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Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz became fast friends 30 years ago as Saturday Night Live cast members, and they’ll meet up again for 10 shows at SLS, this weekend through May. How will this joint show work? Lovitz: We’ll probably do an opening number, then each of us will do a half hour of stand-up, and then we’ll come out and do a question and answer and show videos of sketches. Do you plan to include some music? Carvey: We’ll definitely play around with that—we’ll probably have a little drum set, and we’ll have a keyboard-piano. I will definitely try to re-create my drum solo from Wayne’s World each night. Lovitz: We’ve actually played at my house together. Musically, we think very similar, because we both loved The Beatles growing up … not that we are The Beatles … Carvey: Jon can really play the piano. I pretend (laughs) … “Choppin’ Broccoli” is pretty simple. Do you remember meeting? Lovitz: It was in ’86. I was with Phil Hartman, and Dana was there. I don’t think they had picked Dana yet for SNL, and I said to Phil, “Boy, I hope that guy gets the show. He’s so nice.” $49-$89. –Matt Kelemen
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HANNIBAL BURESS AT FREMONT COUNTRY CLUB Some of the funniest parts of a Hannibal Buress show are the parts he seems to enjoy least: dealing with hecklers, upbraiding club management, telling people to put their damn phones away. When Buress brought a surprise set to Backstage Bar & Billiards last year, he got several minutes of material from the bar’s TVs, which were showing the Al Pacino movie Scarface.. He asked that they be turned off; later, he admitted he was beginning to follow the plot. During the exchange he never lost his grin, and even cracked himself up a few times. Buress is the rare comic who fully recognizes when he’s the butt of the joke, and leans into it. That’s not to say the rest of his set isn’t the funniest sh*t you’ve ever heard. Buress is a brilliant observational comic. His stories have an effortless flow to them, and he isn’t afraid to go off on tangents if the crowd is with him. Just don’t point your phone at him on Saturday; he might just throw you out. Like Scarface, Buress’ patience stretches only so far. $31. –Geoff Carter
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The Huntridge Theatre has been the subject of passion and controversy almost since it opened in 1944. Join members of the Huntridge Foundation for the latest edition of Las Vegas Stories, when they’ll dive into the history of a surviving city treasure. Free. 1401 E. Flamingo Road. –Geoff Carter
Painting a live canvas, another moving, breathing human being, is tedious, patient work. Las Vegan Scott See debuts his illustrations of the female form, which fuse photography, drawing and body painting into one mesmerizing medium. Through January 25, free, 1800 S. Industrial Road. –Leslie Ventura
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PRINCESS MONONOKE AT VALLEY MOVIE THEATERS When filmmakers, critics and fans talk about the works of the great animation director Hayao Miyazaki—now 76 years old, and still working— they usually invoke the names of three films before all others: Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. The first two films, while spectacular to behold, are more or less about families, while 1997’s Mononoke has the ambitions of a Lawrence of Arabia-like epic: In it, Miyazaki addresses nothing short of man’s ongoing and largely one-sided war against nature. Mononoke’s world of forest demons, cursed princes and feral warriors raised by wolves is like nothing else you’ve seen, even 20 years after other filmmakers first began to imitate it. It returns to theaters for two nights on January 5 (with subtitles) and January 9 (dubbed). Immerse yourself in the genius of Miyazaki. Prices vary, fathomevents.com. –Geoff Carter
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Amazon voice-activated Alexa will soon be at the command of Wynn guests By Leslie Ventura
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f you find yourself inside a hotel room at the Wynn this year, make sure you spend some extra time getting acquainted with Alexa. Who, you ask? She’s the “brain” behind the Amazon Echo, the hands-free voice-controlled speaker Wynn aims to install in all of its hotel rooms by midyear, says Amazon spokesperson Kinley Pearsall. With seven microphones and something called “beam-forming technology,” Alexa can hear your commands from across the room, assisting you in simple tasks, like giving you weather updates, to more difficult ones—like settling your dispute with your significant other over where to eat. Soon, guests will be able to use Alexa for all sorts of clever things. Ask her to find the best steakhouse or sushi spot in Las Vegas, and she’ll reference Yelp to find hungry tourists a topnotch spot. That’s in addition to Amazon Echo’s other features. Don’t want to get up to turn off your lights? Alexa’s got it. Having a meetup in your room? Connect your phone to Echo via Bluetooth and play your favorite Spotify playlists with a simple voice command. Alexa might really save the day with its to-do list feature. Drank too much last night? Alexa can quickly run through your itinerary so you don’t forget about those pricey Cher tickets you bought last month, your spa reservation or that Neon Museum tour in the morning. Pearsall wouldn’t speculate on future plans for the Amazon-Wynn partnership, but she did say Amazon will add new skills to Echo every week. “We are working closely with the Wynn to continue to enable new experiences for their guests,” she says. For now, Wynn is leading the in-room voicecontrol trend, but it might only be a matter of time before Alexa—or something like it—becomes the industry-wide standard.
An Arts Town Meeting will determine Southern Nevada’s artistic priorities You want to get more involved with the arts scene, here’s your easy-peasy shot. A Las Vegas Arts Town Meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 11 at the Winchester Cultural Center, and among the important people invited to attend are local
community leaders, the creators with whom they work, arts organization members—and you. The meeting, held by the Nevada Arts Council, the City of Las Vegas and Clark County, will address the state of cultural affairs in Southern Nevada, then consider the conversation generated when establishing the arts’ direction (and funding) for the future. Organizers ask that potential attendees RSVP at 775-687-6680 or infonvartscouncil @nevadaculture.org. –Mike Prevatt
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THE STATE OF MAIN The Arts District is happening in a big way in 2017 BY GEOFF CARTER
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Main Street is about to go boom. (Jon Estrada/Special to Weekly)
LGBT NIGHTLIFE: GOODBYE GOODTIMES, HELLO FLAIR The LGBT community saw another dancefloor darken when fixture Goodtimes Bar & Nightclub was 2016’d just before Christmas, following the earlier shutterings of Share and Revolt. Softening the blow, however, is new Flair Nightclub, a 900-capacity, 14,000-square foot space that had previously housed SRO, Club 702 and TRU. The multi-room spot opened quietly on New Year’s Eve and will operate Thursday-Sunday—with DJs, go-go dancers and (mostly) free locals admission—until a grand opening later this winter. Bar manager Peter Picciano says the goal is to make Flair Las Vegas’ answer to West Hollywood’s multifaceted Abbey hangout. Plans include roll-up walls that open to a patio, an outdoor drag queen brunch and headlining talent. Says Picciano: “We’re very ambitious here.” –Mike Prevatt
Fittingly, it begins with coffee. Vesta Coffee Roasters, recently opened at Casino Center Boulevard a half-block south of Charleston, is serving up delicious house-roasted blends and, coincidentally, a preview of the boldface urban change coming to Downtown’s Arts District neighborhood. Arts District Plaza. Three new Main Street buildings, owned by Arts Factory/Art Square owners Jonathan and Eshagh Kermani, will complete exterior construction this month. A property representative says the first two tenants, the Burlesque Hall of Fame and the Peter Gabriel-owned mixing board manufacturer Solid State Logic, will soon begin interior builds. The BHoF, now in a temporary space in neighboring Art Square, will have a space large enough to display a collection of racy, sequined showbiz that’s been mostly in storage since the museum opened to the public in 2010. And though none are yet officially announced, restaurants seem a likely tenant for the buildings, two of which have rooftop patios. More places to drink and eat. Hop Nuts Brewing might soon have company. Kamran and Adam Foulad are considering microbreweries for two buildings they own: a former auto repair shop at Main and Imperial, and the unused space behind the popular Cornish Pasty, which might also host a small club venue. The Foulads are also bringing two new restaurants to their property at 1130 S. Casino Center—one an upscale Italian eatery from LA, the other a Thai spot—which will be announced soon, and they hope to open four additional restaurants at Main and Imperial. Office space. Arts District pioneer Brett Wesley Sperry says his “two-and-a-half-story” professional building the Charleston, located on the triangular plot of land at Charleston and Art Way, should be built by the third quarter of 2017. A number of tenants have already expressed interest. “There was a lot of pent-up interest” in new office space in the Arts District, Sperry says—a demand that should also benefit the Venice, the soon-to-open Tradewinds Investments-owned office, retail and restaurant complex at California and Casino Center. West Elm Workspace. Those new offices can equip themselves with fancy desks and chairs from a professional offshoot of the modern furnishings retailer, one of the tenants moving into David Mason and Christina Roush’s mixed-use HOP complex, now building at 1310 3rd Street. Don’t spill your coffee on ’em.
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MAKING DEALS IN THE WILD Butterflies, rats, Red Rock and other interactions with nature ot long after the Las Vegas earthquake and shortly before the latest anti-federal land protest at Bundy Ranch, I considered biting my cat’s ear, because he has behavioral problems. He’s a kitten, but a large one who turns on me in times of hunger or loneliness or boredom, mysteriously. I’d met a rancher from Tennessee at a casino bar who said the best way to show an animal who’s boss is to bite its ear. He said he’d bitten the ears of countless cattle, horses and dogs, and it usually tamed them. I nodded and considered his expertise seriously, but could not ignore PYRAMID OF that he was missing a BISCUITS front tooth. BY STACY J. A day later, I saw WILLIS a dead rat on the curb in my neighborhood. Its little corpse was in full rigor mortis, which I know because a) it was completely stiff, lying on its back, feet up and mouth gaping, and b) crime TV both soothes and educates me. Las Vegas is crawling with rats this year, and exterminators are setting poison traps all over the Valley. I shivered when I saw the toothy corpse; it looked nothing like Remy from Ratatouille. It looked more like a Hatchimal, 2016’s deeply disturbing Christmas “it” toy that for $60 was supposed to peck its way out of
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a plastic shell and electronically coo at its new owner, but too often was found to either a) stay in its shell no matter how much petting and sweet-talking it was offered or b) cuss. The Hatchimal alone sums up the screwed-up relationship between animals and humans, but when combined with rat-in-rigor and man-bites-dog stories, I found myself trapped in thoughts about our odd and illogical arrangements with nature. Enter the butterflies. Apparently, the U.S. Forest Service plans to spend $1.6 million to study butterflies, including the endangered Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly. In addition to being an indicator of forest ecosystem health, these butterflies also provide pollination or, before metamorphosis, a tasty caterpillar entree for birds. Mostly, they’re pretty. And each summer, devoted biologists search for, count and study them. They found fewer than 250 last summer, which is encouragingly more
than in recent years. I was still contemplating this lovable if pricey undertaking—What’s the value of the beauty of a butterfly in motion? Can you put a price on joy given by nature?—when Mt. Charleston got a holiday snowfall. It sounded so lovely that more than 10,000 natureseeking visitors in vehicles jammed the highway up the mountain, which only has about 3,000 parking spots, causing bumper-to-bumper exhaust and eventually prompting the shutdown of Highway 157. Cars were at a standstill, and the pics I saw reminded me of so many dead rats on a curb: Too many of one ravenous creature is pestilent, and sometimes results in poison and rigor mortis—defined as the loss of flowing energy. The loss of this natural energy is what I fear for Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area should developers keep pushing to build a
subdivision on Blue Diamond Hill. And the love of that natural energy is why I am delighted that President Obama recently protected 300,000 acres of desert landscape between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon by creating Gold Butte National Monument, despite the protests of the Bundy Ranch anti-federalists. And it’s even why I was in awe around 3:45 a.m. on December 29, when I woke up to what I thought was someone slamming the door, shaking the house windows, only to find out later that it was a small earthquake—a 2.8—a tiny but humbling rumbling of earth that reminded me how small we are. My cat was already awake, a good bit more attuned to the universe than I, stalking the house, keeping the rats out, watching over us with some understanding that we, too, watch over him. I will not bite his ear. And I will never buy a Hatchimal.
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oldfield, Nevada, is located almost halfway between Las Vegas and Reno; it’s three hours north of the former, four hours south of the latter. Once a gold-mining boomtown with a population of nearly 20,000, it has been humbled by time. Today, Goldfield is home to fewer than 300 people and a few dozen cars, trucks and buses planted in the desert floor like trees. As seen in a recent fashion video by Stella McCartney, this is the International Car Forest of the Last Church. The Forest is a 2011 collaboration between Reno-based Chad Sorg and Goldfield resident Mark Rippie. The two men couldn’t be more temperamentally distinct; Sorg, a fine artist, saw the visual possibilities of the lone car he saw planted in the ground while driving through Goldfield one day, while Rippie, a gun-loving individualist, simply wanted a Guinness World Record recognition for the largest number of dirt-planted cars. Sorg and Rippie’s collaboration ended in a fight, but their forest still stands, a twisted but beautiful wilderness separating the surviving boomtowns of the north and south. –Geoff Carter
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THE CHAINSMOKERS MAKE WYNN THEIR NEW VEGAS HOME— AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A PERFECT MATCH B Y
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n the dance music world, nobody pays attention to their audience quite like The Chainsmokers. On December 30, while closing out a huge and crazy year with a show at the Los Angeles Convention Center, the New York duo brought a very unconventional guest act to the stage—the Backstreet Boys. You can get the full effect thanks to YouTube. A girl shrieks when the boy band appears, and you have to wonder if she’s even old enough to know the words to 1999’s “I Want It That Way.” BSB also cranked out “Larger Than Life” and “Backstreet’s Back” before jumping on the DJ booth with their humble hosts—Alex Pall, 31, and Andrew Taggart, 27—to bounce to a short clip from The Chainsmokers’ smash “Roses.” The 720,000-square-foot LACC would qualify as The Chainsmokers biggest show ever, but every big new show is their biggest show ever. The second time Taggart ever sang live for an audience— “Closer” with Halsey—he did so at September’s MTV Video Music Awards. Neither event was a spontaneous musical moment, and that magic touch isn’t accidental.
Just as Pall and Taggart knew that girl would lose her mind if they brought Backstreet back, The Chainsmokers have quickly become one of the top pop acts in the world—and the most in-demand nightclub act in Las Vegas—by understanding their fans. On Tuesday, Wynn Nightlife announced that The Chainsmokers have signed on to an exclusive three-year residency at XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club, a thoughtful move every bit as considered as their music. “We know every metric about our music. About our shows. We read every tweet. Every comment on Instagram and Facebook. We see everything,” Taggart told Billboard in September, explaining The Chainsmokers’ swift rise to the top of the dance charts and impressive mainstream-pop crossover. They were bigger than Calvin Harris last year; only Drake and Justin Bieber notched more Top 10 hits. How do they do it? Their songs are upbeat but midtempo, familiar yet hard to classify in the dance world. Lyrics are sentimental and autobiographical, elements you hear more from indie rock bands than in club genres like EDM
and hip-hop. They work on songs, not albums, and they work at their own pace, often previewing sounds on social media so they can adjust to their fans’ reactions. Their hits feature distinct female vocals from up-and-coming artists. Fun fact: Both Daya (“Don’t Let Me Down”) and Rozes (“Roses”) performed at Wynn’s Intrigue this year. The newest club on the Strip kept finding ways for Chainsmokers tracks to be performed live without The Chainsmokers. Not a problem anymore. Live, Pall and Taggart are good-time guys, kinda like the frat bros you know from college, only famous. It’s obvious how much they enjoy what they’re doing, reminiscent of a set by Steve Aoki, who released the wacky 2013 single “#Selfie” that put The Chainsmokers on the map via his label, Dim Mak. DJs don’t come more approachable, and no DJ has more big hits right now. But The Chainsmokers aren’t really DJs. Songwriters and producers, absolutely. Pop stars? They have a different kind of talent than that label suggests. But if they’re more than DJs, maybe they should be considered for the trendy title of “Vegas resident performers,” just like their buddies in Backstreet.
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SLICE OF LIFE EVEL PIE’S VIBE AND PIZZA FIT NATURALLY ON FREMONT BY BROCK RADKE
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he Downtown dining renaissance of the past five years has been pretty easy to read. Restaurants that have rocketed to popularity right out of the gate continue to succeed; those that struggled early are gone or still fighting. (Glutton, which closed less than three weeks ago, served some of Downtown’s best eats and will be missed. If you’re looking for other deliciousness that deserves attention, check out the Smashed Pig and Zydeco Po-Boys.) Evel Pie feels and tastes like one of those quick winners. Radio City Pizzeria was starting to catch on in this same Fremont East space when it was sold in the summer of 2015, and replacement fondue joint F. Pigalle didn’t last long. Cheap pizza and drinks—you can get a slice of cheese with a beer for $5 and, during 2-6 p.m. happy hour, a whole pie and pitcher for $20—is a better fit, but only if the pizza’s tasty. Evel’s is, built on a thin and crispy New Yorkstyle crust without a lot of fuss. Add a bunch of familiar toppings if you like, but this is simple pie that’s better without over-adornment. Pepperoni cups and chars as it should, a nottoo-garlicky ricotta white pie stands out and a Hawaiian slice excels by adding jalapeño, which brings spicy to the sweet, seasoned pineapple. General manager Vincent Rotolo is also expected to add a legit gluten-free pizza to the mix soon. With a loud punk-rock attitude, ’70s style and abundant Evel Knievel memorabilia, the theme is overpowering, but not in a Vegas makeover way—it feels like it’s been here all along. The cozy back patio will be converted into a junkyard-themed bar area, and the quick-serve window fronting Fremont should be fully operational soon. It’s open late for the barhopping crowd, which sounds like a no-brainer but hasn’t been for many restaurants in the area, which could partially explain why some have struggled. This joint should be just fine.
Evel Pie serves up slices with just the right amount of kitsch on the side. (Photograph by Jon Estrada/Special to Weekly)
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Nora’s Marcello Mauro keeps this 25-year-old Las Vegas institution in the family. (Photograph by Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
THE GRAND
INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Avión Reserva 44 Extra Añejo Tequila
BIGGER, BETTER AND EVEN WARMER THE NEW NORA’S EXPANDS UPON EVERYTHING THAT MADE IT GREAT
1/4 oz. Blandy’s Madeira 5 Year Old Blended 1/4 oz. Marolo Milla Grappa and Chamomile Liqueur Dress the Drink gold-coated pineapple hibiscus for garnish
METHOD Build over hand-chopped ice in a brandy snifter glass. Garnish and serve.
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In a spread-out city where every room is done in earth tones and lined with gold and neighborhood has its own homey Italian brick accents, and there’s a charming outdoor patio restaurant, Nora’s Cuisine is nothing space and a second floor intended for special events short of an institution—it’s so good, you’d and private parties. abandon your nearby favorite for it every Nora’s has also always been a refuge NORA’S CUISINE now and then, which explains why the place for those looking for a decent cocktail in 5780 W. Flamingo Road, 702-873was always packed. It’s still packed, even the neighborhood, and the bar program 8990. Mondaythough Nora’s moved to a bigger building on has also been expanded. But perhaps the Thursday, 11 a.m.West Flamingo in September, just a block most notable change is the new grill menu, 10 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-midnight; away from the original spot opened by Nora currently offering exemplary appetizer Saturday, 4 p.m.and Gino Mauro 25 years ago. Now there options like chicken thighs with blood midnight; Sunday, are 170 seats instead of 115, which means orange vinaigrette ($14) and octopus with 4-10 p.m. more families and friends can flock here a salad of celery, chickpeas, parsley and for classic linguini frutti di mare and that lemon oil ($18), along with entrées like a addictive fettucine Crazy Alfredo. ribeye with truffle fries ($29) and a hefty Nora’s remains a family-run restaurant—son veal chop with grilled vegetables ($40). These new Marcello Mauro still serves as general manager— dishes pair perfectly with pasta or pizza favorites to and the restaurant’s warmth has only been create a truly family-style feast, and that’s what Nora’s amplified with the expansion. The main dining has always been about. –Brock Radke
There are very few cocktails out there that can compare to the Grand—this libation is truly in a league of its own. Avión Reserva 44 is a very limited, small batch tequila that’s complex, luscious and amazingly smooth. This is far from your typical tequila mixed drink, with the addition of Blandy’s Madeira and Marolo Milla liqueur helping to highlight the spirit’s flavors without overpowering it.
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Abe Laguna proved he can do different things with his fall EP Cocoon, and he’s been backing it up with Wynn gigs ever since.
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ame your top 5 MCs of all time. No matter who’s responding, Nas remains a part of the conversation. In a recent interview with Andre Harrell for Revolt TV’s “Music Talks,” the Queens lyrical legend was asked to name his favorite rappers from the current generation and quickly reeled off the names J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. Perhaps not coincidentally, his first pick, J. Cole, has been performing
L I G H T recently at Light, the Mandalay Bay nightclub that has been programming more hip-hop recently. It’s also the spot where you can find Nas himself Friday night. Clearly, the title of Nas’ 10-year-old album Hip Hop Is Dead is not a belief to which he currently subscribes. That could be further proven this year if he releases his first new album in four years. He told Harrell there’s a “very high percentage” that’ll happen:
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Js don’t just suddenly take over the dancemusic world. It typically takes more than a handful of hit tracks and a series of memorable shows to make an impact. The explosive success Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall have experienced in a relatively short time with a relatively small amount of music is closer to the dynamic arrival of a pop star. The Chainsmokers’ meteoric rise—behind ultra-catchy, quadruple-platinum smashes “Don’t Let me Down,” “Roses” and “Closer”— has most recently included winning the Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist award at the American Music Awards and tallying three 2017 Grammy nominations for Best Dance Recording, Best Pop/Duo Performance and Best New Artist. The Chainsmokers ruled 2016, on the charts and in the clubs. Now, they’re taking their act to Wynn Nightlife on the Las Vegas Strip, signing on for an exclusive three-year residency at XS and Encore Beach Club through 2019. “We are so thrilled to have this
residency at the Wynn,” Pall said in a statement. “They represent the best of what Las Vegas has to offer, and we look forward to a great partnership.” The new era of the Chainsmokers in Vegas starts right away with their debut at XS this Friday night, January 6. “We’re excited to welcome the Chainsmokers to XS and Encore Beach Club,” said Alex Cordova, Wynn Nightlife executive vice president and managing partner. “Partnering with such talented and sought-after artists exemplifies Wynn Nightlife’s commitment to bringing world-class entertainment to our luxury venues.” The Chainsmokers at XS at Encore, January 6. –Brock Radke
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t was nearly 10 years ago that I fell in love with Lady Gaga, through catchy pop-dance classics like “Poker Face,” “LoveGame” and “Bad Romance.” The romance continues with her soulful and visceral latest release, Joanne. I never thought I’d get to see and hear her perform the hits I’ve listened to on repeat for years, let alone up close in the luxurious Encore Theater in celebration of a new year. As soon as Gaga first took the stage on December 30, clad in a floor-length, hooded, backless gown that sparkled like a beacon, she captivated the show’s 1,000 attendees. Her voice sounded fantastic, better live than recorded, and she performed with New York jazz musicians Brian Newman and his quintet and Steve Wynn’s ShowStoppers orchestra. It was as if we’d been transported to the Prohibition era, with Gaga as time-traveling muse. The six-time Grammy winner opened with “Theme From New York, New York,” and whirled through favorites like classic show tune “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewil-
dered,” Cher’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” and Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose,” which she dedicated to Mr. Wynn and sang almost entirely in French. There was also a brief piano performance during which Gaga began to play a rendition of “Bad Romance” before switching to “Million Reasons,” per an audience member’s request. We became her backup singers as she paused to let us fill in the lyrical gaps, a rare opportunity to become part of a dynamic performance— but I’ve always felt connected to her lyrics. I might have questioned her alien-like metamorphosis on Born This Way, but I’ve come to love and embrace her bold defiance of societal norms. Friday night marked an exceptional end to a year in need of her love, confidence and class. –Rosalie Spear
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ouse of CB founder Conna Walker started her burgeoning fashion label on eBay when she was just 17. Walker’s 23 now, and her success in the industry knows no bounds. Her body-hugging designs have developed into coveted celebrity favorites, gracing the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Gigi Hadid, Beyoncé and, of course, the Kardashians.
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Given its star-studded cult following, it was only a matter of time before the London boutique set up shop in Las Vegas. Opened in December inside the Miracle Mile shops at Planet Hollywood, House of CB caters to the sexy-yet-sophisticated woman, offering embellished nude-toned bodycon dresses, floor-length golden dusters and sexy lace-up bodysuits. J.Lo wore one of CB’s dresses on the cover of her 2014 album, A.K.A. Long gone are the early days of Walker’s online store. The Vegas location’s swanky, diamond-shaped ceiling lights, paired with gold, white and pink accents, make every item inside the boutique pop. There’s something here for every occasion: bondage-style straps, high-end fabrics, blush-toned bodysuits and figurehugging bandage dresses in deep ruby and emerald hues. No matter your style, House of CB seems to get one thing better than the rest: You don’t have to be a celebrity to be the center of attention. House of CB at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, 702-476-4600; Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m.11 p.m., Friday & Saturday 10 am.-midnight. –Leslie Ventura
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id Conrad, a fixture at 1 OAK, the Bank, Foxtail, Liquid Pool Lounge and Clique Bar & Lounge, is an open-format DJ who leans more to the hip-hop side of the musical spectrum. But he’s likely to drop a track here or there during his set that will catch audiences off guard and defy expectations. “A lot of DJs have a hard time finding the EDM or twerk stuff that works for them, but I had a bit of background in that [world] before playing open format,” says the Las Vegas native also known as Sean Baker. One current go-to song that takes his mix in a different direction is “Long Distance,” something of a trap-house track from Scottish producer Sam Gellaitry from his 2015 EP Escapism. With its bassy bounce and Shabba Ranks sample, “Long Distance” isn’t
something you’ll hear in most Vegas clubs. “It’s in the kind of style I’ve been trying to produce lately,” Kid Conrad says. “If I was going to be playing my own stuff as an artist, it would be on this trip, kind of future-trap-bass stuff. Sonically, it’s just really deep, with these rich bass notes that are kind of hard to find right now. You’ll definitely want to listen to it on headphones.” Kid Conrad at Foxtail at SLS, January 6 & 7. –Brock Radke
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aiding the Rock Vault producer Sir Harry Cowell believes he has found the perfect home for the musical tribute show featuring the music of The Rolling Stones, The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Queen and more of biggest names in rock history. And it’s hard to argue. The show starts its new run inside Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel in March. “We couldn’t have picked a more fitting show to bring to Vinyl,” Chas Smith, vice president of entertainment at Hard Rock Hotel, said in
a statement. “Hosting a full-scale production in an intimate venue like Vinyl will give fans an up-close rock ’n’ roll experience like they’ve never seen before.” Raiding the Rock Vault, which has run at the Westgate and Tropicana resorts before this latest move, tells the story of classic rock from the 1960s through the ’80s, performed by members of some well-known veteran rock bands. The show’s rotating lineup includes guitarist Howard Leese (Heart), a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member; guitarist Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake,
Dio); vocalist Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot); drummer Jay Schellen (Asia, Badfinger); bassist Hugh McDonald (Bon Jovi); and guitarist Tracii Guns (Guns N’ Roses, L.A. Guns). The show begins its new life at Vinyl March 11 and will run Saturday through Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Ticket info can be found at axs.com.
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tick to the classics, but do things your own way. Chef Michael LaPlaca has been doing that for years at Portofino, the Mirage’s somewhat overlooked, consistently spectacular Italian restaurant. The chef applied the same methodology in designing last year’s LVB burger joint, and the delicious results await. Among the many upscale burger bars on the Strip, LVB is a standout. Before you even get to one of the stacked-high, satisfying burger options, the snacks indicate things are different here. There’s no good reason not to combine a cheeseburger and
an eggroll, and that crunchy hybrid bliss can be found in LVB’s Boulevard Rolls. Mini oyster po’ boy sandwiches and Cajun-buffalo spiced chicken wings are tempting, too. For the main event, consider the AAA burger—those three letters stand for Angus beef, applewood-smoked bacon and arugula. There’s decadent boursin cheese and tangy sundried tomatoes on this burger, too. The Kick in the Kisser brings the heat, topped with pickled jalapeños, sriracha aioli and pepperjack cheese, but it’s an evenly balanced bite thanks to avocado, a fried egg and crisp onions.
Crazy-flavorful salmon, turkey, mushroom and duck burgers offer options for those who walk a different path. But if you’re chasing boldly beefy burgers, LVB’s eponymous sandwich will get you there, a patty topped with American cheese, caramelized onions, lettuce, tomato, pickles and “boulevard sauce.” LVB Burgers & Bar at the Mirage, 702-792-7888; SundayThursday 11 a.m.-midnight, Friday & Saturday 11 a.m.-2 a.m. –Brock Radke
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ne taste of the simple, sunshine-colored cocktail called Let’s Elope lets you know the Dorsey is something special. Acclaimed barman Sam Ross’ menu lists it among Light & Bright offerings, and that couldn’t be a more accurate description of this beautiful combination of gin, lime, orgeat almond syrup and the unlikely ingredient of fresh cantaloupe. Let’s Elope is only a starting point at the Dorsey, the energetic 4,500-square-foot space that opened last week at the Venetian, giving the megaresort the one F&B puzzle piece it lacked—a sexy cocktail bar,
that perfect meeting point before a night that could go on to include a memorable meal, show or nightclub experience. But the Dorsey is so cool and comfortable, you might not want to leave. Other cocktail standouts on our first tasting include the smoky, buzzy Caballo Blanco, with tequila, mezcal, pineapple and ginger; the classic Penicillin, a blend of Scotch, lemon, ginger and honey; and the Harajuku, which mixes Japanese whiskey and chocolate bitters with Gran Classico amaro and the red wine-based apertíf Byrrh Quinquina. There are Champagne cocktails, punches for groups
served in copper flamingos, carefully curated craft beers and drinks spiked with cold-brewed coffee, too. It’ll take quite a few visits to make all the necessary discoveries and establish new favorites at the Dorsey. Good thing we’re going to be here a lot. The Dorsey at the Venetian, 866-659-9643; daily 2 p.m.-4 a.m. –Brock Radke
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Kurt Herbolsheimer wasn’t always a master of ice. He began as a chef, and in his teenage years he owned a catering company. The inspiration to change careers came from renowned ice sculptor Michael Pizzuto, who was dating Herbolsheimer’s high school culinary class instructor and performed a live demonstration for the students. A couple years later, Herbolsheimer created ice sculptures
In 2014, Herbolsheimer joined Minus5; he currently manages the Monte Carlo property. Each year, he single-handedly renovates all four locations—it’s also at Mandalay Bay, in New York City and in Pointe Orlando, Florida—with entirely new sections and themes. The current Alaskan wilderness theme at Monte Carlo, which he finished installing in August, includes an igloo bar, an 8-foot totem
“Ice can always be anything,” he says. “You’re only limited by your imagination. [Ice is] very forgiving but can be very temperamental as well. ... It’s very ephemeral, constantly changing.”
pole and a sculpted bear catching a real salmon encapsulated in ice. While Minus5’s patrons revel in his frozen creations, Herbolsheimer feels content with the praise from just one person—his 21-year-old daughter. “A bunch of the girls at her school said her dad has the coolest job in the world. It was the most popular topic on campus for a while,” he says with a laugh. –Rosalie Spear
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HAK K ASAN 1/5 Lil Jon. 1/6 Steve Aoki. 1/7 Kaskade. 1/8 Party Favor. 1/12 Borgeous. 1/13 Fergie DJ. 1/14 Tiësto. 1/15 Mark Eteson. 1/19 Lil Jon. 1/20 Steve Aoki. 1/21 Kaskade. 1/22 Fergie DJ. MGM Grand, Wed-Sun, 702-891-3838. HYDE
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1/6 DJ C-L.A. 1/10 DJ Direct. 1/11 DJ D-Miles. 1/13 DJ Karma. 1/14 DJ Crooked. 1/17 Joe Maz. 1/18 Mister Dee Jay. 1/20 Konflikt. 1/21 DJ Karma. Bellagio, nightly, 702-693-8700.
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1/5 RL Grime. 1/7 Chuckie. 1/13 A-Trak. 1/14 RL Grime. 1/19 Marshmello. 1/20 Brillz. Wynn, Thu-Sat, 702-770-7300.
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1/5 Ty Dolla $ign. 1/7 French Montana. 1/12 DJ Five. 1/13 Jerzy. 1/14 Politik. 1/19 DJ Five. 1/20 DJ Scene. 1/21 Eric DLux. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588. X S 1/6 The Chainsmokers. 1/7 Alesso. 1/13 A-Trak. 1/14 The Chainsmokers. 1/15 Marshmello. 1/16 Slushii. 1/20 Marshmello. 1/21 Diplo. Encore, Fri-Mon, 702-770-0097.
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1/28 Frampton vs. Santa Cruz. 2/4 Ariana Grande. 2/18-2/19 Dreamhack Masters. 3/4 Blake Shelton. 3/25 Game of Thrones Live Experience. 4/7 Green Day. MGM Grand, 702-521-3826.
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Cha Cha Cha ramen (for garlic lovers) at Jinya. (MIkayla Whitmore/Staff)
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Between the Chinatown original, Chaya on Eastern and the new Ramen KoBo on South Durango, Monta’s noodly empire rules. #Tonkotsu4Life. Montaramen.com.
The Sapporo-style soups—and mystifying miso-pork broth hybrid—served at Sora satisfy serious ramen purists. 4490 Spring Mountain Road, 702-685-1011.
So what if it’s a franchise with locations across the country? Jinya’s diverse menu and dedication to slow-simmered satisfaction captivate us. 4860 W. Flamingo Road, 702-868-8877.
The east-side fave gets wild with cold tomato ramen, garlic oil and fried onion ramen and spicy sesame tan tan men with ground pork and bok choy. 4860 S. Eastern Ave., 702-631-2933.
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A feel-good falsehood Hidden Figures favors audience pandering over real-life struggle By Josh Bell he real-life subjects of Hidden Figures deserve all the praise and attention the movie gives them, but a movie about great people is not the same thing as a great movie. The filmmakers behind Hidden Figures spend nearly the entire running time coasting on the goodwill toward their subjects, pandering to the audience with cheesy, crowdpleasing moments that often simplify and diminish the struggles the real people endured. The movie focuses on three black women who worked at NASA in the early days of the space program, playing integral roles in sending the first Americans into space. Mainly, though, it’s about Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), a math genius whose calculations were a key component in John Glenn’s first orbital flight (which provides the movie’s climax), and who worked for NASA all the way through the space shuttle era. Johnson’s contemporaries, computer programmer Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and engineer
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No more sequels Six original, non-franchise movies to look forward to in 2017
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A Cure for Wellness (February 17) The Ring director Gore Verbinski returns to horror for this creepy-looking story of a young corporate executive sent to a wellness retreat where all is not what it seems. Get Out (February 24) Comedy star Jordan Peele of Key & Peele fame switches gears to write and direct this horror movie about a man who gets more than he bargained for when he meets his girlfriend’s family for the first time.
(From left) Monáe, Henson and Spencer share a moment of joy and camaraderie. (Twentieth Century Fox/Courtesy)
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erly animation. There’s a complex message A Monster Calls takes its here about coming to gentle fable in a dark direction terms with loss, but The monster in A Monster Calls is more like a it’s conveyed inconsisgrief counselor, helping young Conor O’Malley tently around the set (Lewis MacDougall) deal with his mother’s pieces. Felicity aabcc Jones looks great as terminal cancer. Based on the children’s A MONSTER Conor’s dying mother, book by Patrick Ness (who also wrote the CALLS screenplay), the movie takes a bombastic, and Sigourney Weaver is intimidating as his Lewis effects-heavy approach to a dreamlike stern grandmother, but they’re never more MacDougall, fable, making the monster that Conor than archetypes. Instead of capturing the Felicity Jones, Sigourney inadvertently summons into a scary creahaunting power of mentor Guillermo del Weaver. ture voiced by Liam Neeson. The blockToro’s films about childhood trauma (The Directed by buster-style effects often overshadow the Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth), director J.A. Bayona. Rated PG-13. story, as the monster, manifesting from a J.A. Bayona comes closer to the manipulaOpens Friday yew tree outside Conor’s house, looks like tive sentimentality of his last film, tsunami citywide. something out of a Marvel movie, ready to drama The Impossible. Too dark and intense join the Guardians of the Galaxy. for young children and too precious and Instead, the monster only tells Conor stories, stilted for adults, A Monster Calls handles a delidark fables illustrated via beautiful paintcate subject with clumsy bluster. –Josh Bell
Snatched (May 12) Star Amy Schumer lured Goldie Hawn out of retirement to play her mother in this comedy, in which their characters are abducted while on vacation in South America. Rock That Body (June 16) Time Traveling Bong creators Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs make their feature debut with this comedy about a group of friends (including Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon) who have to deal with a dead male stripper on their bachelorette party weekend. Dunkirk (July 21) Writerdirector Christopher Nolan leaves sci-fi behind for this World War II epic set during the evacuation of Dunkirk beach following 1940’s Battle of France, with an ensemble cast including Nolan regulars Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy. Coco (November 22) Animation studio Pixar takes a break from its sequel mania for this original story inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead, in which a young boy finds himself transported to the Land of the Dead. –Josh Bell
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LONDON CALLING Tom Hardy gets down in the muck for the muddled Taboo By Josh Bell t’s no surprise that Tom Hardy first had underworld battles. At least in the three episodes the inspiration for Taboo while appearing provided for review, the show spends far more time in an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Olion paperwork: wills, treaties, marriage licenses, ver Twist, because the actor’s new deeds. These are the tools that James and miniseries (which he co-created aabcc his adversaries use in fighting over a piece with his father Chips Hardy and screenwritof land to which James’ father laid claim, a Taboo er Steven Knight) is positively Dickensian small trading post in the Pacific Northwest, Tuesdays, 10 p.m., FX. in its depiction of working-class ruffians, on the disputed U.S.-Canadian border. Premieres sudden reversals of fortune and dramatic Set in the waning days of the War of 1812 January 10. returns of long-lost relatives. Set in London (a conflict that rarely gets the dramatic in 1814 (slightly before Dickens’ time), it treatment), Taboo places James in the stars Hardy as James Delaney, a gruff, violent man middle of a complicated battle among the British who returns from unspecified adventures in Africa government, the still-young United States and the (where he was presumed dead) to claim his inheriEast India Company, a nefarious corporation with a tance following his father’s death. Played by Hardy near-monopoly on trade with China. with his customary intense mumbling, James is full The complex negotiations among the various of anger and angst, and his enemies aren’t hesitant parties are drawn-out and tedious, and James to employ extreme measures to get what they want spends most of his time wandering around the from him. streets of London or through the rooms of his But after a slow setup, Taboo fails to deliver on father’s house with a pained look on his face, its vague promises of criminal conspiracies and flashing back to some undefined trauma during
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his time in Africa (depicted via clichéd images of scary-looking natives). His goals are never exactly clear, although he puts himself in harm’s way in order to hold onto his father’s trading post (also the birthplace of James’ Native American mother, another dramatic device of questionable cultural sensitivity). Thus far, James is mostly a compendium of TV antihero traits, including a trendy incestuous relationship with his half-sister Zilpha (Oona Chaplin). The show does capture the grime and corruption of London during the time period, and there are some entertaining supporting performances, especially from Jonathan Pryce as the ruthless head of the East India Company. But all its brooding and scheming goes nowhere, and the macho posturing of the various characters wears out its welcome pretty quickly. Hardy and his collaborators have tapped into some of the atmosphere of Dickens, but at this point they fall short of his characterization and storytelling abilities.
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his teenage nephew (Hedges). Funny and heartbreaking. –MD Boulder Station, Colonnade, Suncoast. Moana aaacc Voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. 113 minutes. Rated PG. Influenced by Polynesian mythology, Moana is a pleasant but not particularly distinctive addition to the Disney animated princess canon, with the title character (Cravalho) seeking out a buffoonish demigod (Johnson) in order to save her island home. The animation is lovely, but the songs and the plot are mediocre. –JB Theaters citywide.
The Bowden Dynasty 1/8, documentary about football coach Bobby Bowden plus interview broadcast, 6 p.m., $13-$15. Orleans, South Point, Sam’s Town, Village Square. Info: fathomevents.com. Carousel 60th Anniversary 1/8, 1/11, movie screening plus new interview footage, 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Civil Rights Film Fest 1/7, film screenings and panel discussions, noon-5 p.m., free. West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live 1/7, Verdi’s Nabucco live, 9:55 a.m., $18-$27. 1/11, Verdi’s Nabucco encore, 6:30 p.m., $18-$27. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. One Piece Film: Gold 1/10, 1/12, 1/17, feature film based on anime series, 7:30 p.m., $10.50-$12.50. Orleans, Santa Fe, Sam’s Town, Village Square. Info: funimationfilms.com. Princess Mononoke: 20th Anniversary 1/5, 1/9, Japanese animated film plus bonus features, Thu (subtitled) 7 p.m.; Mon (dubbed) 7 p.m., $10-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1/7, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 p.m., $9. Tropicana Cinemas. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. Through 1/31, The Radiant One, Wed-Thu 1:15 p.m., Fri 1:15 & 6:15 p.m., Sat 4:15 & 8:15 p.m., Sun 4:15 & 6:15 p.m., $7. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 1/10, The Public Enemy (1931). Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week Hidden Figures aaccc Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer. Directed by Theodore Melfi. 127 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 56. Theaters citywide. Master (Not reviewed) Lee Byung-hun, Kang Dong-won, Kim Woo-bin. Directed by Cho Ui-seok. 143 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. An investigator uncovers fraud and corruption when looking into a corporate scam. Village Square. A Monster Calls aabcc Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by J.A. Bayona. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 57. Theaters citywide. Railroad Tigers aabcc Jackie Chan, Huang Zitao, Wang Kai. Directed by Ding Sheng. 123 minutes. Not rated. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Chan tones down his typical martial-arts mastery for this poorly paced but sporadically entertaining action movie about a ragtag group of Chinese railway workers attempting to sabotage a Japanese weapons shipment
Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Blood Wars, opening Friday. (Sony Pictures/Courtesy) during World War II. It takes too long to get going, but there’s some fun action on the way to the overblown climax. –JB Town Square. Underworld: Blood Wars (Not reviewed) Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies. Directed by Anna Foerster. 91 minutes. Rated R. The franchise’s fifth installment finds vampire Selene (Beckinsale) fighting to end the war between vampires and werewolves. Theaters citywide.
Now playing Assassin’s Creed abccc Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons. Directed by Justin Kurzel. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. The convoluted plot of this disastrous video-game adaptation involves two organizations fighting to possess an ancient device that controls free will, with both modern-day and historical sequences (each starring Fassbender). The plot is incoherent, the tone is ridiculously self-serious and the dialogue is laughable. –JB Theaters citywide. Collateral Beauty aaccc Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet. Directed by David Frankel. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13. Smith plays a grieving ad executive whose business partners essentially con him into thinking he’s gone crazy in this bizarre, pseudouplifting drama. Despite the cruel premise, the movie is full of greeting-card platitudes, expecting the audience to be moved by its manipulative nonsense. –JB Theaters citywide. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them aaacc Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler. Directed by David Yates. 133 minutes. Rated PG-13. This Harry Potter spinoff set in 1926 NYC is an entertaining ride, even if it doesn’t make a case for itself as essential. Wizard Newt Scamander’s quest to recapture his weird, cute and creatively designed beasts is light and fun, but the darker storylines, mostly setting up future installments, are less thrilling. –JB Theaters citywide. Fences aabcc Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson. Directed by Denzel Washington. 138 minutes. Rated PG-13. Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a working-class African-American family in 1950s Pittsburgh feels entirely stage-bound and
artificial, with set design and performances that might make sense for live theater, but which come across as stilted and ineffective onscreen. –JB Theaters citywide. Jackie aaabc Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup, Peter Sarsgaard. Directed by Pablo Larrain. 100 minutes. Rated R. This biopic of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy (Portman) takes place in the days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The arch style may put off viewers looking for a conventional tribute, but director Larrain offers something more meaningful and lasting, an impressionistic portrait that says more in images than in words. –JB Colonnade, Eclipse, Suncoast, Town Square. La La Land aaabc Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend. Directed by Damien Chazelle. 128 minutes. Rated PG-13. Stone and Gosling are so terrific together, as an aspiring actress and a jazz pianist struggling to realize their respective dreams in cutthroat Los Angeles, that one can sort of forgive this being a throwback musical in which neither lead is a first-rate singer or dancer. –MD Theaters citywide. Lion aaacc Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman. Directed by Garth Davis. 118 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on a true story, Lion stars Patel as a young man who was raised in Australia (Kidman plays his mom) after getting hopelessly lost at age 5, but who uses Google Earth in an effort to locate the tiny village in India where he was born. Sluggish at the start, moving by the end. –MD Green Valley, Ranch, Sam’s Town, Town Square, Village Square. Loving aaacc Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Alano Miller. Directed by Jeff Nichols. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Nichols’ film dramatizes the events that led to the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage in the U.S. While the film preaches to the converted, there seem to be fewer of the converted than many of us had hoped. –MD Suncoast. Manchester by the Sea aaaac Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Kyle Chandler. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan. 137 minutes. Rated R. Lonergan’s superb third feature (following the equally terrific You Can Count on Me and Margaret) stars Affleck—now a Best Actor frontrunner—as a janitor with a tragic past who unexpectedly finds himself tasked with caring for
Moonlight aaabc Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes. Directed by Barry Jenkins. 110 minutes. Rated R. Divided into three segments, Moonlight follows the introverted, gay Chiron as a kid, a teenager and a young man, coming to terms with his identity growing up in one of Miami’s poorest AfricanAmerican neighborhoods. It’s rooted in real details, and each segment (even the slow-moving final third) achieves its own grace. –JB Suncoast. Passengers aaccc Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen. Directed by Morten Tyldum. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Pratt and Lawrence are passengers on an interstellar voyage who come out of suspended animation 90 years too early in this muddled sci-fi misfire. Neither the romance nor the action is particularly convincing; the stars have minimal chemistry, and the sci-fi plotting of the climax is rushed and full of holes. –JB Theaters citywide. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story aaabc Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn. Directed by Gareth Edwards. 133 minutes. Rated PG-13. This Star Wars prequel/spin-off, set just before the events of the original 1977 movie, struggles between fan-pleasing callbacks and telling its own story, about a group of Rebels stealing the plans to the Death Star. Although the individual elements are uneven, they come together in an entertaining and satisfying way. –JB Theaters citywide. Sing aaccc Voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Garth Jennings. 110 minutes. Rated PG. In a city full of anthropomorphic animals, a koala stage impresario (McConaughey) mounts a singing competition to save his failing theater. The story evokes the “let’s put on a show” narratives of classic musicals, but the style is all crass 2016 Hollywood, with a soundtrack full of squeakyclean, soulless versions of pop songs. –JB Theaters citywide. Why Him? aabcc Bryan Cranston, James Franco, Zoey Deutch. Directed by Jon Hamburg. 111 minutes. Rated R. With Why Him? director John Hamburg repeats an old and odious formula, the “uptight square versus aggravating free spirit.” The movie contains the usual bits of forced, stupid humor, and it will be quickly forgotten, but, thanks to stars Cranston and Franco, unexpectedly, the occasional moment of genuine, human humor sometimes slips through. –JMA Theaters citywide. JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.
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FLYING SOLO Eagle Joe Walsh talks Vegas run, Sly Stone and ’Funk 50’ By Matt Wardlaw
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What can we expect from these Vegas gigs? I’ve got to play what they came to hear, right? I don’t want anybody to go home disappointed. But we’ve been opening up some of the songs to kind of a free-for-all improvisation jam. I wouldn’t say it’s a Grateful Dead approach, but what’s been coming out is really great. I also want to play something they weren’t expecting, where they go, “Holy sh*t!” So I’ve got to find those songs. This is kind of a search and destroy mission. It’s really a
challenge, and I love it. I think your fans know if they come to a Joe Walsh show, they’re going to get some off-the-beaten-path stuff. I think by the third night we’ll have a really good idea of how to do it. I’ve really taken the production up a bunch, and we’re doing some other stuff that I think will be great. We’ve been doing Sly and the Family Stone’s “Everyday People.” We just started working it up at soundcheck, and holy smokes, it’s just great!
I saw the video of you jamming “Funk #49” with Vince Gill and the Time Jumpers in Nashville last month. That must have been a lot of fun. Holy sh*t, was I scared. That’s the best of the best in Nashville. Every one of them is like a kung fu legend. I felt very humbled, but they told me they did too. I was scared of them, and they were scared of me, so it worked out great (laughs). What are the chances we might see another James Gang tour? That’s
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Beauty Bar’s new pulse A veteran Vegas talent buyer aims to expand the patio’s sonic palate BY SPENCER PATTERSON f you’re looking for a sneak preview of Beauty Bar’s new-look calendar, look no further than the first backpatio booking by just-hired talent buyer Patrick “Pulsar” Trout: Washington, D.C., death metal outfit Darkest Hour. “I’m not gonna try to overload it with all metal,” assures Pulsar, who has been booking some of the heaviest stuff in town at Dive Bar over the past year in a half. “Beauty Bar has an established foothold in the indie-rock scene and also in the EDM and hip-hop communities, and that will continue. But I can combine that with my experience with punk and metal so that it has a very diverse calendar.” Mostly, the 31-year-old says, he plans to try to fill the Fremont East venue with quality acts— touring and Vegas-based. “I’d like to keep the calendar as full as possible, so that no matter what night of the week it is, you can look at the Beauty Bar calendar and say, ‘Oh, that looks cool.’ But obviously, it’s quality first. I don’t want to just have filler.” Pulsar succeeds outgoing talent buyer TJ McNeely, who had booked Beauty Bar since its 2014 purchase by co-owners Darin Feinstein and Corey Harrison. In a statement on the new hiring, Harrison said, “Pulsar is going to bring in the talent and lineup everyone has been patiently waiting for.”
always there. I do talk to Jimmy [Fox] and Dale [Peters] from time to time. You know, on a good night nothing beats a three-piece band, and on a bad night there’s nothing worse. I’m used to singers and keyboard players, another guitar player and stuff. But with a three-piece, you’re bare-ass naked out there, and you’d better have your stuff together. I would want to make sure the majority of the nights are good with those guys. If we can do it, I don’t see why not. It’s hard to believe 2017 marks the
50th year of that band first coming together. Oh my God, wow. Thanks for reminding me. That might be a good reason to go out. We could call it Funk 50 (laughs). For more of our interview with Walsh, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
JOE WALSH January 11, 13-14, 18, 20-21. 7 p.m., $100-$436. House of Blues, 702-632-7600.
In its heyday, Beauty Bar helped anchor the Downtown music scene, staging memorable sets by the likes of The Hold Steady, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Walkmen and Washed Out on its outdoor stage. Pulsar, who has brought everything from hip black-metal act Deafheaven to garage-rock madmen Monotonix to town during his decade-plus in the business, says he and his new bosses hope to carry that torch-bearing tradition forward. “I think a certain level of smart risk-taking is encouraged, like bringing in a band that might not be as well known here as in LA or Austin. Code Orange is a perfect example—the first time I booked them, the attendance wasn’t so great, but the next time I had three times as many people, and now they’ll be a main-stage act at Psycho [festival].”
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Five recent mobile apps you should download right away BY Todd hailstone obile gaming has come a long way since Snake on your Nokia 3310. If someone gave you a snazzy new phone this Christmas, or you’re just looking for a way to spend that gift card you got from Aunt Linda, here are five games to get you started.
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Super Mario Run ($9.99) Nintendo’s first big push into the mobile market features easy, singlebutton gameplay that captures the fun of traditional Mario games, paired with iconic unlockables and the ability to build and customize your own Mushroom Kingdom. Banner Saga 2 ($4.99) Stoic’s fantastic follow-up combines challenging tactical combat, anxietyinducing resource management and expertly crafted storytelling. You guide a desperate group of heroes in a struggle to survive the end of the world. The story’s highly influenced by Norse mythology and pulls no punches.
PinOut! (free/$2.99) Sleek neon lights and pulsing electro beats drive Mediocre AB’s addictive new take on pinball. The goal is to push ever upward, racing the clock and chasing the high score. Three bucks unlocks the ability to restart at checkpoints, a must for all but the most gifted pinball wizards. Vikings: An Archer’s Journey ($2.99) This Pinpin Team release gets everything right, from its minimal art and ambient soundtrack to its challenging gameplay and satisfying unlockables. The premise is simple, along with the controls, which are easy to learn but hard to master. Steamworld Heist ($9.99)Bursting with charm, Image & Form’s turn-based tactical RPG lets you run a ragtag band of “Cowbots” (steam-powered robot cowboys) as they loot derelict spaceships and blast invading pirates. A quirky setting and witty humor round out a solid game that includes some daunting confrontations.
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is one of many cannabinoid molecules produced by Cannabis, second only to THC in abundance. These plant-derived cannabinoids, or phytocannabinoids, are characterized by their ability to act on the cannabinoid receptors that are part of our endocannabinoid system. While THC is the principal psychoactive component of Cannabis and has certain medical uses, CBD stands out because it is both non-psychoactive and displays a broad range of potential medical applications. These properties make it especially attractive as a therapeutic agent.
on neurons. But they don’t interact with all neurons, just the ones that have the appropriate receptors.
CBD INFLUENCES MANY DIFFERENT RECEPTOR SYSTEMS Although it is a cannabinoid, CBD does not directly interact with the two classical cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 receptors indirectly. This partly explains
RECEPTOR SYSTEMS IN THE BRAIN The brain contains large numbers of highly specialized cells called neurons. Each neuron connects to many others through structures called synapses. These are sites where one neuron communicates to another by releasing chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters. Brain receptors are not only
sensitive to neurotransmitters produced naturally within the brain, like dopamine or serotonin, but also chemical messengers produced outside the body, such as plant cannabinoids like THC or CBD. So when you ingest an edible or inhale some vapor, you’re allowing compounds originally produced by a plant to enter your body, travel through your bloodstream, and enter your brain. Once they arrive, these plant-derived compounds can influence brain activity by interacting with receptors
why, in contrast to THC, CBD is non-psychoactive. In addition to its indirect influence on the CB1 and CB2 receptors, CBD can increase levels of the body’s own naturally-produced cannabinoids (known as endocannabinoids) by inhibiting the enzymes that break them down. Even more intriguing: CBD also influences many non-cannabinoid receptor systems in the brain, interacting with receptors sensitive to a variety of drugs and neurotransmitters. These include opioid receptors, known for their role in pain regulation. Opioid receptors are the key targets of pharmaceutical-grade pain killers and drugs of abuse such as morphine, heroin, and fentanyl. CBD can also interact with dopamine receptors, which play a crucial role in regulating many aspects of behavior and cognition, including motivation and reward-seeking behavior. This raises the intriguing possibility that CBD’s ability to influence either the opioid or dopamine receptors may underlie its ability to dampen drug cravings and withdrawal symptoms,
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SIRENS CALL REALITY STINGS—AND DISSIPATES— IN JOSHUA MOHR’S ADDICTION MEMOIR BY HEATHER SCOTT PARTINGTON
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’m glad I embarrassed myself all those nights,” author Joshua Mohr (All This Life, 2016) writes at the beginning of his rich and fragmented addiction memoir, Sirens, “because I learned what shame was.” Mohr’s life in San Francisco’s Mission District reels with lyrical and enthusiastic drug use until parenting and a health scare inspire his sobriety. Though he had long endeavored to block addiction’s siren song, seeing his daughter in peril cuts away his pretense and sends him from temptation. “The world doesn’t care about best intentions,” he says, personalizing an accident that befalls his daughter. “She can’t articulate it but knows this is my fault. That’s the dominant throat in this choir.” Mohr’s work is rational, selfincriminating: “We will all be injured to varying degrees, we will all scar. I hurt my daughter and that’s that.” Childhood is a point of connection between moments in his story. He tells Sirens as a fractured narrative, returning repeatedly to the connections between fathers, sons, mothers and daughters. In one particularly heart-rending scene in Reno (“What better place for soul torture than Reno, Nevada,” Mohr offers), the author sees himself and his own experience reflected in the neglect of a fellow user’s young child. But Mohr doesn’t
offer easy equivalence or a false sense of meaning; he makes it clear that even some of his bad memories are decent. In its last third, Mohr’s memoir expands beyond the confines of what is purely remembered. After a series of strokes, he learns he has a heart defect. Mohr draws parallels between his blackouts and surgery; as the author explores his darkest hours of addiction and his worst health crises, he writes into the blankness of his blackouts and hallucinations. This is easily his most compelling prose, as it allows him— his subconscious mind? his soul?—to wrestle with the parts of his actions and humanity that are hardest to label. Sirens is an addiction memoir of Negative Capability. One of Mohr’s hallucinatory companions is a Nazi doctor named Forsmann, who is less a shoulder angel than an ambassador for the rationalization of Mohr’s drug use and “the filthy order of the human condition.” Mohr debates with Dr. Forsmann, creating a collage of memory and magical thinking. The looser Mohr’s grip on the real, the closer he gets to the bone, written with his signature introspection, wit and viscera. Sirens is a new kind of song that Mohr sings himself: mournful, raw and full of gratitude.
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Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Gonzo, DJ Shams, Louie Castle, Lady Reiko 1/6, 9 pm, $10-$12. Voodoo Glow Skulls, Buck-O-Nine, The Porkers, Guilty by Association, Light Em Up 1/7, 8 pm, $16-$20. The Aggrolites 1/14, 8 pm, $15-$20. Driven, Bag of Humans 1/18, 8 pm. The
Sonics 1/20, 8 pm, $15-$20. Freeze Warning, Kings of Kush, Brad Bailey 1/27, 8 pm, $5-$7. The Curse 1/28, 8 pm, $10-$15. Down by Law, Guilty by Association, Battle Born 2/1, 8 pm, $10-$12. Beastie Boys Tribute Night ft. No Red Alice, Cash Patrick Colligan, Red Akobella, Charlie Madness, Demi Vie, For the Fight 2/10, 8 pm, $5. Save Ferris, Vista Kicks 2/11, 8 pm, $20. Authority Zero, Hey Smith 2/17, 7 pm, $12$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar The Beatnuts, Big Pooh, Termanology, Mr. Ebranes, Anglo Saxx 1/22, 8 pm, $15-$18. Dorothy, The Georgia Flood, True Violet 1/27, 8 pm, $13-$15. Go Betty Go, The Roxy Gunn Project, Pet Tigers 1/28, 8 pm, free. Chris Lorenzo, Boogie Snacks, Ben Diesel, Gardner, Gabriel Blu 1/31, 9 pm, $10-$12. Bleep Bloop, Grom Zuks, Byra Tanks, Lion Eyes B2B Plain James 2/7, 9 pm, $10. JT Woodruff, In Her Own Words, Woven in Hiatus, Hazing 2/9, 8 pm, $10. Strange Mistress, Freedom Hawk, Irata 2/15, 9 pm, free. Nots 2/19, 8 pm, free. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Eleven Thousand, Brett Vee 1/5, 9 pm, free. Astoria, The American Weather, Pet Tigers 1/6, 9 pm, free. We Are Pancakes, Maxwell Fresh & Jay R Beatbox, Silverscape, HaleAmanO, Jessica Manalo, Lady Reiko 1/7, 7 pm, $10. Kastle, Crykit, Mayneframe, SoManyFeels, Lion Eyes, Plain James 1/11, 9 pm, $6-$8. Cold Cave, Drab Majesty 1/12, 8 pm, $15. Mike Xavier, Zack Gray, Lake Wisdom, Kayy Nova 1/14, 9 pm, $10-$15. Rooney, Rabid Young, The Solarists 1/19, 8:30 pm, $12-$15. Tribute to The Cure ft. Blair Dewane, Newsense 1/20, 8 pm, free. Retox, Headwinds,
Illicitor 1/21, 9 pm, $10-$12. Hammersmith Bass Gear Roadshow ft. Remco Hendriks, Andy Irvine 1/24, 5 pm, free. Rabbit Hole Two-Year Anniversary ft. Daedelus 1/28, 10 pm, $10. Deerhunter 1/29, 9:30 pm, $20. Leopold and His Fiction, Mercy Music, Acid Sisters, DJ Jacob Savage 1/30, 9 pm, $10. Sango 2/2, 9 pm, $17-$20. Rah Digga, Lyric Jones 2/3, 8 pm, $5-$10. K. Flay 2/4, 8 pm, $20. Surfer Blood 2/16, 9 pm, $15. Dada 2/21, 9 pm, $15-$20. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Grand (Freedom Beat) Ilona 1/5-1/8. Patrick Genovese 1/10. Wise 1/11. Hector Esparza 1/12. Keith Wren 1/13, 1/19. Cory Edward Brown 1/15. Scot Little Bihlman 1/17, 1/20. Peter Love 1/18. Shows free, 8 pm. 206 N. 3rd St., 702-953-4343. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Billy Kenny, Bixel Boys, Justin Jay, Flash.Gang, Justin Baule 1/6, 8 pm, $18-$321. Ekali, Sleepy Tom, LZF, TSiMZ 1/13, 8 pm, $18-$321. Shiba San, Will Clarke, Spacebyrdz, 530 1/20, 8 pm, $18-$321. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) John Waite 1/6, $21-$119. Blood, Sweat & Tears 1/13, $32-$162. Micky Dolenz 1/20, $21-$108. Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals 1/27, $32-$162. Tommy James & the Shondells 2/3, $43-$162. Blue Oyster Cult 2/10, $43-$162. David Cassidy 2/17, $32-$228. Shows 8 pm. 866-946-5336. Hard Hat Lounge Folk Hogan, The Rifleman 1/26, 9 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. Ron Decar’s Event Center Jimmy Hopper 1/27, 7 pm, $27-$42. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Cabrera Conducts Beethoven & Mozart 1/14, 7:30 pm, $30-$109.
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Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Walter Waiters 1/6, 2/3, 8 pm, free. Joni’s Agenda, William Neal 1/7, 8 pm, free. Somethin’ Elz 1/13, 9 pm, free. Vatican Falling, Mynas, Asylum of Ashes 1/27, 7 pm, free. Bipolar, DiM, Levitron, Quor 1/28, 8 pm, $5. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Aliante Casino (Access Showroom) Timothy B. Schmit 1/28, 8 pm, $30-$50. 702-692-7777. Bootlegger Bistro Joni Janak 1/8, 2-4 pm, $15. 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-736-4939. Boulder Dam Brewing Cygne 1/6. S.E. South 1/7. Rick Berthod 1/13. Toney Rocks 1/14. West Coast Travelers 1/20. Out of the Desert 1/21. Full Flight 1/27. Sunset Ridge 1/28. Shows 8 pm, free. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues ft. Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers 1/19, 6 pm, $5. 702-432-7777. Cannery The 5th Dimension 1/21, 8 pm, $28-$33. Celebration of the King’s Life 1/27-1/28, 8 pm, $20. The Flamingos 2/18, 8 pm, $20. 10,000 Maniacs 3/18, 8 pm, $35-$40. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Count’s Vamp’d Burn Unit, U2LV 1/5, 8:30 pm, free. The Moby Dicks, Symbolic 1/6, 10 pm, free. Vain, Atomica, Queens of Noise 1/7, 9 pm, $10. The Hooligans 1/12, 10 pm, free. Todd Kerns & The Anti-Stars 1/13, 9 pm, $5. Let It Rawk 1/14, 9 pm, $10. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dispensary Lounge Gary Fowler 1/6, 10 pm. Carl Saunders, Naomi Mauro 1/7, 8 pm. Julian Tanaka 1/11, 9 pm. Toscha Comeaux 1/13, 2/4, 10 pm. Karen Jones 1/14, 10 pm. Joe Darro 1/18, 8 pm. Scott Henderson 1/25, 9 pm. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar NE Last Words, For the Fight, Astoria, Sicc of Windy City Music, Bom Green, Clay Curry 1/7, 8 pm, free. Born Rivals, Ash Williams, Lawn Mower Death Riders, Alex and his Meal Ticket, Rayner 1/13, 10 pm, $5. Mechanical Manson, Driven 1/14, 9 pm, $6-$8. Silver Snakes, Aeges, The Black Moods, Twin Cities 1/18, 8 pm, $10. Mindwars, Mynas, Vile Child, Mandatory Abortions 1/21, 9 pm, $5. Mobile Deathcamp, Willie Psycho, Final Drive 1/22, 8 pm, $10. Malice, Cage, Honor Amongst Thieves 1/25, 8 pm, $5. DJ Clay, Willie Psycho, Fisty Cuffs, Sly, 614 Villainz, Critical Ways, Upchuck, D.U.M. & more 1/27, 8 pm, $5. Powerman 5000, EMDF, Darkest Day, Astoria, Pandorum 1/28, 8 pm, $15-$17. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. The Golden Tiki Heebie Jeebies, Dirt City 3, Professor Rex Dart 1/14, 9 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. No Regrets Bar The Let’s Rock Band 1/6, 9 pm, free. 8349 W. Sunset Road #150, 702-550-4644. Primm Valley Resort Espinoza Paz 1/7, 8 pm, $25-$55. The Isley Brothers 1/21, 8 pm, $30$60. 702-386-7867. Red Rock Resort (Rocks Lounge) Lights: A Tribute to Journey 1/21, 4 & 6 pm, $19. Us the Duo 2/3, 8 pm, $29. Richard Cheese 2/4, 8 pm, $39-$64. (Ballroom) Chris Botti 1/28, 8 pm, $35$75. 702-797-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge The Rayford Brothers
1/5. Bobby Jones Blues 1/6. The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 1/7. Sector 7G 1/10. Carlos Silva & The Scatterbrains 1/11. Jimmy Powers & The Hung Dynasty 1/12. Hunter & The Dirty Jacks 1/14. Easy 8’s 1/18, 9:30 pm. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. Santa Fe Station (Chrome Showroom) Dennis Wise 1/13, 8 pm, $15. All shows free unless noted. 4702-658-4900. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) Friday Night Live ft. Klymaxx, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Rick James Stone City Band, Club Nouveau, The Deele & more 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 7 pm, $10. 702-263-7777. South Point (Showroom) Atlantic City Boys 1/131/15, 7:30 pm, $30-$40. 702-796-7111. The Space Jassen Allen: With Love 1/27, 8 pm, $25-$45. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. Starbright Theatre An Enchanted Evening with Barbra ft. Sharon Owens 1/14, 7 pm, $20. 2215 Thomas Ryan Blvd., 702-240-1301. Suncoast (Showroom) Kris Allen 1/14, 8:30 pm, $29-$51. Sheena Easton 1/21-1/22, 8:30 pm, $25-$45. 702-636-7075. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Chris Lane 2/10, 8 pm, $29. 702-547-7777. Texas Station (Dallas Events Center) Hotel California: Tribute to The Eagles 1/14, 8 pm, $19. 702-631-1000.
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Aliante Casino (Access Showroom) Richie Redding 1/7, 8 pm, $26-$36. Ashima Franklin 1/14, 8 pm, $21-$31. 702-692-7777. CasaBlanca Resort & Casino The Comedy Machine 1/6, 8:30 pm, $15-$25. 897 W. Mesquite Blvd., 877-438-2929. Fremont Country Club Hannibal Buress 1/7, 9 pm, $31. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. MGM Grand (KÀ Theatre) Ali Wong 2/3, 7:30 pm, $45-$80. 702-891-1111. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Daniel Tosh 1/13, 2/3, 10 pm; 1/14, 2/4, 7:30 pm, $65-$105. Jay Leno 1/27, 10 pm, $65-$87. 702-792-7777. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Katt Williams 1/7, 9 pm, $52-$275. 844-600-7275. SLS (The Foundry) Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey 1/6-1/7, 2/3-2/4, 3/17-3/18, 3/31-4/1, 8:30 pm, $49-$89. 702-761-7000. South Point (Showroom) Jay Mohr 1/20-1/21, 7:30 pm, $30-$40. The Capitol Steps 1/27-1/29, 7:30 pm, $30-$40. 702-796-7111. Venetian (Theatre) Ma Kashur Trio (performance in Hebrew) 1/24, 8:30 pm, $55. 702-414-9000.
Performing Arts Art Square Theatre Cockroach Theatre’s HIR 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 2/2, 2/4, 8 pm; 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2 pm, $16-$20. 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Baobab Stage Theatre Burlesque 1/13, 9 pm, $20-$25. Midnight Cabaret 1/27, midnight, $20$25. Town Square, 702-369-6649. Charleston Heights Arts Center African Folktales and Fables w/Diane Ferlatte & Djeliba Baba 1/14, 2 pm, $10. 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse Golden Gates: Music and dance from Russia & Georgia 1/20, noon, free. 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-388-6355. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) A Little Night Music 1/13-1/14, 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 8 pm; 1/15, 1/21-1/22, 1/29, 2 pm, $21-$24. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard of the Living Dead 1/19-1/21, 1/26-1/28, 2/2-2/4, 2/9-2/11, 8 pm; 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 5 pm, $25. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Fun Home 1/5-1/8,
7:30 pm; 1/7-1/8, 2 pm, $29-$127. Motown the Musical 1/17-1/22, 7:30 pm; 1/21-1/22, 2 pm, $29$127. (Troesh Studio Theater) Broadway in the Hood’s The Mountaintop 1/13-1/14, 7 pm; 1/14, 2 pm; 1/15, 3 pm, $34. 702-749-2000. T-Mobile Arena Cirque du Soleil’s TORUK: The First Flight 1/18-1/20, 7:30 pm; 1/21, 4 & 7:30 pm; 1/22, 1 & 5 pm, $39-$155. 702-692-1600. Theatre in the Valley Tribute 1/27-1/28, 2/3-2/4, 2/10-2/11, 8 pm; 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2 pm, $12-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275. Thomas & Mack Center Disney on Ice: Worlds of Enchantment 1/12-1/13, 7 pm; 1/14, 11:30 am, 3 & 7 pm; 1/15, 1 & 5 pm, $18-$83. 702-739-3267. UNLV (Dance Studio One) UNLV Dance: Coalesce 1/20, 2:30 & 7:30 pm, $10-$18. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 1/24, 8 pm, $25-$75. Theatreworks USA: Charlotte’s Web 1/30, 10 am, $9-$14. (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall) Nextet 1/25, 7:30 pm, free. 702-895-3332.
Special Events
AVN Awards Show 1/21, 9 pm, $175-$2,500. The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. Barrick Lecture Series Atul Gawande, MD: “The Future of Medicine” 1/25, 7:30 pm, free; tickets required. UNLV Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 702-895-2787. Be Brave 5K 1/14, 7-11 am, $25-$30. Floyd Lamb Park, 9200 Tule Springs Road, bebrave5k.com. Dinner with the Dead w/Celebrity Medium Thomas John 1/20-1/21, 8 & 10:30 p.m., $300$325. Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay, 917453-3924. Dollar Movie Night: The NeverEnding Story 1/10, 8 pm, $1. Sci Fi Center, 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335. First Friday 1/6, 6-11 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, ffflv.org. Healthy Henderson Fair 1/14, 10 am-2 pm, free. Henderson Multigenerational Center, 250 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-5800. Hot Air Balloon Festival 1/20-1/22, 7:30 am, free$15. CasaBlanca Resort, 888-711-4653. Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival 1/14-1/29, times vary, $10-$50. Adelson Educational Campus (primary festival location), 9700 Hillpointe Road, lvjff.org. Life Time Indoor Triathlon 1/8, 8 am, $30. Life Time Athletic locations, indoortri.com. Mesquite Motor Mania 1/13-1/14, 9 am; 1/15, 8 am, free. CasaBlanca Resort, 950 W. Mesquite Blvd., mesquitecarshows.com. Music Video Showcase presented by Bad Moon Booking 2/7, 6-9 pm, $9. Boulder Theatre, 1225 Arizona St., Boulder City, facebook.com/BadMoonBooking. The Official Supernatural Convention 2/9-2/12, times vary, $35-$978. Rio, creationent.com. OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) Open House 1/7, 10 am-noon, free. UNLV Paradise Campus, 251 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-774-6554. Panel Discussion “Peaceful voices on social justice: A community dialogue on attaining King’s dream in 2017” 1/15, 3-5 pm, free. First African Methodist Episcopal (F.A.M.E.) Church, 2446 Revere St., 702-888-3958. Seven Things I’ve Learned: An Evening with Ira Glass 2/11, 7:30 pm, $29-$99. Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000. Skate Photography Workshop w/Stephen Vanasco 1/6, 2 pm, free. Leica Store Las Vegas at The Forum Shops, Caesars Palace, 702-868-4070. Sperdvac Old-Time Radio Convention 1/20-1/21, times vary, $70-$140. Orleans, 877-251-5771. Writer’s Block EXPO ft. J. Elvis Herman, Emily Hoover, Heather Lang, Nicholas Russell, Casey Sparks 1/6, 7 pm. World Book Club: The Bone People 1/10, 6 pm. The Writer’s Block Book Club: Washington Square 1/19, 6 pm. BOOKKO 2/3, 7 pm. Events free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
Sports
Frampton vs. Santa Cruz 1/28, 2 pm, $54-$504. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-1111. Future Stars of Wrestling 1/28, 7:30 pm, $15. Silverton, 702-263-7777. JAMZ Youth National Championship 1/20-1/22, noon, $25. Orleans Arena, 800-745-3000. Major League Soccer: Mexico vs. Iceland 2/8, 6:30 pm, $29-$154. Sam Boyd Stadium, 7000 E. Russell Road, 702-739-3267. UNLV Men’s Basketball San Diego State 1/17, $20-$140. Air Force 1/21, 3 pm, $15-$130. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267. UNLV Women’s Basketball Utah State 1/7, 4 pm. New Mexico 1/11, 6 pm. Wyoming 1/25, 6 pm. San Jose State 1/28, 4 pm. Games $5. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267. USA BMX Silver Dollar Nationals 1/13, 4 pm; 1/14, 11:30 am; 1/15, 8 am, free. South Point Arena, 702-796-7111. WFG Continental Cup of Curling 1/11, 8 pm; 1/12-1/14, 9 am; 1/15, 1:30 pm, $22-$238. Orleans Arena, 800-745-3000.
Galleries
Big Springs Gallery American Society of Railway Artists Annual Juried Show Thru 1/8. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 1/294/2. Daily, 9 am-5 pm, free w/museum admission ($5-$19). Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. CSN Artspace & Fine Arts Galleries CSN Art & History Faculty Exhibition ft. Suzanne Acosta, Linda Angel, Dennis Angel, Myranda Bair, Christopher Bauder, Robin Stark & more Thru 1/28. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-4 pm. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Downtown Spaces 1800 S. Industrial Road, dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Bubblegum Gallery Star Wars Group Art Show 1/6, 6 pm, free. TIE Fighter Paint Class 1/13, 5 pm, $25. Sublime Group Art Show 2/3, 6-9 pm, free. Nightmare Before Christmas Group Art Show 3/3, 6 pm, free. #207D, 702-806-0930. Skin City Body Painting Scott See: Lucid Day Dreaming Artist Reception 1/6, 6-10 pm, free. #130, 702-431-7546. Historic Fifth Street School (Mayor’s Gallery) Chinese New Year: Year of the Rooster Thru 3/4. Artist Reception 1/26, 5:30-7:30 pm, free. Apt. only. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center In Pursuit of Sanity Thru 1/7. A Room of One’s Own: An All Women’s Exhibit 1/17-3/31. Artist Reception 1/28, noon-3 pm, free. Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Obsidian Fine Art Steve Anthony, Mandy Joy First Friday event w/music from Richard Bistrup 1/6, 6 pm, free. Mon, Sat, Sun, noon-7 pm; Tue, Thu, Fri, 3-7 pm; Wed, 11 am-2 pm & 4:30-7 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #240, 702-540-9331. Skye Art Gallery (Live painting events) Michael Summers 1/13-1/14, 7-11 pm, free. Ara Dona 1/21, 3-7 pm, free. Eyob Mergia 1/28, 6-11 pm, free. Mon-Thu, Sun, 10 am-11 pm; Fri-Sat, 10 am-midnight. Caesars Palace, 702-836-3538. UNLV Barrick Museum “One Night. Three Exhibitions. Fifty Years.” Opening Reception for three exhibitions & 50th anniversary celebration 1/27, 5-8 pm, free. (Main Gallery) Edward Burtynsky: Oil Thru 1/14. Process 1/27-5/13. (Teaching Gallery) Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here 1/27-5/13. (Braunstein Gallery) In Transition: Female Figurines from the Michael C. and Manetta Braunstein Collection Thru 1/13. (Auditorium) Josh Azzarella Screenings Program 1 1/28-2/22; Thu, 4-7 pm; Sat, 1 & 3 pm; and by apt., free. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.