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Absurd Person Singular at Las Vegas Little Theatre Maybe it was the unrelenting Christmas music as my dentist gouged my teeth, or maybe it was the fake snow flying through the air and stinging my eyes at the mall. Whatever it was for me—and whatever it is for you— LVLT’s Absurd Person Singular is the bitter comedic chaser to cleanse your palate this holiday season. “It’s a very dark comedy,” says director Rob Kastil. “The entire second act takes place while one character is trying to commit suicide.” Ah yes, existential despair during the holidays. Music to my ears. The show follows three couples through three Christmases during the 1970s. As one couple rises in status, the other two find their lives destroyed—though it’s not clear those coming out on top are particularly noble, either. The play skewers the ideas of blind commercialism and greed, but has more than a little farce to it. And any show determined to find comedy in failed suicide attempts gets a nod of approval from me. So this holiday season, take a break from the saccharine treacle with a nice shot of strychnine, and let a dark comedy put you to rights. ThursdaySunday, times vary, $21-$24. –Jacob Coakley
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UNLV MFA Open Studios AT GRS Graduate Studios Las Vegas isn’t known for repurposing buildings into useful spaces; we’re more the tearit-down, blow-it-up type. But when the Carl’s Jr. across from UNLV shuttered years ago, instead of starting from scratch, the university turned the fast-food structure into something beneficial for students and the community: artist studios. For one night only, the public is invited to see these studios and explore the way artists create their works before displaying them to the masses. Participants include Ali Fathollahi, whose September exhibit Adolescence focused on growing up in war-torn Iran; Paint This Desert blogger Ed Fuentes, who recently curated Bunko: The Lost Archives; and Jennifer Henry, the designer behind the alternative material fashion project FlockFlockFlock. Together, the 10 MFA Studio Arts Program candidates—photographers, mixed-media innovators and video artists—will provide a behind-the-scenes look at often private and unseen creative processes. The event will also feature an interactive live performance. 4570 S. Maryland Parkway, free. –Leslie Ventura
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Rick Moonen’s charismatic gastropub plays host to American single-malt distiller Westland Whiskey for a four-course dinner pairing dishes like crispy duck confit and frisée salad with cocktails crafted from the bold spirit you usually consider as Scotch. $75, Shoppes at Mandalay Place, eventbrite.com. –Brock Radke
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DOWNTOWN THROWDOWN Barbecue CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE Want to sample the work of 30 of the best barbecue masters in the region? Come down Saturday after 10 a.m., support old and new favorites and enjoy tangy tastings. Also on the menu: a Friday chili competition (beginning at 4 p.m.). 3rd Street Stage. –Mike Prevatt
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Jimmy Eat World plays the first night of Holiday Havoc. (Photo illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
There’s something about radio station-sponsored holiday concerts that makes one nostalgic. After all, in the pre-festival days, they were the only package shows Las Vegas had. Holiday Havoc recalls those halcyon days of yesteryear with two nights of radio-friendly alternative rawk: Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Pierce the Veil, Weathers and The Hunna on Thursday; Weezer, Grouplove, Saint Motel, The Moth & The Flame, 888 and Catfish and the Bottlemen on Friday. To be honest, the last time Weezer caught my attention was with that video filled with YouTube stars; the last time Blink-182 interested me was never. But it’s not about the freshness of the headliners; it’s about remembering a simpler time. In this particularly beleaguered holiday season, we need all the nostalgia we can get. Besides, some of the bands in the support slots are pretty decent. 6 p.m., $70-$143. –Geoff Carter
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Local veterans head east to assist the #NoDAPL movement BY LESLIE VENTURA
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ven locals have packed their bags to counter the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), as a group of veterans did Saturday to stand alongside water protectors who had been peacefully protesting the final segment of the controversial project. Benny Lumpkins Jr., the group’s regional transportation lead for Nevada and Idaho, says he was motivated to join the national Veterans for Standing Rock movement at the Sioux Standing Rock Reservation when he first discovered the pipeline was threatening sacred ground. “Native Americans have been treated like subhumans since before the white man came to America,” he said. “For us to physically see the abuse on social media when [the protesters] were being nonviolent, [that] got me motivated as a veteran to defend the oath that we take when we sign up [for the armed forces]. It’s super-important for me to go and be the cavalry for my ancestors and my family.” Lumpkins said he would lead 20 veterans from the two states, including fellow Las Vegan Matthew LaRance. “It felt like we accomplished our mission … and supported our brothers and sisters in exercising their rights,” LaRance said in a Facebook message. “We showed our presence to uphold the oath of protecting our nation from enemies, foreign and domestic.” As of Sunday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it would not grant Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the pipeline, the permit to drill at Standing Rock. But LaRance says the fight isn’t over. According to a statement released by ETP on Sunday, the company is “fully committed to ensuring” that the pipeline “is brought to completion … without any additional rerouting.”
Scarlet and gray meets blue and white, again Fittingly, the first-ever college basketball game at T-Mobile Arena will showcase the fiercest rivalry in UNLV’s history. No, we’re not talking about BYU, San Diego State or Reno. The Rebels’ December 10 Strip-side opponent will be none other than Duke, hated here as much for simply being Duke (rhyming word: puke) as for toppling
UNLV’s gloriously unbeaten squad in the 1991 Final Four. Fans who’ve waited 25 years for revenge might have to wait a bit longer—the Rebs’ decent early-season showing notwithstanding, the 9-1 Blue Devils are expected to be at least 15-point favorites on the road, behind a gaggle (root word: gag) of talented players like All-American guard Grayson Allen—but stranger upsets have certainly been pulled off … like that twopoint win by Duke back in ’91. Sigh. –Spencer Patterson
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WHINE ENTHUSIASTS Positive growth requires Las Vegans to cough up for things like, yes, parking
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No matter how many times we replay the ’91 UNLV-Duke game in our mind, the result never changes. (Photo Illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
‘FEAR THE WALKING DEAD’ IS COMING TO FREMONT Director Eli Roth’s Goretorium maze might have struggled to lure horror fans, but one amusement company isn’t giving up on the possibility of a year-round scare attraction in Las Vegas. Montreal-based Triotech announced last month that it was conceptualizing a new on-foot experience based on AMC show Fear the Walking Dead (an offshoot of The Walking Dead) due next year for the Fremont Street Experience—as if that thoroughfare wasn’t already a gauntlet of freakdom. Despite a year-round Walking Dead maze already in existence four hours away at Universal Studios Hollywood, Triotech plans to use its immersive and interactive production ingenuity to create something unique. Says its president and CEO Ernest Yale: “This walkthrough attraction really will be a first of its kind.” –Mike Prevatt
Black Friday already overfloweth with irony, but imagine my surprise on November 25 when it took me only minutes to park at a neighborhood mall, followed by a flummoxing 40-minute shuffle between three different properties in an attempt to take visiting family on the High Roller. After being denied access to the Linq Promenade lot (rented out by some company) and the Linq and Harrah’s garages (both full), I said two things to my boyfriend: 1. “There’s no way the Caesars properties are going to keep parking free for long.” And 2. “The walk from Venetian isn’t too bad, right?” Four days later, Caesars unveiled initial details to implement paid parking at all of its Vegas resorts except the Rio. The next day Wynn Resorts announced it will soon begin charging for valet. Cue the usual hand-wringing from locals, who dismissed or glossed over news of their exemption from paid self-parking at both Caesars and Wynn. Much like protestations earlier this year after MGM Resorts announced plans to charge for parking, they swore to gamble elsewhere. I suspect most of those local boycotters weren’t already gambling at Caesars properties—and if they were, it was hardly with amounts that would concern the gaming company, which justified its new program by explaining that parking availability has decreased at its properties, boasting evidence that many drivers weren’t even stepping foot in their casinos. So, really, can you blame them? Yes, say the perennial blamers, who also tend to bemoan traffic, a lack of public transportation, fewer central green/park spaces and our dismal education system—and then howl at the first suggestion of taxes that would fund their improvements. Channeling Jim Morrison, they want the world and they want it now—but they sniff at paying for any of it. They’ll claim that free parking is a Vegas birthright. It’s not. It’s just another Vegas tradition that became unfeasible for casinos, like cheap breakfasts, buffets and shows. The more we clamor for both quantity and quality, the more it’s going to cost us, period. Casinos are getting stingier (and more expensive), and they often make head-scratching moves (especially Caesars, currently in bankruptcy negotiations). But with record visitors and a growing population, paid parking might be a necessary evil—as it is in most large cities. –Mike Prevatt
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THE NEW DARK AGE Can a chess whiz offer guidance in times of doubt?
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o share the wonders of his big brain, chess grandmaster Timur Gareyev played 47 simultaneous games against 47 different opponents at UNLV last week. He did this while blindfolded and riding a stationary Schwinn bicycle in the middle of a multipurpose room. Really. Each opponent would call out their move—“Rook PYRAMID OF to G3”—and Gareyev BISCUITS would think for a BY STACY J. minute, behind WILLIS his dark blindfold, pedal a few spins and announce his move. Then on to the next game. For more than 20 hours. I was thoroughly impressed by his gray matter. Hell, I was impressed by his brainy opponents, one of whom was a little girl reading a thick hardback novel and eating handfuls of trail mix between moves. But I was also struck by Gareyev’s black blindfold. A flier in the lobby advertised the “Mindfold” for sale online: “Total darkness with your eyes open!” For weeks, since November 8 to be exact, I’d been searching under
(Illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
mental rocks and in the ghosts of ideologies past for a way to sum up this moment in cultural zeitgeist, and there it was, pedaling on a Schwinn Spinner but going nowhere right in front of me: the American system blindly testing its mettle in the midst of a harrowing number of complicated, simultaneous challenges. Total darkness with my eyes open. It also spoke to my personal sense of sociopolitical disorientation, and I wanted Gareyev, a nice guy with mindful goals, to win. I wanted the thoughtful system he was honing inside his head to outlast the attacks against it. * * * * * The following day I watched battles of a different sort. About 25 people gathered on a crisp, sunny morning at a northwest Valley park to pair off and arm wrestle. I wandered among some burly men—one more than 6 feet tall and wearing a kilt—as they politely waited their turn to be called up to the wrestling stand. Before each match, the World Arm-
wrestling League facilitator read the rules and carefully aligned each man’s elbow, grip and wrist angle. These would be fair fights—no trickery, no cheating, no bias. The men shook hands before setting up, then leaned in, eye to eye, and ferociously tried to slam their opponent’s arm into the table. It was physical, grueling and tense. Some of the competitors threw their entire bodies into the struggle, many grimaced and some groaned and at least one hurt his wrist. And yet it partially restored my faith in civility—standards observed, sport respected. “Good job, man,” one told the other. “You too.” Our political and propaganda battles are rarely so genteel. * * * * * Shortly into Gareyev’s chess games, a fire alarm began blaring in the UNLV Foundations building. I watched as players covered their ears or stepped out of the structure, and I waited to see what Gareyev would do. Would this egregious circumstance warrant calling it all off ? Quitting
the fight? No. He stayed calm and kept slowly pedaling until someone escorted him out of the building. He did not remove the blindfold. In addition to intensifying chess matches, blindfolds are used for numerous reasons: to heighten the other senses, to perform magic tricks, to kidnap an entire society and take it somewhere it doesn’t recognize or to dole out justice. For centuries, Lady Justice has been depicted with scales in hand and blindfolded, because justice—and opportunity, and civil rights—should be delivered without bias. Some of us think of that not only as law, but as a universal truth— even in a time when other truths are ridiculously hard to pin down. When no fire was found and the alarm was turned off, Gareyev returned, still blindfolded, to continue his mission, which is to eventually set a world’s record by playing 50 opponents. His endurance is enviable. As I wander through a new era with eyes open in total darkness, I’m not sure that my ability to stay focused, or civil, will be anywhere near the same.
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Weddings THAT POP Looking to elope? Flora Pop founder Victoria Hogan can help plan it out By Leslie Ventura
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ver the past five years, Victoria Hogan has turned her passion for flowers into a bountiful labor of love. After receiving her MFA at UNLV and working on celebrity gardens in New York City, Hogan returned to Las Vegas to
launch her traveling pop-up wedding company, Flora Pop. Fusing her artful eye and creative spirit, she turns casual elopements into quaint, picture-perfect moments.
Victoria Hogan of Flora Pop. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
How did you get into the wedding business? Since I grew up in a rural setting, I knew how to grow plants and take care of them. I took care of a lot of rooftop gardens in New York, and then it kind of segued into me being interested in cut flowers. I tried to get a job at a few floral studios and kept getting turned down, so I decided to try to do it myself. I would make bridal bouquets, put them in my bike and go to the courthouses in Brooklyn and Manhattan and sell these little bouquets on the street. What does Flora Pop offer? I try to make it as easy as possible. Elopements should be really simple, and they can be really beautiful. We do officiating—we don’t really focus on anything religious—[and] the floral aspect and helping arrange transportation, helping them find the location and giving them recommendations for other services like hair and makeup and photography. Essentially, we become the planner. The weddings are so intimate—does that allow for a better relationship with your customers? I feel like I attract very like-minded people, so I already feel like I know them by the time they get here. I’ve had people name their children after me. People have gotten tattoos of some of the ceremony writing that I’ve done for them. You have a small trailer you use called the Teardrop. Initially, I built it because I wanted to have a roadside
flower stand in Vegas. I quickly realized that didn’t make a whole lot of sense; the summers are too hot. So, at the time, I was like, I’m gonna build this thing and if it doesn’t work out, I’m going to live in it. Is it that big? You can’t stand in it, but you can sleep in it. Mobility has always been my goal, travel has always been my goal, so why not turn this into a mobile chapel of sorts? I can put all my chairs in there, cake, Champagne, any sort of prop that I need. I just drive around and, like a clown car, pull it all out. It was perfect. Do you find the landscapes yourself? Yeah. I work with a lot of national parks that have areas [for weddings]. Something that I really find enjoyment in is getting in my car and driving to find locations that are just a little outside of a national park, or places that are really remote and less-traveled. I love places like Joshua Tree and Palm Springs and Big Sur. I’m always willing to go anywhere. What does the future hold for Flora Pop? I definitely want to keep it small, [but] I opened a southern expansion. One of my very best friends lives in Atlanta; she built a bike Teardrop that has a bunch of cacti in it. Maybe down the road I would consider some kind of brick and mortar, but not in the traditional sense. Ultimately, mobility is huge. To me, there’s nothing better than that.
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egas always feels like a big deal, and sometimes it feels like way more than that. That happened on November 16, when a swarm of international media gathered inside Monte Carlo’s new Park Theater to welcome the Strip’s newest resident performer, Ricky Martin. “I was offered a residency some years ago, but every time I thought of being in one place I thought of Broadway,” Martin said, after a hype video reminded us of his international stardom—he regularly sells out shows at venues that hold far more than the 5,200 seated capacity at this new room, which opens December 17. “The timing now is perfect. I’m with a company that is helping me to put on an amazing show. It’s going to be a very powerful production.” On April 5, Martin, who first performed in Las Vegas with Menudo in 1984—long before exploding in popularity as a solo artist with 1999 hit “Livin’ la Vida Loca”—will premiere a production helmed by Jamie King, who has spearheaded tours for Madonna, Britney Spears and Rihanna and wrote and directed Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson One show at Mandalay Bay. That qualifies as big news, especially since it finds a brand new venue adding to its stable of previously announced residents, Bruno Mars and Cher. Those names are set to join the parade of music residents on the Strip— in productions built around pop stars Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Lionel Richie and new addition the Backstreet Boys at Planet Hollywood’s Axis theater and around legacy acts like Celine Dion, Elton John and Rod Stewart at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. With those headliners and others playing Vegas so often, the city’s old Entertainment Capital of the World title feels more apt than ever. “These residencies have become the dominant form of entertainment in Las Vegas,” Live Nation Las Vegas president Kurt Melien says. “There are lots of other great productions and options for visitors, but the rise of these shows is center stage.”
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ive Nation produces and books many of Las Vegas’ resident productions. Melien says it’s all about growing the market today. “You used to have one major resident theater in the Colosseum, then Axis came along and it became clear there was greater demand. You’d have three or four resident artists a few years ago, then that doubled, then tripled. These shows aren’t cannibalizing each other; they’re all growing the pot.” The sheer volume of major concerts taking place on any given Vegas night might suddenly seem surprising, considering the Strip has never been known as the live entertainment capital of the world. “It’s not the biggest market in the world, but on any [weekend] there are more major entertainment choices than in LA or New York or anywhere else,” says Pollstar founder and Editor-in-Chief Gary Bongiovanni. “It has managed to become a regular stop on virtually every major tour, including some that may skip larger markets but still play Vegas. Whether it’s the Stones or Madonna, everybody plays Vegas, and
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that hasn’t always been the case.” The concept of the Vegas residency isn’t new. Elvis, the Rat Pack, Liberace and Wayne Newton were among the original performers who helped put Las Vegas’ entertainment scene on the map. But in the modern era, the phenomenon of musical production shows constructed for an established star or group has expanded widely in a short time, and in an organic fashion. The boom began with Celine Dion’s A New Day at the Colosseum in 2003, a project created specifically for its star. “Celine and [husband] René [Angélil] decided she could do a spectacle here and come off the road for a number of years,” says John Nelson, senior vice president of AEG Las Vegas, which produced that show. “Caesars loved the idea and signed on to build the theater, a $95 million project.” Franco Dragone had left Cirque to create A New Day, signing on to produce it, too. When that process began, Cirque’s productions dominated the Strip, using showrooms that held about 1,800 bodies; the economics of a resident show for a headlining superstar necessitated a theater twice that size, since they could only stage one show each night, Nelson says. Celine signed on to do 200 shows per year for three years, and Caesars built the Colosseum “without giving much thought to her sharing it with others, except the few weeks a year she was off.” Later in A New Day’s run, the schedule scaled back to some 160 shows a year, creating an opening for the Colosseum’s first co-resident, Elton John. After five years, Celine took a break to go on tour, and the Caesars venue, which holds about 4,300, began rotating its stars—a cycle that has included Bette Midler, Cher, Rod Stewart, Shania Twain, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn, and Mariah Carey, who will end her two-year gig in 2017, opening up a spot for a new artist. Celine’s show was legendarily successful from the start, but “almost everybody in the business thought it was a ridiculous idea and would be a huge failure,” Nelson says. “People didn’t believe in it, because it hadn’t been done for a long time, or ever at that scale, that number of shows per year. The general consensus was, it was too much supply of one artist.” But those naysayers hadn’t considered the nature of Celine’s worldwide stardom, he explains. “She is an absolutely unique artist in that she has these monstrous careers not just in the English-speaking world, but in the French-speaking world, countries where she’s as big or a bigger star.”
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Celine Dion, performing at the Colosseum in 2015. (Tom Donoghue/ Courtesy)
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fter superstars with global audiences became the standard, Britney Spears came to town to shake up the formula further. “That was a groundbreaking event,” Live Nation’s Melien says. “What followed Britney at Axis and the Colosseum was going out and getting younger artists and a wider span of genres that would mirror the changing demographic of Vegas. Now we’ve got everything from Pitbull to Brooks & Dunn. The demographic is more diverse than ever.” “It’s not the Lawrence Welk or Glenn Miller Orchestra coming to casinos anymore. These are younger people with more diverse, more current tastes,” says Pollstar’s Bongiovanni. “The people running the casinos are younger now, too, and they’re not scared of this music.” With its first three Park Theater residents, MGM already has plenty of ground covered in terms of audience and artistry, and that was the goal. The new venue gives MGM a resident-oriented room with which to compete with Caesars, which owns Axis and the Colosseum. “Bruno [Mars] is the quintessential pop star right now, and you can’t ask for more than that,” says Chris Baldizan, MGM Senior Vice President of Entertainment & Sports. “Cher has been there, and though she’s not in the mainstream as much as she once was, she has a way of always reinventing herself. And Ricky [Martin] is so well-known worldwide musically and appreciated artistically and as a humanitarian, he’s an international superstar. We feel like we’re off to a great start.” MGM also has a secret weapon when it comes to luring big-name acts: its other new showroom, the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Maryland, a new resort that opens this week. All three Park residents will also perform there, a bonus that allows MGM to offer artists more dates and exposure on both coasts. “We are looking at what really defines a residency. For us, it’s not 50 or 60 dates a year; it’s having the relationship,” Baldizan says. “It could be three or six or nine dates. You can be here and National Harbor or just here. And once artists see this venue, we’re going to get more calls
from people saying, ‘We’d like to look at that.’ We have to be careful not to over-book, but we want to have 200 shows a year, resident shows and oneoffs [at Park Theater].”
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MEDITERRANEAN MUSTS HUMMUS FACTORY SERVES MIDDLE EASTERN FAVORITES— AND A GREAT BURGER? BY JIM BEGLEY ummus Factory has been reborn, in a quaintly-decorated space near the corner of Sahara and Buffalo. Owner Tony Tabet has transitioned what once was a food truck roaming the Las Vegas Valley into a brick-and-mortar venue, while also expanding his offerings. The result: a new Mediterranean dining option well worth exploring. Restaurant life is in Tabet’s blood. His aunt Mariz Khoury’s namesake Lebanese restaurant sits nearby, and the family influences on Hummus Factory will be apparent to anyone familiar with Khoury’s—the puffy, freshly baked pitas, the silky hummus and the smoky babaganoush. There are prominent differences, too. Hummus Factory serves its complimentary pita with an irresistible za’atar butter, with its woefully underappreciated Middle Eastern spice blend. And while both restaurants serve similar hummus, there are varied versions available at the Factory. Jalapeño is my go-to, bringing spice and textural contrast to the creamy, almost citric base without overwhelming it. The same can’t be said for the scorching habanero, and I can’t begin to imagine what the ghost pepper and scorpion versions might be like. Heed the menu’s warnings, and try them at your peril. Mezza platters offering assorted appetizers make sampling easy, and a meat combination ($19) delivers a quartet of well-seasoned house-made proteins atop rice. The robust kafta (ground sirloin shaped like cigars) and spicy sujuk sausages are the best, and can also be ordered separately. Chicken shawarma makes a particularly good addition to the Factory Salad, a solid, well-sized rendition of a Greek salad. One menu surprise: the epic Factory Burger— grass-fed beef topped with fried onions and a mayo-based pink sauce that complements the meat’s char nicely. Nestled in a butter-toasted brioche bun, it’s an unlikely must-try. Burger Factory, anyone?
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of killers. It’s their job to make amazing things happen. So on some level it’s been easy, while on other levels it’s incredibly challenging. If you get your birthday cake at Milk Bar Las Vegas, it damn well better look and taste and feel exactly like the one from our store in Chelsea in New York, even though there are different people in different kitchens at different altitudes who may be using the same ingredients but they’re from different distributors and stored in different warehouses at different humidity points. That’s the crazy baker stuff. Are we going to see a different menu and maybe some exclusive-to-Vegas items? You sure are. There will be four different flavors of soft-serve, which is twice what we have at other stores. We’re also launching these Blizzard/McFlurry-type concoctions called Milkquakes, blending ice cream with these fun, delicious textures and flavors. One thing I’m definitely looking forward to is when we make the entire casino smell like baked goods. At that point, resistance is futile. –Brock Radke
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METHOD Combine the first four ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and pour over ice into a tall glass. Top with stout. Garnish with an orange peel and a pear that’s been balled, peeled and sprinkled with cinnamon.
Rich, refined and filled with chocolate, this cocktail combines Jägermeister and Bayou Rum for the sweet and spicy, chocolate-y goodness so many of us crave. Perfect for serving at holiday parties or for whenever you need a pick-me-up, the Choco-Meister is sure to impress even the most diehard chocolate lovers.
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ew DJs have seen Vegas change the way Fergie DJ has. Originally from Northern Ireland, Fergie (Robert Ferguson) has been spinning records since he was teenager, and lighting up Las Vegas clubs since 2001. He’s called Sin City home for four years now. “The first time I came here playing dance music, people were looking at me like I had two f*cking heads,” Fergie says. “There was no dance music on the Strip whatsoever or really going on in America.” How things have changed. That first gig was a Godskitchen event at Ra at the Luxor. Fergie has been a prominent resident since day one at Hakkasan at MGM Grand, the megaclub that has set the pace for the current Vegas nightscape. “It changed the way people looked at this music for sure, here and around the world. It really put Vegas on the map, on the world stage.”
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Fergie has changed his style quite a bit over the years, starting out with house music (“That’s all it was called back in the day.”) before dipping into hard house and a more underground sound he cultivated on his BBC One radio show. Today his bigger, wider sound is designed to please the varied
clubbers he encounters in Las Vegas and around the world. “When you’re playing Vegas, you have to really have one foot in the booth and one foot on the dancefloor,” Fergie says. “It goes back to the older days of really keeping your eye on every aspect of the room. There was a learning curve even though I’ve been doing this for 25 years, but it’s been great to go back and really look at what a DJ actually is.” A funny thing happened on his way to finding the formula to entertain the Vegas dance-music fan: He grew to enjoy his sets more than ever. “I find I get more enjoyment out of it, I’m more free to just try things and dip into different styles, because I’m playing to such a different crowd.” Fergie DJ at Omnia, December 10 & 13. –Brock Radke
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a relaxed, industry-oriented party where attendees wore ugly holiday sweaters, and the club’s sexy servers were decked out in red lingerie to match their Santa hats. As it goes at Light, the entire venue was decorated on theme, including sometimes silly, always high-energy holiday visuals flashing across its 700-plus digital screens.
And if that doesn’t sound festive enough, Light will really throw it down on Wednesday night, with the return of the Mother of All Christmas Parties. It was a huge hit last year,
Since its rebirth at Mandalay Bay in 2013—the original is now the Bank at Bellagio—Light has quickly engineered a reputation for creating the right vibe with the right music and
the right scene for its audience at any given party. Those who remember last year’s holiday shindig recognize it as a perfect example, and they’re surely looking forward to this year’s edition. Mother of All Christmas Parties with DJ Five at Light at Mandalay Bay, December 14.
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obert Hunter has been DJing for so long, he might as well have a Ph.D. in partying. If there’s a song that can get the crowd going, Hunter, aka DJ Karma, has it down. Having grown up on hip-hop, his go-to track is “Be Faithful” by Fatman Scoop. It still gets people dancing, 17 years after its release. “It’s what you would call a party break record,” Karma says. “I still play it when I DJ every week, usually early on. It’s not something I’d play in the middle of the night, [but] it still works however many years later.” You may not know it by name, but when the beat
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While Sushi Roku earns kudos for the quality of its fish, the filet mignon tobanyaki is one of the restaurant’s most sensational dishes, a succulent cut of beef mingling with tender asparagus and mixed mushrooms in an aromatic garlic truffle ponzu sauce. Takeshita’s new creations also highlight Sushi Roku’s return to more traditional fare, with dishes like lotus root tempura—a crunchy textural sensation with chopped shrimp, curry salt and chili ponzu dipping sauce. Be sure to ask for the chef’s marinated tuna, an off-menu special featuring soy-marinated Hawaiian tuna, kizama
wasabi and yuzu miso. Pair it with a refreshing cocktail or two, like the Yukai—Patron Silver, cucumber, shiso and sweet and sour—for a complete experience. Wherever the night takes you, starting at Sushi Roku is always a good decision. Sushi Roku at the Forum Shops, 702-733-7373; Sunday-Thursday noon-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday, noon-11 p.m. –Leslie Ventura
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hether you’re closing out your holiday-gifting list with a shopping trip to the Palazzo’s stylish Grand Canal Shoppes or the massive and diverse Town Square mall, Double Helix has you taken care of when it’s time to put down the packages and sip on something soothing. In fact, the playful lounge has created just the right elixir for the season, something festive and strong: the Sangria Martini. Smooth red wine is spiked with Ketel One Oranje, blackberry brandy, Apple Pucker and peach schnapps, and then served up with a cinnamon-sugar rim. Fruity and refreshing, not too sweet and not too sour, this concoction is well-balanced and easy to drink, so much so that you might need another round before
jumping back on that retail carousel. It’s also the perfect partner for any of the savory small plates available at both Double Helix locations. You’re taking care of everyone else with those thoughtful gifts; don’t forget to take care of yourself, too. Double Helix Wine & Whiskey Lounge at Town Square, 702-473-5415; at Palazzo, 702-734-9463.
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since 2013. But its dedication to the highest quality of cuisine and service align with that old Vegas vibe, as do the servers in white jackets, the cozy high-backed booths and the roving dessert cart. The atmosphere alone is enough to have you recalling a bygone and glorious era, and the menu only fortifies that feeling, old-fashioned food with a few modern touches that make all the difference. Steaks and chops are butchered on the premises, appetizers are hearty enough to make a meal of their own, and classic dishes like Ital-
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The common thread running through everything Sheldon has done: travel. “It is my No. 1 passion. Anybody who knows me knows that any given week I could be on any given continent,” he says. “It keeps me in touch with what’s new and fresh in different markets and on top of emerging trends in music, fashion and hospitality. Traveling is the nucleus of what I do.” Someone with Sheldon’s knowledge, network and taste would be an incredible asset for a luxury nightlife venue on the Las Vegas Strip, so it makes sense that he stewards the Living Room at Intrigue Nightclub at Wynn Las Vegas. “It’s so counter intuitive to common nightlife ideas,” he says. “There are so many clubs, but nobody is doing this concept. This room is special, for invited guests only, and you can’t just
buy your way in. So many other venues are really just about the business [of nightlife], but here we want to bring it back to that secret venue where you know you are getting great people and great clientele.” Sheldon travels constantly, spreading the word about Intrigue and the new experiences to be had at Wynn while continuing to explore what the world outside Las Vegas has to offer. What’s his favorite new discovery? You can have one guess. “The Living Room is it for me. It’s a new paradigm, ahead of the curve. I feel very lucky, walking around the property every night and seeing the excitement and energy of the casino, knowing we have a special venue here—one that could only happen in Las Vegas.” –Brock Radke
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12/8 Matoma. 12/9 Borgeous. 12/10 Lil Jon. 12/11 Mark Eteson. 12/15 WeAreTreo. 12/16 Fergie DJ. 12/17 BRKLYN. MGM Grand, WedSun, 702-891-3838.
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12/9 DJ Direct. 12/10 DJ Crooked. 12/13 DJ Ikon. 12/14 DJ D-Miles. 12/16 DJ C-L.A. 12/17 DJ Crooked. 12/20 Konflikt. 12/21 DJ D-Miles. 12/23 DJ Karma. 12/24 Greg Lopez. Bellagio, nightly, 702-693-8700.
DRAI’ S IN T RIGUE 12/8 Ross One. 12/9 DJ Esco. 12/11 DJ Franzen. 12/15 Eric DLux. 12/16 DJ Esco. 12/18 DJ Franzen. 12/22 Ross One. Cromwell, Tue, ThuSun, 702-777-3800.
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M AR QU E E 12/9 Cash Cash. 12/10 Dayclub Dome with Andrew Rayel. 12/10 Cedric Gervais. 12/12 Eric DLux. 12/16 Andrew Rayel. 12/17 Dayclub Dome with Sander van Doorn. 12/17 Tritonal. 12/19 Andrew Rayel. 12/23 Cash Cash. 12/24 Andrew Rayel. 12/25 EC Twins. Mon, Fri-Sat, Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.
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LAX at Luxor has enjoyed a successful 2016, thanks in part to its old-school hip-hop and R&B-flavored Throwback Thursdays party, so why not wrap the year with more of the same? LAX recently announced its NYE Weekend lineup: Ying Yang Twins, Ginuwine and Warren G. ... Roving afterhours and underground music party After has found a new home, signing a long-term deal with the Sahara Lounge (1000 E. Sahara Ave.). The After party launches there December 9. ... The 18-and-over Life in Color music festival returns to Cashman Center on December 10, featuring Flux Pavilion, Doctor P, Cookie Monsta, Funtcase and Diskord. Look for tickets ($45-$70) on Ticketfly. ... The Axis at Planet Hollywood will host Live Nation’s Wu Year’s Eve concert—yes, starring the Wu-Tang Clan—on December 31. Grab those tickets ($69-$149) at Ticketmaster. ... The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center is teaming with promoters Collective Zoo for a new dance music series dubbed Zoology. The party starts January 6 with Billy Kenny, Bixel Boys and Justin Jay, and continues January 20 with Shiba San and Will Clarke.
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Who’s Gonna Ride Your wild horses? What we wouldn’t give to know what went through the mind of Jake Wright as he rode out on Vitalix Hell’s Fire Hostage (seriously, that’s the horse’s name, and a good one) on the opening day of the 2016 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center. We’re guessing it was the whole of his neck, his lungs and maybe his belt buckle. (L.E. Baskow/Staff)
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Get a Portland-style coffee experience with Stumptown roasts, coldbrew drinks, nitros, shakes, “cookie shots” and pastries from local bakery La Belle Terre Bread. 7425 S. Eastern Ave. #102, 702-586-5002.
The walls are covered in art, books are available for perusal and the latte assortment is terrific. Try the white chocolate-andbanana Albino Monkey. 8520 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-778-7553.
Relax on the trellised outdoor patio, complete with climbing plants. The coffee is organic fair trade, and vegetarian and vegan eats abound. 3130 E. Sunset Road #A, 702-433-3304.
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This eclectic shop has cool seating, from sofa chairs to a Volkswagen van tent, and each drink plate comes adorned with a small toy. 8665 W. Flamingo Road #105, 702-706-4935. –Rosalie Spear
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Manchester by the Sea finds power in mourning
By Mike D’Angelo ost dramas about a past tragedy are fundamentally reassuring—they seek to comfort viewers by showing characters who ultimately overcome personal trauma, albeit not without a struggle. Manchester by the Sea, the third feature by Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me, Margaret), offers a bleaker viewpoint. It’s not that the film is utterly without hope, by any means; Lonergan is a realist, not a nihilist, and he includes plenty of humor, compassion and touching grace notes. But he also acknowledges a hard truth few movies dare to entertain, which is that there’s no “getting over” some horrors. You can make a simple mistake that will haunt you forever, and while it’s heroic to keep going under those circumstances, that doesn’t make the day-to-day business of living any easier for the hero in question. Casey Affleck has already won multiple Best Actor awards—all of them richly deserved—for his deeply internalized performance as Lee Chandler,
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Party foul Office Christmas Party celebrates a laugh-free holiday With a title that could have been pulled out of get out of hand, in a predictable and tiresome a hat, holiday comedy Office Christmas fashion. Carol’s threats to close the ofParty proceeds entirely according to fice down always come off as empty, so aaccc expectations, despite the apparent need much so that the movie has to invent an OFFICE for six writers to craft its story. Only the entirely new threat for the nearly laughCHRISTMAS talented ensemble cast rescues the movie PARTY free final act (which includes a lengthy from being a complete waste, and even car chase). Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, Olivia their comedic skills aren’t enough to Despite Aniston’s major promotional Munn, Jenniovercome the poorly structured plot and presence, the movie’s real star is Jason fer Aniston. formulaic lessons. Bateman as the branch’s CTO, and he Directed by Josh Gordon The Christmas party of the title is gets a bland romance with a co-worker and Will Speck. a last-ditch effort to save the Chicago played by Olivia Munn. Supporting playRated R. Opens branch of a tech company, set to be closed Friday citywide. ers including Kate McKinnon, Vanessa by heartless CEO Carol Vanstone (JenniBayer and Rob Corddry do what they fer Aniston). Her goofy brother Clay (T.J. can, but only a handful of jokes land, Miller), the head of the branch, throws and most of the movie feels like standthe party to impress a big client whose business ing around at a social gathering where no one has could keep everyone employed. Naturally, things anything interesting or clever to say. –Josh Bell
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals offers two movies in one. The first, set in the real world, stars Amy Adams as Susan, an artgallery owner who seems trapped, as rich and successful movie characters so often are, by her luxe lifestyle, and by a seemingly loveless marriage to a businessman played by Armie Hammer. The second dramatizes, within Susan’s imagination, a notyet-published manuscript that she’s reading. Written by her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal), with whom she’s been long out of touch, the novel, also called Nocturnal Animals, tells the deeply upsetting story of a man (envisioned by Susan as Edward, and thus also played by Gyllenhaal) whose wife (imagined as Isla Fisher, who’s often confused with Amy Adams—a sublime in-joke) and teenage daughter (Ellie Bamber) are abducted by several rednecks who force the family’s car off the road late one night. Gyllenhaal’s half of the movie, which also features Michael Shannon as a hardbitten Texas cop not inclined to play by the rules, is far more compelling for its own sake than is Adams’ half, which involves a whole lot of glamorous moping. It’s the way the two halves intersect, however, that truly resonates, provocatively suggesting that creativity often functions as an upscale, passive-aggressive act of revenge. Ford, who made his debut with 2009’s A Single Man, isn’t yet as accomplished a film director as he is a fashion designer, but he’s getting there. –Mike D’Angelo
aaabc NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon. Directed by Tom Ford. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.
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JESSICA CHASTAIN PLAYS A STEELY LOBBYIST IN MISS SLOANE
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Jessica Chastain’s title character opens Miss Sloane by giving a deeply cynical speech about the role of lobbyists in Washington, and the movie works hard to demonstrate how jaded it is about the way our government works. But as detached and amoral as Chastain’s Elizabeth Sloane purports to be, first-time screenwriter Jonathan Perera and director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) also set her up as a crusading hero, beating the corrupt system at its own game. They get mixed results in their efforts to have it both ways. Sloane quits her highpowered lobbying firm to join a small, scrappy organization dedicated to the passage of a gun-control bill, but her focus is on strategy and numbers, not on morality, and the movie’s many (many, many) plot twists are all about how Sloane out-maneuvers her opponents with tactics that eventually place her at the center of a Congressional ethics hearing (which frames the story in flash-forward). Chastain is fiercely compelling as the ruthless, hyper-intelligent Sloane, but the need to drop periodic narrative bombshells keeps her from building a fully realized character. The movie is so focused on blowing the audience’s mind that it eventually loses credibility, outsmarting itself even more effectively than its main character outsmarts her rivals. –Josh Bell
AAACC MISS SLOANE Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu MbathaRaw. Directed by John Madden. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.
VEGAS MOVIE MOVEMENT PRODUCER CHRIS RAMIREZ BRINGS INDIE FILM TO TOWN WITH FRANK & LOLA BY JOSH BELL
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Canadian producer/DJ Deadmau5 is pretty dismissive on Twitter, but few might’ve expected him to dismiss the album he was preparing to release. His eighth studio album W:/2016ALBUM/—named after the computer drive on which he stored his new songs—might occasionally feel “rushed/slapped together,” but it also demonstrates how Deadmau5 continues to expand his sonic palette while his commercial peers spin their wheels in the same EDM muck. “Deus Ex Machina” recalls Burial dubstep mixed with garden-variety techno, and “Whelk Then” updates midtempo Chemical Brothers, which is to say they’re not very distinctive. But other tracks impress, like “Snowcone,” its ambient laments nicely offset by a breakbeat groove, and “No Problem” and “Imaginary Friends,” two hypnotic tracks that renew the classic Deadmau5 aesthetic with vintage synths. Those instruments lend a throwback air to much of W:/2016ALBUM/, but it’s the different ways his artistic intuition processes them that makes the effort more compelling—and cohesive— than Deadmau5 would credit it. –Mike Prevatt
They’ve held court with plenty of blues legends and recorded loads of covers from the genre, but it took The Rolling Stones 50 years to release their first full-on blues album. Starting from a single take of the title track, the band knocked out 12 songs in three days—complete with a guest appearance from Eric Clapton, who just happened to be in the building and dropped in to add some Slowhand magic to two songs. According to guitarist Ronnie Wood, the Stones kept things appropriately loose; he and Keith Richards didn’t even work out their parts, instead simply looking at one another as they played. Blue & Lonesome plays like a spontaneous surprise from a group whose every move these days seems carefully negotiated. From the opening blast of leadoff cut “Just Your Fool,” Mick Jagger keeps his harmonica close at hand, and he spits out the lyrics to “Everybody Knows About My Good Thing” with a vigor matched by the rest of the band throughout the record. One can only hope that enthusiastic vibe carries over to the album of originals the Stones put to the side to make this one. –Matt Wardlaw
John Legend kicks off his fifth studio album with a powerful statement, “I Know Better.” On the organ-burnished, hymn-like song, he intones, “They say sing what you know/ But I’ve sung what they want.” As the tune progresses, it reveals itself to be about asserting individuality with humility, strength and dogged resilience. In a sense, that feels like the overarching theme of Darkness and Light, an impeccable R&B/soul collection that finds Legend coming into his own. The stormy, electro-grounded “What You Do to Me” reflects on a tumultuous relationship; “Surefire” boasts sinewy blues guitar and gospel-tinged harmonies; and “Right by You (For Luna)” is a jazz lullaby for his baby daughter. The album also stands tall atop some intriguing sonic details (courtesy of co-writers like indie-folk guru Will Oldham, aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Legend’s guests. Chance the Rapper adds a verse on the slinky, groove-heavy “Penthouse Floor”; Perfume Genius trills like a wailing siren on “Temporarily Painless” and Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard contributes smoldering soul to the slow-jam title track. Darkness and Light might be Legend’s finest hour yet. –Annie Zaleski
After releasing his first fulllength original album in 13 years with 2014’s Man Against Machine, country legend Garth Brooks seems to have resigned himself to becoming a cog in that very machine, and his new album Gunslinger is a desultory and forgettable follow-up to an already underwhelming comeback. Although Brooks co-wrote nine of the album’s 10 songs, there’s virtually no personality to any of them—even his duet with wife Trisha Yearwood on the passable love song “Whiskey to Wine” lacks passion. Elsewhere, the songs range from painfully corny (Kenny Chesney-style party song “Weekend,” complete with pandering name-checks of various locations; absurdly melodramatic car-crash saga “He Really Loves You”) to merely bland (clunky MOR power ballad “Ask Me How I Know”; wouldbe arena rocker “Pure Adrenaline”). Brooks sounds like he’s running on autopilot, and the album’s production is dated and flat. Unlike many performers his age, Brooks has no need to churn out anonymous albums in order to make money, which makes Gunslinger’s songwriting-demo level of quality all the more baffling and disappointing. –Josh Bell
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On touring with Mary J. Blige: “Working with Mary is a dream. This is a tour experience we plan to do again down the road, a partnership we could do for other special occasions, because it’s working and people appreciate it. Mary is like every woman in the audience that I’ve always sung to, and it’s a great honor to wake up and know she’s there for the show. I watch her every night.” On the cycles of soul: “It will be interesting to see in four or five years, to watch what’s going on with these new stars of what I call progressive soul. Every generation has got their take on soul, and it’s nice to see Anderson .Paak and Ro James and Luke James and some of the new guys coming out and doing that. It makes me happy, and I like to have something nice to listen to.” On his musical future: “It’s like life walked up to me and said, ‘Okay, let’s go.’ I had a nice seven years or so to mull over things, turn 40 and assess the last couple decades of my life. I’m very busy, more than I could ever imagine. Somehow in light of current events and all the things that are going on, I somehow found a good year.” –Brock Radke
Maxwell with Mary J. Blige, December 9, 7:30 p.m., $70-$130. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
‘Psychedelic peacefulness’ My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James talks about transcending life’s madness By Annie Zaleski y Morning Jacket frontman Jim James Talk a bit about the role meditation plays in recently released a solo album, Eternally your life. When you take the time to sit in quiet Even, filled with politically astute soul every day, you have more space to live your life in. music. Live, he presents these songs—and Your mind goes 100 miles an hour, and it’s talking other solo tunes and covers—with an ace band that to you about your fears, hopes and dreams, about includes members of opening act Twin Limb. going to the grocery store and the car wreck you got Apple Music described Eternally Even in. When you sit down to meditate, you try as your What’s Going On moment. That’s JIM JAMES to get back to the being alive part of being with definitely flattering. I wasn’t aiming to alive. Even if all you did was sit down for 20 Twin Limb. make my What’s Going On, but that [Marminutes every day—even five minutes with December vin Gaye] album is deep in my DNA. I’ve no cell phone and no distractions—and just 10, 7 p.m., $31-$56. probably listened to it more than any other close your eyes and breathe, we would see Brooklyn album in my entire life. I love its social the world become a much better place. Bowl, 702consciousness and the way it has of bringDo any memorable Vegas moments 862-2695. ing people together, which is something I come to mind from past visits? My favorhoped I could do with this record. ite thing is [the Brahma] shrine hidden in What else did you want to achieve? I was feelthe middle of Caesars Palace. I always try to spend ing really troubled at the way things are going, and some time there. Or at the fountains of Bellagio, or hoping that I could help to encourage peace and just watching the lights move on the Flamingo— love and equality. … I wish the [election] results there’s all these amazing ways you can get lost would’ve gone in a different direction. Now, part there, really psychedelic ways. I feel like there’s a of me hopes this music can be a good outlet and a psychedelic peacefulness within all the madness. good discussion point. It felt that way on tour. It’s a good way to dance and sing and scream and get out For more of our interview with James, visit some of the things that people are feeling. lasvegasweekly.com.
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THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Turnpike Troubadours, Red Shahan 12/9, 9 pm, free. Jim James, Twin Limb 12/10, 7 pm, $31-$56. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/9-12/10, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Dwight Yoakam 12/8, 8 pm, $29-$69. Justin Moore 12/9, 8 pm, $20-$80. 702-698-7000. Double Down TV Party Tonight w/Atomic Fish, The Psyatics 12/8, 9 pm. Super Zeroes, Orange Blossom Special, Johnny Zig & The Highlighters 12/9, 11 pm. Durango 66, Lambs to Lions, Geezus Cryst & Free Beer, Chainsaw Fight, Swamp Pussy 12/10. Thee Swank Bastards, Sissy Brown, Jon Emery 12/15. Dark Water Rebellion, Gnarly Sacs, Anti-Anti, The Cove, Gayhead 12/16. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Gary Allan, Chase Bryant, Lindsay Ell 12/9-12/10, 8:30 pm, $40-$125. OneRepublic, Lindsey Stirling, The Fray, We the Kings 12/11, 5:30 pm, $60-$200. Lil Yachty 12/16, 9 pm, $25-$65. (Vinyl) CJ Simmons 12/8, 9:30 pm, free. Seth Turner & The High Desert Drifters 12/9-12/10, 9:30 pm, free. Frank Sidoris’ Royal Electric 12/12, 8:30 pm, free. The Tuesday Blend 12/13, 10:30 pm, $10-$15. Crash Midnight, Incarnate 12/14, 7 pm, free. Ramonahs 12/15, 8:30 pm, free. Blake Gray, Baby Ariel, Weston Koury, Nathan Triska, Mark Thomas & more 12/16, 6 pm, $25-$30. Sin City Sinners Christmas in Vegas Toy Drive 12/16, 9:30 pm, free. 702-693-5000. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Toby Keith 12/9, 9 pm, $35-$100. Tim McGraw 12/10, 9 pm, $80-$130. 702-891-7777. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Stevie Nicks, Pretenders 12/17, 8 pm, $91-$675. 844-600-7275. Orleans (Showroom) Kelsea Ballerini, Cam 12/912/10, 7 pm, $40-$70. LeAnn Rimes 12/17-12/18, 8 pm, $40-$220. 702-284-7777. Palms (The Pearl) Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Pierce the Veil, Weathers, The Hunna 12/8, 6 pm, $70-$143. Weezer, Grouplove, Saint Motel, The Moth & The Flame, 888, Catfish and the Bottlemen 12/9, 6 pm, $70-$143. 702-944-3200. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Jennifer Lopez 12/9-12/10, 12/13-12/14, 12/16-12/17, 9 pm, $79-$416. 702-7772782. SLS (Sayers Club) Justin Adams 12/9, 11 pm; 12/10, 10 pm, free. Silversage 12/16, 10 pm, free. 702761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Love and Theft 12/9, 9 pm, $10. Kelsie May 12/16, 9 pm, $5. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Mary J. Blige, Maxwell 12/9, 7 pm, $70-$130. 702-692-1600. Westgate (International Theater) Marc D. Donovan, Swing City Dolls, Clint Holmes, Chris Phillips, Michelle Johnson, Graham Fenton, Justin Shandor 12/18, 3 pm, $35-$65. 702-732-5111.
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Downtown 11th Street Records Le Wolves, Hidden Levels, Indigo Kidd 12/12, 8 pm, $5. 1023 Fremont St., 702527-7990. Backstage Bar & Billiards Big Sandy, Tim Polecat Trio, Delta Bombers, The Rhyolite Sound 12/8, 8 pm, $12-$15. Viva Ska Vegas ft. The Skeletones, Chencha Berrinches, Matamoska, The Fighting Irie, Rundown Kreeps 12/9, 7 pm, $10-$50. Anthony Raneri of Bayside, Tiny Stills, Brendan Scholz 12/11, 8 pm, $12-$15. The Dark Holidays, Prolific, Irie, Kat Kalling 12/16, 8 pm, $5-$10. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Naked Walrus 12/8, 8 pm, free. Chino XL, Planet Asia, Z-Man, Vocab Slick, DJ True Justice, Slump Lords 12/13, 8 pm, $10-$15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Mr Little Jeans 12/9, 9 pm, $17. MXMS, Kerfoot & Dau, Lazer Whip w/Jonate, Home Cookin’ 12/10, 9 pm, $10-$12. Prism Tats, Sego 12/14, 9 pm, $7-$10. Avalon Landing 12/16, 8 pm. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Grand (Freedom Beat) Derek Thomas 12/8-12/9. Scot Little Bihlman 12/10, 12/13, 12/16. Hector Esparza 12/11, 12/17. Patrick Genovese 12/12. Peter Love 12/14. Keith Wren 12/15. Ryan Whyte Maloney 12/18. Shows 6 pm, free. 206 N. 3rd St., 702-953-4343. Fremont Country Club Viva Ska Vegas ft. Reel Big Fish, The Toasters, Suburban Legends, La Banda Skalavera, Codename Rocky, 2 Tone Lizard Kings, Gogo 13, Franks & Deans 12/10, 7 pm, $25-
$50. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Golden Nugget (Grand Event Center) Wynonna & The Big Noise 12/8, 10 pm, $53-$173. Trace Adkins 12/9, 10 pm, $97-$271. (Gordie Brown Showroom) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Band 12/16, 8 pm, $32-$119. 866-946-5336. Hard Hat Lounge Oso Negro, Gajah, GavDino, BET 1, B.L.T. 12/9, 9 pm, $5. Modern Sons 12/10, 9 pm, free. Elkhead 12/17, 9 pm, free. Royce the Band 12/18, 9 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-3848987. LVCS Moonshine Bandits, NE Last Words, Nacca Project, Quantum 12/9, 8 pm, $12-$15. Stevie Stone, Split Breed, CES CRU, Donnie Menace, Luck Factor Zero, Andrew Boss & more 12/10, 9 pm, $15-$17. Kottonmouth Kings, NE Last Words, Donnie Menace, SICC, Madopelli Music, Luck Factor Zero, Bom Green 12/17, 9 pm, $17-$20. 425 Fremont St., 702-382-3531. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Benjamin D. Hale, Zach Ryan 12/9, 7 pm, $25-$45. Frankie Moreno 12/10, 2, 4:30 & 7 pm, $30-$42. The Composers Showcase of Las Vegas 12/14, 10:30 pm, $20-$25. 702-749-2000.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Uprise, Missing Blind, Nite Skool 12/9, 7 pm, free. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Boulder Dam Brewing Naked Walrus 12/9. S.E. South 12/10. Sissy Brown 12/16. Full Flight 12/17. Shows 8 pm, free. 453 Nevada Way, 702-243-2739.
Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues ft. Tinsley Ellis 12/8, 7 pm, $5. Tommy Emmanuel 12/10, 8 pm, $33-$59. 702-432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Classic Album Night: Queen: News of the World 12/8, 9:30 pm, free. Smashing Alice, Driven 12/9, 10 pm, free. Damage Inc., Puppet 12/10, 9:30 pm, free. Tinnitus 12/15, 10 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dive Bar Lorin Walker Madsen, Duane Mark, JonEmery, The All-Togethers 12/8, 8 pm, free. The Jigsaw Seen, New York Junk, Mortigi Tempo, The Van Der Rohe 12/9, 9 pm, $8. Sugar Skulls & Marigolds, Dinner Music for the Gods, Journey 2 Rapture, Brad Bailey 12/10, 9 pm, $5. The Scoundrels 12/11, 10 pm, free. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Eagle Aerie Hall Cruel Hand, Lifeless, Varials, Purgatory, Presagers, Deep End, Killer Instinct 12/12, 5 pm, $12-$14. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-5688927. The Golden Tiki Punk Rock Karaoke ft. DJ Fish, Steve Soto, Greg Hetson, Stan Lee, Darrin Pfeiffer 12/19, 10 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) A Twilight Affair 12/13, 6 pm, free. 702-263-7777. South Point (Showroom) Cody Johnson 12/8-12/9, midnight; 12/10, 11 pm, free. (Grandview Lounge) The Whiskey Fire Band 12/8-12/10, 9 pm, free. 702-796-7111. The Space Travis Cloer 12/9, 8 pm, $30-$50. Rachel Dudt 12/11, 8 pm, $20-$40. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. Suncoast (Showroom) Debby Boone 12/9-12/10, 8:30 pm, $16-$40. 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Zeppelin USA 12/9, 8 pm, $24. 702-547-7777.
Comedy Baobab Stage Theatre Open mic comedy 12/10, 8 pm, free. Town Square, 702-369-6649. Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) Jeff Dunham 12/11, 4 pm, $50-$90. 702-731-7333. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Ron White 12/9-12/10, 10 pm, $65-$89. 702-792-7777.
Performing Arts Art Square Theatre The Santaland Diaries 12/1512/16, 8 pm; 12/17-12/18, 2 & 5 pm, $25. 1025 S. 1st St. #110, 702-818-3422. Baobab Stage Theatre Burlesque 12/9, 9 pm, $20$25. Soultry Poetry Night 12/15, 7:30 pm, $10.
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Appetite for Dysfunction Book Reading & Signing w/Vicky Hamilton Live music from Chicks Who Rok 12/14, 8 pm, $12$15. Backstage Bar & Billiards, 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Artisan Craft Festival 12/11, 10 am-6 pm, free. Palace Station, ArtisanCraftFestival. com. Barrick Lecture Series Simple Dreams: A Conversation with Linda Ronstadt 12/8, 7:30 pm, free. UNLV Artemus Ham Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787. Bottle, Bottle, Bottle Share: White Elephant Edition 12/10, noon-3 pm, free. Atomic Liquors, 917 Fremont St., 702982-3000. Breakfast With Santa 12/10, 9 am-noon, $15-$45. Downtown Container Park, 702-359-9982. Christmas Carolers 12/10-12/18, 5-9 pm; 12/19-12/24, 5-10 pm, free. The Park, 3784 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7275. Documentary Screening: Our Journey Home 12/14, 7:30 pm, $12. Brenden Theater at Palms, tugg.com. Downtown Throwdown Barbecue
Championships 12/9-12/10, free. Fremont Street Experience, vegasexperience.com. Firkin Christmas Beer tapping, ugly sweater contest & toy drive 12/9, 6 pm, free. CraftHaus Brewery, 7350 Eastgate Road #110, 702-4625934. Hustler Hollywood Grand Opening 12/10, 6-9 pm, free. 620 E. Sahara Ave., bit.ly/2g7SvDo. I’m Dreaming of a Wine Christmas 12/10, 3-6 pm, $25-$30. Container Park, 702-359-9982. Jingle Bell Run 12/10, 7 am, $25-$60. Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., jbr.org/LasVegas. Lee Canyon Winter Season Opening 12/9, 9 am4 pm, prices vary. 6725 Lee Canyon Road, leecanyonlv.com. Life in Color Kingdom ft. Flux Pavilion, Doctor P, Cookie Monsta, Funtcase, Diskord 12/10, 7 pm, $45-$70. Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. N., 702-386-7100. LV Craft Show 12/11, 10 am-5 pm, free. Silverton, LVCraftShows.com. Santa Paws 12/11, 10 am-2 pm, $5-$21. Magical Forest at Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd., 702-225-9627. Spanish and American Poetry Workshop 12/10, noon, free. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. We Stand With Standing Rock Solidarity Event w/live music ft. No Tides, Child Endangerment, Warblood, Amy Pate, Nez Toltec Crew, Indolente, Kurumpaw 12/10, 5-10 pm, $5. LV Paiute Arts & Recreation, 1316 Sackett St., bit. ly/2h8YyrV. Westland Whiskey Dinner 12/10, 6-9 pm, $75. RX Boiler Room at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7200. WinterFest 12/8, 7 pm; 12/9, 6-9 pm; 12/10, noon-8 pm, free. Henderson Events Plaza, 200 S. Water St., cityofhenderson.com. Writer’s Block The Bourbon Book Club: Valley of the Dolls 12/8, 6-7:30 pm, free. Yelena Akhtiorskaya: Panic in a Suitcase & Gabriel Urza: All That Followed 12/9, 7 pm, free. Events free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
Sports
Cinch Boyd Gaming Chute-Out 12/8-12/10, 2 pm, $28-$37. Orleans Arena, 800-675-3267. National Finals Rodeo Thru 12/10, 6:45 pm, $256$384. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267. UNLV Men’s Basketball vs. Duke 12/10, 2:15 pm, $25-$500. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
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Art Square 1025 S. First St., 702-300-4337. Nevada Humanities Paiute Voices ft. Sage Romero, Theodore Tso, Fawn Douglas Thru 1/20. #190, 775-784-6587. Downtown Spaces 1800 S. Industrial Road. Bubblegum Gallery Frosty the Snowman Paint Class 12/19, 5 pm, $20. #207D, 702-806-0930. The Galleries at Lake Las Vegas Winter Holiday Art Show 12/9-1/12. Artist Reception 12/9, 6-8 pm, free. (Reception at Lake Las Vegas Sports Club, 101 Via Vin Santo.) 10 & 20 Via Bel Canto in MonteLago Village, 702-568-7948. Las Vegas City Hall (Chamber Gallery) Public Employee Art Exhibit 12/8, 3-5 pm, free. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. UNLV Grant Hall Gallery UNLV BFA Exhibition ft. Danny On, Eric Le, Christian Peralta, Ryan Arakawa, Courtney Rivas, Joey Silva, Jess Vanessa Alvarez Thru 12/9. Closing Reception 12/9, 6-9 pm, free. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3011. UNLV GRS Graduate Studios UNLV MFA Studio Arts Open Studios ft. Ali Fathollahi, Brandon Lacow, Jennifer Henry, Christopher Jones, Cory McMahon, Ed Fuentes & more 12/9, 5-9 pm, free. 4510 S. Maryland Parkway, unlv.edu/finearts. West Las Vegas Arts Center Encounters: Drawings by Donald Corpier Starr Thru 1/14. Artist Reception 12/10, 2-5 pm, free. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800.