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WAS A LEGO SET PULLED BECAUSE OF THE ROUTE 91 SHOOTINGS? In November, it was rumored that Lego would soon add two new entries to its Architecture building kits series: one based on Shanghai’s skyline, the other on Las Vegas’. The box art for the Las Vegas set is online, and it looks legit, with a set number (21038) that conforms to other Architecture series entries. (Shanghai’s is 21039.) Yet Shanghai appeared on shelves in January, and Las Vegas didn’t. A call to Lego was met with a terse email statement: “We are unable to confirm details regarding potential future LEGO sets that have not been announced and cannot comment on rumors.” That rumor is online, too: Fans say Lego pulled the set because Mandalay Bay is one of the buildings represented in the model, along with the Luxor, Stratosphere and Wynn Las Vegas. If true, it’s a regrettable choice. Pretending Mandalay Bay doesn’t exist isn’t what we need to do; we need to confront the truths of the October 1 shootings and learn from them. Still, that may be too somber a message for a set that could find its way into kids’ hands— so if Lego decides to move ahead with a Mandalay-less Vegas set, we suggest adding one of two other architecturally dynamic MGM Resorts properties, Aria and Vdara. Or they could simply wait another year, leaving Mandalay Bay right where it is. The real one isn’t going anywhere. –Geoff Carter
On February 7, Las Vegas Lights FC unveiled its jersey design for home games. It has a secret smiley face inside, exposed when players pull the jersey over their heads. (Courtesy)
THE WEEK IN TRUMP TWEETS
LITERARY BELIEVER FESTIVAL RETURNS WRITING IN SUPPORT OF ANIMALS Since adopting two dogs from the New York animal shelter, Kevin MacKinnon wanted to do more to help Las Vegas pets find forever homes. So he came up with a synopsis for a children’s book, and You’re My Human was born. MacKinnon plans to self-publish his book and is currently running a crowdsourcing campaign to raise funds for publishing, illustration and advertising costs. “I know it will resonate with anyone who has ever rescued an animal,” MacKinnon said on his GoFundMe page. At press time, he had raised $2,590 of $5,000. Donations beyond $5,000 will go to the Nevada SPCA and the New York-based SocialTeesNYC. –Leslie Ventura gofundme.com/ youre-my-human-apuppys-journey
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SOCCER DEBUT Las Vegas Lights FC drew 10,387 fans for its first game at Cashman Field on February 10, a 2-0 loss to Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact.
Shortly after being bought by the Black Mountain Institute and moving its operations to Las Vegas last year, literary mag The Believer put on its first-ever festival, its free events staged (mostly) Downtown. The books-andmore weekender returns this year and will be staged at five Vegas locations April 13-14, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Announced participants include Tayari Jones, a BMI fellow whose recently published An American Marriage was selected for Oprah Winfrey’s book club (see Culture Page 26); Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity and About a Boy; Meg Wolitzer, whose 2003 book The Wife was adapted for the big screen last year; and satirist/former Daily Show contributor John Hodgman. On Sunday, BMI distributed an email that revealed 10 more names, including the Oscar-winning director/writer of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, and acclaimed writer/ journalist Mohsin Hamid. No further details—including public availability and cost of tickets—have been released (BMI didn’t respond to queries from the Weekly). –Mike Prevatt
2 GHOST OF WWII All flights in and out of London City Airport, popular with business travelers, were canceled February 12 after a 1,100-pound unexploded World War II-era bomb was found nearby in the River Thames.
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Escape the outside world: Turn your home into a sanctuary Small changes that can cause big health gains Lana Del Rey, Diplo, Black Panther, an Opium update & more Food: Hamptons, the new Flock and Milos’ Winemakers Table Environmentalists battle the military for land in Nevada’s desert A festival recognizes the African-American community Checking in with Bill Laimbeer, coach of Vegas’ WNBA Aces
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EVENTS TO FOLLOW AND NEWS YOU MISSED
A new arena just off the Strip will be a 360-foot-tall sphere with seating for more than 18,000 people for concerts, awards shows and other entertainment events, according to developers Madison Square Garden Co. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. The MSG Sphere Las Vegas will sit behind the Venetian and Palazzo. Construction is expected to start this year, and the venue could open by late 2020, officials said. –Mick Akers
VEGAS INC: CSN’s $80 million student union project
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3 MOVEMENT ON FONTAINEBLEAU The resort that has sat unfinished on the Strip since 2009 will be home to a JW Marriott called the Drew Las Vegas, it was announced February 12. It’s expected to open in 2020.
4 LAS VEGAS TREASURE LOST Marty Allen, the baby-faced, bug-eyed comedian with wild black hair who was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades, died February 12 at age 95.
5 BIBI’S BAD DAY Israeli police recommended February 13 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted in a pair of corruption cases. Netanyahu is alleged to have accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from a Hollywood mogul and offered to give preferential treatment to a newspaper publisher in exchange for favorable coverage.
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Protects works of art, like photographs, paintings, sculptures, motion pictures, songs, architectural drawings and so on. Since 1978, copyrights have been exclusively federal. A copyright automatically belongs to the author as soon as the work is “fixed in a tangible medium.” However, a copyright cannot be enforced in court until it is registered with the Library of Congress, a simple process that can be completed for a $45 fee.
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The Las Vegas Valley is full of creative thinkers and new ideas. Attorneys involved in protecting those ideas estimate that as many as 1 million new concepts for products and services hit the Las Vegas market annually, and thousands are eventually issued government-approved protection as “intellectual property.” ¶ Las Vegas attorney Clyde DeWitt spent the past four decades working to protect such intellectual property. He practiced in Chicago and LA before moving to the Valley to join Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese firm as of counsel. While more than 90 percent of intellectual property lawsuits are settled before they make it through the court Patent Protects a new invention, usually of a product, device, system, DeWitt has participated in several trials in or process. Patents are exclusively governed by federal his decades of representing clients. ¶ “Patents, law and must be registered with the United States Patent Office. After an inventor applies for a patent, trademarks and protecting intellectual property the office reviews the application and will either deny are becoming bigger and bigger,” DeWitt said. “In it or, after an opportunity for public comment, approve it. Patents give the inventor exclusive rights to the fact, some people and businesses are completely invention for 20 years. A patent application will be built around that.” ¶ To protect their new ideas denied if the office finds that the invention wasn’t new or wasn’t useful. and to avoid facing litigation, DeWitt suggested Las Vegans take one of four routes: For works created after 1978, copyrights last longer than a lifetime— 70 years after the owner’s death.
Patents issued to tech companies
IBM
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Samsung
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Microsoft
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Intel
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Apple
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Amazon
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Also known as a service mark, it protects a set of characters or a design that is used to distinguish the product or service of one company from those of all others. Trademarks are protected by both federal and state law. If you begin using a protectable trademark with respect to a product or service, you own the trademark. If you abandon the mark, you lose it. A trademark may not be valid if it is generic, descriptive or has been used by another company in the same market. Almost all trademarks involve interstate commerce, and the safest approach is to file an “intent to use” application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Doing so secures the trademark before you spend money using it, and provides an opportunity to ensure that you will not be infringing on an existing trademark. The ™ symbol adjacent to an unregistered trademark notifies the public that you claim it to be your mark. The ® symbol is reserved for marks that have already been granted federal registration.
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Americans applied for more than 520,000 patents and 936,000 trademarks in 2016, the latest year of available data, according to the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization. About 144,000 of those patents were granted, and 177,000 of the trademarks were registered. With more than 2.7 million patents in force, the U.S. has the most active patents of any country in the world.
Telecommunications 3.27% Semiconductors 3.38% Organic fine chemistry 3.8% Measurement 3.94%
Trade Secret
Biotechnology 3.83% Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 4.38% Digital communication 5.41% Pharmaceuticals 6.25% Medical tech 8.21%
Others 46.03%
Computer tech 11.5%
Known as a product of evolving commerce, trade secrets consist of commercially beneficial information that, as the name implies, is a secret, DeWitt says. Trade secrets include customer lists; identity of vendors; pricing arrangements with vendors; and formulas. Protection from using or stealing trade secrets is largely governed by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, along with the recently enacted federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. The key to maintaining a trade secret is to keep it as a secret. That means, in the context of a business, having a defined procedure for nondisclosure.
U.S. Patent Application by Top Fields of Technology 2002-2016 Sources: USPTO and PatentlyApple.com; United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization; copyright.gov
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43% Americans who qualify as “constant checkers” of social media, email and phone messages. This is associated with higher stress. (Source: American Psychological Association’s Stress in America report)
By C. Moon Reed
Modern life is crazy stressful. It often feels like you’re trapped inside a 24hour barrage of bad news, political hijinks and social media-induced envy. There may be no way to fix the world outside your front door, but the world inside can be a haven of your own creation. Here’s how.
One person’s chic is another person’s shame. There’s no one-sofa-fits-all solution to building a personal retreat (if there were, it wouldn’t be personal). So the first step in feathering your nest is determining what kind of bird you are. Interior designer Taylor Borsari helps her clients create spaces that resonate with them. The high-end residential designer does a lot of work in the Summit and Ridges communities, creating sleek vibes or casual styles, depending on the client. “It’s really about figuring out what story you want to tell, what story creates an escape for you. There’s no right or wrong,” Borsari says. “It’s just personal preference.” The SoCal transplant’s own taste skews toward ’30s Spanish architecture,
earth tones and airy spaces. “We wanted a big backyard, a quiet palette, a simple story,” she says. “It really is our getaway. We love being out here.” But how can you create that sense of home if you have modest means? You don’t need a professional designer to tell your story. To DIY that sense of comfort, Borsari suggests first figuring out what story you want to tell. Browse magazines, books and Pinterest. Tag or cut out the images that speak to you and put them away for a while. When you return to the images later, ask, “Do they still feel as fresh or as appealing?” It’s a process of listening to your gut reaction and then editing the images to find what you like, Borsari advises. This is your space, so it’s about what makes you happy.
What’s the point of creating a beautiful home retreat if you’re just going to befoul it with cable-news talking heads predicting the next calamity? If you take all the overstimulation—the noise that leaks in from the outside world—and simply turn down the volume, life will be better. Make your home a no-phone zone. You take your shoes off at the door to keep from tracking dirt into your home, so do the same with your phone. Create an evening ritual where you come home from work, put it in a drawer and leave it there for the evening. Limit TV news time. The 24hour news cycle can be oddly addictive, but it’s unnecessary and a huge stressor. Most of us can get all the news we need by checking in once a day, for less than an hour. Don’t browse mindlessly. Make technology your servant, not your master. It might never be possible to delete your social accounts or cut the cord from work email, but you can use those tools mindfully. If you’re not in a place where you can reply to an email, don’t bother checking it.
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A peaceful home for an optimized life Home is a place to escape to, not from. If your house looks like a visual to-do list of mail that needs to be sorted, dishes that need to be washed and junk that needs to be donated, you might need to do a little organizing before crafting your perfect escape. “Outer order contributes to inner calm,” says Gretchen Rubin, the Vegas-based author of The Happiness Project. She calls tidiness a “secret to adulthood,” because it’s so painfully obvious yet so difficult to implement. But the effort’s worth it. And an entire industry of professional organizers has sprung up to help. “Clients feel much more relaxed and happy,” says casino exec-turned-professional organizer Maureen Myers. “They love coming home when their house is all neat and organized.” Fittingly, her business is called Absolutely Organized. For DIY organizers, Myers suggests breaking areas of the home into small chunks and starting with the section that will have the most impact: “Find a room where you spend a lot of time, look at that room and ask yourself, ‘What would make me happy here?’ ” For Myers, happiness is cooking in a ship-shape kitchen and then “kicking back on the recliner and watching some Netflix.” But the dirty secret about any home transformation is that it must be maintained. It’s amazing how quickly an organized desk devolves into a pile of papers if you don’t keep up with it every day. On the bright side, Meyers says maintenance only requires a couple minutes per day. She suggests creating little routines, where you pick up stray items on the way to bed. She says the effort pays off on the weekend, when you don’t face a mountain of deferred chores. She loves avoiding the stress of, “Oh my God, I have to take care of all this on my days off.”
Conscious clutter
In 2014, Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up launched a national fervor for minimalism. Any item that didn’t “spark joy” had to go. But there’s such a thing as being too clean. Sterile minimalism risks feeling more hospital than hospitable. But a little curated clutter can foster feelings of coziness and creativity. “All the objects in your home have energy,” says Melanie Walker, a Las Vegas-based professional organizer with NEAT Method. “They either give or deplete your energy. Having the right amount of objects in your space creates a balanced level of energy.” By “editing” out the objects that don’t matter, you free yourself for the things that do. Walker describes clients’ craft rooms as bulging with so many supplies that it makes crafting impossible. Ultimately, they led fuller lives with less stuff. “It’s not about throwing everything out,” Walker says. “My mission is to organize the things you have, keep the things you love and to give you the life you want in relationship to your stuff. Being organized gives you a sense of peace and well-being.” Enthusiastic “book nerd” Scott Seeley achieves that “lived-in” feeling through books. The co-owner of Downtown’s Writer’s Block Book Shop, Seeley says “books are like these little memory chips laying across the house.” They hold memories of when and where you read them, how you felt at the time and who you hope to be. Perhaps, for example, you hope to become the person who reads Ulysses by James Joyce. Home designers have long used books for decoration. Some stores even sell them by the pound, for insta-libraries. Recent trends include organizing books by color or even shelving them so that the pages face out and the spine is hidden. These trends miss the point. “I get why people do that; they want something aesthetically pleasing,” Seeley says. “But if you want your library to mean anything, you must have some relationship with the book—past, present or future.”
Whether you prefer town or country, your psyche will benefit from adding a little greenery to your home. According to an American Public Health Association policy statement, “Access to nature has been related to lower levels of mortality and illness, higher levels of outdoor physical activity, restoration from stress, a greater sense of well-being and greater social capital.” And you don’t have to become an expert outdoors explorer to see results. Any “natural elements” will help, from the office plant to a backyard garden. “I think living spaces should live and breathe like we do,” says garden designer Laura Hughes, who runs her own business called the Mad Potter, making container gardens and moss walls. “There’s this tendency to look at the world from inside of ourselves to out, like we’re separate, but we’re not. We’re interconnected.” When she’s not meeting with clients, Hughes spends the “vast majority” of her time in her sprawling backyard garden-workshop. “I find plants and nature really relaxing,” she says. “Nature has that effect on most people. You instantly feel this sense of calm from the sun and the beauty of everything around you.”
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Interior Designer Taylor Borsari’s custom Summerlin home is ready for a spread in an architecture magazine. But even though her house could double as a chic getaway, she still makes it personal with a gallery wall of family photos in her stairwell. Here’s how you can make one of your own. ¶ Choose your frames first. “People feel like they have to have everything done and perfect [before hanging]—and that takes a lot of time,” says Borsari. Instead of picking the pictures first, match them with the frames. ¶ Mix frame styles and sizes. Borsari’s gallery wall contains a mix of large and small frames, with and without mats. “The fun thing about matting, size and scale is that it draws your eyes differently and leads you through the experience of it.” ¶ But pick a few consistent features. Borsari uses color to create a sense of continuity. All of the frames in her gallery wall are white, which ties the pictures together visually, so they look like one feature, not a bunch of random items. ¶ Choose progress over perfection. Even an expert designer doesn’t have a perfect gallery wall. In fact, a few of Borsari’s frames are up but empty, waiting for the best photos to reveal themselves as her 10-year family photo collection grows. “It tells the story of us as new parents to now [as] the kids are getting older. For us, every time we go back to the car, we’re just remembering another little memory.”
Clinical psychologist and UNLV professor Bradley Donohue researches ways to optimize human performance. According to his studies, our performance— say, ability to meet a deadline or play basketball skillfully—is influenced by a trio of interlocking factors: our thoughts, behaviors and feelings. When the three function together in harmony, we can achieve our best performance, our happiest life. What does that have to do with homemaking? Well, our surroundings influence our thoughts and feelings. A messy and negative environment won’t lead to the most optimal thoughts and feelings. A pretty environment will give you a pick-me-up.
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•Hide those cinder block walls. Laura Hughes suggests planting Banks’ roses, which are hardy, heat resistant and will cover the brick.
•Work with the desert,
not against it. You’re not in Kansas anymore, so don’t garden like you are. Desert plants live longer and require less care than thirsty imports.
•Be patient. “I like to
watch things grow,” Hughes says. “If you can be patient for a year here, things grow pretty quickly.”
•When in doubt, ask.
The employees at nurseries are incredibly knowledgeable, Hughes says. Her favorite local nursery is Star.
•More light, less water.
The two main ways people kill their succulents is by watering them too often (they only need water about once a month) and not giving them enough light (they need four hours a day of brightness).
Laura Hughes’ backyard. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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Americans who think they need a digital detox. Only 28 percent of those people actually take one. (Source: American Psychological Association’s Stress in America report)
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The Writer’s Block Book Shop is a mini architectural wonder. Outside, it’s the desert, but inside it feels like a lush treehouse full of books. Exposed rafters, a plantlined hallway and artificial birds create a wholly new space. “We built a barn inside an ugly white box,” coowner Scott Seeley says of the DIY project he designed. It’s easy to build a reading corner of your own, sans barn. Don’t over-organize. “There’s something for me that’s antithetical for books being hyper-organized, super medicinally shelved and treated like iPods in an Apple Store,” Seeley says. At home, his books sit in piles, in the kitchen, next to the bed. “There’s something nesty and comfortable about that.”
Create close quarters. “You don’t want to read in some giant space,” Seeley says. “You want to feel cozy.” To create a “comfortable, nesting quality,” Seeley suggests bringing your space in by creating a protected corner with bookshelves or partitions.
Keep the lighting low. “Lighting is key,” Seeley says. His team installed pendant lamps to bring the lighting down to the floor, creating a warm, dim light and a comfortable feeling.
Put a bird on it. Yes, it’s a Portlandia joke, but an artificial bird makes every space a little cozier and more whimsical.
Pare down to reduce decision fatigue.
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The World of Feng Shui on 4011 Spring Mountain Boulevard offers a huge variety of statues, jewelry, fountains, figurines and books. The expert staff will help you with feng shui star charts, so you know exactly which items and locations will help you, depending on factors such as the current year (2018 is Year of the Dog), your birth year and the direction your house faces. But you don’t have to get that technical. Here are a few items that will bring joy and protection to your home. Fu dogs. You’ve seen them around (see Page 12), even if you didn’t know what they represent. Fu dogs are one of the most popular and ubiquitous symbols in feng shui. This pair of stylized dogs—one male and one female—will protect your home from the outside world. Water features. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing, water features like the blue double-fish fountain can bring good fortune and other positive benefits.
Laughing Buddha. Fosters harmony and happiness among family members.
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Ditch the diet soda Diet soda is filled with aspartame, the artificial sweetener proven to spike blood sugar levels and widen the waistline, according to a study at the University of Texas Health Science Center. While sticking to water and unsweetened tea can be hard, you can spice up your beverages by infusing them with fruit, cucumber and mint, or blending them with frozen melon for a healthy slushy. Still not doing the trick? Try sparkling water, or probiotic-filled kombucha.
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etween work, caring for family and friends, running errands, and life’s busy seasons, getting exercise and caring for yourself can fall to the bottom of your long to-do list. ¶ Staying healthy and mindful doesn’t have to be an added chore— some of the best ways to squeeze in physical activity are to simply work them into your life. With small changes to the things you already do, you can see big improvements to your self-care routine. Start small with these easy tips and watch big changes happen.
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Our body and mind do best when they can predict what’s coming. If you are constantly struggling for sleep, it may be because your body doesn’t receive bedtime signals. Find a routine that helps you unwind, and work it into your schedule. Practice relaxation and meditation, take a bath (rise and fall of body temperature promotes drowsiness) and avoid computers or phone screens.
Black coffee may seem bland, but drinking your daily cup with nondairy creamer is bad for your health. Health professionals recommend no more than two grams of trans fat a day, and most creamers contain one gram of trans fat in a single tablespoon. Too much trans fat increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Swap out 12-inch plates with 10-inch plates. You’ll naturally eat less if there is less surface area on your plate. Pace your meal—take smaller bites, chew thoroughly and sit at a table away from the television.
In a study done by Cornell Food and Brand Lab Study, households with snacks and soda on the counter weighed at least 20 pounds more than neighbors who hid their snacks and set fruit out instead.
What to use instead? Try coconut or almond milk, or add cinnamon or coconut oil.
Tip: Cover leftover baked goods in foil so you can’t see them. Put tempting food in higher cabinets, and place prepared healthy snacks (carrots and hummus, apples and peanut butter) in the front of your fridge.
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Prep your meals to avoid the office temptation Leftovers from the big meeting, unexpected catered lunches and baked goods can be hard to avoid, but they are much easier to dodge when you have your own meals and snacks on deck. Try to make healthy lunches and snacks the night or weekend before. Ample protein (a little more than a third of your body weight in ounces) and veggies (two to three servings a day to start) can help you feel full and avoid the bowl of candy. Feel like there is no time to meal prep? Start with cold dishes that take very little time: a whole-wheat tortilla wrap with avocado, tomato and turkey; spinach salad with almonds, feta and cranberries; or hard-boiled eggs paired with sprouted toast and your favorite veggies. Once you’re in a rhythm, quickly packing things is a piece of cake … or kale.
Clean your way to lean We’ve all had boring chores. Why not reap health benefits while completing them? Use a push lawn mower instead of a riding mower, and use gardening as a way to shovel your way to fitness.
Park that car far away The recommended number of steps is 10,000 a day, and most people only take 5,000. Parking farther away at the grocery store or giving up the prized front-row spot at work will fit more activity into your day. Depending on the intensity of your walk, you can burn an additional 2,000-3,500 calories each week. One pound of fat is equal to 3,500 calories, so you can drop a pound each week just by getting your steps in.
Water is your friend Swap your office chair for a stability ball It’s easy to slump in an office chair, creating poor posture. Make this simple switch to promote stronger posture and body awareness.
Not comfortable on a bouncy ball? Try to alternate between sitting and standing, and take walking breaks throughout the day.
Weight loss, clearer skin, more energy, fewer cravings, betterfunctioning organs … the list goes on. Drinking enough water every day is crucial to a healthy body and mind. Be sure you are getting the recommended amount for your body—divide your weight by two, and that’s the number of ounces you should drink each day.
For coffee drinkers Because coffee is a diuretic, every cup of coffee requires two cups of water to balance hydration.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE AT A PUBLIC FIT Local theater company A Public Fit (named Las Vegas Weekly’s Best Theater Troupe in 2015) brings Tennessee Williams’ classic 1944 play to Downtown, with a modern, entrancing update. The production, which coined the term “memory play,” is narrated by Tom, a character reminiscing on his past as his family’s caretaker. A shoe warehouse worker and aspiring poet in St. Louis, Thomas supports his mother and sister in a tale that was loosely based on Williams’ own life, providing a snapshot of his strained familial relationships and the responsibilities that fell on his shoulders as he sought his own dreams. “These are dysfunctional people—people who have regrets,” says director Ann Marie Pereth, who was drawn to the play for its timelessness and relatable themes. “We always have regrets with people who we love the most … who we tend to fight with the most. ... This is our first attempt at a classic. The writing is so beautiful, and that’s why it’s stood the test of time.” Thursday-Sunday, times vary, $25-$30, 100 S. Maryland Parkway. –Leslie Ventura Actors Rebecca Reyes and Marcus Weiss. (David Adler/Courtesy)
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This contemporary Mexican sextet—led by Ernesto, Alberto and Luis Villalobos— isn’t content with merely re-creating the music native to its country. It applies melodies, rhythms and flourishes from the rock, jazz and Irish folk realms—and includes occasional spoken word passages, too—to create a truly international sound. $8-$16. –Mike Prevatt
Acrobats. Aerialists. Clowns. Contortionists. The building blocks of every Cirque and Spiegelworld show in town are on display at the Vegas International Variety Act Festival (VIVA Fest, for short). Watch them compete, collaborate and show off in a variety of showcase events. Times & prices vary, thevivafest.com. –Geoff Carter
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Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast. (Virginia Trudeau/Courtesy)
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Singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey reflects the changing world around her By Annie Zaleski he pop superstar backlash is in full effect. Within the past year, both Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift have been roundly criticized for new albums that either ignored what’s going on in the world (the latter’s solipsistic Reputation) or opted for clumsy self-reflection (the former’s Man of the Woods). The harsh reactions weren’t necessarily in proportion with the actual music—neither album deserved to be treated like a sonic disaster— although they did illustrate an interesting shift in the public’s mind-set: Today, listeners expect more from pop artists than apolitical commentary delivered from rarefied air. Perhaps that’s one reason Lana Del Rey has grown into such a formidable musical presence. The pop star formerly known as Lizzy Grant has never been afraid to speak her mind, even if that has been to her detriment; witness the drubbing she received in 2014 after expressing a disinterest in feminism. And her songs are frank about serious matters—romantic violence, the downside of heroin—without pulling punches. But Del Rey’s fourth and latest album, Lust for Life, is also her best yet. Besides boasting an array of impressive guest stars (Stevie Nicks, The Weeknd), the music often touches on earnest societal commentary that’s firmly pro-woman and pro-peace. Last year, Del Rey explained to Pitchfork that Lust for Life’s political bent emerged because “things have shifted culturally”
from when Barack Obama was president. has flattened time, fetishized nostalgia and embold“Women started to feel less safe under this ened people to slip between different personas. administration instantly,” she said. “What if they From a business standpoint, Del Rey’s career take away Planned Parenthood? What if we can’t also represents a very modern version of success. get birth control? Now, when people ask me those She only has three Top 40 U.S. chart hits—the questions, I feel a little differently. The reason why most successful being the Cedric Gervais remix I asked Stevie Nicks to be on the record is because of “Summertime Sadness”—but she has received she changes when her environment changes, and billions of Spotify and YouTube plays. Del Rey I’m like that as well.” doesn’t have much radio support—among radio The idea that Del Rey is responding to stations monitored by Nielsen BDSradio, the world around her, rather than isolather most-played song in a recent week, the LANA DEL REY ing herself in a fame bubble, places her “Summertime Sadness” remix, received with Kali Uchis. February 16, 8 p.m., in good company; after all, there’s a only 95 spins—but all four of her studio $60-$125. long tradition of pop music being used albums have debuted at either No. 1 or Mandalay Bay to illuminate social and political upNo. 2 on the Billboard charts. Plus, she’s Events Center, 702-632-7580. heaval. But it also illustrates her appeal headlining arenas, and she frequently to savvy modern audiences, who devour lands high-profile magazine covers. all styles of music and gravitate toward pop Because Del Rey’s career health isn’t so destars who exude authenticity and sincerity. pendent on established channels, she also has more Accordingly, Del Rey’s music doesn’t see genre— creative and personal leeway than, say, Swift and or era—boundaries. In a recent interview with the Timberlake. In fact, Del Rey isn’t concerned about French magazine L’Officiel, she name-checked a angering people with political directness. “You don’t diverse array of influences: country stars (Tammy negotiate when it comes to your work or your art,” she Wynette, Hank Williams, Dolly Parton), California told Complex. “You stand totally firm and take the legends (The Beach Boys), the Summer of Love (Jaconsequences. In terms of losing fans, I don’t care. nis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix) and hip-hop pioneers (The Period.” She likely has nothing to worry about anyRoots, Tupac, the Notorious B.I.G.). In a way, Del Rey way: Del Rey is a modern pop star whose rebellious is the perfect embodiment of internet culture, which appeal seems to have made her bulletproof.
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1. They’re playing an intimate venue. The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan caps out at 2,500, a fraction of the chairs at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, where the band shared a bill with Royal Blood in late 2017. Here in Las Vegas, fans will get to experience singer/guitarist Josh Homme’s signature strut, Jon Theodore’s frantic tom flurries and Michael Shuman’s juicy bass licks up close and personal. Think of it as a throwback to the band’s early days, when it called basements and dive bars home. Plus, the smaller venue should give the band’s grandiose production—which often includes bright LEDs and clouds of smoke—a chance to shine even brighter. “Keep Your Eyes Peeled” is right.
2. They love to jam.
3. They’re dipping into pop.
There are two things the Palm Desert, California, quintet has in common with fabled bands like Phish and the Grateful Dead: 1. All three have rabid, cult-like fanbases, and 2. They all love to improvise. Homme and company often use live sets to expand on the ideas they’ve established in the studio—especially when it comes to the noisy, rambunctious passages. Don’t be surprised if the band takes the syncopated rock ’n’ roll swagger of “The Way You Used to Do” intro Krautrock territory, or extends the chaotic instrumental wallop of “No One Knows” into a noisy wall of sound. In fact, you should expect it.
Queens of the Stone Age left many devoted fans feeling uneasy last year when they announced that pop singer-songwriter Mark Ronson would produce their forthcoming album. After all, this was the man responsible for helping create some of the decade’s biggest hits, like “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars and Amy Winehouse’s “Valerie.” But the finished product, Villains, received a mostly favorable reception from critics, and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Ronson, whom Homme called “the sixth member of the band,” pushed the group toward more conventional song structures and simple chord progressions. It’s a palatable mix that should make songs like the groovy “The Evil Has Landed” shine on the live stage.
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5. THE SETLISTS ARE UNPREDICTABLE. Forget setlist.fm. These Queens are known to throw preplanned sequences out the window to play requests or if the mood simply grabs them. In 2013, the band surprised a Brooklyn audience by playing that year’s ...Like Clockwork LP in its entirety. Lately, the band has been playing career-encapsulating sets that touch on every album, so you can probably count on hearing songs like “A Song for the Deaf,” “My God Is the Sun” and “The Way You Used to Do.” Or not.
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You can’t do a video cameo makeout like Diplo does. Brazilian singer, drag queen and Instagram sensation Pabllo Vittar has teamed with Diplo before, on the memorable Major Lazer track “Sua Cara” from last year’s Know No Better EP. But their other 2017 team-up “Entao Vai,” a summery frolic, comes complete with a new video that closes with a steamy makeout session between the two.
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You can’t have the best Super Bowl ever without him. He was born in Texas and is based in LA, but Diplo got a degree in film studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, so yeah, he had a blast at this year’s big game in Minnesota. At some point he literally got his hands on the Vince Lombardi trophy—sorry, Kevin Hart—but more importantly, he tweeted an image of Justin Timberlake’s halftime tribute
with Dave Chappelle’s infamous Prince impersonation Photoshopped in. No word on whether Dip played basketball and made pancakes after the game.
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You can’t “Get It Right” without him. Right after that, Diplo played piano and danced while wearing a tucked-in T-shirt on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Actually, he was there with his collaborators— Danish singer and songwriter MØ and Washington, D.C., rapper Goldlink—to perform their new song “Get It Right,” exactly the kind of jubilant, smilingly defiant anthem you might perform in Pakistan while undercutting your President’s terrible tweeting. The Tonight Show choreography wasn’t nearly as intricate as the kind of adorable video for the song, but it was pretty good for the capper of a busy week being Diplo.
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Diplo returns to XS on February 17. (David Mahoney/Courtesy)
New hideout The people make the party at Hyde’s Friday Night Social If the trend in Vegas clubbing is getting a little smaller, getting a little closer and getting to know your fellow partiers a little better, then Hyde is well-situated. Those parts of the experience have always been the priority at the Bellagio lounge and nightclub. “It feels like nightlife is coming full-circle,” says Kozmoe Alonzo, regional director of marketing and nightlife at SBE, which operates the Hyde venues at Bellagio and T-Mobile Arena. “My favorite parties back in the day were Tabu at MGM Wednesday nights and Foundation Room for Godspeed. It was always really intimate and just the most fun place to be, because everybody we knew was out there.” That’s the intended vibe for Hyde’s Friday Night Social party, a new weekly event starting at 10:30
p.m. when lounging transitions to clubbing, diverse DJs set the sonic stage and guest hosts and programming will revolve around the one thing that ties our Vegas experiences together—social media. Viral video stars or influencers might be leading the party, or special partnerships with up-andcoming apps could anchor the fun. “The way it’s always been at Hyde since our inception in LA was, for lack of a better term, hiding,” says Alonzo. “Celebrities would feel welcome, because they were never put on blast there. If you made it into the room, that’s the party—just socializing and not necessarily about who’s spinning. So we’re going back to our roots.” –Brock Radke
If you’ve seen the Backstreet Boys’ show at the AXIS at Planet Hollywood, you know they like to get up close and personal with their fans, particularly when they leap off the stage and into the crowd while performing “All I Have to Give.” On Saturday, February 17, they have a little more to give. BSB returns to Chateau at the neighboring Paris Las Vegas for an official show afterparty starting at 10:30 p.m. Kent Jones might have another international-themed hit on his hands. Best known for the multilingual dance track “Don’t Mind,” the Tallahassee-born singer and rapper who operates on DJ Khaled’s label just dropped “Merengue,” a piano-heavy tune that name-drops Marc Anthony and references Big Pun’s “Still Not a Player” with its “boricua, morena“ chorus. Catch Jones’ Latin vibes at Light at Mandalay Bay on Friday, February 16. Speaking of Latinflavored hip-hop, Bronx fave Fat Joe returns to perform a full concert at Drai’s on Sunday, February 18, when DJ Franzen controls the decks. On the EDM front, Robin Schulz plays Intrigue at Wynn on Saturday, February 17, the same night that Oliver Heldens returns to his residency at Marquee at the Cosmopolitan. –Brock Radke
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Spiegelworld domination Opium will soon join Absinthe in warping our city’s entertainment scene By Geoff Carter t took a minute, but Spiegelworld—the live production company that continues to serve us Absinthe—has resumed its stealthy takeover of Vegas’ fringe theater scene. In July 2014, Vegas Nocturne, Spiegelworld’s supremely eccentric show at the Cosmopolitan, ended its run after only 100 performances; shortly after, the Cosmopolitan and Spiegelworld took each other to court. (And Vegas Nocturne, inexplicably, went on the road and became an even bigger hit.) Less than three years later, Absinthe is an entertainment juggernaut running seven nights a week, and the Cosmopolitan and Spiegelworld, having sorted out their differences, are bringing a new show, Opium, to the very space where Nocturne closed a few years ago. (Previews open March 13; visit spiegelworld.com for tickets and further details.) That is, it appears to be Spiegelworld’s doing. The funny thing about Spiegelworld is the way its actual
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management structure (impresario Ross Mollison and president David Foster) seems to share ownership with its (possibly?) fictional impresario, Absinthe’s Gazillionaire, a line the company deliberately blurs. At a press event last week, Opium host Harry M. Howie—a fast-talking, gregarious and immediately likeable Australian “theatrical promoter, freelance newspaper columnist and numerologist”—acknowledged both the Gazillionaire’s and Foster’s support, though only the latter was on hand. (They’re different people; we checked. By the way, Foster also produces The Miss Behave Gameshow at Bally’s, though that show isn’t under the Spiegelworld umbrella.) Then the show’s cast appeared, dressed in giant eyeball hats and tinfoil suits, and performed what can best be described as a pagan square dance to a wailing jazz sax and bongos. In the moments before the ritual, Howie insisted that he was expecting visitors from outer space; after the dancers collapsed to the floor, he made first contact. “Where
did you come from?” he asked the prone figures. “You probably don’t know why you’re here, but it’s for a show. I guess we pretty much have a cast!” Judging from Spiegelworld’s past record, that alien cast is no doubt loaded with ringers. And whatever shape Opium takes onstage—the producers are understandably cagey at this point, though Foster says that the show will spotlight comedy and music over acrobatics, which sounds like a flipped version of Absinthe—the cast will surely look great, thanks to costumer Machine Dazzle, whose designs are rightfully classified as wearable art. For the press event, Dazzle was dressed as a giant silver poppy, with a gown made of shiny silver forks and a veil of house keys. Whatever Opium will be, it’s already a welcome addition to the Strip, which needs more of Spiegelworld’s carefully crafted lunacy, whether it knows it or not. Some things are just bigger than heaven and Earth. “The show is already written; it’s in the cosmos,” Howie says. “We’ve just got to pull it out.”
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HEROIC FEAT MARVEL’S BLACK PANTHER SPOTLIGHTS A WELCOME SCRIPT FLIP BY GEOFF CARTER y outward appearance, Marvel’s Black Panther is a superhero film. It’s got a blue-ribbon cast (Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael B. Jordan and more) and a Kendrick Lamarcompiled soundtrack album that just won’t quit, but aside from that, it could be standard Marvel stuff—the hero’s journey, the cool costumes and kickass action scenes. Except that it’s more than that. “When we think of a superhero, we think of a white image,” says Minister Stretch Sanders, president of local community solidarity group All Shades United. “To see a black superhero movie—with a nearly all-black cast—is wonderful. We know that superheroes aren’t real, but to young kids—every little kid wants to be a superhero. And my dream is to see superheroes that represent all.” Panther is proving to be a cultural epoch even before most folks have seen it. Its cast and director (Creed/Fruitvale Station’s Ryan Coogler) are making a huge media splash. Schools and private groups are buying up entire screenings. And movie industry experts predict a big opening weekend, in excess of $150 million. Filmmaker Sean Jackson, a longtime Vegas resident recently relocated to LA (who still shoots films here regularly), is excited by what Panther could mean for his trade. “I hear a lot of, ‘Oh, those are black fans,’ like we spent less money,” he says. “Somehow,
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The stars of Black Panther lead the MCU into the future. (Disney/Courtesy)
studio heads seem to think that if you do something with a black theme or with a lot of black input, it’s gonna turn into a ‘black film,’ and that will limit its appeal. That’s not the case. … Black influence on popular culture is enormous. As a group, we’re hardcore consumers. If you’re trying to sell something, why not sell to us? “If Black Panther does well, hopefully it’ll open a door,” Jackson continues. “If this thing busts wide open, I hope that they’ll look for more black projects to do. … And the [Hollywood] mentality that ‘if you give us something, then you’ll have less’—that’s the wrong mentality. It’s an ‘and.’ Not ‘you or me’; it’s ‘you and me.’” Though he’s less excited about the film
itself (“I’m not really into films like that … I’ll probably see it once the hype dies down”) and is somewhat leery of its corporate backing, Minister Sanders is equally excited by what Panther could do at the community level. “Everything we see is always white—the superheroes, the princesses,” he says. “It’s fun to see a superhero movie putting black people in a position where we can be proud of our culture. A superhero is the coolest thing you can be in the fake world.” And Panther has already resulted in one trend Minister Sanders appreciates without reservation. “On social media, you see people making jokes about showing up to screenings with dashikis on,” he says. “I think that’s wonderful, because I dress like that all year long.”
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There may be no better illustration of just how popular Boulder City’s Dam Short Film Festival has become than the line for the sold-out comedy program on Saturday night, stretching around the block from the Boulder Theatre and into the next. In its 14th year, DSFF was bigger than ever, but the festival retained its small-town charm, its filmmaker-friendly atmosphere and its focus on the appealingly low-key art of the short film. New this year was an experimental virtual reality lounge, set up in the lobby of the Boulder Dam Hotel, as a pilot program for a potential official festival category. The demo reel for the Oculus Rift VR setup was a little safe (if pretty), but it was more exciting to watch the original VR creation Welcome to Your Own Private Hell, from festival co-founder and executive director Lee Lanier, who put his retro pinup-style art into a rendering of a very groovy version of eternal torment. Also new this year was an expanded program for Nevada filmmaking, which was split into two blocks (on Friday and Saturday nights) and featured a strong showing by locals, from Robert Bryant and J. David LeCompte’s delightful documentary Boomtown (about a fireworks store in rural Battle Mountain) to Hunter Hopewell’s sweet romantic comedy Prince of Magic. Some other festival highlights included the sardonic black-and-white French crime comedy Breakdown; the very dark French-Canadian workplace comedy Two Dollars; the Las Vegas-set period drama I Got You Babe, inspired in part by a true story; and the lovely animated DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver, possibly DSFF’s first-ever short about an actual dam. On Saturday morning, DSFF organizers hosted a productive breakfast summit for Nevada film festivals, with representatives from the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival, the Nevada Women’s Film Festival, Sin City Horror Fest, the Las Vegas Black Film Festival and the Laughlin International Film Festival all in attendance. As DSFF takes its place as one of the most successful film events in the state, the people in charge are using their power for good.
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Reminiscing on an artistic life As she fights cancer, Painter Susanne Forestieri shares intimate portraits of her friends By C. Moon Reed usanne Forestieri says that she is more outgoing than most artists, yet more introverted than people think. She likes to spend time alone doing her work, but it just so happens that a lot of that work involves portraits of friends and family. “It’s a very, very intimate look at the people in my life,” Forestieri says of her show at Nevada Humanities, Reminiscences: Susanne Forestieri Friends, Family, Showgirls, and Color. “If you look closely, you can see the relationship I had with the person and how I chose to represent them.” Forestieri originally dreamed of being a portrait painter. But she lost interest when she realized that paying customers wanted flattering portrayals. Instead, she’d dress up family and friends in costumes, bathing them in light and color. Reminiscences includes images of couples in love, friends seeking love and others dressed as showgirls. Her favorite medium is oil paint, for its depth of
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O-verjoyed Visiting Author Tayari Jones has joined the world’s best-known book club By C. Moon Reed his August, Atlanta-born, Brooklyn-based author Tayari Jones arrived in Las Vegas. She’s here as a Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellow, which means she’s spending the academic year working on her next book. Right now, Jones is on a six-week, 35-event book tour. She spoke with Las Vegas Weekly from her stop in Boston. She returns to UNLV in March.
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Your fourth novel, An American Marriage, came out in January, and it was recently chosen for Oprah’s Book Club. How did it feel to get that call? I was driving my car, coming home from Downtown. She called, and it came through the car’s system. It was Oprah’s voice in surround sound. I said, “Hello,” and she said, “Hi, this is Oprah.” I think she’s accustomed to the shocked reaction. She waited for the giggles to subside and then got down to business about the Book Club. I’m a person who has never even won a raffle. I will never forget that moment. Entertainment Weekly describes your new book as “an essential contemporary portrait of a marriage … [that] gorgeously evokes the New South as it explores mass incarceration on a personal level.” Those are some heavy topics. What were the challenges in writing An American Marriage? The biggest challenge was that it’s a love triangle. Celestial is legally married but found love with boy next door. How could I write this novel and be fair to all characters? I had to balance the issue of wrongful incarceration, with the page-turner of a love triangle. How do Atlanta and Brooklyn compare with Las Vegas? Vegas is similar to Atlanta—it’s a place where people who don’t live there think they know something about it. People don’t know about the complexity of lives in Las Vegas. When I tell people in Brooklyn that I’m from the South, they think I came on Underground Railroad. How do you like life in Las Vegas? It’s been terrific. I did grad school in Arizona, and I do really like the Southwest. I enjoy the Strip, I will say that. I’ve been to Cirque du Soleil [shows] about five times since I’ve been here. I really like hanging out in the
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Fremont area; it’s exciting how it’s becoming such an arts hot spot. What’s your daily routine as a Black Mountain Institute Fellow like? I wake up super early and have coffee at PublicUs. At 7 a.m, I’ll write in the Black Mountain Institute library until 9, when everybody comes in. Then I’ll go into my own personal office and get some work done. Then I try to get people to go to Cirque du Soleil with me. There are two types of people: people who like Cirque and people who don’t. How does it feel to finally get so much recognition for the good work you’ve been doing all along? It’s funny—I had trained myself to not want what I don’t have. To get this huge amount of recognition, I have to adjust and change my mind and think about the writer that I am. It’s been a real thrill and also rewarding that my longtime readers are taking ownership of moment with me. Five hundred people came to my event in Atlanta. We were celebrating together
like old friends—it was like we all had made it. Do you have any favorite books that take place in Las Vegas? I really enjoyed Chris Abani’s book, The Secret History of Las Vegas [2014]. And Larry McMurtry’s The Desert Rose [1983]. What’s next for you? I’m working on a new novel set in Atlanta, of course. I’m superstitious, so I’d rather not say more. Anything else you’d like to add? When I applied to Black Mountain Institute, I had no idea that this was going to happen—that I would be going on a massive tour. BMI made it possible for me to take advantage of my moment. I will always be grateful to [retired Nevada Supreme Court Justice] Miriam Shearing, who endows the fellowship that I have. Jones will participate in the Believer Festival, April 13-14. For more information, visit festival.blackmountaininstitute.org.
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calendar 3/16. Brodie Stewart 3/23. Whiskey Myers 3/31. Town Square, 702-435-2855. Terry Fator Theater Boyz II Men 2/23-2/25. Mirage, 702-792-7777. T-Mobile Arena Bon Jovi 3/17. 3780 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-692-1600. TopGolF Vista Kicks 2/15. Yacht Rock Revue 2/16. R&B Only 3/3. Kash’d Out, Tunnell Vision, Seranation Straight 3/29. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458. Velveteen Rabbit Tease & Tailes: Broken Hearted Burlesque 2/18. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645. Venetian Theatre Chicago 2/16-2/17, 2/21, 2/23-2/24. 702-414-9000. Vinyl Poppy 2/15. Jesse Pino & The Vital Signs, Glass Pools, Mercy Music, All the Rage 2/16. Rockie Brown, Rabid Young, Mike Xavier 2/23. Of Mice & Men, Blessthefall, Cane Hill, Fire From the Gods, MSCW 3/4. We Came as Romans, The Plot in You, Oceans Ate Alaska, Currents, Tempting Fate 3/15. Fortunate Youth 3/16. Marc E. Bassy 3/30. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
clubs Chateau Bayati & Casanova 2/15. Yo Yolie 2/16. Backstreet Boys Afterparty 2/17. DJ ShadowRed 2/21. Paris, 702-776-7770. Drai’s Eric DLux 2/15. DJ Esco 2/16. T.I. 2/17. Fat Joe 2/18. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. Embassy Ivy Queen 2/15. 3355 Procyon St., 702-609-6666. Foundation Room DJ D-Miles 2/16. Joe Maz 2/17. DJ Seany Mac 2/23. DJ Excel 2/24. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631. Hyde DJ Buza 2/15. Greg Lopez 2/16. DJ Sincere 2/17. DJ C-L.A. 2/20. DJ Sincere 2/21. Bellagio, 702-693-8700.
Insane Clown Posse douses Fremont Country Club in Faygo on February 16. (Ewolf/Courtesy)
Intrigue RL Grime 2/16. Robin Schulz 2/17. Vice 2/21. Wynn, 702-770-7300. Light Kent Jones 2/16. Stevie J 2/17. DJ Neva 2/21. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700. Marquee Ruckus 2/16. Oliver Heldens 2/17. Vice 2/19. The Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. TAO DJ Five 2/15. DJ Scene 2/16. Eric DLux 2/17. Venetian, 702-388-8588. XS Marshmello 2/16. Diplo 2/17. RL Grime 2/23. Diplo 2/24. Encore, 702-770-0097.
E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Debi Gutierrez, Jack Coen, Trenton Davis 2/15. Brad Garrett, Debi Gutierrez, Jack Coen, Trenton Davis 2/16-2/18. Darrell Joyce, Kira Soltanovich, Derek Richards 2/19-2/22. Brad Garrett, Darryl Joyce, Kira Soltanovich, Derek Richards 2/23-2/25. Alonzo Bodden, Chris Elstner, Becky Robinson 2/26-3/1. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711.
Orleans Showroom Rob Schneider, Chris Kattan 2/24. 702-365-7111.
The Colosseum Jerry Seinfeld 3/9-3/10. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938.
TopGolF Buffet Jackson 2/23-2/24. Jim Florentine 3/30-3/31. 4627 Koval Lane, 702933-8458.
Historic Fifth Street School The Villalobos Brothers 2/17. Squirrel Nut Zippers, Davina and the Vagabonds 2/28. 401 S 4th St., 702-229-6469..
Performing Arts & Culture
LLOYD D. GEORGE U.S. COURTHOUSE Li Lin Hong Chinese Music Ensemble 2/16, noon, free. 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-229-2787.
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Golden Nugget Showroom Bobby Bones 3/30. 866-946-5336.
BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB HENDERSON Bobby Wayne Stauts 2/17. Rick D’Elia 3/17. Klondike Sunset Casino, 444 W. Sunset Road, 702-507-5900.
LA COMEDY CLUB JC Currais, James Frey Thru 2/18. Erik Knowles, Steven Briggs 2/192/25. Eddie Bravo, Sam Tripoli 2/23-2/24. Willie Fratto-Farrell, Manfred Hein 2/26-3/4. Quinn Dahle, Roberto Rodriguez 3/5-3/11. Stratosphere, 702-380-7711.
BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB LAS VEGAS Bobby Wayne Stauts 2/15. Tobe Hixx 2/22. JC Currais 3/1. Marty Ross 3/8. Billy Ray Bauer 3/15. Marc Patrick 3/22. Derrick Stroman 3/29. Addison’s Lounge, Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900.
LAUGH FACTORY Shayma Tash 2/15-2/17. Jim Belushi 2/17-2/18. Rondell Sheridan 2/19-2/25. Tropicana, 702-739-2411.
Terry Fator Theater Jim Jeffries 2/16-2/17. Tiffany Haddish 2/18. Ray Romano, David Spade 2/23-2/24. Tim Allen 3/2-3/3. Bill Maher 3/9-3/10. Daniel Tosh 3/16-3/17. George Lopez 3/23-3/24. Gabriel Iglesias 3/29-3/31. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
Charleston Heights Arts Center StorySlam: The One That Got Away 2/24. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. Clark County Library Peter Fletcher: Music of Four Centuries 2/24. Jack Sheehan 2/27. 401
Henderson EVENTS PLAZA Heart and Soul: A Celebration of Gospel and Black History 2/24. 200 S. Water St., 702-267-2171 Henderson Pavilion The Roadshow 3/1. Young Artists Concert 3/2. Shrek the Musical 3/16-3/17, 3/23-3/24. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849.
Rainbow Library Leonard Patton/Danny Green Quartet 2/23. 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 702507-3710. Sahara West Library Todd Mosby 2/21. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.
THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Nevada Ballet Theatre: Beauty and the Beast 2/172/18. ABBA Mania (ABBA tribute) 2/21. The Chieftains 2/22. Johnny Mathis 2/23. Gary Mullen & The Works (Queen tribute) 2/24. From the Top 2/25. Pink Martini & Las Vegas Philharmonic 3/3. (Cabaret Jazz) Remembering Luther: The Night I Fell in Love 2/16-2/18. Ryan Ahern 2/20. Herb Alpert, Lani Hall 2/23-2/24. The Composers Showcase 2/28. 702-749-2000. The Space Rick Keller 2/20. Mondays Dark 2/26. Jazz Juice 2/27. Sit With Me 2/28. John Lloyd Young 3/2-3/3. Dave Damiani Quartet 3/4. Mondays Dark 3/5. Mondays Dark 3/19. AJ Lambert 3/23. Tom Goss 3/24. 460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070. UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Theatreworks USA: Henry and Mudge 2/20. (Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center) Las Vegas Baroque Festival 2/15-2/17. Lydian String Quartet 2/20. 702-895-2787. West Charleston Library Leonard Patton/Danny Green Trio 2/23. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas LIBRARY A Night of Expressions 2/16. The Poets’ Corner 2/16. Michael Thomas Quintet: Swing or Die 2/17. Is That Man Your Husband? 2/18, 2/20-2/21. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800.
702-455-7030. Clark County Library Las Vegas News Bureau/Nevada State Museum: Las Vegas Lineup Thru 2/18. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702507-3400. CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Stephanie Serpick: A New Fall Thru 3/10. (Artspace Gallery) Jing Zhou: Visual Meditation Thru 4/11. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. Historic Fifth Street School Chinese Heritage: Year of the Dog Thru 3/24. Reception 2/15. 401 S 4th St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) From Refuse to Reuse Thru 3/8. (Windows on First) Camilla Quinn: Appropriation Thru 2/28, 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Harold Bradford: A Thin Line Thru 3/17. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. LIED LIBRARY Aaron Mayes: Built Thru 5/31. Goldfield Room, UNLV, 702-895-4517. Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Susanne Forestieri: Reminiscences: Friends, Family, Showgirls and Color Thru 3/28. 1017 S. 1st St. #190, nevadahumanities.org.
Winchester Cultural Center King Ibu 2/17. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
OBSIDIAN FINE ART Mandy Joy & Steve Anthony Thru 2/28. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #240, facebook.com/obsidianfineart.
Windmill Library Leonard Patton/Danny Green Trio 2/24. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702507-6019.
Priscilla Fowler Fine Art 3 Baaad Sheep: I Know More Then You Think I Do … Thru 3/24. 1025 S. 1st St. #155, 719-371-5640.
The Writer’s Block After Hours Poetry Hour ft. Noah Cicero, Franki Elliott, Vi Khi Nao 2/17. Julia Sonneborn 2/20. 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.
Spring Valley Library Where I LIve Thru 4/3. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820.
LOCAL THEATER COCKROACH THEATRE The Wolves Thru 2/18. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725222-9661. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Black Box) Time Stands Still Thru 2/25. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702362-7996. Majestic Repertory Theatre Backstage Bash 2/17. Sentience 2/22-3/11. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATER Fences Thru 2/18. UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre, 702895-2787. A Public Fit The Glass Menagerie 2/16-3/11. 100 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-735-2114. Theatre in the Valley Squabbles Thru 2/18. 10 W. Pacific Ave., 702-558-7275.
Galleries & Museums Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) Plural Thru 3/12. (Grant Hall Gallery) (West Gallery) Identity Tapestry Thru 5/12. (Braunstein Gallery) Vessel: Ceramics of Ancient West Mexico Thru 12/16. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.
Summerlin Library George Strasburger: Carrying On Thru 4/8. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. West Charleston Library Greg Preston: The Artist Within Thru 3/27. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas Library Ken Kline: Retrospective in Still-Life Thru 3/4. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3980. Whitney Library Ronda Churchill: 96 Hours Thru 3/18. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. Winchester Cultural Center Gallery Lisa Stamanis: Lucky to Be Alive Thru 2/16. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.
SPORTS JAMZ ALL STAR CHEER NATIONALS & COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2/16-2/19. Orleans Arena, 702-365-7469. PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS Danny Garcia vs. Brandon Rios 2/17. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777. UNLV BASEBALL Indiana State 2/16. Oregon 2/17. Loyola Marymount 2/18. Indiana State 2/19 Earl E. Wilson Stadium, 702-739-3267. UNLV MEN’S Hockey Midland 2/16. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600. UNLV SOFTBALL Idaho State 2/16. Buffalo 2/16. UTEP 2/17. Bradley 2/17. Seattle 2/18. Hawaii 2/19. Eller Media Stadium, 702-739-3267.
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Samurai: Armor From the Ann and Gabriel BarbierMueller Collection Thru 4/29. 702-693-7871.
UNLV WOMEN’s BASKETBALL San Diego State 2/17. Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267.
Clark County Government Center Rotunda Gallery Gail Gilbert: Warp & Weft Thru 3/2. 500 Grand Central Parkway,
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Edmonton 2/15. Montreal 2/17. Anaheim 2/19, T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
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In addition to overall excellence, Cosmo’s Mediterranean jewel Estiatorio Milos has been celebrated for its three-course, $29 lunch, one of the best dining deals on the Strip. Now it has added another must-eat attraction in the Winemaker’s Table menu ($79), available at dinner on the first Thursday of each month. Six courses are paired with rare Greek varietals wines, upping the ante with a tasting dinner as fascinating as it is delicious. This month’s program launch featured Ktima Gerovassiliou, a cultivator of well- and lesserknown wines from the historic town of Epanomi. Matched with Milos’ legendary octopus, a 2016 Viognier sang lush, soft, almost peachy notes. The beloved lavraki from the lunch menu found a dancing partner in an aromatic Malagousia, a white grape rescued from likely extinction in the 1970s. It wasn’t all whites with delicate fish dishes; a Syrah/Limnio/Merlot blend was served alongside irresistible lobster pasta, and just when we thought we couldn’t find room for another bite, luscious grilled lamb chops arrived with the dark, ripe “Avaton,” a blend of three indigenous Greek grapes. Milos has always been a rare dining experience in Las Vegas, but this monthly offering elevates its singular charm. Reserve immediately. –Brock Radke
ESTIATORIO MILOS Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7930. Milos’ food and wine pairings are second to none. (Jon Estrada/Special to the Weekly)
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THE NEW TASTE OF TIVOLI HAMPTONS BRINGS BIG FLAVORS AND COZY CUISINE TO THE VILLAGE BY BROCK RADKE here’s been talk of a curse. The Vegas Valley has plenty of spaces that have housed multiple different restaurants over the years—buildings where, for some reason, someone is willing to jump in and dish it up as soon as the previous business shutters. The lovely mixed-use development Tivoli Village has a handful of these revolving restaurant homes, but the spot now called Hamptons takes the taco. It has been Petra Greek Taverna, Poppy Den, Tapas by Alex Stratta and Salt & Pepper. But it’s not cursed. The restaurant biz is impossible. I won’t go on record predicting world-beating success for the brisk, friendly, new American approach at Hamptons, but I will state unequivocally that this is the most delicious food to ever come out of this building. First, check out brunch. The wine board ($23) is a party share, loaded with aged cheddar, Brie, grilled salami, pork belly, pickles, truffled Marcona almonds and more. For your sweet tooth, there are peanut butterbanana-salted caramel waffles ($12) or big, freshly baked cinnamon rolls ($6). On the savory side, I loved my pan-fried Idaho trout and eggs ($17) with bacon and crispy potatoes, and was equally tempted by a shortrib egg sandwich ($15) and a green chili pork stew with corn bread and whipped honey butter ($12). For lunch, I’ve gotta go with the Little Havana Cubano ($14), a sandwich that concerned me at first, because there’s pineapple flavored with Chinese five spice on there instead of a pickle—which seemed like sacrilege. Instead, it’s a fun punch in the mouth, cutting through the rich layers of tender pork, ham, bacon and gruyére. Similar innovation can be found in appetizers like the preserved lemon hummus ($12), avocado fries with smoked ketchup ($9) and beer-battered “Buffalo” onion rings ($9). The forbidden rice bowl ($19) packs just as much flavor with vegetables and sweet-and-spicy coconut sauce as any entrée, and there are steaks and fish and other sandwiches from which to choose. The burger ($15), ground fresh from shortrib and chuck, is served on brioche with that silky gruyère, peppery arugula, tomato, dill pickle and roasted garlic aioli. Hamptons clearly wasn’t conceived as some kind of magical restaurant with something for everyone that could break that alleged curse, but that’s kinda what it tastes like.
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Try the trout at Hamptons. (Miranda Alam/Courtesy)
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If you’re a lover of Chinese food, you’ve foods, doesn’t leave you feeling like you need a probably planned a day around lunch at triple bypass after lunch. the busy Flock & Fowl on West Sahara New mouth-watering items populate the menu, Avenue and its famous Hainan chicken. Haven’t including the son-in-law deviled eggs ($9), curry gotten in yet? Fortunately for you, F&F laksa with prawns and tofu puffs ($17) FLOCK opened up a larger second location in and a crispy chicken sandwich made with & FOWL December, and it’s open for dinner, too, crunchy, buttermilk fried bird and egg 150 Las Vegas which means there’s more time to explore salad aioli ($14). There’s even a burger Blvd. North #100, chef Sheridan Su’s menu. His minimalist ($16), eight ounces of all-natural beef 702-983-4880. Sunday-Thursday, approach at the original Flock (and the with soy-glazed mushrooms and caramel11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fat Choy diner at the Eureka Casino) is a ized onions. Friday & Saturday, big part of his success. At least twice the size of the original, 11 a.m.-midnight. When Itsy Bitsy Ramen and Whisky the new Flock and Fowl is sleeker, with a closed in the winter of 2016, its spot at full bar at the entrance. When the renothe Ogden was prime real estate for an expanded vating original reopens, it’ll still be your go-to for chicken joint. The new location carries the speciallunch. Just consider the new nest when you’re ready ty Hainanese chicken rice ($15), a soul-soothing, to take your dining game to the next level. southern Chinese dish that, unlike some comfort –Leslie Ventura
We all remember that one special dish our grandmas cooked for us. For the family that runs Chuchote Thai Bistro, one wouldn’t cut it. Grandma Chuchote cooked a wealth of Southern Thai specialties that all had such an influence on her grandkids, they’ve opened a restaurant in her honor—using her recipes. The menu is large. Besides quality staples like fresh spring rolls, pork jerky, pad Thai and pineapple-fried rice, it’s best to explore the Southern dishes, unique drinks and desserts. Southern Thai food tends to pack more heat than that from other regions, and with influence from countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, comingling flavors abound. Pad ped moo ($13) features a stir-fried protein of your choice with string beans and house-made curry paste. The beef might look familiar, the way you sweat after each bite is definitely something new. Another Southern scorcher is khua kling ($13), ground pork mixed with chili paste, lemongrass, galangal, black pepper and kaffir lime. Even the more familiar dishes like samosas ($9) have their own spin. This is completely different from the Indian version, with a flaky pastry skin enveloping potato, chicken and caramelized onions. The sweet coconut curry sauce laced with peanuts makes this a dumpling unlike any other. For an exotic drink, get bael, featuring a fruit that’s like an apple/quince hybrid. Desserts are just as interesting, with the complimentary kanom tua—coconut custard with pandan— serving as a meal-ending creamy delight. Grandma Chuchote, your grandchildren have done you proud. –Jason Harris
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Military training ground or wildlife refuge? Environmentalists and the Air Force are at odds over land currently part of Desert National Wildlife Refuge By C. Moon Reed | Weekly staff he story of the West is one of competing interests, each group gunning for resources that seem vast and infinite but are in fact finite: ranchers versus city slickers; tourists versus locals; environmentalists versus developers; and in this case, the Air Force versus a coalition of interests. In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created a 2.25 millionacre refuge for bighorn sheep and wildlife. Within five years, about a third of that land (846,000 acres) would be ceded to the Department of Defense to build the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) for World War II practice. Today, almost a century later, Southern Nevada is still torn between these contradicting definitions of “protection.” Which mission is more important? The Air Force’s mission of “Global Vigilance, Global Reach and Global Power” or the Desert National Wildlife Refuge’s mission of “conservation, management … and restoration” of land, water, plants and animals? Which federal agency has more right to the land? The scales have slowly tipped in the military’s favor. The Desert National Wildlife Refuge has 1.615 million acres while the NTTR has 2.9 million acres. You have until March 8 to share your opinion on what should happen next.
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People tend to think of the desert as a blank slate because it seems empty, but it’s the opposite of a wasteland. “The Mojave is one of the most biodiverse places in world,” says Friends of Nevada Wilderness’ Jose Witt, explaining how mountainous elevation changes create a tapestry of ecosystems. “I don’t see how we value some lands over other lands. Beauty is in eye of beholder. Just because it has no waterfalls, doesn’t mean it deserves to be bombed.” The 300,000 acres of wildlife refuge/potential training range contain sand dunes, slot canyons, pine forests and a striking dry lake bed that could become an airplane runway. The area is popular among outdoorsy types because it offers great potential for hiking, camping, hunting and biking. One favorite trail is Hidden Forest, which leads to a historical cabin in the woods. Eco tourism has become a boon to Nevada’s small towns. Once reliant on mining, Beatty is reinventing itself as a mountain bike
mecca, with the goal of becoming the next Moab, Utah. Now, residents fear the boom could bust if the land is withdrawn. “Small towns in Nevada are in a state of failure, and we’re trying to change that. But without that public land around us, we don’t have much of a future,” says David Spicer, a Nye County rancher and president of the Oasis Valley conservation and recreation group Storm-OV. Like the bighorn sheep who need ample habitat to roam, mountain bike trails need lots of seemingly endless land. So does the military. Because of its “size and remoteness,” Nevada is one of the few places where certain air exercises can be done, according to www.nttrleis.com. The Air Force calls our desert a “unique national asset … critical to the nation’s defense.”
What’s The Land For?
How could the military possibly need more than 2.9 million acres of desert? The short answer: improvements and modernization to the existing range. To understand the longer answer, you first need to know that Nellis Air Force Base’s primary function is training, which means that the NTTR is used as a giant scrimmage field. But instead of soccer, the “players” are training in “major combat operations” and “irregular warfare.” Practices involve ground troops, air and vehicle operations, hand flares, bomb target testing, smoke grenades and more. High-tech planes, like the F-35, can fly higher and faster, so they need “increased battlespace to properly employ advanced electronics.” Some of the requested land withdrawal will simply go to creating buffer zones to help stop “public encroachment onto the range,” which has become a safety issue as Southern Nevada’s population grows. Even something as benign as roads and safety fences can negatively affect wildlife by dividing populations and habitats. Portions of the training range overlap with land managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which poses “significant restriction on Air Force activities,” such as troop movement, developing new emitter and communication sites, and restriction of targets to dry lake beds. If the land switches to Air Force control, conservation will take a backseat. The military knows it’s not the only entity that values the land.
Draft reports (available at www.nttrleis.com) include sections on socioeconomic impact; air, noise and water quality; contamination and species. The area is home to: 320 bird species 53 mammal species 35 reptile species 4 amphibian species 500 plant species
A few of the creatures that live on refuge land:
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The 300,000 acres of wildlife refuge/potential training range contain sand dunes, slot canyons, pine forests and a dry lake bed. The area is popular among outdoorsy types because it offers great hiking, camping, hunting and biking. One favorite trail is Hidden Forest, which leads to a historical cabin in the woods. The Moapa Band of Paiutes also uses the land for hunting, the gathering of herbs and pine nuts and more.
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In a statement, the Air Force says it “recognizes that there may be impacts to other stakeholders and will have dialogue with the appropriate Nevada state agencies as well as local counties and cities that may be impacted by the land withdrawal.” Because Congress ultimately decides, the Air Force is in the final stages of completing a legislative environmental impact statement (LEIS). It’s a sprawling report filled with information on every conceivable way that the land, wildlife and people could be affected (which is why they’re seeking public comment). Draft reports (available at www.nttrleis.com) include sections on socioeconomic impact; air, noise and water quality; contamination; migratory birds, greater sage grouse, mammals; and rare plants. Reading through the list, you realize just how populated a seemingly empty desert is. In January, the Air Force hosted a series of public hearings throughout Nevada. The North Las Vegas hearing drew upward of 200 people against the expansion. Speakers included environmentalists, hunting groups, recreationists and Native Americans, whose ancestral lands are in question. Fawn Douglas, an activist and member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe, attended the hearing and was inspired by the fiery opposition. “It’s important to protect these areas—just like it is for Gold Butte, Basin & Range and all our natural areas—not just for our people but for everybody to enjoy,” she says. Moapa Band of Paiutes chairman Greg Anderson is against the expansion. He doesn’t want to lose access to the land, which his people use for medicines, hunting, gathering of herbs and medicines, pine nuts and more. “It’s almost like what they did to us years ago, how they took us and put us on these reservations,” Anderson says. “I don’t think it’s fair to have to ask permission to go on our ancestral lands. They say they will protect it, but I think they’re lying.”
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Less Remote Every Day When the test range was created, the Las Vegas Valley was a dusty blip, with fewer than 14,000 residents. Today, it’s home to nearly 2 million. As both the city and the training range have grown, they’ve crept toward each other. The Northern half of Clark County actually abuts the NTTR. Friends of Nevada Wilderness’ Jose Witt can see the training range from his North Las Vegas backyard, and he sometimes feels the sonic booms. “We all support our military,” Witt says. “But how do we strike a balance between being safe and protecting the most pristine areas in Nevada? I don’t think anybody likes giving our land to the military so they can bomb it. It’s a hard case to make.”
3 Ways you can get involved
You have until March 8 to submit comments on the land withdrawal in order to have them included in the final legislative environmental impact statement, which will then be sent to Congress. For more information visit www.nttrleis.com or call 702-652-2750.
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1. Submit directly to the website www.nttrleis.com/comment.aspx 2. Email comments to nttrleis@leidos.com 3. Send snail-mail comments to Nellis Air Force Base, 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs, 4430 Grissom Ave., Ste. 107, Nellis AFB, NV 89191. Comments must be postmarked by March 8. Desert tortoise
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Festival welcomes leaders, celebrates black culture Activists join forces to bring recognition to Las Vegas community
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eborah Porter and Jessica Washington met as activists in the community, and the pair combined forces to do something bigger than ever before. The result was the I Love Being Black Festival, a celebration of black culture, history, identity, sexuality and entertainment throughout the month of February. Bringing in community leaders like André Wade, executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center, and sexologist TaMara Griffin, Porter and Washington have curated a variety of events with the goal of bringing people together, supporting one another and heightening black visibility in Las Vegas.
Tell us a little bit about yourselves. Deborah Porter: I’ve been in Las Vegas about 15 years, and I’ve worked in marketing during that time. I also write erotica on the side—that’s kind of my passion. So marketing pays the bills, and erotica keeps me interesting. Jessica Washington: I’m a spoken-word artist in Las Vegas, and I have an organization called Black Girls Inspire. I’m an advocate for Autism Speaks, and I do a lot of work in the community. I just performed in the Women’s March.
How did you come together to start this festival? Porter: I was very critical of some of the leadership and community activists, particularly the traditional black organizations that I felt weren’t doing enough. So one day I was just like, “How long are you going to ... moan about what they’re not doing and get involved yourself?” We felt like Black History Month had become kind of passé. There was nothing done—outside of the Martin Luther King parade—that was a staple that really involved the community, spoke to us and gave us an opportunity to showcase one another, or to talk about [issues like] being black and gay. Washington: The local contribution of AfricanAmericans is not recognized, so I felt we needed to recognize ourselves. We can’t always wait to be recognized by everyone else.
What are some of the successes from events that have already happened? Porter: We had a racism discussion, which was really good. We said if we can get 20 or 30 people in the room to talk about racism, we’ve done a good job. In the end, we had about 35 people show up, and we actually had more whites and
other minorities than blacks. It is such a difficult conversation that to find people who are brave enough was amazing. We need to have more of those conversations, because it’s the only way we’re going to heal and move forward. We can’t keep sweeping it under the rug saying, “Okay, let’s get over it.”
What do you think the takeaway was? Porter: There was a little more understanding that how you were raised plays a tremendous part in your interaction as an adult. A lot of people talked about, “I grew up this way.” There was a woman who said she grew up in a household where the “N” word was used. It wasn’t until she went away to college that she realized, “Wait a minute. We’re not supposed to say that.” I think people walked away saying, “You aren’t born racist, you aren’t born prejudiced.”
The festival also dovetails into March for National Women’s History Month. Porter: We’ve partnered with the 100 Black Women Las Vegas chapter to do an A Seat at the Table event March 3. We’re bringing black women together to talk about supporting and helping each other, because there’s this stereotype that black women can’t work together—the whole “angry black woman” sterotype. We want to dispel that. And we added a piece on voter registration, because this year is going to be critical. Maybe if we come together collectively, we can really bring about change.
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What are some of the main issues facing black women and black voters in Las Vegas? Porter: Police reform. We say this all the time. We tend to carry the burden of the crime. If someone goes out and robs a bank, and he’s arrested or shot and killed by police, it always tends to be on black women to pick up the pieces, to bail him out of jail, to bury him, to care for children. Why does it always fall to women to pick up the pieces? To be that backbone? So, police reform. Certainly, education. The wage disparity. The list goes on.
What do you hope people take away from the festival? Washington: Just bringing the African-American community together under one umbrella. I would love to see an African-American Arts Council come out of this. People think Black History Month is all about being woke, but everything doesn’t have to be serious. It’s about having fun as well. I want to be black and have fun (laughs). Porter: There’s more to us; we are complex and layered. There’s more to black history than Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks—not to take anything away from their accomplishments. There’s so many layers about us that we want to share. Next year’s going to be bigger and better.
Deborah Porter, second from left, and Jessica Washington, second from right, stand with participants at the Barbershop Talk event hosted by Robert “Twix” Taylor on Feb. 8. (Courtesy)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, Feb. 15 ■ Black Panther premiere: Support black cinema with this black carpet reception and screening of Marvel’s superhero film based on the African-American Fantastic Four character from the ’60s. 7 p.m., Eclipse Theater. Saturday, Feb. 17 ■ I Love Being Black and Funny: Watch as local funny men and women bring down the house with this comedy event produced by DigiWorld Entertainment. 8 p.m., 4351 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 309. Thursday, Feb. 22 through Saturday, Feb. 24 ■ Kemit in the Desert: For the fifth year in a row, Franklyn G. Verley hosts a presentation with featured keynote speakers Dr. Runoko Rashidi, teachers Merira and Ashra Kwesi and Antonio Fargas. 7 p.m., West Las Vegas Library. Saturday, March 24 ■ Black Girl Magic: Join in the “march to health” with a walk from Raw Remedies to the Fremont Street Experience, a scavenger hunt and myriad black health and beauty vendors. Raw Remedies, 203 E. Colorado Ave.
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COMING CHECKING IN WITH BILL LAIMBEER, COACH OF LAS VEGAS’ NEW WNBA TEAM BY MIKE GRIMALA
ip-off is getting closer for the Las Vegas Aces. On February 5, the newly arrived WNBA franchise staged its first event for season-ticket holders, allowing fans to view the seating arrangements inside Mandalay Bay Events Center and choose their spots for the upcoming campaign. Head coach Bill Laimbeer was on hand to meet fans, take photos and, in a few cases, help them select their seats. Laimbeer has been hands-on with everything pertaining to the Aces since the team announced its relocation from San Antonio last year. We caught up with the two-time NBA champion at the season-ticket event for an update.
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What has been the organization’s top priority since announcing the move? The logistics of getting organized and set up. Going out and buying all the equipment and getting the arena refurbished and finding a practice site. Everything you have to do from scratch is time-consuming and a logistical challenge, so that’s been the biggest thing, company-wide. From a basketball perspective, it’s waiting for free agency, identifying what our needs were, going out and acquiring some players, and now we prepare for the draft. How has the relocation process gone? It’s a lot of work—more than I expected—but I think overall it’s gone very well. Everyone at MGM is very excited about the product. They’re working very hard at it. As the players get to town, I’ve gotten to meet with them, and they’re excited about being here, so it’s a very positive environment.
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What do you think of the MGM facilities and the Mandalay Bay Events Center? I saw the facilities when I first got here, and then we went through all the discussions of what was going to change and how they were going to improve it, and it was like, ‘Wow, look at all this commitment they’re making, from locker rooms to a new Jumbotron to new seating.’ Everything they’ve been involved in, including the WNBA, has been first-class.
What kind of response have you gotten from the local community? We’re still in launch mode. We’ve made a couple splashes, like this event tonight, and our schedule is about to come out, so that will be another big positive for us. But I walk around town and I stopped by the police [station] one day, and it’s, ‘Hey, Coach, what’s going on? Welcome to town.’ How important will it be for the Aces to connect with the community? It’s a long process with community outreach. The players are very big into the community, myself included, as well as the executives of the MGM. We’re going to get out there. [But] it doesn’t happen overnight. You’re building a fanbase from scratch, so you have to get to know them, and they have to get to know you.
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What is the biggest focus between now and the start of the season? From my perspective, it’s preparing for the draft. Identifying players who might be available where we’re at. We know with the No. 1 pick, there are only a couple players we’re going to look at. No. 13 is probably going to make the team, so we’ve got to identify how many players we’re going to look at and scout them and make decisions on them. Also, helping sell tickets. I’m going to get out there and get in the marketplace, talk to the newspapers and radio stations and TV stations, and create an awareness factor of who we are and what we’re about. How important is that No. 1 draft pick? No. 1 picks are normally impact players, and I think this year will be no exception. I’m not going to say who it is we’re looking at, but the usual cast of characters is what I’ll say [laughs]. It can be a very big positive for this franchise. This appears to be a very fancy event. They’re serving Champagne and strawberries to the season-ticket holders. Do you want the Aces to be a Champagneand-strawberries kind of team? With MGM, I’ve learned not to underestimate the splash they like to make and the bigness, and this is no exception. They wanted to make their presence known, and that’s a great positive for our team. Our players are paying attention to that. I want our team to compete and put on a show. The in-game experience MGM is renowned for is the experience I want our fans to have. We want our fans to go home saying, ‘That was really fun,’ so win or lose, they want to come back.
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Three CSN campuses gear up for $80 million student union project
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“We went to students, held forums where we talked to them to see if they would support a deal like this, and told them what would go in [the student unions],” Payne said. “They voted and approved to increase the student fees to build these. This is a result of the students wanting the buildings and agreeing to pay for them.” The buildings, designed by TSK Architects, are similar in design but feature aspects to ensure that
they fit in with the surroundings of their campus. Each will be about 25,000 square feet and feature modern-style furniture, with unique LED interior lighting and energy efficient aspects. Each will have a food court, meeting rooms, study space, courtyards, student government offices, advising offices, a multicultural center and sitting areas. The study space features movable desks and chairs to allow students to meet in various size groups, and study pods to provide students privacy. Payne said students helped pick styles of furniture, fabric and lighting, among other aspects of the design process. “It really gives them the feeling that this is theirs,” Payne said. “They’re pretty excited about it and it’s been a lot of fun to work with them.” At the Henderson campus, the union will be behind the C building along Heather Drive, between the temporary parking lot and the baseball field. That parking lot will be made larger and become permanent with the plans. In North Las Vegas, the union will be just outside the A building, while at Charleston it will be between the C and I buildings. A groundbreaking ceremony is tentatively planned for May and work will begin in July or August. “It will finally give the students a space where they can gather in between classes,” Payne said. “Instead of sitting in their cars or driving back home during a break, they’ll have a centralized space on campus of their own.”
ollege of Southern Nevada students will soon have a centralized place to spend time in between classes. Student unions will be constructed at the college’s three main area campuses and are scheduled to open for the fall 2019 semester. The $80 million project was funded by student-approved fee increases. Nevada’s Board of Regents approved the fee hikes last year, including an $8-per-credithour fee that went into effect in the fall 2017 semester, and a $3-per-credit-hour fee for summer courses beginning in 2018. A $1-per-credit-hour fee, starting with the fall 2019 semester, is pegged for maintenance and operational fees after the buildings are open. CSN is contributing $7 million from general improvement fees to the project. The Associated Students of the College of Southern Nevada and CSN administration started a feasibility review three years ago for the unions, which resulted in overwhelming support to raise student fees, according to Sherri Payne, senior associate vice president of CSN’s departAn artist’s rendering depicts the CSN Henderson Campus student union, scheduled to open for the 2019 fall semester. (Courtesy) ment of facilities management.
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providing customer servicebased street outreach.
homes in honor of Make A Difference Day.
VegasInc Giving Notes
The Ronald McDonald House Charities Empowered by Love Gala raised $340,000. Presented by the Greater Las Vegas McDonald’s Operator Association, the event honored NV Energy and Roger Jones of VegasTickets.com.
Bank of America awarded $402,500 in economic mobility grants to 41 nonprofit organizations working to increase basic needs, education and workforce development opportunities in Southern Nevada. Organizations receiving grants include:
Life Success: JA’s “High School Graduation+” n Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty n Goodwill of Southern Nevada: The Career Connections Program n Spread the Word Nevada: Taylor Elementary School: Leaders for Literacy n Chicanos Por La Causa: College Access Program n Communities in Schools: Academy Class n Emerging Leadership Award for Women Scholarship (administered through the Public Education Foundation)
The Nevada Broadcasters Association received $75,000 from the Nevada Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety to participate in traffic safety message campaigns through the NVBA’s Public Education Partnership program.
Ellis Island’s Sing for Strength charity karaoke benefit raised $100,000 for the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund. Ellis Island and UFC President Dana White donated $1,000 for each celebrity performer who sang. Celebrity participants included the Righteous Brothers, Clint Holmes, Chris Phillips and Nieve Malandra of Zowie Bowie, Frankie Scinta, the cast of “The Rat Pack is Back,’ Kathleen Dunbar, Rudy Ruettiger, Lannie Counts and Kelly Clinton-Holmes.
United Way of Southern Nevada’s Women’s Leadership Council collected more than 10,000 items, including clothing jewelry, shoes, belts, scarves and handbags, to assist women in need. Donations will help women get back to work by working with organizations such as Catholic Charities, Goodwill Career Connections, SAFE House, SafeNest, The Shade Tree, Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority ROSS Program, Women’s Development Center, Work Opportunities Readiness Center of HELP of Southern Nevada.
The Superhero 5K with Chet Buchanan raised more than $200,000 for the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Cricket Wireless donated 10 smartphones with six months of service to the Rape Crisis Center.
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas; Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada; Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada; Clark County Public Education Foundation; Communities in Schools of Nevada; Discovery Children’s Museum; Dress for Success Southern Nevada; Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home; First Nevada; Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow; Fulfillment Fund; Future Smiles; Global Charity Foundation; Goodie Two Shoes Foundation; Goodwill of Southern Nevada; HELP of Southern Nevada; Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada; Las Vegas Rescue Mission; Lutheran Social Services; Make-A-Wish; Miracle Flights; Nevada Business Opportunity Fund; Nevada Homeless Alliance; NV Paralyzed Veterans of America; Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth; Nevada Public Radio; Operation Homefront; Opportunity Village; Safe Nest; Service Corps of Retired Executives; Southern Nevada Public Television; Spread the Word Nevada; St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation; St. Jude’s Ranch for Children; Summer Business
Institute; Teach for America; Tech Impact; the Ogden Foundation; The Shade Tree; Three Square Food Bank; and YMCA of Southern Nevada. The Las Vegas office of CBRE, in conjunction with CBRE Cares, donated $20,441 to AfterSchool All-Stars Las Vegas.
Nevada State Bank honored the following for their volunteer efforts to teach financial concepts to students and groups such as Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, The Shade Tree, Habitual Of-
fender Prevention and Education Court, Youth Offender Court and the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada: Christopher Berry, Business Opportunity and Workforce Development; Patricia Graves, Clark High School Academy of Finance; Talissa Tillman, Girl Scouts; Jacquelyn Trevena, Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada; Lonnie Noble, The Shade Tree; Charla Jones, Teach Children to Save; Norene Rajsich, Youth Offender Court; and Donna Haberman, coordination of Junior Achievement volunteers. United Way of Southern Nevada’s Women’s Leadership Council invested $543,114 in the following programs: n UNLV Foundation: Back on Track Program n Tech Impact: ITWorks and CXWorks Las Vegas Workforce Development Programs for Young Adults n Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada: Preparing for
Andson Inc.’s “Sharpen Your Senses” raised more than $30,000 for Andson’s financial literacy classes, homework help, tutoring and hands-on banking lessons provided to more than 15,000 local at-risk students.
411 Locals donated $5,260 to the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund after its “#VegasStrong Chalk Art Contest.”
More than 100 volunteers with Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada made repairs to four
The Southern Highlands Charitable Foundation donated $15,500 to Nellis and Creech Air Force Base’s Operation Warm Heart, a private, nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance to local airmen and their families.
Plaza employees distributed boxes of food items, such as canned fruits and vegetables, rice, spaghetti, carrots, apples and sweet potato crackers, to more than 150 families at Monaco Middle School. Merideth Spriggs, president and chief kindness officer at Caridad, was selected by People magazine and the American Heroes Channel as one of three finalists for the Red Bandanna Hero Award for her dedication and innovative approach to humanizing the homeless by
Affinity Gaming donated $58,000 to the Alzheimer’s Association at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. (Courtesy)
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Records & Transactions BID OPPORTUNITIES Feb. 16 2:15 p.m. Clark County, 604722 Arnona Road - Lake Mead Boulevard to Alto Avenue Tom Boldt at tboldt@ ClarkCountyNV.gov Feb. 22 3 p.m. Clark County, 604480 Annual requirements contract for bulk unleaded gasoline 87 octane and biodiesel fuel Sandra Mendoza at sda@ClarkCountyNV. gov Clark County, 604689 Annual requirements contract for fire sprinkler, fire alarm and fire suppression inspections, testing, repairs, modifications and additions Adriane Garcia at akgarcia@ClarkCountyNV.gov March 1 3 p.m. Clark County, 604723 Annual requirements contract for clinical microbiology and
chemistry laboratory services Adriane Garcia at akgarcia@ClarkCountyNV.gov Clark County, 604724 Annual requirements contract for histology laboratory services Adriane Garcia at akgarcia@ClarkCountyNV.gov March 2 3 p.m. Clark County, 604686 ARC for janitorial services at Parkdale Community Center and Senior Center Deon Ford at deonf@ clarkcountynv.gov March 8 3 p.m. Clark County, 604671 Annual requirements contract for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) maintenance and repair countywide Adriane Garcia at akgarcia@ClarkCountyNV.gov
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): At 12,388 feet, Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest peak. If you’re in good shape, you can reach the top in seven hours. The return trip can be done in half the time. The loose rocks on the steep trail are more likely to knock you off your feet on the way down than on the way up. I suspect this is an apt metaphor for you in the coming weeks. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made a few short jaunts through the air in a flying machine. It was a step in a process that led to the ability to travel 30,000 feet above the earth. Less than 66 years later, astronauts landed on the moon. During the coming weeks, you’ll be climaxing a long-running process. Revisit early stages of work that enabled you to be where you are now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2006, 5 percent of the world’s astronomers voted to demote Pluto to a “dwarf planet.” Since then, there has arisen a campaign by equally authoritative astronomers to restore Pluto to full planet status. They didn’t accept the demotion. I encourage you to be inspired by their example. Whenever there are good arguments from opposing sides, trust your gut feelings. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ray Bradbury’s dystopian bestseller “Fahrenheit 451” was among the most successful of his novels. Bradbury wrote the original in nine days. When his publisher urged him to double the manuscript’s length, he spent another nine days doing so. You have a similar potential to be surprisingly efficient and economical as you work on an interesting creation or breakthrough. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Poet Louise Glück characterized herself as “afflicted with longing yet incapable of forming durable attachments.” I have good news: In the coming weeks, you’re likely to feel blessed by longing rather than afflicted by it. The foreseeable future will also be prime time for you to increase your motivation and capacity to form durable attachments. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 2004, Jerry Lynn tied an alarm clock to a string and dangled it down a vent. He was hoping that when the alarm sounded, he would get a sense of the best place to drill a hole in his wall. The clock slipped off and plunged into an inaccessible spot behind the wall. Every night for 13 years, the alarm rang for a minute. Lynn finally called on the help of duct specialists to retrieve the clock. I urge you to finally put an end to your equivalent of the maddening alarm clock. 2018 King features syndicate
ACROSS 1 Mrs., in Munich 5 Spa offering 12 Tartan wearer 16 Second after thought in a letter, for short 19 Work for 20 Barber’s tool 21 Made cloth 22 Arena cry 23 Ghost of a bricklayer? 26 A bit more than zero 27 Kitchen range brand 28 “— never fly” 29 Toronto’s prov. 30 Fall bloomer 32 Passport stamp 35 Put herbs and spices on a James Bond actor? 38 Greek vowels 42 Mr., in Mysore 43 Ideal 44 Deicing stuff 45 Stable baby 47 JFK’s veep 50 Suffix with final or novel 51 Comfort given by the last Stuart monarch? 56 Sponge (up) 59 Yeats’ “— and the Swan” 60 Tyne of TV 61 108-card party game 62 Gray shade 64 Weaken 65 609-homer Sammy 68 Lovers’ deity 70 Person hugging, say 72 Has an affinity for people who are
calming influences? 76 Food, archaically 77 “— it a pity?” 78 “Cheerio!” 79 “Norma —” (1979 film) 80 Pencil wood 81 Lilt syllable 83 Backpack fill 85 Fine spray 87 Naval acad. grad 88 More rational hunch? 93 Decide on, with “for” 95 See 64-Down 96 Henchman helping Hook 97 Blogger Klein 98 Grassland 102 Certain hosp. test 105 Most meager 107 Hasty, sloppy application of talc? 111 Arduous walk 112 Taunting remarks 113 Eternally, to bards 114 Post-op areas, often 116 Qdoba dip 120 Year, to Pedro 121 Stupefying someone with liquor away from a horse-racing venue? 126 Sea, to Pierre 127 Gloomy 128 Entered furtively 129 Ohio or New York county 130 ’Zine team 131 Modern “Seize the day!,” for short 132 Gives a nod 133 Performs like Kanye West
DOWN Cheese that 1 crumbles 2 Chicago mayor — Emanuel 3 Territory 4 Like surprise guests 5 “Siesta Key” channel 6 Shapiro of radio 7 “Yes, yes!,” to Pedro 8 “24: Legacy” ac tor Jimmy 9 Saunters 10 Actress Sarah Michelle — 11 Poetic “prior to” 12 Football player Lynn 13 Sam’s Club alter native 14 — -lacto-vegetarian 15 Lessees 16 For the time being 17 Chain of bakery-cafés 18 Singer Crow 24 Finger part 25 Bovine noise 31 Sulky mood 33 Den fixture 34 After a while 36 Grain tower 37 Sheriff Taylor’s kid 38 Atty.’s name follower 39 He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates 40 Sominex and Nytol, e.g. 41 Light shoe 46 Grassland 48 Pink wine 49 Mo. #1 52 Suez Crisis figure 53 Tons 54 Serum injector 55 Winter drink
56 Really big 57 Collect-call connectors 58 In itself 62 Dojo mat 63 Gray shade 64 With 95-Across, wide keyboard key 66 Fess (up to) 67 Brief quarrel 69 River romper 71 Ton 73 Singer Sumac 74 Forest vine 75 Does some harping? 82 Polish, e.g. 84 Stubborn equine 86 Rink athlete 88 Move slightly 89 Attracted 90 Mo. #9 91 Bosc, e.g. 92 Rebellion figure Turner 93 Seine feeder 94 Study of poetic rhythm 98 Minecraft, e.g. 99 Wrecked 100 Shady spots 101 Impressive sight 103 Mandates 104 Some lizards 106 Repose 108 — -Canada (oil biggie) 109 Bruins great Bobby 110 Russian money 115 Not masked 117 Turkish money 118 Cut, as hair 119 Many years 122 Egg — yung 123 Simile center 124 Grab a chair 125 Put- — (deceptions)
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Was Napoléon Bonaparte an oppressor or liberator? The answer is both. One of his more magnanimous escapades transpired in June 1798, when he and his naval forces invaded Malta. During his six-day stay, he released political prisoners, abolished slavery, granted religious freedom to Jews, opened 15 schools, and shut down the Inquisition. You, too, now have the power to unleash a blizzard of benevolence in your sphere. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit,” said French playwright Molière. I’m going to make that your motto for now. You have pursued a gradual, steady approach to ripening, and soon it will pay off in the form of big, bright blooms. I applaud your determination to be dogged and persistent about following your intuition. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The growth you should foster in the coming weeks will be stimulated by quirky and unexpected prods. To get you started: 1. What’s your hidden or dormant talent, and what could you do to mobilize it? 2. What’s something you’re afraid of but might be able to turn into a resource? 3. Visualize a dream you’d like to have while you’re asleep tonight. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may think you have uncovered the truth. But according to my analysis, you’re just a bit more than halfway there. Be expansive and magnanimous as you dig deeper. For best results, align yourself with poet Richard Siken’s definition: “The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multivocal, bittersweet.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The magazine “Tatler” created a list of names for parents who want to ensure their babies get a swanky start in life. Since you are in a phase when you can generate good fortune by rebranding yourself, you might be interested in one of these monikers: CzarCzar, Debonaire, Estonia, Figgy, Gethsemane, Power, Queenie and Barclay. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Now that you have finally paid off one of your debts to the past, you can start window-shopping for the future. The coming days will be a transition as you vacate the power spot you’ve outgrown. Bid your farewell to waning traditions, lost causes, ghostly temptations and the deadweight of people’s expectations. Then start preparing a vigorous first impression to present to promising allies.
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