissins, A Burden on Society, Catch the Fire, Light Speed Go, Torn at the Seam 2/13, 9 pm, free. The Toasters, The Pomps, Scoundrels, Sheiks of Neptune, Los Ataskados 2/19, 8 pm, $10-$12. Calabrese 2/26, 9 pm, $8-$10. Future Leaders of the World, Newsense, Sweetest Morphine, Justin Carder 2/27, 8 pm, $8-$10. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Flashback Friday with V108 2/12, 9 pm, $5-$10. Banda Destructora 2/13, 11 pm, $10. Los Hermanos Padilla 2/20, 11 pm, $10. (Cabo Lounge) La Mar Le Warren Experience 2/12-2/13. Block Party 2/19-2/20. Cabo Lounge shows at 8:30 pm, free unless noted. 702-631-7000. The Golden Tiki Tikiyaki 5-0 2/20, 9 pm, $10. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Green Valley Ranch (Grand Events Center) Ronnie Milsap 2/20, 8 pm, $20-$50. 702-367-2470. Orleans (Showroom) Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr. & The Next Dimension 2/13-2/14, 8 pm, $33-$55. 702-2847777. Pioneer Saloon Tommy Rocker 2/13, 11 am. Ernie 2/13, 5 pm. Three Blind Mice 2/14, noon. Bud Mickle 2/14, 2/20, 2/28, 5 pm. Jeffrey Michaels 2/20, 11 am. Big Willies with Tom Sheckells 2/17, 2/24, 6 pm. Rick Bell 2/21, noon. Shows free unless noted. 310 W. Spring St., Goodsprings, NV, 702-874-9362. Primm Valley Resort & Casino Trace Adkins 2/13, 8 pm, $40-$85. 31900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Primm, 702-3867867. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) The Jones 2/12, 11 pm. Empire Records 2/192/20, 11 pm. Grey Street 2/26, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Sam’s Town Jed Madela 2/14, 8 pm, $48-$68. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-2847777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Blue String Theory 2/12, 9 pm. Route 66 2/13, 9 pm. N’Demand 2/17, 6:30 pm. Walk Off Hits 2/19, 9 pm. Forget to Remember 2/20, 9 pm. Jazz Night 2/24, 6:30 pm. All shows free unless noted. 4949 N Rancho Drive, 702658-4900. South Point Tower of Power 2/12-2/14, 7:30 pm, $45-$55. Earl Turner and Friends 2/26-2/28, 7:30 pm, $18-$28. 702-797-8005. Suncoast (Showroom) The Man in Black, A Tribute to Johnny Cash 2/20-2/21, 7:30 pm, $25. 9090 Alta Drive, 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Lon Bronson All-Star Band 2/18, 10 pm, free. Nashville Unplugged with Kim Williams 2/11, 8 pm, $10. The Fab 2/12, 8 pm, $10. Collin Raye 2/13, 8 pm, $24-$44. Empire Records 2/13, 2/27, 11 pm, $10. Reckless In Vegas 2/19, 8 pm, $10. Yellow Brick Road Fri, 10 pm,

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$10. 1301 W. Sunset Road, 702-547-7777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels 2/14, 6 pm; Fri, Sat, 7 pm, free. 702-631-1000.

Comedy Champagne’s Cafe Urban Culture Open Mic Sun, 9 pm, free. Open Mic Comedy with Skratch Tue, 11 pm, free. 3557 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-7371699. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, Rob Schneider 2/13-2/14, 8 pm, $50$400. 702-693-5000. Harrah’s (Main Showrom) Mac King Tue-Sat, 1 pm; 3 pm, $33. (The Improv) Graham Elwood, Carrie Snow 2/11-2/14. John Caponera, Ronnie Schell 2/16-2/21. Shayla Rivera, Ahmed Bharoocha 2/23-2/28. Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm; Fri & Sat, 10 pm; $30-$45. 702-369-5000. MGM Grand (Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club) Brad Garrett, Debi Gutierrez, Andrew Norelli 2/112/14. Darrell Joyce, Mark Eddie, Randy Kagan 2/15-2/21. Scott Henry, Frances Dilorinzo, Drew Thomas 2/22-2/28. Nightly, 8 pm, $43-$87. 702891-7777. Mirage Daniel Jay Leno 2/26, 10 pm, $66-$87. Ron White 2/12-2/13, 10 pm, $66. 702-792-7777. 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. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Justin Willman 2/20, 8 pm, $29-$39. 702-797-7777. Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) Dom Irrera, Spencer James 2/11, 8:30 pm, 10:30 pm; 2/122/14, 8:30 pm. Baslie 2/15-2/21. Bob Zany 2/222/28. All shows at 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm unless listed, $35-$55. 702-739-2222. Treasure Island David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson 2/12, 9 pm, $44-$71. 702-894-7111.

Performing Arts Cockroach Theatre The Nether 2/25-2/27, 8 pm; 2/28, 2 pm, $16-$20. Art Square Theater, 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 110, 702-818-3422. Cox Pavilion Peppa Pig’s Big Splash 2/19, 6 pm, $33$43. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtickets.com. CSN Performing Arts Center Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Educational Tour of Hamlet 2/12, 7:30 pm; 2/13, 2 pm, $10-$12. Joe Williams Scholarship Concert 2/20, 2 pm, $15. Nicholas J. Horn Theatre, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702651-5483. Las Vegas Philharmonic Spotlight Series 2/16, 7:30 pm, $168. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Onyx Theatre Geek! 2/11-2/13, 2/18-2/20, 2/25-

2/27, 8 pm; 2/21, 5 pm, $15-$20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) 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) 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, 8 pm; 2/13-2/14, 3 pm & 8 pm, $34. 702-749-2000. Theatre in the Valley Crossing Delancey 2/122/13, 2/19-2/20, 8 pm; 2/14, 2/21, 2 pm, $10-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., theatreinthevalley.org. UNLV (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall) Andrew York 2/20, 8 pm, $41-$45. Chelsea Chen 2/26, 7:30 pm, free. (Judy Bayley Theatre) Nevada Conservatory Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird 2/12-2/13, 2/18-2/20, 2/25-2/27, 8 pm; 2/14, 2/21, 2/28, 2 pm, $10-$33. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart 2/12-2/13, 2/19-2/20, 7 pm; 2/14, 2/21, 2 pm, $15. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.

Special Events Big Ass Barrel Aged Beer Blowout Bonanza 2/13, 3 pm, $10-$15. Aces & Ales, 2801 N. Tenaya Way, 702-638-2337. Black History Month Festival 2/20, 10 am-5 pm, $0-$5. Springs Amphitheater at Springs Preserve, 702-822-7700. Chinese New Year Festive Gala 2/17, 7:30 pm, $15$35. Orleans Showroom, 702-284-7777. Chinese New Year in the Desert 2/11-2/12, 7-9 pm; 2/13-2/14, 1-9 pm. Free. The LINQ Promenade, 702-391-9536. The Color Run: Tropicolor 2/27, 8 am, $0-$60. Downtown Las Vegas, thecolorrun.com. Dam Short Film Festival 2/11-2/13, times vary, $9-$100. Boulder Theater, damshortfilm.org. Diva’s Day Out 2/27, 10 am-4 pm, free. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-796-7111. Final performance of Jubilee 2/11, 7 pm; 9:30 pm, $55-$113. Bally’s, 702-967-4111. For the Love of Art Gala & Silent Auction 2/20, noon-4 pm, free.Downtown Container Park, astory@dcslv.org. For the Love of Cocktails Downtown Bar Crawl 2/11, 5 pm. Locations vary. USBG Food Truck Wars 2/11, 10 pm, $25, Gold Spike. MicroExperiences & Seminars 2/12, noon-5 pm, Mandalay Bay & Delano. The Grand Gala 2/12, 7 pm, $100, Mandalay Bay & Delano. ftloc.vegas. Galentine’s Day 2/12, 6:30 pm, $10. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-570-7400. Las Vegas Aloha Run 2/20, 8 am, $15-$120. Floyd Lamb Park, 9200 Tule Springs Road, lvaloha5k.com. Las Vegas Polar Plunge 3/5, 9 am, $125-$2,000. Sunset Station Hotel and Casino, 1301 W. Sunset Road, ipolarplunge.com.

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Las Vegas Spring Festival Parade 2/13, 11 am, free. Downtown Las Vegas, 702-848-2098. Lepre-Con 2/13, 8 am, $35-$65. Town Square, lepre-con.org. Local Brews Local Grooves 3/5, 7 pm, $40. House of Blues Las Vegas, 702-632-7600. Mardi Gras Festival 2/13, noon-6 pm, free. Lake Las Vegas, MonteLago Village, 30 Strada Di Villaggio, lakelasvegasevents.com. Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball Cruise 2/13, 7:30-10 pm, $89. Lake Las Vegas Marina, 10 Costa Di Lago, 702-682-6932. Mondays Dark With Mark Shunock 2/15, 8:30 pm, $20-$50, Vinyl, 702-693-5000. Mrs. Nevada-America Pageant 2/28, 6 pm, $50$75. Suncoast Showroom, 702-284-7777. Neon Lit 2/26, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Pahrump Hot Air Balloon Festival 2/26-2/28, 6:30 am, $0-$25. Petrack Park, Pahrump, 775727-5800. Sally Denton Book Signing and Reading 2/18, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Tue, 7 pm, one-drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Splendor in the Glass 2/20, 3-7 pm, $85-$100. Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, 702-732-5111. Valentine’s Day Light Display 2/11, 5-8 pm; 2/122/14, 5-10 pm, free. Ethel M Chocolates Factory, 702-435-2655. Whiskey Revival 3/5, 7-10 pm, $45-$49. Golden Nugget, 129 E. Fremont St., 866-946-5336.

Sports Champions Soccer California Clasico Match LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes 2/13, 7 pm, $20-$50. Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd., ticketfly.com. Global Legends Series 2/20, 4:30 pm, $35-$95. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Hoops & Hops 3/17-3/19, 7:30 am-9 pm, $65-$375. Chelsea at Cosmopolitan. JAMZ All Star Cheer and Dance National Championship 2/26-2/29, $17-$32. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. Las Vegas Mayor’s Cup International Soccer Showcase 2/13-2/14, times and locations vary, free. Championship games 2/15, 11:30 am-4 pm, free. Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex, 7353 Eugene Ave. LVMayorsCup.com. LVCHA Weekend Winter Championship Horse Cutting Event 2/11-2/15, times vary, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. Monster Jam World Finals 3/17, 5:30 pm; 3/183/19, 7 pm, $80-$180. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Mountain West Championships 3/7, 2 pm; 3/8, noon; 3/9, 11 am; 3/10, noon; 3/11, noon; 3/12, 3 pm, $180-$220. Thomas & Mack Center,

unlvtickets.com. PAC 12 Basketball Tournament 3/9-3/12, times vary, $65-$346. MGM Grand, 702-891-1111. Tuff Hedeman Vegas Shootout Championship Bull Riding 3/5, 8 pm, $18-$41. South Point, 702-796-7111. UFC 197 Dos Anjos vs. McGregor 3/5, 3:30 pm, $501-$11688. MGM Grand, 702-891-1111. UNLV Men’s Basketball Colorado St. 2/13, 7 pm, $15-$130. Nevada, Reno 2/20, 7 pm, $20-$140. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets.com. UNLV Women’s Basketball Air Force 2/17, 7 pm, $4-$5. Boise St. 2/24, 7 pm, $4-$5. San Diego St. 3/4, 5 pm, $4-$5. Cox Pavilion, unlvtickets.com. Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament 3/9-3/10, 2 pm; 3/11, noon; 3/12, 1 pm, $97-$247. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. WORCS Racing and MotoCon Expo 2/26, noon; 2/27, 8 am; 2/28, 7:30 am, $15-$25. South Point, 702-796-7111.

Galleries Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-3833133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-7332135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Picasso: Creatures and Creativity Thru 2/14, 10 am-8 pm, $0-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. CSN Artspace Gallery Roscoe Wilson “Front Yard Zoo: Controlling Nature” Thru 3/19, MonFri, 8 am-10:30 pm; Sat, 8 am-5 pm, free. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. CSN Fine Arts Gallery Jill Parisi “Wallflowers” Thru 3/19, Mon-Fri, 9 am-4 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm, free. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. 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. Las Vegas Club Gallery Jerry Misko; “Union Plaza Then and Now” Daily, 3-11 pm, free. Plaza, 888-386-0857. Left of Center Seeking Justice Through Art Thru 4/9, Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. The Lost City Museum Jo Tame, Dot Blake “The Faces of our Land” Thru 2/31, daily, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, free-$5. 721 S. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton, 702-397-2193. The Mob Museum Breaking Bad: Opening Reception 2/26, 6-9 pm, $0-$24. 300 Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Brent Holmes: “Ignominious Refuse” Thru 3/11, Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.

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