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Saturday, 8 p.m.

Zander Schloss at Beauty Bar He’s played with the Circle Jerks. With Joe Strummer. With The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster, Mike Watt, Scott Weiland and too many others to name here. He’s a favorite of cult filmmaker Alex Cox, who has cast him in a bunch of small roles beginning with 1984’s Repo Man (“I wasn’t singin’, guy”). And he’s adept at playing guitar, bass and pretty much everything else with strings. But this punk-rock Zelig is at heart a singer-songwriter, and a damned good one. Want proof? Search YouTube for the clip of his show-stopping song from 1986’s Straight to Hell, “Salsa y Ketchup.” In it, he utterly charms a crowd of drunken, gun-waving hellions just by singin’, guy. With Joshua Ellis, Isaac Irvine. $8. –Geoff Carter

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Art and Culture Day AT MARJORIE BARRICK MUSEUM of Art

Award shows are typically overblown, but this one serves a purpose: Your Vegas Golden Knights will take a big step toward building their roster, selecting one player apiece from the league’s other 30 franchises. Be there to witness history. $18-$33. –Spencer Patterson

Go for quilting, drawing and sculpting workshops—with storytelling and I Spy for the kids—and stay for a modern dance performance (12:30 p.m.), and the opening of group exhibit A Matter of Personality (4:30 p.m.) at Donna Beam Gallery. Free. –Spencer Patterson

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Juneteenth Festival AT Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza Andrew Johnson declared the Civil War over on May 9, 1865, but pockets of resistance throughout the south remained. It wasn’t until the decree of General Order No. 3 on June 19—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation—that all slaves in the United States were finally deemed free. The annual day of remembrance marks the moment Union General Gordon Granger delivered the order in Texas 152 years ago, and celebrates the many African and global influences on American culture, from food and art to music, clothing and more. Free. –Leslie Ventura

“Masked Grandfather” and “Masked Grandmother” by Warren King, from Outside the Box. (Courtesy)

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Cardboard might be the perfect medium for art. It’s versatile, cheap and strong. You can paint it, saw it, drill it, glue it, staple it, turn it into papier-mache and rough it up with sandpaper, according to Bobbie Ann Howell, one of the artists featured in Outside the Box. The group show brings together artists who use cardboard, and it also features locals Dave Rowe, Justin Favela, KD Matheson and Thaddeus Zoellner and New Yorker Warren King. “Being part of a group show means different people trying to solve the same problem,” Howell says. “It’s good for you, [and] I’m having a little bit of fun with it.” Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., free, Grand Gallery, main lobby. –C. Moon Reed

Factory 93 Besides taking over the techno/ house Neon Garden stage for all three days of EDC, Insomniac Events’ recently established warehouse arm will warm up festivalgoers with a Thursday-evening edition of Daylight’s Eclipse party called Darkwater, featuring three international techno talents that are hardly Strip-headliner material but should be: 1990s pioneer Chris Leibing, deep-era icon Nicole Moudaber and experimental duo Pan-Pot. Vegas’ own Brett Rubin opens. June 15, doors at 9 p.m., $20-$60, Daylight Beach Club. Flume The Australian electronic-music juggernaut doesn’t come to town very often—he has only played the Strip once, a memorable midnight show nearly three years ago at Brooklyn Bowl—and his career’s still on the ascent, as he nabbed the Best Dance/Electronic Album Grammy for his 2016 album Skin. Buy tickets early for his Sunday DJ set and first Vegas pool party. June 18, doors at noon, $75, Daylight Beach Club. Télépopmusik French electronic trio Télépopmusik— beloved for 2001 album Genetic World and elegant electro-house breakout single “Breathe”—has never performed here. That gets rectified Friday night, sort of: It’s a DJ set by founding member Christophe Hetier, aka Antipop. That said, it’ll be a cozy gig at the Bunkhouse rather than a detached experience inside a nightclub, and with Télépopmusik having just dropped new remixes of “Breathe,” don’t discount hearing something familiar. June 16, doors at 9 p.m., $10-$15. –Mike Prevatt

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MODERN LOVE Remembering William Krisel, who made tract homes interesting BY C. MOON REED

oaring butterfly rooflines, glass walls, decorative concrete blocks, palm trees and swimming pools—this is the iconic look of mid-century modernism. And architect William Krisel brought it to the people. His designs were realized in 40,000 tract homes across the American Southwest, most famously in Palm Springs but also in Las Vegas’ Paradise Palms neighborhood. Krisel died June 5 at age 92 in Beverly Hills. “His legacy is bringing modern housing to the average person,” says Michelle Larime, director of education and advocacy at Nevada Preservation Foundation. “While he didn’t do that much building here, his principles, which were very well-published in design magazines, had a lot of influence on other architects here. Copycat details pop up in the Valley.” Amid endless fields of beige stucco, Krisel’s style has recently enjoyed a renaissance. Enthusiasts published a book last year, William Krisel’s Palm Springs: The Language of Modernism. In February, the Paradise Palms neighborhood received a historical designation from Clark County. And the resale market is strong. “People in the know specifically ask for a Krisel house,” says Jack LeVine, broker/owner of Very Vintage Vegas Realty. “It’s his homes that make Paradise Palms stand out as such an exceptional community. … I’m really glad that Krisel got rediscovered as a folk hero in the last years of his life, because architects’ names get lost, while builders are remembered.” Paradise Palms resident Dave Cornoyer, a Las Vegas city planner and mid-century modern enthusiast, has owned four Krisel homes over the years. As a hobby, Cornoyer seeks out Krisel designs, sharing tips with other fans and exploring historic neighborhoods. Cornoyer has found Krisel floor plans in Palm Springs, Anaheim, Tucson and even El Paso. “[Krisel] would take these simple plans and twist them and reclad them for different markets,” Cornoyer says. “You can see his hand in his neighborhoods; you can always tell what’s his design.”

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OLD-FASHIONED DOG WALKERS LEARN A NEW TRICK As you read this, there’s a good chance your dog has looked at you, then at the door, then at you again. Maybe he or she even issued a questioning bark or two, wholly unaware that you’d rather stay in until the

heat breaks in November. Now you can summon a bonded and insured professional dog walker to you 24/7 using Wag (wagwalking. com) and Rover (rover.com), app-based services that allow you to search for a leashholder in your neighborhood. Both services allow you to track the walk via GPS and provide photos of the outing, along with a “pee and poo report.” –Geoff Carter

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STAYING ALIVE Local agencies are engineering pedestrian safety—but we need to help

LEAVE YOUR CAR BEHIND AND RIDE TO EDC—FOR FREE Of all the sights and sounds each Electric Daisy Carnival weekend, the most stunning annual display takes place not inside Las Vegas Motor Speedway but on the roads to get there. Traffic has been EDC’s one unrelenting headache since the festival relocated to Las Vegas in 2011, as anyone who has inched along I-15 or the northern tip of Las Vegas Boulevard the past six summers will surely attest. In an effort to reduce snarls, EDC promoter Insomniac has introduced a new, free park and ride service, which promises to send more than 100 buses in continuous loops from Craig Ranch Regional Park (on Craig Road just west of the 15) to the Speedway (nine miles to the north) and back each night from 6 p.m. until the fest ends the following morning. As for the traffic in and out of that lot … it can’t be any worse, right? –Spencer Patterson

BY GEOFF CARTER

The figures are sobering. According to zerofatalitiesnv.com—a joint production of the Nevada Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Public Safety—80 pedestrians were struck and killed by cars on Nevada’s roads last year, a figure that has doubled since 2010. Easy as it is to attribute this boom to population growth, the truth is undeniable: 80 deaths is 80 deaths too many. Several government agencies are engineering solutions to this crisis. (“Engineering” is one of the “three Es” those agencies are using to help prevent pedestrian deaths, alongside “education” and “enforcement.”) Clark County will install more than 700 metal barricades, called “bollards,” on the sidewalks of the Strip; they can stop a 15,000-pound vehicle traveling 50 miles per hour. The Regional Transportation Commission is working on traffic controls that will interact with autonomous vehicles, and they’re continuing to move their bus shelters at least five feet away from traffic. (They’ve relocated 900 of them over the past five years.) NDOT is also adding new traffic signals, pedestrian crossing signals and sidewalk improvements to several Valley roads, including Charleston Boulevard, Lake Mead Boulevard and Boulder Highway. The latter, says NDOT public information officer Tony Illia, neatly illustrates the challenge Vegas faces in making its roads pedestrian-safe: They weren’t initially designed for it. “Boulder Highway was built in 1931; it was the only way to get out to Boulder City, out to Henderson,” Illia says. “But time passes—we built I-15, the 95, the Beltway—and pretty soon, Boulder isn’t being used as a highway at all; it’s just this ridiculously oversized arterial,” lined with homes that weren’t there even a decade ago, and pedestrians jaywalking across it at mid-block. NDOT, in partnership with RTC and others, hope to do a “full corridor revamp” that will make the street safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, and might even turn it from a “highway” to a “parkway.” But engineering isn’t enough. Illia suggests that we pay more attention to the other two “Es,” particularly “education.” “Safety is a shared responsibility between drivers and pedestrians,” he says. “We’re all going to be pedestrians at some time.”

Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discount Liquor is a haven for rare beer hunters. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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Across the Vegas Valley, collectors are filling up beer fridges by Jim Begley | Photograph by Mikayla Whitmore hat’s the most you’ve ever spent on a beer? Ten dollars at a Strip casino, $15 if you’re trapped inside a concert venue? How does $200 for a single bottle sound? Crazy? Not for a dedicated band of collectors who scour the Valley for quaffable unicorns. “It’s a vibrant community,” says Scott Hanning, vice president of Lee’s Discount Liquor. “People who are interested in beers which are really fringe products.” Niche beers have existed for years, but such specialty selections have become more available in Nevada, which has upgraded its microbrewery distribution network. And new varieties are being released far more frequently. “Nowadays, it seems like there’s a new release almost every week—a new seasonal from somebody or a new brewery coming to town,” Hannigan says. “It used to be that Sam Adams’ Utopias would be released at 21 percent ABV [alcohol-by-volume] every other year; now, every couple of weeks we’re getting a 13, 14, 17 percent beer coming out.” Once, collectors flocked to beers that have become relatively mainstream: Stone’s Old Guardian barleywine and Double Bastard American strong ale; Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot barleywine and Celebration Ale; and Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome Ale. But times and trends change. The most soughtafter brews today are typically high in ABV, they’re often barrel-aged, and many feature obscure ingredients or are less common styles of beer. In some cases, it’s all of the above. Among the rarest are the Utopias, of which only 15,000 bottles are brewed every other year. First released in 2002, the highABV beer blends a series of barrel-aged ales that varies with every release; the last vintage in 2015 weighed in at 28 percent and utilized beer that had been aged in Buffalo Trace whiskey barrels, along with beer aged in Madeira, Carcavelos, cognac and Armagnac barrels. Two Franklins—yes, it costs $200—gets you 24 ounces of an alcohol-forward and highly complex yet extremely drinkable blend in a collectable copper-coated bottle. Another much-coveted rarity is the Shaved Black Truffle Pilsner from Chicago brewery Moody Tongue. The earthiness of the Australian truffles—hand-shaven by chef-cum-brewer Jared Rouben himself—is surprisingly sedate, complementing the mild pilsner without overwhelming it. Price tag? Just $120 a bottle. On the more affordable end of the spectrum sit special

releases from California’s Firestone Walker, which, Hanning says, have drawn a crowd since their early days. Their popularity hasn’t waned. “Anything Firestone puts their name on, people just run to,” says Dominic Gallegos, general manager of the Lee’s on Warm Springs. Gallegos himself has gathered quite a collection of Firestone Walker beers, along with Goose Island Bourbon County stouts. Unless you had your ear to the ground, you likely missed out on the single case of Firestone Walker’s Stickee Monkee each Lee’s location received a couple weeks back; the sweet, toeing-the-line-of-cloying-without-stepping-over-it, barrelaged quad sold out everywhere in less than a day. At $10 for a 12-ounce bottle, it’s expensive, but not prohibitively so. The March release of Parabola, Firestone Walker’s Russian imperial stout, similarly disappeared on release day. For Las Vegan Roland Szumada, a chance encounter with a Stone IPA—consumed during a House of Blues concert six years ago—birthed an obsession, and he has since amassed an impressive collection of one-off and seasonal rarities, including the past four Utopias. “I enjoy drinking something that someone’s taken the time to make,” Szumuda says. “You can taste the love you don’t get from a Bud.” Some of the most popular special releases come from the godfather of edgy brews, Sam Calagione at Dogfish Head. Most famous is the comically hopped-up Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, which has hops continually added to its boil for—you guessed it—two hours. At 15-20 percent ABV, the self-proclaimed “holy grail for hopheads” lives up to its billing with an onslaught of hoppy bitterness. If you’re not a hop fanatic, you might want to cellar it—the hops wane over time to reveal something more like a remarkable barleywine. (I once aged a bottle of my own for more than seven years.) As with wine, cellaring rarities is a key component for beer collectors, who might store different vintages in a cool, dark place for some future celebration, and compare the ways beers age as time progresses. (Szumuda stores more than 40 cases under his stairs.) Others are in it for the thrill of the hunt, seeking out rarities, downing them and documenting with an app like Untappd. If it sounds appealing, you can find kindred spirits in the Las Vegas Beer & Breweries Facebook group, where members keep one another informed on beers’ availability throughout the Valley (both in bottles and on tap). Bottoms up!

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ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL

June 16-18, 7 p.m.-5:30 a.m., $355-$699. Las Vegas Motor Speedway, lasvegas. electricdaisycarnival.com. Free live stream at redbull.tv/festivals.

ELECTRIC IMPACT PLUS: AT HOME WITH INSOMNIAC FOUNDER PASQUALE ROTELLA Download the Sizzle app to watch our video interview.

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GEAR UP

Going beyond (banned) LED gloves to keep things moving

HOW DOES EDC TAKE OVER VEGAS? LET US COUNT THE WAYS When Electric Daisy Carnival moved to Las Vegas from LA in 2011, Insomniac Events founder Pasquale Rotella figured, and hoped, he had found a good fit. “Mayor [Oscar] Goodman had his martini in hand [at a press event], and we were getting questions, like, ‘Can Vegas handle this many people?” Rotella recalls. “And he said, ‘We handle this amount all the time, and we’re actually going to show the rest of the world how to do it.’ It made me feel like the support was going to be unique from any of the other festivals I do around the world.” Las Vegas’ entertainment and hospitality framework has provided an ideal foundation for EDC to grow and thrive upon, but neither Goodman nor Rotella could have envisioned all the ways the annual dance music festival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway would provide a boost for Vegas. EDC Week takes over the Strip’s day- and nightclubs with EDM stars in virtually every venue, and the EDC Week Charity Auction (launched in 2015) has raised more than $355,000 for local nonprofit organizations. But the impact is as much cultural as economic; EDC has become one of the most attended events on the annual Vegas calendar. The 2015 and 2016 festivals each boasted attendance of more than 405,000 over three days, translating to at least 130,000 people dancing each night at the speedway. Some are local, but the hotel occupancy rate for EDC weekend (97.6 percent in 2016) is among the highest throughout the year. EDC also compares well with non-entertainment events—the largest conventions held in Las Vegas (like CES and SEMA) typically hover around 150,000 attendees. With big numbers like that and its party-ready crowd, EDC has become like a second, slightly smaller Memorial Day holiday weekend here. –Brock Radke Chayce/TNG Models | Photograph by Christopher DeVargas Makeup by Tai Shane/Makeup Now USA Hair by Antonio Simpson/Makeup Now USA

If you went to EDC prior to 2011, you’ve been witness to “gloving.” The decade-old art form grew out of raves and electronic dance events, but LED light gloves—white Mickey Mouse-style gloves with lights in the fingertips—have been banned by Insomniac events for the past six years due to their perceived association with drug culture. Other large-scale EDM festivals have followed in EDC’s footsteps in recent years. But don’t worry. There are still plenty of LED and hightech products on the market that are welcomed at EDC, from poi (tethered weights originally used in the traditional Maori dance) to kaleidoscope and diffraction goggles. LED shoes were spotted all over festival grounds last year, and we anticipate seeing them again for 2017. Websites like electricstyles.com don’t just stop at shoes—they’ve got LED light-up crop tops, blacklight bow ties, snap backs, hoodies and more. Plan on dancing all night? Head to emazinglights.com— the trusted brand that made gloving so huge in the first place—for affordable poi sets with different color and reactive motion light combinations. Moodhoops.com has a vast assortment of LED hula hoops (yes, those are still permitted), including the Future Hoop. At $300 a pop, the Future Hoop creates different color combinations and geometric patterns for memorable, face-melting performances. Sites like goodtoglow.com, raveready.com and fest worthy.com also sell a number of cool accessories, from LED halters and leg wraps to hydration packs, goggles and more. Whatever rave swag you plan to sport, just remember to check EDC’s list of acceptable items before you make your final PLUR-chase. –Leslie Ventura

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FIRSTTIMERS Black Tiger Sex Machine

The masked Montreal trio comes from the MSTRKRFT school of electro: zipperlike synths, corrugated beats and abstract, blurting vocals. The group’s seedy sound is tough to pin down, however: 2016’s Welcome to Our Church also incorporates hip-hop, reggae and early-’90s house influences.

Boombox Cartel

Mad Decent-signed upstart Boombox Cartel (aka Jorge Medina and Americo Garcia) is probably best known for 2015’s “B2U,” a light-on-itsfeet trap house swerve. The duo’s other output—including this year’s Cartel EP—is equal parts party-starting electro riot, gnarled house hybrid and hazy comedown.

Cut Snake

The Australian-born Cut Snake—comprised of ex-pro surfers Sedz and Fish—favors no-frills tech and deep house that’s suitable for marathon dance sessions. Now based in LA and signed to Warner Bros., the feelgood duo recently released the impeccable “Stomp,” a slab of insistent, watery house ecstasy.

Ruben De Ronde

Dutch trance DJ/producer Ruben De Ronde keeps good company; among other things, he has toured with Armin Van Buuren. The pair are well-matched, however: De Ronde’s measured sets boast European progressive house flair and the kind of measured dramatic arc that’s not easy to perfect.

GRiZ

It’s not every day you find an artist boasting about his saxophone and computer skills. Then again, Detroitbased GRiZ (aka Grant Kwiecinski) is the kind of genre-blind, forward-thinking DJ/producer that’s becoming more common these days. Last year’s Good Will Prevail is a funk- and soul-leaning LP with a panoramic electro foundation.

Left: Black Tiger Sex Machine (Courtesy). Below: Metro Boomin (Photograph by Jon Estrada/Special to Weekly)

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STAYING SAFE UNDER THE ELECTRIC SKY

Electric Daisy Carnival aficionados will tell you there’s a right way and a wrong way to EDC. We talked to some pros about the best ways to stay safe and healthy all weekend long, especially if it’s your first time or you haven’t been in a while. Don’t forget, it’s a desert out there.

SAVE YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION. If you have an iPhone, set up your medical ID through the Health app. By saving important information, paramedics and first responders can act faster in the case of an emergency and access your details without needing a passcode.

DOWNLOAD THE EDC APP. Familiarize yourself with the layout using the EDC map. Once you’re there, walk the festival grounds and locate the bathrooms, first-aid stations and emergency exits. Designate a common meeting spot with your friends.

BRINGING HIP-HOP TO THE EDM PARTY If you’ve stepped foot into a nightclub, listened to the radio or taken a glance at social media over the past two years, you’ve probably heard a song produced by Metro Boomin or DJ Khaled. ¶The former—a 23 year-old St. Louis native—is the brains behind chart-topping hip-hop hits like Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” and Big Sean’s “Bounce Back”; the latter is a Snapchat sensation whose superior networking skills have allowed him to collaborate with Drake, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber. And the two hip-hop stalwarts are moving the boomin’ bass and skittering hi-hats from the big rooms, radio waves and laptop speakers to the most major of festivals—Electric Daisy Carnival 2017. ¶ Sonically, they’re very different: Metro Boomin’s textured compositions tend to stay on the darker side, with minor keys and ominous melodies, while DJ Khaled aims for the four-chord anthems that blur the lines between pop and rap. Though it might seem strange to bring either to EDC, their influence is undeniable, with big-name Vegas residents from Tiësto to The Chainsmokers looping their tunes into sets on a nightly basis. It’s a testament to the role hiphop and trap now play in Vegas nightlife’s ever-evolving landscape. –Ian Caramanzana

EXPLORING THE ARTISTS MAKING THEIR FESTIVAL DEBUTS MIJA

She rose to prominence after collaborating with Skrillex, but the Phoenix-raised DJ/ producer is an eclectic Renaissance woman with plenty of tricks (and styles) up her sleeve. Her latest track, “Secrets,” is an amalgamation of frenetic drum ’n’ bass and punkish house, while other tracks amplify her dislike of genre pigeonholes.

NUCLEYA

Nucleya—whose recent Bass Yatra tour saw him do 30 shows in 18 cities for 200,000 people—specializes in a wildly experimental, high-energy fusion of Indian dance music, bass and dubstep. Crank up the dizzying, palpitation-inducing “Lights” from 2016’s Raja Baja EP.

REID SPEED

It’s hard to believe Reid Speed hasn’t played EDC Vegas before. Then again, the influential bass music/drum ’n’ bass DJ is certainly keeping busy, between her record labels, gig schedule and her discovery-laden Speed of Sound podcast.

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BRING A SPARE CAR KEY. Give the spare to a friend or stow it in a safe place that you’ll remember later.

STAY HYDRATED. Drink plenty of H20 (and coconut water!) before you even get to the festival. Bring an empty EDC-branded water bottle you can keep with you at the festival. Heat stroke is no joke.

PACK A COOLER IN THE CAR . It isn’t uncommon to get stuck in the Speedway parking lot when the event is over. In case traffic is terrible, make sure you have water and snacks for the ride home. –Leslie Ventura

BY ANNIE ZALESKI

Upstart Canadian DJ/producer Rezz has released music on Deadmau5’s label, Mau5trap. Although her inkblack approach to techno and house is far more sinister and downtempo than that of her label head, two recent EPs, The Silence Is Deafening and Something Wrong Here, reveal a similarly iconoclastic heart.

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In February 2016, Paul Van Dyk suffered a brain injury and spinal damage falling off the stage at Utrecht’s State of Trance festival. A year-plus removed from the accident, he’s getting back to what he does best. He’s confirmed as a 2017 resident DJ at Cream—the longest-running residency in Ibiza—and is deep into a new album due this year. We caught up to chat about EDC, new music and his recovery.

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How did your recent U.S. tour go? It was really good, amazing. The crowd that came out was so dedicated and so passionate. Were there any songs in particular that created a huge reaction? The tour was catered around me and my music, so whenever I played one of my own tracks, people went especially crazy. Like “Touched by Heaven,” which was a track we released together with the tour, almost like a tour anthem.

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How and when did that song come together for you? I wrote it in Los Angeles. That was actually the week after EDC last year, the very first time I played after my accident. I felt so relieved that I was still able to play. Until that point, I wasn’t sure if my creativity was still there, if I still know how everything works. That track has very special meaning to me. What do you recall about performing at EDC last year? We chose the show specifically to be the first one [back], because the whole Insomniac [team] are good friends. I knew I was in good hands. It felt very safe for me. There was more than one moment where the goose bumps

You’ve been DJing for a long time and went to the Scratch DJ Academy a decade ago. Where did your love of DJing come from? It started with a love of music. A lot of my influences were turntablists or hip-hop [artists], and it turned into a love of dance music. ... It [also] started with my brother Kellin; he’s a breakdancer, too. [When] I went [to Scratch DJ Academy] I already had turntables, but I wanted to be respectful to the craft. They don’t use Serato or anything; they go from the roots with vinyl, and you’re marking the vinyl and counting in the beats and all that stuff. It was really cool.

actually changed into tears of happiness and gratefulness. How are you feeling now? I’m much better than I was one year ago, but the injuries from the accident are rather severe, so it is going to take a long time until I fully recover. Although I’m able to walk and talk seemingly very easily again, there are non-apparent side effects that will hinder me for the next several years. The projection of my doctors is that it’ll take up to five years to make a full recovery. It comes with a level of pain, and I’m exhausted far faster. I almost don’t have any, let’s say, spare battery with me. And when I do something like performing, it drains me quite a lot. But at the same time, I’m the happiest person and the luckiest person, to still be alive, and also to be able to do what I love. Has what happened changed your musical approach in any way? Life in general is always my biggest inspiration. And all the music was created, and is still in the process of being created, under the influence of what happened ... I wouldn’t say a deeper approach, because I always made my music with that. It feels closer to me somehow. It’s difficult to describe. Do you have any rituals or go-to places that you like to visit when you’re in Las Vegas? I haven’t been in Vegas for quite some time for a proper club show. Everything developed more into table and bottle-service kind of shows, and that’s not necessarily my audience ... I’m just going there, I’m enjoying the vibe and enjoying the city, and I’m looking forward to the show.

What genres will you be working into your EDC set? I’m going to play a lot of stuff that’s mine and a lot of stuff from all the DJs I respect the sh*t out of, and all the bangers. I mean future bass, trap, dubstep, a lot of house and deep house, just everything that’s cool and works together. I’m not genrespecific, I’m more open format in the sense of wanting to please the crowd. They’re there for dance music, but we all know how people love to hear hip-hop, too.

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Do you have any new tracks people should listen for in your set? I just put out a song called “GLTCHLFE” on May 5, and that’s also going to be on the compilation for EDC. It’s a dance song, and there’s about 25 different remixes of it for every format… I also have a track with Sultan & Shepard, “Send Me Your Love,” that went to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance charts a few years ago. –Deanna Rilling

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is is one of the biggest EDM names on the lineup at the 2017 Glastonbury Festival later this month, headlined by Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran. In July, he’ll do Isle of Summer in Munich and the Beauregard Festival in France. And in August, he’ll team with Skrillex for their daring side project Dog Blood, co-headlining the second day of the Hard Summer Music Festival with Snoop Dogg. But before those big festival dates hit with full force, you can catch electronic innovator Alex Ridha, better known as Boys Noize, rocking the EDC Week party at Rehab. The 34-year-old German DJ and producer started spinning and developing his signature style at 15, and was soon opening for dance acts as diverse as Chicago house DJ Felix da Housecat and experimental, New Wave DJ Hell. He created his own label (Boysnoize Records) to release his own music, and evolved the endeavor into a success that now supports artists like Cardopusher,

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Costello, Destructo, SCNTST and Spank Rock. He has released four albums—including last year’s Mayday, which explores the DJ’s interests in house, techno, indie and hip-hop—and has remixed and collaborated with countless artists, from Snoop Dogg to Depeche Mode to Daft Punk. Ridha’s dedication to pushing electronic music’s boundaries, and his tendency to dabble in different dance genres, make him the ideal DJ to perform during EDC Week in Las Vegas. Boys Noize encompasses so much of what this creative culture is about. Boys Noize at Rehab at the Hard Rock Hotel, June 16.

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t’s time once again for Electric Daisy Carnival to take over Las Vegas the way few events can. EDC has bloomed into one of the most successful, best-known dance music festivals in the world, emblematic of the growth and potential in its realm. More festival events arrive each year, while a few long-running fests continue to distinguish themselves. Promoter, DJ and music executive Gary Richards—who produced the first two versions of EDC in the early ’90s before Insomniac began running the brand—is preparing the 10th-annual edition of the Hard Summer Music Festival for August 5 and 6 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The lineup includes DJ Snake, Justice, Snoop Dogg, Dog

Blood, Bassnectar and Migos. Richards, who will also spin as Destructo, says the diverse musicality of the Hard fest has always been its strength. “The first Hard Summer had N.E.R.D. and MSTRKRFT, so it’s the same scene—some hip-hop, a lot of electro and techno—but it’s just grown by leaps and bounds,” he says. “My curation is the same as it was 10 years ago; it’s just a bigger scene now. Back then no one was booking any of the stuff. People didn’t know who Diplo or Skrillex or even Steve Aoki was, and now everyone has done really well, and now here we are. We have six stages instead of two. We have 100,000 people instead of 5,000. But the core of it is still awesome music fit for a rager.”

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Staying true to the music and taking a no-frills approach has established Hard as something of a “working man’s festival,” Richards says. Like EDC, it has branched out with others events in Australia, on a cruise ship (Holy Ship!) and at Red Rocks in Colorado (on July 28). Not all new festival events will work out, but the audience will make that decision. “Like with anything else, the cream always rises to the top,” Richards says. “If it’s not legitimately authentic, if it doesn’t stand for something, it eventually goes bye-bye. It’s the same with music. Good music always lasts.” –Brock Radke

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t’s almost impossible to imagine a generation of Americans that knows IceT only as Sgt. Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but that’s how the whole passage-of-time thing works. It’d be easier to accept if we could get all the TV addicts off the couch and into the crowd at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center this weekend, to see one of rap’s elder statesmen do his thing at the Art of Rap concert tour. Ice-T launched the first version of this all-star tour last year as a sort of follow-up to his 2012 documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, which drifts through hip-hop history and pays homage to its endless creativity. The concert has the same effect, with performances scheduled from legends like KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah from the Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and Onyx. The current lineup is heavy on East Coast rap stars, but Ice-T himself

takes the stage to balance things out; he was born in New Jersey but grew up in California and attended Crenshaw High School before beginning his music career as a DJ (rapping came later). Anyone in need of a serious education on beats and rhymes and a small slice of hip-hop’s impact should plan to spend Saturday night Downtown. The Art of Rap at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, June 17.

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ou’re never too old for summer camp. That’s the idea behind the new weekend pool parties at the recently renovated Porch n’ Backyard playground space at Hooters Casino Hotel—good old-fashioned fun with a little nostalgia thrown in. The revamp is a key component of Hooters’ $20 million, property-wide renovation, which also included refashioned rooms and suites, a redesigned casino floor and expanded sports book and fresh dining and

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retail spots. The Porch n’ Backyard pool opens to the public daily at 10 a.m., but the Summer Camp party series gets lit Fridays through Sundays starting at 1 p.m. Celebrity host “camp counselors” are part of the fun, and this weekend marks the return of Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett—you know, Aaron Samuels—who kicked off the season at Hooters during Memorial Day Weekend. Summer Camp boasts Las Vegas’ only poolside keg service alongside a variety of fun frozen cocktails,

contests, DJs and games like skeeball, cornhole, oversized beer pong and Connect Four, plus classic board and card games. And don’t forget the world-famous Hooters Girls, as if you would. If you’re looking for a good time by the pool at a different speed, there’s a new option just off the Strip.

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here’s an endless array of Vegas spots offering Father’s Day specials this weekend, but there’s one place that’s so special all year long, it’s always where dear old Dad wants to be. After 12 years in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, Casa Fuente is a legitimate Las Vegas institution—so much more than one of the best places to enjoy a cigar in Sin City. A recent renovation added a more relaxing lounge area and a larger humidor, and the posh cigar and cocktail bar remains as popular as ever. The signature experience—surely Dad’s go-to combo—is to enjoy the exclusive house blend Corona Gorda cigar with a classic mojito; it’s funny how you can walk into a luxury mall on the Las Vegas Strip and suddenly find yourself in Havana. The best part about Casa Fuente? You can customize the fun. Start by browsing the underrated cocktail menu, maybe experimenting with the herbacious and flavorful Spicy Lover, made with 1800 tequila, lime juice and Tabasco. Once you have something to sip, you’re ready to have a look inside that humidor. And when you’ve chosen a smoke, explore Casa Fuente’s rare-spirits list to smooth out the edges. Rumor has it the bar added a bottle of 25-year-old Pappy Van Winkle to its “black list.” Pappy for Father’s Day? It doesn’t get any better than that. Casa Fuente at the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, 702-731-5051; Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday & Saturday 10 a.m.-midnight. –Brock Radke

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f it feels to you like Beauty & Essex just got here—that it couldn’t possibly have arrived at the Cosmopolitan a year ago—you’re not alone. “It’s been an incredible whirlwind,” says chef and restaurateur (and Chopped star) Chris Santos, who also opened Vandal in New York and B&E in LA in the last year. “What was great for us was being able to bring what we established in Vegas—kind of a dream team of chefs that we put together for the opening—and translate that to the next project. The LA opening was a breeze, because we had been together. There’s nothing more fun than the process of opening a restaurant. There’s a lot of creativity that goes into it.”

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Creativity has been the guiding force behind the menu at B&E Vegas, where Santos and his team have added about a dozen dishes since debuting on the Strip. “We’re definitely selling more of the larger-format plates, a lot of steaks and oysters,” he says. “It’s that kind of crowd.” The restaurant is offering a special first-anniversary package for that

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crowd—diners who are ready to celebrate—consisting of a white- or gold-tone locket from the pawn shopinspired retail store with a roasted lobster tail and Spanish chorizo arancini and a bottle of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque rosé ($958 total). Santos says more new dishes are coming later this summer, but for now, he’s more than happy about the way B&E has fit into the Vegas and Cosmo dining landscapes. “I think when you look at the [Cosmo] portfolio you have to see it as among the strongest of any hotel on the Strip, if not the strongest,” he says. “It’s great to be a part of that, and we’re in it for the long haul. The Cosmopolitan continues to attract a lot of restaurant-savvy guests, and we fit right in.” Beauty & Essex at the Cosmopolitan, 702-7370707; Sunday-Wednesday 5-11 p.m., Thursday-Saturday 5 p.m.-midnight. –Brock Radke

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ut by Wolfgang Puck is easily one of the top steakhouse experiences on the Las Vegas Strip, and that’s saying something. It’s a restaurant dedicated to details, and one of its newest features—interactive tableside cocktail cart service—demonstrates its focus on simplicity and style.

Founded in 2007, WhistlePig has only been available in Nevada since March. What makes it so special? WhistlePig focuses exclusively on rye whiskey and the aging process, and since September 2015, every aspect of its creation—from growing the rye to the wood used in the aging barrels—is all executed on the WhistlePig farm in Vermont.

The cart offers three variations of the Old Fashioned, two of which feature rising star rye brand WhistlePig—the New Old Fashioned pairs the rich, 12-year-old spirit with house grenadine, blueberries and blackberries, while the Premium Old Fashioned uses 15-year-old WhistlePig in a classic format.

“We believe we’ve elevated the category and established the luxury tier in rye, which was basically thought of as a junk whiskey,” says Michael Hodge, chief of sales for the western region. “Singlemalt [Scotch] has that prestige, but if you look at American whiskey, it’s just not there. Pappy Van Winkle is one bour-

bon out of the entire American whiskey portfolio that has established that age statement, and we thought, ‘We can do that with rye.’” It has already happened. All you have to do is look at the response to the product. “The aura of WhistlePig has spread,” Hodge says. “Vegas has that luxury culture and consumer, a lot of people who are looking for quality and for a story.” Cut at Palazzo, 702-607-6300; daily 5:30-11 p.m. –Brock Radke

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The northwest is now the only part of the Valley where you can find this classic diner and its fluffy, buttery, legendary flapjacks, but it’s a meal worth the trip—and it’s open 24/7. Suncoast, 702-636-7111.

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Docu drama Three recent films worth your time, and your emotional response aking a break from watching the news by going on Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been trapped a documentary binge is like flying to Miami to get since 2012. The movie starts as a profile of a noble, semi-chic away from the sun. Two of these movies depressed whistleblower. (Lady Gaga pays him a visit.) But things get the hell out of me. One of them left me sad, angry and muddy when he sizes up a series of sexual-assault allegations inspired. All of them are worth your time. as a “feminist” conspiracy. They get worse when James Casting JonBenet This Netflix original is about a Comey suggests the Russians used WikiLeaks to influence group of actors auditioning for a movie based on last year’s election. the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey. The Assange comes off as unlikable throughout, but movie doesn’t exist, of course, and the result is a is he a misogynist hypocrite who colluded with heavy-meta, hall-of-mirrors approach to one of the the Russians, or a flawed man of principle? Risk world’s most regrettable media circuses. One on can’t answer these question, as its story’s still being hand, the actors’ multi-filtered accounts of accounts told. Besides, you’re too preoccupied with scarier of accounts befit a case that has been chewed up by thoughts, like how solutions are often worse than the incompetence and speculation for 20 years. When problem, and why people driven by admirable values they inevitably share their own brushes with abuse often cause the worst damage. and death, the filmmakers’ point is clear: The only I Am Not Your Negro Narrated by Samuel L. Cultural truth in the JonBenét saga lies in whatever it kicks attachment Jackson, this essay on race in America is based on up within us. notes for James Baldwin’s Remember This House, an by smith galtney But this movie establishes an echo chamber unfinished book about the assassinations of Medgar that’s depressing and suspect. Actors wax about why Evars, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.—all they’re right for this or that role, pre-teen actresses friends of Baldwin. Maybe it’s because the last civil try to eat cookies while getting painted up and rights drama I watched was the rather gussied-up sprayed down, and somewhere off in the near-distance, the Hidden Figures, but this early-’60s footage of good ol’ boys band plays on. waving Confederate flags and spitting on black high-school Risk If information is meaningless in the Ramsey case, students feels more disgusting than ever. it’s the only thing of value for Julian Assange. In Risk, shot Unlike the tales of Julian and JonBenét, Negro is an incenfrom 2010 to the present by Laura Poitras, the Academy tive, not a deterrent. Baldwin—his presence unflinching, his Award-winning documentarian behind Citizenfour, Assange voice in complete command—knows he is not the problem. “I hoards it like water during the apocalypse—pressing a smartam not a ni**er, I am a man,” he says in a TV interview. “But phone and digital recorder to the same ear, meeting with a if you think I am a ni**er, that means you need it, and you’ve lawyer while crouching in the bushes (and still looking over got to find out: Why?” The future of this country will forever this shoulder), snapping pictures through the curtains of the hang on that question.

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BLOOD IN THE WATER 47 METERS DOWN OFFERS SMARTER SHARK ATTACKS

Thanks in large part to the popularity of the Sharknado series, the recent trend in shark movies has been to go sillier and more over-the-top, with ridiculous, pun-filled titles like Raiders of the Lost Shark and Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (both actual movies). That makes a movie like Johannes Roberts’ 47 Meters Down even more of a rarity: It’s a lean, suspenseful survival thriller that involves shark attacks, with no self-aware jokes or absurd sci-fi twists. The setup is minimal, sketching out a relationship between vacationing sisters Lisa (Mandy Moore) and Kate (Claire Holt), who make an ill-fated decision to go on an interactive shark dive run by some shady locals. Trapped in a rickety cage at the bottom of the ocean, the sisters contend with deadly sharks (impressively rendered via CGI) along with a dwindling air supply and other threats. There are occasional contrivances to stretch out the plot, and some of the dialogue is repetitive and clumsily delivered. But most of the movie is tense and well-crafted, making great use of the murky depths surrounding the characters. No sharknados needed. –Josh Bell

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47 METERS DOWN Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday citywide.

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ovies about child prodigies often go over the top with feats of pint-sized genius, but there’s never been a savant quite like the title character in The Book of Henry. Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) is only 11 years old, yet he essentially runs his family, taking care of his younger brother (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) and all financial matters while his quirky single mom, Susan (Naomi Watts), drinks with her best friend (Sarah Silverman) and plays video games. Henry also turns out to be one hell of a writer, though not in any conventional way. His so-called book is really a detailed set of instructions, meant to help Susan complete a difficult task that Henry is forced

Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. Rated PG-13. Opens Friday in select theaters.

by circumstance to abandon. Revealing much more than that would ruin this ludicrous movie’s sole pleasure, which is the sheer brazen nuttiness of its screenplay (penned by crime novelist Gregg Hurwitz). Director Colin Trevorrow is best known for Jurassic World, but The Book of Henry is more in the mold of his indie debut, Safety Not Guaranteed; both films attempt to juggle comedy, whimsy, pathos and elements of suspense, never coming even remotely close to synthesizing a coherent tone. Still, like a book that keeps you flipping pages even as you complain about the lousy prose, this bizarre stealth tearjerker at least avoids being forgettable.

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OUT OF GAS CARS 3 TAKES A SLOW TRIP TO NOWHERE BY JOSH BELL

Lightning McQueen joins a demolition derby. (Disney/Courtesy)

The kids of The Book of Henry. (Focus Features/Courtesy)

he Cars franchise has long been Pixar’s most blatantly commercial enterprise, a series of movies that seem to exist primarily to sell merchandise for parent company Disney. Despite its somewhat misguided efforts at mature storytelling, Cars 3 continues in that vein, introducing new characters and settings that will probably make for fun toys and backpacks for kids, but combine into a mostly underwhelming movie from an animation studio that still regularly produces brilliance. After taking a regrettable detour into international espionage for 2011’s Cars 2, the franchise returns to the world of auto racing for the third installment, as race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) starts losing ground to younger, faster, douchier models, led by the cocky Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer). It seems odd to build a kids’ movie around themes of aging and the passage of time, but that’s exactly what first-time director Brian Fee (taking over for Pixar founder John Lasseter) and the six other credited writers do, following Lightning’s efforts to reclaim his past glory with the help of younger race car trainer Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo). The world of anthropomorphic vehicles is still colorful and lovingly detailed, but the plot is slow-moving and dull, rehashing elements of the first movie (including using voice outtakes of the late Paul Newman as classic car Doc Hudson) as Lightning must once again train for a big race and rediscover his confidence. Annoying redneck tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) thankfully has a reduced role this time, but Cruz is a bit bland as Lightning’s new companion. Her journey eventually takes over the narrative, and while it has a nice inclusive message (which might resonate more effectively with the young audience), it’s a bit too understated. The story sputters out rather than building to a big finish, stalling out multiple times along the way.

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Highlights from the Las Vegas Film Festival. (Photographs courtesy LVFF)

THE LAS VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL MARKS 10 YEARS WITH A CHANGE OF VENUE BY JOSH BELL he Las Vegas Film Festival is constantly evolving, and this year’s 10th edition brought more changes, with a move to the Brenden Theaters at the Palms following a few years Downtown. There were pros and cons to the change in venue, which sacrificed some of the community feel of the Downtown setting but offered a much better facility for showing the movies, which festival creative and program director West McDowell told me was his highest priority (justifiably so). And even if a casino food court isn’t as appealing as Fremont East for killing time between screenings, having all the festival activities and accommodations in one place did make for a more cohesive event. The change in venue also came with a reduced screening schedule, and the feature lineup suffered a bit. The best features I saw were all heavily hyped movies from January’s Sundance Film Festival, and while it’s always welcome to see ac-

claimed independent films play Vegas theaters, there wasn’t much of a sense of discovery to these selections. That didn’t prevent me from thoroughly enjoying New York City-set indie comedies Person to Person and Landline, both of which owe a lot to peak Woody Allen. The ensemble comedy Person to Person is more arch and sardonic, while the 1995-set Landline, the second collaboration between Obvious Child writer-director Gillian Robespierre and star Jenny Slate, is warmer and more character-driven. Both are funny and engaging, and both will be available to general audiences later this summer. Also getting released later this summer is Gook, a black and white period piece from writer/director/star Justin Chon, set during the 1992 LA riots and focusing on a pair of Korean-American brothers who run a flailing small business in a mostly black neighborhood. It gets a bit too manipulative toward the end, but overall it’s a passionate personal vision from a promising new voice.

Although there weren’t any purely local productions among this year’s features, there was one movie made elsewhere by a Vegas-based filmmaker (Brandon Christensen’s low-budget horror movie Still/Born, produced in Canada) and one shot locally by an out-of-towner (Robert Scott Wildes’ experimental comedy Poor Boy). Still/Born is an achievement in commercial filmmaking (competent and workmanlike rather than especially creative) that could easily fit alongside similar offerings on Netflix. Poor Boy makes good use of interesting and underrepresented Las Vegas-area locations, but that’s about all the annoying, meandering, unpleasant movie has going for it. There was greater diversity and quality in the shorts programs, with a wider range of voices and styles, including some bold programming choices and a stronger showcase for local talent. If festival organizers can bring that spirit to the feature slate next year, it would be another positive step for the ever-changing event.

Special screenings Cinemark Classic Series 6/18, 6/21, El Dorado, 2 & 7 p.m., $7.50-10.75. Select Cinemark theaters. Resident Evil: Vendetta 6/19, animated movie plus bonus features, 7 & 10 p.m., $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, SF, SP, ST, TS, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. RiffTrax Live 6/15, 6/20, educational short films with comedic commentary, Thu 8 p.m., Tue 7:30 p.m., $10.50-$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 p.m., free. Sun, American Gods viewing party, 7 p.m., free. 6/17, Clash of the Titans (1981), 3 p.m., $1. 6/17, Willow, 5 p.m., $1. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Summer Mob Series 6/18, City of God, 2 p.m., free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 6/20, On the Waterfront. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702507-3400. Women in Film Series 6/21, Frida plus post-film discussion, 7 p.m., $16, includes popcorn. Eclipse Theaters.

New this week 47 Meters Down aaabc Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine. Directed by Johannes Roberts. 89 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 58. Theaters citywide. All Eyez on Me (Not reviewed) Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham. Directed by Benny Boom. 140 minutes. Rated R. Biopic following the life of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Theaters citywide. The Book of Henry aaccc Naomi Watts, Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 58. Downtown Summerlin, Green Valley Ranch, South Point, Town Square, Village Square. Cars 3 aabcc Voices of Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer. Directed by Brian Fee. 109 minutes. Rated G. See review Page 59. Theaters citywide. Paris Can Wait aaccc Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin. Directed by Eleanor Coppola. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Lane plays a movie producer’s wife who gets her groove back while on a road trip through France with one of her husband’s business partners in this tepid, tedious romantic comedy. Coppola’s debut narrative feature (at age 80!) has all the dramatic tension of a catalog spread, with stilted dialogue and a nonexistent plot. –JB Green Valley Ranch, Village Square. A Quiet Passion aaacc Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff. Directed by Terence Davies. 125 minutes. Rated PG-13. This biopic of iconic poet Emily Dickinson features a strong performance from Nixon and some lovely visuals, but mostly follows familiar genre beats. The first half is surprisingly funny, with witty, literary dialogue, before Dickinson’s life of solitude and ill health takes the narrative in a more conventionally dramatic direction. –JB Village Square.

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Rough Night (Not reviewed) Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell. Directed by Lucia Aniello. 101 minutes. Rated R. A bachelorette party goes wrong when the stripper accidentally ends up dead. Theaters citywide. Warriors of the Dawn (Not reviewed) Lee Jung-jae, Yeo Jin-goo, Kim Mu-yeol. Directed by Jeong Yoon-cheol. 130 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with English subtitles. In 16th-century Korea, a group of mercenaries must protect the crown prince. Village Square.

Now playing 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. It Comes at Night aaabc Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Directed by Trey Edward Shults. 97 minutes. Rated R. This post-apocalyptic horror movie, about an uneasy alliance between two families hiding out in an isolated house, is long on creepy atmosphere and short on plot details. That lack of clarity can be frustrating, but it’s frustrating—and terrifying—for the characters as well, and Shults puts the audience right alongside them. –JB Theaters citywide. The Mummy aaccc Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella. Directed by Alex Kurtzman. 107 minutes. Rated PG-13. The attempted launchpad for a cinematic universe based on Universal’s classic monster characters gets things off to a poor start, ineptly mixing action, horror, humor and world-building. Cruise is out of place as a roguish American soldier cursed by an evil ancient Egyptian princess, and the title character isn’t much of a threat. –JB Theaters citywide. 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. 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. JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.

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Political side of the man Roger Waters has spent a career speaking his mind in his music By Mike Prevatt ew musicians dispense political invective quite like Roger Waters. From the social order lambasting found on the 1977 album Animals by Pink Floyd— the ambitious rock band in which he served as primary songwriter, bassist and co-vocalist until his departure in 1985—to a string of solo albums that dissect man’s inclinations toward war, greed and self-numbing, Waters has long pontificated against what he saw as humanity’s greatest failures. And he’s certainly not mincing words on his latest arena tour. Fans of Donald Trump might want to consider sitting out Friday’s widescreen spectacular given Waters’ onstage skewering of the president—and others he views as threats to world peace and equality— which inform or recontextualize the songs in his setlist. And some of those tour inclusions can be found in the following rundown of some of his most pointed musical commentaries. “Picture That” (from Is This the Life We Really Want?) One of the most blazing songs on Waters’ recently released fifth solo studio album, the musical and evocative list of societal references (including a mention of Nevada) peaks when the singer seethes about a “leader with no f*cking brains” and transitions into a climaxing instrumental, sure to stir the T-Mobile (or any) audience. “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” (Animals) Preceding the aforementioned track by 40 years, this cutting Pink Floyd number takes a scythe to selfish and ruthless leadership. And like “Picture That,” the associations to

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men currently in charge are all too easy: “You well-heeled big wheel/Ha, ha, charade you are.” “Perfect Sense Part 1” (Amused to Death) Waters likely won’t perform this highlight from his most revered solo album on Friday night, but given its critiques against organized religion, man’s inabilities to learn from history, Wall Street and the president, it would be a perfect inclusion. “The Fletcher Memorial Home” (The Final Cut) A revenge fantasy of a song, where instead of world leaders sending soldiers (like Waters’ father) to their deaths, they themselves (specifically, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and others) are sent to eventually expire at a twisted assisted

living facility. “Money” (Dark Side of the Moon) One of the earliest Pink Floyd works to shift away from more vague, metaphysical themes to address specific and topical subjects—such as the ills of capitalism and greed, Waters’ sarcastic verses all but predicting yuppies and income disparity a decade early. “Smell the Roses” (Is This the Life We Really Want?) Not only does Waters recall the mid-1970s Pink Floyd sound for his new album’s first single, he pulls from nearly all of his favorite lyrical themes—war and pacifism, governmental corruption and working class struggles. This return to form means there’s at least two new tracks worth staying in your seats for Friday evening.

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‘A SENSE OF CLOSURE’ THE REVOLUTION PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS FALLEN LEADER, PRINCE BY MATT WARDLAW

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Prince and The Revolution (Larry Williams/Courtesy)

A year after the sudden death of Prince, his friends and associates are still trying to move forward. The members of The Revolution are using music to aid their own healing, reuniting for their first tour together in more than 30 years. This month also marks the arrival of an expanded edition of the classic Purple Rain soundtrack. We caught up with keyboardist Matt “Doctor” Fink and drummer Bobby Z. What are your memories about putting the final touches on the Purple Rain record? Were there things Prince agonized about cutting? Bobby Z: If he had it his way, they’d all be triple albums, and each song would be 25 minutes long. He was always struggling to make things commercial or compromised. But I think the delay in making the movie distilled the album down for him. Matt Fink: Prince worked out close to 70 tracks before the film was put into motion, and then Prince and director Al Magnoli sat down and listened to all of those and narrowed it down. Was it typical for Prince to work up that much extra material? Matt Fink: He wrote a song a day—literally. Bobby Z: There was always stuff floating around. Give him 36 hours and you might have a song written, mixed, played, mastered and ready to go. The creativity was super-human. What’s been the most interesting aspect to these current shows? Matt Fink: This is all very bittersweet for all of us, because he was starting to entertain the idea of working with The Revolution again. I think that was going to happen, and now we feel like we need to carry on a little more of his legacy, to bring the music back to the fans and help them get through some mourning. And also for ourselves. Bobby Z: We’re not trying to fill the hole. We know he’s not onstage. We’re just trying to create the energy of the music to be true to the music. People get a sense of closure. You can tell. For more of our interview, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Listening to the third Fleet Foxes album—the first from the band in six years—it’s nearly possible to forget James Comey and Kim Jung-un even exist. Like much of folk music, Crack-Up conjures a less complicated time and place, but more than most— including Fleet Foxes previous bucolic full-lengths—it feels like this was specifically crafted to provide escape from the exasperating world around us. “I am all that I need,” leader Robin Pecknold speak-sings to kick off a three-part opening track, and that spirit of simplification carries through the pretty, peaceful journey that follows. Pecknold’s ultra-pure voice leads the way, piercing through dizzyingly composed yet directly presented numbers like “Third of May/Ōdaigahara” and “Fool’s Errand.” His organic instrument sounds even better at the center of the group’s swelling harmonies, as when the Foxes incrementally adjust their inflection throughout “If You Need to, Keep Time on Me” to build an uplifting anthem upon basic repetition. By the time Pecknold closes out the record-capping title track with the words “All I see/Dividing tides rising over me,” it feels like an invitation to press play again and stay in his safe place. –Spencer Patterson

When the Weekly spoke with Jason Isbell about his upcoming record earlier this year, he pointed to the reverb-free sound of Paul McCartney and Wings’ Band on the Run as a touchstone. That approach is most evident on the album’s folk-leaning moments: “Chaos and Clothes” and “If We Were Vampires” sound resonant and intimate, as Isbell’s conspiratorial voice frames woodshedding acoustic guitars. Overall, though, The Nashville Sound aims for a multifaceted, big-tent approach to the city’s music. Fiddle and pedal steel slow dance through the vintage country of “Tupelo,” while howling electric rocker “Cumberland Gap” and the Springsteen-esque “Hope the High Road” barnstorm with urgency. As usual, it’s Isbell’s meticulous approach to lyrics that truly elevates his songs. “White Man’s World” is an unsparing look at the world’s structural inequalities, and calls on those with privilege to acknowledge it. Thundering orchestral rocker “Anxiety” chronicles the experience of being a bundle of nerves, and “If We Were Vampires” is even more poignant, as Isbell—with wife Amanda Shires on accompanying vocals—contemplates the sobering reality of a couple’s finite time together. –Annie Zaleski

Katy Perry has never been above pandering to her audience, from her aborted Christian-rock career as a teen to her lightly homophobic early hits “Ur So Gay” and “I Kissed a Girl” to her movie-trailer-friendly empowerment anthems like “Firework” and “Roar.” So it’s really no surprise that Perry has been touting her fifth album, Witness, as “purposeful pop,” given the prevalence of political activism in current pop culture. In practice, though, Witness is barely more politically aware than a Facebook post, mostly continuing Perry’s tradition of anonymous pop. Perry can be good at anonymous pop, but Witness is short on memorable hooks and danceable beats, despite the typical army of writer-producers. “Chained to the Rhythm” and “Power” preach social awareness, while “Bon Appétit” is full of sexual innuendo, but they’re all equally shameless. Perry covers all her bases, but she sounds just as disengaged whether she’s singing about cutting loose in the club or taking control of her political destiny. “Life’s a pendulum/It all comes back around,” she sings on “Pendulum,” the album’s catchiest and most purely enjoyable song; her pendulum is sure to swing back to whatever’s popular next time around. – Josh Bell

To most, English indie quartet Ride is one of the trailblazers of the pedal-worshipping shoegazer movement, thanks in large part to the headswimming 1990 classic Nowhere. But to some, Ride is yet another band that failed to live up to its own promise, when 1994’s Carnival of Light and 1996’s Tarantula fell back on a classicrock safety net. A reunion album 21 years later would only make sense if the band could continue the artistic progression heard on 1992’s Going Blank Again, where Ride applied their dreamy guitars to sharper compositions. Luckily, more adaptation follows on Weather Diaries, a largely gratifying and tuneful work that feels both immediate and intuitive. Few will reject the trademark fuzz feels on the sunkissed, harmony-rich “Cali” and “Home Is a Feeling,” and the melancholic stunner “Impermanence.” But the band ultimately varies its guitar employment and keeps its head out of the clouds, as on propulsive opener “Lannoy Point,” which seduces with Cure-like riffs and electronic experimentation—the latter no doubt the influence of producer Erol Alkan, who also lends a Krautrockian pulse to “Rocket Silver Symphony.” His masterstroke: allowing Ride to sound like Ride, sans safety net. –Mike Prevatt

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Valley of Faces takes a journey to Basin and Range. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

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Uncanny Valley Artists paint the faces they see in Basin and Range National Monument By C. Moon Reed

wo hours north of Las Vegas, in Nevada’s Basin and Range National Monument, there’s an eerie place where rocks and shadow take on familiar forms. To photographer, UNLV instructor and conservationist Checko Salgado, the rocks look like people. On previous visits, he named the area “Valley of Faces,” and photographed the rock formations that were most meaningful to him. Many artists might stop there, with a series of nice landscapes. But Salgado is an organizer and a collaborator, too. He sent 10 of his favorite images to 10 of his favorite artists and invited them to draw what they saw. The result is the stunning Valley of Faces: Pareidolia in the Basin and Range. (“Pareidolia” is the term for seeing patterns where none exist.) The framed pieces are set up so that the viewer first sees the unaltered photo and then a painted overlay containing the artist’s variations. Setting the mood, Myron Hensel’s soaring drone footage of the Valley plays on a loop at the room’s center. It’s fun to first decipher what you see in the

rocks and then compare that vision to the artlypse where Vegas returns to desert. A rock peak ists’ interpretations. For example, Justin-Aaron becomes a Mayan warrior’s thigh in Matthew Velasco saw a man thinking (“That Thinker”), Couper’s oil painting “Animas (Monkey Priest).” which he expressed in a thick yellow linocut on Couper also visited Basin and Range, taking vellum. To Natalie Delgado, those same rocks inspiration from the area’s many petroglyphs. resembled lungs (“Filter”), which He had fun with the assignment and she expressed in intricate detail in appreciates Salgado’s zest for the Valley of Faces: graphite. Jeannie Hua Ferguson used land. “The more [Salgado] looks, the Pareidolia in the collage to block out “Cat, Monkey, more he finds these spots and comes Basin and Range Through July 13; Dude.” Her strips of colorful torn up with these fishing hooks to lure Tuesday-Friday, 10 paper evoke the landscape’s shape people out there.” a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, and texture, while adding whimsy Behind the joy of viewing this art, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; free. Opening reception and humor. there is a subtle message. Basin and June 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m. “Some [maintenance] guys just Range National Monument, just Winchester Cultural came in here from the county, established in 2015, is in danger. By Center, 702- 455-7340. they were like, ‘This is what I see,’” executive order, the approximately Salgado says. “That’s the cool thing 700,000-acre monument is under about it. It crosses party lines. You don’t have to review by the Department of the Interior. Salgado be super academic or artistic; everybody sees is co-chair of Friends of Basin and Range, a small something different.” group working to protect the landscape. The genIn “Aku-Aku,” Angee Jackson sees tiki sculperal public has until July 10 to submit comments tures. Her hand-cut vinyl images hint at the lost to the government. This art show makes another glamour of Old Vegas, or perhaps a future apocaconvincing argument for preservation.

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STEADY SATISFACTION AMERICANA SERVES UP AN AMBITIOUS ADVENTURE WITHIN DESERT SHORES BY LESLIE VENTURA hen Stephen Blandino left Charlie Palmer Steak at the Four Seasons to open his debut restaurant, Americana in Desert Shores, we couldn’t wait to see what the Staten Island-born chef would do with full creative control, from kitchen to table. Blandino learned about fine dining from the master, having also worked under Palmer at Aureole in New York City and Las Vegas, and it shows at his new off-Strip destination. As owner and chef of Americana, Blandino combines decades of passionate cooking into his contemporary American concept—and the view isn’t bad, either. Americana is tucked away in the lakefront plaza that also houses Marché Bacchus, and its quaint and sparkling patio is reason enough to visit. But the ambitious spins on classic dishes are equally memorable. Blandino references techniques from around the world—including his Italian grandmothers’—combining traditional home cooking with a refined culinary perspective. From the Hudson Valley foie gras terrine ($18) with fig jam, bitter chocolate and warm brioche to the chef’s favorite—the bone-in ribeye ($52)—every item on the thoughtful menu feels worth ordering. Upscale white linens and floor-to-ceiling windows suggest you start with Champagne. Get a chilled glass and an order of market-fresh oysters ($21) before moving on to the Japanese Wagyuwrapped bigeye tuna ($18). Thinly sliced, deliciously marbled beef enhances thick, tender chunks of ruby-red tuna, while avocado mousse, sweet tangerine and briny ponzu caviar deliver decadence and brightness. Sticking with the seafood theme, each bite of Americana’s grilled octopus ($15) is cooked to tender, smoky, perfection. The New York strip ($47) is another crowd pleaser. Served with rich and meaty bone marrow and creamy Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, this dish will satisfy even the most insatiable carnivore. There’s nothing overzealous in Americana’s approach. Combined with Desert Shores’ picturesque atmosphere, Blandino’s creative hand brings a new and exciting adventure to the neighborhood.

Americana combines passionate cooking with a great setting. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)

2620 Regatta Drive #118, 702-331-5565. Tuesday-Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & 4-10 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. & 4-10 p.m.

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SUPER-COOL LOCAL EATS FOR RESTAURANT WEEK

TALKING SHOP WITH ROBERT IRVINE THE FOOD NETWORK STAR READIES HIS RESTAURANT AT THE TROP

You’ve got a busy weekend. You’re doing a the Strip? The food style. The waiter interaction. sneak peek dinner of Robert Irvine’s PubThe inside of the restaurant. I don’t want to give too lic House at the Tropicana, then you’ve much away, but we’re really taking care of all five got the big Summer Cookout to kick off senses. I think you’ll find it’s going to be very SUMMER Restaurant Week for Three Square. I’m redifferent from every restaurant on the Strip, COOKOUT ally excited about that. The last time I was in not just the so-called pubs. Our point of view FEATURING is just different—it’s comfortable yet travVegas I got to go to Three Square, and I could not believe how much amazing work they eled—and also the experience of the guest is ROBERT do there and how many volunteers they get. going to be completely different. I guarantee a IRVINE June 16, The amount of food that travels through that lot of people will try to copy it. 7-10 p.m., place is incredible, and it’s really exciting to I guess you have to do something crazy $99-$125. see people who are as passionate as I am in after you announce your restaurant by Sky Beach Club at my world. I’m really looking forward to dorappelling down the building, which you did Tropicana, ing a lot more with them for the community. last year. Don’t worry, we’re doing to do sometroplv.com. I’ll be in Vegas a lot more than other people, thing even more stupid for the opening. You and you’ll see me. I won’t be an absentee can’t go into Vegas and not do something big, owner. And the cookout is just the beginning because everything’s been done. We wanted of this tremendous relationship. to make a splash, and I think we achieved Your restaurant will open in late July. How will that. But yeah, wait until the morning of the openit be different from other pub-style restaurants on ing. –Brock Radke

Restaurant Week is certainly one of the best times to splurge on the Strip, to take advantage of often heavily discounted threecourse menus at some of the fanciest, most delicious and most expensive restaurants in the country. But as locals (and a lot of tourists) already know, Las Vegas’ restaurant greatness is not limited to Las Vegas Boulevard. Given that proceeds from your Restaurant Week meals will help feed thousands of food-insecure Las Vegans, the 12-day period starting on June 19 provides a full-circle feeling if you decide to explore one of those great local restaurants you’ve been hearing so much about. In Summerlin, check out Andiron Steak & Sea, a restaurant that looks and feels like it could live on the Strip. It offers lunch ($30) and dinner ($50) menus for Restaurant Week highlighted by fresh, flavorful fare like roasted carrot soup with madras curry, garganelli with asparagus and peas, and serrano ham-crusted salmon. On the other side of town, Green Valley Ranch Resort’s Bottiglia Cucina & Enoteca is doing dinner ($50) starring your choice of pappardelle Bolognese or a tweaked version of chicken parm with San Marzano tomato sauce and pecorino picante for an extra kick. Tiramisu or chocolate caprese cake for dessert ... tough choice. Also in the southeast, Anthem-adjacent gastrolounge Standard & Pour will serve up a four-course dinner ($50) starting with its addictive deviled eggs with sriracha and roe. After that, we’ve got our eyes on the green Caesar, the spinachand-ricotta stuffed shells and the Chocolate Kiss dessert. –Brock Radke

LAS VEGAS RESTAURANT WEEK June 19-30, helpoutdineoutlv.org.

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Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl 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. The Revolution 6/21, 8:30 pm, $30-$60. Linq, 702-862-2695. Caesars Palace (Colosseum) Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/21, 7:30 pm, $60-$205. 702-731-7333. Double Down 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. Shows 10 pm, free. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) Bassrush Massive 6/15, 8 pm, $25-$75. 702-693-5000. House of Blues Amanda Miguel, Diego Verdaguer 6/16, 8:30 pm, $45-$85. One Drop (Bob Marley tribute) 6/17, 7 pm, $10. 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) Boston, Night Ranger 6/17, 8 pm, $36-$174. 844-600-7275. Planet Hollywood (Axis) Backstreet Boys 6/16-6/17, 6/21, 9 pm, $59-$259. 702-777-2782. SLS (The Foundry) Candy Dulfer 6/17, 8 pm, $40-$70. 702-761-7617. Stoney’s Rockin’ Gretchen Wilson 6/15, 9 pm, $25. Vanessa LeGrand 6/17, 9 pm, $5-$20. Town Square, 702-435-2855. T-Mobile Arena Roger Waters 6/16, 8 pm, $55-$250. 702-692-1600.

Downtown Backstage Bar & Billiards Run-D.M.C./ Aerosmith tribute 6/17, 8 pm, $5-$7. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Beauty Bar R.A. the Rugged Man, A-F-R-O, B. Dailey, Luck Factor Zero, Jamaar, Tray Charles, Vic Smith 6/15, 8 pm, $12. Big Business, Illicitor, Bounty Hunter Brothers 6/16, 8 pm, $12. Zander Schloss, Joshua Ellis, Isaac Irvine 6/17, 8 pm, $8. Guitar Wolf, Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Mercy Music, Self Abuse 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. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Bunkhouse Saloon Télépopmusik 6/16, 9 pm, $10-$15. Mystic Braves, The Creation Factory, DJ Jacob Savage 6/21, 9 pm, $10-$12. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. Clark County Government Amphitheater 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. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Golden Nugget (Showroom) April Wine 6/16, 8 pm, $21-$141. 866-946-5336. Hard Hat Lounge American Gabberfest 6/176/18, 11 am-8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. Historic Fifth Street School DjangoVegas!

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6/17, 6 pm, $20. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-3515. Smith Center (Cabaret Jazz) Diane Schuur 6/16-6/17, 7 pm, $39-$65. 702-749-2000.

Everywhere Else Aliante Casino (Access Showroom) Arrival (ABBA tribute) 6/17, 8 pm, $25-$45. 702-692-7777. Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues ft. John Nemeth, Rick Berthod Band 6/15, 7 pm, $5. 702-432-7777. The ChXrch Big D and the Kids Table, Left Alone, Be Like Max, Doped Up Dollies 6/17, 6 pm, $14-$16. 5818 Spring Mountain Road. Count’s Vamp’d Lady Chameleon, Reservoir Dogs 6/15, 9:30 pm, free. Original Sin 6/16, 9:30 pm, $5. Petty & The Heartshakers (Tom Petty tribute), Fleetwood Nicks (Fleetwood Mac tribute) 6/17, 9 pm, free. Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns 6/19, 9:30 pm, $10. John Zito Band 6/21, 9:30 pm, free. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. The District Skyler Custer 6/16. Richard Cooper 6/17. Santiago La Rochelle 6/20. Shows 7-9 pm, free. Green Valley Ranch, shopthedistrictgvr.com. Downtown Summerlin (The Lawn) Cameron Dettman, Cameron Calloway 6/21, 4 pm, free ($25 VIP). 702-832-1055. Las Vegas Motor Speedway Electric Daisy Carnival 6/16-6/18, 7 p.m.-5:30 p.m., $355$699. lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com. Red Rock Resort (Sandbar) Justin Moore, Midland 6/16, 7 pm, $44. 702-797-7777. Sand Dollar Lounge Ryan Thapp, Jacob Furr 6/15. The Higgs 6/16. Jack Connor Soul Town 6/17. Shows 10 pm, free. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.

Comedy

Caesars Palace (The Colosseum) Jeff Dunham 6/16, 7:30 pm, $50-$80. Jerry Seinfeld 6/176/18, 7:30 pm, $83-$165. 702-731-7333. Mirage (Terry Fator Theatre) Tim Allen 6/17, 7:30 pm; 7/29, 11/4, 10 pm. 702-792-7777. The Space Louie Anderson 6/17, 10:30 pm, $20. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.

Performing Arts

Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Move: Beyond ft. Julianne and Derek Hough 6/16, 7:30 pm, $40-$125. 702-749-2000. Super Summer Theatre The Wedding Singer Thru 6/24, 8 pm. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-594-7529. Vegas Fringe Festival Thru 6/18 Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996.

Special Events

Arts and Culture Day Workshops, storytelling & more. 6/16, 9 am-5 pm, free. Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, 702-895-3381. Glow Worm 5K Fun Run 6/17, 9 pm, $25-$40. Equestrian Park S., 1200 Equestrian Drive. Juneteenth 6/19, 5 pm, free. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza, 720 Twin Lakes Drive.

Sports

Boxing: Ward vs. Kovalev 2 6/17, 2:30 pm, $255-$1,255. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Las Vegas 51s Baseball Sacramento 6/15-6/16. Games 7 pm (Sun & holidays, noon). Cashman Field, 702-386-7200. NHL Awards & Expansion Draft 6/21, 4:30 pm,

$18-$33. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. Tuff-N-Uff: Pack the Mack 6/17, 6 pm, free. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267.

Galleries

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. Donna Beam Fine Art A Matter of Personality 6/16-8/4. Opening reception 6/16, 4:30-6:30 pm. Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893. 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. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) Outside the Box Thru 9/17, free. Mon-Fri, 7 am-5:30 pm. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Dennis Martinez: Frame of Reference Thru 6/30. 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. 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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