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documentarY DOUBLEHEADER at Eclipse Theatres The Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, together with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Black Mountain Institute and Believer magazine, presents two documentaries about inspirational women who have devoted their lives to various progressive and political movements. Wanderlust: Lesley Hazleton tells the story of the British-American author behind accidentalthe ologist.com, which aims to dissect “the vast and volatile arena in which politics and religion intersect.” Heather Booth: Changing the World, focuses on the activist’s career, from her work within the Freedom Summer Project—a 1964 campaign that attempted to register black voters in Mississippi—to founding the Jane Collective, an underground organization that helped Chicago women find access to safe abortions when they were illegal from 1969 to 1973. $10. –Leslie Ventura
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RENT AT SMITH CENTER Hamilton, you’re nothing without Rent. Jonathan Larson’s socially conscious, Pulitzer-winning rock opera struck box office gold in 1996 largely by speaking directly to Generation X and introducing youth to Broadway. Millennials (and younger) ought to find it equally resonant—and relevant—during its 20th anniversary tour, which stops at Reynolds Hall. $36-$127. –Mike Prevatt
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BELL BIV DEVOE AT MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER Add up all the output from the six members of ’80s and ’90s group New Edition and you’ve got a lot of memorable pop and R&B hits. But the single most enduring track has to be BBD’s 1990 New Jack Swing smash “Poison,” still getting mixed into DJ sets and covered by modern artists in concert. With SWV, Whodini, EPMD, Biz Markie, Dana Dane; $39-$150. –Brock Radke
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Nick Thune, Brendon Walsh & Sam Tallent at Bunkhouse Saloon We’re kinda surprised to see Nick Thune back in Las Vegas, a city he once described as “the most nightmarish landscape possible.” His routine about nearly getting busted for weed (pre-legalization) in a Strip nightclub is a harrowing tale. (Google “saved by a fart” if you want the details.) His return to Vegas can likely be attributed to two things: One, he’s eager to show off new material in the company of his cohorts Brendon Walsh and Sam Tallent, both as funny and bearded as he is. And two: We legalized. With Jason Harris, $18, 702-982-1764. –Geoff Carter
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Ballet Folklorico Noche Huasteca At WINCHESTER CULTURAL CENTER It’ll be a night of lively music, traditional dancing and those amazing, colorful dresses that fan out like butterfly wings. Las Vegas nonprofit organization Ballet Folklorico Sol Huasteco presents a “night of nostalgia” through folk dance honoring Mexican culture. Created in 2012, the organization offers dance classes, performances and a sense of community. This event will spotlight the unique La Huasteca region, which is in the Gulf of Mexico and includes the states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, and Hidalgo. Their distinctive style of music and dance originates with the Pre-Columbian Huastec people, thought to be descended from the Mayans. But you don’t need to know all that the history to enjoy the entertaining performance. $11-$13. –C. Moon Reed
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TOUGH AGE On their Bandcamp page, the Canadian indie rockers of Tough Age insist their jangly, lo-fi sound is “not punk at all,” but we beg to differ. Noisy ’90s vibes melt into early-’80s post-punk melodies, chunky guitar riffs and a blunt and bratty vocal delivery that warrants more than a casual listen. Give October LP Shame a spin (standout tracks: “Piquant Frieze” and “Me in Glue”) before heading to Starboard Tack, where the Mint Records three-piece will be joined by Vegas locals Luna Flore and The Plastic Brains. January 30, 10 p.m., free. SQUIDHAT 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY It feels like it was only yesterday that Vegas punk imprint SquidHat Records jumped onto the Vegas scene, which goes to show how quickly six loud and busy years can fly by. The label celebrates its birthday with a two-night Double Down Saloon rager, with performances by The Negative Nancys, The People’s Whiskey, False Cause, The Damnit Jims, Hit Me Baby and many more. January 26 & 27, 10 p.m., free. KRS-ONE Everyone will be chanting “Woop woop! That’s the sound of da police,” when Lawrence “Kris” Parker, aka hip-hop icon KRS-One, unleashes the boom bap at Beauty Bar—and “Sound of da Police” couldn’t be more relevant today. More than 30 years after he co-founded legendary NYC group Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One remains one of the genre’s most controversial and political-minded emcees. Given the state of the world today, we expect he’ll have a lot to say. With Nat & CoCo, Art Saen; January 25, 8 p.m., $18-$20. –Leslie Ventura
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KEEP IT CLASSIC A campaign begins to preserve Downtown’s neon Holiday Motel sign BY C. MOON REED
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WANTED: TECH COMPANY FOR A LATE-NIGHT RELATIONSHIP Don’t take it so hard. Las Vegas was never going to make it to Amazon’s final list of candidates for a second headquarters; our pool of tech workers is still too shallow. Now Apple wants to open a second campus in the U.S., one that would focus on technical support—and I have no doubt Valley officials will try to lure another tech company to our metro. We probably won’t get this one, either,
but this time, we’re on the right track. This town’s 24-hour culture is a perfect match for technical support jobs; when someone can’t get his or her MacBook to boot at 4 a.m., the phone should ring here, where support personnel can work—and shop, and party, and live—on a schedule that Las Vegas has enabled for 70-plus years. Our insomnia is a feature, not a bug. –Geoff Carter
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Vegas’ second Women’s March event called for votes—and wider inclusion BY LESLIE VENTURA
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U.S. Rep. Paulette Jordan (D-ID) departs the stage after addressing the crowd at the Women’s March: Power to the Polls event at Sam Boyd Stadium. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
AREA 15 WILL BRING MEOW WOLF ART COLLECTIVE AND A SCI-FI MALL TO VEGAS “The mall of America isn’t dead,” Michael Beneville of Beneville Studios said to a crowd of people inside the preview center of Area 15, which he co-owns. “It just needs to be reinvented.” Area 15 certainly plans to defy the traditional entertainment/retail complex with a themed, immersive and forward-thinking development that will include experiences like virtual reality, an escape room, art installations, food and drink options, live events and, most notably, a large-scale exhibition by phenom Santa Fe creative collective Meow Wolf. The 126,000-square foot endeavor is slated to break ground in April at the corner of Sirius Avenue and Rancho Drive, and open during the last half of 2019. (For a longer version of this story, visit lasvegassun.com.) –Mike Prevatt
Saturday marked the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the day after marked one year since the largest worldwide protests in history—the Women’s March—which drew between 3 and 5 million people to the streets just in the United States. With the wound of the election still fresh, last year’s Women’s March focused heavily on speaking out against Trump and his anti-immigrant, anti-minority and sexist rhetoric. This week’s event took on a different agenda—getting women to the polls. This year, the Washington, D.C.-based Women’s March organization looked to Las Vegas to host its flagship event, Power to the Polls, held at Sam Boyd Stadium. And while there were marches held around the country, Sunday’s Las Vegas rally kicked off a nationwide voter registration campaign focused on combatting voter suppression and targeting swing states to register new voters in time for the midterm elections. The event also took on a new, more progressive tone, addressing timely issues like sexual harassment and turning the conversation toward the necessary inclusion of women of color and marginalized communities like transgender people and immigrants. In her invigorating speech, Women’s March co-chair Tamika Mallory spoke about combatting white supremacy within both the United States and the Women’s March movement, calling upon white women to listen to women of color and to vote on behalf of all women—not just on issues that matter to themselves. “Don’t come to this rally today and sit here with your pink hat on, saying that you’re with us when you’re nowhere to be found when black people ask you to show up,” she said to erupting cheers. “We have the power to change every policy and make every elected official work for us, but they cannot see division among us. We must stand up and be loud and be bold.” Fellow co-chair Bob Bland echoed Mallory’s statements before additional speakers—legendary singer Cher among them—took to the stage. “A lot of us, particularly us white women, have a lot of catching up to do, and [we] are just waking up to the complicity and white supremacy this country was founded on,” Bland said. “Women of color are leading this movement ... and this is just the beginning.”
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TOY STORY Zoë Ligon—better known as @Thongria—preaches body-safe sex products and independent retailers By Leslie Ventura
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oë Ligon, aka Instagram sensation @Thongria, is a sex educator, journalist, artist and the CEO behind Detroit’s online-based, independent sex shop, Spectrum Boutique. We spoke with her about body-safe products, sexual education and her quirky approach to slinging sex toys before she arrived in Las Vegas for this year’s AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Ligon will be on hand at the expo all weekend, demoing the Archer Bowchair.
Why do you think your personality and brand have resonated so much with customers? I really don’t like the ethics and intentions behind companies that make really overpriced toys without any legitimate function for the price point. My customers want bodysafe toys at an affordable price. Affordable is a relative term, but I try not to carry things over $150—I’ve been going for the sweet spot of $40-$70. Why are body-safe toys so important? If you’re in the mind-set of giving people ownership over their bodies and autonomy over their sexuality, it kind of is the antithesis to give them a product that could be harmful to their health. What kind of chemicals should people avoid? Phthalates and parabens. Do your research on a company. It’s actually a very frequent issue of people being sold knockoffs. Buy directly from a trusted retailer or direct from a brand, do your research on that brand to see the way they use language around stuff and
make sure they don’t use any mystery terms like “100 percent medical grade material.” That means nothing to me. Why do you feel it’s important to bring humor and openness—as you do on your Instagram account, which has more than 115,000 followers—to a conversation about sex? Sex can be very scary and daunting, and if something is really intimidating, sitting down and looking at a person clinically explain sex is probably not going to take you out of that headspace. I really think it does take a bit of goofiness. I have been trying to not hide feelings of vulnerability, which I think go hand in hand with humor. Talking about things in a humorous way makes you vulnerable, so I try to lead by example. I think it’s one of the fastest ways to blast through those internal hang-ups that we all have to varying degrees. I’m not a perfect human, but I’m a peer educator, and I’m happy to learn with you. Why do you recommend supporting independent sex shops, instead of large retailers? I don’t have a brick and mortar, but you can shop assured I put my f*cking life into this for you. Making you happy is my one goal with this shop. … We’re also in a day and age where our political system is f*cked up, very conservative, and our money is our way of continuously being able to vote. We vote by saying, “These are the businesses I choose to support ethically—or not.”
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What prompted you to open your online retail store in Detroit? I had worked at American Apparel, and I was sick of selling sweaters to people who don’t need them. While selling sex toys is retail at the end of the day, I never find myself being like, you need this vibrator. It’s more like, if you need a vibrator, I’m happy to guide you in the direction of your choosing.
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VR at Downtown Grand (Wade Vandervort/Staff/Photo Illustration)
By Mike Prevatt o ahead, step off the balcony.” I’m high up in my fortress, looking across the courtyard, then down at the precipitous drop below me. I know that if I step off the edge, I won’t really fall. Actually, I don’t know what might happen. The digital world I’m inhabiting looks real enough to make me hesitant to move forward. Max Curtis, just a few steps away, reassures me through my headphones. We’re inside not a fortress, but the ESports lounge (aka the Commissary) at Downtown Grand, and I’m trying out the HTC Vive virtual reality system, comprised of a headset and two controllers. I finally lift one foot off the edge and into the air, like Indiana Jones taking a leap of faith. I feel it hit the Commissary floor, though what I actually see is myself hovering over the courtyard. Wow—now I want to fly. That comes five minutes later, after I succumb to the enemy invaders of Longbow (one of eight options among the suite of games known as The Lab), and once Curtis switches my headset programming to Google Earth. Soon, I’m soaring over Yosemite National Park, then whizzing up, down and over the various streets of Downtown Manhattan like Spider-Man. When I select the Burning Man option, glide over to Center Camp and find myself surrounded by costumed revelers, I experience flashbacks to my 2010 burn. It feels like I’m back at Black Rock Desert. This particular Vive headset is the newest amenity at the gamer clubhouse; on certain days, anyone can demo one of the hottest pieces of technology in the world for free. Curtis calls it a “bonus” and an extension of the Grand’s hospitality offerings. “What we’re trying to do here at the Commissary is improve the guest experience. We’re running an official esports project; we do real tournaments that are sanctioned … but we’re also really focused on anyone coming in here, enjoying their time, and doing something unique and interesting.” Fresh from my adventures in the artificial world, I begin to see the potential of virtual reality as a casino offering. But as I envision a Strip full of VR arcades and goggled tourists, I ponder the city itself. Isn’t Las Vegas already a sensorial, fantasyenabling escape? Can it be a virtual reality playground when it’s also the most famous adult playground in the real world? Can Vegas work in the virtual one? We’re about to find out, for as goes the world, so goes Las Vegas. And right now, virtual reality is transitioning from being a symbol of the future to a phenomenon of the present. Gone are the clunky, imperfect—and expensive—gadgets of the 1990s and 2000s. Now your local big box regularly moves its stock of sleek and transporting—and somewhat-less-expensive—hardware, like the Vive, the Oculus Rift, Samsung’s Gear VR and Google’s Daydream View, to name a few. With technology—and content—improving and prices inching downward, a commercial breakthrough feels imminent. In 2017, the virtual and augmented reality market reached $14 billion in sales. That’s predicted to rise to $143 billion in just three years.
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Impossible landscapes can exist in VR. (Courtesy)
The Void’s wearable gear. (Courtesy)
owhere in Las Vegas has virtual reality’s ascendancy been more obvious than at CES, which has been showcasing the medium for years. Earlier this month, multiple blocks of exhibition floor space at both the Las Vegas and Sands convention centers were devoted to emerging VR technology, from 360-degree digital cameras to simulation apparatus to a widening variety of headgear. At the massive Qualcomm and Samsung displays, attendees queued up for pop-up attractions that would put them in space or on a wild ride. And numerous panels addressed the various facets of VR. During one, a question was posed: What is virtual reality’s potential in Las Vegas? Two panelists gave bullish answers centered around fun, location-based experiences. But another, HTC’s senior vice president of virtual reality Rikard Steiber, revealed his skepticism: “The taxi driver asked me when I came into Vegas if I was going to walk the dark side, the bright side or was I here for business? In VR, you can go anywhere, you can be anyone or you can do anything. So I think Las Vegas is going to have some competition.”
Vegas would seem to disagree. “I think VR can enhance Las Vegas, but I don’t think it could compete,” says Cathy Tull, chief marketing officer for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “Ziplining on Fremont Street is very different than experiencing it on a VR app. Dining at a restaurant or going to show is going to be a very different sensory experience when you’re actively participating. VR can bridge the gap of knowledge, but it can’t take the place of the product.” Robert Rippee, director of the esports and hospitality labs at UNLV, also says VR can complement Las Vegas—and only up to a point. “It’s pretty good; your brain is fooled,” he says. “You thought you were experiencing something you weren’t. The difference between VR and the physical experience in Las Vegas is, [VR is] still missing four other senses. Until it reaches that state ... it’s still just a visual experience. The excitement [and] energy inside one of the big resorts and the music playing and the great smells of the great restaurants—those are part of the experience here. They aren’t threatened by VR.” But VR content is compelling enough to market
Las Vegas, one of the dominant ways the city uses the technology—and rightly so, given the billions of tourism dollars at stake. According to Tull, approximately two-thirds of U.S. travelers said they could be convinced to visit a destination if experienced first through virtual reality. So LVCVA launched its Vegas VR app, which boasts interactive videos of signature Vegas experiences that don’t require a fancy headset to view. You can fly over the Strip in a helicopter, watch the preparation of absinthe service at Aria’s Sage or get a dizzying view of Mystère’s acrobats, all convincingly filmed in 360 degrees. “From a marketing perspective, it’s a way for people to decide what they want to do,” Tull says. “People can find Vegas overwhelming.” And it just so happens that once they arrive in Vegas, a few of their options also include virtual reality. Attractions are the most popular form of VR used outside the home. Amusement centers and theme parks have been rapidly incorporating its technology over the past few years, especially as a way of revitalizing older roller coasters. New York-New York will follow suit on February 7, when it begins offering a VR upgrade to its 21-year-old Big Apple coaster.
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The Void’s Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, coming to the Venetian. (Courtesy)
In 2016, Caesars’ Linq Promenade opened VR Adventures, which offers four distinct experiences, including a roller coaster POV video come to life, a race car simulation and a highly interactive zombie shooter game, all using the HTC Vive, which requires a computer to run the Steam VR software. “Our basic philosophy is that we look for things people can’t do at their house or on their own,” says Robert Wagner, operations manager at VR Adventures. “People aren’t going to buy a $7,000 motion chair to ride roller coasters.” And they might ride VR Adventures’ motion chair if they can’t handle actual roller coasters. Last year, MGM Grand debuted the Zero Latency VR arena at its alternative gaming lounge Level Up, offering the newer, highly coveted multiplayer gaming experience. “We like to do things first, with whatever the customer wants,” says Lovell Walker, executive director of interactive gaming development for MGM Resorts. “We know Silicon Valley is the one manufacturing a lot of the goods, but we want to create a brand where we are building entertainment. When we think of what MGM Re-
sorts represents, VR is at the top of the line in that discussion, along with our shows and gaming and other [amenities].” And more VR is headed our way, including the Void’s Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire experience, due later this year at the Venetian, featuring untethered Oculus Rift equipment that fully immerses up to four participants in the Star Wars universe. It has already debuted at Disneyland and Walt Disney World to rave reviews; no less than five speakers at the three VR panels I attended at CES sung the glorified arcade game’s praises as both an attraction and as a technological forerunner.
f this year’s CES made any definitive statement on virtual reality, it’s that current technology can’t fully realize VR’s potential. Future developments have a greater chance of impacting more industries— including some key for Las Vegas tourism. Take sports, a new revenue driver for the Valley, thanks to the debut of the Vegas Golden Knights and
the subsequent acquisition of other professional teams. Intel’s CES presentations two weeks ago leaned heavily on its VR sports content, including highly interactive, multi-perspective, 360-degree streaming content planned for this year’s Winter Olympics and down the line for Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. It’s not crazy to assume that within a few years, we’ll be sitting in the cheap seats at T-Mobile Arena—or inside our home—watching the Knights, but our vantage point will be up close and center ice— or maybe even from the Knights’ bench, putting you right next to Deryk Engelland—once we put on our VR glasses. That potential timeline could also line up with the Raiders’ first year in Las Vegas. This same approach to multi-view spectator events can also be applied to live concerts, the main driver at local box offices since the proliferation of artist residencies and the opening of new venues across the tourist corridor. “Let’s say you go to Britney or Celine or one of those performers,” Rippee says. “You could pay for a ticket and have a wonderful experience. You could also [use] VR and have a different perspective,
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did you do when you found out? I was extremely happy to be the first from Vegas. For me, it’s a big honor and it’s a big reward. I was extremely happy for Mr. Wynn and for the Wynn company, because they put a lot of trust in me. Personally, I am celebrating 22 or 23 years in the industry, and it’s always been a dream to reach this level.
Known for his luxury styling of celebrities like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Naomi Campbell and for his cuts and balayage color treatments, Baruk spoke with Industry Weekly about hair trends, being a Las Vegas local and his intuitive sensibilities.
How long have you been in Las Vegas? Do you consider yourself a local now? I’m going to celebrate my five-year anniversary in March. Every day I hang out all around Vegas—of course at the Wynn—but outside, I go to many restaurants and I have friends from here. I have two kids, [and] they’re in school here. One of my two kids was born in Vegas, so I really feel like a local now.
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How have the beauty and hair industries changed since you started at Wynn? It’s been a big jump from five years ago in terms of hair. We don’t do so much bleach or peroxide; we are going more natural, with balayage and more natural waves and sun-kissed effects. It’s very Chanel, pretty French. When I got here, I was surprised how much we were working the blowdryer. [It was] a lot of volume, a lot of curl. Today, that trend has gone away. We are going more in the natural, sexy vibe of the woman [rather] than artificial glamour. –Leslie Ventura
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where revelers can view the Viva Vision light show and all the action along the Fremont Street Experience. Beyond the porcelain walls and plush seating is a stateof-the-art soundsystem and DJ booth, immersive lighting and artwork and weekly specials like “Thirsty Thursdays” ladies’ night, “Release Me Fridays” with $150 bottle specials, “Social Saturdays” and more. And like anything that lands in Las Vegas, things are ramped up a notch. Unlike the New York location, you won’t find billiards, but you will have access to blackjack tables, leaving clubbers to experience the best of New York and Downtown Vegas. Troy Liquor Bar at Golden Nugget, 702-385-7111; daily 9 p.m.-1 a.m. –Leslie Ventura
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festival. European illusionist Joe Labero and his fiery aerial group the Fuel Girls—who just finished touring in Europe with rockers Fall Out Boy— are at the center of the action, now playing Wednesdays through Sundays at the Paris Theater.
Inferno arrives at Paris Las Vegas this week, a special effects experience created by a team of pyro specialists who have worked on events including the Super Bowl and the Coachella music
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the most talented fire artists in the world to their absolute limits, letting audiences live out their pyromaniac dreams.” When was the last time you saw something truly death-defying on a Vegas stage?
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combinations like prosciutto with figs, goat cheese and arugula. The pasta course presents some tough choices, but consider the gigli chicken pesto with toasted pine nuts and crispy capers, or the house specialty tagliatelle Bolognese, a sumptuous classic. An early entrée favorite—and seasonally appropriate, too—is the red wine-glazed shortrib with Swiss chard, heirloom carrots and mascarpone-infused polenta. It’s the definition of a hearty meal, one that will stick with you the same way memories of your first meal at North Italia will linger until you return. North Italia at 1069 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-0927; Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.10 p.m. –Brock Radke
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me to re-create that enchanting, beerdrenched afternoon whenever I want. The Hard Rock version offers all my favorite flavors, from the Belgianstyle farmhouse ale Sofie to the bold, grapefruit-y Goose IPA. Sampling is a must, so sign up for the Goose Flight: four-ounce servings of four different brews for $8. Once you’ve found your fave, graduate to the reserve list, where bottles of peach-accented Halia, tart blackberry-aged Juliet and the wild ale Lolita await. Mix it up with one of Goose Island’s signature cocktails, like the Chicago Shandy with Hendrick’s gin and
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“Carson Kitchen would always be in my mind, that being Kerry’s last restaurant and his legacy,” Scott Simon says during his first few weeks on the job. “To come back and work in a place that has Kerry’s spirit surrounding it, I’m definitely going to take the opportunity to be a part of it.” Scott is 17 years younger than his mentor, Las Vegas culinary icon Kerry Simon, who died in 2015. But Scott has been involved with Kerry’s food and restaurants since Scott’s teenage years, when his older brother was already a celebrity known as “the rock ’n’ roll chef.”
“When I was growing up, I would be watching TV, and Kerry would be on there. I would read through magazines, and Kerry would be in Bon Appétit or Rolling Stone. I looked up to Kerry.”
What makes this gig different is that Scott is jumping into an already established eatery. Carson Kitchen, opened in 2014 in the refurbished John E. Carson hotel building, remains a Downtown hot spot, so expectations are high.
Scott cooked with Kerry at the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, at the legendary Simon Kitchen & Bar at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, at Cathouse at Luxor and, most recently, at Chuck’s in Chicago. Returning to Las Vegas has been something of a homecoming.
Scott is well-aware of this challenge. “There’s no denying that the place has been extremely successful. My outlook is to come in and learn all the aspects, from prep to every position on the line to seeing the overall [vision]. It’s similar to what I did when I started [cooking] with Kerry.” Full circle, indeed. –Jason Harris
“I spent 13 years here. It’s the longest place I’ve lived other than growing up in Chicago until I was 17,” Scott says. “I have the same love for this city as Kerry did.”
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1/26 Clinton Sparks. 1/31 DJ Neva. 2/2 Metro Boomin. 2/3 Rick Ross. Mandalay Bay, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-632-4700.
1/25 DJ Five. 1/26 Chase B. 1/27 Eric DLux. 2/1 DJ Five. 2/2 Justin Credible. 2/3 Eric DLux. 2/8 DJ Five. 2/9 Enferno. Venetian, Thu-Sat, 702-388-8588.
MARQUEE XS 1/26 Tritonal. 1/27 W&W. 1/29 DJ Mustard. 2/2 Ruckus. 2/3 Travis Scott. 2/5 Chuckie. 2/9 Andrew Rayel. Cosmopolitan, Mon, Fri-Sat, 702-333-9000.
1/26 Afrojack. 1/27 DJ Snake. 2/2 The Chainsmokers. 2/3 Alesso. 2/9 RL Grime. 2/10 DJ Snake. Encore, Fri-Mon, 702-770-0097.
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1/27 AVN Awards Show. 2/2-2/3 Incubus. 2/23-3/3 Nickelback. 2/28 A Day to Remember. 3/7 Roger Daltrey. 3/8 Datsik. 3/10 Roger Daltrey. 3/16-3/17 Kenny Chesney. 3/30-3/31 Incubus. 8/17-8/19 Psycho Las Vegas. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. M A N D A L AY B AY EVENTS CENTER
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National HOLIDAY Judging by the passion that The National brought to its first Valley appearance— January 20 at the Joint—Matt Berninger and his bandmates have come to us at just the right time in their careers, balancing furious strumming and martial beats with equal amounts of good, old-fashioned Las Vegas showmanship. Read our full review at lasvegasweekly.com. (Erik Kabik/Courtesy)
Arts & entertainment Local podcasts to place in your rotation 1. City of Las Vegas’ TMI Podcast
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2. Las Vegas Junkie Saul Jauregui’s digest of “useful and not-so-useful” casino and sports news aims at tourists, but offers a compelling insideroutsider perspective. audioboom.com/ channels/4937066
3. Latinos Who Lunch Justin Favela and Emmanuel Ortega talk not just about lunch, but love—the artists they admire and the culture that sustains them. latinoswholunch.com
4. Matt and Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social Matt Donnelly co-hosts Penn Jillette’s Sunday School; Paul Mattingly co-hosts Geek Shock. Together, they’re comedy gold. heyscoops.com
5. SinBin Vegas If you’re not getting in enough water-cooler conversations about your Golden Knights, Ken Boehlke and Jason Pothier offer sharp commentary. sinbin.vegas/category/ podcast –Geoff Carter
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Bold as love
Rising pop singer Mary Lambert talks producing, poetry and sharing her mom’s music with the world By Annie Zaleski
ast year, Mary Lambert released her Bold EP. The title is appropriate: The mini-album illustrates the singer-songwriter’s surging pop, which incorporates orchestral and electronic flourishes to create something daring and new.
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What will your concert here look like? It’s a duo setup: me and my best friend Tim, who’s a wonderful guitarist. And I’m touring with my friend Mal Blum [the show’s opener], who’s an incredible artist and very charismatic. The shows are transformative, really moving. Humor is an important element, [and we’re] also discussing sensitive, sometimes difficult, complicated topics—and then pairing it with the humor and just stunningly beautiful music.
Your Bold EP was released independently. What was the biggest difference releasing music that way versus on a label? The amount of anxiety lifted off of my body and my brain during the process (laughs). It was about trusting my own decision-making and trusting my own instincts, whether it was in a creative sense or a business sense. I did the best I could at a record label, but I have my own ideas and my own thoughts about how things should go down. I wanted to be able to have my own stamp, and say, “I did this top to bottom, and I did it myself.” Whether it was a success or not. I wanted to have my voice be present—and not just in a business sense but also within sound, as a producer. [I wanted to be] able to sit in that chair and play with reverb and pick this
snare sound and really be in complete creative control. My bachelor’s [degree] is in orchestral composition, so I care deeply about the sounds underneath and the music underneath. I had to spend a lot of my creative drive in order to make these pop songs. What else did you love about being in the producer’s chair? My mom sings on the record. She wrote a song called “Love Is Love.” And to vocal-produce my mom and to produce my mom’s song was dream-like. I remember my mom writing songs when I was 4 or 5, about her hardship and her heartache, and falling asleep listening to her play. It was really profound to be able to share my mom’s music with the world.
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VIOLENT FEMMES ON A BLISTERING NEW EP, VEGAS’ MOON BLOOD SAYS IT’S OKAY NOT TO FEEL OKAY BY LESLIE VENTURA hen Moon Blood first blends aggressive instrumentaflashed on the scene three tion with the singer’s politically years ago, singer Sinead minded, feminist lyrics. While Kravetz had plenty to say, Kravetz herself is vegan and has but like most new singers, she was been straight edge since she was a still finding her footing. Opening teen, she’s quick to add that not evwith Kravetz yelling, “Fear my eryone in the band claims the same blood!” 2016’s Cramp demo was identity. “I’m all for spreading the a powerful and lightning-fast message, but I don’t like anything introduction to the band, with the that violently pushes people to be entire record clocking in under six a certain way,” she adds. “That apminutes. The band is equally brash proach doesn’t work.” on Moon Blood’s latest That said, the name EP, Violent Acts (limitedViolent Acts isn’t meant to MOON BLOOD edition yellow vinyl is with Sh*t Dogma, be ironic—it refers, very Same Sex Mary, available at runninginliterally, to the physical Dark Black, Brett placerecords.com, and and mental violence Vee. February 2, the quartet will celebrate Kravetz has overcome 8 p.m., free. Cornish Pasty Co., its release February 2 at throughout her life. “Most 702-862-4538. Cornish Pasty Co.), but of the songs are talking Kravetz’s vocal delivery about me being in an has intensified with confiabusive relationship when dence and purpose. I was younger,” as well as growing She admits that fronting a band up “in a family of addicts,” she says. wasn’t easy at first. “It made me so The EP “is meant to represent all nervous. I had never really yelled the violence I went through, and or screamed before for a band, and what it feels like to have to process I didn’t know how I would sound,” those things and still not be okay Kravetz says. “And then I finally sometimes. I just feel like it’s really did it.” important to talk about, because Influenced by Riot Grrrl (Bikini there’s so many people who are Kill, Sleater-Kinney) and hardcore struggling right now. This release is punk (Dirt, Crass), Moon Blood heavy with all of that.”
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Seattle singer Mary Lambert hits Beauty Bar on January 26. (Courtesy)
I read that you’re working on a collection of poems. How far along are you? I have my very first working manuscript. I think we’re looking at fall for a release date. I’m so excited. It’s so neat to be able to express my point of view and my art in multiple different avenues and mediums. It’s one thing to write poems and to consider yourself a writer. But there is some sort of gratifying element to having a publisher be onboard and also say, “Yes. You are a writer” (laughs). There’s some sort of validation.
Are you close to completing a new record? There’s still a lot to do. Because my background is in orchestral composition, I wanted to do a lot of true composing. It’s a conceptual album, so the general idea is that there’s a song that I’ve written, which then gets transformed into a string quartet, which leads you into the next track, which is spoken-word. They’re all very thematic, related to trauma, related to talking about generally difficult issues or heartache. I’m hoping winter of next year. The book will come out in fall, and then winter will be the release date of the album. It’ll be one sad f*cking bundle, just in time for Christmas.
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Frontier angst
The kids plan their next move in Maze Runner: The Death Cure. (20th Century Fox/Courtesy)
Christian Bale mopes across the West in Hostiles
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Hostiles begins with a baby getting shot in the head, and things don’t get more pleasant from there. Scott Cooper’s grim, punishing Western is all about the toll frontier life takes on those who live it, whether by choice or by force or by circumstance. In particular, it’s about Christian Bale’s Capt. Joseph Blocker, a U.S. Army officer known for his ruthless pursuit and elimination of hostile Native Americans, which has left him a broken man communicating primarily in mumbles and grunts. Bale is one of the best actors at playing mumbly and grunty, but his Joseph is more surly than soulful, even as he forges a connection with Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike), the pioneer woman whose entire family was slaughtered at the beginning of the movie. Rosalie is a tag-along on Joseph’s mission to return a captive Cheyenne chief (Wes Studi) to his tribal homeland, a journey that allows Joseph to meditate on the inner humanity of the people he previously dispatched mercilessly. It’s a simplistic emotional arc that Cooper portrays with maximum selfimportance, running the characters through increasingly brutal and unpleasant territory on their way to a stark, bleak destination, with just a tiny ray of hope at the end. –Josh Bell
aabcc HOSTILES Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Rory Cochrane. Directed by Scott Cooper. Rated R. Opens Friday citywide.
Game over The Maze Runner movies limp to an end with The Death Cure By Josh Bell he opening action sequence of The Death tion of privilege known as the Last City, where Cure, the third and final movie in the Maze the remaining elite live in isolated, precarious Runner series, is a tense train hijacking safety. Practically two-thirds of the movie worthy of a Fast and Furious movie, as the involves the mission to rescue Minho (Ki Hong main characters (rebels in a post-apocalyptic Lee), a tertiary supporting character whose fate future, led by Dylan O’Brien’s Thomas) attempt doesn’t have the impact necessary to sustain a to rescue one of their comrades from the clutches trilogy-ending epic. of WCKD, the sinister organization O’Brien has developed as an acabccc that kidnaps young people and makes tion star, but his sullen petulance MAZE RUNNER: them run mazes. Unfortunately, it’s makes Thomas a pretty one-note easily the highlight of this drawn-out, protagonist, and onetime love interTHE DEATH CURE Dylan O’Brien, Kaya nearly two-and-a-half-hour movie, est Teresa (Kaya Scodelario) has Scodelario, Thomas adapted very loosely from James become a sort of reluctant adversary Brodie-Sangster. Dashner’s YA novel series. following her betrayal of her fellow Directed by Wes Ball. Rated PG-13. Opens The maze from the first movie rebels in the previous movie. What’s Friday citywide. only makes a cameo in a dream left are a lot of scenes of characters sequence; otherwise Cure, like the running from one place to another, series’ second installment (2015’s things exploding for no reason, and The Scorch Trials), is a collection of generic dysempty dialogue exchanges about saving and/ topian elements, including the plague (known as or destroying the world. Patricia Clarkson and the Flare) that has wiped out most of humanity, Aidan Gillen still look mildly embarrassed as the the dirty Mad Max-style refugees (featuring an villains, and the story takes far too long to build underused Walton Goggins as a physically deto its meaningless anti-climax. It’s enough to formed resistance leader) and the gleaming basmake you miss the maze.
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laughter and tears A Futile and Stupid Gesture traces the roots of modern comedy By Julie Seabaugh he early ’70s were a time of division and unrest, Nixon paranoia and Vietnam withdrawal, counterculture and cocaine. Thanks to Midwestern misanthrope Doug Kenney, it was also the dawn of modern comedy. With fellow Harvard Lampoon alum Henry Beard, Kenney co-founded National Lampoon magazine in 1970. Content skewered and offended in ways previously unimagined. After all, as Kenney (Will Forte) says in new Netflix film A Futile and Stupid Gesture, “Kids need something to read while getting teargassed.” Gesture follows the magazine’s beginnings, National Lampoon Radio Hour collaborations with John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner and Harold Ramis, staff hijacking by Saturday Night Live and Kenney’s departure from Lampoon in favor of Animal House and Caddyshack. As showbiz stakes increase, so too does Kenney’s drug use and alienation from friends and family. Directed by fellow comedy disrupter David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer), Gesture boasts not
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THE PAINTED WORD
JW Caldwell’s Cognitive Dissonance is up through the end of the month. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
JW Caldwell’s Cognitive Dissonance vaults the divide between text and image By Dawn-Michelle Baude alk into Rise Gallery and whammo! The expertly hung and curated show, Cognitive Dissonance, vibrates with coherent art cred and proves that JW Caldwell can paint. But what gives the show its wallop is how deftly Caldwell leaps across the word-image divide. The text in these 37 works does more than simply caption images: The words become the image itself. For example, the small-format diptych “A Brief Rumination on the Expediency of Deterioration” presents a cockroach and the word “bad” on the left, and a herd of nine roaches and “worse” on the right. (The missing “to” in “bad to worse” is implicit in the “two” works-on-paper.) The words—painted in a rounded, lower-case cursive—mimic the roach trail that continues from one work to the next, uniting the textual elements in a single toothpaste-ish stream with subtle fecal associations. Text becomes image, and the image recalls the fact that roaches defecate chemicals to communicate—their trail is their language. The
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red color of the cursive script piques the creepy message is going “straight to voicemail,” the cat emotions associated with the insects, while the might symbolize abandonment, which would acmuted splotched ground humorously suggests count for its slightly startled expression. the messy, and scatological, dimensions of While Caldwell’s Disney works are eating and art-making. perhaps less accomplished, the pieces in JW “Straight to Voicemail,” too, simultanewhich text transforms into image lend Caldwell: ously delivers and undercuts its message themselves to a rich array of tongue-inCognitive with wit. In this medium-format canvas, cheek interpretations. Both the comic Dissonance “love is a lie” is painted in an all-cap mountain sheep series and the shark Through January 31, graffiti font dominating the canvas. The series feature letters whose shapes vie by appointhearts-and-valentines colors—muted with legibility for the upper hand; both ment. Rise fleshy pink and bruised mauve—are at series are painted to look like prints, at Holsum Lofts, 241 W. odds with the damning content. The emphasizing the tromp-l’oeil current Charleston cracked and decomposing stone letters in the exhibition. Overall, the works in Blvd. #130, combined with the faux-marble backdrop Cognitive Dissonance expose discon702-8457907. suggest the relationship is in ruins. Yet nects between words and their meanings in the “Voicemail” foreground, a pink, by subverting the mainstream canon of pudgy kitty—the queen of memes—aprepresentation. In doing so, they draw pears ready for a make-up cuddle. Or is attention to the way pop culture unconit? The cat image partially obscures the letters in sciously permeates our thoughts. All the more the word “lie,” drawing attention to the cover-up reason to make a conscious decision to see the and implicating itself in the ruse. Given that the show before it closes.
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Playhouse of Yes Second Stage offers first chances for UNLV students to work in theater By C. Moon Reed t’s an hour before curtain on opening night. There’s a jolly, frantic feeling among the cast and crew as they make the final preparations for the first production from the new student-run theater group, UNLV Second Stage. Second Stage is the second act for the nowdefunct Theatre Student Collective, which disbanded due to attrition last semester. Not to be deterred, 19-year-old sophomore theater major Noah Keeling built Second Stage from its ashes. “I wanted to create more learning opportunities for myself and my fellow students who are so talented, says Keeling, who found that work with UNLV’s professional Nevada Conservatory Theatre was tough for hungry undergrads to land. “[Students] need to cut their teeth somewhere. Learning by doing is so important.” Keeling threw himself into revival efforts and even received funding from UNLV’s student government. Still, it’s a scrappy enterprise. The students must
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strike and reset the stage for every performance, sort of fine arts education,” assistant director and because the room is used as a classroom by day. And graduate student advisor Keach James SirianiKeeling commissioned and paid out of pocket for a Madden says. “It’s like if you wanted to be in the design student to create custom show posters. NBA, but all you did was sit on the bench—that’s For his directorial debut, Keeling chose the what taking acting classes without acting is like.” play The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod. For Keeling, who dreams of becoming The House The dark comedy tells of an explosive a sort of Swiss Army knife of theater— of Yes Thanksgiving dinner in which sibling acting, writing, producing, directing, January 25-27, relationships go too far. “It’s the first play singing and dancing—Second Stage, with 7:30 p.m.; I bought with my own money,” Keeling its two big productions and two variety January 28, 2:30 p.m.; free. shows a semester, gives him a chance to says of the twisted family drama. He UNLV’s Paul discovered it at age 13, after watching the do it all, like his idol Tina Fey. “I am not Harris Theatre, 1997 movie adaptation of the play starring facebook.com/ Johnny Jawline, which is every leading unlvsecond Parker Posey (as Jackie O, played here by man. My [casting] type is more specific, stage. Callie Maxson). “It always really stuck so I had to learn to write, create, produce with me—what it says about greed and and direct for myself,” says Keeling, who privilege. There’s really great dialogue; it’s has worked with most of the theater comso smart and well-plotted, like a Greek tragedy.” panies in town. Second Stage gives Keeling and his fellow stu“Just go and do it, do not wait for an opportunity dents a safe place to take creative risks. “Hands-on to drop into your lap,” Madden says. “Noah sure experience is beyond important, especially for any did it, and now he has a play debuting tonight.”
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MASTER PLAN PAID IN FULL GETS CREATIVE WITH JAPANESE STREET FOOD BY JIM BEGLEY
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am enamored with Paid in Full. From the pop culture references adorning the space (Star Wars. Flavor Flav! John Belushi’s samurai chef?) to the hip-hopheavy soundtrack—featuring the likes of Kool Moe Dee’s “I Go to Work” and the Eric B. & Rakim track that inspired the restaurant’s name—it’s as if proprietors Jason Olson and Michael Plourde snuck a look at my diary. And of course, it helps that the well-crafted Asian street food being doled out by the duo, formerly of Wynn and Michael Mina restaurants, is equally appealing. The Paid in Full team has assembled plenty of playful presentations and seriously good food. Triple garlic yakisoba ($18) comes in a Chinese takeout container, while mapo tofu Frito pie ($14) arrives atop a sliced-open Fritos bag. The former is devastatingly delicious, rife with fried garlic accenting the smoky noodles, while the latter is an effective interplay of textures without the overwhelming heat traditionally found in the dish. Either can be ordered with a Colt 45 ($6) with its own brown paper bag. Seriously. Elsewhere, whimsical udon fries ($5) are traditional Japanese wheat flour noodles, chopped and deep-fried before being topped with a tangy Thousand Island-esque special sauce. There’s a quintet of takoyaki, although technically only the octopus (tako in Japanese) is traditional. But I won’t fault this kitchen for its escargot rendition ($9), transforming the garlic butter-laden French classic into deep-fried, snail-stuffed treats; or the smoked salmon option ($10), a twist on the Jewish deli staple, replete with a sharp dill cream. Not everything qualifies as memorable. Kurobuta corn dogs ($10) didn’t excite, its breading with nary a hint of seasoning obscuring otherwise tasty pork. And the beets in a yuzu golden beets dish ($6) are practically unnecessary, since the accompanying whipped jalapeño feta and irresistible furikake lavash are so good by themselves. But these are minor shortcomings in an otherwise wildly successful venue. Like Eric B. & Rakim, the talented Olson and Plourde ain’t no joke.
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Tradition endures at Pasta Shop. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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Pasta Shop pushes on after the loss of its founding father By Diana Edelman
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The mobsters and superstars of early “We were thrust into this new arena where Las Vegas saw something brilliant in we had to fill in the gaps of his larger-than-life David Alenik. Frank Sinatra personally presence,” Ann says. They’ve kept his legacy alive, requested the chef’s talent in his expanding their wholesale pasta Pasta Shop own kitchen. business to restaurants and casinos They weren’t the only ones who fell across the Valley and knocking out RISTORANTE 2525 W. Horizon in love with the Italian food created Italian cuisine that keeps people Ridge Parkway, by the Johnson & Wales Culinary coming back to the cozy spot where 702-451-1893. grad who also cooked for Steve Wynn, Ann’s art adds to the ambience. Tuesday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and other Vegas notables during his “We are focusing on implementing & 4:30-9 p.m.; 40-year-career; the public ate it up, too, new technologies, delivery apps and Saturday, 4-9 p.m.; when Alenik and wife, Ann, opened Sunday, 4:30-8:30 p.m.; social media marketing in order to Monday, 4:30-9 p.m. Pasta Shop Ristorante and Art Gallery reach a broader audience,” she says, nearly three decades ago. It quickly noting that in June 2016, Pasta Shop became a community fixture thanks incorporated a vegan menu. “We to his made-from-scratch dishes. Alenik’s culinary have remained true to our roots—wonderful food, talents guided the restaurant until he died in 2016, spectacular art and our close relationships with leaving Ann and their three children to helm the our customers, which will always be the focal Henderson business. points of our business.”
Your last chance for original Spago decadence After more than 25 years at the Forum Shops at Caesars, Spago will serve its final smoked salmon and caviar pizza and Chinese chicken salad on Sunday, January 27. It’s not leaving Las Vegas, just moving down the Strip a bit, set to open at Bellagio this summer. But that will be a slightly different Spago, the next evolution of a restaurant icon, not the place that changed the game in this city in the boom years of the early ’90s. You only have a few more days to power-lunch like Nomi Malone and Cristal Connors, people. What should you order? Definitely that signature pizza ($33) and “Chinois” salad ($17) but also the spicy linguine with prawns, Calabrian chili and basil ($27); the prime burger decked out with white cheddar, red onion marmalade and garlic aioli ($21); and Wolfgang Puck’s beloved wienerschnitzel with potato salad and lemon-caper sauce ($26). –Brock Radke
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Singer-songwriter Grace Mitchell hits the Bunkhouse on January 26. (Amy Harris/AP Photo)
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MUSIC ARTIFICE ’80s Retro Revival 1/27, 9 pm, free. The Downtown Jam 1/29, 9 pm, free. Salsa 1/30, 9 pm, free. Karaoke 1/31, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., #A, 702-489-6339. ARTISAN HOTEL Naked Walrus, Demi Vie, The Social Set, Stop on Green 1/27, 8 pm, free. Wild Night Zoology afterparty 1/27, midnight, $10. Amplified Open Mic 1/31, 6 pm, free. 1501 W. Sahara Ave, 702-214-4000. BACKSTAGE BAR & BILLIARDS Skacademy Awards ft. The Toasters, Half Past Two, Muertos Heist, Los Ataskados, Jr Ska Boss 1/25, 8 pm, $13-$15. Reverend Horton Heat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Red Elvises 2/1, 8 pm, $20-$23. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. BEAUTY BAR KRS-One 1/25, 8 pm, $18. Mary Lambert, Mal Blum 1/26, 8 pm, $15. Madhatter, Dylan Taylor, Dough Boy, NVGS 1/27, 9 pm, $5. Fresh NXT 1/28, 8 pm, $5. NFBN: 40 Oz Cult Takeover 1/30, 9 pm, $12. The Octopus Project, Rabid Young, Purejoypeople 2/1, 8 pm, free. Cheap Tissue, Zig Zags, Bounty Hunter Brothers 2/2, 8 pm, $10. The Lillingtons, The Bombpops, The Last Gang 2/3, 8 pm, $14. NFBN: Jel 2/6, 9 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. BUNKHOUSE SALOON Ceschi Ramos, Factor Chandelier, Sammus, DJ Kev P, Brother Mister, Gregory Michael Davis 1/25, 8 pm, $10-$12. Grace Mitchell, Hawaii, The Dirty Hooks 1/26, 9 pm, $15. Las Vaudeville 1/27, 8 pm, $10. Karaoke 1/29, 9 pm, free. Comedy: Nick Thune, Brendon Walsh, Sam Tallent 1/30, 9 pm, $18. Alex Zalenka 1/31, 9 pm, $5-$10. Coastwest Unrest, People With Bodies 2/1, 8 pm, $10. Kaki King, Youth Fables, Olan 2/2, 9 pm, $10-$15. Karaoke 2/5, 9 pm, free. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414. COUNT’S VAMP’D Y&T, Tailgun 1/26, 8:30 pm, $20-$25. U2LV (U2 tribute), Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath/Ozzy tribute) 1/27, 9 pm, free. John Zito Electric Jam 1/31, 9:30 pm, free. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. CORNISH PASTY CO. Moon Blood, Sh*t Dogma, Same Sex Mary, Dark Black, Brett Vee 2/2, 8 pm. 10 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-862-4538. THE DILLINGER Jase Wills 1/26. Wayne David Band 1/27. All shows 8:30 pm, free, all-ages unless noted. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001. THE DISPENSARY LOUNGE Windy Karigaines 1/24, 9 pm. Karen Jones 1/27, 10 pm. Joe Darro & Friends 1/31, 8 pm. Shows free unless noted. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.
The Bargain DJ Collective 1/29. Unique Massive 1/30. Thee Swank Bastards 1/31. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. FREMONT COUNTRY CLUB Face Down, Last Words, Autumn’s End, For the Fight! 2/3, 8 pm, $10-$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601.
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DIVE BAR Pissing Razors, Skinlab 1/27, 8 pm, $15-$18. Black Heart Saints, Baker’s Dozen 1/29, 8 pm. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Atomic Video Jukebox 1/25. Attack Ships on Fire, False Cause, Wolfhounds, Time Crashers, Kapital Punishment, Steve & Ginie Jackson 1/26. The People’s Whiskey, The New Waves, Hit Me Baby, The Damnit Jims, The Negative Nancys, The Venomous Pinks 1/27. Uberschall 1/28. Prof. Rex Dart &
GILLEY’S SALOON Smith 1/25, 9 pm; 1/26-1/27, 10 pm. Voodoo Cowboys 1/31-2/1, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20. Treasure Island, 702894-7722.
HARD HAT LOUNGE Dominick Muzio, Stephy Hayward 1/26, 10:30 pm, free. Stone Velvet Pilots (STP/Velvet Revolver tribute) 1/27, 10 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987.
HUNTRIDGE TAVERN Gentlemen of Four Outs 1/27, 9 pm. 1116 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-384-7377. SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE Chris Tofield 1/26. The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 1/27. Jimmy Powers & The Hang Dynasty 1/28. Carlos Silva & The Scatterbrains 1/30. Rockabilly Evening 1/31 Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 3355 Spring
Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. STARBOARD TACK Tough Age, Luna Flore, The Plastic Brains 1/30, 9 pm, free. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769. STONEY’S ROCKIN’ COUNTRY Lucas Hoge 1/26, 10 pm, $5-$20. Town Square, 702-435-2855.
PERFORMING ARTS & CULTURE BAOBAB STAGE THEATRE Midnight Cabaret 1/26, midnight, $20-$35. Town Square, 702369-6649. CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ARTS CENTER Fly Dance Company 1/27, 7:30 pm, $10-$20. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY Staged Reading: Red 1/26, 7:30 pm, free. 401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. THE SMITH CENTER (Reynolds Hall) The Piano Guys 1/27, 2 & 7:30 pm, $35-$149. Rent 1/302/4, times vary, $36-$127. (Cabaret Jazz) Steve Smith & Vital Information 1/24-1/25, 7 pm, $39-
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$65. The Skyvvies: Vegas Stripped 1/26-1/27, 7 pm, $39-$45. 702-749-2000. The Space The Lique, Mike Xavier, Cameron Calloway, Joe Kye 1/26, 7:30 pm, $10. Rita Lim 1/30, 9 pm, $10. 460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. Summerlin Library World Beat Community Drum Circle 1/26, 7 pm, free. The Magic of Filmmaking: The Actor’s Role with Jeff Lester 1/27, 11 am, free. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) CCSD Honor Band Concert 1/27, 2 pm, free. Dr. Michio Kaku: The Future of the Mind lecture 1/29, 7:30 pm, free (tickets required). (Beam Music Center) Schubert’s Trout Quintet 1/25, 7:30 pm, $10-$25. 702-895-2787. Winchester Cultural Center Ballet Folklorico Sol Huasteco 1/27, 6 pm, $11-$13. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
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CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Stephanie Serpick: A New Fall 2/2-3/10. Reception 2/1-, 6 pm, free. Mon-Fri, 9 am-6 pm; Sat, 10 am4 pm. (Artspace Gallery) Marianic Parra: In Dreamy Solitude Thru 1/27. Reception 1/25, 6 pm, free. Mon-Fri, 8 am-10:30 pm; Sat 8 am-5 pm. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Enterprise Library Nevada Camera Club Thru 2/6. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702-507-3760. Historic Fifth Street School Chinese Heritage: Year of the Dog Thru 3/24. Reception 2/15, 5 pm, free. 401 S 4th St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) From Refuse to Reuse Thru 3/8. (Windows on First) Camilla Quinn: Appropriation Thru 2/28, free. (Chamber Gallery) 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012.
COCKROACH THEATRE The Wolves 2/1-2/18, days & times vary, $15-$25. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661.
Left of Center Harold Bradford: A Thin Line Thru 3/17. Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm; free. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378.
Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) Company Thru 2/4, days & times vary, $21$24. (Black Box) Time Stands Still 2/2-2/18, days & times vary, 14-$15. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996.
OBSIDIAN FINE ART Steve Anthony & Mandy Joy: Music, Dance and the Human Figure Thru 1/31. Hour vary. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #240, facebook.com/obsidianfineart.
Majestic Repertory Theatre Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Thru 1/28, Thu-Sat, 8 pm; Sun, 5 pm;, $25. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636.
Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Benjamin Schmitt: Celestial Abstractions Thru 1/27. Wed-Sat, noon-6 pm. 1025 S. 1st St. #155, 719-371-5640.
SECOND STAGE The House of Yes Thru 1/28, days & times vary, free. UNLV’s Paul Harris Theatre, facebook.com/unlvsecondstage. Theatre in the Valley Squabbles 2/2-2/18; Fri, 7:30 pm; Sat 3 & 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm; $10$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275.
Galleries & Museums Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) Plural 2/2-5/12. (West Gallery) Identity Tapestru 2/2-5/12. (Braunstein Gallery) Vessel: Ceramics of Ancient West Mexico 2/2-12/16. Mon-Wed, Fri 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Samurai: Armor From the Ann and Gabriel BarbierMueller Collection Thru 4/29. Daily, 10 am8 pm, $16-$18. 702-693-7871. Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery Celebrating Life 1/25-4/25. Reception 1/25, 6 pm, free. Wed-Fri 12:309 pm, Sat 9 am-6 pm, free. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787.
RISE JW Caldwell: Cognitive Dissonance Thru 1/31. Holsum Lofts, 241 W. Charleston Blvd. #130, 702-845-7907. Sahara West Library Dayo Adelaja: Cubism Thru 2/11. Clark County Artists Guild: Through the Eyes of an Artist Thru 2/10. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. Spring Valley Library The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Thru 1/28. Where I Live CCSD student art 1/30-4/3. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820. Summerlin Library Lolita Develay: Elegant Creatures Thru 2/4. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. West Charleston Library Nevada Watercolor Society Thru 1/23. Greg Preston: The Artist Within 1/5-3/27 MonThu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas Library Ken Kline: Retrospective in Still-Life Thru 3/4. MonThu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3980.
Clark County Library Las Vegas News Bureau/Nevada State Museum: Las Vegas Lineup Thru 2/18. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
Whitney Library Ronda Churchill: 96 Hours Thru 3/18. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010.
Clark County Museum Over Here: Clark County and World War I Thru 1/28. Daily, 9 am-4:30 pm, $1-$2. 1830 S. Boulder Highway, 702-455-7995.
Windmill Library Focus on Nevada Photo Showcase Thru 3/25. Mon-Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Fri-Sun, 10 am-6 pm. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.
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