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WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EVENTS TO FOLLOW AND NEWS YOU MISSED

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Good day for bettors: Despite a record amount wagered on the Super Bowl in Nevada sports books ($158.58 million), casinos collectively held just $1.17 million, or 0.7 percent of the money—the lowest percentage since 1996. The Philadelphia Eagles were a popular betting choice, and beat the New England Patriots, 41-33.

Resort gold: Las Vegas had 11 hotels place among the world’s best in an annual survey by U.S. News & World Report, tying with LA for second-most among U.S. cities behind New York. Mandarin Oriental had the highest ranking (9th) of the Southern Nevada hotels. Robbed Gronkowski: While New England Patriots all-pro tight end Rob Gronkowski was catching touchdowns in the Super Bowl, a burglar made off with a score of his own, breaking into Gronk’s home, according to police in Foxborough, Mass. A recording of the 911 call indicates that “multiple safes and possible guns” were taken. Show of strength: President Donald Trump asked the Pentagon to plan a parade of the U.S. armed forces in Washington this year to celebrate military might. According to The Washington Post, the president wants tanks and marching soldiers to be part of the parade. Wynn steps down: In the wake of published allegations of sexual harassment and assault, Steve Wynn announced he will no longer serve as CEO of Wynn Resorts.

CHECK OUT THESE HAPPENINGS For more, turn to Pages 6-7 in Culture Weekly

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HEALING GARDEN DAFFODIL PLANTING Consider it an excuse to rise and shine—the Healing Garden is in need of at least 100 volunteers to plant 10,000 daffodils. Planting will begin bright and early and will bring in people from all over the community to honor those who lost their lives in the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. Supplies will be provided, but volunteers are encouraged to bring gloves. Free, 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd. –Leslie Ventura

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LOVE THE WINE YOU’RE WITH AT CONTAINER PARK Nothing says true love like an all-you-can-sample wine tasting with complimentary JinJu chocolates. (Oh sure, there’s devotion, commitment, all that stuff. But we’re talking about a solid wine buzz, here.) Love the Wine You’re With also promises live music and a photo booth, but really, it’s all about what Theophilus London calls the “fine wine deliverables.” Be sure to take a cab, Uber or Lyft to enjoy the night to the fullest. $25$30, downtowncontainer park.com. –Geoff Carter

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LAS VEGAS LIGHTS FC FIRST EXHIBITION GAME It’s more than an exhibition game. It’s the debut of our new soccer franchise, giving Southern Nevada another professional sports brand. The minor-league Las Vegas Lights on Saturday host the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer in the expansion club’s first game. Home games are at Cashman Field—yes, that Cashman Field. The Lights have transformed the baseball configuration into a soccer pitch. $15-$55. –Ray Brewer

GARDENING CLASSES FOR THE LITTLE ONES Vegas Roots launches a Lil’ Roots Market Club this spring in partnership with the Whole Foods on Lake Mead Boulevard and Tenaya Way. The program will focus on teaching children ages 3-12 healthy eating habits and gardening tips. The classes started Feb. 7, and will be offered Feb. 21, March 7 and March 21 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The classes are segmented into three sections, including health and nutrition, a cooking demo with DIY crafts and on-site kids gardening. RSVP at Eventbrite.com or call 702-942-1500. –Camalot Todd

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SOME CITIES ARE TOSSING OLD CANNABIS CONVICTIONS WILL NEVADA FOLLOW? Some California cities such as San Diego and San Francisco are automatically tossing misdemeanor marijuana convictions. Basically, if what you did then is legal now, your record is free and clear. No muss, no fuss. Will Nevada adopt this policy? This past summer, Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed a bill that would have helped with vacating past marijuana convictions. His reason? The bill was too broad, and he’d approved other ways for people to get their records sealed. But where does that leave low-income individuals with little resources who may need their records sealed in order to secure a job or other benefits? Will the least among us have the know-how and ability to navigate the court systems? We’ll likely have to wait until the next election for the needle to move in any direction. In the meantime, help comes from an unlikely source. The billionaire Koch Brothers are pushing criminal justice and prison reform. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is taking it one step further: “Nevada has proven that a regulated market is always better than a black market. It is time for the nation to follow,” she tweeted. “That is why I am cosponsoring a bill to de-schedule marijuana and regulate it like alcohol.” –C. Moon Reed

A SERIAL KILLER IN LAS VEGAS?

Metro Police say the same gunman is responsible for fatally shooting two homeless men and wounding two other people over a nineday stretch. “If he isn’t [a serial killer], he’s on his way to being one,” Capt. Robert Plummer said. A video camera captured footage of a suspect Feb. 2. –Ricardo Torres-Cortez

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Breakfast!: You can’t get enough of it, and we respect that. Health & Wellness: 8 ways to de-stress during the workday Bruno Mars, esports, a RVLTN party and the Wreck Room Food and drink: A Good Pie alert and chicken ramen Local group aims to break the cycle of domestic abuse A local Olympian hits the bobsled track in South Korea VEGAS INC: Room tax issues may affect Raiders stadium

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Vintage signs line an entryway during the media preview of Brilliant!, a new augmented reality experience in the North Gallery Pavilion at the Neon Museum. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

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Recreational marijuana wars: Nevada vs. California

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Nevada’s neighbor to the west became the sixth U.S. state to kick off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1, just six months after the Silver State started sales last July. ¶ Almost 100 dispensaries across San Diego, San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley are among California stores licensed to sell recreational marijuana. A study from the University of California, Davis, estimates the state’s industry, once fully operating, could be worth as much as $5 billion annually by 2020. ¶ But higher total cannabis taxes, lesser legal availability per capita and lower testing standards could keep the black market healthy and prevent California’s industry from expanding, according to a Berkeley-based pot expert. ¶ Chris Conrad, a courtqualified expert witness and professor at cannabis-focused Oaksterdam University, said California could be “years away” from reaching its pot-selling potential. ¶ “The tax structure is currently set up in a way that will preserve the black market,” Conrad said. “Illegal vendors probably won’t be able to operate on the same scale that they have been, though.” ¶ That’s a contrast to Nevada, where pot taxes reach up to 38 percent in the most heavily taxed municipalities, like Henderson and Las Vegas. Through four months of legal sales from July through October, the industry earned almost $127 million in sales and $19 million in tax $36 revenue, according to data from the Nevada Dispensary Association. Is it possible for California’s cannabis industry to cut into Nevada’s? $33 Here’s a look at how the two industries compare.

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Will California’s industry affect Nevada’s? Although California’s expanding marijuana industry is on pace to become significantly larger than Nevada’s market, Las Vegas business owners believe a larger pool of new customers curious to try the legal plant would outweigh the setbacks of losing California customers who may previously have traveled to Nevada. Both Andrew Jolley of The Source and owner Armen Yemenidjian of Essence Cannabis Dispensary said at least 1015 percent of their combined medical and recreational marijuana customers hail from California. About 27 percent of Las Vegas’ 42.9 million annual tourists are from Southern California, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Are marijuana lounges on the horizon? To set Las Vegas apart from other major U.S. cities that allow recreational marijuana, Nevada State Sen. Tick Segerblom said Las Vegas’ goal is to model its industry after Amsterdam, with lounges where people can use the plant in a controlled public space. “We’ve learned from gambling that even while more states have allowed gambling, it hasn’t come back to hurt Nevada,” Segerblom said. “We just want to make sure we’re always the gold standard for marijuana, and it’s always the best place to come use and enjoy the plant.” Only Denver has made a serious push toward marijuana lounges in the past. Those efforts were held up by ambiguities in Colorado state law as well as dissent from local elected officials. While the Las Vegas City Council and Clark County Commission discussed implementing marijuana lounges as early as spring, those plans were halted following a Jan. 4 memo from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that effectively rolled back Obamaera protections for weed-legal states. “The memo caught a lot of people off guard, that’s the tough part,” said Bryan Scott, assistant city attorney for Las Vegas. “There are a lot of prominent citizens involved in this industry and it would be good to have some certainty.” Both Scott and Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said they plan to continue pursuing options for marijuana lounges after getting clarity from legal council. Editor’s note: Brian Greenspun, the CEO, publisher and editor of Greenspun Media Group, the parent company of Las Vegas Weekly, has an ownership interest in Essence Cannabis Dispensary.

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Pancakes, French toast and blueberry pie at Du-parâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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t’s just past 10 a.m. on a Thursday, and breakfast remains busy. The sign on the wall says this restaurant’s capacity is 99, and even though there are a couple of open tables and a few seats at the counter, it feels like there are more than a hundred people eating, drinking coffee and smiling at each other. There’s a punk-rock couple, one of them with pink hair, punching away at their phones and waiting for their plates to arrive. Another tattooed pair of young people looks fresh from the gym, one sticking to the plan with a fruit plate and turkey sausage while the other indulges in a bacon-cheese-egg croissant. In the center of the dining room, there’s a large group of women of varying ages and ethnicities, two holding well-swaddled infants. They’re done with their omelets and seasoned potatoes in skillets, but they’re not going anywhere. This table is glowing. There’s nothing inherently Vegas about this restaurant experience. There’s a supermarket, a pet supply store and a Home Depot in the same strip mall and a huge Christian school across the street. What makes this place stand out is that it’s perpetually packed until it closes at 2 p.m. (or 3 on the weekends). It’s far more crowded than the Denny’s, International House of Pancakes or Marie Callender’s locations nearby. It’s the Cracked Egg. There are five of them scattered across the Valley. It serves a fine Monte Cristo—a battered and fried French toast sandwich with turkey, ham and Swiss cheese once found on every Vegas coffee shop menu—and it’s just one of many local breakfast restaurants that have been wildly popular for years.

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Chicken and waffles and a Bloody Mary at Hash House A Go Go. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

t’s impossible to identify a single standout breakfast spot in this town—there are too many. If you’ve lived in Las Vegas long you’ve probably made a habit of going for scratch-made buttermilk pancakes at Blueberry Hill, which still has four locations; or Jewish deli treats at Harrie’s Bagelmania on East Twain; or chicken-fried steak at greasy spoon icon Lou’s Diner on Decatur; or tablesized omelets at the quirky, nearly 40-year-old Omelet House at Charleston and Rancho. Then you have longtime favorites like the Egg & I and Eggworks, a family of six restaurants that

always seem full; the Original Sunrise Cafe on Eastern Avenue; Jamms on Rainbow; the Original Pancake House on Fort Apache; and newer, fast-growing morning hot spots like BabyStacks Cafe, Kitchen Table, Rise & Shine Steak & Eggs, Stacks & Yolks, CraftKitchen and MTO Café. That’s a lot of bacon. Clearly, humans love going out for breakfast. If we didn’t, the all-day Egg McMuffin wouldn’t be a thing. But a whole lot of humans really love Vegas breakfast. Why? Maybe because—like a lot of Vegas stuff—you can have it whenever, wherever, however you like.

When you think of going out to breakfast, it’s always a casual experience. Take it easy, throw on some pants, eat some pancakes. That kind of thinking is what makes Tableau so special. The Wynn Tower Suites destination might be the only breakfast restaurant you could legitimately describe as fine dining, an utterly elegant poolside setting favored by hotel guests and almost unknown to the rest of us. It’s worthy of discovery, especially since the food—a smoked salmon Benedict on a bialy ($27), white chocolate French toast with coconut Chantilly ($20), a veggie-loaded frittata with piquillo pepper sauce ($23)—is as luxurious as the surroundings. Wynn. –Brock Radke

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House-made jams. Cinnamon rolls from scratch. An almost religious fascination with butter. Coffee cups magically refilled with ninja-like precision. These are just a few reasons Lou’s Diner is my go-to breakfast haunt. I stumbled onto the place—open for almost half-a-century, now tucked away behind a Walgreens just south of the 95—for the first time last year. Thinking about all the meals I could have had here almost makes me cry on my Monte Cristo. 431 S. Decatur Blvd. –Jim Begley

“Vegas is an anomaly for sure,” says Brannon Rees, director of marketing for Hash House A Go Go, which has five locations in Southern Nevada and other restaurants across the country. “Vegas is just so much fun. It creates a special dynamic for breakfast, and part of it is being a party town. You have your family and friends with you, you go out for breakfast and that ends up being the meal of the day.” That definitely happens at Hash House A Go Go, known for its huge portions of “twisted farm food” like griddled meatloaf hash, red velvet pancakes (which will be a fundraising dish for the Children’s Heart Foundation on National Pancake Day, February 13) and the sage fried chicken and smoked bacon waffle tower, the most popular item on the menu. The Vegas

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restaurants sell more than 12,000 plates of chicken and waffles every month. “It’s funny, the first thing our servers say to customers is that the servings are very large and you can share if you like. There’s no split-plate fee,” says Rees, whose father co-founded the restaurant chain. “And most locals who come out for breakfast, it’s a family-oriented meal, so you’d expect them to share. But they don’t. Everybody likes to get their own meal. I think it puts some fun into it.” Since it has neighborhood restaurants and locations inside casinos on and off the Strip, Hash House A Go Go sees every kind of Vegas breakfast customer. There are families on the weekends, seniors midweek and tourists around the clock, especially at Strip sites like the one at the Linq, open 24 hours every day.

Blintzes, bagels and lox, and baked salmon Benedict at the Bagel Cafe. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Fausto’s omelet burrito. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

reakfast on Las Vegas Boulevard is a bit of a different ballgame as the prices go up and the rooms get bigger, but you can still find a classic experience at the Peppermill, one of the most popular free-standing restaurants in Strip history. Open since 1972, the Peppermill is famous for its vintage décor, 24-hour environment and throwback Fireside Lounge, but mornings are its busiest times, when Vegas visitors (and locals, too) pack the joint and feast on crab cake Benedicts, Marco Pollo omelets and Fruit Fantasia waffles. The Strip’s megaresorts have mostly evolved the traditional coffee shop into massive cafés like the 600-seater at Aria, the always-slammed Café Bellagio, the fancy and delicious Pantry at Mirage and the dual Grand Lux Cafés at Venetian and Palazzo. One successful exception is the Cosmopolitan, which changed the entire vibe of its second floor last year when it brought in Southern California’s trendy Eggslut, which has long lines stretching into the afternoon for its carefully composed breakfast sandwiches.

Taste matters, but so does chew. The typical breakfast burrito tosses its ingredients inside a tortilla all willy-nilly, so you might get a mouthful of egg one bite, meat the next. Fausto’s omelet burrito has the solution. The goods—diced ham, cheddar cheese and pico de gallo—come swaddled not only inside the flour wrap, but within a thin egg layer inside that, guaranteeing a primo ingredient mingle all the way through. Dab on sour cream and salsa rojo as you go, and you’ve got true bliss in your hands. Four locations. –Spencer Patterson

PublicUs’ Brekkie Sandwich is a hangover cure in food form—two farm fresh eggs (you can order scrambled or sunny side up, but always go up), crunchy and massive strips of perfectly cooked bacon and cheddar cheese on a potato bun. It comes with a side of greens, but we aren’t here to talk salads. The real star is what’s housed inside that toasty, glowing bun, and it’ll change your post-bar mornings forever. 1126 Fremont St. –Leslie Ventura

Blue Skillet is the definition of “a quaint neighborhood diner.” The booths are well-worn, the coffee just good enough. But when I’m craving comfort at its most primal— fluffy scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, a tall stack of pancakes drenched in syrup and topped with bananas or blueberries— nothing satisfies like it. Most times I order the potato pancakes—just the right side of crunchy—and my girlfriend, the French toast or crepes, so we have both sweet and savory expertly covered. 1723 E. Charleston Blvd. –Geoff Carter

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I love pancakes … for the first five bites. Then the sugary carb crash makes me sick. So, I set out to do the impossible: turn a food that contains the word “cake” into a healthy, lowcarb delight. I started with some basic substitutions: Two cups flour became one cup flour and a mix of oatmeal, almond meal and cornmeal. Then I started blending spinach and milk into a paste and adding that to the batter. What I’ve learned: You can sneak any health food into a pancake if you slather it in syrup. –C. Moon Reed

A ribeye with chiliquilies, plus a rainbow of juices, at Rise & Shine. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

There are plenty of morning meals to be had at neighborhood casinos, too, like the iconic pancakes at Du-par’s at the Suncoast or smothered breakfast burritos at the popular Grand Café inside several Station Casinos. But locals tend to stay closest to home, especially when they have a place in their ’hood like Bagel Cafe. “People are creatures of habit. Once they feel comfortable and warm in one place, that’s where they go,” says owner Savvas Andrews, who moved his family to Las Vegas from New York and opened the westside favorite almost 22 years ago. “There have been a lot of restaurants opening nearby over the years and they took some of our business away, but the impact has been minimal. We are a family business, not some corporation with five or 10 units, and our customers know how much we care.” It helps to have simple, delicious food served in large portions with fair prices. That’s what keeps Bagel Cafe filled with happy regulars. If going out for breakfast wasn’t so easy and rewarding, we wouldn’t love it so much. “When we first opened, we met all these people and their kids who kept coming back, and now their kids are having kids, or maybe even another generation, and it’s continuing,” Andrews says. “I have one customer who would come with his two little boys, and now both are married and bring their own kids to eat. Bagel Cafe is somehow in their DNA.”

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How to spoil your partner this Valentine’s Day hen it comes to Valentine’s Day, there are a few dividing camps many of us fall into. The purists—who go above and beyond to fill every available space with flowers, chocolate and heart-shaped doilies. The critics—who roll their eyes and scoff at any mainstream display of affection marketed to feed the Hallmark machine. And the hopefuls—who fall somewhere between the other two. Alas, as with all matters of the heart, Valentine’s Day can be fraught. Regardless of your outlook come February 14, there’s no other day of the year shamelessly dedicated to ooey-gooey expressions of love, and that alone is worth celebrating. Take the opportunity to lean into the Valentine’s Day classics and spoil your loved one senseless.

the perfect Dinner date Go out for a luxurious prix fixe meal at your significant other’s favorite restaurant or stay in for a candlelit dinner at home? This choice can be tough and will probably depend on your budget and schedule (don’t forget: Valentine’s Day falls on a Wednesday this year). If you’ve yet to secure a reservation, consider splitting the difference and hire a personal chef for the evening. It’s decadent and unexpected, and it offers the best of both worlds: quality cuisine within the comfort of your own home. It also allows you to work with the chef to fine-tune the menu and ensure all your preferred dishes are accounted for. For a traditional option, a French tasting menu complete with foie gras, coq au vin, crème brûlée and plenty of red wine is always a win. Or go rogue and put together a mismatch of everything you and your partner like. Buffalo wings and pad thai, followed by a big banana split? Find a chef who can make it happen and enjoy! After all, this dinner should be about you and the person you love.

Gifts, chocolate and a bouquet of red roses are all synonymous with Valentine’s Day festivities. Cheesy, sure, but that’s part of the fun. Grab pink cardstock, craft the perfect love note and keep the chocolate-dipped strawberries on standby.

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imbibe with THE GOOD STUFF Valentine’s Day is a great excuse to indulge in the finest wines and spirits. Champagne is a lavish and celebratory option, so dig up that special bottle stashed away or stop at an upscale wine store. There’s nothing quite like a glass of bubbly to set the romantic vibe. There also are tons of great Champagne cocktail recipes you can use to dress up a budget-friendly bottle—extra points for including edible rose petals. If Champagne isn’t up your alley, pamper your partner with a flight of top-shelf liquors. Once you find a favorite, buy a bottle to take home and save it for your next romantic occasion.

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8 WAYS TO DE-STRESS DURING WORK

One in five Americans, according to the American Institute of Stress, say they experience extreme stress, characterized by shaking, heart palpitations and depression.

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nder fluorescent office lights and tight deadlines, between family, friends and a 6 a.m. yoga class, stress seeps into all of our days. But stress and the fight-or-flight response it incites can have a lasting, negative effect on your personal health—job strains are linked to an increased risk of coronary disease, according to the American Psychological Association—and on the bottom line of your company. ¶ The Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security reports that “creating a psychologically healthy workplace is not just the right thing to do for employees; it’s also the smart thing to do for an organization’s financial well-being and productivity.” ¶ You can’t be in control of all variables at work, but here are eight ways you can help combat stress during the workday.

1 TAKE A WALK Regular exercise reduces stress. According to a 2011 report from Harvard Health Publishing, exercise reduces adrenaline and cortisol, the chemicals our bodies release when we’re stressed.

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Clutter can affect your productivity. A research paper published in the The Journal of Neuroscience by researchers at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute suggests that having too many objects in our visual field at the same time cuts into productivity.

A UNR Counseling Services report suggests taking a “sound bath” by surrounding yourself with music for particular tasks. Creating playlists can help motivate you. For example, upbeat music can be energizing, while mellow music can be calming.

During the stress of day-to-day operations, it’s easy to forget why you work at your job. Mementos at your desk can help put things into perspective and remind you of your goals.

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Stress increases the risk of heart disease by 40 percent, the risk of stroke by 50 percent and the risk of a heart attack by 25 percent, according to the American Institute of Stress.

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5 BUY A PLANT Several studies correlate indoor plants with stress relief, removal of environmental toxins and a reduction in anxiety.

6 BREATH DEEP AND STRETCH

Forty percent of stressedout people eat unhealthy foods or overeat, the AIS says.

The American Institute of Stress lists deep breathing as the best form of stress release, because “deep breathing increases the supply of oxygen to your brain and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes a state of calmness.” Stretching can help release the tension that builds in your muscles when stressed. Practice progressive muscle relaxation, a method of tensing your body’s muscles and then releasing them as an alternative to stretching.

7 DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND STOCK UP ON HEALTHY SNACKS

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Dehydration and hunger are physical stressors on the body. Keep water and snacks in your desk drawer to prevent these conditions.

A 2016 report called the Global Staying@Work Survey, conducted by the brokering and solutions company Willis Towers Watson, collected responses from almost 1,700 employers in 34 countries and found that highly stressed employees lose twice as many days at work either because of absence or lack of presence throughout the workday. The report states that employees cite inadequate staffing, low pay and company culture as the top three causes of stress.

8 TRACK YOUR STRESSORS The American Psychological Association suggests writing down what stresses you throughout the workday and then evaluating your notes for a pattern before determining a solution. For example, if a major stressor is out-of-date software slowing you down, contact IT for the necessary updates.

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Pod Tours America at The Joint This is the true story of four former aides to President Barack Obama—Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor—who, in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, decided to put their funny, freewheeling weekly discussions about national politics into a podcast called Pod Save America. A quick look at the episode titles indicates both how they feel about the current administration (“Paul Ryan’s Sh*t Sandwich,” “A Human Centipede of Obstruction,” “An Insult to Banana Republics”) and the lengths to which they’ll go to wring humor from this slowmotion apocalypso. Now they’re coming to Vegas to have their conversation live onstage—and we’ll find out what happens these four human flamethrowers stop streaming time-shifted and start getting real. $60-$70. –Geoff Carter

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SOUNDS FROM TWILIGHT AT REYNOLDS HALL No, the Las Vegas Philharmonic isn’t paying tribute to Edward and Bella. This Smith Center concert celebrates the “magic” of dusk with Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Opus 92,” Robert Schumann’s “Violin Concerto” and “Sylvan,” composed by Las Vegan Michael Torke. $30-$109. –Spencer Patterson

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LISA KO AT UNLV Eleven-year-old Deming lives with his mother in a cramped NYC apartment—until she’s deported, leaving a family to adopt the boy. In the timely, acclaimed novel The Leavers, Lisa Ko explores the immigrant experience and identity issues—which she’ll surely discuss Monday evening. Free, Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building, Room 101. –Mike Prevatt

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TV Party Tonight AT DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Storied punk DJs, vinyl enthusiasts and human rock ’n’ roll encyclopedias Atomic and Fish host the punk-related film event TV Party Tonight, and they’re celebrating three successful revolutions around the sun with a birthday edition of the monthly Double Down screening. For February, the guys have chosen the 2016 Jim Jarmuschdirected documentary Gimme Danger, which chronicles the rise of formidable ’60s punks The Stooges and the band’s fearless leader, Iggy Pop. That’ll be followed by a performance by Vegas three-piece, The Pluralses. Free. –Leslie Ventura

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DAM SHORT FILM FESTIVAL AT BOULDER THEATRE Now in its 14th year, Boulder City’s Dam Short Film Festival has grown into one of the country’s preeminent showcases for the underrated art of the short film. This year’s edition will bring more than 120 shorts to the historic Boulder Theatre over the course of four days. ¶ The festival has always been a strong supporter of local filmmakers, and this year will feature two programs highlighting homegrown talent (February 9, 7:30 p.m.; February 10, 7:45 p.m.). They’ll feature new work from veteran local filmmakers including Eric West, Robert Shupe and Hunter Hopewell, along with documentaries on subjects like the Moulin Rouge, the Mount Charleston ecosystem and rural fireworks sales. ¶ This year also sees the return of the new music video program (February 9, 9:15 p.m.), plus reliable favorites including the edgy Underground (February 10, 9:15 p.m.), the diverse animation block (February 10, 1:45 p.m.) and genre programs for horror (February 8, 9 p.m.) and sci-fi (February 9, 5:15 p.m.). If you can only make it to one screening, hold out for the Best of the Fest (February 11, 8 p.m.), which distills the award-winners into a single program that will make you want to come back for the entire festival next year. $10 per screening; $35-$100 passes, damshortfilm.org. –Josh Bell

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Throughout February, three of Las Vegas’ premiere theater companies explore questions posed by war, racism and fear. He should’ve been a pro baseball player, but Troy Maxson was held back by segregation. A sanitation worker with an athletic son, Tony and his family navigate their relationships, regrets and opportunities in Fences. Nevada Conservatory Theatre brings August Wilson’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play to UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theater. “It’s an important opportunity to see a piece of American history onstage,” director Harry Waters Jr. says in a promotional video. February 9-18, $28-$33. Las Vegas Little Theatre presents Time Stands Still by Pulitzerwinning playwright Donald Margulies. Journalists Sarah and James have returned home from the war in Iraq. Now they must navigate their relationship while licking their wounds. The New York Times describes Margulies as “gifted at creating complex characters through wholly natural interaction, allowing the emotional layers, the long histories, the hidden kernels of conflict to emerge organically.” February 9-25, $15. Majestic Repertory Theatre will host the premiere play produced by Aces High Productions, a theater company founded and run by UNLV students. Senior Myles Lee directs This Is Our Youth, a play about three people coming of age in 1982. It’s still fresh today. “The play speaks powerfully about the issues facing youth culture—from social, political, and emotional places,” Lee says. February 8-11, various times, $15. –C. Moon Reed

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Tracing Grammy winner 24K Magic back to Bruno’s prime influences By Brock Radke aters will say it’s fake—and they did when he swept the Grammys—but Bruno Mars’ love for ’80s and ’90s R&B is as real as it gets. In accepting the Album of the Year trophy for 24K Magic, the 32-year-old pop megastar (and Park Theater resident, returning for four shows this month) explained how the album’s songs were inspired by a set he performed as a 15-year-old in Hawaii opening a tourist show called The Magic of Polynesia—pop-soul hits written by iconic, prolific

“Finesse” Bruno’s voice is the polar opposite of Bronx-born, Charlie Wilson sound-alike Aaron Hall, and that’s why you can’t tell that “Finesse” is a straight-up Guy track. (Riley formed Guy with Hall and his brother Damion in Harlem in 1987.) The addition of Cardi B’s verses on the “Finesse” remix further muddies the fact that Mars chomped Riley’s bright synths and busy beats, the sound that came to be known as New Jack Swing. Listen to “Groove Me” or “You Can Call Me Crazy” from Guy’s eponymous ’88 debut and it all comes together.

pop producers Babyface, Teddy Riley and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. “I saw people dancing that had never met each other … celebrating together,” he said from the Grammy stage on January 28. “All I wanted to do with this album was that.” He couldn’t have picked stronger producers from whom to borrow. The trio was responsible for a seemingly endless stretch of hits from various pop artists for decades. Babyface wrote and produced many of the biggest hits by Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston and Boyz II Men, along with engineering his own suc-

cessful solo career. Riley led three of his own groups while crafting catchy, influential soundscapes for Brown, Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Snoop Dogg and others. And after leaving the Prince-formed group The Time, Jam and Lewis made Janet Jackson’s career and cranked out hits for Usher, Mary J. Blige, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey and more. The ubiquitous title track of 24K Magic might reference the retro-funk of The Gap Band and Zapp, but Mars’ stated influences definitely pop up on his smash record, too. Here’s where:

“Chunky”

“Versace on the Floor”

“If you ain’t here to party take your ass back home.” It’s totally something Morris Day might have said. This mid-tempo groove could have been a Time track, but it sounds even more like something Jam and Lewis would have created after their time in that band. Like the versatile work of the Flyte Tyme founders, Bruno’s biggest hits are songs that sound great on the radio and make you want to dance.

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds actually co-wrote the last track on 24K Magic, a ballad with a ’70s pop vibe called “Too Good to Say Goodbye.” But even though he has composed across pop genres (Madonna’s “Take a Bow,” for example), most people associate Babyface with syrupy romance, and Bruno’s “Versace” dives deep in that slow-jam department.

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2 . 8 .1 8 Jeezy hits the House of Blues on February 8. (David Goldman/AP)

AROUND TOWN Four shows worth considering this week eezy Talk about “Forever Young.” The fabled Columbia, South Carolina, rapper dropped the “Young” from his name in 2010 for a good reason. During his 18-year music career, Jeezy has gone from selling drugs under Philadelphia’s notorious Black Mafia Family to selling out arenas and surging to the top of the Billboard charts with hits like “Soul Survivor” and “I Luv It.” His penchant for transforming lore from his rough upbringing into radio rap anthems has earned him dozens of collaborations with hip-hop A-listers like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jay Z and Nas. And it goes further than music: Jeezy has dipped his feet into film by starring in 2009’s Janky Promoters, and he even opened up his house to survivors when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Jeezy performances play out more like church services than concerts, with rabid fans rapping along with the emcee, so wear your Sunday best on Thursday. With Tee Grizzley. February 8, 8 p.m., $39, House of Blues.

Bad Cop/Bad Cop Pop-punk’s resurgence in the early-to-mid aughts was heavily inspired by bands like New Found Glory, Saves the Day and Yellow-

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card. Fat Wreck Chords—a label headed by Fat Mike of NOFX—did not succumb, instead signing a gruff all-female outfit that stresses the punk conventions of the genre. Sonically, Bad Cop/Bad Cop delivers a modern spin on the abrasive, rambunctious days of pioneers of the genre like the Descendents. The band’s latest effort, 2017’s Warriors, is a brief 30-minute opus as snotty as it is political. Familiarize yourself with the abuser-bashing “Kids” or the dark story about abuse leading to suicide in “Victoria.” Like any good punk band, Bad Cop/Bad Cop is a well-oiled touring machine, so expect a clean performance from the Bay Area quartet. With Go Betty Go, The Venomous Pinks, Glam Skanks. February 8, 8 p.m., $11, Beauty Bar.

Lights This Canadian musician, born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, is the indisputable pop star of the MySpace generation. She grew an organic fanbase by recording tuneful electro-pop and releasing it on the platform in the early 2000s, which led her to compose music for the television show Instant Star. She then harnessed that momentum to sign with Toronto label Underground Operations. Ten years

later, Lights is a global pop star with a Canadian platinum-certified album (2009’s The Listening), three gold singles (“Drive My Soul,” “Savior” and “Up We Go) and several national and world tours under her belt. Lights’ latest, 2017’s Skin & Earth, is a concept album (with a supplemental comic book) that sees her narrating a fantasy via her alter ego, Enaia Jin. See if she can execute her ambitious vision live. With Chase Atlantic, DCF. February 9, 8 p.m., $21, Vinyl.

Jonah Matranga For nearly 30 years, this Brookline, Massachusetts-bred creative has harnessed his prowess for an impressive number of endeavors. Matranga served as the singer and guitarist of ’90s emo band Far. When it disbanded in 1999, he went on a creative kick by writing music and touring relentlessly with New End Original, and on his own. Mantranga’s knack for fusing emotional lyrics with heavy, driving melodies is manifested through a variety of mediums—poems, short stories, homemade recordings and full-band LPs. He’s spending Valentine’s Day in Vegas, so look no further if you want a tug on those heartstrings. February 14, 8 p.m., $10, Bunkhouse Saloon.

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Nashville skyline Three reasons to check out Mark Huff’s February 9 homecoming He’s a local legend. In a city electronic flair in “God in Geoglong known for its indifference raphy” and a ruminant cover of toward singer-songwriters, Mark Leonard Cohen’s “Almost Like the Huff valiantly—and successfully— Blues.” And he’ll give the very first fought against the Vegas status live, full-band treatment to these quo for years, transitioning from tuneful gems in his hometown. his 1980s punk band Smart Bomb to playing melodic, folk- and bluesHe’ll be flanked by local musibased rock in venues all over town, cians. A big impetus for Friday’s including the Joint and show is drummer Rob Primm’s Star of the Desert Whited, with whom Huff Mark Huff Arena (where he supporthas played in Nashville. with Jack ed Bob Dylan and Willie Huff originally had no Johnson, Nelson, respectively). In plans to perform during O Wildly. Feb2003, he became one of ruary 9, 9 p.m., this brief Vegas visit— the first Vegas musicians much less with a band— $8-$10. Bunkto move to Nashville, but within hours, Whited house Saloon, where he sought the cahad not only coaxed the 702-982-1764. maraderie and inspiration singer-songwriter to play of like-minded musicians. a local gig, but gathered a crack band that includes Vegas gets to hear his new himself, guitarist Carlos Guerrero, album first. Nowhere in Huff’s bassist Nigel Ledgerwood and discography has his artistic vision keyboardist Toby Ashmore. And if sounded more fully realized than that wasn’t enough local support, on Stars for Eyes, due out on the show will be bookended by March 23. With a six-man band performances from fellow Vegasand five backing vocalists, Huff to-Nashville troubadour Jack goes big across the Americana Johnson and Vegas indie quartet spectrum, with flashes of retro O Wildly. –Mike Prevatt

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Hearts and Bass Valentine’s Day will rumble again with RVLTN’s XO Returns party

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By Deanna Rilling ast year’s bass-themed Valentine’s Day party XO was so successful, it’s coming back this year. RVLTN’s XO Returns will celebrate the big holiday four days From left: Chris Kelley, Joe Borusiewicz and Marcel Correa of RVLTN Events. early on February 10, with touring DJs GTA, (Steve Marcus/Staff) Joyryde, Bleep Bloop and Graves and local support acts RR x AR, Evan Durant and JDHD. “XO has been one of our most popular brands,” says Joe Borusiewicz, the director of brought heavyweights like Skrillex and Borgore business development for RVLTN. “We had to town long before they headlined megaclubs. Zeds Dead, TroyBoi, Hucci and a bunch of bass“I had just gotten done with Frequency oriented folks on the [2017] lineup. Events at Body English and was lookXO Returns ing for something new to get into, so it This year, we’re just trying to improve with GTA, upon it. Sales are already on track to worked out really well that [Marcel CorJoyryde, Bleep Bloop, Graves surpass what we did last year, so we rea and Chris Kelley of RVLTN and I] all February 10, made some big upgrades, just kind of linked up together,” Borusiewicz says. 8 p.m., $20based on what the feedback was and RVLTN’s introduction to the World $70. World Market Center what we hear all year round from doing Market Center Pavilions itself was a hapPavilions, the shows at different venues.” py accident. Correa drove past it one day, RVLTNevents. Borusiewicz is a local bass music vetsaw a potential for live shows and sugcom. eran with nearly 20 years of experience gested it to Borusiewicz. “We just kind both throwing parties and performing of cold-called them out of the blue one as a DJ named Stasis. He has come a day and just said, ‘Hey, do you guys mind long way from holding events at tiny karaoke if we do some shows over there?’” Borusiewicz bars near Chinatown, when his keen ear says. “We really vibed with the team. They’ve

been awesome with us so far, and they’ve had our back on just about everything.” Borusiewicz is happy to parlay his love of bass and other electronic music into booking talent for a younger Las Vegas crowd, including headliner GTA, fresh off a residency at Hakkasan. Also, “Joyryde played for us first on [our] three-year anniversary show ... and he’s really blown up since then, so we’re stoked for his set,” Borusiewicz says. Nonetheless, it’s another XO participant the promoter is most excited about. “Bleep Bloop is one of my favorite producers right now. His mixtape hasn’t left my car in months, and his style is just so all over the place—it’s not like anything else that’s out there—so that’s the set that I’m, personally, the most hyped for.”

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MINTY FRESH The Red Label Bar gets recast as the throwback Mint Tavern

The Mint Tavern. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

You can’t miss it. The vintage neon sign with a sparkling star dotting the “I” and a brand-new, matching teal paint job draws attention to the refurbished Mint Tavern on Sahara Avenue, just west of the Strip. It stands out so much that it’s a bit of surprise—though not as surprising as new owners Jonathan Fine and Todd Worz’s discovery that the Mint name was available. The Mint was a Downtown Vegas hotel and casino, opened in 1957 on Fremont Street next door to where Binion’s is today. It was the original sponsor of the Mint 400 off-road race, the sporting event made famous as the assignment that brought Hunter S. Thompson to Las Vegas and resulted in his writing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the THE MINT American Dream. AccordTAVERN 332 W. Sahara ingly, there’s a typewriter Ave., 702-776sitting quietly in the 3313. 24/7. corner of the Mint Tavern with the first few words of Thompson’s masterpiece imprinted on the page set in the reels. If you wanted to instill a bit of Vegas lore into your bar, you couldn’t do much better than that. That was the goal for Fine and Worz when they snagged the decades-old Red Label Bar and began creating a new classic Vegas lounge just a few doors down from the Golden Steer Steakhouse. The new signage goes a long way, but the interior design keeps the vintage vibes going with simple, clean décor. Classic cocktails and throwback rock and R&B contribute to the mood, and Swing Dance Vegas will take over the adjacent lounge Friday nights. The old-school approach has all but disappeared from the Strip, but there’s at least one new spot that’s more than willing to take you back. –Brock Radke

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Esports Arena could usher in a new form of Vegas entertainment By Brock Radke

n March 22, the Luxor will open Esports Arena Las Vegas in the space formerly occupied by LAX Nightclub. To the average Vegas visitor or casual observer, this seems like another casino entertainment experiment aimed at bringing in younger customers. But if you’re acquainted with the rapid growth and seeming unlimited potential of the esports industry, this new Vegas venue is arriving right on time. “Last week on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell made a Twitch joke,” Christopher LaPorte says. “I’m sure it went over everyone’s head, but Twitch is a live-streaming video platform that made [millions] in revenue last year from kids and young adults watching other people play video games. Gaming is the second mostpopular content category on YouTube. The market is there; you just have to get past the stereotypes of what gamers are and what esports is. It’s like poker. Is poker a sport? It’s on ESPN.”

Game CHAN LaPorte owned and operated pioneering Downtown bar Insert Coin(s)— a nightlife venue that combined video games, music and drinks in a unique way—from 2011 to 2015. Locals and tourists gathered there to party and occasionally compete in tournaments, which is the essential core of esports, now a phenomenon that includes major competitions around the world, massively popular live-streaming of such events across platforms like Twitch and esports-oriented venues of various sizes like the Commissary Bar & Game Lounge at Downtown Grand or the coming Luxor arena. LaPorte, who’s working to create a new version of his video game bar at a different Downtown site, says the timing of the Luxor arena “is awesome,” noting that MGM Resorts International is joining other brands like Bud Light, the NFL and Disney with a

heavy investment in esports. “There are arenas like this popping up everywhere, and at the end of the day, people want to do this,” he says. “Vegas is an amazing opportunity for this to get validated.” The Luxor arena isn’t just the first dedicated esports arena on the Strip. It’s planned as the flagship venue for Allied Esports, a joint venture by several international entertainment companies that operates or is building similar arenas in Orange County, Oakland and China. The multi-level facility will offer a competition stage, LED video wall, telescopic seating, daily gaming stations and state-of-the-art streaming and television-quality production studios. Of course, there will be drinks and food, too, including a gaming-inspired menu created by renowned chef José Andrés. “Las Vegas is such a great destination for

esports, because it already ignites this passion in people all around the globe, and that’s really important to us,” Allied Esports CEO Jud Hannigan says. “There are very few places that everybody wants to travel to, and Las Vegas is one of them. Las Vegas is key to our offerings because it makes us exciting to a broader fanbase. It’s a city that’s constantly reinventing itself, and people are starting to see us as a part of the next version of what Las Vegas is.” Luxor President and COO Nik Rytterstrom says research into the esports scene leading up to the arena announcement provided a few surprises, but the more he learns, the more he’s sure it will be a successful endeavor. “I certainly didn’t realize just how big it is. I’ve been able to attend a couple different events and spend some time in Santa Ana [California], where they have their arena, and I’ve seen the

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energy,” he says. “The demographic is broader than I expected, too. A lot of esports fans are in their late 20s, 30s and 40s.” Rytterstrom and his team originally explored smaller spaces at the south Strip property for an esports venue. But once MGM executives realized the Allied Esports team had a bigger vision, the conversation turned to the nightclub space. LAX was the only MGM nightclub in Las Vegas being operated by the company itself. A week after the arena arrives, the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center, featuring a keynote panel discussion entitled “The Bar of Tomorrow: E-Sports, Streaming & Innovation.” Panelists will include JT Gleason, director of integration success and developer success with Twitch, and Nick Foth-

eringham, owner of Downtown nightclub the Nerd. In Vegas terms, there might not be a huge difference between a nightclub and an esports facility. Both are geared toward a younger demographic, and both strive to create a multidimensional, immersive experience on a grand scale. The Luxor project could be one of several conversions of a traditional nightlife venue into this new, video game-based environment. “I think it’s absolutely going to be a trend in Las Vegas,” Allied’s Hannigan says. “Someone said to me not too long ago that we’re the first to do this on the Strip, and if it does well, we’ll see others at other properties. With the production element going into what we’re building and the capabilities this facility will have, I think it will set the bar pretty high.”

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MOTHER OF HORRORS Local filmmaker Brandon Christensen explores the terror of parenthood in Still/Born By Josh Bell hen it came time for Las Vegas filmmaker Brandon Christensen to direct his first feature film, the horror movie Still/Born, the Canadian native headed to his hometown of Calgary, which offered several important resources: a generous tax incentive, a large house (belonging to his parents) in which to shoot, and a newborn baby (belonging to his brother and sister-in-law) to star as the possible target of a demonic presence. Luckily, Christensen’s family members were remarkably understanding about a film production taking over their house (“With a week’s notice, they pretty much just moved out”) and their child (“They were cool with us trying to get the baby to cry by any means possible, so that was good”). Still/Born stars Christie Burke as Mary, a first-time mother dealing with grief and joy at the same time: Pregnant with twins, she gave birth to one live baby and one stillborn. Often alone

with the baby in the large, isolated house she diagnoses for Mary. “Some of the things that shares with her frequently traveling husband, she some of these women go through are just insane,” becomes convinced that an evil entity is out to Christensen says. “I think the movie brings some steal her living child. Is she really being targeted level of awareness to some of the dangers.” by a supernatural force, or is she suffering Since premiering at the horror-focused STILL/ from mental illness brought on by her Overlook Film Festival in Oregon last BORN trauma? April, Still/Born has racked up acclaim Christie The initial idea came to Christensen and awards on the festival circuit (includBurke, Jesse Moss, and co-writer/producer Colin Minihan out ing at the Las Vegas Film Festival and the Rebecca of necessity. “It just spawned from an atSin City Horror Fest), and is set for release Olson. tempt to find a small story that you could in 10 theaters (albeit not in Las Vegas) and Directed by Brandon tell with a low budget, with a small cast,” on VOD on February 9, with a DVD release Christensen. Christensen explains. But once they had to follow on March 20. Christensen, a Rated R. the story in mind, they looked to personal Vegas resident for nearly a decade, plans Available February 9 experience (Christensen is a father of to remain in town, and is working on a on VOD. two) to make the movie resonate. “There’s new horror script with his wife, as well a lot of things that you can draw from the as another project together. “My wife experience of just those quiet nights alone recently got pregnant,” he reveals, “and with your kid,” Christensen says. He and Minihan that’s making me start to wonder if we need to do also researched postpartum depression and postanother Still/Born, just because we’ll have a free partum psychosis, both of which are potential baby again.”

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Illuminated nostalgia the Neon Museum’s Brilliant! makes Classic signs shine again By C. Moon Reed ou know the Cinderella story: With the flick of a wand, a beautiful woman in a shabby dress gets transformed into a glimmering vision. This metaphor describes the sheer magic behind the new attraction at the Neon Museum. Brilliant! is a “360-degree audiovisual immersion experience” that applies the fairy-tale treatment to a collection of old, broken-down neon signs. The result is a 30-minute show that will melt the cold, hardened heart of even the most devoted Vegas cynic. The biggest paradox about the Neon Museum is that so many of its signs don’t light up. The collection is extensive, but restoration is prohibitively tricky and expensive. Leave it to a tourist to create a solution. Digital artist and experiential designer Craig Winslow, 29, had never been to Las Vegas when he was chosen as one of Adobe’s 2016-17 Creative Residents. Using his newfound freedom, the Portland, Oregon, resident took a road trip through the

Southwest and convinced the Neon Museum to let Luck twinkles and dances in red. Later, the Terrible him apply his unique style of art—projection mapHerbst cowboy wakes up to Ennio Morricone’s “The ping light onto “ghost signs”—to a back corner of Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Video of Liberace their boneyard for a one-night experiment. appears on a white grand piano for his rendiThe ephemeral piece was such a success, it Brilliant tion of “Strangers in the Night.” That same Wednesday- piano turns red, and the cowboy dons dayglo soon grew into this permanent exhibit. Monday, So how exactly does it work? Winslow sunglasses during Elton John’s “The Bitch Is hourly from uses photos, video and “3D photogram6-9 p.m., Back.” The show drops us off at our era with $15-$23. metry” to create a digital model of each Panic! At the Disco’s “Vegas Lights.” The Neon sign—down to the individual light bulbs—in The signs form a circle, with viewers in Museum, the North gallery. Then he used software to 702-387the center, glancing this way and that, fol6366. animate the “lights.” YESCO sign company lowing the action like a reverse three-ring built two air-conditioned towers that house circus. The juxtapositions of signs that eight projectors, which splash 80,000 never appeared together in real life create an lumens of life back into the old signs. In short, elevated experience. It feels like the first time you magic. saw the Strip in real life, that giddy excitement. But the signs don’t just light up again. They take During the show, guests aren’t allowed to record the visitor on a journey through the history and or take pictures (although there’s a brief time afmythology of Las Vegas. Nearly 20 songs provide terward for camera indulging). That’s for the best, the tracklist for this expert piece of time travel. since photos and videos can’t do it justice. It’s like The show begins with Frank Sinatra’s “Luck Be a trying to snap a sunset. The view is sublime, and it Lady,” as the giant sign for the now-defunct Lady can only be captured by memory.

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The Neon Museum’s Brilliant! new look. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

Built considers the constructed landscape of Las Vegas

RED ROOM REMIX One Arts Factory door closes, but another is opening Like a blanket of sunshine on a chilly day, Jana’s RedRoom owner Jana Lynch is the epitome warmth and hospitality. Everyone is lovingly referred to as “honey,” and she boasts about the artists in her gallery like a proud mom at a soccer tournament. So when Lynch pressed send on an email last week, announcing that she would be moving to New Mexico and that her gallery would be entering a new chapter without her, she felt mixed emotions. “At first I was just shocked,” Lynch wrote in her statement, but that shock soon turned to excitement. Her husband had received a job offer in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and she had a feeling a concept like Jana’s RedRoom was needed there, too.

“I’m so looking forward to see what we build there,” Lynch said over the phone on Sunday. The Las Vegas gallery will become Mix It Up, with new owners Cindy Dean and Jennifer Dougherty Gabaldon overseeing operations. Artists have come and gone since Lynch opened Jana’s RedRoom in 2012, using the space as a launch pad before spreading their wings and moving on to larger galleries. That’s the way Lynch always envisioned it. Since returning to art school, she knew that amateur artists needed an affordable place to build their confidence and show their work. And while she waxes fondly about the artists who have left the nest—“there are so many of them, I just can’t list ’em,”—Lynch won’t take credit for their successes. “I know the most talented people in the world,” she said, holding back tears. “I’ve never dictated how an artist should create, I just told ’em, ‘Keep going.’ I just simply loved them.” –Leslie Ventura

A swimming pool fenced against an expanse of empty desert; an aerial view of seemingly infinite suburbia; a flooded wash; black ribbons of highway on-ramps. This is the Las Vegas—both mundane and exquisite, yet always monumental in its mastery of hostile land—local photographer Aaron Mayes is recording for posterity. Built: A Photographic Survey of the Built Environment of the Las Vegas Valley marks the halfway point of the fiveyear Building Las Vegas project. By introducing the work to the public now, Mayes hopes viewers will suggest spots that should be photographed. “My job is not to tell people what’s good or bad,” says Mayes, the visual materials curator for UNLV’s special collections and archives. “My job is to show everything as it is— warts and all.” The hope is that Las Vegans 100 or 300 years from now will learn from our city’s architectural and urban planning triumphs, as well as our mistakes. “My favorite photo is the one I’m going to take next,” says Mayes. He looks forward to documenting the building of the Raiders stadium and other new construction. Mayes includes cars whenever possible, because they act as a “time stamp” to our era. He calls Ascaya, the terraced mountain development in Henderson, the “reverse Machu Picchu,” because the mountain was carved into lots and then left empty, waiting for economic recovery. “It’s just moved earth and asphalt. Four hundred years from now, if nothing is built there, it will look exactly the same.” –C. Moon Reed

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A SMASHING GOOD TIME WRECK ROOM TURNS BREAKING JUNK INTO A FUN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY BY MIKE PREVATT t’s our childhood dream come true: We’ve been given full reign to completely trash the room we’re occupying. But even with weapons in hand, the three of us just look at one another, hesitant. After a minute or so, Ryan raises his golf club and starts whacking at an old printer, its exterior pieces going in every direction. Rei takes aim at some beer bottles in the corner. And I finally reach for an empty bottle of Fireball Whiskey—which I despise—assume the slugger’s stance and bash it into hundreds of pieces. It feels good. “You were a little slow to start, but most people are because it’s so different,” Wreck Room owner Corey Holtam evaluates 30 minutes later. “By the end, you guys were going crazy smashing things to pieces.” It’s grand opening day at Wreck Room, which rents out so-called smash rooms where one or more adults can partake in destruction therapy, a 15-year-old Spanish invention meant to bring

about stress relief in a controlled and supervised environment. While its psychological value remains uncomfirmed, its entrepreneurial appeal is obvious, falling in line with escape rooms, axthrowing and other unconventional activities. It certainly called to Holtam, a former construction worker who witnessed a video from a smash room elsewhere in the country on his Facebook feed. “I was like, wow, they don’t have one in Vegas; that’s crazy. So I made one.” Patrons at Wreck Room can choose between various 30-minute packages, ranging from a single-person, 20-item option at $35 to the Road Rage package, which allows buyers to annihilate a car for $1,000. After signing a waiver and going over some rules, the group dons head-to-toe protective garb, picks its bashing tools—there are crowbars, bowling pins, hockey sticks and even frying pans—and enters an aluminum-covered room full of breakables, which Holtam has scored

from people he knows. Back in our rage cage, Ryan manages to hammer his printer into hundreds of pieces. Rei starts taking beer bottles and breaking them on the edge of the center table, like he’s in a movie bar brawl. Ryan then dismantles a chair; I take a hearty swing at a lamp base and send its shade flying. Soon, we’re pitching bottles to one another, each batter aiming for imaginary bleachers. After 20 minutes, our room is absolutely covered in broken glass, porcelain and office machinery, which the Wreck Room staff will later sweep up and divide into recyclables and trash. It all goes by too quickly, but time—and shrapnel—flies when you’re having that much fun. Our session ends in sweat, laughs, Instagram snaps and an odd sense of release. Wreck Vegas is a potential hit, so to speak, that certainly fits in with the wild assortment of experiences on offer throughout the Valley.

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A lifelong pizzaiolo who spent years in fine dining on the Strip before helping open Fremont East’s flavorful Evel Pie, Vincent Rotolo has found his dream gig. It’s Good Pie, the tiny new pizza shop opening at Pawn Plaza on February 9, which just happens to be National Pizza Day. Rotolo will serve four pizza styles, but the focus will be on the Grandma Pie, a super-specific slice hard to find beyond certain neighborhoods in New York City. ¶ “It’s a perfect square, not rectangular like a Sicilian, and it’s a thin and crispy, almost like a Chicago cracker-thin,” Rotolo says. “The origins come from the ’30s and ’40s in the Italian neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, when mothers and grandmothers would go buy this dough to keep on hand for when kids needed something quick and easy that would make them happy. Then in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the pizzerias there started selling this style. There are generations of kids that grew up on that. It’s kind of the unsung hero of pizza for me.” ¶ As Rotolo serves up the pizza that recaptures the flavors and feelings of his youth, he’s hoping to connect on a deeper level with the community he now calls home: Downtown Las Vegas. “This is my neighborhood. It’s a three-minute walk from home to the business. It feels special. It feels like home.” –Brock Radke For more with Vincent Rotolo, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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Vincent Rotolo delivers the goods. (Miranda Alam/Special to Weekly)

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CHINATOWN’S HASHI SPECIALIZES IN CHICKEN RAMEN BY JIM BEGLEY t was the seared swine that did it. I became infatuated with Chinatown’s Ramen Hashi the first time I walked into the sparsely decorated Spring Mountain warehouse space. One could argue the aroma of torched chashu—braised pork belly found as a typical accoutrement to ramen—is pretty much the only adornment the space needs. That alone is worth the price of admission. But there’s so much more to Hashi, which actually specializes in chicken ramen, a dish not nearly as prevalent around the Valley as the porkbased tonkotsu. In fact, the menu centers around a trio of chicken ramen variants: shio, shoyu and tori paitan. (And yes, I know there’s a chashu rice bowl. I haven’t tried it, because doing so would break one of my cardinal dining rules: If there’s a dish in a restaurant’s name, order it. It’s not called Chashu Bowl Hashi.) Shio and shoyu are broth-based—with salt and soy sauce infusions, respectively—with the latter referred to as white broth due to its cloudiness. In reality, it’s a complex, hearty concoction that derives its robust flavor from chicken fat and marrow during a 12-hour preparation. The time put into the soup is apparent. The tori paitan ($10) is my favorite, a hauntingly good dish. All the chicken options are served with the aforementioned, chopsticktender chashu, bright orange-yolked tamago, bamboo shoots and green onions. I like adding black sesame oil and nori to my tori paitan for $1 each, and while I also have ordered extra chashu ($3) on occasion, it’s not really necessary. Like the rest of the ramen components, Hashi’s thin noodles are also made in-house. Cooked for a minute-fifteen flat, they consistently achieve the subtle balance of chewiness and firmness, sturdy enough to weather the hot broth yet tender enough for easy eating. Like everything else in the dish, they’re spot-on. The space only has 18 bar seats overlooking the kitchen, so be prepared for a wait around mealtimes as the masses catch onto what’s going on at Hashi.

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Domestic violence is defined as “a crime involving the use of power, coercion and violence to control another,” according to the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. Forms of domestic abuse include: physical violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, financial abuse and stalking.

Safe Nest program gets to the root of the problem by teaching abusers responsibility in hopes of stopping the pattern of behavior

By Camalot Todd Women are more likely than men to be the victims of violent crimes committed by intimate partners, and they’re more likely to be victimized at home than in any other place. In addition, Nevada consistently has one of the highest homicide rates of female victims murdered by males— the state ranked third in the nation, according to 2016 Violence Policy Center report. Enter Safe Nest’s Battery Rehab Program, which aims to address the root causes of domestic violence by targeting batterer behavior. Group treatment educates abusers and

teaches them to take responsibility for their actions. Safe Nest offers the roughly 90-minute group sessions in Las Vegas, Mesquite and Boulder City. “Treatment is generally men, but we do also run women’s groups,” said Liz Ortenburger, CEO of Safe Nest. “They’re groups that get together either 26 times or 52 times to go through a curriculum that really dives into battery and domestic violence at its roots and works to help batterers try and understand their behavior, take ownership of their actions and create meaningful change in their lives, so the cycle of domestic violence can end.”

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Compared with a man, a woman is far more likely to be killed by her spouse, an intimate acquaintance or a family member than by a stranger. Thirteen times as many females were murdered by a male they knew, and of victims who knew their offenders, 63 percent were wives, common-law wives, ex-wives or girlfriends to their perpetrator, according to a 2016 Violence Policy Center report.

Las Vegas has had treatment programs for more than 20 years after domestic violence became a point of emphasis for law enforcement in the 1990s. “Judges recognized that they needed an outlet beyond incarceration to be able to deal with the onslaught of domestic violence cases,” Ortenburger said. “So, battery treatment was formed, and we [Safe Nest] have been a part of it from the very beginning.” There are three main pathways into Safe Nest’s program: court referral, a batterer entering the program by his or her

own volition, and a victim referring his or her partner. “For a part of the domestic violence population we serve, they’re deeply in love with the person who is causing them harm,” Ortenburger said. “They’re looking for resources and solutions to help that person not be their batterer. For a lot of victims who use this method to try to help, this is the last straw. It’s like: ‘You’re going to take this class and we’re going to either heal this relationship or it’s going to be over.’ That’s the spectrum that we see.” It takes a victim approxi-

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Domestic violence victims who received supportive services from Safe Nest in FY2017

mately seven times to leave an abusive relationship—often violence escalates each time the victim leaves, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Safe Nest serves about 1,000 batterers a year. Ortenburger estimates that in the past 20 years, the nonprofit served 20,000-30,000 batterers who came through the program. “Our mission is to be a leading advocate in ending domestic violence. Domestic violence doesn’t start with the victim; it starts with the batterer,” she said. “What we were seeing in the trends 20-plus years ago when we started the program was not serial victims, but serial batterers. We would see multiple victims from the same batterer. We realized if we were truly committed to ending the cycle of domestic violence, we needed to focus on prevention, which we do, but we need to focus on the batterers because they are the ones causing the violence.” The success rate of the program is unknown for several reasons, including the transiency of the Las Vegas community, but Ortenburger’s counselors tell her they see a change in behavior about halfway through the program. “Their estimation is that we get through to 50-60 percent of the people in the program,” she said. “But I’ll be honest with you, for another 40 percent it’s unclear whether or not they’re taking it seriously. It’s a very difficult population to serve.” The biggest indicator of success is whether the batterer takes responsibility for his or her actions. “Nobody made you hit them, nobody made you act that way. Nobody made you be financial abusive, emotionally abusive, spiritually abusive,” Ortenburger said. “You’re choosing that, and taking responsibility for your triggers that get you to that place ... only then we can see some success.”

n Abuse is about power and control Batterers believe their needs are more important than those around them and are willing to use methods of power and control to have their needs met. “Anytime a batterer is generally put in a position where they don’t feel like they have power and control, or their needs aren’t being met, the violence will escalate,” Ortenburger said.

n Why is abuse prevalent in Nevada? Ortenburger said Nevada and Las Vegas rank high for domestic violence incidents because of the combination of transiency and the isolation of the population in rural areas.

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Program removes lead, pests and mold from qualifying homes By Leslie Ventura With the help of UNLV and the City of Las Vegas, residents living in older parts of the city can apply for the free removal of lead-based paint and other health hazards such as mold and pests. The initiative, called the Las Vegas Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes program, was made possible by a $1.8 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant. The partnership between UNLV’s School of Community Health Sciences and the city focuses on reducing incidences of childhood lead poisoning while prioritizing high-risk populations like minorities and lowincome residents. Because older dwellings have a higher probability of carrying hazards like lead-based paint, the Healthy Homes

program targets ZIP codes that include the city’s oldest residences. Las Vegas renters and homeowners who live in a home built before 1978, are expecting a child or have at least one child five years or younger and meet HUD income guidelines may qualify for the free program. Starting in 2011, UNLV students and faculty repaired more than 90 homes throughout Henderson with the assistance of a previous Healthy Homes grant. Beginning this spring, the Las Vegas and UNLV expect to treat 85 or more homes over three years and provide outreach to 2,500 families. For more information, call 702-229-5935 or email emking@lasvegasnevada.gov.

Every Friday, free showers and haircuts for the homeless By Leslie Ventura The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada is offering free showers to the public one day a week to assist homeless communities in need of hygiene services. In partnership with Green Our Planet and the Clean the World foundation, the Center launched the recurring Friday service on December 28. Center executive director André Wade said the program took off at the end of January. When the staff at the Center first heard of Clean the World’s mobile hygiene unit, Wade said they were immediately interested, as the population surrounding the center often experiences homelessness and a lack of access to proper hygiene facilities. “As a community center that has a mission to support low-income residents, we thought

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Nevada might be home to largest solar project in U.S. By Mick Akers Switch plans to build the nation’s largest solar project portfolio in Nevada, the technology infrastructure company based out of Las Vegas announced recently. In a partnership with Capital Dynamics, the second-largest owner of solar projects in the U.S., the Gigawatt 1 solar project will be built in Southern and Northern Nevada. The project will generate some of the lowest-priced solar power in the world and produce enough clean energy to power almost 1 million homes. The project is part of Switch owner and CEO Rob Roy’s Gigawatt Nevada plan, which he introduced in 2015. Among the company’s goals is to power its data centers with 100 percent renewable energy. “The foundation of Gigawatt Nevada is that Nevada should harness the sun the same way Alaska harnesses its oil to significantly benefit all Neva-

dans,” Roy said. “Nevada enjoys the best solar window in the nation, and so we Nevadans should not only be using solar for ourselves but exporting it throughout the western U.S. to create new jobs, tax revenue, economic diversification, and raise energy independence.” Gigawatt 1 anchor tenants will include Switch and several Switch CORE clients that partner with Switch for their data center and telecommunication needs. Some Switch clients include Amazon Web Services, eBay, Marvel, MGM and recently announced Hulu, which is moving its data center to a 100 percent renewable energy facility in Las Vegas. “This is the kind of opportunity that only very rarely presents itself,” said Benoit Allehaut, director at Capital Dynamics, which will own and develop assets tied to Gigawatt 1. “After hearing Rob Roy’s vision to build gigawatts of solar in Nevada, this was an opportunity we

couldn’t pass,” he said. “We see a natural partnership to transform not just Nevada but the entire western electric grid. Switch is the leader in cooperative purchasing of telecom capacity and can take a similar leadership role in purchasing and distributing green energy.” The project, slated to create 1,250 construction jobs, will be built with American-made solar panels and will utilize Nevada labor. Switch and Capital Dynamics will negotiate with their engineering, procurement and construction contractors and with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 357 and Laborers Union Local 872 on contract terms to construct Gigawatt 1. The announcement comes on the heels of Switch Stations 1 and 2 going live at North Las Vegas’ Apex Industrial Park in December. The combined plants generate 179 megawatts from the 1.98 million solar panels over the 1,979-acre project. Greenpeace, which awarded Switch all A grades in its Clicking Clean Report, praised the company for its clean energy initiatives. “Gigawatt 1 shows that when Switch and other leading companies don’t take ‘no’ for an answer, they can work together and kick open the door to largescale sources of renewable energy that are better for the planet and better for the economy in Nevada,” said Gary Cook, senior IT sector analyst and energy campaigner at Greenpeace.

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SOUTH KOREA LAS VEGAN EVAN WEINSTOCK TRAVELS FROM THE FIELDS OF DEL SOL TO THE ICE OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS BY RAY BREWER

van Weinstock was raised in warmweather Las Vegas. He remembers seeing snow, but only after driving 45 minutes to Mount Charleston. “We’d spend about three hours there, sled around and go back down the mountain,” he says. Little did Weinstock know his future would include sled rides in the Winter Olympics. He’ll be part of the U.S. bobsled team this month in South Korea, where despite being relatively new to the sport, he’ll be among 12 American participants for the two-man and four-man events. The 26-year-old, who excelled at Del Sol High School in football and captured four Ivy League track titles at Brown University (three in the decathlon, one in the heptathlon), began bobsledding three years ago. He attended a tryout camp in Northern California and was pegged for the national team’s developmental program. The quickness he developed in track and

the strength from football translated well, and Weinstock quickly earned a spot as one of the bobsledding team’s top pushers. The ideal pusher is lean, powerful and fast—just like the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Las Vegan. He’s believed to be Southern Nevada’s first Winter Olympian. “When he puts his mind to something, he does it,” says Preston Goroff, his former football coach at Del Sol. Weinstock always envisioned himself as an Olympian—just not part of the winter games, which begin Friday, February 9 (the bobsled events are scheduled for February 18-25). He originally hoped to reach the Olympic Trials as a decathlete. While training at Stanford in 2015, he came across the bobsledding combine and gave the winter sport a try. “I held my own. There’s a crossover between track and field and the bobsled team,” he says. “Next thing you know, they are teaching me how to push

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a sled, and I’m training with the team.” Slowly but surely, he became familiar with the sport. Some days, it wasn’t easy. The sled in one race toppled over on the third turn of a 20-turn course. Weinstock and his teammates slid down the rest of the way going about 85 mph on their heads. “Sometimes you tip over,” he says. “It’s not a pleasant part of the sport, but it happens. It’s a violent and rough event. It only lasts one minute, but after, you feel like you just finished a full-length football game.” Weinstock has traveled the globe with the national team for events, including competing on the Olympic course in Pyeongchang last March during the World Cup. The two-man team

finished sixth; the four-man team placed 15th. He has also been to Austria, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. “This is something everyone dreams of,” he says. Most of Weinstock’s life has revolved around preparing for an athletic event, be it a football game at Del Sol (where he made it to the state championship game) or a track meet at Brown (where he established the school record in the decathlon). Those experiences helped prepare him for Korea—physically and mentally. “I’m sure everyone will find it hard to maintain their emotions [at the Olympics],” he says. “But it really hasn’t happened to me before. The competition itself doesn’t change. It’s all about keeping balance.” That’s something Weinstock has been able to accomplish since his days at Del Sol. “Evan is determined, has a great work ethic and he’s really smart,” Goroff says. “Couple those things together, and the kid is going to be good at whatever he tries — even if it was curling.”

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Nigeria’s bobsled team is composed of former NCAA track athletes, who will mark the African nation’s first appearance in the Winter Games. Other nations making their debut: Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Room tax challenges could be a hit to Raiders stadium funds

claims that hotels along the Strip charged a lodging tax, which included a tax on internet access. “It could have an impact down the road, but at this point we have no idea to what extent that might be,” said Brian Haynes, Stadium Authority spokesperson. “We have to list it, because it is a development that happened within the last quarter … and could have an effect on the revenues of this authority.” The properties named in the lawsuits include: Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts, Treasure Island, Tropicana and SLS Las Vegas, among others. More suits are possible, said local attorney Don Springmeyer, who is one of three lawyers representing the plaintiffs. Court documents state that “tens of millions of dollars in illegal and improper taxes on internet access in violation of the [Internet Tax Freedom Act], and, upon information and belief, retained 2 percent of the amount unlawfully collected.” The court document says more than 100 people are involved in the class and the amount exceeds $5 million, allowing them to file under the Class Action Fairness Act. The room tax also supports the Nevada Department of Transportation, state schools, state tourism and Clark County Transportation, among others. Springmeyer said it could be a couple of years before a ruling is made, because of many factors, such as whether each case will be heard by the same judge and motions to dismiss by casino companies.

for the issuance of stadium bonds.” he latest report from the Las Vegas Additionally, the report cautions that taxes on Stadium Authority indicates the internet-access fees collected by Strip properties Oct. 1 mass shooting could negativeis in flex because of multiple class-action lawsuits ly affect expected room-tax revenue against hotel operators. That, too, could cut into for the future home of the Raiders projections for the stadium. and UNLV football. The suit claims the taxes charged on the resort Room tax fees brought in $20.3 million for stafee is a violation of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, dium-related expenses from July to November for which states internet access cannot be taxed by fiscal year 2018, and were 0.4 percent below the states and their political subdivisions. The suit budget, according to the authority. But figures from October and November saw a bigger dip, according to the report. October’s room tax revenue was $4.6 million, which was 7.9 percent below projected totals. November’s preliminary numbers saw $3.3 million accumulated, and that was 9.8 percent under projected numbers. December’s figures weren’t included. It is unknown whether the trend will continue into 2018, the report indicates. “The answer is we do not know at this point,” said Jeremy Aguero, principal of Applied Analysis and the lead staff member for the stadium authority. “We are in the process of evaluating market conditions and other factors with the county and its financial advisers, as well as the Raiders and their financial advisers, in the normal An artist’s rendering depicts Raiders Stadium, which will be built west of Interstate-15 at Russell Road and Hacienda Avenue. (Courtesy) and expected course of preparing

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Elizabeth Sedeno is the program O’Rourke manager of HomeAid Southern Nevada, the official outreach partner of Southern Nevada Home Builders Association. The Urban Chamber of Commerce of Nevada elected a new executive board and new board members. Each of the board members will serve a two-year term. The executive board is Chairman Shaundell Newsome,

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UNLV secured $2.2 million to fund the Harry Reid Endowed Chair for the History of the Intermountain West. The chair is named for Reid, former U.S. Senate majority leader, to honor his interest in history and life of public service. The position is the first endowed chair in UNLV’s College of Liberal Arts.

Betsy Fretwell, senior vice president of Switch Cities, became the 50th member of the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance’s board of directors.

The League of American Bicyclists recognized Clark County with a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community award.

Jacquelyn Warn his the director of quality services at the Nevada Donor Network. Robin Farrell, accountant with Conant, Nelson & Conant, earned her CPA designation. Camp Bow Wow is open at 210 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas. The pet spa is owned and operated by Casey Gish. The Urban Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Green Tie Awards honored the following: n Community Champion: Eclipse Theaters n Corporation of the Year: City of Las Vegas n Excellence in Education: College of Southern Nevada n Small Business Excellence in Construction: Müller Construction n Small Business Excellence in Service: My Next Career Path n Distinguished Honorees: Nevada State Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford; Phyllis James, MGM Resorts International; Jerrie Merritt, board chair of the chamber; the Raiders organization.

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The Joint Commission recognized MountainView Hospital as a 2017 Pioneer in Quality for its contributions to electronic clinical quality-measure data for quality improvement in health care. The following law firms achieved “Tier 1” status on US News and World Report’s list of Best Law Firms. Tier status is determined through client and attorney evaluations and peer reviews, along with a formal submission process. n Allen Lichtenstein: First Amendment law n Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Sanders: personal injury litigation defense n Bailey Kennedy: appellate practice, commercial litigation, health care law, and real estate law n Ballard Spahr: bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/ insolvency and reorganization law, commercial litigation, copyright law, corporate law, environmental law, labor law-management, land use and zoning law, litigationantitrust, litigation-banking &

finance, litigation-bankruptcy, litigation-environmental, litigation-First Amendment, litigation-intellectual property, litigation-patent, litigationreal estate, patent law, public finance law, real estate law, securities/capital markets law, tax law, trademark law n Black & LoBello: commercial litigation n Fennemore Craig: litigationreal estate, mining law n Fisher Phillips: employment and labor law, labor and employment litigation n Littler: employment lawmanagement n Marquis Aurbach Coffing: arbitration, commercial litigation, First Amendment law, litigation (real estate) and real estate law n McDonald Carano: appellate practice, commercial litigation, energy law n Pisanelli Bice: commercial litigation, appellate practice, construction law, construction litigation, First Amendment litigation, and real estate litigation n Solomon, Dwiggins & Freer: estate and trust litigation Four lawyers for Bailey Kennedy were recognized by Best Lawyers in America: John Bailey, commercial litigation, health care law and litigationhealth care; Dennis Kennedy, appellate practice, bet-thecompany litigation, commercial litigation, ethics and professional responsibility law, health care law and real estate; Joshua Dickey, appellate practice; Mark Goldstein, real estate law. In addition, the firm was “highly recommended” by Benchmark Litigation, which also recognized Bailey for general commercial litigation; Kennedy for general commercial litigation and antitrust; Dickey for general commercial litigation; Joseph Liebman for product liability and Joshua Gilmore for complex commercial litigation (Future Star).

We are the leading professional commercial and industrial real estate association. Real estate professionals who have earned the SIOR designation are recognized by corporate real estate executives, commercial real estate brokers, agents, lenders, and other real estate professionals as the most capable and experienced brokerage practitioners in any market.

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Records & Transactions Bankruptcies Chapter 7 n Silver State Marble 206 Silado Court Henderson, NV 89074 Attorney: Michael Harker at notices@harkerlawfirm. com n Quality Plus Las Vegas 5115 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 302, Las Vegas, NV 89146 Attorney: Taylor Randolph at tr@randolphlawfirm. com n Decibels By Design 6220 Dodd St. Las Vegas, NV 89122 Decibels by Design Attorney: none listed Chapter 11 n USA Dawgs 4120 Windmill Lane Suite 106 Las Vegas, NV 89039 Attorney: Talitha Gray Kozlowski and Teresa Pilatowicz at tgray@gtg. legal and tpiliatowicz@ gtg.legal

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$3,840,000 for 3,960 square feet, retail 1331 W. Craig Road 3 p.m. North Las Vegas 89032 Artists to Paint Boxes in Landlord: BSWC ProperNortheast Valley Zap 10 ties, LLC — on East Cheyenne Landlord agent: Cathy Clark County, 604737 Jones, Roy Fritz, Jessica Royal Alexander at ralexCegavske and Jennifer and@clarkcountynv.gov Lehr of Sun Commercial $33,000,000 for 104,795 Real Estate square feet, office Feb. 13 Tenant: Mehran Alaghe6325 S. Rainbow Boule3 p.m. band vard, Las Vegas 89118 ARC For The Removal Landlord: WGH II Acquisi- Tenant agent: Craig Series of Deceased Animals and Aegis REI Group tions, LLC Clark County, 604730 Landlord agent: Cathy Ashley Peterson at Conventions ashley.blanco@clarkcoun- Jones, Roy Fritz, Jessica Cegavske and Jennifer National Grocers Assotynv.gov Lehr of Sun Commercial ciation (NGA) Show 2018 Real Estate The Mirage Hotel & Casino Feb. 16 Tenant: Did not disclose Feb. 11-14; 2,700 at2:15 p.m. Arona Road — Lake Mead Tenant agent: Did not tendees disclose Bouelvard to Alto Avenue Clark County, 604722 MAGIC Marketplace $9,500,000 Tom Boldt at tboldt@ Spring Show 2018 for 57 acres, land ClarkCountyNV.gov Las Vegas Convention Las Vegas Blvd. Center Mandalay Bay & Howdy Wells Road brokered Resort & Casino Las Vegas 89115 Feb. 12-14 transactions Landlord: Hollywood 83,000 attendees Sales Partners, BLA Partners, Tom Boldt at tboldt@ ClarkCountyNV.gov

$92,000,000 for 670,902 square feet, industrial 839 Pilot Road Las Vegas 89119 Landlord: Hughes Airport Realty Owner, LLC & Hughes Airport Pilot At

Bermuda, LLC Landlord agent: Kevin Higgins, SIOR; Garrett Toft, SIOR, and National Partners, CBRE Inc. Tenant: BKM Capital Partners Tenant agent: Did not disclose

Checkered Flag Partners and Victory Lap Partners Landlord agent: Vince Schettler, Collier’s International Tenant: Prologis, LP Tenant agent: Kevin Higgins, SIOR, CBRE Inc.

Nevada Psychiatric Association Psychopharmacology Update Conference Paris Las Vegas Feb. 14-17; 1,000 attendees

Minority/women-owned businesses Ranked by number of employees as of Sept. 1, 2017

Company and top local executive

Business type

LOCAL permanent employees

Percentage of minority ownership

Percentage of female ownership

CAT equipment dealership

760*

100

Cashman Equipment 3300 St. Rose Parkway Henderson, NV 89052 702-649-8777 cashmanequipment.com MaryKaye Cashman, chairman/CEO

Restaurant

610

100

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FRSCO Corp. 6960 S. Cimarron Road. Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-514-7554 • N/A Ron Smith, owner/operator

Multimedia company

350

Cashman Photo 3660 Cinder Lane Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-871-8300 cashmanphoto.com Karen Cashman, president

In-home senior care

325

Visiting Angels 1701 N. Green Valley Parkway Suite 9A Henderson, NV 89074 702-407-1100 visitingangels.com/vegas Jacqueline DiAsio administrator/co-owner

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