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ANDERSON, RABIN AND WAKEMAN AT THE PEARL One Vegas memory stays lodged in Jon Anderson’s mind. “I met with divine energy there, like angels came and said hello to me. And I wasn’t drunk or stoned; I’d just seen a great show by Frank Sinatra.” Progressive rock fans might wonder if divine intervention has also reunited the vocalist with two Yes bandmates, guitarist Trevor Rabin and keyboardist Rick Wakeman. There are some real epics in this set, most notably “Awaken.” It personifies what Yes was all about, a musical adventure, the spiritual energy that surrounds us when we’re playing that music, the chord sequences. It’s not just a song; it’s an emotional event. Which Yes album was the most difficult to record? Big Generator, because we’d just had a No. 1 and everybody wanted another one—and I wanted to do something totally different. I just wanted to make a good album. The seeds of Yes began with you meeting [late bassist] Chris Squire in a bar. We were both hovering around, trying to figure out what to do, so we started Yes. And then we saw King Crimson and thought, “Whoa, sh*t! We’ve got to get better now!” (laughs) $46-$119. –Matt Wardlaw
Anderson, center, brings the ex-Yes roundabout to Vegas November 19. (Courtesy)
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Twenty-six years after waking up from his Newhart dream in bed with his Bob Newhart Show wife, Bob Newhart remains a touring comedian. “As long as you are physically able to do it and still make sense— kind of make sense—why would you ever say, I’m tired of making people laugh?” Newhart recently told Las Vegas Magazine. And why would you not want to catch one of the masters at work while you still can? Reynolds Hall, $29-$99. –Spencer Patterson
Seventeen years is a really long time in Vegas beer years. There wasn’t a local brewing scene in 1999, when the original Tenaya Creek restaurant and brewery opened near Cheyenne Avenue. In 2008, TC gave up on the food biz to concentrate on the beer, moving favorites like the Bonanza Brown Ale and Hop Ride IPA to bars all over the Valley. In 2010, the brewery was remodeled and a line of 22-ounce bottles was launched, paving the way for the company’s biggest move yet—relocation to a bigger spot Downtown last year, tripling brewing capacity. This year’s anniversary party will also be the biggest yet, featuring live music, food from the Kraken Café and Rolling Fusion trucks and $4 beers from a deep tap list that will include “offline series” brews you can’t find anywhere else. 831 W. Bonanza Road, free entry. –Brock Radke
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THE MAN STAN LEE ISN’T CONTENT MERELY TO DO CAMEOS IN MARVEL MOVIES; HE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNTRY’S RACIAL DIVIDE. HE DESIGNED THE “RESPECT” PIN TO DO JUST THAT. SUPER, INDEED.
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Face front, true believers. Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, co-creator of SpiderMan, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, the X-Men and too many more to name, is visiting Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. at Treasure Island—not to make sure they’re doing all right by his intellectual properties, but to launch the “Respect” cloisonné pin, a symbol of racial unity. The first 50 people who purchase a pin will get an exclusive meet-and-greet with Lee, but he’s scheduled to hang out all day, receiving a key to the Strip and meeting with latearriving fans. Excelsior! –Geoff Carter
“The nicest thing I can say about her is, all her tattoos are spelled correctly.” It’s that kind of Southern sass that lures crowds to Robert Harling’s 1987 play, first adapted into a movie (starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts) two years later. And Broadway in the Hood’s biracially cast version—taking inspiration from the popular 2012 Lifetime movie adaptation, which featured an all-black ensemble—should be no less of a draw. It’s the second of five productions for BITH’s latest series at Smith Center, following the local crew’s triumphant staging of Dreamgirls at Reynolds Hall last May. Troesch Studio, $34. –Mike Prevatt
Morpheus Blak, who co-founded “Las Vegas’ deepest red goth night” with DJ Style, is proud of Scarlet’s first five years. But even though the party achieved a kind of black-eyeliner singularity last month—a guest DJ set by The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst—Blak and Style aren’t letting up. “It’s down to us to provide a great place for Vegas’ goth culture,” Blak says. “And we love the classic gothic and industrial music ourselves.” Cool thing is, they get you to love it, too, even if you’ve no vampire in you at all. Free. –Geoff Carter
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remont East’s original visual arts-andcultural-business complex Emergency Arts is in a transitional phase. Its marquee business, the Beat Coffeehouse, closed in September to make way for an upscale bar and grill, and its remaining galleries and businesses have been relegated to the building’s second floor: Monkey Business, artist Paul Barnes’ gallery and workspace; Sabra Kadabara, a maker of cosplay outfits; and quaintly gothic day spa Feetish, among many others. Presently, construction walls surround EA on two sides, reducing access to those businesses to an anonymous door off Sixth Street. “If you just look at the building from Fremont, you’d have no idea there’s anything on the second floor,” says Feetish proprietor Andrea Lipomi. (Recently, though, a list of tenants was posted outside the Sixth Street door, which pleased Lipomi: “It doesn’t take much to impress me,” she jokes.) But this isn’t the end. Former Beat co-proprietor Jennifer Cornthwaite reaffirmed her commitment to EA when the owners of the property, the El Cortez, told her the bottom floor was being repurposed. “They still wanted me to manage the second floor,” Cornthwaite says. “I said that it has to retain the essence of what Emergency Arts is; it can’t become vanilla office space, and we can’t raise people’s rents.” Cornthwaite says that those white construction walls will be artfully painted, and that the second floor will receive key improvements, including redesigned bathrooms, upgraded lighting and a visual rethink of its hallways and common area. But more importantly, EA’s mission will be refreshed, too. “If we have a lack of visual art [in here], I hope to pick up that slack and curate something,” Cornthwaite says. “I want to help anyone who wants to do anything visually creative to be able to show it here.”
Everybody into the UberPool Everything Uber does—ride hailing, food delivery—is a feature of its service, not the service itself. This approach allows the company to roll out new services without fanfare, like it did in introducing UberPool to the Las Vegas market November 15. Similar to Lyft Line, UberPool allows you to split the cost of a ride. Simply open Uber
and select UberX. A driver will pick you up, then collect another rider with a destination close to yours—and you’ll both save up to 50 percent of a normal UberX trip. The only caveats are your trip will take slightly longer—only a few minutes, they promise— and your driver will only wait two minutes for you before heading off to find another rider somewhere. Tardiness is a bug, not a feature. –Geoff Carter
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BLUNT REALITY Newly legal recreational cannabis raises more questions, including implementation BY MIKE PREVATT
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The marijuana cultivation room glows purple under the LED lamps at the Grove. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
VEGAS’ NHL TEAM WILL BE CHRISTENED ON TUESDAY Even before June’s announcement that Las Vegas had officially been granted an NHL expansion team, the city has been collectively wondering: What will we call these ice-gliding ruffians? That question will be answered on November 22, when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Vegas franchise owner Bill Foley and other team reps will reveal the name and logo of our city’s first major professional sports organization at Toshiba Plaza outside of T-Mobile Arena. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. with live music, Cirque performances and youth hockey demonstrations before the big unveiling, And you, townsfolk, are encouraged to attend, buy the introductory team merch and skate on the outdoor rink. MGM, bless its heart, is even providing free event parking for locals. Score! –Mike Prevatt
Nevadans voted to authorize the regulation, purchase and consumption of recreational cannabis on November 8, as did voters in three other states. The Weekly previously addressed the statute’s essentials prior to its victory, but questions remain as marijuana users await actual implementation (which, sorry, might take more than a year). When can we buy legal weed? “Anyone saying they have a best guess on this is fibbing,” says Joe Brezny, spokesperson of the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and executive director of the Nevada Cannabis Industry Association. It depends on when the Department of Taxation finishes its work with regards to regulations and licensing, which may be hastened thanks to guidelines already drawn up for medicinal marijuana, and if the legislature and/or governor get involved, which they might if motivated by the potential $400 million state budget shortfall. Expect existing dispensaries to offer legal cannabis first, possibly by early summer. The taxation department must complete its regulation work by January 1, 2018. Can we bring marijuana that’s legal in another state into Nevada? No. Transporting marijuana across state lines is illegal, though merely possessing an ounce or less after January 1, 2017 is not. What does “private use” mean? Recreational cannabis consumption will be forbidden outside of privately owned property. Currently, medical marijuana is allowed in private businesses when the owner permits it, as long as the public has no access. But Question 2 includes what Brezny calls “enabling language” that could allow the legislature to permit consumption at point of sale, which expands economic opportunity. “Essentially you’re allowing Amsterdam-style coffee shops,” Brezny says. How can those who partake avoid DUIs? The criteria by which law enforcement uses to test motorists for inebriation—which actually measures inactive metabolites, not ingredients still active in one’s system—won’t change. This is stirring discussion nationwide. “Many field sobriety tests are easy to fail and hard to pass,” Brezny says. So how might one best gauge their sobriety before getting behind the wheel? Rule of thumb: Brezny stresses waiting at least four hours, or requesting a Lyft or Uber ride.
BRIGHTEST The Weekly counts down the 20 greatest production shows in Las Vegas history
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As much as by its ever-changing casino skyline and massive population boom, the evolution of Las Vegas can be traced back through its showrooms. From dancers in headdress to aerialists in face paint, dazzling magicians to Broadway-voiced crooners, and white tigers to sock puppets, this town has opened its stages to a wild array of performances over the past six decades, loosely grouped under the umbrella
“production show.” In this issue of Las Vegas Weekly, we’ve identified and ranked what we believe to be best of those productions, with three key criteria in mind: influence, Vegas-ness and quality. We prioritized that last element above all else—if we had access to a time machine and could send a Vegas visitor back only to the most fantastic shows, which would they be? You’ll notice some of the biggest names in the city’s entertainment history—Elvis, Liberace, Celine, Sinatra, Penn & Teller—aren’t here, and it’s not because they aren’t deserving of a spot on a list of greats. Just not this list. When we ranked Vegas’ all-time greatest headliners in December 2012, those names all ranked near the top, so when we undertook this exercise, we decided a true “production” show required a large, ensemble cast and/or grand theatricality and staging. So Cirque, yes; Garth and his guitar, not so much. But enough about logistics. On to our list, and the endless debates it’s certain to inspire …
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Splash
Dubbed by producer Jeff Kutash as “an aquacade of music and dance,” Splash, which debuted at the Riviera in 1985 and closed in 2006, was a kind of pre-O with a variety-show slant. Pyrotechnics, laser lights and aquatic choreography executed by hot dancers in a cool, 20,000-gallon tank were at the center of the visual feast. Garnishing that was a tossed salad of acts: comedians, ice skaters, jugglers, even motorcycle riders inside a metal sphere. Oh, and the dancers were topless. Variety, laughs, thrills and skin in one big, literally splashy package—Vegas, baby!
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Crazy Girls
Now showing at Planet Hollywood after almost 29 years at the suddenly nonexistent Riviera, Crazy Girls might be the most identifiable of the Strip’s burlesque productions, introducing its take on erotic acrobatics at the Riv in September 1987. It wasn’t until 1994 that the infamous, bare-cheeked “No ifs, ands, or …” marketing blitz pushed the show to icon status, as local elected officials fought to remove the then-risque images from billboards and taxicabs. The “good luck” bronze statue born from that photo shoot still gets groped to this day.
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Lance Burton, Master Magician
Burton accomplished much even before his show’s 1996 debut, including several television specials and a Hacienda residency. His Monte Carlo show distilled that accumulated experience into a family-friendly magic spectacular replete with showgirls, stunning special effects and enormous set pieces (most notably a vanishing Corvette). It was such the crowd-pleaser that Burton quietly retired from the stage after the show closed in 2010, content he’d given his all.
mary: Cirque with boobs. (Zumammary?) But the 13-year-old New York-New York cabaret presentation is more than that. After the big-top whimsy of Mystère and the hi-tech water ballet O, Cirque du Soleil stripped down figuratively and literally by honing in on both the actors’ physical feats and their physical assets, balancing classic aerial awe with bountiful libido. Cirque’s first R-rated show managed to reset burlesque for the postmillennial Strip, paving the way for Peepshow and Absinthe.
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Produced by Absinthe’s Spiegelworld in 2014, Vegas Nocturne was a cabaret variety show unlike any other this city has seen. It took place in a showroom built specially for it (the Cosmopolitan’s Rose. Rabbit. Lie.), designed to look like the mansion home of an eccentric family. It featured everything from tap dancers to acrobats to human beatboxes, and no two shows were identical. Unfortunately, a heated feud between Spiegelworld and the Cosmo killed the production after just one year.
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When it opened in 1958 at the Stardust, Lido de Paris set a new standard in spectacle. It wasn’t the first French, costumed showgirl-centric production, but it was the biggest and most expensive of its era, drawing wide-eyed crowds to what was likely Vegas’ first custom-built showroom, complete with elevators and an orchestra pit. Nouvelle Eve, Folies Bergere, Minsky’s Follies and others followed in its wake. When Sam Boyd refused to grant producer Donn Arden yet another elevation in budget, Lido finally fizzled out in 1991.
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In 2004, a year after debuting the minimalist Zumanity, Cirque premiered its most ambitious production to date: the $165 million KÀ, in which the Canadian entertainment company tried its hand at both martial arts (yes!) and a storyline (meh). But the show is perhaps best known for its signature set piece: an impressively mobile, 50-ton, 50-foot-long Sand Cliff Deck platform onto which performers astonishingly scale, descend and do battle. KÀ’s technical marvel remains unmatched.
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An Evening at La Cage
With a 23-year run at the Riviera, this offshoot of the NYC and LA restaurant/ club La Cage Aux Folles proved that even Middle America loves a good drag show. And its mistress of ceremony Frank Marino must love a good lawsuit, because the one quickly filed (then dropped) by his inspiration Joan Rivers made him and the show an instant Strip hit. After its 2009 closure, Marino reimagined it as Divas Las Vegas, the Linq show extending its legacy and Marino’s marathon Strip reign.
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Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular
By the time the final curtain fell on Harold “Hal” Prince’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic magnum opus in 2012, more than 2,600 shows had been performed inside the custom-built theater at the Venetian. Theatergoers were immersed into Phantom’s dark, twisted and romantic obsession with ingénue Christine. The production’s sounds, sights, songs and sets—including a trip deep into the catacombs and a stunning crash from an even more stunning chandelier— impressed millions of visitors and infused a unique glitz that was wholly Las Vegas.
Nouvelle Experience Before Mystère, this Cirque du Soleil show played in a tent in the Mirage parking lot. After touring Canada and the West Coast, it settled in for an extended stay here on November 10, 1992. Vegas proved to be the ultimate stop, but not before the show had run for more than a year, closing on November 21, 1993, having helped convince Steve Wynn of Cirque’s viability on the Strip. The quasi-narrative of the show had Everyman torn between “flounes” (fallen angels), Devils and the big, bad Corporation, all expressed in now-familiar Cirque visual vocabulary. Although scarcely remembered today, Nouvelle Experience would cast a long shadow over Strip history. This Is Boy-Lesque Despite tempting fate by opening on Friday the 13th (of May 1977), this Kenny Kerr drag show had an auspicious effect, bringing female interpretation into the Vegas mainstream; previously, it had only a transitory presence on stages here. For all its dance routines and female impersonations, the show was anchored by Kerr’s take-noprisoners humor and song interpretations. To present the revue at all took some courage on Kerr’s part, since Nevada’s sodomy laws at the time made it difficult to be openly gay. Boy-Lesque debuted, aptly enough, in the Silver Slipper’s Gaiety Theatre and would remain a fixture of the casino until its sale in 1988, whereupon Kerr took his spangles and fanbase to the Sahara. Hallelujah Hollywood! Well before Jubilee!, Donn Arden conceived and staged this revue for the original MGM Grand (now Bally’s). It was, Playboy opined, “everything old Hollywood has come to represent—glitter, gaudiness, glamour—turned out with that special perversity only Vegas can provide.” The spectacle included 700 costumes (many designed by Bob Mackie), a couple of promising young
magicians named Siegfried and Roy and the Strip’s first all-black chorus line. By present-day Vegas standards, Hallelujah Hollywood! had a good run, debuting in late 1973 and lasting until 1980, the year of the MGM Grand fire. Casino de Paris Imported from its titular city, this two-decade Strip mainstay launched at the Dunes in 1963. In addition to bare breasts (and lots of them; the show had a cast of 100), the $2 million spectacular featured pec-flexing musclemen and an eight-sided armature called the Octuramic that got deployed into the audience. Producer Frederic Apcar had already struck gold at the Dunes with Viva Les Girls!, and Dunes management was so confident in the Parisian’s Vegas sequel, it built a theater expressly for the new spectacle. The show demanded 518 costumes and 250 hats—designs that in the 1970s would be reimagined for Vegas by none other than Yves St. Laurent. Harold Prince productions Phantom—The Las Vegas Spectacular was not the Broadway master showman’s first encounter with the Strip. During the late ’50s and early ’60s, Prince-directed “tab” shows were a regular fixture of the Strip, beginning with Pajama Game at the Dunes in 1957 and continuing through Fiddler on the Roof at Caesars Palace, the latter starring Theodore Bikel. A moreobscure Prince-ling was Tenderloin, which only lasted 216 performances on Broadway, but which Prince was able to leverage into a Dunes engagement that opened in May 1961 and played for two adultsonly shows a night, 14 times a week. Phantom was really an aberration among the Princein-Vegas tradition, because he changed elements of the original show (especially the timing of the chandelier fall), whereas his prior imports had replicated the Broadway experience as closely as possible under Strip time constraints.
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Blue Man Group
Las Vegas had little experience with surrealist performance art before Blue Man Group brought it to the Luxor in 2000. While BMG’s producers were doubtlessly optimistic about the show’s odds— successful BMG productions were already running in other cities— they couldn’t have known Vegas would go nuts for bald blue men playing PVC pipe organs and stuffing their mouths with marshmallows. In their inimitable way, BMG raised the ceiling on what Strip audiences will accept.
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David Copperfield
Get used to seeing this face on your significant other when you’re watching a David Copperfield performance: wide-eyed wonder, coupled with a jaw that feels like it’s hitting the floor. Whether you’ve seen him once or dozens of times, Copperfield does not feel of this realm. His smooth, easy charm and self-effacing manner set you up perfectly for the seemingly impossible illusions that follow. You know that what you’re seeing isn’t real; Copperfield isn’t trying to insult your intelligence. But try as you might to resist the urge, you’ll find yourself asking over and over, “How did he do that?”
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De La Guarda
De La What, you ask? Recall the 800-capacity tent just outside the Rio back in October 2000. It housed the De La Guarda Argentinian acrobat troupe, a then-NYC sensation that had the cast performing its narrative-less show over—and among—the standingroom-only crowd. It was a refreshing contrast to the usual showroom fare and a sort of thrilling, interactive and effect-laden spectacle that befit Las Vegas. Like so many Broadway imports, its shelf life didn’t last a year, but it remains one of the most audacious and expectation-thwarting productions Vegas has ever staged.
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Jersey Boys
Las Vegas has seen its share of Broadway productions, but few clicked like this musical based on the lives of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. From the razor-sharp script courtesy of Marshall Brickman to the performances of Travis Cloer as Valli and Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, this show delivered laughs, tears and nostalgia like few Vegas productions had before. Oh, and having some of the greatest pop songs in history didn’t hurt. Jersey Boys began its run at the Palazzo and ended it eight years later on September 18 at Paris, making it the longest-running Broadway-toVegas show to date.
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Cirque du Soleil’s most magnificent production begs to be seen over and over—there’s so much going on every second, it’s almost overwhelming. But that’s really the point of O: It’s larger than life in every way. From the lush red curtain that gets swallowed up as the show opens to the stage itself, which transforms from dry land to an ocean in the blink of an eye, you’ll feel a powerful connection to what’s transpiring in front of, to the side of and above you. The Cirque phenomenon in Las Vegas might have taken off with Mystère, but O perfected it.
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Folies Bergere
Nearly 50 years of toplessness and over-the-topness—how much more Vegas can you get? Inspired by the Parisian cabaret and debuting in 1959 at its only home, Tropicana, Folies was a French-style kaleidoscope of sight-and-sound treats wrapped into a variety format—singing, dancing, comedy and elaborate sets—with glamorous showgirls as the whipped cream on the sundae. How did they glide so gracefully—including up and down stairs—and not tumble into the orchestra pit while balancing 4-foot, 35-pound headdresses? Ah, such sensual mystique. Paired in the public consciousness with Jubilee!, the production elevated the showgirl to Sin City status symbol. Exotic and a bit naughty with its kick-line grandeur—cue memories of the “Can Can” finale—Folies Bergere was a half century of Classic Vegas-defining fun.
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Until this legendary, long-running production at the Mirage was forcibly shuttered in 2003 after Roy Horn was seriously injured from a neck bite from one of his tigers (he survived and said the tiger was attempting to protect him), he and Siegfried Fischbacher ruled the magical desert kingdom, becoming synonymous with Vegas razzmatazz. Women were sawed in half; elephants, lions and tigers were made to vanish from inside draped cages; and the caped prestidigitators regularly disappeared and reappeared amid puffs of smoke and roaring flames, setting the standard for the legions of magicians that followed them to the Strip. More impressive than acts of legerdemain, however, was the main contribution of this dynamic duo: showmanship. Siegfried & Roy’s super-size flair and dedication to the wow factor belong in the same Strip pantheon as the Rat Pack, Liberace and Elvis. Like those icons, their act fit snugly into the Vegas aesthetic like a neon bug in a sequined rug.
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In 2006, Cirque du Soleil proved there was no better—and no bigger—intellectual property to license than The Beatles. Its fifth Strip show instantly distinguished itself from the others by expertly mashing Fab Four iconoclasm with Cirque’s own trademark aesthetic, and The Beatles’ classics themselves. Every scene’s a potential favorite. The goose-pimpling kickoff of “Get Back,” featuring segments from four other songs. The moving “Blackbird”/“Yesterday” combo. The stunning aerial ballet during “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.” And the dilruba-led psychedelia of “Within You Without You”/“Tomorrow Never Knows,” which plays as the entire theater becomes enveloped by a gigantic sheet. Love recently enjoyed a much-needed revamp in time for its 10th anniversary, the show now even more of a visual wonder thanks to its incorporation of projection mapping. As technology evolves, so will the show, aided by the endless inspiration potential of its unequaled soundtrack.
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Though Mystère wasn’t the first Cirque du Soleil production to land in Vegas—traveling show Nouvelle Experience came to the Mirage in November 1992 (see Page 13)—it was the Christmas Day 1993 debut of this Treasure Island presentation that revealed just how much the French-Canadian theatrical company has to offer. Mystère remains unmatched, even if the Vegas Cirque shows that followed might be more technically advanced (KÀ, O) or have broader pop-culture appeal (The Beatles Love). Its performers—the Red Bird, the big babies, the taiko drummers, the clown Brian Le Petit and others—aren’t just entertaining characters; they take circus acts that have existed for centuries and imbue them with new layers of wonder and whimsy. For 23 years, Mystère has celebrated circus tradition and remade it nightly, showing Vegas and Cirque the sheer amount of creative (and lucrative) possibilities deeper collaboration could bring.
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Naked breasts pop up. Titanic goes down. Little else is necessary to identify Jubilee!, a signature Strip production down to its tassels, towering headdresses and rainbow feather boas. After a 35-year run ending in 2015, Donn Arden’s eye-popper endures as a symbol of classic Vegas entertainment. More than 100 showgirls burst from behind the curtains when Jubilee! opened. Clad in dazzling costumes by the legendary Bob Mackie, they strutted through outrageously opulent production numbers mounted around, atop and within massive, imaginative sets, overlaid with video projections on a stage topping three stories tall. Yes, the re-created demise of the legendary ocean liner was the nightly pièce de résistance, but Jubilee! fired over-the-top set pieces at the audience like buckshot from a sequined gun. Sensory stimuli poured off the stage in waves, as performers gyrated on side balconies and descending on platforms. Jubilee! was Vegas at its glitzy, glammy, gloriously hammy best.
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When Absinthe came to Las Vegas in 2011, the New York cabaret/circus hybrid faced an uphill climb. It was supposed to play at the Fontainebleau; when that mute behemoth didn’t open, Caesars Palace allowed Absinthe to pitch its tent in its front yard, albeit temporarily. Thousands of performances later, they’re still profaning the glory of Rome, and for one simple reason: A performance of Absinthe is almost criminally fun. Absinthe is the domain of the Gazillionaire, the goldtoothed, foul-mouthed, lecherous dirtbag who runs the show, and Penny Pibbets (or her cousin, Joy Jenkins), his deliriously horny assistant. Together, they introduce the show’s variety acts: the beautiful burlesque chanteuse Melody Sweets; the goofball tightrope act Esteemed Gentlemen of the High Wire; twin tap-dance duo Sean and John Scott, and more. Oh, and Penny uses a sock puppet in a way that scandalizes you, her and cotton itself. The true genius of Absinthe is that this scrappy production show never tips its hand. It mocks Cirque du Soleil, yet its aerial acts are every bit the equal of what you see in a Cirque show. Gaz’s interactions with the crowd, while unrelentingly crude and insulting (and funny as hell), aren’t far removed from the Rat Pack-era banter that made this town great. And yet, for the entirety of Absinthe’s 90 wildly entertaining minutes, you feel like you’ve discovered something new, or stumbled onto a secret meeting of acrobats, dancers and reprobates. And the first thing you want to do after is tell everyone you know.
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The production wall, designed in collaboration with Ireland-based Audiotek, consists of 54 Ayrton Dream panels, each of them dual-sided with LED video screens and capable of 360-degree movement. In total there are 220,000 LED pixels in the rotating wall, not including the LED bands arching above Jewel’s domed dancefloor. A production crew of three controls the wall and the dome every night, professionals who shadowed the Audiotek team while the system was programmed. “The production team has the ability to create a number of different theatrical and architectural lighting themes throughout each night
… which sets the tone for an unforgettable experience,” Gonzalez says. The result of all this technological effort goes beyond creating wow moments; Jewel can feel like a different place and party on any given night. “Because we have the ability to do so much with the technology, we have endless opportunities to create a customized show for each artist,” Gonzalez says. –Brock Radke
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How do you feel about that first show, New Year’s Eve Weekend at Omnia? New Year’s Eve Weekend is always epic, no matter where you play. Add to that the fact that I’m going to be playing my first show at Omnia, and it’s elevated by about a thousand fold. What’s next for you musically? I have a new studio, and it feels like my arm is cut off when I have to be away from it. That is to say, yes, new music is on the way, new collaborations, new directions. –Brock Radke For our full interview with Kaskade, visit lasvegasweekly.com/industry.
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and Vegas visitors get their party on before a long day of turkey, football and napping. But there’s more: Knyew, the Vegasbased urban clothing line that continues to set the stylish streetwear pace for the city, will celebrate its ninth anniversary that very same night at that very same club, anchored by a set from DJ Crooked—co-founder of Knyew. In fact, Crooked pitched the idea of Knyew to its co-founder, fellow resident DJ Neva, at 1 OAK back when
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“This album not only brought balance back to hip-hop, it saved hip-hop this year,” says the DJ also known as Bree Delano, who will mark the first anniversary of her Pop-Up concert series with a rock, soul and blues fest November 18 at the Sand Dollar just west of the Strip. “It was hard to pick one. I have many favorites on this album. It is college for the millennials and church for the Golden Era.”
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Born in Beaune in France’s Burgundy region, the recently appointed Caillot presides over all aspects of the Wynn pastry program, including menu creation and operations for in-room dining, guest room amenities and both the cake and chocolate rooms. He will also curate production for all casual restaurants and some finedining options within Wynn and Encore. “Right now I’m still in the learning process,” Caillot says. “We have so many things to prepare for—the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chinese New Year. We’re already working [on it]. It’s a huge challenge because [of] so many different outlets.” Luckily, Caillot’s imaginative culinary sensibilities and years of expertise have taught him how to stay cool under pressure. The former executive pastry chef at Os-
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Our extended summer is over, which means Southern Nevada’s natural marvel won’t be set to bake during view-resplendent picnicking, camping, mountain biking, rock climbing and hiking.
Fall at the Spring Mountains is like winter without the snow. Scenic drives and chairlift rides, science safaris, art workshops, nighttime hikes and restorative adult beverages scratch the surface of what to do at this crunchy, woodsy getaway.
Famously closed in the summer, the popular, boulderheavy southeastern trail challenges hikers for most of its 4.5 miles, but rewards them with a beautiful halfway-point rest stop at the Colorado River.
Also a National Historic Trail, this partially tunnelled, 3.7-mile path dates back to the construction of Hoover Dam and offers fantastic views of Lake Mead. –Mike Prevatt
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The magic is back Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts revives the wizarding world By Josh Bell fter eight movies, the Harry Potter series didn’t really seem like it was in need of expansion, and new prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (the first of five planned movies) doesn’t make a strong case for itself as an essential addition. But it’s an entertaining ride nonetheless, and its action (which takes place in New York City in 1926) is far enough removed from the main movies that it can stand pretty well on its own, even if references to Hogwarts and Muggles abound. Written by Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling (although not based on any existing novels) and directed by Potter series veteran David Yates, Fantastic Beasts is a grand, overstuffed and generally engaging story about English wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne, mumbly and whispery as ever), who takes a trip to New York City with his magical suitcase full of strange creatures, and finds himself caught up in a dangerous plot with far-reaching implications.
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Reappearing acts? Four Harry Potter characters we’re hoping to see in Fantastic Beasts With the recent announcement that beloved wizard Albus Dumbledore (previously played by Richard Harris and Michael Gambon) would be a major character in the second of the five planned Fantastic Beasts movies (which will cover a time period of nearly 20 years overall), we starting thinking about younger versions of other characters from the Harry Potter franchise we’d like to see pop up. Mad-Eye Moody The bug-eyed hero who gave his life in the fight against the evil Voldemort has a whole history of heroism that could be explored—back when he was young and strong and had two good eyes.
Tom Riddle The boy who will eventually become Voldemort would still be a young child even by the later years of the movies, but they could offer an early glimpse into his eventual path to evil and what set him on his way.
Dobby the HouseElf The Jar Jar Binks of the Harry Potter series was a divisive figure, but since houseelves are mystical creatures that could have long life spans, he might show up to provide a bit of comic relief.
Garrick Ollivander The proprietor of the wand shop in Diagon Alley had been creating wands for wizards for decades by the time he met Harry Potter, and he could conjure up all manner of important magical tools for the Fantastic Beasts characters. –Josh Bell
If director Ang Lee’s film version of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk—adapted from Ben Fountain’s acclaimed 2012 novel—looks somewhat odd, it’s because Lee shot it at 120 frames per second, which is five times the normal rate. Thing is, only a few select audiences will ever actually see it that way. For the rest of us, this half-earnest, half-satirical tale of Iraq War veterans performing at a Dallas Cowboys halftime show on Thanksgiving, 2004, will unfold like an ordinary movie punctuated by unsettling extreme close-ups (originally designed to create the illusion, in conjunction with 3D, of the characters being a few feet away from you). Newcomer Joe Alwyn plays the title role, and he visibly struggles to convey the novel’s internal monologue almost entirely via facial expressions; Kristen Stewart appears mostly in flashback as Billy’s sister, who doesn’t want him to go back to Iraq; Steve Martin and Chris Tucker show up as parties interested in making a movie deal about the company’s heroic deeds. It’s an impressive spectacle in fits and starts, but the movie never quite decides whether it’s lamenting civilians’ failure to appreciate the sacrifices made by our troops or lampooning our desire to commodify their courage. Fountain’s book succeeds in creating a prismatically complex array of angles; the movie version remains stubbornly on the surface—a surface, moreover, that only a tiny number of people will view as intended. –Mike D’Angelo
aabcc BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund. Directed by Ang Lee. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.
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Hailee Steinfeld (left) and Haley Lu Richardson deal with their adolescent angst. (STX Entertainment/ Courtesy)
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TEEN SPIRIT The Edge of Seventeen reinvigorates a familiar genre By Josh Bell hen 17-year-old Nadine (Hailee Steinall that unique: She’s still reeling from the feld) first shows up in The Edge of sudden death of her father a few years back, Seventeen, she’s telling her teacher Mr. she’s socially awkward and often lonely and Bruner (Woody Harrelson) that she’s she’s living in the shadow of her popular jock planning to kill herself. It’s an attenolder brother (Blake Jenner), who has tion-grabbing opening for a movie started dating her best friend (Haley aaaac Lu Richardson). that’s funnier and more heartwarming than its first line suggests. Nadine isn’t It’s that last development that THE EDGE OF really serious about killing herself, but really sends Nadine into a tailspin, SEVENTEEN like a lot of teenagers, she blows every and Craig depicts Nadine’s dramatic perceived bit of mistreatment and infreak-outs with sensitivity and wit, Hailee Steinfeld, Woody justice way out of proportion (although grounding even the goofiest plot Harrelson, she has dealt with some real tragedy developments in real emotion. Mr. Haley Lu in her life). First-time writer-director Bruner provides a funny, acerbic Richardson. Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig has a deep undercounterpoint to Nadine’s outsize Kelly Fremon standing of teenage emotions, but she emotions, and, like all the supportCraig. Rated R. also never lets Nadine off the hook, ing characters, the seemingly jaded Opens Friday citywide. keeping her sympathetic and likable teacher eventually shows unexpected even when she’s clearly in the wrong. personal nuances. That’s the movie’s Craig owes a lot to the works of John greatest strength: It makes familiar Hughes and movies like Ghost World and Mean teen-movie clichés fresh again, treating every Girls, but she still puts a very personal spin character with deserved respect and honesty. on the genre, and Steinfeld gives a fantastic The humor and the heartbreak are equally afperformance that matches up to her breakout fecting and real, making for the most satisfying turn in True Grit. Nadine’s problems aren’t American teen movie in years.
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HISTORY LESSON An ocean can’t keep Subterfuge from this year’s Vegas Punk Rock Reunion By Spencer Patterson
arky Souter swore he’d never reunite his old punk band … which plays a show this weekend with Souter on vocals. “I’m comfortable with my own hypocrisy,” he concedes with a laugh. The London native formed Subterfuge in 1981 after moving to Las Vegas to attend UNLV, and the group developed quickly from there, sharing bills with the likes of The Dead Kennedys and The Cramps and anchoring a gritty punk scene with contemporaries M.I.A. and Self Abuse. On Saturday, November 19, those three iconic Vegas punk bands will team up with three others for the fourth LVHC Punk Rock Reunion at Backstage Bar & Billiards. “[Organizers were] always calling, asking us to play this show,” says Souter, who lives in Cornwall, England, these days. “And then this year, at a dinner party, I was telling my neighbors about Vegas and our band, and my wife turned to me and said, ‘Why don’t you just go.’ Before that, she’d always kiboshed it, like, ‘Really, you want to do that, you sad wanker?’” So the 54-year-old Souter flew back to the States this week for the first Subterfuge gig since a
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Eric Idle teams with John Cleese for a two-sixths Monty Python reunion By Jason Scavone onty Python said goodbye two years ago with a final from New York to Vegas I went to see every show. I did my show at the O2 Arena in London, but like a parrot research. And I realized it has to change to be in Vegas. nailed to a perch, “final” is open for debate. Eric It has to be shorter, but I also thought it should change Idle and John Cleese, a full third of the Pythons, in a more spectacular way. I wanted to try and get Steve are touring John Cleese and Eric Idle: Together Again at to put a hand up with a sword coming out of his lake to Last … for the Very First Time, which stops at the Venetian really theme it. The Broadway people were absolutely November 18 and 19. It’s fortuitous timing for Idle, who’ll shocked and said no, we can’t do any of that. I said I think have a variety of restaurants to choose from. “It’s my wife’s the ladies should be topless in the second show. They were birthday on the second night, so I’ll have to buy her dinner like, who’s this cheap Englishman? But I think I was right. or something,” he deadpans during our phone interview. I think there’s room for a crazy Python show. I always This is the third time you’ve gone on tour. Did wanted to do Cirque du Monty Python. you think about reworking the title? We did, actuHow do you balance the nostalgic impulses in a JOHN CLEESE ally, the second time, but John thought that might retrospective with the need to create something & ERIC IDLE November 18 & new? There’s nothing wrong with nostalgia. You cause confusion. I quite liked Together Again … for the Very Third Time. I wanted to do it by hand, cross 19, 8 p.m., $50- have to have lived long enough to have some. What $120. Venetian it out, but promoters don’t like to waste money. are we nostalgic for? I think there’s some sort of Theatre, 702414-9000. Did you and John write much together in faux nostalgia that goes on, like the Brexit vote. Python? We wrote very, very little together. John People want to go back to the old days. Like when always wrote with Graham [Chapman]. I think I we had rationing and we didn’t have enough to eat? only wrote with John when Graham was away. Once memYou didn’t live through it. You’re nostalgic for something orably in Germany when we were both pissed we wrote a that never existed. That might happen in America, too. song called “Eric the Half-a-Bee,” which we do. There were ‘Let’s go back to the good old days.’ When exactly? Tell me, two writing groups, Mike [Palin] and Terry [Jones], and when were the good old days? Everything’s gotten better, John and Graham. I’m the independent sort of one. and people have gotten spoiled. I don’t think you really How has this been as a newish collaboration, then? want to go back to the ’50s. It’s been remarkably easy. It started off as a conversation Do you ever watch the old Python sketches? I actually when I was interviewing him for a book. We just did two don’t. Sometimes I would catch a show late at night, and hours without any preparation. When we went on the I wouldn’t remember half of it. It would make me giggle, road it became slightly more structured. Now there’s a because it was so naughty and it changed things around a lot. certain through line. which satisfies me as a playwright. It always played with expectations. That’s what we try and do Did you spend much time in Las Vegas when Spamalot now on the stage. Let’s do something completely different. ran at the Wynn? More at the beginning when I was looking around to see what to do. I wanted to do it so difFor more of our interview with Idle, ferent. When Steve Wynn very kindly flew me straight visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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INGREDIENTS 2 oz. Bellion Vodka 1 oz. Funkin Raspberry Mojito Cocktail Mixer 1 oz. fresh lime juice 2 oz. Sanpellegrino Limonata Raspberry and fresh mint leaves for garnish
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Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Gogol Bordello, DJ Der Bastler 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 11/18-11/19, 11/22, 11/25-11/26, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) R.M. Bros. w/Turbo & Skill 11/19, 8 pm, $45-$200. 702-698-7000. Double Down Jerk!, War Called Home, The Lessoffs, Fun Abuse 11/18. Aggro Mucho, Ukulele Hiro, No Advisory, Eric ‘Travis’ Wilson 11/19. Thee Swank Bastards’ Basstravaganza 11/23. Gold Top Bob & The Goldtoppers 11/24. The Heiz, Franks & Deans, The Psyatics, Joni’s Agenda, Jerk! 11/25. Dirk Vermin & The Hostile Talent, War Called Home, Water Landing 11/26. Shows 10 pm, free. 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) Kiss the Sky 11/17, 9 pm, $15-$25. Rob Thomas 11/17-11/19, $1,155-$1,555. Epica, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arkona, The Agonist 11/20, 8 pm, $25-$45. The Interrupters, Be Like Max, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Guilty by Association 11/23, 7 pm, $12-$20. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live Baby Bash, DJ Andy Vargas 11/17, 9:30 pm, $100. AB the Thief, Bailo, Casey Jones, Polaris, Smash Bro, Weavy, Tsimz, Zach the Ripper 11/18, 8 pm, $20-$25. Radio Active 11/19, 9 pm, free. Jet Velocity 11/20, 11/25, 11/27, 9 pm, free. Siana King 11/26, 9 pm, free. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Herstory of Rock 11/18, 8 pm, $20. 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. Mirage Boyz II Men 11/18-11/20, 11/24-11/26, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 702-791-7111. Orleans (Showroom) REO Speedwagon 11/1911/20, 8 pm, $70-$90. 702-284-7777. The Pearl Il Divo 11/18, 8 pm, $68-$150. Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman 11/19, 8 pm, $46-$119. Palms, 702-944-3200. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Britney Spears 11/1811/19, 9 pm, $69-$500. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) Lukas Graham 11/18, 7 pm, $35. Method Man & Redman, Slick Rick 11/19, 8 pm, $35. (Sayers Club) The Conwaves 11/18, 10 pm, free. Jeremiah Johnson Band 11/19, 10 pm, $10. Liam Kyle Cahill 11/25-11/26, 10 pm, free. 702-761-7617. T-Mobile Arena Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers 11/26, 7 pm, $50$80. 702-692-1600. Topgolf Terrapin Flyer w/Melvin Seals 11/19, 8 pm, free. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458. Venetian (Venetian Theatre) John Cleese & Eric Idle 11/18-11/19, 8 pm, $50-$150. 702-414-9000.
Downtown 11th Street Records Amy Pate, Rachela Maria Tijerina, Hambone, Brock Frabbiele 11/18, 7 pm, free. 1023 Fremont St., 702-527-7990. Backstage Bar & Billiards Fishbone, Luck Factor Zero, The Quitters 11/17, 8 pm, $17-$20. Ras Kronik & The Reggae Warriors, Lico Dos Santos & The Afro Samba Fusion Band, Edge Michael 11/18, 8 pm, $17-$20. Subterfuge, M.I.A., Area 51, Triple Ripple, Self Abuse, FSP 11/19, 8 pm, $15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Useless I.D., Dead Frets, Zom Sawyer
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11/21, 8 pm, $10. Kool Keith, Kosha Dillz, Chase, Late for Dinner, DJ Beast Fremont, DJ Zo 11/29, 8 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon The Chamanas, Red Peach 11/18, 9 pm, $8-$10. The Posies, Special-K, Indigo Kidd, Par 11/22, 7 pm, $10-$12. Bass Gravy ft. Brookes Brothers, Huxley Anne, Blacklab, Supreme-O, Bushido Brown & more 11/23, 9 pm, $10-$12. Austin Shaddix & The Catch Kids, What’s Awesome, The Rifleman, Anthony Krantz & Jaz Kelso 11/30, 9 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Fremont Country Club A Benefit for Professor Rex Dart ft. Thee Swank Bastards, The Psyatics, Water Landing, The New Waves 11/19, 8 pm, $10. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience Old Dominion, Sawyer Brown, Craig Campbell, Aaron Watson, High Valley, Jackson Michelson 11/30, 4:30 pm, free. Vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Little River Band 11/18, 8 pm, $108-$195. Eric Burdon & The Animals 11/25, 8 pm, $108-$162. 866-946-5336. Hard Hat Lounge Sick Sick Sinners, Cursed Bastards, Rodeo Riot 11/20, 9 pm, $10. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Rittz, Jarren Benton, Donnie Menace, Doms Gauge, Sicc, Bom Green, The Jones, Bobby Boulder 11/18, 9 pm, $20-$65. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Mickie Finnz Jeremiah Acoustic Set, Garage Boys 11/23, 4 pm, free. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-4204. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Home for the Holidays w/ Rita Moreno 12/3, 2 pm & 7:30 pm; 12/4, 2 pm, $30-$109. (Cabaret Jazz) 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 Smokey Brights, Hidden Levels, Indigo Kidd 11/19, 9 pm, $5. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Posers of Creation 11/18, 9 pm, free. Freeze Warning, Evolution 11/19, 8 pm, $5. All Too Familiar, Midnight Clover 11/26, 8 pm, $5. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa (ETA Lounge) Michael Grimm 11/23, 8 pm, free. 702-692-7777. Boulder Dam Brewing West Coast Travelers 11/18. Full Flight 11/19. DJ Haydin Trio 11/25. The Scorched 11/26. Shows 8 pm, free. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Cannery Peace Frog: Tribute to The Doors 11/1811/19, 8 pm, $10. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino Michael Grimm 11/19, 8:30 pm, $15-$35. Tribute to Crosby, Stills & Nash 11/26, 8:30 pm, $15-$35. 897 W. Mesquite Blvd., 877-438-2929. Count’s Vamp’d 9Electric, The Feels, Driven 11/17, 9 pm, free. Todd Kerns & The Anti-Stars 11/18, 9 pm, $5. Orgy, First Class Trash, EMDF 11/19, 9 pm, $10. Smashing Alice, Gypsy Road 11/25, 9:30 pm, free. Rough Cutt, Cyanide 11/26, 9 pm, $10. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dispensary Lounge JoBelle Yonely 11/18. Naomi Mauro 11/19. Joe Darro 11/23. Gary Fowler 11/25. Sabrina Silver 11/26. Latin Jazz Night 11/30. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar VA 11/18, 7 pm, $5. Barra Brava, Revolucion Oi, Sufre, Sober Hate, Malditas Drogas 11/19, 9 pm, $10. The Saints ft. Dirk Vermin 11/22, 10 pm. AntiTrust, Pandorum, Kin’s Betrayal, Driven, Honor Amongst Thieves 11/26, 8:30 pm, free. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Eastside Cannery Queensrÿche 11/19, 8 pm, $16$33. 702-507-5700. Green Valley Ranch (Grand Events Center) Gino Vannelli 11/18, 8 pm, $24-$64. 702-367-2470.
Primm Valley Resort & Casino Roberto Tapia 11/19, 8 pm, $30-$60. The O’Jays 11/26, 8 pm, $20-$55. 702-386-7867. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) Cover to Cover: A Tribute to The Who 11/19, 4 & 6 pm, $19. 702-797-7777. Sam’s Town (Sam’s Town Live) Gente de Zona 11/19, 9 pm, $50. 702-284-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge Paul Hernandez 11/17. David Holt Memorial 11/19. Jamie Hosmer Band 11/22. The Slight Return 11/23. Shows 10 pm, free. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. South Point (Showroom) Stayin’ Alive: Bee Gees Tribute 11/18-11/20, 7:30 pm, $30-$40. Chubby Checker 11/25-11/27, 7:30 pm, $50-$60. (Grandview Lounge) Chris Phillips & Zowie Bowie 11/26, 10 pm, $15. 702-796-7111. Starbright Theatre The Bruce Harper Big Band 11/19, 7 pm, $20. Michael Grimm & Friends 12/17, 7 pm, $20. 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Suncoast (Showroom) Trina Johnson Finn: Remembering Whitney 11/26-11/27, 8:30 pm, $18-$33. 702-636-7075.
Comedy Beauty Bar A Night of Live Music & Comedy ft. The Vegabonds, Laxi, Ryan Doon 12/7, 8 pm, $10-$15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino Rich Natole 11/18, 7:30 pm, $10-$25. 897 W. Mesquite Blvd., 877-438-2929. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Colin Kane 11/19, 3/4/2017, 7:30 & 10 pm, $20-$35. (The Joint) Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Tim Meadows 12/2-12/3, 9 pm, $50-$400. 702-693-5000. MGM Grand (KÀ Theatre) The Tenderloins 11/18, 8 pm, $44-$65. 702-891-7777. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Wayne Brady 11/18, 10 pm, $44-$65. Jay Leno 11/19, 10 pm, $66-$87. Jim Jefferies 11/25-11/26, 10 pm, $44-$54. 702-792-7777.
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Performing Arts Baobab Stage Theatre Soultry Poetry Night 11/17, 8 pm, free-$10. Midnight Cabaret 11/18, midnight, $20-$25. Town Square, 702-369-6649. CSN Performing Arts Center (Nicholas J. Horn Theatre) Las Vegas Saxophone Day 11/19, 6:30 pm, free. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Faith Conservatory of the Fine Arts A Christmas Carol 12/2-12/3, 7 pm; 12/4, 4 pm, $6-$20. 2015 S. Hualapai Way, 702-804-4400. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Black Box) Outside Mullingar 11/17-11/19, 8 pm; 11/20, 2 pm, $14$15. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory The Bad Seed 11/24-11/26, 12/1-12/3, 8 pm; 11/27, 12/4, 5 pm, $20-$25. Alios, 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Irving Berlin’s White Christmas 11/22-11/27, 7:30 pm; 11/2611/27, 2 pm, $29-$127. (Troesh Studio Theater) Broadway in the Hood: Steel Magnolias 11/1811/19, 7 pm; 11/19, 2 pm; 11/20, 3 pm, $34. Steve Solomon’s My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays 11/3012/2, 7 pm; 12/3, 3 & 7 pm; 12/4, 3 pm, $35-$40. 702-749-2000. Suncoast (Showroom) Dixie’s Tupperware Party 11/18-11/19, 8:30 pm, $30-$40. 702-636-7075. Starbright Theatre Motown Legacy 11/27, 3 pm, $20. 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Treasure Island (Mystère Theatre) A Choreographers’ Showcase 11/19-11/20, 1 pm; $25-$45. 702-894-7722. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Wind Orchestra: The President’s Concert 11/17, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. Clark County School District: Honor Orchestra Concert 11/19, 2 pm, free. UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Fifth 11/22, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society: Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn 11/27, 3 pm, $15-$20. (RandoGrillot Recital Hall) UNLV Opera Theatre: Opera Workshop II 11/17-11/18, 7 pm, $8-$10. (Dance Studio One) UNLV Dance: Migrating Motion 11/17-11/19, 7:30 pm; 11/18-11/20, 2:30 pm, $10-$18. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Sin City Opera’s Postcard From Morocco 11/18, 11/19, 7 pm; 11/20, 2 pm, $15. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
Special Events
ART2 Festival of Art 11/19, 10 am-7 pm, free. Town Square Park, cidpwillnotwin.com. Battle Cry for Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest 11/22, noon, free. Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s, 702-736-4988. Color Me Kind 5K 11/19, 9 am, $35-$40. Cornerstone Park, 1600 Wigwam Parkway, Active.com. Cultural Corridor Cleanup 11/19, 9-11 am, free. Heritage Park, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. N., getoutdoorsnevada.org. Desserts in the Desert 11/19, 3-7 pm, $10-$15. Old School Brewing, 8410 W. Desert Inn Road, dessertsinthedeset.com. Fast & Furriest 5K and Festival 11/19, 10 am-1 pm, free-$50. Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, animalfoundation.com. Glittering Lights Thru 1/7/2017, 5:30 pm, $20$70. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, glitteringlightslasvegas.com.
Great American Comic Con Las Vegas 12/312/4, 10 am, $20-$350. Cashman Center, greatamericancomicconvention.com. Great Santa Run 12/3, 8 am, $15-$45. Downtown Las Vegas, LVSantaRun.com. The Ice Rink Grand Opening 11/25, 8 pm, free-$20. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Las Vaudeville 11/25, 7 pm, $10. Bunkhouse Saloon, 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Latin Grammy Awards 11/17, 5 pm, $55-$700. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Little Black Dress Event 11/17, 6:30 pm, $35-$100. Saks Fifth Avenue at Fashion Show, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. S., lasvegasfashioncouncil.com. LV Craft Show 11/27, 10 am-5 pm, free. Silverton, LVCraftShows.com. Motor Trend International Auto Show 11/25-11/27, 9 am-6 pm, $8-$10. Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, AutoShowLV.com. Pray for Snow Party 11/19, 3-7 pm, free. Skye Center, 10111 N. Fort Apache Road, skyecanyon.com. Royal Pub Crawl 11/23, 8 pm, $40. Linq Promenade, 1-800-634-6441. Westworld Two-Day Marathon 11/19-11/20, 3 pm, free. The Sci-Fi Center, 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335. Writer’s Block Neon Lit 11/18, 7 pm, free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Youth Thanksgiving Dinner 11/21, 6 pm, free. The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-733-9800.
Sports
Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 11/2411/25, 11:30 am, $46-$147; 12/22-12/23, noon, $46-$101. Orleans Arena, 800-675-3267. 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. Las Vegas National Horse Show Thru 11/20, times vary, free-$20. South Point, 866-791-7626. Operation Knockout 11/19, 5:30 pm, $10-$50. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. UNLV Football vs. Reno 11/26, 1 pm, $20-$60. Sam Boyd Stadium, 702-739-3267. WCK Muay Thai 11/17, 6 pm, $30-$35. Orleans Arena, 800-745-3000. World Championship Boxing Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Nicholas Walters 11/26, 4:30 pm, $50-$200. The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000.
Galleries
AFA Gallery Napoleon Complexity Thru 11/30. Fashion Show, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. S. #2280, 702-785-0061. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-3833133. Galleries include: Obsidian Fine Art Steve Anthony, Mandy Joy #240, 702-540-9331. Wonderland Gallery Glynn Galloway, Das Frank Thru 11/25. #110, 702-686-4010. Art Square 1025 S. First St., 702-300-4337. Galleries include: The Cube Eric Burwell: Deconstruction Thru 12/17. #150, 702-483-8844. Nevada Humanities Journalism Saves Lives: Honoring the Las Vegas Sun’s Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, an Exhibition Thru 11/23. #190, 775-784-6587. UNLV Barrick Museum Edward Burtynsky Thru 1/14. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Winchester Cultural Center Gallery Gail Gilbert: Impressionable Air Thru 1/5. Artist Reception 11/18, 5:30-7:30 pm, free. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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