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du-par’s by mikayla whitmore; Fine art by Emma Swales; harvest by jon estrada
private selfies are headed to a public space. Making a game of being trapped. A Harry Potter coffeehouse in Henderson and extreme sports on the Strip.
speak in light and space.
29W print A love letter to the old mixtape, disguised as a book.
10W Feature | E.E. Burton
30W food & drink First bites of Big B’s BBQ (so many B’s!) and Roy Ellamar’s new Bellagio spot.
and a moscow mule Drinks with the Cirque stage manager.
32W calendar What to do!
12W Feature | glorious gluttony When you put down the drinks, it’s time to pick up the food and find your happy place(s).
19W A&E Swedish death metal, headed your way.
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> calling all exhibitionists Sin City Gallery wants to see your ... eggplant.
Las Vegas is about to get its own dick-pic photography show Not that long ago, men sent love letters to prospective mates. Now, they might send a text, followed by a photo of their junk—which the recipient could ostensibly forward to his or her social circle, a Tumblr page celebrating nude selfies or an art exhibit such as the (ahem) pop-up scheduled for June at Sin City Gallery. The Downtown art space recently put out a submission call for its latest curated titillation—working title: Dick Pic Show. It aims to both celebrate men and their genitalia and address how the modern male candid is used and disseminated for seduction purposes. Lectures and how-to discussions will accompany the three-week show. Its genesis was as casual as a Tinder swipe. “I was sitting with a girlfriend for a drink when she got a dick pic out of the blue,” says Sin City Gallery owner Laura Henkel. “We started talking about it and began to share random photos that we received. The entire bar got involved, and it was pretty evident that men like to send pics of their dicks to girls, and the reaction from the females was ‘meh.’ Of course, it’s different if you ask boys who are into boys ... that takes on an entirely new vibe.” Submissions (photos and illustrations) and queries can be sent to dickpicshow@sincitygallery.com through May 1. –Mike Prevatt
Recreational terror
> ESCAPE OR ELSE Fear the naked dangling Barbies!
Flexing brains and exorcising demons at Live Game Escape He locks us in a tiny room illuminated by black light and infested with demon spawn. Naked, disheveled Barbies hang with care, dangling upside down from string. Drawings of evil school kids plaster the walls, the perfect complement to the creepy stuffed animals littering the ground. A headless porcelain doll holds the only light bulb in the room. And when I look closely, I see the word “help” smudged onto a mirror. We have 45 minutes to escape ... or we’ll die. Just kidding. This isn’t Saw. But, this is how I celebrated Valentine’s Day. It was really romantic. The haunted daycare-themed “Peek-A-Boo” room is one of four you can choose to be trapped inside at Live Game Escape (there’s also a kidnapping mystery at a motel, a
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mansion swarming with ghosts and a treasure grab on a pirate ship). This particular real-life puzzle allows you to experience that feeling you got while watching Oldboy for yourself— and it’s even in Chinatown.
My man and myself, total newbies at this game, and a Texas couple, who were escape-room connoisseurs, had to go through several unique puzzles to discover the room key. Since I don’t want to reveal all the room’s enig-
mas, I’ll share a glimpse into my most shocking revelations. One: The sprawling demon-child drawings actually have a real-world purpose in the room. The technology aspect to this LIVE GAME part of the puzzle ESCAPE Daily, is awesome. I just 4 p.m.-midnight. hope your hands 3300 S. Jones aren’t too clammy if Blvd. #201, 702you embark on this 237-4164. supernatural quest. And two: I felt like a fool placing my hand on a strange book and chanting “Demons be gone!” when no one else would do it, but let me tell you, I now know that I didn’t watch all those horror films for nothing. We survived the room and escaped in under 45 minutes. I might have inadvertently cheated by opening a cabinet prematurely, but in the end, the craft behind the puzzle was genius, and no one died. Hopefully they let us come back to solve the other rooms, but now that our mug shot captioned “Cheated by accident!” is hung with pride inside the attraction, I’m not so sure. –Rosalie Spear
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Coffee Potter Henderson’s Bad Owl takes inspiration from the boy wizard It started with the love Yuzo Kono and Annie Bailey Cheng have for coffee and the unique places that serve it—and then, a trip to Universal Studios Orlando. “We experienced the whole Wizarding World of Harry Potter and thought, what if we could bring this dark coziness back to Vegas and match it with coffee?” Kono says. Fuse that with their desire Bad owl for a non-gaming, alcoholcoffee free place to socialize near Daily, 7 a.m.their Henderson home, and 10 p.m. 10575 the idea of Bad Owl Coffee S. Eastern (a reference to Harry’s owl, Ave. #160, Hedwig) was born. The java 702-483-3331. joint, which officially opened last Saturday and uses beans from Boulder City’s Colorado River Coffee Roaster, includes several nods to the literary/ film franchise: gray and wooden decor, signs for Hogwarts Express’ secret Platform 9 3/4, a caged owl sitting atop a luggage cart, and lattes called Butterbeer—which, likely for legal reasons, isn’t even on the printed menu—and Lavender, their creation essentially turning the two Potterheads into brewing wizards. Says Kono: “Yes, we were creating potions!” –Mike Prevatt
Thrill out This park is not about picnics The word “extreme” gets tossed around. But no doubt, it applies to a zipline coaster. “They actually go sideways and up and down. ... I’m gonna make it scary,” Josh Kearney says, chuckling. The Australian engineer and entrepreneur just announced that his Vegas Extreme Park concept has “found its home” on a 90-acre, Strip-fronting plot across from Town Square. If the development dominos fall the way he anticipates, Kearney says the extreme-sports complex will open its first phase this coming winter. The plan includes high-tech water features for surfing, wakeboarding, rafting and more, surrounded by a giant poolclub. Zipline towers accommodate rock climbing (and the occasional harnessed Batman dive), with skydiving indoors. Along with ramps for skateboarding and BMX, there are dirt tracks for mountain bikes, motorcycles and off-road karts—and those last two are electric. Because sustainability is part of the extremeness, from solar and wind power to recycled shipping containers to water stations instead of bottles. Gear is included in admission ($250 for “unlimited everything” all day, or à la carte single attractions), and a pre-sale is happening on Indiegogo, where $5,000 season passes are going for $500 to the first 1,000 people through
March 13. Kearney likens it to a supercharged gym membership. Not just because of the scale, or the planned restaurants, bars and entertainment, but because the adventure is personalized. As in, wearing an RFID bracelet programmed with your surf-wave preferences, so the lake spits perfect, right-handed 8-footers mimicking Tahiti’s Teahupo’o. “When you go to a normal theme park, it’s all controlled,” Kearney says. “You get that same identical experience over and over and over again. When you come to my park, the experience is dependent on you.” –Erin Ryan For more of the story, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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Main event Another makeover in the Arts District Vendors arrive in the Arts District on First Friday afternoon, setting up for the crowds when Blondies Bacon Creations pulls up on Main Street. “Where do you want me?” the driver shouts over the engine. Paul Murad steps outside to finish the conversation, while Kaya Fesci’s pop-up exhibit in the makeshift gallery is ready to greet festival-goers. This 1940s building at Main and California Avenue is slated to become a new commercial development with as many as 10 tenants in retail, food and beverage. Known as the Corner Building and overseen by Murad’s Metroplex Realty (responsible for bringing Buffalo Exchange to the block), it’s undergoing renovation. The plan is to have the first tenant by summer. “We’re going to continue doing pop-ups until the space opens,” Murad had said of the exhibit while walking us through the structure. Entering the cavernous back room with its 20-foot ceilings, he’d added, “This is a great place for a brewery.” Architect Rob Gurdison, whose repertoire includes Hop Nuts Brewing, is working on the building’s shell. The exposed wood rafters will stay, he says, explaining that it took more than 60 years to get the look, so why ruin it? “We’re going into these spaces with very few interventions.” The 11,000-square-foot building features a large courtyard area in back and a bank of small storefronts overlooking California Avenue and neighboring vintage palace Retro Vegas. “It all used to happen on Main Street,” Murad says of the road’s legacy. “We want to bring it back.” Revitalization in the area has been met with mixed reviews, including by tenants affected by the shifting landscape. But Murad talks about creating a cardo, an ancient main street that often led to a palace. In this case, he says, “It’s city hall.” –Kristen Peterson
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> Presidential pick The Las Vegas Sun has endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Wild card Caucusing? Here’s some weird stuff you should know
Decision time
As the political world zeroes in on Nevada’s Democratic caucus, Hillary Clinton stands out The following is a summary of a longer editorial endorsement that ran in the Weekly’s sister publications, the Las Vegas Sun and The Sunday.
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hilLary clinton by L.E. Baskow
Former Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders share the same essential values and genuinely champion the middle class. But Sanders, the rebellious Democratic socialist, would be going into battle outnumbered in pursuit of his domestic agenda and poorly equipped in foreign affairs. Clinton has established strengths and demonstrated successes in both arenas. Sanders’ populist campaign centers on reforming Wall Street and big banks, a reason younger Democrats are smitten by his candidacy. In fact, the two candidates agree on the need for greater regulation of Wall Street, and each proposes a new tax on it. Sanders would tax stock and bond trading, while Clinton would employ a tax to discourage volatile, highfrequency trading. Sanders wants to break up big banks while Clinton would impose “risk fees” on banks as they grow, and give regulators the power to break up big banks if they saw fit. On every front, Clinton seeks more measured, realistic approaches to effectively keep Wall Street reined in. Shifting to Main Street, we applaud Clinton’s efforts for working Americans, especially in addressing labor law, leveling the playing field for female workers and advocating for child care, paid sick leave and improved hourly wages. Sanders’ appeal is understandable: He clearly enunci-
ates the problems we face and offers a romantic vision of how to solve them. But even as Clinton, somewhat wonkish by natural inclination, ruminates on the important questions of how we can get it done, some voters seem to think she lacks vision. Hardly. Clinton has a history of being part of the solution in fighting the really tough fights—for civil rights, for women’s rights, for reliable health care, for worker protections, for a safer world. To suggest Clinton lacks vision is to fall prey to disingenuous campaign rhetoric. She has always tenaciously upheld a vision of a better America, even when those beliefs cost her. Sanders knows this, being of the same generation and a witness to the same important fights. But actually executing a vision hinges on proven leadership and the ability to build coalitions, achievements Clinton can claim. She understands, too—having done this as a senator and secretary of state—the necessity of compromise or deferring parts of a vision in order to achieve the larger ones. Sanders hasn’t proved he can bring these qualities to the White House. Clinton has. It is crucial that our next president not only brings vision and leadership to the job, but the experience of dealing with Congress on the home front and world leaders abroad. Only one candidate among Democrats and Republicans alike can claim that experience. We confidently endorse Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president.
You’ve heard of Iowa’s coin toss. Well, Nevada uses a card draw. In the event of a tie between presidential candidates at a caucus site, Democrats bust out a good, old-fashioned game of “pick a card, any card,” just as a gambling state should. Caucuses serve two functions: to express preference for a presidential candidate, and to elect delegates to attend county, state and finally national conventions, where parties determine official nominees. Democratic and Republican caucuses in Nevada take place February 20 and 23, respectively, and are the only chance for voters to help determine who represents their party. Republican caucuses choose delegates before casting confidential paper ballots, but during a Democratic caucus, voters show up and stand in a space that indicates their presidential preference. Each of those Democratic groups is awarded delegates based on “caucus math,” and if two groups tie for the loss or gain of a delegate, they can turn to the cards—specifically, an unwrapped deck provided by the state party, to be shuffled seven times before use. If both groups pull cards of the same rank, the game defaults to suit, spade being the highest, then hearts, diamonds and clubs. If both parties pull the same rank and suit, well … there’s a problem. During the 2008 caucus, then-Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton tied in two Northern Nevada precincts, and Obama won both draws. Will the Dems call on a game of chance this time around? We’ll soon find out. –Kristy Totten
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ONE DRINK From diving with Cirque artists to disappearing (in fishnets), Emily Elizabeth Burton has a magical life Here at the Weekly we chat with a lot of fascinating Las Vegans, often focusing on the work they do. So we’re switching it up—formal, schmormal—over cocktails at their favorite bars, talking about anything that comes to mind. We kicked off our One Drink series at Atomic Liquors with Emily Elizabeth Burton, who balances her day job as assistant stage manager for Cirque du Soleil’s O with high-level work on its charity gala, One Night for One Drop, and her brother Nathan Burton’s headlining comedy-magic show. –Mark Adams
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literary fiction. My favorite is Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author. They released the first book he ever wrote that was never published this year, which was good. I read a book called Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel … and it was amazing. How long have you been with Cirque? Four years. I started out part-time so I could do my brother’s [show] full-time and then go to Zumanity at night. [After] almost two and a half years I went to O fulltime, so now I just do my brother’s show on my day off. I did that today. I went so I could see some new lighting and new illusions we put in. And my brother just had his first baby, so I held the baby, because the baby watches the show every day. Except for the part where we use the “Harlem Shake” music—he does not like the Harlem Shake. Speaking of dancing, I saw a photo that led me to believe you’ve been a showgirl in your brother’s show. I’m not a showgirl. There was a period of time where I did the opening trick, where he makes four showgirls disappear. I was like, “Sure, I’ll put on fishnets and do that thing.” You were helping him out long before he landed in Vegas. When he was performing at birthday parties, I was his 5-year-old assistant getting levitated. There’s one trick I hated
because he always hit me on the head, so he’d have to put a 20-dollar bill at the bottom of [a dollhouse] for me to go inside of it. He was [doing magic] way before I was born. It’s very much a family business. ... It’s funny when you go to magic parties. The illusion guys are all in one corner, the close-up guys are in one corner—they have no respect for each other. And then within the close-up guys, there [are] coin guys and card guys, and you start chatting with one of them and all of a sudden your ring is in their beer bottle and you’re like, “All right, stop it.” This interview feels kinda like a blind date set up on the Internet. Internet dating is the worst. One guy wrote me and was like, “I would totally be happy to Netflix and chill with you, but I also would consider Hulu and relaxing,” or something like that. And I was like, “Aww.” I’m sure you tell all your dates about being a theater student in high school. It was fun. My high school theater teacher told me I would never work professionally in the industry. So I made sure last time I [went] to visit, I was like, “Can I come talk to your students—and mostly you?” For more of our cocktail hour with Burton, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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So, cheers! Cheers! Thanks for thinking of me. I’m usually the one coordinating the details and handing them over to my brother and then sitting in the background waiting for it to be finished. So it’s fun to switch it around. Why Moscow Mule? They’re famous for them here. It’s like drinking a Sprite in a fancy cup. Are you a purist? As long as it has alcohol in it, it’s fine. And it has to be in a copper mug. I’ve never stolen one, for the record. You’re assistant stage manager at O. I hear that pool is really deep. The whole pool is 25 feet deep with all of the machinery. I got scuba certified there. Watching O underwater is one of the most incredible experiences that you can ever do. I had a really bad dive, because I was so excited with all the amazing stuff that goes on down there that I kept floating to the top because I was hyperventilating. How about diving in Lake Mead? You’re just in mud. Although when you get down enough there’s a sunken
barbecue set, like a patio set, with a skeleton hanging out. I saw on Facebook that you went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. They do this genius thing where they sell wands ... and they have an LED light on them and you can make magic happen. You can make a water fountain turn on or make a light turn off or make something move. So you have all these little kids running around pointing their wands and saying spells and making magic happen. I’ve been practicing my swish and flick. I think that’s important, the swish and flick. I had Butterbeer. It’s delicious. Non-alcoholic. I’m a Harry Potter purist. Hogwarts students can only go to Hogsmeade when they’re 16, and 16 is the legal drinking age in Britain, so I put those two facts together. Those kids are totally getting schnockered! I’m bringing a flask with rum when I go. That would be good, actually. Fireball. Put it in there. Facebook also tells me you’re a voracious reader. I went to Sarah Lawrence in New York for college, and it’s a very literary and nerdy place. Here I have a harder time figuring out what I should read next and to find that community. I read anything from trashy YAs, so I can talk about them with my coworkers, to more
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ate-night dining is a phenomenon in plenty of cities, but in Las Vegas, it’s essential. When you’re going out on this town, you spend as much time charting your 2 a.m. burger or sushi or taco or breakfast as you do deciding which nightclub or bar to target for your actual party. An evening of revelry is simply incomplete without after-hours indulgence, and hey, pancakes prevent hangovers— it’s science. So let’s skip fancy food talk, and get down to business. These are the restaurants we love extra after midnight. These are the bites we need to survive the drinks and the music and the lights and the nights. This is Vegas drunk food, and it’s absolutely mandatory. ACES & ALES A&A is primarily known for having one of the best draft-beer selections in town—22 at its Nellis location and another 50 at Tenaya—but its simple, bar food-centric menu is highly underrated. There’s hardly better beer food than Wisconsin fried cheese curds served with hot sauce or garlic-laden pretzel bites with beercheese sauce. Best of all is the addictive Buffalo chicken mac & cheese, a melding of parmesan and blue cheese with more hot sauce. 3740 S. Nellis Blvd., 702-436-7600; 2801 N. Tenaya Ave., 702-638-2337. 24/7. CAFÉ PRINCE If you’re not of Balkan descent, odds are you haven't wandered into Prince Café, across the parking lot from a Fatburger. It exudes an Eastern European socialclub vibe, replete with a restroom cigarette machine and lots of beers you’ve never had. But the folks here couldn’t be friendlier, and the heavy yet authentic fare is just what your drunken self needs. Try the house-made cevapi— thumb-sized, skinless sausages served with creamy ajvar and the red pepper relish kajmak—and don’t forget a side of feta fries. Na zdravie! 6795 W. Flamingo Road, 702-220-8322. Daily, 8 a.m.-2 a.m. CHADA STREET Chada Thai & Wine was already a late Chinatown fave, with authentic flavors and value-oriented bottles that keep savvy night-owls coming back. But now we have Chada Street, even closer to the Strip and folding intense, frequently fiery dishes into the mix, like crispy-spicy chicken wings, a Thaistyle ground pork omelet and fried pork belly with the chili relish nam prik noom. The more expansive dining room and bar make Chada Street one of the hippest and best post-midnight hangs. 3839 Spring Mountain Road, 702-5790207. Tuesday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tuesday-Sunday, 5 p.m.-3 a.m.
CHEFFINI’S Las Vegas’ best gourmet hot dog joint closes at 1 a.m. on the weekends, but you can catch its little brother, the Cheffini’s cart, one block west on Fremont East for two more hours. Be sure to order extra potato chips, jalapeños and pineapple sauce on your frank. Container Park, 702527-7599. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.11 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Cheffini’s cart at Fremont & Sixth; Tuesday-Saturday, midnight-3 a.m. Ñ DISTRICT ONE The beauty of eating after drinking at District One is threefold: You can soothe a savage drunk appetite with primo pho; you can share stupendous small plates like pork-belly buns, beef carpaccio and sashimi yellowtail tacos; and/or you can keep on drink-
ing at one of the most underrated local bars around. Throw some oysters and deep-fried softshell crabs into the mix while you’re at it. 3400 S. Jones Blvd. #8, 702-413-6868. Daily, 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Ó DU-PAR’S That the iconic Vegas cheap shrimp cocktail has been added to the menu is nearly inconsequential considering the magnitude of this classic greasyspoon diner grub. No pancakes are more buttery, no patty melt more glorious, no slab of blueberry cream cheese pie more dreamy. Golden Gate, 702-777-6941. 24/7. EL DORADO CANTINA Sometimes you just have a hankering for organic Mexican food and strippers. A late-night visit to El Dorado Cantina might find you in the company of
some entertainers from Sapphire next door, but more importantly, you’ll definitely find yourself dipping into a bowl of made-to-order guacamole. Chapulines (grasshoppers) are no longer an option, but the ridiculously tasty cilantro rice still is. Thick with butter to sop up those margaritas, if you share it you might just make a new friend. 3025 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-722-2289. 24/7. ELLIS ISLAND CASINO & BREWERY CAFÉ Its welcoming nature and proximity to the Strip help maintain EI as one of Vegas’ graveyard-special stalwarts. Dig into the $5.99 New York steak and eggs special from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. and you’ll understand why so many of us have ended up at Ellis Island for so long. 4178 Koval Lane, 702-733-8901. 24/7.
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FERRARO’S The family-run local legend is still one of the best Italian restaurants in the city, and its vibe, cuisine and incredible wine list might seem too nice for a postparty hunger strike. But Ferraro’s special Mezzanotte menu (Fried baby squid! Veal tortellini! Osso buco!) is just too fabulous to resist. 4480 Paradise Road, 702364-5300. Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.; Friday & Saturday, 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Ó FUKUBURGER Fuku truly has Vegas covered in latenight burger bliss. Strolling the south
Strip? There’s a sake bomb and tamago burger waiting at the Hawaiian Marketplace across from CityCenter. Drunk Downtown? There’s a good chance the Fuku truck is parked around the corner. Our favorite is the new shop off Spring Mountain Road, which just added the addictive Kennedy sandwich as a full-time menu selection—crispy chicken katsu topped with Hawaiian-style macaroni salad. We can’t think of a single night bite more definitive than a juicy, saucy Fukuburger. 3429 S. Jones Blvd., 702262-6995. Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.1 a.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-
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3 a.m. Hawaiian Marketplace, 702-7768928. Sunday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.11:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Truck, fukuburger.com. GOYEMON We don’t always advocate for allyou-can-eat sushi, but Goyemon is a rare exception. And while it’s almost always busy, the late-night hours might be your best chance to get in. When you do, make the most of it. Split your time between amaebi and uni nigiri and sprinkle in some natto. Depending on how much you’ve had to drink, you may even be entitled to a
Philadelphia roll. 5255 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-331-0333. Daily, 11:45 a.m.-3 a.m. HERBS & RYE Consistently recognized as one of the best cocktail bars in town, H&R has a food menu as timeless and classic as its drink list. Steaks are butchered on-site, so enjoy a flatiron with a Fogcutter, a filet with a Frisco or a ribeye with a Ramos Gin Fizz. Visit during reverse happy hour and you’ll eat (and drink) cheaper. 3713 W. Sahara Ave., 702-982-8036. MondayThursday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m.; Friday & Saturday, 5 p.m.-3 a.m.
Postmates answers your hungover prayers Marvin Lucas is in a codependent relationship with a delivery app. He was spending $200 a week on chicken wings and fried rice brought to his far-flung apartment. And rather than break up with Postmates, he moved. This dude has even had Jack in the Box delivered. While he's managed to rein in the habit to once a week (Flock & Fowl Saturdays!), the Weekly’s senior designer still has mad love for the snack-bringing hero on the flying ride. –Erin Ryan
ICHIZA Depending on how hard you partied, you might not want to waste a visit to late-night fave Aburiya Raku. Instead, head to its drunker, rowdier, estranged cousin, Ichiza, where you only need to be sober enough to read the rotating menu items adorning the walls. But you already know to order the honey toast, practically a halfloaf of white bread “garnished” with ice cream and honey. It might not be as fancy as Raku, but it also doesn’t come with the price tag. 4355 Spring Mountain Road #205, 702-367-3151. Daily, 5 p.m.-2:30 a.m. MUSASHI Local celebs and poker players celebrating a hot turn at the tables have long made Musashi their go-to nightcap. Why? Because it’s right there on Paradise. Because it’s a ton of fun. And because it’s as good as teppanyaki gets in this town, with a little extra edge on it. See and taste for yourself. 3900 Paradise Road, 702-735-4744. Daily, 5 p.m.-4 a.m. NAKED CITY PIZZA After a long night of battling with the bottle, there are few foods more
appetizing than pizza. And the thickcrusted, Sicilian-style pies at Naked City are particularly perfect for soaking up some alcohol. So are the assortment of hand-cut fries, including the poutine, loaded with cheese curds and gooey gravy. 3240 S. Arville St., 702243-6277; 4608 Paradise Road, 702722-2241. Daily, 11 a.m.-3 a.m. OYSTER BAR Palace Station’s 18-seat, 20-year-old Oyster Bar might be the only restaurant in the city where you could have to wait in line for a seat at, oh, let’s say 3 in the morning. And it's worth the wait. If you can’t handle the creamy, spicy, brandy-finished seafood stew known as pan roast at that time of day (night?), stick to linguine clams or rich gumbo. From 1 to 9 a.m., Bud Lights are $3 and a half-dozen oysters are $10. Palace Station, 702-367-2411. 24/7.
recommendation for the heartiest latenight appetite? The Maserati omelet, loaded with sausage, two cheeses and mushrooms and covered in Italian meat sauce and parmesan. 2985 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-735-4177. 24/7. PHO KIM LONG Anyone who has had a late night at the clubs knows the eternal dominance of Pho Kim Long. The slightly dirtysounding restaurant is a staple of the nighttime crowd, which would like nothing better than a hot, steaming bowl of Vietnamese noodles to wash away those Fireball shots. As strange as it sounds, we recommend the salted fish and diced chicken fried rice, a hidden menu gem with fabulous funk and enough greasiness to settle any stomach. Trust us. 4029 W. Spring Mountain Road, 702-220-3613. 24/7. PING PANG PONG
PEPPERMILL It’s hard to top this. The Peppermill, a Strip institution for more than four decades, is still likely the most popular drunk-breakfast option in Vegas. Cheesy lights and faux foliage, big booths and bigger plates of French toast and pancakes and eggs ... this place is home. Our
Not everyone wants classic casino Chinese food around midnight, and if you don’t, we have to ask: Why not? Got something against hot and sour soup, pork potstickers, Cantonese roast duck and calamari in XO sauce? Didn’t think so. Gold Coast, 702-367-7111. Daily, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. & 5 p.m.-3 a.m.
How does Postmates work? Basically, this is the Uber model—you order your food, and then you can track the guy. ... It’s like the most convenient sh*t ever. And delivery fees? It’s distance. Because I live Downtown and Le Thai is Downtown, it’s $5. But in Mountain’s Edge, it was $25. How did you get hooked? They were giving out free arepas for a week. When do you order most? On the weekends when I’m hungover and I wake up around 11. I’m half-awake, and I know I’m gonna order food ’cause I’m gonna go back to sleep. What holds up best to delivery time? Asian food. Don’t order burgers. Why is Postmates awesome? You don’t have to leave your house. Ever. For more of Marvin’s thoughts on everything from fried chicken to the apocalypse, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
Afterhours with the G-man Stripsteak’s kitchen boss helps you make the most of your feeble fridge Here’s the situation: You partied too hard to stop for food. You made it home alive but starving, and there isn’t much to work with. This has happened to Stripsteak chef Gerald Chin plenty of times. But unlike you, he knows what he’s doing, and he knows how to hit the late-night spot with minimal resources. “One of my favorites is something my dad used to make,” he says. “Being Asian, we always had leftover white rice, so you cook it in a pan with oil and just leave it, until the bottom gets crispy.” Chin adds a few eggs for an omelet effect, and when the bottom sets, flips it over, slides it onto a plate and douses it with oyster sauce. “It’s super-crispy and moist underneath, and with the cold oyster sauce it’s pretty great.” His other top drunk dish is dubbed Super Ramen: a package of dry instant noodles with julienned onions and peppers, cooked in a broth of reduced soy sauce, water, the noodle seasoning packet and lime. And then there’s his Triscuit nachos, or his fried salami and egg white-bread sandwich ... maybe you should just party with this guy. -Brock Radke
POP’S As far as we can tell, this cheesesteak hut hasn’t put up a closed sign since 2002. And sizzling, griddled beef with hot, tangy cheese sauce on a soft sub roll seems like a sandwich tailor-made for late-night noshing, no? Pop’s will save your life. 501 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-878-6444. 24/7. ROBERTO’S This is cheap, fast Mexican food, and sometimes that’s what you need. The crisp tacos are always a good choice, but also consider the quesadillas, as big as your head and oozing with processed cheese, to which you could add some carne asada if you feel the need. You surely have at least one Roberto’s on your way home, so what’s your excuse for not stopping in? Multiple locations, robertostacoshop.com. 24/7. RONALD’S DONUTS Ronald’s is for next-levelers only, those
who clubbed on the Strip, karaoke’d and noodle soup’d in Chinatown, and still weren’t ready to call it quits at 4 in the morning. To those who won’t sleep until they mash a fresh fritter into their face, we salute you. 4600 Spring Mountain Road, 702-873-1032. Daily, 4 a.m.-4 p.m. “SECRET” PIZZERIA Isn’t it ironic that we still refer to the most obvious Strip after-booze bite as a secret? These majestic, just-greasyenough slices haven’t been anything like a secret for a long time, but that’s because you keep going back for more. Shouldn’t have told all your friends. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7860. Daily, 11 a.m.-4 a.m. SIERRA GOLD Five words: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos onion rings. Five more: chili cheese sliders party bucket. Three words that matter most: in your neighborhood. Multiple locations, pteglv.com. 24/7.
TACOS EL GORDO There are now three locations of this Tijuana taco stronghold in Las Vegas, most notably the recently reopened adobada palace on the Strip just north of Encore. Now that it has been resurrected, we can all enjoy this ideal drunk food together, locals and tourists, taco-loving people of the universe. 1724 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-251-8226; 3260 Losee Road, 702-641-8228; 3049 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-982-5420. Sunday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 a.m.; Friday & Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 a.m. WHITE CASTLE The cliché goes that these sliders should really only be consumed when you are actually inebriated, that you won’t fully appreciate the greasy-guilty mini-burger badness until you’ve had three too many—drinks and sliders. Sometimes clichés are truth. Casino Royale, 702-227-8531. 24/7.
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SKAM Sundays at XS are heating up and building momentum; it’s becoming one of our favorite nights on the Strip. This week, check out Chicago turntablist Jerzy. See you there.
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hen that icon of fabulousness Jubilee closed this month, many described its last curtain call as the passing of the Vegas Showgirl. But we know better. Today we have Britney. We have J.Lo. We have superstar showgirls, legendary performers who’ve taken up residencies on the Strip and revolutionized the idea of Vegas-style entertainment.
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And Mariah Carey is the key, the transcendent siren linking one generation’s big Vegas show to the future. Blasting through her record-setting 18 top hits in Mariah #1 to Infinity at the Colosseum, her powerhouse voice and instantly recognizable range unwavering after nearly three decades, Mariah in Vegas is a timeless yet fresh fit. It’s almost as if she was always here. Las Vegas seems to be having quite the effect on Mariah, too. She’s returning to 1 OAK to host another party capping her most recent run at Caesars this
weekend, and she’s become engaged to James Packer, the Australian mogul who’s readying his first Vegas casino resort, Alon, for a 2018 opening. What could possibly be more showgirl than that? Mariah Carey’s wrap party at 1 OAK at Mirage, February 20. Mariah #1 to Infinity at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, February 20-21 & returning in June. –Brock Radke
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ne of the most famous drummers of the past 20 years—and an unlikely but equally loved DJ—Travis Barker has dedicated his life to keeping the beat no matter the medium. Cranking out fast and chaotic pop-punk for angsty teens in his Blink-182 days, Barker mastered the art of playing off the crowd’s palpable energy years ago. Whether he’s improvising drum fills with thrashing percussion or beat-matching singles primed for the dancefloor, making people jump, dance and mosh is Barker’s forte. And he isn’t just playing to the grown-up punks of the ’90s. Given his entrepreneurial spirit, Barker has amassed a following of both electronic and hip-hop heads, performing alongside rappers like Yelawolf (the pair’s new single “Out of Control” drops February 19) and nightclub giants like DJ A-Trak.
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Embracing his love of spinning and scratching, Barker melds both talents in his raucous residency, Give the Drummer Some, at Hyde Bellagio. Launched last year, GTDS is Barker’s vision, a feat that showcases the musician front and center on the drum kit while simultaneously dominating the dancefloor with a cacophony of electronic beats.
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outh African-born, UNLV-educated Pauly Freedman has been an integral part of the Wynn Las Vegas nightlife experience for eight years now, starting as general manager of the former Blush boutique nightclub and then assisting in the creation of and heading up operations for Encore Beach Club and Surrender, one of the Strip’s most potent day-to-night combinations. Teaming with John Wood as co-executive directors of Intrigue, opening in April at Wynn, Freedman says the cyclical Vegas-nightlife trends have become clearer than ever. “The huge megaclub is slowly downsizing, and we’re seeing more intimate venues coming around again, similar to what Blush was when the ultralounge was very popular,” he says. “This gives guests the opportunity to be the center of attention. With us, it’s the Wynn standard: How do you take a five-star hotel and transform that into a nightlife experience?” Freedman and his team plan to answer that question in a new and different way with Intrigue. “It really is exciting,” he says. “It’s my opportunity to make my mark.” Actually, he’s already made quite a mark. He’s worked as an executive chef, spent five years with Caesars Entertainment supervising various clubs, lounges and pools, and way back in the day, operated the iconic Club Utopia. Few have seen the landscape change and pushed new developments the way Freedman has. “If you look at the next steps and what [the scene] has gone through, it’s about the whole package and the party, not just a guy standing onstage and everyone has their cell phone out getting video,” he says. “It’s everything.” –Brock Radke
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hen Tommy Crews does his job well, he has a tendency to disappear. Clubgoers at Light, the Mandalay Bay mega-venue, see a panorama of images splayed over 720 screens, a story unfolding across 150 horizontal feet of digital landscape. The visuals mirror the crescendos of the DJ’s soundtrack so well, guests assume the person in the booth is controlling both. But behind the scenes in a booth of his own, video director Crews is the one running the on-screen show. With a Clear-Com headset and a chat thread
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running throughout the night, Crews, marketing director Natalia Harris and their team transform a big, dark room into an immersive party environment that can include rising flames, splashing water or a trip to Australia. Part of the magic is in the system itself, which includes those hundreds of screens arrayed across the walls and ceiling, $1 million worth of custom content and four Barco projectors that allow performers to interact with the video displays. “The system is aware that there are artists there and adjusts in real time,” Crews explains. “There’s a camera that captures the heat signature of the artist and relays that to the system.” So when a dancer drops from the ceiling, a digital fire can swirl around
her. There’s nothing else like it in Vegas, Crews says. To use the setup for maximum impact, Crews and Harris start working with artists months out. For the Stafford Brothers’ Las Stralia residency, returning March 18, they’ve created a multi-faceted party that will combine all the elements of the club to transport visitors to Oz with flying kangaroos and twerking koalas. But the visuals themselves? They happen live. “You just try to listen as closely as you can and really try to tell the story with visuals,” Crews says. “When it comes time for them to hit the gas and really shake the room up, you want to be right there with them.” –Sarah Feldberg
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ccording to Chris Zadie, the suave general manager at the Mirage’s hidden-gem Italian restaurant Portofino, this classic, indulgent dish has been available at the iconic Strip resort since Steve Wynn opened it and changed Las Vegas forever in 1989. The Lobster Milanese was a menu favorite for years at Kokomo’s, the surf-and-turf spot that used to welcome Mirage guests right off the lobby. It eventually made its way to the Italian restaurant, formerly known as Onda. And today, Zadie and rising-star chef Michael LaPlaca keep the legend alive off-menu, a special treat only for in-the-know diners. Count yourself among them.
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When the order comes in, LaPlaca pounds out a full-pound New England lobster tail, lightly poaches it in butter and fries it crispy in delicate, savory breadcrumbs. It’s finished with garlic spinach and a brisk citrus-butter sauce, combining overwhelming richness, oceanic freshness and crunchy and tender textures. One bite and you’ll understand why so many longtime Vegas visitors keep coming back and asking for it again and again. Portofino at Mirage, 702-791-7131; Monday & Thursday-Sunday, 5-10 p.m. –Brock Radke
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of Soulia’s stories from those glory days: the insanity of Howard Stern filming his radio show surrounded by a packed house; Hulk Hogan ordering drinks in character; Kiss in full makeup climbing on top of the bar to film a video. “The bar has changed, but we are the reminders, the contact points for all those great times in the history of this place,” Soulia says. “People come in to see how the Center Bar has changed, and they realize the heart and soul of the Hard Rock is still today what it always was, a cool hip vibe with tons of energy and great music. And yes, a great place to get a drink.” –Brock Radke
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M A R Q U EE 2/18 Kid Conrad. 2/19 DJ Que. 2/20 DJ Skratchy. 2/21 DJs Shift & Que. 2/25 Kid Conrad. 2/26 DJ Que. 2/27 R City. 2/28 DJ Ikon. 3/3 Kid Conrad. 3/4 DJ Que. 3/5 DJ Turbulence. 3/6 DJs Shift & Que. 3/10 Kid Conrad. 3/11 DJ Que. 3/12 DJ Crooked. Bellagio, 702-693-8300.
H A K KASA N 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. 3/6 Mark Eteson. 3/10 The Chainsmokers. 3/11 Dada Life. 3/12 Ingrosso. MGM Grand, 702-891-3838.
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2/19 Afrojack. 2/20 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. 2/23 Burns. 2/26 Calvin Harris. 2/27 Nicky Romero. 3/1 Oliver Heldens. 3/4 Calvin Harris. 3/5 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. 3/8 Calvin Harris. 3/11 Calvin Harris. 3/12 Chuckie. Caesars Palace, 702-785-6200.
I N T R I G U E F O U N DAT I O N RO O M 2/18 DJ Seany Mac. 2/19 DJs Sam I Am & Mark Mac. 2/20 DJs Sam I Am & Greg Lopez. 2/21 DJ Jimmy Lite. 2/22 Sam I Am. 2/23 Kay the Riot. 2/24 DJ Sincere. 2/25 DJ Seany Mac. 2/26 DJs Sam I Am & Mark Mac. 2/27 DJs Sam I Am & Greg Lopez. 2/29 DJ Sam I Am. 3/1 Kay the Riot. 3/2 DJ Sincere. 3/3 DJ Seany Mac. 3/4 DJs Sam I Am & Mark Mac. 3/5 DJs Sam I Am & Greg Lopez. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.
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XS 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. 3/6 Jerzy. 3/8 Major Lazer. 3/11 Alesso. 3/12 David Guetta. Encore, 702-770-0097.
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Swedish metal massage Checking in with At the Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg Your bassist and drummer are also members of The Haunted, an opening band on your U.S. tour. Is that a logistical challenge? We have actually tried it in Europe a few times on festivals. It affects Adrian [Erlandsson] the most, the drummer, but he has been so focused on managing this, he’s better than ever. He could probably pull off three sets now. (laughs)
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GLOBAL LEGENDS SERIES Retired soccer icons Landon Donovan (U.S.) and Luís Figo (Portugal) captain the teams, which will assemble 26 of the sport’s top names, including Jared Borgetti, Paul Scholes and Cafu. February 20, 4:30 p.m., $35-$95, Sam Boyd Stadium. FORENSIC SCIENCEs The Las Vegas Natural History Museum devotes Sunday to the subject with a family-friendly CSI Mini-Camp (11 a.m.-2 p.m.), followed by an expert-led panel showcase and Q&A (followed by a cocktail reception; 3:30 p.m.). February 21, free; ticket info at lvnhm.org.
Hear rock and rise Female-fronted local acts (Carol-Lyn, Candy Warpop and Kerfoot & Dau, among others) comprise this rock-centric benefit for the global One Billion Rising campaign, aimed at shining a light on violence against women. Local artists and Toyboxx LV complement the event. February 19, 8 p.m., $5, Bunkhouse.
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the electro-rock duo’s debut album, Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin head east to DJ the latest in a pop-up series by DJ 88 (who, along with Hektor Rawkerz and Dave Fogg, will also perform). February 21, 9 p.m., $5, Ghostbar.
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Experience this fleshy take on The Beatles with a little help from Strawberry Tallcake, Panda Bare and other burlesque talents. February 20, 10:30 p.m., $12-$15, Onyx Theatre.
At the Gates AT THE helped set the GATES with template for Decapitated, the GothenThe Haunted, burg sound. Harm’s Way. Do you hear February 18, that influence 6:30 p.m., $23. in the bands? House of Blues, We are very 702-632-7600. Swedish, very humble, so we don’t really listen to other bands that way, trying to see how they might be influenced by us. … When we started out, our goal was to not be restrained by limits. We wanted to incorporate whatever we wanted into the extreme metal sound. That was not very common in the early ’90s. I was checking out your Spotify playlists of new things you’re digging. Tell us about a few. Anyone that hasn’t heard the Swedish band Graveyard should go check it out; their stuff’s amazing. There’s an American band, Kowloon Walled City, taking the noisy rock thing into metal. I love the new Grimes record. Have you heard Mitski, the female singer-songwriter? Really good. Grave Ritual came out with a great record. Autopsy came out with a great record. Deafheaven. FKA Twigs. There’s so much stuff! –Annie Zaleski For more of our interview with Lindberg, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
TASTE craft beer dinner This five-course meal—with
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To be fair, it’s not as if Eggers has built his story around a perfectly ordinary 17th-century American family. William (Ralph Ineson), its forbidding patriarch, has split from the community—an unspecified religious schism of some sort—and taken his wife, Katherine (Kate Dickie), and his five children to live in isolation at the edge of The Witch makes early America a very the woods. Almost as soon as they move into the house, scary place By Mike D’Angelo the youngest child, still an infant, disappears in a split second while being watched by older sister Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), which turns out to be only the first Witches and other supernatural horror phenomin an endless series of malevolent events. Another child, ena may or may not exist in Robert Eggers’ chilling Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), shows signs of being The Witch, which finally opens this week more possessed, while twins Jonas (Lucas Dawson) than a year after wowing audiences at the 2015 and Mercy (Ellie Grainger) develop a singularly Sundance Film Festival. The film deliberately aaaac creepy kinship with a goat they call Black Philip. keeps the matter ambiguous for most of its run- THE WITCH Unlike Arthur Miller’s classic play The ning time, allowing for both the possibility of Ralph Ineson, Crucible, which it initially resembles, The Witch unspeakable evil and the more mundane (but Kate Dickie, has no interest in using witch hunts as a metanearly as disturbing) explanation that said evil Anya Taylorphor for contemporary scapegoating. If anything, resides entirely in its characters’ heads. Either Joy. Directed it strongly suggests that the paranoid colonial way, however, Eggers’ true achievement is mak- by Robert ing history itself inexplicable and terrifying. Eggers. Rated villagers who hanged (not burned) women back then might have had the right idea. Some may He’s set the action in 1630, and done extensive R. Opens find that objectionable, but this isn’t a film trying research; much of the dialogue comes straight Friday cityto make a political point, on either side. Its only from documents of the period, retaining various wide. goal is to freak the crap out of you, and it succeeds archaic speech patterns. This patina of strangemightily—not with hackneyed jump scares, but with a ness makes The Witch singularly unnerving right from dark vision of a world so divorced from our own that it the jump, and the intensity keeps building and building might as well be another planet. until it becomes well-nigh unbearable.
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Movies about the Holocaust have become so commonplace that the historical atrocity itself has lost much of its onscreen impact. Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes manages to make those horrors immediate and visceral again with the haunting Oscar-nominated drama Son of Saul, about a Sonderkommando, a Jew who was forced to aid the Nazis in disposing of the bodies and personal effects of fellow Jews who were killed in gas chambers. Saul Ausländer (Géza Röhrig) is a Hungarian Sonderkommando at Auschwitz who becomes determined to offer a religious burial for a boy he believes is his son, going to extraordinary lengths (including risking his life and the lives of his fellow prisoners) in order to do so. Set during the aaabc final days of World SON OF SAUL War II, Son of Saul is Géza Röhrig, effective not necesLevente sarily because of its Molnár, emotional story, but Urs Rechn. because of the way Directed by Nemes draws the László Nemes. audience into that Rated R. story, shooting in the Opens Friday narrow Academy at Century ratio and keeping Suncoast, his camera almost Regal Green exclusively focused Valley Ranch. on Röhrig, letting all of the horrific events unfold in the background. He places the audience alongside Saul, experiencing the same disorientation and panic. That can be overwhelming and repetitive after a while, but it’s never less than powerful. –Josh Bell
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Biopics don’t come much more conventional than Race, a rote, formulaic account of the early life and career of Olympic track and field star Jesse Owens (Stephan James). Owens is most famous for winning four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, held under the rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Not only was Owens an African-American representing the segregated United States, but he was also competing in a country that was actively imprisoning and disenfranchising its own minority population. That’s a lot of weight for one man to bear, but nothing in the movie feels particularly significant, and journeyman director Stephen Hopkins renders it all in broad strokes, with a bland, TV-movie flatness. James is a capable star, and both Carice van Houten and Jeremy Irons have strong moments in supporting parts (although Jason Sudeikis is miscast in a serious role as Owens’ coach). Race gives them too little to do, though, making Owens’ monumental accomplishments into just another mundane sporting statistic. –Josh Bell
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This year’s Dam Short Film Festival felt stronger than ever By Josh Bell During a Q&A session at this year’s Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, festival director John LaBonney revealed that the 12th annual edition had received a record 800-plus submissions. It’s a testament to the work of the festival staff that those 800 submissions were whittled down to 129 and then wrangled into entertaining and creative programming blocks that showcased thematic connections (including programs devoted to French movies, postapocalypse movies and movies about hitmen). LaBonney also mentioned that putting together those cohesive blocks sometimes means leaving out otherwise worthwhile movies, but the overall quality of this year’s festival was high, and it even found organizers pushing boundaries on what has typically been a somewhat conservative slate (which plays to the small-town crowd). The winner for best comedy was actually featured in the risqué Underground section: Andrew Laurich’s “A Reasonable Request” is little more than the re-enactment of a dirty joke, but the acting and the clever banter make an extremely uncomfortable situation into something very funny and even heartwarming. Elsewhere, shorts dealt smartly with sexuality and other explicit themes, often in powerful ways. The Australian drama “The Suburbs Go on
Forever” is a sensitive, fascinating journey with a young woman drawn into the psychosexual games of an older married couple. “Don’t Watch Me Dancing” takes unexpected turns in its look at the rebellion of a teenage girl from an ultra-religious background. And “Symposium” is an alternately funny and sad take on the necessary ingredients for true love. The DSFF is usually good at picking out genre fare, and the winner for the best sci-fi/horror short, darkly ironic survival drama “Grace” (from the post-apocalypse program), stood out for its uncompromisingly bleak look at human nature. Other genre highlights included stylish ’80s-horror pastiche “Night of the Slasher,” intimate sci-fi drama “Pact” and local horror film “Trivia Night,” which won a Final Draft-sponsored writing award. Hunter Hopewell’s amusing but overlong comedy “Exchange” won the award for best Nevada film, but the strongest local offering was another effective take on love and sex, “Call You Later,” from versatile local veteran Adam Zielinski. Overall, the Nevada selections were impressively diverse, and the festival had so many of them that they expanded into programs beyond the local showcase. For the DSFF, an overabundance of quality is a good problem to have.
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Special screenings Best Picture Showcase 2/20, 2/27, marathon of Oscar Best Picture nominees, 10 am, $25. Theaters: TS
The Hateful Eight aabcc Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 167 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: ST, VS
The Last Great Circus Flyer Through 2/22, documentary about trapeze artists plus live Q&A with filmmaker and subjects, Thu-Fri, Sun-Mon 2:15 pm, $11.50. Theaters: PAL. Info: facebook.com/LastGreatCircusFlyer.
How to Be Single aaccc Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Alison Brie. Directed by Christian Ditter. 110 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS
The Maltese Falcon 2/21, 2/24, 75th anniversary showing plus intro from Turner Classic Movies, 2 & 7 pm, $5-$12.50. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.
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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2/19-2/21, animated and live-action programs, times vary, $8-$11. Theaters: GVR Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 2/20, The Evil Brain From Outer Space, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, 7 pm, $1. 2/23, Embryo, 8 pm, $1. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 2/23, In the Heat of the Night. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week Boy and the World (Not reviewed) Voices of Vinicius Garcia, Felipe Zilse, Alê Abreu. Directed by Alê Abreu. 80 minutes. Rated PG. A young boy searches for his father in this Oscarnominated Brazilian animated movie. Theaters: VS Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (Not reviewed) Sandra Echeverría, Arath de la Torre, Jesús Ochoa. Directed by Enrique Begne. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. A man hires a professional gigolo to seduce his wife.Theaters: BS, ORL, PAL, SC, TX The Lady in the Van aabcc Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13. Smith plays an irascible but lovable homeless woman in this genial, banal adaptation of Alan Bennett’s autobiographical stage play. Smith’s eccentric, van-dwelling Mary and Jennings’ fussy Alan form an unlikely friendship, learn important life lessons and have a few predictably wacky misunderstandings along the way. –JB Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, VS Neerja (Not reviewed) Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Ravjiani. Directed by Ram Madhvani. 122 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. The true story of a flight attendant who lost her life saving passengers on a hijacked flight in 1986. Theaters: ST, VS Race aabcc Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons. Directed by Stephen Hopkins. 134 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 20. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SC, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Risen abccc Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. This ridiculous religious drama makes Jesus’ resurrection into a plodding procedural, led by Fiennes as a Roman tribune looking for the supposed messiah’s dead body. The movie is dull and drab and fails at both
> oh, Lord Joseph Fiennes (left) and Tom Felton in religious drama Risen.
historical dramatization and religious inspiration. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Son of Saul aaabc Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn. Directed by László Nemes. 107 minutes. Rated R. In Hungarian, Yiddish and German with English subtitles. See review Page 20. Theaters: GVR, SC A Violent Prosecutor (Not reviewed) Hwang Jung-min, Kang Dong-won. Directed by Il-Hyeong Lee. 126 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. A lawyer wrongly convicted of murder teams up with a con artist to hunt down the real killer. Theaters: VS Walang Forever (Not reviewed) Jennylyn Mercado, Jericho Rosales, Lorna Tolentino. Directed by Dan Villegas. 124 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A screenwriter finds her life turned upside down when her ex-boyfriend returns. Theaters: ORL, VS
Brooklyn aaabc Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson. Directed by John Crowley. 111 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: FH, SC Carol aaaac Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler. Directed by Todd Haynes. 118 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: VS The Choice (Not reviewed) Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace. Directed by Ross Katz. 111 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: BS, COL, SC, SF, SP, SS Creed aaabc Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson. Directed by Ryan Coogler. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: TC Daddy’s Home aaccc Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini. Directed by Sean Anders. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: COL, DI, ST, TX, VS
The Witch aaaac Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie. Directed by Robert Eggers. 90 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 20. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS
Deadpool aaacc Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein. Directed by Tim Miller. 108 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TX, VS
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi aabcc John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, David Costabile. Directed by Michael Bay. 144 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: DTS, GVR, SF, SP, ST, VS 45 Years aaabc Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James. Directed by Andrew Haigh. 95 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: SC The 5th Wave aaccc Chloë Grace Moretz, Alex Roe, Nick Robinson. Directed by J Blakeson. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: AL, CH, COL, PAL, ST, TX, VS Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (Not reviewed) Voices of Matthew Gray Gubler, Justin Long, Jesse McCartney. Directed by Walt Becker. 86 minutes. Rated PG. Theaters: ST, TC The Big Short aaacc Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling. Directed by Adam McKay. 130 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: COL, DTS, SC The Boy (Not reviewed) Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell. Directed by William Brent Bell. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: AL, CH, COL, DI, ORL, SF, ST, TX, VS
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Joy aaabc Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez. Directed by David O. Russell. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: TC, VS 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. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SP, SS, TX Pride and Prejudice and Zombies aabcc Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote. Directed by Burr Steers. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: BS, RP The Revenant aaacc Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 156 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: AL, BS, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS Ride Along 2 aaccc Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Olivia Munn. Directed by Tim Story. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: AL, BS, CH, DI, ORL, PAL, SF, SS, TX Room aaacc Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. 118 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: COL, SC Sisters aaacc Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz. Directed by Jason Moore. 118 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: ST
Fifty Shades of Black (Not reviewed) Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett. Directed by Michael Tiddes. 92 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: DI, TC, TX
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Spotlight aaaac Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams. Directed by Tom McCarthy. 128 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: SC, ST
Fitoor (Not reviewed) Aditya Roy Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Tabu. Directed by Abhishek Kapoor. 131 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. Theaters: VS The Forest aaccc Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa. Directed by Jason Zada. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: ST, TX The Good Dinosaur aaacc Voices of Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Frances McDormand. Directed by Peter Sohn. 100 minutes. Rated PG. Theaters: TC Hail, Caesar! aabcc Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich. Directed by Joel Coen and
Star Wars: The Force Awakens aaabc Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver. Directed by J.J. Abrams. 135 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: AL, BS, DI, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, SC, SF, SP, SS, TX Where to Invade Next aaacc Directed by Michael Moore. 119 minutes. Rated R. Theaters: COL, SC Zoolander 2 aaccc Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz. Directed by Ben Stiller. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TX For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.
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The long goodbye Black Sabbath bids a heavy metal farewell
> Heavy Duty Lamb of God and (below) Anthrax.
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Lamb of God, Anthrax and more serve up a night to savor at Brooklyn Bowl By Case Keefer
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Metal tour packages are most appealing when arranged like a formal dinner, with a number of courses meant to complement rather than overpower one another. Too many shows of the heavy variety wind up weighed down, when every band serves up similar midtempo sludge or speed-shredding whiplash. Modern metal mainstays Lamb of God seemed more dedicated to achieving the right combination on their off of last year’s New Bermuda, showcased the group at tour in support of seventh album VII: Sturm und Drang, the height of its hypnotic powers. which hit Brooklyn Bowl Thursday night. So much so, Fans devoured Anthrax’s entire 40 minutes, respondin fact, the headliners might have damaged their own ing to a pair of cuts from forthcoming album For All performance. In addition to the meat-and-potatoes pairKings with the same vigor as two cuts off of 1987 clasing of themselves and Big Four thrash outfit Anthrax, sic Among the Living. Both new songs, “Evil Twin” and Lamb of God presented a pair of du-jour openers in “Breathing Lightning,” contained everything desired from Deafheaven and Power Trip. an Anthrax number, from soaring melodies delivered by Beginning with the latter was like cutting straight reunited vocalist Joey Belladonna to searing to dessert. The Dallas five-piece licked out a solos from new lead guitarist Jon Donais. half-hour of sugary riffs updating the crossover Lamb of God matched onscreen footage thrash sound that infiltrated the punk scene in aaaac the early ’80s. A few jaded metalheads indulged LAMB OF GOD, of imploded buildings and detonated bombs throughout the finale, laying waste to the swirltheir sweet tooth by stomping around the circle ANTHRAX, pit with the conviction of Power Trip’s regular DEAFHEAVEN, ing mass on the floor by plowing through a tight 15-song set. The band reached peak toxiccrowd of hardcore kids, and the band capital- POWER TRIP ity during “512” and “Still Echoes,” new songs ized by bringing Lamb of God frontman Randy February 11, about Blythe’s time in a Czech Republic jail Blythe out for a memorable set-closing cover of Brooklyn Bowl. awaiting trial for a manslaughter charge stemCro-Mags’ anthem “We Gotta Know.” ming from an incident at a show four years ago. Deafheaven’s extreme-metal/post-rock hybrid didn’t Though Lamb of God’s explosive energy kept the receive half that reaction, though drummer Daniel nightcap entertaining, the groove-oriented, diet-deathTracy’s blast beats and vocalist George Clarke’s primal metal songs began to blend together about halfway squeals put more traditional counterparts to shame. The through the band’s 85 minutes. Still, while their music San Francisco band lost the bulk of the crowd during its didn’t taste as fresh as what came earlier in the night, it crystal-clear stretches of ambiance, though the dichotowasn’t a problem for a show that provided a savory sammy helped Deafheaven deliver the most gourmet flavor pling of some of the best metal has to offer. of the night. The meandering, nine-minute “Come Back,”
As farewell tours go, Black Sabbath’s current The End tour is a bit dubious: It’s so lengthy and open-ended that Saturday’s performance at the Mandalay Bay Events Center was just the first of two Vegas dates scheduled— and the next isn’t until September. And the idea of the legendary heavy metal band saying goodbye is tainted by a lineup that only includes three of the four original members, since drummer Bill Ward has been at odds with his former bandmates for years now. Still, remaining original members Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler sounded strong, running through 100 minutes of Sabbath classics, mainly from the band’s first four albums (there were no songs from 2013’s aaabc well-received reunion BLACK album 13). Osbourne’s SABBATH vocals have been February 13, highly inconsistent for Mandalay many years, but he Bay Events was in fine form as a Center. singer, complementing Iommi’s intricate guitar work and Butler’s thick bass lines on highlights like “Into the Void” and “N.I.B.” Only drummer Tommy Clufetos, a member of Osbourne’s solo band, sounded out of place, pounding the drums like he was in a thrash band. His extended drum solo on instrumental “Rat Salad” (preceded by vintage video clips of the band, Ward included) was easily the concert’s low point. Osbourne’s irritating stage presence remains caught somewhere between a toddler and a sports-stadium announcer, and his endless calls of “Let me see your hands!” and “I can’t hear you!” lost all meaning pretty quickly. When he focused on the music, though, Black Sabbath proved that there’s enough life left in this band for however long they want their farewell to last. –Josh Bell
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Get ready to Reverb
Downtown’s revived music fest reveals its lineup and puts passes on sale By Spencer Patterson Ty Segall anchored one of Neon Reverb’s most memorable single nights—September 11, 2012 at the Bunkhouse—so perhaps it’s fitting the California garage-rocker will help Las Vegas’ revered DIY music festival usher in its new era, at the same (relaunched) Downtown venue. Segall’s profile has grown considerably since then, of course, and so could Reverb’s, if the lineup revealed for the 11th edition (and first in three years), draws as intended. Along with Segall, the top lines of the fest’s poster will feature names familiar to fans of indie music, among them Texas synth-pop outfit Neon Indian, fast-rising Philly punks Beach Slang, rapper Sage Francis and roots-rocker Chuck Ragan (frontman for Hot Water Music). Other touring acts confirmed at press time include Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces), La Sera, Tijuana Panthers, Big Business, Moving Units and Reverb favorites Leopold and His Fiction.
> Fun on Fremont (Clockwise from here) Ty Segall, Neon Indian and Beach Slang are in for Neon Reverb 2016.
“It’s clearly the strongest lineup Neon Reverb has ever had, which is good because it has to be stepped up to merit its label,” says festival co-founder James Woodbridge, who helped bring in bands like The Walkmen, Akron/Family and Thee Oh Sees for previous installments. “Downtown has grown so much since we started it [in 2008], we have to grow to keep up.” The festival, which runs Thursday, March 10 through Sunday, March 13 at such Fremont East venues as the Bunkhouse, Beauty Bar, Backstage Bar & Billiards and Fremont Country
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Local music news & notes DOGG FRIENDLY Ask Rosalee when she knew she was a singer, and the onenamed performer will tell you she came singing from the womb. Born in St. George, Utah, she moved to Las Vegas after high school to pursue a career in music, and now, her pie-in-the-sky dream is manifesting into reality. “I didn’t have a lot of support growing up,” she explains during a phone interview. “I knew my parents loved me, but they really discouraged me from following my dreams.” Rosalee taught herself how to sing early on, and after moving to Vegas, the soul/R&B vocalist found
a companion and partner in Darren Sher, owner and producer at the Omnitone Recording Studios. Rosalee says Sher, now her husband, helped her find the right musicians and producers to take her career to the next
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Club (which will host two 18-andover shows), will also carry on Reverb’s tradition of showcasing loads of homegrown talent. Mercy Music, The Lique, Rusty Maples, Black Camaro, Hassan, Same Sex Mary, Cameron Calloway, Leather Lungs and Illicitor are among more than 30 Vegas acts that will be sprinkled across the schedule. “The lineup feels right, and very Downtown to me,” says Downtown Project talent buyer Mike Henry, who worked with longtime Reverb trio Woodbridge, Thirry Harlin and Jason Aragon, plus 11th Street
level—apparently so. Her most recent single, the silky, jazzy cut “Just My Thang,” features none other than Snoop Dogg. Rosalee attributes that collaboration to a chance encounter, when Snoop heard one of her tracks at the studio and expressed interest in laying down a vocal track or two. “I’m a huge Snoop Dogg fan. It’s an honor to have him on my album.” And while that debut LP isn’t out yet—she’s shooting for a late-2016 release—Rosalee says it will explore sounds of the ’60s through the ’90s and incorporate a strong cast of engineers including mixing/audio engineer Jeff Juliano (John Mayer, Paramore) and mastering engineer Brad Blackwood (Against Me!, Will.i.am). Look for Rosalee’s next single, “Electrify,” in March.
Records’ Ronald Corso, to plan next month’s event. “Our goal was to make it the biggest and best one ever, but also to make sure we can produce every show really well and pack every show. Neon Reverb is more than five people—it can only grow and become even more awesome if the community continues to support it the way it always has.” Festival passes, priced at $50 for admission to all events, go on sale Thursday, September 18 at 10 a.m. through neonreverb.com. Tickets for most individual shows will cost $15 and will go on sale later.
***** STRANGER STILL Hard rock three-piece Strange Mistress has released a new, self-titled album, which follows its two EPs, 2014’s Anatomy and 2013’s Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club. The new LP expands on the group’s heavy, mid-’90s rock sound, bringing to mind Stone Temple Pilots and Alice in Chains, with an additional layer of psychedelic stoner-fuzz that’s all their own. strangem istress.bandcamp.com ***** ALSO Continuing the recent string of Bunkhouse tribute nights (The Rolling Stones, David Bowie), singer-songwriter Cameron Calloway will host an evening in honor of Michael Jackson, with proceeds going to Three Square Food Bank. The tribute will take place on March 25, marking the day
MJ debuted his signature moonwalk in 1983. So far, the lineup features Calloway, Sonia Seelinger, Jessica Manalo, Barry Black, Pure Joy, Jesse Pino, My Fair Rosalie and more. … Vegas rockers Sin City Sinners released their sixth album, Let It Burn, on Valentine’s Day, celebrating with a performance at Count’s Vamp’d. The LP, which features all-original songs, was released six years to the day of debut album, Exile on Fremont Street. thesincitysinners.com … Cultfavorite burger joint Shake Shack is holding its annual Burger Beats contest, in which bands can enter to be featured on the restaurant’s Spotify playlist and in Shake Shacks nationwide—along with $150 in burgers. The contest is open at facebook.com/shakeshack, now through February 28. –Leslie Ventura
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But who else will actually enjoy the sloppy The Life of Pablo? By Mike Pizzo In 2009, Kanye West reached peak asshole after his career-defining, Taylor Swift-mic-snatching moment at the MTV Video Music Awards. But he followed that with one of the greatest albums of his career, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Critics might have hoped for a terrible record to justify their condemnation of his behavior, but Kanye dropped the opposite. Since then, he has continued to behave badly, whether crowning himself “the greatest rock star on the planet” or, more recently, telling Wiz Khalifa, “I own your child!” So what happens when ’Ye finally drops a bad album? The reviews for his last LP, Yeezus, were less ecstatic, largely due to its off-kilter, electronic production style. But his latest effort, The Life of Pablo, goes a step further. It’s a record in which his creative musical output is not strong enough to quietly excuse his reprehensible public persona. In other words, sh*t is wack. The Life of Pablo plays like a mas-
turbatory love letter to Kanye, from Kanye. From its disastrous livestreamed Madison Square Garden rollout to multiple changes to its release date, title and tracklist, it’s clear he’s flying blindly without a clear plan. And that comes through in the music itself, which sounds sourced by a megalomaniac surrounded by a crew afraid to point out its flaws. The biggest tell of all is Kanye’s sparing use of the drums, the backbone of most hip-hop tracks. Songs like “FML” and “Wolves” simply aren’t strong enough without the kick and snare, despite what Kanye believes. Elsewhere, the record drowns in AutoTune, like on “High Lights” or “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2,” while tracks like “Freestyle 4” and “Feedback” are too weird for their own good. It’s a complete mess with little to grab onto, and will test listeners’ patience. But Kanye’s disciples are also in his audience, so few will say how they really feel.
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> stand your posts Audrey Barcio’s mirrored towers.
Such great heights
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walls and glass, in an infinite feedback loop. Sometimes the beveled edges produce rainbows; at other With dimension and illumination, Audrey Barcio’s towers enthrall times, the edges glow red or yellow as if lit from within; at still other By Dawn-Michelle Baude times, one face of the towers darkens while another explodes in the light, angles they seem to extend toward perfectly beveled, 8-inch sides set Our own little golden Stonehenge. the floor a shimmering kaleidoscope the ceiling in a perceptual sleight-ofinto a polished stainless-steel base. A prism generator from the mirror of shape and color. hand recalling Brancusi’s “Endless At 7 feet tall, the towers are built on funhouse. HAL 9000, times seven. While Barcio describes Column.” But it’s the play of a human, rather than monumental, Audrey Barcio’s Continual Eventual her installation as inspired light upon their surfaces that scale. Bigger, and they’d have been straddles the ancient and modern, aaaac by high-rise architecture, the truly enthralls. threatening; smaller, and the effect the mystical and rational. Comprising explanation seems insuffiCatching the sun mainly CONTINUAL would have been feeble. Height is one seven mirrored Plexiglas “towers,” cient. Continual Eventual has from a gigantic, western- EVENTUAL sweet spot. Another is spacing. Barcio the installation integrates seamless to do with architecture facing window, each mir- Through March arranged the sculptures in a line, each lessly into the Government Center and modernity than it has to rored tower generates its 4; Mondaypositioned at a tiled intersection. The Rotunda Gallery—no mean feat, given do with sacred geometry and own scintillating show, Friday, 8 towers are wide enough apart for the rotunda’s 70-foot ceiling, decoramathematics—ancient tradireflecting the lobby, the win- a.m.-5 p.m. foot traffic, close enough together to tive granite floors, hanging balconies, tions aligning monuments dow, visitors and a bevy of Clark County foster coherency. With their golden gridded windows, grand staircase, with astrological events to natural and artificial light Government glow, they complement the interior ugly lamps and security desk. Art sources. At the right time Center Rotunda produce light phenomena. architecture with a dose of purpose easily falls flat there. But Barcio’s At the same time, modern of day, the effect can seem Gallery, 702and mystery. Continual Eventual soars. materials give her seven almost incandescent, as the 455-7030. Depending on the viewer’s posiThe installation’s success depends, monoliths fresh appeal. All lights and shadows multiply, tion, the towers can appear two-sidin part, on its simplicity. Each of the in all, an excellent show that repays a refracting rays off the polished graned, three-sided or four-sided. Because seven identical towers is an equicareful visit with wonder. ite floor, the stainless-steel bases, the nothing caps their tops, from some lateral triangle, composed of three
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Love is a mixtape
Libby Cudmore’s novel finds breezy nostalgia and compelling mystery on a Maxell cassette By Heather Scott Partington
from boyfriends past. Cudmore’s “Nothing good ever comes in nostalgia for the ’90s and early the mail,” Jett Bennett says in ’00s is evident in her protagonist’s the first line of Libby Cudmore’s musings. The Big Rewind reminds mystery, The Big Rewind. When us of the cringe-worthy things we Bennett—a temp in Brooklyn— used to record on cassettes for the receives a mixtape meant for her people we loved—and mixes that downstairs neighbor KitKat by with a twinge of sadness for the mistake, she goes to return it and personal element that’s been lost discovers KitKat’s lifeless body. in digital music sharing. Soon the amateur sleuth is on “Mixtapes are like diaries,” one the hunt for the killer—this is character says. “Each corresponds Jett Bennett as a hipster Jessica to a very specific place and feeling, Fletcher. Cudmore’s love for the and to go pawing through somemixtape shines through this play one else’s collection is on the cozy, as does a huge breach of trust. her love of Brooklyn It’s musical espionage, and romance. The Big aaacc THE emotional voyeurism, Rewind is tongue-in- BIG REWIND By cheek, but moves along Libby Cudmore, $15. and just plain rude.” Yet Jett Bennett’s piecwith the requisite susing together of clues from KitKat’s pense and discoveries of a good tape leads her to one discovery mystery. It celebrates the world after another. Are some elements it inhabits. of The Big Rewind a little obvious? KitKat’s tape isn’t just a clue Sure. But it’s written with such to her murder; it allows Bennett affection for music and memories to reflect on her own life and love that it’s a fun read. This is a (mostthrough the musical artifacts of ly) bloodless treasure hunt from former relationships. Cudmore one musical clue to the next. writes, “I’m not too young to “There isn’t a better feeling remember the exact weight and in the world …” Bennett says, feel of a Maxell mixtape. They’re “than acknowledgment that your just slightly heavier than a regumixtape was not only received lar cassette, weighed down with and played, but enjoyed.” The love and angst, track lists thick Big Rewind is entertaining and with rubber cement and collage.” clever. And, to borrow from the Bennett remembers her past novel: “weird, twee and oddly relationships through the kinds appropriate.” of songs on her own tapes—gifts
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FOOD & Drink > SETTING THE TABLE (Clockwise from left) Harvest’s roasted baby beets, lamb shank and grilled squid.
Farm fresh Chef Roy Ellamar reinvents his Bellagio spot with the market-inspired Harvest By Jim Begley In early fall last year, Sensi—nestled at the base of the Bellagio’s Spa Tower—closed to little fanfare. Rather than eradicating the space, a remodel opened up the restaurant’s façade to passersby with a lounge expansion while keeping its quartet of showcase kitchens intact, affording some great sightseeing inside and out. But the most important aspect of the overhaul was letting the former executive chef remake the menu. The result is the remarkable new Harvest by Roy Ellamar. Ellamar had been at the helm of Sensi since 2011, but because of its deeply set location you’d be excused if you didn’t taste that food, never making it past the murderer’s row of other Bellagio restaurants. With this HARVEST reopening, though, you have little BY ROY excuse for missing out on a farm-toELLAMAR table concept that highlights local Bellagio, purveyors—yes, we have those— 702-693while letting the chef shine. 8865. Daily, You could go to Harvest for the 5-10 p.m. charred Brussels sprouts alone, simply a revelation. If you don’t like Brussels, you will after you try this version, blistered and laden with maple syrup and bourbon soy sauces. In fact, consider skipping to the vegetarian entrees for the beginning of your meal to find the farro porridge. Strewn with umami, the dish combines the ancient grain prepared to an almost soupy consistency with wild mushrooms, black truffle and a slow-cooked egg in a gooey, earthy combination. Don’t order too much, because the snack wagon awaits, a roving small-plates cart serving various treats in a dim sum-like format. On a recent visit, Ellamar, a native of Hawaii, concocted a killer ahi
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tuna poke rife with shoyu and savory Wagyu kalbi beef skewers, each for $7. Entrée-wise, it’s tough to pass on either of the rotisserie options. The slow-roasted porchetta is accompanied by a sharp rosemary-parsley-garlic sauce cutting its welcomed fattiness, while the roasted half chicken is crispy with hints of smoke. Get the potato gratin with mustard seed to balance out your meal. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the creative cocktails, where Harvest provides a twist on the classics. If you like blue cheese, the Martini—with
a smoke- and blue cheese-infused Tito’s base and blue cheese olives skewered onto a rosemary stem—is the way to go. Even more dramatic is the Manhattan with brown butter-infused Buffalo Trace. It’s the thing dreams are made of, finished with chocolate bitters, espresso syrup and a chocolate-dipped Maraschino cherry. In the wrong hands it could be cloying; here, it’s sublime. The great poet LL Cool J once exclaimed, “Don’t call it a comeback/I’ve been here for years!” One could imagine Ellamar saying the same thing about his momentous return at Harvest.
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> MEET THIS MEAT Brisket, tri-tip and baby back ribs at Big B’s.
FIRST BITES AT BIG B’S Sample the new Texas-style barbecue joint in Henderson so you can sample as many options as possible, includYou can smell the smoky goodness before you even ing two sides. I recommend the meat-laden BBQ park your car, a sure sign of barbecue seriousbeans and the country-style potato salad. ness. Walk into Big B’s and you’re transported to My Texas barbecue experience has been all Texas—a big, open restaurant with country tunes, BIG B’S about beef, and while Big B’s delivers solid picnic tables, enticing aromas and just the right TEXAS BBQ brisket and tri-tip, it was the pig that stole the vibe for a memorably meaty meal. 3019 St. Rose This could be the local barbecue joint we’ve Parkway #130, first-bite spotlight. Sweet and smoky, the pulled been hangry for. Created by local nightlife veter- 702-260-6327. pork was perfect with some of the spicy, sublime, mustard-based sauce on your table, and the ribs ans (and husband and wife) Brian Buechner and Daily, 11 a.m.literally fall off the bone. Natalia Badzjo, Big B’s is all about slow-smoked 9 p.m. For a brand-new restaurant—especially one satisfaction. Walk down the line and choose your serving barbecue, a cuisine category where this favorites, from chicken and smoked turkey to town has long needed an upgrade—the Big B’s experiunbelievably tender baby back ribs, brisket and pulled ence is impressive. We’ll have more, please. –Brock Radke pork. For your first time, grab a three-meat plate ($15.99)
SMALL BITES Dining News & Notes
The schedule of events for the 10th-anniversary edition of Vegas Uncork’d, April 28-May 1, has been released, and tickets are on sale now at vegasuncorked.com. A few standouts: a “mystery dinner” with Emeril Lagasse; a restaurant tour at Downtown Container Park; brunch at Giada with you-know-who; and a Michael Mina-led dinner at Golden Steer. Foodies, get your tickets while you can. A couple of beer dinners for your consideration: Slice of Vegas at Mandalay Place does five courses with craft brew pairings on February 23 ($45, 702-632-6470) while Lagasse’s Stadium at Palazzo teams with Goose Island Beer Company on February 26 ($55, 702-607-2665).
If you didn’t get a heart-shaped box of sweetness last week, head down to Hexx at Paris to try its new line of milk chocolates. Just like the dark stuff, these new treats are made with high-quality palm sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, vanilla beans and cacao beans harvested from Peru, Tanzania, Venezuela, Ecuador and Madagascar. And if you didn’t score tickets to the sold-out Feast of Friends special event dinner at Artisanal Foods on March 1—you know, the Glenfiddich collabo with chefs Johnny Church, Brian Howard, Nicole Brisson, Geno Bernardo, Jamaal Taherzadeh and Desyree Alberganti—don’t be upset. Event
organizers are planning more dinners like this one, designed to showcase the tremendous culinary talent doing work in the city. Stay tuned. –Brock Radke
BIG B’S TEXAS BBQ BY STEVE MARCUS; VEGAS UNCORK’D BY L.E. BASKOW
INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Redemption Rye Whiskey /4 oz. Fruitations Pure Bottled Tangerine
3
/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
3
/2 oz. Campari
1
(Optional: 1/2 oz. egg white for froth) Tangerine slice for garnish Star anise for garish
METHOD Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake thoroughly. Strain into a coupe cocktail glass and garnish with tangerine slice and star anise. A strong rye whiskey tends to inspire mixed responses: There are passionate rye devotees, and there are people less enthused by the strong spirit. Luckily, this cocktail is able to satisfy both. The classic rye spiciness is alive and well, but not completely overpowering— the tartness of the lemon juice, sweetness of the tangerine, and bitterness of the Campari help balance the rye flavor for a drink that requires no compromise.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine & Spirits.
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LIVE MUSIC THE STRIP & NEARBY Brooklyn Bowl 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, 3/23, 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. August Burns Red, Between the Buried and Me, The Faceless, Good Tiger 3/16, 6:30 pm, $25-$45. Mosh Ben Ari 3/17, 9 pm, $40-$45. The String Cheese Incident 3/18-3/20, 9 pm, $60. Coheed and Cambria, Glassjaw, I the Mighty, Silver Snakes 3/25, 8 pm, $27-$50. Underoath 3/26, 7:30 pm, $25-$29. Emo Night Brooklyn 3/26, 5/25, 11:30 pm, $8-$10. Greensky Bluegrass 3/31, 8 pm, $22-$25. Floerty 4/11, 8 pm, $30-$60. M83 4/16, 8 pm, $35$40. CHVRCHES, Wolf Alice 4/21, 9 pm, $25-$60. The Front Bottoms 4/23, 8 pm, $17-$20. Foals 4/24, 8 pm, $22-$25. Chris Robinson Brotherhood 4/25, 8 pm, $20-$40. Umphrey’s McGee: UMBOWL VII 5/6, 7 pm, $110. Umphrey’s McGee
5/7, 9 pm, $35-$40. Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience 5/12, 8:30 pm, $37-$75. SoMo 5/13, 8 pm, $20-$69. Filter, Orgy, Vampires Everywhere, Death Valley High 5/18, 6:30 pm, $20-$25. J Boog, Mike Love, Hirie, DJ Westafa 5/22, 8:30 pm, $20-$35. The Used 5/24-5/25, 8 pm, $28-$53. STRFKR, Com Truise, Fake Drugs 5/28, 9 pm, $17. Blue October 6/4, 7:30 pm, $27-$47. Dru Hill 6/18, 9 pm, $35-$50. Linq, 702862-2695. The Colosseum Celine Dion 2/23-2/24, 2/26-2/27, 3/1-3/2, 3/4-3/5, 3/8-3/9, 3/11-3/12, 5/17-5/18, 5/20-5/21, 5/24, 5/27-5/28, 5/31, 6/1, 6/3-6/4, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. Mariah Carey 2/19-2/20, 8 pm, $55-$250. Steve Martin, Martin Short 3/6, 6:30 pm, $50-$180. Rod Stewart 3/19-3/20, 3/23, 3/25-3/26, 3/29, 4/1-4/2, 4/5, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. Elton John 4/16, 4/17, 4/19-4/20, 4/22-4/23, 4/26-4/27, 4/29-4/30, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. Caesars Palace, 702731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) American Authors, Charlie Puth, Zella Day 3/4, 7 pm, $20-$60. New Order 3/21, 7 pm, $30-$80. The 1975, The Japanese House 4/23, 8 pm, $25-$50. The Band Perry 4/29, 8 pm, $35-$75. (Clique) Rein Garcia 2/18. Brittney Hauser 2/25. Clique shows 9 pm, free unless noted. 702-6987000. Double Barrel Roadhouse (DB Live!) Crossroad South 2/20, 2/27. Wheel High 2/19. Jeremy James 2/24. Nicole Kerns 2/26. All shows at 11 pm, free unless noted. Monte Carlo, 702-2227735. Double Down 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. Franks & Deans’ Weenie Roast 3/2. Agent 86, Midnight Track 3/5. Atomic Fish 3/10, 9 pm. Bargain DJ Collective Mon, 10 pm. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Uberschall 2/28, 3/27, 4/24, 5/29, midnight. Shows at 10 pm and free, unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. The Foundry Buckcherry 2/20, 8 pm, $23. X Ambassadors, Seinabo Sey, Savoir Adore 3/26, 6:30 pm, $25. Adam Lambert, Alex Newell 4/1, 7:30 pm, $35. Boyce Avenue 4/23, 6 pm, $30. SLS, foundrylv.com. Gilley’s Scotty Alexander Band 2/18, 3/24, 9 pm; 2/19-2/20, 3/25-3/26, 10 pm. Easy 8’s Band 2/25, 9 pm, free. Kaleb King 2/26-2/27, 10 pm. Brian Lynn Jones Band 3/3, 9 pm; 3/4-3/5, 10 pm. Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band 3/10, 9 pm; 3/11-3/12, 10 pm. Country Nation 3/18-3/19, 10 pm; 3/17, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Live Bass Freqs 2/26, 8 pm, $17-$27. Erick Hutchinson 4/2, 7:30 pm, $20. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702733-7625. Harrah’s (Showroom) The Righteous Brothers Starting 3/23, Wed-Fri, 6 pm; Sat, 7:30 pm, $39-$125. 702-777-2782. House of Blues At the Gates, The
Haunted, Decapitated 2/18, 5:30 pm, $23-$25. Steel Panther 2/19, 9 pm, $22. 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. Biz Markie, ’80s Station, Empire Records 3/11, 8 pm, $15-$20. Billy Idol: Forever 3/16, 3/18-3/19, 3/23, 3/25-3/26, 5/4, 5/6-5/7, 5/11, 5/13-5/14, 7 pm, $90-$150. NOFX 4/18, 7 pm, $25. Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime 4/23, 8:30 pm, $24. Carlos Santana 5/18, 5/20-5/22, 5/25, 5/27-5/29, $90-$350, 8 pm. (Crossroads) Looped Sun, Thu, 9-11 pm, free. Nothing but the Blues Mon-Wed, 8-11 pm, free. Get Up and Dance Sat, 9 pm-midnight, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am, 1 pm, $60. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Rascal Flatts 2/19, 2/20, 2/24, 2/26-2/27, 3/2, 3/4-3/5, 8 pm, $40$250. Slayer, Testament, Carcass 3/26, 8 pm, $40-$125. Common Kings, Tribal Seeds, Rebel SoulJahz 4/8, 6 pm, $45. Chris Stapleton, Anderson East 4/15, 8 pm, $50. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Iron Maiden, The Raven Age 2/28, $62$103. Ellie Goulding 4/9, 7:30 pm, $36-$55. Pentatonix 4/23, 8 pm, $35$85. Rihanna, Travis Scott 4/29-4/30, 7:30 pm, $36-$160. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Justin Bieber 3/25, 8 pm, $46-$116. 702891-7777. Orleans (Arena) Stellar Gospel Music Awards 2/20, 6 pm, $45-$200. 702365-7075. Palms (Lounge) Gypsy Road 2/18, 10 pm. Dueling Pianos 2/19-2/20, 9 pm. Cyanide 2/26, 10 pm. David Perrico & Pop Strings Orchestra 2/27, 11 pm. Stoney Curtis Band 3/4, 10 pm. Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses 4/16, 10 pm, $28-$37. Shows free unless noted. 4321 Flamingo Rd., 702-942-7777. The Pearl Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Children of Bodom, Havok 2/26, 7 pm, $50-$86. Joe Satriani 3/4, 8 pm, $40-$95. Il Volo 3/25, 8 pm, $40-$95. Silento 4/8, 7:30 pm, $32-$73. Holy Holy 4/23, 8 pm, $28-$55. Jennifer Nettles 5/7, 8 pm, $46-$83. Palms, 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (The Axis) Britney Spears 2/19-2/20, 2/24, 2/26-2/27, 4/6, 4/8-4/9, 4/13, 4/15-4/16, 4/20, 4/22, 9 pm, $57-$180. Pitbull 3/12, 3/16, 3/18-3/19, 3/23, 3/25-3/26, 9 pm, $39$169. Lionel Richie 4/27, 4/30-5/1, 5/4, 5/7-5/8, 5/11, 5/14-5/15, 5/18, 8 pm, $57$190. 702-777-2782. The Sand Dollar Lounge Part Time Criminals 3/4. Shows at 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Jon Pardi 2/19. The Cains 2/26. Chase Bryant 2/27. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 6611 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-4352855. Vinyl Anti-Flag, Leftover Crack, War on Women, Homeless Gospel Choir, Blackbird Raum 2/28, 7 pm, $18. Anuhea, Through The Roots 3/2, 8 pm, $18-$45. The English Beat 3/11, 9 pm, $24-$49. Silverstein, Being As An Ocean, Emarosa, Coldrain, Rarity 3/13, 6:30 pm, $17-$35. Nonpoint 3/18, 9 pm, $20-$35. The Sword, Royal Thunder 3/22, 9 pm, $20-$35. Crown the Empire, One Ok Rock, Night Verses 3/23, 7 pm, $22-$35. Masters of Puppets 3/26, 10 pm, $10-$20. The Black Lillies 3/29, 9 pm, $15-$25. Bag Raiders, Plastic Plates 4/2, 9 pm, $15-
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$35. Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland, The Stragglers 4/30, 9 pm, $20-$45. The Slackers 5/5, 8 pm, $15$29. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Westgate (Westgate Cabaret) Cameo 3/2-12/31, Wed-Sun, 7 pm, $69-$110. 3000 Paradise Road, 702-732-5111.
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 Dance Yourself Clean 2/26, 8 pm, $11. Iya Terra, ST1, Greg Joseph Project, Los Ataskados, Gnashing 3/16, 8 pm, $10. Red Fang, Golden Void 4/7, 7 pm, $14-$16. Unwritten Law, Fenix TX, Guilty By Association, Rayner, Leatherbound Crooks 4/13, 8 pm, $13-$16. Violent J, Nova Rockafeller 4/23, 7 pm, $15-$20. Sticky Fingers, Bootleg Rascal 5/20, 8 pm, $12-$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Estramboticos, Nana Pancha 2/18, 9 pm, $20-$30. Legends Never Die: A Tribute to Dr. Dre 2/19, 9 pm, free. The Mapes, Jerk, The Plurals 2/23, 9 pm, $5. Uncommon Nasa, Gajah, DJ Dela O 2/25, 9 pm, free. The Lucky Cheats 2/26, 8 pm, free. Tsunami Bomb, The Quitters, Roxy Gunn Project, Rayner 2/27, 8 pm, $10-$13. Dead Moon’s Fred and Toody 2/29, 2 pm, free. Hunter Valentine, Crash Kit 3/3, 9 pm, $8-$10. Under the Moon 3/4, 9 pm, free. Dirty Dishes, Interstate Park 3/5, 8 pm, free. Jackson Taylor, The Ryolite Sounds 3/7, 8 pm, free. Hospitality, SPY, Fred V & Grafix, Etherwood, MC Dino, Blacklab 3/8, 9 pm, $10. Neon Reverb Festival 3/10-3/12. The Other, The B Movie Monsters, Dead at Midnite, Orwell’s Nightmare, Scarlet Harlot 3/16, 8 pm, free. Calyx & Teebee, Delta Heavy, Mefjus, Madam Filth 3/22, 9 pm, $10. The Two Tens 3/23, 8 pm, free. LA Witch, Dirty Ghosts, Candy Warpop 3/25, 9 pm, $5. Swami John Reis, The Blind Shake 4/7, 8 pm, $10-$12. The Rocket Summer 5/6, 8 pm, $12-$15. A Wilhelm Scream, Heartsounds, Hard Pipe Hitters, Illicitor 5/9, 8 pm, $12-$15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Rusty Maples, Hungry Cloud 2/18, 8 pm, $5. Rock and Rise 2/19, 8 pm, $5. Home Cookin’ 2/20, 10 pm, $10. Rusty Maples, Dark Black, Same Sex Mary, Hidden Levels 2/25, 8 pm, $5. Shanda and The Howlers 2/27, 8 pm, $5. Soul Time: Las Vegas Allnighter 2/27, 11:30 pm, $9. Moonboots, The Astaires, O Wildly, The American Weather 3/5, 8 pm, $5. Yuck 3/22, 9 pm, $10-$12. LA Luz, Stonefield, No Tides 3/23, $10. Guantanamo Baywatch, The Gooch Palms 4/2, 9 pm, $10. Geographer, The Crookes 4/5, 8 pm, $8-$10. Sheer Mag 4/20, 9 pm, $10-$12. Breakbot 5/25, 9 pm, $15-$20. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. 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.
Calendar 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) J.T. Taylor 2/19, $32-$108. Johnny Rivers 2/26, $32-$162. Gin Blossoms 3/4, $32-$141. America 3/11, $32-$217. Eddie Money 3/18, $32-$108. Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan 3/25, $32-$119. Little Texas 4/1, $21$108. Grand Funk Railroad 4/8, $32-$141. Richard Marx 4/15, $21$108. Taylor Dane 4/22, $21-$141. Atlanta Rhythm Section 4/29, $21-$108. All shows 8 pm. 129 E. Fremont St., 866-946-5336. Griffin The Blind Pets, No Tides 3/30, 10 pm, free. Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge For Twenty Daze, Shaggamon, ST1, Greg Joseph, Rock[HI]SoundSystem 2/20, 9 pm. Alleycat Zak 2/21, 8 pm. Bounty Hunter Brothers Ice Cream Social 2/26, 9 pm, $5. Super Zeros, Kreepmyme 2/27, 9 pm. No Red Alice, Lukasaarus Rex, Joey Hines 2/28, 8 pm. Kinderwhore, DJ Morpheus Blak 3/4, 10 pm. The Funk Jam Wed, 10:30 pm. Florescent Flames Second Sat, 9 pm. Foundation Factory Fourth Sat, 8 pm. Shows free unless noted. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Blaze, Lex Hex Master, Trilogy, Donnie Menace, Ne Last Words, Sicc 2/27, 8 pm, $14-$17. Passafire, Europa, The Retrolites, Indica Roots 3/4, 8 pm, $12-$15. 4 Angels Tribute Concert ft. Fiji, Drew Deezy, Finn, Samu, Maeli, Ya Boy Mo, Sione Toki, David Rhythm, Valufa, Eddy Dyno, A-Dough, Cutthroat Mode, Fina Love 3/5, 7 pm, $35-$45. Devil You Know, EMDF, My Own Nation, diM, Autumn in Stitches 3/6, 8 pm, $8-$10. Uli Jon Roth 3/9, 8 pm, $17-$20. Dead Kennedys, The Freeze, Sector-7G, Sheiks of Neptune, Last Rites, Radio Silence 3/12, 8 pm, $15-$18. The Dwarves, The Queers, Since We Were Kids, The Thrill Killers, IDFI, Dogs of Society, The Perverts, Jerk 3/19, 8 pm, $12-$15. The Aggrolites, Brewfish, Days After Hail 3/26, 8 pm, $10-$12. Seedless, Tatanka, White Glove Service 4/2, 8 pm, $10-$13. Prong, Nebula X, My Own Nation 4/23, 8 pm, $12$15. Luca Turilli Rhapsody, Primal Fear, Sicocis, Pillars of Creation, Levitron 5/13, 8 pm, $12-$15. Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Rittz, Mayday, Stevie Stone, Ces Cru, Donnie Menace, Ekoh 5/19, 6 pm, $38-$41. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. The Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Frankie Moreno 3/1, 3/8, 3/22, 3/29, 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. The Composer’s Showcase of Las Vegas 3/2, 10:30 pm, $20$25. David Perrico & The Pop Strings Orchestra, Laura Shaffer 3/4, 8 pm, $15-$30. The Ronnie Foster Organ Trio 3/6, 2 pm, $19$35. Cheyenne Jackson 3/11, 7 pm; 3/12, 6 & 9 pm, $39-$65. Lon Bronson Band 3/19, 8 pm, $15-$35. Tony DeSare 3/25-3/26, 7 pm, $39$49. Tizer ft. Karen Briggs 4/1-4/2, 7 pm, $39-$59. (Reynolds Hall)
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The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24$95. Cabrera Conducts Mozart 3/5, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. Engelbert Humperdinck 3/19, 7:30 pm, $29-$85. Yanni 3/21, 7:30 pm, $29-$99. Kristin Chenoweth 3/25, 7:30 pm, $29-$115. Alan Parsons 3/26, 8 pm, $35-$75. Gershwin: Music of the Jazz Age 4/2, 7:30 pm; 4/3, 2 pm, $26-$96. Chick Corea & Bela Fleck 4/23, 7:30 pm, $29-$59. The Beach Boys 4/30, 7:30 pm, $29-$89. Mariachi Sol de Mexico 5/6, 7:30 pm, $26-$65. Cabrera Conducts Tchaikovsky 5/21, 7:30 pm; 5/22, 2 pm, $26-$96. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull 10/14, 8 pm, $35-$95. (Troesh Studio Theater) Las Vegas Philharmonic Spotlight Series 4/26, 5/3, 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. Jonathan Butler 3/19, 8 pm, $33-$63. (AllStar Friday Nights) Tre’sure 3/4. StarOne All-Stars 3/11. Tyriq , Jamestown 3/18. Rhythm Nation 2/26, 3/25. All-Star Friday Nights shows start at 9 pm, $10. 7300 N. Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-692-7777. Boulder Dam Brewing The Black Grit 2/19. 9th Annibrewsary Bash: The All-Togethers 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) The Rock Show 2/20, 10 pm. Southern Stue 2/27, 10 pm. A Thousand Horses 4/9, 8 pm, $15$28. (Kixx Bar) Joe Buonanno Fri, Sat, 8 pm. All shows free unless noted. 702-432-7777. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino 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 Glenn Hughes, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Jared James Nichols 3/5, 7:30 pm, $20-$25. 6750 W. Sahara, 702220-8849. Dive Bar 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, 702586-3483. Fiesta Henderson (Coco Lounge) Big Bamboo Fri, 9 pm. Randy Anderson Band Sat, 3 pm. Peter Love Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Los Hermanos Padilla 2/20, 11 pm, $10. Vida Grupera 2/27, 11 pm, $10. Sherry Gordy: Take the Stage Fri, 8 pm, $5-$10. (Cabo Lounge) Block Party 2/19-2/20. Tre’sure, DreamStone 2/26-2/27. Cabo Lounge shows at 8:30 pm, free unless noted. 702-631-7000. The Golden Tiki Tikiyaki 5-0 2/20, 9 pm, $10. Tiki Bandits 3/4, 9 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Green Valley Ranch (Grand Events Center) Ronnie Milsap 2/20, 8 pm, $20-$50. (Hank’s) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Fri, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. Nick Mattera Sat, 7 pm. Cali Tucker Sun, Mon 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-367-2470. Orleans (Showroom) Marshall Tucker Band 3/4-3/5, 8 pm, $33-$55. Creedence Clearwater
Revisited 3/19-3/20, 8 pm, $65$87. Dion 3/25-3/26, 8 pm, $55$82. 702-284-7777. Pioneer Saloon Jeffrey Michaels 2/20, 11 am. Bud Mickle 2/20, 2/28, 5 pm. Rick Bell 2/21, noon. Big Willies with Tom Sheckells 2/24, 3/3, 6 pm. Chris Heers 3/6, 11 am. Bill May 3/6, 5 pm. Seth Turner 2/27, 11 am. All Togethers 2/27, 5 pm. Bill Tracy 2/28, noon. Shows free unless noted. 310 W. Spring St., Goodsprings, NV, 702874-9362. Rampart Casino (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-5075900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Empire Records 2/19-2/20, 11 pm. Grey Street 2/26, 7 pm. The New Retros 2/26-2/27, 11 pm. (Onyx) Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Tony Venniro Duo Sat, 9 pm. (T-Bones) Mahi Crabbe Mon, Tue, 5 pm. Cali Tucker Wed, Thu, 5 pm. Steven Raper Fri, Sat, 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Walk Off Hits 2/19, 9 pm. Forget to Remember 2/20, 9 pm. Jazz Night 2/24, 6:30 pm. La Mar Le Warren 2/26, 9 pm. The Fab 2/27, 9 pm. All shows free unless noted. 4949 N Rancho Drive, 702-658-4900. South Point Earl Turner and Friends 2/26-2/28, 7:30 pm, $18$28. Atlantic City Boys 3/4-3/6, 7:30 pm, $28-$37. Herman’s Hermits 3/11-3/13, 7:30 pm, $41$50. The Lettermen 3/25-3/27, 7:30 pm, $32-$41. 702-797-8005. Suncoast (Showroom) The Man in Black, A Tribute to Johnny Cash 2/20-2/21, 7:30 pm, $25. Sheena Easton 3/5-3/6, 7:30 pm, $27-$49. Ambrosia 3/12-3/13, 7:30 pm, $27-$49. 9090 Alta Drive, 702636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Lon Bronson All-Star Band 2/18, 10 pm, free. Empire Records 2/27, 11 pm, $10. Reckless In Vegas 2/19, 8 pm, $10. Nashville Unplugged with Kim Williams 3/31, 8 pm, $5-$10. Yellow Brick Road Fri, 10 pm, $10. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Fri, Sat, 8 pm, free. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 8 pm, free. Rick Duarte Sat, 8 pm, free. (Sunset Amphitheater) 1301 W. Sunset Road, 702-5477777. Thomas & Mack Center Toby Mac, Britt Nicole, Building 429, Colton Dixon, Capital Kings, Finding Favour, Hollyn 3/3, 7 pm, $15$70. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtickets.com.
Comedy Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa (Access Showroom) He Said! She Said! Comedy Tour 3/26, 8 pm, $26-$36. 7300 N. Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-692-7777. Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) Jerry Seinfeld 4/8-4/9, 7:30 pm, $83-$165. 702-731-7333. Champagne’s Cafe Urban Culture Open Mic Sun, 9 pm, free. Open Mic Comedy with Skratch Tue, 11 pm, free. 3557 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-737-1699. The D Laughternoon Starring Adam London Daily, 4 pm, $20$25. 702-388-2111. Harrah’s (Main Showrom) Mac King Tue-Sat, 1 pm; 3 pm, $33. (The Improv) John Caponera, Ronnie Schell 2/18-2/21. Shayla Rivera, Ahmed Bharoocha 2/232/28. Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm; Fri & Sat,
10 pm; $30-$45. 702-369-5000. Luxor Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50-$60. 702-262-4900. MGM Grand (Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club) Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth 3/3-6/26, Thurs-Sun, 10 pm, $55-$260. Darrell Joyce, Mark Eddie, Randy Kagan 2/18-2/21. Scott Henry, Frances Dilorinzo, Drew Thomas 2/22-2/28. Brad Garrett, Michael Sommerville, Landry 2/29-3/5, 3/7. Nightly, 8 pm, $43-$87. 702891-7777. Mirage Jay Leno 2/26, 5/13, 10 pm, $66-$87. Ron White 3/4-3/5, 4/29-4/30, 10 pm, $66. Gabriel Iglesias 3/18-3/19, 5/285/29, 10 pm. Daniel Tosh 3/25, 4/8, 10 pm; 3/26, 4/9, 7:30 pm, $65-$105. Nick Swardson 4/2, 10 pm, $55. Sebastian Maniscalco 4/22-4/23, 10 pm, $44-$65. Tracy Morgan 5/6-5/7, 10 pm, $55. 702-792-7777. Orleans (Showroom) Dana Carvey 4/1-4/2, 8 pm, $60-$87. Don Rickles 4/9-4/10, 8 pm, $76-$109. 702-284-7777. Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Live Comedy Club) Edwin San Juan Nightly, 9 pm, $56-$67, V Theater. (PH Showroom) Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 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. 702777-2782. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Justin Willman 2/20, 8 pm, $29-$39. 702797-7777. South Point South Point Roseanne Barr 3/17-3/19, 7:30 pm, $46-$55. Gabe Lopez Fri, 12:30 am, free. 702-797-8005. Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) Baslie 2/18-2/21. Bob Zany 2/222/28. Jim Tavare, Cash Levy 2/29-3/6. Don Gavin, Erik Myers 3/7-3/13. Kev Orkain 3/14-3/20. Adam Ray 3/28-4/3. All shows at 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm unless listed, $35-$55. 702-739-2222. Treasure Island Bill Engvall 3/4, 9 pm, $52-$82. Jo Koy 3/18, 9 pm, $44-$76. Wanda Sykes 4/15, 9 pm, $60-$80. 702-894-7111. Vinyl Colin Kane 3/5, 10 pm, $15$25. 4455 Paradise Road, 702693-5000.
Performing Arts Christ Church Episcopal David Dorway 4/29, 7:30 pm, $15. 2000 S. Maryland Parkway, sncago.org. Cockroach Theatre The Nether 2/25-2/27, 3/3-3/5, 3/10-3/12, 8 pm; 2/28, 3/6, 3/13, 2 pm, $16-$20. Bright Side 5/12-5/14, 5/19-5/21, 5/26-5/28, 8 pm; 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 2 pm, $16-$20. Art Square Theater, 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 110, 702-8183422. Cox Pavilion Peppa Pig’s Big Splash 2/19, 6 pm, $33-$43. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtickets. com. CSN Performing Arts Center Joe Williams Scholarship Concert 2/20, 2 pm, $15. Nicholas J. Horn Theatre, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) In the Next Room/ The Vibrator Play 3/4-3/5, 3/103/12, 3/17-3/19, 8 pm; 3/6, 3/12-3/13, 3/20, 2 pm, $20-$25. (Black Box) The Speed of Darkness 3/11-3/12, 3/17-3/19, 3/24-3/26, 8 pm; 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 2 pm, $14-$15. 3920 Schiff Drive, LVLT.org. Las Vegas Philharmonic Spotlight Series 4/26, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $168. Smith Center, 702-749-2000.
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Calendar 3/12, 3/17-3/19, 3/24-3/26, 8 pm; 3/20, 5 pm, $20. Heathers the Musical 4/7-4/9, 4/14-4/16, 4/21-4/23, 4/28-4/30, 8 pm; 4/17, 5 pm. Titus Andronicus Jr. 5/12-5/14, 5/19-5/21, 5/26-5/28, 8 pm; 5/22, 5 pm, $20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Sirocco Flutes of Las Vegas 3/6, 3 pm, free. Desert Spring United Methodist Church, 120 Pavilion Center Drive, 702-233-3029. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) 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. Clifford the Big Red Dog 3/30, 6:30 pm, $15-$23. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 4/8, 4/12-4/15, 7:30 pm; 4/9-4/10, 4/16-4/17, 2 pm, $24$135. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 4/194/20, 7:30 pm, $26-$79. Romeo & Juliet 5/14, 7:30 pm; 5/15, 2 pm, $29-$139. Dreamgirls 5/28, 1 pm, $34-$64. (Troesh Studio Theater) Bad Jews 3/33/5, 8 pm; 3/6, 2 pm, $35-$45. Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m Still in Therapy 4/21-4/24, $35-$40. Dixie’s Tupperware Party 5/17-5/21, 7 pm; 5/21-5/22, 3 pm, $33-$40. (Cabaret Jazz) Conservations with Norm 4/3, 2 pm, $25. 702-749-2000. Theatre in the Valley Crossing Delancey 2/19-2/20, 8 pm; 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. Jens Korndorfer 4/8, 7:30 pm, free. Duo Deloro 4/13, 8 pm, $41-$45. Dorothy Young Riess 5/20, 7:30 pm, free. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Polish Baltic Philharmonic 3/17, 8 pm, $25-$75. Orlowsky Trio 4/2, 8 pm, $20-$70. (Judy Bayley Theatre) Nevada Conservatory Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird 2/18-2/20, 2/25-2/27, 8 pm; 2/21, 2/28, 2 pm, $10-$33. (Philip J. Cohen Theater) The Vagina Monologues 2/27, 4 pm; 7 pm, $10. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart 2/19-2/20, 7 pm; 2/21, 2 pm, $15. Naomi Emmerson plays Edith Piaf 3/4, 7 pm; 3/5, 1:30 pm, $25-$30. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
Special Events An Evening with Sophia Loren 3/26, 8 pm, $70 and up. The Venetian, 702-414-9000. Best in Show 4/10, 1 pm, $5-$12. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. Black History Month Festival 2/20, 10 am-5 pm, $0-$5. Springs Amphitheater at Springs Preserve, 702-822-7700. Bluegrass Festival 4/9, 10:30 am, free. Durango Hills Park, 3501 N. Durango Drive, 702-229-4653. Brave the Shave for Kids with Cancer 3/5: At McMullan’s Irish Pub, 702-247-7000. 3/12: 10 am-9 pm at Nine Fine Irishmen, 702-7406463. Noon-4 pm at Ri Ra Irish Pub, 702-632-7771. At Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits, 702-435-9463, stbaldricks.org. Coffee with a Cop 2/17, 2/23, 8-10 am, free. Multiple McDonald’s locations, mylocalmcds.com. The Color Run: Tropicolor 2/27, 8 am, $0-$60. Downtown Las Vegas, thecolorrun.com. CSI at the Natural History Museum 2/21, 11 am, free. Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. N., lvnhm.org. Diva’s Day Out 2/27, 10 am-4 pm, free. South Point, 9777 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-796-7111. Down2Earth Endurance Race 5/29, 10/30, 7 am, $40$105. Red Rock Canyon, worksmartplayharder.com. Downtown Podcast Thu, 9 pm, free. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., downtownpodcast.tv. For the Love of Art Gala & Silent Auction 2/20, noon4 pm, free.Downtown Container Park, astory@dcslv. org. The Great Guinness Toast 2/19, all-day specials, $4-$10. 4650 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-247-7000. Hops for Democracy 2/20, 8 pm, free. Bunkhouse Saloon, 124 S. 11th St., nvdems.com. Hypnosis Unleashed Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm, $30-$40. Binion’s, 128 E. Fremont St., 702-382-1600. J. Aaron Sanders Signing and Reading 3/19, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Jay Cutler Desert Classic 3/26, 6:30 pm, $38-$42. Pearl Concert Theater, 702-944-3200. John Katsilometes’ 50th Birthday Bash 2/28, 9
pm, free. Please donate to Elann Saula’s St. Baldrick’s Day donation page. Tuscany Suites & Casino, The Copa Room, 255 E. Flamingo Road, http://on.fb.me/1PGjMYL. 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. Local Brews Local Grooves 3/5, 7 pm, $40. House of Blues Las Vegas, 702-632-7600. Mondays Dark With Mark Shunock 3/21, 4/25, 5/16, 6/20, 7/18, 8/15, 9/19, 10/17, 11/21, 8:30 pm, $20-$50, Vinyl, 702-693-5000. Motley Brew’s Great Vegas Festival of Beer 4/9, 3 pm, $30-$80. Fremont East, greatvegasbeer.com. Mrs. Nevada-America Pageant 2/28, 6 pm, $50-$75. Suncoast Showroom, 702-284-7777. Neon Lit 2/26, 3/18, 4/29, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org. Olate Dogs 4/9, 4 pm, $25-$59. Vinyl, 702-6935000. Oscar Nominee Showcases 2/20, 2/27, 10 am, $25. AMC Town Square, amctheatres.com. Pahrump Hot Air Balloon Festival 2/26-2/28, 6:30 am, $0-$25. Petrack Park, Pahrump, 775727-5800. Piff the Magic Dragon Mon thru Wed, 8 pm, $50-$70. Bugsy’s Cabaret at Flamingo, 702733-3333. Run Away with Cirque du Soleil 3/12, 7 amnoon, $27-$37. Springs Preserve, 702-8227700. RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons 4/29, 8 pm. Pearl Concert Theater, 702-9443200. 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. Short Stack Challenge 2/22-2/28, times vary, $8-$11. Hash House A Go Go Go locations, twitter.com/HashHouseAGoGo. Southwest Tea Festival 2/27, 10 am-5 pm, $20. Downtown 3rd Farmers Market, 300 N. Casino Center Blvd., swteafest.com. Splendor in the Glass 2/20, 3-7 pm, $85-$100. Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, 702-732-5111. Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 4/4, 7:30 pm, $50. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. St. Patrick’s Day Festival 3/17-3/19, time, cost. Ri Ra Irish Pub, 702-632-7771. Switch: Trans* Clothing Swap Thu, 5 pm, free. Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 702-7339800. TEDxUNLV 2016: Living in the Extreme! 4/8. UNLV Black Box Theatre, unlvtickets.com. UNLVino Bubble-Licious 4/14, 7-10 pm, $100$125. Venetian. Sake Fever 4/15, 7-10 pm, $75-$100. Red Rock Casino Pool. UNLVino’s Grand Tasting 4/16, 7-10 pm, $100-$125. Paris Las Vegas, unlvtickets.com. Whiskey Revival 3/5, 7-10 pm, $45-$49. Golden Nugget, 129 E. Fremont St., 866-946-5336. World Sign Spinning Championships 2/19, 1-5 pm; 2/20, noon-6 pm, free. Fremont Street Experience, 1st Street Stage, 702-678-5600. World Wildlife Day Film Fest 3/3, 7-9 pm, free. Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., RSVP with stacy@dazzleafrica.org.
Sports Aloha Spirit Championships 4/9-4/10, $20$35. South Point, 702-796-7111. Arabian Breeders World Cup 4/14-4/17, 9 am, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. Amsoil Arenacross 5/6, 8 pm; 5/8, noon, $19$29. Orleans, orleansarena.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. Monster Energy Supercross Finals 5/7, 6:30 pm, $55-$95. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets. com. Monster Jam World Finals 3/17, 5:30 pm; 3/18-3/19, 7 pm, $80-$180. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. 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. Mountain West Hockey League Classic 2/19, 10 pm; 2/20, 4:15 pm, $0-$10. Sobe Ice Arena, 2400 N. Rancho Drive, mwhl.net. PAC 12 Basketball Tournament 3/9-3/12, times vary, $65-$346. MGM Grand, 702891-1111. Silver Dollar Circuit Quarter Horse Show 3/14-3/16, 3/19-3/20, 8 am; 3/17, 9 am; 3/18, 8:30 am, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. Stallion Stakes 3/27-4/2, 8 am, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. 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 Nevada, Reno 2/20, 7 pm, $20-$140. Wyoming 2/27, 5 pm, $15$130. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets. com. UNLV Women’s Basketball Boise St. 2/24, 7 pm, $4-$5. San Diego St. 3/4, 5 pm, $4-$5. Cox Pavilion, unlvtickets.com. USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament 3/4, 4 pm; 3/5, 11 am; 3/6, 10 am, $16-$446. Sam Boyd Stadium, 7000 E. Russell Road, unlvtickets.com. Wargaming League North America Finals 2/27, 1 pm, free. Downtown Grand, battleviewer.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. West Coast Conference Basketball Championships 3/3-3/4, 3/7, noon; 3/5, 3/8, 1 pm, $143-$648. 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, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Wonderland Gallery Mandy Joy: “Love in Wonderland” Thru 2/26. Steve Anthony: “Split: An Exploration of Duality” 3/3-3/25. Mannie Rubio 3/31-4/29. Stacy Rink 5/55/27. Tue-Sun, noon-4 pm. Suite 110, 702686-4010. CSN Artspace Gallery Roscoe Wilson “Front Yard Zoo: Controlling Nature” Thru 3/19, Mon-Fri, 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. Downtown Spaces 1800 S. Industrial Road, dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Skin City Body Painting A.K.A. Ass Kicking Art Exhibit 3/4, 6-9 pm. 702-431-7546. 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. Galleria de Chavez Latin American Artists Showcase Starts 2/25, Mon-Sat, 10 am-6 pm. 7885 W. Sahara Ave., Ste. 107, 702-3950598. 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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