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WORLD HIPHOP DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THOMAS & MACK CENTER The best hip-hop dancers from 50 countries have been competing here for nearly a week, but on Saturday the last ones standing will converge upon in an Olympic-like extravaganza that’ll shame the Vegas segment of Step Up: All In—or any Step Up movie, for that matter. $30-$60. –Mike Prevatt

YUI EDOMAE SUSHI We keep telling you to get amazing, expensivebut-worth-it sushi in Chinatown, and Bon Appétit agrees. The food mag announced its nominees for America’s Best New Restaurants and chef Gen Mizoguchi’s Yui is the only Vegas spot on the list. Find out if it makes the cut on August 16. It should. 3460 Arville St., 702-202-2408. –Brock Radke

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SHOOTER JENNINGS AT FREMONT COUNTRY CLUB Although Shooter Jennings started out with a few straightforward country-rock albums, the son of country legend Waylon Jennings has had anything but a conventional music career. In the last several years, Jennings has released tribute albums to both George Jones and Giorgio Moroder, a 70-minute psych-rock post-apocalyptic concept album narrated by Stephen King, an industrial metal album he recorded as a teenager (with vocals from his father) and a spoken-word 7-inch single. The prolific Jennings is always unpredictable, but for his latest tour he’s got his father’s longtime backing band, Waymore’s Outlaws, behind him, so he’ll probably stick to a more conventional setlist, including some covers of Waylon classics. In the past, Jennings has performed versions of his dad’s hits “Waymore’s Blues,” “Belle of the Ball” and “Whistlers and Jugglers,” but he’s just as likely to cover Nirvana or the Ramones. He also draws from all his own albums, from his minor country-radio hit “4th of July” to obscure deep cuts. Neither his albums nor his live shows conform to any country-music expectations. In the family tradition, he’s a dedicated musical outlaw. $25-$30. –Josh Bell

Shooter Jennings is headed Downtown. (Photo illustration by Jon Estrada/Staff)

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RIVER REGATTA AT COLORADO RIVER Not only is the traditional, nine-mile river run along the Colorado coming back, but organizers are dangling prizes in front of participants who deck out their preferred boating apparatus in pirate drag (per this year’s theme). Bullhead City buccaneers will start at the Davis Camp or Community Park launch points between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. and finish their voyage at Rotary Park. For more info, visit bullheadregatta.com. $30-$45. –Mike Prevatt

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7TH ANNUAL STRONG BEER FESTIVAL AT ACES & ALES What is it that makes a beer strong? The alcohol, of course. Strong ales typically have seven percent alcohol by volume or greater, with some American ales clocking in as high as 25 percent. When you’re getting this boozy, the results are all over the place. Some might be barrel-aged for surprising smoothness while others could come out closer to a bittersweet barleywine. They make for a definite drinking adventure, which is what you’ll get attempting to taste your way through more than 50 rare brews at Aces & Ales’ annual Strong Beer fest at its northwest Tenaya location. The $15 entrance fee gets you a tasting glass and first sample, and additional pours cost $5. (You could skip the fee and drink 8-ounce goblets for $9 each.) Featured breweries include Big Sky, Black Market, Deschutes, Founders, Great Basin, Left Coast, North Coast, Pizza Port and lots more. –Brock Radke

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DESCENDENTS NIGHT AT DOUBLE DOWN SALOON The Descendents’ upcoming U.S. dates don’t include a Las Vegas stop (the band played Punk Rock Bowling here in May, so California’s the closest it’ll get this time). But local fans can celebrate the pop-punk godfathers and their first album in 12 years—the just-released Hypercaffium Spazzinate—with a screening of 2013 documentary Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All, a live set from cover band Vegascendents (yes, Vegas has a Descendents cover band) and further tunes from host DJs Atomic and Fish. Plus, free popcorn! No cover. –Spencer Patterson

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You can almost hear the crack of freshly opened beer cans and the splash of rooftop cannonballs on Chastity Belt’s second album, Time to Go Home. Providing the soundtrack to every Schlitz-fueled house party, the Walla Walla, Washington, four-piece builds its spiraling, uber-chill garage rock around relatable, real-life stories. “He was just another man trying to teach me something,” Julia Shapiro sings repeatedly on the hazy, slow-burning opener, “Drone.” Whether they’re calling out mansplainers or singing sex-positive songs about wanting to “bone everyone” (“Cool Sluts”), Chastity Belt is proof that feminists have more fun. With So Pitted, Indigo Kidd. $6-$10. –Leslie Ventura

After its successful debut at Velveteen in May, this play by local theater mainstay Troy Heard’s Table 8 Productions returns for an extended run, with performances every Sunday through September 4. It’s based on truth and Steven Peros’ screenplay—get transported back to 1924 aboard the yacht of media mogul William Randolph Hearst, where the mysterious death of Hollywood film producer Thomas Ince occurred. The immersive staging puts you right in the action, getting to know Hearst and his mistress Marion Davies. It’ll feel even more real with an erathemed cocktail in hand, included with admission. $25-$30. –Rosalie Spear

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uring the week right before Labor Day, Burning Man essentially becomes the 10th most-populated municipality in the state, according to the Reno GazetteJournal. But the vibrant, dusty and temporary burg known as Black Rock City isn’t just the 70,000 attendees demonstrating radical expression and self-reliance—it’s also their theme camps, art installations and mutant vehicles. While many of those projects hail from nearby metropolises, some of them have been birthed in Nevada’s biggest urban center. Among the creations representing Las Vegas’ burner constituency: Jedi Dog Temple Local BM regional contact Cory Mervis already has a Star Trek-themed shuttlecraft mutant vehicle and Tin Foil Hat theme camp (where one can literally make a hat in the name of conspiracy theories) to manage. Her 5-year-old son Sagan is actually the visionary behind this kid-friendly temple, already the recipient of a BM honorarium grant. Beats Boutique For its fourth burn, the daytime sound/theme camp will boast a 24-inch long, 7-foottall subwoofer, which BB lead and Epyk Entertainment co-founder Steve MacWithey claims will be the world’s biggest. The encampment will also give away playa gear at its boutique. Rootist Temple Newly appointed BM regional Mike Pierce dreamed up this camp, which will include innovative yoga/energy work, sound-vibrational therapy with live music and hug healing, and is influenced by the all-inclusive rootist spiritual philosophy. Intergalactic Sasquatch Village This camp boasts a full entertainment schedule, including a Bloody Nose Brunch, which somehow celebrates two BM staples: Bloody Marys and bloody noses. Mutant Vehicles Local playa rovers include Soul Train (proprietor: Mister Christopher), Sebastian (Jason Tang) and the Armadillo (Dave Alfaro). Artist/ designer Henry Chang of Playaworks will be sending up his custom-framed Mister Fusion, Valyrian Steel and—making its BM debut—Flux Capacitor. And Mike Cee is behind both the third iteration of his Xuza art car and its support theme camp, Zerzura. For camp location information, visit burnermap. com/map.

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NEW NONPROFIT MY SCARS ARE BEAUTIFUL PLANS ITS FIRST FUNDRAISER If you have ever felt ashamed or embarrassed by physical scars, Michelle Hardy-Rodriguez is here to tell you to wear them with pride. The 33-year-old Las Vegan’s new nonprofit, My Scars Are Beautiful, provides emotional support and financial assistance for those who have been in traumatic situations. After receiving third-degree burns in a car accident three years ago and struggling with subsequent medical costs, she recognized the

dire need for this kind of support group and founded the organization. My Scars Are Beautiful plans to begin hosting monthly group meetings at United Way of Southern Nevada in September, and on August 30, it will present its first Wine & Canvas fundraiser at the Martini, 1205 S. Fort Apache Road. “Something good came out of this. It could have been so much worse,” HardyRodriguez says. “My husband believes that everything happens for a reason, and now, I’m going to make a difference.” –Rosalie Spear For more on My Scars are Beautiful, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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BIG BRAND BUILDING A big piece of Vegas in Boston could provide a local boost BY LESLIE VENTURA

Sagan Bocskor with his Jedi Dog Temple. (Bill Hughes/Special to Weekly)

THE HALAL GUYS ARE HERE For more than a year, Vegas foodies have dreamt of the authentic Middle Eastern cuisine served up by Manhattan’s famous Halal Guys. The wait is over: The New York food-cart staple opens its first Las Vegas location at the corner of Spring Mountain Road and Valley View Boulevard on Friday, August 12. The restaurant is known for its simple menu of cult-worthy chicken, gyros and falafel, served in a bowl or wrap, plus fries, hummus, baklava and an almost-mythical white sauce. The gyros are so legendary, New Yorkers are known to wait more than 30 minutes for them. That alone should be reason to get there early. –Leslie Ventura

Last week Wynn Resorts broke ground on its long-awaited East Coast casino resort, the 33-acre Wynn Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. Situated along the Mystic River, the $2.1 billion undertaking is Steve Wynn’s first domestic resort outside Las Vegas. Designed in the same golden aesthetic of Wynn Las Vegas and Wynn Macau, Wynn Boston Harbor plans to “open the Everett shoreline to the public for the first time in more than a century” by restoring a site that was “home to several chemical plants for decades,” according to the project’s website. The resort, slated for 2019, could also have a significant impact on the tourist economy here in Las Vegas, says David G. Schwartz, director at UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research. “I think [once] you get that kind of experience, people will want to come to Vegas where there’s a bigger concentration of it.” Jeremy Handel, Senior Director of Communications for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, agrees. “Gaming has been expanding throughout the nation and the world for a few decades now, [and] at the center of that has been Las Vegas. The spread ... introduced gaming to other audiences that then inspired [people] to visit Las Vegas.” Handel cites Vegas’ entertainment and dining scenes, along with the growing convention industry, as premiere attractions for tourists across the world. The addition of the iconic Wynn brand on the East Coast could also act “as a catalyst to bring people back to Las Vegas,” he says. Beyond table games and slot machines, Wynn Everett will feature the brand’s flagship Asian restaurant, Andrea’s, and the Eastern-influenced Red 8, Italian restaurant Sinatra and SW Steakhouse. It will also be home to shopping, a spa, a sports bar, a meeting and wedding space and hotel rooms that average 700 square feet. “With the expansion of some brands that are already here, such as Wynn, [it] takes a little part of Las Vegas, and introduces some of the elements that they can find here,” Handel says. Along the same lines, MGM Resorts is set to open MGM National Harbor just outside Washington, D.C., in Maryland later this year. Among other amenities, that property will house new restaurants from celebrity chefs José Andrés and Marcus Samuelsson.

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he night sky is electric blue and generous with moonlight, revealing the peacocks and peahens sleeping in the branches above. Living here at Bonnie Springs Ranch they roam the grounds with feathered trains dragging like robes of kings, moving oblivious to guests sunning poolside or cutting across the motel’s grassy courtyard. They pass by visitors in the narrow corridor outside the restaurant. And when night comes, they head 30 feet upward to protect their chicks from coyotes. Animals are abundant here: horses, wild burros, a pond full of swans, ducks and turtles. Deer and sheep walk openly in the petting zoo. It’s what Bonnie Levinson desired most for her visitors, a chance to experience fauna up close on her ranch 15 minutes southwest of Las Vegas. The Hollywood-born pro ice skater-turnedturkey farmer purchased more than 100 acres in what’s now Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area back in 1952, when she was delivering turkeys from Twentynine Palms to Las Vegas. Two years later she married her husband, Al, and together they built the town and accommodations nestled in the wildlife of protected land off Route 159. The one-time stop for travelers on the Old Spanish Trail consisted of only a run-down bar and a house when Levinson took over. Horse stables, a restaurant and the zoo followed in the ’60s. The ’70s brought the construction of replica mining towns, and the motel arrived in the ’80s. These days, horseback riders snake through the Joshua trees, creosote and wild burros, backdropped by breathtaking and monumental rock formations. When Levinson died in January at age 94, condolences poured in online as generations of visitors shared memories. “She was tremendously loved and had a great rapport with customers,” says Tim Harrison, the ranch’s marketing director and events manager. He works for Levinson’s children, who now run the ranch. “She had a special spot at the bar and would talk with everyone. To this day people say they remember coming here as a child.”

Levinson remains a legend, a young woman who bought land and ran a bar for years without electricity, serving regulars and minors from nearby Blue Diamond and local characters living in the Spring Mountains. Born in 1921, the director’s daughter hosted movie stars and other Hollywood types at home, then toured and performed with Sonja Henie during her years as a skater. She would later pour her life into the ranch and the animals. Old Town was Al Levinson’s passion. He’d search the area for old wood to create buildings in the style of bygone mining communities. The wooden structures, hand-painted signs and family-owned feel brought a DIY charm and respite from the subdivisions of residential Las Vegas. Bonnie, an established seamstress, worked alongside Al. The wood-interior restaurant still features her curtains, Harrison says, and 48 rooms in the two-story motel also reflect her themes and decor. Among them: the CoveredWagon Room, the Wolf Room and two Indian Rooms—one with a jacuzzi, one without. We’re staying in an Indian Room (no jacuzzi) where a mock teepee extends over the bed, dream catchers hang near animal masks and an electric fireplace glows in a corner. The night sky, quiet and forever, bares its constellations. In the morning, hundreds of visitors brave the 100-plus-degree temperatures, pulling into the oasis to watch gun-toting cowboys performing in Old Town, among busy shops and a shooting gallery set in a saloon fashioned with animatronic drinkers. Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures found “activity” here, and the Zombie Bus Ride takes paintballers from this place into the desert to shoot living zombies who can’t shoot back. Rodeos, corporate events and an October haunt draw big crowds, and couples marry in the wedding chapel’s pristine pinewood interior. Images of the woman beyond it all—Hollywood head shots and ice-skating photos of a costumed blonde in mid-air—greet newcomers in the wood-paneled bar, where hundreds of dollar bills hang like thick garland from the ceiling. Levinson’s presence is everywhere in these mountains.

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Think you know the Las Vegas Strip? Maybe you do, but maybe you could learn a thing or two. The Strip has entered another period of rapid evolution, meaning more dynamic, innovative attractions and destinations are on the way ... along with potentially more inconvenience and expensiveness. But let’s be honest, you’re still gonna go. There are plenty of amazing Vegas experiences you have yet to uncover, and we’ve got tips, tricks and hacks to help maximize your time, money and enjoyment while you’re there.

We’ve all heard hotel concierges can get things you can’t get yourself, and this is one cliché that’s actually true. After we struck out online, MGM’s concierge scored us a great seat for The Rolling Stones’ October T-Mobile Arena concert. You typically don’t have to be a guest of any hotel to take advantage of these resourceful Vegas pros.

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Industrial Road. Koval Lane. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Drives. These are the Strip-adjacent surface streets everybody knows and uses to avoid the Boulevard as much possible, and they’re still highly effective alternative routes, especially during busy nights and weekends. Our favorite Strip sneak attack: coming in on Harmon Avenue from the west. You can take Tropicana to Dean Martin to Jerry Lewis Drive, or you can use Flamingo’s weird Hotel Rio Drive access point to get to Dean Martin and then Jerry Lewis. Once you find yourself on Harmon, you can slide into Aria’s north valet or Cosmo’s garage—a prime Strip arrival to be sure—without having to cross Las Vegas Boulevard.

Whether you’re vacationing or working, the Strip is a beautiful place to rediscover the lost art of the power lunch—and it’ll allow the sampling of fabulous fare at a lower price point than at dinner. Don’t sleep on the original powerhouse, Spago at the Forum Shops at Caesars, but also check out bustling bistros like RM Seafood and Burger Bar at Mandalay Bay, the Country Club at Wynn and DB Brasserie at the Venetian. Cosmo’s twin dynamos Estiatorio Milos and D.O.C.G. deserve spots on your lunch list, too.

“Spectacularly insane demonstrations of offensive and astounding human behavior. It was love at first sight.” That’s how one of our favorite websites, VegasTripping, characterizes Absinthe at Caesars Palace. We couldn’t have said it better, and we couldn’t agree more, which explains why we keep going back and dragging everyone along. Absinthe will move to the Cosmopolitan in the fall, so catch it while you can at Caesars. Next door at the Mirage, The Beatles Love just celebrated a decade as everyone’s favorite Cirque du Soleil production on the Strip, and recent strategic show revamps are a good reason to check it out again.

Those of us who spend lots of laptop time on Las Vegas Boulevard know it’s not easy to find a chill location with great wifi on the Strip. There are, however, about a million Starbucks, and many are big enough to find a quiet nook. Our top pick for comfort and Internet access is the ’bucks in front of Mandarin Oriental, next to Bobby’s Burger Palace. It’s never crowded, the connectivity’s reliable and the people-watching’s an added bonus.

Think cheap beer doesn’t exist on the spendy Strip? Think again. Casino Royale—you know, the place next door to the Venetian with the Best Western hotel and the only White Castle in Vegas—still offers $1 Michelob and Michelob Light bottles. Another beer hack: You can find solid stashes for half the price of casino brews at any of the many Strip convenience stores. And if you’re all about selection, visit Pub 1842 at MGM Grand or the new Beerhaus at the Park.

The Las Vegas Monorail, once dismissed as a colossal failure, has been the butt of many local jokes since launching in 2004 (and it still doesn’t serve what should be its primary purpose: transporting tourists from the airport to the Strip). But ... it’s undeniably useful and affordable. With stations at five casino resorts on the east side of Las Vegas Boulevard (SLS, Harrah’s/Linq, Flamingo, Bally’s/Paris and MGM Grand) plus stops at the Westgate and the Convention Center, there really isn’t a spot on the Strip the Monorail can’t get you near, and extended hours have the train running until 2 or 3 a.m. every night except Mondays. Single tickets cost $5 ($1 for locals!), and multi-ride passes range from $12 for one day to $56 for a full week. Children 5 and under ride free, and trains arrive every 4-8 minutes.

We’ve spent years dining up and down the Strip’s culinary wonderland; now, we’re sharing our sorta-secret, lesser-known loves, fancy and not so much. I always order rice at Noodles, a casual Asian café at Bellagio that’s ideal for a post-poker feast. Specifically, I get braised beef brisket rice, an offal-good union of slow-cooked meat, chewy tendon and rich gravy. It’s a perfect one-plate meal. Meat and fat and starch also contribute to what might well be the city’s best post-party gorge-fest: the adobada fries at Tacos El Gordo, a glorious, gargantuan mess overflowing with spiced pork and shredded cheese. Come with a group so you can share the fries and still have room for beef-head tacos and chorizo tostadas. Go Gordo or go home. –Andy Wang Celeb chefs Mario and Giada tend to dominate the press, but just outside the limelight Portofino chef Michael LaPlaca is dishing out some of the Strip’s best Italian at the Mirage. From lasagna with oxtail ragu to his very own pasta (“ripatelli”) in wild boar Bolognese, LaPlaca hasn’t found a classic he can’t reinvent. Across the Strip at Harrah’s, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill serves an outrageous fried bologna sandwich. A thick slice of seared lunch meat, melted American cheese and a slather of Miracle Whip are layered between buttery slices of Texas toast. Gourmet grub is great, but this hefty Southern classic just hits the spot. –Jim Begley MGM Resorts’ new pay-to-park policies extend to the beloved amenity that was free valet. It’s a tough transition, but there are still a couple of opportunities to valet for free at MGM destinations. Leave your car at the Shops at Crystals (the high-end mall in front of Aria) or the Shoppes at Mandalay Place (between Mandalay Bay and Luxor), and you won’t have to pay ... Another tip: Don’t forget to.

The Strip has a poker room for every budget and mood. Beginners looking for a convivial vibe should head to MGM Grand for 2-4 limit or 1-2 no-limit hold ’em. Wanna play with the big boys? There’s no better place to burn through your bankroll than Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio.

Wouldn’t it be great to punch up the perfect Strip guide on your phone and know where to go, what to do and how much it’ll cost? Hit the app store and get VegasMate. It’s free and loaded with info on hotels, shows, restaurants, clubs and activities, even stuff off the Strip.

If you’re ballin’ out at the club with booth and bottles, count us in—that’s the best way to maximize the headspinning Vegas nightlife wonderland. But there’s still something to be said for bouncing between the bar and the dancefloor, mingling with the masses and embracing the insanity of total sweaty/strobey immersion. If that’s your vibe, your megaclubs are XS at Encore, Light at Mandalay Bay and Omnia at Caesars Palace, and your more intimate faves will be Hyde at Bellagio, Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay and the shiny new Jewel at Aria.

High-end Strip restaurants are often so hyped I sometimes leave my meal asking, “Was that it?” A notable exception: dinner at Harvest by Roy Ellamar at Bellagio. No other place has managed to strike a balance of great food (I could live on the naan alone), locally sourced ingredients and polished presentation. The dim sum-style snack wagon for eclectic small plates is another genius detail. And for those nights when I’ve had one too many cheap frozen cocktails, and a formal meal is out of the question, I grab a New York slice from Secret Pizza at the Cosmopolitan, douse it in red pepper flakes and devour it from a seat in the third-floor common area while I gawk at tourists. –Debbie Lee There are so many great, somewhat forgotten fine-dining spots on the Strip that have been victimized by new, hip hype. Andre’s at Monte Carlo, always near the top of my list, has delicately approached, classic French cuisine executed beautifully in old-school swank; I’m hoping this institution makes it through the property’s upcoming massive renovation. If you’re talking top-to-bottom best food resorts, I’m still partial to Wynn, where even the quick bites are luxurious. You might catch me sneaking into the sports book deli Zoozacrackers for an indulgent hash of pastrami, poached eggs, diced latkes, Swiss cheese, peppers and onions and chipotle ranch. –Brock Radke

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If you’re like us, you love to gather your squad and attack multiple restaurants, ordering lots of food and passing plates around until you can’t eat another bite. To apply this strategy to the Strip, aim for lounge and happy-hour menus. This way you can sample dishes from different restaurants instead of committing to a long night in one seat. A few suggestions: At Caesars Palace, bounce between Gordon Ramsay Pub, Border Grill and Searsucker; At Aria, shuffle through Bardot Brasserie, Herringbone and Sage.

In a stretch of road stacked with towering parking garage structures, it might seem counterintuitive to go the blacktop route. But the massive lot behind the Linq (access from Koval Lane) has become our go-to parking place when Stripwalking is on the agenda. Before you arrive in the heart of the action, check out what’s new along the Linq Promenade across from Caesars while snapping selfies along the way with the High Roller in the background.

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Due to its magnificent size and tendency to host massive events, MGM Grand can be a bit of a beast when it comes to parking. Both the garage along Tropicana Avenue and the main valet can hit their capacities on big Vegas weekends, slowing traffic to a dribble. Consider parking at the Tropicana or New York-New York resorts, or better yet, make an evening at Hakkasan part of your MGM Grand plans and use the private valet located west of the main entrance—just look for the blue-light Hakkasan logo. You should be going to Hakkasan anyway; the food’s incredible and the club is always bumpin’.

The Strip has its own art scene, and we’re not talking about the Bellagio gallery (though that’s obviously cool, too). Striking installations are all over the CityCenter complex; our favorite is “Akhob,” one of James Turrell’s largest light-field installations, on the fourth floor of the Louis Vuitton store at the Shops at Crystals. It’s free to see, but you have to schedule a visit by calling the store (702-730-3150). You can experience Turrell’s work at Crystals’ tram stop, too.

No matter how many Vegas visits a tourist tallies or how many times locals hit the Strip with friends and relatives, the iconic dancing fountains at Bellagio remain the thing to see. But next time you go, try changing your point of view. Grab a glass of wine or a cocktail at Bellagio’s Prime steakhouse or Hyde Lounge (or go brunching on Lago’s patio) to get a glimpse from the back, or spend some time at Paris’ Eiffel Tower Restaurant or Beer Park or the Cromwell’s Giada restaurant. The show feels just as grand from a different angle.

Don’t skip the classic Vegas adventure of walking the Strip simply because it’s hot outside; just take a breather every few hundred feet and drink something frosty. One great pit stop: Sin City Brewing Co. at Harmon Corner, serving deliciously underrated local brews in the middle of the Boulevard.

Mandarin Oriental’s understated but posh cocktail bar isn’t cheap or easily found (best to valet at the hotel itself), but it’s absolutely worth the hunt. Largely free from casino cacophony, this gem provides respite from the Boulevard’s bustle, and 23 floors up, offers one of the most romantic and private date spots in Las Vegas.

When Steve Wynn expanded his third-generation Strip resort by opening Encore in 2008, no one could have predicted how the new casino would find its nightlife focus. But the massive success of XS, paired with the multi-format experience of Surrender and Encore Beach Club, has done just that, turning the luscious red casino into one big, never-ending pre-party on weekends. It’s an interesting alternative to Wynn Las Vegas, but in a strange way, it recalls past eras of life on the Strip, when you didn’t have to plan out your every move from drinks to dinner to show or club. Encore is where the action is, and it’s not the only Strip destination where you’ll find a good time even if you haven’t spent a lot of time looking. ¶ Big, blazing nightlife isn’t for all of us. If you really want to go with the flow, check into one of the Cosmopolitan’s creative cocktail bars (the multi-level Chandelier or the lobby-area Vesper Bar or Clique Lounge), order your favorite drink and keep your eyes open, because something is about to happen. If you want to float closer to the casino, Bellagio’s classic Petrossian Bar or Venetian’s Bellini Bar (just under that escalator to Tao) are still great meeting spots. Planning to bounce beyond a single casino in one night? I dig that. If you’re gonna get out on the street—maybe catch a volcano erupt or something—start the night at super casual spots like the rowdy Bar at Times Square at New York-New York or the rowdier O’Sheas Casino at the Linq Promenade. –Brock Radke

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n 2014 Complex called DJ Mustard’s work “the default sound of popular hip-hop,” but it turns out he was just getting started. Mustard has been the producer of an astounding array of club bangers over the past five years: Tyga’s “Rack City,” 2 Chainz’s “I’m Different,” Tinashe’s “2 On” and Omarion’s “Post to Be,” to name just a few. His recent bass masterpiece “Needed Me,” from Rihanna’s eighth album Anti, pushes his sound in a different, sexier direction, and Mustard recently joined Rihanna’s tour to take his music all over Europe.

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“That sh*t was crazy,” he says. “Every night, so many people. I think the most [people] when I was in the building was 60,000, and every night there was a different energy. Getting to see stuff like that was a real eyeopener.” The LA-based producer had to make some serious adjustments to his hectic schedule to make the tour work, but he knew it was an opportunity he couldn’t let pass—one earned through his constant hard work. “[Making music] is a constant for me, but I have a team. I like to build off ideas, and you need to have people around you that spark ideas,” he says,

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pointing out that “Needed Me” was a collaboration with Frank Dukes and Twice as Nice. “That’s why it sounds so different. If you’re cooking at home then you open a restaurant, you can’t be sending out the plates from the house; you gotta get help.” Mustard, who returns to his Vegas residency at Light this week and will be back at Daylight for Labor Day Weekend, is ready to push the boundaries of his music. “I’m not worried about people putting me in a box. I’m worried about the next move at all times, always trying to figure out new things, break a new code,” he says. “You might hear a rock song next. You never know. I’m not just the urban black dude making ratchet music. I’m still learning the game, and I want to do everything, from stripclub music to rock and pop. There are so many other avenues.” DJ Mustard at Light at Mandalay Bay, August 17. –Brock Radke

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In 2007, the New Yorker, born Richard Sung, launched his Keeping NY Everywhere store with DJ Neva. But it wasn’t until 2013—when Crooked debuted the KNYEW clothing line—that the store became a game changer. “At the time, people were like, ‘Why would you leave New York?’” Crooked says about that initial move. “I don’t think anyone foresaw what was going to happen to Vegas nightlife. I thought there were more opportunities in Vegas. I would’ve never been able to open a store in New York … I’m very proud to say this is a Vegas store.”

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ver the past three years, Las Vegas resident DJ Crooked has turned his boutique clothing store into a minimalist fashion destination.

A SKAM Artist DJ by night—playing all over the Strip including Hyde Bellagio, Intrigue, 1 OAK, Hakkasan and Omnia—Crooked began developing and designing clothes for the KNYEW brand with an attention to detail and a clean, modern aesthetic. It’s go-to style for DJs like Snake, Jauz and Slander. “Everything that I grew up learning is getting utilized for this company,” the Art Institute alum says. “A lot of the ideas and main designs come from me, and then I refine them [with the team]. “[Even] if you’re a sales associate, I’m probably going to involve you in some way with the clothing … All of

that feedback helps me to develop the brand and make it better. Everybody has input.” Crooked knows his clothes have to be durable to endure the 24-hour lifestyle in Vegas and beyond. “You wash it 20 times. If it doesn’t get better, it stays the same,” he says. KNYEW is best known for its elongated basics, muted earth tones, curved-hem tanks, drop-crotch shorts and an arsenal of cool-kid hats. Crooked and his KNYEW team recently debuted a new UNLV collaboration featuring classic Rebel-branded strap and snapbacks and scarlet-and-gray tees. Heading into this week’s creative lifestyle fashion trade show Agenda, KNYEW is preparing another collab, one with up-and-coming fashion brand SandalBoyz, for a taupe slide that will also inspire an apparel collection of its own. “It’s our first introduction into footwear, but it’s something I’m really excited about,” Crooked says. “We’re shaping style here in Vegas.” Knyew at 3999 Spring Mountain Road, 702-2525212; Sunday & Monday noon-7 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m. –Leslie Ventura

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ith the pillar of fashion trade shows back in town August 15-17, many of the hottest parties in Las Vegas this week will actually take place when the weekend is over. But there’s also an event you should make time for after the convention has come and gone—the third-annual Encore Beach Club Block Party, set for Thursday, August 18. Once again, more than 20 vendors will show off the goods during this special edition of Encore Beach Club at Night, and the locals-oriented industry night

will be extra sweet since admission is free for Las Vegans. It pays to be a local. Block partygoers will be able to shop and eat while they dance, swim and drink, thanks to Sun Bum sunscreen; Cream handmade ice cream sandwiches; Lyft, which will hand out promo codes to all guests; Sephora, which will distribute goodie bags while supplies last; local-favorite streetwear shop Feature; and other vendors and services including Twirl, For Play, SasaSweets, Pressed Juicery, TruFusion, Monster, Nutrishop, BeGlammed and

the Refined Agency. San Jose EDM producer and DJ Getter will provide the soundtrack for what’s sure to be one of the summer’s most memorable parties. Round up your entourage and party like the locals do at EBC this month. Encore Beach Club’s 3rd Annual Block Party with Getter at Encore, August 18.

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here’s something about the warm, golden, undulating hardwood ribbons decorating Stack that make us hungry. Or maybe it’s because Stack sounds like snacks, and the appetizers and small plates at this trendy American grill are not to be missed. Some are damn near iconic: the glistening tuna tartare with avocado and crunchy shrimp chips; the “hot rocks” dish, in which you sizzle your own thinly sliced strips of delectable sirloin; and the utterly addictive

king crab and jalapeño tacos, with their crisp taro root shells, tomato horseradish sauce and fluffy avocado purée, a flavor and texture combination that usually has us asking for an extra plate. Most of the menu at Stack is meant to be shared, from fresh oysters and seafood cocktails to pigs in a blanket, veal meatballs and the 24-ounce tomahawk ribeye dressed in balsamic butter. What to pair with such a sumptuous steak? That’s easy.

They’re called adult tater tots, and they’re loaded with bacon and Brie. One could almost say they’re stacked. Stack at Mirage, 702-792-7800; Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 5-11 p.m. –Brock Radke

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here are few things that satisfy a craving like freshly made tacos and cold beer. It’s simple perfection, and that’s exactly why Vegas restaurateur John Simmons based an entire eatery around the heavenly combo. Inside this off-Strip taqueria, Simmons and his team cook up Mexican-inspired dishes and serve them alongside a knockout list of beers and cocktails. “My vision was capturing two things that I love and bringing them together: the craft beer movement combined with the artisanal taco,” Simmons says. He also owns the popular tapas restaurant Firefly.

From tender, slow-cooked lengua with salsa verde, pickled red onion and cilantro to the pork al pastor with avocado cream and pineapple, each taco is a flavor bomb. And since launching Tacos & Beer in the original Firefly location in 2014, Simmons has worked to cultivate a scene all his own. Last month, the urban cantina celebrated its second year of Techno Taco Tuesdays, a weekly electronic dance music event. “It really ended up [pairing] very well with our restaurant,” Simmons says. “We try for a lot of people who are locals and just get off their shifts on the Strip. We’ve become a destination.” So much so that un-

derground dance music mastermind Claude VonStroke showed up in July to spin during Nacho House Sundays. Home to Vegas locals like Tony Comfort Jones, Casey Beats, DJ Allen and DJ Shoe, Tacos & Beer also welcomes artists from all over the world. It’s as much a hot spot for the nightlife set as it is for food and brews. Tacos & Beer at 3900 Paradise Road, 702-675-7572; daily 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. –Leslie Ventura

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8/11 RL Grime. 8/12 Marshmello. 8/13 Flosstradamus. 8/17 A-Trak. 8/18 Getter. 8/19 Ookay. 8/20 Flosstradamus. 8/24 Brillz. 8/25 Dillon Francis. 8/26 Grandtheft. 8/27 DJ Snake. Encore, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-770-7300.

TAO 8/11 Jermaine Dupri. 8/12 Justin Credible. 8/13 Eric DLux. 8/18 Jerzy. 8/19 DJ Five. 8/20 Politik. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588.

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8/11 DJ Turbulence. 8/12 Ruckus. 8/13 EC Twins. 8/14 Frank Rempe. 8/18 DJ C-L.A. 8/19 BRKLYN. 8/20 Scooter & Lavelle. 8/21 Joseph Gettright. 8/24 Frank Rempe. 8/25 DJ Lezlee. 8/26 Mikey Francis. 8/27 We Are Treo. 8/28 Frank Rempe. Aria, Wed-Sun, 702-6938300.

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Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada, a group show hanging through October 23 at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, is the visual art equivalent of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame supergroup: It’s got artists from both Las Vegas and Reno, happily jamming together. Works by JK Russ, Joseph DeLappe, JW Caldwell, Jen Graham, Sush Machida, Chris Bauder (pictured) and many more are featured in this contemporary Nevada art mixtape—and if you’re not ready to make the drive to Reno in this ungodly heat to experience it firsthand, you can check out our photos of the exhibition at lasvegasweekly.com. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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Putting the Vinyl fiasco behind him, Smith Galtney points to your next TV binge.

Disney dips back to the ’70s, while Sausage Party … does pretty much what its title suggests.

Meet Vegas transplants Indigo Kidd, and delve into song composition with Kurt Vile.

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f all my pop-culture obsessions, the most enduring are my love of music and anything involving the ’70s. So if a movie or TV show puts these things together, there’s a good chance I’ll get overexcited. Like back in January, when I watched a few episodes of Vinyl and immediately overhyped it as “more fun than a barrel full of coked-out monkeys.” Friends tuned in and were like, “Really?” Everybody else was all, “Next!” Then HBO pulled the plug, and I felt mighty sheepish. Now comes The Cultural Get Down. The new attachment Netflix series—the by smith first six episodes galtney debut Friday, with another six coming next year—is yet another music-based show set in ’70s-era New York, this time in the Bronx, where the last days of disco laid the foundation for hip-hop. Before I start barking like a seal again, I’m going to take a deep breath and take this slowly, step by step. So here are five reasons why The Get Down could actually be special. 1. It looks like $120 million. Though production for the show was anything but smooth, with multiple delays bloating the budget into the highest in TV history, all that extra time and money went to good use. A ton of CGI clearly helped re-create

Justice Smith, left, and Herizen F. Guardiola of The Get Down. (Courtesy/Netflix)

the urban blight of the Carter years, but it all looks convincingly sandeddown and archival. Remember how that Stonewall movie from last year just looked cheap and ineffective? It’s thrilling when history gets the epic, Hollywood-caliber treatment it deserves. 2. It’s made by Baz Luhrmann. The idea of Luhrmann bedazzling hiphop’s genesis the way he bedazzled The Great Gatsby made me squeamish at first. But haven’t we already seen gritty, docu-dramatic takes on this story? Luhrmann’s Bronx is a hyperreal fantasyland bathed in otherworldly light, where the discos are Technicolor ecstasy and the b-boys are literal superheroes. Their Pumas actually make schwing noises as they leap from roof to roof. 3. The music, y’all. I won’t comment on the original songs, for fear of overstatement, but they do mix nicely with the expert selection of period music, from metallic funk (Hot Chocolate’s “Heaven Is in the Backseat of My Cadillac”) to deep disco (CJ & Co.’s “Devil’s Gun”) and

even Krautrock (Can’s “Vitamin C”). Early hip-hop was nothing if not eclectic 4. Another ace ensemble cast. Between this and Stranger Things, Netflix has the whole retro, teenmisfits-unite thing in the bag. Where Vinyl shortchanged its characters by cramming too many storylines into each episode, The Get Down keeps it lean with a taut coming-of-age tale about the fledgling poet, graffiti artist and wannabe DJ who make up the Fantastic Four Plus One. Space prohibits me from naming too many names, but I will say this: Justice Smith, who plays the poet, cries even more convincingly than Claire Danes. 5. It’s so much better than Vinyl! Okay, that’s like saying something’s better than Fifty Shades of Grey, but I mean it! Vinyl had so much squandered potential, and The Get Down feels like it’s out to make the most of itself. But I should hush up before I say something I regret. It’s not the greatest show I’ve ever seen. It’s just the greatest show I’ve seen this week.

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A perfectly nice dragon By Josh Bell he 1977 Disney movie Pete’s Dragon is not one of the studio’s top-tier family classics. It’s an overlong, annoying, clumsy musical with mostly useless, repetitive songs and a scattered plot that makes little sense. It’s notable primarily for its early work from legendary animator Don Bluth and its Oscar-nominated song “Candle on the Water,” which became a minor adult contemporary hit for Helen Reddy. Unlike most of the older movies Disney is busy remaking, Pete’s Dragon has plenty of room for improvement. And the new version from director and co-writer David Lowery is an improvement, although not as much of one as anybody who saw Lowery’s breathtaking and heartbreaking 2013 feature Ain’t Them Bodies Saints might have hoped for. With Saints, Lowery made a better Terrence Malick movie than Malick has made in years, and with Pete’s Dragon, he seems to be putting forth the same effort to channel the wide-eyed sincerity of early Steven Spielberg (something Spielberg himself failed to

Disney’s new Pete’s Dragon makes only slight improvements

capture in his own Disney movie, The BFG, earlier this summer). But Lowery’s version of Pete’s Dragon is never as transcendent as his own previous film, nor is it as goofy and awkward as the original. Instead it’s pleasant and entirely forgettable, with a bland hero (young orphan Pete, played by Oakes Fegley) and his bland CGI dragon sidekick (named Elliot) befriending some bland adults in a bland small town and overcoming a villain who’s barely even villainous. Lowery and co-writer Toby Halbrooks take only the basic elements of the original (mercifully, they’ve eliminated all the songs), making Pete into a feral child similar to The Jungle Book’s Mowgli, and the silly, googlyeyed Elliot (who was a traditionally animated element inserted into the live action of the original movie) into a larger, more monstrous beast, with more realistic features. Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley and Robert Redford play the friendly adults who discover Pete in the forest outside their Oregon logging town, and Karl Urban plays the hotheaded (but ultimately well-intentioned) log-

ger out to capture Elliot. Aside from a contrived moment of peril at the climax, the story is decidedly low-stakes, but Lowery and Halbrooks haven’t created characters distinctive enough to carry a movie with so little plot momentum. Fegley is less irritating than original Pete Sean Marshall, but making Pete skittish and withdrawn means he has less of a chance to make an impression on the audience. The adults play mostly reactive roles, and do a fine job of it (Redford in particular is wonderfully folksy in his somewhat small part) without any lasting impact. With the sun-dappled images and the lush forest setting, Lowery aims for a sense of wonder and majesty, but his story never really gets off the ground.

aabcc PETE’S DRAGON Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban. Directed by David Lowery. Rated PG. Opens Friday citywide.

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Pete (right) and his dragon Elliot make a new friend (Oona Laurence). (Disney/Courtesy)

Food porn Sausage Party gets nasty in the supermarket With its rudimentary computer animation, talking foodstuffs and relentless, heavy-handed messages about religion, Sausage Party is the atheist equivalent of a VeggieTales movie. Conceived by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and directed by animation veterans Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, Sausage Party is every bit as raunchy and inappropriate as any of Rogen and Goldberg’s liveaction movies, but the filmmakers have taken their theological viewpoint to a new level. While This Is the End kept its thoughts on the afterlife confined mostly to its finale, Sausage Party is pretty much a nonstop argument against the existence of God. Rogen voices Frank, a hot dog who lives with all the other food products in a suburban supermar-

ket, where they’ve developed an elaborate belief system around the humans who purchase them. Frank discovers the truth about what humans do with the food they buy, and he tries to enlighten his fellow groceries, while romancing a bun named Brenda (Kristen Wiig). The theme of religious division gives the filmmakers license for lots of lazy stereotypes, and while there are occasional amusing puns, the nonstop gross-out humor gets tiresome quickly. The movie ends with both a lecture on religious tolerance and a literal orgy, and it’s hard to say which one is more excessive. –Josh Bell

aaccc SAUSAGE PARTY Voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.

Florence Foster Jenkins features a famously brilliant actress playing a famously terrible singer, but it doesn’t serve either one particularly well. Meryl Streep plays the title character, an enormously wealthy 1940s New York City heiress and socialite, who was able to mount lavish private concerts despite her complete inability to sing. Later in her life, she became famous to the general public when recordings of her uncanny butchering of classical compositions made their way beyond society circles. Jenkins’ life makes for a great Wikipedia entry, but Stephen Frears’ movie makes her the butt of a single repetitive joke, and then tries to pivot for sympathy with maudlin reveals about her troubled past. Streep gamely sings off-key and flits through society parties, and Hugh Grant is dashing as Florence’s devoted, enabling husband St. Clair Bayfield, himself a second-rate (but self-aware) stage actor. The Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg, however, gives a bafflingly inconsistent performance as Cosme McMoon, the pianist and aspiring composer Jenkins hires to accompany her. Jenkins is likable in a bland, sitcom-style way, but Streep doesn’t give her the kind of emotional depth that would justify making an entire feature film about her. Some of the period details are glamorous, although many of them look phony. Much like Jenkins herself, the movie is all false notes under its surface gaudiness. –Josh Bell

aaccc FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg. Directed by Stephen Frears. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.

Suncoast, Village Square. Ghostbusters aaacc Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones. Directed by Paul Feig. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. This remake of the 1984 movie about a group of misfits fighting a supernatural infestation in New York City features strong comedy with an impressively talented cast, but eventually ends up overwhelmed by the demands of its largescale action storyline. –JB Theaters citywide.

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Ice Age: Collision Course abccc Voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo. Directed by Mike Thurmeier. 94 minutes. Rated PG. The fifth installment in the animated series is easily the worst, a lazy, unfocused, cluttered mess, with no reason for existing other than perpetuating the absurdly successful franchise. What was once the simple story of three prehistoric mammal friends has ballooned into a never-ending family saga featuring more than a dozen characters. –JB Theaters citywide.

Jamie Dornan (left) and Cillian Murphy in World War II drama Anthropoid, opening Friday. (James Lisle/Bleecker Street)

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New this week Anthropoid aabcc Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Le Bon. Directed by Sean Ellis. 120 minutes. Rated R. This noble but somewhat rote WWII drama tells the true story of the Czech resistance’s efforts to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi official. While the real events are worthy of attention, the movie struggles to create compelling characters, and its drama is poorly paced, with long lulls around two suspenseful set pieces. –JB Green Valley Ranch, South Point, Suncoast, Town Square.

The Fight Within (Not reviewed) John Major Davis, Lelia Symington, Matt Leddo. Directed by Michael William Gordon. 88 minutes. Rated PG-13. A former MMA fighter falls in love with a devout Christian woman and struggles with returning to the ring. Green Valley Ranch, Texas Station, Village Square.

My Best Friend’s Wedding (Not reviewed) Shu Qi, Feng Shaofeng, Victoria Song. Directed by Alexi Tan. 91 minutes. Rated PG. In Mandarin with English subtitles. In this Chinese remake, a woman falls in love with her best friend right before his wedding. Town Square.

Florence Foster Jenkins aaccc Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg. Directed by Stephen Frears. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 59. Theaters citywide.

Operation Chromite (Not reviewed) Bum-soo Lee, Jung-jae Lee, Liam Neeson. Directed by John H. Lee. 115 minutes. Not rated. South Korean soldiers and American Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Neeson) fight in the Battle of Inchon during the Korean War. Town Square, Village Square.

Gleason aabcc Directed by Clay Tweel. 110 minutes. Rated R. Former NFL player Steve Gleason documents his struggle with ALS in this aggressively inspirational documentary. The filmmaking is often crude, cobbled together from shaky home videos, and aside from a few moments of tension, the tone is relentlessly positive. It amounts to little more than an overlong promotional video for Gleason’s (admittedly admirable) charity. –JB Town Square. Village Square. Indignation aaccc Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts. Directed by James Schamus. 110 minutes. Rated R. Based on Philip Roth’s novel, this drama follows a neurotic New Jersey Jew (Lerman) as he attends college in small-town Ohio in the 1950s. Both his lopsided romance with an unstable fellow student and his clash with the authoritarian dean are depicted in mannered, overly precious detail, with circular dialogue and heavy-handed themes. –JB Green Valley Ranch, South Point, Suncoast. The Innocents aaacc Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Vincent Macaigne. Directed by Anne Fontaine. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. In French and Polish with English subtitles. Based on true events, this often bleak drama follows a French Red Cross volunteer in post-WWII Poland who came to the aid of Polish nuns forcibly impregnated by Russian soldiers. De Laâge’s warm, layered performance carries a movie that can be punishing and repetitive, although rewarding in the end. –JB Village Square. Mohenjo Daro (Not reviewed) Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. 155 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. In the ancient Indus Valley, a young man falls in love with the daughter of a powerful priest. Village Square.

Pete’s Dragon aabcc Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban. Directed by David Lowery. 102 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 58. Theaters citywide. Rustom (Not reviewed) Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa. Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai. 150 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. An Indian naval officer faces a trial for killing his wife’s lover. Village Square. Sausage Party aaccc Voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon. 89 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 59. Theaters citywide.

Now playing Bad Moms aaccc Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. 101 minutes. Rated R. This disappointingly tame comedy is really just about one mom (Kunis), who finds herself questioning her priorities after she catches her husband cheating on her. The plot is aimless and disjointed, and the humor is mild and clichéd. –JB Theaters citywide. Café Society aabcc Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell. Directed by Woody Allen. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Allen’s six millionth film, set in 1930s Hollywood and New York City, is his most impressively ambitious in years. That doesn’t mean it’s especially good, however. Eisenberg, Carell and Stewart are among the actors struggling to put a fresh spin on stale one-liners. –MD Colonnade,

Jason Bourne aaacc Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Paul Greengrass. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Damon and Greengrass return to their signature super-spy character after nine years away, but they haven’t quite brought the same creative inspiration with them. Greengrass delivers several excellent action sequences, but the script fails to come up with a compelling reason to bring Bourne out of his well-earned retirement. –JB Theaters citywide. Nerve aaccc Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Roberts plays a teenager who gets caught up in an all-encompassing online game of increasingly dangerous dares. While Joost and Schulman do their best to add some of-the-moment visual flair, the dull story ends up saying very little about the perils of trolling for likes on social media. –JB Theaters citywide. Nine Lives (Not reviewed) Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 87 minutes. Rated PG. A workaholic business executive must reconnect with his family while trapped in the body of their pet cat. Theaters citywide. The Secret Life of Pets aaacc Voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate. Directed by Chris Renaud. 90 minutes. Rated PG. The hyperactive animated story, with loyal dog Max (C.K.) and his dog frenemy Duke (Stonestreet) lost in New York City, isn’t nearly as sophisticated as something from Pixar or even DreamWorks Animation, but it’s good for a few laughs and is entirely kid-friendly, with plenty of cute characters and madcap set pieces. –JB Theaters citywide. Star Trek Beyond aaabc Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban. Directed by Justin Lin. 120 minutes. Rated PG-13. The third movie in the rebooted sci-fi series has a comparatively smaller-scale plot than its predecessors, returning Trek a bit closer to its episodic TV origins—in only the best way. It works well as a rousing adventure story that celebrates the power of capable, dedicated people working together. –JB Theaters citywide. Suicide Squad Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman. Directed by David Ayer. 130 minutes. Rated PG-13. This super-villain team-up features a slightly more streamlined narrative than previous DC movies. But it’s still overstuffed, an ensemble piece with nearly a dozen main characters, telling origin stories for half of them, bringing them together into a new team and facing them off against two different antagonists, both underwhelming. –JB Theaters citywide. JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.

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New-to-Vegas Indigo Kidd has already landed gigs its members say they couldn’t book in the Seattle area. (Spencer Burton/Special to the Weekly)

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Kidd quest By Leslie Ventura omething about Indigo Kidd feels oddly familiar, like you just found the band’s tape buried in the backyard after 10 years without it. It’s indie but it’s punk, nostalgic yet new. And it’s addictively good. Maybe it’s the way frontman Eli Curtsinger uses his voice as an instrument on June EP Mixtape for Senpai, bending it into a Danzigesque warble, or how quickly he can change it into a high-pitched wail, a time-tested pop-punk signifier. But despite similarities to the Misfits frontman or Protomartyr’s Joe Casey (especially when Curtsinger roars, “I wanna watch you die slowly!” on “Till Death Do Us Part”), the band falls more along the ranks of Chicago’s Orwells or New York City’s Parquet Courts, with a glossy post-punk sheen. Nirvana is an obvious influence, band members say, as are ’90s indie-rock anchor Dinosaur Jr. and LA-based Wavves.

Washington State’s Indigo Kidd finds Vegas a refreshing change of scene

Originally from Yakima, Washington, cousins Eli (guitar/vocals) and Garrett Curtsinger (drums), plus longtime friend Dalton Willett (bass), made an unlikely Vegas connection inside a coffee shop where Eli once worked. Las Vegas writer/musician Joshua Ellis, living in Yakima at the time, was also captured by Indigo Kidd’s effortless, almost-by-accident charm. Eventually, he convinced them to move to Las Vegas. “We’d all been wanting to get out of Yakima for quite a while, but we never really saw the right moment,” Willett says. “Eli lived in Seattle before, and it wasn’t the best experience. Josh had always talked of Las Vegas and knew that it wasn’t as saturated as the music scene in Seattle, and eventually we were all just like, ‘Why not? Let’s just do it.’” Vegas’ proximity to LA and Arizona, along with the growing local scene here, also factored in.

“We heard Special-K and listened to some different bands like [Vegas’] Alaska and Red Tank from Arizona,” Eli says. “Seattle kind of sucks. Even now we can’t get a show [there].” The three-piece moved to the Valley in June and has already landed gigs the guys say they’d never get back home. On Saturday, they’ll open for one of their bucket-list bands, Seattle garagepunks Chastity Belt. No matter its success in Vegas, Indigo Kidd agrees its sound will always be rooted in Washington. “There’s definitely some Northwest sensibilities you can’t really strip from what we’re doing,” Curtsinger says. “But I like it that way.”

INDIGO KIDD Opening for Chastity Belt with So Pitted. August 13, 9 p.m., $6-$10. Bunkhouse Saloon, 702-982-1764. indigokidd.com

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Three questions with Kurt Vile The Philly man talks songwriting and onstage spiritualism

You’re spending most of July touring Europe. Which songs from [latest album] B’lieve I’m Going Down are audiences responding to the most over there? “Dust Bunnies” and “[I’m an] Outlaw.” … I will say that a lot of songs from [2013’s] Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze sound better live than on record, better than they did when we toured them during that session. Songs like “Gold Tone.” I think the songs are like spiritual jazz. When you play live nonstop you can either play them the same or you can mix it up. One thing that hits you right away when you listen to this music: There’s an authenticity to it. It doesn’t feel calculated at all. I think you’ve called it “the subconscious domino effect.” Did you ever used to overthink songs? Sure. Studios can be really

frustrating because a lot of the music, especially when you’re on a roll … there are times when you get stuck on a song. Ultimately you step back and you’ll know if you’ve been thinking too much or you’ve just gone too far. Do you think the way you approach composition comes out of learning to play finger-style guitar, like practicing patterns repetitively? My style of fingerpicking is a little effortless, but the hypnotic thing … I feel like things come by osmosis. I don’t look into this whole new style or jump too far from what I’ve been doing. It kind of all evolves on its own, you know? –Matt Kelemen

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he Jim Henson Company’s Puppet Up! Uncensored is playing the Venetian Showroom, but even though it comes from the same folks behind family-friendly fare like The Muppets and Sesame Street—and involves furry, felt puppets—it definitely isn’t for kids. Here are five moments from a recent show that might explain why Elmo won’t want these performers anywhere nearby.

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1. WTF crab. Improv shows can be raunchy events, and asking a crowd to shout out actions that sound funny is a recipe for disaster, even before you factor in the drunken Vegas factor. But in a sketch about a news-reporter whale interviewing a tiny mouse about a man giving birth, the face of the news anchor— a crab—somehow managed to capture the full horror and WTFness of the situation in hilarious fashion.

3. It came from Starbucks. Not all of the humor comes from gross-out jokes. One sketch—done in the style of a black-and-white ’50s horror movie—neatly captured the absurdity and annoyances at play when ordering at Starbucks, as a hipster barista waxed poetic about cold brew and his unicycling hobby while weaponizing the custom of writing names on cups.

2. Hot dog puppets. Simple puppets can be the quickest way to an audience’s id. And hot dog puppets are pretty basic—they look like long fleshcolored tubes with faces. Their mouths move, and that’s about it. Not much room for puppetry creativity. But put them in a circle, bounce them up and down and add a disgusting finishing gag, and you have a reason to never eat hot dogs again.

4. If at first you don’t succeed... The lessons on Sesame Street are gentle, repetitive affairs. Not so in Puppet Up! After giving one audience member a 30-second lesson on how to control a puppet, the cast launched into a sketch and dared him to keep up. They were kind as they tried to get him to play along, but the laughs really started coming when he couldn’t work the puppet.

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BUILDING BRIDGES CUTTING BOARD’S FILIPINO FUSION SPREADS THE LOVE BY JIM BEGLEY ilipino food remains an underacknowledged Asian cuisine. Though there are dozens of restaurants serving the islandnation fare across our Valley, none seem as popular as their Chinese, Japanese or Thai brethren—particularly surprising considering English is an official language of the Philippines, making those spots and their menus more approachable than other Far East venues. The arrival of Cutting Board Filipino Gastropub might help more diners take note. Situated near Lake Mead and the 95, Cutting Board is a Bay Area import—the owners operate a similar concept in South San Francisco—serving Filipino fusion. Unless you’re a Manila native, you’ve probably never had dulong ($8) before. The silver fish—the tiny seafood, not the tinier bug—is shredded in a pair of preparations alongside buttery garlic baguette slices: a saffron-garlic mixture and a dark squid ink rendition. The former is CUTTING good but lacks flavor distinction BOARD from the garlicky bread, but the salinity and complexity of the FILIPINO GASTROPUB latter makes for an outstanding 2131 Rock contrast. It’s a must-get dish. Springs Drive, Also outstanding is the crispy 702-233pork sisig ($12)—crunchy, unctu9828. Sunday-Thursday, ous porky bits strewn with on11:30 a.m.ions, served with a sunny side-up 9:30 p.m.; egg. Cut the richness with a side Friday & Saturday, of the interesting java rice ($6) 11:30 a.m.rife with turmeric and annatto. 10:30 p.m. Another Filipino standard, chicken adobo ($10), could benefit from a hint more vinegar, but its pepperiness is addicting nonetheless. And with each gelatinous bite, the lengthwise-cut femurs deliver a revelation of bone marrow ($10) rivaling more expensive Strip presentations. Daily grilled street-food offerings ($3) are worth exploring, too. Save room for the bibingka soufflé ($8), which should be ordered early in the meal since it takes a bit of time to prepare. Stuff the sugary, fluffy coconut with the accompanying crumbled white cheese and salted egg—the savory/sweet combo is essential.

Cutting Board’s lechon roll stuffed with paella, paired with pork sisig tacos and lychee mojito. (Jon Estrada/Staff)

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METHOD Place the strawberries, lime chunks and sugar in a shaker tin and muddle briskly. Add one scoop of ice and the cachaça. Shake vigorously and pour—do not strain— into a 12-ounce rocks glass. Top with more ice if desired.

Just in time for the Rio Olympics, meet the caipirinha—the beloved national cocktail of Brazil. Leblon Cachaça is a popular Brazilian spirit made from sugarcane and the star ingredient of this traditional drink. The strawberries, which are not used in typical caipirinhas, pack a sweet little punch and complement the lime perfectly. While most of us won’t be watching the Games from Rio, sipping this cocktail might be the next best thing.

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Special Events Aces & Ales Strong Beer Fest 8/13, 3 pm, $15. 2801 N. Tenaya Way, 702-638-2337. Back to School Bash 8/13, 4 pm, $40. Wet’n’Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-979-1600. Ballast Point Hopped Up Beer Dinner 8/17, 6 pm, $65. House of Blues, 702-632-7600. Disney Day 8/13, 10 am-5 pm, $15. Discovery Children’s Museum, 360 Promenade Place, 702-382-3445. Kumukahi Ukulele & Hula Festival 8/12, 2 pm; 8/13, 8 am, $25. Sam’s Town, 702-284-7777. Les Vegas Ladies Only Pool Party 8/13, 10 pm, $30-

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$25-$30. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) The Buckinghams 8/12, 8 pm, $43-$108. 866-946-5336. LVCS Ghoul, Night Demon, Bipolar, Cirka:Sik 8/11, 8 pm, $10-$12. Belphegor, Origin, Shining,

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White 8/19-8/20, 10 pm, $65-$89. 702-792-7777. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Station) Marc Patrick 8/17, 7 pm, free. 4949 N Rancho Drive, 702-658-4900.

Fremont Country Club Shooter Jennings, Waymore’s Outlaws, Son of a Legend 8/12, 8 pm,

Championships Thru 8/20, times vary, free.

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Kidd 8/13, 9 pm, $6-$10. Sid Gold’s Request Room

8/12, 9 pm, free. Icons 8/15, 9:30 pm, $20-$30.

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Performing Arts Baobab Stage Theatre Burlesque 8/12, 9 pm, $20$25. Town Square, baobabstage.com. CSN (Nicholas J. Horn Theatre) Be 8/12, 6:30 pm, $30. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483.

702-229-1012. Sahara West Library Cheng Yajie: A Las Vegas Symphony of Art 8/12-10/1. Opening Reception 8/12, 7 pm. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. Skye Art Gallery Nan Coffey: It’s a Rad, Rad, Rad, Rad World Thru 8/12. Caesars Palace, 702-836-3538.

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