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

FRIDAY, 7 P.M.

22 & OCTober 23

PET SHOP BOYS AT THE CHELSEA

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AT REYNOLDS HALL

The enduring British synth-pop duo launches the U.S. leg of its Super tour—named after this year’s studio album—on the Strip, which will hopefully rival the previous tour in production pizzazz. If last week’s setlists are any indication, expect both hits and deeper cuts, like 1985 B-side “In the Night.” $29$109. –Mike Prevatt

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his ballet The Sleeping Beauty in 1889—13 years after Swan Lake, three years before The Nutcracker. But Nevada Ballet Theatre regards it as anything but a middle child. This James Canfield staging at the Smith Center adapts the original Marius Petipa choreography, and its story remains timeless. Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.; $29-$139. –Geoff Carter

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Melanie Martinez at the Joint Melanie Martinez is just 21, got her start as a contestant on The Voice and has a large tween and teen following, but that doesn’t mean she’s a superficial bubblegum pop star. Martinez’s debut album, Cry Baby, was one of the most acclaimed pop releases of 2015, and it takes on serious themes of sexual assault, substance abuse and family strife within the context of catchy, danceable electropop. Critics compared her style to everyone from Björk to Lorde to Beyoncé to Purity Ring, and the album landed on several best-of lists at the end of last year. In concert, Martinez performs the concept album in its entirety, playing the role of the title character herself in a stage set of oversized children’s toys and furniture, emphasizing the album’s tension between adult concerns and childlike imagery. If she’s the first introduction to pop music for a lot of her fans, she’s giving them a much more sophisticated and complex experience than most of her peers. In the past year, she’s gone from small clubs to larger theaters. Catch her now before she’s playing arenas. $35-$125. –Josh Bell

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FOR THOSE WHO LIKE IT DARK 20 THURSDAY, 9 P.M.

22 SATURDAY

HEALTH AT BUNKHOUSE SALOON

A ZOMBIE-FILLED SATURDAY

There’s long been a dancefloor sparkle in the eye of these Los Angelenos’ pummeling noiserock slabs, but last year’s Death Magic flipped that script markedly, loading up the sorts of synthy hooks and ebullient choruses that might make both Depeche Mode and John Hughes fans smile. Expect the band’s first Vegas show since 2010 (remember Wasted Space?) to set lots of bodies in motion. With Echo Stains, DJ Fish, $15. –Spencer Patterson

If you’re already in the Halloween spirit, start your Saturday by heading to Wayne Bunker Family Park (7351 W. Alexander Road) at 8 a.m. for a Zombie 5K and Fun Run raising funds for Easter Seals Nevada, an organization assisting those with special needs and disabilities ($25-$40). After a nap, drive to Henderson’s Cornerstone Park (1600 Wigwam Parkway) at 6 p.m. for a second family-friendly Zombie Run 5K ($35$40). And then wrap up the day by drinking beer in tattered walker clothes—or maybe some Rick Grimes’ attire—at Millennium Fandom Bar at 9 p.m. (900 Las Vegas Blvd. S. #140, free) in anticipation of The Walking Dead’s Season 7 premiere. There’ll be a costume contest that night, and the Fandom bar will keep the undead party going 24 hours later, when it shows the AMC show’s new episode. –Rosalie Spear

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“ZZ TOP SANG THAT EVERY GIRL’S CRAZY ’BOUT A SHARP DRESSED MAN. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY’RE NOT CRAZY ABOUT? GROSS LONG BEARDS.” – NORM MACDONALD

FOR THOSE WHO LIKE BEER 21

FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M.

THRU OCTOBER 23

SATURDAY, 5 P.M.

BAD RELIGION AT THE FOUNDRY

NORM MACDONALD AT SOUTH POINT SHOWROOM

SOCKTOBER FEST AT REBAR

There isn’t another singer in rock with a résumé quite like Greg Graffin’s. The “American Jesus” singer has authored two books, taught at UCLA and Cornell and, oh yeah, fronts one of the most popular bands in punk history. Bad Religion has a new album—its first in four years— slated for a 2017 release, so you might get to preview some new material. And make sure to get to the Foundry early to catch openers Against Me! (who just dropped a stellar seventh studio album in September) and singer/songwriter Dave Hause. $33. –Leslie Ventura

It’s no surprise that Norm Macdonald, who built a career on unconventional humor, would also write an unconventional autobiography. The recently released Based on a True Story: A Memoir all but borrows the narrative structure of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, with the comedian driving with his pal through the desert, telling wildly exaggerated stories about his life. Much like Bob Dylan’s memoir, the truth never gets in the way of storytelling—or, solely in Macdonald’s case, a punchline, just like his uproarious, stream-of-consciousness stand-up act. 7:30 p.m., $35-$45. –Mike Prevatt

For nearly a decade, Socktoberfest has remained one this town’s best-kept secrets—a lively house party that combines all the trappings of Oktoberfest (cold beer, rich Bavarian food, accordion sing-alongs) with midcentury Vegas cool, with some hey-why-not elements (tiki culture, sock monkeys) thrown in for good measure. This year, Socktoberfest is going public: Hosts Mr. Smiley and Inky Louise are bringing it to ReBar, the Arts District bar that’s also a swell antique shop. Expect the works: sausages, suds, a Swiss sock monkey and the song stylings of the Squeezebox Hero. Free, 21+. –Geoff Carter

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Now’s a perfect time to check out Fremont East’s new murals

BY GEOFF CARTER

ince 2013, the Life Is Beautiful music and arts festival has left its mark on the buildings of the Fremont East district. This year brings several new pieces of street art to what was already a formidable outdoor gallery. Why not take advantage of this cooler weather with a walking tour? Las Vegas Boulevard and Carson Avenue: Bezt’s tall, narrow portrait of a girl asleep in a church pew—with a stained-glass knight slaying a dragon hanging above her head, like a thought bubble— is achingly romantic, and a better “Welcome to Downtown” signpost than any the city has put up. Emergency Arts (Fremont and Sixth streets): The unremarkable plaster façade of the Emergency Arts building is transformed into a pastel dream by Fafi’s three take-no-sh*t girls. Around the corner, Shepard “Obey” Fairey’s constructivist mural decries “corporate welfare”—a curious message, considering how much of Tony Hsieh’s money has been spent making Fremont hip. Seventh Street, between Ogden and Stewart avenues: Felipe Pantone gives us a field of pulsating black-and-white zigzags, bisected by a metallic lightning bolt. Nearby, Mark Drew invokes a bit of Roy Lichtenstein with a giant panel from Charles Schulz’s Peanuts featuring a dizzy, defeated Linus. Seventh Street and Stewart Avenue: Dulk opens a surrealist window to the American West, through which stampedes a herd of deconstructed bison. Martin Whatson’s dual-paneled trompe l’oeil tells two stories: a giant disembodied hand peeling back the wall to reveal a tapestry of graffiti, and a riot cop assuming a defense crouch against that revealed graffiti wall. Seventh and Fremont streets: “Fear no fate,” declares Tristan Eaton’s portrait of a showgirl wearing a headdress of classic Vegas iconography. It ought to be adopted as the city seal.

A MAP TO THE UNKNOWN “Walking” and “hiking” are archaic words for what we did for outdoor fun before Pokemon Go. Outside Las Vegas Foundation, a local nonprofit devoted to connecting us with Southern Nevada’s “special outdoor places,” recently released its latest map to the Valley’s parks and trails, and it’s worth

acquiring even if you already have the terrific Neon to Nature app (gethealthyclark county.org/neon2nature). It tells you not just where to go hiking, but where to walk your dog, spot wildlife and more. Plus it unfolds like an old-school gas station map, and that’s gotta be trendy again. Get yours by contacting OLVF through outsidelasvegas. org. –Geoff Carter

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PUNTING ON EDUCATION The breezy passage of a stadium tax suggests the de-prioritization of schools BY MIKE PREVATT

Felipe Pantone’s electrifying work on Seventh Street. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

R.I.P. LOCAL FILMMAKING ICON TED V. MIKELS When B-movie legend and Las Vegas filmmaking icon Ted V. Mikels died on October 16 at age 87, he left behind dozens of movies and a legacy of support and collaboration with the local film community. Mikels made his name with low-budget quickies that became “so bad it’s good” cult favorites. Girl in Gold Boots (1968) was one of the movies mocked on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and The Doll Squad (1973) has been cited as an influence on both Charlie’s Angels and Quentin Tarantino. “Ted was not only a truly inspirational filmmaker, but a wonderful person that was a joy to be around,” says Chad Clinton Freeman, founder of the PollyGrind film festival. That’s a sentiment undoubtedly shared by many in the local film community. –Josh Bell

For a state as sheepish about taxes as Nevada, its legislature and executive branches employed a hurry-up offense to usher in the biggest public-funding allowance ever for a U.S. stadium. Last week’s approval by the Senate and Assembly to raise the hotel room tax to provide $750 million for the venue—an amount that eclipses the pledged financial contributions of both Las Vegas Sands’ chairman/ CEO Sheldon Adelson and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis—sent two messages: that the state would ram a bill through with scant vetting and inadequate debate in order to acquire an NFL team, and that for all our bellyaching about Nevada’s beleaguered education system, providing the resources to rehabilitate it is clearly low on our priority list. A KTNV/Rasmussen poll revealed that 55 percent of voters disapproved of channeling up to $500 million in public funds toward a stadium that a mega-billionaire like Adelson could afford on his own. But our sycophantic representatives voted against that sentiment (something to remember at the polling booth, folks). Adelson sent a reported 16 lobbyists to Carson City for the special session, where we heard not from pedigreed, national economists who have studied (and routinely warned against) taxpayer-funded stadium deals, but casino magnates and lawmakers merely parroting variations of “If you build it, they will come.” Fitting that the Nevadans would ignore the academics. To be fair, there won’t suddenly be education funds if the NFL is too squeamish to send the Raiders our way, though the anti-public-funding crowd should be fired up enough to push Carson City to discuss the issue in 2017. During the 2015 legislative session, the state budget was augmented to allow for the expansion of some important education programs. But it’s a mere drop in the Gatorade cooler, given the extent of our student, faculty and infrastructure shortcomings. A stadium maintains our economic tunnel vision on tourism. That beast should always be fed—it’s what we do best—but in a city of 2 million, it’s become increasingly clear that being a one-trick pony isn’t enough for our city and state—or our kids—to truly thrive. This development comes as national statistics on graduation rates place Nevada third from the bottom, another low rung from which our K-12 school system struggles to ascend. Stadium pros and cons notwithstanding, if we don’t place more import on reversing our education deficiencies now, when will we?

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SOME PLEASANT NEWS FOR A CHANGE Little episodes of niceness in an angry season n a recent Saturday afternoon, a girl—maybe 8 years old—came to my door with a big smile on her face. I recognized her as a neighbor from down the block, a kid who plays in the park across the street. I opened the door and she presented me with a toothpick. “Hi. Me and my friends are playing a game, and I’m supposed to find something either bigger or better than this.” You might think that for their own safety kids shouldn’t be knocking on strangers’ doors, or that people shouldn’t be bothered with PYRAMID OF childs’ play while watching wagerBISCUITS pending college BY STACY J. WILLIS football, or that the kids’ game itself seemed curious. All of those thoughts skittered across my mind. But, what the hell, I went with it. “Okay, sure. Wait here.” I found a shiny, green, rubber ball on a shelf nearby—a new toy rejected by the cat— and I offered it up. She grabbed it, thanked me, gave me the toothpick (!) and ran off. It made me grateful that kids can still play silly games, and that not every adult who answers the door is a predator, and that there are spontaneous little nonpartisan joys in being a part of a community.

***** While having trouble coming to terms with what it means to be an American in these vitriolic, divisive times, I decided to focus a day on what it means to be a human instead. A human among other humans. After adjusting my life lens to apolitical, I was immediately grateful for so many things—big community efforts and small personal encounters—that don’t define us by our choice of a presidential candidate. A not-surprising number of these lessons came from children. Next up was the 4-year-old next door who, whenever he sees me, always waves and shouts, “Hi, neighbor!” I don’t know his political party. He doesn’t know mine. I don’t know his religion nor every drop of DNA that makes up his skin color. But he makes my day brighter. I get to smile and wave and shout, “Hi, neighbor!” back to him. Adults showed grace in so many

places not-the-Internet, too. I was grateful for the patient, efficient cashier at the grocery store later that day. It was crowded, and an older woman was having trouble with her coupons and debit card at the front of the line. The cashier spoke kindly, worked efficiently and smiled, and the woman, who was a bit trembly and eyeing the line behind her, seemed reassured by the patience he afforded her. It was a simple thing, really. I looked at the other people in line, humans just standing there being empathetic. At this hateful moment in American history, it seemed noteworthy, heroic almost, like it should’ve been turned into a Flag-Raising-atIwo-Jima photo celebrating an American triumph. One guy was wearing a suit and holding a last-minute bunch of asparagus; two women were pushing full carts; another man was toting a baby and a basket of canned soup— and all were able to wait a few extra

seconds without groaning or namecalling or blaming the government. It made me proud. ***** I’m grateful for so many random things in our community: Little Free Libraries sharing books on curbsides; big, quiet, public libraries sharing quiet space and information. I’m grateful for the giant murals Downtown and the Zap! Project boxes in other neighborhoods. It all speaks to an effort to connect with one another peacefully. And among all of the political diatribe on social media, I’m grateful for wordless Instagram photos of breathtaking scenery from around the world. I love the idea that I get to experience the moment with the photographer when he or she was moved to snap the picture, thinking, “This is so beautiful, I want to share it.” We’re not so bad. We’ll get through this.

There are Millions of Reasons to Vote No on Question

but here are the top three.

It’s another handout to billionaires at our expense. Question Three is backed almost entirely by billionaire business owners who would rather change our state’s Constitution than pay their fair share for energy. Question Three would let Sheldon Adelson off the hook to the tune of $22 million dollars, and forces regular customers to pay the difference.

It hurts seniors and low-income Nevadans. Currently, big businesses pay into a system that supports low-income families so they can afford their utility bills. Question Three throws that system out the window, forcing struggling families and seniors to fend for themselves.

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It will raise our rates. In California, a similar plan caused rates to spike 800% in eight months. Market manipulation led to skyrocketing bills, rolling blackouts and the Enron scandal. It cost ratepayers over $40 billion to fix — and Question Three would create the same mess in Nevada.

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Pride’s Downtown parade in 2015. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

TAKING PRIDE IN

PRIDE The LGBT community’s biggest weekend rebuilds and expands to create a destination event By Mike Prevatt

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f there’s one local LGBT tradition as enduring as Pride, it’s complaining about Pride—how it’s not big enough, not good enough, not cool enough (literally and figuratively). Speedbumps like inertia, stigmatization, limited funding and community infighting have hindered the 23-year-old event, though breakthrough years have helped Pride gradually build its attendance from 200 people for its first edition to tens of thousands last year. Dennis McBride, local LGBT historian and director and curator of photography at Nevada State Museum, recalls 1991 being a particularly pivotal year. “Pride was on the verge of dying,” he says. But after years of small gatherings in assorted locations, community leaders doubled down in every way possible, and the ramped-up event ended up surpassing 1990’s barely-300 attendance by more than 1,000—a triumph back then for gay Las Vegas. “That was a resetting of Pride, and it sounds like this is what they’re doing this year,” McBride adds. That is indeed the core message being imparted by the Southern Nevada Association of Pride Inc, headed by returning president and former Nevada Assemblyman James Healey. “This is a year of rebuilding,” he says on more than one occasion, and the enlarged scope of Pride events indicates 2016 could surpass 2015 in attendance—and 1991 in relevance. Healey reprised his role in late 2015 after SNAPI endured another year of declining attendance numbers and negative community feedback, hoping to inspire a shift. The first move he and SNAPI made was on the calendar, on which Pride has played hopscotch over the years. Now, the whole operation takes place during the third week of October, partly for the cooler temperatures but also to coincide with the International Gay Rodeo Association’s World Gay Rodeo Finals, which celebrates its 30th edition October 21-23 at South Point. The strategic partnership overlaps with SNAPI’s goal to make Las Vegas Pride the massive, international event it is in other metropolitan cities—a no-brainer given our tourism infrastructure. “There’s no reason we’re not a destination pride,” Healey says. “Even Salt Lake City’s Pride is five times the size of ours, and that’s in the middle of Mormon country. If they can have a festival that gets 50,000 to 70,000, there’s no reason we can’t have 100,000.” While the Friday nighttime march (which takes place 7-10 p.m. on Fourth Street between Charleston Boulevard and Stewart Avenue) remains mostly unchanged, the Pride festival

has been radically modified. It now takes place Saturday (noon-10 p.m.) and Sunday (noon-6 p.m.) and moves from the Clark County Amphitheater in Downtown Las Vegas to Sunset Park, tripling the festival’s footprint and returning Pride back to the site of its very first outdoor rally, in 1984. That means SNAPI can manifest its wish list of offerings to make the festival as inclusive and appealing as possible, like a bigger, more diverse food-vendor program; a first-ever Pride softball tournament; a sobriety-friendly dry area; two stages for live entertainment headlined by comedian Alec Mapa and Vegas-based dance-pop singer Kristine W; a range of family activities including the formerly separate Pride Pets event; a dance pavilion complete with zumba classes and Drai’s Beachclub & Nightclub DJs; and a participatory art project honoring the Orlando nightclub shooting victims. Weekend afterparties abound, as do casinohosted concerts that aren’t official Pride events but feature LGBT or LGBT-friendly performers, such as the Pet Shop Boys, Against Me! and Melanie Martinez. “That’s the exciting thing about progress,” says Healey, who also serves as a director of casino operations at New York-New York. “The gaming companies really value relationships with Pride and the LGBT community in general.” On one hand, that’s one factor making Las Vegas Pride unique to conventional and larger Pride celebrations, which can make comparisons self-defeating. “Invariably, you’re gonna come up short comparing yourself to someone else,” McBride says. “Don’t do that.” On the other, it also highlights how SNAPI has successfully partnered with the hospitality industry, yet struggles to bring in resources and inspire participation from the larger community, especially working LGBT professionals. SNAPI even created a secondary, associate board for those limited by time and money—and ultimately responded to feedback from previous years with a weekend experience aimed to engage with everyone. “If we give them a Pride they can be proud of, they’ll get involved,” Healey says. Historical precedence suggests Pride will nonetheless evolve—location, apathy and discord be damned. “It doesn’t matter where Pride is held except for logistical reasons [and] that they are having it and recalibrating,” McBride says. “That says something of the tenacity of the community and their dedication. They do this year after year, and I find it really laudable.”

A rainbow of sights and sounds Highlights from the weekend’s cultural smorgasbord Drinks, Dessert and a Conversation with a Gay Rabbi Rabbi Joel Alter discusses becoming an ordained rabbi during Judaism’s more conservative years, and how he came out after traditions changed. October 20, 7 p.m, free, Midbar Kodesh Temple, 702-454-4848.

Charli XCX The dance-pop vocalist, renowned for singing atop Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and her own “Boom Clap,” is a perfect fit for the Parade’s official afterparty. October 21, 10 p.m., $18$32, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 800-745-3000.

Suzanne Westenhoefer She broke ground as one of the first prominent lesbians in comedy, and her routine is equally fearless, which ought to highlight this intimate performance. October 22, 7:30 p.m., $25-$45, Baobab Stage Theatre at Town Square, bettysout.com.

Scruff Beer Bust Las Vegas PRIDE Edition Vegas native Johnny Skandros, founder of the widely used gay dating app Scruff, hosts this all-you-can-drink party ($8 until midnight), complete with giveaways and a special edition of the Shenanigans drag show. October 22, 8 p.m., free, Charlie’s Las Vegas, 702-876-1844.

Tails & Whiskers Doggie Walk Las Vegas Pride Pets’ immersion into the Pride Festival includes a 1.75-mile pet walk that also doubles as a family-friendly costume contest—for both owners and pups. October 23, 11 a.m. (9:30 a.m. registration), $10-$20 (includes one free Pride Festival admission), Sunset Park, Picnic Area H, lasvegaspridepets.org. –Mike Prevatt For more Pride events, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Brilliant beer selections await discovery at these unsung locations

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Bardot Brasserie When it comes to beer selections, quality trumps quantity. At Bardot, assistant GM Nathan Grates has cultivated a small but laser-precise list rife with rarities, including the Stillwater Hors D’âge—a Champagne-inspired Flemish country ale brewed only for Bardot—and Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel, produced with the assistance of the southeast Asian civet. Google that one. Aria, 702-590-8610.

Burger Bar Chef Hubert Keller is considered the father of the gourmet-burger revolution in Las Vegas, but his Mandalay Place fixture’s collection of more than 25 taps and 100 bottles and cans tends to get overlooked. That would be a mistake, particularly in consideration of its intriguing Dogfish Head and Firestone Walker limited-edition lists. Maybe we should start calling it Beer Bar? The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 702-632-9364.

FireSide Restaurant & Tavern This St. Rose Parkway spot looks innocuous, but its beer selection is anything but, with 18 eclectic taps serving up stuff like local favorite Joseph James’ sixthanniversary rye wine and New Belgium’s Cocoa Mole. Don’t skip the large-format selections, either, where Firestone Walker gems like Stickee Monkee and Velvet Merkin lie in wait. 1785 E. Cactus Ave., 702-307-7000.

Money Plays Owner Stan Henderson continues to dole out an impressive rotation of drafts and bottles from within a divey Flamingo retail center just east of Decatur. Look for Dogfish Head rarities like the World Wide Stout and 120-Minute IPA, or just grab a Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout. 4755 W. Flamingo Road, 702-368-1828.

Pub 365 If you’ve always meant to check out the Tuscany, the 365 beers available at this new bar should provide all the incentive you need. From New Holland Dragon’s Milk to Iwate Kura Oyster Stout, Pub 365 surely has something that will appeal. And if you’re hardcore, ask to see the unicorn list. You won’t be disappointed. Tuscany, 702-944-5084.

Rebel Republic Hanging out near the corner of Sahara and Valley View—also home to legendary cocktail bar Herbs & Rye—should result in a libation-fueled evening to (not) remember. Rebel offers 52 taps with strong local representation and a large California contingent, plus a wide variety of bottles and cans. For dessert in a glass, opt for the Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout. 3540 W. Sahara Ave., 702-538-9050.

LV Bar at Whole Foods Open for less than a year, LV Bar gives you yet another reason to donate to the Church of Whole Foods. With $5 happy hour prices for all drafts on weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m., those Monk’s Café Flemish Sours are practically giving themselves away. Check it out before everyone else figures out what a hidden gem this is. Oops. Town Square, 702-589-7711.

The Downtown Brew Festival delivers fresh finds to local hop heads By Brock Radke The Las Vegas beer scene has been built on a sense of discovery. It’s not just about brew geeks and F&B folks staying on top of Vegas-made product; we also need to keep track of beers new to the Vegas market. That’s one of the reasons why the Downtown Brew Festival, now in its fifth year, is such a success. The Motley Brews crew and its ever-growing team of crafty collaborators annually bring new finds to the fest for their first time in Vegas. “We’re very careful with how we curate that, because we want to be the sounding board and the introduction DOWNTOWN for new breweries that want to test the waters or are new to the BREW market,” Motley founder Brian FESTIVAL Chapin says. “We’re huge fans of October 22, local breweries. They’re the ones 5-9 p.m., that’ve been supporting us, and $40-$60. Clark County we also use this as a medium for Amphitheater, their new brands and product to downtown get recognized.” brewfestival. A few newbies he’s excited com. to share this weekend: Phoenix’s OHSO Brewery & Distillery, creators of the Lost Viking Baltic Porter and the clovey Handlebar Hefe, and San Bernardino’s Brew Rebellion, a nanobrewery with a constantly rotating selection. Locally, Able Baker is back at the fest this year. “They kind of teased the market [in the past], and this is a big push for them hitting the market.” The Downtown Brew Festival is also known for fantastic food options, and if this year’s lineup (Donut Bar, Mochiko Chicken, Naked City Tavern, PT’s Brewing Co., SLO-Boy and more) doesn’t ignite cravings, upgrade your access to VIP where local chefs Gina Marinelli (from the highly underrated D.O.C.G. at Cosmopolitan) and Brian Howard (from Downtown’s upcoming Sparrow & Wolf) will be making magic happen. Besides, there’ll be even more exotic brews to be discovered in that VIP section, too. Note: The Weekly is a sponsor for this event.

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hey wondered if it would work, and if it would last. But now the only question is: Has Britney been better for Las Vegas or has Vegas been better for Britney? Last September, Britney Spears extended her Piece of Me residency at Planet Hollywood with a two-year, $35 million deal, proving more than the pop star’s enduring appeal. Britney’s show is the natural evolution of Celine Dion’s powerhourse Vegas residency, a still-charting star of another generation redefining the role of Strip headliner. Forbes named Spears the

sixth-highest-earning female musician of 2015. The Britney buzz has only continued to build this year with the release of her ninth studio album, Glory, which moved 111,000 equivalent album units in its first week, and her victorious August return to the MTV VMA stage. It’s hard to believe that 2017, just around the corner, will mark the 20th anniversary of her deal with Jive records that lead to ...Baby One More Time, the album that ignited one of pop music’s most memorable careers. Britney’s Vegas success has helped

pave the way for new resident shows from Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Mars and the Backstreet Boys. Other stars will join the ranks of this new world of Vegas entertainment, but when we look back on this era, it will be Britney Spears who set the course. Britney: Piece of Me at the Axis at Planet Hollywood, October 21, 22, 26, 28 & 29; November 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18 & 19. –Brock Radke

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reenspun Media Group, publisher of Industry Weekly and Las Vegas Weekly, has partnered with Allied Integrated Marketing to conduct an innovative new study on the Vegas nightlife and food and beverage landscapes. The research—conducted both online and on the ground through intercept interviews—will be released through an exclusive, invite-only, “culture salon” event next week. “One of the reasons we are starting these quarterly culture salons in Las Vegas is the lack of research in these areas,” says Adam Cunningham of creative agency 87AM. “What we did not

want was another general market study focused on hospitality. We are looking at what exactly is the role food and beverage plays in getting people into this market, and does it live up to its potential, and the same for nightlife.” The study’s results offers countless insights into these fast-moving and under-researched industries, including: • Las Vegas nightclub visitors are more interested in hanging out with their friends than dating or hooking up in the club environment. • The option to gamble within a club

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has the least influence on the decision to attend a club. • “The amount of spending for food and beverage is incredible,” Cunningham says. “People specifically budget and plan ahead for their Las Vegas restaurant and dining experiences. We had a gut feeling food and beverage was playing a larger role in Las Vegas, and it ended up being No. 2, just behind gambling.” –Brock Radke

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ustin Credible is an LA guy through and through, but his rise as a more-than-credible radio and nightclub DJ runs parallel to the few years he spent as a full-time Las Vegan. The current on-air host of several shows on LA’s legendary Power 106 called Sin City home for a while starting in 2002. “Las Vegas fit my lifestyle very well,” he says. “People ask me if I miss it, and I do because it never closes. It’s just super-fun.” The pace of LA is perfect for him now, but he’s still in Vegas frequently, spinning at Tao, Drai’s, Intrigue, and this weekend, Jewel. “Both the new

clubs [Jewel and Intrigue] super-lived up to the hype, and the energy and atmosphere at both parties is great. I love those rooms.” Credible is also playing around California, along with Chicago, Denver and Cleveland, but he’s making time to expand his endeavors in music, entertainment and fashion. First up: working with other producers and artists including YG, Jeremih and G-Eazy on some big, festival-style remixes. “Being on the radio right now is like having a front-of-the-line pass,” he says. “We are exploring that exact for-

mula and want to make stuff that can go on the radio and also play in those big rooms. It’s crazy to me now that these big pop hits are coming from our world and have our elements. I’m definitely on that, and then on the other side, working on some more street hip-hop records as well.” Justin Credible at Jewel at Aria, October 21. –Brock Radke

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uick: Name a city where Halloween is more fun for grown-ups that isn’t Las Vegas. Can’t do it? Exactly. All Hallow’s Eve is always an amazing opportunity for the Strip’s sensational nightlife venues to get a little more theatrical with programming, and this year’s Halloween weekend events (October 28-31) could set a new standard for spooky fun. 1 OAK at Mirage sets up for a Hollywood Horror weekend that includes an American Psycho-themed party with host Scott Disick and a $10,000 costume contest on October 29.

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Drai’s at the Cromwell features an allstar hip-hop lineup for the weekend: Fetty Wap, Future, 50 Cent and T.I. Foxtail at SLS Las Vegas marks the return of Lil Wayne with Halloweezy Part II on October 29. The rapper will perform live, and Foxtail’s sexiest costume contest promises $50,000 in cash and prizes.

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Hakkasan’s Watchers of the Wall theme features performances by Jauz, The Chainsmokers, Tiësto and Calvin Harris at MGM Grand. At Aria, Jewel’s first Halloween party weekend, called Onyx, includes performances by Steve Aoki and Puff Daddy and a $25,000 costume contest at Aria. Lavo at Palazzo hosts a Heaven and Hell-themed version of its infamous party brunch on October 29. Light brings the Lightmare and Forbidden Ball weekend parties,

kicked off by Haunted Homecoming with DJ Mustard on October 26. J. Cole performs live on October 29 and Disclosure returns to the Mandalay Bay venue on Halloween night, October 31. Marquee at the Cosmopolitan offers Vegas Horror Story: FreaQfest with Cash Cash on October 28, and Vice headlines at Marquee’s Dayclub Dome (with a costume contest) on October 30. Omnia at Caesars Palace transforms into an ancient opera house for its Rise of the Phantom party, highlighted by sets from Calvin Harris and Martin Garrix. Tao at Venetian hosts a costume contest and DJ Eric DLux on October 28, plus a live performance from French Montana on October 29. For the first time, Wynn and Encore nightclubs will unify thematically to create an Alice-inspired Halloween Wynnderland. Fall down Intrigue’s Rabbit Hole, where Ookay, Jerzy and Duke Dumont perform throughout the weekend. Celebrate a mad Tea Party at Surrender with RL Grime, Dillon Francis and Marshmello. And experience the Queen’s Garden at XS with Alesso, Skrillex and Diplo.

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he classic casino coffee shop has evolved. Experience a fresh, modern and luxurious take on the Vegas three-meal restaurant at Jardin, an invigorating room with an irresistible alfresco option located on the promenade between Wynn and Encore. No matter what time of day or night you visit or what you’re in the mood for, you’ll find an interesting take on familiar food here. The day begins with an antioxidant açai smoothie and Maine lobster

Benedict with tomato Hollandaise sauce. Weekend brunch is the time to indulge in the Bloody Mary bar and strawberry cheesecake French toast. At lunchtime, it’s hard to pass up the crispy buttermilk chicken sandwich or the Jardin burger with house-cured pork belly and cheddar cheese. And the dinner menu offers hot and cold “social plates” like yellowtail tartare, beef carpaccio and Portuguese octopus, ideal for a fun pre-party meal with the whole squad—XS is only steps away.

It’s hard to believe one restaurant could have so much to offer, but Jardin has Vegas diners covered every step of the way. Jardin at Encore, 877-321-9966; Sunday-Thursday 7 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7 a.m.-midnight.

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he goes by DJ Crykit (pronounced “cricket”), but Michelle Kolnik’s skills go far beyond the decks. As a DJ, dancer and budding entrepreneur, she’s a triple threat ready to take Las Vegas by storm. “I used to go to raves all the time in the late ’90s,” says Crykit, who grew up in Wisconsin before moving to San Francisco, where she discovered electronic music. “I loved dancing. I really loved the way the DJ held the attention of people and created the vibe.” She started buying drum ’n’ bass and jungle records, amassing her own vinyl collection and spinning at underground parties before getting into hip-hop and breakdancing. “Once I learned a little, my focus shifted to breaking and hip-hop culture altogether.” She was even in Sisterz of the Underground, an all-female hip-hop collective that hosted workshops, events and after-school programs.

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Crykit’s formative Vegas DJ gigs were at venues like Tao and Insert Coin(s). “That was my favorite stomping grounds,” she says of Coin(s). “I got to really play a lot of different styles. The people Downtown are eclectic.” Lately, she’s been playing at Skyfall Lounge at Delano and Bond at the Cosmopolitan, and opened for Bruno Mars last New Year’s Eve. Her next big venture, however, is her online thrift store, Crykit’s Playhouse. “I’ve always loved fashion,” she says. The next frontier is incorporating Crykit’s Playhouse into her live events. “Musically, the next step is to be a producer, but ... my goal is really fusing the fashion I love with the music I love.” DJ Crykit at Bond at the Cosmopolitan, October 23; at Skyfall at Delano, October 24. –Leslie Ventura

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BOBBING FOR LITERATURE Dylan’s Nobel win carries forth his singular legacy

n the days before Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, a certain news story had just broke, flooding my Facebook feed with pussy jokes, ludicrous 50 Shades comparisons and clips of Scott Baio saying, “I like Trump because he talks like a guy!” In the days after Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, my Facebook feed was filled with heated discussion over what qualified as literature, whether or not song lyrics were poetry and if Philip Roth or Thomas Pynchon were more worthy recipients. For this, I thank the Swedish Academy Cultural attachment from the depths of my soul. by smith People were still galtney pissed, but now there was passion in the mix. My writer friends took it personally: “Hasn’t the world of books suffered enough?” (Yes, someone was unfriended.) An article in The Telegraph bemoaned our eversinking standards: “A culture that gives Bob Dylan a literature prize is a culture that nominates Donald Trump for president.” Someone in The New York Times said, “No one would expect the highest honors in music to go to a writer. We won’t be seeing Zadie Smith or Mary Gaitskill in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.” This would perhaps be a tad less hilarious if the writer had instead mentioned Stephen King and Amy Tan, two authors who have at least played real gigs in an actual band.

Will Dylan, shown here in 1965, attend his Nobel award ceremony? (AP Photo)

In Dylan’s defense, culture critic Eric Weisbard posted, “Does it really need to be explained that literature is no more words on a page than art is a hand drawing a line?” The primary complaint—that his lyrics can’t be divorced from his songs— was countered with questions like, “Then how can Harold Pinter’s plays be divorced from their performances?” Several people looked to Van Morrison, who famously anointed Dylan as “the greatest living poet.” This is coming from the guy who once belted out, “Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge, baby!” So that settles it for me. That and the fact that I cannot understand how anyone could listen to “Tangled Up in Blue” and still not think Dylan is a man of letters. All of this, of course, is right in line with the Dylan narrative. From the moment he arrived in New York City on January 24, 1961, the world

has never known what to make of him or how to ignore him. In turn, he’s remained an ever-elusive paradox, balancing an undying need to play for us with a firm commitment to not giving a f*ck. I say we take all the world’s awards—a Tony, some Oscars and Emmys, a James Beard, whatever they give for science—and put them in a Hefty bag, so he can toss them in a closet or dumpster somewhere. To quote the man himself, “It’s not to anyone’s best interest to think about how they’ll be perceived tomorrow.” Given how much Dylan has always hated labels, one might have thought he’d appreciate his music being honored as literature. But a week after the announcement, the Swedish Academy still hadn’t heard from him and doesn’t know if he’ll attend the ceremony in December. Nothing, not even a Nobel, will keep Dylan from being Bob Dylan.

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Why Go back? The second Jack Reacher finds him (ugh) bonding with a rebellious teen By Josh Bell

our years ago, Jack Reacher, based on one of the novels in a series by Lee Child, was only a modest hit, so the sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back needs to add something to entice audiences to return. Thus, taciturn drifter Reacher (Tom Cruise) gets a spunky teenage sidekick, the bane of action heroes everywhere. Based on Child’s 2013 novel of the same name, Never Go Back finds Reacher determined to clear the name of his longtime military contact. Reacher, himself a former military policeman, shows up for a meeting with Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), only to discover that she’s been arrested and accused of espionage. Naturally, he punches and kicks a bunch of people while breaking her out of prison, and then they’re on the run, but not before they pick up Samantha (Danika Yarosh), a 15-year-old girl who may or may not be Reacher’s long-lost daughter, and is thus a target for the same shadowy conspiracy that is after Reacher

and Turner. That shadowy conspiracy turns out to devoted fan base. It could be the pilot for a secondbe vague and underwhelming, led by a scheming rate basic-cable series from the ’90s, teaming the corporate weasel (Robert Knepper) who shows up for hard-nosed ex-military enforcer with his adorably barely a few minutes of screen time. Reacher’s main snarky daughter. adversary is really one of the boss’ nameThe previous Reacher movie wasn’t less henchmen (Patrick Heusinger), but anything special, either, but at least aaccc his motives are even less distinctive. JACK REACHER: writer-director Christopher McQuarrie Instead, the focus is on Reacher NEVER GO BACK (who went on to do much better work with Tom Cruise, bonding with Turner and especially Cruise on the Mission: Impossible series) Cobie Smulders, with the extremely annoying Samanstaged some memorably brutal action Danika Yarosh. tha, a clichéd rebellious teen who sequences. Never Go Back director and Directed by Edward Zwick. comes to respect Reacher in the end, co-writer Edward Zwick (who previously Rated PG-13. while prying open a small part of his directed Cruise in The Last Samurai) is Opens Friday cold heart. When Cruise was first cast not nearly as adept with action, and the citywide. as Reacher, some fans of Child’s book movie’s fight scenes are uniformly medioseries were upset that he didn’t fit their cre. The opening features the aftermath image of the hulking bruiser on the page. But Nevof one of Reacher’s legendary beat-downs, but er Go Back is so generic that it’s hard to imagine skips over the action itself. That’s indicative of the anything about it having come from a clear artistic movie as a whole, which has the framework of a vision, let alone a series of 20-plus novels with a thriller without providing any actual thrills.

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A better beginning The Ouija horror Franchise redeemS itself

Cruise’s Jack Reacher scowls at New Orleans’ Halloween parade. (Paramount/Courtesy)

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The 2014 Ouija was one of the worst horror movies in recent memory—and a hit. But whatever force inspires people to make lazy, dashed-off sequels sometimes also inspires people to scrap everything and start fresh. So now director Mike Flanagan, who made the excellent Oculus and the very good Netflix thriller Hush (and who had nothing to do with the original Ouija), has taken over for the unexpectedly good Ouija: Origin of Evil. (Both movies are officially based on the Hasbro board game.) It’s the 1960s, and the widowed Alice Zander (Elizabeth Reaser) and her two daughters, teen Paulina (Annalise Basso) and 9-year-old Doris (Lulu Wilson), try to make ends meet with a bogus fortunetelling setup. No sooner does Alice buy a Ouija board than Doris begins channeling spirits from the other side. At first she helps with the family business, but before long the spirits turn malevolent, complete with the usual white eyes and stretchy mouths. Flanagan and co-writer Jeff Howard represent the family unit as an unhealthy obsession; Doris prays not to God, but to her dead father, and even the local priest (Henry Thomas) donned the collar only after he lost a wife. And, in addition to conjuring up a retro look, the director uses many (purposely?) weird, off-putting, mainly interior compositions, as though these people were already stiffs. It’s spooky, but also subtly, morbidly funny. –Jeffrey M. Anderson

aaacc OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas, Annalise Basso, Lulu Wilson. Directed by Mike Flanagan. Rated PG13. Opens Friday citywide.

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concerts

Frontman Todd Fink looks forward and back as the band tours with the iconic Gang of Four

‘Re-futurizing’ The Faint BY ANNIE ZALESKI our stage show is typically quite a production. What can fans expect on this tour? [Drummer] Clark [Baechle], my brother, is kind of the mastermind of the video and lights, the live production. This time, he’s set it up to go all-robotic. Everything is going to be synced to the music on a level that we’ve been wanting to do for the entire time we’ve been a band. It’s a mix between video and lights. We’re using really tempo-synced, event-based videos more as lights than as visual representations of any specific objects. I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

The Faint just released its first greatest-hits record, Capsule 1999-2016. Why was it the right

time for that? I feel like we’re in a new chapter now. We’ve got a new keyboard player, and he’s playing on the new stuff that’s on the retrospective, but everything else is with all of the original members. It feels like a good place to contain it, and to move on from there. We’re hoping to … update, “re-futurize” our sounds from here. That seems like a nice challenge, to figure out how to move forward again. It’s tricky. You have the pressure of people who like the sound that you already do. There’s almost a negative incentive to change what that is. And then on the other side, we are really inspired to do something new all the time. That can be a little bit scary and really inspiring, and

a little bit dangerous—all the things real art is about. You have Reptar frontman Graham Ulicny playing keyboard now. What does he bring to the band? For the longest time, the funkiness of dance music was something we were conflicted about, having repetitive grooves and that kind of thing. Earlier on in The Faint, we were more interested in noise and drama and breaking the rules. Over the years, I’ve become a lot more interested in hypnotic styles or techno and different rhythmic patterns. So that’s brought us back into this sort of funkier zone, if you will. Which I won’t. I mean, that’s probably the first time I’ve ever said the word funky in an interview.

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SERIOUS COMEDY A HEALTH SCARE HAS SARAH SILVERMAN FEELING LESS ANXIOUS

Sarah Silverman is, like the rest of us, having a notable 2016, and sometimes for crappy reasons. In late June, Silverman went to the doctor for a sore throat and ended up in the hospital with a rare case of epiglottitis. But it’s been gravy since then. Silverman campaigned for Bernie Sanders and spoke at the Democratic National Convention where she got everyone’s attention for saying Sanders supporters who refused to back Hillary Clinton were being ridiculous.

say anything, say, “Shut up, nobody wants to hear from a celebrity!” Well, you’re voting for a celebrity! It’s so bananas. Are you really concerned he might get elected? I’ve had a confident smile wiped off my face before in elections, so I do not know what’s going to happen. I really hope Hillary wins, but I’m the asshole who voted for Ralph Nader because I felt it was important to vote my conscience and show that in the polls when I was sure Gore would win.

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The Faint’s Todd Fink (top, center) looks to the future, which is lit by robots. (Courtesy)

What excites you most about touring with Gang of Four? It’s something I never would have thought would happen. All of us went to see them at the Fillmore in 2010, maybe 2011. They don’t have any radio hits—you know, they’re not one THE FAINT of these “hits of the ’80s compilation” with Gang of type bands—yet here they are, filling Four, Pictureplane. this room, and just slaying. They sound October 21, 7 p.m., $30-$55. Brooklyn great; they sound up-to-date; they play a Bowl, 702-862style that dates well. It’s not something 2695. that anyone can really replicate. There’s been a lot of attempts, but, you know. For more of our interview with Fink, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

You’re performSILVERMAN ing here two days After being hospiOctober 21, 8 after the final presitalized, you wrote p.m., $59-$89. MGM Grand’s dential debate. Are on Facebook that it KÀ Theatre, you going to pull any helped you come to 702-891-1111. DNC strings to come “the motivating rein early to attend? alization that nothThat would be like ing matters.” What something someone would do. did you mean? It was really But not me. I’m someone who, emotional. They couldn’t if I got great tickets to the Suput me to sleep, because my per Bowl, I’d rather watch it blood pressure was so low, on TV. I am missing that gene so I experienced everything, that understands the value of but I was on drugs. I had being in the venue. to breathe through a tube, and when you’re on drugs Has this election made and something is down your for a bad comedy environthroat, you go to pull it out. ment? I think it’s good that They had to tie my hands it’s every four years and not down. I came out of it having all the time. This is the sexy big life realizations. We’re election, the presidential in outer space on a planet. election, but the midterms Nothing matters that you are just as important, and all think matters. It kind of can the things down the ballot be a relaxing realization to are the things that really not be so anxious about the create change on the state future. –Jason Scavone level. But it’s just not as sexy or quippable. … It’s so funny, For more of our interview because the people voting for with Silverman, visit las [Trump], on Twitter, [if] I vegasweekly.com.

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Luisa Leal and her Amazonian Beauties inside Rachel’s Kitchen. (L.E. Baskow/Staff)

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Venezuela TO VEGAS Women, animals and vivid colors comprise the world of Luisa Leal’s Amazonian Beauties By Rosalie Spear

litter, vibrant colors and smiling faces are what comprise Luisa Leal’s first Las Vegas exhibit, Amazonian Beauties, which opened October 2 at Rachel’s Kitchen in the Ogden building Downtown. The artwork is eye-catching, inspired by the people and polychrome culture of Venezuela, where she grew up. “It helps me stay connected to my roots, to my country,” she says. These 11 pieces depict women of the Wayúu and Yanomami tribes, and animals including a blue dart frog, a macaw, a snake and a toucan. Leal’s art contains colors and textures and real-life people she met doing volunteer work; the rainbow of colors she uses represent the kaleidoscopic landscape of Maracaibo, where buildings are painted in every shade. While living there, Leal volunteered for Una Sola Voz por la Cultura Wayúu, a group of young adults helping the native Wayúu. She created

promotional materials, presentations and newsletter designs. At the time, she was attending the Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin University, at first studying engineering and then architecture for a “serious career.” She eventually switched to art, her true passion. “Being an art major in Venezuela was really tough, because people [there] are not used to buying art.” Her love for a different kind of art inspired her to move stateside to pursue another dream: creating animated films. The 24-year-old moved to Las Vegas with her fiancé in 2014, and this past June, she accepted a three-month internship with Pixar in Emeryville, California, where she worked on art for upcoming films Cars 3 and Coco. “From being around all of the artists painting all the time at Pixar, it made me want to paint more again,” she says. “I spent my entire summer surrounded by painters, and I’m now taking my acrylics more seriously than I did before.”

Although the pieces for Amazonian Beauties are digitalized, she first formed them by hand, using markers, paint, glitter and layered paper, and then added textures. Leal will hold an artist reception on October 28 from 5 to 8 p.m. and she also plans to host drawing and sketching brunch sessions twice a month at Rachel’s Kitchen. After her exhibition ends in four months, Leal wants to expand into more galleries here and in San Francisco. Her long-term goal is to create a feature-length movie with characters representative of Venezuela. Before that happens, she’s teaming with her artist-fiancé Eduardo Mantilla to make a short film about Friyawa, her favorite Amazonian Beauties character, with Mantilla producing the soundtrack. “All of my dreams are here [in the US], and I just want to keep achieving them. My spirit is driven to do things,” Leal says. “Art is my life.”

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Chubby Cattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heaven and Hell hot pot is also known as the Yin-Yang. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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ALWAYS BE CHUBBY

THE BRIGHT START

each, big enough to club Deni with and cause serious damage if things take a wrong turn. But I eat the garlicky oysters and then enjoy the meatiness and fattiness of the cumin-dusted lamb. I’m happy even eni might be the best upseller I’ve ever enthough I’m worried that I’m going to end up paying countered, a man who could teach the boys of something like $26 a skewer when the bill comes. Glengarry Glen Ross a few things about how When the bill comes, I’m ashamed of myself for to close. ever doubting Deni. The skewers are $4.99 each, and Our waiter at Chubby Cattle on a recent Saturday I really do start feeling like I’m stealing from the night is crushing it. My friends and I are a restaurant, and I want to hug Deni, but think little annoyed that the restaurant isn’t sellthat would be weird. Once I’m outside, I realing alcohol. But Deni, with his hair pulled ize Deni would probably have loved that hug, back and the swagger of a fella who’s been because Deni knows he’s a boss who deserves here before, somehow convinces me that a hug. (Check the Chubby Cattle Yelp reviews the fresh juices are what I really want. So I that mention him by name.) The price for our order a watermelon juice and then a mango ball-out feast for four isn’t even $30 a person. juice, and damn, they’re good. Bless you, Deni. I won’t forget you soon, parWe’ve already ordered a lot of food at tially because my clothes still smell like meat THE this new Mongolian hot pot restaurant in and cumin days later. SPECTACLE Chinatown, and we’re grabbing add-ons Chubby Cattle is kind of a ridiculous CIRCUIT off the conveyor belt, but Deni swoops in to BY ANDY WANG restaurant, but it’s also kind of awesome. The convince us we need more. He must have soup bases come with names like “Entrynoticed that my dining companions seem Level Hell.” The free-for-all that is the sauce more immune to his powers, so I’m his mark. bar gives newbies the option of mixing peanut butter I don’t find Deni especially pushy, honestly. He with sha cha and sambal and soy and garlic and just keeps repeating that the special grilled oysters sesame oil. The meats ($18.99 for a generous beef are only $1.99 each, like, Yo, you’re stealing from the combo that includes thinly sliced ribeye) and searestaurant. I’m doing you a favor, so just order them food ($19.99 for a combo platter with clams, shrimp, before the kitchen changes its mind. I order four. scallops and more) are worthy values. Deni is so happy, so appreciative, so effusive when Chubby Cattle is, we’re told, the world’s only reshe thanks me for my smart and completely correct taurant with a refrigerated conveyor belt for hot pot oyster order that of course he then gets me to order a ingredients. It bills itself as a $1 million restaurant, couple of lamb skewers, even though nobody else at which sounds kind of badass but isn’t exactly crazy the table seems excited about lamb skewers. when it comes to building out a 3,600-square-foot, When the skewers show up at the table, I start 160-seat space. Deni might have to sell a lot of lamb thinking that maybe I’ve been had. The skewers are skewers to help his owners recoup their investment. so much larger than I expected, maybe eight ounces I have no doubt he’s up for the task.

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The whole rotisserie chicken—you know, in the plastic container—might have become the go-to quick family meal of our time. But savvy Summerliners know to skip the grocery-store version and hit Daily Kitchen, where $35 gets you a juicy, free-range, all-natural Mary’s Chicken roasted to perfection, plus a classic Caesar salad and two sides that can be curried cauliflower with dates and almonds or Brussels with lemon, shallots and pistachios. ¶ Healthy, delicious takeout is a big part of Daily Kitchen’s biz, but a recent menu revamp adds dishes with flavors both familiar and surprising—a spicy steak banh mi sandwich ($11), a ridiculous chicken salad sandwich, a Niçoise salad with great slabs of albacore, and frozen Greek yogurt parfaits for dessert or breakfast. As at its Eastern Avenue location, which has a different menu tailored to its neighborhood, this is feel-good food that doesn’t sacrifice deliciousness. –Brock Radke

INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Aviation American Gin 4 oz. Fever-Tree Bitter Lemon Soda 1 scoop of lemon sorbet Zested lemon peel for garnish Fresh raspberry for garnish

METHOD In a white wine glass filled with ice, add the gin and soda. Stir and serve with a scoop of lemon sorbet on top. Garnish with lemon peel zest and a fresh raspberry.

It’s a special day when we have the opportunity to combine alcohol with dessert, but hey, sometimes you really can have it all. The aptly named Bright Start is a delicate combination of clean-tasting, Americanmade gin, bitter lemon soda and sweet, sweet sorbet. It’s simple to make, easy to drink and will leave you completely sated at the end of a long day. Go ahead and have seconds—you deserve it.

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Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits.

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NYC rockers The Pretty Reckless light up House of Blues on October 23. (Courtesy)

THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Meshuggah, Avatar 10/20, 8 pm, $33-$45. The Faint, Gang of Four, Pictureplane 10/21, 7 pm, $30-$55. Ghost, Marissa Nadler 10/22, 7 pm, $32-$275. Dizzy Wright, Mark Battles, Audio Push, Demrick, T Dubz 10/23, 7 pm, $25-$40. Sevendust, Red Sun Rising, Gemini Syndrome, Systemec 10/24, 6:30 pm, $25-$27. She Wants Revenge, The Joy Formidable, The Dig, Raw Fabrics 10/25, 6:30 pm, $28-$45. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Elton John 10/21-10/22, 10/26, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Pet Shop Boys 10/21, 8 pm, $29-$109. 702-698-7000. Double Down Rock 'N' Roll Suicides, Children of Eden 10/20. The Vibrators, The Psyatics, Strange Mistress, Agent 86 10/21. The Damnit Jims, Franks & Deans, Castoff, The People’s Whiskey 10/22. Shows 10 pm, free. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Melanie Martinez, Handsome Ghost 10/21, 8 pm, $35-$125. (Vinyl) Rickyxsan 10/20, 9 pm, $10-$15. Stryper 10/21, 8 pm, $29-$59. Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, Carnifex, Oceano, We Gave It Hell 10/22, 6:30 pm, $21-$26. Dance Gavin Dance, The Contortionist, Hail the Sun, Good Tiger, The White Noise 10/26, 6:30 pm, $15-$29. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Siana King 10/21, 9:30 pm, free. Barely Alive, Virtual Riot, Dubloadz, Dodge & Fuski, Astronaut 10/22, 8 pm, free. Olivia Newton-John, Chadwick Johnson 10/23, 11 am-2 pm, $75. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Parkway Drive, We Came as Romans, Counterparts 10/20, 5 pm, $25. Billy Idol: Forever 10/21-10/22, 7 pm, $90-$150. The Pretty Reckless, Holy White Hounds, Them Evils 10/23, 7 pm, $25$35. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Orleans (Arena) Old School Party Jam ft. S.O.S. Band, Lisa Lisa, Zapp, Klymaxx & more 10/22, 7:30 pm, $35-$79. 702-284-7777. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Britney Spears 10/21-10/22, 10/26, 9 pm, $69-$500. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) Bad Religion, Against Me!, Dave Hause 10/21, 6:30 pm, $33. The Fray, American Authors 10/22, 7 pm, $48. (Sayers Club) Dave Hause 10/21, 10 pm, free. 702-761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country American Young 10/21, 7 pm, $10. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris 10/21, 7:30 pm, $40-$115. The Rolling Stones 10/22, 8 pm, $75-$750. 702-692-1600. Venetian (Theatre) Clint Holmes, Gordie Brown, Susan Anton, Jasmine Trias, Ben Stone & more 10/23, 1 pm, $59-$149. 702-414-9000.

Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, The All-Togethers 10/25, 8 pm, $15$20. Kurt Travis, Amarionette, Lemix J Buckley 10/27, 8 pm, $10. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Chicano Batman, SadGirl, Drinking Water 10/20, 8 pm, $15-$20. Abrasive Wheels, The Generators, Unfair Fight 10/21, 8 pm, $10-$15. Pet Tigers, O Wildly, Indigo Kidd, Hassan, Kella Bo Bella, The Real Ulysses 10/22, 8 pm, free. Loud n Killer, Daniel Ave, Bushido Brown 10/25, 9 pm, $5. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Health, Echo Stains 10/20, 9 pm, $15. The Gooch Palms, The Van der Rohe, Los Coochi Boys, DJ Jacob Savage 10/21, 9 pm, $8-$10. Rasputina, Vita and the Woolf 10/23, 8 pm, $12-$18. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Charli XCX 10/21, 10 pm, $18$32. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Eddie Money 10/21, 8 pm, $86-$141. 866-946-5336. Griffin Leggy, Psychic Heat, Brett Vee 10/26, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge The Veldt, Shayna Rain 10/20, 9 pm, $5. Hungry Skinny, Kurumpaw 10/24, 8 pm, $2. Spray Tan, Lil Lavedy 10/25, 9 pm, $5. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Brujeria, Cattle Decapitation, Pinata Protest, Nebula X, Mynas 10/20, 8 pm, $15-$17. Death Angel, Alestorm, Nekrogoblikon, Aether Realm, AntiTrust 10/24, 8 pm, $15-$18. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Plaza (Beer Garden) Adult Books, No Tides, Kurumpaw, DJ Cromm Astaire 10/22, 8 pm, free. 702-386-2110. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Acoustic Alchemy 10/20-10/21, 7 pm, $39-$59. Reva Rice 10/22, 2:30 & 7 pm, $26-$36. Everlita Rivera-David, Relly Coloma 10/26, 7 pm; 10/30, 4 pm, $39-$59. 702-749-2000.

Everywhere Else Count’s Vamp’d Puppet, Electric Dynamite 10/20, 9 pm, free. Franky Perez 10/21, 10:30 pm, free. Wednesday 13, One-Eyed Doll, Gabriel & The Apocalypse 10/22, 9 pm, $10-$15. Todd Kerns and the Anti-Stars 10/27, 9 pm, $5. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dive Bar D.R.I., Kaustik 10/20, 9 pm, $17-$20. CJ Ramone, Johnny Madcap & the Distractions, Sheiks of Neptune, Jerk 10/21, 8 pm, $13-$15. Invidia, Vyces, White Knuckle Riot, The Watchers, Zed 10/22, 9 pm, $10. Whores, The Fat Dukes of F*ck 10/23, 9 pm, $8-$10. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Henderson Pavilion Kidz Bop Kids 10/22, 5 pm, $28-$55. Sonny Turner, Sonny Charles, Kelly Clinton, Henderson Symphony Orchestra 10/23, 6 pm, $20-$50. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. OMD Man Made God, Arson City, Live or Regret, Skyburial, Remain and Sustain 10/21, 8 pm, $10. 953 E. Sahara Ave., #B-30, 702-742-4171. South Point (Grandview Lounge) Travis Cloer 10/22, 9:30 pm, $20. Drew Lynch & Friends 10/30, 7:30 pm, $20. 702-796-7111. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Otherwise 10/22, 8 pm, $10. 702-547-7777.

Comedy

MGM Grand (KÀ Theatre) Sarah Silverman 10/21, 8 pm, $54-$87. 702-891-7777. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Ron White 10/21-10/22, 10 pm, $65-$89. Tim Allen 11/4-11/5, 10 pm, $65-$87. 702-792-7777. Orleans (Showroom) Don Rickles 10/22-10/23, 8 pm, $76-$109. Dennis Miller 10/28-10/29, 8 pm, $60-$87. 702-284-7777. Primm Valley Resort Tracy Morgan 10/22, 8 pm, $20-$55. 31900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-386-7867. South Point (Showroom) Norm Macdonald 10/21-10/23, 7:30 pm, $41. Joey Diaz 10/28-10/29, 7:30 pm, $14-$23. 702-796-7111.

Performing Arts Cockroach Theatre The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity 10/20, 10/26-10/27, 8 pm; 10/22-10/23, 10/29-10/30, 2 pm, $16-$20. Art Square Theater, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) The Nance 10/21-10/22, 8 pm; 10/23, 2 pm, $21-$24. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory Little Shop of Horrors 10/20-10/22, 10/27-10/29, 8 pm; 10/23, 5 pm, $25. Alios, 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) NBT’s The Sleeping Beauty 10/22, 7:30 pm; 10/23, 2 pm, $29-$139. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood 10/26,

6:30 pm, $19-$75. 702-749-2000. UNLV (Black Box Theatre) Macbeth 10/20-10/21, 10/27-10/29, 7:30 pm; 10/22-10/23, 10/30, 2 pm, $17. (Judy Bayley Theatre) UNLV Dance: Together 6 10/21-10/22, 7:30 pm; 10/22-10/23, 2:30 pm, $18. UNLV Music: Jazz I & Contemporary Jazz Ensembles 10/23, 2 pm, $8-$10. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Charles Vanda Master Series: Mozart Orchestra of New York 10/22, 8 pm, $25-$75. UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Strauss, Vaughan Williams & Respighi 10/23, 4 pm, $8-$10. 702-895-3332.

Special Events

Beauty & The Beats 10/22, 8 pm, $10. Velveteen Rabbit, 1218 S. Main St., rawfemme.eventbrite.com. Downtown Brew Festival 10/22, 5 pm, $35-$70. Clark County Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, flavorus.com. Ellis Island Oktoberfest 10/21, 6-10 pm, $20. Ellis Island Casino, 4178 Koval Lane, 702-733-8901. Frank Portman Guitar Concert & Book Signing 10/22, 1 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-270-2110. Freakshow Wrestling Funnybones vs. Cody Rhodes 10/22, 8 pm, $20. Fremont Country Club, 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Las Vegas PRIDE Parade 10/21, 7-10 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, 4th St. & Bridger Ave. Festival 10/22, noon-10 pm; 10/23, 11 am-6 pm, $5-$15. Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, lasvegaspride.org. Writer’s Block Neon Lit 10/21, 7-8 pm. Viva Vegas Lit 10/22, 6:30 pm. World Book Club: Blackass 10/25, 6-7:30 pm. Ghost Stories 10/27, 7-8 pm. Events free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Youth Empowerment Festival 10/22, 10 am-3 pm, $25. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. Zombie Run Easter Seals Nevada Benefit 10/22, 8 am-noon, $40. Wayne Bunker Family Park, 7351 W. Alexander Road, eastersealsnevada.org. Zombie Run 5K 10/22, 6 pm, $35-$40. Cornerstone Park, 1600 Wigwam Parkway, active.com.

Sports

Tennis Open 10/21-10/23, times vary, $5-$20. UNLV, 702-739-3267. UNLV Football vs. Colorado State 10/22, 2:30 pm, $14-$45. Sam Boyd Stadium, 702-739-3267. World Gay Rodeo Finals 10/20-10/23, times vary, $18-$28. South Point Arena & Equestrian Center, 702-796-7111.

Galleries

Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery Black Light Art Show 10/22, 6-9 pm, free. 6020 W. Flamingo Road, 702-248-8762.

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