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QUESTIVAL ADVENTURE RACE It’s Friday evening. You’re at Downtown Container Park, checking in for a so-called adventure race. You’ve got your team, your supplies, a full tank of gas and more caffeine than a truck-stop minimart. And then, the organizers distribute the list of challenges. A Mount Charleston night hike. A late-night snack of unsavory, Fear Factor-friendly dishes. A command to build a fire without a lighter or matches. A morning soak in the Gold Strike Hot Springs. A volunteer sesh at a local nonprofit. A drive out to California for some parasailing. A flag football scrimmage at Sunset Park. Whether those figure into this year’s challenges or not, Questival sounds a lot more fun than a 24-hour mud race. 5 p.m., $48, for more info, visit bit. ly/2n6Ms5Z. –Mike Prevatt
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Bill Maher at the Mirage New rule: Don’t take Bill Maher too seriously. He’s smart, and he runs the hell out of a panel discussion— but he also likes to troll his audience and call it a First Amendment fight. Enjoy him simply as a political comic, because he’s a pretty good one. 10 p.m., $65-$87. –Geoff Carter
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Run Away with Cirque du Soleil 5K AT Springs Preserve Dress up in a Cirque-inspired costume and run through the Springs Preserve’s new Boomtown 1905 exhibit alongside the Cirque cast and crew, from whimsical creatures to acrobats and dancers. $20-$40, active. com. –Leslie Ventura
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Spinning into Butter at Art Square Theatre We now live in an era of elevated hate crimes, greater incidences of racism and the bitter clashing of ideologies. And although this Rebecca Gilman play debuted in 1999, its revival—presented by Cockroach Theatre and directed by Darren Weller—comes at the perfect time. Set on the campus of fictional, mostly-white liberal arts Belmont College in Vermont, the production explores the dangers of racism and political correctness in today’s America, told in a way that’s moving, darkly comic and cathartic. Times vary, $16-$20. –Rosalie Spear
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Checking in with Sergio Medina, guitarist for Vegas post-hardcore trio Stolas One of your newest songs, “Damage Division,” contains the lyrics “Against the grain/ Distinguish the change that you aspire.” Is this meant to be political? [Singer/drummer] Carlo [Marquez] wrote those lyrics about anxiety, though he personified it a little bit. ... He’s more political on this [album] than on the last two. We’ve got a song about political correctness, but the last song is about outer space (laughs). He’s all over the place.
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AMERICAN CRAFT WHISKEY REVIVAL AT GOLDEN NUGGET Here’s a shot of fake news, no chaser: Fox News’ website claims whiskey might be getting less popular due to an oversaturation of craft distilleries. But the growth of brown booze producers is real, particularly when it comes to bourbon. In 2015, the corn-based American whiskey topped $1 billion in exports for the third-straight year. Focusing on bourbon would be a great strategy at Downtown’s fourth-annual American Craft Whiskey Revival Grand Tasting, partially because there’ll be so much tasty liquor—more than 30 distilleries from all over the country will be represented—you won’t be able to try everything. While big bourbon names Jim Beam, Makers Mark and Bulleit are on the docket, explore something different like wheaty-smooth Rebel Yell or Madeira caskfinished Belle Meade. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of delicious Southern snacks to take the edge off. Grand Event Center at Golden Nugget, $58. –Brock Radke
What separates the forthcoming album from previous works? This is our first one since our lineup change. We got rid of our old vocalist/screamer/second guitar player in September of 2015, because things just weren’t going so well. This feels more like us. Stolas are bonafide road warriors. What’s a favorite tour memory? Once, to kill time in Alabama, we went into a bar where a cover band was playing. We started hanging out with them, and we ended up joining them [onstage]. It was really cool, playing with some random musicians in a random bar in downtown Mobile. With Icarus the Owl, Oranges, Spokes. March 11, 6 p.m., $10-$12, the Space, thespacelv.com. –Ian Caramanzana For more of our interview with Medina, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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Five neato things about the Stratosphere’s Spy Escape & Evasion BY MIKE PREVATT few months ago, the Stratosphere debuted Spy Escape & Evasion, a 75-minute show that doesn’t feature makeup-caked acrobats or topless models reenacting a Robert Palmer video. Rather, it teaches you real-life skills to better protect yourself. What was once a seminar offered by former CIA officer (and now show host) Jason Hanson has now become the most unique production in Las Vegas. Here’s why. 1. This is actually in a Vegas casino showroom. Shows on or near the Strip aim to help audiences run away from the real world, but Spy Escape actually makes you confront it by teaching you how to remove various shackles and defend yourself from perpetrators with as little as a tactical pen. Here, escape does not mean escapade—it means survival. 2. It’s the most relevant show on the Boulevard. Watching people break free from duct tape might seem like survivalist burlesque. But with violent crime and identity theft on the uptick, the strategies Hanson demonstrates carry value. 3. It’s actually entertaining. Hanson only cracks one scripted joke, but his magnetism (and humor) surfaces when he ad-libs with onstage volunteers and answers personal questions from eager audience members. What Spy Escape lacks in Vegas glitz, it makes up for in charm. 4. You can take your kids. And they’re the first to raise their hands to get bound up and break free. Another way to look at Spy Escape: It’s like a magic show, but the tricks are explained. 5. Best merch booth ever. You can buy the very gadgets and tools Hanson uses onstage. Who needs a show program when you can buy a survival guide? And for the price of two Britney Spears tank tops, you can get three of those tactical pens. I wouldn’t be caught dead with either. March 9-11, 5 p.m., $37-$63, Stratosphere.
TEASING THE MUSEUM AT TILTING THE BASIN “A lot of museums start with an entire collection, or with a hundred million dollars,” Katie O’Neill, board member of the future Art Museum at Symphony Park, said during a Weekly interview last fall. “We’re not starting with any of that. We’re actually doing it in a very backwards, challenging way.” One element of that unusual fund-
raising effort will be revealed at Tilting the Basin, the Nevada Museum of Art group show that makes its Las Vegas debut on March 17: a limited-edition fine art print portfolio featuring works by David Ryan, Wendy Kveck, Justin Favela and others. It’s a pricey must-have at $10,000 ($5,000 of which is tax-deductible), but it’ll help to get our “backwards”-moving art museum facing forward. If you’d like an advance peek, contact Michele C. Quinn of MCQ Fine Art at 702-366-9339. –Geoff Carter
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Hanson, right, shows how it’s done during Spy Escape & Evasion. (Illustration by TG Miller/ Special to Weekly)
MARCH MEANS SHOVEL TIME FOR LOCAL GREEN THUMBS March in Vegas. It’s the season of haze-inducing allergies, turbo-charged winds and, hopefully, warmer temperatures. With more sun in the desert sky, it’s also the perfect time to start planting that garden you’ve always wanted. Star Nursery’s Joe Rivela says colorful plants are in their prime right now and can last all the way up until the first cold of winter. Choose from lavender, sunscape daisies, salvia, snapdragons and dusty miller—they should all thrive in the springtime weather. Got areas with afternoon shade? Rivela says to opt for popular plants like geraniums, marigolds and petunias. If you have trouble keeping your houseplants alive, Rivela says to bring them to Star for a little green thumb 101. “If you’ve got the pots to put them in,” he says, “have one of us show you exactly how to plant them.” –Leslie Ventura
If any good has come of the tumultuous political climate, it has motivated people to take action—and to use the act of visibility to counter hate against the marginalized. It has been a trying week and a half for Jewish Las Vegans. On February 27, the Jewish Community Center was one of several Jewish operations like it to receive a bomb threat, and four days later, the house for Jewish UNLV fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi was vandalized with swastikas and the words “Kill all Jews.” AEPi president Gil Hayon quickly organized a march. In front of roughly 200 people at UNLV’s Pida Plaza on March 6, Hayon and other Jewish speakers asserted themselves in the wake of spiking national anti-semitism. The reigning sentiment: Be vigilant, be communicative with others and be visibly, proudly Jewish. “Hate has no place in our community, and we must confront and defeat these cowardly acts of anti-semitism,” said Alison Pure-Slovin, midwestregion director for the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Hayon beamed at Monday’s showing of support on campus. “We had a very diverse of group; it wasn’t just people from the Jewish community,” he said. Local Muslims seem to have fared better—no hate crimes or intimidating threats against it have been reported of late, community reps say. Still, in light of the travel ban and the subsequent rise in acerbic rhetoric nationally, two events were organized for March 3 at the Masjid Ibrahim mosque in northwest Las Vegas. Katie Krikorian, the non-Muslim head of Revolutionary Acts of Kindness, coordinated the first: the Peace Rally in Support of Our Muslim Community. After an estimated 100 people lined Jones Boulevard with signs that plead for tolerance, speakers reveled at the interfaith assembly before them. “We’re not frightened, we’re emboldened,” Masjid Ibrahim director Athar Haseebullah said. Later, Haseebullah moderated a panel discussion inside about the American Islamic experience, debunking misconceptions about both cultural and religious Islam (especially with regards to feminism) and praised Las Vegas as a good home for Muslims. Toward the end, Fahima Khalaf spoke of the messages of concern and support she had received from local friends of different faiths on Facebook. The headlines might have worsened, but Las Vegas’ sense of community is flourishing. “It’s a wonderful time,” Khalaf said. “We’re all united. We’re standing for what’s right.”
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THE VEGAS NAME GAME It matters what we call our streets, our teams and ourselves achel Dolezal is gone. The controversial former head of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP—disgraced when it became known that she’s a Caucasian woman who “identifies” as black—legally changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo. Author Denene Millner, for one, isn’t having it; she recently called Dolezal “a white lady with fussy hair and a bad tan” whose appropriation of Nigerian and Senagalese names “cannot … earn her the soul of black folk.” Dolezal’s motivation for the name change isn’t difficult to figure; she’s radioactive to the very community with which she wants to align herself, and EXTENDED she’s got a biography RESIDENCY dropping later this BY GEOFF CARTER month. But the change fascinates me, because it represents a full reset. No matter if she’s a grasping opportunist; we now have to call her Nkechi Diallo. And every time we do that—for maybe another year, unless Trump appoints her to a cabinet position—we’ll have to unpack what she meant by doing that. Rightly or wrongly, Dolezal/ Diallo recognizes that names shape identity. Las Vegas, too, has had recent problems with names. The one that received
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the most press, naming our NHL team the Vegas Golden Knights, annoys me least. Sure, it’s a dumb name on several levels: Locals call the city “Vegas,” but we’re annoyed when outsiders do it; “Golden” is a baffling identifier for a Silver State team; and “Knights” has nothing whatsoever to do with Las Vegas, hockey or even gold. Still, it’s a minor offense that we’ll get used to when the team starts winning games 10 to 15 years from now. I’m a little more annoyed by the renaming of UNLV’s student paper from The Rebel Yell to The Scarlet & Gray Free Press. Its former Civil War-inspired name—an artifact of UNLV’s early, ill-considered choice to thumb its nose at UNR by co-opting Confederate imagery—plainly won’t work anymore, but couldn’t they have simply shortened the name to The Rebel? After all, the act of rebellion is universal—in fact, it’s pretty fashionable right now. The Scarlet & Gray Free Press is an unwieldy apologia for
an identity that the paper itself never chose (and it’s one UNLV continues to use, even if it has changed its mascot from a Confederate wolf to “a modern-day mountain man”). Still, The S&GFP did its best with a bad situation, and besides, it doesn’t upset me as much as the renaming of Riviera Boulevard to Elvis Presley Way. Presley is in no danger of being forgotten, but the Riviera, which logged many, many more faithful years in Las Vegas than Elvis did, is now all but erased. (We should have renamed Fashion Show Drive instead: Not only does that mall still stand, but the road passes the site of the former Frontier, where Presley played his first Vegas gigs.) And don’t even get me started on how the 18b designation is being slowly phased out, leaving us with the generic “Arts District.” The map is being needlessly changed right underneath us, depriving us of identity. Street and neighborhood names
matter. We’ve got to get better at holding onto the ones we have and using the ones we’ve misplaced. Who wouldn’t rather say “I live in Paradise” instead of “I live by the airport”? Enterprise or Sunrise Manor instead of the southwest or the east side? Consider LA, which boasts dozens upon dozens of neighborhoods and subsets—Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Hollywood—and how those places-withina-place have shaped the identity of its residents. You tell the IRS that you live in LA; you tell friends you live in Atwater Village, so they can make plans to come to your pool party. Ours is a city still struggling with its identity at the local level. We’re beginning to figure this stuff out: I’m heartened by the way the Westside has proudly reclaimed its name and history. Citywide, we could all use the certainty born of the sense of place, of belonging, that comes easily when you know exactly where the hell you live. That’s an earned soul.
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James Blake, LCD Soundsystem Jack White, The Kills
Courtney Barnett, Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Regrettes (Saturday, 8 p.m., Inside Style Warehouse) On its major-label debut, Feel Your Feelings, Fool!, this LA quartet—fronted by sassy, take-noguff vocalist Lydia Night—puts a punkish spin on garage-rock and the girl-group era. Spin: “A Living Human Girl.”
Deap Vally (Friday, 9:45 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards) A commanding, fiercely feminist force of nature, combining Lindsey Troy’s commanding vocals and distorted blues riffs and Julie Edwards’ monstrous drumming. Spin: “Smile More.” The Soft White Sixties (Friday, 12:45 a.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) This California quintet exists in the Venn-diagram overlap of Queens of the Stone Age’s ’70s stoner-sleaze and The Black Keys’ gritty garage-rock. Spin: “Queen of the Press Club.”
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SG Lewis (Thursday, midnight, Bunkhouse Saloon; DJ set) The Liverpool, U.K., producer is signed to Disclosure’s label, a perfect fit for his soulful, gently pulsating electro-pop. Spin: “Warm.”
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Sego (Saturday, 9:45 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) Miss the early-oughts heyday of DFA Records? Look no further than this LA duo, specializing in colorful, danceable synth-punk and electro pogos. Spin: “Obscene Dream.” Liars, Steve Albini Palm (Sunday, 10 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) This math-y Philly post-punk band features circuitous construction, collapsing rhythms and corrugated textures. Artsy! Spin: “Trading Basics.”
Le Butcherettes (Saturday, 1 a.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) Pigeonhole them at your own peril. Led by commanding vocalist Teri Gender Bender, this Mexican band favors scuffed-up garage-punk with wicked synth accents and snarling attitude. Spin: “Henry Don’t Got Love.”
Residual Kid (Saturday, 10:15 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) The Austin trio channels Nirvana and Failure, what with its penchant for slipshod—but melodic— grunge-punk and metallic space-rock. Spin: “Scentless Princess.”
Death Valley Girls (Friday, 9:45 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) If Sonic Youth kept going down the goth-punk B-movie soundtrack route, it might have sounded something like this LA band, steeped in hell-on-wheels garagerock. Spin: “Electric High.”
Death Hymn Number 9 (Friday, 8 p.m., Bunkhouse) Fond of old-school, gothy hardcore? Look no further than this LA horror-punk outfit, made for fans of banshee screams and the original Misfits. Spin: “Swamp Dollars.”
Black Mountain, The Black Angels JJUUJJUU (Friday, 8:15 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards) These Temples tourmates create droning, bouldersmashing Krautrock. Keep your eyes peeled for the group’s forthcoming first LP, Zionic Mud. Spin: “Ancient’s Future.” Night Beats (Friday, 10:30 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards) The Seattle band’s’ 2016 LP, Who Sold My Generation—a blues/garage/R&B record creased with psychedelic grooves— plays like a well-loved treasure rescued from a bargain bin. Spin: “Celebration #1.” Froth (Friday, 9 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards) The LA quartet hails from the Brian Jonestown Massacre school of psychedelia, swirling tornadic shoegaze and angular post-punk textures. Spin: “On My Chest.”
Prince, J Dilla Peanut Butter Wolf (Friday, midnight, Beauty Bar) The Stones Throw Records leader is a well-respected DJ whose soul, hip-hop and electronic-leaning sets reflect his passion for global crate digging. DJ Jonathan Toubin (Sunday, 10 p.m., Oddfellows) Save some energy—and your best dance moves—for this fest-capping set, which should feature the crème de la crème of soul, jazz and R&B.
Bat for Lashes, Elliott Smith The Shacks (Friday, 11 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) Good luck pigeonholing this watercolor-faded duo. Fronted by ethereal vocalist Shannon Wise, The Shacks encompasses everything from cotton candy-spun indie-pop to lo-fi psych-rock. Spin: “Orchids.” Jay Som (Thursday, 10 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards) The up-and-coming solo artist crafts frayed ’90s indie rock tinted with Cocteau Twins-esque shoegaze shimmers and Speedy Ortiz-caliber intricacy. Spin: “Ghost.” Richard Grewar (Saturday, 8 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) The one-time Las Vegan— now based in South Dakota— specializes in chiming acoustic music that stands out from the pack via well-crafted songwriting. Spin: “One City.”
Ty Segall, Burger Records The Velveteins (Sunday, 9:15 p.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) This Canadian trio specializes in hazy indie tunes with faint mod- and psychrock flourishes. Look for the band’s debut LP, Slow Wave, sometime this year. Spin: “Don’t Yah Feel Better.” SadGirl (Friday, 12:15 a.m., Bunkhouse Saloon) SadGirl hails from modern-day LA but often sounds like the house band from a ’60s beach blanket bingo movie, courtesy of its penchant for lo-fi surf-rock and vintage garage-rock. Spin: “Lie Awake.”
Wheelchair Sports Camp (Friday, 10 p.m., Beauty Bar) The Denver-based troupe returns to Reverb to serve fans a second helping of its jazz- and soul-infused, live-band hiphop. Spin: “Mary Had a Little Band.”
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runo Mars rolls into his Park Theater residency on the Las Vegas Strip this weekend fresh off the iHeartRadio Awards, where he somewhat reluctantly took home the Innovator Award. “It’s a little ironic for me, because I genuinely feel like I’m just getting started,” he said, before closing the show with recent hits “Treasure” and “That’s What I Like”—and then breaking into an all-out groove session with Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Ty Dolla $ign and more. Mars is turning into the man when it comes to big-party awards show performances; his fans are still clamoring about February’s Grammy Awards, when he donned purple sequins and played a white Schecter Cloud guitar in tribute to Prince. Some were shocked to learn Bruno can shred—and others might wish he’d never attempted to play the iconic guitar solo from “Let’s Go Crazy”— but the performance left a lasting impression either way. Mars is
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The small, front-bar window you hit on your way into the dayclub has been expanded to two service spots, adding an extra splash of convenience. A new VIP ticket option will allow upgrading clubbers to use the “artist only” entrance through Surrender, offering some behind-the-scenes perspective. And new LED screens fronting the DJ booth are on the way, to enhance the overall experience and allow staff to transition between day and night parties with ease. There are new items on the menu, too, both for snacking (seared tuna sliders and bacon, egg and cheese eggrolls
will become fast favorites) and partying. The sizzling new Champagne Shower package is called Comin’ in Hot, and has the lovely ladies of EBC hosing you down from a custom fire truck to go along with your Nebuchadnezzar 15-liter of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label. This could be the most Instagrammed moment of the pool party season this year, so get your (hopefully water-resistant) phonecam ready. –Brock Radke
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as Vegas doesn’t wait to throw a party. We want summer right now, so we throw open the doors to the world’s greatest pool parties. It’s not even close to spring, but we’re ready to do Spring Break immediately. Fortunately, the DJ who might just be the queen of Spring Break parties is on her way to Las Vegas— straight from Cancun—as you read these words. She’s been Spring Breaking for a week already down there. Australian sensation Brooke Evers is back in Sin City for the Spring Break Strip Down, a monthlong party at Crazy Horse III. The club hosted one of her very first gigs in the U.S. a few years ago, so she knows what to expect ... sort of. “You never know until you get there. It could be rowdy or it could be chill,” she says. “Vegas is Vegas, so everyone knows it’s going to be crazy, but it just depends on the night.” The Friday late-night gig marks the beginning of a quick U.S. tour
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& Bass and the Lockdown outdoor lounge. “The World of Drum & Bass has been around 19 years. It’s led by DJ SS over in the U.K.,” Tasha says. “So we’re going to have three U.K. DJs with one special guest.” Alongside DJ SS, other headliners include The Prototypes, Brookes Brothers and Bladerunner, with support from Selekta Steel, Rob Riddum, Razor Savvy and Thugxurious. “In the Lockdown area, we have some local support from Jayrod, who’s been spinning here for probably 10 years,” says Konkrete Jungle’s FX Logik. “We also have Tommy B, [from] the speed
garage scene.” Logik and Filth will spinning a fidget house set, too. Get there early and prepare to stay late—as long as there’s an audience, the party will rage on. “We have a lot of people coming from out of town— Utah, California and Arizona—so I think they’re going to be looking to stay late and party,” FX Logik says. World of Drum & Bass at the Thunderbird Lounge, March 12. –Deanna Rilling
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Everything to everyone isn’t usually much of a business strategy, but it feels natural enough at Coogee Pavilion. The triple-decker venue overlooking Sydney, Australia’s Coogee Beach multitasks as a date-night destination, casual café, family-friendly hang and hip-kid hot spot. First opened as the Coogee Aquarium in 1887 (soon after the last British convict ship docked on Oz’s shores), the space housed the Beach Palace Hotel for decades before Australian hospitality giant Merivale transformed the grand, domed building steps from the
sand into a thoroughly modern multihyphenate in 2014. Downstairs, it’s set up like a food market with different stalls serving blistered pizzas, oysters on the half shell, single-origin coffee, cold-pressed juices and gelato. A full restaurant menu veers from mini lobster rolls to lamb tomahawk chops, and a game area offers oversized Scrabble and ping-pong. Arriving sans offspring? Head upstairs to Coogee Rooftop, a Vegas dayclub’s chill Sydney cousin. The decor is “eccentric botanist,” heavy on vegetation with whimsical winks like an on-site greenhouse that hosts liquor pop-ups
and private parties. There’s also a patio with ocean views, live music and a daydrinking crowd in its beach chic best. This is a laid-back, loungey scene, where the pro move isn’t a bottle of Goose and some room-temperature cran, but a Pimms’ Cup pitcher or a carafe of wine. You might never want to move, but someone’s gotta buy the next round. Merivale.com.au/coogee pavilion. –Sarah Feldberg
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ince it became the Westgate Las Vegas in 2014, the just-offStrip resort formerly known as LVH, the Las Vegas Hilton and the International has been reinvigorated. Now, Serenity Spa from Park City, Utah, joins Westgate’s roster of buzz-worthy accommodations, riffing on the rustic atmosphere of the Rocky Mountains. With a new Four Star rating from the Forbes 2017 Travel Guide, Serenity is a must for anyone seeking the ultimate pampering experience. Nestled inside the white-and-blue bungalow on the resort’s pool deck, it’s a luxurious yet cozy retreat from the fast pace of city living. Choose from
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a long menu of treatments, like the 50- or 80-minute Muscle Melt, a take on the classic Swedish massage, or the Aromatherapy Elixir, which combines various massage techniques and essential oils to balance the mind and body.
What isn’t for sale? The professionalgrade native collagen facial from Collagen One—something you can only get during one of Serenity Spa’s facials— providing extended hydration long after you’ve changed out of your bathrobe.
A 50-minute Essential facial is exactly that—essential. The crucial pre-event ritual is tailor-made for each customer, as one of the spa’s knowledgeable estheticians chooses products that revive and balance according to skin type. Products like Elemental Herbology’s Purify and Soothe facial cleanser and Skin Authority’s Super-C Serum are also available for purchase in the spa lobby.
Serenity Spa also does nails—including a perfect gel manicure—and body treatments like the exfoliating Desert Oasis Body Glow for radiant skin. Whatever your body needs, the Westgate spa delivers. Serenity Spa at Westgate Las Vegas, 702-732-5648; daily 6 a.m.-8 p.m. –Leslie Ventura
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green, and its private dining rooms are designed to feel like your friends and family are feasting inside a Ming vase. The cuisine, a collection of Cantonese, Shanghai and Sichuan dishes masterfully crafted by chef Xian Ming Yu, defies categorization. One example is the signature Alaskan king crab salad, a voluptuous stack of mango, avocado and sweet seafood dressed simply in miso and yuzu. From there, adventure into Velvet Egg Wonton or seafood hot and sour soups, exotic live seafood offerings like Cambodian Goby or Alaskan geoduck clams and familiar Chinese dishes executed with beautiful precision, including Peking duck and
Yang Chow fried rice. Napa cabbage with Ibérico ham in a clean, savory broth is another impressive statement of this kitchen’s skill and talent. In Las Vegas, tourism has created demand for a Chinese cuisine experience that goes beyond fine dining, and there are several great restaurants like that here. But there is only one Wing Lei. Wing Lei at Wynn Las Vegas, 702770-3388; Sunday-Thursday 5:30-9:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 5:30-10 p.m. –Brock Radke
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inside the Shoppes at Mandalay Bay. Belly up to the bar for the origin story of Guinness, created more than 200 years ago at St. James’s Gate Brewery, where Mr. Guinness himself signed a 9,000 (yes, 9,000)-year lease on the property. From there, learn the six steps crucial to pouring the perfect pint, and then get behind the bar and try it yourself. Once you’ve conquered the pour, it’s yours for the drinking. Indulge in the dark stuff, and take home a souvenir photo and certificate. After you’ve finished off your beer, you get to keep the glass.
Of course, as with any test, you might forget the details once you get home. Don’t worry, the Guinness Store is open all year long, and you can always come back for more. The Guinness Store at the Shoppes at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7773; daily 10 a.m.-11 p.m. –Leslie Ventura
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intriguing offerings are of the Sichuan variety, highlighted by fish in spicy garlic sauce. This mind-numbingly hot dish will alter your consciousness, much like the room itself. Flaky flounder comes swimming in spicy red sauce rife with dried red chilies, ground white pepper and Sichuan peppercorns, the latter delivering its characteristic mouth-numb. Doubanjiang, a traditional fermented bean paste, adds additional spice with hints of fermented funk, while celery and Napa cabbage provide textural foil to the flavorful, fiery dish. Liberal use of white rice should ease the burn,
which builds gradually as the meal proceeds. Think of it as Red Bull for the soul, invigorating your palate and awakening your senses. Beijing Noodle No. 9 at Caesars Palace, 877-346-4642; 24/7. –Jim Begley
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3/10 Calvin Harris. 3/11 Kaskade. 3/14 Zedd. 3/17 Calvin Harris. 3/18 Afrojack. 3/21 Nervo. 3/24 Calvin Harris. 3/25 Kaskade. Caesars Palace, Tue, Thu-Sun, 702-785-6200. S U R R EN D ER 3/10 Ookay. 3/11 Flosstradamus. 3/15 Alison Wonderland. 3/17 RL Grime. 3/18 Flosstradamus. 3/22 Skrillex. 3/24 RL Grime. 3/25 Dillon Francis. Encore, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-770-7300. TAO 3/9 Justin Credible. 3/10 M!KEATTACK. 3/11 Eric DLux. 3/16 Ty Dolla $ign. 3/17 Ruckus. 3/18 Vice. 3/23 Vice. 3/24 Eric DLux. 3/25 DJ Mustard. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588. XS
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3/9 Battle Born Boxing. 3/10 Tuff-N-Uff Downtown Showdown. 4/21-4/22 Las Rageous. 5/26-5/29 Punk Rock Bowling. 7/8 Deftones & Rise Against. 7/15 Goo Goo Dolls. 200 S. Third St., 800-745-3000. T HE
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On March 2, Wynn Nightlife announced its newest resident DJ, Kygo. The acclaimed Norwegian producer (and first artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify) will kick off his two-year deal April 30 with the launch of Sunday NightSwim at XS, appropriate considering the residency announcement video features Kygo playing piano above the aquatic stage of Wynn’s Le Rêve show. ... Things are picking up at the Tropicana. In addition to the announced restaurant coming from celebrity chef Robert Irvine and an April 15 Kool & The Gang concert, the 60-year-old South Strip casino resort has partnered with Darin Feinstein’s Red Mercury Entertainment, which will work to “redefine the entertainment experience” property-wide at the Trop. ... 2017 Best New Artist Grammy nominee Anderson .Paak visited Las Vegas last summer for a show at House of Blues. He’s back on the Strip March 17 for the Good Life Fridays at Jewel at Aria.
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It’s a Downtown ritual: drinks at the venerable 10th Street spot built in the ’50s and resurrected four years ago, then tunes (and yes, more drinks) at the Bunkhouse Saloon. 702-982-3000.
Before you roll to Brooklyn Bowl for tasty fried chicken and jams, wander to the nearby Linq Hotel— where five TAG coolers packed with 300-plus bottled beers await. 702-731-3311.
Next time you’re ticketed for the Joint or Vinyl, meet up with friends at this 9-month-old Hard Rock Hotel hangout, featuring deep cuts from the Chicago brewery’s catalog. 702-693-5000.
A stone’s throw from House of Blues (and not far from Mandalay Bay Events Center, either), the bar at Rick Moonen’s upstairs eatery offers a classy brand of pre-game fun. 702-632-7200.
Stroll through the Park before a concert at T-Mobile Arena or Monte Carlo’s Park Theater and dig into a draft list rich with local and regional options. 702-692-2337. –Spencer Patterson
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NECK-DEEP IN NOSTALGIA Two new streaming apps open up infinite rabbit holes for your time ecently a friend poked fun of my uncontempoHBO Now. And thanks to two other new streaming rary Facebook presence. Aside from political apps—FilmStruck and Night Flight—it’s doubtful I’ll commentary (don’t worry, I’ll spare you), if be checking in with the 21st century anytime soon. I post about a pop-cultural artifact, chances FilmStruck is the streaming equivalent of a cozy are it’s not from this decade, much less this century. reading room stacked with leather-bound classic Recent posts have involved Ferris Bueller’s Day texts. A joint venture between Turner Classic Off and Risky Business (I’d just screened them Movies and the Criterion Collection, it offers for my teenage nephew), weekend vinyl listenhundreds of movies, short films and suppleing (Sinatra, Roxy Music, Dusty Springfield), mentary content from essential auteurs an Instagram shot of an old paperback cover of like Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, The Chocolate War, the Robert Cormier novel Win Wenders and Chantal Akerman. It’s that blew my mind in junior high. Even the new all invitingly curated into double-features stuff I love (Feud, 20th Century Women, James (Rosemary’s Baby paired with A Story for Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro) the Modlins, a quasi-documentary riff on POP CULTURE the Roman Polanski masterpiece) and involves people and places from at least 40 by smith years ago. thematic subsets (click on “Lions in Winter” galtney This isn’t about getting old, although that’s and you’re treated to eight movies made by obviously in there somewhere. It’s about digital great directors in their later years). My only media and its ever-growing archive, where gripe is a frustration that comes with any staying current is far less alluring than catching up. good streaming app: The choices are endless, which One of my latest obsessions is Flight of the Conchords, makes settling on something difficult. the hipster musical-comedy series that debuted, um, If FilmStruck feels like a continuing-ed course for a decade ago. Look, I was HBO-less for 12 or so years, film buffs, Night Flight offers up cheap nostalgia for due to the influence of a cable-phobic domestic partovergrown ’80s babies. Some might remember Night ner. But now my Apple TV console is juiced up with Flight as an open-format video series that aired on
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the USA Network from ’81 to ’88. For a time, it was the only place where rural teens could happen upon out-there, experimental art-rock like Laurie Anderson and The Residents. The app allows you to stream full episodes that are astonishingly eclectic. A New Year’s Eve special from ’83 features videos from Gary Numan and the Pointer Sisters, clips of Cab Calloway and Sarah Vaughan performing, footage of Lenny Bruce onstage and then back to videos by Adrian Belew and Philip Glass and Jean-Luc Ponty. That a TV show so audaciously freeform ever existed just wrecks the mind. It’s enough to make a middleaged music-obsessive cry. The Night Flight app makes me excited for other possibilities—what if MTV assembled an app for 120 Minutes and its original alt-video show, The Cutting Edge?—but it also makes me weary. Revisiting your formative years via random clips on YouTube is a quick, fleeting high. But soaking in whole vintage episodes can quickly lead to overdose, and getting sad, bitter, nasty drunk on nostalgia ain’t pretty. When that happens, turn of the TV and cue up the new Jens Lekmen or Solange albums, stiff shots of adrenaline that’ll bring you right back to today.
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Gorilla warfare Humans disturb a monster’s habitat in Kong: Skull Island BY JOSH BELL ow that King Kong is being set up to fight Godzilla (as part of the giantmonster-based cinematic universe Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are building), he gets some added political relevance in Kong: Skull Island, a 1973set reboot that places the massive ape alongside his lizard counterpart as a symbol for social unrest. Here, Kong is the misunderstood other being fought in the jungle just as the Vietnam War is ending, but the movie’s period detail mostly amounts to retro fashions and some obvious soundtrack choices. Skull Island is an
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action movie first and foremost, with its social commentary mostly used just as superficially as its overqualified cast. That doesn’t mean it can’t be entertaining, and if nothing else it’s livelier and far more concise than Kong’s last big-screen outing, Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake of the 1933 original classic. It’s also far more action-oriented than the 2014 American take on Godzilla that’s been retrofitted into its continuity, with references to the sinister Monarch organization and a fanbaiting post-credits scene. After a bit of throatclearing to gather a motley crew of scientists,
adventurers, soldiers and opportunists for a trip to the newly discovered, previously uncharted Skull Island, the movie wastes little time in delivering its title character, who’s now nearly as tall as the Empire State Building he famously scaled in his first appearance. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ only previous feature is the mediocre indie dramedy The Kings of Summer, but he proves adept at staging large-scale action and wrangling complicated special effects. From the moment Kong appears onscreen, the movie delivers near-constant action, and the island is filled with brilliantly
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Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Jordan VogtRoberts. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.
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rendered monstrosities, including giant spiders, lizard-like underground creatures and a supersized variation on the walking-stick bug. In contrast, the humans are almost an afterthought, and the movie squanders the talents of Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman, among others, in one-dimensional roles. Only John C. Reilly, playing a pilot stranded on the island for decades, gets to shine, providing much-needed comic relief and a little poignancy. He’s a beacon of humanity in a movie otherwise successfully focused on pounding its humans into pulp.
Merian C. Cooper’s original 1933 King Kong is a cheesy, Lost World serial-like adventure, with entertaining, gutsy effects that mix a stopmotion puppet Kong with real-life actors and plenty of rear projection. All the iconography, good and bad, is there: Fay Wray in chains, Kong in chains, stereotypical savage natives and the indelible image of Kong fighting for his life atop the Empire State Building. Despite the character’s fame, Kong has appeared infrequently—fewer than 10 major movies in more than 80 years. None would be what you’d call a classic. In 1976, Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis famously produced a magnificently awful remake, starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges. Shot with a kind of glossy, ’70s, disaster-movie vibe, it’s a bizarre experience. The effects are terrible, and Kong himself looks like one of those giant inflatables you see at a car dealership. Creepier is a scene on Skull Island, after Kong has spirited away Lange’s update of Wray, in which he commences an erotic interlude, cleaning a muddied Lange by holding her in his palm under a water fall, then blowing her dry, while John Barry’s sumptuously romantic score swells around. As he playfully strokes her, leeringly, he manages to pull her top down with his finger (I’m not making this up), creating an unsettling mix between a shampoo commercial, soft porn and sexual assault. (Moments later he kills a giant snake.) Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake—hot on the heels of The Lord of the Rings—is a spectacle celebrating the sheer naked stupendousness of the American blockbuster. In trying to make the One Kong to Rule Them All, Jackson and his nation of New Zealand artisans lavished unsurpassed care and attention to detail. But this ambition, which served well in a richer narrative like Tolkien’s, was overkill: just too much gravy for the same small bite of meat. That said, Jackson has a raucous good time staging a three dino-on-Kong showdown, with helpless Naomi Watts strung between vines as they all fall through a narrow canyon. And a grisly scene in which our band of heroes is set upon by colonies of genuinely disgusting insects and
sharp-toothed worms is probably Jackson at his nastiest and best; he simply delights in the countless ways he can depict the slow, agonizing devouring of men. The new movie, Kong: Skull Island, takes place at the close of the Vietnam War, as a scientific and military expedition heads to Skull Island and finds the usual assortment of deadly, man-eating creatures. Some things are new: This film ditches the damsel in distress for a resourceful combat photographer, played by Brie Larson. And I suppose the Vietnam flavor credibly reflects an ongoing theme of the Kong films: hubris, which forever accompanies overconfident men venturing into lands for which they are not prepared. (This also distances the new movie from the racial anxieties that have long laid in the substrata of King Kong.) Still, let’s not get too carried away. Francis Coppola once repurposed Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, about the evils of colonialism in the heart of Africa, for his visionary, slightly mad Apocalypse Now. A generation later, Skull Island’s director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, claims to take inspiration from Coppola’s Vietnam classic. But he’s still made a movie about a giant ape battling a giant lizard. Every generation gets the movies it deserves. Better to just keep your eyes on the spectacle. That spectacle is partly why King Kong endures. The pulpy poetry of its mythos— here is a world where a giant gorilla can punch out dinosaurs and swat down helicopters and planes—is still potent. But underneath that, Kong appeals to us because he’s an outsider, a monster only until you get to know him. Overwhelmingly strong, he is nevertheless extremely vulnerable. He usually loses, despite his sense of … how else to say it? … honor. He just wants to be left alone, but he usually finds himself plummeting off the tops of buildings in Manhattan. Now that Kong has joined a new franchise of related monster films dubbed the MonsterVerse (he will return in a few years to face Godzilla), one wonders what all the exposure will do to him. After all, King Kong doesn’t have friends. His journey is a reminder of one age-old truth: It’s lonely at the top.
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Some people celebrate turning 50 by throwing a giant party or taking a lavish vacation. Not Stephin Merritt. The Magnetic Fields founder marked his milestone by creating 50 autobiographical songs, one about each year of his life—and the resulting fivedisc boxed set, 50 Song Memoir, finds a perfect balance of sentimentality, nostalgia and playfulness. The droll “’68: A Cat Called Dionysus” speaks of Merritt’s tempestuous relationship with a childhood pet (“He hated me/But I loved him”); the whimsical, toy shop-electro highlight “’88: Ethan Frome” finds him reminiscing about reading the book (“When will they make you a musical?/ There have been far worse crimes”); and the sheepish (but cheeky) cabaret number “’03: The Ex and I” is about ex sex. Unlike Merritt’s previous massive opus, 1999’s 69 Love Songs, 50 Song Memoir has deliberate pacing and compositional cohesion, and features a pronounced musical arc from youthful exuberance toward quieter reflection. The electronic-leaning songs are especially resonant: “’83: Foxx and I,” a gothic New Wave nod to Ultravox’s John Foxx; “’84: Danceteria,” a primitive synth-pop ode to the iconic danceclub; and “’97: Eurodisco Trio,” which approximates early Human League. 50 Song Memoir cements Merritt as the rare artist at his best when tackling huge, ambitious projects. –Annie Zaleski
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Soul Love Raw Remedies’ live Sessions feed the ears and the mind By Leslie Ventura ut in the backyard behind Raw Remedies, singer-songwriter Kaylie Foster finishes up a soulful set to an enchanted and growing crowd. Despite Sunday night’s howling winds and frigid temperatures, the sounds beckon listeners into a bohemian paradise. Raw Remedies, situated on the same Downtown street where the Gypsy Den once stood, is the Arts District’s first black-owned therapeutic beauty salon, specializing in natural hair care. Once a month, it’s also home to Soul Sessions Las Vegas, a community-oriented open-mic and live music event founded and run by local women of color. “We built this place from the ground up,” Soul Sessions co-founder Tree Hill says during a pause in the event’s fourth-anniversary celebration. The earliest versions didn’t feature a stage to speak of, and indoor house lamps illuminated the backyard. Today, it’s lit by the quaint glow of string lights overhead, which point to tapestry-
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Chris Bauder has latex kink well in hand. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
FINE ART
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DOCTOR STRANGEGLOVE Chris Bauder’s latest latex art exhibit gives in to sin By Leslie Ventura toy gun and an old computer mouse sit on a shelf, their plastic shells encased in salmon-pink latex. At least that’s what one can assume they were before artist Chris Bauder transformed them into aesthetically glutinous pieces for his latest exhibit, Strange Glove. The mouse, titled “Backlash,” now resembles a dominatrix’s whip, and the gun, named “Old Dog,” feels oddly sexual, too. Whether it’s the bright flesh-toned hues or the slimy sheen of stretched latex, these viscid sculptures explore the intimacy and familiarity in the erotic, taboo and unknown. Bauder has typically used latex house paint three-dimensionally in his work, but in Strange Glove, the Las Vegas-based artist pushes the boundaries of his manipulations even further. “I’ve always been a fan of making work that people want to
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touch that people aren’t allowed to,” Bauder says. The result is an innate curiosity and desire to reach out and feel the whimsical and bizarre pieces on display. Bauder says he used these found objects to create a series of weapons that ignite a conversation about sex and violence, turn-ons and turn-offs. “The nature of the work is naturally erotic,” Bauder says. “It’s latex, it’s slick, it’s shiny, it’s sexy. It references taboo and domination. Since I’m showing at Sin City, I was given a little more leeway, so I thought I’d cross that line a little bit more. But it’s not
about beating you in the A latex-covered apron and StrangE head with eroticism.” an onyx-colored glove pepGLOVE As in past works “Blospered with large protruding Through March 25, Wednessoms” and “Study of spikes add tension to Strange day-Saturday, Navels”—from 2012’s Lush— Glove, a peculiar sensation 1-7 p.m. Bauder uses pink latex paint that can also be experienced Sin City Gallery, 107 E. to craft sexually-charged at Tilting the Basin: ContemCharleston sculptures that resemble porary Art of Nevada later Blvd, #100., vaginas and nipples in “Pink this month. That group show, 702-608-2461. Parts.” In “Untitled (Green which had a strong summer Orb I)” and “Untitled run at Reno’s Nevada Museum (Green Orb II),” Bauder uses of Art, picks up in Downtown more latex paint, balloons and an LED Vegas on March 17. Bauder’s “Untitled lighting display to create neon green (pink balloon box)”—colored like spheres that glow like two extraterresraspberry sherbet—will be on display trial sacs straight out of Alien. at Tilting the Basin until May 14.
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South Africa’s Cecil Afrika tackles the United States’ Danny Barrett at Sam Boyd Stadium. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
SPORTS
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HAVE A TRY Five takeaways from Sevens Rugby’s latest Vegas battle royale It was another wonderfully rough weekend as the HSBC Sevens World Series made its annual American stop in Las Vegas on a year-long world tour. For those unfamiliar, this is the special rugby tournament when all the former British colonies (and some friends) get together and smash each other’s faces in for a chance at the queen’s hand in marriage … I think. As an American, I’m still figuring out the rules. Rugby Sevens is like a mashup of sporting event, cosplay contest and international frat party, complete with national cheers and an amazing food court. And where else can you drink from an an old sneaker—“Shoot the Boot,” they call it—while an entire stadium audience cringes?
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Expectations for the U.S. continue to escalate as the team and the sport gain prominence here. Before the Vegas competition, the Eagles’ year has been somewhat disappointing, considering the team has ended the past two in a respectable sixth place. But when Team USA entered Saturday undefeated after Friday’s play, hopes rose again. Two of the host nation’s most exciting games of the tournament ended in heartbreaking losses to England and South Africa, but USA still advanced to the semifinals and even defeated New Zealand for a third-place finish—its highest-ever finish at the event. This was my eighth-consecutive year attending Rugby Sevens. I’ve turned into a serious fan of the sport; I haven’t missed a weekend since the tournament set down in
Vegas in 2010. I follow Sevens throughout the season, my rugby jerseys outnumber my football ones and this is the weekend I look forward to most all year. I also make sure to bring some first-timers each year, so I can spread the rugby bug … and so I can wow them with my slightly advanced knowledge of the sport. I get to explain scrums and rucks and inevitably clarify, “No, it’s not an extremely supportive fanbase; they’re yelling ‘Try!’ because that’s what they call touchdowns.” The Republic of South Africa ultimately took the title, winning a close championship match 19-12 over Fiji. The Springboks seem unstoppable this season with five tournaments behind them, five finals appearances and four golds.
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PEACHY KEEN MEGA-HYPED NEW ARRIVAL MOMOFUKU DOESN’T DISAPPOINT gences. The raw bar is my favorite part of the menu, avid Chang had already impacted Vegas dining from the smoky, savory bombs of oysters broiled with before he opened Momofuku at the Cosmopolikimchi and bacon ($28) to ultra-rich bigeye tuna tan earlier this year. If not for Chang, would with shaved foie gras ($38). Citrus-cured fluke ($23) Monta have kicked off our local ramen boom? is almost violently acidic, a brilliant punch in the Would restless casino chef Sheridan Su have built a mouth with the slightly funky fish and accompanyreputation on beautiful bao and opened his own local ing seaweed holding their own. More must-orders: hot spots? Chang might not have directly influenced spicy cucumbers finished with togarashi and toasted them, but he helped groom a hungry, hip audience— almonds ($7); cold ginger scallion noodles ($17) that here and everywhere else—by making casual, craveable go well with everything; and a new-for-Vegas dish Asian food as cool as it could be. that has already made its way back home to New York Momofuku Vegas is similarly cool. It’s made of City—crispy chicken katsu smothered in eye-rollingly glass, wood, steel and concrete, grabbing a corner of delicious shiitake gravy ($34). Cosmo’s second floor (with sister operation Momofuku’s vast range makes it special Milk Bar). Chang’s artist buddy David Choe here. The Strip might have everything now, MOMOFUKU Cosmopolitan, but it doesn’t have many restaurants where created a main dining room mural inspired by 702-698-2663. the two Davids’ dogs, Seve and Rosie. A private you can find a perfect $20 bowl of noodles for Daily, 11 a.m.dining room offers Strip views and old-school lunch and come back at night to share edgy 11 p.m. imagery. It started serving a big lunch menu large-format presentations that run into the very soon after opening, and between 2:30 and hundreds (like the vaunted fried chicken and 5 p.m., afternoon service at the bar includes small vegcaviar that starts at $328 or the much more mandaetable dishes, buns, noodles and rice offerings. In the tory bo ssam, Korean pork shoulder eaten with lettuce kitchen full-time as executive chef is the highly skilled wrap, starting at $134). Eating out on the Strip has Michael Chen, a young Vegas vet with Joël Robuchon, become a team sport, and Momofuku is the ultimate Yellowtail and Wing Lei on his résumé. foodie squad hang. Bring an army, if possible, to avoid I’d never eaten at any Momofuku restaurant until it choosing between black périgord truffle ramen ($58), came here, intentionally creating unreasonably high roasted onion and pork shoulder kimchi stew ($24) expectations for a chef many consider the most influor a five-spice rotisserie duck splurge ($198 for 3-6 ential of his generation. After multiple visits, there people). You gotta get everything. have been no disappointments. The famous ramen Chang told us he was excited to play in Las Vegas. and pork belly buns are excellent, truly worthy indulHopefully he’s enjoying himself so far. We sure are.
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METHOD Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Strain into a glass filled with ice, garnish and serve.
Alkalizing cucumber juice, used as the main mixer here, gives this cocktail license to combine intense, spicy and acidic flavors in an uncompromising and palatable way. Hanson of Sonoma Organic Vodka is a premium, small-batch vodka created from distilled grapes rather than the tradition grains or potatoes. It’s a smooth and balanced spirit that has been infused with real, fresh ginger for its flavoring. When met with lime-mint syrup, lime juice and, of course, cucumber juice, this complex cocktail comes to life—it’s crisp, refreshing and tangy.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits.
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Live Music
Alaskan indie-rock band Portugal. The Man plays Brooklyn Bowl on March 9. (Eric Kayne/PH Photo)
Neon Reverb Festival THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Bunkhouse Saloon (Inside) We the Beat Presents: The Rabbit Hole 10 pm, SG Lewis midnight. Squidhat (Outside) The Negative Nancys 7 pm, The People’s Whiskey 8 pm, Pet Tigers 9 pm, The Van Der Rohe 10 pm, Brett Vee 11 pm. $15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Backstage Bar & Billiards DJ Hektor Rawkerz 7:30 pm, Glass Pools 8 pm, Hidden Levels 9 pm, The Drums 11 pm. $15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. FRIDAY, MARCH 10 Bunkhouse Saloon Las Vegas Weekly Showcase: (Inside) Mercy Music 9 pm, Bash & Pop 10:15 pm, Black Camaro 11:30 pm, The Soft White Sixties 12:45 am. (Outside) Death Hymn Number 9, 8 pm, Death Valley Girls 9:45 pm, The Shacks 11 pm, SadGirl 12:15 am. $15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Backstage Bar & Billiards DJ Jacob Savage 8 pm, JJUUJJUU 8:15 pm, Froth 9 pm, Deap Vally 9:45 pm, Night Beats 10:30 pm, Temples 11:30 pm. $15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar (Inside) DJ Trapgod 8 pm. (Outside) Wizdumb 8 pm, The Neon Reverb Cypher: Phil A & Hassan, Late for Dinner, Lil Lavedy, Panamaniac, Jerry Shinefield, Slump Lords & more 8:30 pm, Wheelchair Sports Camp 10 pm, Mndsgn 11 pm, Peanut Butter Wolf midnight. $15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Downtown Container Park Jesse Pino 8 pm, VanLadyLove 9 pm, Dogyear 10 pm, The Prettiest 11 pm. Free. 707 Fremont St., 702-359-9982. SATURDAY, MARCH 11 Bunkhouse Saloon (Inside) DJ Fish 9 pm, The American Weather 9 pm, Residual Kid 10:15 pm, Same Sex Mary 11:30 pm, Le Butcherettes 1 am. (Outside) Richard Grewar 8 pm, Sego 9:45 pm, Prism Tats 11 pm, The Big Friendly Corporation 12:15 am. $15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Inside Style Warehouse Raw Femme Showcase: Crykit 2 pm, School of Rock 3 pm, Kaylie Foster 4 pm, Brittany Rose 5 pm, Jessica Manalo 6 pm, Sunrise Manor 7 pm, The Regrettes 8 pm, Halsey Harkins 9 pm, Moon Blood 10 pm, Candy Warpop 11 pm. $15 (free 12 and under). 1119 S. Main St. 702-399-1100. Inspire Theatre Lost Vegas Hiway Film Screening 7 pm. $8. 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-750-0017. Velveteen Rabbit Lost Hiway Afterparty: The All-Togethers 9 pm, Jack Evan Johnson 10 pm, Jeff Mix & The Songhearts 11 pm, Part Time Criminals midnight. $10. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645. SUNDAY, MARCH 12 Bunkhouse Saloon (Inside) Indigo Kidd 8 pm, The Velveteins 9:15 pm, LVL UP 10:30 pm, Dark Black 11:45 pm. (Outside) Kurumpaw 7 pm, We Are Pancakes 8:45 pm, Palm 10 pm, The Acid Sisters 11:15 pm. $15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Inspire Theatre Lost Vegas Hiway Film Screening + acoustic sets from Paige Overton, Chris Heers, Justin Mather 4 pm, $8. 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-750-0017. Oddfellows Closing Party: DJ Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap 10 pm. $10. 150 Las Vegas Blvd. N. #190, 702-336-3235 Festival passes $60 at neonreverb.com.
THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Tchami, Mercer, (530) 3/9, 7 pm, $22. Petty or Not (Tom Petty tribute) 3/10, 7 pm,
free. Portugal. The Man, HDBeenDope 3/11, 8 pm, $25-$459. Tribal Seeds, Raging Fyah 3/12, 7:30 pm, $33-$50. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Rod Stewart 3/15, 3/17-3/18, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. 702-731-7333. Double Down TV Party Tonight ft. Atomic Fish, The Sleights 3/9, 9 pm. The Psyatics, Breaker Breaker, Prepare to Stop, Wild Ride 3/10, 10 pm. Civil Disgust, Durango 66, Dead Friends, Payaso, Barking Irons, Infidelz Crying 4 Kafka 3/11, 10 pm. Gold Top Bob & The Goldtoppers 3/15, 10 pm. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Masters of Puppets 3/10, 10 pm, $10-$20. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Billy Idol 3/10-3/11, 3/15, $80-$150 Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, Johnny Gill, Solero 3/10, 7 pm, $50-$130. 702-891-1111. Mirage Boyz II Men Fri-Sun, 7:30 pm, $44-$163. 702-791-7111. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Bruno Mars 3/11-3/12, 9 pm, $91-$459. 844-600-7275. Orleans (Showroom) Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 3/10-3/11, 8 pm, $30-$55. 702-284-7777. Palms (The Pearl) George Thorogood & The Destroyers 3/11, 8 pm, $29-$84. 702-944-3200. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Backstreet Boys 3/10-3/11, 3/15, 9 pm, $59-$259. 702-777-2782. Westgate (Westgate Cabaret) Cameo thru 12/31 Thu-Sun, 7 pm, $69-$99. Purple Reign Wed-Sat, 9 pm, $20-$69. 702-732-5111. Wynn (Encore Theater) John Fogerty 3/10-3/11, 8 pm, $60-$250. 702-770-7000.
Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Cesar Lopez El Vampiro 3/11, 8 pm, $10-$15. Parokya Ni Edgar 3/15, 8 pm, $50-$80. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Bunkhouse Saloon Maszer 3/15, 8 pm, $5. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Fremont Street Experience (3rd Street Stage) Night Ranger, Survivor 3/11, 8 pm, free. Fremont St., vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Frankie Moreno 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, $28-$60. The Marshall Tucker Band 3/10, $32-
$108. Shows 8 pm. 866-946-5336. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Jarrod Spector, Kelli Barrett 3/10-3/11, 7 pm, $39-$59. 702-749-2000.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Mayday, NE Last Words, Donnie Menace, RKB, Sicc 3/12, 8 pm, $6-$8. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Aliante Casino (Access Showroom) Lou Gramm 3/11, 8 pm, $50-$70. 702-692-7777. Dive Bar Midnight Clover, Hopes Edge, Mariah Baldwin, Adara Rae & The Homewreckers, The Blunts 3/11, 8 pm, $5. Big Sandy, Wayne Hancock, Will and the High Rollers, The Rhyolite Sound 3/14, 9 pm, $15-$20. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Green Valley Ranch (Grand Events Center) Mark O’Toole 3/11, 8 pm, $19. 702-367-2470. Primm Valley Resort Foreigner 3/11, 8 pm, $35-$65. 702-386-7867. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) Yacht Rock Revue 3/10, 8 pm, $20. 702-263-7777. The Space Stolas, Icarus the Owl, Oranges, Reckless Reckless 3/11, 6 pm, $10-$12. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.
Comedy
Harrah’s (Main Showroom) Ralphie May 3/9-3/11, 3/16-3/18. 702-369-5000. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Bill Maher 3/10-3/11. 702-792-7777. Treasure Island Bill Engvall 3/10, 9 pm, $52-$82. 702-894-7111.
Performing Arts
Art Square Theatre Spinning Into Butter Thru 3/26, days & times vary, $16-$20. 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) It’s Only a Play Thru 3/18, days & times vary, $21-$24. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Shen Yun 2017 3/10, 7:30 pm; 3/11, 2 & 7:30 pm; 3/12, 1 pm, $70$200. Matilda the Musical 3/14-3/17, 7:30 pm; 3/18-3/19, 2 & 7:30 pm, $29-$127. 702-749-2000. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Sons of Serendip
3/11, 8 pm, $20-$55. 702-895-3332. Winchester Cultural Center Pianist Gretchen Hull 3/12, 2 pm, $10-$12. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
Special Events
American Craft Whiskey Revival 3/11, 7-10 pm, $58. Golden Nugget Grand Event Center, 866-946-5336. Artisan Craft Festival 3/12, 10 am-5 pm, free. Suncoast, ArtisanCraftFestival.com. Brave a Shave St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser 3/11, 10 am-9 pm, free. Nine Fine Irishmen, New York-New York, stbaldricks.org. Brew Bash Beer Walk 3/11, 5-8 pm, $30-$35. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St. Run Away With Cirque du Soleil 3/11, 7 am, $17-$40. Springs Preserve, active.com. The Shade Tree Hero Walk 3/11, 8:30 am, $20. Llama Lot, 152 N. 9th St., theshadetree.org. Splendor in the Glass 3/11, 4-8 pm, $90-$100. Crimson at Red Rock Resort, 702-799-1010. Writer’s Block Joshua Wolf Shenk 3/9, 7 pm. EXPO 3/10, 7 pm. Megan Edwards: Getting Off on Frank Sinatra 3/14, 7-8 pm. Free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
Sports
Knockout Night at the D 3/11, 6 pm, $23-$46. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Mountain West Championships Thru 3/11, times vary, $20-$180. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-895-3761. NASCAR Weekend 3/10-3/12, 8 am-4 pm, $59$245. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, lvms.com. PAC-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament 3/9, noon & 6 pm; 3/10, 6 pm; 3/11, 8 pm, $225-$535. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Tuff-N-Uff Downtown Showdown 3/10, 7 pm, $10-$50. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Thru 3/11, times vary, $10-$250. Orleans Arena, 800-745-3000. To submit events, email listings@gmgvegas.com.
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