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More than 15 restaurants and food trucks contend for the title of best taco at Craig Ranch Regional Park, including Me Gusta Tacos, Tacos & Beer and Umami Poke. The inaugural festival includes a car show and live cultural performances, plus you can watch (or compete in) a taco-eating contest. $10. –Rosalie Spear

Young fans of the revered Pennsylvanian sextet ought to have no problem getting permission to marathon five pop-punk bands on a school night— their parents did the same thing at the Huntridge Theatre some 25 years ago. With Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Moose Blood, Seaway; $22-$35. –Mike Prevatt

THRU NOVEMBER 6

Soul Train Weekend Teddy Riley, founder of seminal R&B groups Guy and Blackstreet and creator of the New Jack Swing sound that changed the genre forever in the ’80s and ’90s, moved to Las Vegas about three months ago. That was before he learned he’d be the recipient of the Legend Award at this year’s Soul Train Awards on November 6 at the Orleans Arena. “It means a lot,” the producer says of the award. “I’m very thankful and honored to still be doing this after 35 years. There’s not a lot of us that last this long. It’s a beautiful thing.” Riley’s massive impact goes beyond his groups’ hits (“No Diggity” and “Rump Shaker”), as he’s worked with everyone from Britney Spears to Lady Gaga to Snoop Dogg to Michael Jackson. (Go to lasvegas weekly.com for our full interview.) In addition to Sunday’s awards show—tickets are still available for that starting at $50 via Ticketmaster—Soul Train Weekend brings plenty of music, comedy and parties to Mandalay Bay. There’s the Acoustically Speaking concert with Monica, Jazmine Sullivan and Yuna at the House of Blues November 3; the Music Fest concert with Jill Scott, Tyrese and Anthony Hamilton at Mandalay Bay Events Center November 4; a day party with Bell Biv DeVoe at Daylight Beach Club November 5; and the Comedy Get Down with Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley and others at the events center November 5. Find info and tickets at bet.com/soul-train-weekend. –Brock Radke

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Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at Clark County Library

In recent years, Las Vegas has become home to some pretty big comic book conventions, but the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival has been celebrating comics and graphic novels since long before those larger events came to town. Now in its ninth year, the single-day Comic Book Festival remains family-friendly, smallscale and free, with a focus on local creators and comic book stores. In addition to Vegas-based artists like Ashleigh Popplewell, Deryl Skelton and Greg Boucher, this year’s edition will feature a handful of comics luminaries, including artists J.H. Williams III (Batwoman, The Sandman: Overture) and Scott Koblish (Deadpool) and writers James Robinson (Starman, Fantastic Four) and Amy Chu (Poison Ivy). The day’s programming includes panel discussions, workshops, live musical performances and film screenings. There’s even an afterparty at Dive Bar (keep the kids home for that part). Free. –Josh Bell

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Trust Us E V E R Y T H I N G Y O U A B S O L U T E LY, P O S I T I V E LY MUST GET OUT AND DO THIS WEEK

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ASTRONAUTALIS AT BUNKHOUSE SALOON

THE FINAL TALLY AT VICTOR XIU GALLERY

“Rap is dead, punk is dead, we all seen that T-shirt,” Charles Andrew Bothwell raps on Cut the Body Loose opener “Kurt Cobain.” The Southern MC tears through Las Vegas on Saturday in support of his fifth kerosenefueled full-length. With Oxymorrons, Hassan; $10-$15. –Leslie Ventura

Artist Diane Bush concludes her yearlong Dishing It Out series—a yearlong election commentary delivered on ceramic plates— at Art Square’s Victor Xiu Gallery with a group art show and Mexican food nosh that begins one minute after the polls close. Free. –Geoff Carter

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DYING ON THE VINE

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Watch these Vegas-made six-second videos before time runs out BY GEOFF CARTER

ine is dead. Last week Twitter announced that it’s discontinuing the video-sharing app, which it purchased only four years ago. The developers tried to soften the blow in a valedictory Medium post—the Vine website will stay up, and you can still download the Vines you’ve made—but the damage is done. Close your eyes, and you can almost hear that Damn Daniel kid letting off one last sad, resigned daaaaaaamn. Las Vegas is well-represented in Vine. A simple search for “Vegas” brings up hundreds of sixsecond hotel-room tours and poolside twerkings. But a deeper dive brings up a number of local treasures that will be lost when the service finally disappears, like singer-songwriter Sabriel rocking a pogo stick (bit.ly/2f1C3Fd); Imagine Dragons belting out “Sweet Caroline” (bit.ly/2eVv5Uz); Shamir Bailey guzzling down “chicken juice” (bit. ly/2fw2HdS); and rapper Dizzy Wright smoking one joint after another (bit.ly/2fbXbLV). The organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival (bit.ly/2eSnZPl) have posted dozens of slickly produced, incredibly loud Vines. Cirque du Soleil (bit.ly/2dQLANz) boasts compelling episodes of flipping, falling and contortion. First Friday’s account (bit.ly/2eAYvaF) shows us shadows of Fridays past (they haven’t updated since 2013). And the City of Las Vegas (bit.ly/2eVCd1b) posts Vines of ribbon-cuttings and—why not?—people smashing alarm clocks with hammers, egged on by Ronald McDonald. But that’s not why we Vine, is it? At last, I give you Elton Castee, who cannonballs into the chemical-rich waterways of the Bellagio (bit.ly/2eVBQ6N) and Venetian (bit.ly/2eX3f7s); Dave Baca (bit.ly/2dN8334), who shows a Fremont Street “come at me, bro” moment gone sideways; and Mackenzie Stith (bit.ly/2dQQAlb), who planks on several filthy escalators and moving walkways. Maybe it’s good that Vine is ending, you know? It’s gotta be jacking our insurance premiums all to hell.

A GIANT VIDEO-GAME TOURNAMENT IS COMING TO VEGAS It will be many years until we see a Stanley Cup championship in this town. But several giant eSports tournaments will visit Vegas in that time, including DreamHack Masters (masters.dreamhack.com/vegas), coming to the MGM Grand Garden Arena February

15-19. That’s months before the SomethingSomething Knights even put on their skates. Granted, eSports isn’t as dynamic as hockey—expect to see seated teams of gamers playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive against each other—but the stakes are every bit as high: The winning team gets a $450,000 payout. Who will unseat the reigning DreamHack champs—Ninjas in Pyjamas? Won’t be the Something-Something Knights, broheim. –Geoff Carter

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SWISH WISH? Our thoughts on MGM’s Jim Murren luring an NBA team to Vegas

Should MGM Resorts’ Chairman and CEO Jim Murren (or anybody else) convince an NBA team to move to Vegas, which are the likely candidates? Seattle, which lost the Supersonics to Oklahoma City (now the Thunder) in 2008, is working on a new privately funded arena and could compete with Vegas to grab a franchise like the New Orleans Pelicans (the only NBA team playing outside of a top-50 media market), the Milwaukee Bucks (small market, low attendance), the Sacramento Kings (arena issues) or the Memphis Grizzlies (small market). Based only on speculation and Internet ramblings, the Bucks seem like the leading candidate, but if Vegas gets the NFL’s Raiders, that could add another shiny coating of sports-glam sheen to our city, possibly tempting other teams. How ’bout them Clippers? –Brock Radke Before we get in line for pro jai alai and cricket franchises, how about we see how hockey does here, and, you know, give that team a chance to build a fanbase. The NBA would surely outdraw the NHL here in the desert, but given a decent head start, our first-ever major-league team might actually win the hearts of lots of Las Vegans, even those who’ve never set foot in an ice rink. That is, if they’re not too busy drooling over the possibility of the Raiders and who-knows-what NBA club relocating here. So let’s keep our eyes on the puck, and get excited about the one sport we know is actually, fully excited about us. –Spencer Patterson If NBA and NHL teams both play at T-Mobile in a Staples Center or Madison Square Garden-like arrangement, know who wins the most? Taxpayers. –Mike Prevatt

CATCHING A SHARED LYFT Just two months after celebrating its one-year anniversary in Las Vegas, transportation company Lyft is readying to launch another feature, Lyft Line. If you’ve ever used the service in another city—or the similar Uber Pool—you already know the benefit of ride-sharing. Line allows passengers with overlapping routes to share a ride for a cheaper price, and the more similar the route, the bigger the discount. ¶ The option to carpool with other passengers becomes available on November 10, making Las Vegas the 15th U.S. city to offer the service. Since Line launched in San Francisco two years ago, Lyft claims to have helped reduce traffic by more than 13 million cars. Encouraging riders to try out Line, Lyft is offering Vegas Line riders a discounted price during the first two weeks of the rollout. Uber Pool remains unavailable in Las Vegas. –Leslie Ventura

If MGM Resorts does play a role in a Sin City NBA team, should we rename the squad the Las Vegas Lions? Could be worse. –BR Is this a case of too much, too soon? We’re unaccustomed to supporting even one major hometown sports franchise, and filled with existing allegiances to those from elsewhere due to such a void. Are we expected to suddenly disavow our emotional connections to the Lakers, Broncos, Blackhawks, et al? –MP The NBA: Another thing we’re wasting time on, instead of just getting the soccer team that would actually succeed in this market. –Geoff Carter

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How can we get past this brutal election cycle?

By Stacy J. Willis

ell, now what? Assuming we’ll have a winner soon and not a civil war, and that we’ll resume to plodding along under a new administration for four years, what will we do with our time, our disgust, our sarcasm, our condescension, our vitriol? At whom will we aim our disdain, our filthy memes, our self-righteous pontificating disguised as “debate,” and our trolling disguised as “conversation”? How will we reel ourselves back from thinking it’s okay to say “He’s a f*cking lunatic” over the fine china (gyna?) or “She’s a stupid bitch” in front of children? How will we clamber back to some semblance of civility, to a time where we wouldn’t have dreamed that our presidential discourse led us to such base, ignorant, blockheaded name-calling? (See what I did there? It’s like I can’t stop. The negativity has devoured me. ) Let me tell you, there were times—dark times—during this election cycle when I whispered weird things to myself like, “I miss W,” and “Mitt Romney had a nice head of hair.” There were moments when I woke myself up at night repeating, “Deplorables, deplorables, deplorables …” There was even the crappy moment when I stood in line to vote—something that has always given me a sense of pride as an American, that feeling that although we differ in opinion, we are civil and united and believe in our system of Democracy—and exchanged cold glares with the retired couple whose Mercedes sported an opposition bumper sticker. My fellow Americans looked at my gray hoodie, which had a tiny Hurley emblem on the chest, an “H,” and the woman snapped, “You can’t wear that Hillary junk in here.” I didn’t want to explain. I wanted to brawl. I was sure I could lay them both out with a spinning roundhouse kick—a skill I absolutely do not have—but I wanted to vote more. So I stayed focused. There was nothing uniting about it, no warm fuzzy America the Beautiful buzz, no apple pie, no baseball. Who have we become? I don’t want to be this person, nor be among these people. I want the love back. Or at least the decency. I’ll be okay if I never again feel drawn, as if possessed by some demon spawn of utter hopelessness, to join a 652-comment thread to add this insightful commentary: “Moron!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Perhaps we need a national time out, a long moment, like two to eight years—the time it takes Senate Republicans to consider a Supreme Court nominee—to cleanse our psyches. I have a list of terms I need to purge from my head (see below), most notably, “orange anus” and “Killary.” Perhaps we all need a media fast, a solid 20 minutes without glancing at Facebook or Twitter. Perhaps we need a cable-news cleanse. Or maybe we just need to take a deep breath, come to terms with Our Year of the Tantrum, wrap it up, set it on the history shelf and try much harder to civil, smart and reasonable. It will be so great. Believe me.

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Taking the initiative

A primer on the big questions (but study your informative sample ballots!) Background Check Loophole

Would close the so-called “loophole” on federal background checks for gun purchases. If it passes, background checks already required at other licensed dealers would be required for gun purchases at gun shows and unlicensed online sites and between private parties. If it fails, gun purchases at those sites might continue to be conducted without federal background checks.

Recreational Marijuana

Would make recreational cannabis’ use and sale legal for those over 21 at a date to be decided in the next legislative session. Passage of this measure would also enact a 15 percent state tax on wholesale marijuana sales, allow for the establishment of regulated cultivation facilities, distributors and retail outlets, and require distributor licensing.

Open Market Energy

If passed, this would amend the Nevada Constitution to allow Nevadans to have a competitive retail energy market in which to shop for power. The measure would require the legislature to pass laws by July 1, 2023 prohibiting a power monopoly, preventing unfair practices and reducing costs to customers by allowing competition.

Medical Equipment Tax Relief

If passed, this initiative would amend the Nevada Constitution to remove consumer sales taxes from medical equipment like wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, as long as they’re prescribed by a licensed healthcare provider.

Fuel Tax

Drivers in Clark County already pay inflation-based fuel taxes, and if passed, this measure would continue that practice. The fuel tax revenue is used exclusively for roadwork and improving transportation safety. The measure seeks to adjust fuel taxes with inflation up to an averaged annual rate or 7.8 percent. The Regional Transportation Committee estimates that it would amount to a roughly 2.8-cent-per-gallon increase in gas costs in 2018. If passed, it will allow the fuel indexing practice to continue through 2026. –Stacy J. Willis

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From the pitch to politics U.S. Congressional hopeful Ruben Kihuen has a different goal in mind these days

Ruben Kihuen, center, poses with Hillary Clinton. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

By Tovin Lapan n the morning of the presidential debate at UNLV, Ruben Kihuen climbed onto the back of a truck parked in front of the Trump International Hotel and told the crowd he was living the “American Dream.” Addressing the “Wall of Taco Trucks” rally—organized by the Culinary Union Local 226, one of his longtime supporters—Kihuen told his story of coming to the United States with his family from Mexico when he was 8 years old and making the most of the opportunity. The crowd roared with applause. Kihuen has risen from Nevada State Assemblyman to State Senator, and is now running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Nevada’s fourth district. At 36, Kihuen is a promising, rising player on the Democratic roster. But a life in office was not his first choice. When Kihuen was attending Rancho High School he dreamed of receiving cheers on the soccer pitch, not the campaign trail. Kihuen grew up in Guadalajara. His father, Armando, traveled to Southern California for seasonal labor, and in 1986 he applied for Ronald Reagan’s immigration amnesty program, eventually establishing permanent residency. Kihuen, his mother Blanca and his siblings followed in 1988. Armando,

formerly a teacher in Mexico, moved the family to Las Vegas in 1993 and got his U.S. credentials to teach middle school science. Blanca has worked in housekeeping for MGM for the last 23 years. Kihuen, meanwhile, became a star striker for the Rancho High soccer team, setting records for most goals and assists in his senior season, when he was named Nevada Player of the Year. “Ruben was the man,” says Herculez Gomez, a Las Vegas High School alum who went on to play for the Mexican professional league, Major League Soccer and the U.S. National Team. “Trust me, he had the toolset to make it … You just never know what life is going to throw at you.” In 2000, at the age of 20, Kihuen scored a tryout with Chivas, the wellrespected Mexican league team from his hometown. During final preparations, Kihuen was playing in a Las Vegas adult league when, with 10 minutes to go, he fell awkwardly. He knew immediately that something was wrong: a broken foot that would require two pins inserted for a year. “The doctor came back and said,

“I want to not only give back to the country that’s given me so much, but also help the next person up.” ‘I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you’ll be able play soccer again; the bad news is, you’ll never be able to play professionally,’” Kihuen recalls. “I was depressed.” During his senior year at Rancho, Kihuen had volunteered for Sen. Harry Reid, and enjoyed the community work. So when his soccer dream dissolved, he turned back to school and focused on politics. Eventually, Kihuen received his degree in education from UNLV and became a recruiter and advisor at CSN. Meanwhile, he kept working on

campaigns. He helped organize the first Latino outreach program in Virginia in 2001, supporting the successful gubernatorial run of Mark Warner. He joined Harry Reid’s 2004 reelection team, and when the Senator won, he brought Kihuen on as a regional representative. It was the start of an ongoing mentorship. “For someone at that level to start mentoring someone in their 20s who is barely starting out in politics, I think it speaks volumes about him,” Kihuen says. “He was building the team, the infrastructure, that would go on to continue his legacy in Washington, D.C.” In 2006 Kihuen, still a relative unknown, decided to run for state assembly, and defied the prognosticators by winning. It was the toughest race he faced until this year. After a competitive primary, he’s now in a close contest with Republican incumbent Cresent Hardy. “Now, when you’re in elected office, you look back and say: ‘Yeah, I’ve made it, I’ve achieved the American Dream,’” Kihuen says. “But there are still many families who haven’t … I see it as a responsibility to not only give back to the country that’s given me so much, but also to help the next person up.”

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What the Masto Heck? Here’s what our two senate candidates intend to do if voted into office

CORTEZ MASTO Education Cortez Masto would vote to increase education funding and oppose “efforts by some in Washington to dismantle the Department of Education.”

Heck wants to fund Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and simplify the federal financial aid application process.

Guns Cortez Masto favors stronger background checks: “My husband [and I] are both gun owners. But imagine the lunacy of letting those listed on the terrorist no-fly list to be able to buy guns like the rest of us.”

BY GEOFF CARTER The résumés of Nevada’s two major-party candidates for the U.S. Senate, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Joe Heck, have gotten somewhat lost in the noise surrounding the presidential race. Here’s a quick primer on who stands for what, drawn from their campaign websites and public statements.

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Heck sees gun violence as a mental health issue: “By actually addressing the root causes of gun violence, we will be able to cast partisan differences aside and enact policies that actually prevent these senseless tragedies,” he says.

Jobs Cortez Masto would work to lower taxes for the middle class, fight against trade deals that send jobs overseas and invest in transportation projects like the Interstate 11 corridor.

Heck wants to reduce government regulations on businesses, provide tax breaks to small business owners and boost international travel to Las Vegas.

Immigration Cortez Masto supports the DREAM act and would enact reforms that “secures our borders and allows millions of undocumented immigrants … to earn a path to citizenship.”

Heck wants to strengthen the border with Mexico (and with Canada), expand employment eligibility verification and create a “guest worker program that allows for both high-skill and low-skill labor.”

Miscellaneous Cortez Masto intends to crack down on human trafficking, a job she began as Nevada’s Attorney General.

While in the House of Representatives, Heck opposed the bulk collection of private phone records under the PATRIOT Act.

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Delete my account Confirmation bias has wreaked havoc on our social media accounts. Will we undo it? By Geoff Carter

BALDWIN AS TRUMP Alec Baldwin’s spot-on SNL impersonation gave us great lines like “Wrong.” … “Wrong” … “Wrong.” Kate McKinnon’s Clinton was stellar as well, crying, “If you don’t elect me, I will continue to run for president until the day I die.” youtube.com/ watch?v=-nQGBZQrtT0

Thanks for the laughs Favorite pop-culture moments inspired by the presidential election BY Stacy J. Willis

BETWEEN THE FERNS Zach Galifianakis interviewed Hillary Clinton for the Funny or Die talk show. ZG to HC: • “Are you excited to be the first girl president?” • “As Secretary, how many words-per-minute could you type?” • “What happens if you become pregnant? Are we going to be stuck with Tim Kaine for nine months? How does this work?” (Clinton’s deadpan reply: “I could send you some pamphlets that might help you understand how this works.”) • “When you see how well it works for Donald Trump, do you ever think to yourself, ‘Oh, maybe I should be more racist?” youtube. com/watch?v=xrkPe-9rM1Q

THE NEW YORKER’S ANDY BOROWITZ He’s been a lifesaver, with a steady stream of satirical writing. Headlines include “Trump Blasts Media for Reporting Things He Says,” “Many in Nation Tired of Explaining Things to Idiots,” “Trump Warns Hillary May Rig Election by Getting More Votes” and “Hillary Releases 20,000 Spam E-Mails From Old Navy,” with even sharper stories underneath. newyorker.com/ humor/borowitz-report

It’s called “myside bias,” or more commonly, “confirmation bias.” Shahram Heshmat, a professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield, defined it succinctly in Psychology Today: “When people would like a certain idea/concept to be true, they end up believing it to be true … Once we have formed a view, we embrace information that confirms that view while ignoring, or rejecting, information that casts doubt on it.” Truthfully, I can’t get through a presidential election cycle without confirmation bias. The more polarized and angry our country becomes, the more I need to be around those who hold my deeply felt principles—and to ignore those who don’t. If I didn’t, especially in this fiasco of an election year, my brain might have self-immolated somewhere around the primaries. Confirmation bias is harmful. It deprives you of important and relevant facts, and can easily ossify into ugly prejudices. I want this election to be the last time I practice it. And what that probably means is this: In roughly three years’ time, I’ll delete my social media accounts and keep them deleted until the next election cycle is done. It takes too much out of me. It gets in the way of the things I should be saying and doing. I don’t know how many people I’ve filtered or outright blocked on Facebook and Twitter since the campaigns began. I was tired of fighting, so I just … disappeared them. There are no restrictions, legal or moral, to prevent me from doing that; all social media is strictly opt-in. (And it doesn’t prevent others from blocking me, either.) Nevertheless, as election sickness wears off, guilt is setting in—and I’m wondering how many of these disagreeables I’ll restore to my feed. I should probably listen to Heshmat and unblock everyone. “Look for instances to prove that you are wrong,” he wrote, citing Abraham Lincoln’s proclivity for employing political rivals. “This is perhaps a true definition of self-confidence: the ability to look at the world without the need to look for instances that pleases your ego.” It’s sound advice, and I want to live by it. But how much sh*t Lincoln would have gotten done in a day if he’d had a Twitter account? Probably not much.

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The Surinamese-Dutch “dirty house” DJ and producer always brings different flavors to the big room at Omnia, meshing musical genres with creativity and precision.

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oward the end of the recently released Netflix concert film Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids—filmed in January at MGM Grand Garden Arena during the final days of JT’s 20/20 Experience Tour—Timberlake and his backup singers take a break from cranking out one of his many hits to cover one of their favorite hits from the early ’90s. Okay, one of everybody’s favorite hits from the early ’90s. And as the rolling snare beats and horn blasts that open Bell Biv DeVoe’s classic “Poison” reverberate through the arena, the crowd goes wild. It’s one of the most memorable moments of Timberlake’s show, now immortalized

through Jonathan Demme’s film. “Poison” might have seemed like a disposable R&B-and-hip-hop mashup back in the day, but BBD’s smash has proven timeless. Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe will no doubt perform it this weekend when the group anchors the Soul Train Day Party at Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay, one of several concerts and events built around the annual Soul Train Weekend; the awards show takes place Sunday at the Orleans Arena. With so much ’90s nostalgia going around, Bell Biv DeVoe continues to

tour and perform across the country; that popularity should only increase with January’s broadcast of BET’s original biopic on New Edition, the group that birthed BBD. And Bell Biv DeVoe is still releasing new music, too, with new album Three Stripes due early next year. Soul Train Day Party with Bell Biv DeVoe & Kid Capri at Daylight at Mandalay Bay, November 5. –Brock Radke

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Born in Korea and raised in Colorado, Back made his name in Vegas when he opened Yellowtail at Bellagio, consistently one of the most popular and successful Japanese restaurants on the Strip. Unlike others who brought their concepts and cuisine to Las Vegas, Back founded his empire here. In 2014 he opened Akira Back restaurants in Jakarta and New Delhi, expanding and innovating upon his own upscale, fun fusion of Japanese and Korean flavors. The former professional snowboarder is planning to expand the AB brand to Seoul, Dubai, Singapore, LA, Toronto and Dallas, and he has also developed a Korean barbecue/American steakhouse hybrid concept, opening soon in Seoul and Hawaii.

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“I feel like this next year is really going to change things,” Back says. “After that, I’m slowing down. Since [opening AB] I’ve turned down a lot deals. So many people in the industry and customers know these restaurants in Las Vegas. It has really helped me grow.”

Back also opened Dosa, a small finedining restaurant, this year in Korea, a very personal project. “It was special, and there was a lot of expectations,” he says. “Even there, everyone thinks of me as the Las Vegas guy. They love it because of Las Vegas.” But Las Vegas is home today, and it’s common to catch the chef in Yellowtail and Kumi at Mandalay Bay, both unveiling new menu items this month. The growth of his own brand around the world has only strengthened his Vegas endeavors. “It’s pretty amazing how Kumi and Yellowtail keep going up, keep growing when there is so much Japanese restaurant [competition] on the Strip,” Back says. “Every time another one opens, it helps us. For me, it’s perfect timing.” Yellowtail at Bellagio, 702-730-3900; Kumi at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-9100. –Brock Radke

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orn to a Chinese-Jamaican family in Kingston and raised in South Florida, Leighton Walsh got his start in music by selling cassettes outside clubs and parties. During college at Clark Atlanta University—he earned his master’s degree in journalism— he took a few turns on the mic, and Walshy Fire was born. Looking to blur the lines between “selector” and MC, he took his extensive knowledge and appreciation for dancehall music to New York City and dug deeper into DJ culture. When he returned to Miami, he quickly fell in with the Black

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Chiney collective of musicians and producers incorporating Caribbean sounds into clubs and beyond. Black Chiney inspired the formation of Major Lazer, Diplo’s genrespanning side project (Walshy is the MC), which has produced some of the biggest dance tracks in the world the past two years, hailing from its Peace Is the Mission album. And Walshy has done more than co-write bangers like “Blaze Up the Fire” and drop memorable vocals on “Too Original.” He curated the reggae-fused soundtrack for the upcoming ski film Be Inspired,

and earlier this year followed in the Vegas footsteps of Diplo with his own DJ residency at Intrigue. Up next, he’ll headline XS with Major Lazer to ring in the new year. It doesn’t get any bigger than that. Walshy Fire at Intrigue at Wynn, November 3. –Brock Radke

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runo Mars has swagger for days—everybody knows that. But it’s the funk and soul of the great performers before him that have made him the pop protégé he is today. That’s why resident Tao and Foundation Room DJ Kay the Riot can’t get enough of Mars’ latest, “24K Magic.” “I fell in love with the track because of its funk influence. It immediately makes you want to dance,” she says.

“Being an open-format DJ, it works perfect to bridge the gap between old-school and current music. It allows me to play tracks that I really love but might not necessarily be able to make work on the regular. I can drop a James Brown track or Zapp & Roger track and get away with it. The younger generation might not even know who those artists are, but it’s educating them to the originators who gave birth to that style.”

It only makes sense that Mars, a 17time Grammy nominee, would land the first residency at MGM’s new Park Theater, where he’ll pump some of that classic soul back into Las Vegas. –Leslie Ventura

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he latest seasonal additions to the menu at Andrea’s—the ever-hip, Forbes four-star award-winning restaurant at Encore—are exactly what we’ve come to expect from executive chef Joseph Elevado and his team: wildly creative flavor combinations with occasionally exotic leanings applied to everyone’s favorite fall ingredients. Gently seared Hudson Valley foie gras is paired with persimmons, almonds and star anise honey atop a traditional egg toast, a luxurious dish with a bit of electricity. Foie shows up again with diver sea scallops, plated with toasted farrow, bright edamame and a

reduced soy-mirin-veal sauce. If you’re looking for an addictive dish that could easily turn into the city’s next buzzy bite, check out the Jidori fried chicken leg, served with serrano chili and papaya salad with the memorably savory fish sauce caramel. The rare and acclaimed Japanese A5 Wagyu beef is available as nigiri sushi this season, and Elevado continues educating his upscale diners on the merits of his native Filipino cuisine with the pan-seared snapper “pinakbet,” delicate fish with kabocha squash, long beans, pork belly and shrimp paste.

At this point, we expect to be thrilled by the new food at this boundarypushing restaurant. Even when we know it’s coming, the surprise is still there. Andrea’s at Encore, 702770-5340; Sunday-Thursday 6-10:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 6-11:30 p.m. –Brock Radke

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ollar bills transform into hundreds, coins mutate in size, forks dramatically bend and your playing card appears from a stack. It’s magic, and you can experience it, thanks to bartender Chris Hanna way out at Wildfire Anthem.

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“My parents wanted me to be a magician, but I actually wanted to be a doctor,” Hanna jokes. “My great uncle was a magician, [but] he just did it as a hobby, like most people. One of my favorite things when I work is when people ask, ‘What do you do for your real job?’”

Hanna, originally from the LA area, is a bartender at the southeast-neighborhood favorite but also an entertainer and master of close-up magic. He has been perfecting his tricks since age 5, when his parents bought his first magic kit for Christmas, and began performing professionally after high school. He draws inspiration from his favorites: Lance Burton, Penn & Teller and Bill Malone. Hanna moved to Las Vegas more than three years ago, aiming for a casino residency and special-event gigs at high-end restaurants. He performs at plenty of private events apart from the entertainment he provides from

behind the bar Mondays and Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Fridays from midnight to 8 a.m. “When I first started [at Wildfire], the graveyard numbers went up,” he says. “One couple came in, and then the next night they brought in eight people to see the magic. It blew my mind.” –Rosalie Spear

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SLIGHTLY STRANGE Doctor Strange makes a familiar but enjoyable addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe By Josh Bell trange isn’t really an accurate term to describe Doctor Strange, which mostly follows the Marvel Cinematic Universe origin template, with all the strengths and weaknesses that implies. That template has succeeded for a reason, and like all Marvel superhero movies, Doctor Strange is entertaining and enjoyable even when it’s formulaic and a bit underwhelming. What director and co-writer Scott Derrickson (who has a background in horror, with movies like Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose) brings to the Marvel movie world is a trippy, sometimes creepy visual sense, which comes in handy since Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a sorcerer with access to alternate dimensions. While most of Marvel’s previous heroes have been based in science or technology, Doctor Strange is a master of the mystical arts, and the movie fully embraces the idea of magic spells and sorcery, opening up new avenues for storytelling. At the same time, its title character’s origin is pretty familiar: Stephen

Strange starts the movie as a Tony Stark-style arsnappy (with just the right amount of self-deprecating rogant man about town, a superstar neurosurgeon humor), the performances are lively and the special who pioneers new procedures, collects awards and effects are dazzling. The visual style is the movie’s drives a really fancy sports car, which he then greatest strength, and Derrickson stages some crashes spectacularly, irreparably damaging aaacc truly astounding set pieces, with the heroes his hands in the process. No longer able to and villains manipulating their surroundings DOCTOR perform surgery, Strange eventually seeks out into surreal, kaleidoscopic landscapes that give STRANGE Benedict the aid of a mystic known as the Ancient One the action a new dimension (sometimes literCumberbatch, (Tilda Swinton, having a great time), who ally). Even if the stakes are less than thrilling, Tilda Swinton, teaches him the secrets of magic and helps the fights themselves are kinetic delights. Rachel McAdams. Directed him realize that he was meant for a greater Although the references to other Marvel by Scott purpose than personal glory. movies are mercifully brief and unobtrusive, Derrickson. Strange also fights off a villain (played eventually Strange has to be set up for his Rated PG-13. Opens Friday by Hannibal’s Mads Mikkelsen) intent on larger role in the Marvel universe (stick citywide. destroying the world, but as is typical for around, as always, for the post-credits Marvel movies, both the villain and his plan scenes), and this movie might be his one are largely forgettable. While the story isn’t chance to be shine on his own. If that’s the groundbreaking, the characters (including Chiwetel case, the movie doesn’t quite go far enough, but it’s Ejiofor and Benedict Wong as Strange’s fellow still an entertaining and occasionally distinctive sorcerers and Rachel McAdams as his requisite longaddition to the increasingly homogeneous Marvel suffering love interest) are engaging, the dialogue is movie canon.

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Maximum cuteness

Trolls brings tiny dolls to the big screen

Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) look over the surreal landscape of the mirror dimension. (Marvel Studios/Courtesy)

strange things Don’t know the Doctor’s work? Here’s a cheat sheet

When is Strange? Ditko created Doctor Strange in 1963. His only previous live-action appearance was in a 1978 TV movie, played by Mod Squad/The Waltons bit actor Peter Hooten.

Who is Strange? Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a Marvel Comics character created by artist/ writer Steve Ditko, a bonafide comics legend who also co-created Spider-Man with Stan Lee. Strange is so named because he first appeared in Marvel’s Strange Tales anthology series.

Where is Strange? Doctor Strange resides in the Sanctum Sanctorum, a three-story townhome in New York’s Greenwich Village. Its most striking characteristic is a circular window crisscrossed with curved lines—the Seal of the Vishanti, which shields the house against malevolent takeovers.

What is Strange? A former neurosurgeon, Doctor Strange is the Sorcerer Supreme, trained by the Ancient One to be Earth’s primary defender against mystical threats. He draws magical powers from several arcane entities and is skilled in several forms of martial arts. His Cloak of Levitation allows him to fly, and his amulet, the Eye of Agamotto, repels evil.

Why is Strange? He protects us from Dormammu—a demonic entity of incalculable power—and other sordid characters, including Thanos, the big bad of the upcoming Avengers movie Infinity War. But above all, we need him to make middle-aged nerds feel better about graying in the temples. Doctor Strange kinda rocks the salt-and-pepper. –Geoff Carter

Although its existence is a blatant marketing ploy for the cute dolls that have been popular since the early 1960s, DreamWorks’ animated Trolls at least makes an effort to justify itself as a movie, with marginal success. Not nearly as clever or self-aware as similarly marketingmotivated (yet hilarious) animated feature The Lego Movie, Trolls still manages to avoid being crass, showcasing some cute characters and amusing situations in the process. It’s also mostly forgettable and sloppily plotted, with an abrupt ending that seems to just give up on telling the rest of the story. For kids entertained by bright colors and catchy music, it will be a great time-passer, although adults could end up with a slight headache. Anna Kendrick voices Princess Poppy, the leader of the colorful, tall-haired, relentlessly upbeat title characters, who love singing, dancing and hugging, but are hunted by the mean, ogre-ish giants known as Bergens (think of them as Gargamel to the Smurf-like trolls). When the Bergens kidnap most of the trolls, Poppy joins up with grumpy (but pragmatic) troll Branch (Justin Timberlake) to rescue her friends. What follows is a sweet but underwhelming adventure, punctuated by overly slick renditions of pop songs (and a few original numbers). The candy-colored visual style is sometimes endearing and sometimes nauseating, and it might eventually leave viewers in a sugar coma. –Josh Bell

aabcc TROLLS Voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Mike Mitchell. Rated PG. Opens Friday citywide.

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Gorgeous trash The Handmaiden offers clever soap-opera thrills

South Korean filmmaker Park Chanwook (Oldboy, Stoker) has built his reputation on outrageousness, but he’s never made a movie that’s as much sheer trashy fun as The Handmaiden. Adapted from Sarah Waters’ 2002 novel Fingersmith, which was set in Victorian England, the film relocates the action to Japaneseoccupied Korea in the 1930s (colored subtitles indicate whether characters are speaking Korean or Japanese), where a master Korean thief (Ha Jungwoo) attempts to marry a Japanese heiress (Kim Minhee) by posing as a count and getting a confederate (Kim Tae-ri) a job as the heiress’ personal servant. That setup turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg, however, as the movie, told in three parts, repeatedly serves up shocking plot twists, replaying earlier scenes from a radically different perspective. In truth, the (comparatively short) final section is unnecessary, mostly allowing Park to indulge in some of the pointlessly gratuitous violence that’s marred films like Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. And Waters’ feminist outrage arguably gets subverted a bit by the film’s super-steamy lesbian sex scenes. Those looking for a superbly acted, magnificently plotted, gorgeously designed, explicit (unrated) East Asian period soap opera, however, will be richly rewarded. –Mike D’Angelo

aaabc THE HANDMAIDEN Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Not rated. Opens Friday at Regal Village Square.

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Garfield, left, trains for unarmed combat. (Summit Entertainment/Courtesy)

WAR AND PEACE Both get the bombastic treatment in Hacksaw Ridge By Josh Bell

or a movie about a famous pacifist, thing they can to get him to quit. Hacksaw Ridge is remarkably gruesome, Will those doubters all be proven wrong, evenalthough it takes a while to build to its tually coming to respect and admire Doss? Mel punishing brutality. After a brief Gibson, directing his first film since opening glimpse at Private Desmond 2006’s Apocalypto, augments the preaaccc Doss (Andrew Garfield) wounded on dictable writing with almost perversely the battlefield, the movie shifts back to intense battle scenes once Doss and his HACKSAW RIDGE the years leading up to World War II, battalion arrive at Okinawa. The excesas Doss grows up in rural Virginia. For sive gore highlights just how dangerous Andrew Garthe first hour or so, Ridge is an ultraa situation Doss put himself in without field, Teresa corny Hallmark movie, full of clichés a weapon to use in his defense, but it’s at Palmer, Vince Vaughn. Diin Doss’ Nicholas Sparks-ian romance odds with a movie about an incredibly rected by Mel with a local nurse (Teresa Palmer), his compassionate and self-sacrificing man, Gibson. Rated troubled relationship with his alcoholic and it eventually it becomes numbing. R. Opens Friday citywide. dad (Hugo Weaving) and his eventual Garfield plays Doss as an insipid doenlistment in the Army, where he engooder with a fake-sounding aw-shucks counters a platoon full of stereotypes accent, and the rest of the acting isn’t (including a drill sergeant played by a miscast much better. The bombastic score oversells every Vince Vaughn). A dedicated Seventh-day Advenmoment just in case the hokey dialogue isn’t obvitist, Doss refuses to even touch a firearm, but ous enough. Gibson lays on the sentiment and the he’s determined to serve his country as a combat blood and guts in equal measure, and both drown medic, even if his commanding officers do everyout the genuine heroism of the true story.

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KEEPING THE FAITH EX-CURE MEMBER LOL TOLHURST LOOKS BACK ON HIS YEARS WITH THAT BAND AND BEYOND BY ANNIE ZALESKI Lol Tolhurst, former drummer and keyboardist for The Cure, is out on a book tour in support of his new memoir, Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys. The book features plenty of stories about the U.K. band, its formation and its ascent, and also addresses how Tolhurst grappled with alcoholism and addiction— which ultimately led to his departure from The Cure around the time of 1989’s Disintegration. Tolhurst will read from the book and sign copies November 4 at Zia Record Exchange on Eastern Avenue, then will bring a DJ set to Artifice’s Scarlet goth party on November 5 (he says Devo, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails and, of course, The Cure are favorites). In an interview with the Weekly, he expounded on five key musical moments from his career.

SEVENTEEN SECONDS (The Cure, 1980)

FAITH (The Cure, 1981) “We kept moving

“The first album [1979’s Three Imaginary Boys] was a three-piece, and then we went to a four-piece. Michael [Dempsey, bassist] had left, and it was just myself and Robert [Smith]—so we got Simon [Gallup, bassist] in, and Simon’s friend Matthieu [Hartley, keyboardist]. Although the record is quite somber, we had a happy time making it. That was the first time we were actually given some creative freedom, because we hadn’t produced the first album ourselves. [Here], we had actually taken control and grabbed the reins of our own creation.”

around from studio to studio. Up until that point, we had written material before we went into the studio, and this was first time where we didn’t actually have any time to do that. We were on the road completely. The only song you write when you’re on the road is, “I’m on the road again.” We didn’t really want to do that. A lot of calamity in life had happened at that point. Robert’s grandmother died; my mother was terminally ill. It was quite a difficult album to write, and it was made more difficult by hopping around from studio to studio recording it.”

PORNOGRAPHY (The Cure, 1982) “To me, it’s the pinnacle of the three-piece Cure. The Cure’s been divided into two bands: the three-piece band, and the fivepiece—and then, occasionally six-piece— band. Pornography for me was the distillation of everything we tried to do with a threepiece up until that point. I was really happy with the way the drums turned out, the sound. I was just really happy with the whole album. I felt that even though it was a little mad making some of it, we put out something that stood the test of time. I’m very proud of that one.”

LOL TOLHURST Book signing/ reading November 4, 7:30 p.m., Zia Record Exchange, 4225 S. Eastern Ave. DJ set November 5, 10 p.m., Scarlet at Artifice.

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Motor City magic Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey talks Detroit, post-punk and more By LESLIE VENTURA

ver the past five years, Detroit post-punks Protomartyr have gone from local underdogs to hometown heroes. What emerged from typical after-work drinking sessions quickly became a successful rock outfit, landing a spot on much-loved Seattle indie label Hardly Art. The Weekly caught up with frontman Joe Casey ahead of the band’s Vegas show to talk about his hometown, early influences and the band’s next album.

Tolhurst (bottom right) and his Cure bandmates in 1985. (Courtesy)

“Let’s Go to Bed”/”The Walk” (The Cure, 1982/1983) “I’d always had an interest in electronic music. I liked all the stuff from the ’30s and ’40s even, the very early electronic pioneers. And at this point, all of that stuff was becoming much more available to the average musician. It wasn’t something that was esoteric anymore. Utilizing those kinds of instruments and that kind of technology drove the way we started to write, like, ‘Well, we have to write something that’s a bit poppier or maybe a bit less guitar-driven.’ That’s really what happened there.”

Perfect Life (Levinhurst, 2004) “It was really the rebirth of creativity. Up until that point, I felt a little lost, even though I had made another record beforehand, another two, actually. This was the first time I’d felt comfortable in my own skin again, as a creative person. That’s why it’s called Perfect Life, because that’s what I felt was happening. It was the first time in a long time that I’d actually been able to decide everything about an album beginning to end. It was just myself and Dayton [Borders, guitarist/keyboardist] and Cindy [Levinson] singing, and it all seemed very natural.”

On Detroit: “One of the reasons why Detroit has a lot of music is it’s affordable. It’s a drinking city; people go out to bars—it’s cheap entertainment. There’s no way I could move to New York and afford practice spaces. In Detroit, you can have a low-paying job and still make it.”

described [with] kinds of labels, but they were just doing what they wanted. You can go deeper and deeper with any genre.” On stage fright: “I still have stage fright to this day, but I actually kind of like that feeling; I don’t see it as a hindrance. If I was comfy onstage, I would think there was something wrong with me.”

Protomartyr with The Gotobeds, Warblood, Dark Black, DJ Fish. November 8, 9 p.m., $8$10, Bunkhouse Saloon.

On post-punk influences: “When was growing up, there was a collection of old post-punk singles from England, collected one-hit wonders, [called] Messthetics on Hyped to Death, and it was really great for hearing a large variety of sounds. From one song to the next it changes radically. … A big band for us locally is Tyvek. I’ve heard them

On comparisons to Ian Curtis of Joy Division and Mark E. Smith of The Fall: “It’s very flattering, but I’m always more interested when people are talking about us and mention contemporary music. This is a continuum, and we’re not a retro act. Our sound came from us learning how to play, and as we learn more our sound will change.”

On the next album: “We’re actually going to be playing new songs [live] that we’ve been working on, and once we get back from his tour we have the rest of the year off, [so] our plan is to get an album out next year. You’re always a little bit worried you’ll get to a room and stare at each other and not get anything done, but I’m pretty happy with what we’ve got so far.” –Leslie Ventura

Rusty showed no signs of rust at the Bunkhouse. (Spencer Burton/Special to Weekly)

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LOCAL SPIN New Vegas treats for your ears Kitze, Talkboys EP Brett Bolton sits in his basement surrounded by gear—a Moog synthesizer, a drum machine and a keyboard— while a geyser of geometric icebergs erupts next to him, as if escaping from the floorboards. The Talkboys EP cover reveals a few things about Bolton’s latest collection of electronic songs, namely, that it’s filled with Kitze’s familiar, funked-out computerized jams, put through a warm filter. Layered with twinkling blips, claps and hooky catchphrases—not to mention smooth and synthy grooves (hear: “RKCP”)— Bolton mixes decades of influences into something that shape-shifts like a lava lamp that fits in any room.

The Psyatics, Famous Monsters This third full-length launches into rock ’n’ roll overdrive on its very first song, “Famous Monsters,” which happens to be about history’s most infamous serial killers. Backed by Mark Bäertschi’s surfy drum fills and guitarist Jack Ball’s electrifying fretwork, vocalist/bassist Rob Bell puts his snarling delivery front and center on the trio’s gasoline-powered garagerock. From the spunky Drags cover “I Like to Die” to the rockabilly-tinged “The Last Time I Saw Julia,” Famous Monsters thunders from start to finish.

Amy Pate, Amy Pate “I’ve been slipping into madness/This life’s a waking dream/Time is an illusion/I can’t wake up, I can’t sleep.” That’s how Candy Warpop’s singer opens this solo album, a harrowing statement softened only by her vocal restraint and the strum of her acoustic guitar, evoking comparisons to PJ Harvey. Pate, whose guitars, amps and other gear was stolen earlier this year, will release her self-titled record at a November 18 release show at 11th Street Records. –Leslie Ventura

screen The moment arrives Vegas’ Rusty Maples unveil Detach after a long delay By JASON HARRIS

“I

could see the change,” Blair Dewane tells me. “I saw it when we were starting out. Bands before us that were big. We’d get on their bills, and they’d have the crowd. Then slowly we’d have the crowd. And now I see the new bands coming up that used to open for us—they’re the ones with the crowd now. Everything goes through changes.” His words apply to last Friday’s release show for Rusty Maples’ new album, Detach. The Vegasscene mainstays—who arose in early 2011 and appeared set to break big not long ago—drew an enthusiastic group of supporters to the Bunkhouse, but not quite like the days of rooms packed with fans singing along to every word. The band is still delivering the goods, however, as Detach demonstrates. “Bloodstained Highway” is a well-paced anthem that should get fists pumping. Longtime live favorite “Runner” feels like a lead single in waiting. And the jagged “Won’t Work” cuts you in just the right ways. Detach, Rusty’s first full-length LP after a

string of EPs, has been finished for almost a year, but with each completed step, a new issue arose. The band had to stop to raise money for mixing, then for mastering and finally, for remastering. But at last, it’s here. The show found Rusty’s ranks expanded to six. While the core remains the same—Blair on lead vocals and guitar, brother Ian Dewane on lead guitar, Mike Weller on bass and Mike McGuinness on drums—Monica Sterling (keyboards) and Nick Boswell (guitar) added depth to the sonic landscape. Might they become permanent members? Blair isn’t sure. “I’d like to have them in the band, but that also would mean we’re going to continue like we used to, and I don’t think any of us have it in us anymore to play every couple of weeks in town or go out on tour for no money. It takes it out of you.” Mostly, Blair wants listeners to know that when it came to Detach, he and his bandmates gave their all. “It was something that we really tried on. We really went all-out.”

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art pieces New galleries and a TV show keep Vegas’ creative community evolving By Rosalie Spear

Steve Anthony’s work will be up at the new Obsidian Fine Art this month. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

On the heels of Downtown Spaces’ recent growth, this month finds the adjacent Arts District expanding significantly. On November 3-5, recently-founded U+U Art Gallery will present a culturally and content-diverse exhibit, Art Mod, in the Institution 18b building. It will showcase artists Emmy Lu, Gigi Boldon and Timothy Bluitt, with a reception with all three scheduled for November 5 from 5 to 9 p.m. U+U Gallery founder Michelle Scott says her goal is to show a wide variety of artistry. She’s been involved in the art scenes of San Francisco, Chicago and LA, and now wants to inspire change here. “I want to fill a gap,” Scott says. “Bringing diversity to Las Vegas can open up some eyes and let people see that we can do something different.” Scott is looking for a building to house the gallery beyond its temporary exhibition. She’s considering the roughly 6,000-square-foot building next to Institution 18b, along with other options. While looking for a more permanent venue, she plans to host another art exhibit in January or February. Over at the Arts Factory, which has undergone a remodel over the past several months, artists Amanda Wisniewski (who goes by Mandy Joy), Steve Anthony and Jana Lynch are changing it up. Joy and Anthony will celebrate the grand opening of their first gallery partnership, Obsidian Fine Art, on November 3 and 4. The new space is located on the second floor of the Arts Factory, in the former SaVx Gallery space. The two friends, who have exhibited at Jana’s RedRoom and Victor Xiu Gallery, will have new and previously shown pieces up through November 25. The grand-opening exhibit will feature Anthony’s impressionist figures, which draw on visceral emotion and emphasize three-dimensional structure. Joy’s work for this exhibit will showcase detailed fall landscapes and Día de los Muertos-themed artwork.“There’s a lot of change going on right now in the art scene, and fall is a good time for that,” Joy says. “Once fall comes, lots of people come out again, and they really get into it.” Lynch, owner of Jana’s RedRoom, will also strive to involve the community by showcasing Vegas artists and businesses on new TV series RedRoom LIVE, set to air on local channels owned by KGNG and the CW (depending on sponsorship) Saturdays at noon (and rebroadcast Sundays at 7 p.m.), beginning November 19, according to producer Paul Vowell. Lynch says the show will feature segments hosted by local artists, like “What is Art LV?” with Alexander Huerta, art lessons, upcoming RedRoom After Dark events and interviews. Her goal: to connect the Vegas art scene to other markets and syndicate her show nationally. “I’m genuinely in love with these people and this community, and we want you to come and enjoy our neighborhood,” she says.

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A NEW LUNCH MASTERPIECE THE FALL MENU AT TABLEAU DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION BY BROCK RADKE ableau is a true hotel restaurant. It really only exists to serve guests at Wynn’s luxurious Tower Suites, a rare fine-dining experience serving only breakfast and lunch, and brunch on weekends. A local would have no reason to eat at Tableau, unless that local is interested in one of the best lunch spots in the city. The breakfast and brunch menus ICYMI are great, too, but a new lunch menu introduced a few weeks ago truly shines, elevating a restaurant that has always been worth visiting. David Middleton, a talented chef who made his name in Las Vegas improving the neighborhood favorite Marche Bacchus before opening DB Brasserie at the Venetian two years ago, has been at the helm of Tableau for a little over a year now and has clearly found his rhythm there. There are lunch favorites that will always be on the

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menu, like the chicken soup ($14), which packages the chicken in neat ravioli and the classic La Scala salad ($22) with salami and mozzarella decorating romaine in red wine dressing. But new creations like a beautiful beet soup ($17) deserve attention. Warm, pink and perfect for fall, it’s poured over velvety coconut cream with candied ginger and pickled blueberries, an ideal combination and presentation. The Tableau version of steak tartare ($24), a dish Middleton perfected at Marche Bacchus, is light on texture but rich with flavor thanks to a parmesan-truffle aioli. For mains, you’ll be tempted to go with decadent braised beef shortribs ($29) or a burger ($25) topped with caramelized onions, roasted tomato and some of those shortribs. You won’t be disappointed either way, but it would be a shame to miss out on the perfect warm duck confit salad ($28) or a satisfying take on shrimp and grits done with buttermilk polenta ($28). Las Vegas locals who love to dine typically know which Strip restaurants are worth the splurge, but perhaps Tableau has been missed by that audience. It deserves to be near the top of the category.

INGREDIENTS 3 oz. Ty Ku Cucumber Sake 3/4 oz. Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur 3/4 oz. St-Germain Liqueur Cucumber spear for garnish Sesame seeds and Torani Sweet Heat Syrup for rim

PUCKER UP: ATOMIC’S SOUR SATURDAY KEEPS GROWING

Five years ago, during a (probable) rainy day in Seattle, Atomic Liquors general manager Rose Signor tried her first sour beer, Duchesse de Bourgogne by Verhaeghe. She credits it with not only opening up her palate to the tart flavors of brews intentionally infected with bacteria, but also to craft beer in general. And now, she’s celebrating her love of the style with the fourth-annual Sour Saturday at Atomic, November 5 from 1 to 5 p.m. ($50). The acceptance of sours has grown dramatically in recent years. Signor recalls half of the Petrus Aged Red—the first sour tap at Atomic three years ago—getting sent back by customers. Now, an event that started by pouring 10 beers for about 30 guests has grown into a destination mini-festival showcasing 46 breweries and an anticipated 500 attendees. Signor credits the 2014 arrival of boutique liquor distributor Vin Sauvage with changing the Vegas craft beer scene, primarily due to its NATIVE BREW association with the Shelton Brothers portfolio, which she refers to as “the crème de la crème of sour beers.” Vin Sauvage’s David Bowers—aka The Beer Guy—first experienced a sour via a New Belgium La Folie, which he hated so much, “I wanted to punch the guy in the neck who gave it to me.” Now he’s arguably the biggest local advocate of the style. He attributes the growing sophistication of palates to an ever-expanding cocktail culture and omnipresent Food Network coverage. “We did IPAs, and that grew like crazy,” he says. “And [then] you look for something else.” Out-of-market breweries pouring in this year’s VIP section include Shmaltz Brewing’s three-year vertical (2014-2016) of Jewbelation, a barrel-aged sour anniversary beer brewed with an increasing number of malts and hops and higher ABV. Vin Sauvage has procured a trio of beers from the Texas hill country outside Austin by cult-favorite Jester King: Mad Meg Farmhouse Provision Ale, Hibernal Dichotomous Winter Saison and Wytchmaker Farmhouse Rye IPA. It won’t be all drinking. Sour Saturday also includes an educational component, a demonstration in which a gose will be brewed for all five hours. And as a special treat, the Atomic Lucky Draw will award a few lucky winners with pours of Cantillion Gueuze and Kriek—or, as Bowers likes to refer to them, “unicorn tears for beer geeks.” Signor has high hopes for Sour Saturday. “This festival is my baby, and I want it to [grow to] a nationally-known scale where people travel from across the country,” she says. “I want there to be thousands of people, rather than hundreds.” –Jim Begley

METHOD Rim a chilled cocktail coupe glass with sesame seeds, using the Torani Sweet Heat Syrup to adhere the sesame seeds to the rim. Pour the sake and liqueurs into a mixing glass filled with ice, stir and strain into the glass. Garnish and serve.

Delicate, refined, unexpected and satisfying—the Kyoto Whisper is like sipping on the most beautiful sweet nothings you’ve ever heard, or tasted. Ty Ku Cucumber Sake is earthy and fresh, and when it’s combined with spicy and sweet liqueurs, you get a cocktail unlike any other.

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

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Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Guerrilla Radio 11/4, 7 pm, free. Another Journey 11/5, 8 pm, free. The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Moose Blood, Seaway 11/8, 6 pm, $22-$35. Lil Uzi Vert 11/10, 7 pm, $35-$78. Smells Like Nirvana 11/11, 8:30 pm, free. Exile on Main Strip, Janis Live 11/12, 8 pm, free. Gogol Bordello 11/18, 7 pm, $30-$45. Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Iya Terra 11/19, 7:30 pm, $25-$35. Snails, Crizzly, Liquid Stranger, Instant Party 11/26, 8 pm, $35$35. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Celine Dion 11/4-11/5, 11/7, 11/9, 11/11-11/12, 11/15-11/16, 11/18-11/19, 11/22, 11/25-11/26, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 11/30, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. 702-731-7333. Double Down Thee Swank Bastards, The Ditch Diggers, Red River Massacre, Publin Draught, Drunkard’s Remorse 11/4. C.O.F.F.I.N., 40 Oz. Folklore, Child Endangerment, Life Fail, A Burden on Society 11/5. Johnny Zig & the Highlighters 11/6, 9 pm. TV Party Tonight 11/10. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Las Vegas Soul Festival ft. Keith Sweat, Dru Hill, Ginuwine 11/19, 8 pm, $29-$200. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox 11/26, 8 pm, $30-$150. (Vinyl) Tim Reynolds & TR3 11/4, 9 pm, $22-$45. Attila, Chelsea Grin, Emmure, Sylar 11/6, 7 pm, $25-$60. Denzel Curry, Boogie 11/10, 9 pm, $18$35. Animals as Leaders, Intervals, Plini 11/12, 8 pm, $22-$45. For Today, Norma Jean, My Epic, Silent Planet, Before Giants 11/14, 6:30 pm, $18$30. Mon Laferte 11/16, 9 pm, $25-$60. Kiss the Sky 11/17, 9 pm, $15-$25. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Monica, Jazmine Sullivan 11/3, 6 pm, $39-$184. Carlos Santana 11/4-11/6, 11/9, 7 pm, $90-$350. Belanova 11/7, 8 pm, $35. Pennywise, Strung Out, Unwritten Law, Runaway Kids 11/19, 7 pm, $25. Switchfoot, Relient K 11/23, 7 pm, $34-$36. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Soul Train Music Fest ft. Jill Scott, Tyrese, Anthony Hamilton 11/4, 8 pm, $50-$125. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Jordan Smith 11/12, 8 pm, $30-$85. 702-891-7777. Mirage Boyz II Men 11/3-11/5, 11/11-11/13, 11/1811/20, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 702-791-7111. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Britney Spears 11/4-11/5, 11/9, 11/11-11/12, 11/16, 11/18-11/19, 9 pm, $69-$500. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) Alejandra Guzman 11/5, 9 pm, $43. Ms. Lauryn Hill 11/12, 7:30 pm, $67. Lukas Graham 11/18, 7 pm, $35. Method Man & Redman, Slick Rick 11/19, 8 pm, $35. (Sayers Club) The Lique 11/5. Jeremiah Johnson Band 11/19, 10 pm, $10. 702-761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Montgomery Gentry 11/4, 9 pm, $25-$240. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers 11/26, 7 pm, $50$80. 702-692-1600.

Downtown 11th Street Records Faceplant, Life’s Torment, Back Stabbath, Lost Lands 11/11, 6 pm, $5. 1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990. Backstage Bar & Billiards Atrayo, Intl. Mack, Ulysses, Bizzy Boyz 11/3, 8 pm, $10. Gorgonas, The Feels, Los Ataskados, El Quinto Rayo 11/4, 9 pm, $5. BiPolar, A Balance of Power, Within the Cochlea, For the Fight 11/5, 8 pm, $5-$8.

Dave Matthews Band guitarist Tim Reynolds, center, brings TR3 to Vinyl November 4. (Chris Bickford/Courtesy)

Katy Guillen and the Girls, Brother Mister 11/9, 8 pm, $8-$10. Mink, Loud Pack, Charlie Madness, L.T., Anglo Sax, Musab, Inkwell, Ryan Grey & more 11/10, 8 pm, $10. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Congo Sanchez, The Mystery Lights 11/5, 8 pm, free. Echos 11/8, 9 pm, $10. Diarrhea Planet, Lovely Bad Things, Illicitor, Fredward 11/13, 8 pm, $8. Kill Frenzy, Diatone, Flashgang, Grand Puma 11/15, 9 pm, $10-$12. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Hayden James, Elderbrook 11/4, 9 pm, $15. Astronautalis, Oxymorrons, Hassan Hamilton 11/5, 9 pm, $10-$15. Protomartyr, The Gotobeds, Warblood 11/8, 9 pm, $8-$10. Gram Rabbit, The Darts, Acid Sisters, The Van der Rohe 11/10, 9 pm, $8-$10. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) America 11/4, 8 pm, $108-$162. Lou Gramm 11/11, 8 pm, $75-$108. 866-946-5336. Griffin Same Sex Mary, Hot Vodka, Special-K 11/9, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge The Great North 11/3, 9 pm, free. Forest Pooky, Bob Oh, Brock Frabbiele 11/5, 9 pm, $5. Shu Lace, Fishbol 11/11, 9 pm, $5. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Diamond Head, Tailgun, LA Story, Bravo Delta, Mr. Mystery 11/4, 8 pm, $15-$17. Lex the Hex Master, Scum, Spazzavelli & Grave Dog, Donnie Menace, Riot Boyz, Late for Dinner, Nature L, Matt, RKB 11/5, 9 pm, $12-$15. Flotsam & Jetsam, Hatchet, Helstar, My Own Nation, Darkest Day, Quantum 11/6, 8 pm, $15-$17. Wax, Doms Gauge, The Tribe, AJ, Palmer Squares 11/10, 9 pm, $13$15. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Cabrera Conducts the Classics: Mozart, Haydn & Beethoven 11/5, 7:30 pm, $30-$109. Celtic Thunder 11/7, 7:30 pm, $24-$79. Lee Ann Womack 11/12, 7 pm, $34-$134. Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band 11/13, 7:30 pm, $39-$154. (Cabaret Jazz) Rumer Willis 11/411/5, 7 pm, $39-$59. Lon Bronson Band, Larry

Braggs 11/9, 8 pm, $15-$35. Ana Gasteyer 11/1111/12, 7 pm, $39-$59. Bre Lawrence 11/13, 2 pm, $25. Daniel Emmet, Philip Fortenberry 11/14, 7 pm, $25-$45. Jim Brickman 11/18-11/19, 7 pm, $37-$59. Dee Dee Bridgewater 11/25-11/26, 7 pm, $45-$75. 702-749-2000. Velveteen Rabbit Frankie and the Witch Fingers, The Van der Rohe, Free LSDs Badtrip 11/5, 8 pm, $8. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.

Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill Word in Edgewise, Kings of Kush 11/5, 9 pm, $5. Cash’d Out, Sin City Ditch Diggers 11/12, 8 pm, $10-$15. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Boomers Groomlake, Spekatlas 11/3, 9 pm, free. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Madelyn Feller 11/4. Jon E. Boothe 11/5. Witherward 11/12. West Coast Travelers 11/18. Full Flight 11/19. Shows 8 pm, free. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues 11/3, 7 pm, $5. Boney James 11/11, 8 pm, $36-$67. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Burn Unit, U2LV 11/3, 8:30 pm, free. Tracii Guns, DC4 11/4, 9 pm, $5. Aeromyth 11/5, 9:30 pm, $5. Winger 11/10, 9 pm, $20-$25. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dispensary Lounge Naomi Mauro 11/4, 11/19. Gary Fowler, Alice Underground 11/5. Pepe Jimenez 11/9, 9 pm. Karen Jones 11/11. Ronnie Rose, Joe Lano 11/16, 9 pm. JoBelle Yonely 11/18. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar Devastation DVT, Infested, Apathetix 11/3, 9 pm, $5. The Velveteen Band, 3D6, Super Zeroes, Scott Koblish 11/5, 8 pm, free. Faceplant, Back Stabbath, Unfair Fight 11/12, 9 pm, $5. VA 11/18, 7 pm, $5. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Henderson Pavilion The Dramatics, Betty

Wright 11/5, 7:30 pm, $35-$95. Kellie Pickler, James Wesley 11/6, 7 pm, $40-$75. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. OMD Heaven Below, Ghost Ship Octavius, The Edge of Paradice, Brad Bailey 11/5, 7 pm, $12$15. 953 E. Sahara Ave., #B-30, 702-742-4171. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) Richard Cheese 11/5, 8 pm, $39-$64. 702-797-7777. South Point (Showroom) Man in Black 11/4-11/6, 7:30 pm, $25-$35. Donny Edwards: Elvis Tribute 11/11-11/13, 7:30 pm, $25-$35. (Grandview Lounge) Cash Presley 11/3, 11/5, 9:30 pm, free. Chadwick Johnson 11/12, 9:30 pm, $20. 702-796-7111. Suncoast (Showroom) The Fab Four 11/5-11/6, 8:30 pm, $22-$44. Candlebox 11/12, 8:30 pm, $44-$54. 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Asia ft. John Payne 11/5, 8 pm, $34-$54. 702-547-7777.

Comedy

Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa (Access Showroom) Luenell 11/5, 8 pm, $18-$33. 702-692-7777. Hard Hat Lounge John Louis Campbell, Michael D’Angelo, Victor Hernandez, Byron Kemp Stout 11/14, 9 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. Hooters Comedy Daredevil ft. Ryan Stock, AmberLynn Thu-Mon, 9 pm, $35-$100. 115 E. Tropicana Ave., 866-584-6687. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) The Comedy Get Down ft. Cedric the Entertainer, Eddie Griffin, D.L. Hughley, George Lopez, Charlie Murphy 11/5, 8 pm, $40-$120. 702-632-7777. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Tim Allen 11/4-11/5, 10 pm, $65-$87. Ray Romano, David Spade 11/11-11/12, 10 pm, $87-$120. 702-792-7777. Treasure Island Bill Engvall 11/4, 12/2, 9 pm, $52-$82. Whoopi Goldberg 11/11, 9 pm, $57-$98. 702-894-7111. Venetian (Theatre) Hanoch Daum 11/12, 9:30 pm, $40. 702-414-9000.

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Performing Arts CSN Performing Arts Center (Fine Arts Recital Hall) Vocal Jazz Solo Night 11/4-11/5, 7:30 pm, $5-$8. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Green Day’s American Idiot: The Groundbreaking Broadway Musical 11/7, 7 pm, $15-$20. 702693-5000. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) The Nance 11/3-11/5, 8 pm; 11/6, 2 pm, $21-$24. (Black Box) Outside Mullingar 11/4-11/5, 11/1011/12, 8 pm; 11/6, 2 pm, $14-$15. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre: Celebrating 10 Years of Excellence 11/11, 7:30 pm, $24$79. 702-749-2000. Starbright Theatre Trunk Songs 11/6, 2 pm, $20. 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Theatre in the Valley The Spider or the Fly? 11/4-11/5, 11/11-11/12, 8 pm; 11/6, 11/13, 2 pm, $12$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275. Treasure Island A Choreographers’ Showcase 11/13, 11/19-11/20, 1 pm; $25-$45. 702-894-7722. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Choral Studies: Madrigal & Chamber Choir Festival 11/4, 4 pm, free. UNLV Music: Community Concert & New Horizons Bands 11/9, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. Clark County School District: Honor Mariachi Concert 11/10, 7 pm, free. 702-895-3332. “The Usual Place” When the Rain Stops Falling 11/3-11/5, 11/10-11/12, 8 pm; 11/5-11/6, 11/12-11/13, 2 pm, $20-$25. 100 S. Maryland Parkway, apublicfit.org. Winchester Cultural Center Ballet Folklorico Izel 11/5, 6 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.

Special Events

The Age of Aqueerius Senior Prom 11/5, 6-9 pm, $10. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-733-9800. Art in Full Bloom: A Disco Celebration of Colors The Center Fundraiser 11/11, 4-9 pm, free. Mayesh Las Vegas, 3950 W. Diablo Drive #B11, mayesh.com. Conversations with Norm ft. Greg Maddux, Jack Sheehan 11/6, 2 pm, $25. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Dia de Muertos 11/4-11/6, 4-9 pm, $6-$10. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. First Friday 11/4, 6-11 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, ffflv.org. Hell on Wheels Punk Rock Roller Disco Party 11/11, 9 pm. Dive Bar, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Henderson Stroll ’n Roll 11/12, 10 am-2 pm, free. Paseo Verde Park, 1851 Paseo Verde Parkway, cityofhenderson.com. Hopped Golf 11/11, 7-10 pm, $30-$60. Topgolf, 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458. Latin Grammy Awards 11/17, 5 pm, $55-$700. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Love Is All You Need? Film Screening and Q&A 11/4, 7 pm, $10. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, liayn-lasvegas.eventbrite.com. LV Craft Show 11/6, 10 am-5 pm, free. Silverton, lvcraftshows.com. Military Culinary Competition 11/12, 7 am-4:30 pm, free. Trinidad Pavilion at Tropicana, 702739-2222. Miss Nevada USA & Miss Nevada Teen USA 2017 Preliminaries 11/13, 2 pm, $25. Finals 11/13, 7 pm, $45-$70. Artemus Ham Concert Hall at UNLV, 702-895-2787.

Paint the Town AFAN benefit 11/11, 6 pm, $25$50. Zappos, 300 Las Vegas Blvd. N., afanlv.org. SEMA Ignited 11/4, 3-10 pm, free-$20. Gold Lot (across from Las Vegas Convention Center), 3150 Paradise Road, semaignited.com. Soul Train Awards 11/6, 5:30 pm, $50-$229. Orleans Arena, 800-675-3267. Sour Saturday Festival 11/5, 1-5 pm, $50. Atomic Liquors, 917 Fremont St., soursaturdaylv.com. Summerlin ArtWalk 11/12-11/13, 10 am-4 pm, free. Mountain Shadows Community Center, 9107 Del Webb Blvd., vegasartwalk.com. Sunday Suppers by Chef Mayra Happy ThanksLiving, A Life Celebration 11/13, 4-7 pm, $50-$70. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., sundaysuppers.splashthat.com. Tater Tots and Beer Festival 11/12, 11 am-2 pm & 3-6 pm, $25-$75. Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, tatertotfestival.com. Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival 11/5, 9:30 am-4:30 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, vegasvalleycomic bookfestival.org. Writer’s Block Writer’s Block Book Club: Outline 11/3, 6-7:30 pm, free. John Steinbeck on Writing: Show and Tell 11/7, 7 pm. Events free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.

Sports

Knockout Night at the D 11/18, 6 pm, $15-$926. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd. St., 800-745-3000. Kovalev vs. Ward 11/19, 2:30 pm, $55-$1,005. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Pacquiao vs. Vargas 11/5, 3 pm, $54-$1,004. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267. Professional Bull Riders World Finals ft. George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Colt Ford 11/3-11/4, 6:15 pm; 11/5, 7:15 pm; 11/6, 12:45 pm, $39-$1,096. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Shriner’s Hospital for Children Open Thru 11/6, 6 am-5 pm, $35-$999. TPC Summerlin, 1700 Village Center Circle, shrinershospitals open.com.

Galleries

Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-3833133. Galleries include: Obsidian Fine Art Grand Opening Celebration 11/4, 6-10 pm, free. Steve Anthony, Mandy Joy: Grand Opening Show 11/4-11/25. #240. Wonderland Gallery Glynn Galloway, Das Frank 11/3-11/25. #110, 702-686-4010. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Town and Country: from Degas to Picasso Thru 2/20/2017. $16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Clay Arts Vegas (Gallery Lineup) Fest-Ta-Vous Nov-Dec. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. CSN 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Galleries include: Artspace Gallery Page by Page: Artist Books and Drawings by Karen Baldner Thru 11/19. Fine Arts Gallery Christopher Troutman: Drawing and Narrative Thru 11/19. Downtown Spaces 1800 S. Industrial Road, dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Skin City Body Painting Justin Lepper: The Incarceration of Cherry Biscuits 11/4. Artist Reception 11/4, 6-10 pm, free. 702-431-7546. Left of Center In Pursuit of Sanity Thru 1/7/2017. Artist Reception 11/12, noon-3 pm, free. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Spring Valley Library Fernando Reyes: Hit List Thru 11/20. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820. U + U Gallery Art Mod: Emmy Lu, Gigi Boldon, Timothy Bluitt 11/5, 5 pm, free. Institution 18b, 918 S. Main St., 702-778-2788.

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