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Zombie Prom at Artifice Remember when you were a teenage zombie? Relive those carefree, flesh-eating days at a party featuring a Thriller dance-off, a zombie photo booth, a drag MC, live music by Max Fischer and DJ Chyld and a special food and drink menu. Proceeds benefit the Clark County Democratic Party. $25-$50. – Geoff Carter
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THE GATHERING: MAIDEN VOYAGE AT DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Downtown has become the new dance spot, thanks to events like this Halloween-themed boogie fest, which includes talent like future bass whiz K?D and house/ techno champ Justin Martin—and a 7-9 p.m. open bar. Proceeds go to the Zappos Fund. 7 p.m., $45-$80. –Mike Prevatt
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DUELING JAM MASTERS Jam-band fans adore Halloween weekend, but we’re not sure they’ll love having to choose between two of the genre’s most beloved bands. The Trey Anastasio Band, whose leader finally resumed performing in Las Vegas in 2014—with Phish, for yes, Halloween—following a nine-year hiatus here, plays two shows at Brooklyn Bowl, October 27 and 28 (7 p.m., $45). Southern stalwarts Widespread Panic go one bigger, holding down Park Theater for three straight nights, October 27-29 (9 p.m., $60). How about Trey on Friday, Panic on Sunday and flip a veggie burrito to see where you end up on Saturday? –Spencer Patterson
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Sugar Skull workshop AT Charleston Heights ARTS CENTER They’re commonly seen during Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos celebrations throughout Mexico—brightly colored skulls, known as calaveras. The skeletal figurines are used to decorate ofrendas, or altars, alongside images of saints, crucifixes, flowers, candles, food and cut tissue paper. Ofrendas— which literally translates to “offerings”—are a critical part of the celebration, and help commemorate loved ones who have died. Learn to make your own calavera to take home—traditional skulls are made from sugar or clay—while honoring Mexican heritage in this community workshop, which takes place just days before the festive holiday. Wear clothes you won’t mind getting messy. $15 (advanced registration required), 702-229-2787. –Leslie Ventura (Brian Wignall/Courtesy)
San Diego’s Prayers were handpicked by goth icon Ian Astbury to open for his band, The Cult, for a short run of West Coast shows back in 2014. Just one year later, singer Rafael Reyes—aka Leafar Seyer—and beats/synth man Dave Parley released an EP featuring Blink-182’s Travis Barker. That success stands in stark contrast to Reyes’ darker past—he grew up as a member of San Diego’s Sherman 27th Street Grant Hill Park gang and spent time in jail before heading in a more positive direction and embracing the ’80s-influenced electro sound at the heart of Prayers’ music. Catch the self-described “cholo goths,” paired with LA’s noise-rock specialists Health, Saturday, October 28 at the Bunkhouse (9 p.m., $25-$30). But don’t stay out all night. You’ll need energy to wake up Sunday morning and head back to the Bunk for a boozy Downtown community brunch in the backyard, hosted by lifestyle platform Riding With Cory and Candice (11 a.m., $35-$45). Ready to go three for three? Sunday’s Macro Fi reunion will benefit victims of the October 1 Route 91 shooting. Defunct local punks Holding Onto Sound will be back for one night only, and will be joined by also-on-hiatus Rusty Maples, Outside Looking In, The Quitters, Narrowed, The Rifleman, Kalipso and comedian Jason Harris (8 p.m., $10 donation). Oh yeah, and that’s not all. Turn to Page 60 for our interview with Guided By Voices, which plays— you guessed it, the Bunkhouse on Friday, October 27. –Leslie Ventura
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ne positive development to come from of the horrible October 1 shootings at the Route 91 Harvest festival was the outpouring of community involvement, from blood givers to care-package assemblers to those who donated money to drives like the $11 million-fat Las Vegas Victims’ Fund. But in light of such participation, did Las Vegans subsequently abandon, overlook or pause contributions to other local charitable efforts? Depending on your organization, your mileage may vary—for some, like the regional chapter of the Sierra Club, data wasn’t available—but it likely remained status quo. That was certainly the case for some nonprofit heavyweights. Opportunity Village opened its annual HallOVeen at the Magical Forest shortly after the shooting incident and, according to director of marketing Marty Wood, not only was able to attract the minimum 100 volunteers it takes to operate the nightly holiday attraction, but is so far drawing 40 percent more patrons (whose admission fees are essentially donations to Opportunity Village) than last year. At HELP of Southern Nevada, president and CEO Fuilala Riley says her organization also has experienced no decrease in either volunteering or donations, adding that it actually “received an uptick in supporters asking if we needed anything in light of the situation.” The Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also has seen no change in participation, says operations manager Brenda Brian. “We have people who donate to us all the time. And most of our volunteers have been coming in for years.” Any reported contribution dips have been brief. Three Square director of operations Maurice Johnson said that despite a drop on October 2, community participation across the resource spectrum actually went up 10 to 15 percent, and included his organization’s own role in providing food for blood donors, UMC and the Family Assistance Center. Meanwhile, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada saw a drop, but only for a few weeks. “I think the community’s focus was elsewhere for a while,” CEO Molly Latham says. “However, that has returned, and things are back on track.” Which is likely where everyone else in Las Vegas would like to be.
All Fired Up encourages art from the heart All Fired Up’s Gail Schomisch has helped install public murals all throughout the Valley. So when the Healing Garden in Downtown Las Vegas opened as a memorial to victims of the Route 91 shooting, she knew exactly how to give back. The ceramics studio opened its doors on First Friday and donated hundreds
of tiles for people to paint—all of which will be permanently installed at the Healing Garden. All Fired Up will host one last event on October 30. Schomisch hopes participating first responders find some catharsis in creating a permanent work of art. “We really want them to be able to be part [of this].” –Leslie Ventura
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A WOMEN’S CO-WORKING SPACE BLOOMS DOWNTOWN It began as an idea. Chelli Wolford, sister and chief strategist to Latin singer Pitbull, had just moved from San Francisco to Las Vegas and realized something was missing. Specifically, there wasn’t a space in Las Vegas for women to come together and get things done. “When you work from home, you miss community,” Wolford says. “I was pretty bummed that there wasn’t anything like [San Francisco’s] the Hivery, and then I thought, ‘Hey, maybe this is an opportunity.” Wolford paired up with former Wall Street executive Ginger Melien to launch Bloom, a cozy, membership-based co-working space Downtown that encourages women to network and thrive alongside one another. Local designer Heather Soto created each room with Bloom’s core values in mind, and the space provides full access to office necessities, a podcast area and a maternity room. –Leslie Ventura
It didn’t take long for people to spin elaborate scenarios about the events of October 1. Suddenly, conspiracy theories were local— and struck a nerve. The speculation triggered painful memories and seemed to delegitimize survivors’ personal experiences. So, how to proceed when a friend posts a cringe-worthy conspiracy on social media? First, you have to decide whether or not to scroll on. “Coming out of the gate and refuting somebody is not going to lead to any productive dialogue,” says Jill Schiefelbein, author of the book Dynamic Communication. Unless you’re willing to have a civil conversation where you sincerely try to understand your friend’s point of view, it’s probably better to stay mum. If you choose to engage, Schiefelbein suggests acknowledging your friend’s beliefs, asking nonaccusatory questions and never starting a sentence with the word “you.” One of the pitfalls of trying to convince your friends of “the truth,” is that facts might backfire, causing believers to double down. This is called the Boomerang Effect, explains UNLV communication studies professor Emma Bloomfield. She says that disengaging or isolating friends who don’t agree isn’t beneficial, either. Instead, she suggests finding common ground (such as a shared love of country music) and then sharing memories instead of facts. “Stories convey information without activating the Boomerang Effect,” Bloomfield says. “Personal narratives are more convincing than official messages.” These strategies worked for Las Vegan Joe Vargas and his friends. He wrote a Facebook post speculating about a second shooter at Route 91. The post went viral, but Vargas deleted it when a friend explained how the controversy was hurtful to survivors. “It was the right thing to do,” Vargas says of removing the post. “I can have my opinion, but I have to respect the people trying to recover. I was in the military for eight years, so I’m very familiar with PTSD, but I didn’t think about these things [when I was posting].” Vargas is no stranger to conspiracy theories. Last week, his Tweet launched the Melania Trump bodydouble conspiracy. The instant notoriety both boosted Vargas’ business, BuyLegalMeds.com, and garnered death threats. After standing in the eye of an Internet hurricane, Vargas has come to the conclusion that conspiracy theories fall into the same category as politics and religion: Don’t discuss.
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Vegas Golden Knights fans cheer on their home team. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
STRATEGIC PLACEMENT MGM has captured the latest Vegas energy with sports ust hours after the WNBA announced its San Antonio Stars had been purchased by MGM Resorts International and would move to Las Vegas to play at Mandalay Bay Events Center, thousands of people piled into the Park, MGM’s short strip of restaurants and bars between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo casinos. There were rock bands playing there and on the faux Brooklyn Bridge along Las Vegas Boulevard, and extra beer vendors trying to keep up with the steady stream of pedestrians. You couldn’t fit another person into Shake Shack or Beerhaus. The environment THE felt electrified. INCIDENTAL It was a Tuesday TOURIST night, and the Vegas BY BROCK RADKE Golden Knights were about to beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime inside T-Mobile Arena. Las Vegas’ first major league pro sports team has become a phenomenon. The Golden Knights’ fairy tale 7-1 start is a big reason why, but if you’ve been to T-Mobile for a game or even spent time here at the Park before or after a game, you’ve seen the bigger picture. If you were hanging around Shake Shack on October 17, you would have seen a visiting New Yorker wear-
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ing a Sabres hat and a newly purchased Golden Knights jersey. It might seem like this happened overnight—we got a hockey team and then a football team and now a WNBA team that could possibly lead to an NBA team—but plenty of official people have been working for plenty of years behind the scenes to turn Las Vegas into a major league sports town. For its part—building T-Mobile Arena for the NHL (and NBA?) and buying the Stars—MGM is just starting to reap the benefits. The average attendance for the first six regular-season NHL games in Las Vegas is 17,834. The listed capacity for hockey at T-Mobile is 17,500. A lot of these people are surely like the guy in the Sabres hat, tourists who decided to make an extra trip to Vegas to catch their team in action. That will occur less frequently for the Las Vegas Stars when they begin playing women’s basketball at Mandalay Bay next year, but even more often when the Las Vegas Raiders start
playing football at a new stadium that just happens to be very close to Mandalay, the Luxor, Excalibur and all the other MGM resorts on the south Strip. WNBA President Lisa Borders said last week she had been working on moving a team to Vegas for a long time: “We have a responsibility to the players and fans that the league is healthy, finding a great spot for that team to land. That’s what we’ve done in Las Vegas.” The Stars have become the third WNBA squad (in the 12-team league) to play in a city without an NBA team. The Connecticut Sun—the other WNBA team owned by a company with casino holdings—plays in Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and the Seattle Storm plays in Key Arena, where the SuperSonics ran the court before moving to Oklahoma City to become the Thunder in 2008. This year, attendance for WNBA games grew to the largest per game average since 2011, the second con-
secutive year attendance went up. This year’s average was 7,716 per game. The closest team to Las Vegas, the LA Sparks, have the highest average attendance. Mandalay Bay Events Center’s capacity is 12,000. The assumption always has been that the long-term success of a pro sports team here will depend on the locals, that Las Vegans will need to visit the Strip to cheer on its teams, which will need to win to keep the fans coming. That assessment should hold up for the WNBA’s Stars simply because fewer fans attend those games. But all those Sabres hats on the Strip make you wonder if the NHL, NFL and potentially impending NBA actually need that many Las Vegans. We’ve only actually had major league sports for a few weeks, but it seems clear they’re a good fit. Whoever decided sports would be the next wave of Las Vegas entertainment looks like a genius right now.
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HAUNTED HARVEST Need something toned down for the kiddies? The 10thannual Springs Preserve boofest sticks to trick-or-treating, live shows, storytime, crafts, games and Ghostbuster training, along with the ever-popular train rides ($3-$5 tickets purchased separately). October 27-29, 5-9 p.m., $8, springspreserve.com.
FREAKLING BROS’ TRILOGY OF TERROR Also celebrating a big milestone: the Freakling Brothers’ pioneering multi-trailer haunts, now in its 25th year and as frightful as ever. The boys have touched up favorites Castle Vampyre—still the most detailed and climatic haunt in Southern Nevada— and the R-rated Gates of Hell. But the sleeper here is the newer Coven of 13, where the dimensions of some of the rooms are unconventional and, um, fluid. We’ll leave it at that. Through October 31; doors open at 7 p.m., closing hours vary; $15-$39; 4245 S. Grand Canyon Drive; freaklingbros.com.
LAS VEGAS HALLOWEENVILLE Wet ’n’ Wild’s new, familyfriendly—and dry—Halloween event allows patrons to, yes, slide, climb through tunnels and obstacle courses, ride trains, dance and purchase add-ons like trick-or-treating and zombie paintball. Through October 31; doors open at 5:30 p.m., closing hours vary; $8-$12; lasvegashalloweenville.com.
BONNIE SCREAMS The Red Rock Canyonadjacent Halloween tradition does something none of its competitors can do: use the expansive, isolated and eerily quiet environs of Bonnie Springs Ranch to spook kids and adults alike. Don’t sweat the haunted houses—it’s the trail walk and train ride you should dread. Bonus: Bonnie Springs’ year-round Zombie Paintball Express is also offered ($30 tickets purchased separately). Through October 31, 6:30 p.m.-midnight, $30, bonniesprings.com.
LAS VEGAS HAUNTS Remember your first haunted house—those neighborhood trailer mazes right outside the mall, filled with looping sound effects and the screams of your high-school classmates? Relive your adolescence here with Asylum and Hotel Fear. Through October 31; doors open at 6:30 p.m., closing hours vary; $15-$35; Meadows Mall; lasvegashaunts.com.
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FRIGHT DOME The perennial local favorite, if the hourlong maze lines are any indication. Like nearly every other theme park in the country, Circus Circus’ Adventuredome makes a killing every October dressing itself up in spooky, gory drag. For its 15th anniversary, Fright Dome has gone big with the 15,000-square-foot Zombie City; impressively updated the scare zones you must walk through to navigate the park; and devised the terrifying Lights Out, where you’re sent into the pitch black by yourself and with only a flickering flashlight (pro tip: Do what you’re told). Through October 31; 7 p.m.-midnight; $38-$150; frightdome.com.
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et’s start here: As a journalist, I’m a professional skeptic. I don’t believe in ghosts, spirits, vibrations, crystal energies, cursed objects or any of that hokum. It would also be the height of arrogance, however, to claim some omniscient knowledge of the universe’s mysteries. As Shakespeare’s Hamlet says, “There’s more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Basically, I keep my mouth shut a lot when conversation turns to the supernatural … except for the one time I cornered paranormal investigator Zak Bagans at a show opening and demanded that he admit ghosts weren’t real. He would only smile. Blame my rudeness on the spirits (aka free cocktails). As I stood outside of Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum one sunny September afternoon, I hoped he was the forgiving type. The imposing star of the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures was about to lead me on an exclusive tour of his personal masterpiece. In some ways, it seems wrong to share too many details about the 11,000-square-foot, 30-plus-room mansion. This 1938 property, originally owned by the businessman Cyril S. Wengert, is best discovered bit by bit. Each new area is an unspooling mystery, a fresh delight or unexpected fright. To be clear, the Haunted Museum is not a haunted house. No masked actors lie in wait. It’s much scarier than that, because it’s real. This is not a compendium of fantasy monsters; it’s a collection of artifacts revealing the depths of humanity’s depravity.
Circus-style oddities and historical curiosities lighten the mood—if rooms filled with creepy dolls and clowns count as levity. The question of whether or not you feel things when you walk through this museum is irrelevant. That detracts from the astounding objects that stand before your eyes. I stared bravely at the cursed objects and ventured alone through a secret passageway. And even though I ain’t afraid of no ghost, the place’s cumulative effect wore me down. By the end of the tour, I was thoroughly creeped out. When I re-emerged into the Vegas sunlight, the birds were chirping and the cars were honking, but i just felt weird and disoriented. I drove around Downtown
with no particular destination, until I had to pull over and sit in the sunlight, reminding myself that this was real. Getting the tour from Bagans himself was a special treat—not because he’s famous, but because he clearly loves these weird and unusual artifacts so much. Sure, he might have a popular TV show complete with spin-offs, but something tells me that this museum will be his legacy. It’s a piece of dark art, carefully constructed with no expense spared. One warning about Bagans and his museum: He’s not afraid to bring viewers to a truly dark place. A lot has been of the Dybbuk Box, a “haunted object” surrounded by salt, encased in glass and hidden in its own room. It inspired the
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movie The Possession, and guests are basically encouraged not to enter the room. The Dybbuk Box was fascinating to see, but it wasn’t as ghastly to me as the room that housed Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s Volkswagen van, the very one in which the doctor performed assisted suicides. To heighten the effect, the van was set up with signs commemorating the doctor’s late “patients” and a mannequin in the back so that you could see how the procedure worked. There’s also a ton of serial killer memorabilia. There’s a room painstakingly built to resemble Ed Gein’s Wisconsin barn. “The Butcher of Plainfield” likely used the displayed cauldron to cook down human remains. There’s also a display of clown paintings by “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Until the events of October 1, I looked at the lore around serial killers with a detached sort of curiosity. Now, it seems too close for my personal comfort. I hope that as time passes, the thought of mass murder will recede back into the safe hypothetical. Bagans honored the victims of Route 91 with a candlelight vigil, and a banner reading “Pray for Vegas” is displayed prominently on his website. Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum is a truly amazing attraction, real and authentic, quirky and unique to Vegas. While other attractions meet the human desires of pleasure or flavor or sex appeal, this museum appeals to a deeper human need—the need to venture into the dark, look death in the eye and come out on the other side, finding a sunny day and appreciating life anew.
Marionettes on display at the Haunted Museum. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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ZAK BAGANS’ HAUNTED MUSEUM 600 E. Charleston Boulevard, thehauntedmuseum. com. Monday-Saturday, 1-9 p.m., $34.
Zak Bagans and company. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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TOM DEVLIN MONSTER MUSEUM 1310 Nevada Hwy, Boulder City, 702-2941313. Daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $10.
JOHN CARPENTER with Perturbator. October 29, 8 p.m., $25-$55. The Joint, 702-693-5000.
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ou’ve seen his directorial genius in films like Halloween, Starman and Escape From New York. But much of John Carpenter’s brilliance isn’t visible, but aural: He has scored most of his films himself. Carpenter’s darkly mysterious synthesizer scores are practically characters of their own—and he’s bringing them all out to meet BY GEOFF us at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel on October 29. We tracked down the master filmmaker to talk about that distinctive Carpenter sound. What compelled you to reinvest yourself in your music? It was kind of accidental. The first album that I put out [2015’s Lost Themes] was really just an experimental situation. For several months, my son Cody and I were playing around on the music system we have downstairs. We’d play video games, and we’d run down and play a little music and go back and forth, just having fun. We’d just do little snippets of soundtracks that we’d come up with. But Cody went off to teach in Japan, and I was sitting around. I got a new music attorney, and she asked me, “Have you got anything new?” So I sent her over this thing that my son and I had done. And lo and behold, a couple of months later, I had a record deal. Man, this is easy. What possessed you to begin scoring your own films? Was it a matter of practicality? Absolutely. It’s what we did in film school, because when you’re making theater films you don’t have enough money for a score. And I found that I could sound big by tracking with a synthesizer. I could have strings; I could have whatever sections I wanted. I will say, though, the synthesizers in those days were really crude. I did a couple scores with
tube synthesizers, which you had to tune up every time you used one. When you go back and listen to your early stuff, is there anything that surprises you? All of it. I mean, in my mind’s eye, I remember this stuff being really complex. And I listen to it and I say, what is that? It’s a joke. But I can’t listen to my stuff, or watch my own movies. I’m too critical. … I like the CARTER stuff I did for Big Trouble in Little China. That was kinda good. Your Halloween theme belongs alongside John Williams’ Jaws and Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho as a sonic shorthand for creeping terror. Are you proud of the way that one has endured? I am. And the movie, too—I’m proud of that. When that movie first came out, it was released across the country, regionally; it wasn’t a big release. And as the movie moved from the West Coast to the East Coast, we kept getting these horrible reviews. Oh my God, it was just awful. But then it got to New York and the Village Voice gave it a great review. A legend was born, after I ate sh*t for months. It was unreal. “John Carpenter has no talent with actors.” Wow. Jesus. Directors remember every slight. We need to forget that stuff. So, given a choice between making a new movie or a new record, which would you choose? Oh my God, there’s no question. The record! It’s more fun, it’s easier, I get to work with my family members, the stress is less. It’s just all joy. Why would I want to [make a movie]? It’s like going to the proctologist or the dentist. It’s horrifying. For more of our interview with Carpenter, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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Local filmmakers Drew Marvick (Pool Party Massacre) and Mike Lenzini (Beast: A Monster Among Men) have generated buzz with their indie horror features, and now, along with fellow local Darren Flores, they’ve set up a new film festival celebrating their favorite genre. The first Sin City Horror Fest takes place October 27-29 at Downtown’s Eclipse Theaters, showcasing independent horror features and shorts starting at $5 per screening. Highlights include the Vegas premiere of local feature It Stains the Sands Red, a screening of haunted-house movie Still/ Born from local filmmaker Brandon Christensen and a special showing of 1989 cult classic Puppet Master, plus Q&A with director and UNLV professor David Schmoeller. sincityhorrorfest.com Retro horror/sci-fi sensation Stranger Things returns on October 27 for its second season on Netflix, perfect for binge-watching over Halloween weekend. The nine-episode season features new cast members Sean Astin and Paul Reiser, plus the return of fan favorite Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), because of course no one ever stays dead on shows like this. Local theaters will be bringing horror classics back to the big screen, including Halloween (October 26, Texas Station and Village Square), The Nightmare Before Christmas (October 27-31, theaters citywide), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (October 28, Suncoast and Santa Fe Station), The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadow cast (October 28, Tropicana Cinemas), the director’s cut of Little Shop of Horrors (October 29 & 31, theaters citywide), 1988’s The Blob (October 29 & November 1, Galaxy Green Valley) and The Shining (October 29 & November 1, Cannery; October 30-31, Boulder Station). The weekly series celebrating schlockmeisters The Asylum continues at Sam’s Town and Santa Fe Station with A Haunting in Salem (October 26) and Zombie Spring Breakers (November 2). And for horror masochists, Jigsaw, the reboot of the torture-friendly Saw series, opens in theaters citywide on October 27. –Josh Bell
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he place to be for underground music aficionados this Halloween is XS, grooving with Jamie Jones. The Welsh DJ/producer will get deep and tech-y at the Encore nightclub on Tuesday, as he brings his infamous Paradise party to Las Vegas for a ghoulishly great night of music. For Paradise, will you be crafting a Halloween-inspired set and working in any spooky tracks? Yes, for my Halloween sets I always try and work in some Halloween-inspired tunes. I always drop a horror movie theme tune or a sound clip from a movie—something like that.
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hawn Carter made some serious history this year. In June, the iconic Brooklyn MC became the first hip-hop artist in history to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Of course, he had to miss the ceremony to be with Beyoncé, who was giving birth to the superstar couple’s twins. The recognition is significant, but it’s also one honor in a long list for Jay-Z. More important to the rapper’s legacy is what happened later in June; he released 4:44, his 13th solo album and sixth prominent work since he “retired” with 2003’s The Black Album. The concept of the late-career gem doesn’t really exist in hip-hop. It’s still a relatively young musical genre, and therefore remains focused on younger artists who are approaching or operating in their prime. At 47 and well into the mogul stage of his career, Jay-Z has proven that not only can he continue creating relevant and resonant music, he’s capable of artistic growth.
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A-based dream-pop trio LANY—Paul Klein, Jake Goss and Les Priest—spotlights the way people find their favorite new music today. When the band posted its first songs online about three years ago, it quickly garnered attention from fans and labels, forcing LANY back to the studio immediately. “Initially it was overwhelming and exciting. We had all worked on music on our own, but for me nothing was happening, I couldn’t get a single person to listen,” says Klein, the lead vocalist who also plays guitar and keyboard. “Then we get together and put our songs on the Internet, and less than a week later we’re getting emails from record labels. We realized we needed to make more songs.”
LANY followed that initial breakthrough with the Acronyms EP, featuring hit “ILYSB,” toured steadily and then released the full-length LANY this year. Single “Super Far,” co-written with Ryan Tedder, is currently climbing the charts. “Ryan is actually from my hometown [in Oklahoma], so I grew up knowing he was in OneRepublic and always thought he was really cool,” Klein says. “We met in 2015, and he came to our show in New York and expressed interest right away in working with us. He’s such a master of melody.” The ’80s vibes are strong on the synthheavy “Super Far.” “People say that a lot about our songs, and I’m not sure where it comes from,” he says. “We don’t have a billion keyboards to pick from, just a few
synthizers we use, so maybe those are the sounds we gravitate to. We’re really big on instinct.” Each member of the group has different influences, but when LANY comes together, it’s not about creating something catchier or poppier than the last song or trying to fit a certain style of sound. “Every single song plays an important role in who we are as a band. We know there are some fan favorites, but we also understand the importance of writing really good songs, even if they’re not obvious favorites,” Klein says. LANY at Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel, November 1. –Brock Radke
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ne of the country’s most legendary Halloween parties is back for its 22ndannual edition, but this year the Fetish & Fantasy ball is moving west to Red Rock Resort. The party that has traditionally been headquartered at the Hard Rock Hotel is getting a little more lux this year with the move to Summerlin, but there’s no toning it down. All the exotic, naughty-and-nice costumes
remain—it’s dress-code mandatory, after all—along with the expo row featuring all the latex, leather, lotions and potions you could desire. You can also expect the human petting zoo, clowns, stiltwalkers, freaks and fetish performers that make the event so unique, plus music from Darude, Plastik Funk, Scooter & Lavelle, DJ R.O.B. and DJ Twin. Halloween in Las Vegas wouldn’t be the same without F&F. For tickets
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rom its very beginnings in December 2010, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has established itself with edgy entertainment offerings, setting a standard for cool on the Strip. Comedy has been a piece of that puzzle, with big names like Amy Schumer, Kevin Hart, Chelsea Handler and Dave Chappelle performing there.
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industry,” he says. “He spent a lot of time on the stage and around [the Chelsea] to get a feeling for the room. He said, ‘This is a great comedy room; I feel it.’” Sandler’s deal with Cosmo is flexible, Banuchi says, with three shows currently scheduled and the potential to add more throughout 2018. “Our entertainment strategy from the time we opened was to present to the public what we thought was contemporary entertainment that, at that time, Vegas wasn’t giving them,” Banuchi says. “Since that time we’ve had more competition—other venues have opened and people are booking more live music—but as far as we’re concerned, nothing has changed. ... We take pride in the fact that if you look at all the music and things we’ve booked since day one and put everything on an iPod and put it on shuffle, most people would recognize that’s a pretty cool playlist.” Adam Sandler at the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan, November 10 & 17 and January 27. –Brock Radke
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Considering the constant collisions between sneaker culture and the hip-hop world, it’s no surprise shoes are a big deal for Franzen. But his collection—heavy on Jordans but also including everything from Yeezys to Vans to Chucks—is functional. He wears most of them and gives plenty of pairs away. “If I’m not going to wear them anymore, why hoard them?” he says. “[But] if they mean something to me, I’m not getting rid of them. I’ve been fortunate to have relationships in the industry, so they sometimes send me promo pairs, which is on
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“The design esthetics ... may not be mirroring but are definitely inspired by San Francisco,” says Bob Shindelar, who acts as Temple’s chief marketing officer while running his own consulting company. “Instead of how standard nightclub operators these days put some sort of giant, hi-res LED panels by or behind the DJ booth, we’ll have the whole room function as one organism.” Shindelar says Denver boasts the most educated music scene he’s ever known, which will help flavor the soundtrack. No matter the genre, everything is going to sound great blasted through a customized Funktion One sound system. “I think they like stuff that’s a little more underground than the giant commercial markets like Las Vegas or Miami,” he says. “Denver is also known as a bass
capital, really heavy on dubstep, so we’ll figure out a proper balance.” Shindelar grew up and started his career in Las Vegas, and he has noticed the differences and similarities between the two cities as Temple Denver continues to build buzz. “Like Vegas, Denver is growing up, but the last real big room nightclub in Denver is nine years old. There’s a giant segment that’s been neglected.” Not anymore. –Brock Radke
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for extended creativity. Appetizers and side-dish options now include garlicmiso eggplant, beef carpaccio, savory duck lettuce wraps, basil crab cakes and a meaty combo plate of espresso-rubbed ribs and lemon zest chicken wings. The exalted luxury seafood item abalone is highlighted with a dish featuring Australian green lip abalone served five ways. House specials include kimchi fried rice; rich oxtail or filet mignon pho noodle soup; a dim sum tasting platter complete with barbecue pork buns, shu mai, har gow, XO shrimp dumplings and pea shoot dumplings; and braised beef with red wine sauce served in a pumpkin. In addition to a selection of steaks, new en-
trées include jumbo prawns sautéed in butter, garlic, shallots and lemon; sweet soy chicken with pineapple fried rice; smoked Chilean sea bass with ponzu butter; and sautéed whole lobster with black truffle sauce. Lucky Dragon has clearly become the new home of authentic Chinese cuisine in Las Vegas, and it’s goes way beyond that. There are no rules when it comes to great dining. Phoenix at Lucky Dragon, 702-579-1288; Sunday-Thursday 5-10 p.m., Friday & Saturday 5-11 p.m.
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he Dorsey has very quickly built a reputation as one of the top cocktail bars on the Strip, luring in Vegas visitors for artfully crafted pre-show libations. Now the Venetian hot spot is aiming to boost its standing with locals and industry workers with the Dorsey Collective, “micro-residencies” featuring talented visiting bartenders, artists and musicians from across the country. “There are great cocktail bars in this town that are very much a staple for the industry to hang out when they’re not working, with Herbs & Rye being a great example,” says New York City barman Sam Ross, who created the
Dorsey’s menu and returns to Vegas often to monitor its execution. “We want to position ourselves to be part of that as well. Las Vegas is never short of enthusiastic bartenders wanting to get together and talk shop and have some fun.” In the grand tradition of visiting chefs doing pop-up dinners, the first Collective event was held October 17 starring Yael Vengroff from LA’s Spare Room, complemented by music from LA’s DJ Tessa. Vengroff ’s special Vegas cocktail menu included the Diamonds to Dust (Plymouth gin, Blanc Vermouth, lemon curd, sage and orange) and the Helter Skelter (Lot 40 rye, peated Irish single
malt, Crème de Noyaux, coconut and toasted pecan bitters), showing that even the Strip can still learn some new flavors. “We’re really happy with how it turned out and the response we’re getting,” Ross says. “We’re looking at doing this every two months, we’ll be picking a different city each time and we’re looking into some more industry-based stuff. Basically if you’ve got an interest in this industry, we would love the Dorsey to be one of your spots.” –Brock Radke
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10/26 DJ Five. 10/27 DJ Wellman. 10/28 Jermaine Dupri. 11/2 DJ Mustard. 11/3 Jerzy. 11/4 Eric DLux. 11/9 DJ Five. 11/10 Enferno. 11/11 Four Color Zack. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702388-8588.
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10/27 Alesso. 10/28 The Chainsmokers. 10/29 Diplo. 10/31 Jamie Jones. 11/3 Marshmello. 11/4 Alesso. 11/5 Marshmello. 11/10 Dillon Francis. 11/11 The Chainsmokers. Encore, FriMon, 702-770-0097.
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AX IS EN CORE 10/27-11/4 Britney Spears. 11/8-11/18 Backstreet Boys. 11/26 Miss Universe. 12/6-12/16 Lionel Richie. 12/19-12/31 Britney Spears. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-6737. B R O O K LY N
10/27-10/28 Diana Ross. 11/1-11/11 Tony Bennett. 11/17-11/18 Harry Connick Jr. 12/1-12/2 Harry Connick Jr. 12/13-12/16 Alabama. Wynn, 702-770-9966.
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10/26 Flying Lotus. 10/27-10/28 Trey Anastasio Band. 11/1 Capturing Pablo. 11/3 Action Bronson. 11/4 The Pharcyde. 11/5 I Prevail. 11/10 Common Kings. 11/11 The Front Bottoms. 11/12 Matisyahu. 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. 12/9 Corey Smith. 12/14 The Drums. 12/16 Descendents. 12/21 Lil Pump. 12/29 Dizzy Wright. 12/31 Ja Rule & Ashanti. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695.
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10/27 Johnny Rivers. 11/3 Jay & The Americans. 11/10 The Buckinghams. 11/17 Herman’s Hermits. 11/24 Eric Burdon & The Animals. 12/1 The Grass Roots. 12/7 John Michael Montgomery. 12/8 Brenda Lee. 12/9 Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan. 12/10 Charlie Daniels Band. 12/11 Ronnie Milsap. 12/12 Tanya Tucker. 12/13 Lonestar. 12/14 Clint Black. 12/15 Jamey Johnson. 12/29 Loverboy. Golden Nugget, 866-946-5336.
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A WEEKEND WITH TEETH Nine Inch Nails—that’s frontman Trent Reznor to the right—popped into town on short notice last Friday, bulking up an already massive concert weekend that also included Run the Jewels, the Pixies, Tegan and Sara and Arcade Fire. Read reports on all five shows at lasvegasweekly.com. (Photograph by Erik Kabik/Courtesy)
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Cap a Boulder City trip at this old-timey shop, filled not only with umpteen candy options but also fudge, ice cream confections and caramel apples. 530 Nevada Way, 702-294-6639.
The throwback movie rental store is also an emporium of sweets—more than 400 old-school and modern confectionaries, plus vintage soda. 10895 S. Eastern Ave. #160, 702-241-8888.
The chain’s name refers to its countless soda varieties, but the Village Square store’s also packed with edible sweets, like saltwater taffy and candy cigarettes. 9410 W. Sahara Ave. #120, 702-889-4292.
This Container Park shop bursts with sentimental faves—Now and Later, Chunky, etc.—along with artisan chocolates and jars of taffy and candy corn. 707 Fremont St. #1290, 702-324-2777.
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Better left alone George Clooney ineffectively resurrects a Coen brothers script in Suburbicon By Mike D’Angelo enerally speaking, when a screenplay written by known talent goes unproduced for many years, there’s a good reason. That certainly seems to be the case with the Coen brothers, who’ve now had two of their mustier scripts filmed by other directors, to decidedly underwhelming effect. Almost nobody saw the 2012 remake of Gambit they penned (more than a decade earlier), despite stars Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz. Nobody missed anything, either. Suburbicon, helmed by regular Coen collaborator George Clooney, will almost certainly fare better at the box office, and it isn’t nearly as painful a misfire. Despite a substantial rewrite by Clooney and Grant Heslov, however, this awkward mix of black-comic noir and social satire feels like a project that spent a long time sitting in a drawer, not quite ready. You can almost see the rust. Reportedly, Suburbicon, which is set in 1959, was among the earliest screenplays written by Joel and Ethan Coen, with the first draft completed not long
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As Adam and Solo navigate their way through Veterans Affairs bureaucracy and work to reconnect with family members, Hall offers up plenty SOLDIERS STRUGGLE TO READJUST of clunky lesson-learning moments, easily digestIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ible illustrations of the challenges soldiers face Like the platitude expressed by its title, writerafter returning home. Although the characters director Jason Hall’s Thank You for Your Service are based on real people, they rarely come off as has the best of intentions but rings a bit more than props for the movie’s messagAABCC ing, especially during an ill-advised latehollow in its efforts to honor the sacrifices THANK YOU made by America’s troops. Sometimes film subplot about Solo getting FOR YOUR playing more like a public service involved with drug dealers. SERVICE announcement than a drama, Hall’s Teller’s performance has Miles Teller, directorial debut (he previously wrote the moments of quiet intensity Haley Bennett, screenplay for American Sniper), based on (although Koale’s is a bit Beulah Koale. Directed by the nonfiction book by David Finkel, folshaky), and the movie is less Jason Hall. lows Sgt. Adam Schumann (Miles Teller) overblown than American Rated R. Opens as he attempts to adjust to life back home Friday citywide. Sniper,, more concerned with after three deployments in Iraq. To a lesser emotions than rah-rah acdegree, it also follows Adam’s buddy and tion. It’s an admirable fellow soldier Tausolo “Solo” Aieti (Beulah Koale), effort that never quite tranwho has an even tougher time dealing with PTSD, scends its hokey educational along with a traumatic brain injury. trappings. –Josh Bell
Something (aside from the blindness she’s lived with since a car accident as a child) seems off about Gina’s life from the very beginning of Marc Forster’s lethargic semithriller All I See Is You, but it takes nearly the entire movie for anything to come of it. Forster uses ominous sound cues, skewed camera angles and furtive looks between characters to create an atmosphere of low-level dread right away, as Gina (Blake Lively) lives with her insuranceexecutive husband James (Jason Clarke) in a Bangkok high-rise apartment and anticipates the surgery that may restore her sight. Once that surgery is a success, the couple’s marriage gradually comes apart, as the newly independent Gina starts dressing more fashionably, wearing makeup and relying less on James for her daily needs. Is her husband hiding a sinister secret? Not really, although there is a half-hearted (and blatantly telegraphed) twist at what passes for the movie’s climax. Before that, the story is slow and vague, with underdeveloped hints at a ’90s-style erotic thriller or a romantic weepie. Lively and Clarke have minimal chemistry either as lovers or as adversaries, and the supporting characters are mostly there for exposition. Forster plays with some intriguing ways to illustrate Gina’s limited sight onscreen, all blurred colors and swirling lights, but even those become repetitive and superfluous, serving to pad out a story that’s barely formed in the first place. –Josh Bell
AACCC ALL I SEE IS YOU Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O’Reilly. Directed by Marc Forster. Rated R. Opens Friday in select theaters.
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Special screenings The Blob 10/29, 11/1, screening of 1988 film, 7 p.m., $7. Galaxy Green Valley. Defining Hope 11/1, documentary about caring for terminally ill patients, 7 p.m., $15-$18. Regal Downtown Summerlin. Info: hope.film.
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Disney Junior at the Movies 10/26, 10/28, Halloween-themed episodes of Disney Junior TV series, plus interactive features, times vary, $10-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. The Fabulous Allan Carr 11/1, documentary premiere benefiting the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, 6 p.m., $25-$100. Brenden Theatres at the Palms. Info: lvff.com. Halloween 10/26, 1978 movie plus bonus content, 7 p.m., $9-$11. Texas Station, Village Square. Info: specticast.com. Keep Watching 10/31, horror feature film, 10 p.m., $7-$11. Select theaters.
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Sin City Horror Fest 10/27-10/29, horror feature films and shorts, awards, more, times vary, $5-$18 per screening. Eclipse Theaters. Info: sincityhorrorfest.com. Studio Ghibli Fest 10/29-10/30, 11/1, Japanese animated feature Spirited Away plus animated short films, Sun 12:55 p.m. dubbed, Mon 7 p.m. subtitled, Wed 7 p.m. dubbed, $10.50-$12.50. Select theaters. Info: fathomevents.com. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 10/28, 1974 movie, 9:30 p.m., $8-$11.50. Santa Fe, Suncoast. Thursday Night at the Asylum Thu, movies from production company The Asylum, 10:30 p.m., $5-$10. 10/26, A Haunting in Salem. 11/2, Zombie Spring Breakers. Sam’s Town, Santa Fe. Info: cinemark.com/asylum.
Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 p.m., free. 10/31, Ghosts on the Loose. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
New this week All I See Is You aaccc Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O’Reilly. Directed by Marc Forster. 110 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 57. Suncoast, Town Square, Texas Station. Goodbye Christopher Robin aaccc Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald. Directed by Simon Curtis. 107 minutes. Rated PG. This treacly biopic about Winnie-the-Pooh creator A.A. Milne (Gleeson) focuses on his troubled relationship with his son, the real-life inspiration for Pooh’s human best friend. It’s sentimental and heavy-handed, oversimplifying the complex family dynamic and giving a superficial take to darker subjects of PTSD and the perils of childhood fame. –Josh Bell Colonnade, Town Square, Village Square. Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill! acccc Sara Malakul Lane, Lauren Parkinson, Demetrius Stear. Directed by Jared Cohn. 85 minutes. Not rated. Members of a rock band are kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic madman in this terrible micro-budget Saw rip-off. What starts out (after a superfluous prologue) as a silly, campy punk-rock take on horror quickly devolves into grim torture with no internal logic, no worthwhile characters and no point. –JB Cannery. Jigsaw (Not reviewed) Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett. Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. 92 minutes. Rated R. A decade after the death of serial killer Jigsaw, new killings turn up that appear to fit his pattern. Theaters citywide. Let There Be Light (Not reviewed) Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, Daniel Roebuck. Directed by Kevin Sorbo. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. A famous atheist activist converts to Christianity after a car accident. Suncoast. Seven Sundays (Not reviewed) Ronaldo Valdez, Dingdong Dantes, Enrique Gil. Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina. 128 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English subtitles. Four adult siblings attempt to put aside their differences when they learn their father has cancer. Orleans. A Silent Voice (Not reviewed) Voices of Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki. Directed by Naoko Yamada. 129 minutes. Not rated. In Japanese with English subtitles. A young man seeks to make peace with the deaf girl he once bullied. Town Square. Suburbicon aabcc Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac. Directed by George Clooney. 104 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 56. Theaters citywide. Thank You for Your Service aabcc Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Beulah Koale. Directed by Jason Hall. 108 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 57. Theaters citywide. Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (Not reviewed) Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameswaran, Lavanya Tripathi. Directed by Kishore Tirumala. 149 minutes. Not rated. In Telugu with English subtitles. Two childhood friends remain close even as they lead very different lives. South Point. For complete movie listings, visit lasvegasweekly.com/movie-listings.
Sabrina Cofield (left) and Andrew Calvert rehearse a scene from W;t. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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TERMINAL THEATER A Public Fit brings a Pulitzer-winner to life By C. Moon Reed t is not my intention to give away the plot, but I to make the play audience-friendly. “We’ve taken a rithink I die at the end. They’ve given me less than diculously well-written script about a very specific topic, two hours.” Professor Vivian Bearing, expert and we’ve theatricalized it in such a way that the evening in the metaphysical poetry of John Donne, is one of entertainment and humor,” Kucan says. Instead pronounces her fate towards the beginning of W;t. And if of static sets, the directors have choreographed dynamic those lines are any indication, Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer scene changes that evoke the feeling of a hospital. When Prize-winning masterpiece is intensely rewarding and chemotherapy makes Vivian nauseous, for example, challenging, humorous and morbid. orderlies spin and push her bed so that the stage seems W;t follows the spiritual journey of an isolated to roll with the contents of her stomach. W;T and exacting professor who discovers her own But why is W;t spelled with a semicolon? It’s October 27humanity and learns to embrace kindness. It just a reference to Vivian’s own college days. In a November 19, days & times so happens that the vehicle of self-actualization is flashback, her professor chastises her for refvary, $25-$30. stage 4 metastatic ovarian cancer. To be clear, co100 S. Maryland erencing a translation of Donne’s Holy Sonnet director Joseph Kucan doesn’t want you to think 10, which uses a semicolon instead of a comma: Parkway, apublicfit.org. that a play about terminal illness is “as terrify“And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt ingly horrific as it sounds.” But is it possible for a die.” More than mere semantics, the semicolon/ story about death to be entertaining? comma controversy represents how one views Lead actor Tina Rice (Professor Bearing) answers death. Is it the briefest of pauses on the way to the afterwith an emphatic yes: “And the reason is that we’re all life, or is it a harder break? going to die. It’s relatable. The beginning of the show is For Kucan, it’s all of the above. “W;t is a play about actually pretty funny. ... I mean, it’s called Wit.” Thin, discovering that it’s never too late to evolve into the bald and dressed in hospital gowns, Rice’s appearance best version of yourself. Even if that’s just the last five is disarming. But you soon get used to it. minutes of your life before stepping across death’s Kucan and co-director Ann Marie Pereth have worked threshold, that’s a worthwhile journey.”
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Let’s go eat the BunkhousE At last, Guided By Voices headlines a show of its own in Las Vegas By Spencer Patterson uided By Voices has played Las Vegas only once during its 24 years of touring, yet the city has played a central role in the band’s overall timeline. In 2010, six years after disbanding, Ohio’s indie-rock dignitaries reunited at the behest of Matador Records, to participate in that label’s 21st anniversary bash, Matador at 21, at the Palms. Seven years later, Robert Pollard’s best-known project remains an active pursuit, having released nine full-length albums during that span and crisscrossed the country several times over. On October 27, the band will headline a show of its own here for the first time, playing the Bunkhouse with support from Blair and Chani (aka Rusty Maples’
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Blair Dewane and Dusty Sunshine’s Chani Leavitt), Halloween Town and the just-reunited A Crowd of Small Adventures. The Weekly caught up with New York City-based guitarist Doug Gillard, who returned to Guided By Voices in 2016 after 12 years away, to discuss the band’s potent live lineup, its latest music and Pollard’s songwriting prowess. I caught Guided By Voices last summer in Cleveland, and the next day we heard you were back in the band, playing a show with under 24 hours to prepare. What was that like? It was muscle memory. That was a fill-in, in Cincinnati, so mostly older stuff and three new
songs that I learned pretty quickly. And then after that they asked me if I would consider rejoining [for good]. I’ve seen this version of the band—you, Pollard, Kevin March on drums, Mark Shue on bass and Bobby Bare Jr. on guitar—a few times, and it’s been an extremely powerful experience. How does it feel to you? It does feel powerful—tight but with a little of the requisite looseness. It has the right groove. And I think live, Bob is singing better than ever. The last couple years, he wants the emphasis to be on the music, instead of the spectacle of the beer, the cigarettes or whatever.
As a songwriter yourself, what’s it like being around someone who’s able to produce so much consistently interesting music? He really focuses on it. He gets up early every day and writes. He’s always coming up with titles and lyrics, either that or doing artwork. He’s always inspired. I listen to a lot of podcasts and interviews while I’m doing things around the house, and lately there’s been a lot of interviews with [LA glam-rock band] Sparks. For as long as they’ve been around, they still talk about doing music as if they’ve been around 10 years. They have a youthful approach to their music, like Bob does. That’s very inspiring.
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FLYLO IN 3D A PRIMER FOR FLYING LOTUS’ MULTISENSORY BROOKLYN BOWL EXPERIENCE BY IAN CARAMANZANA ho: He’s a man with cal acclaim and features appearmany musical hats. At ances by Kendrick Lamar, Snoop bare bones, Flying Lotus, Dogg and Herbie Hancock. born Steven Ellison, is an LA-based multi-genre producer. Sights: As if building grand musiWhen he’s not hitting drum pads cal landscapes wasn’t enough, or manning the decks in live setFlying Lotus has also created a tings, Ellison is also a filmmaker, multisensory experience to suprapper and musician. “I’ve never plement his tunes. Enter: the 3D been one for sports,” he told experience, which he’ll bring to Anderson .Paak in Brooklyn Bowl on Thursan interview with day. Ellison debuted Fader. “But with the spectacle at July’s this music thing, FYF festival, where I feel like I have limited-edition 3D the same kind of glasses were given work ethic that to all ticketholders. athletes put into According to the their professions.” Los Angeles Times, He has worked on “laser fans [swept] out countless projects, from overhead like a false ceiling. his Sealab 2021-inspired FLYING LOTUS Sleek digital objects popped October 26, rap persona, Captain out of nowhere … fields of 7 p.m., $32Murphy, to his work as stars blossomed behind $45. Brooklyn Bowl, 702a member of LA’s infahim.” His visuals move be862-2695. mous beat scene. Ellison yond a limited-engagement, also founded a “forwardtoo; FlyLo directed a horrorthinking” record comedy film named Kuso label named Brainfeeder, whose that’s an abstract, nonsensical roster includes bass wunderkind take on the genre. Thundercat, NYC hip-hop duo The Underachievers and French Spin: Newcomers to the FlyLo electronic musician Mr. Oizo. camp should begin with his most accessible cuts that feature vocal Sound: Everything and the work, like the Kendrick Lamarkitchen sink. Ellison’s various featuring “Never Catch Me,” or compositions draw from his vast the tribal drum-backed “Electric musical palate, which has origins Candyman” featuring Raidohead’s in hip-hop but has since expanded Thom Yorke. Wanna get weird? to oddball genres like bossa nova, 2010’s Cosmogramma is a concept free jazz and trip hop. The Flying album of sorts, which fuses Lotus sound is best displayed on elements from electronic music, 2014’s You’re Dead!, an amalgamanu-jazz and trip-hop with various tion of sorts that showcases his samples while paying tribute to major influences. It received critihis deceased mother.
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(From left) March, Gillard, Pollard, Shue and Bare motor into Downtown on Friday. For more of our interview with Gillard, visit lasvegasweekly.com. (Courtesy)
Pollard recently released a book commemorating his (first) 100 fulllength LPs. Have you had a chance to look through it, and if so, what struck you? It hit me that there’s a lot more than that—in the 7-inch department and all the compilations and things. I really like the 12-by-12-inch album scans. It’s awesome. Each band member contributed songs to April’s August by Cake. That must feel good, to have a songwriter of Pollard’s stature involving you in that process. Yes. We wanted to get it to enough tracks to warrant a double-album, so he had each member write two songs. [Followup] How Do You Spell Heaven and the next one—Space Gun, which will
be out in March or April—does not have that. All those songs were written by Bob. How important have the new tunes been in keeping things fresh onstage, as opposed to just relying on old songs, which you could easily do? It’s more fun, always energizing. The odd thing is we end up promoting a record for six months, and then we’ll promote the next one and drop some of the songs from the currently promoted album to promote the next one. It kinda makes me feel like I’m in the ’60s, which is great. Nothing gets too precious—you start loving a song, but you know you can’t love it too much, because it might get dropped from the setlist.
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A change in record labels and new stylistic influences seem to have invigorated pop star Kelly Clarkson on Meaning of Life, which trades her familiar guitar-driven pop-rock for soul and R&B while keeping the focus on catchy hooks and the singer’s stellar voice. It’s not like Meaning of Life is a vintage soul record—it’s a slick pop production courtesy of the typical army of writers and producers, no more personal than Clarkson’s last few albums (she has co-writing credits on only a handful of songs). But it’s enough to shake up Clarkson’s approach, her powerhouse voice sounding less processed (even endearingly hiccupping in the chorus to infectious lead single “Love So Soft”) and her vocals backed by plenty of funky bass, horns and girlgroup harmonies that recall ’90s acts like En Vogue. The album highlight is the upbeat, attitude-filled “Whole Lotta Woman,” with Clarkson backed by members of Earth, Wind & Fire, belting out “Texas girls do it bigger” like she’s never been freer or happier in her life. The feeling is hard to resist. –Josh Bell
It’s not often that I play the “I’ve been around for a while” card, but I’m playing it for John Maus: The lightly eccentric synth-pop artist makes music that sounds almost exactly similar to the stuff I grew up with. Nearly every track on Screen Memories, either by accident or design, is an homage—to Gary Numan, to Suicide, to the Human League, et al. (The sole exception is the jittery, guitar-driven New Wave of “Find Out,” which has its own set of antecedents, too numerous to list here.) That’s not to say the record isn’t fun. Maus has built up a terrific set of android beats for Screen Memories— literally built them; reportedly, he assembled many of the synths heard on the record himself. “The Combine,” “Bombs Away” and “The People Are Missing” are legitimate synth-pop epics that can stand with the best of that bygone era. You can practically see the raccoon-eye makeup and the dancers wrapped in tinfoil. But Screen Memories is a portal to the past, not a road to the future. I can only listen to so much before I’m tempted to switch to Soft Cell or Visage—to the original, undiluted current. –Geoff Carter
Anyone who follows Americana upstart Margo Price on Twitter knows she’s politically outspoken. It’s no surprise then that her second solo album, All American Made, offers trenchant but sympathetic societal commentary. On the accordionsmudged tropical twang of “Pay Gap,” Price minces no words singing about gender-based wage inequalities: “But in the eyes of rich white men/No more than a maid to be owned like a dog.” The title track, meanwhile, wrestles with the enduring duality of America—selfinflicted political anxieties mingling with the inherent optimism of possibility—with impressive nuance. With nods to slow-burning Southern rock, soulful R&B and laid-back funk, All American Made also demonstrates marked musical growth from her 2016 debut, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter. “Learning to Lose” is a sparse country duet with Willie Nelson that laments personal and systemic oppression. “A Little Pain”—a song reconciling hard work with relationship stresses— features shirred string arrangements. And the McCrary Sisters add gospel flourishes to “Do Right by Me,” which doubles as Price’s plea for people to keep striving and respect their own dreams—and others’. –Annie Zaleski
When St. Vincent released “New York,” the first single off fifth studio album Masseduction, it didn’t burst with the energy of 2014’s self-titled LP. Instead, Annie Clark appeared vulnerable, somber—a softer, stripped-down version of her former persona. But Clark’s career has been that of a shapeshifter, and her latest record is no different. Some of Masseduction’s cuts— notably “Sugarboy” and the title track—hearken back to “Digital Witness”-style funk. But it isn’t until “Los Ageless” that what began as a numb and synthed-out pop record transforms into something far more haunting, albeit hidden under a few layers of computerized lacquer. Clark blames herself for an estranged relationship with a family member in “Happy Birthday, Johnny”; pines over a romantic interest who has a pill addiction in “Young Lover”; and closes with “Smoking Section,” a “Glory Box”-esque song about (her own?) suicidal thoughts. The latter provides the sigh of relief you need after such a multifaceted, unusually intense album—the kind you breathe after riding a roller coaster. And Masseduction reveals plenty of new thrills with each subsequent ride. –Leslie Ventura
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DOUBLE-EDGED TA-NEHISI COATES WEIGHS CONSEQUENCES IN WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER early essay in perspective, and those reflections comprise both pride and a-Nehisi Coates, in his selfdisappointment. annotated collection of esBoth apply to his consideration of says We Were Eight Years in Obama, too. Coates recalls an Obama Power, writes about becompollster’s observation that a black ing “The Atlantic’s ‘Black Writer’—a man could not be elected president phrase that described both my but that a bright and capable man identity and my interests.” For many who happened to be black could, black writers and journalists, this is and that distinction in many ways a cage to escape, in that it excludes underscores Coates’ thinking about them from ranging over all national those eight years. Coates believes issues, but Coates gladly took up Obama avoided opportunities to be residence: “I knew by then that I black, to speak up about that historic was not reporting and writing from and enduring “plunder” but some corner of American society, but from the heart of AAABC observes that whenever he WE WERE did assert his blackness, it, from the plunder that was essential to it and the culture EIGHT YEARS it only emboldened the ransackers on the right. Even IN POWER that animated it.” By Ta-Nehisi the National Review thought Through his Atlantic gig Coates, $28. the killing of Trayvon Martin and especially his widely a tragedy until Obama said praised 2015 memoir BeMartin could have been his tween the World and Me, son. Then the right transformed Coates has become in many ways Martin’s murderer into a hero. the country’s most recognized black Damned if you do … writer, a latter-day James Baldwin. The book’s epilogue is the essay in Coates’s earlier book reprises and October’s Atlantic, “The First White updates Baldwin’s letter to a young President,” arguing that only a vivid black man—Baldwin’s cousin; assertion of white supremacy could Coates’ son. We Were Eight Years have brought us Trump. But Coates in Power takes its title from a black already has cited evidence aplenty politician’s 1895 lament for the that the right did not need an Angry eclipse of Reconstruction’s era of Black Man to toot its dog whistles. “Good Negro Government” and the We’re in a time much like the end of onset of Jim Crow, but its topic is the Reconstruction, and sadly, we sorely presidency of Barack Obama. Coates need Coates to keep being The Atlanintroduces each of eight Atlantic tic’s Black Writer. essays with another putting the
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BEER, BURGERS AND BEYOND 595 CRAFT AND KITCHEN PUSHES THE LOCAL GASTROPUB SCENE FORWARD BY JIM BEGLEY
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From the outside, the Patio Desserts & toasts, waffles and ice creams, all made in-house, Drinks isn’t much to look at. Heck, there along with a delightful beverage program. isn’t even a patio out there. But once inBlue pea lemonade ($4.50) is a visual stunner. side, a new world awaits. The open space Buttery flower tea gets frozen to create is serene, as botanical elements make it dense, blue ice cubes. Pour the lemonade THE PATIO feel like you’ve entered a secret garden. DESSERTS & DRINKS in the cup and you get a lovely blend of 5255 S. Decatur Blvd. As you sit down at a wooden table, you tastes and colors. That interaction of #107, 702-433-4301. almost expect a friendly hummingbird ingredients is also found in the Thai Wednesday-Sunday, to give you a peck on the cheek. tea cake ($5.95), light and moist and noon-1 a.m. “We wanted to open a place for people featuring the flavor of its titular drink, to hang out and relax,” owner Bank reinforced with an accompanying Thai Atcharawan says. “The atmosphere is very importea cream sauce. tant to us.” For those on the trend watch, grab a Hong Kong Atcharawan is known for having built the wine waffle ($6.95) which almost looks like bubble wrap list at Lotus of Siam before creating the excellent due to the eggy air pockets. It’s a unique treat with Chada Thai and Chada Street restaurants, but he’s rising popularity. In the future, Atcharawan hopes no longer involved with those. He has been focused to add a wine list, along with cheese and charon his young family and his new venture, the Patio. cuterie. “After all, wine is my strongest field,” he Its specialty is Thai desserts—a variety of cakes, reminds. Dessert isn’t far behind. –Jason Harris
The look and feel of Paris Las Vegas hasn’t changed much since it opened in the fall of 1999. Sure, it has added Gordon Ramsay Steak to its restaurant lineup and more recently made updates in the booze department with the charming Le Central lobby bar and the outdoor Beer Park. But the overall experience is still themey—especially along the faux streetscape that stretches from the casino back toward parking and Bally’s. Hold up, what’s this? Just past Martorano’s and its popular “patio” is an Asian “district,” a theme within the theme, and it looks pretty cool. It started about three years ago with the opening of Yong Kang Street, a dumpling and noodle house with cuisine from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. We figured it was just part of the resurgence of the casino noodle bar, still trending, but then Sekushi arrived next door, a sake and sushi bar with a cozy late-night feel and “street”-side seating. Now you can bounce between the two, sampling satisfying snacks and drinks in a setting that doesn’t feel much like Vegas Paris. At Yong Kang, don’t skip house-made dim sum options like crispy scallion pancakes and spicy chili, shrimp and pork wonton dumplings ($9.88). Noodle soups make up the biggest part of the menu, from lobster ($19.88) to Vietnamese beef ($15.88). Over at Sekushi, start with pankobreaded shrimp ($8) or scallops grilled with butter ($12), and pair your hot or cold sake selection with seared Wagyu beef tataki ($17). Besides the sashimi and roll selection, this small shop also offers entrées like unagi rice bowls ($22) and rich, creamy seafood udon ($19). –Brock Radke
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MUSIC ADRENALINE SPORTS BAR & GRILL Identity II benefit ft. AAMG, Vessel, AJ, Studiofeenz, Sic the Black Falcon, B.Akapella 10/28, 9 pm, $5. 3103 N. Rancho Drive, 702-645-4139. ARTISAN HOTEL Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty 10/27, 9 pm, free. Skull Diver, The Acid Sisters, Fear of Static, Ghost State 10/30, 7 pm, free. 1501 W. Sahara Ave, 702-214-4000. BACKSTAGE BAR & BILLIARDS Magic Music w/Marc Nelson 10/26, 8 pm. The Wrecks, Vesperteen, The Technicolors 10/28, 8 pm, $10-$12. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. BEAUTY BAR Consider the Source 10/26, 8 pm, free. Red Fang, Fireball Ministry, All Souls 10/27, 8 pm, $18. Agent Orange, The Heroine, Sheiks of Neptune, The Psyatics, Lean 13, Intoxicated Rejects 10/28, 8 pm, $13. The New Mastersounds 10/30, 8 pm, $20. NFBN: Creature Feature 10/31, 8 pm, $10. Balance and Composure, Twin Cities 11/1, 8 pm, $15. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. BUNKHOUSE SALOON Darling of Mine, Glass Pools, Almost Normal 10/26, 8:30 pm, $10. Guided By Voices, A Crowd of Small Adventures, Halloween Town, Blair and Chani 10/27, 8 pm, $30-$35. Prayers, Health, Von Kin, We Are Pancakes 10/28, 8 pm, $25-$30 Macro Fi benefit ft. Holding Onto Sound, Rusty Maples, Outside Looking In, Narrowed, The Quitters, The Rifleman, Kalipso, Jason Harris 10/29, 8 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. COUNT’S VAMP’D Michale Graves, Three Sixes, Sin City Rejects 10/26, 9 pm, free. House of Zombie (White Zombie tribute), Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath tribute) 10/27, 9:30 pm, free. Count’s 77, Tailgun 10/28, 9:30 pm, free. Burn Unit, U2LV (U2 tribute) 11/1, 8 pm, free. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. THE DILLINGER Jeff Reylee 10/27, 8:30 pm. Monk and the Po Boys 10/28, 8:30 pm. Shows free unless noted. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-2934001. THE DISPENSARY LOUNGE Windy 10/27, 10 pm. Karen Jones, Uli Geissendoerfer Trio 10/28, 10 pm. Uli Geissendoerfer Quartet 11/1, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.
Wheeler Walker Jr., a country singer and sometime comedian, performs at Stoney’s on October 29. (David McClister/Courtesy) EVEL PIE Be Like Max, Joystick 10/26, 6 pm, free, all-ages. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. GILLEY’S SALOON Smith 10/26, 9 pm; 10/2710/28, 10 pm. Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band 11/1-11/2, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. THE GOLDEN TIKI DJ Grey Boy 10/28, 9 pm free. DJ Beelzebozo, Prof. Rex Dart 10/29, 10 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196.
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DIVE BAR Three Bad Jacks, Hillbilly Casino, Die Die My Darling 10/27, 8 pm, $12-$15. Gravehill, Disannulleth, Avenger of Death 10/28, 10:30 pm, $5. Narcotic Wasteland, Dreaming Dead, Casket Raider 10/29, 8 pm, $10. Strawberry Fistcake, Bog Log III, Prophet Greene, Jerk! 10/31, 10 pm. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Atomic Video Jukebox 10/26. Messer Chups, Boss Martians, Thee Swank Bastards 10/27. Dirk Vermin & The Hostile Talent, 2 Ply Government, Sufin’ Spooks 10/28. Uberschall 10/29, midnight. Prof. Rex Dart & The Bargain DJ Collective 10/30. Unique Massive 10/31, midnight. Franks & Deans’ Weenie Roast 11/1. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. EAGLE AERIE HALL Traitors, Sabella, Holehearted, Looks Like Medusa, Voidwalker, Brooklyn Edge 11/1, 5 pm, $13, all-ages. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927
HARD HAT LOUNGE Single Brass Faction 10/26, 9 pm, free. The Sage, Ruth Ann Sharp, Teknomann 10/28, 8 pm, $5. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE Chris Tofield 10/27. The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 10/28. The Higgs 10/29. Deltaphonic 10/31. Barry Black 11/1. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.
STONEY’S ROCKIN’ COUNTRY Jerrod Niemann 10/28, 9 pm, $15-$20. Wheeler Walker Jr. 10/29, 9 pm, $10-$20. Town Square, 702-435-2855. VELVETEEN RABBIT The Ghost Dance, The Laissez Fairs, The Quacks 10/26, 9 pm, $5. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
PERFORMING ARTS & CULTURE CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ARTS CENTER Sugar Skull Workshop 10/28, 1-3 pm, $15 (registration required). 60 on the 88s Jazz Piano Concert 10/28, 2 pm, $20. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY Indian/Telugu
Cultural Festival 10/28, 5:30-9:30 pm, $10-$15. No Labels 10/29, 4 pm 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. THE SMITH CENTER (Reynolds Hall) The King and I 10/25-10/29, times vary, $36-$127. (Cabaret Jazz) Puddles Pity Party 10/27-10/28, 7 pm, $37-$45. Frankie Moreno 10/30, 8 pm, $30-$42. Jimmy Hopper, Myroslava Khomik 11/1, 7 pm, $29-$42. 702-749-2000. THE SPACE Golden Girls Live 10/26, 10 pm; 10/28, 8 pm; $40. Travis Cloer 10/26, 7:30 pm, $20$50. Peter Mac: Judy Garland Live 10/27, 8 pm, $25. Halloween Peek-A-Boo Party 10/31, 8 pm, $20. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. UNLV (Artemus Ham Hall) CCSD Honor Choir 10/26, 7 pm, free. (Beam Music Center) Mozart & Brahms 10/26, 7:30 pm, $25. 702-895-2787. WEST LAS VEGAS LIBRARY Detroit 67 10/2810/29, 2 pm, free. 10/21, 2 pm, free. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. WINCHESTER CULTURAL CENTER Life in Death Festival 11/1-11/2, 5-9 pm, free. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. THE WRITER’S BLOCK Robin Holabird 10/26, 7 pm, free. 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. LAS VEGAS LITTLE THEATRE (Mainstage) The Birds Thru 11/5, days & times vary, $21-$24. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATER Good Kids Thru 10/29, times vary, $15-$17. UNLV’s Alta Ham Fine Arts, 702-895-2787.
A PUBLIC FIT W;t 10/27-11/19, days & times vary, $25-$30. 100 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-735-2114. SIGNATURE PRODUCTIONS Oliver! Thru 11/18, days & times vary, $20-$30. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.
GALLERIES & MUSEUMS BARRICK MUSEUM OF ART (East Gallery) Preservation Thru 1/20. Mon-Wed, Fri 9 am– 5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. CLARK COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ROTUNDA GALLERY Kim McTaggart: Cu Again: Automata Thru 11/3. Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Antonio Gomez: Charro Thru 10/28. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am-4 pm. (Artspace Gallery) Martina Shenal: Secondary Nature Thru 11/4. Mon-Fri, 8 am-10:30 pm; Sat 8 am-5 pm. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. 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. Wed-Sat, noon-6 pm. 1025 S. 1st St. #155, 719-371-5640. SAHARA WEST LIBRARY The Art of Anthony Bondi Thru 11/11. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. WINCHESTER CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY Day of the Dead Thru 11/8. Reception November 1, 6 pm, free. Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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