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Trust Us Everything you absolutely, positively must get out and do this week
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Nearly 80 local restaurants, bars and clubs will show their stuff at this annual stroll-and-feast to benefit the Nevada Restaurant Association’s education and scholarship programs. Be sure to sample bites from Toddy Shop, Le Pho, Beauty & Essex and especially Sugarcane—Chef Timon Balloo is hosting this year. $115, nvrestau rants.com. –Brock Radke
A floral desert superbloom is quite the schlep from Vegas, but this CraftHaus provides the beer equivalent. On Friday, the Henderson brewery introduces its rare, fruity, Belgianstyle Superbloom White IPA, which you can pair with offerings from Olay’s Thai Express Las Vegas food truck. Free admission, 7350 Eastgate Road, #110. –Mike Prevatt
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SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN AT PARIS LAS VEGAS The blonde motions with an onion ring as she talks. Just in case there’s any confusion, she says, “This is not a sex toy.” In what world might fried food be mistaken for anything other than lunch? That would be the SPI Entertainment offices, where reality star and former Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson gives interviews promoting her stage debut, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man. The gay man is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alumnus Jai Rodriguez. Wilkinson will test her acting chops as Robyn, a “bookish and demure host of a university author’s forum.” The author (Rodriguez) and a mysterious hunky assistant will help Robyn, and the audience, “embrace their naughtiest instincts.” Believe it or not, Wilkinson has learned a thing or two from the script, which she practices with her husband, Hank Baskett. “I’ve been married for nine years now. Thank God for this opportunity,” the outspoken star of We TV’s Kendra on Top says. “We’re about 10 pages in, and we’re already having sex.” Thursday-Tuesday, 7 p.m. (and 11 p.m. Friday & Saturday); $42-$102. –C. Moon Reed
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A former Weekly staffer now based in LA pointed us to this free, back-room performance by SoCal underground hero Marion Belle. And indeed, a spin through latest album Coverboy— which veers sonically from Marc Bolan glam to Psychedelic Furs New Wave—and a YouTube viewing of a charismatic, band-fronting Echo Park performance from October suggest this could be something memorable. With Von Kin, DJ Fish; free. –Spencer Patterson
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art is undertaking a “meaningful investigation of our human civilization and the landscape that surrounds it.” ... So much for an intellectually lazy summer. This ambitious exhibition is comprised of four individual shows scattered throughout the venue’s various spaces. Eight artists, all of whom have a connection to Southern Nevada, offer a variety of media, including drawing, sculpture, film, installation and more. For example, in Astronomy of the Asphalt Ecliptic, Katarina Jerinic uses maps and photography to “chart constellations of visible and invisible phenomena” surrounding Las Vegas. Playing off the idea of the Nevada Test Site, the group show Tested Ground features Andreana Donahue, Alexa Hoyer, Joan Linder, Jenny Odell and Nicholas Shake. The effect is inspiring and haunting. Get instant art immersion by attending the opening reception on May 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. $5 suggested donation. –C. Moon Reed
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HOST WITH THE MOST SHADE JOEL MCHALE ONCE KICKED OFF AN ESPY AWARDS HOSTING GIG BY CALLING THE ASSEMBLED ATHLETES “A GATHERING OF FUTURE CAR DEALERSHIP CO-OWNERS ... DRESSED UP IN THE NICE SUITS YOU USUALLY WEAR TO YOUR DEPOSITIONS.”
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Charm is neither a typical nor ideal attribute for a punk band, but Shonen Knife has had it in spade since emerging from Osaka, Japan, 36 years ago. Balancing—though not dulling—its unfussy, garage-style riffage is its keen sense of melody and playfulness, from the Ramones-esque “Twist Barbie” (off 1983 classic Burning Farm) to the nostalgic guitar swirl of “Cotton Candy Clouds,” on last year’s Adventure. During its current American tour, the band aims to film its experiences eating at each city’s notable ramen restaurants. We bet you’ll find Shonen Knife spooning it up at Monta before Thursday’s gig. $15. –Mike Prevatt
Late of Community, late of The Soup and late of the freshly cancelled The Great Indoors, McHale proves you can fail and be considered successful. Even his standup walks that line; he once told Conan O’Brien that he actively tries to get live audiences to hate him. Yet McHale continues to fail vertically, probably for two reasons above all: He’s legitimately charming and funny. His humor is knowingly sardonic; basically, he builds up a douchebag persona and destroys it at the same time. And, dammit, Community was brilliant, and he was brilliant in it. $48-$76. –Geoff Carter
The jams don’t stop when Dead & Company heads offstage at MGM Grand earlier in the night. Scamper a few blocks north for this hybrid Pink Floyd/Talking Heads/Phish tribute act and hear the stuff of setlist—and song-segue—dreams: “Girlfriend Is Better” into “Dogs” into “The Wedge.” “Harpua” into “Echoes” into “Psycho Killer.” “Fearless” into “Prince Caspian” into “Cities.” (That last one’s pretty meta, since Phish also covers Talking Heads’ “Cities.”) It’s geeky, but it’s fun, too—potentially even more so since the quartet is promising to mix in some Grateful Dead chestnuts for the occasion. $15. –Spencer Patterson
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very six weeks, Amazon sends me six boxes of Carr’s Rosemary Crackers. I order them online, because I can’t find them locally and because they’re delicious with chèvre, raspberry jam or anything at all, really. This shamelessly bourgeois behavior might become the norm. In a recent New York Times article by Stephanie Strom, food writer Michael Ruhlman predicted that most of what we find in the middle of an average supermarket—the “cereal, canned soups, detergents and Ziploc bags”—could someday disappear as people become used to the idea of buying that stuff online. In their place, supermarkets might make more room for fresh produce, baked goods and prepared meals. But that’s a long way off. For now—and considering temperatures will soon routinely exceed triple digits— perhaps it’s not a bad idea to try a few of these delivery services, most of which have associated mobile apps you can use in air-conditioned comfort. On the grocery front, I favor Amazon’s Prime Now (primenow.amazon.com), which delivers everything from bananas to LaCroix to video games free to Amazon Prime customers (though a tip is suggested). Google Express (google.com/express) follows a similar free-delivery model for paid members ($10 a month, or $95 annually) but allows users to shop individual stores like Whole Foods, Target and Walgreens. You can also sign up for grocery delivery from Vons (shop. vons.com), Winder Farms (winderfarms.com) and Smith’s (smithsfoodanddrug.com), though the latter’s “ClickList” app requires you to pick up your bagged groceries curbside at the store. Meal delivery is an even more crowded field. I’m a big fan of Postmates (postmates.com), which can deliver food from any restaurant in the Valley. (Watch those delivery rates, though—I’ve seen them run as low as $4 and as high as $11, and that’s before tip.) Friends tell me UberEATs (ubereats.com) delivers even faster than Postmates, though I’ve yet to try it … or DoorDash (doordash.com), or Grubhub (grubhub. com). And I’ve only just learned about PikFly (pikfly. com), which only delivers booze. I’ll try that one soon, fortified with a good baseline of crackers.
It’s heating up out there, so why not order in? (Illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
WHERE WAS THE HANGOVER FILMED? THERE’S A MAP FOR THAT Pop quiz: What do the video game Fallout: New Vegas and the Kurt Russell flick 3,000 Miles to Graceland have in common? Both were filmed at Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours, a quirky historical attraction less than an hour south of the Las Vegas Strip. If you’re even halfway curious about
movies filmed in town, check out the little-known, interactive map of Nevada film tourism provided by the Nevada Film Office. Browse and see what’s been filmed where, or search by film to finally get that encyclopedic list of locations you’ve seen in Casino. Find it at nevadafilm.com/nevadafilm-tourism. –C. Moon Reed
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SOCCER IN THE CITY Don’t count out Cashman Field as a home for a new pro team BY BROCK RADKE
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MAKE THE DOWNTOWN ROUNDS WITH THE CITY’S NEW, FREE SHUTTLE Just as we’ve become accustomed to paid parking on the Strip, the City of Las Vegas counter-attacks with a free shuttle service. Starting in June, the Downtown Loop will circle five major tourist destinations—North Premium Outlets, Plaza Hotel, Mob Museum, Fremont East and Pawn Plaza—along with the Bonneville Transit Center. During the six-month pilot program, the shuttle will run nine hours a day. Notably absent is a stop in the 18B Arts District. We suggest adding one at the corner of Charleston Boulevard and Main Street. It’s bad form to poo-poo welcome advances in public transit, however, so we applaud the city for its free shuttle and bike share. Now if only there were a way to connect all this transit goodness with the Strip … –C. Moon Reed
So Las Vegas finally got its major league sports team, twice over. The NHL’s expansion Golden Knights begin playing this year at T-Mobile Arena, and the NFL’s Raiders are on the way. Mission accomplished, right? For Mayors Carolyn and Oscar Goodman and the City of Las Vegas, not so much. The Knights and Raiders will compete in Clark County, so the desire to keep professional sports within city limits still burns. With minor league baseball’s Las Vegas 51s expected to move to a yet-to-bestarted ballpark near to Downtown Summerlin— also in the county—officials are exploring the possibility of turning Cashman Field into a home for a pro soccer squad. Last month, the city received an unsolicited proposal from a United Soccer League (USL) expansion project to lease Cashman, where the 51s could continue playing until 2022 under their current contract. The city will assume ownership (from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority) of the Downtown stadium and convention center space on June 1. The USL is a men’s minor league that serves as a feeder for Major League Soccer (MLS), the way the 51s are the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets. How would it work? On KNPR’s State of Nevada, outgoing city manager Betsy Fretwell recently referenced the Portland Timbers, a popular MLS team that started playing home games in 2011 at Providence Park, a renovated outdoor venue that once hosted the minor-league baseball Portland Beavers. It’s working so well in Oregon that Providence Park is upgrading with a planned $50 million renovation to add 4,000 more seats. The mayors believe pro soccer would be a natural fit for Downtown Las Vegas, and while it’s still very early, the pieces appear to be in place. The city would be able to opt out of an agreement with the USL team if the Raiders want to use Cashman as a practice facility or if Vegas upgrades to an MLS team. There’s still a lot of work to do and finances to figure out, but the momentum of this pro sports wave in Southern Nevada is feeling pretty powerful.
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rtist and activist Fawn Douglas isn’t afraid herself. In seeking a balance between two worlds, beto share an embarrassing story with a neartween tradition and innovation, she asks: Would my stranger. In this case, it’s a comic tale of family be proud? Would my ancestors be proud? wardrobe malfunction. During last year’s Anyone would be proud of the art show Douglas Memorial Day Pow Wow, a portion of her regalia cut recently curated. Paiute: A Journey through Tradioff circulation to her foot as she danced. Each step tional and Contemporary Art features four artists became more excruciating, until she had to drop out (including Douglas) from different Paiute Tribes. mid-competition. The situation might otherwise Originally displayed at Nevada Humanities’ galbe cringe-worthy, but as she relates the sequence of lery, it’s showing at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort events, you’re there with her, feeling her pain and through May 31. sharing her laughter. Douglas’ art combines tradiIt’s that unique combination of tional and contemporary imagery friendliness, inclusion and vulnerin pieces that often carry a political ability that makes Douglas so efmessage. She sometimes melds the Paiute: A Journey fective. Her activism—and art and ram iconography of petroglyphs through dancing and teaching and more—is with an edgy street-art style. Other Traditional & about lifting everybody up, not spotpaintings feature bright watercolor ContemporarY lighting herself. As such, when the landscapes that hint at what will be Art Through May 31. Las Vegas Paiute tribe member (and lost if we don’t care for our natural Old Las Vegas former tribal councilwoman) speaks, resources. Mormon Fort, 500 E. Washington Ave., others listen. The images arrive in response to 702-486-3511, “She’s very dynamic,” says Leilani deep emotion. She “gets a push,” nuwuart.com. Clark, a member of the group Womxn visualizing them in her head, then of Color LV along with Douglas. “She translates them to the physical Snow Mountain is just so in her element when she realm. Sometimes the emotions— Pow Wow May 27-28, $5-$7. speaks from her heart.” often intense love or anger—appear Las Vegas Paiute Environmentalism, indigenous as murals, oil paintings, woven Snow Mountain Indian Reservation, rights, education—Douglas uses her baskets or ceramics. But spray paint US-95 North at Exit heart to advocate for all of them. She is her favorite medium, because it 99, 702-910-2593, has worked to help Gold Butte gain offers instant creative gratification. national monument designation, he Snow Mountain Pow Wow organized fundraisers for protesis just around the corner, and tors against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Douglas seems ready. She’s been Rock, created (and still leads) a weekly Pow Wow doing regular cardio, and the dance practice for Native youth. She’s one of those effort shows. A playlist of fast, hypnotic drums and people who seems to be everywhere, all at once. chanting keeps the energy high. Douglas stays in When the political climate changed so dramaticonstant motion as she leads her group in a circular cally last November, throwing much she has worked dance. for into jeopardy, Douglas initially felt crushed. She One student, 17-year-old Ryan Boone, is at his first found solace in her community groups, and with practice. A graduating high school senior and memthem, has redoubled her efforts. “I feel like I’ve gotta ber of the Walker River Paiute Tribe, he wants to come harder, be more proactive,” she says. “With learn how to move to the music he loves. When class Trump in office, it’s a daily fight.” is complete, he sounds inspired to continue learning. That battle isn’t just for herself; it’s also for her “It’s amazing,” he says. 16-year-old daughter, Sol, and future generations. “That’s what I love about this next generation: Douglas envisions a day when her daughter can enjoy They get it,” Douglas says. “They see what’s going on. the sacred spaces and desert landscapes in pristine Their attention is attuned to what’s happening in condition. “Whenever I go to a march or a walk, she’s the world. I wasn’t like that when I was a teenager. I with me,” says Douglas, who brought her daughter didn’t care about anything outside of myself.” onstage when she spoke at the Women’s March. “It’s Despite political turmoil and calamitous environso important when you’re doing anything, to pull the mental degradation, Douglas maintains hope for the next generation with you. That’s f*cking mandatory.” future: “If we can’t keep Gold Butte protected, if we Douglas says she feels more comfortable than can’t keep Red Rock clean, if we can’t do that in our ever in her own skin. But at the same time, when generation, this next one is going to succeed.” older folks look askance at her tattoos, she questions
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His hit “It Ain’t Me” with Selena Gomez is still climbing the charts, while new track “First Time” with Ellie Goulding is hot on its trail. Catch the producer and DJ at EBC Friday and at Nightswim at XS Sunday. May 26, 10:30 a.m., $30-$75. Encore Beach Club at Encore, 702-770-7300.
He’s still doing reality TV (recently filming a pilot with onagain/off-again fiancée Aubrey O’Day), and he’s still dropping beats at Vegas dayclubs. DJ Shift supports when Pauly hits the Palms. May 27, 9 a.m., $15-$30. Palms Pool & Dayclub at the Palms, 702-374-9700.
He left a serious mark on the hip-hop world last year with 4 Your Eyez Only. Now J. Cole hopes to do the same at his Vegas dayclub headquarters at Mandalay Bay. May 27, 11 a.m., $100$200. Daylight at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.
The Oakland rapper celebrates his birthday in the sunshine on Drai’s rooftop, sharing the Saturday bill with Adventure Club. May 27, 11 a.m., $30-$50. Drai’s Beachclub at the Cromwell, 702-777-3800.
He’s been breaking MDW pool party attendance records for years, and now Kaskade takes his turn at 9-year-old Wet Republic. May 27, 11 a.m., $50-$150. Wet Republic at MGM Grand, 702-891-3563.
Just when he was becoming more recognized for inspirational quotes and funny commercials, Khaled dropped a summer bomb with “I’m the One.” It’s the perfect track for repeat plays at the pool Saturday. May 27, 11:30 a.m., $28-$115. Tao Beach at Venetian, 702-388-8588.
It almost seems like Guetta lives at Encore Beach Club. He’ll roll out the welcome mat just for you on Sunday. May 28, 10:30 a.m., $40$100. Encore Beach Club at Encore, 702-770-7300.
If your idea of Memorial Day Weekend in Vegas is catching a huge star at an unlikely venue, meet one Usher Raymond IV, and meet him at Rehab. May 28, 11 a.m., $100$150. Rehab at the Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
Tacos El Gordo In the hours between Encore Beach Club and XS, flee a few steps north to the Strip’s taco oasis, open from 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Nothing soaks up booze in a more delicious way than al pastor fries. And if you need more AC-lounging time, keep going until you get to the Peppermill. 3049 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-982-5420.
THE GOLDEN TIKI Weekend visitors know to head down Spring Mountain when the Strip becomes all too much (and the food prices get ridiculous). After you refuel with noodles or Korean barbecue in Las Vegas Chinatown, spend a few hours in 24-hour tiki heaven and tropicalize your brain. But be warned: More than a couple of these rum concoctions and you might not make your next party. Wait, is that a bad thing? 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196.
ALSO Metro Boomin at Daylight, May 26; Machine Gun Kelly at Rehab, May 27; Koko & Bayati at Flamingo Go Pool, May 27; Destructo at Drai’s Beachclub, May 28.
Honesty time: We’re gonna have a few too many at least once this weekend. Pinky swear: Get a ride, k? Lyft is offering new and existing riders $5 off two rides when you use the code MDWRIDE while supplies last. So save a few bucks—and save who knows what else.
Downtown Container Park Strip-side drinks, munchies and sundries can disappoint. Grab a Lyft Downtown and shop, sip and nosh the local way. Do cheese and wine at Bin 702 and watch families play while rehydrating up at the Perch. Oh, and don’t skip the Crunchy Dog at Cheffini’s. 707 Fremont St., downtowncontainerpark.com. –Brock Radke
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Get some indoor time at the Chelsea Saturday night and chill out with the indie-pop band behind “Pumped Up Kicks.” May 27, 8 p.m., $20-$143. The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000.
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She’s got Shades of Blue, A-Rod and the new World of Dance to contend with, but even busy J.Lo knows Vegas is the place to be this weekend. May 26-28, 9 p.m., $129-$359. Axis at Planet Hollywood, 702-777-2782.
Free concert alert: The Canadian altmetal squad wants to rock your world Downtown Friday night. May 26, 9 p.m., free. Fremont Street Experience, 702-678-5600.
The inescapable DJ duo opens the weekend with an XS set on Friday and helps close it with a day-spin at Encore Beach Club Monday. May 26, 10 p.m., $55-$100. XS Nightclub at Encore, 702-770-7070.
This guy will be filling up T-Mobile Arena next month, but you can see him live in concert at Drai’s right away. May 26, 10:30 p.m., $100-$200. Drai’s at the Cromwell, 702-777-3800.
The newest resident at Drai’s just helped Nicki Minaj open the Billboard Music Awards. Catch an all-Tunechi concert Saturday night. May 27, 10:30 p.m., $60-$120. Drai’s at the Cromwell, 702-777-3800.
Hang out with the lady-cast from the show to benefit Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, or get the VIP upgrade for Champagne and a raffle entry to dine with them. May 27, 5:30 p.m., $35-$55. Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.
Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men join NKOTB for the Total Package Tour, a throwback pop spectacular storming into T-Mobile Sunday night. No word on whether MC Skat Kat will also come out of retirement to join Paula. May 28, 7:30 p.m., $50-$250. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
Catch the Beastie Boys’ longtime DJ on the turntables, set against a panoramic Strip backdrop. May 27, 10:30 p.m., $20-$30. Chateau Nightclub & Rooftop at Paris, 702-776-7770.
There are tons of pool parties but only one real beach party this weekend, when rising reggaeton star J Balvin performs at Mandalay Bay. May 28, 9 p.m., $46-$64. Mandalay Bay Beach at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7580.
The ’mello man opened Wynn Nightlife’s eight-show anniversary party for XS last weekend. Now you can catch his big fluffy head at EBC’s version of Nightswim. May 28, 10:30 p.m., $25-$45. Encore Beach Club at Encore, 702-770-7300.
Sometimes the last party is the best party. Memorial Day is usually a great opportunity to catch a major name at a major club for a lesser price. Let there be Diplo on Monday night. May 29, 10 p.m., $20-$30. XS at Encore, 702-770-7070. ALSO The Wailers at the Silverton, May 27; Gucci Mane at Marquee, May 27; Calvin Harris at Hakkasan, May 28; Ludacris at Light, May 28.
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Metro’s breakfast pie, layered with eggs, cheese and more. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
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When it comes to street food, nothing dients are fresh, not canned; buns are baked locally; compares to a hot dog piled high with and sauces are made from scratch. toppings and served from a cart. If you’re Dude Where’s My Hotdog has bounced around from Manhattan or Chicago, there’s a right way and a from a two-year stint outside Hustler Club—a wrong way to eat one. But if you’re like Dude natural fit because “no one wants to eat food Dude Where’s My Hotdog founder Ashley Hoff, in a strip club”—to Atomic Liquors and the where’s My Bunkhouse Saloon. “We were used to dealing the hot dog is a blank canvas, “kind of like Hotdog a painting,” he says. “Every artist has their with tourists, which was great because we got Follow on own interpretation.” to meet a bunch of people, but it wasn’t the Twitter The Texas-raised “tubed meat speciallocal community,” Hoff says. “When we got @dudewheres myhot ist”—that’s the title on his card—admits [Downtown], instantly it was regular faces he didn’t know what he was doing when he and the vibe was just different.” launched his food truck in 2013, but he’s had At the moment, Hoff is gearing up for this time to perfect every item on his menu. weekend’s Punk Rock Bowling festival, at which Dude The mission is simple: “How do we take hot dogs to has served for six years. Judging from the truck’s the next level?” From the best-selling Rebel Dog with Ramones-ish logo, it’s a good fit. “We appeal to a cercrispy fried onions, bacon, chili and cheese, to the tain crowd for sure,” Hoff says. “That’s the best thing Nacho Dog with tortilla chips, salsa, guacamole and about what we do—the people who have come along on crema, all of Dude’s dogs deserve Best in Show. Ingrethe journey with us.” –Leslie Ventura
The innovative and perhaps overlooked Paris Las Vegas restaurant HEXX Kitchen + Bar has a new executive chef. Carlos Buscaglia is back on the Strip after helping to create one of the alltime great neighborhood restaurants in town, Due Forni. Beginning June 10, Ferraro’s will feature a special prix-fixe menu for summer, four courses of seasonal offerings for $45 per person. A few highlights: fried baby squid in spicy pomodoro sauce; Roman spaghetti with guanciale, tomato and pecorino cheese; and lobster risotto with black truffle and mascarpone. Also beginning in June: the Summer of Beer dinner series at Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Downtown Summerlin. Each event showcases a different brewer with beers paired with a coursed menu, starting on June 13 with Kona Brewing Co. Locals Joseph James jump in on July 11. Tickets are also $45 per person. There are new treats on the menu at Yardbird at Venetian, including country sausage toast with a smoked and poached farm egg; gnocchi pot pie with wild mushrooms and sage; Brussels sprouts with spiced honey; and the smoked peach and ham cocktail with Wild Turkey 81, smoked peach syrup, Elemakule bitters and a garnish of cured Virginia ham. Morimoto at MGM Grand now offers an omakase menu, a selection of dishes unique to the Las Vegas restaurant— cold and hot appetizers, a selection of sushi, an entrée and dessert. The six-course journey costs $140, with an optional wine or sake pairing for $95. –Brock Radke
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Ambrosius, who broke through as a member of Floetry and is now touring with Eric Benét, says her process changes when she’s writing for another artist, rather than for herself, but the objective stays the same: “My only goal is to get the best out of them.”
On co-writing and singing on MJ’s gorgeous 2002 track “Butterflies,” Ambrosius says, “I had written and composed part of the [song] when I was 16 or 17, about a boy working at a McDonald’s who swept the floor every day and was cute. I stood outside on the bus stop and saw him and never even learned his name, but it sparked that feeling.”
She has a new album on the way—Nyla, titled after her 5-month-old daughter, who’s also along for the ride on the current tour—and she describes the record as a milestone. Ambrosius plans to add one more track inspired by her recent travels, which included a stop in Minnesota at the headquarters of her legendary friend and collaborator.
“I just left Prince’s house, and I’m pretty inspired,” she says. “I just stood outside First Avenue with my daughter trying to explain to a 5-month-old that this is the reason we’re here right now, because I saw this as a kid and this is what I wanted to do. Prince became more than a musician, someone I looked up to and also a friend who looked down to me. He’s the reason.” Marshia Ambrosius at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, May 25. –Brock Radke
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As the newest resident performer signed to the roster at dominant hip-hop force Drai’s Beachclub & Nightclub, Wayne will be visiting Las Vegas more frequently. Dropping a full set from the rooftop of a hotel on the Vegas Strip is, after all, a pretty rock star thing to do. Lil Wayne at Drai’s at the Cromwell, May 27.
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olombian pop and hip-hop artist J Balvin isn’t just blowing up; he’s moving music around the globe in innovative ways. When he dropped the “Latino Remix” of Justin Bieber’s smash “Sorry” two years ago, he expanded his reach beyond the reggaeton and Latin pop markets and legitimized the Biebs’ track for his own fans. It was nothing new for the rapidly rising performer born José Álvaro Osorio Balvin, who has earned just as much attention for his collaborations with other artists as for his own work. He sang on the Colombian version of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” in 2013, right before releasing his second album, La Familia, which charted four top-10 singles in his home country. More recently, his voice has appeared on songs with Julión Álvarez, Juan Gabriel, Sofia Carson and Alejandro Sanz, and his
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Weekly was there, ridiculously close to the circular stage on the floor where Celine Dion wowed the audience (and millions on TV) with a powerful performance of “My Heart Will Go On,” in honor of the 20th anniversary of the release of Titanic. Of course, the Vegas audience was not surprised, as we know Celine remains a peerless performer. That didn’t stop anyone from singing along, or zooming their camera phones to get the perfect shot of her glamorous white dress. That live performance was the consensus favorite, but the loudest live reaction inside T-Mobile came at a different moment—not for Drake,
Minaj, Miley Cyrus debuting a new song or Camila Cabello debuting herself. It was for K-pop sensation BTS, the seven-member South Korean boy band that beat Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande to win the Top Social Artist award. Surprises like that can be rare at awards shows, but they’re welcome any time in Las Vegas. –Brock Radke
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partnership and feeling about what the Cosmopolitan represents and how it aligns with our brand, so it was a really natural move for us to evolve and embark on this new adventure.” Blue Ribbon’s next endeavor will go back to the brothers’ New York beginnings, harnessing an eclectic, clandestine vibe and focusing on classic New American favorites. It will take after the SoHo location with an extensive raw bar and add hearty signatures like rack of lamb, beef marrow and oxtail marmalade, matzo ball soup, burgers and more. And Blue Ribbon’s vibrant, celebratory space will mark the final addition to the
Cosmopolitan’s lengthy restaurant overhaul—and a fresh start for the Brombergs in Vegas. “At the end of the day we’ve never really re-created [the original] restaurant in this sense,” Bruce says. “It’s always been kind of a small-scale little joint that feels a lot bigger than it actually is. The name has grown, but for us to be able to show why food inspires us, I think that’s all going to come out in this new iteration. It’s going to sparkle.” –Leslie Ventura
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as suitable a complement for a long conversation as it is with one of Rao’s flavorful meatballs. It’s a celebration in a glass, or it’ll give you the reason you need to celebrate, any time, any season. Rao’s at Caesars Palace, 702-7317267; Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 5-10:30 p.m. –Brock Radke
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6/10 Common. 6/15 Bassrush Massive. 6/23 Vans Warped Tour. 6/24 Mumford & Sons. 7/8 Logic. 7/14 Prince Royce. 7/22 Third Eye Blind. 8/4 Slayer. 8/9 Primus. 8/18-8/20 Psycho Las Vegas. 8/26 Yestival. 8/27 The Australian Pink Floyd Show. 9/15 Franco Escamilla. 10/1 Apocalyptica. 10/5 R. Kelly. 10/6 Kings of Leon. 10/7-10/14 Incubus. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000. M A N DA L AY B AY BEACH 5/28 J Balvin. 6/2 Randy Houser. 6/16 Rebelution. 6/17 Ziggy Marley. 7/15 Dirty Heads. 7/29 UB40. Mandalay Bay, 702-6327777.
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2. B&B BURGER & BEER Mario Batali wins big with the DriveThru, two griddled beef patties on a sesame seed bun with American cheese, LTO and housepickled pickles. Venetian, 702-414-2220.
3. ECHO & RIG The combo steakhouse/ butcher shop delights with the Butcher Blend Burger—USDA prime beef “sourced through artisan ranchers.” Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-489-3525.
4. SAMMY’S L.A. PASTRAMI & BURGERS The Pastrami Burger is a legit monster, topped with provolone, pickles, mustard and a stack of Sammy’s namesake deli meat. 2191 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-482-8192.
5. FAT CHOY The behemoth Fat Choy Burger—a half-pound patty piled with shortrib, bacon, onion jam and a runny egg—isn’t for the dainty. Eureka Casino, 595 E. Sahara Ave., 702-794-0829.
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GOING UNDER BAYWATCH DROWNS IN BAD JOKES AND WORSE ACTION BY JOSH BELL
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ocking cheesy ’90s lifeguard drama Baywatch was fun, because the people creating the show were generally not in on the joke. The show starring David Hasselhoff as dashing lifeguard Mitch Buchannon took itself as seriously as possible for an action drama about pretty people in bathing suits solving crimes. So making Baywatch into an actual comedy sort of defeats the purpose. Now everyone involved is trying hard to make the audience laugh, while also half-heartedly stringing together a crime story—and failing miserably at both. Star Dwayne Johnson seems incapable of being anything less than likeable, but even he can’t do much to shore up this movie’s terrible script. Taking over for Hasselhoff (who makes the requisite cameo appearance, along with fellow oldschool Baywatch star Pamela Anderson) as Mitch, Johnson mostly plays the straight man to Zac Efron as Matt Brody, who has been reimagined as a disgraced Olympic swimmer forced to work as a lifeguard to fulfill a community service sentence. The Ryan Lochte-like Brody is selfish and inconsiderate, but straight-arrow Mitch regards the lifeguard crew as a family (much like a certain fast and furious franchise also starring Johnson), and Brody has to learn to become a team player and put others’ needs above his own. He also has to fondle the genitals of a dead man, because this is a gross-out comedy crossed with a C-level action movie. The lowbrow humor is lazy and repetitive, and the action scenes are flat-out terrible, with some shoddy special-effects work that should never have made it into a major studio blockbuster. The plot, featuring Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra as an excessively motivated villain (she’s a sleazy real-estate developer and a drug kingpin), drags on for nearly two hours, and the characters aren’t even remotely as welldefined as their abs. Really the only thing the new Baywatch has going for it is the same thing the old Baywatch had going for it: a bunch of attractive stars in skimpy attire. At least back then they were easier to laugh at.
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Early in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men within the same scene) Barbossa and a handful of minor Tell No Tales, as Henry Turner (Brenton crew members always around to pledge allegiance to Thwaites) is explaining his elaborate plan to whomever’s in charge. All of them are set against yet legendary pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), another undead sea captain and his cursed supernatural Jack feigns nodding off, while the young crew—this time, sadistic Spanish sailor Salazar aaccc man drones on about the mythical (Javier Bardem, suitably nasty). PIRATES OF THE trident of Poseidon. Jack’s attitude is Much of the focus, however, is on the insipid CARIBBEAN: DEAD romance between Henry (whose parents, played meant to be comical, but audiences might have the same reaction to the typ- MEN TELL NO TALES by Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in the Johnny Depp, ically convoluted and interminable plot first three movies, make very brief appearances) Brenton Thwaites, of the fifth movie in the series initially and Carina (Kaya Scodelario), a young woman Kaya Scodelario. based on a Disney theme-park ride. who has the secrets to finding Poseidon’s trident. Directed by Joachim Rønning At this point, the popularity of Jack Their chemistry is minimal, and the actors are and Espen Sandberg. Sparrow has eclipsed the popularity poor replacements for Bloom and Knightley. Rated PG-13. Opens of the ride, to the detriment of both. Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen SandFriday citywide. A character who was refreshingly irberg (2012’s Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki) stage reverent and goofy in 2003’s Pirates some decent set pieces, and the special effects, of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl quickly as always, are top-notch, particularly on Salazar and his devolved into repetitive shtick, and Depp stumbles and undead crew. But that’s just occasional window dressing mumbles his way through the new movie. Also returning for a story and characters that are as worn out as the are Geoffrey Rush as Jack’s pirate nemesis/ally (often audience is likely to be.
When it was first announced in 2014, War Machine was a movie about Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who commanded U.S. military forces in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010 before being forced to resign following a controversial Rolling Stone article. Although it’s still based on the 2012 nonfiction book The Operators by Michael Hastings (who also wrote that Rolling Stone article), War Machine is now a movie about the fictional Gen. Glen McMahon, a character inspired by (but for legal reasons distinct from) McChrystal. The mixing of fictionalized characters with real people is just one of the awkward compromises of War Machine, which feels like it was excessively tinkered with by a few too many people. Brad Pitt plays Glen like he’s in a Saturday Night Live sketch, with ridiculously exaggerated mannerisms and a gruff, affected vocal delivery. But nearly everyone else plays the material straight, and writer-director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) seems to have little sense of how to create a political satire. The movie’s main idea of comedy is to throw an incongruously slick rock or hip-hop song over shots of military people doing ordinary military things, and a near-constant voiceover overexplains any potential jokes. One of the most expensive Netflix original movies to date, War Machine has the look of a major, awardsfriendly feature film, but the execution of a botched studio cast-off. –Josh Bell
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Ever evolving Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin continues his musical metamorphosis By Annie Zaleski
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ad Religion’s Greg Graffin wears many hats: punk rock frontman, evolutionary biologist, college professor, noted author and thoughtful interviewee. On a recent weekday, he’s firmly in the latter camp, especially while discussing the genesis of his third solo album, Millport, which was released in March. “People say, ‘What’s the key to writing good songs?’ And I’m sure every songwriter will give you their own story,” he says, calling from his house in upstate New York. “But for me, you gotta live a little bit. You gotta have life experience. You gotta have a rich
life. If you just box yourself in a room, then you can come up with some interesting formulas. But it’s not really going to infuse the song with the richness of life experience.” Written over six months and recorded in just 10 days, Millport is a moving amalgamation of Americana and roots music. Prominent influences include gospel (the piano-led “Time of Need”); vintage country music (“Backroads of My Mind”); electrified twang (the Drive-By Truckers-esque “Lincoln’s Funeral Train”); and folk (the banjo-buckled title track). “Music is a broad spectrum, and stuff that’s influenced me over the
years comes from my family and handing down traditional songs from their families,” Graffin says. “A lot of the stuff that inspired me to sing was some of the old-time music and roots music that comes from the Eastern United States.” Three members of Social Distortion (guitarist Jonny “Two Bags” Wickersham, bassist Brent Harding and drummer David Hidalgo Jr.) served as Graffin’s backing band. Together, the collaborators crafted a record that’s reverent and timeless—or, as Graffin put it in a Rolling Stone Country interview, Millport is “the influential combination of rural church music and
Linda Ronstadt.” He elaborates on this characterization. “Even though I’m not a churchgoer, my mom and her family were basically the archetype of the American rural church,” he explains. “They had a grandfather who was a preacher, and they had to learn every word in the Bible. Then they came along with their generation and decided to raise me and my cousins away from the church, and so then you get us heathens in Bad Religion,” Graffin adds with a laugh. Speaking of Bad Religion, he confirms that the band is “definitely gearing up for a new album,” since it has
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PUNK ROCK BOWLING May 27-29, Saturday & Sunday doors 3 p.m.; Monday doors 2 p.m.; $50/day, $125/fest. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, punkrockbowling.com.
been more than four years since the release of its last LP, True North. (“Our fans are getting itchy,” he laughs.) Graffin is also working on a novel proposal based around a complex, evolution-based query. “The most common question people ask me about evolution is, ‘With all the genetic modification going on now in food and in organisms, what’s the future going to look like?’” he says. “I think, based on some of the directions we’re going, I can make some interesting speculation about what our world is going to look like, and so this is going to be a fictional account of one scientist’s quest to
save the world in 200 years.” In the meantime, Bad Religion will headline Punk Rock Bowling Sunday night, which begs the question: Which member of the band is the best bowler? Graffin answers immediately. “If I bragged about it, I’d probably be lying,” he says. “Jay [Bentley] spends the most time in the bowling alley. He takes the most pride in it.” Bentley is a golfer, Graffin adds, so he’s used to the kind of athletic repetition required for bowling. “I think he’s got the most experience. On a good day, he can do an impressive job. On a bad day, I can probably match him.”
Television (Bunkhouse Saloon, Friday, 9 p.m.) To quote a sticker on Television’s landmark, ’77 debut, Marquee Moon, it’s “jazz for the punk rock set.” Be there for the influential NYC act’s Vegas debut. Drug Church (Festival stage, Saturday, 4:40 p.m.) Think of the grungey Albany, New York, quintet’s sound as the aural version of a Negroni—strong, but palatable and balanced. Check out the fourchord fury of “Banco Popular.” Off! (Festival stage, Saturday, 7:55 p.m.) We shouldn’t need to tell you who fronts this prolific hardcore outfit (ex-Black Flag/ Circle Jerks singer Keith Morris), but we kinda just did ... Iggy Pop (Festival stage, Saturday, 10 p.m.) The punk icon plays his first Vegas show in a decade. He’s appearing under his own name, not with The Stooges, so expect everything from that band’s classics to cuts from 2016 solo LP Post Pop Depression. The Menzingers Bunkhouse Saloon, (Bunkhouse Saturday, 10 p.m.) The poppy Pennsylvania quartet injects singalong choruses into its driving brand of punk. Fans are known to fight for a chance to shout a few words into the mic. (Festival Choking Victim (Festival stage, Sunday, 7:50 p.m.) If you’ve been to a punk gig,
chances are good you’ve seen a Choking Victim patch or T-shirt. The NYC stalwarts fuse politically charged lyrics with an aggressive brand of ska. Fidlar (Festival stage, Sunday, 8:50 p.m.) Take the scrappy attitude of garage-rockers like Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees and feed it tons of cheap beer, and it would probably sound like this. The LA band has soared to indie stardom behind catchy choruses and feedback-ridden madness. Municipal Waste (Fremont Country Club, Sunday, 10:30 p.m.) The Virginians’ crossoverthrash sound makes them a unique booking among PRB’s club-show lineup. Expect to hear music from forthcoming album Slime and Punishment. Discharge (Festival stage, Monday, 6:05 p.m.) The English act’s debut album, 1982’s Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing, paved the way for aggressive music as a whole, from thrash metal to grindcore. Cock Sparrer (Festival stage, Monday, 9 p.m. p.m.) The U.K. Oi! pioneers meld punk aggressiveness with the simple, melodic sensibilities of pop. Seeing Cock Sparrer at Punk Rock Bowling is like a night at your favorite pub—with thousands of your buddies singing along as the fest winds down.
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A hum, a repeating three-note bassline and the echoing incantation of singer Isabel MunozNewsome starts “Priestess,” one of the pre-release singles—and centerpiece song—of Pumarosa’s debut album, The Witch. It’s minimal enough to draw your focus, which is maintained as the band masterfully spends the next seven minutes building every element until the post-punk meditation blossoms into a Balearic dancefloor anthem, horn section and all. Not for nothing has the song been repeatedly remixed. This climactic approach is the closest thing to a formula for the London quintet, which excels in compositional payoffs while also working from a musical toolbox big enough to belie its major-label association. Many of the Generation X touchstones of European music surface on The Witch, culling from rock and dance music almost equally. The acoustic warm up of “Barefoot” gives way to a 4/4 beat, an energizing breakaway that carries the rest of the song. Closer “Snake” sustains its own Krautrockian pulse for more than six minutes until its atmospheric comedown. Not all the numbers on The Witch resonate equally, and some of them hew a little closely to their inspirations: Kate Bush (the title track), Radiohead (“Lions’ Den”) or mid-era Cure (“My Gruesome Loving Friend”). But its entrancing narratives and meticulous craftsmanship still grant Pumarosa discovery status. –Mike Prevatt
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One headphone on Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell talks new songwriting strategies How did producer Jason Lytle of Grandaddy s it tough to adjust to real life between fit in? We’re kindred spirits, a couple of tinkertours, given how often you guys are on the ers that tend to shun a whole lot of community road? It’s a constant push and pull of acand go into our own bubbles of creation. I found climation, especially with kids. a sympathetic ear in him. He put all You can come back and they look of his talent and effort into it, and I BAND OF different; they look bigger. believe we have a much better album HORSES For the latest record, you wrote because his talents are applied. songs when they were at school or There’s a great list of heroes on with Wilderado. asleep. How different was that? A that record—J Mascis, two guys May 26, 8 p.m., big adjustment. I’d gotten used to from Archers of Loaf, two awesome $29-$55. The doing whatever the hell I wanted— ladies from a previous band I was in, Chelsea, 702698-7778. going to places where I could get the Carissa’s Wierd. Dave Fridmann, who solitude I thought I required to write works with Flaming Lips and Spoon songs. That has evolved with the reand MGMT, mixed the record—a sponsibilities of being a dad, to the point where really cool-ass cast of characters that helped I’ll have one headphone ear off, listening for the enthuse the record. door to get knocked on. Do you have new musical ideas percolating? How would you say that influenced the music? Oh, yeah. It started immediately. I’m currently [I spent] a large swath of that process feeling stydoing pre-production for the new record, mied with writer’s block issues, and that worked recording with some friends in a storage unit. itself into the material in a huge way. I didn’t Jason’s busy with Grandaddy’s album launch, so know what to talk about, [so] I started to talk I’m just trying to get as much as I can out of the about the process itself, and got freed up from the way, so when he’s ready, hopefully we can pick writer’s-block cloud by actually being honest. up right where we left off.
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By Julie Seabaugh rom Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos to ribald nature spoof The Farce of the Penguins and memoir Dirty Daddy, Bob Saget’s work has run the family-friendly gamut since he first began performing at age 17. The Grammy-nominated stand-up performs a decidedly R-rated set at Brooklyn Bowl on May 26. What can you tell me about the new stand-up special you just filmed? I kind of delved into comedy harder right during the election time. And for a year I hit the road, just delighting in doing comedy. It’s truly something that we all need right now. I’m not really doing tons of political stuff. It’s more personal stuff, but I still can’t avoid a dick joke. They’re my roots. And I’m telling stories. But a lot of it’s just about people being kind to each other. I do a bunch of music; a lot of songs. My closing song is called “We’ve Got to Be Kind to Each Other.” It’s not even
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But I love performing there, and I love that I’m doing Brooklyn Bowl, because it’s off the beaten path a tiny bit. I like rock ’n’ roll rooms, because a lot of my audience members are 18, 24. They also go to 65. My audiences are basically 16 to death. Fuller House is reaching a new generation on Netflix, but next year is also the 10th anniversary of the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget and the 20th anniversary of Dirty Work. Why do you think they continue resonating with younger fans? Dirty Work was designed to be a movie for 15-year-old boys. It didn’t perform that well when it came out. [Star] Norm [MacDonald] and I went to all the theaters the night of the premiere, and we were like, “This is going to be the biggest hit of all time!” Now it’s like one of these cult classics. People bring the DVDs to get signed, and it’s really an honor. So that lived. A lot of people tell me my Roast is their favorite of all of them, even though some of the others have been
pretty funny. But this one resonated, because it was all my friends. Stamos was the Roastmaster, with Jeff Garlin, Jeff Ross, Norm, Gilbert [Gottfried], Susie Essman … people I loved. And Cloris Leachman, who I’d only worshipped from afar, had the killer set. I’m 61 today—it’s my birthday!— but I know it’s important to hang out with younger people, and with your friends. This past weekend I was with John Stamos, Dave Coulier and our girlfriends having a hilarious time at Disneyland. If you look at Instagram, they brought onesies for us to have a sleepover at the Grand California Hotel. I also had a big loss this week. One of my dearest friends [former Paramoount Pictures chairman Brad Grey] passed on. Stuff happens in life, and then you figure out how to go on. That’s what my special’s about: Just trying to enjoy life. I yell at the millennials not to take it for granted … and then give them public service announcements not to have sex with animals and trees.
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SERIOUS SMILES Original musical Clowntown explores a strange world not unlike our own By Leslie Ventura world in which clowns are an actual, living species. Sounds like the stuff of nightmares, right? But for Michael Brennan, former musical director of Steve Wynn’s Le Rêve, it was the seed for a musical. “I was just mesmerized with it,” Brennan says of discovering a screenplay by Nathan Olney more than two years ago. “It was like a Tarantino film with clowns.” Over the course of a year and a half, Brennan and one-time Le Rêve illustrator John Massé turned Clowntown into a Broadway-style production with 18 original songs, which debuts at UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre with three shows this weekend. The post-apocalyptic world, in which clowns have been ordered to live separately from humans within the confines of a place called Clowntown, is a little bit X-Men,
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Ben Harper plays Brooklyn Bowl on May 25. (Amy Harris/AP Photo)
THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tom Freund 5/25, 7:30 pm, $45-$75. Jessica Manalo, Kaylie Foster 5/27, 6:30 pm, free. Pink Talking Fish 5/27, midnight, $15. DJ Printz, Jabari 5/28, 9 pm, 25-$50. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Celine Dion 5/275/28, 5/30-5/31, 7:30 pm, $55-$500. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Band of Horses, Wilderado 5/26, 8 pm, $29-$49. Foster the People 5/27, 8 pm, $20-$60. 702-698-7000. Double Down Dark Water Rebellion, Gayhead 5/25, 9 pm. Fornicators, Schadenfreuders, Defects, Agent 86, Super Zeroes 5/26. Tiki Bandits, Time Crashers, Ukelele Hiro, Chainsaw Fight, Safewerd 5/27, 11 am. Revenge Corps, One Time Crime, Midnight Track, Cadaver Pudding 5/27. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (Pool) Lukas Graham 5/25, 8 pm, $25-$29. Highly Suspect 5/26, 9:30 pm, $25-$29. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Marsha Ambrosius, Eric Benét 5/25, 7 pm, $30-$55. Santana: Greatest Hits Live 5/26-5/28, 8 pm, $100-$170. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mandalay Bay (Beach) J Balvin, Becky G 5/28, 9 pm, $46. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Grand Garden Arena) Dead & Company 5/27, 8 pm, $50-$150. 702-891-1111. Orleans (Showroom) Air Supply 5/26-5/28, 8 pm, $40-$50. 702-284-7777. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Jennifer Lopez 5/265/28, 5/31, 9 pm, $79-$416. 702-777-2782. T-Mobile Arena New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, Paula Abdul 5/28, 7:30 pm, $35-$130. 702-692-1600. Wynn (Encore Theater) John Fogerty 5/27-5/28, 8 pm, $60-$250. 702-770-7000.
Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Riverboat Gamblers, The Soviettes, Mean Jeans, Harriers of Discord 5/27, 10:30 pm, $18. Surprise guests 5/26, 9:30 pm, $20. Surprise guest, Guida, Drakulas, True Rivals 5/28, 10:30 pm, $25. Twiztid, Donnie Menace, Windy City Music, Charlie Madness 5/31, 8 pm, $30-$35. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Shonen Knife, Candy Warpop, Pet Tigers 5/25, 8 pm, $15. Off With Their Heads, Brandan Kelly, Steve Soto, No Red Alice 5/26, 9:30 pm, $16. The Hip Priests, Hewhocannotbenamed, Satanic Overlords of Rock ’n’ Roll, Savage Henry 5/27, 11 am, free. 5/28, 11 am, free. The Mr. T Experience, CH3, The Lucky Eejits 5/27, 10:30 pm, $17. The Hip Priests, Jonny Manak and the Depressives, Midnight Staggers 5/28, 11 am, free. Scream, Down by Law, Stalag 13, Sidekick 5/28, 10:30 pm, $17. Death by Stereo, Common War, Hard Pipe Hitters, Zom Sawyer 5/29, 10:15 pm, $15. BJ Barham 5/31, 8 pm, $15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Television, The Weirdos, The Avengers, Alice Bag & The Sissy Bears, Generacion Suicida, Spider 5/26, 9 pm, $25. The Menzingers, The Lawrence Arms, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Toys That Kill, Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves 5/27, 9 pm, $20. Hepcat, The Slackers, Sharp/Shock, Left Alone, The B Sharps, The Zero Class 5/28, 9 pm, $20. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Clark County Government Amphitheater Jazz in the Park: Joey DeFrancesco, Las Vegas Academy Jazz Combo 5/27, 7 pm, free. 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-8200. Downtown 3rd Street Vince Neil, Todd Kerns
& The Anti-Stars 5/27, 7 pm, free. Downtown Grand, 702-719-5100. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival ft. Iggy Pop, Bad Religion, Cock Sparrer & more 5/27-5/29, $50$425. 200 S. 3rd St., punkrockbowling.com.. Fremont Country Club The Sonics, The Mutants, Throw Rag, Special guests 5/25, 9 pm, $20. The Vandals, Street Dogs, The Crowd, Screw 32, Line Cutters 5/26, 9 pm, $20. The Casualties, A Global Threat, Potato Pirates, Fornicators, The Scandals 5/27, 10:30 pm, $20. Municipal Waste, Ignite, Tagada Jones, Let Rage! 5/28, 10:30 pm, $20. Punk Rock Karaoke, Tartar Control, Playboy Manbaby 5/29, 9:30 pm, $8. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont Street Experience (3rd Street Stage) Theory of a Deadman 5/26, 9 pm, free. vegas experience.com. Golden Nugget (Showroom) Little River Band 5/26, 8 pm, $43-$162. 866-946-5336. Griffin Meatbodies, Fatal Jamz, Von Kin, DJ Fish 5/26, 9 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702-382-0577. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) The Lon Bronson Band 5/27, 8 pm, $15-$35. (Troesh Studio Theater) Las Vegas Philharmonic: Cabrera Conducts Bruckner 5/27, 7:30 pm, $30-$109. 702-749-2000.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Xandria, Kobra and the Lotus, Once Human, BiPolar, AntiTrust, Mastiv 5/26, 8 pm, $12. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Cannery The Vogues, The Diamonds, The Outsiders, Shades of Blue 5/27, 4 pm, $5. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Dive Bar Ten Poot Pole 5/27, 8 pm, $10. Knee High Fox 6/1, 9 pm, $6. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Golden Tiki Jello Biafra’s Incredibly Strange Dance Party 5/27, midnight, $5. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. M Resort (M Pavilion) Gary Valenciano, Katrina Velarde 5/27, 8 pm, $61-$81. 800-745-3000. Primm Valley Resort (Star of the Desert Arena) Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds 5/27, 8 pm, $25-
$55. 702-386-7867. Sahara West Library Francesca Anderegg: Violin With a Passion for the West 5/25, 6 pm, free. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) The Wailers 5/27, 8 pm, $24-$34. 702-263-7777. Sunset Station (Amphitheater) Loverboy, Starship, Mickey Thomas 5/28, 7 pm, $24-$54. 702-547-7777. Winchester Cultural Center Jessica Fichot: From Paris to Shanghai 5/26, 7 pm, $16-$19. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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Alios Majestic Repertory: Carrie the Musical Thru 5/28, days & times vary, $23. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Art Square Theatre Cockroach Theatre: The Christians Thru 6/4, days & times vary, $16-$20. 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 702-818-3422. Opportunity Village OVation Spring Performing Arts Concert 5/25, 6 pm, free. 6050 S. Buffalo Drive, 702-262-1515. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Phantom of the Opera 5/31-6/4, 7:30 pm, $29-$127. 702-749-2000. Suncoast (Showroom) Bill Fayne’s Broadway Showstoppers 5/27, 8:30 pm, $15-$30. 702-636-7075. Theatre in the Valley About Time Thru 6/4, Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Sun, 2 pm. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275. UNLV (Judy Bayley Theatre) Clowntown 5/275/28, 2 pm; 5/27, 7:30 pm; $30. 702-895-3332.
Comedy
Beauty Bar Altercation Road Stories Live ft. Mike Wiebe, Ryan Young, Ron Martinez, Dave Rodriguez 5/26, 5 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Brooklyn Bowl Bob Saget 5/26, 7 pm, $30-$100. Linq, 702-862-2695. Hard Rock Hotel (Vinyl) Ian Bagg 5/26, 8 pm, $25-$45. 702-693-5000. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Kathy Griffin 5/26, 10 pm, $65-$87. Gabriel Iglesias 5/27-5/28, 10 pm, $65-$76. 702-792-7777.
ReBar Stand Up for Animals Comedy Fundraiser 5/26, 8 pm, $10-$12. 1225 S. Main St., 702-349-2283. South Point (Showroom) George Wallace 5/26-5/28, 7:30 pm, $40-$50. 702-796-7111. Treasure Island Joel McHale 5/26, 9 pm, $55-$70. 702-894-7111.
Special Events
Brews & Blues Festival 5/27, 4-8 pm, $35-$40. Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. Crafthaus SuperBloom White IPA Beer Release 5/26, 5-11 pm, free admission. 7350 Eastgate Road #110, 702-462-5934. Las Vegas Epicurean Affair 5/25, 7 pm, $115$165. Palazzo Pool Deck, 702-607-7777. Star Wars: 40th Anniversary Celebration 5/25, 5 pm, free. Millennium Fandom Bar, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. S. #140, 702-405-0816
Galleries
Barrick Museum of Art (Main Gallery) Tested Ground 5/26-9/16. (Teaching Gallery) Play On Gary, Play On 5/26-9/16. Opening Reception 5/26, 5-8 pm. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Clark County Government Center Rotunda Jennifer Henry: Love’s Last Look Thru 7/7. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 702-455-7030. The Cube Jerry Misko: All the Spots & All the Dots Thru 5/27 Thu-Sat, noon-6 pm. Art Square, 1025 S. 1st St. #150, 702-483-8844. Donna Beam Fine Art BFA Exhibition 2017 Thru 5/31. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893. 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 Your Favorite Innocence Thru 5/27. Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #100, 702-608-2461. Winchester Cultural Center Gallery Wendy Chambers: Exploratory Surgery Thru 6/1, free. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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HANSON — 25th ANNIVERSARY TOUR BLUES TRAVELER