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The Weekly, reborn Welcome to the new Las Vegas Weekly. That’s a grand statement, for sure, but one justified by the changes debuting in this week’s issue. For the first time in more than a decade, our magazine has a new shape. We asked our barber to take an inch off the top, stripping away a bit of old bulk for a sleeker, sturdier and more practical size. Take it for a spin—roll it and stuff it into your back pocket, or try stashing it upright on a bookshelf (it fits!). And for the first time ever, our pages are glossy—not just here and there but all the way through, a rarity for weekly publications anywhere and unique in this market among magazines of its kind. Those loud noises you’ve been hearing are our photographers celebrating the way their work will now pop off the page. Our designers also deserve a party, for the tireless efforts they’ve put into giving the Weekly its fresh feel, artistic and bold. Our content has never looked better, and we’re confident you’ll find its new presentations more useful and informative than ever. You’ll surely also notice our new section flow. Trust Us—our picks for each week’s absolute musts—now gets things started, followed by the Intersection, where reports on our Valley, its people and their untold stories reside. Longerform Features come next, and then our delectable Food & Drink pages, the perfect lead-in to Industry Weekly, our trusted guide to the nightlife world. The back of the book remains dedicated to the A&E sections that built the Weekly brand: Screen, Noise, Fine Art, our Calendar listings and more. So dig in and get to know your Weekly all over again. As we grow into our new self in the weeks ahead, expect a few more cosmetic tweaks, all of them devised with one goal: providing you with the best vantage point on the Valley—the one you’ve relied on for close to 20 years. We think you’ll enjoy it more than ever.

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Trust Us Everything you absolutely, positively must get out and do this week

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This Mexico-born garage-punk outfit keeps bolstering its pedigree—opening for the Melvins, landing Iggy Pop for terrifying 2015 track “La Uva” and touring with At the Drive-In (Omar Rodríguez-López has played and produced for the band). When Teri Gender Bender belts out her emotional lyrics, time freezes. With Supermoon, Mauve. $10-$12. –Leslie Ventura

If your idea of a good time involves climbing through PVC pipes, crawling under fences and sloshing through mud, test your strength against challenging obstacles with names like “Horrendous Heavy Bags” and “Wicked Walls.” Join a team or try taking on this 7K gauntlet alone. $20-$100 for participants; $10-$15 for spectators, badassdash.com. –Rosalie Spear

Roger Daltrey and The Who hit town Sunday night. (Erik Kabik/Courtesy)

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Com Truise at Brooklyn Bowl We caught up with synthwave musician Seth Haley, aka Com Truise, to chat about his mesmerizing new EP Silicon Tare and more. Were there any particular new influences or inspirations informing your new music? Some of the tracks were influenced by moving from the East Coast to the West Coast. [Also] the software I use went through a huge change—it has more room now, more air and more breathing space. Things warmed up. It sounds a little bit more open. You’re also working on a new album. Do you know what direction that will take? The storyline: The first android astronaut goes into space and makes contact with this civilization. They try to corrupt him, and he falls in love. Then he causes a rift between our civilization and theirs. It will be dark and light, happy and sad. What’s been the biggest challenge as Com Truise has amassed a larger audience? Being a one-man band, I have to make it more of an experience than just a guy with a laptop and a couple MIDI controllers. I’m starting to work the visuals in. Opening for STRFKR, with Fake Drugs. $17-$20. –Annie Zaleski

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The clandestine purchase of the ReviewJournal last December generated headlines, especially when the buyer was revealed to be Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson. Since then, more than a dozen editorial staffers have reportedly resigned or been dismissed—just some of the R-J developments written about by this longtime NYU journalism professor, who will opine further and answer questions during a discussion with UNLV Associate Professor of History Michael Green. Free, Greenspun Hall. –Mike Prevatt

Arguably heavy metal’s boldest frontiersmen, these sci-fi-obsessed futurists have been trekking through the genre’s fringes for more than three decades. Their origins were as primal as the stone tools of early man: On 1984 debut War and Pain and follow-up Rrröööaaarrr, the band blasted forth like a Canadian Motörhead, right down to the umlauts. But it didn’t take long for Voivod to prison-break from thrash metal and begin channeling Pink Floyd at its most adventurous, pretty much abandoning metal altogether on 1991’s now-influential, then-misunderstood psych-prog oddity Angel Rat. Since then, Voivod has undergone numerous lineup changes, weathered the death of visionary guitarist Denis D’Amour and most recently, released the invigorated-sounding Post Society EP in February. Voivod has always imagined a dystopian future—it turns out theirs has proven to be far brighter. With King Parrot, Child Bite. $15-$35. –Jason Bracelin

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THE WHO AT THE COLOSSEUM The Who Hits 50! tour is all about hits, so this deeper-cut playlist won’t spoil the set. • “Circles” (’66) An early pop confection, meant to follow single “My Generation.” • “A Quick One, While He’s Away” (’66) The ’68 Rock and Roll Circus take makes for an exhilarating head-rush. YouTube it. • “Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand” (’67) A genius earworm off the quirky Sell Out. • “Sally Simpson” (’69) Is there such a thing as a deep cut on Tommy? • “Sea and Sand” (’73) Practice your Roger and Pete vocals on this classic Quadrophenia cut. • “Naked Eye” (’74) Head straight for the primo Who’s Next live bonus version of this non-album gem. $96-$501, Caesars Palace. –Spencer Patterson

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Michael Heizer is best known for “City,” a monumental land-art project in Garden Valley that’s nearing completion after four decades. Or for “Levitated Mass,” the large-scale sculpture that debuted triumphantly at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012. He exhibited at New York City’s Gagosian Gallery last year, showing massive sculptures and paintings. From June 2 through August 13, head Downtown to view a collection of Heizer prints from Gemini G.E.L. and Durham Press, directly related to his land art and other sculptural works. Free, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. or by appointment, 620 S. 7th St. –Kristen Peterson

The late ’80s and early ’90s were a hell of a good time for Las Vegas’ underground punk scene. Just in time for Punk Rock Bowling, the artwork of Jesse Michaels— singer for Operation Ivy, Big Rig and Common Rider—will go on display with this opening reception (and stay up through June 4) alongside the works of longtime local (and non-local) punks. From Dan Sites, known for his Rich Kids on LSD album artwork, to FSP’s Danny Breeden, Schizoid’s Greg Higgins and Poison 13’s Tim Kerr, it will celebrate a scene that paved the way for many of the Vegas musicians who followed. Free, 1201 S. Main St. –Leslie Ventura

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HE CHANGED THE GAME

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ne of the brightest stars in the DJ world burned out too soon. The new documentary As I AM: The Life and Time$ of DJ AM follows the musical career and untimely passing of Adam Goldstein, who died in 2009 from a drug overdose. After receiving critical praise on the festival circuit, director Kevin Kerslake’s film is getting a Las Vegas screening at the Palms’ Brenden Theaters. Warren Peace, a local music and club staple and one of the film’s producers, has perhaps the deepest understanding of the impact DJ AM made in Las Vegas. “Before AM, to be a headlining DJ at a major Las Vegas club [with your] headshot and name on fliers, you had to be Paul Oakenfold or Tiësto,” he says. “He kind of brought the rock-star aspect and notoriety of a really skilled DJ to AS I AM: the forefront. He was a really nice guy, THE LIFE and he had so much socially going on.” AND TIME$ Thanks to AM showing how the DJ OF DJ AM could be front and center at any club June 1, or party, other DJs in town saw their 8:30 p.m.; Brenden rates increase. “Really, if you’re a DJ Theatres at working in Vegas, you owe part of that the Palms, to AM,” Peace says. $10.50. Pop-Up: As AM’s genre-blending musical style I Am Edition also changed the pace of the scene— (official in Vegas and beyond. “His foundaafterparty for the film tion was hip-hop, but he threw in premiere) ’80s, rock, dance. He was throwing at Ghostbar; in tons of different records left and June 1, 10 p.m. right,” Peace says. “He really started mixing up a whole ton of genres, which most people hadn’t even heard before. On top of that, he could actually scratch, he could actually DJ and had a plethora of tricks.” Playing the hottest parties for the Hollywood who’s who enhanced the celebrity aspect of AM’s career, but at his core he was a master of the ones and twos. Says Peace: “There’s a quote in the movie that A-Trak says, ‘It’s one thing to be able to be a really good DJ and a really good talent, it’s another thing to have a taste that makes everyone move.’ Those two things together are really, really hard to find in a DJ.”

TIS THE SEASON The Museum Alliance incentivizes summer visits with discounts Our cantankerous weather notwithstanding, summer is nearly upon us, which means it’s swimsuit-body-diet season, fruity-beer season, car sun-shade season—and, according to the Las Vegas Museum Alliance, museum season (officially May 1 to September 1). During that period you can score ticket discounts and freebies at a dozen institutions of art, science and culture in or around Las Vegas,

including Clark County Museum and the National Atomic Testing Museum (2-for-1 admission), Lost City Museum ($2 off regular admission), UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum (a free set of postcards) and the Mob Museum (various, but only from June 1-August 31). Important: Offers can only be redeemed by printing out a voucher at vegasmuseums.org. –Mike Prevatt

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A ND L IF E M E ET

MUSEUM MOVER Director Aurore Giguet says goodbye to the Barrick

SONGS IN THE KEY OF AM. The tale of a talented DJ screens at the Palms. (Illustration by Jon Estrada/Staff)

VACATION IN LAS HOGAS A green pig with an Elvis pompadour wears the King’s trademark glasses and bedazzled white collar, sitting in a convertible with a nest of stolen bird eggs under the glow of the city’s neon. “Welcome to Fabulous Las Hogas, Pigvada” reads the lighted sign. The Angry Birds Seasons episodes of the mobile game (released last fall, but we just got an eyeful) hint at other landmark sites. In Vegas, it’s neon. The Milky Way in the game might not be visible from the Strip, and scenes stray wildly into non-Vegas environments—a two-story barbershop, for one. But one level has musicians on a truck’s flatbed (behind big band-style podiums) that go rolling off a hill and combust when bombed by the birds. Somehow Rovio Entertainment referenced, perhaps entirely incidentally, the musicians strike of the ’80s that replaced showroom bands with recorded music. –Kristen Peterson

At Saturday’s opening reception for Five, an exhibit of works by LA- and New York-based artists at UNLV’s Barrick Museum, director Aurore Giguet was experiencing a quiet farewell. After 20-plus years at the Barrick, she has accepted a position as executive director of the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a job that means leaving the campus museum she fought so hard for during the 2011 state budget cuts, and the institution she helped transition from natural history to contemporary art that same year. The museum now holds more than 200 contemporary works belonging to it and the Las Vegas Art Museum, and more than 2,000 works and artifacts in the cultural collection devoted to Mesoamerica and the American Southwest. “The museum is in a more positive space now and has a strong future,” Giguet said, adding that the exhibition calendar is set for the next three years and that the museum’s 50th anniversary next year brings a goal to acquire 50 more works. The daughter of French Congo-born artist Jean Giguet, who moved to Las Vegas in 1977, Aurore Giguet began her career as a student worker at the Barrick in the early ’90s, doing archaeological and environmental surveys then joining the staff as collections manager, curator of exhibits and ultimately, director. “I am very impressed to see the development of the Barrick as an outstanding and visible asset to the UNLV community due to her commitment,” says Sang-Duck Seo, interim chair of UNLV’s Department of Art and a faculty member since 2006. He adds that in addition to new program development, Giguet oversaw the planning and installation of eight exhibitions and organized artist talks, film screenings and other events designed to engage the community, including a pairing with the Neon Museum. Giguet leaves having built a reputation in the arts community of being wholeheartedly dedicated to the Barrick Museum and its outreach. Her last day is June 15. –Kristen Peterson

Paris’ Beer Park, part of a new wave of Stripside hangs. (Anthony Mair/Courtesy)

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Lazing on THE STRIP More and more, you can treat the Boulevard like your backyard

A the incidental tourist by brock radke

Las Vegas life is a pretty regular one, until you want it to be something else. I’m the type of local who frequents the Strip for a dose of spectacle when it’s needed, and having one of the world’s greatest tourist destinations at my disposal has built some pretty unreasonable expectations. That’s probably why the continuing cascade of casualness along Las Vegas Boulevard hasn’t thrilled me. When you grow up with volcanoes and castles and exploding pirate ships, streetside bars and mini-malls and ohso-many Walgreens might not get the blood pumping. Take that cranky attitude into Beer Park, for example, the streetside bar at the Paris (under the fake Eiffel Tower), and it’s a recipe for disappointment, right? Actually, I kinda love that place. Long picnic tables for group gatherings, chilled-out rooftop views of Bellagio’s fountains and the Strip, pretzels with cheese dip and Bavarian-style sausages,

loads of different brews. No pirate ships, but no pretense, either. I never thought I’d support the notion that the new theme of the Strip is to make you feel like you’re cozied up back in your own neighborhood—but this is a whole lot of easy fun. “Beer Park? I’ve probably been there more than any other venue in Vegas lately,” says Andy Masi. “I just go hang out. That’s the kind of place I’m comfortable in, and that’s where the market is shifting. People want cool craft beers, easy food and great service, but you don’t need five stars everywhere.” Masi is a founding partner of Clique Hospitality, which operates a growing group of restaurants and bars all over Las Vegas, including the very casual, very easy sports bar the Still at the Mirage, which replaced the much clubbier Revolution Lounge. He also co-created the Light Group, the former company that dominated Strip nightlife and food and beverage for years with venues very different from the current casual craze. So if it seems a little strange that he’s going in this direction now—the Still has an Airstream trailer that serves wings and sliders to go with your suds and sports—keep in mind that this guy has an uncanny understanding of the Vegas customer. “What I felt and what the MGM guys felt the customer really wanted [at Mirage] was

something super-casual, no cover charge, where you can go in and get great craft beer and great food,” he says. “A lot of customers are coming to Vegas and really looking at their options. Of course you always want to bring something fresh to everything you do, but you also want to deliver. I’m just happy to be kind of in on this first.” Certainly there have been similar venues on the Strip in recent years, but the experience he’s describing is very specifically like the one at the Still, or Beer Park, or Beerhaus. Planted firmly in the middle of MGM Resorts’ Park development linking the Strip to T-Mobile Arena, Beerhaus is the only venue owned and operated by MGM itself. Surrounded by restaurants slinging burgers, chicken and waffles, pizza and sushi, Beerhaus is the only Park experience that hits all these right casual notes, which explains why MGM kept it for itself. Sipping a huge, icy beer and snacking on some nachos while watching some out-oftowners play a drunken game of giant Jenga at Beer Park, it became impossible to maintain that cranky attitude. And it became obvious that these much more relaxed, much more ordinary experiences aren’t replacing the wild and crazy. It’s just the further diversification of Vegas fun, the Strip trying to be all things to all people. Seems like it might work out.

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e’re watching a jazz performance—inside an old courtroom. Where Rusty the Bailiff would ordinarily stand guard is a trio led by vocalist Kai Brant, playing Prohibition-era standards. Roughly 25 people are scattered among intimate tables up front and wooden benches in the back. Some leave to buy beer or walk through the serpentine halls of the adjacent—and fairly busy—exhibit. This is not an uncommon scene for a museum, but it is for the Mob Museum, which recently extended its hours and launched an after-dark promotion. And it’s not the only sign of expansion—general programming has broadened considerably. Various happenings have always dotted the calendar, discussions with former governors and notable women in gaming and on the movie Casino having

been particularly popular. But there were days when nothing was planned. Now, some days see the Downtown museum hosting multiple events. This is not merely to compete with the Strip. Four years after its 2012 opening, the Mob Museum can now accommodate a ramped-up schedule reflective of its mission statement, emphasizing education, community building and dynamic experiences. But the venue also needed to avoid becoming static, despite a 20 percent increase in attendance for each of the past three years (with 2016 on pace to surpass 2015’s 322,000 visitors). Las Vegans only represent 15 percent of ticket buyers. The challenge: to build a loyal following with the type of attraction that traditionally struggles to evolve. “If you’re going to convince people to come back for the first time, who haven’t kicked over simply because of your base offering, you have to do it with

additional programming,” says Jonathan Ullman, executive director and CEO. “It’s immensely important that you have a robust calendar [with] events that will resonate with different segments of the audience.” All he needed was staff dedicated to augmenting the museum’s offerings. So in 2014, Ullman created a Director of Content position, filled by former journalist and local author Geoff Schumacher (whom I worked with off and on between 1998 and 2011). Besides overseeing the 15-member Content Department, Schumacher devises much of the Mob Museum calendar with Special Programs Manager Ashley Erickson, and everyone from Ullman and the board of directors to content, marketing and production teams assist in execution. The result is continuous, diversified and balanced programming. It means the panel-driven Courtroom Conversations strive to be entertaining, and diver-

The Mob Museum has events tailored to specific audiences, like kids and jazz fans. (Bill Hughes/Special to Weekly)

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sions such as the jazz concerts and Hot Havana Nights parties aim to enlighten and enculturate—all while maintaining relevance to the greater narrative of organized crime and, in many instances, world affairs. In fact, some of the museum’s most noteworthy material overlaps with today’s news, no surprise given Schumacher’s media pedigree. “He understands what makes for a good story, and what’s important to distill and disseminate on different historical—as well as contemporary—topics,” Ullman says. By using Google Alerts like a beat reporter might, Schumacher has become a quick study on all the ways organized crime manifests in the modern day. Headlines can translate to content, like when news of the FIFA corruption scandal broke, inspiring a new rotating display on modern-day crime. A video and forced-perspective model on the last prison escape of Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo followed,

as did international press coverage. Even Breaking Bad found its way into the museum, and inadvertently beat out a planned exhibit on the TV show at the Smithsonian by two years. In contrast to the cautious, stubborn museum world, turning a new Mob Museum addition around is not unlike delivering a scoop under deadline. “We need to be nimble, and we need to evolve,” Schumacher says. For last March’s “Who Controls Our Prisons?” panel, the museum prerecorded an interview with a former Mexican Mafia member currently in the Witness Protection Program on site, then played back his testimonial, edited to obscure his appearance and voice, at the actual event. It was a theatrical masterstroke—and made a dry news topic more compelling. The museum’s content and marketing departments have successfully tailored events to appeal to specific groups and niches, too. A “Mob Geography

of New York” event brought out Big Apple ex-pats, proving that a national focus can pay off in transient Las Vegas. Special tours were arranged during Black History Month and Women’s History Month, with women being the target demographic for a UNLV-assisted fashion exhibition in November called Ready to Roar. Kids ages 11 to 17 can attend a weeklong program called Special Agents of Summer camp. And expect locals to fill the old courtroom during a June 28 slot-cheating ring panel and the June 19 edition of the museum’s free Community Safety Forum, where Metro will address homicide cases— particularly timely with the rising murder rate. “We’d like to be relevant to what’s going on in town,” Schumacher says. “We think of ourselves as much more than a dusty history museum.” Now, it could be a jazz club, or a community center. It’s certainly one of Las Vegas’ most versatile destinations.

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emorial Day Weekend in Las Vegas is the one time when “Turn Down for What” is a truly legitimate question. In order to properly prep for the longest, heaviest, marathoniest party of the year, the Weekly spent some quality time with producer/rapper/DJ/instant-party-in-sunglasses Lil Jon, who ignites the three-day weekend at brand-new nightclub Jewel Friday night.

“So many people go out and drink, and they have not eaten dinner or even lunch. Those are the people that are gonna go down first,” Jon says. “If you’re going out, eat breakfast and lunch and a nice dinner—preferably eat dinner right before you go to the club, so you can soak up that alcohol.”

“In Aria we have [Pressed Juicery]. I just got stocked up—I got some greens with ginger, and this mint-pineapple thing. Juice keeps you hydrated and helps to rehydrate you when you’re not sleeping ... and partying all night.”

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“If you’re day-drinking, eat in between. If you’re having three or four drinks, get some nachos or wings while you’re drinking. Or pizza! That’ll coat your stomach, so you won’t get as f*cked up.”

“The hardest thing is being the party guy. No matter what, I gotta be the life of the party. That sh*t sucks.” But that’s MDW life. So how does Jon power through? “Tequila helps, and I just know how to flip the switch. I’ve been doing this for 20-something years, so when it’s time to go to work I go work. The animal comes out. Party on. It’s showtime.” For more with Lil Jon, visit lasvegasweekly.com

 DESIIGNER AT 1 OAK Sidney Royel Selby III will be more than happy to explain what this “Panda” stuff is all about Saturday night. Mirage, 702-693-8300.  JENNIFER LOPEZ AT DRAI’S BEACHCLUB J. Lo hosts Carnival del Sol on the roof Sunday, also powered by DJ sets from Cipha Sounds and Makj. Cromwell, 702-777-3800.  SKRILLEX AND DIPLO AT ENCORE BEACH CLUB The Jack Ü duo opens the weekend with individual EBC at Night gigs before converging at XS Monday night. Beatdropping bookends. Encore, 702-770-7300.

 PUFF DADDY AT HAKKASAN Get a taste of October’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour stop—also at MGM Grand—when Mr. Combs can’tstop-won’t-stop Friday night. MGM Grand, 702-891-3838.  SALT-N-PEPA AT LAX If you’re not gonna make it to the I Love the ’90s hip-hop throwback concert at Mandalay Beach Saturday night, catch S&P at the afterparty at LAX. Luxor, 702-262-4529.

 ROB KARDASHIAN, BLAC CHYNA AND 50 CENT AT SKY BEACH CLUB The new dayclub at the Trop goes big on MDW with realityshow celeb hosts Saturday and Vegas regular Fiddy on Sunday. Tropicana, 702-739-2588.  KASKADE AT XS Memorial Day means summer is here, and summer in Vegas means Kaskade returns to Encore’s clubs to get massive and break attendance records. Encore, 702-770-0097.  ALSO ... DJ Mustard and J. Cole at Daylight (702-632-4700); Brody Jenner at Drai’s Beachclub and Future at Drai’s

(702-777-3800); Lil Wayne at Foxtail Pool Club and Flo Rida at Foxtail (702-761-7621); Taboo at Foundation Room (702-632-7631); Joe Jonas and Travis Barker at Hyde Bellagio (702-693-8700); Steve Aoki at Jewel (702-590-8000); Disclosure at Light (702-6324700); Porter Robinson and Travis Scott at Marquee (702333-9000); Too $hort at Moon and Tyga at Palms Pool (702942-7777); Calvin Harris at Omnia (702-785-6200); Pauly D at Rehab (702-693-5505); DJ Khaled at Tao (702-388-8588); Afrojack and Tiësto at Wet Republic (702-891-3563). For complete club calendars, see The Resource in Industry Weekly.

Remember Memorial Day 2000? Sisqo does. Read all about how he’s bringing “Thong Song” to Flamingo’s Go Pool at lasvegasweekly. com.

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3 genius brunch-to-daylife moves

was a daylife novice. I like to party a little. I’m into day-drinking. Who isn’t? I’d gone to Rehab a few times back in the day, but before last summer I had zero interest in wet-and-wild pool parties and decadent dayclubs. Just wasn’t

for me. Until I realized: these are for everybody. “When you go to a nightclub versus a pool, it’s a very different vibe,” says Play Management partner John Pettei, who operates Light and Daylight at Mandalay

HERRINGBONE then LIQUID Herringbone’s delightful patio will put you in the mood for pool time, especially once you feast on avocado toast, bacon and egg ravioli, and orange ricotta chocolate chip pancakes. Aria, 877-230-2742.

Bay. “The nightclub can be a little stuffy if you ask me, and certainly much more intimidating. Everybody is buttoned up, looking sharp in their best outfit for the weekend. I always think of a bunch of guys standing around their table like,

JARDIN then ENCORE BEACH CLUB The stylish luxury of new three-mealer Jardin mirrors the EBC experience. How do you pregame for Champagne showers? Maine lobster Benedict with tomato hollandaise and hash browns. Encore, 877-321-9966.

‘Yo, don’t step on my shoes!’” I think of that, too. And I thought the dayclub version would be the same thing, with less clothing. But now, after I’ve gone to Daylight and Encore Beach Club and Wet Republic and other sun-drenched, Champagne-soaked venues, I know better. “At a pool, you’ve got your shirt off, women are basically in underwear and guys are basically in boxer shorts, and it de-escalates all of that potential stuffiness,” Pettei continues. “You can get a bite to eat, the drinks are more friendly—strawberry lemonades, daiquiris— and it’s just a different feeling. I always see people [at Daylight] meeting the people at the table next to them. And when we close, no one wants to leave.” Vegas pool parties are typecast and pigeonholed as some sort of Spring Break that never ends, but the experience varies greatly from club to club— more so than at nightclubs—and it’s really about relaxation. These are not high-pressure situations. The desire to show off and impress strangers is noticeably lessened, and nobody cares if you don’t have the perfect beach body. Abs or otherwise, everyone is here to have a good time, catch some music and sun and get a little blurry. And if you do it right, it’ll take the edge off whatever your nightlife experience turns out to be. –BR

CULINARY DROPOUT then REHAB You’re doing Rehab. You’re gonna get goofy. You’ll need some equally wild grub to get you going—bacon-infused Bloodys, Cap’n Crunchcrusted French toast, barbecued pork belly nachos. Go get ’em. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-522-8100.

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DUDE FOOD WITH A MEXICAN SPIN TRASH CAN NACHOS AND THEN SOME AT GUY FIERI’S EL BURRO BORRACHO BY DEBBIE LEE

llow me to play devil’s advocate: Guy Fieri gets too much sh*t. A man whose projects include the television show Guy’s Grocery Games and a restaurant named Johnny Garlic’s is an easy target for finedining snobs, but give Fieri a little credit. His brand of dude food isn’t responsible for dumbing down the American palate. Our collective appetite for deep-fried, ranch dressing-dipped food existed long before he got famous. If anything, Fieri has given the average guy incentive to skip the drive-thru and get in the kitchen. If adding pepperoni to lasagna is what it takes to get men to pick up pots and pans, so be it. At his new El Burro Borracho (translation: the Drunken Donkey), Mexican and Southwestern cuisine is re-envisioned as all-American frat-boy fare. Trash Can Nachos ($18), layered with all of the standard fixings, are unleashed from an industrial-sized tin can for a lowbrow EL BURRO BORRACHO but tourist-friendly tableside show. Jalapeño poppers ($14) stuffed with Rio, 866746-7671. chorizo and queso casero pair nicely Daily, 5-10 with sweet and slushy Brain Freeze p.m. cocktails ($10). Fieri only comes up short when taking stabs at authenticity. Chicken mole enchiladas ($17) had me hoping for complex flavors, but what arrived at the table felt like a cafeteria lunch plate, a blanket of strangely sweet green sauce tasting like it came from a jar. The carne asada burrito ($20) was a better choice, sliced skirt steak generously stuffed into a moon-sized flour tortilla, with a toasted exterior offering a satisfying sonic crunch with every bite. House-made churros ($10), lightly dusted with chile de arbol, are surprisingly proper, and a basketball-sized portion of fried ice cream ($10) will please anyone in tune with Fieri’s “more is more” philosophy. El Burro Borracho is a smart replacement for the former Búzios. Its jovial vibe and proximity to the pool and the World Series of Poker should guarantee it stays packed all summer. My advice to Fieri fans is to show up early, because in Flavortown, reservations aren’t accepted.

Welcome to the nacho show. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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Richard and his Lovelady child. (Chris DeVargas/Staff)

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Having grown up in Green Valley, Henderson’s Water Street takes me back to holiday parades with high school marching bands and the last traffic ticket I paid at City Hall. The Downtown drag never became something like Las Vegas’ Fremont East or Main Street, hip thoroughfares sprinkled with solid watering holes. But things are looking up for Hendo, specifically with the addition of Water Street’s—and Downtown Henderson’s—first brewery. Lovelady Brewing started pouring some spectacular suds in early April. Brewer Richard Lovelady has more than two decades of experience, most recently at Gordon Biersch’s Paradise Road operation, before he went independent, and his inaugural crop of nine (!) brews reflects that knowledge. The Tres Amour Tripel is light and tangy, the HopAtomic a balanced yet boldly hoppy take on the double IPA, and the Sour Puss a clean, crisp sour sans the musty notes sometimes characteristic of the style. And those are just the beginning. Lovelady has remained true to tradition with many

brews, but he’s also having fun experimenting with styles, with delicious results. The bright, subtly fruity OutBock! is a combination bock/IPA brewed with Australian hops, while the Paradise City hopped lager is a light and refreshing pilsner/pale ale hybrid. Most of the lineup will stay, but the brewery plans to rotate some selections, and new beers are already in the works, including a pepper brown brewed with Anaheim and jalapeño chilies. You’ll want to hang out here. The taproom is warm and welcoming, with sunflower walls and crimson accents, reclaimed-wood tables and a lengthy bar. Lovelady says his goal is to become part of the community. The brewery’s patio is both kid- and dog-friendly, and just a stone’s throw from the dive-tastic Gold Mine Tavern—and down the street from the soon-to-come second location of Makers & Finders coffeehouse. It’s almost time to make a day out of Henderson’s oft-forgotten Downtown district—beers in hand.

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He also makes his debut at Jewel this weekend, but there’s no better way to start MDW than getting crazy with this guy at Wet.

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a full-on live performance from one of music’s biggest names. The venue glows from the sea of lit-up iPhone screens. Drake delivers one hit afteranother—“Energy,”“KnowYourself,” “Back to Back,” “Jumpman,” and “Popstyle”—performing far longer than the average club set lasts. This is one of those had-to-be-there nights. “I’m not leaving, I’m just gonna go have a drink,” Drake says at the end of his set. “Y’all have a good night. I love y’all.” As he fades into the club near 3 a.m.,

the party is still in full swing, bodies moving on the floor to a mix of nostalgic hip-hop. It’s an explosive night for Jewel’s opening weekend, one that’s already solidified a new spot to see and be seen. You never know who you might run into. –Leslie Ventura

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“I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up,” he jokes, but it’s that openminded approach and a natural curiosity for different endeavors that landed Fine on the cutting edge of the bar scene. He isn’t just ahead of the curve—he’s creating it. “I’ve got a real weird relationship with the millennial generation, because I work so closely with so many young people in my bars and restaurants,” he says. That allows him to tap into more modern sensibilities,

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e’d been warned. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s nightlife and daylife crew hinted that something new was coming, something fun at night, something to complement the iconic Rehab pool party that just keeps steamrolling its way through summer.

“[It] is Las Vegas’ best kept secret,” said Joe Bravo, director of nightlife/ daylife. “The rooftop concept is thriving in our feeder markets. By activating the space as Breathe Pool Ultra Lounge, it allows us to create a calm outdoor nightlife experience for guests who want to enjoy a relaxing evening out on the town.”

We anticipated a reactivation of the former Body English and/or Vanity spaces, but we were wrong. The Hard Rock caught us off-guard by unveiling the relaxed new Breathe Pool Ultra Lounge in mid-May, a true alternative to the typical Vegas nightclub.

Brilliant views of the Strip are only the beginning. Swim or don’t at this pool club. Enjoy fresh fruit dipped in chocolate fondue. Signature cocktails are mixed tableside in innovative infusion pitchers that add unique flavors to your libation of choice.

Maybe Breathe is the grown-up, older sibling to the Rehab experience. Or maybe it’s a venue that effortlessly shifts around its customers each night. It’s certainly something unexpected, and that’s our favorite kind of experience. Breathe Pool Ultra Lounge at Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000; Friday & Saturday 9 p.m.-1 a.m. –Brock Radke

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resh off a totally unsurprising win for Top Dance/Electronic Song at the Billboard Music Awards (at our own T-Mobile Arena), the genre-bending, fullspectrum dance music squad of Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire—better known as Major Lazer—returns to the Strip to mark the sixth anniversary party at Encore’s Surrender Nightclub on June 1. Indeed, that ubiquitous dance hit from 2015—“Lean On,” a collaboration with DJ Snake and Danish vocalist MØ—has become one of those songs that finds its way into every DJ’s

set, not to mention the fact that it’s the most streamed song of all time on Spotify. And yet it’s just one of many memorable tracks from Major Lazer’s global flavor-infused Peace Is the Mission, last year’s breakthrough album. “All My Love” lays Ariana Grande’s voice atop some bubbling dancehalldubstep, while “Powerful” soars and glides around Ellie Goulding’s and Tarrus Riley’s catchy, melodious vocals. Meanwhile, “Light It Up” and “Blaze Up the Fire” get the party pumping like Major Lazer always has. Funky and soulful to poppy and light, the record remains a fantastic

jumping off point for the group’s fiery sets, some of which have spawned the craziest parties of the past year at Surrender. As the club celebrates its own big night, who better than Major Lazer to bring the sounds? Surrender’s 6-Year Anniversary with Major Lazer at Encore, June 1. –Brock Radke

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estaurateur Michael Chow’s Mr Chow is a Beverly Hills staple, having opened 42 years ago in the tony California enclave. He finally brought his pride and joy to the Las Vegas Strip at Caesars Palace in December in the form of an elegant, all-white palace of upscale dining. Planet Hollywood resident Jennifer Lopez brought her All I Have opening-night afterparty here in January, and yet the food takes the spotlight every evening at Mr Chow. Here are our picks for three musthave items at this new Strip standard:

Dumplings. A staple at many Chinese restaurants, the dumplings here are ultra-juicy, the perfect way to begin a meal. Try to have only one and you will fail. Mr Chow’s special-recipe hot sauce adds a spicy kick if you so desire. Duck. The fabulous fowl is a luxury item in Chinese cuisine and absolutely stellar at Mr Chow. The crispy skin is dazzling, and this entrée is interactive—diners are invited to make duck “tacos” with the sides of pancakes, sliced cucumbers, scallions and hoisin sauce.

Dessert. The final decadent course is a surprise at Mr Chow for its variety and richness, ranging from a thick, indulgent fudge cake or light coconut cake to oranges soaked in Grand Marnier, perfect-texture cheesecake or a simple and sweet bowl of lychee. (Mr Chow’s lychee martini is a standout, too.) Mr Chow at Caesars Palace, 702-731-7888; Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 5-10:30 p.m. –Don Chareunsy

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passion fruit juice, the Texas Rose sangria. All very tempting. And then there’s this season’s newbie, the Rum in the Coconut. Talk about tailor-made—a fresh Thai coconut, its outer-shell shaved off before being branded with the EBC logo, is hollowed out and filled with Bacardi coconut rum. Once one of your fellow partiers orders this fun little booze bomb, you pretty much have to get one, too. It’s as

infectious as the booming music and loose vibe at EBC ... and an upgrade on my vodka lime. Bottoms up. Encore Beach Club, 702-770-7300; Friday & Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. –Brock Radke

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local grower Herbs by Diane, and surprisingly delicious, even without the housemade organic detox vinaigrette. At the center of the vast and diverse menu: the cold-pressed juices and nut “mylks.” Kaytia has done an impressive job concocting lip-smackingly tasty juices, like All Green Everything, which gets its name from its kale, cucumber, spinach, cilantro, parsley, celery, zucchini, romaine, dandelion and apple, but the turmeric and lemon balance the green goodness for a multilayered sip that ends with a subtle yet satisfying kick of ginger. Looking for something sweeter? Opt

for the Cashew Cafe. Raw vanilla bean naturally sweetens the drink, while dates provide rich depth, ending in a caffeinated punch from local espresso. Fruits & Roots’ juice jugs say “from farm to bottle, because Mother Nature knows best,” but the juicery is adding its own fun flavors to Mother Earth’s wholesome bounty. Fruits & Roots, 7885 W. Sunset Road #180, 702-202-0922; MondaySaturday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. –Mark Adams

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5/27 DJ Mustard. 5/28 Disclosure. 5/29 J. Cole. 5/30 DJ Five. 6/3 DJ Five. 6/4 Morgan Page. 6/5 DJ Five. 6/10 Eric DLux. 6/11 Stafford Brothers. 6/12 Baauer. Mandalay Bay, Thu-Sun, 702-632-4700.

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G H O STBAR Thu Benny Black. Fri-Sat DJs Exodus & Mark Stylz. Sun DJ Shred. Mon-Tue DJ Seany Mac. Wed DJ Presto One. Palms, nightly, 702-942-6832.

5/26 Calvin Harris. 5/27 Puff Daddy. 5/28 Tiësto. 5/29 Hardwell. 6/2 DVBBS. 6/3 Mark Eteson. 6/4 Ingrosso. 6/5 Borgeous. 6/9 Calvin Harris. 6/10 Showtek. 6/11 Tiësto. 6/12 Steve Aoki. MGM Grand, Wed-Sun, 702-891-3838.

HYDE 5/27 Joe Jonas. 5/28 Travis Barker. 5/30 Bryan-Michael Cox. 5/31 DJ D-Miles. 6/3 DJ Crooked. 6/4 DJ D-Miles. 6/7 Konflikt. 6/8 DJ D-Miles. 6/10 DJ Karma. 6/11 DJ Crooked. Bellagio, nightly, 702-693-8700.

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Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! It’s that time again, when the punks amass to take Downtown bowling … and drinking and moshing. Punk Rock Bowling turns 18 this year, which means it’s finally old enough to vote. Think there’s still time to get Jello Biafra onto the ballot? Check out our PRB primer on Pages 34 & 35, along with an interview with a festival founder, who taps the band pictured here, Cock Sparrer, as an all-time favorite booking. (Tyson Heder/Courtesy)

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or too much of the past year, I’ve been unwittingly living in my own musical Matrix—a cultural bubble sealed by iTunes shuffles and Spotify algorithms, a supposed happy place where all sounds are governed by my insular taste. Thankfully, two new albums—Anohni’s Hopelessness and Rufus Wainwright’s Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets— have slapped me from my comfort zone, like the aural equivalent of the red pill. Anohni is the transgender artist formerly known as Antony Cultural Hegarty, whose attachment band Antony and by smith the Johnsons spegaltney cialized in heavy chamber pop that once wowed me onstage but thoroughly bored me on record. As Anohni, however, she has traded piano recitals for electronic noise. She’s pissed off at Obama and climate-change. And I can’t get enough. Co-produced with Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never, Hopelessness is a dance album in the sense that it employs beats and synthesizers. But the songs most likely to make you move are also about drone strikes (“Drone Bomb Me”), the death penalty (“Execution”) and the NSA (“Watch Me,” the sexiest song about mass surveillance ever). It’s pushy and patchy, and I honestly still don’t know what to make of it all. But I keep listening. I

can’t remember when a record last provoked, irritated and inspired me like this. When I first saw the cover of Wainwright’s Take All My Loves— featuring its maker in full Elizabethan drag—I figured he’d finally lost it. As a longtime Wainwright devotee, I’d grown frustrated with the increasingly operatic flourish of his work, often wishing he’d kept his epic ambition in check. Who could’ve predicted that the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death would inspire his leanest-sounding album in years? Well, as lean as an album incorporating classical arias, German folksong and a

sonnet-delivering William Shatner can be. Like Hopelessness, Take All My Loves is a slithering creature I haven’t fully grasped yet, but any album that tempts you to read more poetry must be remarkable. In a recent New Yorker review of Hopelessness, writer Hua Hsu questioned why he initially scoffed at the album’s grand intentions, asking, “Why doesn’t more art aspire to do something that seems impossible?” Both Anohni and Wainwright have rattled my brain open. In a time when Kesha is given a standing-o for merely singing a Dylan song, we all need to aim higher and expect more.

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Apocalypse marks a step down for the X-Men

By Josh Bell hen Bryan Singer returned to the X-Men franchise to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014, it marked both a strong comeback for the superhero series and a fitting end, with Singer uniting the casts of the original three movies and 2011’s semi-reboot X-Men: First Class in a time-spanning, reality-warping story. His return was so triumphant that 20th Century Fox announced plans for him to direct another X-Men movie before Days of Future Past was even released, but Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse struggles in part due to the narrative success of its predecessor. Once you craft a satisfying, epic finale to a series, how do you keep things going? Disappointingly, Apocalypse answers that question partly by repeating what has worked for the series before. Thanks to the time-traveling story of Days of Future Past, the already shaky continuity of the series has been thrown out (except, frustratingly, when Singer and screenwriter Simon Kinberg decide to rely on it), so Apocalypse has

the chance to rewrite the histories of wellaabcc er and Kinberg throw in so many other charknown X-Men like Cyclops, Storm, Jean acters that it dilutes the focus, and many of X-MEN: Grey and Angel, all recast with new actors the most highly anticipated heroes and vilAPOCALYPSE and slightly different backstories. lains end up as background filler. Although Jennifer Lawrence, There’s so much introducing and reintro21 years have passed since the events of First James Mcducing that the first hour of Apocalypse’s Class, very little seems to have progressed in Avoy, Michael bloated, nearly two-and-a-half-hour runthe lives of these characters, and there’s no Fassbender, Oscar Isaac. ning time is devoted entirely to setup. A sense of the rich history that should accomDirected by prologue set in ancient Egypt establishes pany the sixth movie in a series. Bryan Singer. the ultra-powerful Apocalypse (Oscar As a villain, Apocalypse himself is a dud, Rated PG-13. Opens Friday Isaac) as the movie’s main bad guy, but it mostly standing around looking menaccitywide. takes a long time for his evil intentions to ing—and ridiculous, as even an actor as turn into imminent threats. In the meanskilled as Isaac can’t make this big purple time, X-Men leader Professor X (James guy seem less silly. The climax has the highMcAvoy), his longtime frenemy Magneto (Michael est stakes of any X-Men movie, but it makes very Fassbender) and their mutual ally Mystique little impact, and it features some surprisingly (Jennifer Lawrence) have their own problems to poor special effects. The X-Men have always repredeal with, as the characters have dispersed in the sented a more thoughtful and grounded superhero decade since Days of Future Past took place. franchise, and Singer has trouble placing them in McAvoy, Fassbender and Lawrence are all strong, the middle of a world-ending blockbuster. With and the dynamic among the three main characters everything they’ve been through, this latest advenserves as the emotional core of the movie. But Singture comes off as an afterthought.

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Magneto (Michael Fassbender) wreaks havoc in X-Men: Apocalypse. (20th Century Fox/Courtesy)

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amusing Sacha Baron Cohen as Time himself. But it also lacks Burton at the helm—Muppets director James Bobin has taken over—and where Burton’s recognizable touch rescued the first THE ALICE SEQUEL FAILS TO film, somewhat, from its soulless effects-driven storytelling, Bobin doesn’t possess the same RECAPTURE THE MAGIC AABCC power. Lewis Carroll’s wonder and weirdness The new sequel Alice Through have been replaced with sound and fury: As ALICE the Looking Glass has many of Alice battles roiling oceans, travels through THROUGH the same good things going for time, storms the red castle and tries to save THE LOOKING the space-time continuum—all in an attempt it as its predecessor, Tim Burton’s Alice GLASS in Wonderland (2010), but also several to rescue the Mad Hatter’s family—it becomes Mia Wasikowmore bad things. The former include the apparent that no one actually cares. When, at ska, Johnny Depp, Sacha costumes and set design, computer and the end, Alice explains how Baron Cohen. makeup effects that distort Johnny Depp hard it is to say goodbye Directed by and Helena Bonham Carter, and their to the computerJames Bobin. Rated PG. appealingly silly line readings as the Mad generated rabbits, Opens Friday Hatter and the deposed Red Queen. Alice dogs, cats and twins of citywide. (Mia Wasikowska) is also something of an this world, it must be action hero, which puts a small dent into because she barely the annual argument that women are not reasonably even said hello. –Jeffrey represented in film. The new movie even adds an M. Anderson

When writerdirector Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco) first announced that he would be adapting an early Jane Austen work, it was hailed as the perfect combination of filmmaker and subject matter, but even longtime Stillman fans might not have anticipated how perfectly suited his sensibility would be for the material. It helps that the source here is Austen’s Lady Susan, a novella that went unpublished until after her death and has a much more caustic tone than her more well-known stories. Retitled Love & Friendship, Stillman’s adaptation stars Kate Beckinsale, who gives her best performance in years as Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and self-absorbed highsociety widow whose favorite pastime is playing with others’ affections. Lady Susan is essentially a sociopath, but she’s extremely entertaining to watch, and Stillman’s screenplay is full of bone-dry humor and some hilarious one-liners. It’s to Stillman’s credit that the line between Austen’s work and his own is never entirely clear, and he parodies the rigid formalism of Austen’s era without any present-day condescension. Lady Susan’s scheming is as much a response to the time period’s limited options for women as it is a product of her own toxic personality. Either way, it’s a delight, making for a cheerfully cynical romantic comedy in which the romantic lead is also the villain—and still somehow finds her way to a happy ending. –Josh Bell

AAABC LOVE & FRIENDSHIP Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Chloë Sevigny. Directed by Whit Stillman. Rated PG. Opens Friday in select theaters.

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New this week Alice Through the Looking Glass aabcc Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by James Bobin. 113 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 31. Theaters citywide. A Bigger Splash aabcc Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. 125 minutes. Rated R. A recovering rocker (Swinton), her filmmaker boyfriend (Schoenaerts), her record-producer ex (Fiennes) and his newly discovered daughter (Johnson) convene at an Italian seaside villa. Everyone is harboring secrets, but director Guadagnino isn’t in any hurry to reveal them, and as a result the movie is often completely inscrutable, albeit visually striking. –JB Boulder Station, Colonnade, Suncoast. Love & Friendship aaabc Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Chloë Sevigny.

Chloë Sevigny (left) and Kate Beckinsale wear cool hats in Love & Friendship. (Roadside Attractions/ Courtesy)

Directed by Whit Stillman. 92 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 31. Colonnade, Orleans, South Point, Suncoast, Town Square. X-Men: Apocalypse aabcc Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac. Directed by Bryan Singer. 144 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 30. Theaters citywide.

Now playing AmeriGeddon (Not reviewed) Spencer Neville, Marshall Teague, Diane Ladd. Directed by Mike Norris. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. A group of survivalists fight back after a United Nations force takes over the U.S. and institutes martial law. Suncoast. The Angry Birds Movie aaccc Voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly. 97 minutes. Rated PG. The movie version of the mega-popular mobile game (about birds being flung at pigs via slingshot) attempts to create a story around a series of basic, repetitive actions. The explanations are both boring and largely nonsensical, and expanding the game into a cohesive, family-friendly movie proves too difficult a task. –JB Theaters citywide. Captain America: Civil War aaacc Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo. 147 minutes. Rated PG-13. Civil War sets up a battle between factions of superheroes led by Captain America (Evans) and Iron Man (Downey), who disagree on whether the Avengers should submit to government oversight. The story’s deeper meaning takes a

backseat to a cluttered narrative (overstuffed with Marvel characters) and some rousing, well-crafted action sequences. –JB Theaters citywide. The Darkness (Not reviewed) Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Morrison, Lucy Fry. Directed by Greg McLean. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. A family returns from a Grand Canyon trip with a supernatural entity after them. Colonnade, Palms, Santa Fe, Texas Station, Town Square. Deadpool aaacc Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein. Directed by Tim Miller. 108 minutes. Rated R. The long-in-the-works movie starring sarcastic, ultraviolent Marvel Comics anti-hero Deadpool (Reynolds) is vulgar, gory and self-aware. In between his dirty jokes and self-referential insults, Deadpool participates in a fairly familiar superhero origin story. Only about half the jokes land, but the enthusiasm of the production makes up for the rest. –JB Tropicana Cinemas. Eye in the Sky aaccc Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman. Directed by Gavin Hood. 102 minutes. Rated R. This military thriller aims to be a complex examination of the moral consequences of drone warfare, but its stakes (with a cute little girl put in the crosshairs of a British-American military operation targeting a terrorist cell) are so lopsided that it might as well be examining the moral consequences of puppy-kicking. –JB Suncoast. The Huntsman: Winter’s War aaccc Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt. Directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. 114 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Snow White-free

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a little unfocused at times, but it emerges as a poignant late-in-life coming-of- age story, proof that maturity and wisdom can arrive at any age. –JB Colonnade, Sam’s Town, Town Square, Village Square. Money Monster aaacc George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell. Directed by Jodie Foster. Rated R. 98 minutes. A disgruntled investor (O’Connell) takes a cable financial-advice personality (Clooney) and his crew hostage live on the air in this uneven thriller. The tense stand-off in the confined space is well-constructed, but the movie loses momentum in the third act, and the social commentary is entirely superficial. –JB Theaters citywide. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising abccc Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. 92 minutes. Rated R. After the barely passable 2014 original made an unholy amount of money, this sequel seems expelled from some collective digestive tract. Not one character is smart or even lifelike, and though it’s sometimes satisfying to see them pummeled in lifeless slapstick gags, there’s not one genuine laugh here. –JMA Theaters citywide.

sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman adds a second evil queen (Blunt) and a warrior love interest (Chastain) for the huntsman (Hemsworth), but never comes up with an interesting story. Much of Winter’s War looks garish and plastic, with its style ripped off from other, more popular fantasy franchises. –JB Green Valley Ranch, Sam’s Town, Village Square. The Jungle Book aabcc Neel Sethi, voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley. Directed by Jon Favreau. 105 minutes. Rated PG. The latest Disney live-action remake of an animated classic is a fairly faithful retelling of its source material, about a young boy raised in the jungle. The tone is an awkward mix of savage jungle naturalism and cuddly animal antics, and there’s a sort of prefab blandness to the amazing photo-realistic CGI. –JB Theaters citywide. The Man Who Knew Infinity aabcc Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise. Directed by Matthew Brown. 108 minutes. Not rated. Brown’s biopic about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Patel) does little to explain the details of its subject’s discoveries, instead focusing on the difficulties that Ramanujan faced as an Indian studying and publishing in England in the 1910s. The middle-of- the-road approach is respectable, restrained and mostly dull, with plenty of biopic clichés. –JB Sam’s Town, Village Square. The Meddler aaacc Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons. Directed by Lorene Scafaria. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sarandon plays a widow coping with her loss by micro-managing her daughter’s life (and the lives of strangers). The Meddler is a sweet, low-key dramedy that is

The Nice Guys aaabc Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. Directed by Shane Black. 116 minutes. Rated R. Crowe and Gosling play a pair of disreputable private investigators in 1977 LA who find themselves caught in a conspiracy as they investigate a missing young woman. Black balances the serious, sometimes violent mystery with a barrage of one-liners and physical comedy, and The Nice Guys is consistently funny from beginning to end. –JB Theaters citywide. Sing Street aaabc Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Aidan Gillen. Directed by John Carney. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. The latest music-related film by John Carney (Once, Begin Again) tells the semi-autobiographical tale of a group of Dublin kids who form a New Wave band circa 1985. It’s no The Commitments, but the energy is infectious, and rising star Jack Reynor does tremendous work as the protagonist’s supportive older brother. –MD Suncoast, Town Square.

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How to PRB unk Rock Bowling is so many different things, all at once: a familial gathering of punks from around the country, a wet and wild music festival that somehow makes Downtown Vegas even more unhinged, a reason to get blitzed in a pool at noon as one of the dudes from The Specials kicks out the jams. With so much to see and do (and drink), we offer up a handy guide of things you must accomplish at PRB 2016. Next round’s on you, chief.

Watch Keith Morris impersonate a nuclear reactor melting down. The Flag frontman is like a massive pile of frayed nerve endings zipped into a man suit. He doesn’t sing so much as detonate his vocal chords like fleshy sticks of dynamite. Flag, which also played PRB 2013, is chief among the fest’s can’t-miss returnees, a list that includes the caffeine-craving Descendents, anarcho-punk rabble rousers the Subhumans and the festival’s founding fathers, Youth Brigade. Must-see new-

A handy checklist to guide you through Punk Rock Bowling

bies include the iconic Buzzcocks, a reunited Dag Nasty and Brit badasses The Exploited. Time to get bit by the dogs of war. Get totally baked … in the sun. The Punk Rock Bowling pool parties have become this stuff of legend—for those who manage to remember them the next day. Sun, suds, bands—what more do you need, apart from Excedrin? Soundtracking the festivities this go-round at the Plaza will be the Lower Class Brats, Angelic Upstarts, Clorox Girls and more. See if you can start a circle pit underwater, tough guy. Catch full-moon fever. As much of a randy kick as it was to see The Dwarves the last time they played the PRB main stage in 2013, it was almost as fun scanning the alternately bemused and horrified faces of security staff in proximity to bareassed guitarist Hewhocannotbenamed (He likes to perform in a spiked leather G-string, a Luchador mask and little else). The Dwarves, PRB regulars,

are never to be missed, no ifs, ands or butts—with one notable exception. Root, root, root for the home team. It’s always cool to see Vegas acts on the big stage— scratch that, it’s usually pretty damn hot, as they go in the early afternoon. But while the sun can be a bummer, catching Vegas bands play in front of the pretty receptive PRB crowd and potentially make some new fans is anything but. This year, the lineup boasts punk lifers The Damnit Jims, ska cutups Be Like Max, femme fireballs The Negative Nancys and the ever-earnest Rayner. C’mon, show up early and get a sunburn in the name of local pride.

PUNK ROCK BOWLING Festival May 28-30, $120/weekend, $45/day; club shows May 26-30, prices vary. Downtown Las Vegas, punkrockbowling.com.

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Is Punk Rock Bowling as big as you want it to be? It’s exactly where we want it to be. I go to festivals with like 50,000 people there, and I find myself looking at the screen and have to make myself stop. I’m at a show, I want to see the band, but if I look at the stage and it’s so tiny I can’t even make out the guy’s face or what he’s doing on guitar, I don’t feel the energy. It’s washed out, too big. There are a limited number of headliners capable of anchoring a fest of this size. Do you worry about running out? Oh yeah. It’s always a challenge. My rule is I try to go three years before repeating if possible, but it doesn’t always work. My daughter said to me,

‘What happens when all these bands die?’ because they’re older bands. You can’t use them forever. You’ve brought some bands to these parts that haven’t played here in a long time, if at all. What are some PRB bookings you’re proudest of? The first year we went Downtown [2011], we had Cock Sparrer, who hadn’t been out here, and also The Undertones, who I was a huge fan of. There’s an amazing culture clash when PRB hits Downtown. It gets crazy on Fremont Street. It’s already crazy. I was just out there last week, on a Tuesday, and it was just packed with nutjobs. They all go there. And then you throw 15,000 punks on top of that. –Jason Bracelin

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ere’s a clue,” Robert Smith said, holding up a cowbell as his band prepared to play its 29th song of the night, “Freakshow.” His comment slyly nodded at the game fans have been playing throughout The Cure’s latest tour: guess the setlist, or more accurately, marvel at its vastness and unpredictability. aaaac Prior to Thursday’s concert the cure May 19, the Chelsea. at the Chelsea inside the Cosmopolitan, the English goth icons had played six shows on this North American swing. The statistics from those gigs: 193 songs total (an average of 32.2 per night), 60 different songs performed and up to five encores per show, with as many as six numbers per encore. Add to that the return of tunes that hadn’t

The Cure’s storied live show takes the Vegas test

been played, in some cases, since the mid-’80s, and The Cure has been rivaling Phish, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen for the exciting fluidity of its nightly choices. Crisp and vigorous as the quintet sounded for most of the show—the group’s dense, swirling music found an ideal mate in the intimate Chelsea, and Smith was in fine voice and spirit, dancing about as the clock ticked past the twohour mark—many will remember The Cure’s first appearance here since 2009 for what the band played, and what it didn’t. Early on, we got a heavy dose of Disintegration; the night opened with that 1989 touchstone’s first three cuts, “Plainsong,” “Pictures of You” and “Closedown,” with “Lovesong” and “Lullaby” arriving soon thereafter. Deeper cuts like “Trust,” “The Perfect Girl” and “Screw” followed, and then things got explosive, with the night’s 13th

song, “The Walk,” instantly upping the energy, which carried through to a series of throbbing, dark numbers toward the end of the main set: “2 Late” (a rarely played B-side), “Want,” “Shake Dog Shake” and “Disintegration.” From there, we more or less got the Vegas treatment. As in, diehard Cure loyalists traveling to multiple cities called it the closest to a greatest-hits show this tour has seen. Down the stretch, instead of material from moody favorites Faith, Pornography and Bloodflowers, we got an avalanche of singles—“The Lovecats,” “Close to Me,” “Let’s Go to Bed,” “Why Can’t I Be You?” and “Boys Don’t Cry”— and some of them felt perfunctory, or in the case of “Boys Don’t Cry,” downright drowsy. Poking holes in a 32-song, two-and-a-halfhour goliath of a concert feels strange, but that’s simply the downside to creating such a massive live legend.

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Time flies Claire Sinclair and Pin Up notch three years at the Stratosphere, but what’s next?

laire Sinclair has just finished a performance of Pin Up, the production show she has hosted at the Stratosphere since 2013, and now it’s time for the obvious: a discussion of Downtown real estate. “So, I bought an apartment building,” says the 2011 Playboy Playmate of the Year. “I’ve got this space, it’s really messed up, but I see it taking shape. It’s a crazy amount of work and maybe not what I’m cut out for …” Wait a second. A building? “Yeah,” Sinclair says. “I’m thinking of making it a resithe kats dence, or turning report it into a themed, by John boutique hotel like Katsilometes the Madonna Inn.” That’s in reference to the kitschy, pinkand-copper motor inn that opened on California’s Central coast in 1958. “You should see it when it’s done,” she continues. “It’s a trip. I’m going to design it like a sundae on the outside, with a giant cherry on top.” Sinclair says only that the eightunit structure is in Downtown Las Vegas, but a scan of Clark County property records reveals she purchased the property in February for $420,000. Who makes such a move, turning an old Downtown building into a fixer-upper with a cherry topping? Sinclair does. Those who know her understand she runs on her own specific plane. For evidence, just check her Instagram feed, where

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pillow fights turn into semisong,” Ramsey says. “There PIN UP topless music videos and the are songs like [Nina Simone’s] Thursdayterm “berry salad” has become Monday, ‘Sugar’, which is more about 9:30 p.m., something of a catch phrase. the music. ‘Candyman’ is just $59-$75. The center of all this activity Stratoballs-balls-balls powerful, and is the show at the Stratosphere. sphere there are others, like ‘Fever,’ Showroom, Pin Up has been onstage for where I can kind of hold back a 702-380more than three years, reachlittle. It’s a mix.” 7777. ing that benchmark in March. The show, which features It has undergone myriad production numbers pegged to changes since Sinclair and the cast each month, has survived in a fickle first took the stage. Only three origientertainment climate when many nal cast members remain: Sinclair, shows—some of them superior—have music director/bassist Jozef Bobula closed. But Pin Up doesn’t play by and guitarist Rich Taylor. the same rules as other large-scale The Pin Up lineup shifted again productions. this month, when the show’s vocalThe Stratosphere has always used ist since nearly the beginning, Lisa the show as a marketing and proMarie Smith, left for Baz: Star motional vehicle; I’ve long said Pin Crossed Love at the Palazzo. HealthyUp is like the Fountains of Bellagio, voiced Australia transplant Natalie staged primarily to draw business to Ramsey, late of the Bourbon Room at the property without being required Venetian, has just stepped into the to turn a profit. role. Like Sinclair’s, that role is vital Thus, such light houses as Sunto the pacing of the show, with the day’s—when about 70 folks were singer called upon to deliver a dozen seated in the Stratosphere Showsongs at full length, ranging from room—are not seen as reasons to such belters as Christina Aguilera’s panic. Business picks up when it’s “Candyman” to the sultry Peggy Lee supposed to, during Memorial Day classic, “Fever.” Weekend, for example, and Pin Up “The biggest challenge is finding has thus been insulated from the the light and shade between each trends of today’s Las Vegas.

The show’s financial viability is once more being examined, however. Las Vegas production company Red Mercury Entertainment has taken over operations of all Stratosphere venues—the showroom, lounge and pools will all be under RME by the end of June. Red Mercury has delivered the production MJ Live, which has outdrawn Pin Up, to the showroom, and another afternoon production is in the offing. Pin Up remains property of the Stratosphere and won’t close unless Strat officials authorize such a move. But with the success of MJ Live, and the ease with which hotels can turn a profit as a landlord versus a show producer, any outcome is possible for Pin Up. Regardless, the cast continues to push to present the best show possible. Pin Up is better paced than it once was, and the show has admirably maintained its live band and four high-caliber dancers. “At the beginning, you could really feel the length of the show, and I dreaded that,” Sinclair says. “It’s tighter now. People are leaving not feeling that the show was too long. It’s the perfect pace.”

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Memory and material Artistic styles and messages collide in the sharply cohesive Five By Dawn-Michelle Baude he Barrick Museum does it again. The fresh and zesty Five presents work by five recent UNLV artists-in-residence based in LA, New York and Brooklyn. Co-curated by Aurore Giguet and Alisha Kerlin, Five includes paintings, photographs, installations, sculptures and videos representing a range of contemporary art tendencies—conceptual to concrete. Deborah Aschheim and Erin Cosgrove begin with concept and move to materials. Both artists are interested in the vagaries of history. Aschheim transforms recollections of idealized, mid-century architecture into large sculptural objects made from translucent-white corrugated plastic and interior LED lighting. The sculptures might look like architectural models, but they’re haunting hybrids of representation and memory conveying an uncanny, otherworldly presence. It’s almost as if they functioned as memory theaters, the fictive mnemonic devices that obsessed the ancients.

Five brings work from both coasts to Barrick Museum. (Courtesy)

Cosgrove takes aim at aaaab protest misrepresentation of manipulations of history brilliant, Enlightenment men FIVE Through and power in two interesting as xenophobic, fundamentalist September 10; videos and a vibrant suite Tea Party patriots. Monday-Friof polychrome basswood Other Five artists take a more day, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, material approach. Ash Ferlito’s sculptures. Her 15-minute noon-5 p.m. short, The March of History, work looks casual, but is far UNLV’s Barrick spoofs Masterpiece Theatre, from it. In “The Propaganda of Museum, 702895-3381. complete with a mustachioed Individuality,” she safety-pins Brit declaiming the virtues embroidered badges into a of oppression. Witty, erudite shape-shifting cape of quesand resonant, the videos tionable identities. Her textile contextualize Cosgrove’s “Urfather” sculptures push badge motifs into pop sculptures, five mash-up “portraits” of terrain, while her delicate, humorous the Founding Fathers depicted as compaintings on unfinished canvas offer posite deities. With their garish colors political critique. David Gilbert’s 50-byand unbecoming poses—Jefferson has 30-inch photos have a Victorian air, a billowing scrotum—the sculptures although they’re dramatic “portraits”

of his own ephemeral sculptures, while his gorgeous 80-by-60-inch works deliver complex patterns in scaled-up, Alice in Wonderland still lifes. Lucky DeBellevue also exhibits fascination with repeated patterns in a buoyant installation that extends his painting from canvas to wall. His geometrical exuberance blends tribalism with decoration, craft with art. Patterns repeat imperfectly, resulting in a spirited immersion into human mark-making. Five encompasses a variety of artistic styles without becoming a jumbled survey show. What these artists have in common is ownership of talent and process-based aesthetics that yield remarkable results.

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Buddy Guy plays Blues in the Desert at Henderson Pavilion on June 4. (Winslow Townson/Invision/AP)

MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Of Mice and Men 6/17, 7:30 pm, $30$65. 702-891-7777. Mirage Boyz II Men 6/5-6/5, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-791-7111. Orleans (Showroom) Air Supply 5/27-5/29, 8 pm, $44-$65. The Fab Four 6/11-6/12, 8 pm, $27-$49. 702-284-7777. Palms (Lounge) Smashing Alice 5/26, 10 pm. Patrick Sieben 5/27, 7 pm. David Perrico & Pop Strings Orchestra 5/28, 6/4, 11 pm. The Hal Savar Band 6/3, 7 pm. Shows free. 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Jennifer Lopez 5/27-5/29, 6/1, 6/3-6/4, 6/8, 9 pm, $95-$219. 702-777-2782. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 5/26, 5/29, 5/31-6/2, 6/5, 6/7, 6/9, 6/12, 8:45 pm; 5/27-5/28, 6/3-6/4, 6/106/11, 9 pm. John Windsor 5/30, 6/6, 6/13, 8:45 pm. Shows free. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7771. The Sayers Club The Lique 5/28, 10 pm, free. SLS, 702-761-7618. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Lucas Hoge 5/20. Brodie Stewart 5/27. Kelsie May 6/3. Shows 10 pm, $10. 6611 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-435-2855. Venetian (Venetian Theatre) Dwight Yoakam 6/3-6/4, 8 pm, $50-$210. 702-414-9000. Vinyl Voivod, King Parrot, Child Bite 5/28, 10 pm, $15. ZoSo: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience 5/29, 9 pm, $20. Circuit, Bear Grillz, Vegas Banger 6/9, 9 pm, $15-$20. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Westgate (Ballroom) Primer Gran Baile Festival 5/27, 8 pm, $55-$70. 3000 Paradise Road, 702-732-5111.

Live Music

pm, free. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Double Down Saloon The Kegels, Strike Twelve,

THe Strip & Nearby

Hard Rock Hotel (Pool) Ozomatli, Dilated

The Quitters, Born Rivals, Parade of Horribles

Brother Ali, Prof, Get Cryphy 6/3, 8 pm, $33-$35.

5/26. Bonecrusher, Broken Patron Saints,

702-693-5000.

The Thingz, Thunderfist, Fozzy’s Hero, Lack

Downtown

Peoples 5/27, 9 pm, $20-$25. Atmosphere,

Hard Rock Cafe Gibson Acoustic Asylum 5/26,

11th Street Records Good Grief 5/27, 7 pm, free. Church, God’s America, Demon Lung 5/31, 7:30 pm, $5. 1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990.

of Modivation 5/27. Authentic Sellout, The

6/2, 6/9, 8 pm, free. Hard Rock Rising Finals ft.

free. STRFKR, Com Truise, Fake Drugs 5/28, 9

Slaughterhousers, Making Incredible Time, The

Kella Bo Bella, Chaotic Resemblance, UpRite

5/29, 9 pm, free. Kella Bo Bella, Everyday

pm, $17. Kevin Fowler 6/2, 9 pm, $20-$22. Blue

Almsmen, Aggro Mucho 5/28. Yeastie Boys,

Lions, The Scoundrels 6/1, 8:30 pm, free. 4475

Equals 6/10, 10 pm, $5. Cameron Dettman,

October, Danny Malone 6/4, 8 pm, $27-$47.

A Pretty Mess, Riot Gun, Agent 86 5/29, 8 pm.

Paradise Road, 702-733-8400.

Cash Colligan, Skyler Custer 6/11, 8 pm, $5.

Caravan Palace 6/5, 8 pm, $22. Metal Church,

Uberschall 5/29, midnight. Franks & Deans’

Hard Rock Live The Saints of Las Vegas 5/26-

Armored Saint, Sin Circus 6/6, 7:30 pm, $25-

Weenie Roast 6/1. Didisdead, Coyote Bred,

5/27, 5/30, 6 pm, free. PB&J Rock Trio 5/28, 4

$30. Prince Birthday Celebration ft. Face the

Sitting & Waiting 6/2. Drunk Old Ladies, Super

pm, free. Ryan Whyte Maloney Trio 5/29, 4 pm,

Green Machines 5/27, 10:30 pm, $20. The Briefs,

Funk 6/7, 9:30 pm, $7. Preservation Hall Jazz

Zeroes, Radio Silence 6/3. Grand Scovell, Out to

free. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625.

The Stitches, Clorox Girls, DFMK 5/28, 10:30

Band 6/9, 9:30 pm, 22. Linq, 702-862-2695.

Lunch, Pet Clinic, John Dough Boys 6/4. Shows

Brooklyn Bowl Empire Records 5/27, 5/29, 8 pm,

The Colosseum Celine Dion 5/27-5/28, 5/31, 6/1, 6/3-6/4, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. The Who 5/29, 7:30 pm, $96-$501. Mariah Carey 6/7, 6/10-6/11, 8 pm, $55-$250. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Alison Wonderland, Valentino Khan, Vincent, Mija, Stooki Sound 6/16, 9 pm, $30-$35. 702-698-7000. Double Barrel Roadhouse Silversage 5/29, 10 pm, free. (DB Live!) Nicole Kerns 5/27-5/28, 11

House of Blues Saul Hernandez 5/26, 7 pm, $25.

Artifice Lenixx Album Release Concert & Party

1025 S. 1st St., #100, 702-489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Mariachi El Bronx,

pm, $20. Teenage Bottle Rocket, Red City

at 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road,

Carlos Santana 5/27-5/29, 8 pm, $90-$350.

Radio, Playboy Manbaby 5/29, 10:30 pm, $17.

702-791-5775.

Heart 6/2-6/4, 8 pm, $55-$130. Pierce the Veil,

The Blasters, Supersuckers 5/30, 9 pm, $15. The

I the Mighty, Movements 6/5, 5:30 pm, $27.

Third Degree, Irie, Prolific, Jaelyn Denise 6/3, 8

The Foundry Young Thug, DJ TM88 5/27, 8 pm, $45. Flo Rida 5/28, 8 pm, $40. Hellyeah, Escape the Fate 6/5, 6 pm, $25. SLS, 702-761-7617. Gilley’s Easy 8’s Band 5/26, 6/9, 9 pm. Rob Staley Band 5/27-5/29, 10 pm. Chad Freeman Band

Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Knife Party 5/28, 8 pm, $35-$45. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Beach) I Love the ’90s 5/28, 9

pm, $8-$10. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Voodoo Glow Skulls, Guilty by Association, The Civilians, The Pluralses 5/26, 8 pm, $10. The Israelites, The Revivers,

6/2, 9 pm; 6/3-6/4, 10 pm. Shows $10-$20 after

pm, $53. Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse 6/3, 9 pm,

The Delirians, Jackie Mendez 5/27, 10:30

10 pm. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722.

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Home 5/28, noon-3 pm, free. Agent Orange,

Roxy Gunn Project 5/28, 10 pm. The Jupiter

Sandbox Bullies, The Legendary Boilermakers,

The Grabbers, Sealion 5/28, 10:30 pm, $17.

Year 5/31, 9 pm. Dueling Guitars 6/1, 9 pm.

The Less Offs, Analog Law, The Krylons 5/28,

Success, Go Bold, Neutralboy 5/29, noon-3

Shows free. 425 Fremont St. #110, 702-382-4421.

8 pm, free. Icicle Tricycle 6/3, 8 pm, free. Richie

pm, free. Chuck Ragan 5/29, 10:30 pm, $17.

LVCS Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School of Medicine, Angry Samoans, M.I.A, Franks

Twitch Angry 6/4, 9 pm, $10-$15. Eyehategod

Music 5/30, 8 pm, $15. The Scoundrels,

& Deans 5/26, 10:30 pm, $15. Poison Idea,

6/8, 8 pm, $15-$20. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway,

Reason 2 Rebel, Days After Hail 6/2, 8 pm,

Slapshot, MDC, Bad Samaritans, Infested 5/27,

free. The Rabbit Hole Takeover w/Penthouse

10:30 pm, $16. Anti-Nowhere League, Lower

Penthouse 6/7, 9 pm, $10. Radio Moscow 6/8,

Class Brats, Defiance, Demob 5/28, 10:30

8 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757.

pm, $20. DOA, Dayglo Abortions, Asexuals,

Bunkhouse Saloon Le Butcherettes, Supermoon,

October Crisis 5/29, 10:30 pm, $20. Las

Muave 5/26, 9 pm, $10-$12. Las Vaudeville

Vegas Death Fest ft. Putrid Pile, Rottenness,

5/27, 7 pm, $7. Built to Spill 5/28, 8 pm, $15-$20.

Splattered, Lethal Injection, Gorgatron, Eye of

Santoros, No Tides, War Blood, Fish 5/29, 9 pm,

Minerva & more 6/9-6/11, noon, $10-$80. 425

$10. Rabid Young, Pure Joy, Silversage, The Midnight Club, More Than Bone 6/10, 9 pm, $8. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Clark County Government Amphitheater (Jazz in the Park) Jesse J, Will Donato, Las Vegas Academy Jazz Combo 5/28. Kneebody, The

Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mickie Finnz Franks & Deans 5/27-5/28, 10

702-586-3483. The Golden Tiki Jello Biafra (DJ set) 5/27-5/28, 9 pm, $5. The Sharps Thu, 9:30 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Henderson Pavilion Blues in the Desert ft. Buddy Guy, Johnny Lang 6/4, 6 pm, $36-$65. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. Hoover Dam Lodge Reylee 5/27, 7 pm, free. 18000 Highway 93, Boulder City, 702-293-5000. M Resort (M Pavilion) Survivor 5/28, 7 pm, $32-

pm. JV All-Stars 5/29-5/30, 9 pm. The Leeroy

$46. 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 800-745-3000.

Jenkins Incident 5/31, 9 pm. Shows free. 425

OMD Theater Jaydonomega Inc., WP Music, T.

Fremont St., 702-382-4204. Punk Rock Bowling ft. Flogging Molly,

Shapiro Project, Cheyenne High School Jazz

Descendents, Flag & more 5/26-5/30.

Club 6/4. Jazz in the Park concerts at 5 pm, free.

Downtown Las Vegas, punkrockbowling.com.

Jones, Kash Mack, Millsonwheels 5/26, 6 pm, $15. In Rapture, Royale 5/27, 8 pm, $10. 953 E. Sahara Ave., #B-30, 702-742-4171. The Sand Dollar Lounge Ronnie Foster Trio

The Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) A Moonage

5/26. Chris Tofield 5/27. Stoney Curtis 5/28. Dan

Daydream w/The Lon Bronson Band 5/27, 8

Fester 5/29. Easy 8’s 5/31. Allen Brothers of Las

Grave 5/26, 10:30 pm, $20. Good Riddance,

pm, $15-$35. Elisa Fiorillo & The Bruce Harper

Vegas 6/1. Candy’s River House 6/2. Shows at

H20, Death by Stereo, Spanish Love Songs

Big Band 6/3, 8 pm, $20-$35. Frank & Angie

10 pm, free. 3355 Spring Mountain Road,

5/27, 10:30 pm, $20. Leftover Crack, D.I., Los

Laspina: “Back to Bacharach” 6/4, 7 pm, $25. 361

Skarnales, Starving Wolves 5/28, 10:30 pm,

Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-8200. Fremont Country Club Ministry, Excel, 45

$20. Angelic Upstarts, Chron-Gen, Pistol Grip,

Velveteen Rabbit Christina Antipa, The Bad

Lion’s Law 5/29, 10:30 pm, $20. 601 E. Fremont

Vibes, Water Landing, Special-K 5/31, 8 pm, $5.

St., 702-382-6601.

1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 5/28. 3 Doors

Everywhere Else

asexperience.com. Burdon and the Animals 5/27, $53-$162. Grass Roots 6/3, $21-$119. All shows 8 pm. 866-946-5336. Griffin Death Hymn Number 9, Leather Lungs,

Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa (The Deck) Jazz

$32. 702-796-7111. 8 pm, $10. $31-$101. (Sunset Amphitheater) Junefest ft. Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Lou

$25. 702-692-7777.

Gramm, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The English

Count’s Vamp’d Joe Lynn Turner, TailGun 5/26, 9 pm, $18-$22. Count’s 77, Strange Mistress 5/27, 10 pm, free. Smashing Alice, Special

382-0577.

Agent Utah 5/28, 10 pm, free. Anvil, Night Demon, Unleash the Archers, Grave Shadow

Charlie Madness 5/26, 8 pm, $5. Fang, Verbal

6/2, 8 pm, $10-$12. The Sound of Purple, Sweet

Abuse, Infirmities, No Brainer 5/27, 9 pm, $10.

Home Alabama 6/3, 9:30 pm, free. King Kobra,

Las Vegas Punk Fest ft. Mad Parade, Anti-Social,

Diamond Lane 6/4, 9 pm, $10-$15. 6750 W.

Boxheads, FSP, Sad Boy Sinister, The Has

Sahara, 702-220-8849.

Beens, Agent 86 5/28, 9 pm, $10-$15. State Line

Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater Secret

Syndicate, LFC, The Krylons, Corrupted Youth,

Garden Family Reunion ft. Al B. Sure & Friends,

Infirmities, Thoughtcrime, The Scoundrels,

Gregg Austin, La Mar Le Warren Experience &

The Rocketz, Enemy Proof, Informal Society

more 5/29, 7 pm, $20-$30. 628 W. Craig Road

5/29, 10 pm. Rap is Fun ft. Isaac Sawyer, D Rock

702-633-2418.

Montgomery, Charles Only, Jay Eightynine,

7:30 pm, $23-$32. The Next Best Thing to the

Under the Stars ft. Lin Rountree 5/26, 7 pm, $21-

DJ Fish 5/27, 9 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702Hard Hat Lounge Poet, Kendoggy, Squirrel,

$29-$59. 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-263-7777. South Point The Bronx Wanderers 5/27-5/29,

Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Bryan White 6/2,

Down 6/11. Shows 9 pm, free. Fremont St., vegGolden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Eric

702-485-5401. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) Little River Band 5/28, 8 pm,

King: Donny Edwards 6/3-6/5, 7:30 pm, $23-

Fremont Street Experience (3rd Street Stage)

Applicants must audition in dance-wear, GoGo attire or swimwear.

Ramone, State Line Syndicate, Fuzz Huzzi,

The Lillingtons, Broadway Calls, Mercy

Dispensary Lounge Lisa Nobumoto 5/27. Gary

Beat 6/11, 6 pm, $31-$101. 1301 W. Sunset Road, 702-547-7777.

Comedy Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) Jeff Dunham 6/5, 7:30 pm, $50-$90. 702-731-7333. Double Barrel Roadhouse (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Kathleen Dunbar 5/26, 7 pm, free. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Harrah’s (The Improv) Henry Phillips, Marc Price 5/26-5/29. Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm; Fri & Sat, 10 pm, $30-$45. 702-369-5000. Mirage Jim Norton 5/27, 10 pm, $33-$54. Gabriel

Harvey Listen & more 6/3, 9 pm, $1. Blast

Fowler 5/28. JoBelle Yonely 6/3. Naomi Mauro

Iglesias 5/28-5/29, 10 pm, $65-$76. Wayne

Flashes, Sometimes, Newsense 6/4, 9 pm, free.

6/4. Shows 10 pm, free. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-

Brady 6/3, 10 pm, $44-$65. Jay Leno 6/4, 10 pm,

Shows free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987.

458-6343.

Hennessey’s Darby O’Gill & The Little People 5/26, 9 pm. SexyTime 5/27, 5/29-5/30, 9 pm.

Dive Bar No Effects, Vegascendents, Mocksparrer 5/26, 9 pm, free. The Rocketz,

$66-$87. 702-792-7777. Palms (The Pearl) Chris Tucker 5/28, 8 pm, $46$92. 702-942-7777.

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Suncoast (Showroom) Aries Spears 5/28-5/29, 7:30 pm, $38-$49. 9090 Alta Drive, 702-636-7075.

High Desert International Film Festival 5/265/29, times vary, $3-$150. Pahrump Nugget, 681 Highway 160, hdiff.net.

Performing Arts

Las Vegas Epicurean Affair 5/26, 7-10 pm, $115$165. The Palazzo Pool Deck, 702-607-7777. Las Vegas HempFest 6/4, 11 am, $50. Craig

Baobab Stage Theatre Toscha Comeaux 5/28, 7:30 pm, free. 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., baobabstage.com. Bunkhouse Saloon TSTMRKT 6/3, 7 pm, $7-$10. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414.

Ranch Regional Park, 628 W. Craig Road, lasvegashempfest.com. The Writer’s Block The Bourbon Book Club: All The Pretty Horses 5/26, 6 pm, free. 1020 Fremont St., thewritersblock.org.

Charleston Heights Arts Center Dynamic Trombone Quartet 6/4, 2 pm, free. 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383.

Sports

Cockroach Theatre Bright Side 5/26-5/28, 6/2, 6/4, 8 pm; 5/29, 6/5, 2 pm, $16-$20. Art Square Theater, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Onyx Theatre Decades Apart: Reflections of Three Gay Men 6/3-6/4, 8 pm; 6/5, 3 pm, $20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Dreamgirls 5/28, 1 pm, $34-$64. Dream of Now, Dream of Then: Lisa Vroman Brings Broadway to Las Vegas 6/4, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. 702-749-2000. Super Summer Theatre Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 6/1-6/4, 8 pm, $16. 6375 NV-159, 702-594-7529. Theatre in the Valley Weekend Comedy 5/275/28, 6/3-6/4, 8 pm; 5/29, 6/5, 2 pm, $10-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., theatreinthevalley.org. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Desert Chorale: Annual Memorial Day Concert 5/27, 7:30 pm, free. Coppelia 6/4, 7 pm, $19-$24. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Winchester Star

Foundation Assisting Seniors Charity Golf Tournament 5/30, 7:30 am, $100. Revere Golf Club at Anthem, 2600 Hampton Road, 725244-4200. Las Vegas 51s Nashville 5/26, 7 pm. Memphis 5/27-5/28, 7 pm; 5/29-5/30, noon. $11-$16. Cashman Field, 702-943-7200. National Barrel Horse Association Professional’s Choice Super Show & Gift Expo 6/2-6/5, free. South Point, 702-796-7111. Rock the Socks Golf Classic 6/3, 8 am, $130. Bear’s Best Golf Course, 11111 W. Flamingo Road, rmhlv.org. UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt 5/29, 4 pm, $54-$179. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777.

Spots and Friends 6/4, 2 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S.

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Ultimate Gambler Golf Tour 5/28, 2 pm, $200$800. Desert Pines Golf Club, 3415 E. Bonanza Road, ultimategambler.com/golf.

Catchers Spring Dance Recital 5/27, 6 pm, $7. Luca Ciarla Quartet 5/28, 1 pm, $10-$12. The Ink

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Galleries

McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-

Special Events

3133. Galleries include: Eden Gallery “The Collective” by Cirque du Soleil employees Thru 6/14. Artist Reception 6/2,

Arts and Crafts Sidewalk Sale 5/28-5/30, 11 am-3 pm, free. Enchanted Forest Reiki Center, 2280

6-8 pm. Thu-Mon, 11 am-11 pm. #215, 702-706-7103. Wonderland Gallery Stacy Rink: A Vague Sense

S. Jones Blvd., enchantedforestreiki.com.

of Unease Thru 5/27. Niki J. Sands, Richard Bistrup

Badass Dash 5/28, 8 am, $25-$130. Sam Boyd

6/2-6/24. Tue-Sun, noon-4 pm. #110, 702-686-4010.

Stadium, 7000 E. Russell Road, badassdash.com.

Word: A Collaborative Intersection of Art and

Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd.,

Language Thru 6/11. Mon-Fri, 8 am-10:30 pm;

springspreserve.org.

Sat, 8 am-5 pm, free. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.,

Down2Earth Endurance Race 5/29, 7 am, $40-$105. Red Rock Canyon, worksmartplay harder.com. Firefighter Bachelor Auction 6/3, 7 pm, $40$80. The Foundry, SLS, theburnfoundation.org. First Friday 6/3, 6-11 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, ffflv.org.

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CSN Artspace Gallery Illustrating the Written

Brews & Blues Festival 5/28, 4-8 pm, $35-$75.

702-651-4146. Historic Fifth Street School (Mayor’s Gallery)

New patients only, cannot be combined with other offers.

“Aesthetics Primary” 5/26-9/29. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-3515. UNLV Barrick Museum “FIVE” Thru 9/10. MonFri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES

March 21-April 19 To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental and cheerfully improvisational—with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21

Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra-imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

TAURUS

April 20-May 20 “One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” Taurus memoirist May Sarton wrote. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill that potential—as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22 “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I’m predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you’re entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming oneself. It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to reimagine, reinvent and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, flaws and bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

horoscopes GEMINI

May 21-June 20 “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing. “The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22 “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Faraway Nearby. That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You might worry about swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence. It will make you smarter, braver and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love/I feel that I am the king of time/I possess the earth and everything on it/ And ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

CANCER

June 21-July 22 French painter Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled or inbetween. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process. Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.” I recommend that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once, when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substantially extended her lifeline. The palmistry lover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

In 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of Champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A German submarine sank the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, well-preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed the bubbly alcoholic beverage was “remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet aromas of great finesse.” I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future. How deep are you willing to dive?

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