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DEATHFEST 9 DOWNTOWN Few events willingly promote themselves as “brutal,” but Las Vegas’ annual deathmetal bludgeoning wears the term as a patch of honor. For three days, more than 50 acts with terrifying names like Mangled Atrocity and Psychotic Defilement—plus the unreadable, jagged-font logos to match—will pulverize fans’ eardrums for the ninth year, this time at adjacent East Fremont venues Backstage Bar & Billiards and Fremont Country Club. Polish band Vader, which has been releasing sunny tracks like “I Am Who Feasts Upon Your Soul” and “Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)” since the early 1980s, headlines Thursday’s action. New York’s Mortician, which debuted with 1990 single “Brutally Mutilated” before going on to record first LP Hacked Up for Barbecue, tops the bill on Friday. And Kansas City’s Angelcorpse, once described by allmusic.com as “sonically extreme beyond belief”—and recently reunited after six years apart— will cap off the final night for those still standing on Saturday. Bands play from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. each day; $30-$35/day, $80/festival. –Spencer Patterson
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THE Orange Feathers AT VELVETEEN RABBIT The Vegas band—named for a bright plume it found in the Mojave desert—features two vocalists, Matt Morgan and Miles Van Blarcom, who combine for harmonies equally bright and buoyant. Using only their voices, acoustic guitars and a kick drum, The Orange Feathers create a poppy brand of singersongwriter folk that fits right alongside artists like Angus & Julia Stone and The Lumineers—or, dare we say, former One Direction crooner and recent breakout sensation Harry Styles. The Feathers kick off their Native tour Friday in Downtown Las Vegas and will go on to play gigs across the southwest before wrapping things up at New Mexico’s Badass Mountain Music Festival. Watch the duo’s live “living room session” video for “Tear It Down” for a taste, or head to Spotify to give just-released single “Daisy” a listen before this EP release show at Velveteen Rabbit. With Jessica Manalo, free. –Leslie Ventura
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He has directed and starred in movies, produced television shows, hosted the Academy Awards and voiced an animated zebra, but when all is said and done, Chris Rock is a stand-up comic, and a damned good one. See him do his thing. $50-$254. –Geoff Carter
If Phoenix’s newest singles, “J-Boy” and “Ti Amo,” were food, they might be a French tart mashed into an Italian gelato. Sample for yourself Wednesday at Brooklyn Bowl, where the rhythmic alt-pop act will perform, as will indie darlings The Lemon Twigs. $35-$65. –Mike Prevatt
TSTMRKT is a performance art and video collective comprised of Ernest Hemmings and Breon Jenay. Their shows are provocative and flat-out weird, and their latest, TSTMRKT X, is headed to the Hollywood Fringe Festival. You’ll find out what it’s about at the same time we do. $10, 705 Las Vegas Blvd. N. –Geoff Carter
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THREE SILENT FILM EVENTS Moviegoers rarely get a chance to see silent films with an audience, so anyone interested in classic film should take advantage of three unique opportunities this week. First, the Henderson Symphony Orchestra will be performing live musical accompaniment to Ernst Lubitsch’s restored 1922 historical epic The Loves of Pharaoh (June 9, 8 p.m., $15, Henderson Pavilion). Charlie Chaplin fans who enjoyed the Henderson Symphony’s previous performances accompanying Chaplin comedies can check out A Century of Chaplin, a program of some of his early short films, dating back to 1917 (June 10, 8 p.m., free, Garehime Heights Park). And Iron Vampyr is the culmination of a collaborative process between the Sci Fi Center and local musician Steven Goldfinger, who recorded an original heavy metal score that will be played alongside F.W. Murnau’s landmark 1922 horror movie, Nosferatu (June 13, 8 p.m., $10). –Josh Bell Charlie Chapman meets Nosferatu meets Pharaoh this week in Vegas. (Illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
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here might finally be some good news on the sex-education front. Barring a potential veto by Governor Brian Sandoval, a bill passed by the Nevada legislature last week (AB348) will finally clear the way for an evolved and accountable sex-ed curriculum—including “current, age-appropriate and ... medically accurate” content— and an easier opt-in route for parents. Clark County School District’s own sheepish, celibacy-filtered program is considered outdated and incomplete. But while certain changes would be made in the coming school year, the swiftness of curriculum updates will depend on the district. Thankfully, there’s a stopgap workaround for parents who want their kids to learn the up-to-date birds and the bees, but shudder at discussing it themselves: Pornhub. No, we’re not referring to the tube site famous for its X-rated content, but an ancillary site called the Pornhub Sexual Wellness Center (pornhub.com/sex). It’s a legitimate and comprehensive platform that eschews dirty videos and employs pedigreed psychologists and academics to professionally explain nearly every aspect of human sexuality, in language that doesn’t talk down or insinuate the worst of their students. Parents can preview the numerous subjects, choose the ones they’re comfortable having their kids read and—assuming they use Internet parental controls—whitelist the pages. Besides the obvious tutorials on reproductive anatomy and function, PSWC exhaustively reviews safer-sex and contraception, hygiene and self-examinations, and LGBTQ sexual health. It covers abstinence in one post, “outercourse”—a non-procreative alternative—in another. There’s nuanced discussions regarding love, relationships and intimacy. It defines sexual consent and assault in no uncertain terms. And the rare explicit post comes with a clear NSFW warning. Questions can also be sent anonymously to PSWC director and clinical psychologist Dr. Laurie Betito, who publishes some of her responses in an informative Q&A section. Sure beats raising your hand in class—for all the questions your instructor currently can’t answer.
Black Spade Tattoo, old and new. (Photos by Wade Vandervort; photo illustration by Ian Racoma/Staff)
Get behind this Party Bus, Satan! Don’t you hate it when your bus to Burning Man breaks down in the middle of a murderous satanic cult ritual, and suddenly you’re fighting for your life? That’s the hilariously terrifying premise behind the horror flick Party Bus to Hell, which stars Sharknado’s Tara Reid. It recently wrapped filming in
Las Vegas and the Valley of Fire, and is set to premiere later this year. With a few exceptions—such as Reid and LA-based writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky—the movie is a product of Nevada. It’s produced by brothers and LA transplants Sonny and Michael Mahal. “This movie exceeded our expectations. There’s a lot of Vegas talent,” Michael says. “Our whole mission is to bring production back to Vegas and make huge studio films, and we’re going to do that.” –C. Moon Reed
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Fremont East’s next big thing has been there all along BY GEOFF CARTER
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A ‘RESISTANCE EXPO’ PROVIDES PURPOSE FOR BUDDING ACTIVISTS It started as a huddle after the nationwide Women’s March in January. The goal was to keep the momentum going. Six months later, one of the products of that objective is the What Can I Do? Resistance Expo, which will take place June 10 (10 a.m.-1 p.m., 1630 S. Commerce St.). A collaboration between Southern Nevada Marches Forward, Battle Born Progress and the Culinary Workers Union, the event will be a onestop shop for progressive action. “We really feel very excited and very positive, co-organizer Helen Havlin O’Reilly says. “Whatever else I think about Donald Trump, he really has awakened a sleeping giant, and I’m thankful for that.” –C. Moon Reed
Before Josh “King Ruck” Glover made his move, Fremont East had stalled. While nothing can match the frenetic activity of a few years back, when new businesses opened in the Fremont corridor seemingly every few weeks, this past year—aside from new businesses moving into old spots (Evel Pie into Radio City Pizza, Red into Insert Coins)—has been defined by storefronts going dark. Glutton, Grass Roots, the Beat Coffeehouse, Itsy Bitsy Ramen & Whisky and Zydeco Po-Boys all shut their doors; Vault never opened its doors at all. That’s half the reason the new Container Park location for King Ruck’s Black Spade Tattoo, inside the two railroad cars that were once home to Bolt Barbers, feels so right. It enables the tattoo shop to double in size, and could allow the bustling businesses that adjoin its old Carson Building location—Donut Bar and Carson Kitchen—to expand. But the other half of the equation is King Ruck himself. The Ink Master Season 4 contestant has been a Fremont fixture since 2009—before Fremont East existed, really. It’s totally right that Fremont’s newest big thing is a neighborhood pioneer. “As soon as I walked in here I was like, ‘This is a W, right here; this is definitely a win’,” Ruck says grinning. During an intense two-month remodel (“We were movin’ aggressive, man”), Ruck entirely transformed the space’s interior, putting every inch to its fullest use. (The cars’ strangest attributes—two observation chairs, accessible only by ladder—will become an employee break area.) Ruck even painted a striking graffiti mural on the exterior of one of the cars. Despite his success and celebrity (people actually fly into Vegas just to get tattooed by him), Ruck seems visibly humbled by the new space. He only moved to Fremont in the first place because it was what he knew: He grew up nearby, on 20th Street. “I only wanted a small, comfortable tattoo shop, where I could grow my skills. I didn’t think, ‘I’m gonna hire other artists.’ I just wanted a cool little space where I could be creative.” In those two railroad cars, King Ruck gets the marquee spot he deserves. And Fremont East gets a much-needed push, rolling it back down the track.
There’s no better way to live large-format than the bo ssäm at worldbeating chef David Chang’s finally-in-Vegas Momofuku. A full order of this wondrous slowroasted pork shoulder feeds as many as 10, and it comes with oysters to slurp, too. The pork, tender and fatty, is great for making lettuce wraps, but we also like it as the centerpiece of a DIY rice bowl with the accompanying kimchi and ginger-scallion sauce. Choose your own adventure. $134-$268. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-2663. –Andy Wang Photograph by Jon Estrada/ Special to Weekly
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Otherwise known as pad kee mow (kee mow means “drunkard” in Thai). This dish’s traditional wide rice noodles get swapped out for squid ink-dyed black spaghetti at Arawan, which adds in plump shrimp, tender morsels of beautiful flower-cut squid, juicy scallops and meaty mussels. The oceanic ambrosia is then tossed with onions, Thai basil, green peppercorns, mushrooms and a spicy chili sauce for a unique, updated take on a classic. $23. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-734-7799. –Leslie Ventura
Dining on old cows is big in Basque country, apparently, and José Andrés is hell-bent on bringing that tradition to the States. At Bazaar, 8-year-old dairy cows from Mindful Meats in Petaluma find a new lease on life as vaca vieja—literally “old cow.” Dry-aged for 30 days, the meat conveys the robust funkiness typically reserved for cuts dry-aged much longer. Neither tender nor marbled, this meat isn’t for everyone, but if you’re looking for something truly different, this is it. $45. SLS, 702-761-7610. –Jim Begley
There’s no shortage of tasty lomo saltado— the starch-laden, Chinese-influenced Peruvian cuisine favorite—throughout the Valley. But the tastiest might just come from the assured kitchen of El Toque del Sabor. And it’s not the medium-perfect steak slices you’ll be feverishly shoveling into your gob first— it’s the papas fritas sponging up the dish’s heavenly marinade, which also transforms the adjacent scoop of white rice. Actually, if you’re eating it right, you’ll mix all three together, a sopping, swoon-worthy balance of cow and carb. $14.99. 2501 E. Tropicana Ave. #2E, 702-547-0855. –Mike Prevatt
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This one combines practically everything chef Josh Horton has in his kitchen: chili, hot dogs, bacon, onions, peppers … But because he’s nothing but classy, it’s completed with a tableside presentation that smothers on smoky adobo cheddar sauce from the skillet. Because why wouldn’t fries be finished tableside? $8. 927 Fremont St., 702-534-3223. –JB Photograph by Jon Estrada/ Special to Weekly
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Everyone in line at Cosmo’s second-floor brekkie heaven is thinking about egg sandwiches, which means one of the city’s best burgers is getting slept on. That perfect, warm brioche bun works just as well swaddling ground Angus beef, caramelized onions and cheddar cheese as it does eggs, and of course there’s an over-medium gem here, too. Tangy dijonnaise and bread-andbutter pickles provide the snap that makes all the difference. $10. Cosmopolitan, 702698-7000. –BR
Served with warm black-eyed pea salad and spicy Creole tomato glaze, this lovely bird is the obvious entrée choice on the Venetian steakhouse’s Restaurant Week three-course lunch menu ($30).
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On a menu full of one-bite wonders, these dynamic dumplings are the most memorable. The hip NYC spot that recently opened in Vegas and LA takes one of our most revered childhood food memories and gives it the xiao long bao treatment, with rich, savory tomato soup inside the grilled cheese, plus smoked bacon for an extra-savory kick. Better get a double-order. $18. Cosmopolitan, 702-737-0707. –Brock Radke
Let’s talk about tomato sauce. It’s the most spectacular of sauces, salty and sweet and umami. Combine it with cheese, basil and a colossal cut of meat, and you might have the most perfect of entrées. So, yes, ball out on the tender veal parm at Carbone. Enjoy the juicy cutlet and every drop of the tomato sauce, then indulge your inner caveman. This is your big night out, so don’t be shy about gnawing on the bone. $64. Aria, 877-230-2742. –AW
RW is the perfect time to play tourist at the iconic Paris Las Vegas fine dining room, and the $80 dinner menu includes this updated version of one of Eiffel Tower’s signatures, served with asparagus, royal trumpet mushrooms and potato tuile. The name is enticing enough, and Chada Street delivers on its promise. The heaping mound of hot and savory rice arrives flavorful and moist, thanks to the decadent crab fat, and it’s only made better with the addition of more crab meat and egg. It’s one of the least adventurous options on one of the city’s most interesting, menu, but it’s a must-try you’ll end up ordering again and again. $12. 3839 Spring Mountain Road, 702-579-0207. –LV
Don’t be fooled by the clear, clean broth. There is nothing mellow about the boiled fish with green pepper sauce at Chengdu. Even if you avoid the Szechuan peppercorns and the mound of green and red chilis floating above the liquid, even if you carefully scoop out the delicate and excellent fish filets, you’ll feel a burn and a mouth-numbing mala tingle with every remarkable bite. Remember, there’s Dole Whip at Golden Tiki in the same strip mall if you need to cool off after. $14.99. 3950 Schiff Drive, 702-437-7888. –AW
Unless you’ve been lucky in the daily special sweepstakes at F&F—or spent time in Singapore—you’ve never had kaya toast. Chef Sheridan Su slathers toasted brioche in a house-made coconut jam with Asian vanilla and tops it with a softboiled egg flavored with dark soy. The result: a southeast Asian breakfast staple delivering sweet and savory in each bite. It’s a rotating special, so call ahead to confirm its availability. $5. 380 W. Sahara Ave., 626-616-6632. –JB
We get it. You’re ordering the Jardin Signature Fleur partially for the Instagram likes and to document your sugar high with a Snap story that’s as envy-inducing as the champagne showers at XS. But after you grab a fork and smash what looks like a blooming flower pot at Jardin, you’d better eat the perfectly moist chocolate cake inside. It’s a layered, creamy masterpiece that happens to come with edible flowers. So sure, film yourself while you’re enjoying your dessert. $18. Encore, 702-770-3463. –AW
Of course the $80 dinner menu at this California classic inside the Shops at Crystals offers more than dessert, but this insanely rich, ethereal cake-cloud might be the bite you’ll remember best.
The Cosmopolitan’s flashy, theatrical venue is still busting out mind-blowing dishes, and this tonarelli with Alaskan King crab, mint and lemon is the highlight of a $50 RW menu.
How much great food lives at Cosmo? A lot. Take advantage of this special $80 menu to sample the goods at new izakaya Zuma, and once you get your sushi fix, move on to this meaty masterpiece. –Brock Radke
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Executive chef Jamaal Taherzadeh’s insanely rich and savory roast consists of layers of juicy meat, crispy skin and totally indulgent pig fat. Braised for 24 hours, the inside remains moist and tender while the rich, Latin-inspired red pepper romesco and green garlic puree add a spicy one-two punch. It’ll have mouths watering the moment it hits the table. $21. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7558. –LV
Like so many of the most memorable pasta dishes at Marc’s Trat-
toria—and its precursor, Parma—this unorthodox masterpiece began as an experiment, and then a special, before working its way into the regular rotation. Fresh, house-made black fettuccine gets all sauced up with truffle cream and quite a bit of jumbo lump crab meat, with some spring peas speckled in for color and sweetness. It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend eating it up. $26. 8615 W. Sahara Ave., 702-233-6272. –BR
Deep inside the Venetian, mild Hokkaido scallop is topped with jalapeño and perched atop yuzumarinated pressed apple in single-
bite servings. If it sounds like there’s a lot is going on here, there is, but the multitude of textures and tastes deliver acidity, heat and sweetness, enhancing the fish rather than overpowering it. It’s subtle despite its bold flavors. $16. Venetian, 702-414-2263. –JB
The group behind Vegas staples Monta and Sushi Mon launched this LA-born concept in Las Vegas this year, bringing the udon noodle to the forefront while fusing traditional Japanese cuisine with Italian flavors. If one dish epitomizes that union, it’s the addictive and fun-to-eat udon gratin—heavy cream, mozzarella, chicken, onions and thick, house-
made noodles, baked to cheesy perfection. A doggy bag won’t be necessary. $11.95. 3889 Spring Mountain Road, 702-202-1177. –LV
The Valley’s newest dim sum hot spot can be found—no surprise—at the city’s first specifically Chinese casino. Everything’s good, but the Technicolor soup dumpling flight dubbed Five Guys—individually filled with pork, kale, black truffle, crab roe and beets—tastes as pretty as it looks. Hurry up and add this shot to your food-stagram collection before we take the first bite. $12.88. Lucky Dragon, 702-579-1287. –BR
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You can’t eat here without starting your meal with some fresh, raw, briny goodness. The Svetlana is basically another ideal accoutrement for your oysters: horseradishinfused vodka with lots of lemon, a little ginger and the herbal bitters Becherovka. One drink per dozen oughta do it.
Since relocating from the Strip to the southwest Valley, Andre’s hasn’t missed a beat. Executive chef Marty Lopez’s trout stands out on a consistently outstanding new menu. The mild-flavored fish, sourced from Idaho, wades in nutty brown butter sauce and comes adorned with toasted almonds; the sauce’s caramelization delivers hints of sweetness, while the nuts contribute crunch. One of the best fish dishes you’ll find in the suburbs—or beyond. $23. 6115 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-798-7151. –JB Photograph by Jon Estrada/ Special to Weekly
I can’t stop eating at Other Mama, and I’m not alone. You must be going a lot, too, because I can’t get my barstool as easily. Maybe take a break? One thing I’ve learned from my many repeat visits is that although the splendid cocktails created by barmen David English and David Cooper match up flawlessly with food imagined by chef Dan Krohmer, they didn’t really design the drinks to go with any particular dish. And yet, success. So I took it upon myself to find the most beautifully boozy partners for three of Other Mama’s most popular plates. You’re welcome.
This was a happy accident. The gin-based cocktail with Lillet Blanc, framboise Belgian beer (fermented with raspberries) and grapefruit is dry, sweet and tart enough to wildly contrast the sour and spicy kimchi and the radical richness of the dish’s fried egg and pork belly.
3655 S. Durango Drive #6, 702-463-8382. Daily, 5-11 p.m. Photographs by Mikayla Whitmore
Other Mama serves actual desserts, but this sweet and savory treat works just as well and has been among the most popular dishes from day one. It was hard to find its cocktail match, but the heady Sadako, with oaked whiskey, Aperol, lemon and Amaro, is a powerhouse finishing move, a perfect toast to this toast.
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ROK AND ROLLS SAKE ROK IS A BIG VEGAS PARTY, WITH MEMORABLE FOOD, TOO BY BROCK RADKE ntil MGM Resorts plants something in that big end space across from T-Mobile Arena’s Toshiba Plaza, Sake Rok is all alone on the Park. Sure, there are other places to eat and drink, but those are designed for before or after you catch a show at T-Mobile or the Park Theater. Sake Rok is a destination unto itself—a restaurant and bar and special-event hot spot with its own in-house entertainment—that could exist in almost any resort property on the Strip. With its sushi and steak, dancing servers and endlessly upbeat environment, it offers an experience that’s familiar but not largely available these days in Vegas, as restaurants have trended either to fancy or ultra-casual. If you don’t want to go full Tao, here’s Sake Rok. Of course, all the extras would feel gimmicky if the food was mediocre. Heading into its second year, Sake Rok recently unleashed an updated menu conceived by executive chef Joe Mosconi (formerly at Tao) and executive sushi chef Park Sung (formerly at SushiSamba) that adds more small plates, more meat and more vegan options— and an absolutely killer bowl of ramen ($18). This place was made for groups of party-ready diners, so plan to share. That’s when you should order sushi rolls, and the new kamikaze roll ($21) has shrimp tempura, jalapeño, avocado, tuna, eel sauce and a spicy vinaigrette—tons of flavor. Consider getting one of the new Australian Wagyu steaks for the table, too, available in various sizes, charred and juicy and served with black garlic and bacon-wrapped enoki mushrooms. New for veggie lovers: the interesting hybrid avocado toast crispy rice and the umami bomb mushroom tobanyaki ($15), with maitakes, shiitakes, oysters, shimejis and porcinis in yuzu-tamari sauce and coconut milk. Throw a few favorites, like crispy yellowtail sashimi tacos ($15), edamame with chili garlic butter ($6), salmon avocado hand rolls ($9) and seared scallops with yuzu soy butter ($26). For dessert? Honey toast, of course. There are lots of places for fun, upscale-ish Japanese food on- and off-Strip, but Sake Rok packs a powerful party punch you can’t find anywhere else.
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The retail juggernaut that is the 25-year-old Forum Shops at Caesars Palace still boasts a powerful dining lineup, even if some of the most prominent restaurants (Spago, the Palm, Il Mulino, Trevi, Joe’s, Sushi Roku) have been around for a long time. The next addition is something very different from the American, Italian, Mexican and Japanese food found at the Forum: the Slanted Door, a James Beard Award-winning Vietnamese restaurant with a 20-plus-year history in San Francisco, will open an 8,200-square-foot location here in 2018. Owner and executive chef Charles Phan was born in Da Lat, Vietnam, and lived in Guam as a youth before moving to San Francisco with his family. After working as a clothing designer and in Silicon Valley tech scene in the ’90s, Phan pioneered a modern, ingredient-driven style of Vietnamese cooking in the Bay Area—and he’ll be doing something similar on the Strip. Despite the general popularity of southeast Asian food from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines, these cuisines are underrepresented on Las Vegas Boulevard. Aria has the excellent Lemongrass, Bally’s has the mostly forgotten Sea and TI has a pho spot squished into its coffee shop. Beyond those, you can hunt through noodle bar menus for the occasional one-off dish. Vegas food tourists (Asian or otherwise) have become accustomed to heading off-Strip (mostly to Spring Mountain Road) to find more exotic cuisines, which makes us wonder why it’s taking so long to get this stuff on the Boulevard. The Slanted Door will be a more than welcome addition. –Brock Radke
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The DJs—who recently remixed “Something Just Like This” by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay—just released “He’s a Pirate,” their collaboration with legendary film score composer Hans Zimmer for the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales soundtrack, and they’re currently gearing up for their Garden of Madness residency, presented by Tomorrowland at Ushuaïa Ibiza, starting in July.
Dimitri agrees: “People come here to party. We have a lot of new stuff to test, and it’s a great crowd to try out new stuff. I find the evolution in Las Vegas especially interesting. When we started out here, we used to have to DJ in between two hip-hop DJs, and people did not really understand electronic music. Now it’s really taken off, and it’s really charming.”
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Speaking of DJing, the brothers say they “divide and conquer” their work in the studio to bring fans their dynamic and energetic shows. “It’s
sort of reinventing yourself,” Mike says. “Sixty-five percent of the set has become our own music, so each year we have to really invent those hits that people want to hear. We also incorporate what’s new and what people like, and then there’s making new intros, and I do a lot of vocals. All of that together usually makes a nice package.” Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike at XS at Encore, June 10; at Encore Beach Club, June 15. –Leslie Ventura
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“We’ve seen hostesses come in and work their way through college as servers, and now they’re doctors and they’re coming in,” Kaufman, a Las Vegas native, says. “It’s amazing what you see when you’re around for a decade. That’s the really cool side of what we do, because we are that local neighborhood thing. We’ve seen people grow up, and we’re the place for them.”
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It helps that all three of those Green Valley hot spots are open around the clock. Locals working on the Strip love that 24-hour convenience, but they also recognize when there are other industry pros running the show. Kaufman worked in restaurants during college before he began his career as a dealer, working his way up the casino chain and “making a few wrong turns” that led him back into the restaurant world, he jokes.
While Balboa remains a casual favorite, Whist was remade in 2014—it opened in 2005 as Kennedy and rebranded as Presidio in 2010—to become “that social, dating, first-meet hot spot,” and neighboring Al’s Garage transformed into Due & Proper. “We’ve always focused on consistency but not just in food and drink. People come back because of people, not places,” Kaufman says. “You can get a Coors Light anywhere. We make great craft cocktails, but so do a lot of people. The difference is the people who work here, many of whom come from high-volume properties on the Strip and want to see people more than once or twice a year. They want to have that conversation across the bar and know they’ll see you again next week.” Don’t be surprised to see DTG expand further. “We’re always looking to see what’s out there, and Balboa is a concept made to be in multiple locations,” he says. “But it would have to be in the right place with the right people. We need to maintain the quality of what we do and the people that work with us, the most important part.” –Brock Radke
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ecent and rare Vegas appearances by top comedy names like Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock might suggest there’s a comedy boom happening here. In reality, there’s a Vegas boom happening; the Strip has built enough top-tier venues to accommodate the biggest names in any genre of live entertainment. One of those rooms, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, certainly wasn’t built for stand-up performances. But between its ideal environment and a diverse slate of bookings, it might be the most grand place for big laughs on the Strip. “I don’t think there was ever a conscious decision to do more comedy, but we want to do more [at the venue],” says Bobby Reynolds, senior VP of entertainment at AEG, the exclusive booker at the
Colosseum. “With the resident artists in there, it’s a crowded calendar, which is a great problem to have. It would be difficult to bring in a band, for example, during Celine Dion’s run, moving and loading up all that gear. A comedian typically requires a stool and a mic. So all of a sudden, we have another sold-out show on a Friday or a Sunday night, often with an iconic artist.” Jerry Seinfeld (June 17 and 18) is at the top of the Colosseum’s comedy roster, but the venue has added more icons this year with return performances by Steve Martin & Martin Short (July 23, August 25 and October 29). Strip stalwart Jeff Dunham is always in the mix, and rising comedy stars Jim Gaffigan and Sebastian Maniscalco—the latter set to make his Colosseum debut in October—bring more diversity to the fun at Caesars.
“Comedy has always been in demand,” Reynolds says. “Chappelle and Rock have been selling out venues for over a decade. With Steve Martin and Martin Short, a lot more thought went into booking that and creating a new model for that show, and it has a lot to do with the Colosseum [being] the classiest room in town. I’m biased, but as an entertainment venue, there’s just a wow factor when you walk into that place, and that’s the same whether you’re Elton John or Reba McEntire or Sebastian Maniscalco.” –Brock Radke
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wenty-four-year-old Louisville-bred R&B upstart Bryson Tiller—who brings his headlining tour to the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in August—caught his growing fanbase off-guard in May when he dropped sophomore album True to Self a month early. The modern R&B landscape continues to bend and shift under the influence of hip-hop subgenres, and Tiller’s tremorcausing debut, Trapsoul, stood at the forefront in 2015, marked by the infectious, bass-heavy single “Don’t.” True to Self picks up where Tiller left off. “Don’t Get Too High” models the bumping groove that connects Tiller’s sound to the beloved R&B of the 1990s, before rolling seamlessly into the more sinister “Blowing Smoke,” on which Tiller proves he can rhyme with as much distinct style as he
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On weekends, adults can attend pool parties at each property starting at 11 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays, at the Pond at Green Valley Ranch and the all-new Cabana Club at Red Rock. Admission costs $30 for men and $20 for women. “We used to do events like these sporadically depending on holiday weekends, but we made the decision as a company to make sure Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock are doing consistent pool parties every weekend,” says Red Rock General Manager Bryan Lindsey. “At the end of the day, we know locals like to go down to the big pool parties a few times throughout the summer, but the Strip traffic can wear on you. We want to give those people, and industry people in general, something to do here, and that’s why we’ve got the DJs spinning all day Saturdays and Sundays and why we’ve given our culinary team some more room to create some really unique and tropical menus.” –Brock Radke
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French-Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco is behind Grill 58°, a steak and seafood house. Aji, billed as the first authentic Nikkei restaurant in Macau, will be helmed by chef Mitsuharu Tsumura. Singaporean Janice Wong, voted Asia’s Best Pastry Chef for 2013 and 2014 at the San Pellegrino Asia Top 50, has created the modern pastry shop Janice Wong MGM, which will feature one of the biggest chocolate fountains in the world—a 7.3-meter sculpture spouting rivers of dark, milk and white chocolate. And Seattle-born, Chicagobased TV favorite Graham Elliot will take American inspiration to Macau for Coast, a light and seasonal spot for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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turnips, sweet cipollini onions and pomegranate molasses reduction. The bright flavors on the plate perfectly complement the tender, rich meat, resulting in a true jewel of a dish. The fennel-crusted, slowroasted pork belly with buttermilk grits starter could also satisfy as an entrée. Lighten up with some seafood as your main attraction, like sea bass with the innovative veggie combo of sea beans and broccoli rabe, or panseared diver scallops with butternut squash salad and lobster and pancetta relish. Just be sure to save room for dessert, where you’ll have to choose between the daily rotation
of warm cookies and ice cream or indulgent Calvados apple bread pudding with bourbon vanilla gelato and pecan caramel. Why haven’t you been eating here all along? Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7601; Sunday-Thursday 6-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 6-11 p.m. –Brock Radke
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6/8-7/1 Donny & Marie. 7/5-7/22 Keith Sweat. 7/25-8/12 Donny & Marie. 8/15-9/2 Richard Marx. Flamingo, 702-777-2782. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER 6/17 Art of Rap with Ice-T, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & more. 6/22 OBC with Bishop Briggs, Coin, Sir Sly & more. 7/8 Deftones & Rise Against. 7/15 Goo Goo Dolls. 7/21 I Love the ’90s with TLC, Rob Base, Coolio & more. 7/22 Retro Futura with Howard Jones, The English Beat, Men Without Hats & more. 200 S. Third St., 800-745-3000. EN CORE
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Following a sold-out debut performance at Drai’s Nightclub during Memorial Day Weekend, Wiz Khalifa is the latest chart-topper to announce his exclusive 2017 Drai’s Live residency. He’ll be back onstage atop the Cromwell on July 1. ... In other Drai’s news, the nightlife company has partnered with Las Vegas nonprofits Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, Arturo Cambeiro Elementary School, Shade Tree and Friends of Las Vegas Metro Police Department Foundation for a community outreach initiative throughout 2017. The employees and patrons of Drai’s Beachclub, Nightclub and Afterhours will band together to provide meaningful services and opportunities to those in the Vegas Valley who need it most. ... Another legendary performer has jumped from Venetian/Palazzo to Wynn/Encore. Diana Ross completed a run of shows at Venetian (just like John Fogerty) and will now perform at Wynn October 11-28. ... Zuma bar man Seongha Lee was recently chosen as the regional winner of the 11th Annual Las Vegas Most Imaginative Bartender Competition presented by Bombay Sapphire gin. This summer, Lee and other top mixologists from across the country will travel to England to compete for the ultimate title.
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Veteran indie rockers Modest Mouse gave their most loyal fans extra reasons to rejoice Saturday night—14 of them, to be exact. That’s how many songs frontman Isaac Brock and his mates played at Brooklyn Bowl that weren’t performed during a 2015 show at the same venue. For further numeric details from the band’s return to town, visit lasvegasweekly.com. (Photo by Erik Kabik Photography/Courtesy)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT DAY TRIPS TO SUMMER FUN
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1. UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (CEDAR CITY)
2. ELDORADO CANYON MINE TOURS (NELSON)
Some come for outdoor exploration and museums, but the main attraction is this acclaimed festival, whose season begins on June 29. 200 W. College Ave., bard.org.
Take a walking tour of a former gold and silver mine, and enjoy the view of the Colorado River. 16880 State Highway 165, eldoradocanyon minetours.com.
3. HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN PARK (KINGMAN, ARIZONA) Go for a disc golf course hidden in the wooded mountains, stay for the hiking and biking trails. 6250 Hualapai Mountain Road, mcparks.com.
4. PAHRUMP VALLEY WINERY (PAHRUMP)
5. TUBE FLOAT (PARKER, ARIZONA)
Our rocky terrain might not scream “wine country,” but this winery is growing awardwinning Zins and Syrahs. 3810 Winery Road, pahrumpwinery.com.
At the annual Parker Tube Float, you’ll launch from Buckskin Mountain State Park and float three miles down the Colorado River. June 10, $20-$25, parkerfun.com.
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MONSTER MISFIRE The Mummy fails to reinvent a classic franchise By Josh Bell he movie might be called The Mummy, but its title character is too often an afterthought, taking a back seat to the familiar adventures of Tom Cruise, action star. Cruise is the big name in Universal’s opening effort to establish a cinematic universe around its classic monster characters (see sidebar), and investing in his star power is probably a smart move when it comes to reaching international audiences. But just throwing money at the situation isn’t a formula for making a good movie, and The Mummy always feels like a marketing strategy first and a movie second (sometimes a distant second). With Cruise in the lead, playing roguish American soldier and tomb raider Nick Morton, The Mummy is structured like a blockbuster action movie, rather than the creeping horror of its inspiration. Set in the present day (as opposed to the ’90s/’00s Brendan Fraser-starring Mummy movies, which were Indiana Jonesstyle period pieces), The Mummy follows Nick and his colleague/love interest Jennifer Halsey
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MONSTERS OF THE FUTURE WHAT’S BEING PLANNED FOR UNIVERSAL’S DARK UNIVERSE? DR. JEKYLL/MR. HYDE Russell Crowe has a supporting role in The Mummy as the scientist who creates a monstrous alter ego when he experiments on himself. Jekyll is sort of the Nick Fury of the DU, leading the mysterious organization set to tie the movies together. FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER There’s no one yet enlisted for the role of Dr. Frankenstein, but Javier Bardem will play his undead creation, possibly first in a movie focused on the creature’s bride. The order of the casting suggests the monster will get top billing and a larger
role than the man who made him. BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN The only other monster with a confirmed release date (February 14, 2019) for her movie, the bride has yet to be cast, although Universal is aiming high and reportedly courting Angelina Jolie. THE INVISIBLE MAN Franchise favorite Johnny Depp will take on another popculture institution as the unhinged Dr. Griffin, who turns himself invisible and then slowly goes insane. THE WOLF MAN Blockbuster kingpin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is rumored to be a top choice for the role of the werewolf made famous by Lon Chaney Jr., who was slightly less muscular. –Josh Bell
With its positive, uplifting depictions of troops, dogs and baseball, Megan Leavey could end up as two hours of patriotic pandering, but the movie’s creators (led by Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, making her narrative feature debut) mostly avoid taking the easy way out. The true story of the title character, a Marine dog handler who gained national attention for her efforts to adopt her bomb-sniffing dog after its retirement, is inspirational enough on its own, sure to tug on plenty of heartstrings. But the movie’s more grounded, somber elements are much more effective than its emotional arcs, which eventually take over the story. Before that, though, Kate Mara effectively conveys Megan’s awkwardness and insecurity through minimal dialogue, as the aimless young woman decides to escape her dead-end home town by joining the Marines. She can’t connect with people, but she bonds with Rex the German Shepherd, with whom she deploys to Iraq. The combat scenes are tense and gritty, but the movie brushes past them too quickly to get to Megan’s return home and her fight to adopt Rex. A romantic subplot with a fellow Marine never really fits into the narrative, and Megan’s relationships with her divorced parents are similarly broad, with some forced, stilted dialogue. It’s hard not to be moved by Megan’s eventual reunion with Rex, but getting there should be a smoother journey. –Josh Bell
AABCC MEGAN LEAVEY Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.
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Hell is other people It Comes at Night explores the horror of uncertainty By Josh Bell omething went very wrong with the outside world to have wiped out most of the population? Are Will at some point before It Comes at Night begins, and his family telling the truth about their intentions but neither the characters nor the audience and their history? What is left of the world beyond the know what that is. Holed up in an woods? And what, exactly, comes at night? The isolated house in the woods, Paul (Joel movie answers none of these questions, at least AAABC Edgerton), his wife Sarah (Carmen Ejogo) not directly, but writer-director Trey Edward IT COMES AT NIGHT and their teenage son Travis (Kelvin Shults (Krisha) builds an effective atmosphere Joel Edgerton, Harrison Jr.) know only that they need to of mistrust and dread, with even the slightest Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr. do whatever it takes to survive, and that hint of deception eating away at the fragile alliDirected by Trey they can’t trust anyone outside the family. ance among the characters. Framing much of the Edward Shults. Those ideas come into conflict when a story from Travis’ perspective, Shults plays with Rated R. Opens Friday citywide. stranger named Will (Christopher Abperceptions, and by the end it’s not quite clear bott) shows up on their property, asking what’s real and what might be a fever dream. for help for his own family. Reluctantly, Some of that unease takes a little too long to Paul allows Will, his wife Kim (Riley Keough) and their build, and the lack of clear details about the world can young son Andrew (Griffin Robert Faulkner) to move be frustrating. But it’s frustrating—and terrifying—for in, pooling their resources and fortifying their home the characters as well, and Shults puts the audience against potential outside threats. right alongside them, fumbling in the darkness of an What has caused the mysterious illness that seems uncaring world that offers no explanations or comfort.
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Special screenings 48-Hour Film Project 6/9, competition-winning short films, 9 p.m., $5. ReBAR, 1225 S. Main St., 48hourfilm.com/lasvegas. A Century of Chaplin 6/10, program of Charlie Chaplin silent short films, 8 p.m., free. Garehime Heights Park, 3901 N. Campbell Road, 702-229-2787. Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life 6/8, concert documentary, 7:30 p.m., $13-$15. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Family Movie Night Thu, sundown, free. 6/8, The Angry Birds Movie. Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., downtowncontainerpark.com. Las Vegas Film Festival Through 6/11, feature films, shorts, workshops, parties, more, various times, $11 per screening, $75-$175 passes. Brenden Theaters at the Palms, lvff.com. The Loves of Pharaoh 6/9, 1922 silent film with live accompaniment by the Henderson Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., $15. Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. National Theatre Live 6/11, broadcast of Peter Pan stage production from London, 11 a.m., $10.50-$12.50. Red Rock, Santa Fe. Info: fathomevents.com. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, 7:30 p.m., free. 6/10, A Dog’s Purpose. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. Saturday Movie Matinee 6/10, La La Land, 2 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. Sun, American Gods viewing party, 7 p.m., free. 6/13, Nosferatu (1922) with original heavy metal score, 8 p.m., $10. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. TCM Big Screen Classics 6/11, 6/14, Some Like It Hot with introduction from Turner Classic Movies, 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 6/13, The Clock. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week It Comes at Night aaabc Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. 97 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 58. Theaters citywide. Megan Leavey aabcc Kate Mara, Ramón Rodríguez, Bradley Whitford. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 57. Theaters citywide. The Mummy aaccc Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella. Directed by Alex Kurtzman. 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 56. Theaters citywide.
asdfashdfkjshaflihasdfihlasdifha sdf haisuhdfihsf sdfhsdfliuhvilushdfuhasdfiRachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in My Cousin Rachel. Look for our uhsdfluihsdfluihsdfliuhsdfiulhsdfiuhsdfiulsadf. (L.E. Baskow/Staff) full review online. (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy) My Cousin Rachel aabcc Sam Claflin, Rachel Weisz, Holliday Grainger. Directed by Roger Michell. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on a novel by suspense maven Daphne du Maurier, this thriller set on a 19th-century English country estate has all the ingredients for a Gothic potboiler. But Claflin is bland as a young man obsessed with his late cousin’s widow, and the story is more sedate than haunting. –JB Colonnade, Downtown Summerlin, Suncoast, Town Square. The Wedding Plan aaabc Noa Koler, Amos Tamam, Dafi Alpern. Directed by Rama Burshtein. 110 minutes. Rated PG. In Hebrew with English subtitles. Despite its Hollywood-style rom-com premise (dumped by her fiancé a month before their wedding, a woman decides to go through with the ceremony anyway, trusting she can find a groom in time), this Israeli dramedy is surprisingly sensitive and thoughtful about religion, romance and loneliness, building to a predictable but satisfying end. –JB Village Square.
Now playing Alien: Covenant aaabc Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Billy Crudup. Directed by Ridley Scott. 122 minutes. Rated R. Like its predecessor Prometheus and Scott’s 1979 classic Alien, Covenant finds the crew of a deep-space vessel investigating a mysterious planet and discovering horrific monsters lurking there. Fassbender is fantastic as two unsettling androids, and while the movie focuses more on scares than on Prometheus’ philosophical questions, those scares are pretty effective. –JB Theaters citywide. Baywatch abccc Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario. Directed by Seth Gordon. 116 minutes. Rated R. The cheesy ’90s TV series about lifeguards gets adapted into a dreadful action-comedy. The lowbrow humor is lazy and repetitive, and the action scenes are flat-out terrible. The plot drags on for nearly two hours, and the characters aren’t even remotely as well-defined as their abs. –JB Theaters citywide. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie aaabc Voices of Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed
Helms. Directed by David Soren. 84 minutes. Rated PG. This computer-animated movie, about two best friends (voiced by Hart and Middleditch) whose superhero creation comes to life, contains hand-drawn sequences and even a sock-puppet sequence. Rambunctious, but cheerfully clever—or at least cheerful—it contains fart jokes, but also a built-in critique and aesthetic appreciation of fart jokes. –JMA Theaters citywide. Chuck aabcc Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Jim Gaffigan. Directed by Philippe Falardeau. 98 minutes. Rated R. This biopic of boxer Chuck Wepner, the selfdeclared inspiration for Rocky Balboa, hits all the standard beats, as the working-class fighter rises to a championship bout before succumbing to drugs. Schreiber’s performance is strong, and the exploration of the intersection between sports and celebrity is promising, but the movie rarely goes beyond the conventional. –JB Village Square. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 aaacc Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista. Directed by James Gunn. 136 minutes. Rated PG-13. After teaming up to save the galaxy in the surprise-hit previous movie, Marvel’s intergalactic superheroes are split up and set on various courses until they come together for the action-packed finale. If you liked the first movie, well, here’s more of it, only not as refreshing or original. –JB Theaters citywide. The Lovers aaabc Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Aidan Gillen, Melora Walters. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. 94 minutes. Rated R. A middle-aged husband and wife, both having extramarital affairs, discover unexpected renewed passion for each other in Jacobs’ odd but endearing indie drama. Letts and Winger make the most of their rare leading roles, and the director trusts them to convey the story’s complex emotions, often wordlessly. –JB Green Valley Ranch, Suncoast. Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer aabcc Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen. Directed by Joseph Cedar. 118 minutes. Rated R. Gere plays the title character, a sort of political and corporate gadfly whose actual profession
and skills are never quite clear. A lot about Israeli writer-director Cedar’s movie is never quite clear, and the filmmaker’s oddball style only adds to the disjointed feel of the story. –JB Suncoast. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales aaccc Johnny Depp, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. 129 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the series initially based on a Disney theme-park ride features legendary pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) on a quest for Poseidon’s trident. The plot is convoluted and interminable, and Depp stumbles and mumbles his way through another performance as Jack, who’s lost all of his irreverent charm. –JB 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. Village Square. Wonder Woman aaabc Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston. Directed by Patty Jenkins. 133 minutes. Rated PG-13. Set during WWI, this solo adventure for the iconic DC superhero is a step forward for DC’s movie universe. Gadot plays Wonder Woman with an appealing sense of integrity and compassion. The movie never reinvents the superhero origin story, but it hits all the familiar beats with enthusiasm and style. –JB Theaters citywide. The Zookeeper’s Wife aabcc Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl. Directed by Niki Caro. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. The true story of a couple in Poland who used their zoo to shelter Jews during World War II deserves recognition, but the movie about them isn’t nearly as bold or risk-taking, following a familiar, predictable narrative with mild suspense and bland inspirational moments. –JB Suncoast. JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.
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Stocksmile, “The Biggest Lie”
No Red Alice, “Still Cursed”
Rayner, “Blurred Limes”
The Vegas ex-pats (now living in Vermont) recently covered this cut for A Brief Smile: A Tribute to Elliott Smith. Singer Bobby Meader stays true to the beautiful and heart-wrenching song, adding personal touches that feel hauntingly intimate. All proceeds from the record go to the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund. funkturryfunk. bandcamp.com
That ringing, catchy-as-hell guitar line and that swift, pummeling punk drumbeat. Crank up the volume and sing along to this summer earworm as singer Sal Giordano bellows, “If home is where the heartbreak lives, I’m packing up and heading West to go find love and happiness away.” noredalice.bandcamp.com
“We’re already living in hell,” the band members chant during a scene from Rayner’s latest video (which also features a cameo from NRA’s Giordano). The lead single off upcoming EP Disasters is a cigarette- and PBR-fueled pop-punk anthem, and thankfully it couldn’t sound any further from that Robin Thicke song. rayner.bandcamp.com
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Sabriel, “La Dee”
The lo-fi, indie three-piece is currently working on its debut full length, Sad Daze in Happy Valley, but the group’s Sad Daze Summer Demo—especially a new recording of this dancey, nostalgia-ridden cut—should satiate fans until August. indigokiddwa. bandcamp.com
The soulful singer-songwriter switches things up for her latest single, opting for synths and drum machines in place of her usual cast of live musicians. The result is slinky, hypnotic and slightly reminiscent of Purity Ring. If Sabriel’s 2016 EP established the Las Vegan as a jazz and R&B powerhouse, “La Dee” shows she won’t stop there. sabriel.bandcamp.com
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Here’s the thing: alt-J never really had a sound. The British indie rockers, now a trio, began with smart, noisy alt-pop on their 2012 debut, An Awesome Wave. On 2014’s This is All Yours, they fused their acoustic folk sensibilities with multiinstrumental prowess and structured songwriting—earning Radiohead comparisons along the way. So it’s only natural that alt-J would continue experimenting in its 10th year. At bare bones, the band’s third effort, Relaxer is an expansive folk album—albeit a brief one. Clocking in at eight songs and 39 minutes (the band’s shortest album yet), it’s also alt-J’s most sonically diverse LP. But ambition is a tough gamble; Relaxer sees the band trying on several hats. And while some fit better than others—such as the upbeat “In Cold Blood” and meditative “Last Year”—the album ultimately comes off as a fragmented collection of songs rather than a cohesive body of work. “Hit Me Like That Snare” is a lo-fi mishmash of cowbell, samples and Doors-y swagger that leads nowhere. “Pleader” is a confusing mix of acoustic arpeggios and strings by the London Metropolitan Orchestra that climaxes in an underwhelming, hymn-like sing-along. The ambition is admirable, but alt-J loses itself in its cloudy weirdness. –Ian Caramanzana
Halsey Hopeless Fountain Kingdom aaacc
The Henderson Symphony Orchestra performs one of the best film scores to a screening of this 1922 German historical classic. Follow the story of Pharaoh Amenes as King Samlak offers his daughter’s hand in marriage as a proposal of alliance. Witness a story of love and war under the summer stars with a film billed as having one of the best original film scores of the silent era.
Friday, June 9 | 8pm Henderson Pavilion | 200 S. Green Valley Pkwy. Tickets start at $15
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Halsey is one of the most relatable pop stars of recent vintage. The Jersey-born artist’s interviews are notoriously candid, and her feature on The Chainsmokers’ monster hit “Closer” conveys the perfect balance of vulnerability and longing. Her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, continues the confessional trend. “I can sometimes treat the people that I love like jewelry,” she sings on the affecting piano ballad “Sorry,” her voice Adele-esque in its glamour and intimacy. Other songs find Halsey wielding a slightly raspy delivery while vividly describing the push-pull of irresistible but unhealthy relationships, staying out too late to numb heartache and the emotional isolation of romantic turmoil. The hip-hop-tinged “Bad at Love” is even better: Halsey recites a list of failed relationships and repeatedly wails “I’m bad at love” on the chorus, despairing at her own shortcomings. On the downside, the album’s music isn’t up to the standards set by Halsey’s bloodletting lyrics. Generic modern electronic production with nods to hip-hop and house abound, meaning that only a few songs—the sultry, tropical-pop standout “100 Letters,” retro-soul throwback “Alone” and highlight “Strangers,” a splash of late-’80s synth-pop cool—feel distinctive. Halsey and her brave, bold perspectives deserve better. –Annie Zaleski
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RECYCLED CULTURE TESTED GROUND TURNS DISCARDS INTO THOUGHT-PROVOKING ART BY DAWN-MICHELLE BAUDE ested Ground, through September 16, brings whimsy, humor, beauty and vision to the Barrick Museum. Curated and hung by Barrick staff led by Interim Director Alisha Kerlin, the exhibition includes more than 150 works by five Nevada-linked artists: Andreana Donahue, Alexa Hoyer, Joan Linder, Jenny Odell and Nicolas Shake. Probing the relationship between artmaking and material culture, Tested Ground features drawings, quilts, photographs, installations, sculptures and a rubbing. The exhibition documents the slippery identity of everyday objects—a toupée, say, or a pincushion—when their functions shift from practical to aesthetic. It’s almost as if the objects were shirking their purpose and rematerializing as art. Among the standouts are Shake’s sculptures. Working with polymer, Shake makes molds from discarded tires, transforming tread into lines, or strips, of plastic. Combining strips into panels, he constructs textural sculptures that appear woven, save for the plastic sheen. The polymer absorbs oil from the rubber, altering its creamy color; debris embedded in the tread adds surface grain. The discarded tires are everywhere present as material without being literally represented. In the striking “TPV,” for example, Shake uses the strips to create a lopsided circular relief nearly six feet in diameter, its fractaled form rising in prismatic peaks and receding in enigmatic troughs, as if the sculpture were an aerial shorthand of phantom roadway prints. The mesmerizing whole might suggest the visual antics of Op Art, were it not for the soothing monochrome and sensuous curves softening the geometry. Discarded objects also populate works by
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Through September 16, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, noon-5 p.m., $2-$5 suggested donation. UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, 702-895-3381.
Hoyer and Odell. At local shooting ranges, Hoyer photographed bullet-ridden found assemblages—denatured items like cushions, prosthetic limbs and TVs anonymously combined on-site with wood and metal into new targets. Isolated at the center (or bull’s eye) of the portrait, the assemblages pose like proud denizens of the desert. Odell’s objects, too, take on gravitas through isolation. Part of her ongoing “Bureau of Suspended Objects” project, Odell’s installation features items culled from refuse and painstakingly researched, each with identifying label. The attention the artist lavishes on her archive prompts viewers to rethink detritus as part of a complex, social fabric in which humans themselves teeter on the verge of extinction.
In Linder’s work, objectification extends to nature. Her 9-by-9-foot hyper-realistic drawing—half backyard, half chemical dump—confronts viewers with catastrophe while disarming them with loveliness. “Toxic Archives,” her haunting suite of 70 smallformat drawings, are exact renderings of actual historical documents, including photocopy blurs and coffee stains. “Human Radiation Studies: Remembering the Early Years,” for example, becomes even more terrifying when witnessed by the artist’s hand. Donahue also emphasizes the role of the artist in hand-dying and stitching quilts that blur high and low art. Overall, Tested Ground engages questions about how artists translate material culture into artworks. It does so convincingly. A summer must-see.
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SIGN HERE Seeing the city through the eyes of the Neon Museum’s new artist in residence By C. Moon Reed
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Allison Wiese is enchanted by a sign she saw while driving around the outskirts of Downtown. No, it’s not one of the famous ones, nothing that says “Elvis Slept Here” (although she loves those as well). This one bears the remnants of a shuttered Chinese restaurant, the name of a quinceañera shop and a cryptic “cocktails.” Wiese—sculptor, poet, installation artist, performer and University of San Diego professor—is in Vegas for a month to appreciate these unique quirks. As the Neon Museum’s second-annual national artist-in-residence, she’ll live and work Downtown, exploring, drawing and researching. “I visited the Neon Museum two years ago,” Wiese says. “One of the things that really excited me about it was the accretion, the moving of things from all over and the collapsing of time.” True to her interests, Wiese will immerse herself in the Neon Museum’s collection, while also discovering the city. By the end of the month, she will have produced a piece of art in response to her observations. What it will be, she doesn’t yet know. “A lot of my work is responsive to location or sight,” Wiese says. “My work is often interested in historical and cultural context, seeing those things out in the world. … I’m hoping to spend a lot of time in the collection while thinking about it and mulling over it.” Wiese’s art runs the gamut, from “architectural interventions” to a performance piece in which she hired sign spinners to display a Chinatown quote. She’s developing a “parasitic bell tower that can attach to institutions.” She is intrigued by the fact that bells announce major life events, such as weddings and funerals, yet the sound of the bells themselves are free of meaning. “I’m really interested in signage, both as a tactic in my own work but also out in the world,” Wiese says. “Signs are both an agreement and negotiation in meaning.”
ALLISON WIESE Artist’s talk June 15, 6 p.m.; studio open house June 30, 6 p.m.; free. 300 Las Vegas Boulevard N., Ne10 Building, 702-387-6366. Wiese inside her adopted studio space. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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Welcome to the Fringe Festival, a first-come, first-staged marvel of egalitarian entertainment
Variety pack By Molly O’Donnell eyond egalitarian—that’s the Fringe Festival approach. “We have yet to turn a group away,” says Walter Niejadlik, president of the Las Vegas Little Theatre, where the Vegas Fringe Festival will run June 9–18. It might not be common knowledge, but all the productions presented annually at Fringe are first come, first served. The works aren’t selected or produced by a single company, but instead submitted by various Valley groups. After 15 submissions are received, the slots are closed. “The mantra of Fringe is keep it simple,” Niejadlik says. “We encourage groups to be creative and keep sets to a minimum.” The plays themselves are also shorter than most. “No play is longer than an hour and a half, so you could grab a
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Mother Fuppets rehearses for Fringe Fest. (Photograph by L.E. Baskow/Staff)
a lot playing this role,” Colon says. torture (One for the Road). There’s “There are aspects of the human also a great variety of topics, from condition that are not pretty but polygamy (Oliver Jones’ 32112) and are, perhaps for the same religion (Richard Rosario’s reason, transfixing.” Colon In the Beginning) to music Vegas further tantalizes theatergo(the Matt Martello-inspired Fringe ers by referring to the charSoundtracks) and fairy tales Festival acters’ narcissism as “timely (Kate Labahn’s Frogged). June 9-18, times vary, in our country.” To some, all this diversity $12 per It would be tempting to might make for a mixed show, $110 try to categorize the matebag. The truth is its variety festival. Las Vegas Little rial put on at Fringe. But makes for good entertainTheatre, aside from the random ment, giving every theater 702-362abundance of sketches, prolover something to love. To 7996. duced by three groups with ensure you don’t miss your equally wacky names (Aztec something to love, you can Pyramid Scheme, Cardio always take Niejadlik up Spider and Mother Fuppets), the on his challenge to see them all. productions are diverse. The wide Pro-tip if you do: Bring a cushion. array of offerings run from Greek Or you can pick your probable comedy (Aristophanes’ The Frogs) favorites and ditch the added padto Harold Pinter’s unflinching ding. Either way, Fringe is still for look at government-sanctioned everyone, in the best possible way.
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Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl SoMo, DJ D Money 6/8, 7 pm, $20. 40 Oz. to Freedom (Sublime tribute) 6/9, 6 pm, $12-$15. Phoenix, The Lemon Twigs 6/14, 7:30 pm, $35-$65. Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute) 6/16, 8 pm, $10. E’Casanova: Timeless (Michael Jackson tribute) 6/17, 8 pm, $57-$70. Sister Hazel, The Brevet 6/18, 7 pm, $25-$30. Gary Clark Jr. 6/20, 7 pm, $35-$60. Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Blink-182 (tribute) 6/23, 8 pm, free. The Revolution 6/21, 8:30 pm, $30-$60. The Black Seeds, Tatanka, ST1 6/24, 6 pm, $12-$15. Streetlight Manifesto, Jenny Owen Young 6/25, 7 pm, $28-$40. Raw Femme Showcase ft. School of Rock, Kaylie Foster & more 6/30, 6 pm, $10, all-ages. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/21, 6/24-6/25, 6/28, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. 702-731-7333. Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) The Shins, Pure Bathing Culture 6/23, 8 pm, $30-$70. 702-698-7000. Double Down Thee Swank Bastards, Bounty Hunter Brothers, Child Endangerment, Fannyland, Death Cat, Youvees 6/9. Lambs to Lions, Chainsaw Fight, Calles, 40 Oz. Folklore 6/10. The Whiskey Circle, Momentous, Sausage Fingers, Astoria, Harborage 6/11. Johnny Zig & The Highlighters 6/14. In Theaters Friday, Bounty Hunter Brothers, Modern Kicks, Nico Bones 6/16. The Negative Nancys, Luca, Home Burial 6/17. Lords of Beacon House, Plague Doctor, Spiritual Shepherd 6/18. Gold Top Bob & The Goldtoppers 6/21. Los Carajos, Lean 13, Asone, Hungry Ass Youth 6/23. 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 (The Joint) Bassrush Massive 6/15, 8 pm, $25-$75. Mumford & Sons 6/24, 8 pm, $65-$350. (Vinyl) Stööki Sound 6/8, 9 pm, $15-$20. Corey Feldman & The Angels 6/9, 8 pm, $25-$45. Damien Escobar 6/15, 8 pm, $45-$70. Phora 6/22, 8 pm, $20-$100. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Brian Setzer 6/9, 9 pm. Amanda Miguel, Diego Verdaguer 6/16, 8:30 pm, $45-$85. One Drop (Bob Marley tribute) 6/17, 7 pm, $10. Schism (Tool tribute) 6/24, 8 pm, $10. The Cured (Cure tribute), Planet Earth (Duran Duran tribute) 6/30, 8 pm, $12. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mandalay Bay (Beach) Rebelution, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Collie Buiddz, Hirie, DJ Mackle 6/16, 7:30 pm, $87. Ziggy Marley 6/17, 9 pm, $51. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Grand Garden Arena) Def Leppard, Poison, Tesla 6/17, 7 pm, $30-$140. 702-891-1111. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Chicago, The Doobie Brothers 6/9, 7:30 pm, $54-$550. Boston, Night Ranger 6/17, 8 pm, $36-$174. Ricky Martin 6/236/24, 6/27, 6/29, 8 pm, $82-$229. 844-600-7275. Orleans (Showroom) The Fab Four (Beatles tribute) 6/10-6/11, 8 pm, $30-$55. Little Anthony and the Imperials 6/24, 8 pm, $29-$55. Man in Black (Johnny Cash tribute) 6/30-7/1, 8 pm, $15$30. 702-284-7777. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Jennifer Lopez 6/9-6/11, 9 pm, $79-$416. Backstreet Boys 6/14, 6/16-6/17, 9 pm, $59-$259. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) Candy Dulfer 6/17, 8 pm, $40-$70. 702-761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Brewer’s Grade 6/9, 9 pm, $5-$10. Vanessa LeGrand 6/10, 9 pm, $5. Gretchen Wilson 6/15, 9 pm, $25. Kelsie May 6/23, 9 pm, $5-$10. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Roger Waters 6/16, 8 pm, $55$250. Queen + Adam Lambert 6/24, 8 pm,
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$50-$175. Future, Migos, A$AP Ferg, Kodak Black, Zoey Dollaz 6/30, 7 pm, $30-$125. 702692-1600.
Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Las Vegas Deathfest 9 6/8-6/10, 5 pm, $30-$80. Revisit the Legend of Steppenwolf benefit concert for Roger Capps 6/11, 8 pm, $20. Run-D.M.C./Aerosmith tribute 6/17, 8 pm, $5-$7. Downtown Brown, Terminally Ill, Skull Drug, Battering Ram, The Pluralses 6/22, 8 pm, $10-$12. Future Vinyls, Pet Tigers, Girls and Wolves, Mac Fischer 6/23, 9 pm, $7. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar Mr. Elevator, The Van der Rohe, Free LSD’s Badtrip 6/8, 8 pm, $10. Kurt Travis, Amarionette, Andrés 6/9, 8 pm, $8. The Heroine, Shawn James & The Shapeshifters, The People’s Whiskey, The Psyatics 6/12, 8 pm, free. R.A. the Rugged Man, A-F-R-O 6/15, 8 pm, $12. Big Business 6/16, 8 pm, $12. Zander Schloss, Joshua Ellis, Isaac Irvine 6/17, 8 pm, $8. Guitar Wolf, Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Mercy Music 6/18, 8 pm, $12. Doyle, Davey Suicide, EMDF, A Burden on Society 6/19, 8 pm, $13. Supersuckers, Jesse Dayton, Strange Mistress, The Civilians 6/21, 8 pm, $12. Fictionist 6/23, 8 pm, free. Rayner, Spanish Love Songs, Squarecrow, Leather Bound Crooks 6/24, 8 pm, $10. Droids Attack,
Sweeper, Found in Fiction, Fear of Static 6/26, 8 pm, free. My Jerusalem 6/28, 8 pm, $8. Numenorean, Wormwitch, In the Imaginary Tricks, Bounty Hunter Brothers 6/29, 8 pm, $8. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon The Cave Singers, The Acid Sisters, The First Sun, Spirit in the Sky 6/8, 9 pm, $10-$12. Sam Gellaitry 6/9, 10 pm, $20. Kevin Devine, Chris Farren, Jesse Pino 6/10, 9 pm, $13-$15. The Rhyolite Sound, The Reeves Brothers 6/11, 2 pm, $5. Siamese, Dark Black 6/13, 9 pm, $6-$8. Mystic Braves, The Creation Factory, DJ Jacob Savage 6/21, 9 pm, $10-$12. Sabriel 6/23, 9 pm, $5. Samiyam 6/24, 10 pm, $10. La Luz, Von Kin, DJ Fish 6/25, 9 pm, $10-$12. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Clark County Government Amphitheater Reggae in the Desert ft. Common Kings, Sizzla Kalonji & more 6/10, noon, $27-$65. Jazz in the Park: Spyro Gyra, Extreme Measures 6/17, 7 pm, free. 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-8200. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center The Art of Rap ft. Ice-T, KRS-One & more 6/17, 8 pm, $9-$81. Our Big Concert ft. Bishop Briggs, Coin, Sir Sly, Dreamers 6/22, 8 pm, $20-$39. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Fremont Country Club Las Vegas Deathfest 9 6/8-6/10, 5 pm, $30-$80. GoldBoot, Eddie Jayy, Almost Awake, Almost Normal 6/24, 7 pm, $5. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601.
Fremont Street Experience (3rd & 1st St. stages) Fuel, Tonic, Marcy Playground, Dishwalla 6/10, 7 pm, free. Fremont St., vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget (Showroom) Gary Lewis & The Playboys 6/9, 8 pm, $21-$119. April Wine 6/16, 8 pm, $21-$141. The Buckinghams 6/23, 8 pm, $21-$119. Foghat 6/30, 8 pm, $32-$119. 866-946-5336. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra 6/9, 8 pm, $20-$40. Greg Bonham, Ryan Ahern 6/10, 7 pm, $30-$40. Jonathan Karrant 6/13, 8 pm, $20-$35. The Composers Showcase 6/14, 10:30 pm, $20-$25. Diane Schuur 6/16-6/17, 7 pm, $39-$65. Lon Bronson Band: Get on Up! (James Brown tribute) 6/24, 8 pm, $15-$35. 702-749-2000. Velveteen Rabbit The Orange Feathers, Jessica Manalo 6/9, 8 pm, free. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
Everywhere Else Adrenaline Jungle Rot 6/12, 8 pm, $10. King Fu Vampire, Locksmith, Donnie Menace, Riot Boyz, Charlie Madness 6/24, 8 pm, $10. 33103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. Aliante Casino (Access Showroom) Jean-Luc Ponty 6/10, 8 pm, $25-$45. 702-692-7777. Cannery (The Club) The Commodores 6/10, 8 pm, $30-$40. 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5700. Count’s Vamp’d Three Lock Box, Sin City
calendar Sammy, Tailgun 6/9, 9:30 pm, free. Autograph, Bang Tango, Chaotic Resemblance 6/10, 8:30 pm, $10-$15. Sante Fe & The Fat City Horns 6/12, 9:30 pm, $10. John Zito 6/14, 9:30 pm, free. Original Sin 6/16, 9:30 pm, $5. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. Cox Pavilion Kidz Bop Kids 6/11, 5 pm, $39-$189. 702-739-3267. The District Kaylie Foster 6/9. Cameron Dettman 6/10. Skyler Custer 6/16. Richard Cooper 6/17. Santiago La Rochelle 6/20. Miles van Blarcom 6/23. Rein Garcia 6/24. Shows 7-9 pm, free. Green Valley Ranch, shopthedistrictgvr.com. Dive Bar Hed PE, NE Last Words, Bi Polar, Cirka:Sik 6/9, 8 pm, $10. Dead Kennedys, Infirmities, Kapital Punishment, Dead at Midnight 6/10, 7 pm, $20. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. Eagle Aerie Hall In Her Own Words, Northbound, Foreign Sons, Loveshark, Louder Than Words, Wavelengths, Our Finest Hour 6/11, 5 pm, $11. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927. Primm Valley Resort (Star of the Desert Arena) Patti LaBelle 6/10, 8 pm, $30-$70. Margarita La Diosa de la Cumbia 6/24, 8 pm, $40. 702-386-7867. Red Rock Resort (Sandbar) Chris Young, Swon Brothers 6/30, 7 pm, $45. 702-797-7777. Sam’s Town (Sam’s Town Live) Southern Soul Blues Concert ft. T.K. Soul, Pokey Bear & more 6/9, 8 pm, $32. 702-284-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge Danny Brooks 6/8. The Rayford Bros. 6/9. Candy’s River House 6/10. Ancient Medicine 6/11. Carlos Silva & The Scatterbrains 6/13. Shows 10 pm, free. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.
Comedy
Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Rod Man 6/9, 8 pm, $39. 702-631-7000. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Jeff Dunham 6/16, 6/23, 7:30 pm, $50-$80. Jerry Seinfeld 6/17-6/18, 7:30 pm, $83-$165. 702-731-7333. House of Blues Stephen Lynch 6/10, 8 pm, $35. Adrian Uribe, Omar Chaparro 6/23, 6 & 10 pm, $50-$95. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Daniel Tosh 6/9, 10 pm; 6/10, 7:30 pm; $65-$105. Kathleen Madigan 6/23, 10 pm, $33-$54. Jim Jefferies 6/30-7/1, 10 pm, $54-$65. 702-792-7777. Monte Carlo (Park Theater) Chris Rock 6/10, 7 & 10:30 pm, $51-$179. 844-600-7275. South Point (Showroom) Pablo Francisco 6/9-6/11, 7:30 pm, $15-$25. 702-796-7111. The Space Louie Anderson 6/17, 10:30 pm, $20. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. Wynn (Encore Theater) Mel Brooks 6/30-7/1, 7:30 pm, $75-$200. 702-770-7000.
Performing Arts
The 705 TSTMRKT X 6/9, 8 pm, $10. 705 Las Vegas Blvd. N., tstmrkt.com. Henderson Pavilion Henderson Symphony: The Loves of Pharaoh (concert/movie) 6/9, 8 pm, $15. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Phantom of the Opera Thru 6/11, 7:30 pm; 6/10-6/11, 2 pm; $29-$127. 702-749-2000. Super Summer Theatre The Wedding Singer Thru 6/24, 8 pm. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-594-7529. UNLV (Judy Bayley Theatre) Opera Las Vegas: Verdi’s Rigoletto 6/9, 7:30 pm; 6/11, 2 pm;
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$75-$95. 702-895-3332. Vegas Fringe Festival 6/9-6/18 Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996.
Special Events
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Be My Neighbor Day 6/10, 10 am-2 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-270-2110. Hendertucky Craft Beer Fest 6/10, 6-10 pm, $20. Gold Mine Tavern, 23 S. Water St., 702478-8289. Queen of Hearts Tapping Party Berliner Weisse-style ale with pink guava and ginger 6/9, 2-5 pm, free. Bad Beat Brewing, 7380 Eastgate Road #110, 702-463-4199. Writer’s Block Melissa R. Sipin, Brittany Bronson 6/10, 7 pm, free. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
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Sports
Las Vegas 51s Baseball Sacramento 6/136/16. Games 7:05 pm (Sun & holidays, noon). Cashman Field, 702-386-7200. NHL Awards & Expansion Draft 6/21, 4:30 pm, $15-$30. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
Galleries
Barrick Museum of Art (Main Gallery) Tested Ground Thru 9/16. (Baepler Xeric Garden) Astronomy of the Asphalt Ecliptic Thru 1/20. (Teaching Gallery) Play On Gary, Play On Thru 9/16. (Barrick Auditorium) Three short films by Casey Roberts Thru 9/16, screenings Tue, 11 am-noon; Fri-Sat, 1-4 pm. MonFri, 9 am–5 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 Jennifer Henry: Love’s Last Look Thru 7/7. Artist reception 7/7, 6-8 pm. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. The Corner Gallery Mysticism & Decadence Thru 6/30. Call for hours. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #220, 702-501-9219. CSN Fine Arts Gallery 2017 Juried Student Exhibition Thru 6/24. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-4 pm. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Erotic Heritage Museum Abigail Ekue: Bare Men Thru 7/31. Daily, 11 am-10 pm, $10-$18. 3275 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-794-4000. Left of Center Dennis Martinez: Frame of Reference Thru 6/30. Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm; free. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Metropolitan Gallery of Las Vegas Art Museum Cirque du Soleil: The Collective Thru 6/30. Wed-Sat, noon-5 pm, $5. Neonopolis, 450 Fremont St., 2nd floor, mglv.org. Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Jack Malotte: Viewpoints From Duckwater Thru 7/26. Mon-Thu, 1-5 pm. 1017 S. First St. #190, nevadahumanities.org. Sin City Gallery Kei Kusuma: Ultrablack Thru 6/24. Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #100, 702-608-2461. Winchester Cultural Center Gallery Valley of Faces: Pareidolia in the Basin & Range Thru 7/13. Artist reception 6/16, 5:30-7:30 pm, free. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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