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Unbeatable The Vegas Golden Knights instantly connect with their new hometown By Spencer Patterson
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icturing Las Vegas’ first major-league sporting event in my mind’s eye these past 20 years, I’ve always envisioned it as highly emotional—but nothing close to what I witnessed Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. Of course, I never could have predicted that when the game finally arrived, it would come just nine days after a tragedy like the one this town experienced on October 1. Reminders of that horrible night, and its grisly aftermath, were omnipresent throughout the Vegas Golden Knights’ home opener, from the massive security presence outside the venue to a touching pre-game tribute to the 58 slain and the first responders and hospital heroes who kept that awful total from ballooning far further. As the names of those victims appeared upon the ice during 58 seconds of silence, it sent shivers down my spine. The Knights clearly felt it, too, judging from the way they skated out moments later and began scoring like unstoppable, wild banshees. The first goal, just 2:31 into the game off the stick of Tomas Nosek, seemed like something from a dream—the exact way you’d want an expansion franchise christening its own building to begin. The next tally, less than two minutes later, felt even more surreal, considering the man who scored it, Deryk Engelland, had just addressed the crowd during the pre-game ceremony, speaking of his time as a Las Vegas Wrangler and his love for our Valley and its strength. When two more pucks dropped into the Arizona Coyotes’ net—both sent there by early-season scoring machine James Neal— before we’d reached the 11-minute mark of period one, it sealed the deal:
No one could deny the Vegas Golden Knights on this night. If the Knights didn’t feel a strong connection to Las Vegas before October 1—and who could blame them if they didn’t? They’ve just moved here and haven’t even figured out the best places to eat on the Strip or park Downtown—they must feel like full-fledged Las Vegans now. The events of the past nine days have taught them more about this place and its people than they might have gleaned in five “normal” years. And though Las Vegas has been home to so many heroes of late, a few more
certainly couldn’t hurt. Why not 23 guys who glide on blades of steel? After waiting two decades for my hometown to enter the major-league sports phase of its existence, I left T-Mobile Tuesday night excited by the Knights’ 3-0 season start, but mostly proud. Proud of the way our fans showed up tonight, with heart and support. Proud of the way our town has responded in the wake of unthinkable pain. And proud of our team, for feeding off that spirit and channeling it into something positive and healing. Our team. That sounds good. Especially right now.
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A LIVE HIVE Rediscovering the Arts Factory’s daily creative pulse BY GEOFF CARTER
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PROJECT NEON DETOURS THROUGH YOUR PHONE Fun fact: The official name for the road construction that’s currently consuming the “Spaghetti Bowl” interchange of I-15 and U.S. 95 is “Project Neon,” not “Like I Need This Crap Right Now.” And while the new Project Neon mobile app isn’t likely to take the latter words out of your mouth when you hit those epic rush-hour traffic snarls, it does proffer some good news. It tells you about the latest lane closures; it provides photos and videos of the work in progress; it includes a list of past and future project milestones (another fun fact: the work is 48 percent completed); and best of all, it pushes traffic alerts and construction updates directly to your phone. Download the free app from the iTunes and Google Play app stores. –Geoff Carter
I’m meeting Lisa Dittrich’s neighbors, nearly all of which are in the process of creating. One is making a time-lapse video of a painting in progress. Another proudly informs us that she stretches her own canvases on premises. And Dittrich says that another artist in the building mixes his own pigments. “We didn’t have anything like this growing up,” Dittrich says. “I moved out here in 1985. It would have been fantastic to have something like this back then.” To be honest, I don’t often think about the Arts Factory outside of First Friday. I’ve taken it for granted, which I shouldn’t do, because Dittrich’s right; it wasn’t that long ago that this city didn’t have buildings full of artists creating art on weekdays. And Dittrich, a former volunteer at Gina Quaranto’s late, lamented Blackbird, had nowhere to show her work or the work of other developing artists she knew. Now, in Random Alchemy—a gallery on the Arts Factory’s jam-packed second floor—Dittrich has that place. Its current show, the wonderfully gothy Dark Hearts Club 2017, features works by some artists I know and others I’m discovering anew. But more significantly, I’ve been reminded that the Arts Factory is not static. Great things are happening here daily, and when I suggest that it feels good to surround oneself with art in troubled times, she vigorously agrees: “Not just the art, but the artists and the people that come out that support you. It’s nurturing.” Our tour is taking a toll on Dittrich, who suffers from an autoimmune disorder called MoerschWoltman Syndrome; it will worsen, and eventually incapacitate her. It’s inspiring that Dittrich is devoting her remaining years of mobility to championing local artists. That says some powerfully good things about her neighbors—things that more potential art collectors should respond to. “If you find a connection with locals, then they’re willing to start collecting you,” Dittrich says. It seems like an appropriate time to mention that the Arts Factory is probably open right now.
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VEGAS STATE OF MIND It’s more than a place, and it can’t be taken from us
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By Brock Radke
he late nights and early mornings were always the best. That’s when the Strip feels like it’s all yours, when the desert air cools and the sky opens up and there’s nothing but space and lights and silhouettes sprouting up around you. Those are the only times there aren’t thousands of other people walking on Las Vegas Boulevard; even when summer temperatures hit the hundred-and-teens, these sidewalks are still jammed in the afternoons. But get back out on the street at 3 or 4 or 5 a.m., and you own it. You’re not exactly alone, but nobody else did what you did that night, had the adventure you had, so you are unique. I would imagine that feeling is pretty cool if you’re visiting Las Vegas, perhaps as if you’ve conquered the Strip. Veni, vidi, vici … maybe in front of Caesars Palace. I don’t know. I’ll never know. I’ve never been a visitor. I don’t feel like I’ve ever really lived anywhere other than Las Vegas. When we see that hotel skyline through the window on the flight into McCarran, you get all excited about what you’re going to vici. I feel the warm relief of home. The Strip is my home. I don’t sleep there and I don’t work there, but I live there. It is sustenance. And through the years I’ve found it to be—or maybe molded it into—a sanctuary, the
place where my overactive mind becomes calm and quiet, and opens up like that huge desert sky above those 5 a.m. silhouettes. After I see a show or a concert or eat at a restaurant here, I need to retreat to the sidewalks to let the experience sink in, to get lost in the flow of Vegas, to feel like everybody else feels when they come here to do these same things. It never gets old or tired. With friends or family, or all alone, I’m always happy out here. Of course, it didn’t feel that way last time. I was walking the Strip on October 1. I started just before midnight, parking at Treasure Island and moving south past the Mirage and Caesars Palace, both on lockdown. Small crowds lingered in front of the main entrances, hotel guests waiting to get back into their rooms. At that time Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department crews were just beginning to sweep through the casinos at the south end of the Strip, making sure there was no more danger before allowing people in and out of the buildings again. The resorts in my area would not open up again until around 3 a.m. I was there to help gather information to report for the Las Vegas Sun, but I was failing. I couldn’t talk to anyone inside, and I couldn’t move much farther south than the Cosmopolitan. I felt beyond helpless, utterly useless. That feeling has not yet left me, not completely.
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momentum the Strip had painfully built after the recession seemed in jeopardy, or worse. COVER STORY WEEKLY | 10.12.17 Wondering if I’d ever enjoy latenight strolls on the Strip again felt narcissistic and wrong, but it turned out to be the path worth walking. Because after all that fear, defiant anger was waiting. You can’t have my Vegas. I will never let it go, ever. Not after taking my best friends in I spoke to people who told stories the world to a dinner none of us can of gamblers leaving money on afford, laughing and drinking all tables to flee when they saw other the way through. Not after watchpeople running out, even though ing countless legendary musicians there were never reports of anyperforming in the most incredible thing to run from. Two SWAT vetheaters ever constructed. And cerhicles sat on the Boulevard in front tainly not after walking back to the of the Cromwell, and officers with Treasure Island parking garage early rifles and helmets stood guard on in the morning on October 2. I gave the pedestrian bridges. At the Cosmy wife her engagement ring in this mopolitan, I could look through garage. I’m f*cking keeping it. the huge Strip-side windows to You’re keeping all of your Vegas, see people sleeping on sofas in the too, and that’s how I know the Bond lounge, trapped on the other perception of the Strip could never side of the glass. Eventually a small change. The livelihood of Las Vegas stream of people departed from has been wounded Planet Hollywood, before, and it will including one happen again, but Californian The livelihood the idea of Vegas is who drove in of las vegas has forever. It’s flashthat morning been wounded ing very promito go to the before and will nently in the minds Golden Knights again, but the of at least 42 milpreseason game lion people from with the Sharks idea of vegas is all over the world, at T-Mobile forever. because that’s how Arena. He many came here last wouldn’t give his year—just last year. name, but he was That’s 42 million experiences that staying with friends off the Strip can bring someone back for more. and wasn’t sure how to get to their That’s 42 million shares of the Strip house. “It’s gonna be okay, though,” divided up evenly—everyone gets a he said. I asked if the shooting little piece to keep. It might sound might affect his next trip to Vegas. maudlin, but it’s real, and I know be“Oh no, no way. This is the best. I cause I’ve seen it all the time, every would come as much as I could. I time I’m on the Strip. would move here if I could.” I see conventioneers cutting loose I suddenly became worried at happy hour in lobby bars and about our hockey team, set to begin families frolicking through Circus the first major league professional Circus and Excalibur, credit-card sports season in the history of kids running it up at nightclubs and the city before this happened. My pool parties and wide-eyed couples overactive mind opened up in a at Cirque du Soleil spectacles, boisdifferent, terrifying way, absorbterous and quiet groups from Mexiing every worst-case scenario. co and the U.K. and China shopping MGM Resorts had just unleashed and partying and gambling like a massively exciting ad campaign crazy. I’ve seen entirely too much joy that focused on live entertainment on Las Vegas Boulevard to believe it (“We are in the holy sh*t busicould ever stop. ness.”), and now one of the largest I don’t know when the way I’ve and most important companies always felt about the Strip will come in the state would be managing an back to me, but I’m going to keep epic tragedy that occurred during walking until it does. an outdoor music festival. All the
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The Vegas music scene responds with compassion
t was around 10:30 p.m. on October 1, and Las Vegas musician Jesse Pino was on his way to the Route 91 Harvest festival. Pino, who occasionally picks up production gigs, had planned on getting there earlier to find parking, but his roommate, who had worked the same event in the past, assured him he didn’t need to leave so soon. That conversation might have saved Pino’s life. As he drove down Las Vegas Boulevard, Pino began to see cops, fully geared, running down the street. “Some people were running by my car, and I kind of panicked and tried to turn around,” Pino says. That’s when he heard it. “A cop yelled at me, ‘You can’t go that way; there’s a shooter.’” Pino drove into his friend’s apartment complex behind the venue and the two began handing out water bottles to
concert attendees trying to flee the area. He wasn’t able to pick up his car until Wednesday, as he had unknowingly parked inside the crime scene. In the days since, Pino has been one of many local musicians who have banded together to raise money for victims by playing benefit shows. “Every person possesses incredible courage and strength, whether they know it or not,” says Pino, who participated in a fundraiser October 7 at Grouchy John’s Coffee. “It would be unfortunate for something like that to stop you from living a life. I guess for me, I’m trying to do my best to lead by example.” Downtown, the Bunkhouse and Velveteen Rabbit have hosted benefits, and additional events across Southern Nevada have been organized, including a show at the Boulder City Library on October 13 and a Vegas Unites
Las Vegan B. Rose (far left) performs during a Velveteen Rabbit benefit show. (Photograph by Wade Vandervort/Special to Weekly)
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fundraiser at Backstage Bar & Billiards the following night. Even defunct Vegas favorites like Holding Onto Sound and Rusty Maples are getting back together to perform alongside Narrowed at a Macro-Fi Reunion benefit at the Bunkhouse on October 29. Additionaly, Congregation Ner Tamid will host Vegas Strong in Song, a concert of healing and love featuring Julie Silver, Stacy Beyer, Joe Buchanan and others on October 15. “That could’ve been any one of us. We all go to concerts,” says Vegas Unites organizer Kat Kalling. “Las Vegas is a community, and we’re all in this together.” At Downtown’s 11th Street Records, owner Ronald Corso decided to donate studio time at his National Southwestern Recording Studio, so musicians can lay down country covers for a benefit compilation, tentatively due around Thanksgiving. So far, he says, the offer has caught the attention of Dark Black, Mercy
Music, Blair Dewane and Chani Leavitt, The Big Friendly Corporation and more. And on Monday, website Punks in Vegas released Vegas Strong, a massive digital compilation featuring 138 tracks—new songs and rarities—by local bands and touring favorites including Taking Back Sunday, Beach Slang and The Menzingers. “I immediately wanted to help in some way,” says Punks in Vegas operator Steven Matview, who received 100 songs in the first 24 hours. “The response was just so heartwarming and sweet and really overwhelming.” The EDM world has also responded. Wynn resident DJ Diplo donated $100,000 to the Las Vegas Victims’ fund and challenged other DJs to do the same (Steve Aoki ,Kaskade, Tiësto, Marshmello and Dillon Francis have all made significant donations). And Omnia Nightclub will host a Hakkasan Group benefit featuring Aoki, Tiësto, Kaskade and others on November 7.
For the cause Upcoming shows benefitting victims of the Route 91 Harvest shooting
Boulder City Benefit October 13, 5 p.m., $10 donation, all-ages, Boulder City Library Amphitheater. Featuring Same Sex Mary, Indigo Kidd, Bad Girls Smoking Lounge, The Unwieldies & more.
Julie Silver, Stacy Beyer, Joe Buchanan & more.
VEGAS UNITES October 14, 5 p.m., donations of food, supplies & money encouraged, Backstage Bar & Billiards. Featuring Pet Tigers, Rayner, Jeff Mix, Paige Overton, Shayna Rain, Kat Kalling, Lady Reiko & more.
VEGAS RISING October 20, 2 p.m., Adrenaline Sports Bar & Grill (3103 N. Rancho Drive). Featuring Astoria, Smashing Alice, The Scorched, Agent 86 & more.
VEGAS STRONG IN SONG October 15, 5:30 p.m., Congregation Ner Tamid (55 N. Valle Verde Drive). Featuring
MACRO-FI REUNION October 29, Bunkhouse Saloon. Featuring Holding Onto Sound, Rusty Maples & Narrowed.
Hakkasan GROUP BENEFIT November 7, $30 and up, Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace. Featuring Tiësto, Zedd, Kaskade, Steve Aoki, Lil Jon & NGHTMRE.
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Las Vegas’ heroic first responders speak about the Route 91 tragedy—and the Valley’s way forward
LIGHTS Joe Geeb
Clark County FIRE CAPTAIN “After this event, I don’t think there is an officer or firefighter that just shakes hands. We hug now. I may meet them for the first time, but a hug comes with it. Because we know what we’ve been through, and I want them to know that hey, I’m here for you.” Photograph by Christopher DeVargas
Elaine Manio
UMC trauma nurse “I’ve always wondered what would happen if Vegas was subject to some sort of terrorist attack. I didn’t know if our hospital would be able to handle it, but we definitely did. Then the people coming for a week now … it’s been nonstop. We just keep getting packages, there’s food trucks all the time, feeding everyone—not just the hospital staff, everyone—just all donating their time and resources.”
Cory Whitlock
LAS VEGAS FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC “It’s really encouraging to see a community rise to the occasion, whether it be our professional firefighters, the first responders—AMR, Mediquest, community ambulance, security, Metro—even the public. Everyone rose to the occasion. You have to look at the silver lining a little bit. Bonding our communities together so that we can be more successful, more powerful, as one—that’s what this is all about.”
IN THE SHERYl METZLER
CSC EVENT STAFF SUPERVISOR “Don’t be angry with the security people that are checking your bags. They’re just there to protect you. The next time you go through the metal detector, don’t be mad. Thank them.”
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Las Vegas Weekly expresses thanks to these heroes from the Clark County Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, University Medical Center, MountainView Hospital and CSC Security—along with countless others from all over the Las Vegas Valley who have responded with THE WAY bravery on OctoFORWARD ber 1 and in the days since.
DARKNESS Travis Haldeman
Clark County fire ENGINEER “My wife and I attended the concert. We wake up every morning with a choice, and we choose joy. We don’t focus on the one bad man who was there that evening. We’re focusing on the thousands of good people who have come out since then. My advice to the people of Las Vegas is to just keep the good going.”
MONIQUE DAvid
UMC TRAUMA NURSE “We were just doing our job. This is what we do for people all the time. It’s nice that people are recognizing us, but to us it’s a normal thing. That’s what we do all the time. People keep saying thank you, and we’re grateful for that.”
James Bunting
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Firefighter/Paramedic “It was an eerie feeling walking through casinos when it’s completely silent and we were the only people there. Usually, no matter what the time is, there is always noise going on, there are always people at gaming machines, at the bar or walking through the casino. Not seeing anyone was a eerie experience, something none of us were used to.”
CLARENCE DUNAGAN
EMERGENCY ROOM CHAIRMAN AT MOUNTAINVIEW HOSPITAL “Sunrise [Hospital] saw more than 200 patients [that night], and when I was there they said that 100 physicians responded. You had all of these sub-specialists that heard the call and came in. [The various specialists] were saying, “Is there a hand laceration you need me to fix? Any facial lacerations?” That kind of thing was really neat, response from the doctors, the PAs, the nurse practitioners. There was so much help there that it became too much. We had to start sending doctors and nurses home.”
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Vegas Strong isn’t just a hashtag. It’s proof of what we’ve become By Geoff Carter
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e were not ready. When news of the terrorist-led events of September 11, 2001 reached Las Vegas, we reacted the best we could: We shut down the airport, organized charitable events and vigils, draped the casinos in the colors of our nation’s flag. In the weeks that followed we went about our ways in anxious isolation, one eye unblinkingly trained on the skies overhead. Many were laid off in the resulting tourism slump. We put on a brave face, but inwardly, many of us felt helpless. The Route 91 Harvest festival shooting is a different kind of horror than the events of September 11, but the dread feels familiar, even if this time our eyes aren’t fixed on the heavens; instead, we’re forced to consider the dangers concealed in the previously benign corners of our own town—the windows of our casino towers, the open expanses of our festival grounds. But something else was different this
time. In the hours immediately following the massacre, Las Vegas stood up. The Facebook page devoted to the shootings filled with locals offering their help to complete strangers: You can sleep at my house tonight. I’ll drive you wherever you need to go. I have a shower, wifi, shelter … Within a day, local restaurants began donating meals to victims and volunteers; a day after that, local musicians had organized benefit shows and albums; the day after that, our blood banks were completely flooded with currency. And by the end of the week, an entire remembrance garden had been built and landscaped. I honestly don’t know if Las Vegas would have responded the same way had this tragedy occurred back in the early 2000s. Putting aside the fact that Facebook didn’t yet exist, what kind of community would have formed ranks back then? The defining characteristic of pre-recession Las
The Notable Las Vegans speak about the road to recovery PATH AHEAD
Vegas was its transience: casino implosions, bad mortgages, people moving to our city with the sole intent of making enough money to leave it. But we’re a different breed of city dwellers now; we have survived economic ruin and learned to look to our neighbors for compassion and support. This past week didn’t inspire the innate goodness of our community. It revealed it. There may be harder times still ahead. We don’t yet know what effect this will have on our industry, which is based entirely in tourist whim. We don’t yet know to what degree this terrorist nightmare will make our wide-open city into a warren of security checkpoints and bulletproof glass. But we now know one thing about Las Vegas: There’s help out there. It’s in our institutions, and it’s in our neighbors. Not matter what happens next, we’ll be ready for it.
Father Bob Stoeckig
Patrick Hughes
President/CEO, Fremont Street Experience “Aside from trying to comprehend what occurred last week, we immediately began considering how it would impact future events … A key aspect of our planning going forward is the visibility of all security personnel, because this immediately assures our guests that their safety is our priority while maintaining a fun, entertaining environment at the same time.”
Dayvid Figler
Las Vegas attorney “Let us honor, but not get frozen by the faces of those complex humans who lost their lives in a flash for nothing. Let us continue the pride and energy and movement towards the unique city of lights happily and willfully caring not only for the millions who come, but the 2 million+ who call this place home.”
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President/CEO, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority “In the weeks and months ahead, as a community we need to support our friends at Mandalay Bay, and all of the hospitality industry, with our patronage. For all those from around the world who want to help, one of the most important things they can do now is keep or make plans to visit—that is how we will move forward. We are Vegas Strong, shining brighter than ever.”
Vicar General, catholic diocese of las vegas “As the media move on to other events in the world, we are still here. We can’t move around this unimaginable violence, but we can move through it together. People hurt differently and people heal differently. As healing begins, we have to remember all the good that brought us together and to more deliberately keep that sense of community. As time begins to pass, we need to bind ourselves together in unity and build deeper ties through compassion and understanding with each other, as that will make us a better and stronger community.”
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Clark County Commissioner “I don’t know that we’re ‘moving on.’ I don’t even use that term in the loss of my husband. But you do move forward. And you do that by reconnecting—neighborhood by neighborhood, community by community, person by person. Let people tell their stories— it’s healing, and it also educates us.”
Jerry Nadal
senior Vice President, Cirque du Soleil’s Resident Show Division “While the aftermath of what happened last week will scar us, it won’t break us. I’m confident that this remarkable and resilient city will find a way to honor those who were lost, support those who were impacted and constructively move forward as a community.”
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UNLV President “Having a place where we come together and talk, in classes, during the (campus) vigil, and in gathering spaces across campus, gives us all an opportunity to begin to heal as a community.”
star, divas Las Vegas “October 1st should not be a date that defines us but rather unites us. We are the Entertainment Capital of the World, and for that I must say, nurses heal, teachers teach and entertainers entertain. This is the way it is and always will be in our beautiful neon city.”
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ago, when he was the brooding, semimysterious voice behind three critically acclaimed mixtapes released over the course of nine months. After major label debut Kiss Land in 2013, a series of shows supporting Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience Tour and eventually his own headlining tour, a fuse was lit for a string of explosive hits: “Often,” released a full year before the album it teased; the catchy Ariana Grande duet “Love Me Harder”; and “Earned It,” a slow burner from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. When Beauty Behind the Madness arrived in the summer of 2015, conditions were perfect for a fullon chart takeover. Today, The Weeknd’s massive Starboy
i t World Tour, which lands at T-Mobile Arena on October 14 with support from Gucci Mane and fellow Canadian artist Nav, is his largest endeavor yet, a science-fiction world conceptualized for his futuristic hits. The giant spaceship setpiece looks like something that could be piloted by the disco robots of Daft Punk, who collaborated with The Weeknd on two tracks from the current album. But it’s Tesfaye who’s in control, onstage without a bevy of guest stars or backup singers or dancers, alone in the spotlight. The Weeknd at T-Mobile Arena, October 14. –Brock Radke
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that are receiving rave reviews. Variety called her October 8 Hollywood Bowl concert an “allstops stadium pop show” loaded with personality: “The show really got moving in the latter half, with Jackson balancing style and substance as she steadily ratcheted up the intensity.” Imagine how much more intense her Las Vegas performance might be. Janet Jackson at Mandalay Bay Events Center, October 14. –Brock Radke
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to her team—she was the only one we sent it to—and she liked it. It only took her a couple hours in the studio to knock it out. It was really cool working with her, so relaxed and chill, but she’s been doing it for so long it’s probably just second nature.” Cheat Codes has another new song coming out this month, but Russell is keeping quiet on the details, saying only that they’ll play it at Intrigue Thursday night. Now that “No Promises” has exposed this team to new audiences, they’re looking to capitalize by releasing all different types of new music. “Honestly, we just have so many songs that we need to have a big meeting and decide how and when we want to put
them out,” Russell says. “No matter what, we are definitely working on a bigger body of work, whether it’s an EP or an album. We really want to work on a three-part album that showcases each of us individually as well as a group, because we all come from different musical backgrounds. And you can see that in the way we do our shows, because we like to play some eclectic stuff that you don’t expect to go together.” Cheat Codes at Intrigue at Wynn, October 12. –Brock Radke
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onathan Terrell doesn’t cry often. In fact, he keeps track of the times he has cried in his entire life. “I told my girl that I could count, on one hand, the times I’ve cried in the last two decades. Today, I reached my pinky.” The Austin-based singer-songwriter was mourning the loss of Tom Petty—his favorite songwriter, and, undoubtedly, his “biggest musical influence,” introduced to him by his parents. As musicians, they played in the house band for what became the Children of God—a European cult that reached the height of its popularity in the late ’70s. After fleeing to East Texas, the family continued to write and perform music. “My first guitar was a beautiful cherry
red [Gibson] ES-335,” Terrell says. “I did work for my dad for an entire summer, and, on top of that, gave him $300 for it. In retrospect, that wasn’t so great of a deal.” These wacky anecdotes are the fuel for Terrell’s life. Maybe that’s why he excels at telling stories with his music. His eponymous project explores the middle ground between country and rock ’n’ roll—a sound best showcased on his latest EP, Color Me Lucky. Songs like “Faye” and “Thinking About You” are cheery, upbeat numbers about heartbreak and longing. Terrell always leaves room for ballads, such as “It’s Not Me (But It Could Be)” and the EP’s title track, on which he extracts bits of classic Americana through gruff vocals and twangy lap steel guitar.
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Terrell recently wrapped up recording a Mazzy Star cover with members of Spiritualized, and he’s about to begin work on a full-length slated for a 2018 release. “I’m sitting on nearly 30 tracks,” Terrell says. “The record is gonna be a good mix of the new straightforward stuff and the old singer-songwriter stuff. I can’t get rid of that.” –Ian Caramanzana Emerge Impact + Music Conference on the Las Vegas Strip, November 16-18. Tickets available now at emergelv.com.
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so big on pro-sports franchises; he’s part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Sparks in addition to his relatively new gig as President of Basketball Operations for the Lakers. Magic’s savvy isn’t limited to sports and business, and he also demonstrated plenty of understanding about how Vegas works. “I’m a big fight fan and also I love the shows, so I come and hang out here a lot. I love it,” he said. “But now you’ve got some of the most amazing restaurants. That was the
one thing that really changed, when you brought in the restaurants, and then also to make sure you included the family. I think it really turned things around. Now everybody can come to Las Vegas and have a good time. You want them to gamble, but even if they don’t, they’re still having a great time.” –Brock Radke
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DEAR LAS VEGAS We are with you. We are with you in joy and we are with you in sorrow, and we sure as hell are with you now. We send love to each and every person impacted by the deadly attack on our city and the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Emerge and A Beautiful Perspective were born in Las Vegas and we are proud to call the valley home. Las Vegas is a place of acceptance, where people come to let loose, enjoy themselves and enrich their lives. It is a place that welcomes outsiders and new faces, whether they’re coming for the weekend, the year or the rest of their lives. The attack on Sunday night was not just a violent act against festival attendees; it was an attack on our community, our tradition of acceptance and the strong Nevada ethos of live-and-let-live. One thing we are not shocked by is how the community has rallied. The outpouring of support, aid, caring and donations has been remarkable but not unexpected. We know Southern Nevada is strong and will keep pushing forward. Emerge and A Beautiful Perspective will contribute to these efforts in any way we can. As members of the concert, events and media community, we’re especially saddened that a festival—a celebration meant to bring thousands of people together—was the target of hate and violence. But we will not be cowed. We stand with you, Las Vegas, with the music community and the rest of world in condemning this terrorist act and all acts of senseless violence. WE ARE WITH YOU LAS VEGAS. WE LOVE YOU.
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here’s a reason there are so many burger joints on the Las Vegas Strip: The world can’t get enough of this classic experience. We’re talking juicy burgers carefully crafted with creative toppings, a side of something crispyfried and a thick and creamy milkshake—possibly spiked with a little extra fun. There’s a new experience coming to the Venetian, taking over the indoor-outdoor space next to the poker room and offering canaladjacent patio seating (previously home to B&B Burger). Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, which originated in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, is expanding beyond the Big Apple for the first time, and there couldn’t be a better place for it than Vegas. The “classic luncheonette” offers burgers, fries, wings, craft beers, mason jar cocktails, salads, sides and its infamous Crazy Shakes, all of which have been satisfying New York tourists and locals for years. Sound familiar?
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THE CHAINSMOKERS “This city is a second home to us and the people of Las Vegas are our family. ... We hope this leads our country to some real reflection about our laws and security and we can come together as people and find a way to never let this happen again.�
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haring a chilled seafood tower in the David Rockwelldesigned “treehouse” in the center of the Shops at Crystals feels like a rite of passage for the new Las Vegas diner, the modern equivalent of the old-school steakhouse business dinner. Whether it’s groups of convention visitors converging here for a big meal to start a week of networking or a vacationing couple taking in a romantic, whimsical experience, this is the place everyone wants to be—Mastro’s Ocean Club.
California coast and executed in Las Vegas with precision by veteran chef Ricardo Romo. That stellar seafood tower, decorated playfully with dry ice fog, can be customized with your favorites—shrimp, lobster, snow crab claws, Alaskan king crab legs and oysters on the half shell. If you’re not in a raw mood, consider steamed mussels, vanilla-battered shrimp, meaty crab cakes or classic oysters Rockefeller. A specialized sushi menu created by Cabo San Lucas favorite Nick-san rounds out appetizer options.
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than us mere mortals. But this studio is open to all; everybody who comes in has different needs. As teachers, they will determine your fitness level and help you grow, whether you’re a pro gymnast or a recovering couch potato. Larger studios rotate instructors, which leads to inconsistent instruction. But at Absolute Balance, the instructors are always top-rate. Marco and Paulo will teach hand-balancing, and Carmita will teach yoga. Absolute Balance, 6115 S. Fort Apache, #104, 702-909-4711. –C. Moon Reed
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10/12 Father John Misty. 10/13 The Church. 10/17 Chief Keef. 10/20 Run the Jewels. 10/21 In This Moment. 10/23 A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. 10/25 Azealia Banks. 10/26 Flying Lotus. 10/27-10/28 Trey Anastasio Band. 11/1 Capturing Pablo. 11/3 Action Bronson. 11/5 I Prevail. 11/10 Common Kings. 11/11 The Front Bottoms. 11/12 Matisyahu. 11/16-11/18 Emerge Impact + Music Conference. 11/22 Periphery & Animals As Leaders. 11/27 Flobots. 11/30 Wax Tailor. 12/1 Jack & Jack. 12/3 Shaggy. 12/6 Anuhea. 12/7 Chris Robinson Brotherhood. 12/14 The Drums. 12/16 Descendents. 12/21 Lil Pump. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695.
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Moapa Valley’s Rise Festival, a two-day event built around the release of floating paper lanterns, couldn’t have happened at a more appropriate time. With a dark cloud of grief and uncertainty hanging over our Valley, there’s perhaps nothing more therapeutic than sending light into the heavens. Many attendees wrote messages of solidarity and hope on their lanterns before they sent them skyward. (Wade Vandervort/Special to Weekly)
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With the goal of building a truly pro theater group, artistic director Ann Marie Pereth raises money so the cast and crew get paid. 702-7352114, apublicfit.org.
From its home in Art Square Theatre, Cockroach is ever advancing in its daring mission of artistic integrity. 725-222-9661, cockroachtheatre.com.
LVLT has been producing edgy plays since 1978. The venerable theater also hosts an annual new works competition and the Vegas Fringe Festival. 702-362-7996, lvlt.org.
Artistic Director Troy Heard wants to produce American plays that are both fun and smart while promoting new talent. 702-423-6366, majesticrepertory.com.
5. Nevada Conservatory Theatre At UNLV’s NCT, students work alongside professionals for an optimal learning experience. 702895-3663, unlv.edu/nct. –C. Moon Reed
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LOCAL MUSIC RELEASE SHOWS AT VINYL & BUNKHOUSE SALOON Las Vegas rapper Jeff Thompson, better known as Ekoh, has been a fixture in the hiphop scene for the past half-decade. With his conscious brand of “heart hop,” Ekoh uses beats and bars to address a variety of issues—from relationships to substance abuse and more. Now, Thompson is gearing up to drop his first full-length in five years, Along the Way, the follow up to 2012’s Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, at Vinyl inside the Hard Rock Hotel on Friday, October 13. Opportunities to donate to the victims of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting will also be available. 7:30 p.m., free. Vegas countryrock band The Rhyolite Sound is releasing its debut album, Desert Honky Tonk, with a concert at the Bunkhouse on Saturday, October 14. The show will feature additional performances by Doug C and the Blacklisted and The Reeves Brothers, along with a Daisy Dukes contest. 8 p.m., $8-$10. –Leslie Ventura
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LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC TRIBUTE PROGRAM AT REYNOLDS HALL It was supposed to be a jolly musical celebration of autumn, but after the tragic events on October 1, the Las Vegas Philharmonic could not carry on as planned, understandably. So music director/conductor Donato Cabrera showed what it means to be #VegasStrong. “Music heals,” Cabrara stated in a written news release. “We are changing the program for our upcoming concert to honor and reflect upon what makes us stronger when we face the future together.” The updated event is titled “Oktoberfest—Cabrera Conducts Beethoven, Mozart & Barber.” The new program features Mozart’s “Clarinet Concerto,” Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and Beethoven’s “Coriolan Overture” and “Symphony No. 5.” A 6:30 p.m. “pre-concert conversation” will focus on the music and reasoning behind the new musical selections. From 6 to 7:30 p.m., the Phil will host a “Beer Garden reception with German Fare” for $35. Best of all, first responders, survivors and their families, volunteers or “anyone who seeks the refuge and solace of music” can reserve up to four free tickets, from a limited supply (use redemption code LVHPM; priced tickets cost $30-$109). –C. Moon Reed
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THE BRONX AT BUNKHOUSE Saloon Unrelenting political frustration got you too exhausted to resist? You could snap into a Slim Jim—or, better yet, you could catch Hollywood hardcore heroes The Bronx, still one of the most innervating and incendiary live bands on the planet. With Plague Vendor, ’68, $15. –Mike Prevatt.
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For the 10th consecutive year this southeast Valley church hosts a weekend celebrating Lebanese heritage and food. Enjoy everything from authentic shawarma and falafel to gyros and kabobs, plus scratch-made kibbeh balls—a meat and cracked wheat dish traditionally served as an appetizer. Friday-Saturday, 4 p.m.-midnight; Sunday, 1-9 p.m.; $5. –Leslie Ventura
Put away the black tie. The Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada is switching things up this year for its annual fundraising event, with a celebration at Moon Nightclub. Catch performances by a live aerialist while participating in a silent auction and contributing to a worthwhile cause. $45-$125. –Leslie Ventura
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Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival AT Sunset Park Heaving bosoms, men in tights, lords and ladies, cheeky fellows, brave knights, faerie folk and gentle damsels—and that’s just the people watching! Every year, Sunset Park transforms into a delightful anachronism commonly known as the Ren Fair. Does this festival actually adhere to whatever happened during the Renaissance era and/or latest season of Game of Thrones? Who knows and who cares? The fun is in the free-wheeling fantasy that’s open to all. Eat turkey legs, “steak on a stake” and meat pies or go in for full English feasts and dinner theater. A variety of “guilds” (enthusiast groups often composed of locals) will offer entertainment, photo ops, demonstrations and legit historical reenactment. Entertainment is everywhere, so your best bet is to stroll around the park and stop at the nearest belly dancer, bawdy storyteller or jousting match. Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; $13-$15/day, $30/three days. –C. Moon Reed
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historic testimony The entertaining Marshall looks back at an unsung case of racial injustice By Josh Bell
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lthough its title would seem to indicate that Marshall is a story about Thurgood Marshall, a pioneering civil rights activist who became the first black Supreme Court justice, Marshall (played by Chadwick Boseman) is actually one of two primary characters in the movie, which focuses almost entirely on a court case early in Marshall’s career as a lawyer for the NAACP. In 1941, the organization dispatches Marshall to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to help defend Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), a black chauffeur accused of raping his wealthy white employer, Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson). Thanks to the intractability of the local judge, Marshall—certified only to practice law in Maryland—is forced to team up with local lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad), a meek small-timer with previous trial experience only in insurance cases. The movie is as much about Friedman’s awakening to the civil rights struggles of African-Americans as it is about Marshall’s strategies for winning the case or the NAACP’s larger mission. The screenplay by father-son team Michael and Jacob Koskoff started out as a drama strictly about the case, and some of the scenes featuring Marshall’s personal life (including his difficulties conceiving a child with his wife, and especially a painfully awkward name-dropping scene with historical figures Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston) feel tacked-on and obligatory. The courtroom drama, however, is pretty
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entertaining, even if it’s completely predicthas to share his biopic with a white guy, but able and often played very broadly, especially the Koskoffs and director Reginald Hudlin by Dan Stevens as the racist, classist make sure to connect the plight of prosecutor so sinister he might as well AAACC Jewish immigrant Friedman to the be twirling his mustache. Boseman, NAACP’s ongoing efforts, with the MARSHALL who’s become a bit of a biopic expert looming threat of Nazi Germany Chadwick Boseman, after playing Jackie Robinson (in often in the background. In its less Josh Gad, 42) and James Brown (in Get on Up), effective moments, Marshall becomes Dan Stevens. brings the right amount of vulnera connect-the-dots history lesson, and Directed by Reginald Hudlin. the direction from TV veteran Hudlin ability to Marshall, who could come Rated PG-13. across as a set of history-textbook bulhas the look of an old-fashioned Opens Friday in let points, and Gad steals nearly every movie of the week, complete with select theaters. scene he’s in as the neurotic Friedtransitional wipes. The entire arc man, who discovers reserves of inner of Marshall’s life probably deserves strength he never knew he had. a lengthier and more sophisticated Some might see it as a cop-out that one of treatment, but this minor episode still makes the most notable black Americans in history for an appealing primer.
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Professor Marston explores the kinky origins of a comic-book icon By Josh Bell
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Marston (center) and the women in his life. (Annapurna/Courtesy)
Given his immense contributions to American culture, as the inventor of both Wonder Woman and the lie detector, it’s surprising that there hasn’t already been a biopic about William Moulton Marston. Or maybe it’s not surprising— Marston was just as notable for his unorthodox personal life, including a long-term polyamorous relationship and a strong interest in BDSM. Now thanks to the success of the recent Wonder Woman movie, writer-director Angela Robinson has a much bigger spotlight for her longtime passion project, biopic Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Luke Evans plays Bill, as everyone calls him, a Radcliffe College psychology professor in the late 1920s whose professional and personal partner is his wife and fellow psychologist Elizabeth (Rebecca Hall). They’re already iconoclasts with progressive ideas about marriage and sexuality when they meet Radcliffe undergrad Olive Byrne (Bella Heathcote), who volunteers as Bill’s research assistant and inspires more than just scholarly interest from both Marstons. Even the free-thinking Marstons have trouble at first embracing the idea of the threesome, but once they do, Robinson depicts the relationship as tender and passionate, no different from any other movie love story (including its rough spots). Driven out of academia because of his scandalous private life, Bill eventually comes up with the idea of creating a comicbook superhero to embody his ideas about feminism and the power of loving submission. Yes, Wonder Woman is a bondage fantasy of sorts, but Robinson depicts the characters’ interest in BDSM in the same positive, understanding way as their initial three-way attraction. Although it succumbs to some typical biopic weaknesses (including an exposition-heavy framing sequence featuring Bill getting grilled by a family-values crusader), Professor Marston is thrilling for the way it connects its characters’ personal passions to their iconic creations, and completely entertaining from start to finish. Hall is fantastic as the blunt, whip-smart Elizabeth, sometimes overshadowing her more reserved costars. But they balance each other out well, and the sex scenes among the trio are playful and sensuous, with a genuine sense of romance. Robinson uses a conventional structure to tell an unconventional story, making her subject both radical and relatable in the process.
aaabc PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote. Directed by Angela Robinson. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.
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Inaction hero The Foreigner squanders a refreshingly serious Jackie Chan By Jeffrey M. Anderson sequence, he’s staked out in the woods outside a farm hough fans of Jackie Chan’s massive body of and the movie simply forgets about him, among the work know that he’s a star of great effervescence, dead leaves and dirty ground, for a long chunk of time. quite a few viewers know him only for the Rush Hour films—perhaps his most successBrosnan plays a deputy cabinet minister ful and least interesting work—in which he is with former ties to the IRA, and he has plenty aabcc frequently upstaged by the yappy Chris Tucker. to do. He has a mistress and a badass nephew, THE FOREIGNER The filmmakers behind The Foreigner seem a few twists and turns and lots of dialogue. Pierce Brosnan, Jackie Chan, to be in the latter camp. They allow Chan—in Not to disparage Brosnan, who is fine, but his Michael McElhatton. part of the movie is stuck in rooms, where an otherwise refreshingly serious role—to be Directed by upstaged by a much talkier Pierce Brosnan. characters explain the plot to each other Martin Campbell. Rated R. Opens Chan’s character, a grieving father whose rather than actually talking. Friday citywide. daughter is killed by a suspected IRA bomb Directed by Martin Campbell (most in London, could have been one of the great recently of the tepid Green Lantern), The “man they did not expect” roles, like Bruce Foreigner is based on a 1992 novel called The Willis in Die Hard, Steven Seagal in Under Siege and Chinaman, by Stephen Leather. Given that title, Chan’s Harrison Ford in The Fugitive. Chan’s Quan starts trycharacter presumably could or should have been an ing to find the bombers by himself to exact his revenge, actively dynamic center to the story, but instead he’s and he’s terrific; even his fight scenes are bracingly treated like an unwanted extension to a lackluster movie edgy. But the movie keeps leaving him behind. In one already in progress.
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Remember when we got excited by the prospect of a new Beck album? Back when he’d follow something as thoughtful as 1998’s Mutations with the crotch-grabbing exuberance of 1999’s Midnight Vultures? It’s easy to pinpoint when that anticipation was squandered (post-Guero, 2005), but it’s tougher to say why. After all, he’s still doing that thing he does—following folky records with funky ones. That’s what Colors is to Morning Phase—yet this time, it feels like he’s doing it because he thinks it’s what we expect him to do. Perhaps as a result, Colors plays out as the most perfunctory, least personal disco to which Beck has ever put his name. These songs could belong to any number of current artists, from M83 to Passion Pit. It’s easy to bob your head to “Dreams,” “Wow” and the title track because that’s what they were engineered for; they have no other layers hidden beneath the giddy, heavily produced beats on their surface. They’re easy to like, but not weird enough to love—not good enough for the man who made such solid-gold get-downs as 1999’s “Sexx Laws” and “Get Real Paid.” –Geoff Carter
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is no stranger to self-importance, so it’s no surprise that he’s going by his more somber-sounding full name, William Patrick Corgan, for his very somber-sounding second solo album, Ogilala. It’s a solo album in a true sense, performed almost entirely by Corgan himself, on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano, with some lush string flourishes and one guest appearance from former Pumpkins guitarist James Iha (on the forceful “Processional,” not coincidentally the album’s best song). Ogilala is certainly an improvement over Corgan’s muddied, electronicheavy 2005 solo debut, TheFutureEmbrace, but it’s also a bit monotonous, like an entire album of the quiet palate-cleansers that would show up in the middle of a Smashing Pumpkins record. Restrained, tasteful and sort of dull, the Rick Rubin-produced album might itself work best as a palatecleanser, a break from Corgan’s typical anguished wails and blistering guitar solos. The songs aren’t particularly catchy or memorable, but they’re concise and inoffensive, a glimpse into the sensitive, boring singer-songwriter Corgan could have been if he never let loose his monstrous heavy metal angst. –Josh Bell
Robert Plant’s insistence on forging a solo legacy apart from Led Zeppelin is admirable. Still, his 11th solo album, Carry Fire—which sounds sleepier and more contemplative than 2014’s Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar— bears the unmistakable imprint of the classic rock legends. “The May Queen” pairs sawing stringed instruments and delicate vocals with mystical acoustic riffs, while the title track has a distinct Middle Eastern influence. There’s even a sly Zep lyrical reference in the Velvet Underground-caliber drone “Dance With You Tonight”: “We shared a world forever changing/Through dancing days and wondrous nights.” Working again with his ace band, the Sensational Space Shifters, Plant delves deeper into world music and folk, with mixed results. The combination of acoustic and electric instruments sounds dynamite on “Bones of Saints,” a twangy roadhouse blues tune on which Plant slithers and wails through pointed sociopolitical commentary. The psychedelic contortions of “Bluebirds Over the Mountain,” in contrast, plod despite Chrissie Hynde’s evocative vocal guest appearance. Carry Fire has sparks of inspiration, but not enough to keep the flame burning for an entire album. –Annie Zaleski
Wolf Parade marked its 2016 return to the stage—after five years off—with the simultaneous release of a four-song EP, a clear declaration that the band’s second phase would be no mere nostalgia tour. Fifteen months later, the Canadian quartet has bolstered that case with Cry Cry Cry, its first album since 2010’s Expo 86. Where last year’s self-titled EP showed promise, that songwriters Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner might return to the heady heights of their mid-2000s heyday, Cry immediately fulfills it. The 11-track affair lifts off with two stirring fist-pumpers—Krug’s “Lazarus Online” (“Let’s fight/Let’s rage against the night”) and Boeckner’s “You’re Dreaming” (“Everybody cries/ Everybody needs some comfort”)—and continues colliding clever melodies, pulsating rhythms and lyrics alternately poignant and cryptic. As their track times suggest, the six-minute “Baby Blue” and 6:40 “Weaponized” pair as the LP’s centerpieces, the former a Krug composition in the tradition of his manic, swirling classics and the latter a Boeckner piece that starts as a straight-ahead rocker before slowing to become a grandiose anthem. Meet the new Wolf Parade … even better than the old Wolf Parade? –Spencer Patterson
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PLAYING IT FORWARD Vegas-to-NYC trumpeter Kenny Rampton establishes the Jazz Outreach Initiative By Mike Prevatt ince moving to New York City, jazz musician Kenny Rampton hasn’t been able to perform in his native Las Vegas very often. But he’s made those rare hometown gigs count—the past two have inspired him to create a new organization dedicated to stirring interest in jazz music in Las Vegas. The nonprofit Jazz Outreach Initiative (jazzoutreachinitiative.org), which aims to promote the great American art form through education, live performance and advocacy, is rooted in many things: Rampton’s unique musical growth in Las Vegas, his parents’ roles as local music educators and the work of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the cultural institution for which he has played trumpet since 2010. But the spark truly happened before the JALC Orchestra’s 2016 tour stop at the Smith Center, where Rampton participated in a Q&A with about 250 highschoolers. Their earnest interest in playing jazz moved Rampton to tears.
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“I saw myself in every one of them,” he says during a recent phone call while on tour. “I remember when I was that kid and looking up to someone in the real world doing it … and getting to talk to professional musicians. I see how they’re looking at me and I realize I’m on the other side of that coin. So I want to make a positive difference in their lives and inspire them to follow this path of being a musician.” From there, Rampton sought help to encourage Las Vegas high school orchestras to enter Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington jazz band youth competition in NYC. When 18 applied—up from zero the year before—the head of education at JALC told Rampton he had enough bands to start up a regional Ellington festival in Las Vegas. After coming back home to sit in with UNLV’s Jazz Ensemble 1 during a February concert dedicated to Sir Duke—and then hosting no fewer than 10 jazz workshops with local high schools—Rampton knew he had to make it happen.
The only problem: He didn’t know how. “In speaking with some of my family members, we decided to start an organization to have something in place, [where] to channel funds through to make the fest happen,” he says. After placing friends and family as officers, JOI— named largely to create an optimistic-sounding acronym—was born. In a short period of time, the Essentially Ellington Regional has been set for January 2018 at UNLV; Rampton has helped start a jazz program at the Nevada School of the Arts, where he once studied; and work is being done on creating a concert and lecture series, where established native musicians can pay it forward to a younger generation of players. Rampton is even hopeful about finding a place where students can perform. “If we consciously create venues and programs and festivals, the music will start to thrive more than ever,” he says. “That’s my goal: help the community and jazz to thrive in Las Vegas.”
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter Kenny Rampton. (Frank Stewart/Courtesy/Photo Illustration)
‘Reflection of life’ A local jazz label is born in Vegas Records If Uli Geissendoerfer says there’s a great deal of artistic energy in Vegas’ jazz scene, you should believe him. He’s the director of the Latin Jazz Ensemble and coordinator of Jazz Small Groups at UNLV and the musical director/curator/ performer at the Dispensary Lounge, among other hats he wears. As such, the pianist/composer spends a great deal of time with some of the most talented players in town, and he wants to unify their creative efforts. Enter Vegas Records, which Geissendoerfer is launching to release new music by local players, and to reissue older albums by
veteran Vegas musicians, in the form of downloads, CDs and vinyl records. Fans would also be able to live-stream and then download monthly “Live at the Dispensary Lounge” performances. In essence, Geissendoerfer wants Vegas Records—which will launch with four releases on January 30, at a venue to be announced—to serve as a go-to hub that also shines a spotlight on the recent surge of local jazz talent. “What’s going on here has never happened before,” he says. “There were lots of great musicians coming through here but never a lot of real creativity, per se. Now, it’s ridiculous—all these kids, from 20 to 35. I see three waves of really talented musicians. It’s one thing to be a working musician. It’s another to be an artist. You’re putting out your reflection of life and what’s going on. And that’s what we need. That’s what Vegas Records is about.” –Mike Prevatt
On her recent covers of Harry Nilsson and Soft Machine: [Nilsson’s] “Everybody’s Talking” was a song that really resonated with me as somebody who moved to New York and had a really terrible time the first year that I lived there—similar to the movie Midnight Cowboy, just being in a place you don’t really fit— especially the line, “going where the weather suits my clothes,” literally not having warm-enough clothes and things like that. “A Certain Kind” by Soft Machine was one of my favorite songs by them, but also, when I presented it to my band to record it they all thought it already sounded like a Weyes Blood song. I aspire to write like Robert Wyatt. I take a lot of inspiration from the way he writes. On the song “Generation Why” and our obsession with phones and technology: As we become more codependent with technology, it’s not necessarily based on our desire for the technology but our desire for interconnectivity and wanting to stay connected, which is a natural human instinct. The technology itself is kind of emotionally manipulative. On Las Vegas: I find Nevada to be extremely spooky. That drive to Las Vegas is kind of eerie where you’re in this desolate landscape where only one kind of plant would grow, it looks kind of like Super Mario World. The times I’ve had in Vegas have been very memorable and very strange. I find it to be a weird, kind of hyperreality city … everybody I’ve met who is from there is usually really interesting. –Leslie Ventura
WEYES BLOOD Opening for Father John Misty. October 12, 8 p.m., $38-$65. Brooklyn Bowl, 702-862-2695.
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t simply isn’t possible to give a shout-out to every local restaurant or bar that interrupted its business to donate and deliver food or collect goods to be distributed to help victims and first responders in the wake of the October 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. It seems as if the entire culinary community converged in minutes to pitch in and help out. The night after the tragedy, a coalition of local chefs and volunteers took a food truck to Spring Valley Hospital to serve free meals to patients, doctors, nurses, police officers and anyone else who was hungry. Naked City Pizza fired up the ovens at its Las Vegas Motor Speedway concession and delivered slices all over town. Strip restaurants like Aureole and Momofuku assembled box lunches, and an impromptu army of industry people and their friends and family organized via WhatsApp, instructing volunteers where to pick up and deliver meals. When Downtown’s Evel Pie ran out of food to donate, it started collecting toiletries and other items to distribute, and it hasn’t stopped. Every kind of eatery has provided free or discounted meals to first responders, from the old Bootlegger to the brand-new Burgerim, from the recently opened Canter’s Deli at Tivoli Village to the neighborhood favorite Daily Kitchen. And local spots weren’t the only ones; Ben & Jerry’s and Nothing Bundt Cakes shops contributed all of their Saturday proceeds to the victims’ fund, and Chickfil-A offered free meals to first responders, too. For those who work in the industry, this outpouring of support isn’t a surprise. They’re just doing what they always do—take care of people. The word “hospitality” doesn’t seem to cover it. –Brock Radke
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Anti-Vision, 24 Beers Later 10/16, 8 pm, $15-$17. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483.
ADRENALINE SPORTS BAR & GRILL Deadman City, Something Elz, Nacca 10/13, 9 pm, $5. Bricks (Pink Floyd tribute) 10/14, 9 pm, $10-$15. Perpetual Dementia, Arise in Chaos, Three Sixes 10/15, 6 pm, 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139.
DOUBLE DOWN SALOON TV Party Tonight 10/12. The Pluralses, Coitus Eruptus, Lambs to Lions, 24 Beers Later 10/13. Asswipe Junkies, New Cold War, The Wreckless, Intoxicated Rejects 10/14. Prof. Rex Dart & The Bargain DJ Collective 10/16. Unique Massive 10/17, midnight. Gold Top Bob & The Goldtoppers 10/18. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775.
BACKSTAGE BAR & BILLIARDS Salem’s Bend, Max Fite, Strange Mistress, Leona X 10/12, 8 pm, $10-$13. The Last Gang, Rundown Kreeps, Light ’em Up, Dead Money, Joseph Mascolino 10/13, 8 pm, $8. Vegas Unites benefit 10/14, 5 pm. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227.
THE GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER Honorarium “Unplugged” 10/14, 6 pm, $45$125. Moon Nightclub, Palms, 702-733-9800. HENDERSON EVENTS PLAZA Aki Matsuri Japanese Festival 10/14, 11 am, free. 200 S. Water St., 702-267-2171
EAGLE AERIE HALL Alterbeast, Arkaik, Inanimate Existence, Vatican Falling, Desolation 10/6, 5 pm, $12. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927
BEAUTY BAR Dälek, Street Sects 10/12, 9 pm, $12. The Skatalites, Los Ataskados, The Retrolites, Light ’em Up 10/16, 8 pm, $18. The Babe Rainbow, Maybird, The Orange Kyte, Le DomiNiki 10/18, 8 pm, $12. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. BUNKHOUSE SALOON Tera Melos, Hidden Levels, Dark Black, Frying Mindset 10/12, 9 pm, $10-$15. Friday the 13th Party 11/13, 9 pm, free. The Rhyolite Sound, Doug C and the Blacklisted, The Reeves Brothers 10/14, 8 pm, $8-$10. Karaoke 10/16, 10 pm, free. The Bronx, Plague Vendor, ’68 11/18, 8:30 pm, $15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414.
Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY UNLV Jazz Concert Series: Latin Jazz Ensemble 10/18, 7 pm, free. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
HENDERSON PAVILION Wilson Phillips 10/13, 7 pm, $41-$51. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702267-4849.
GILLEY’S SALOON Rob Staley Band 10/12, 9 pm; 10/13-10/14, 10 pm. CJ Simmons 10/15, 9 pm. Voodoo Cowboys 10/18, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722.
MYSTÉRE THEATRE Cirque du Soleil & Nevada Balley Theatre: A Choreographers’ Showcase 10/14-10/15, 1 pm, $25-$45. Treasure Island, 702-894-7111.
THE GOLDEN TIKI The Pyro Surfers 10/14, 9 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196.
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COUNT’S VAMP’D Puppet, Children of the Korn (Korn tribute) 10/13, 9:30 pm, free. Outta the Black, Fritz & The Side Effects 10/14, 9:30 pm, free. Bumblefoot 10/18, 9 pm, free. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849.
THE SMITH CENTER (Reynolds Hall) Las Vegas Philharmonic 10/14, 7:30 pm, $30-$109. Las Vegas Academy Legacy 10/17, 7 pm, $10-$100. (Cabaret Jazz) First Ladies of Disco 10/12, 7 pm, $45-$79. Omar Sosa 10/13-10/14, 7 pm, $45-$60. Angelo Molinari: Wonder-ful 10/15, 2 pm, $25. Best of Vegas Variety Show 10/16, 7 pm, $25-$39. The Jazz Eclectic Concert Series Vol. 1 10/17, 7 pm, $25-$45. The Composers Showcase of Las Vegas 10/18, 10:30 pm, $20-$25. 702-749-2000.
SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE Ronnie Foster Trio 10/12. Chris Tofield 10/13. Whiskey Kiss 10/14. Jimmy Powers & The Hung Dynasty 10/15. Honey Davis 10/17. The Copper Children 10/18. Shows 10 pm, free. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.
THE SPACE Peter Mac: Judy Garland Live 10/13, 8 pm, $25. Mondays Dark 10/16, 9 pm, $20-$50. Charles McNeal & Toscha Comeaux: Lester and the Lady 10/17, 9 pm, $10. The Moonshiners 10/18, 9 pm, $15. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.
STONEY’S ROCKIN’ COUNTRY Maggie Rose 10/13, 9 pm, $5-$20. Jackson Michelson 10/14, 9 pm, $5-$20. Town Square, 702-435-2855.
UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Las Vegas Youth Orchestras: Fall Concert 10/12, 6 pm, $11-$16. UNLV Choral Studies: Madrigal & Chamber Choir Festival 10/13, 4 & 7:30 pm, free. (Judy Bayley Theatre) Jazz Memorial Fundraising Concert 10/17, 7:30 pm, $8-$10. 702-895-2787.
VELVETEEN RABBIT High Waisted, The Coax, No Tides 10/13, 8 pm. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
THE DILLINGER Jase Willis 10/13, 8:30 pm, free. The Unwieldies 10/14, 8:30 pm, free. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001.
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DISPENSARY LOUNGE Skip Martin 10/13, 10 pm. Selina Baker: Carmen McRae tribute 10/14, 10 pm. Ronnie Foster Trio 10/18, 9 pm. Shows free. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.
WEST CHARLESTON LIBRARY Sol e Mar 10/13, 7:30 pm, free. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940.
BAOBAB STAGE THEATRE Twist and Tease 10/13, 9 pm, $15-$25. Town Square, 702-369-6649.
DIVE BAR Rule of Thumb, Never Ending Last Words, diM., Cut Throat, Blood Drunk Belligerence 10/13, 9 pm, $5. Black Pussy, Midnight Ghost Train, Wolves of Winter 10/14, 8 pm, $10-$12. Dayglo Abortions, Starving Wolves,
WEST LAS VEGAS LIBRARY Sonidos de Mexico 10/14, 2 pm, free. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702229-4800.
BOULDER CITY LIBRARY Route 91 Victims Benefit 10/13, 5-10 pm, $10 donation, all-ages. 701 Adams Blvd., 702-293-1281.
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WHITNEY LIBRARY Mariachis Celebrate Hispanic Culture 10/13, 5 pm, free. 5175 E.
WINDMILL LIBRARY Sol e Mar 10/15, 3 pm, free. 10/8, 3 pm, free. Windmill Music Club: Simon & Garfunkel 10/15, 4 pm, free. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6019. THE WRITER’S BLOCK Larry C. Johns 10/12, 7 pm. All events free unless noted. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
LOCAL THEATER COCKROACH THEATRE Frankenstein Thru 10/29, days & times vary, $15-$25. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661. MAJESTIC REPERTORY THEATRE Kid Sister 10/12-10/14, 8 pm; 10/15, 5 pm; $25. Alios 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. SUPER SUMMER THEATRE Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 10/13-10/15, 10/20-10/22, Fri-Sat 7 pm; SatSun 2 pm; $14-$15. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-594-7529.
GALLERIES & MUSEUMS CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ARTS CENTER GALLERY Jeanna Eve Klein: Past Perfect 10/12-1/20. Wed-Fri 12:30-9 pm, Sat 9 am-6 pm, free. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. THE CORNER GALLERY Healing Through the Arts Thru 10/31. Call for hours. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #220, 702-501-9219. MICHELE C. QUINN FINE ART Raymond Pettibon Thru 11/3. By appointment. 620 S. 7th St., 702-366-9339. PRISCILLA FOWLER FINE ART Black and White Thru 10/28. Thru 9/2. Wed-Sat, noon-6 pm. 1025 S. 1st St. #155, 719-371-5640. SKYE ART GALLERY Michael Summers 10/13, 7 pm; 10/14, 3 pm; free (sales benefit Animal Foundation). Mon-Thu, Sun, 10 am-11 pm; Fri-Sat, 10 am-midnight. Caesars Palace, 702-836-3538.
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