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DINO’S WILL SAY BYE TO KARAOKE KING DANNY G This Las Vegas entertainment legend has a simple philosophy about his craft: “When I went into karaoke, I wanted to share the stage with people, not just hand them a microphone,” beloved karaoke disc jockey Daniel Gobel said. “I wanted to give them their chance in the spotlight, their 15 minutes of fame.” Better known as Danny G, Gobel has been at Dino’s, a neighborhood bar just north of the Stratosphere on Las Vegas Boulevard, for almost two decades. “Eighteen [years] and three and a half months,” he specifies. But his ride is finally coming to an end. Gobel’s final day at Dino’s is October 27, and he’s been in talks with an undisclosed entertainment company to help produce his own karaoke show in Las Vegas. The plans for Gobel’s future karaoke project are still developing, and he says they’re “above and beyond anything that karaoke’s ever seen.” And yes, karaoke at Dino’s will continue even after Gobel leaves. “We have spent the past 20 years building the reputation of having this amazing karaoke,” says Dino’s owner Kristin Bartolo. “It will continue on the same nights as always.” As for Gobel, he’s simply excited to take that same energy to new heights. “Karaoke is a forum for everyone to share their feelings, their music, their passions,” he says. “Those are wonderful things. Being able to put a big smile on people’s faces and make their performance light up? That’s gratifying.” —Leslie Ventura
CALL FOR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND CANDY
OBAMA, BIDEN COMING TO TOWN
Dennis Hof, participating in a video teleconference in the bar of his Love Ranch brothel in Crystal on June 26. (Steve Marcus/ Staff)
Former President Barack Obama will hold a rally October 22 at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion to urge residents to vote early and drum up enthusiasm for Democrats running in close races for U.S. Senate, governor and Congress. The event will be open to the public but members of the public must get tickets. Former Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, will campaign for Democratic candidates in Las Vegas on October 20 at Culinary Workers Union Local 226 (1630 S. Commerce St.) as early voting kicks off.
DENNIS HOF FOUND DEAD
Dennis Hof, a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a GOP primary for a seat in the state Legislature this year, spent his last nights in a series of celebrations across the state that drew notables from politics and the sex industry. His final party Monday night at the Pahrump Nugget included aging porn star Ron Jeremy, tax-cut activist Grover Norquist, one-time “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss and ex-Arizona sheriff and politician Joe Arpaio. Jeremy told the Associated Press that he and a prostitute from one of Hof’s brothels found the pimp’s body October 16 at the Love Ranch brothel.
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October is national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Shade Tree, a nonprofit that provides shelter to women and children fleeing abusive environments, is asking the public for costumes and candy donations this Halloween season. “At any given time, we have approximately 100 children living at the shelter, ranging from infants to 18-year-olds, so we are looking for costumes and other costume accessories like hats and masks in a variety of sizes, to ensure our kids experience the fun of Halloween,” said Stacey Lockhart, executive director, in a statement. “We are also seeking candy for volunteers and staff to provide resident children at this first-ever Halloween event at the shelter.” Those interested in costume or candy donations can call 702-385-0072 or email sowens@ theshadetree.org. Donations can be dropped off at Shade Tree, 1 W. Owens Ave. —Camalot Todd
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TWO TRACKS FOR RONALDO RAPE CASE A lawsuit filed by a Nevada woman who claims soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo raped her nine years ago and paid her $375,000 in hush money has set in motion a two-track legal process in Las Vegas. One involves the lawsuit, which will proceed to a jury trial in civil court only if a state judge sides with attorneys for plaintiff Kathryn Mayorga on key procedural and statutory questions. The other track involves a police investigation that was recently reopened.
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Cover story: Beer, glorious beer. Your guide to the local brew scene. Health & wellness: Halloween activities for the family Reasons to Book Fest, plus Krewella, Simple Minds and EDO’s tapas. Las Vegas Weekly’s midterm election endorsements
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EVENTS TO FOLLOW AND NEWS YOU MISSED
Vegas Inc: 10 reasons why you should work on your credit
Vegas Golden Knights winger Max Pacioretty (67) fights off the Buffalo Sabres in front of their net during a matchup October 16 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights beat the Sabres, 4-1. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
EARLY VOTING EVENT The Nevada chapter of the Women’s March will host an early voting March to the Polls event on October 20 from 10 a.m.-noon at the Clark County Commission Chambers, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Moms Demand Action Nevada and Nevada NOW will help host the event, and speakers will include Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani and state Sen. Pat Spearman. Representatives from the Feminist Majority, Battle Born Progress, March for Our Lives, Fight4Her, and Be the Change PAC will also be present. To learn more, visit tinyurl.com/y8zavndk.
2 MAKE AMERICA DATE AGAIN A new dating app, DonaldDaters, launched October 15 for Apple and Android devices, hoping to encourage young conservatives to meet and mingle. Politico reported in June that many young members of the GOP have been driven off dating apps after negative responses. DonaldDaters, however, mistakenly leaked its entire database of 1,600 users on the day of its launch, leading to a temporary suspension of activity, its founder said.
3 MEGA MILLIONS UP TO $868 MILLION The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery has been growing since July, when a group of California office workers won $543 million. With no winning tickets sold October 16, the new jackpot is estimated to be the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The next drawing will be October 19. The odds of winning are 1 in 302.5 million.
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DEADLINES Last day to register to vote online: Oct. 18 at registertovotenv.gov Early voting: Oct. 20-Nov. 2 Election Day: Nov. 6
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There are 96 early voting sites across Las Vegas. Visit the Clark County Election Department website at tinyurl.com/y8mza6ut to find locations and times. You are not assigned to a site and can vote wherever you choose.
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evada is one of 37 states plus Washington, D.C., to offer early voting, according to the National Conference for State Legislatures. Residents looking to find shorter lines and avoid possible issues the day of the election will have from Oct. 20 through Nov. 2 to vote before Election Day on Nov. 6. Clark County’s expanded use of vote centers instead of assigned polling places this year is giving registered voters even more options to cast ballots at their convenience, said Joe Gloria, registrar of voters. “With early voting, you have 14 days to choose from, a time and place that’s convenient for you,” Gloria said. “That’s why we try to promote the early voting program, and most voters vote early, so I think they like that advantage.”
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POLLS ARE OPEN 7 A.M.-7 P.M. Individuals can cast their ballots at any of the 172 “vote centers” listed on the Clark County Election Department website, tinyurl.com/ydh8tfmj. You are not assigned to a site and can vote at whichever location you choose.
MILITARY MEMBERS Active-duty members of the military, their spouses and dependents, and Nevada voters living outside the U.S. can use the Effective Absentee System for Elections. The online system electronically submits the Federal Post Card Application, a form that acts as voter registration to the county. Once submitted, it requests that an encrypted absentee ballot be sent to the voter via email. Foreign cyber threats associated with the election have prompted many states to bump up security and take advantage of new collaborations with federal agencies looking to shore up election infrastructure.
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WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING TO VOTE? Nothing. Nevada does not have a voter ID law. Voters in Clark County are verified by signature.
HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTE EARLY? The number of Clark County voters casting ballots before Election Day has generally been increasing for decades, accounting for 63.6 percent of general election ballots in 2016 compared with 17.4 percent in 1996. Nevada is also one of 27 states that allow people to vote by mail without requiring an explanation, according to NCSL.
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NEED A RIDE? Uber and Lyft are offering free and discounted rides to the polls on Election Day.
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS If there is a question about a voter’s eligibility, they will be allowed to cast a provisional ballot for federal offices only (president, U.S. Senate and Congress). Questions of eligibility can occur if a person is voting for the first time and his or her voter registration data doesn’t match DMV or Social Security Administration records, or if the individual is not listed as registered with the Election Department. What happens: Individuals must bring appropriate documentation to the Clark County Election Department by 5 p.m. the Friday after Election Day to cast a ballot.
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LAS VEGAS’ RELATIVELY YOUNG BEER SCENE OFFERS MUCH TO DISCOVER e still enjoy beer, despite recent aspersions cast upon its character. We typically have one in hand at concerts and club shows; we order one with our spicy tacos or Thai noodles; we throw back a couple after work to take the edge of a day of bad news. Some of us are beer hunters; looking to try every handmade bock and pilsner; some are just dabblers, curious about microbrews but committed to our old favorites. Do we like beer? No, we love it—and no bad actors can take that away. And Las Vegas has something to offer everyone who’s ever hoisted a brew in
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CHATTING WHILE DRINKING—WHAT ELSE?—WITH TWO OF SOUTHERN NEVADA’S LONGTIME EXPERTS BY JIM BEGLEY
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hat happens when you get two local beer-scene luminaries together at Pub 365 inside the Tuscany Suites and Casino and ply them with some of their own wares? When it’s old friends Clyde Burney, VP of Beer and Business Development for Southern Glazer’s in Las Vegas, and Mike Shetler, Nevada Craft Beer Business Development Manager for Breakthru Beverage, ranting and rabblerousing about beer will ensue …
How long have you guys been in Las Vegas?
Clyde Burney: I’ve been here for about 28 years. I got here in 1989 with Steinlager, selling a beer from the South Pacific. It was the only beer I knew.
Mike Shetler: I cut my teeth in this town running the front-of-the-house and beverage program at Rosemary’s. That’s what brought me to Vegas in 1999. Truly we were a desert of beer culture back then. There was no such thing as craft beer in Las Vegas in 1999, but there were import beers, and Clyde was the one who brought those beers to this town. Clyde worked with me to bring in some unique and crazy stuff such as Schlenkerla, a smoked rauchbier from Germany. What was your first beer?
MS: Dubuque Star, my grandfather’s brand. I grew up in Dubuque, Iowa, and it was a local brewery. My grandfather would give me a nip every once in a while, and I liked it from the first time I tried it. I was about 7 years old. CB: I think the first beer I had was Lion Red with one of my brothers when I was about 13. It had a great tagline behind it: “The measure of a man’s thirst.” It’s a nice amber lager.
What beers would you like to see hit Vegas that aren’t here now?
CB: Wiseacre. And Bell’s is doing some good stuff. MS: For me it’s Russian River. I’m talking strictly from an enjoyment standpoint. And I’m not a big hazy guy, but I do like the Trillium beers. What beer trends do you see forthcoming?
MS: The trends I see happening are the established regional breweries, the guys who know how to do it, that have been through the ringer, that understand business as well as brewing. The Odells of the world, the New Belgiums, the Sierra Nevadas, the Boulevards. Those breweries are going to be where the future lies for consistency and for profit on our side of the business. And at the end of the day, they offer enough beer to satisfy consumers needs. The “shiny new toy” mentality is going to start to wane eventually, and retailers need to understand that, as well. You can’t have 20 handles with 20 new beers every single week and expect to have repeat customers.
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Burney, left, and Shetler (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
For the unindoctrinated, bottle sharing is the gathering of beer drinkers for the sole purpose of enjoying beers that might not otherwise be readily available locally. Each attendee typically brings a bomber (aka a 750 ml bottle) of something not readily available here—beers typically acquired on cross-country travels or in trades online. So no longer are you bound by regional distribution models preventing you from trying the Alchemist’s Heady Topper or 3 Floyds’ Dark Lord. Where does one bottle share? Local beer sceners throw private ones frequently, but for those not in such circles, there are a trio of regularly scheduled public shares where you can tiptoe into the pool. Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits (9915 S. Eastern Ave. #110) The alleged godfather of the Vegas bottle share scene, dating back to 2012, draws drinkers from across the Valley every Wednesday at 6 p.m., coordinated with a new beer release. Bring an obscure bottle, or grab one from the loaded coolers. Corkage charges vary depending upon whether your bottle is from your fridge or theirs. CraftHaus Brewery (7350 Eastgate Road #110) The Henderson Booze District hub hosts a bottle share every Thursday night beginning at 5 p.m. Buy a beer while you’re there, and share something from your stash with the group. 595 Craft and Kitchen (4950 S. Rainbow Blvd. #100) Chris Jacobs/Beer Zombies hosts the Last Saturday Bottle Share at high noon each month. A $10 entry fee gets you a beer glass for the share and a raffle ticket—plus, it gives you an excellent reason to day drink. –Jim Begley
CB: You bring up a good point, Michael, about rotating beers, even though it wasn’t your point. A Lee’s Liquor opens up, a Whole Foods opens up, a Sprouts opens up, and what a lot of people fail to realize is when you’ve got to fill those stores—when you’ve got to fill those stores with something interesting—all of a sudden, you’re 50 beers short. What I’m getting at is, just when we think it’s too much, as a beer consumer, you cannot live in a better country than America for beer. Let’s talk sours …
MS: The difference between European, particularly Belgian, lambics and sour beers and wild beers, compared to American, is night and day. Centuries of artistry and knowledge and perfection and tradition in Belgium, compared to a very short period of time in America. There are a lot of very good wild/sour beer brewers here, but nobody can brew a lambic in America, even though they try to emulate it. They don’t have the technique; they don’t have the history. CB: They don’t have the yeast strains.
MS: They don’t have the terroir to do it. Also in America, I hear this at festivals, at tastings: “Oh, that beer isn’t very sour.” Well, just because a beer is sour doesn’t mean it’s a good sour. It usually means the brewer f*cked it up, especially if it’s very high in acetic acid.
That’s what got me interested in beer. Sierra Nevada led me to Chimay. And Duvel. And Celebrator. Imports. That’s what led me to study beer and learn about beer and really understand that beer is just as complex as any other beverage in the world.
We like stories. Tell us a good beer story.
CB: When I came to the United States [from New Zealand] to sell beer, the first guy I met was a guy called Dan Holland, who ran Mission Beverages in downtown Los Angeles in 1989. The best thing I ever did was walk into his office and say, “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m Clyde Burney.” To this day, my mentor in the beer business is Dan Holland. I saw Dan two weeks ago, and he said, “Clyde, the beer business is real simple: You’ve just got to work harder.” MS: Quality is a big problem in this town. Either it’s maintaining the draft lines, serving the proper temperature, clean glassware, paying attention to details … CB: Beer is a sh*tload of work for a small profit. I’m very proud of what we do, but when you look at the labor that goes into beer, beer is a bloody beast of an animal.
MS: When I was still at Rosemary’s, I was invited to Beer Camp at Sierra Nevada. It was an illustrious crew—Chris [Black] from Falling Rock, Sang [Yoon] of Father’s Office, Dave [Alexander] from Brickskeller in D.C., Dave [Keene] from Toronado, Tom Dalldorf of Celebrator. That experience was quite memorable, hearing other people’s perspectives about beer and how it changed their lives. And Sierra Nevada was a beer that changed my life. It was the first beer I tried in the ’80’s that changed my perspective on beer—that you could have flavor and complexity in a drinkable format that was something different than Budweiser, Miller High Life or Stroh’s.
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BELOVED VEGAS BREWERY BIG DOG’S CELEBRATES ITS SILVER ANNIVERSARY BY C. MOON REED raft beer might seem trendy, but Big Dog’s Brewing Company has been satisfying beer lovers since long before many of us could legally drink. The Las Vegas-based Brewing Company and Draft House (4543 N. Rancho Drive) is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a series of special barrel-aged brews. “We’re achieving a tradition of doing classically styled beers and doing them right,” says head brewer David Pascual, who plans to release the final anniversary blend in time for Big Dog’s annual Dogtoberfest Beer Fest and Brat Party on October 27. Dubbed Year of the Dog, that brew will be a blend of six to eight recent barrel-aged beers, created to taste. “I wouldn’t say we’re shooting from the hip, but we kind of are,” he says. “We know the beers stand out on their own, so it’s just making sure they meld together well.” Year of the Dog is the fifth and final anniversary beer for 2018. The previous installments: Sled Dog (a bourbon-barrel aged imperial stout), Dog Gone Saison (a tequila barrel-aged saison), Chien D’or (a Belgian blonde aged in red wine barrels) and Son of a Gun (a German doppelbock aged in smoke wagon distillery bourbon barrels). Looking forward to the next quarter century, Pascual dreams of increasing brewing capacity with a larger space. “We are maximizing our facility, trying to squeeze as much as we can out of the brewery,” Pascual says. “The next step is opening an actual production brewery.” In addition to winning awards, including medals at the prestigious Great American Beer Festival, the pack at Big Dog’s is proud of its long-held connection to Las Vegans. “We’re very communitydriven, a very next door-type brewery” Pascual says. “We’re not here to take over the USA but to put our stamp on Las Vegas.”
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A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE LOCAL BEERS RIGHT NOW BY JIM BEGLEY Able Baker’s Honey Dip Stout This American imperial stout from Vegas’ edgiest brewer is chocolatey with undertones of roasted malt—and it drinks easier than its 11.1 percent ABV might suggest. Bad Beat Brewing’s Garbage Idea to Put a Team in the Desert! New England IPAs aren’t nearly the underdog the Knights were last season but that’s no reason not to root for this easy-drinking brew with the best packaging ever. Banger Brewing’s Mole Olé This melding of Mexican moleinspired flavors and American bourbon-barrel aging is a whiskey-forward imperial porter with pronounced toffee flavors— and a good argument against building the wall. Big Dog’s Man’s Best Friend 002 Who says sequels aren’t better? The second rendition of Big Dog’s Man’s Best Friend series is aged in Jameson Irish Whiskey barrels for more than five months, resulting in a scarily smooth Belgian dark strong ale with serious whiskey nose.
Crafthaus’ I Am Brut The next beer trend looks to be brut-style IPAs, and this incredibly named, dry representative of the style is a fine foil to fruity New England IPAs. Ellis Island’s Oktoberfest For teetotalers, the root beer is outstanding. But for something more alcoholic, Ellis’ Märzen is a malty rendition of a seasonal favorite.
Lovelady’s Paleo Porter A peanut butter and chocolate coffee porter so good, the Lovelady clan transitioned the once-seasonal release to a year-round brew. To the victors go the spoils.
PT’s Brewing Company’s Boulder Stout Dave Otto’s Irish-style stout, available throughout the Valley’s Golden Entertainment bars, is a picturesque representative of the style, evidenced by its 2017 Great American Beer Festival bronze medal win. Triple 7’s Brewpub Black Cherry Porter This beer drinks like a chocolatecovered cherry in a glass. What’s not to like about that?
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ASTRONOMY ALEWORKS BECOMES THE BOOZE DISTRICT’S NEWEST SPOT BY C. MOON REED A new star shines in a not-so-distant galaxy known as the Henderson Booze District. Astronomy Aleworks offers craft beer drawn from nothing less than the power of the cosmos. The brews are named after planets (Mars Red); famous scientists (Hawking Hazy Pale); astronomical phenomena (Nova Stout, Perihelion Hefeweizen); and even interplanetary controversies (the West Coast and New England IPAs are named Pluto IS a Planet and Pluto IS NOT a Planet, respectively). Founder/brewer Matt Brady loves both science and science fiction. So when it came time to pick a theme for the brewery he was opening with his father, Raymond, astronomy seemed like a perfect fit. “I’ve been a scientist at heart all my life,” says Brady, who chose the science of brewing over a career as a science-fiction author. He particularly loves the optimism of the original Star Trek and Star Wars series. “Also, star names are cool.” The Gamma Ray Gruit will officially debut at the October 13 grand opening. It’s an old-style beer featuring herbs—rather than hops—as the primary bittering source. Aleworks’ Award-winning brewer, Allan Harrison, convinced Brady to make it. Suspicious at first, Brady came around: “It’s really a fantastic brew.” Astronomy has been open for the past month, and Brady says customer response so far has been strong. He thanks neighbors CraftHaus and Bad Beat Brewing, along with the local beer scene at large, for the gracious welcome. “They have been extraordinarily generous trying letting the community know that we exist; every single brewer in the Las Vegas area has been amazing.”
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Joseph James Hop Raider IPA Sometimes you just want an easy-drinking IPA. For those times, look for a Hop Raider.
Hop Nuts’ MisbeHazin’ NE DIPA Sweetness overcomes hoppiness in an amalgam of two great beer trends. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
Tenaya Creek Brewery’s The Dutch! Why trek to Western Europe when you can enjoy this approachable Belgian-style tripel from Tenaya’s patio, especially when it’s on nitro?
Meet ya for a pint North DOWNTOWN Three Sheets (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
Aces & Ales (2801 N. Tenaya Way) Aces’ newer—and larger—location features 50 rotating taps emphasizing rare pours, like exclusive collaborations with Stone (New England-style IPA Millennial Decay) and Tenaya Creek (red ale Second Cousins). Bring a growler … or three. Three Sheets Craft Beer Bar (1115 S. Casino Center Blvd.) In six short months, this Arts District spot has established itself as a must-stop on beer adventurers’ Vegas tour, offering 30 rotating taps filled with finds like Funkwerks’ Saison and Able Baker’s Double Barrell Honey Dipped Stout. Also: Atomic Liquors, Corduroy, the Kitchen at Atomic, Nevada Taste Site, Pizza Rock, Velveteen Rabbit
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In the Vegas Valley, you’re never far from an expansive beer list
BBD’s (Palace Station) Not only is this recent NYC import set up with 26 taps pumping out hard-to-find, vintage, nitro and cask brews, it boasts a custom draft delivery system reported to be the first of its kind in the Vegas Valley. Recent sightings have included Sand City’s Oops I Hopped My Pants IPA and Interboro’s We Bring the Monkey With Us sour/farmhouse ale. Also: Bar Code Burger Bar, Beerhaus, Beer Park, Burger Bar, Crown & Anchor, Pub 1842, Pub 365, Rebel Republic, the Sand Dollar Lounge, Tacos & Beer. (Continued on Page 16)
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World of Beer (Galleria at Sunset) The name’s no lie; this malladjacent beer hall serves up 52 options on tap and another 500 (!) in bottles and cans. Marvel at the central-bar infusion tower, sign up for the loyalty program and earn freebies as you down rare gems like Avery’s (16.3 percent ABV) Rumpkin pumpkin ale. Also: Khoury’s, Pizza Rock, Shakespeare’s.
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595 Craft and Kitchen (4950 S. Rainbow Blvd. #100) This year-plus-old locals’ favorite took home a 2018 Weekly Best of Vegas award for a carefully curated tap list that rotates seasonal goodies like Occidental’s Oktoberfest and exclusives like Tenaya Creek Jade Garden pilsner through its 24 selections. Also: Cheba Hut, Public School 702, Sporting Life Bar.
World of Beer (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
WHAT IS SNAFU? Meet the Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union, aka SNAFU, a club for local home brewers. “It’s a lot of guys who just have a passion for homebrewing,” says local beer enthusiast and sometime SNAFU member Kris Wilke. “They get together. They go over what they’ve made and how they’ve made it. They get feedback from each other.” Talented SNAFU members have gone on to become commercial brewers at some of the best local breweries. But don’t let that intimidate you; it’s a friendly group. Beer has a way of doing that. snafubrew.com –C. Moon Reed
Why order PBR or Schlitz when you can get a microbrew for the same price? If you’re feeling lucky (and your wallet’s feeling light), head to ReBar in Downtown Art’s District and order the mystery beer. Unlike the meatloaf you used to get in elementary school, this mystery is half the fun. For $3, you’re delivered an ice-cold beer in a brown paper bag, and you can bet it’ll actually have some flavor (and probably a higher ABV) than any of those cheap domestics. No, you don’t get to ask what the mystery beer is, but it’s a chance worth taking. Past mystery beers have included IPAs from Uinta, Ballast Point and Saint Archer. The risk is worth the reward. –Leslie Ventura
WHAT’S BREWING UP IN RENO? When they’re not busy making Tesla batteries or falling before our innately superior college basketball squad, our northern neighbors make beer—and they kinda rule at it. Here are a few Reno brewers to know.
Great Basin Brewing’s beloved Outlaw Milk Stout and Nevada Gold Kölsch are the product of a craft operation that’s been humming along for 25 years. Taste that experience at Beerhaus and beyond.
IMBĪB Custom Brews is known for its barrel-aged sours and for being fiercely experimental. Sample their smooth science at Atomic Liquors and Tacos & Beer.
Revision Brewing Company is in the IPA business, and business is booming. Go to Nevada Taste Site and try the Sparks brewery’s Disco Ninja N.E. Style Hazy IPA, or its Dr. Lupulin triple IPA.
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(October 20, Clark County Amphitheater)
Need something to scroll through while downing your Marzenbier? Beer apps abound, and these five stand out.
Nearly everything about Motley Brews’ sudsy to-do is epic in scale. It brings together more than 60 breweries, local and national, serving up in excess of 200 deliciously different beers. Its “Festurant Row” offers a caravan of great eats from Good Pie, Tacotarian, Toddy Shop and more. It’s got a live music stage, upon which Mike Xavier, Ryan White Maloney and others will pour their hearts out. And inside its VIP Pavilion Lounge, Border Grill Chef Mike Minor and Pamplona Chef Errol LeBlanc will cook up custom-made chicken tacos and paella. But when you’re walking around with friends, beers in hand, the DBF doesn’t feel like a blockbuster. It feels neighborly and personal. Just as it should.
Untapped This digital brewski HQ is its own social media network, allowing users to check into their bars, rate beers, scan upcoming beer events, peruse the new drafts at other drinking spots and peep other drinkers’ activity feeds. Barly Algorithms and ales go hand-inhand on this recommendations app. Set your palate preferences (ie “malty & sweet”) and find matches (and the local watering holes that serve them).
The Beer Witch Project (October 25-27, Topgolf)
Beer Adventures This beer travelogue app curates a sudsy barhop for 85 cities (including our own).
It’s like an adult trick-or-treating circuit, with five Halloweenthemed tasting stations dispersing brews from Victory, Firestone and Able Baker, among others.
Pairwise The struggle to pair brews and grub is real, and thankfully so is this app. An impressive database of some 58,000 beers and 1,300 food items allow you to match your prospective culinary fare with the best possible brews—and vice versa.
Elysian Great Pumpkin Roadshow (October 26-28, the Park)
Seattle’s Elysian Brewing Company graces our humble stadium plaza with a pumpkin-inspired beer fest, featuring 40-plus jack-o’lantern’d brews. Good grief!
Brew Town Would-be craft brewers now have their own dynamic sim game (free, with in-app options for purchase). –Mike Prevatt
Dogtober Beer Fest & Brat Party (October 27, Big Dog’s Brewing Company)
Enjoy a nice, long afternoon of live music, raffles and tasty bratwurst, and wash it all down with more than 50 craft brews. Vegas Beer & Music Fest: Halloween Edition (October 27, Downtown Events Lot behind Backstage Bar & Billiards)
Come for the 60-odd beers (including some “killer autumn seasonals”); stay for the music and “scary creatures.” Costumes encouraged. Beers & Buddies Fundraiser (November 3, Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits)
While not strictly a beer fest, this fundraiser for our local ASPCA will feature brews from Big Dog’s and lots of actual dogs—you’re encouraged to bring your four-legged buds. Stay for the “holidaythemed pet parade.” New Vista’s Brew’s Best Craft Beer Festival Now in its 11th year, Brew’s Best offers beers from local and national brewers, and as always, its proceeds benefit folks with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sunset Park’d Food Truck, Microbrew & Vegan Festival (November 3, Sunset Park)
It’s exactly what it says it is: A day of specialty brews, food truck dining and … craft sangrias? Hey, we can’t live by beer alone, and sangria ostensibly contains fruit.
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A PROVEN I’m Jacky Rosen and I hope to earn your support and your vote to represent Nevada in the US Senate. I share your hopes and values, and I will represent Nevada with passion. This is where I stand on the issues and how I will fight to help hardworking families succeed.
GOVERNMENT REFORM I am a strong proponent of reforming government. As a Congresswoman, I ran my office so efficiently we actually returned $250,000 in taxpayer money. IN THE SENATE I WOULD CONTINUE THIS WORK TO:
• Stop members of congress from paying for first class travel with taxpayer dollars • Stop congressional leaders from taking federal pensions if they’re convicted of crimes like bribery or perjury • Stop forcing taxpayers to pay for Congressional sexual harassment settlements • Fight against pork barrel earmarks • Stop members of Congress from using tax dollars for campaign-style mailers • Support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United • Encourage bipartisan efforts whenever possible
JOBS & ECONOMY I am passionately pro-business and I feel we need to develop a new economy that spreads prosperity. AS YOUR SENATOR I WILL WORK TO:
• Incentivize research and development hiring at tech startups • Support fiscally responsible middle-class tax cuts • Grow Nevada’s job-producing solar industry • Invest more in apprenticeship and vocational training programs to train workers for specialized high tech jobs • Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour • Increase access to paid family and medical leave for employees
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Working to improve education is one of my core beliefs. IF YOU SELECT ME TO BE YOUR SENATOR, I WILL WORK TO DELIVER:
• Better pay for teachers • Update crumbling school infrastructure • Lower interest rates on student college debt • Higher education for all: advanced skills training, apprenticeship programs, community college and four-year college
Our immigration system is badly broken and needs clear-eyed, compassionate reform. AS YOUR SENATOR I WILL:
• Work for comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders and provides an earned path to citizenship • Fight to protect DACA recipients and find a way to provide relief to Dreamers
SAFETY & SECURITY As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have worked to support our military families and strengthen our national security.
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IN THE SENATE I WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK, INCLUDING:
A lifelong believer in environmental causes, I am honored to have earned a 97% rating from the League of Conservation Voters. IN THE SENATE I WOULD:
• Protect Gold Butte & Basin and Range • Fight Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dumping • Support efforts to reduce carbon pollution, encourage renewable energy jobs and businesses • Fight for clean air, water and conservation of irreplaceable resources
• Increase pay for our men and women in uniform • Bolstering defense systems for Israel, our most important Middle East ally • Improve military readiness • Secure our electric grid against cyberattacks
WOMEN I will always advocate for women, and I’m honored to be endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America, EMILY’s List, and Planned Parenthood Action Fund. IF SELECTED TO BE YOUR SENATOR I WILL WORK TO:
HEALTH CARE In Congress I helped pass bipartisan legislation to repeal the medical device tax. I also introduced legislation to cap the rising cost of prescription drugs and limit monthly out-of-pocket costs for individuals and families. IF YOU ALLOW ME TO REPRESENT YOU IN THE SENATE, I WILL WORK TO:
• Protect the Affordable Care Act’s preexisting condition protections • Develop bipartisan solutions to improve health care and bring down costs • Work to end the doctor shortages in states like Nevada Proudly Endorsed by
• Protect women’s health care and reproductive rights • Protect funding for Planned Parenthood health centers providing preventative care services and cancer screening
SENIORS I am determined to ensure our seniors are protected. AS YOUR SENATOR I WILL:
• Defend Social Security and Medicare • Protect Medicare and oppose efforts to turn it into a voucher system • Keep our promises to our seniors
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HALLOWEEN HAUNTS FOR THE FAMILY
Hauntings, movies and more
GHOSTS OF LAS VEGAS PAST
The Nevada Preservation Foundation invites the public to explore Las Vegas’ oldest cemetery on a two-hour walking tour. The organization suggests closed-toed shoes and water. When: Oct. 20, 27, 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Where: Woodlawn Cemetery, 1500 Las Vegas Blvd. N. Price: $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers More info: tinyurl.com/yag9g8fh
HALLOWEEN HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE & MUSIC EVENT
Outdoor double feature of Trick ’r Treat by Michael Dougherty and a movie selected via poll on Facebook. There will also be raffles with prizes courtesy of Zia Records, Big Bang Toys, Black Cat Costumes, Severin Films and Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum. When: Oct. 26, 8-11 p.m. Where: The Sci-Fi Center, 900 Karen Ave., Suite B209 Price: $5 More info: tinyurl.com/ycaagveu
BY CAMALOT TODD | WEEKLY STAFF
he anticipation of Halloween is almost as thrilling as an ’80s horror film marathon. Adults deliberate over their costumes with childlike enthusiasm, teens trot to haunted houses for a scare and children plot their routes to maximize their candy bounty. If you’re looking to celebrate all things scary but aren’t quite sure where to begin, here’s a list of notable happenings around town for the family.
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GILCREASE ORCHARD PUMPKIN PATCH
Sixty acres of locally grown produce. Let loved ones choose their own pumpkins to carve into ghoulish monsters. When: Open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Where: 7800 N. Tenaya Way Price: 50 cents per pound for pumpkins; caramel apples made from scratch for $4 and more. More info: thegilcreaseorchard.org
HALLOWEEN TOWN PUMPKIN PATCH
Three locations across the Valley with rides, games, attractions, pumpkin decorating and more. When: Monday-Friday, 4-9:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; open at 11 a.m. on Nevada Day through Halloween night. Where: 510 S. Rampart Blvd.; 7455 S. Rainbow Blvd.; 9748 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Price: Free admission and parking; tickets $1 (2-4 tickets/per ride); all-day wristband $20; family pack of 25 tickets $20. More info: lvpumpkinpatch.com
HALLOWEEN COOKIE DECORATION
Decorate cookies and participate in a cakewalk, selfie station and costume contest. Included in the price is a holiday drink. When: Oct. 20, 12-2 p.m. Where: Fury’s Kitchen, 2779 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., Suite 120 Price: $15 per person More info: tinyurl.com/ycplsukj
HALLOWEEN SLIME AND POTION CLASS
Children will learn how to make their own slime. The class package includes a juice box, soda or water and a snack. When: Oct. 19 and Oct. 27, 5-6 p.m. Where: 1875 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite #100 Price: $35 To purchase tickets visit: hcorksncrafts.com/products/slimespotions More info: tinyurl.com/y9grmlvt
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OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE’S HALLOVEEN
Scare up a good time for a good cause. There will be rides, photo-ops and more. All proceeds will benefit the nonprofit. When: Oct. 19-31, 6-9:30 p.m. Where: Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd. Price: General admission: $10/child, $12/adults. HallOVeen Passport, $19 for a child, $22 for an adult. More info: opportunityvillage.org/pages/halloveen
BONNIE SCREAMS
FIRST ANNIVERSARY ZOM-B-QUE
Located in Bonnie Springs near Red Rock Canyon, Bonnie Screams is a haunted attraction that includes zombie paintball, five haunted houses and a haunted trail. Children 15 and under must be accompained by an adult. When: Oct. 18-31, 7-10 p.m. Where: Bonnie Springs, 16935 Bonnie Springs Road Price: $30 More info: wickedhaunts.com
A collection of food and vendors lining the parking lot between Las Vegas Oddities and Velveteen Rabbit. When: Oct. 31, 3-10 p.m. Where: Las Vegas Oddities, 1228 S. Main Street Price: Cost of food and vendors More info: tinyurl.com/y9ytw488
Trick or Treat
TRICK OR TREAT AT TOWN SCARY
A safe environment for children to trick or treat at participating restaurants and stores. Children are encouraged to dress in costumes and bring their own bag or basket for candy. Photos will be available for purchase. There will also be a children’s costume contest. When: Oct. 31, 4-7 p.m. Where: Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Price: Free and open to the public To learn more, visit: tinyurl.com/y7au2sdy
SPRINGS PRESERVE HAUNTED HARVEST FESTIVAL
HALLOWEEN CRAFT WEDNESDAYS
Every Wednesday this month, the pay-to-play recreational center Little Local Indoor Playground hosts a Halloween crafting session. When: Every Wednesday in October, 11-11:30 a.m. Where: Little Locals Indoor Playground, 8826 Eastern Ave. Ave Price: All day play admission $12 More info: tinyurl.com/ y9oajm43
This family-friendly event includes trick-or-treat stations, crafts, a petting zoo and more. When: Oct. 19-21 & Oct. 26-28, 5-9 p.m. Where: Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. Price: nonmembers $8; value members $7; members, free. Children 2 and under, free. More info: springspreserve.org/events/?id=2169
TREAT STREET DOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN
The community event includes a safe place to trick-or-treat for children, a “Howl-O-Ween” dog costume contest, screenings of It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and more. When: Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m. Where: Downtown Plaza, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive Price: Free admission More info: tinyurl.com/y8q5gook
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION AT FLOYD LAMB PARK
A trick-or-treat family event that includes games for children, hayrides, a costume parade and more. When: Oct. 31, 6-8 p.m. Where: Floyd Lamb Park, 9200 Tule Springs Road Price: Free and open to the public. More info: tinyurl.com/y99zkq45
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JODI MANZELLA AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS LAS VEGAS Title: Executive Director Agency address: 8485 W. Sunset Road, Ste. 106, Las Vegas, NV 89113 Agency phone number: 702-259-1850 Agency website: asaslv.org Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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hat does your organization do?
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas provides opportunities for underprivileged youths to participate in free after-school and summer programs that focus on academics, athletics and cultural enrichment. Programs include tutoring, language and literacy skills, arts and crafts, dance, music, coding, chess, robotics, creative writing, soccer, swimming, cheer, cooking and media, just to name a few. The goal is to keep students actively engaged in school and working toward high school graduation; provide enrichment opportunities students would otherwise not receive or experience; and keep students safe, productive and active in the vulnerable after-school hours. When and why was it established?
After-School All-Stars Las Vegas was organized in 2003, after acquiring and broadening the services offered by the original organization, the Greater Las Vegas Inner-City Games, which was founded in 1995 by Elaine Wynn. Since its inception, the organization has served more than 120,000 youths. Who are its clients today?
More than 6,500 youths from 16 elementary and middle schools participate in the program. Schools are generally located in lower socioeconomic areas of the Valley and all are Title I schools in which the majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. What are its current initiatives or goals? Our vision is for our All-Stars to be safe and healthy, to graduate high school and go to college, to find careers they love and then give back to their communities. We want to
also take them on adventures to Red Rock Canyon. Many have never left their neighborhoods or experienced simple pleasures like camping or hiking. The opportunities we provide are transformational and eye opening. What can people do to get involved in the cause you serve?
Volunteers can work with our students during after-school programs and assist with programming such as sports, arts, dance, etc. Opportunities also are available within our fundraising and programming events. There is a volunteer sign-up form on our website. People can also invest in the organization by making a donation.
help them build confidence and self-esteem, to encourage them to say no to gangs, drugs What can Southern Nevadans do to and violence; and say yes to hope, learnimprove our community in general? ing and life. We value integrity, learning, There are a multitude of nonpartnerships and human dignity WHAT IS FINDLAY profit organizations where indito create loyalty and trust within GOOD WORKS? viduals can provide their time the organization, with our doGood Works is a and talents to help make Southtwice-monthly series nors and the community. in Las Vegas Weekly ern Nevada a better place for all. in which we highlight What services might the I encourage everyone to research the efforts of nonprofit community not know about? an area they are passionate about groups that are making a difference in our Participants have an opportunity and locate an organization with a community. You can to meet with CEOs and business check out the good work mission to support that cause. leaders, learning about their jobs of more organizations by visiting facebook.com/ Where do you see your and their impact on the comFindlayAutoGroup. organization in five years? munity. We organize field trips Our goal in the next five years is to TV stations to see how a news to continue to secure dedicated donors so we program is put together, and we visit other can increase the number of youths we serve. places of business. These kinds of experiWe have a waiting list of schools that would ences give our kids an inside look at the real like to receive our programming. world, inspiring them to stay in school. We
Jodi Manzella, Executive Director of After-School All-Stars Las Vegas. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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T-MOBILE ARENA SYSTEM OF A DOWN Nu-metal group System of a Down has spent the past 20 years infusing its heavy discography with political themes that extend far beyond radio hits like “Chop Suey!” Combine its progressive leanings with the abrasiveness of turn-of-themillennium contemporaries At the Drive-In and you’ve got potential for a turbulent, nostalgia-fueled rock show for the ages. With Skeletonwitch. 7 p.m., $70-$100. –Leslie Ventura
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VARIOUS LOCATIONS LAS VEGAS PRIDE Most cities swelter under the sun during their summer Pride celebrations. Ours doesn’t. On Friday, the Valley’s LGBT community (and its allies) will march down Fourth Street under the stars during the Pride parade. On Saturday and Sunday, they’ll take over Sunset Park for the Festival, enjoying entertainers, food and beverages—and moderate, mid-80s temps. For info, visit lasvegaspride. org. –Mike Prevatt
Miss Behave and Tiffany ride in 2017’s Pride Parade. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
For its second year, the Sin City Horror Fest moves from Downtown to the Brenden Theatres at the Palms, but the approach remains the same: showcasing independent horror features and short films over the course of three days. This year, the festival will also host a screening of John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween, just in time for the new franchise reboot to hit theaters. Seeing such an intense, primal horror movie on the big screen is absolutely the best way to experience it. Other feature selections include cultmovie documentary Survival of the Film Freaks, Chinese zombie film Lost in Apocalypse, 1980s-homage anthology Skeletons in the Closet and the delightfully titled Canadian horrorcomedy Camp Death III in 2D! There are also dozens of short films spread across five blocks, including Nite Nite, starring local actress (and burgeoning indie scream queen) Tommie Vegas. The festival organizers have put together another wideranging program that showcases the talent and innovation of low-budget horror filmmaking. October 19-21, $10 per screening, $25 passes. –Josh Bell
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He’s the DJ to the stars, a high-fashion event fixture, cousin to Lenny Kravitz and husband to supermodel Shanina Shaik—and he’s also a resident at Marquee. Ruckus returns to rock the Monday-night industry party at the Cosmo club this week. 10:30 p.m., $20-$30. –Brock Radke
OCT 18-21 LAS VEGAS FESTIVAL GROUNDS FIVB LAS VEGAS OPEN Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh brings high-level men’s and women’s beach volleyball— plus a health and wellness village with yoga sessions, cooking demos and more—to the Strip, for free, no less. Times vary, register at bit.ly/2PpV71I. –Spencer Patterson
FRI, OCT 19 BUNKHOUSE SALOON DEATH VALLEY GIRLS Southern California’s recent, loaded Desert Daze festival didn’t send a psych-rock windfall to Las Vegas, but this rising LA quintet will represent when it brings gloom-meets-glam new LP Darkness Rains Downtown. With DRÆMINGS, The Acid Sisters. 9 p.m., $12-$15. –Spencer Patterson
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The greatness of UNLV’s primary jazz troupe will be augmented by Sunday’s guest: dynamic jazz/ rock drummer Gregg Bissonette. Together, they’ll honor Leonard Bernstein and Buddy Rich—with whom Bissonette once played. 3 p.m., $8-$10. –Mike Prevatt
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Krewella gears up for its first-ever show at Hyde Bellagio
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ctivist-DJ sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf have been gone too long. As Krewella, they’ve had a steady presence in the Vegas club scene in recent years, but haven’t hit the Strip since last summer. “I feel like it’s time,” Jahan says of Krewella’s Vegas comeback, which starts with a Tuesday-night industry party at Hyde Bellagio this week. “It’s nice to come back to a place we felt was like our second home for a while, and now we’ll be able to see it with a completely new perspective from all our traveling and experiences with different cultures and scenes and people around the world.”
What do you like about playing in Vegas?
Jahan: I noticed as we were playing there often it seemed like we could go harder. People were more acclimated to the dubstep and heavy trap and hard trap, and Yas and I love throwing down like that, pushing the limits and exposing the crowd to different sounds here and there. On your recent tour you did some community service with fans and followers before your shows in different cities. What was that like, and are you planning more of those?
Yasmine: It was a little crazy to go to a new city and get in early enough to do three or four hours of service, so sometimes logistically it was all over the place. But we had good turnouts at every one we did, and we’re trying to implement more of that in our tour routing. My favorite was in New Orleans, where we got to help rebuild houses still torn up from [Hurricane] Katrina.
You recently participated in a conversation about the gender gap in dance music for a Billboard piece. It sounds like there’s still a long way to go to achieve better balance and equality in the industry.
Yasmine: I think when we get in a room with other women in our scene we feel it more and really see how minimal the presence is [in dance music]. When it’s just us, we are so focused on making music and playing shows it’s sort of like tunnel vision, but when we get together with those in a similar position it feels like there’s a huge lack of women in the narrative in every place in this world and especially our niche in EDM. I think it is changing, but it’s slow growth. I’d love to be optimistic, but a lot needs to be done on both women’s and men’s sides. We have to keep making ourselves known and making space for ourselves, keep releasing music and speaking about womanhood and also help out any women on the come-up or those trying to get into this business. Are you currently more focused on touring or making new music?
Jahan: We’ve made a conscious effort lately to re-examine how we’ve been living our lives and decided that this fall and winter, we’re going to slow down on touring and focus on our creative and personal lives, because that directly fuels artistry. We need to be on our own schedules so that we can wake up and spontaneously be like, “I’m going on a hike today,” because that feels like the right thing. And now the music feels like an extension of us more than ever. We are in music mode and want to keep writing and taking our time to get the [next] album right. That’s why we’re not teasing fans with a release date. We don’t want to put pressure on ourselves [and] half-ass anything. (Courtesy)
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ne of the more subtle enhancements at the intricately polished, emotional soundscapes. new Palms is a renewed sense of musical syn“There’s too much information today. You lose ergy. In the good old days, it wasn’t unusual to the feeling of curiosity, the mystique, and I think spot a Pearl performer hanging at Ghostbar that’s important,” he said in an interview with after his or her show. Now the star of the night is The Fader two years ago. “It is an experience for moving from the concert stage at the Pearl to the people to discover music that might become their DJ booth at Apex Social Club. First it was Gareth favorite. If you give them all the information, the Emery; now it’s Steven Zhu, the enigmatic experience becomes watered-down.” electronic musician better known as ZHU. Well-reviewed sophomore album Ringos ZHU A multi-instrumentalist and producer Desert arrived in September in conjunction October 20, 11 p.m., $20who earned a Grammy nomination for 2014 with his Dunes Tour, which visited the Shrine $40. Apex single “Faded,” ZHU retains a somewhat in LA, Brooklyn Steel in New York and First Social Club, mysterious persona for a musician who Avenue in Minneapolis ahead of its stop at 702-9445980. soundtracked the latest iPhone commercial the Pearl on October 20. The album features (with “Chasing Marrakech”). We do know diverse guest spots from the likes of Tokimohe grew up in the Bay Area, studied music nsta and Majid Jordan and dabbles in disco at USC and probably passed the 10,000-hour mark beats, futuristic-western atmospherics and sprawlwhile releasing a track a week on Soundcloud—for a ing storytelling—an expansive experiment compared whole year. He claims his relative anonymity is about to 2016 debut LP Generationwhy. putting the music first rather than creating MarshIn Las Vegas, we’ll get to know a lot more about mello-style hype, but fans of his well-crafted, glossy ZHU, who will be telling that Desert story in house rhythms probably don’t care why he’s made concert before spinning a different tale from the those choices. They’re too busy getting lost in ZHU’s Apex booth.
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ON THE RECORD KARAOKE, INSOMNIAC’S NEW FESTIVAL AND MORE
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We’ve got a few more Vegas pool parties left on the docket but you probably shouldn’t miss the Drain the Pool Party at XS on Sunday, October 21. Say sayonara to summer for real, with sounds from DJ Five. Strip nightlife icon Victor Drai was recently honored (alongside the Righteous Brothers) with the Casino Entertainment Legend Award at the sixth-annual Casino Entertainment Awards during the Global Gaming Expo. On the Record, the club coming to Park MGM on December 28, keeps distinguishing itself from the typical Vegas venue. Jonnie and Mark Houston of Houston Hospitality recently announced they’ll incorporate karaoke into their first Vegas venture, inspired by the programming and vibes at their nostalgic LA venues Good Times at Davey Wayne’s, Break Room 86 and Dirty Laundry. “A karaoke room break is such a fun way to hang out with a group of friends and step outside your comfort zone to belt out that Sinatra ballad or ’80s guilty pleasure song,” the brothers said in a statement. Big news from EDC producer Insomniac: Play Festival, its first ever interactive music and gaming experience, will debut in 2019 in a city to be named later. It aims to combine the worlds of music, art, esports and virtual reality. Sounds like something that could work well in Las Vegas. –Brock Radke
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EDO GASTRO TAPAS & WINE 3400 S. Jones Blvd. #11A, 702-641-1345. Sunday-Thursday, 5 p.m.-1 a.m.; Friday-Saturday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m.
ON TAPA THE WORLD CHINATOWN’S EDO MIGHT BE LAS VEGAS’ BEST NEW RESTAURANT BY JIM BEGLEY t was a sad moment when Chada Thai closed in May in the Chinatown plaza on Jones just south of Spring Mountain. Once upon a time, the space might have sat vacant for a while, but nowadays in Vegas, there are lots of quality restaurateurs eyeing dining-scene opportunities. Enter EDO Gastro Tapas & Wine. EDO specializes in Spanish tapas, hardly remarkable unto itself. But under the watch of chef Oscar Amador of Boqueria Street food truck and former Bazaar Meat GM Roberto Liendo, EDO ranks a step above its brethren. In fact, it earns my early vote for 2018’s best new restaurant. It begins with Liendo’s front-of-house attention to detail, from contemporary-yet-authentic place settings—you get to eat with tweezers!—to whimsical presentations (bikini sandwiches served in the prongs of a fork and paella cooked tableside to the sands of an hourglass). And it continues into the minuscule back-of-house, from which Amador delivers a slew of memorable bites. An example is the aforementioned bikini ($7), a fabulous, pressed sobrassada and Mahón cheese sandwich similar to a paper-thin cheese panini. Elsewhere, the montadito ($8.50) delivers smoked salmon and honey atop truffle cream cheese-slathered bruschetta under a smoke-filled glass dome. This being Chinatown, there are Asian touches. Tokyo oysters ($3.50 each), highlighted by Far East flavors of trout roe pico de gallo, ponzu and wasabi, begin an oyster world tour that travels from Peru to Spain. The savory Ibérico Secreto tsukune ($8.50) features ground pork in place of the traditional chicken served in Japanese izakayas. Unsurprisingly, Ibérico makes its mark across the menu, especially in the transcendent paella Ibérica ($23). A single forkful of the infamously decadent Spanish ham combined with the crunchy socarrat underlayer is as good a bite as you’ll currently find in town. And don’t overlook the funky, intense Cabrales ($7), a pungent kin to our more subdued blue cheese. It makes for a sharp palate cleanser after an epic dining experience.
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SAMPLING THE FLAVORS OF PALACE STATION’S ALL-NIGHT BUFFET partiers and families. The palatial buffet was edited down to the Nothing yells “Vegas!” like an all-night crowd-pleasing essentials for the nightbuffet. You’d be hard-pressed to time edition (to wit, the “Wok This Way” find one anywhere in the Valley, PALACE section was closed). There was a breakhowever. Which is why when Palace StaSTATION fast section (including made-to-order tion recently began graveyard service at its OVERNIGHT omelets), a dinner section and a bread/ new Feast Buffet, I stayed up half the night FEAST soup/salad/dessert section. The “soup” just to try it. BUFFET trio could be seen a complete survey of Unlike during pre-midnight operations, Daily, midhuman comfort: oatmeal, chicken noodle there was no long line snaking through night-8 a.m., and menudo. I indulged in gouda mac the stanchions when I arrived around 1 $7-$11. and cheese, mashed potatoes, bacon, a a.m. on a weeknight. Score! I was quickly chocolate croissant, chocolate cake and, greeted with a cheerful “good morning” for health’s sake, a single Brussels sprout. It was a by a server named Bridget, who offered coffee or satisfying midnight meal, and at $11 (or as low as tea (all drinks sans booze are included). My fellow $7 with a Boarding Pass loyalty card), the price— nighthawks appeared to be equal parts tourist and and time—is right. –C. Moon Reed local, night gamblers and swing shifters, post-
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I’ve spent many a Vegas night inside Downtown’s Thunderbird Lounge. My early 20s were filled with rock shows inside the retro bar (the surrounding hotel was formerly known as the Aruba before its new orders changed it back to the Thunderbird Hotel in 2016). Fast-forward to 2018, and the lounge and hotel have been completely remodeled and reimagined. Launched in partnership with hospitality vets Kelley Jones and Todd Parmelee, the new property-wide F&B program includes a new food and drink menu available in the Thunderbird Lounge. From 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., the Thunderbird rolls outs day-starting selections like the hangover breakfast burrito (scrambled eggs, sausage, scallions, cheddar cheese and salsa), two giant pancakes (seriously, they’re huge) with sweet cream butter and syrup, and a breakfast sandwich with eggs, cheddar and bacon. Stop in for lunch, and you’ve got standard barfood fare: wings, chicken fingers and mini corn dogs, plus some trendier finger foods like crispy pork belly bites and flatbreads and larger plates like fish and chips. Pro-tip: The grilled skirt steak salad is healthconscious without sacrificing flavor. The Thunder Cheeseburger is a strong hotoff-the grill option, especially alongside a cold beer. Come in for $3-$6 domestic draft beers, well cocktails and house wines by the glass at happy hour. Johnson says it’s all about being affordable and bringing in locals. Achievement unlocked. –Leslie Ventura
THUNDERBIRD LOUNGE 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-489-7500. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-midnight; FridaySaturday, 7 a.m-4 a.m.
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The perception of food and beverage pairings were once limited to wine—a full-bodied red wine with meat and a crisp white wine with seafood. However, the popularity of craft beers has given rise to a more versatile pairing opportunity: food and beer. “Beer is a great complement to any meal, partially because it’s more diverse than wine. Where wine has one ingredient, beer can have a wide variety of ingredients that affect the flavor, texture or finish of the beer, and all of those things can help elevate food in different ways,” said Mike Amidei, General Manager at bBd’s Las Vegas at Palace Station. Regardless of whether or not you identify as a “beer person,” taking the time to explore an extended beer menu can lead to a world of discovery and a new favorite dinner companion.
CREATING FOOD AND BEER PAIRINGS
Because there are so many beers and pairing opportunities, the sky is the limit when it comes to finding flavorful combinations. “The relationship between great food and great beer is everything,” said Ralph Perrazzo, bBd’s chef and owner. “My food is developed from beer, actually. Usually it’s the other way around—chefs find the right beverage for the food. But I actually drink the beer first and then create the savory counterpart.” Perrazzo notes that he draws particular inspiration from sours and barrel-aged beer, and affirms his love for Pilsners. “Those beers are great to cut fat and acid in dishes. I think it’s why they’re my favorites.” Amidei categorizes pairings into two groups: complementary pairings that include a beer with similar flavor notes to the dish, and contrasting pairings, which involve choosing a beer with dissimilar flavors to create something new. “Just like wine, when the pairing is done correctly, the beer and the food play well together and either one of those things changes the flavor of both. Each sip should reset your palate before the next bite,” Amidei said. He recommends saisons as a good general beer that pairs well with many meal types.
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For wine lovers, Perrazzo recommends trying a barrel-aged beer. “Whether it’s a chardonnay barrel or a cabernet barrel, or even a sake barrel, the beer takes on notes like wine,” Perrazzo said “And sometimes it’s even smoother and more complex than wine. I’ve had really knowledgeable wine drinkers come in and they’re shocked when they discover what beer can be.”
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Regardless of the beer style, high-quality, mindfully crafted beer can optimize the experience for anyone. The water used during brewing, the caliber of ingredients and the brewing process are all important to the finished product.
ARE THERE ANY BEERS YOU SHOULD AVOID WITH FOOD? It’s a matter of personal preference, but some beers might be too heavy or overwhelming with food. For instance, a high-ABV, double IPA may not be the ideal pairing for a meal.
“It’s kind of like a tomato,” Perrazzo said. “Compare an heirloom tomato from a handtended farm to a shiny, perfect tomato you buy at the supermarket. They’re both tomatoes, but one is just juicy. It’s better. I think that’s the difference between a great quality beer and a beer that’s the same style but not the same quality.” If you’re looking to branch out from your typical bar order but aren’t feeling overly experimental, consider asking for a brew that’s similar to your favorite Hefeweizen or light lager but made by a small craft brewer. The result may surprise you.
Serving a high-quality beer in a lessthan-optimal way can affect the flavor as well. Different beers require specific temperatures to draw out their flavors. For instance, stouts are typically served a bit warmer than light beers because the rich flavors in a stout can be dulled by very cold temperatures. The pour is also important, as is using the correct type of glass for the specific beer. When in doubt, Amidei says that white wine glasses are good for most beers. Maintaining clean tap lines and using CO2 carbonated lines can also make a difference in the taste and overall experience when drinking draft beer. “People always say that draft beer gives them a headache or a hangover. Unfortunately, that often comes from dirty tap lines or an unbalanced carbonation system,” Perrazzo said.
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GREAT MINDS Guitarist Charlie Burchill weighs in on our Simple Minds playlist—which doesn’t include the band’s biggest hit By Geoff Carter
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on’t You (Forget About Me),” the Keith Forsey/Steve Schiff-penned theme to The Breakfast Club, is a fine song. But it doesn’t embody Simple Minds at its best. The Scottish band—still centered around two founding members, guitarist Charlie Burchill and singer Jim Kerr—has a discography that ranges from the experimental to the expansive. With Burchill’s expert judgment, we offer a Simple Minds playlist that goes beyond the warm safety of the group’s biggest hit. “I Travel” This jittery post-punk dance number has more in common with LCD Soundsystem than “Don’t You.” “It’s a tricky song to play; it’s very stylized, very robotic,” Burchill says. “Theme for Great Cities” “This is one of guitar fills, bright keyboard splashes, fistour most covered songs, despite being an hitting-face drums and a lyric about rain and instrumental,” Burchill says. A number of rebirth add up to a stadium-sized epic about trance producers—including Paul Oakenfold the Minds’ hometown of Glasgow. “It’s about and Fluke—considered this 1981 track the [River Clyde], how it drew life to our SIMPLE a proto-Balearic anthem and tried in city,” Burchill says. MINDS vain to improve on its hot, mechanical “Up on the Catwalk” This aggressiveOctober relentlessness. yet-euphoric takedown of celebrity 21, 8 p.m., $36-$82. “Promised You a Miracle” Burchill culture has the energy of a live jam, but The Pearl, jammed out this song’s deathless New it’s anything but: “It was constructed,” 702-944Wave riff with then-keyboardist Mick Burchill says. “Catwalk” is a prime 3200. MacNeil as a sort of exercise, thinking it example of the band’s singular gift for was fun to play but could never be a proper making “big music” in the studio as well song—until “Jim heard it and said, ‘I could as on stage. really write to that,” Burchill says. It gave the “Alive and Kicking” The follow-up to Minds their first U.K. hit in 1982. “Don’t You” was born under pressure: “We “Waterfront” A one-note bassline, wailing had this enormous hit, but we didn’t write
it.” Producer Jimmy Iovine pushed the band to add “twists and turns” to this soaring midtempo number, including backing singer Robin Clark, who’d featured on David Bowie’s “Young Americans.” The result was a No. 3 hit on Billboard’s Top 100—not as decisive as “Don’t You” at No. 1, but “it was close enough,” Burchill says, chuckling. “The Signal and the Noise” The best track on the Minds’ 2018 album Walk Between Worlds was created with an artifact: an ARP 2600 analog synthesizer, a favorite of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and others. “I put on a recorder, let it run and just noodled,” Burchill says. The resulting track nods at the Minds’ experimental beginnings, while sounding as contemporary as the bands they inspired.
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While most Pride entertainment calendars are dominated by drag queens and DJs, musicians still figure strongly throughout the weekend. Some you might recognize, like Cece Peniston (“Finally”) and Robin S. (“Show Me Love”), both playing Sunday at the Las Vegas Pride Festival at Sunset Park. Other under-the-radar names warrant an introduction—like these three artists. Jaimie Wilson Perhaps no Las Vegas Pride performer’s backstory is more inspiring than that of singer/songwriter Jaimie Wilson, who grew up in rural, conservative Michigan as a young boy trapped in a girl’s body. When he came out as a trans male to his family during his senior year of high school, he was essentially kicked out. He found refuge in both Southern Florida and the country music he’d been playing since he was 4. Fast forward more than three years later, and Wilson is not only garnering headlines for his largely acoustic and autobiographical songs, he has also become a model with a huge social media presence, which he uses to document his stunning transition and share his uplifting messages of hope and trans pride. Pride Festival: October 20, doors open at noon, $5-$15, Sunset Park. xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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Superfruit You might know the duo—Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying—from its day job with a capella act Pentatonix. But its comedic side project has amassed more than 2.5 million YouTube followers, and its Pentatonix-like covers and medleys have given way to two original, synthesizer-drenched EPs called Future Friends, which sound like the lovechild of Chromeo and Kygo. Which means you’ll be dancing. Pride After Show: October 20, 8:30 p.m., $28, Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan. Nina Sky Most DJs didn’t have DJ dads to guide them, but 13-year-old twin sisters Nicole and Natalie Albino did— and yet, not before learning guitar and drums and singing over their own compositions. By the age of 15, they were performing live in clubs, and five years later, they had a top 5 hit, “Move Ya Body,” which marries a Latin rhythm with R&B melodies. That formula has served Nina Sky well—and ought to do the same for post-parade revelers. Glampyres Parade Afterparty: October 19, 9:30 p.m., $35, Orleans Arena.
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IT’S GONNA BE LIT SEVEN REASONS TO HIT THE LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL BY MIKE PREVATT Bring up our city’s book festival enough, and you’re bound to hear some smartass respond with somesuch
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LISTEN This year’s edition boasts three no-joke keynote speakers, chief among them lit wunderkind Colson Whitehead, whose last novel, 2016’s The Underground Railroad, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Also talking: the frequently adapted-for-TV Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars) and former LA poet laureate Luis Rodriguez (Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in LA).
DISCUSS You get the chance to talk, too—there are more than 15 discussion panels rife for your thoughtful partaking, including numerous symposiums on genre fiction (for adults young and not-young) and local interest powwows addressing diverse topics such as Vegas moguls and sports journalism.
dismissal like, “Nobody reads in Las Vegas,” or, “Our lit scene sucks.” Your obvious rejoinder: “Why do you lie?” ¶ Plenty of people read in Las Vegas, and our nonsucking literary landscape boasts the numerous intellectual treasures of UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute, several retail operations for book shopping (including the expanding Writer’s Block), the underrated Las VegasClark County Library District and, yes, the Las Vegas Book Festival. Besides the latter’s zero-point-zero-zero admission price, here are seven reasons you should check it out, regardless of your level of lettered enthusiasm.
SING ALONG Yes, the Book Festival has a soundtrack. The Discovery Tent will be devoted to performing musicians, like singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb (1994’s “Stay (I Missed You)”) and kiddie fave Zak Morgan (“Brobdingnagian Banana Blues”).
SUPPORT YER LOCALS Las Vegas literati abounds at the fest, as well it should. A post-lunch program inside the main auditorium celebrates UNLV professor, author and literary activist Douglas Unger; The Believer managing editor Daniel Gumbiner talks about his just-out acclaimed debut novel, The Boatbuilder; and scheduled poets include Clark County poet laureate Vogue Robinson, Metro captain Harry Fagel and expat Gregory Crosby.
WORKSHOP Your participation shouldn’t be limited to passive reception. Conference Room 140 will focus mostly on seminars designed to instruct, motivate and prompt its audiences, including two poetry workshops—one for budding lyricists and another for families looking to bond over the creation of verses.
BUY BOOKS Immersing yourself in an urban textual wonderland and not going home with an armful of books is like spending the day at Disneyland and ignoring the gift shops on the way out—it’s like you didn’t even go. It’s also futile, so patronize the various vendors and merchandise tables throughout the festival footprint, support the speakers’ written output—and prove those cynical of Las Vegas’ literacy wrong.
TAKE YOUR KIDS Beyond music hour(s), there’s plenty to busy your rugrats, including various activities, the Imagination Tent for readings and the Engaged Tent for illustration demos—the latter featuring renowned children’s book artists Raúl Colón (whose work will also be on display at the school’s Mayor’s Gallery).
LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL October 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Historic Fifth Street School, vegasvalley bookfestival.org.
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Home crafts and desert secrets What inspires Absinthe performer and Small Space Fest co-curator Heidi Rider? By Geoff Carter hortly before Heidi Rider moved to Las Vegas several years back, the CUNY Hunter College alumnus did something most newcomers don’t: the reading. “I researched Las Vegas’ artists,” she said. “What were they doing, what were they working with, what kind of spaces were they working in? So, when I came here, I had an idea about the things they wanted to explore.” That advance work paid off: Rider landed in Vegas’ arts community at a sprint, co-curating the inventive, multi-disciplinary group art show Small Space Fest at Emergency Arts (with Adriana Chavez and Elizabeth Colon Nelson) and performing in a dizzying variety of Strip and off-Strip theatrical productions (she’s currently an understudy for one of the leads in Absinthe). Rider took a moment to talk about what motivates and inspires her.
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What surprised you most about Las Vegas? How open and warm the community was. I can’t believe how many people I met through Small Space, and how quickly I formed friendships— especially coming from New York, where it’s so super-dense and oversaturated with artists. Can you name some of your influences? Definitely the performance artist Jibz Cameron, who has a character named Dynasty Handbag. She’s a very interesting multidisciplinary artist— very political in her work, though it’s not overt; she does it through humor. I’m also really excited about Nathalie Djurberg, a Swedish, self-taught animator based in Berlin. I’m really into people who are teaching themselves how to do things. I’m super-excited about people who don’t think of themselves as artists who do handicrafts. … I grew up with my mom making clothes, pillows, quilts, dolls, Christmas ornaments and other kinds of home-crafty,
non-art material objects. I love that stuff so much. There’s something about this kind of nonhierarchical art; the artist’s hand has a good sort of clumsiness to it that I think is really beautiful. And I’m really grateful to have friendships with Brent Holmes and Karla Lagunas. The thing that I really love about Brent and Karla is that they work on a deeply intellectual, sort-of politicallyminded art, but in a playful way. Where do you go to get inspired? I love to go into nature. I balance out my time walking on concrete by going out into the desert. When I first moved here, I didn’t appreciate its delicacy. I was really, really missing lush forests, that overabundance of green and wet. I was complaining to my cousin about that, and she said that kind of Earth expression is really, really showy. The thing about the desert is it has quiet secrets—and you just have to get down low, physically get down low to the ground. And then it’ll reveal to you all its secrets.
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calendar Mexican rockers Café Tacvba play House of Blues on October 19. (Courtesy)
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Henderson Pavilion Henderson Symphony Orchestra: Bolero for Billie Jean 10/19. Hairball 10/20. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. Historic FiftH STREET SCHOOL Las Vegas Book Festival 10/20. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-6469.
Beauty Bar GayC/DC 10/19. Watch the Duck 10/23. 517 Fremont St., 702598-3757.
PALAZZO THEATRE NF Hope Concert 10/21. 702-414-9000.
Boulevard Pool Superfuit, Betty Who, GoldBoot 10/20. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797.
THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) LV Academy: Homeland 10/18. Doctors in Concert ft. Peter Cetera 10/20. (Cabaret Jazz) Chuck Todd 10/18. The Brothers Brown 10/19-10/20. Pasquale Esposito 10/21. 702-749-2000.
Brooklyn Bowl Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah 10/18. Emmure, Stick to Your Guns, Wage War, Sanction 10/19. Danity Kane, Dumblonde, Dawn, Day26 10/20. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Death Valley Girls, DRÆMINGS, The Acid Sisters 10/19. Billy Strings, The All-Togethers, The Rifleman 10/20. Glasses, Rockie Brown, Tray Charles 10/21. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. The Chelsea Willie Nelson & Family, Lukas Nelson 10/19-10/20. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797. Chrome Showroom Ginuwine 10/20. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900. The Colosseum Reba, Brooks & Dunn 10/19-10/20. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. Count’s VAMP’D Void Vator, Tyrants by Night, Vile Child 10/18. Black Mongoose, Leaving Springfield 10/19. Kiss Night VI 10/20. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849.
The Space Nathan Phan 10/18. Mondays Dark 10/22. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.
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THE Dillinger Jase Willis 10/19. Wing & Watts 10/20. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001.
Hard Rock Live Skism, Trampa, Krimer, Kompany 10/18. 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625.
THE Dispensary Lounge Linda Woodson 10/19. Windy Karigianes 10/20. Richie Cole 10/24. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.
House of Blues Café Tacvba 10/19. Tamia 10/20. 702-632-7600.
Dive Bar Berdoo, Project Redline, Brute Force, Vicious Rumors, Revolta 10/19. Trash Panda, Stereoglass, Wicked Garden, HMD 10/20. Strung Out, The Bombpops, Counterpunch, Mercy Music 10/24. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Life’s Torment, Ugly, Thra 10/19. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Encore Theater John Fogerty 10/19-10/20. Wynn, 702-770-6696. EVEL PIE El Escapado, No Loves, The Psyatics, The Jagoffs 10/18. Cardiac 10/19. Follie, Better Brojen, Wolfhounds, Narrowed 10/20. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. FREEDOM BEAT Jill & Julia 10/19.
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M PAVILION Martin Nievera, Patti Austin 10/20. M Resort, 702-797-1000. MGM Grand Garden Arena Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band, Boz Scaggs 10/20. 702-5313826. Orleans Arena Glampyres Pride Parade Afterparty 10/19. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Ja Rule, & more 10/20. 702-365-7469. Pearl CONCERT THEATER ZHU, Tokimonsta 10/20. Simple Minds 10/21. Palms, 702-944-3200. SAHARA LOUNGE Wade Eno 10/23. 100 E. Sahara Ave., 702-907-6669. Sand Dollar Lounge The Strip Kings 10/18. Chris Tofield 10/19. The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 10/20. Dan Fester 10/21. Megan Betley 10/22.
Billy Ray Charles 10/23. Deltaphonic 10/24. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. South Point Showroom Frankie Scinta 10/20-10/21. 702-696-7111. STARBOARD TACK Miss Rayon, Cassie Ramone, Colleen Green 10/20. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Jake Rose 10/19. Stephen Wesley 10/26. Town Square, 702-435-2855.
Encore, 702-770-7300. Foundation Room DJ Konflikt 10/19. DJ Excel 10/20. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631. Hyde DJ CEO 10/18. DJ Karma 10/19. DJ Earwaxxx 10/20. Krewella 10/23. DJ D-Miles 10/24. Bellagio, 702-693-8700. Intrigue Young Bombs 10/19. Dillon Francis 10/20. Wynn, 702-770-7300.
Terry Fator Theater Boyz II Men 10/19-10/21. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
Light DJ Scene 10/19. DJ E-Rock 10/20. DJ Que 10/24. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.
T-Mobile Arena System of a Down, At the Drive-In, Skeltonwitch 10/19. 702-692-1600.
Marquee DAYCLUB DJ MikeAttack 10/19. Jordan V 10/20. Deejay Al 10/21. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.
Velveteen Rabbit Ants in the Pants 10/18. Sabriel, Crykit 10/19. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
Marquee Vice 10/19. Chuckie 10/20. Ruckus 10/22. Cosmopolitan, 702333-9000.
Vinyl Chase Atlantic, Cherry Pools, Riley 10/19. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000.
TAO BEACH DJ C-L.A. 10/19. Greg Lopez 10/20. DJ V-Tech 10/21. Venetian, 702-388-8588.
ZAPPOS THEATER Lionel Richie 10/19-10/20. Backstreet Boys 10/24. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-6737.
TAO Chase B 10/18. Crespo 10/19. DJ MikeAttack 10/20. Venetian, 702-388-8588.
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APEX SOCIAL CLUB Kid Conrad 10/18. DJ Wellman 10/19. ZHU 10/20. DJ C-L.A. 10/21. Palms, 702-944-5980.
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The Joint Mike Epps 10/19. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
Drai’s DJ Esco 10/18. Nelly 10/19. DJ Franzen 10/21. Cromwell, 702-777-3800.
Terry Fator TheatrE Anthony Jeselnik 10/20. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
ENCORE BEACH CLUB EBC at Night: RL Grime 10/18. Galantis 10/20. EBC at Night: Duke Dumont 10/20.
Vinyl Throwing Shade 10/18. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
UNLV (Ham Hall) Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four 10/20. UNLV Jazz Ensemble I 10/21. UNLV Symphony Orchestra 10/24. 702-895-2787.
LOCAL THEATER COCKROACH THEATRE The Dog/The Cat 10/24-11/11. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661. Las Vegas Little Theatre (Mainstage) Falsettos 10/19-11/4. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Majestic Repertory Theatre Measure for Measure Thru 10/21. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. NEVADA CONSERVATORY THEATER The Crucible 10/19-10/28. UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre, 702-895-2787.
SPORTS FIVB VOLLEYBALL Las Vegas Open 10/19-10/21. Las Vegas Festival Grounds, 702-632-7589. UNLV FOOTBALL Air Force 10/19. Sam Boyd Stadium, 702-739-3267. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Anaheim 10/20. Vancouver 10/24. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.
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n an expanse of desert 35 miles from the nearest town sits a tent city where hundreds of child immigrants are locked away in detention, wondering when they’ll see their parents again. ¶ It could have happened here. ¶ In a rural community, a woman in need of specialized health care is unable to get it because the only provider in the state is hours away from her home. ¶ It could have happened here. ¶ In adoption offices, LGBTQ couples can be turned away based on a law that allows faith-based groups working in the child welfare system to deny services “under circumstances that conflict with the provider’s sincerely held religious beliefs.” ¶ It could have happened here. But it didn’t, for one reason. In recent years, Nevadans have had the good judgment to elect moderate leaders whose mission is to enact good policy as opposed to advancing an extremist ideological political agenda.
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Elections have consequences. They define who we are as a people. And now we have a chance to show the world as a people we’re reasonable, civil and focused on solving problems. We’re facing an array of issues, and we need serious people working on them: fixing education, rebuilding the middle class, ensuring health care is available to everyone, building strong alliances with friends and strong defenses from enemies, encouraging trade, unifying a divided population, ferreting out government corruption, safeguarding our elections, fixing the crushing student load debt problem, propelling sensible businesses growth in Nevada, and many, many more.
That’s why this year’s election is as critical as any in our nation’s history. The far-right extremism that fueled the Trump presidency has shaken our nation’s core values of equality, honesty and decency, divided us and left us on the brink of authoritarianism. In a nation that has celebrated the contributions of its immigrants, thousands of immigrant children were separated from their parents and locked away in cages in places like the sprawling tent city in Tornillo, Texas. In Washington and in state capitals, Trump and those who share his hateful mindset adopted policies eroding or eliminating the rights of followers of certain religions and of LGBTQ Americans. States have adopted voting restrictions making it difficult for low-income voters and Americans of color to participate in elections. Women’s equality, reproductive rights and access to health care have been targeted. And the list goes on. In Nevada, we’ve been largely free from the creep of this destructive and corrosive ideology. We have remained a centrist state where, for the most part, people work together to pick the best ideas from across the political spectrum. For that, no small amount of credit goes to our moderate Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, who routinely prioritized the best interests of Nevadans over party policy. Whether he was being an early adopter of Medicaid expansion, spearheading a tax increase for public schools or rejecting a proposal by Trump to use state National Guard forces to round up and deport immigrants, Sandoval stood as a pragmatic yet compassionate public leader. State legislators largely followed the same model, an exception coming in 2015 when Republicans gained control of both the Assembly and Senate and passed such outrageous laws as a restriction on local governments from passing gun measures that were more strict than state statutes. That law came back to haunt
Las Vegas after the Oct. 1 shooting, when local officials learned it was impossible for them to ban bump stocks. Still, compared with legislatures that were imposing voter restrictions and spending hours on ridiculous measures like bathroom bills, Nevada’s lawmakers have been largely responsible and reasonable. Meanwhile, until very recently, Nevada’s congressional delegates reflected much the same centrist style as Sandoval. As Trump was on his upswing as a candidate, for example, Sen. Dean Heller said he was “vehemently” opposed to him and instead endorsed Marco Rubio. And with the exception of Rep. Mark Amodei in Northern Nevada, the state’s other members of Congress strongly opposed Trump’s scorched-earth agenda. Now, however, Heller has turned. The senator has taken a hard right and become Trump’s puppet in the name of re-election, selling out Nevadans in the process. Which is where voters come in. And why they must cast their ballots this year, either during early voting or on Election Day. To help establish a check on Trump and keep Nevada’s congressional delegation from shifting, it’s critical to vote Heller out of office in favor of Democrat Jacky Rosen. Likewise, Southern Nevadans must ensure that the region’s three House seats are occupied by Democrats—incumbent Dina Titus in the 1st, Susie Lee in the 3rd and Steven Horsford in the 4th. To maintain the steady leadership established by Sandoval, voters will need to send Democrat Steve Sisolak to the governor’s office. Sisolak has taken a practical-minded, results-oriented approach as the chairman of the Clark County Commission. The GOP candidate, current Attorney General Adam Laxalt, has pursued a pro-National Rifle Association, anti-abortion and anti-immigrant agenda.
So much is at stake—our rights, our unity, our safety, our environment, our vibrant immigrant communities, our American values, our very democracy. What’s happening elsewhere must stop. Nevada has already shown what great things can happen when rational, service-oriented leaders are in place. Now, we must continue to lead the way. For the future of our state and our nation, there’s never been a greater need for us to vote.
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U.S. Senate Our choice: Jacky Rosen, D Why: Rosen will bring a bipartisan, solutions-based approach to the Senate.
U.S. House District 1 Our choice: Dina Titus, D Why: Titus done an exceptional job of serving Nevadans’ interests, first as a distinguished state legislator and then as a congresswoman. District 3 Our choice: Susie Lee, D Why: Lee proved her leadership ability as a powerhouse in community service and business in Southern Nevada. District 4 Our choice: Steven Horsford, D Why: Horsford served Nevadans well in this district after winning the seat in 2012, particularly with his bold leadership on immigration reform.
Governor Our choice: Steve Sisolak, D Why: Sisolak has displayed results-oriented, pragmatic leadership as a member of the Board of Regents and then the Clark County Commission.
Nevada Attorney General Our choice: Aaron Ford, D Why: Ford, the Nevada Senate majority leader in 2017, stands out for his experience in public service and leadership ability.
BALLOT QUESTIONS Question 1, Marsy’s Law Our position: No Why: There are better ways of enhancing and protecting victims’ rights than resorting to tinkering with the state Constitution. Question 2, Pink Tax Repeal Our position: Yes Why: This measure, which would eliminate sales tax on feminine hygiene products, makes perfect sense in a state that exempts other necessities like food and prescription drugs. Question 3, The Energy Choice Initiative Our position: No Why: Nevada should open up its energy market so that consumers can have a choice of providers, but there’s a better way to go about this than revising the Nevada Constitution. Question 4, Medical Patient Tax Relief Act Our position: Yes Why: This measure, which would exempt medical devices like oxygen delivery systems from taxation, also is in line with other exemptions on necessities. Question 5, The Automatic Voter Registration Initiative Our position: Yes Why: The so-called Motor Voter initiative makes registration more convenient and more secure. Question 6, The Renewable Energy Promotion Initiative Our position: Neutral Why: We believe that market forces will make it inevitable that the state will hit that target with or without a constitutional amendment.
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mid the hyperpartisan trench warfare in Congress and the Trump-fueled polarization of U.S. politics, Jacky Rosen shines as a reason for hope that Washington can be fixed. As a uniquely calm voice who strives for partisanship, she’s an antidote to the diseases that have infected the nation’s politics. At a time when insults, slurs and lies have hijacked civil discourse and party battles have mired Congress in dysfunction, Rosen is a throwback leader who has worked across the aisle to an exceptional degree while others have dug in to serve their party over the interests of the people they represent. Make no mistake, Rosen has a strong backbone and will confront bad behavior. But she always tries to find solutions first. Although much of her campaign for U.S. Senate has focused on the faults of her
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opponent, Sen. Dean Heller, Rosen is an exceptional candidate on her own merits. Frankly, she hasn’t spent as much time as we would like in explaining to Nevadans why she should be their next senator, so we feel compelled to step in. Although her opponents have characterized Rosen as a puppet of Democratic leadership, particularly House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the attack is inaccurate and unfair. In an independent analysis based on the number of bills cosponsored by House members, Quorum Magazine ranked Rosen No. 5 in bipartisanship among freshman members. She joined the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group available only to lawmakers who join with a member of their opposing party. She’s
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also one of only 13 Democrats who were eligible for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit of Enterprise Award. Keep in mind, there are 193 Democrats in the House. And while it’s true that Rosen and Pelosi aligned on many issues— as did all Democrats—ProPublica reported that Rosen broke ranks on 38 major votes, including on such issues as Veterans Affairs whistleblower protection and tax cuts for small businesses and middle-class families (both of which Rosen favored). In those and other cases, Rosen voted independently and prioritized Nevadans’ best interests ahead of partisan politics. This is the kind of leader Nevada—and every state—should have in Washington. Rosen also has been a champion of women’s issues, strongly opposing efforts to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood and supporting the Affordable Care Act. Her experience in the maledominated profession of computer technology also shows in her work
in the House, such as the bipartisan Code Like a Girl Act, which was aimed at encouraging girls under 11 to study computer science. Furthermore, Rosen has a deep and wide-ranging understanding of Southern Nevada’s needs. She worked for a time as a food server at Caesars Palace early in her adult life, and later served as president of Congregation Ner Tamid, the largest Jewish reform synagogue in the Valley. On gun safety, Rosen’s support of such reasonable legislation as a ban on bump stocks earned her an F grade from the NRA, while the organization gave Sen. Dean Heller an A and its endorsement. On immigration, Rosen’s leadership includes speaking out against child detention at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling for a permanent solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and pushing back strongly against Trump’s travel ban. Her initiatives on climate science and renewable energy include bills to repeal Trump’s tariffs on solar panels and extend the electric vehicle tax credit. She also has helped lead opposition to the administration’s efforts to downsize the Gold Butte and Basin and Range national monuments, two of Nevada’s natural jewels. Rosen has been a consistent defender of the groups that have been targeted by Trump and right-wing extremists—women, immigrants and Muslims, among them. Simply put, a vote for her is a vote against the spread of Trump’s brand of authoritarianism and division, and for the return of bipartisanship in Washington. Nevada needs her. The nation needs her as well.
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Sen. Dean Heller is unfit to serve Nevada With his visible lack of character—as displayed with his flip-flops on the Affordable Care Act and Planned Parenthood, and his full embrace of President Donald Trump’s extremist agenda—Heller has proven to Nevadans that they can no longer trust him to represent their interests. After initially making the right call by saying he “vehemently” opposed Trump during the 2016 campaign, Heller rolled over when Trump threatened his job for holding out on GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare. The threat came July 19, 2017, when Trump told Heller “you’re going to be there” on the repeal effort and then remarked, “He wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?” Grinning emptily, Heller sat beside the president, clearly willing to throw his state under the bus to become a puppet for Trump. The sheer cowardice of this moment was stunning, with Heller buckling instantly and not putting up the slightest fight for his state. This has hardly been the only example of Heller flip-flopping. One important example came during a town hall in April 2017 when Heller stated, “I have no problems with federal funding for Planned Parenthood” and “I will protect Planned Parenthood,” but then immediately backtracked and said he would “continue to look at the issue.” A more recent example came when Heller described sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a “hiccup” in the judge’s confirmation process, then had to put out a statement the next day saying he did not believe “sexual assault allegations of any kind are a hiccup.” Among Heller’s acts of quivering cowardice, his flip-flops on Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act remain the most haunting illustrations of his weak character. At first, he joined Gov. Brian Sandoval, a moderate Republican, in sharply criticizing the Republicans’ initial repeal bill, saying, “I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes
insurance away from tens of millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans.” Yet all it took was a harsh glance from Trump for Heller to break with Sandoval and other moderates and vote for the skinny repeal—which, according to the Congressional Budget Office, would have removed health care coverage for 16 million Americans and boosted premiums by 20 percent over the next 10 years. It took the bravery of Arizona’s late senator, John McCain, to stop the skinny repeal madness. The bottom line: Although the TV ad portraying Heller as a tube man blowing in the wind was played for comic effect, it was dead-on accurate. You can’t be for Planned Parenthood and the thousands of Nevada women who rely on it as their primary health provider, for instance, and also be for Trump’s view that it should be vanished like a magic act on the Strip. You can’t be for immigration reform—a critical issue not only to Las Vegas’ primary industry but also to hundreds of thousands of people living in Nevada—and also be for Trump’s barbaric idea of reform, which is to separate children from their parents at the border and confine them to cages with little hope of reunification. In a national climate filled with hate and invective, with a sitting senator who defies Nevada’s needs and values, Rosen is an antidote. She is a candidate not filled with hate. A candidate who stands for working together to solve our problems, a candidate who keeps Nevada’s issues close to her heart and stands on principle. Nevada deserves a senator like Rosen, who has a firm grip on Nevada’s issues, believes strongly in working with others and possesses impeccable character and values. It is time to put the political bankruptcy of Heller’s behavior behind us and look toward a better future with Rosen.
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et’s forget all of this nonsense about a red wave or a blue wave, Nevada, and focus on what our state has done right in recent years. We’ve turned our back on wildeyed extremists and instead selected pragmatic leaders who favor working with all sides. We’ve had a Republican governor who Democrats found they could work with and Democratic legislators who could find compromises with state Republicans. Was it one big happy family? Nope. But compared with leaders in other states, our lawmakers have been far more willing to step over party lines. That should continue now at the national level with a powerful slate of candidates for the U.S. House who have proven they embody the best of modern, forward-looking Nevada. Here’s a race-by-race breakdown.
Democratic incumbent Dina Titus has been a powerhouse in the district, winning each of her three terms by margins of 33 percent, 20 percent and 32 percent, respectively. Titus has done an exemplary job of serving various interests and communities in the district, which lies in the heart of the Valley. Most recently, she’s put up staunch opposition to Trump in his attacks on immigrants, women and the environment. This year, she’s once again a prohibitive favorite as she faces retired Realtor and small-business owner Joyce Bentley, who has yet to report raising any campaign funding for the position.
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Susie Lee’s work in community service, philanthropy and advocacy for education in Southern Nevada has aided untold numbers of Nevadans, including many who might not have made it through school without her efforts. She understands the issues in Nevada in a profound, ground-level manner, which leads her to solid solutions to our problems. Lee is the president of Communities in Schools of Nevada, which provides 63,000 at-risk students statewide with whatever they need to stay in school. And that means whatever—tutoring, clothing, food, transportation, toiletries, laundry facilities, eyeglasses, alarm clocks and much more. The organization has thrived under Lee’s leadership, with 75 percent of the children it serves improving their attendance, 85 percent improving their academics and 88 percent graduating or receiving their GED. In addition, Lee founded a women’s investment group that has provided funding for a number of nonprofits, and founded a homeless crisis intervention center. A product of a working-class family who had a paper route growing up and worked part-time jobs to help put herself through college, Lee has spent her career building a ladder for others. Her passion for helping others and her ability to produce results make Lee an extraordinary candidate to represent Nevadans in the House. The same goes for her commitment to support affordable health care and fight for gender equality, gun safety, immigration reform, environmental protections
and development of renewable energy. Lee made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2016, when she lost in a competitive three-way Democratic primary race for the 4th District. Ruben Kihuen went on to win the seat. But this is the right seat at the right time for Lee. This time, she beat a crowded field in the primary and is now facing Republican candidate Danny Tarkanian. Perennially unqualified for any office whatsoever, Tarkanian has gone 0-for-5 in bids for public office, and his full-throated support for President Donald Trump’s divisive agenda should make this loss No. 6. Tarkanian has said he agreed with the president’s stances on repealing the Affordable Care Act, immigration and border security, national security, tax reform and other issues. In 2016, voters in the 3rd District chose Democrat Jacky Rosen over Tarkanian. Now, with Rosen having given up the seat to run for Senate, voters once again have a choice between the extreme Tarkanian and a compassionate, highly capable candidate who will serve Nevada wonderfully while bringing honor and wisdom to our congressional delegation. The choice is Lee, hands down.
This position has been tossed around a lot in recent years, having switched hands in each of the past three elections, but now it should go back to its most successful occupant—Steven Horsford. In 2014, an anomaly of a year when Nevada voters sided overwhelmingly with Republicans, Horsford suffered a narrow loss to GOP candidate Cresent Hardy. Horsford, the incumbent at the time, is now trying to win the seat again from the same candidate who took it from him. He’s the best man to represent the district’s residents. Hardy served briefly and unsuccessfully as a congressman and was voted out once for his disappointing tenure in favor of Rep. Ruben Kihuen. Kihuen, amid a sexual harassment allegation, announced he would not seek re-election. This year, with the insight that comes with being able to examine both Horsford’s and Hardy’s congressional records, it’s clear that Horsford is the better candidate. Rather than representing the interests of Nevada, Hardy voted consistently to harm the state. Hardy voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, garnered an A rating from the National Rifle Association and expressed openness to resurrecting the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project. Now, he’s expressed strong support for several pieces of President Donald Trump’s agenda, including his con-
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troversial tariffs and his immigration platform—which Hardy called “perfect.” Horsford’s record includes voting to protect the ACA and co-sponsoring the House’s version of a comprehensive immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013. House leadership blocked that measure from a vote, but it’s to Horsford’s credit that he was among its champions. He’s also a hard-line opponent of the Yucca Mountain project and has called for sensible gun reforms that would include universal background checks, banning assault weapons and increasing funding for mental health. Horsford, who underwent open heart bypass surgery in 2013, also has perspective on Americans’ frustrations with the nation’s health care system and the struggles of those with pre-existing conditions. A superbly qualified candidate, Horsford should have won in 2014. This year, the district would be best served by his return to the House.
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As a political moderate with a long history of serving Nevadans and working with all sides on issues, Sisolak embodies the kind of progressive yet pragmatic thinking that’s driven progress in Southern Nevada and across the state in recent years.
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aving made it through the darkest days of the recession, Nevada has started to undergo a remarkable transformation. The state reorganized our public schools and injected new money into the K-12 system statewide, recognizing that improvements were a key not only to serving Nevadans but drawing in new residents and businesses. Las Vegas became a major-league city, adding an exciting new element to the Entertainment Capital of the World. Northern Nevada’s economy is bristling thanks to the addition of such companies as Tesla, Amazon and Ebay. The state created the UNLV School of Medicine to help improve the quality of health care in Southern Nevada and address a shortage of doctors in the region. In the race for governor this year, the central question is which candidate is best suited to continue leading that transformation? The answer is Steve Sisolak. As a political moderate with a long history of serving Nevadans and working with all sides on issues, Sisolak embodies the kind of progressive yet pragmatic thinking that’s driven progress in Southern Nevada and across the state in recent years. He’s the ideal candidate to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has done an extraordi-
nary job of prioritizing the best interests of Nevadans over petty partisan politics during his eight years in office. Sisolak’s background gives him a keen understanding of Southern Nevada’s needs, and also makes him the strongest candidate for the state at large. In Sandoval, we have benefited from one of the finest governors in any state. Without question, Sisolak will continue that tradition and passionately represent the interests of all Nevadans. As Clark County Commission chairman, Sisolak supported public funding for the Raiders stadium when finding a politician to speak in favor of it was a difficult job. He also backed funding for the much-needed expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, recognizing both that project and the stadium as integral to maintaining Las Vegas’ standing as one of the world’s leading destinations for tourists and convention-goers. He has said he would uphold one of Sandoval’s signature accomplishments, the $1.4 billion tax package for public schools in 2015, which not only protected funding for schools but enhanced it. He also has defended Sandoval’s decision to expand Medicaid coverage in Nevada and said he would oppose any effort to dial it back. He’s positioned himself as a strong supporter of women’s reproductive rights and access to health care, saying he supports both a woman’s right to choose and funding health clinics specializing in women’s care. On immigration, Sisolak lines up favorably with Sandoval. When the Trump administration announced it was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Sisolak
criticized the move as “a rare combination of stark cruelty and profoundly irresponsible policy.” He further expressed concern for the 13,000 immigrants living in Nevada who would be affected. That response brings to mind Sandoval’s opposition to Trump on immigration issues, including on DACA and on a proposal to use state National Guard forces to round up and deport undocumented immigrants. Sisolak’s strengths also include his experience as a 10-year member of the Nevada Board of Regents, a position in which he advocated for the UNLV medical school. His effort was ahead of its time, and it unfortunately failed. But others picked up the torch and succeeded in establishing the school, proving that his vision was the correct one. Sisolak also has expressed support for such sensible gun-safety measures as a ban on bump stocks and highcapacity magazines. As for other statewide issues, Sisolak said he would differ from Sandoval in his approach to the kind of economic development efforts that attracted Tesla and other major companies to Northern Nevada. Sisolak said he would be less likely to offer large incentives or abatements to individual companies, but instead would focus on expansion of entire industries. He also said he would work to make it easier for small businesses to take root or expand in the state. So for the breadth and depth of his experience, and for his potential to pick up where Sandoval will leave off, Sisolak is the right candidate. Conversely, Laxalt is an extremist who would undercut public schools, erode women’s reproductive health and rights, weaken gun safety and embrace anti-immigrant policies. To voters who are assessing Sisolak and Laxalt, perhaps nothing is as telling as the fact that Sandoval is not endorsing Laxalt despite being in the same party. The two Republicans have been at odds on issues including environmental protections and immigration since Laxalt was elected as Nevada’s attorney general in 2014, but the boil-
ing point appears to have occurred when Laxalt pledged to repeal the commerce tax that funded one of Sandoval’s signature accomplishments—the $1.4 billion tax increase for K-12 schools in 2015. As Sandoval has pointed out, eliminating the tax and reducing funding for schools would not only hurt Nevada children but would weaken the state’s economic development as well. Out-ofstate businesses have long cited the state’s underperforming schools as a reason not to expand to Nevada, preferring instead to locate in states where their employees’ children can get a better education. Simply put, Laxalt has proven himself to be contemptuous of the will of the voters, the Legislature and the governor’s office. Instead, he panders to a narrow group of special interests who own him. Laxalt, who is heavily supported by the NRA, also would take the state in the wrong direction on gun safety. He showed his stripes most clearly on the 2016 ballot question establishing universal background checks on gun purchases, which he campaigned against. Then, when complications arose in implementing the new checks, Laxalt did nothing to implement the will of the people. Then there’s his experience as a government leader, where he’s a neophyte compared with Sisolak. At a time when Nevada is moving steadily upward, Laxalt threatens to disrupt its trajectory by focusing on extremist ideology instead of what’s best for the state’s residents. Sisolak, on the other hand, is perfectly positioned to help the state continue its progress. Nevada needs Sisolak’s leadership.
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s a child in a lowincome household, Aaron Ford would wake up not knowing if the water or electricity would still be turned on. As a young, single father, he would make ends meet by accepting food stamps, and he nearly dropped out of college. And then there were legal problems— judgment errors he made as a young man that ended with him getting in minor trouble with the law. “Those cracks you’ve heard of people falling through? I fell through some of them,” Ford has said. But he kept striving through it all, becoming the first person in his family to graduate from college, then going on to a successful career as a lawyer. Six years ago, he took another major step forward when he was elected to the state Senate, a position from which he then advanced to minority leader of the chamber in 2015 and majority leader the following year. Now, Ford is trying to take another step forward in public service, this time as a candidate for state attorney general. With his experiences in life, work and leadership, he’s overwhelmingly the best candidate. His familiarity with the legislative process and the various players in state government gives Ford a strong ability to work with lawmakers on policy issues related to the AG’s office—consumer protection, sentencing, criminal prosecution and more. As a partner in the high-profile Las Vegas law firm Eglet Prince, his extensive legal experience and skills speak for themselves as qualifications for AG. Ford’s personal story is one of overcoming obstacles, both those placed in front of him and some he erected for himself. Ford’s parents divorced when he was young, leaving his mother to raise him and his two brothers on her own. Ford, as the oldest child, had responsibility early
on, looking after his younger siblings. Money was tight—the kind of tight where things like Boy Scout dues couldn’t be scraped together. So Ford got involved in school activities instead, including doing service through the Key Club. Meanwhile, his mother got him into a program tailored to children who would be the first in their families to attend college. Ford buried himself in his studies, and he made it through school. He enrolled in—and later graduated from—Texas A&M University. But in the early ’90s, when Ford was in his 20s, he made several mistakes. He was arrested for public intoxication while walking back to his dormitory after drinking at a friend’s house. Later, he was cited for speeding, and compounded the problem when he failed to pay his fine. He also got in trouble for stealing tires. But he kept moving forward, settling his legal issues. He started his career as a middle school math teacher while his wife, Berna, finished her law degree. Later, Ford would obtain a law degree of his own and become a career attorney. Now, in his campaign for attorney general, his opponents have made an issue of his run-ins with the law to question his character. They also revealed that Ford accumulated more than $185,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties from 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. But Ford made restitution on the youthful run-ins with the law and paid the IRS for his errors. He took responsibility. Read that again and think about it. He took responsibility. Sadly, that is all too rare in politics these days. More than responsibility, he used his errors to grow and become a better person. It’s well worth noting that the same people who dredged up Ford’s legal slipups didn’t do the same for the current attorney general, Adam Laxalt, who also got into legal trouble as a young man. Rather, they’re backing Laxalt in his bid for governor. It would have served Ford better to get
out in front on the matters instead of reacting after his record was revealed, but the exact same could be said for Laxalt. What’s at play here is a classic doublestandard. Ford says he’s running because he’s tired of seeing the AG’s staff put “ideological extremes” ahead of family values through such actions as signing the state into a lawsuit challenging DACA. It’s clear that Ford’s opponent, Wes Duncan, would continue to press Laxalt’s anti-immigrant, pro-NRA, anti-abortion agenda. Duncan is Laxalt’s former lead assistant in the AG’s office, and before that was a conservative legislator. An extremist in the AG position can wield substantial power in thwarting the will of the people, as proven by Laxalt’s failure to fight for implementation of the universal background checks ballot question approved by voters in 2016. Duncan’s presence in the office would put him at odds with—and likely trying to stop—moves by a centrist Legislature or
governor. And as he’s already shown by siding with Laxalt on background checks that he’s comfortable ignoring voters. Ford, conversely, is a gun safety proponent who would work to implement the state law requiring universal background checks on firearms, a measure that Laxalt campaigned against and then walked away from when complications arose in implementing the new checks. In the Legislature, Ford was a champion for justice reforms to address the grossly disproportionate incarceration of blacks and other minorities. He’s been a strong proponent of body cameras for law enforcement officers, and helped pass consumer-protection legislation to crack down on payday lenders. He also brings an understanding of what life is like for those who have little but their families—and the compassion that comes with that understanding. He’s an exceptional candidate. By sending him to the attorney general’s office, Nevadans would be well-served.
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Highlighted by a question that will determine whether Nevadans can drop NV Energy and go shopping for another power company, this year’s ballot initiatives also hit on taxes, voter registration, victims’ rights and renewable energy. Here’s a rundown, with our recommendations.
Wording: “Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove existing provisions that require the Legislature to provide certain statutory rights for crime victims; and (2) adopt in their place certain expressly stated constitutional rights that crime victims may assert throughout the criminal or juvenile justice process?” Yes or no?: At first glance, Marsy’s Law looks like such a responsible, compassionate measure that supporting it seems like the only thing to do. Who’s against rights for crime victims, after all? But as much as it hurts to say it, some aspects and potential ramifications of the measure are deeply concerning, to the point that we can’t support it. Marsy’s Law, which has been approved in several other states, would establish 16 constitutional rights for victims in Nevada, some of which are common-sense matters, such as the right to speak at hearings and to be notified about court dates. Indeed, many of the other elements are perfectly reasonable, but others are worrisome, particularly a right to privacy and to refuse a defendant’s requests
for interviews. The latter could hurt a defendant’s ability to defend himself or herself from the state, which undermines a fundamental tenet of our judicial system that guarantees due process for those accused of crimes. That argument has been made successfully in at least one court challenge to Marsy’s Law. As far as the right to privacy, the element is so vague that it raises questions about how it could be applied. Could it be used to shield the identity of a law enforcement authority claiming self-defense in a shooting, for instance? Were that to happen, it would not be in the community’s best interests. There are other common-sense means of accomplishing the sensible elements of this matter that
won’t be as sweeping. In addition, Marsy’s Law has been found to be legally flawed elsewhere. The Montana Supreme Court struck it down in November 2017, saying the changes should have been submitted to voters separately rather than as an packaged initiative. And in South Dakota, lawmakers were forced to pass another constitutional amendment to fix problems with the language of that state’s original measure. Again, many of the elements of Marsy’s Law are worth adopting, and Nevada lawmakers should do just that. But this imperfect ballot measure, amplified by the bludgeon of a constitutional amendment, is not the way to go about ensuring that victims’ rights are protected.
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Wording: “Shall the Sales and Use Tax Act of 1955 be amended to provide an exemption from the taxes imposed by this Act on the gross receipts from the sale and the storage, use or other consumption of feminine hygiene products?” Yes or no? Yes. With this exemption in place, Nevada would join a number of other states where women would no longer have to pay sales taxes on tampons and sanitary napkins. It’s a fair measure, considering that the state exempts sales taxes on such necessities as food and medical equipment. Critics have broken into hysterics over the exemption, with some going so far as labeling it sexist—against men. If women don’t have to pay taxes on their menstrual products, why should I have to pay taxes on my jock strap!?!? Here’s why: Playing sports and wearing a jock strap while doing so are a matter of choice, but that’s not the case for managing menstruation. That’s a matter of health care, not choice. Opponents also argue that the exemption would hurt the state’s tax revenue. But the impact is estimated at $5 million to $7 million per year, which is a drop in the bucket in the state budget. Meanwhile, ending the tax would eliminate a form of discrimination against women by acknowledging that feminine hygiene products are not a luxury. It also benefits lower-income women, given that the tax is applied uniformly and therefore disproportionately affects them.
Wording: “Shall Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the establishment of an open, competitive retail electric energy market that prohibits the granting of monopolies and exclusive franchises for the generation of electricity?” Yes or no?
“Shall Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to require, beginning in calendar year 2022, that all providers of electric utility services who sell electricity to retail customers for consumption in Nevada generate or acquire incrementally larger percentages of electricity from renewable energy resources so that by calendar year 2030 not less than 50 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by each provider to its retail customers in Nevada comes from renewable energy resources?” Yes or no?
WE’RE NEUTRAL. This is a well-intentioned measure, but we feel the market forces make it inevitable that the state will meet or even exceed these targets. The costs of renewable-energy generation are steadily falling, meaning it’s increasingly more cost-effective to build solar arrays, wind farms and geothermal generators than fossil fuel-burning plants.
o, but barely. Energy choice and encouraging renewables are extremely worthwhile goals, but the past two years since phase one passed have proven that Question 3 is a formula for chaos. There are much better ways to accomplish this goal. To understand why, it’s important to go over some background. The measure would establish energy choice by requiring the state to dump its regulatory monopoly model in favor of a competitive retail electric system. The state would be required to make the switchover by 2023. Under the new model, NV Energy would continue to maintain the system of wires through which energy is transmitted. But the generation and retail sale of electricity would be opened to multiple companies using mechanisms that are, as yet, unknown. There are multiple, serious problems with this initiative, not the least of which is the timeline. Given that the Nevada Legislature meets every other year, it
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means that lawmakers would essentially have only two full sessions, and a small portion of a third, to create the regulatory framework for the new system. In the interim, chaos could reign—the only winners would be the lobbyists. Moreover, this is an extraordinarily difficult task for a Legislature that has already proven itself incapable of handling these issues. With lawmakers rushing through the process—and being pushed and pulled by lobbyists from both sides—it’s easy to imagine them creating a Frankenstein’s monster of a system with elements pandering to different special interests and not representing the interests of the citizens. Let’s be honest: Energy policy is very, very hard work. It affects every aspect of our lives and the growth of our economy. And it demands a seriousness and incremental approach that ensures the right decisions are made. Question 3 would install a shot clock via a constitutional measure, which is profoundly dangerous. Yes, we need to create a competitive energy market. Yes, we need more renewable energy. But we need to do it right, ensuring that we establish an even playing field for businesses while also protecting consumers. That being the case, our position on the measure is a very, very slim no. That’s a switch from the first time the measure was on the ballot, in 2016. We supported it then in the hope that lawmakers would recognize the call from voters demanding a change and would start working toward it. Voters approved the measure overwhelmingly, giving lawmakers a clear message that they insisted on
energy choice, but the Legislature did nothing in the intervening two years. This fact alone should scare voters off of approving of Question 3 now, flipping on a timer powered by a constitutional amendment and then counting on the Legislature to finally do what it has proven itself incapable of until now. That must not happen. Instead, lawmakers and a newly minted governor should head into the 2019 session with a full understanding that the voters are screaming for a measured and intelligent change in how energy is provided in Nevada. The current model clearly isn’t working, except maybe for NV Energy. Major businesses like MGM Resorts International, Sands Corp. and Switch have dumped the utility in favor of establishing other power sources, paying hundreds of millions of dollars in exit fees to cut their ties, and the exodus continues. Meanwhile, residential customers without the means to create their own power generation have no choice but to stick with NV Energy. It is worth noting that Switch and Sands Corp. are major financial backers of Question 3, even though they have left the system. A heroic view of this is that even though they’re gone, Switch and Sands are still fighting for Nevada consumers. A more skeptical view would be that Switch intends to build renewable plants and wants to sell power into a deregulated market. This is part of the challenge of unraveling Question 3—you’ve got billionaires on all sides of this, all claiming they have the interests of average citizens at heart. Meanwhile, NV Energy has been a bad actor on energy issues in recent years, particularly in squelching the development of rooftop solar by insisting on unfavorable rates on net metering. The utility’s fear of competition has held back the proliferation of renewable energy, hurting both consumers and the environment. NV Energy’s new president insists that it has learned from the recent events and that the company
is changing. It understands the public has had enough with the old ways. NV Energy will be more open, more flexible, less convulsively destructive to anyone who wants to modernize our energy system. These are a lot of promises from a company that has been nothing short of brutal in trying to prevent change. If Question 3 fails, as it should, NV Energy should understand that this is not over and the voters have issued a clear and certain call for NV Energy to behave in a different manner with its consumers and competitors. Here’s why: Unless NV Energy wakes up, this will all be back again. There will be no mercy and no reason to believe a word NV Energy says. There is no question a big part of the appeal of Question 3 arrives simply from a desire to give the power company a punch in the face after years of ignoring consumers and thwarting even the slightest competition and choice. We get it. It’s a perfectly natural impulse and we share it. None of this should have ever reached this point. NV Energy, abetted by the Legislature, have invited this on themselves. The problem remains, though, that we’ll also be punching ourselves in the face if Question 3 passes. Instead, sober and open minds on all sides—and especially our new governor—should understand that the voters want change, choice and energy alternatives. These sober minds—with only the benefit to the state’s consumers and businesses at stake—should work together in a sensible manner to deliver that change. Without a clock ticking. Without inviting legislators who have failed at this before to fail again under the shadow of a constitutional amendment. The general goals of Question 3 are not incorrect, but the method is a formula for chaos. Enough. Although the initiative isn’t the method for doing it, a competitive and well-regulated energy market is needed. So is full-throttle development of renewable energy. Get cracking, lawmakers.
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Wording: “Shall Article 10 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to require the Legislature to provide by law for the exemption of durable medical equipment, oxygen delivery equipment and mobility enhancing equipment prescribed for use by a licensed health care provider from any tax upon the sale, storage, use or consumption of tangible personal property?” Yes or no? Yes. As explained in Question 2, Nevada already exempts taxes on some necessities. That includes prescription drugs and materials such as splints and bandages. Adding these devices—which also are necessities—is the right move.
Wording: “Shall Chapter 293 of the Nevada Revised Statutes be amended to automatically register an eligible person to vote or update the person’s existing voter registration information if the person applies to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the issuance or renewal of or change of address for any type of driver’s license or identification card, unless the person affirmatively declines in writing to apply to register to vote or have his or her voter registration information update?” Yes or no? Yes. Making it easier for qualified people to participate in our democracy? Say no more. This one’s overdue.
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RACES ✓ OTHER QUICK REFERENCE Lieutenant Governor — Kate Marshall, D Secretary of State — Nelson Araujo, D State Treasurer — Zach Conine, D State Controller — Catherine Byrne, D Nevada Board of Regents District 1 — Laura E. Perkins Clark County School Board District D — Irene Cepeda District F — Kali Fox Miller District G — Linda Cavazos Nevada Senate District 2 — Mo Denis, D District 8 — Marilyn Dondero Loop, D District 9 — Melanie Scheible, D District 12 — Joe Hardy, R District 20 — Julie Pazina, D District 21 — James Ohrenschall, D Nevada Assembly District 2 — John Hambrick, R District 3 — Selena Torres, D District 4 — Connie Munk, D District 5 — Brittney Miller, D District 8 — Jason Frierson, D District 9 — Steve Yeager, D District 10 — Chris Brooks, D District 11 — Olivia Diaz, D District 12 — Susan Martinez, D District 13 — Tom Roberts, R District 15 — Howard Watts III, D District 17 — Tyrone Thompson, D District 18 — Richard Carrillo, D District 20 — Ellen Spiegel, D District 21 — Ozzie Fumo, D District 22 — Kristee Watson, D District 23 — Glen Leavitt, R District 29 — Lesley Cohen, D District 34 — Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, D District 35 — Michelle Gorelow, D District 36 — Lesia Romanov, D District 37 — Shea Backus, D District 41 — Sandra Jauregui, D Clark County Commission District E — Tick Segerblom, D District F — Justin Jones, D District G — Jim Gibson, D Clark County Assessor — Briana Johnson, D Clark County Clerk — Lynn Goya, D Clark County Recorder — Debbie Conway, D Clark County Treasurer — Laura Fitzpatrick, D Clark County Public Administrator — Robert Telles, D Nevada Supreme Court Justice Seat C — Elissa Cadish Seat G — Lidia Stiglich Clark County District Court Judge Department 18 — Mark Bailus Henderson Township Constable Kenny Taylor, R = Incumbent
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andidates for positions in Washington, D.C., and the top offices in Carson City may be the most recognized by voters, but others on the ballot will also play a key role in shaping Las Vegas and Nevada over the next several years. ¶ Here’s a rundown of our choices for contested positions in state and local government, as well as judicial elections. Note that in most cases, it’s long been the policy of Greenspun Media Group to support incumbents or unopposed candidates barring unusual circumstances. That being the case, in the interest of brevity, we have not made comments on some candidates. ■ Lieutenant Governor Janine Hansen, IAP Kate Marshall, D Michael Roberson, R Ed Uehling, I Our choice: Marshall. The former two-term state treasurer and senior Nevada deputy attorney general is in perfect position to ascend in state government in a year when women are poised to take the majority of the seats in the Legislature. Marshall also would be a strong partner for Steve Sisolak, our pick for governor, who could rest easy when he’s away from the state, knowing that someone of like mind is overseeing day-to-day operations in his absence.
■ Secretary of State Nelson Araujo, D Barbara Cegavske, R (Incumbent) Our choice: Araujo. This is a matter of exactly the right candidate coming along at exactly the right time. Araujo is a young and energetic Las Vegas native with government experience both at the state level (as a Nevada assemblyman) and the federal level (as an aide for Sen. Harry Reid).
■ State Treasurer Bob Beers, R Zach Conine, D Bill Hoge, IAP Our choice: Conine. Both Beers and Conine are strong candidates, but Conine stands out because of his innovative ideas. Among them: exploring new banking options for the state’s marijuana industry and establishing a “scoring” system to gauge the financial impact of legislative proposals, a la the Congressional Budget Office. A former gaming executive who now operates a business consulting firm, Conine is the kind of fresh-thinking leader Nevada needs.
■ State Controller Catherine Byrne, D Ron Knecht, R (Incumbent) Our choice: Byrne. Byrne, a member of the controller’s office since 2012, says she’s running to refocus the office “on its core mission of responsibly handling the accounting needs of the state of Nevada.” That’s precisely what’s needed. Knecht has prioritized a right-wing agenda over his duties, doing things like organizing a petition drive to repeal the 2015 tax bill for public education.
■ Regents District 1 Jo Cato Laura E. Perkins Our choice: Perkins. Perkins’ experience serving the public as a North Las Vegas planning commissioner gives her the edge.
■ Regents District 4 Donald McMichael Sr. (unopposed)
■ Regents District 12 Amy Carvalho Andrew Coates Our choice: Either. Both candidates would be suitable.
■ Clark County School Board District D Irene Cepeda Kevin Child (Incumbent) Our choice: Cepeda. When Cepeda discusses her appreciation for the value of education, she can back it up with her bachelor’s degree in political science and master’s in education from UNLV.
■ Clark County School Board District F Danielle Ford Kali Fox Miller Our choice: Miller. An attorney with experience in public service with the state attorney general’s office and Department of Corrections, Miller has the edge in a race between two good candidates.
■ Clark County School Board District G Linda Cavazos (Incumbent) Ryan Scalia Our choice: Cavazos. The incumbent, a former English teacher at Basic and Sunset high schools, was appointed in August to her position. She was an exceptional choice then and now.
■ Nevada Senate District 2 Calvin Border, R Mo Denis, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Denis. A legislator since 2004, Denis has been a champion for publicschool funding, gun safety, changing Nevada’s archaic school funding formula and other issues critical to the health and well-being of Nevadans. He’s what Nevada needs at this time.
■ Nevada Senate District 8 Marilyn Dondero Loop, D Valerie Weber, R Our choice: Loop. Loop has done a commendable job in the Assembly since being elected in 2009, and has earned a seat in the Senate.
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■ Nevada Senate District 9 Tiffany Jones, R Melanie Scheible, D Our choice: Scheible. Scheible and Jones both seem like passionate, committed candidates with similar platforms. We don’t think voters can go wrong on this one, but our nod goes to Scheible.
■ Nevada Senate District 10 Yvanna Cancela, D (unopposed)
■ Nevada Senate District 12 Joe Hardy, R (Incumbent) Craig Jordahl, D Our choice: Hardy ■ Nevada Senate District 20 Richard Bronstein, L Julie Pazina, D Keith Pickard, R Our choice: Pazina. As a board member of the Las Vegas Hospitality Association for six years, Pazina is familiar with the economic engine that runs Clark County and the state.
■ Nevada Senate District 21 James Ohrenschall, D Ron McGinnis, R Our choice: Ohrenschall. Public service is in Orenschall’s blood— he’s the son of former legislator Genie Ohrenschall. In fact, he succeeded her in the Assembly, winning her seat in 2006. He’s done an exceptional job ever since and is ready to move up to the Senate, where he’s needed.
■ Nevada Assembly District 1 Daniele Monroe-Moreno, D (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 2 John Hambrick, R (Incumbent) Jennie Sherwood, D Our choice: Hambrick. Hambrick has been an adult in the room for the Republican Party, having voted in favor of the major school-funding package in 2015 and having the integrity to remove former Assemblywoman Michele Fiore from a committee position after one of her many outbursts.
■ Nevada Assembly District 3 Selena Torres, D Stephen Sedlmeyer, R Our choice: Torres. Torres, a teacher in her early 20s, brings fresh perspective to the Legislature in a seat that Nelson Araujo vacated to run for Secretary of State.
■ Nevada Assembly District 4 Robert Lystrup, IAP Richard McArthur, R (Incumbent) Connie Munk, D Our choice: Munk. With experience as a mental health professional and in the financial and real estate industries, Munk would bring a diverse résumé and a unique perspective to Carson City. Now retired, her background also includes community service work and political activism as a member of the Clark County and state Democratic central committees.
■ Nevada Assembly District 5 Jason Burke, R Brittney Miller, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Miller. After being appointed to the seat in 2016, Miller was a strong advocate in the 2017 legislative session on such issues as public education, mental health and gender equality. She’s a strong choice to return to Carson City.
■ Nevada Assembly District 6 William McCurdy II, D (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 7 Dina Neal, D (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 8 Jason Frierson, D (Incumbent) Tina Marie Peetris, R Our choice: Frierson. Simply an exceptional leader. Frierson has served with distinction in the Legislature since his first session in 2011, particularly as a champion for public schools and for children in the state’s foster care system. With Democrats all but assured of having majorities in both chambers this year, Frierson enters the 2019 session as the likely Speaker of the Assembly after holding that title in 2017. That bodes well for Nevada.
■ Nevada Assembly District 9 Linda Cannon, R Steve Yeager, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Yeager ■ Nevada Assembly District 10 Chris Brooks, D (Incumbent) Jonathan Friedrich, I Noel Searles, R Our choice: Brooks. In his first session in 2017, Brooks quickly set himself apart with his knowledge of energy issues and his passionate support of renewable energy development. The founder of a solar energy company and former Valley Electric Association exec is the overwhelming choice in a year when the Legislature needs all the expertise on energy it can get.
■ Nevada Assembly District 11 Olivia Diaz, D (Incumbent) Gianna Miceli, R Our choice: Diaz. A former classroom teacher, Diaz’s strengths include being a particularly passionate advocate for public education.
■ Nevada Assembly District 12 Richard Fletcher, R Mary Elizabeth Martinez, IAP Susan Martinez, D Our choice: Susan Martinez. Do not be confused: Susan Martinez is the superior candidate to serve this heavily Democratic district. A 30-year employee of the hospitality industry and a lifelong Las Vegas resident, she’s been a vocal community supporter of schools and unions.
■ Nevada Assembly District 13 Leonard Foster, IAP Tom Roberts, R (Note: There is no Democratic candidate in this district) Our choice: Roberts. With three decades of public service as a Metro officer, Roberts has a deep understanding of the district’s needs.
■ Nevada Assembly District 14 Maggie Carlton, D (Inc.) (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 15 Stan Vaughan, R Howard Watts III, D Our choice: Watts. A longtime progressive community organizer, Watts is the handsdown choice to serve the residents of this strongly Democratic district.
■ Nevada Assembly District 16 Heidi Swank, D (Inc.) (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 17 Patricia Little, R Ronald Newsome, L Tyrone Thompson, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Thompson. Since being appointed to his seat in 2013, Thompson has served the district well in his three sessions. His experience and proven capability make him the strongest candidate by far.
**Note: “IAP” refers to Independent American Party. “I” denotes independent candidacy.
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■ Nevada Assembly District 18 Richard Carrillo, D (Incumbent) Matt Sadler, R Our choice: Carrillo. In another strongly Democratic district, the incumbent gets the nod.
■ Nevada Assembly District 19 Chris Edwards, R (unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 20 Alexander Cheyenne Bacon, I Michael McDonald, R Ellen Spiegel, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Spiegel. Spiegel has held the seat since 2009, and has served the district well.
■ Nevada Assembly District 21 Cherlyn Arrington, R Ozzie Fumo, D (Incumbent) Our choice: Fumo. Seeking re-election for the second time, the adjunct professor at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is a clear favorite based on his résumé and experience in Carson City.
■ Nevada Assembly District 22 Melissa Hardy, R Kristee Watson, D Our choice: Watson. With her emphasis on education, renewable energy development and gun safety, Watson holds the edge in a race between two strong candidates.
■ Nevada Assembly District 23 Glen Leavitt, R Ralph Preta, IAP Note: There is no Democratic candidate in this district Our choice: Leavitt. The former Boulder City commissioner and Regional Transportation Commission analyst brings a very strong résumé to the position.
■ Nevada Assembly District 28 Edgar Flores, D (Unopposed)
■ Nevada Assembly District 29 Lesley Cohen, D (Incumbent) Bruce James-Newman, L Stephen Silberkraus, R Our choice: Cohen. After losing to Silberkraus in 2014, Cohen beat him two years later. Considering that Donald Trump and Republican Senate candidate Joe Heck both won in the district, her win said a lot about her strength as a candidate. Two years later, with a legislative session under her belt, she’s even stronger. Meanwhile, Silberkraus helped organize a groundless effort to recall Sen. Joyce Woodhouse, part of a GOP scheme to regain the majority of the Senate by exploiting Nevada’s recall law. In doing so, he showed that he’s more interested in playing politics than working for good policy for Nevada.
■ Nevada Assembly District 34 Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, D (Incumbent)
Janice Wesen, R Our choice: BilbrayAxelrod. After winning her first term by a wide margin, Bilbray-Axelrod remains a strong candidate.
■ Nevada Assembly District 35 Michelle Gorelow, D Daniel Hofstein, I David Schoen, R Our choice: Gorelow. The longtime nonprofit executive was hand-selected by the Democratic Party to succeed Justin Watkins, who stepped down after the 2017 session.
Nevada Assembly District 36 Lesia Romanov, D
■ Nevada Assembly District 37 Shea Backus, D Jim Marchant, R (Incumbent) Our choice: Backus. It’s time for a change in District 37, and Backus is the right candidate thanks to her more centrist views on taxes, education and other issues. Case in point: Backus said the commerce tax that fueled Nevada’s $1.4 billion schoolfunding package in 2015 should be kept in place, while Marchant wants to repeal it. That’s worrisome. The state has repeated the benefits of having a centrist GOP and must resist the slide into Republican radicalism nationally. Backus would help Nevada keep moving in the right direction.
■ Nevada Assembly District 41 Sandra Jauregui, D (Incumbent) Paris Wade, R Our choice: Jauregui. Since winning the seat in 2016, Jauregui has become an even stronger candidate in no small part because her experience as a survivor of the Oct. 1 shooting gives her rare and valuable perspective about the needs of victims’ families and the importance of protecting Nevadans from gun violence.
■ Nevada Assembly District 42 Alexander Assefa, D (unopposed)
■ Clark County Commission District E Trish Marsh, R Tick Segerblom, D Our choice: Segerblom. Segerblom’s 10 years of experience as a legislator make him a cut above. With a career in public service that dates to the Carter administration, Segerblom brings a wealth of know-how and connections to the commission. He may be best known as a leading advocate for legalized marijuana, but he’s worked on issues beneficial to Southern Nevada on an array of fronts — water management, labor, education, historic preservation and more.
■ Clark County Commission District F Tisha Black, R Justin Jones, D Our choice: Jones. As a newly elected state senator in 2013, Jones demonstrated his commitment to stand for the people of Nevada even at political peril. That year, he sponsored legislation expanding a requirement for background checks on gun purchases, a controversial measure amid what was then an intense national debate following the Sandy Hook shooting. Gunrights conservatives came after Jones, and he lost his seat by a narrow margin in the 2014 election. But Jones’ integrity and commitment to principles remains intact: He’s sided with environmentalists in protecting Red Rock Canyon from development, and says he’ll advocate strongly for public transportation as a county commissioner. He’s just what Clark County needs.
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■ Clark County Recorder Debbie Conway, D Jill MacFarlane, R Our choice: Conway
■ Clark County Commission District G Jim Gibson, D (Incumbent) Cindy Lake, R Doug Marsh, L Our choice: Gibson. The former three-term mayor of Henderson is one of the strongest candidates up and down the ballot. He’s a lifelong public servant with proven leadership ability, as evidenced when Henderson enjoyed unprecedented growth and became the state’s second-largest city under his watch. He’s been an attorney for more than 35 years, gaining experience in the region’s hospitality and entertainment businesses, and has served on a variety of community boards. No one has a better understanding of Southern Nevada than Gibson, who was appointed to the commission last year to fill the seat vacated by Mary Beth Scow upon her retirement.
■ Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo (Incumbent)
■ Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, D (Incumbent)
■ Clark County Assessor Briana Johnson, D Gina Michelle McClain, R Our choice: Johnson. The longtime member of the assessor’s staff has the ability and talent to become the office’s leader.
■ Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya, D (Incumbent) Minddie Lloyd, R Our choice: Goya
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■ Clark County Treasurer Phil Collins, R Laura Fitzpatrick, D (Inc.) Our choice: Fitzpatrick ■ Clark County Public Administrator Victoria Kay DaCosta, IAP Thomas Fougere, R Robert Telles, D Our choice: Telles. Having received the endorsement of longtime Public Administrator John J. Cahill, Telles gets ours too.
■ Nevada Supreme Court Justice Seat C Elissa Cadish Jerry Tao Our choice: Cadish. Rarely are Nevadans treated to a Supreme Court justice candidate so qualified as Cadish, a Clark County district judge since 2007.
■ Nevada Supreme Court Justice Seat F Abbi Silver (Unopposed)
■ Nevada Supreme Court Justice Seat G Mathew Harter Lidia Stiglich (Incumbent) Our choice: Stiglich ■ District Court Judge, Department 10 Tierra Jones (Incumbent)
■ District Court Judge, Department 29 David Jones (Incumbent)
■ Justice of the Peace, Henderson Township, Department 1 Sam Bateman (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 1 Elana Lee Graham James Dean Leavitt Our choice: Either. Both candidates would be suitable.
■ Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 2 Joseph Sciscento (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 5 Cynthia Cruz (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 8 Ann Zimmerman (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Justice of the Peace, North Las Vegas Township, Department 1 Kalani Hoo (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Justice of the Peace, North Las Vegas Township, Department 2 Natalie Tyrrell (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ Henderson Township Constable Joe Pitts, D Kenny Taylor, R Our choice: Taylor. The Henderson native, an investigator for the state of Nevada Transportation Authority, is a trustworthy choice to bring stability and honesty in what has been a troubled position.
■ North Las Vegas Township Constable Robert Eliason, D (Incumbent) Jimmy Vega, R Our choice: No endorsement ■ Boulder Township Constable Steve Hampe, R (Incumbent)
■ Justice of the Peace, Las Vegas Township, Department 10 Melanie AndressTobiasson (Incumbent) (unopposed)
■ District Court Judge, Department 18 Mark Bailus (Incumbent) Mary Kay Holthus Our choice: Bailus
**Note: “IAP” refers to Independent American Party. “I” denotes independent candidacy.
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id you know that a good credit score can help with more than borrowing? It can factor into everything from getting a cellphone, buying a car, obtaining a student loan and renting an apartment. Lenders, landlords and utility providers can all review credit reports. ¶ Because credit can play an important role in your day-to-day life, establishing good credit habits is essential to help build, maintain or improve credit. Here are 10 tips to help you learn more about good habits and get smarter about credit:
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gross income. Lenders look at the amount of debt you have compared with your monthly income.
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with Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the exclusive helicopter operator for events at the complex, including NASCAR Weekends, Electric Daisy Carnival, special events and more. Maverick Helicopters will manage the heliport and work with the speedway and its entities to transfer guests to events.
Creamistry Las Vegas, which sells liquid nitrogen ice cream, is open at 7325 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas.
Battle Born Progress recognized progressive leaders, activists, volunteers and organizations at its annual fundraiser. Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton was awarded Progressive Leader of the Year. William Anderson, who served two terms as tribal chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, was awarded the Progressive Legacy Award. Megan Jones, partner at Hilltop Public Solutions, was awarded the Progressive Business Partner of the Year Award. Journalist Dana Gentry was named the 2018 Progressive Voice of Reason. Verna Mandez, a former staff member and volunteer with BBP, received the Rising Progressive Leader Award. The Faith Organizing Alliance received the Community Partner of the Year Award. Steve Horner received the Progressive Volunteer of the Year Award.
Solutions Recovery—McLeod is open at 4011 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas. The 48-bed facility specializes in medical detox and inpatient residential care. AutoNation returns as the official courtesy car, and for the first time, BMW Las Vegas and BMW Henderson will be the official luxury vehicle for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, which will be at TPC Summerlin October 29-November 4. Allstate Insurance Company opened an office in Henderson at 4360 Blue Diamond Road, Suite 105. It is owned and operated by Ryan Berglund. Clark County consolidated several operations into a new facility at 9935 S. Jones Blvd. The 52,000-square-foot facility is located on 77.5 acres. The building, designed by Architects LGA, will house the maintenance and operations staff from the Traffic Management Division, the west valley street sweeping crew from the Road Division, the Construction Management Division’s materials laboratory and a GPS office for the Survey Department. Maverick Helicopters re-signed a multiyear sponsorship agreement
The Spa & Salon at Park MGM is open. Laura Wood is the director. The Thunderbird Lounge is open in the Thunderbird Boutique Hotel at 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Helming the lounge is Kelley Jones of Kelley Jones Hospitality in partnership with Todd Parmalee. A new traffic signal is going up on Lake Mead Boulevard at Comstock Drive/Stella Lake Street. The cost of the project is budgeted at approximately
$600,000, funded by the Regional Transportation Commission Fuel Revenue Indexing taxes. Müller Construction is the contractor. Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Foodbuy, a subsidiary of Compass Group USA, joined forces to create Parlay Solutions, a group purchasing organization for the North American gaming, hospitality and entertainment industry. Ballard Spahr is ranked as one of the country’s most innovative law firms by BTI Consulting, which recognized the firm for its strategic use of technology, its focus on emerging areas of practice, its uniformly high level of client service, and its innovative approach to tackling client issues. The ribbon was cut on Fremont9, a mixed-use, multifamily residential project located on 1.3 acres at the intersection of Fremont and Ninth streets. The five-story, podium-style property has 232 residential apartment units and 15,000 square feet of retail space. The Best Doctors in America list, published annually by Best Doctors, includes 49 members of the Clark County Medical Society: Dr. Carlos Fonte, Dr. Cres Miranda, Dr. Charles Allen Rhodes, Dr. Douglas Thomas, Dr. W. Reid Litchfield, Dr. Donald Kwok, Dr. Gregory Kwok, Dr. Jerome Frank Hruska, Dr. Gary Skankey, Dr. Eugene Spec, Dr. Mark Charles Handelman, Dr. Jerrold Schwartz, Dr. Bradley Thompson, Dr. Fadi Braiteh, Dr. Souzan E. El-Eid, Dr. Russel Gollard, Dr. Edwin Kingsley, Dr. James Delfino Sanchez, Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang, Dr. Zvi Sela, Dr. Derek Duke, Dr. Jeffrey Lee Cummings, Dr. Luis Diaz, Dr. Paul Bandt, Dr. Jocelyn Ivie, Dr. Florence Jameson, Dr. Kirsten Rojas, Dr. Bruce Shapiro, Dr. Mark Doubrava, Dr. Emily Fant, Dr. Walter (Russ) Schroeder, Dr. Robert Wang, Dr. Doug Fife, Dr. Jonathan Strauss, Dr. Ruben Acherman, Dr. William Evans, Dr. Abraham Rothman, Dr. Ricardo Samson, Dr. Craig Nakamura, Dr. Goesel Anson, Dr. Michael Edwards, Dr. Julio Garcia, Dr.
Michael O’Hanlan, Dr. Terence Banich, Dr. Annabel Barber, Dr. John Fildes, Dr. Arthur Fusco and Dr. Sheldon Freeman. Kenneth J. Retzl, Ph.D., is director of education policy at the Guinn Center, a nonprofit, bipartisan policy institute. Criterion Systems is working with the Learning Center-Las Vegas to support its new cybersecurity apprentice program. The Learning Center provides training and certification in IT and cybersecurity. Criterion provides cybersecurity, IT infrastructure operations, systems engineering and application development.
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Cassie CataniaHsu, managing director/broker of Sun Commercial Real Estate, is a recipient of the NAIOP 2018 Developing Leaders Award.
Brightline acquired XpressWest, a high-speed rail project aimed at connecting Las Vegas with Victorville, Calif. Construction is expected to begin next year, with Brightline planning to begin service in 2022. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance honored Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO and president Steve Hill with its 2018 Leadership Award at the alliance’s annual awards dinner. Other honorees included Aristocrat Technologies, which was the Innovation Award winner. Scientific Games was the Job Creation Award winner. The Council of Chambers was the Partnership Award winner. Las Vegas Metro Officers Jeremiah Beason, Patrick Burke, Monty Fetherston and Steve Morris Jr. received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing. The four were among the first to react at the Oct. 1 shooting. The Plaza Hotel offers casino dominoes as a table game.
The Nevada Realtors named Heidi Kasama its Realtor of the Year and announced officers for 2019, led by incoming President Keith Kasama Lynam and President-elect Chris Bishop. Kasama was also named immediate past president.
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Cassidy Wilson is government affairs and community relations analyst for the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association.
CBRE is the country’s topranked broker of raw land sales, according to Real Estate Alert, handling almost half of the aggregate volume of raw land sales in the first half of 2017. Ryan Ashley is Nevada State Bank senior vice president/ chief financial officer. PT’s Entertainment Group, a division of Golden EnAshley tertainment, acquired T-Bird Lounge & Restaurant, which has three locations in Las Vegas: 6560 W. Warm Springs Road, 9465 S. Eastern Ave. and 8780 W. Lindell Road. Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health boosted the Nevada economy by $47 million in 2016, according to the hospital system’s most recent economic impact report, “A Vital Force in Nevada’s Economy.” Activities at the clinic supported 320 Nevada jobs in 2016, representing more than $21 million in total earnings. Those earnings supported 200 households statewide, for a total of $12 million in household spending.
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Caesars Palace Oct. 27-29 380
Specialty Graphics Annual National Convention—2018 Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 18-20 23,000
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)—ACEC Fall Conference—2018 Bellagio Oct. 28-31 575
Live Design International 2018 Westgate and Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 19-21 14,000
Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW) 2018 Las Vegas Convention Center, Sands Expo & Convention Center Oct. 30-Nov. 2 160,000
National Parking Association—2018 Annual Conference Caesars Palace Oct. 22-25 500
International Fastener Expo 2018 Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Resort and Casino Oct. 30-Nov. 1 5,500
National Association of Hispanic Publications— 2018 Annual Conference Golden Nugget Oct. 24-27 150 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion—2018 Annual Meeting Tropicana Las Vegas Oct. 26-28 450 Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association— 100th Annual Convention & Trade Show 2018
World Crypto Con Conference 2018 Aria Oct. 30-Nov. 2 3,000 International Pool/Spa/ Patio Expo 2018 Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Resort and Casino Oct. 31-Nov. 2 10,000
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3 p.m. ARC for window washing services Clark County, 604029 Deon Ford at deonf@clarkcountynv.gov
Oct. 12 2:15 p.m. Fort Apache culvert modification Clark County, 604931 Tom Boldt at tboldt@ ClarkCountyNV.gov
3 p.m. ARC for street name sign materials and panels Clark County, 605025 Tom Boldt @ tboldt@ ClarkCountyNV.gov
Oct. 24 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for printing and mailing of notice of values form Clark County, 605004 Lisa Majett at lmajett@ clarkcountynv.gov Oct. 25 2:15 p.m. Sunset Park: South Lake, pump house replacement Clark County, 605018 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ClarkCountyNV.gov Oct. 30 3 p.m. ARC for reprographic services Clark County, 604981-18 Lisa Majett at lmajett@ clarkcountynv.gov
The World Tattoo Industry Nov. 2
Nov. 27 3 p.m. ARC for emergency medical services in the Moapa Valley Fire District Clark County, 604821 Adriane Garcia at akgarcia@ClarkCountyNV.gov
BROKERED TRANSACTIONS Sales $60,300,000 for 1,129 units of multifamily 4870 Nellisoasis Lane and 5025 Nellisoasis Lane Las Vegas, 89115 Landlord/Seller: Shamrock Properties VI and Shamrock Properties VII Landlord/Seller agent: Spence Ballif with CBRE Tenant/Buyer: Westland Real Estate Group Tenant/Buyer agent: Robin Willett and Devin Lee of Northcap Commercial
Banks and thrifts Ranked by local deposits as of June 30
LOCAL DEPOSITS AS REPORTED IN FDIC DOCUMENTS
LOCAL BRANCHES
NUMBER OF DOMESTIC OFFICES
$190,937,000,000
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Charles Schwab Bank 2360 Corporate Circle Drive, Suite 400 Henderson, NV 89074 702-263-2307 • www.schwab.com
$19,518,646,000
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-791-6353 • wellsfargo.com
$13,799,180,000
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Bank of America 300 S. Fourth St. Las Vegas, NV 89101 702-654-7900 • bankofamerica.com Charles Schwab Signature Bank 2360 Corporate Circle Drive, Suite 400 Henderson, NV 89074 877-242-8691 • www.schwab.com
$9,085,639,000
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$3,859,322,000
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JPMorgan Chase Bank 9911 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-938-0050 • chase.com Wells Fargo Financial National Bank 4425 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-368-5900 • wellsfargo.com
$3,524,090,000
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