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Taj Express rolls into Reynolds Hall on April 24. (Courtesy)

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FRIDAY, 7 P.M

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 at Windmill Library

Taj Express at Smith Center

Maythinee Washington will channel the emotions of those who experienced 1992’s LA riots—25 years ago this month—with a one-woman piece of “documentary theater” by Anna Deavere Smith. Nevada Conservatory Theater and Clark County Library District co-present this Vegas version. Free, 7060 W. Windmill Lane. –C. Moon Reed

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Having made stops around the world, Taj Express pulls into the station at Reynolds Hall as part of a U.S. tour. This “Bollywood Musical Revue” translates the kinetic joy of India’s cinematic culture to the stage, with rich costumes, lavish dance numbers and live music. $22-$99. –C. Moon Reed

THRU MAY 7

The Art of Murder at Theatre in the Valley There are plenty of cracks made at the expense of community theater. In truth, though, many such theaters are keeping the theatrical arts alive in very personal and meaningful ways, and in some cases they are also a great source of entertainment. Theatre in the Valley’s 24-year history in Henderson stands as a testament to its status as one of those community gems. And starting this Friday, it’s planning to offer proof with a production of Joe DiPietro’s The Art of Murder. Best known for I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Over the River and Through the Woods, DiPietro is famous for his wit and comedic timing. The Art of Murder, directed by TitV’s Michael Brazier, positions itself in this tradition by offering a comedy of suspense, if not manners. The least well-mannered character of the bunch is Jack Brooks (played by Kent Stork), and the play opens with he and wife, Annie (Kate Sirls), awaiting the arrival of their art dealer Vincent Cummings (Regg Davidson). But Brazier promises, “This is not just a visit, as Jack intends to kill the man.” Before show’s end, this murderous hook will be pulled in more directions than there are characters. Fridays & Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m.; $12-$15; 10 W. Pacific Ave. –Molly O’Donnell

THRU April 22

American Dreams Literary Festival

Black Mountain Institute and its new publication of record, arts and culture journal The Believer, are bringing us something we’ve never seen here before: a literary festival with the feel of an indie music festival. The featured readers—among them Carrie Brownstein, Dave Eggers, Miranda July, ZZ Packer and Luís Alberto Urrea— have the hipster clout of indie rockers (Brownstein, especially), and most of the events take place in offbeat venues. That brings us to the bad news: Many of the venues are already “sold out” (tickets to the events are free, but have largely been claimed). There are waiting lists, however (check the link below), and the closingnight event, featuring Tift Merritt and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, had not reached capacity at press time. This is the debut of a literary Coachella, and how cool that it’s in Vegas. festival.blackmountaininstitute.org. –Geoff Carter

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

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Fresh off a Sunday appearance at Coachella, Brooklyn-based indie rockers Caveman headline this daylong, KUNV-produced affair, which also features local bands Brumby, Rabid Young and Coastwest Unrest and Vegas rappers like Play on Words and Chop808. It’s also free and all-ages, so there’s really no good excuse for missing it. –Spencer Patterson

The Dr. John-esque Victor Wainwright & The WildRoots headline this Green Valley music and food fest, where the blues will keep coming (from the Bill Tracy Duo, the Moanin’ Blacksnakes, Jarekus Singleton and Miles Mosley) and the vendors will craft special bacon-centric treats. $25-$30. –Brock Radke

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Left of the dial, sorta

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With NV89, Vegas’ NPR affiliate goes indie—by way of Reno By Geoff Carter

hen NV89 hit the airwaves on April 12, Nevada received a gift other places have long taken for granted—a listener-supported, commercial-free, 24-hour, independent music station. Managed by Vegas-based Nevada Public Radio and produced by veteran program director Willobee Carlan, NV89 has much to recommend it: On-air talent that includes KROQ alumna Gia DeSantis and Neon Reverb Radio’s Jake Wagner; syndicated music show World Cafe; and a playlist that includes such of-the-moment artists as Cloud Nothings, The New Pornographers and Bon Iver. Plus, songs by Nevada artists are played every hour. There’s just one catch: NV89 isn’t on Las Vegas’ broadcast dial. NV89 broadcasts in Reno (as KVNV), on a frequency recently abandoned by another nonprofit station, 89.1 KJIV. The only ways Vegas listeners can tune into this Vegas-produced station are with an HD-equipped radio (it’s at KNPR HD3) or by streaming it live at nv89.org. (A dedicated streaming app, and compatibility with apps like TuneIn, is forthcoming.) And according to Nevada Public Radio president Flo Rogers, that’s not going to change. “It’s a statewide music discovery channel,” Rogers says, dismissing the broadcast/streaming disparity by noting that visitors to the KNPR website stream some 200,000 hours of content monthly, and that most new cars are equipped with digital receivers. In other words, if you have a cell phone and a stereo jack, odds are good that you can listen to NV89 right now. “I have an Audi with a six-CD changer,” Rogers says. “I’m all about the streaming.” The other small problem with NV89 is a programming flaw: Every fifth song is off-format. Hearing new Angel Olsen and Black Lips songs bumping against overexposed hits by Sublime and Coldplay is a genuine head-scratcher. But to be fair, KVNV has only been on the air for a week. If this works, the station and its listeners will have plenty of time to figure each other out.

Shots of a different sort headed to the mob museum Downtown’s Mob Museum is—pardon the pun—a big hit. Visitors are flocking to it, driving the need for expansion. “We have a beautiful, historic building … but it’s not the largest building,” says Jonathan Ullman, the museum’s executive director and CEO. “There are limits to how much exhibitry you can put within.”

The solution? Build into the basement. Sometime in the first quarter of 2018, the museum will add several new exhibits including a forensics lab, a firearms training simulator, an expanded retail space, a small café and a Prohibition doubleheader: a working liquor distillery and an elegant speakeasy. It might sound like a play for the Downtown nightlife crowd, but Ullman says the expansion is intended to “fill in other parts of the [museum’s] narrative.” We’ll drink to that. –Geoff Carter

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BEMUSED TO DEATH A tradition of outsiders writing about Vegas continues to delight—and perplex

The Mob Museum is gearing up for its next phase.

EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING? Nearly 10 years ago, Station Casinos Chairman and CEO Frank Fertitta purchased a Mark Rothko painting for $7.2 million. When it turned out to be created by Pei-Shen Qian, a Chinese immigrant based in Queens, New York, Fertitta sued. Last week, The Art Newspaper reported that he settled out of court with the art historian who vouched for the “masterpiece.” No word on terms, but chatter in the Las Vegas art community produced a brilliant idea: create a museum of fakes. Vegas is all about improving on reality, so this museum could be the perfect Strip attraction. First artist-in-residence: Pei-Shen Qian. –C. Moon Reed

BY C. MOON REED

See the explorers—outfitted in khakis and pith helmets—braving the unknown wilds. Every so often, an intrepid band descends upon our city to find the “authentic” Vegas. A courageous few might even venture beyond the Strip. Still, most follow the Hunter S. Thompson template: Blaze into town amid a flurry of imaginary bats and search for the American Dream. Locals read along with chuckles or derision, amazed at the hilarity of observations that are always slightly skewed. My favorite is this gem by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer: “Vegas isn’t a real city. It’s a Sodom and Gomorrah theme park surrounded by hideous exurban sprawl and wasteland so barren it makes the moon look like an English rose garden. (Smithsonian, October 2010.)” The LVCVA couldn’t have come up with a better description. All those biblical references to debauchery are great for business. Vox Media’s Curbed is the most recent publication to enter the fray. Last week, the real-estate blog released an ambitious package about Las Vegas. The series of in-depth articles addresses transportation, homelessness, sustainability and architecture. Despite—or perhaps, because of—Curbed’s serious intentions, its package grated locals more than the most absurd tourist confessional. Excluding a nice interactive map of public art by Las Vegas artist/blogger Ed Fuentes, the writing reeked of colonial-style condescension. A piece titled “Starchitects in Sin City: Can high-profile architecture survive in Las Vegas” begins with the line: “Las Vegas is where architecture goes to die.” Ouch. Adding injury to insult, the authors critique Strip architecture based on the incorrect assumption that there are “no height restrictions” and “basically no planning rules at all.” Did nobody notice the giant airport (with restrictive flight paths) right next to the Strip? As for solving Strip gridlock, the authors suggest restricting one lane of Las Vegas Boulevard to bikes, Segways and electric go-karts. Okay, that’s one idea crazy enough for me to support … as long as the Segway lane steers me directly to the Sodom and Gomorrah casino of my dreams.

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THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY Bulls, bombs and a bunny marked another absurd week

ith his wide set of horns and easy gait, he led the news on several TV stations on Sunday, a divine break from reports of wars and homicides and other assorted atrocities. As I watched him jostle our sense of time and place—just a muscular farm animal whistling on a busy corner under a traffic light in North Las Vegas—a lot of things came to mind: the Wall Street bull and the defiant little girl sculptures; the smell of the livestock, dust and hay at the Clark County Fair one day earlier; and— PYRAMID OF because a bull is a metaphor for death BISCUITS in some cultures— BY STACY J. WILLIS the fear of a world on the brink. One hundred days into the Trump presidency, we’re dropping bombs with vile names—“the mother of all bombs”—in one war theater and ratcheting up a nuclear missile crisis in another. Even in this scenario, or perhaps more so, the ambling urban bull made me happy, as clinging to absurdity is the only rational response to an irrational world.

Last Thursday, three days before the rogue bull led police on a slow chase, 16 protestors were arrested outside the entrance to the Nevada National Security Site. It was the annual, interfaith Sacred Peace Walk and, given the Make-America-aCold-War-State-Again events of late, it might have been one of their most poignant protests. Around the same time they were marching, and the bull with escapist tendencies was fleeing a meaningless existence, and North Korea was parading an array of mysterious missiles, President Trump was struggling to play nice with the Easter Bunny on the White House lawn. He’d already announced a military armada aimed at North Korea to dissuade it from

performing a nuclear test. Trump, we have seen, is a master of de-escalation, never prone to rash rebuttals, a model of diplomacy. “The risk here is that there could be inadvertent escalation based on an accident or miscalculation,” nuclear specialist Shannon Kile, told the U.K.’s Independent. Political analyst Rodger Baker added in a stratfor.com article reprinted by Forbes: “Discourse with leaders who are portrayed as illegitimate at best and delusional at worst is politically untenable.” He was speaking of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un and that propaganda-filled nation, of course. Not ours. *

Back at the National Security Site, the National Nuclear Security Administration and the U.S. Air Force celebrated

after dropping a mock nuclear bomb from an F-16. Work on this mother, a B61-12, has been going on for years, and it was time to test the deployment mechanisms. A crowd of personnel watched as the jet took its first pass over the Tonopah Test Range—but it didn’t drop the inert payload. A herd of wild horses stood in the way. One wants to imagine the horses were protesting nuclear escalation/mutually assured destruction/weapon fetishes, as part of some organized worldwide livestock revolt. But more likely they, too, had decided the only way to deal with an absurd world is to gallop merrily out of place, interrupting reality. They were chased away, and the mock bomb was dropped on second pass, and a little puff of dust and a small hole in the ground signaled that yes, we are prepared to annihilate the world.

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Culinary arts and creative writing come together in Jen Nails’ new book BY C. MOON REED | PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

he pasta machine is a family heirloom. Manual, of course. Approximately 60 years old, it has been used by at least four generations of Nails family chefs, producing countless spaghetti dinners. Two of those chefs—author Jen Nails and her father, Frank—take turns at the crank. Jen rolls out strips of “friendly” white dough, and he feeds them through the machine. Like magic, out comes fresh spaghetti. Meanwhile June Nails, wife, mother and retired Valley High English teacher, sets the table. Every so often somebody checks the tomato sauce, which simmers on the stove. It’s the first day of Spring Break at the Adelson Educational Campus, where Jen works as a librarian and creative writing instructor, so she’s visiting her parents’ Summerlin condo. “Being a librarian is so perfect for me,” Jen says, “because I get this whole education about writing for children by being a children’s book librarian.” Working in education is as much a Nails family tradition as cooking up grand Italian meals. Her dad is a retired Las Vegas High administrator and Bishop Gorman football coach, and her sister is a teacher, too. Jen has combined her love of cooking, family and education and whipped it all up into a middle-grade novel titled One Hundred Spaghetti Strings, published this month by Harper. The book follows the travails of plucky 11-year-old Steffy Sandolini, who uses cooking to navigate some pretty serious issues. It

also seems to be a perfect fit for Las Vegas, where children can grow up faster than they might in smaller, less sin-focused towns. Steffy faces a deadbeat dad struggling with addiction, a mom suffering from a traumatic brain injury and a mercurial 13-year-old sister. Even the best pasta is hardly up to that challenge. Is it too much for young readers to handle? Jen struggled with that question while writing, agonizing over how much to include. She ultimately decided not to sugarcoat reality. “At one point I said to my editor, ‘I kind of wished somebody would have explained it to me when I was growing up.’ If any addiction is in a family, nobody says the words. No grown-up wants to talk about it. My editor and I decided that it’s okay to put it in, because kids deal with it.” Publishers Weekly hails One Hundred Spaghetti Strings as a worthy endeavor: “Steffy’s growing understanding of what makes a family and journey to find her voice through food are powerful, and her story is rich with fodder for discussion.” Jen isn’t your typical quiet librarian or shrinking violet author. She’s expressive and extroverted, with short hair and a big, toothy smile. Before settling back in Las Vegas, Jen spent 20 years in New York City, working as an actor and improv comic. She landed a few commercials and performed with Upright Citizen Brigade. “She’s a very funny person, a gifted performer and a

passionate artist, as well as an amazing teacher,” says Las Vegas podcaster Matt Donnelly, who performed improv with her in Upright Citizen Brigade. One of the best parts of One Hundred Spaghetti Strings is its intimate connection with the culinary arts. From her loving descriptions of cooking and eating, it’s clear Jen loves food with the same passion as so many Las Vegas chefs. She named the chapter titles after dishes, like “Chocolate Chip Banana Bread on the Flower Wreath Plate,” “Leftover Polenta” and, during one narrative low point, “Cheerios and Toast for Dinner.” Recipes for all of the dishes young Steffy creates are included in the back of the book, written from the character’s point of view. They’re based on Jen’s own family recipes, including the spaghetti and sauce, which is now ready to eat. So what’s next for Jen, besides an imminent homemade meal? She’s finishing a master’s degree in library science and in the “very beginning stages” of her next book. “It took me a while—I’m at the tender age of early 40s, we’ll call it—it took me a while to feel like, ‘I’m good,’” Jen says. “I like the balance of writing and being a librarian. I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, you might be on top of a mountain right now. Maybe there’s not another one to climb.’”

More new Nevada books Elvis, Marilyn, and the Space Aliens: Icons on Screen in Nevada by Robin Holabird. Holabird, film reviewer and former deputy director of the Nevada Film Office, takes readers on location with an inside account of Nevada filmmaking. Out now, University of Nevada Press, $25. Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River by David Owen. This New Yorker staff writer travels the length of the Colorado River to examine its fate— and ours—amid population increases and environmental degradation. Out now, Riverhead Books, $28. ’Round Midnight by Laura McBride. Hot off the success of debut novel We Are Called to Rise, the Las Vegas author tells the stories of four women whose lives are connected through a Vegas nightclub. May 2, Simon & Schuster, $26. The Saints of Rattlesnake Mountain by Don Waters. This Reno-bred author’s third book is a collection of nine short stories that take place in the West, with one set in Las Vegas. May 22, University of Nevada Press, $26. –C. Moon Reed

Ian, center, and Anthrax play Friday at 10:10 p.m. (Courtesy)

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The Downtown Las Vegas Events Center opened in 2014, but the outdoor music space has truly come into its own as a home for diverse sounds this year. The space’s upcoming schedule includes punk (Punk Rock Bowling, headlined by Iggy Pop, Bad Religion and Cock Sparrer); hip-hop (the Art of Rap, featuring Ice-T, KRS-One and more); dance music (the DJfocused Dirtybird BBQ); and even dips into the ’80s (Retro Futura, teaming up Howard Jones, The English Beat and others) and ’90s (I Love the ’90s, led by TLC and Color Me Badd). Kicking off all the warm-weather action will be a twoday new metal festival called Las Rageous, which will riff its way all over the hard-rock spectrum on April 21 and 22.

LAS RAGEOUS April 21-22, doors at 4 p.m., $129-$499/ weekend, $79/day. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 800-745-3000.

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Five can’t-miss bands at Las Rageous MASTODON (Saturday, 9:20 p.m.) Atlanta’s progressive

TALKING THRASH

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE (Friday, 8:30 p.m.) Reuniting with original singer Jesse Leach in 2012 breathed new life into Killswitch Engage, and the band’s 2016 album, Incarnate, is its best work with Leach—a concise, powerful and catchy collection that reaffirms KSE’s position as one of the great American metal bands. Live, the band performs songs from both its Leach and Howard Jones eras, and Leach tackles the band’s entire catalog with intensity and melodic precision, aided by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz’s manic energy, goofy stage presence and blistering leads. –Josh Bell

COHEED AND CAMBRIA (Friday, 9:20 p.m.) Claudio Sanchez is a master of malleable melodies and sweeping guitar arpeggios, and his skills translate to the often upbeat, metallic musings of Coheed and Cambria. The progressive-rock quartet from Nyack, New York, is much more than radio hits “Welcome Home” and “The Suffering.” Keep an ear open for songs from and beyond the seven-album, comic book-inspired epic, The Armory Wars. –IC EAGLES OF DEATH METAL (Saturday, 8:30 p.m.) The hardrock (no, not death-metal) band led by Jesse Hughes (and featuring Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, but usually just on recordings) narrowly survived 2015’s terrorist attacks in Paris, and the band is attempting to put that tragedy behind it after releasing a documentary about the experience, Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis. Expect to hear the upbeat groove and tongue-in-cheek “Wannabe in L.A.” and the duo’s buzzy take on Duran Duran’s “Save a Prayer.” –IC

AVENGED SEVENFOLD (Saturday, 11 p.m.) The spirit of outsize arena rock lives on in Avenged Sevenfold, a band that started as an underground metalcore act before expanding its sound to encompass classic rock, power metal, glam and even prog rock, as evidenced by 2016 concept album The Stage. Live, the band embraces spectacle, using elaborate set design, pyro effects and video screens to bring its songs to life. It’s an endearingly old-school approach to thoroughly modern metal. –JB

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Guitarist and songAre you reaching new writer Scott Ian is the fans, or mostly playing to one member of Anthrax who has an existing base? It’s new been with the iconic thrash band people. You don’t see a lot of for its entire 30-plus-year career, 50-year-olds out there, let’s Catching up and with his bald head and wiry put it that way. If we’re playwith Scott Ian goatee, he’s also one of the most of Anthrax ing to 3,000 people, maybe recognizable figures in metal. there’s 50 or 100 people that His band has been experiencing have been around a long BY JOSH BELL renewed success with recent altime, but most of the crowd bums Worship Music (2011) and are anywhere from 18 to 30. For All Kings (2016), following the return of Do you meet fans who just discovered singer Joey Belladonna, and Ian himself is you guys on your most recent albums? a heavy metal renaissance man: an author Yes. These days it seems like a lot of peo(working on his second memoir), a spokenple got into us on Worship Music and then word performer, a radio and TV host and an started getting the back catalog, and then occasional Vegas DJ. got For All Kings when it came out. After Do you have any particular strategy for Worship Music and after we did the Big playing a festival like Las Rageous versus Four [concerts with Metallica, Megadeth your own show? I approach every show and Slayer], there was definitely a big inexactly the same way: I get onstage and I do flux of new people who got exposed to us. my thing, do my best to entertain the people How do you balance classic songs with that are coming to see us. new material when you plan out your sets? When you play a festival like this, do you We always play new songs. As much as we get a chance to hang out with other bands know what people want to hear, the new or check out other performances? It all songs, that’s the most exciting stuff for us comes down to schedule. If we’re later on the to play, because it’s the stuff we’ve played bill, that affords us the opportunity to hang the least. Not to say that playing “Caught in around and see some other bands. Summera Mosh” isn’t exciting. I don’t think there’s time for us, certainly when we’re in Europe, been an Anthrax show since 1987 that we is kind of like summer camp, because you’re haven’t played that song. playing festivals every weekend. You get to Do you have plans for more DJ gigs in catch up with friends and bands that you Vegas? If the Hard Rock [Hotel] hits me pretty much only see once a year. up and my schedule is open, it’s something Do you think the audience for metal is that’s really enjoyable for me to do. It’s strong right now? Absolutely. I can only something I do at home anyway, with my base it on how much touring we’ve done in friends. I play music, and we drink. So I get the last seven years. It’s more than we did to do it at the Hard Rock with lots of people in the ’80s. So yeah, I think the audience is standing around banging their heads and really strong. yelling and singing along to metal songs.

metal stalwarts are heralded for their ability to seamlessly fuse elements from a wide-range of genres, from sludge metal to stoner rock. Just listen to second single “Andromeda” from the band’s forthcoming album, Emperor of Sand, which takes listeners on a journey through thrashy guitar chugs and Middle Eastern-inspired soundscapes. Don’t be surprised if you witness a majestic, crescendo-heavy passage followed by a slowburning sludge metal riff. In fact, you should expect it. –Ian Caramanzana

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Escape the Fate drummer Robert Ortiz—the band’s last remaining original member— talked about career longevity, new music and what he’s looking forward to most at Las Rageous. Are you excited to see anyone in particular at the festival? I’m a massive Avenged Sevenfold fan. I saw them at a skate park by Sam Boyd Stadium with, like, 30 other kids. And I’ve watched them grow from that into selling out House of Blues, to selling out the Joint, to selling out an arena ... and now they’re about to go on a stadium tour with Metallica. Vegas supports hard rock and metal but hasn’t had a festival like this that has survived. Do you

think this can be the one? I hope so. Every city in America has these huge [rock] festivals—Rock on the Range, Rockfest, [Welcome to] Rockville—but Vegas hasn’t had that, you’re right. … I hope this one can last. It just comes down to what bands you put on the bill, what acts are there. If you put on the right ones, it will flourish over time. What are your observations about where rock music is in 2017? A few years ago it seemed like it might have been on life support. But I think it’s just music in general; there’s no real champion. Maybe Adele? (Laughs.) I think a lot of people just like a lot of different things now, with phones in our hands that give you

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access to everything. It’s not just hip-hop that rules, not just electronic music, not just country. For me, as a guy who has traveled, I think the smaller bands are having a bit tougher time, where the bigger bands are really thriving. But the Internet has given us more ways of making money and really engaging the fanbase. Those die-hard fans are far more involved now than they used to be, and they are there. ETF frontman Craig Mabbitt recently said you guys are gearing up to make a new record and you’re going to go “outside the box.” We definitely want to take some chances. The beauty about rock now is, the pressure to make a radio song, some-

thing that fits in a format, just isn’t there anymore. I think our limitations now are only our imaginations. So we’re just going for it. Our heavier songs are even heavier and more brutal. I wrote a song about the f*ckin’ devil … and I wrote another song about the loss of my grandfather and how that affected me and my family. When you started the band all those years ago, could you have guessed you’d be the last original man standing? It’s weird. But I approach it the same way I did in high school. Escape the Fate isn’t mine, but I’m very involved, I’m very much 25 percent of the band. We’re equal; we’re partners.

A FRIEND, A FOE (Friday, 6 p.m.) The band’s punishing, downtuned metalcore—with staccato breakdowns in contrast with catchy, extended singing passages—has allowed it to rock both DIY spots (see: house shows and Eagle Aerie Hall) and more traditional rooms (Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel, the Roxy in LA). AFAF just released an EP, The Risk in Playing It Safe, which expands on its melodic tendencies, not unlike Rise Against. facebook.com/afriendafoe

WE GAVE IT HELL (Friday, 6:25 p.m.) We Gave It Hell calls itself a metal band, but the ethereal melodies and clean vocals at the start of latest single “Conversations at the Edge” veer from the guttural yells and heavy chugs all too common in modern iterations of the genre. The quartet is no stranger to big crowds; the band rocked Extreme Thing in 2013 and ’14, and it has shared the stage with metal vets After the Burial and Atreyu since. facebook.com/wegaveithell NATIONS (Saturday, 6:25 p.m.) At a glance, Nations separates itself from other bands on the bill because it has two vocalists: a singer and a screamer. That makes for high-energy shows, in which songs like the rambunctious “Dirty Fire” come off in a new light. With a new album set to debut in the coming months, there’s no better time to catch this metalcore quintet. facebook.com/nationsbandofficial

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t’s been four years since Brillz unleashed the trap twist-up album Twonk, a collection of tracks that launched something of a subculture. “It’s like a tree that was planted then and the branches keep growing,” the DJ says. “That album really did start everything. I’ve played sh*tloads of festivals, done some international touring, now we’re launching a record label.” Now he’s working on doing it again. Brillz has taken most of the year off from grinding out gig after gig in order to work on his label and his music. A 16-track compilation from various artists is coming April 28,

he’ll put out his own three-song EP in May and a full Brillz album will follow. “It’s that same thing, taking all those hip-hop influences and dance-music influences and weaving them together to make my sound,” he says. “There are definitely more vocals and singing and lyrics than the original album, but my sound design and mixing skills have evolved a lot. I think it’s a little more musical, more melodic, but the energy is still there. It’s still party music.” Partying will be on the agenda this weekend, when Brillz returns to his Wynn Nightlife residency at Encore Beach Club. The residency marks not only a more consistent Vegas presence

for Brillz, it also reflects the changing sounds of Vegas clubs. “Before, dance music and hip-hop kind of lived in their own areas. Now they’ve fused together,” he says. “It’s cool how those two worlds are creeping toward each other a little bit, and Wynn is definitely the most progressive place. They’ve given me the freedom to my thing without compromising my vibe at all, and it’s pretty awesome and surprising as well.” Brillz at Encore Beach Club, April 21. –Brock Radke

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alvin Broadus has long been a cultural phenomenon beyond the Long Beach rapper we met back in ’92. Snoop Dogg is a social commentator and a hip-hop activist. He’s also the current co-star of a hilarious cooking show with Martha Stewart. But Snoop Dogg is still a lyricist, too, and still making music after 25 years. Snoop will likely stick to his many hits when he headlines the Mount Kushmore Wellness Retreat Tour stop at the Mandalay Bay Beach Friday, but on May 19, he’ll unleash Neva Left, his 15th solo studio album. Judging from first single “Promise You This,” he’s got plenty of venom left for any haters—who could hate Snoop Dogg?—and lots of lyrical ammunition ready to fire. “What I wanted to do was to make a record to engulf every phase of Snoop Dogg that you’ve heard over the last 25 years,” he said during a recent listening party in

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he word “legendary” probably gets tossed around a little too liberally in our current age of mass hyperbole, but no one could question the uniquely legendary status of Elton John. This week, on April 22, the iconic performer will be granted the title of first-ever Worldwide Record Store Day Legend, an honor running concurrently with the 10th anniversary of Record Store Day and the special vinyl release of John’s first live album, 1971’s 17.11.70, as a two-LP set featuring six previously unreleased tracks. “The album was not meant to be a live

one at all,” he said in a recent video interview. “We did one of the first-ever stereo radio broadcasts live at A&R Recording Studios in New York City in 1970 ... We just went in the booth and played it as a three-piece: Nigel Olsson on drums and vocals, Dee Murray on bass and vocals, and myself. There was a studio audience of about 100 sitting outside the booth, hearing it coming through the loud speakers, and we just played. I’m astonished by how good we were, listening to this record.” John originally released the album on May 10, 1971—before he truly became the superstar he has been for

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decades—and it entered the Billboard album charts on May 29, peaking at No 11. He was the first artist since The Beatles to have four albums in Billboard’s Top 100 simultaneously. Las Vegas visitors will have ample opportunities to revisit the musical legend, with John’s Million Dollar Piano residency show returning to Caesars Palace this month. Elton John at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, April 25-May 5.

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he music world is still reeling from the one-two punch Kendrick Lamar just landed—capping the first weekend of Coachella Sunday night with a powerful, theatrical performance after unleashing his fourth album Damn. on Good Friday. Put them together and they cement Lamar’s status as the most compelling hip-hop artist of his era. Compared to the robust funk of 2015

smash To Pimp a Butterfly, Damn. is stark and pointed, raw and emotive. Its songs sometimes sound simple, but each track is densely packed with feeling and philosophy; it’s all in his words. Lamar bounces confidently along with a Mike Will Made It beat on “DNA” and trades hazy verses with Rihanna on “Loyalty.” His wordplay on “Element” and “Humble” is especially elevated, even for him. And he fearlessly dives into religion and politics before concluding with an

almost unbelievable personal story on “Duckworth.” Somehow Damn. feels forceful yet free, possibly Lamar’s most comfortable work yet—even if it’s not supposed to make you comfortable. –Brock Radke

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f you’re doing Coachella’s second weekend and you’re in need of festival fashion tips, consider Wilson Gabrielle. If you’re heading to Cabo or Telluride or St. Barth’s, you should definitely check out Wilson Gabrielle. And if you’re just bouncing around LA and could benefit from a must-see café (Alfred Tea Room) or a must-eat restaurant (Jon & Vinny’s), everything you need is at Wilson Gabrielle. The fashion and lifestyle blog launched by sisters and Station Casinos scions Kelley and Victoria Fertitta is bright, fresh and full of energy, not unlike the sisters themselves. After conceptualizing the project while on a family trip to London, they unleashed the blog— using their middle and nicknames to create a snappy brand label—in late September and have been showing the world a different kind of Vegas style ever since.

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“The end goal of that conversation [in London] was to create a fashion line, but we realized that through a blog we can really build a brand and build a name up so when we do want to start a line, we will have credit behind us,” says Kelley, who worships at the altar of Gucci, Hermes, YSL and Louis Vuitton. It’s fitting that Wilson Gabrielle was born from a trip as the sisters’ lifestyle is all about travel and exploration. They both live and work in Las Vegas—for the family biz— but they’re always on the go. “Being in Las Vegas doesn’t always produce the best content, so having the ability and luxury to travel really gives us a boost in the blogging world,” says Victoria, whose favorite brands include Frame, Zimmerman, Chanel and Chloé. They find fashion and beauty inspiration on their travels, and

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their blog offers up dual perspectives thanks to their differing personal styles and points of view. “We work well together but we dress completely opposite,” Victoria says. The brand is growing quickly. The sisters are teaming up with Red Rock Resort for the first WG Style Society event on May 20, a symposium that will draw fashion bloggers and social media influencers to Las Vegas. “I love that we get to represent Las Vegas,” Kelley says. “We have style, and so does the rest of this city. This is a cool place to be and we want people to know that whether they live here or don’t.” WilsonGabrielle.com. –Brock Radke

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t’s been four years since Caesars Palace unveiled the very first Nobu Hotel, along with the largest Nobu restaurant in the world—a sprawling yet inviting 11,000-square-foot-plus space with a sushi bar (of course), a serene private dining space, a bustling central bar and the only Nobu teppan tables in the United States. If it feels like it couldn’t possibly have been that long, that’s probably because the Nobu experience never gets old, especially when the master himself is around. That will be the case when the chef holds court for “Beauty of Sushi,” a Vegas Uncork’d event scheduled for April 29.

Of course, the beauty of sushi is on full display at Nobu every day. Signature cold dishes like yellowtail sashimi with jalapeño and bigeye tuna tataki are must-order openers, but make space to experiment with Nobu’s ceviches, tiraditos and “new-style” sashimi of scallop, beef or oyster. There are even more tough, tasty decisions in store, between classics like black cod miso or innovations like sea urchin tempura and brick ovenroasted hamachi kama. If you really want to break the mold and immerse yourself in the Nobu Caesars experience, grab one of the sought-after teppanyaki seats and

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or Moscow Copper Co. president and “chief muleman” JJ Resnick, the Moscow Mule is much more than a refreshing, classic cocktail. In 1941, a Russian immigrant and daughter of a coppersmith named Sophie Berezinski traveled to America to sell copper mugs. No one seemed interested, so Sophie pedaled the dishware door to door in Hollywood, where she met Jack Morgan, owner of the Cock ’n’ Bull pub, and Smirnoff Vodka owner John Martin. Together, Resnick says, they created the Moscow Mule, concocted in Sophie’s artisan copper mug.

Seventy-five years later, the story of Resnick’s great-grandmother continues to bring Moscow Copper Co. to life. “I had grown up listening to [my parents] talk about Sophie and the Moscow mule, but nobody had any intention of getting into the business,” Resnick says. Then he realized most mules were served in copper-plated imposters. “I saw those mugs and realized they were nothing like the original mug that I had,” he says, having inherited the mug in which the very first mule was made. Resnick hired a scientist to determine why copper is essential to the Moscow Mule—you can learn about it in Mulehead, a recipe book for Mule lovers—and

an app is currently in development, so you can soon search for bars serving the cocktail in official MCC mugs. And Resnick says the Muleseum—in a space at the top of Palms Place—will be ready by summer, complete with the original mug on display and Moscow Mules on draft. For Resnick, it’s about sharing his family story with fellow Mule lovers. “I want to show the world that this is the mug this was made to be consumed in.” –Leslie Ventura

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Bastille Day When Bastille played the Chelsea on April 14, it proved two things beyond any doubt. First, the British band doesn’t need to play its hits to enchant an American audience; it went more than an hour before playing a U.S. radio single. And secondly, frontman Dan Smith is one gracious and likable performer. Read our full review at lasvegasweekly.com. (Photograph by Erik Kabik/Media Punch)

Arts & entertainment Scenic Sunday drives 1. State Route 159 to Red Rock Canyon

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Whether you start on the Blue Diamond side or the Summerlin side, the views are spectacular— and punctuated by occasional burros. (Don’t feed them; it’s illegal.)

2. Kyle Canyon Road to Mount Charleston

3. Great Basin Highway (U.S. 93) to Boulder City

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Palm Springs isn’t the only desert town offering a “palms-to-pines” experience. Bonus: It’s always a few degrees cooler up there.

Next year, Interstate 11 will render this utterly charming route to the Arizona border unnecessary. Make a habit of enjoying it now.

Pretend that you’re leaving town—then veer off into the desert to this venerable mining town and its 100-year-old Pioneer Saloon.

5. Las Vegas Boulevard An end-to-end drive of this scenic byway is practically a history lesson, from Nellis AFB to the Strip to Seven Magic Mountains. –Geoff Carter

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Circle of Life With an epic Coachella set and a concert tour, composer Hans Zimmer has stepped into the spotlight by GEOFF CARTER

You know his sound. Hans Zimmer has composed the music for more than 100 feature films, from The Lion King to Inception to Hidden Figures. Until recently, you had to be Ridley Scott or Guy Ritchie to see Zimmer perform live, but now—thanks in part to a rapturously received Coachella set—the acclaimed composer might well enjoy an entire other career as a touring act. He took a break from rehearsals to talk about storytelling, stage fright and more. What motivated you to play live? After spending far too long in a dark room hiding behind a screen, it’s about time I look the audience in the eye. The other part is having endless

stage fright and just not letting fear conquer my life. I won’t have it. How did it feel the first time, playing those darkened-room compositions for live audiences? Nervous, and weirdly connected. Weirdly like we were happy, the audience and I, as if we had known each other forever. ... It’s like they were pen pals somehow. We hadn’t ever seen each other’s face, but somehow we had this communication going. … Honestly, the reason I wanted to do this was because it felt like these incredible musicians need to be seen, not just heard. That sounds promising. Who are you showing off on this tour?

I’ve got a band of 22 onstage and an orchestra. We’re more than 70 people. … Guthrie Govan, who I discovered on YouTube—I just thought he was one of the most amazing guitarists in the world. Tina Guo is an amazing cellist. And before I forget, my friend Lebo M, from The Lion King. Everybody knows that song from the beginning of The Lion King, but if you go to see one of the [Broadway] shows, it’s an actor. I’m bringing you the real thing. Does this tour feel more improvisational than scoring? Well, yes and no. It took me a while to figure it out. The big difference is when I’m scoring a movie I’m always thinking

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Zimmer banjos in Budapest. (Janos Marjai/MTI via AP Photo)

about long arcs and dramatic structure, and what happens in Act III while I’m in Act I. If you’re playing live, if you’re not in the moment, you’re going to play the wrong note, so you better be completely in the moment and stay completely focused and not think about the next song that’s going to hit you over the head. You’ve worked with some legendary directors. Anyone still on your wish list? You and I actually have a similar thing going on in our lives, which is a great luxury, because what we do is we get on the phone and either somebody is telling you a story or somebody is telling me a story, and every movie starts the same way. The phone call comes in from

a director and they go, “Hey, I want to tell you a story.” That’s sort of a great way of living, and yes there are directors I haven’t ever met yet who are probably going to tell me the next great story that’s going to get me excited, but I can’t tell you who they are. I have more questions, but I’ll let you go. I think I have to be good and go back to rehearsal because otherwise the show, which hopefully you’re going to come and see … Definitely. … isn’t going to be very good! And it’ll be your fault. For more of our interview with Zimmer, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

Key releases: Russian CirWho: Guitarist Mike Sullivan, cles’ discography is an evolving bassist Brian Cook and drummer tapestry of sound. New listeners Dave Turncrantz. The Chicago should start at the beginning, trio is comprised of seasoned as Enter and Station are the indie/DIY rock vets: Sullivan most varied of the bunch. 2011’s played in indie instrumental outEmpros showcases the band’s fit Dakota/Dakota, Turncrantz dark, punishing side (listen slapped the skins in rock ’n’ roll to “Mlàdek”) while pushing band Riddle of Steel and Cook the band’s indie sensibilities played bass in mathcore (see the SpiritualizedRUSSIAN heavyweights Botch inspired “Praise Be CIRCLES and post-hardcore band Man”). Following that, with Cult These Arms Are Snakes. Memorial expands on Leader. April 22, 8 p.m., Sound: The Cliffsthe aggro post-rock of $15-$18. Notes version: Metal Empros by introducBeauty Bar, meets post-rock. The ing strings, with a key 702-598-3757. long version: The band feature from Chelsea takes the dark, trodWolfe. And last year’s ding, feedback-ridden elements Guidance saw a more polished of metal and seamlessly fuses Russian Circles, as the band those with the ethereal, emostreamlines the divide between tive qualities of post-rock. For a metal and post-rock. full picture, listen to “Deficit” The Latest: Simply put, tour. from 2013’s Memorial. Throw The band is on the road with in some math-rock noodling (a metal heavyweights Mastodon homage to the members’ past, and Eagles of Death Metal to perhaps?), and you’ve got the support its live album, Live at incredibly dynamic Russian Dunk! Fest. And according to Circles. Six albums and an an interview with Cook at theEP later, they’re continuing seventhhex.com, we can expect to expand on a sound they’ve to hear new tunes in the near created. future.

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The importance of being earnest Coachella 2017 was a bigger, more sincere affair By Mike Prevatt n the search for unifying themes to sum up this year’s Coachella festival and where it sits on the festival’s evolutionary chart, the easy commentary is a) how much bigger it has become and b) how indie-oriented rock—once the signature sound of the fest (with electronic music close behind)— has largely fallen out of favor with festivalgoers. With regards to the former phenomenon, while it wasn’t known at press time exactly how much the attendance grew over 100,000, it just felt like a substantially larger crowd at the Empire Polo fields, even accounting for the 20-acre footprint expansion. Crowds overwhelmed around the EDM-heavy Sahara tent, especially when big names like Empire of the Sun, Martin Garrix and DJ Khaled held court there. And as far as the musical shift goes: It’s generational, it’s cultural, it’s cyclical—it’s all been said before. But one thing that stuck out more than genre parity was the unabashed earnestness of Coachella’s musical slate. You could see it all over the Coachella lineup poster, from strident alt-pop acts like Bastille

and Grouplove, to emotive electronic music acts like Porter Robinson & Madeon and Tycho, to the hip-hop grit of Future and Travis Scott, to the indie solemnity of Bon Iver and The xx, to fightthe-power pioneers like T.S.O.L. and Toots and the Maytals. You could see it in Radiohead’s headlining Friday set because, well, they’re Radiohead—which is essentially the joke Thom Yorke made after failing to find humor in the three sound outages the band endured. It proceeded to play masterfully despite the loss of momentum and audience. You could see it in Saturday headliner Lady Gaga’s gushing love fest with her audience, as well as in syrupy songs like “The Cure” (which she debuted live) and “Million Reasons”—neither as enjoyable or compelling as when she charged through uptempo dance anthems “Telephone” (featuring the person Gaga had replaced on the bill, Beyoncé, though only in recorded form), “Born This Way” and “Bad Romance.” You could see it in the pre-sunset Sunday performance of Future Islands and especially its lead singer Sam Herring, who sang about the human condition against a sonic backdrop of dramatic

new wave synths, innervating 4/4 beats and strident post-punk basslines. And while his famously awkward dance moves and heavy sentimentalism grew wince-worthy at times, there was no questioning his intentions or dedication. You could see it in the way Thundercat beamed as guest performer Michael McDonald played keys on three songs—including The Doobie Brothers’ “What a Fool Believes”—during the bassist/singer’s engrossing Saturday set. You could see it in the way tens of thousands of people cheered and sang along to the lyrics of “Circle of Life” during The Lion King segment of Hans Zimmer’s triumphant orchestral set on Sunday. And you could see it in the Sunday’s searing headlining set by Kendrick Lamar, who did not shy away from serious topics—especially race and police violence, but also spiritual crisis—during the newer “XXX” and older “m.A.A.d. city” Ironically, none of Lamar’s production bells and whistles were more effective than his irreverent “Kung Fu Kenny” video skits. It would seem that after a weekend overflowing with sincerity and urgency, both Lamar and the audience earned a bit of levity.

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MISFIRE FREE FIRE ONLY OCCASIONALLY HITS ITS TARGETS BY JOSH BELL

he entire plot of Ben Wheatley’s stylish, occasionally clever and completely one-note action movie Free Fire amounts to little more than a bunch of idiots shooting at each other. Although it’s set somewhere in the 1970s (as indicated by the fashion, politics and technology) and involves an illegal gun deal gone wrong, the context quickly becomes irrelevant, as all the parties involved take up strategic positions within an empty, crumbling warehouse, pick up the available weapons and do their best to kill each other. Their best isn’t very good (very few of the fired shots actually hit their intended targets), which is why the movie manages to go on for 90 minutes, and the sketchy character moments that fill the space between volleys of gunfire are only slightly less repetitive. Wheatley and his regular co-writer/co-editor Amy Jump have put together an impressive cast, including Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Sharlto Copley, but their collective talents are not really needed to pull off the barebones script. Copley, never a subtle actor, gets the most laughs as an inexperienced gun dealer with tons of unjustified confidence, and Larson keeps her cool as the lone woman in the room and the movie’s version of a horror-movie Final Girl. She and Hammer compete for the most screen time and the most character depth, but neither of them gets more than a handful of personality traits over the course of the movie. Wheatley’s previous films, including The Kill List and last year’s High-Rise, have been mannered, cynical takes on genre formulas, and while Free Fire is a little more straightforward, it has the same arch tone, as if Wheatley is just a bit too cool for the kind of movie he’s making. The hip retro soundtrack, the quippy dialogue and the visual flair don’t do quite enough to dress up what is more or less an extended fight sequence. At half the length, Free Fire could have been a lively experiment, but its charms run out far too quickly.

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Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.

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Unforgettable never deviates from its tired formula

Just crazy enough The bonkers Colossal works in spite of itself By Mike D’Angelo

Rare indeed is the premise so inspired that it’s Unlike, say, Charlie Kaufman (of Being John nearly impossible to screw up, but Colossal, Malkovich fame), Vigalondo isn’t disciplined enough the latest oddball effort from Spanish director to fashion something intellectually coherent Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial), from crazed absurdism. Colossal never quite somehow mostly works despite being a decides whether it’s about the unwitting complete mess. Even a simple plot summary havoc caused by an alcoholic or the toxic aaabc is insane: Having returned to the sleepy behavior of a closet misogynist, and it veers COLOSSAL town where she grew up, in a half-hearted uncertainly between goofy comedy and Anne Hathaway, effort to get her life together, Gloria (Anne genuine ugliness. Furthermore, placing the Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell. Hathaway) gradually realizes that whenever giant avatars in another country suggests Directed by she sets foot in a particular playground at Nacho Vigalondo. barbed commentary on collateral damage 8:05 a.m., a Godzilla-like monster appears caused by American foreign policy—rich Rated R. Opens Friday in in downtown Seoul, precisely replicating potential that the movie ignores. None of select theaters. every move she makes. What’s more, the that matters much, however, when Gloria same thing happens when her childhood and Oscar’s ludicrous playground spats friend, Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), steps into are playing out as a crappy Michael Bay the playground, except that he manifests in Seoul as a movie on worldwide news broadcasts. Even at its Transformers-style robot. Soon, their petty personal most muddled, Colossal taps into the universal differences are destroying buildings and even killing secret conviction that one’s most trivial actions innocent people thousands of miles away—a situation and emotions are somehow world-consequential. made more toxic still by Gloria’s tendency to get More thematic rigor might have made it great, blackout drunk and Oscar’s jealous anger at her lack of but anything less than amusing simply wasn’t an romantic interest in him. option.

Given how much trouble Katherine Heigl has had finding a new direction for her career since leaving Grey’s Anatomy seven years ago, her go-for-broke turn in the formulaic thriller Unforgettable might open up some new possibilities for her as a supervillain in the booming comic-book adaptation market. Heigl’s Tessa is so cartoonishly evil that she’s barely even a real person, and Heigl relishes the malicious, devious role, playing a sinister ex-wife out to destroy her ex-husband’s new fiancée. Rosario Dawson doesn’t have much to work with as Julia, a straight-arrow fiction editor who moves in with hunky brewer David (Geoff Stults) and his young daughter, only to discover that David’s ex has a really hard time letting things go. Writer Christina Hodson and director Denise Di Novi do nothing to deviate from the established formula of romanticobsession thrillers, without the subversion of a movie like Joel Edgerton’s The Gift or even the hilarious ineptitude of glorious J.Lo train wreck The Boy Next Door. Unforgettable just plods through its expected beats, escalating Tessa’s sabotage until it turns violent. David is a naïve patsy not worthy of either of these fierce women, and at least the finale renders him unconscious while the women battle it out. Heigl remains committed all the way to the ludicrous end, and her unhinged villainy is all the movie really has going for it. –Josh Bell

aaccc UNFORGETTABLE Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults. Directed by Denise Di Novi. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.

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Life itself Even Oprah struggles with The Immortal Life

Rebecca Skloot’s best-selling 2010 book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks represents an effort to shine a light on the black woman whose cells, “donated” to science without her knowledge or consent, provided the basis for dozens of breakthroughs in modern medicine thanks to their ability to remain alive in a laboratory setting. Skloot helped bring Lacks’ life story to the public, so it’s a bit ironic that in the movie based on Skloot’s book, Lacks herself is a minor character seen only in flashbacks. Although Oprah Winfrey gets top billing in director and cowriter George C. Wolfe’s adaptation, Rose Byrne as Skloot is really the main character. Skloot befriends Lacks’ volatile daughter Deborah (Winfrey), who serves as her guide in learning about the life of the woman who gave so much to science. But that woman (played by Renée Elise Goldsberry) gets only a handful of scenes, and the movie turns into the story of a journalist’s struggles to write a book. It’s often hokey and overstated, with Winfrey giving a broad, showy performance. By the end, you get the idea that Henrietta Lacks was very important, but as a person, she remains distant. Maybe there’s a book that could address that. –Josh Bell

aabcc THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS April 22, 8 p.m., HBO.

THE FUTURE IS NOW

A birthing ritual in Gilead. (Hulu/Courtesy)

The Handmaid’s Tale creates a disturbingly relevant dystopia By Josh Bell argaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel to understanding the rigidly composed world The Handmaid’s Tale has enjoyed of Gilead, in which the woman known as renewed popularity in the current Offred (Elisabeth Moss) is forced to serve as political climate, and while Hulu’s TVa handmaid, a surrogate womb for a powerful series adaptation has been in the works since couple in a world in which almost everyone is before the most recent election, it nevertheless infertile. has a very timely and potentially disturbing Show creator Bruce Miller and director tone. It’s still an entertaining science-fiction Reed Morano (who helmed all three of the story, but much of the attention it’s episodes available for review) create bound to get will come from the way a stunningly oppressive world, and aaabc it connects to and comments on the the design of the sets and costumes THE present day. is particularly gorgeous, with every HANDMAID’S The thing is, Atwood’s novel was visual element contributing to TALE just as relevant in 1985, and it has Offred’s sense of being trapped and Wednesdays, joined the ranks of classics like helpless. Like too many prestige Hulu. 1984 and Brave New World because TV series these days, Tale is paced Premieres April 26. it isn’t tied to a single time period. maddeningly slowly (the result of The dystopian society of Gilead, taking 10 hourlong episodes to adapt a religious dictatorship that takes over the a novel that was made into a single feature northeastern United States, has recognizable film in 1990) and too often belabors its most roots that go back decades, even if the dramatic and intense moments. Even so, those show updates some of its signifiers to 2017. moments are frequently powerful, thanks to Flashbacks detail the downfall of American Moss’ mesmerizing performance and a concept civilization, but they’re almost superfluous that is both timely and frighteningly timeless.

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New this week Born in China (Not reviewed) Directed by Chuan Lu. 76 minutes. Rated G. Nature documentary featuring animals in China, including pandas, monkeys and snow leopards. Theaters citywide. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Not reviewed) Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Matteo Guidicelli. Directed by Mae Cruz-Alviar. 118 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. A woman about to get married discovers that she has accidentally already married another man. Orleans. Colossal aaabc Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. 110 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 61. Downtown Summerlin, Town Square, Village Square. Free Fire aabcc Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Cillian Murphy. Directed by Ben Wheatley. 90 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 60. Theaters citywide.

Grow House (Not reviewed) DeRay Davis, Lil Duval, Raquel Lee. Directed by DJ Pooh. Rated R. A pair of stoners start a marijuana-growing business to pay off their debts. Aliante, Colonnade, Sam’s Town, Suncoast, Town Square, Village Square. The Lost City of Z aabcc Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson. Directed by James Gray. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on the life of early 20thcentury British explorer Percy Fawcett, Lost City follows Fawcett (Hunnam) over a 20-year period, during which he becomes increasingly obsessed with discovering a lost Amazon civilization. Gray’s dull restraint is a poor substitute for all-out jungle madness, and Hunnam never really burrows into Fawcett’s obsession. –Josh Bell Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock, Suncoast, Town Square. Noor (Not reviewed) Sonakshi Sinha, Kanan Gill, Shibani Dandekar. Directed by Sunhil Sippy. 107 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A young journalist in Mumbai comes across an important news story. Village Square. Phoenix Forgotten (Not reviewed) Florence Hartigan, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews. Directed by Justin Roberts. 85 minutes. Rated PG-13. A group of teenagers search for evidence of an alien landing in the Arizona desert. Theaters citywide. The Promise (Not reviewed) Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale. Directed by Terry George. 132 minutes. Rated PG-13. An Armenian medical student falls in love with an artist amid the World War I-era Armenian genocide. Theaters citywide. Their Finest aaacc Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy. Directed by Lone Scherfig. 117 minutes. Rated R. This British dramedy about the production of a pro-military film during World War II is mostly charming, thanks to Arterton’s appealing lead performance as a writer finding her footing. The story turns sentimental and manipulative in its final act, though, stumbling through several endings before closing on a quietly satisfying note. –JB Colonnade, Downtown Summerlin. Unforgettable aaccc Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults. Directed by Denise Di Novi. 100 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 61. Theaters citywide.

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A PROFESSOR TAKES AN UNFASHIONABLE STANCE IN UNWANTED ADVANCES BY CHUCK T WARDY ell into Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus, Laura Kipnis concedes: “As a writer, I’ve always been drawn to what you’re not supposed to say; it’s almost a methodology at this point.” It doesn’t take the reader long to self-protective preciousness don’t pick up on this. The Northwestern augur well for the imaginative life.” University filmmaking professor, Her target is a self-sustaining buwho calls herself “a certified left-wing reaucracy geared to find men always feminist,” thrust herself into a nasty guilty of preying on women. Title IX case at her school, at least The philosophy professor might partly taking up for a philosophy prohave acted foolishly, but broke no laws fessor accused by two female students or campuses codes, Kipnis points out, of sexual harassment. (Disclosure: and her own brush with bureaucratic Northwestern alumnus.) By writing overreach amounted to a breach of about the case for The Chronicle of academic freedom. She relates ugly Higher Education, Kipnis found escapades from other schools, noting herself the “respondent” in Title IX they often result from unrelated accusations and the subject of campus skirmishes. “I absocampus protests. AAABC lutely believe there are sexual Not only does Kipnis critiharassers on campus, and UNWANTED cize the secretive, pseudo-jubona fide harassers should be ADVANCES: dicial Title IX process—which fired,” Kipnis stresses. But the SEXUAL stems from the landmark Title IX process, which turns PARANOIA 1972 law guaranteeing equal on the “preponderance of COMES TO gender access at universities evidence” found by investigaCAMPUS receiving federal funds—she tors who also act as judges, By Laura also critiques the assumpnegates feminist advances by Kipnis, $27. tions behind “rape culture” treating women as “endanon campuses. “The current gered damsels.” approaches to combating Eventually Kipnis wades sexual aggression end up, perversely, into sexual assault and binge drinkreifying male power,” she argues. ing, not to blame victims but to Kipnis earlier flouted feminist suggest young women need to learn orthodoxy in Bound and Gagged: to insist on their own agency: “Two Pornography and the Politics of different things can be true at once: Fantasy in America, arguing for men are responsible for sexual asnuanced understanding. And that’s sault; and women who act as if sexual her point here: that sexual relations, assault weren’t a reality are acting on or off campus, do not easily incoherently.” Something you’re not reduce to stereotype. Or, as she puts supposed to say, maybe, but Kipnis is it, “zealous boundary-drawing and just the person to say it.

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whose appeal is a flying-blind challenge to actors. “I all it high-wire acting. Sans net. love extreme sports, and theater like this definitely is “We’re not allowed to read it and have no one,” St-Pierre says. idea what’s coming,” says the LAB LV’s Kate That’s the novelty of the 2010 work by Iranian St-Pierre. Count her among five local theater playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, who was denied a company artistic directors—joining Christopher passport because of his refusal to serve in the miliEdwards (Nevada Conservatory Theatre), Troy Heard tary. Though Vegas performers emphasize that the (Majestic Repertory Theatre), Will Adamson 75-minute piece “expressly avoids overt poWhite (Cockroach Theatre) and Lysander Abadia litical comment,” it’s reportedly an “allegoriRabbit, (Las Vegas Little Theatre)—who’ll tackle cal absurdist adventure” targeting themes White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, an enigmatic, oneof censorship and authoritarianism. Making Red Rabbit April 20-May person, off-Broadway stunt-play. Each will the intellectual leap to Trumpian America— 18, 8 p.m., free. perform it once at his or her own theater as where our president declares the media “the Consecutive it rotates through all five venues on consecuenemy of the people” and says, “I, alone, can Thursdays, in order: Nevada tive Thursdays, April 20-May 18. fix” our problems—wouldn’t be unwarranted Conservatory “It was emailed to the president of my and clearly prompted the disclaimer. Theatre, Majestic board, printed and put into a sealed enveWhile the play could stir the political pot, Repertory Theatre, Cockroach lope. I got a DVD with video clips of actors creating a communal experience via free Theatre, the Lab going, ‘Oh, my goodness!’ As an actor, you performances linking theaters ranging from LV, Las Vegas have a sense of wonder and shock.” traditional to experimental—their audience Little Theatre. Performers who have answered the call bases steeped in distinct demographic difof being handed a playwright’s words just ferences that don’t cross over easily—is the as they’ve stepped before an audience on a overarching goal. bare stage in New York City or London include Nathan “We’re not against each other. We’re against the Lane, Whoopi Goldberg, Brian Dennehy and Cynthia sofa and Netflix,” St-Pierre says. “It shouldn’t be Nixon. Now, artistic Vegas risk-takers join the roster these segregated islands of theater we seem to have. I in a two-front assault on community theater conventhought, what if we took each other’s audiences to try tion: a five-sided cooperative project in a city whose and see each other’s shows in one theater pub crawl? theater troupes aren’t famous for collaboration— We’re in this together. Why has it taken so long for billed as a five-week “theater pub crawl”—and a work this to happen?”

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ltracool and edgy Japanese restaurant Zuma first opened in London in 2002 before expanding to Hong Kong five years later. In the past decade it has grown to 11 restaurants in ultracool and edgy cities around the world, including U.S. locations in Miami and New York City. Had it landed in Las Vegas before 2008, Zuma might have been a game-changer on the Strip. But we got Raku first, the Chinatown izakaya that taught Vegas how to eat this way and made us appreciate the beautiful variation in Japanese cuisine. Raku fanatics might wince at paying quite a bit more money for the Zuma experience, but while there are similarities, the new restaurant deserves spotlight time of its own—especially since the Cosmopolitan’s other newbie, Momofuku, grabbed a lot of attention. Zuma is an outright beautiful place, worth a visit for a cocktail (get the Old Fashioned) at a dramatic bar made from a Thai tree trunk, even if you don’t like Japanese food. There’s a baller bar menu, from lobster tempura ($65) and Wagyu tataki with shaved truffle ($120) down to karaage ($16) and spicy tuna rolls ($15). The equally wondrous main dining room, framed in stone and glass, is a wide-open space that includes a sushi counter and a bustling robata grill. It’s almost unbelievable that Cosmo has managed to spruce things up with two of the coolest new restaurants to arrive on the Strip in years at around the same time. Zuma calls its menu authentic but not traditional. I call it foolproof, because you can’t order badly here. Your server will encourage you to order everything and share, but raw fish dishes like sliced sea bass with yuzu, truffle and salmon roe ($19) will put you in a selfish place. A seemingly simple steamed spinach salad with sesame dressing ($10) is a must-order, chilled vegetable bliss to contrast rich robata dishes like branzino with burnt tomato and ginger relish ($28), spicy lamb chops with the herbaceous Japanese ginger called myoga ($27), or prime ribeye with chili ponzu ($45). Mix cold and hot, sea and land, and take it all in.

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The college sandwich shop is an essential But if I could nominate a shop for your consideration, foodstitution. Puffy sub rolls sloppily stuffed it’d be the six-month-old 7 Sinful Subs from with meat-cheese goodness, served for just a journeyman chef Vic “Vegas” Moea. It’s right across few bucks out of a dive that closes before dinnertime. from campus on Maryland Parkway and it specializes It’s a necessity. It keeps students alive, and in perfectly portioned hot subs full of flavor it keeps graduates coming back more for 7 SINFUL SUBS for $9-$10. It’s a natural. 4632 S. Maryland meatballs than memories. My first option is the Knuckle Sandwich Parkway #12, I was raised on this. My parents ($8.99), a super savory pile of grilled salami, 702-998-2555. operated exactly this in Eugene, Oregon, pepperoni and ham in a toasty roll with melted Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. a shop called Giant Grinder. That was a mozzarella, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and tangy long time ago, before Subway and Quizno’s Champagne vinaigrette. It hits all the marks— ruined the concept. When I went to school hot and cold, crisp and tender, salty and fresh. in Reno, I had to live on Blimpie’s. It The Skinny Dip ($9.99) melds French dip and barely cut the mustard. cheesesteak right down to the side of au jus, and the I’ve got my favorite Vegas sandwich spots, but I’m no handmade meatball sub is sinfully satisfying. This is UNLV student, so I can’t be the authority on this topic. hungry college kid food personified. –Brock Radke

ON THE STRIP It’s been tough to get extra details about food and beverage changes at the Monte Carlo, which is under heavy renovation. We now know Brand Steakhouse shutters May 11 and Yusho will close on June 5 after three years, which has led some to speculate that anything on the resort’s Strip-side BLVD Plaza could go as the property transforms into Park MGM and NoMad Hotel. We did manage to pull a bit of info from celebrity chef Mario Batali about the planned Las Vegas version of Eataly: He confirms it will still be marketfocused, despite its tourist-focused location. “We want you to cook at home. You taste while you’re there and you take it back to your house, whether you’re going home to Peoria or driving back to the suburbs,” Batali says. “We’re really courting locals.” POUR IT UP The booze festivals cometh. The District at Green Valley Ranch hosts Wine & Brews April 29 from 5 to 9 p.m. The $25 ticket supports Spread the Word Nevada and is waiting for you at brownpapertickets.com. Then on May 6 from 4 to 8 p.m., Lee’s Beer & Tequila Experience takes over the pool at Red Rock Resort, benefitting local charities. Advance tickets are $60 at all Lee’s Discount Liquor locations. Also on May 6: Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour at the Mirage from 7 to 10 p.m. These big, fancy tickets are available for $295 at etix.com. –Brock Radke

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Brooklyn Bowl Kehlani, Ella Mai, Jahkoy, Noodles 4/20, 7 pm, $25-$45. Tove Lo, Sofi Tukker 4/21, 7:30 pm, $28-$55. The Joshua Tree (U2 tribute) 4/22, 7 pm, $10. Orgone, Monophonics 4/23, 6 pm, $15-$23. Superjoint, Battlecross, Child Bite, First Class Trash 4/26, 6:30 pm, $25-$30. Jamey Johnson, Margo Price, Brent Cobb 4/28, 7:30 pm, $35. Spawnbreezie, Gonzo, Lady Reiko 4/29, 7 pm, $17. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Celine Dion 4/214/22, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. Elton John 4/25-4/26, 4/28-4/29, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. 702-731-7333. Double Down Saloon Water Landing, Strike Twelve, Callshot, Surface Report 4/21. Tiki Bandits, Emily & The Blackouts, Penetrators, Mr. Growly 4/22. Orange Blossom Special 4/23. Thee Swank Bastards 4/24, 4/26. Rex Dart & The Bargain DJ Collective Mon, 10 pm. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Raiding the Rock Vault 4/22-4/23, 4/26, 8:30 pm, $39-$109. Bayside, Say Anything, Reggie and the Full Effect 4/24, 6:30 pm, $25-$45. State Champs, Against the Current, With Confidence, Don Broco 4/25, 7 pm, $19-$35. 702-693-5000. Hard Rock Live AB the Thief, Bailo 4/21, 8 pm, $15. Mac Vegas b2b Primitiv, Weavy b2b Blayr, Maze, Blankface b2b Aweminus, Bloodthinnerz, Adair 4/24, 8 pm, free. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Jimmy Eat World, Beach Slang 4/21, 8:30 pm, $28-$61. Biz Markie 4/22, 8 pm, $10-$15. New Found Glory, Trash Boat 4/23, 6 pm, $25-$29. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mandalay Bay (Beach) Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Flatbush Zombies, Berner 4/21, 8:30 pm, $46-$114. 702-632-7777. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Hans Zimmer 4/21, 7:30 pm, $55-$610. 844-600-7275. Orleans (Arena) Back the Badge benefit ft. Rodney Atkins 4/20, 7:30 pm, $25. (Showroom) Billy Gilman 4/22-4/23, 8 pm, $40-$70. Peabo Bryson 4/28, 8 pm; 4/29, 9 pm, $40-$70. 702-284-7777. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Backstreet Boys 4/214/22, 4/26, 4/28, 9 pm, $59-$259. 702-777-2782. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country The Cadillac Three 4/28, 9 pm, $10-$90. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena John Mayer 4/22, 7:30 pm, $56-$179. 702-692-1600. Venetian (Opaline Theatre) Steely Dan 4/21-4/22, 4/26, 4/28-4/29, 8 pm, $63-$206. 702-414-9000.

$5. The Big Friendly Corporation, Blair and Chani, The Steady Extras 4/29, 9 pm, $5. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Las Rageous ft. Godsmack, Avenged Sevenfold, Anthrax, Mastodon & more 4/21-4/22, $79$499. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Showroom) The Romantics 4/21, $21-$108. Jay and the Americans 4/28, $21-$119. 866-946-5336. Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse The Curt Miller Quartet 4/21, noon, free. 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-388-6355. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Kansas 4/22, 7:30 pm, $33-$99. (Cabaret Jazz) Lon Bronson Band: The Music of Chicago 4/20, 8 pm, $15$35. Lucy Woodward 4/21-4/22, 7 pm, $39-$59. Glenn Williams 4/23, 2 pm, $25. Bruce Harper Big Band w/Elisa Fiorillo 4/24, 7 pm, $20$35. David Perrico 4/28, 8 pm, $20-$40. Lizz Wright 4/29, 7 pm, $39-$65. Erich Bergen 4/30, 1:30 pm; 5/1, 7 pm; $49-$65. 702-749-2000.

Everywhere Else Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill Anilyst, Slo Pain 4/27, 9 pm, $8-$10. Dead Horse Trauma, My Own Nation, Killing Giants 4/28, 8 pm, $8. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Cannery Village People, Sister Sledge, The Trammps 4/29, 8 pm, $35-$55. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Count’s Vamp’d Alley Cats, The Saints of Las Vegas, Gypsy Road 4/20, 8:30 pm, free. Black N Blue, Them Evils, Adam Bombs and the SST 4/21, 9 pm, $10. Tom Keifer, Stony Curtis Band 4/22, 9 pm, $20-$25. 6750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Dive Bar Dirty Reggae Punx, Popshot, Los Askatados, Kurumpaw 4/20, 8 pm, $5. Too Tough 2 Die (Ramones tribute) 4/22, 8 pm, $6. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. The Golden Tiki Durango 66, Professor Rex Dart 4/22, 9 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. Henderson Pavilion Blues With a Side of Bacon ft. Victor Wainwright, Miles Mosley, Jarekus SIngleton 4/22, 3 pm, $25-$30. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) Ricochet 4/20, 8 pm, $10. 702-263-7777. Suncoast (Showroom) Piano Men (Billy Joel/ Elton John tribute) 4/29, $16. 702-636-7075. The Tap Brock Frabbiele, Prose & Cons 4/23, 3 pm, free. 704 Nevada Way, Boulder City. UNLV (SWRC Lawn) RebFest ft. Caveman, Brumby, Rabid Young & more 4/20, 2-7 pm, free. 702-895-3332.

Comedy

Downtown

Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Ray Romano, David Spade 4/21-4/22, 10 pm, $87-$120. 702-792-7777. Smith Center (Troesch Studio) Steve Solomon, Dick Capri 4/26-4/30, times vary, $35-$40. 702-749-2000. The Space Louie Anderson 4/22, 10:30 pm, $20. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.

Backstage Bar & Billiards Assorted Jelly Beans, Left Alone, The Maxies 4/22, 6 pm, $12-$15. CJ Ramone, Big Eyes 4/25, 8 pm, $13$15. BiPolar, AntiTrust, Mastiv, Levitron 4/28, 8 pm, $7. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Two for Two Variety Revue, The All-Togethers 4/21, 8 pm, free. Russian Circles, Cult Leader 4/22, 8 pm, $17. Cupcakke, K.I.D. 4/24, 8 pm, $14. Tacocat, The Negative Nancys, The Van Der Rohe 4/26, 8 pm, $10. Thank You Scientist, Journey 2 Rapture, Found in Fiction 4/27, 8 pm, $12. Wrekmeister Harmonies, New Language, The Fat Dukes of F*ck, Commonear 4/28, 8 pm, $8. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Acid and Pearls (Hendrix tribute) 4/20, 8 pm, $10. Demi Vie, Adam Christopher Smith, Sunrise Manor 4/21, 8 pm,

Art Square Theatre Nevada Conservatory Theatre/Cockroach Theatre: Disgraced 4/21-4/23, 8 pm, $12-$20. 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Bunkhouse Saloon Opera on Tap: April Fools 4/24, 8 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. CSN Performing Arts Center (Backstage Theatre) A Public Fit: The Realistic Joneses 4/21-5/7, days & times vary, $20-$25. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue 4/24, 7:30 pm, $29-$99. 702-749-2000. Summerlin Library & Performing Arts Center Signature Productions: Fiddler on the Roof Thru 4/29, days & times vary, $20-$30. 1771

Performing Arts

Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. Theatre in the Valley Art of Murder 4/21-5/7, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Sun, 2 pm. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275. UNLV (Judy Bayley Theatre) Nevada Conservatory Theatre: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 4/20, 8 pm, free. 702-895-3332. Windmill Library (Auditorium) Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 4/21, 7 pm, free. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6019.

Special Events

AFAN AIDS Walk 4/23, 7 am, $10. Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S., afanlv.org. American Dreams Literary festival ft. Carrie Brownstein, Dave Eggers, Jim James & more 4/21-4/22, times & venues vary. festival.blackmountaininstitute.org. Animal Foundation’s Best in Show April 23, 11 am-2 pm, $10. Thomas & Mack Center, animalfoundation.com. Dad’s Night Out Fatherhood Support Network Fundraiser 4/22, 6-9 pm, $100-$115. Aliante Casino, 702-692-7777. Las Vegas Baroque Festival Thru 4/23, times and pricing vary. UNLV, lasvegasbaroquefestival.com. Mopars & Muscle Cars at the Strip Live music, car show & more 4/21-4/22, times vary, $25$70. Cannery, matslv.com. Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 4/22, 3 pm, free. New York-New York, 702-740-6969. Pirate Fest 4/21-4/23, noon-10 pm, $10-$30. Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 W. Craig Road, piratefestlv.com.

Galleries

Barrick Museum of Art (Main Gallery) Process Thru 5/13. (Teaching Gallery) Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here Thru 5/13. (Braunstein Gallery) Masking Thru 5/13. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art I Am the Greatest: Muhammad Ali Thru 9/30. Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $16-$18. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Maureen Halligan Thru 5/5. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. The Corner Gallery David Beck-Brown: The Unknown Artist, History Erased Thru 4/28, free. #220, Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-501-9219. CSN Fine Arts Gallery Robot Army: Light Play Thru 4/29. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am4 pm, free. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Donna Beam Fine Art Annual Juried Student Exhibition Thru 4/22. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) The Neon Teapot Prize: A Juried Ceramic Teapot Exhibit Thru 6/8. Mon-Fri, 7 am-5:30 pm. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Dennis Martinez: Frame of Reference Thru 6/30. Artist reception 4/21, 6-8 pm. Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm; free. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Sahara West Library Xiaoyan Wang: 50 U.S. State Flowers Thru 6/4. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. Sin City Gallery Aaron Sheppard: Sensitive White Boy Syndrome Thru 4/29. Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #100, 702-608-2461, sincitygallery.com. Tilting the Basin: Contemporary Art of Nevada Thru May 14, free. Wed-Sun, 10 am-6 pm; Fri, 10 am-9 pm. Community Day 4/15, 10 am, free. 920 S. Commerce St., 702-201-4253.

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