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

TRUST US

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MINORITY TURNOUT SURGES The Democratic Party said November 14 that a $30 million investment in engaging Latino and other minority voters helped the Democrats achieve a net gain of 34 House seats and improve on 2014 turnout numbers. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said that compared with the previous midterm election, Latinos increased their participation by 174 percent in 2018 while Pacific Islanders increased their numbers by 218 percent and African-Americans by 157 percent.

THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK

DEATH OF A SUPER HERO Stan Lee, who helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in Marvel superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died November 12 at age 95. Lee was widely considered the architect of the contemporary comic book.

GOOGLE HIJACKED An internet traffic diversion rerouted data through Russia and China and disrupted Google services on November 12, including search, cloud-hosting services and its bundle of collaboration tools for businesses. Service interruptions lasted for nearly one and a half hours, network service companies said. In addition to Russian and Chinese telecommunications companies, a Nigerian internet provider was also involved.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SCARE An air traffic controller who became incapacitated during a solo stint on a night shift in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport on November 7 resigned November 13. Officials have not identified the controller or said what caused her to slur words during communications with pilots over a 40-minute span before the FAA said she “became incapacitated while on duty” and apparently lost consciousness shortly before midnight.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

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CLARK COUNTY GOVERNMENT SURPLUS AUCTION Clark County will host the largest and last government surplus auction for 2018 on November 17 at 8 a.m. The county holds auctions three times a year for vehicles, computers, office equipment, electronics and more, used by or acquired by local police and government agencies, as well as lost-and-found items from McCarran International Airport.

A three-day pre-registration and preview period runs November 14-16, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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—Camalot Todd

NEVADA RECEIVES FUNDING TO COMBAT OPIOID FALLOUT

Child welfare systems across the nation experienced a surge of children removed from their parents’ care in the wake of the opioid crisis. To combat this locally, the Department of Justice awarded $874,097 to Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Family Treatment Drug Court in October to help fund inpatient and outpatient treatment and housing for recovering addicts.

The grant allots $291,365 a year for 13 residential beds and 13 housing slots with intensive outpatient treatment until September 2021 and will also help enhance wraparound services, enhance treatment for parents and reunite families separated by addiction.

“Every day in court, we see the toll drugs take on families. Parental addiction as a contributing factor for removal of children is a growing issue,” said Judge Frank Sullivan, who presides over the Family Treatment Drug Court. “This much-needed funding gives us the ability to keep families intact as parents get the treatment and services they need to recover and care for their children.” —Camalot Todd

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HOLIDAY KICKOFF AGENCIES ARE TACKLING BACKLOGS BY DEPLOYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Public agencies such as the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation are utilizing artificial intelligence program SARA to address unemployment in the Las Vegas Valley.

SARA uses texts and emails to request necessary information from individuals filing for unemployment.

That information is then reported back to caseworkers at the DETR when action needs to be taken, cutting down on bottlenecks for data entry and documentation.

The real-time response means higher success rates and more effective case management for those seeking unemployment and vocational services, and encourages data sharing with other agencies.

The technology also helps people with disabilities have access to vocational services in new and more indepth ways.

“The integration of this virtual technology will make our staff more efficient and able to communicate quicker and more efficiently with our clients, thereby making their experience with our division more streamlined and effective,” said Shelley Hendren, administrator of DETR’s Rehabilitation Division, in a press release. —Camalot Todd

Kailana Tam, 9, and her brother Analu, 7, assist Santa Claus with the opening of Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops in Las Vegas on November 10. The wonderland is open through Christmas Eve. (Steve Marcus/staff)

CALIFORNIA BURNING Firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif. on November 9. Authorities on November 13 reported six more fatalities from a Northern California blaze, bringing the total number of dead so far to 48. They didn’t disclose the total number still missing, but earlier in the week that figure was more than 200. The Camp Fire in the north is one of two deadly wildfires burning at opposite ends of California. The Woolsey Fire near LA has burned more than 97,100 acres—an area around the size of Denver—and destroyed an estimated at least 435 homes and other structures.

(Associated Press)

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5-minute expert

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How to safely harness the health benefits of cbd

How CBD works in the body

The human body produces cannabinoids naturally, which function to help reduce inflammation, Troutt explained. The body has two major types of receptors for cannabinoids: CB1 receptors—which are found mostly in the brain and affect coordination, movement, emotions, memory and appetite—and CB2 receptors, found mostly in the immune system, controlling inflammation and pain.

THC attaches to the CB1 receptors, affecting the way a person thinks and feels.

CBD, once thought to attach to the CB2 receptors, actually doesn’t attach to either. Instead, it boosts the body’s ability to use more of its own cannabinoids.

By Chris Kudialis Weekly staff

esearchers say CBD, or Cannabidiol, has shown the most medical potential of all the chemical compounds in the marijuana plant. It has an antipsychotic effect and is touted as a potent anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and CBD Tinctures anti-anxiety compound used primarily for pain While still a concentrated form of CBD, tinctures are available relief, but also skin care, epilepsy and relaxation. and include alcohol instead of oil. CBD tinctures aren’t fatsoluble like the oils and can’t be used as easily in cannabis “CBD is incredibly effective in treating various types butters or fat-based sauces. Cannabis tinctures can’t of disorders, from those related to blood sugar, anxiety be used in vape pens, either. The main perk of a CBD tincture is its improved taste over oil-based products. and seizures,” said Dr. William Troutt, a renowned Arizona neuropathic doctor who teaches free monthly education seminars at The Source Dispensary in Las Vegas. “The Disposable pen cannabinoid works to stabilize the electroactivity of our nervous For quick results, inhale system.” And unlike THC, CBD is nonpsychoactive, meaning users the relaxing effects of Select CBD’s compact vape reap the medical benefits without feeling high or intoxicated.

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pen. Offered in multiple varieties and flavors.

CBD in medical studies

Available at: Dr. Sue Sisley, an internal medicine physician and psychiatrist from ScottsEssence dale, Arizona, is 10 years into the first-ever DEA- and FDA-approved randomized controlled trial of whole-plant marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. veterans. The plants are grown by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Sisley hopes to have concrete results by mid-2019.

While cannabis’s effect is widely praised by users of the plant, Sisley said CBD oil is the most weed’s status as a Schedule 1 federally controlled substance has restricted popular way for marijuana buyers research. “Evidence” of its benefits is limited to anecdotal tales of patients. to ingest CBD for medicinal purposes, Sisley warned that CBD and THC could merely be the result of a said Andrew Jolley, founder of The Source and placebo effect, or part of a combined “entourage effect” that includes president of the Nevada Dispensary Association. chemical influence from many of the other dozens of terpenes found CBD oil is most often extracted with carbon dioxide, in cannabis. which is forced through the plant, isolating the CBD from the “Right now, we know that people who use the plant have some other cannabis nutrients and compounds. The final product is a pure, pain relief. It takes the edge off and people feel more functional,” distilled form of CBD infused in an oil safe for consumption.

Sisley said. “We think it’s CBD, but it’s just not clear.”

CBD oil can be consumed on its own or dripped into foods. It’s usually sold in a “We need controlled trials to answer that definitively,” she added. small, 25 milliliter bottle with a dropper that allows users to control their portions.

CBD oils

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Body balm Nordic Goddess combines plant extracts and herbs in this moisturizing topical. For anti-inflammatory pain relief.

Contains THC and CBD.

Marijuana vendors, as well as a growing number of legal sellers outside the marijuana industry also sell topical CBD products, such as balms, lotions, muscle creams, gummy edibles and chewing gum infused with CBD.

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Will CBD show up on a drug test?

Most employers use a five- or 10-panel drug screen. The five-panel screen tests for THC, cocaine, opiates, PCP and methamphetamines. The 10-panel screen adds tests for barbiturates, propoxyphene, benzodiazepines, methadone and propoxyphene. Notably missing from those lists is CBD, which on its own won’t be flagged as part of a drug screening.

As hemp products legally contain up to 0.3 percent THC, a person who regularly consumes extremely high doses of CBD products could theoretically test positive for THC, Troutt said. But the chances of a positive THC test from legal CBD products is extremely unlikely.

To risk a positive THC test, a CBD user would have to consume more than 1,000 milligrams of CBD—a full 25-milliliter bottle of maximum-strength CBD oil—in a given day before being screened. The typical dose is around two droplets of oil, which give users between 50 and 100 milligrams of extract.

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Buying tips The most reliable CBD products will include verification— from a third-party source not affiliated with the brand itself—of the products’ authenticity, Troutt said. High-quality brands of CBD will always provide third-party lab results to their consumers by request. Sisley and Troutt advised that buyers use extreme discretion before buying a CBD product from somewhere other than a licensed dispensary. Independent research of popular CBD sellers, such as balms, lotions and even beverages have found that some of the advertised CBD products found at convenience stores don’t actually contain any quantity of the cannabinoid.

Side effects

Researchers say side effects from overuse of CBD can include tiredness, gastroenteritis and occasional changes in appetite and weight. The compound does not have any significant side effects on the central nervous system, vital signs or mood.

Prescription interactions and diseases

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BD is said to interact with more than half of pharmaceutical drugs by obstructing the activity of cytochrome P450, a family of liver enzymes that metabolizes more than 60 percent of medications sold in the United States.

Compounds in grapefruit impede the same function.

By blocking the enzymes, CBD can trigger an increase in the amount of cholesterol and blood pressure medications in users’ bodies, and a decrease in the absorption of antianxiety and allergy medications, according to a 2017 report by the FDA. And while hundreds of cancer patients across the U.S. have touted an “entourage effect” of high doses of CBD, THC and other terpenes, medical professionals warn that too much cannabis, similar to any medicine, could be harmful.

Speaking at August’s Cannabis Science Conference, Kristin Wohlschlagel, a medical researcher from Hawaii, presented a study of more than 1,000 medical marijuana patients throughout the country.

She researched the patients over a two-year period to monitor the effect of the plant’s interactions with other medications.

Wohlschlagel found that high doses of THC interacted with dozens of prescription medicines, causing irreparable liver harm.

She advised patients using hormone regulators and blood thinners to stay away from THC and CBD, and that individuals taking other prescription medications consume no more than 25 milligrams of THC and 75 milligrams of CBD daily.

“Marijuana is good at stopping seizures and spasms,” Wohlschlagel said. “But not every illness or medical problem is going to have the targets for THC and CBD.” The FDA recommends CBD users talk with their health care providers before consuming the cannabinoid while using prescription drugs.

Additional sources: Medical News Today, Project CBD, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Federal Drug Administration, Herb, University of Bonn, Ministry of Hemp

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t’s smoked, vaped, dabbed and absorbed through the skin. But the most popular way of consuming cannabis in Las Vegas this Thanksgiving may just be to cook, baste, bake, batter and grill with the plant.

Infusing marijuana into meals at home is one of the fastest-growing ways consumers are finding use for cannabis, according to a 2017 report from Headset Inc., a research firm studying legal marijuana trends in Washington and California. In those states, as many as 15-25 percent of cannabis users incorporated the plant into meals made at home—double the percentage of users to infuse meals in 2015.

That trend could hold true for Las Vegas if current sales numbers are any indication of the industry’s growth. While no detailed studies exist on home cooking with cannabis in our area, an increase of more than 75 percent in sales from late 2017 through the summer of 2018 means more local residents than ever before will have legal marijuana in their homes this holiday season.

Local cannabis chefs Zairilla Bacon, Kristal Chamblee and Jamie Lockwood are among independent industry professionals seeing a boost in business as demand for gourmet cannabis meals increases. Specialists in a variety of weed-infused pastries, entrees, butters, oils and sauces, the Las

Vegas culinary experts say bookings for private events with marijuana food catering has skyrocketed during the past year. And Thanksgiving should be no different.

“It’s a popular time of the year,” Bacon said.

“No mistake about it.”

But while some will seek the services of a cannabis chef for their marijuana-infused food—which can be custom made for both medical patients and recreational users—most will use the plant to cook at home this holiday season.

Chamblee, Bacon and Lockwood shared tips and some basic recipes for making home-crafted marijuana treats.

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(Courtesy of Jamie Lockwood) 16 servings Made with a half-gram cannabis oil syringe.

Cut the cheesecake into 16 pieces for the correct dose.

CRUST INGREDIENTS 1 cup chocolate graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 4 tbsp melted butter Pinch of salt CRUST DIRECTIONS 1. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with parchment and coat the sides with pan spray.

2. Mix the crust ingredients and then pack tightly into the bottom of the pan.

Note: Lockwood uses the base of a glass cup for packing.

3. Bake for 10 minutes FILLING INGREDIENTS 1/2 gram cannabis oil concentrate in a syringe 1 tbsp butter 1 shot of espresso 2/3 cup bittersweet chocolate melted 12 oz cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 egg + 1 egg yolk, whisked 2 tsp vanilla FILLING DIRECTIONS 1. Add cannabis oil to melted butter in a small bowl.

2.. Combine melted butter/cannabis oil mixture with espresso and melted chocolate. Mix thoroughly. Set aside.

3.. In a mixer using a paddle attachment, mix cream cheese until smooth with no lumps.

Then add sour cream.

4. Switch to whisk attachment. Add sugar and mix until no lumps.

5. Add eggs and vanilla.

6. Add the chocolate/cannabis mixture and mix until smooth and homogenous.

Note: Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula in between adding each ingredient to ensure even distribution of THC. 7. Add to pan with baked crust and spread evenly.

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Heat oven to 300 degrees.

2. Wrap foil around base of pan to prevent water from leaking through and place pan in a hot water bath.

(Lockwood uses a 9x13-inch pan filled halfway with boiling water.)

3. Place pans in oven and turn down to 250 degrees.

4. Bake for 2 hours.

GANACHE INGREDIENTS 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips 3/4 cup heavy cream 1 tbsp butter GANACHE DIRECTIONS 1. Bring heavy cream to a boil, pour over chips and butter in a bowl. Mix until smooth.

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orn and raised in Oregon, Lockwood brought her passion for baking with marijuana to Las Vegas after studying at Massachusetts’ Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. An almost three-year employee of Evergreen Organix, Lockwood formulated the original recipes for cannabis-infused baked goods at Nevada’s largest marijuana edible production facility.

Since leaving the company in October, Lockwood, 44, has focused on creating new and creative recipes of her own. A specialist in croissants and Danish pastries, she said she has a “heart for people,” and infuses cannabis as a labor of love.

“It’s really an honor and a privilege to work with cannabis and mix recipes,” Lockwood said. “It’s something I’m really passionate about, and I love connecting the community with the plant.”

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Chicago native who moved to Las Vegas in 2012, Bacon has quickly become a celebrity cannabis chef, cooking for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, 2 Chainz and Waka Flocka Flame, among dozens of other stars. A popular social media figure, Bacon has homemade recipes that include pot-infused crab legs, chicken wings, sweet beverages and “gooey bar” desserts.

Bacon, 38, owned a catering company before finding her passion in marijuana. Her cannabis cooking gigs regularly take her from Las Vegas to LA, Boston and New York.

Bacon, who consumes the plant regularly for creative inspiration, said she’s always thinking of new ideas to add to her culinary arsenal.

“I always want to do something different,” Bacon said. “My mentality is that you can infuse anything.”

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(Courtesy of Zairilla Bacon) For 10 wings INGREDIENTS 1/4 tsp seasoning salt 1/4 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/2 cup all-purpose flour Your favorite wing sauce

Ingredients Frank’s RedHot 1/4 cup butter (plus 1 tsp of cannabutter) Worcestershire sauce Garlic to taste Cayenne pepper to taste

There’s a bit of trial and error here, depending on your personal preferences, but start by melting butter on low in a medium saucepan. Add 1/2 cup of Frank’s RedHot, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, garlic and cayenne pepper.

Taste. Add additional seasoning to suit your flavor preferences. Toss 10-12 wings in sauce and enjoy.

DIRECTIONS 1. Mix dry ingredients in small bowl.

2. Add wings to bowl and cover with the breading. Place bowl in fridge.

3. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees (190 degrees C). There should be just enough oil to cover the wings.

4. Place wings in fryer. Once golden brown, remove and place on cooling rack or paper towel.

5. In a bowl, toss warm wings with favorite wing sauce.

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(Courtesy of Kristal Chamblee) INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1 cup heavy cream 2 tbsp butter 2 tbsp infused butter or oil 1/2 tbsp vanilla bean or 1 tbsp vanilla extract Tip: use real vanilla bean if possible 1/2 tbsp apple pie spice 1/2 tbsp salt

DIRECTIONS 1. Heat sugar and water in a mediumsize pan on medium heat, leaving space for boil up when adding heavy cream.

2. Do not step away from the pan once you start cooking the sugar.

3. When sugar reaches amber color, add heavy cream and wait for steam to calm. Stir with whisk. Continue to stir even if sugar gets clumpy.

4. Once sauce is back to a boil, turn off the heat.

5. Add infused butter, vanilla, apple pie spice and salt.

6. Mix well. Let cool, then pour in a glass jar for storage.

Kristal Chamblee

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he 25-year-old Las Vegan cut her teeth at Le Cordon Bleu and started in baking and pastries before moving to cannabis cooking. Now, the former Silver State Wellness employee cooks and bakes privately for groups and conventions on the Strip, clients in the adult film industry and cancer patients seeking meals to aid with treating their illness.

While Chamblee specializes in marijuana-infused chocolate and dessert foods, she also makes a variety of dinner entrees, such as turkey and chicken with marijuana-infused gravy, as well as cannabis butters and oils.

Chamblee proudly displays a tattoo of THC’s molecular component on her left shoulder, a symbol she had designed to demonstrate her affinity for the cannabis plant.

“I wanted to infuse myself for life,” Chamblee said. “I’m super passionate about providing patients with medical dosing as well as regular cannabis users looking for something unique.”

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(Courtesy of Kristal Chamblee) INGREDIENTS 1 cup turkey drippings 2 cups turkey or chicken stock 1 stick butter 2 tbsp cannabutter 1/4 cup flour 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp pepper 1/2 tbsp rosemary 1/2 tbsp thyme

DIRECTIONS 1. Mix turkey drippings and stock.

2. Melt butter and cannabutter in a saucepan over medium heat with rosemary and thyme.

3. Whisk in flour and cook, whisking constantly, 5-8 minutes or until smooth and light brown. Mixture should be the color of peanut butter.

4. Gradually whisk in drippings mixture. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly.

Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until thickened. Season to taste.

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aking a home-crafted cannabis dish is a fun yet meticulous process that requires precision and care, says chef Kristal Chamblee. Pot can’t be infused into food from its raw, flowery form. Instead, the cannabinoids and terpenes must be activated via a heating process called decarboxylation.

Chamblee and two other local chefs shared their tips and tricks for preparing and cooking fats infused with cannabis.

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Will my recipe taste like marijuana?

Chef Zairilla Bacon said when marijuana is infused properly and carefully, its skunky pot flavor isn’t distinguishable.

She aims to infuse marijuana in a way that allows consumers to taste only the sweetness of a sativa-dominant strain or the salty flavor of an indica. Cannabis infusers at home can do the same.

Cannabutter or infused oils?

Bacon advised first-time home chefs to use cannabutter instead of cannabisinfused oils for preparing their meals, because cannabutter is easier to infuse.

But chef Jamie Lockwood said oils can be just as convenient because they are available for sale at dispensaries. “I buy a half-gram syringe of distillate at the dispensary if I want to bake with oil.”

COLLECT YOUR INGREDIENTS The butter-to-marijuana ratio in cannabutter should be about 16-to-1, Chef Jamie Lockwood says, meaning every pound (16 ounces) of butter should have one ounce of decarboxylated cannabis. Most home users won’t prepare such a large amount of marijuana butter, but the 16-to-1 ratio should hold true for smaller preparations as well.

For a slightly less potent butter, leafly.com recommends 14-20 grams of marijuana to a pound of butter.

The oil-to-marijuana ratio should be

Cannabinoids The most active ingredients in marijuana, cannabinoids like Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD) provide users with a range of effects, from head highs to pain relief and sleep aid. Less common cannabinoids like Cannabinol (CBN) and Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCv) help reduce anxiety and suppress appetite.

Edibles, which are digested, absorbed and metabolized through the stomach, small intestine and liver, can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours for consumers to feel the full effects, depending on the size and weight of users, as well as how much food is in their stomach, said Dr. William Troutt, a renowned Arizona naturopathic doctor. Smaller, lighterweight edible users with empty stomachs typically digest and absorb cannabis properties faster than taller, heavierset users who eat a meal before taking a marijuana edible.

about 14.5-to-1, meaning every two cups of oil should have one ounce of decarboxylated cannabis. Lockwood and Chamblee recommended using coconut oil to make cannabis oil, but said olive oil and canola oil are also feasible substitutes.

In addition to the marijuana buds, cannabinoids and terpenes can also be extracted from marijuana shake—the leftover leaves, stems and trim at the bottom of bags or containers. Different strains can be mixed together for cooking and the marijuana used need not be a premium strain.

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DECARBOXYLATE YOUR MARIJUANA The decarboxylation process, which chemically urges the activated cannabinoids to bind to fat in food, requires users to finely grind their raw cannabis flower and place it on a cookie sheet or, as Chamblee recommends, in a turkey bag.

The cannabis should then be placed in an oven and baked for about an hour.

The THCA (Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) in raw cannabis begins to decarboxylate at 220 degrees after about 30-45 minutes of exposure, producing edible THC. Full decarboxylation requires the entire hour.

Some chefs, such as Bacon, choose to decarboxylate cannabis at lower temperatures for

a longer period of time— sometimes up to several hours—to preserve the beneficial terpenes found in each strain. At higher temperatures, volatile terpenes evaporate more easily and leave behind unwanted flavors and aromas, and strip the plant of its health benefits.

The integrity of both cannabinoids and terpenes are compromised by decarboxylating at temperatures that exceed 300 degrees, Bacon said. She sets temperatures as low as 125 degrees. “Otherwise you’re just cooking them out of there.”

“It’s about pacing yourself and going slow.”

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Commercial edibles and cannabis dosing Per Nevada law, THC content in marijuana edibles cannot reach more than 100 milligrams per package, and an individual serving cannot exceed 10 milligrams of THC. That means a chocolate bar with 12 squares will have anywhere from about 6 to 8 milligrams of THC per square.

Al Bronstein, medical director of the Denver-based Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, recommends first-time edible pot users start with no more than 5 milligrams of THC—one-half of a gummy puck or three-quarters of one square of a chocolate bar—to reach a desired high.

Beginning with small doses is the safest and most enjoyable way to consume edibles, Bronstein said. If the small dose isn’t enough after a couple hours of allowing the cannabis edible to digest, Bronstein recommended consuming a second dose. But eating too much too soon can produce irreversible effects that leave consumers stoned on the ground for up to 10 hours.

“It’s about pacing yourself and going slow,” he said.

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MAKING CANNABUTTER OR CANNABIS OIL

Terpenes Terpenes are found in lesser quantities in marijuana. Together, terpenes and cannabinoids produce an “entourage effect,” working together to produce and enhance various aspects of the plant’s psychoactive effects.

Will my home smell like pot?

While the smell of fresh marijuana can be strong, getting the odor out of your home during or after cooking with the plant is relatively simple, Lockwood said. Open windows, a running fan and Febreze are the most standard ways to rid a home of pot odor, but more advanced methods, such as the use of Nag Champa incense and Patchouli Oil, can help mask overwhelming scents.

To make cannabutter or cannabis oil, the decarboxylated plant should be mixed into a cooking pot with either butter or oil and heated on the stove.

While cannabutter can be made by stirring the butter and decarboxylated plant concoction in a pot for up to two hours on low heat, Lockwood recommends the Magical Butter Machine ($175, magicalbutter.com) designed to stir and separate the finished cannabutter from plant matter on its own.

The fat and weed mixture should be strained through a mesh filter or cheesecloth as soon as the decarboxylated marijuana is fully infused, Lockwood said. The cannabutter, when cooled, becomes a vibrant green with a similar consistency of regular butter, while the completed oil product should be a darker forest green color and resemble more of a thick liquid than the butter.

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1. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the mixing bowl in between steps.

This will ensure the desserts are properly homogenized.

2. If you plan to bake a lot at home, invest in a gram scale. Your recipes will be more accurate and so will your dosing. It’s a lot easier than trying to scrape a messy ingredient out of a measuring cup.

3. A little goes a long way. One or two tablespoons may not seem like much, but if your cannabutter potency is high, you won’t need much.

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ade from the same cannabis sativa plant as many marijuana products, industrial hemp has myriad uses beyond oral consumption. From clothing and shoes to protein powder, lotions and even milk, hemp’s uses are widespread. Here are a few common examples of the dozens of cannabis and hemp lifestyle products available:

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Hemp beer Sold in an increasing number of grocery and liquor stores across the U.S., hemp-infused beer is available in a variety of brews. The most popular, New Belgium’s “Hemperor” Hemp Pale Ale, emulates hemp terpene flavors, which are designed to complement the inclusion of hops and hemp seeds in the beer. $8-$12/six pack.

Where to find: Lee’s Discount Liquor, Total Wine & More Hemp animal bedding filler Absorbent and biodegradable, hemp animal bedding is marketed to reduce odor more efficiently than regular straw or pine animal bedding. Products using hemp flakes also produce less dust than traditional animal bedding. $5/1.7 lb.

Where to find: AmericanHempLLC.com Hemp protein powder Hemp is a high-quality vegan protein, containing all nine essential amino acids, plus fiber, healthy fats and minerals. “Hemp-tein” is made by grinding pressed hemp seeds and has an earthy, nutty taste often added to shakes or smoothies. $11-$50.

Where to find: Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Vitacost.com

Hemp was used in sails of large ships during colonial times. The word canvas comes from the term cannabis.

Hemp bed sheets Sheets made from hemp are heavier than regular cotton, linen or silk sheets but are woven for softness and breathability and marketed to be more durable. $75-$200/set.

Where to find: Amazon, Etsy, Jungmaven.com, Hemptopia.com Hemp shoes As an antimicrobial and soft natural material, hemp makes shoes more durable and comfortable while helping to control odor. $40-$140.

Where to find: Amazon, Vans, Toms, Nike, Zappos.com.

Hemp mulch Makers of hemp-based biodegradable mulch claim the product provides a variety of benefits, including increased moisture levels in soils and reduced garden weed growth. Because of its thick, fibrous composition, hemp mulch decreases evaporation more than its wood-based counterpart. $18-$35 for a 33-pound bag.

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ome of the early American colonies in Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut and other locations mandated hemp farming and growth as early as 1621 because of the plant’s value in producing textiles, paper and medicines, among other products. It was used for centuries before the United States slowly moved to the cheaper, more easily produced cotton.

With the 1858 declaration of U.S. Sen. James Henry Hammond, cotton became “king,” and production increased throughout the next several decades with the use of millions of slaves.

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Hemp was all but eliminated from the U.S. market in 1937 when the U.S. Marihuana (yes, with an “h”) Tax Act was passed, making both marijuana and hemp illegal. According to Jade, the sweeping regulations included the harmless hemp plant in part because of business interests and strong political influence of cotton companies. Even business owners in the construction and automotive industries, who were threatened by hemp’s potential as a motor fuel and building material producer, joined the charge.

But as hemp has re-emerged with state-by-state legalization in the 21st century, its benefits as a more sustainable option have made it popular once again, Jade said.

More than 5,000 gallons of water are required to produce enough cotton for one T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Research from the Stockholm Environment Institute found about one-third the amount of water is required to produce that from hemp plants. And while only about 30 percent of the hemp plant is suitable for fiber production, the rest of the plant can be used for CBD extraction and consumable health products, Jade said.

In addition to clothing, hemp fiber can be woven into strong ropes and cables for heavy lifting and pulling, and can even be used for commercial industrial-grade insulation.

Hemp is also being developed as an eco-friendly component of buildings. “Hempcrete,” used for construction and insulation, is 1/20th the compressive strength of residential grade concrete, but is toxin-free, airtight, breathable and resistant to mold and pests. The cement-like mixture composed of hemp hurds—the inner two fibers of hemp that give it a sturdy and woody component—is mixed with lime.

As hemp is grown naturally rather than mined like cement or manufactured like fiberglass, some experts say the plant could have a role in the future of eco-friendly buildings.

“Hemp was our cash crop in the United States for centuries,” Jade said. “And it’s on its way back to being that again.”

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sat, NOV 17 ARTIFICE SCARLET 7th ANNIVERSARY WITH LOL TOLHURST Every light also casts a shadow, and in our desert clubland, that shadow is Scarlet at Artifice, now Las Vegas’ longest-running goth night. “Since we started Scarlet in 2011, there have been about 15 attempts to start similar nights that all disappeared shortly after they started,” says Morpheus Blak, co-founder of Scarlet with fellow goth DJ Style. He attributes Scarlet’s longevity partially to the experience and chemistry he and Style bring to the endeavor, and also to the space: “We found the exact right venue in Artifice.”

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hatting with Terrence Bligen and Dee Spuriel, one recalls that scene from Swingers in which Vince Vaughn crowns pal Jon Favreau, “the guy behind the guy, behind the guy.” ¶ A lot of people want to be “the guy” in Las Vegas. Bligen and Spuriel present something of a double threat—the former a turntable artist better known as DJ Direct, and the latter a nightlife vet with stops at the Light Group and with SBE on his résumé. ¶ Separately, they’d been blowing up the scene for years. Together, they’re the guys behind Blueprint Sound, an entertainment and talent-booking agency stacked with the city’s busiest DJs.

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From ‘Plan B’ to Blueprint “For me as a full-time DJ, being up all night, coming home late, I was always thinking about Plan B,” Bligen recalls. “I was watching Shark Tank every day, and the wheels started spinning—we could book DJs!” Spuriel scoffed at the idea, initially. “At first, I didn’t see how this was different, but [Terrence] was looking to fill a void,” he says, by taking DJ talent from the club scene and placing them in nontraditional venues and those that aren’t large [or wealthy] enough to draw the Calvin Harrises of the industry.

Demand is high in Las Vegas, with DJs playing fashion shows, restaurants, corporate events and cocktail lounges. Even the opening of Restoration Hardware had a DJ on the roof. These were the gaps that would give the pair an opening. Suddenly, they had a business plan, a blueprint, if you will: Bligen behind the decks, Spuriel behind the desk.

With a Rolodex of contacts, the duo started collecting talent and making headway in and out of state.

Since booking a Super Bowl 50 bash in San Francisco in its first year, Blueprint has sent its talent to places like Shanghai, Paris and Miami, while partnering with NBA Summer League, among others, in Las Vegas.

“It’s an art, putting the right person in the right venue,” Bligen says. “I want DJs that are experienced.

We’re experienced, and we can smell that a mile away.”

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“Coming from entrepreneurship, you know within the first three years if you have a [successful] business,” Spuriel says.

In September, Blueprint reached the milestone, celebrating its third anniversary at Apex Social Club at the Palms with some of the big names on its roster in attendance: DJ C.L.A., Earwaxxx, Greg Lopez, DJ Kittie and DJ Sincere.

Year four sees Blueprint back at the Super Bowl (this time in Atlanta), along with holiday events and the 2019 convention season— the latter making for some of the busiest, and most memorable, times in company history. “At corporate events you never know what you’re going to see, you don’t realize how hard these people party,” Spuriel says. “You’re at a convention with a bunch of teachers, and you’d think they were at EDC.” Adds Bligen: “Everybody wants to have a good time. A good time has no face on it.”

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from the gigantic DJ or gigantic act. The DJ was ew have been doing it longer than DJ Hollywood, me. That was it. It’s just a party.” but the pioneering Las Vegas nightclub enterHollywood’s old-school style is a natural fit at tainer still remembers the first big Vegas New Hyde, one of the more intimate clubs on the Strip.

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Maybe it’s because it balances luxury and those “It was at the Beach nightclub, and it was 1995 back-of-fountain views with an always-raging going into 1996,” he says. “Back then there was no party scene. The DJ, who will celebrate the 15th such thing as a celebrity host. You would anniversary of his Beatclan artist manDJ HOLLYWOOD agement and entertainment company have different acts or groups come in, but November 17, that was later. You know who was there? next year, says Hyde’s service makes the 10:30 p.m., $20-$30.

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Hyde Bellagio, because at that time we sold more Coors “The security is not so uptight there.

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Light than any other freestanding buildOther spots, they are worried about you ing in the world. He gave us this award, standing on the furniture, or it’s, ‘Don’t and it was pretty cool. There were probably 6,000 bring your drink to the dancefloor,’ that kind of people there that night. It was ridiculous.” stuff. I’m not mad at the rules at other clubs, but Hollywood will ring in 2019 at Hyde Bellagio for they are a little more relaxed at Hyde. The security the second straight year, but you can catch him guards and bartenders and cocktail servers are there this weekend, too. always smiling. That’s where that feeling comes “Last year at Hyde was absolutely insane, a from.” knock-down, drag-out party,” he says. “It felt a little He’ll be amplifying that feeling on December 31, like old Vegas nightlife to me, because it goes away and warming up for it on Saturday.

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Following the overwhelming success of its ambitious house and techno-focused weekend megaparty in October, Wynn Nightlife has announced the return of Art of the Wild in 2019. The three-day experience will be back at XS, Encore Beach Club and Intrigue March 22-24, and tickets are on sale now at wynnsocial.com/artofthewild.

DJ Presto One has been bringing hiphop sounds to the Vegas club scene for close to 20 years. In October, the staple local DJ also known as Murray McMurray underwent open-heart surgery, but within days complications took him back to the hospital. His second surgery on November 5 was successful, but his recovery is expected to last several months, keeping him out of the booth. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to raise $20,000 for McMurray’s medical expenses. You can chip in at gofundme.com/gdkd6-heart-2-heart.

Have you been keeping an eye on SLS to see what the property’s new ownership might do with its nightlife venues and programming? Here’s where it starts: Wax Wednesdays is a new weekly event at 8 p.m. in the Paradise Lounge, the slick room formerly known as the W Hotel Tower’s Living Room. DJ Mike Fusion anchors the vinyl-themed party. –Brock Radke

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Mott 32 and Red Plate carry forth a Vegas culinary tradition

By Brock Radke egas visitors drive our dynamic dining. One of the clearest examples of that evolution is Chinese food. The noodle bar was the most prominent early entry for Asian food in Las Vegas casinos, a convenient and quick stop before getting gamblers back to the tables. When international visitation and luxury levels increased, fine dining destinations serving authentic cuisine proliferated, like the former Fin at the Mirage, Jasmine at Bellagio and Wynn’s Wing Lei, the first Chinese restaurant in this country to be awarded a Michelin Guide star.

This has been standard operating procedure for the Strip’s luxury resorts for more than a decade. If you want to bring in the big-spending Asian clientele, you have to create an elegant experience and serve all the classics.

When the Cosmopolitan opened in 2010, it didn’t have a traditional Chinese restaurant on property, but it covered its bases a year later with the high-end Talon Club, a private gaming salon where veteran Hong Kong chef Yip Cheung prepared excellent seafood tofu soup, Kobe beef, Peking duck and anything else the high-rollers wanted to eat.

“It was almost a secret restaurant—the general public didn’t know it was there, but

our high-end customers, particularly Asian clientele from China, had the opportunity to have pretty much anything they wanted, made to order,” says Patrick Nichols, Cosmopolitan’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. “We decided it was time to expand on the chef talent there and give them a full-fledged restaurant, partially due to our expanding presence in the international market, but also to create another really good offering we could deploy to the rest of our guests.”

Last month, the Cosmopolitan opened Red Plate, an original and refined Chinese restaurant on the third floor between its Scarpetta and Beauty & Essex restaurants. Cheung is the executive chef, supervising an authentic Cantonese menu that also includes other specialties such as dim sum, Taiwanese xiao long bao (soup dumplings) and a selection of barbecued and roasted meats.

Like every other Cosmo venue, Red Plate also offers a focused cocktail program, not something you’ll find at traditional Chinese restaurants. That feature is emblematic of a more modern approach to this specific kind of culinary experience, justified by the fact that this customer base is also changing and evolving. Asian travelers are getting younger, their tastes are different and they visit Vegas often enough

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“People in general are just traveling more, especially young people and millennials,” says Patrick Lang, vice president of global restaurant and nightlife development for Las Vegas Sands, which is adding Hong Kong’s Mott 32 to the Palazzo’s restaurant portfolio next month. “As they travel to London and Tokyo and Singapore and these other leading culinary markets around the world, they’re having these different experiences that are equal parts culinary and experiential excellence. These things start to resonate more, and they’re seeking them out on a greater scale.”

That’s why Palazzo chose Mott 32, which also has locations in Vancouver and Bangkok showcasing Cantonese, Szechuan and Beijing cultures in its cuisine and presentation, to fill its significant Asian restaurant void—the Venetian and Palazzo resorts haven’t had an upscale Chinese destination since Royal Star closed in 2006.

Lang spends a lot of time in Asia at Sands’ Macau and Singapore resorts but says he also bounces around mainland China and southeast Asia. “I kept hearing about this unbelievable restaurant that opened in Hong Kong, and I had to go. The name kept getting thrown out there, and it was winning all these awards on the culinary and the design side,” he says. “I was blown away by what I saw, and still to this day it’s one of the most unique restaurant experiences I’ve had. Every touch point stood out to me as if no detail was overlooked, from service to design to atmosphere to music to cocktails.”

Most importantly, Mott 32 finds the sweet spot, Lang says, between the more casual Chinese restaurant that simply serves great food and the white tablecloth experience that might be a bit too formal for many Vegas visitors, no matter where they’re coming from.

“It figured out how to straddle both worlds, with very authentic Chinese cuisine in an environment that appeals to western and Asian customers,” he says. “Our Chinese customer is very important to us, so we want to have a world-class Chinese restaurant here, but also we didn’t want to alienate or intimidate our western customers. You get the traditional cuisine with an innovative twist, but you also enter this dynamic, completely transportive atmosphere that’s more upbeat and energetic.”

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COMBINING CULTURES SHIRAZ’S MENU MIXES THE BEST OF INDIAN, PERSIAN AND MORE

BY LESLIE VENTURA ormer Origin India owner Raja Majid opened Shiraz this summer with the goal of bringing various regional cuisines together under one roof. With Executive Chef Jainine Jaffer at the helm, Majid’s vision has been realized. Shiraz isn’t just an Indian restaurant—it’s a halal restaurant offering Persian, Indian and Pakistani dishes—and Jaffer, who owns her own catering company and is of Southern-Pakistani decent, grew up cooking and enjoying her family’s cuisine, making her well-suited to share these dishes with the rest of Vegas. While you’re likely to be familiar with more common Indian plates, Shiraz allows you to acquaint yourself with lesser-known flavors, each with their own distinct profiles.

“I’ve been cooking literally my whole life,” Jaffer says, “but I decided to switch gears and stop with all the other stuff I was doing and make this my absolute destination.” She says the leap was scary at first, but has proven successful. “I’m super-blessed; things have been going up and up. When you settle in to what you’re supposed to do, it just works.”

Situated in a large, semi-formal space previously occupied by longtime Persian restaurant Habib’s, Shiraz is perfect for families and large parties. The menu is divided into two sections—Indian and Pakistani or Persian—encouraging diners to mix apps and entrees from both sides. On the Persian end, start with the hummus ($6)—Shiraz’s simple and creamy blend of chickpeas, tahini, lemon and a drizzle of olive oil—and the kash bademjan ($8), eggplant slices served in a creamy, cool walnut sauce. From the Indian menu, devour the mixed vegetable pakora ($6) deep-fried vegetable fritters in chickpea flour. Persian kabobs are also among Shiraz’s most popular dishes, especially the koobideh ($14)—tender, seasoned and ground filet mignon served with rice and a charbroiled tomato.

Jaffer’s favorite dish is Nihari ($17), a spicy beef stew with bone marrow, but what she really loves is creating imaginative off-menu specials like paneer poutine and rooh afsza (rose syrup) tiramisu. It’s that kind of ingenuity that’ll keep diners interested, on their heels and coming back for more.

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Wasn’t the tapas fad played out a few cheese. Berenjenas is one of the most distinct years ago? Maybe, but there’s a new dishes at the restaurant—breaded golden baby eggwave of suburban tapas spots plant served with chili-infused honey.

Pamplona reinvigorating the shared plates market.

Dishes like that could come out oily Cocktails Rather than “global” or “fusion” small and flavorless, but here the fry job is dishes, these eateries are going back to the done expertly, enhancing each item. & Tapas 5781 W. roots of the cuisine and creating accurate Those who have never tried rabbit Sahara Ave. interpretations of Spanish favorites. would be wise to check out Pamplona’s #100, 702-659Pamplona Cocktails & Tapas is not easy conejo estofado. The careful braised 5781. TuesdayThursday, 3-10 to find, but it’s worth weaving your way process wipes away the gaminess that p.m.; Friday, 3-11 through the strip malls near the intersecoften ruins this meat, while a homep.m.; Saturday, tion of Sahara and Jones to sample from style rioja (red wine) sauce gives it a 5 p.m.-midnight; Sunday, chef Errol Desmond Omar LeBlanc’s flavorful bath.

11 a.m.-4 p.m. menu, featuring traditional and modern While I have yet to attend the lively Spanish plates. When you reach the fritubachata brunch on Sundays, I have ras section, you might as well order the tried multiple cuts of the work-inwhole damn thing. Croquetas de pollo are classic progress Iberico ham menu the chef is concocting. chicken croquettes served with a roasted pepper It’s an exciting way to taste what’s often considered béchamel dip. Empanadas are doughy pockets the best pork in the world. Think of it as a wagyu of goodness filled with either beef or chorizo and tasting menu, but for pig. –Jason Harris

The Vegas buffet isn’t endangered. In fact, there’s been a recent spike in casinos updating their allyou-can-eat options.

But how do you know which buffets are just new and which are new and improved? Go to breakfast.

The cheapest meal of the buffet day, breakfast says a lot about a casino’s culinary approach. They might offer something fresh and inventive, or toss out steam table pans of scrambled eggs and wilted bacon and call it a morning.

Treasure Island’s brandnew Corner Market Buffet ($24 at breakfast) serves eggs scrambled with crème fraiche, a variety of savory sausages and downright crispy bacon and so much more. I crowded my (first) plate with totally respectable dim sum, chewy pathiri rice flour pancakes topped with hearty chana masala, breakfast pizza and a maple-pecan Danish. I went back for a fruit-and-granola parfait and a green juice to make myself feel healthier, then improvised a smoked salmon salad (I’m creative like that).

At lunch ($28), Corner Market serves chicken meatloaf, shakshuka, protein bowls with tandoori salmon and more pizza options, then dinner ($34) offers Peruvian chicken, lobster ravioli, Korean beef bulgogi, porchetta and desserts from soufflés to gelato. TI actually used less space in this remodel, opening up room for the new Golden Circle sports bar next door, while creating a easy-access food line and dining room. New and improved, check and doublecheck. –Brock Radke

CORNER MARKET BUFFET Treasure Island, 702-8947111. Daily, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

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By Annie Zaleski

ou never quite know where Las Vegas transplant Billy Gibbons might pop up. In the past few years, he’s been spotted at Golden Knights games, sat in with the Jimmie Vaughn Band and, of course, launched a residency at the Venetian with his long-running band ZZ Top. Earlier this year, Gibbons (calling himself Billy F Gibbons) issued a new solo album, The Big Bad Blues. Accordingly, Gibbons’ companion Big Bad Blues Tour finds him performing songs from the album and select ZZ Top tracks with a trio. With his usual mix of dry wit and musical detail, Gibbons answered some questions by email.

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Your new album, The Big Bad Blues, is a rather seamless mix of originals and well-curated blues covers. How did the idea for this album come about? Our good friend John Burk at Concord Records wanted us to come up with an album to follow [2015’s] Perfectamundo, our excursion into Afro-Cuban sounds. He said, “Why not do a blues album?” and our immediate response was, “Perfectamundo!”

Former Guns N’ Roses member Matt Sorum is playing drums with you on this current tour. What makes him such a good drummer for this tour and the material you’re doing? Matt’s got both power and nuance, which is exactly what’s called for. Technically, he’s at the top of his game, and he handles the subtleties in an extraordinary and soulful manner. He always comes up with what’s appropriate while making it seem effortless.

You’ve been renovating a house in Vegas—the place where Brigitte Bardot got married in 1966—and plan on moving here full-time.

What’s drawing you here? Are you kidding? I mean, “Vegas, baby” … and all that implies. It’s a great place to have a really good time with virtually no limitations, but also a great place to live thanks to the diversity the city offers. If you can think of it, it’s in Las Vegas— and when you think of Billy F Gibbons, you know he’ll be there, too.

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NOISE BILLY F GIBBONS with Seth Loveless.

November 16, 7:30 p.m., $39-$69.

Brooklyn Bowl, 702-862-2695.

NEEDLE MOVERS THREE ’90S PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAY VEGAS THIS WEEK

BY GEOFF CARTER AND MIKE PREVATT TRICKY Hip-hop. Dub. Rock.

Soul. Reggae. Jazz. Funk. Blues.

Techno. Somehow they all amalgamate to form Tricky’s singular sound—one often called trip-hop, but a deeper scanning of the Bristol singer/songwriter/producer’s work reveals something beyond that regional, time-stamped approach. Look no further than Tricky’s 1995 breakthrough debut, Maxinquaye, a brooding, atmospheric work with spokes extending out to several different styles of black music, unified by slow-and-low breakbeats, innovative sampling and production that evokes both late-night wanderlust and urban tension. That aesthetic has served as a foundation for Tricky’s subsequent 12 albums, and ought to similarly define his opening set—his first local live showing in 20 years.

Opening for A Perfect Circle, November 18, 8 p.m., $39-$129, the Chelsea. –Mike Prevatt

Billy Gibbons, Vegas style. (Courtesy)

Musically, you’ve had countless memorable Vegas moments—from playing at Slash’s birthday party to sitting in with the Jimmie Vaughan Band to covering “Viva Las Vegas” with ZZ Top live. Why do you like performing here? [When] you’re in Las Vegas, a special mindset presents itself. … Then again, [it] might be a result of all that electrical power coming out of the Hoover Dam or, maybe, some incantation Howard Hughes might have made a while back.

ZZ Top’s 50th anniversary is in 2019, which is quite a milestone.

Do you have any plans in the works for anything yet—and, if not, would you like to do something? Our plan is to keep on keepin’ on. It’s worked for the past 49 years, so we’ve just got to assume it will work for the next 51.

For more of our interview with Gibbons, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

THE ORB Best known for its hypnotic 1991 single “Little Fluffy Clouds,” The Orb is the weird uncle of electronic music: You generally can’t dance to them, work to them or throw on one of their records on to relax. That’s not to say Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann haven’t made great dance songs or gorgeous ambient compositions, but oftentimes, they

cheekily sabotage their killer tracks with goofball found sounds, or bookend them with dub-heavy slogs. But when they’re on their game, The Orb can catapult you to the heavens—far above the fluffy clouds and into breathtaking unexplored space. November 20, 8 p.m., $22-$25, Brooklyn Bowl.

–Geoff Carter GOLDIE It’s hard to imagine the Queen bestowing anyone sporting a mouthful of gold teeth with a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) award, but that’s exactly what she did in 2016. Goldie might only be a niche figurehead in the U.S., but in his native U.K., the music producer-turned-actorturned-artist made quite an impact in the 1990s, chiefly by introducing bass-heavy dance music to the masses, elevating the artistry of the drum ’n’ bass and jungle subgenres (see his 1995 breakout album Timeless) and introducing showmanship to what was largely a faceless scene. So it’s fitting he’s headlining the 10th anniversary of Nickel F*cking Beer’s annual Bass Gravy throwdown. Attend and pay your respects.

With Brock G, Lion Eyes, Da Zukeepa and NPhaze, November 20, 10 p.m., $12, Commonwealth. –MP

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ne of my favorite local food writing colleagues said and/ or wrote something years ago that still resonates with me as I search for accurate ways to describe the various Vegas experiences I encounter. He was talking or writing about a restaurant on the Strip and how it was “better than it has to be.”

To color that in a bit with context: It’s about the captive tourist audience at any given moment. You’re an Italian restaurant, you’ve got chicken parm and you’ve got nonstop traffic from the thousands of hotel guests sleeping above your restaurant. And yet your chicken parm is just outstanding. Better than it has to be.

Since I’ve been eating at Strip restaurants less and instead consuming all the shows on the Boulevard, this philosophy has proven to be almost universally true. I apply it to the big-name resident headliners whose popularity alone tends to sell THE expensive tickets. If INCIDENTAL you buy a ticket to TOURIST see Celine or Cher or

BY BROCK RADKE Gwen, you’re likely to enjoy the show, but those artists and the people who build their productions are going to exceed your expectations.

My favorite example of this indulgent excellence is at one of my favorite resorts, the Mirage. Now in their sixth year performing at the Terry Fator Theatre, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman—Boyz II Men—

BOYZ II MEN November 16-18, December 28-29, 7:30 p.m., $54-$163. Mirage, 702-792-7777.

have honed their minimal, infinitely entertaining show into a standard bearer for Strip musical productions.

I’ve been recommending this residency to strangers, friends, tourists and locals since I saw it for the first time last year, but I’m certain few people have taken my advice.

That’s because Boyz II Men is such a familiar act with so many hits, the trio’s Vegas presence has been overlooked. As a summer episode of the excellent music-geek podcast Heat Rocks reminded me, B2M is similarly overlooked within its own genre; when fans ruminate nostalgically about ’90s R&B, they don’t talk about these guys. The band is too famous and was too successful during that era. It’s odd.

I was sure I wasn’t the only person who felt this away about the act’s show, but I tested it anyway: I took my wife and two of our closest friends

to the Mirage to see it for their first time. They had the same expectations I did: incredibly talented singers performing their many hit ballads. And they were blown away just like I was.

Of course the voices are sharp as ever.

But what’s this? Boyz II Men is a group of three charming comedians?

Are they poking fun at their own legendary oversinging? Yes. And now they’re running through their favorite Motown hits, and my friends are realizing there’s no group better suited to do it. Next, they revisit their a capella origins with another humorous segment, doing the doo-wop thing with childhood Philly friend Marc Nelson.

He was sort of an original member of Boyz II Men before it became the famous foursome, and he’s become a sort of replacement since bass singer Michael McCary left the group 15 years ago due to health problems.

They’ve already sung “On Bended

Knee,” the most Boyz II Men song ever, but they’re not done—they’re just getting started. Shawn and Nate strap on guitars and Wanya becomes the frontman of a rock band covering Lenny Kravitz, Bruno Mars and The Beatles. My friend didn’t see that coming, and she’s shocked. She also didn’t think she’d be shedding a few tears, but that’s what happens when they sing “A Song for Mama.” She’s far from the only one.

My guests were incredulous at the sight of the women in the audience rushing the stage to collect a longstemmed red rose during “I’ll Make Love to You,” but after the show, they regretted not joining in. I was vindicated.

There’s no debate. This is one of the best shows in Las Vegas. Any headliner must have undeniable talent, iconic music or all-around showmanship to find success on the Strip these days. Boyz II Men has all three.

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Diane Bush and James Stanford deliver stunning, holiday gift-worthy compilations of their work

By Geoff Carter hen I began checking out Las Vegas galleries in the mid 1990s, I didn’t make enough money to put local art on my walls. (I barely made enough to have walls.) And it was 10 years before I had a camera on my phone, 15 before I had a good one. So when I visited the library galleries or the Contemporary Arts Collective and found an appreciation for works by the likes of James Stanford or Diane Bush, I had to log them away in my memory and hope that they stayed there.

In that regard, times have changed for the better.

I can now afford to invest in art. And if I want to linger over the works of Stanford or Bush, I can look at the recent books the two distinctive local artists have published. I could even give them away as gifts, as I recommend that you do.

James Stanford’s 264-page book Shimmering Zen ($60, available through Barnes & Noble and

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Amazon) is an outgrowth of the artist’s drive to create mandalas—geometric patterns, inspired by Stanford’s practice of Buddhism—assembled from Vegas’ neon signs both past and present. These shimmering mandalas spill out of Stanford as easily as language; his house is filled with them, and a bunch of his best works are hanging through December 8 at the Sahara West Library gallery (which is, honestly, where you should go first; the lenticular pieces alone are worth the trip.) The book presents these mandalas at the size of record sleeves, big enough to allow you to stare deeply into the details (in many of them, you can spot individual light bulbs) or for them to wash over you in a kaleidoscopic swirl. It’s like looking at maps of galaxies, with golden horseshoes and pink flamingos in place of galaxies and nebulae.

Diane Bush’s The Brits: England in the 1970s (approximately $8 plus international shipping, caferoyalbooks.com/shop/diane-bush-the-brits-eng-

land-in-the-1970s) might be a slighter read at only 28 pages, but it’s no less gripping and immediate.

Comprising black-and-white photographs Bush took after emigrating to the United Kingdom in protest of the Vietnam War, The Brits is a fascinating document of a bygone street life. In some photos, you can feel the tumult of the early 1970s crowding in on the edges, drawing the air out of the frame (particularly in one shot where a chained performance artists stares defiantly at the viewer); in others, dancers waltz and men exult in pubs, reminding us that life goes on even if we’re convinced otherwise. A second volume, More Brits, will be released in December.

By the way: Bush notes that The Brits is now part of the permanent collection at England’s Tate galleries and at the MoMA in New York City. And Stanford debuted Shimmering Zen in London. If you’re a young art collector who wants to own work of international renown, put these books on your gift lists.

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Heather LanG Cassera delivers the story of a lifetime through poetry

By Leslie Ventura oet, literary editor and educator Heather Lang Cassera was intent on creating a modern-day coming-of-age story. In her new chapbook, I Was the Girl With the Moon-Shaped Face, Cassera’s familiar world is filled with desert imagery, youthful nostalgia and a relatable realm that reflects on memories both delightful and pained.

“I’m especially interested in the implied narratives of objects and other static images,” Cassera says. By recalling flickers of memory in detail, she creates an emotional narrative that explores universal themes, from sibling bonds and youthful innocence to the painful conflicts of relationships gone awry, or even a death in the family.

Drawing from her own experience—her sister died unexpectedly when Cassera was a young adult—the poet also explores how to overcome difficult and challenging experiences, focusing on “the small moments of comfort or beauty that we

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can find even when that seems overwhelming,” Cassera says. “It’s largely about finding those moments of comfort or smaller moments of humor amongst a sea of grief.”

Like trying to piece together a puzzle with no finite end, each poem was edited and curated to tell a story, Cassera says, resulting in laborious nights tacking poems to walls or sprawling pages on the floor to string together a complete collection. “I realized I had all these different pieces from across a few years of writing that spoke to each other in different ways,” Cassera says. “So I started to play with those and see what conversations they might have with each other.”

At first, Cassera was concerned the material might be too dark, but I Was the Girl With the Moon Shaped Face (Zeitgeist Press, $9) also ruminates on emotions in a playful way, like in “18,” when we find the girl with the moon-shaped face is now an adult in couples therapy, fixating on wanting a fresh, new hairdo.

By using something as simple as a haircut,

Cassera explores the need to change the physical or external when the suffering is internal, a familiar if not uncomfortable anecdote told with a sardonic, comical beat. “I want a haircut that makes my husband stop wanting to have an affair … Can they take a little off the insides? I want a haircut that makes the voices stop.”

Cassera says she wrote Girl With the MoonShaped Face with the intention of reading selected works aloud, which she’ll do at Public Works Coffee Bar on November 16. The event will also feature readings from poets Jennifer Battisti, Angela M. Brommel, former Clark County Poet Laureate Bruce Isaacson (who also runs Zeitgeist Press) and more.

Most importantly, Cassera hopes people are left with a stronger connection to poetry and how it connects us to the world at large. “There’s so much symbolism in our everyday lives,” Cassera says. “And if we listen to what our messy heartbrains are telling us as we observe them, we can explore truths and find comforts.”

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calendar LIVE music 172 Alex Cole 11/15. Amarionette, Stereoglass, ReVolta 11/16. Weezerton (Weezer tribute), Sprockets, Pet Tigers 11/17. Abbarama (ABBA tribute) 11/18. Found in Fiction, Girls and Wolves 11/23. BulletBoys, Wicked Garden 11/24.

Almost Awake, The Scorched, Crimson Riot 11/30. Rio, 702-513-3356.

ACCESS SHOWROOM Gerald Albright 11/17.

Aliante Casino, 702-692-7777.

Artisan Hotel Bama 11/15, 11/22. 1501 W. Sahara Ave, 702-214-4000.

Backstage Bar & Billiards Posers of Creation 11/16. Nonoxynol 9, Two Man Riot, Guilty by Association, Dirty Sanchez, Life’s Torment 11/17. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227.

Beauty Bar Jason Steady & The Soft Ponies, Von Kin 11/15. The Puscie Jones Revue 11/17.

Skeletal Remains, Sahara Thrash, Eminence, Casket Raider 11/19. The Delta Bombers, Shanda & The Howlers, Cherry Rat, DJ Maybelline 11/21. Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave 11/23. Delta Sleep, Farangs, Sans Pluto 11/24.

Part Time, Von Kin, Angel Groove 11/29. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757.

Brooklyn Bowl Billy F. Gibbons, Seth Loveless 11/16. The Orb 11/20. The Bloody Beetroots (DJ set) 11/24. Baby Bash, Frankie J, MC Magic, Amanda Perez, Hi-Tone 11/30. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695.

Bunkhouse Saloon Southern Culture on the Skids, Paige Overton 11/15. The Revolution Rock Tribute 11/16. Green Day vs. Weezer 11/17.

Las Vaudeville 11/24. Wino, Valley of the Sun, The Heavy Eyes, House of Broken Promises, King Chiefs 11/30. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764.

The Chelsea A Perfect Circle, Tricky, Night Club 11/18. The Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797.

Chrome Showroom Norman Brown, Bobby Caldwell, Marion Meadows 11/24. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900.

CLEOPATRA’S BARGE Paul Shaffer & The Shaf-Shifters 11/29-12/1. Caesars Palace, 866227-5938.

THE CLUB Led Zepagain (Zeppelin tribute) 11/16.

Mick Adams & The Stones (Rolling Stones tribute) 11/17. Cannery, 702-507-5700.

The Colosseum Celine Dion 11/16-11/17. Rod Stewart 11/21, 11/23-11/24, 11/28. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938.

COMMUNITY LUTHERN CHURCH Let Heaven & Nature Sing hosted by Kristen Hertzenberg & Sarah Lowe 11/23-11/24. 3720 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-2241.

Count’s VAMP’D Stoney Curtis Band 11/15. The Moby Dicks (Zeppelin tribute), The Remainz 11/16. Las Vegas Music Scene Has a Heart benefit 11/17. John Zito Electric Jam 11/21. FXP 11/23.

Smashing Alice, Bravo Delta 11/24. Damage Inc. (Metallica tribute) 11/25. John Zito Electric Jam 11/28. Strange Mistress, The Quitters, Stereo Assault 11/29. Zebra, Straight Six 11/30.

750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849.

THE Dillinger Leo & Carmelo 11/16. Jeff

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Reylee 11/17. Monk and the Po Boys 11/23.

Marty Feick 11/24. Jase Wills 11/30. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001.

THE Dispensary Lounge Linda Woodson 11/16. Windy Kariagianes ft. Scott Whitfield 11/17. Eddie Charles 11/23. Toscha Comeaux 11/24. Joe Darro & Friends 11/25. Amanda King 11/30. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343.

Dive Bar Gen Why, Gutter Villain, Societies Infection, HMD 11/17. The Bridget the Midget Band, Room 304 11/23. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483.

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Downtown Brown, The Bitters, Thee Swank Bastards 11/15. Little Debbie & the Moon Pies, Tarah Who?, Lauren Lakis, Donny X 11/16. Water Landing, Not a Robot, Johnny Yuma, Decaying Tigers 11/17.

Some Kind of Nightmare, Vomito Podrito, Hellmarch 11/18. Prof. Rex Dart & The Bargain DJ Collective 11/19. Unique Massive 11/20. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775.

DOWNTOWN CONTAINER PARK ST1 11/16-11/17.

Lisa K and the Pick-Ups 11/25. The Roxy Gunn Project 11/30. 707 Fremont St., 702-359-9982.

DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Goodness ft. Dr. Fresch, Chris Lorenzo, Bijou 11/21. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000.

Eagle Aerie Hall Like Moths to Flames, Oceans Ate Alaska, Phinehas, Novelists, Words From Aztecs, Silence Speaks, Brooklyn Edge 11/18. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927 Encore Theater Diana Ross 11/16-11/17. Wynn, 702-770-6696.

EVEL PIE Mark Rose, Kat Kalling 11/15. The Heinz, The Implosions 11/17. Boss’ Daughter, John Underwood, Crimson Riot 11/19. Bruiser

Queen 11/30. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460.

Downing 11/17. Boulder Station, 702-432-7777.

Gilley’s Saloon Kellye Huff 11/15. Arnie Newman’s Country Club Band 11/16-11/17. Left of Centre 11/21-11/22. Scotty Alexander 11/23-11/24, 11/28. Chase & The Pursuit 11/29. Voodoo Cowboys 11/30-12/1. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722.

Rocks Lounge Queen Nation (Queen tribute) 11/24. Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7777.

Golden Nugget Showroom Great White, Slaughter 11/16. Eric Burdon & The Animals 11/23. BJ Thomas 11/30. 866-946-5336.

GRAND EVENTS CENTER 98° at Christmas 11/17.

ABBAFAB (ABBA tribute) 11/24. Green Valley Ranch, 702-617-7777.

Hard Rock Live Mother Mercury, Silversage 11/21. Anna Lunoe & Friends 11/23. Winter Bass 2 ft. ModeStep, Eliminate, Jantsen & Fox 11/30.

3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625.

House of Blues Thrice, The Bronx, Teenage Wrist 11/16. Circa Survive, La Dispute, Queen of Jeans 11/17. Lil Xan, Steve Cannon 11/18.

Gasolina Party 11/24. Tribute to Journey vs.

The Police 11/30. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600.

The Joint Ghost 11/17. Nine Inch Nails, The Jesus and Mary Chain, HMLTD 11/30, 12/1. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.

Orleans Arena Soul Train Awards 11/17.

Snoop Dogg, E-40, DJ Quik, Warren G, Suga Free, Kurupt, Afroman, B-Legit 11/24. PJ Masks Live! 2/26. 702-365-7469.

Park Theater Cher 11/16-11/17. Rene Liu, Jonathan Lee 11/24. Park MGM, 844-600-7275.

Pearl CONCERT THEATER Blink-182 11/16-11/17.

Good Charlotte, Sleeping With Sirens, Knuckle Puck, The Dose 11/24. Palms, 702-944-3200.

THE Railhead Guitar Shorty 11/15. Will

Sand Dollar Lounge Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts 11/16. Goldtop Bob, Chris Tofield 11/16. Jimmy Carpenter 11/17. Dan Fester 11/18. Rustyn Vaughn Lee 11/19. Chase & The Pursuit 11/20. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.

South Point Showroom Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees tribute) 11/16-11/18. Chubby Checker 11/2311/25. Frankie Scinta 11/24-11/25. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Band 11/30-12/2. 702-696-7111.

STAR OF THE DESERT ARENA Roberto Tapia 11/17. Patti LaBelle 11/24. S., Primm, 702-386-7867.

STARBOARD TACK North by North, The Psyatics, The New Waves, Cromm Fallon and the P200 11/16. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769.

Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Mark Mackay 11/16. Thrillbilly Deluxe 11/23. Tony Jackson 11/30. Town Square, 702-435-2855.

SUNCOAST SHOWROOM Fan Halen (Van Halen tribute) 11/17. 4NR (Foreigner tribute) 11/24. 800745-3000.

Terry Fator Theater Boyz II Men 11/16-11/18.

Mirage, 702-792-7777.

THOMAS & MACK CENTER Las Vegas Soul Festival ft. Keyshia Cole, OT Genasis & more 11/17. Unlvtickets.com.

T-Mobile Arena Metallica, Jim Breuer 11/26.

Fleetwood Mac 11/30. 702-692-1600.

TopGolF The Dirty 11/16. 4627 Koval Lane, 702933-8458.

1 1 .1 5 .1 8 Vinyl Joywave, Clibbus, Silversage 11/15.

P.O.D., Nonpoint, Islander 11/16. Dermot Kennedy 11/18. Winger, Foundry 11/23. John Garcia & The Band of Gold, Nick Oliveri, Luna Sol, Death in Pretty Wrapping 11/29. The Devil Wears Prada, Fit for a King, ‘68 11/30. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.

WESTGATE INTERNATIONAl THEATER Barry Manilow 11/15-11/17. 800-222-5361.

ZAPPOS THEATER Backstreet Boys 11/16-11/17.

Planet Hollywood, 702-777-6737.

clubs APEX SOCIAL CLUB DJ Break 11/15. DJ Graham Funke 11/16. DJ Neva 11/17. Blackout Holiday Party 11/18. Palms, 702-944-5980.

Chateau Bayati & Casanova 11/15. DJ Deville 11/16. Nick Carter & Howie Dorough 11/17. DJ P-Jay 11/21. Paris, 702-776-7770.

Drai’s Farruko 11/15. 2 Chainz 11/17. DJ Franzen 11/18. Cromwell, 702-777-3800.

Embassy Aj El Kallejero 11/15. Yonell 11/16. DJ Susie 11/17. 3355 Procyon St., 702-609-6666.

Foundation Room DJ Crooked 11/16. DJ Konflikt 11/17. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631.

Hyde DJ D-Miles 11/16. DJ Hollywood 11/17. DJ Leverage 11/18. DJ Konflikt 11/20. DJ D-Miles 11/21. Bellagio, 702-693-8700.

Intrigue Valentino Khan 11/17. Dillon Francis 11/21. Wynn, 702-770-7300.

Light DJ E-Man 11/16. DJ Que 11/17. DJ Ikon 11/21.

Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.

Marquee Markus Schulz 11/16. Tritonal 11/17.

Lema & MikeAttack 11/19. The Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000.

TAO Chuckie 11/15. MikeAttack 11/16. Justin Credible 11/17. Venetian, 702-388-8588.

XS Dillon Francis 11/16. The Chainsmokers 11/17.

Encore, 702-770-7300.

Comedy BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB HENDERSON Greg Salerno, Charlie Stone 11/17. Klondike Sunset Casino, 444 W. Sunset Road, 702-507-5900.

BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Derrick Stroman, Shanna Christmas 11/15. Rampart Casino, 702507-5900.

Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Tom Rhodes, Mike Merryfield, Rick D’Elia 11/1511/18. Kathleen Dunbar, Derek Richards, Dustin Nickerson 11/19-11/21. MGM Grand, 866740-7711.

COMEDY CELLAR Sheng Wang, Traci Skene, Greer Barnes, Dennis Blair, Rocky Dale Davis 11/15-11/18. Jon Fisch, Rocky Dale Davis, Eddie Ifft, Rick Crom, Mark Cohen 11/19-25. Rio, 702777-2782.

L.A. COMEDY CLUB Tom Simmons, Steve Gillespie 11/15-11/18. Willie Barcena 11/19-11/25.

Stratosphere, 702-380-7711.

LAUGH FACTORY Amir-K, Billy Bonnell, Jerry Garcia 11/15-11/17. Bob Zany, Jimmie Walker, Brian McKim, Traci Skene 11/19-11/25.

Tropicana, 702-739-2411.

The Space James Bean 11/16. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.

Terry Fator TheatrE David Spade, Ray

Romano 11/16-11/17. Mirage, 702-792-7777.

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TREASURE ISLAND THEATRE #IMOMSOHARD 11/16. 702-804-7722.

Enterprise Library David Roberts: Beyond the Stairs 11/15-1/22. 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702507-3760.

Performing Arts & Culture

Historic Fifth Street School (Mayor’s Gallery) Raul Colón: Tall Tales & Huge Hearts Thru 12/1. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-6469.

Centennial Hills LIBRARY Walking in Balance: A Native American Cultural Adventure 11/17. 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 702507-6100.

THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Lion King Thru 11/25. (Cabaret Jazz) Jim Brickman 11/16-11/17. Michelle Johnson: Tapestry Unraveled 11/18. Frankie Moreno 11/20. 702749-2000.

The Space Thursday Night Live 11/15. Mondays Dark 11/19. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.

Summerlin Library Walking in Balance: A Native American Cultural Adventure 11/18.

1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.

UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Wind Orchestra: The President’s Concert 11/15.

Mariachi Herencia de México 11/16. UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein Celebration 11/20. (Alta Ham Fine Arts) UNLV Dance: Synchronicities 11/15-11/18. UNLV Opera Theater: No Guarantees 11/16-11/17. 702-895-2787.

LOCAL THEATER Las Vegas Little Theatre (Black Box) Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief Thru 11/25. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996.

Jessie & Brian Metcalf Gallery Bianca Scott: Surface Tension Thru 11/30. UNLV’s Richard Tam Alumni Center, 702-895-3621.

Las Vegas City Hall Brissa Arana: De Chile, Mole y Pozole: Absence of Uniformity Thru 11/16.

Visions II Native American Exhibition Thru 11/21.

Clay Arts Vegas: Some Assembly Required 11/212/15. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012.

Left of Center ART GALLERY Kim Johnson & KD Matheson: Paracosm Thru 12/1. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378.

Nevada State Museum Las Vegas Lineup Thru 11/27. 309 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-486-5205.

RANDOM ALCHEMY Annie Wildbear & Lisa Dittrich: A 1970’s Experience Thru 12/28. 900 E. Karen Ave. #B215, 702-381-5777.

Sahara West Library James Stanford: Shimmering Zen Thru 12/8. Pasha Rafat: Sub Antro 2018 Thru 11/27. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.

Spring Valley Library Desert Companion: 2018 Focus on Nevada Photo Showcase Thru 1/13. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820.

Springs PRESERVE Great War: The Western Front and the Nevada Homefront Thru 1/6.

(Origen Museum) Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze Thru 1/6. 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702822-7700.

Majestic Repertory Theatre A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney Thru 11/25. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636.

Summerlin Library Rosanne Giacomini: Rematerialized Thru 1/15. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.

Super Summer Theatre The Andrew Brothers Thru 11/18. 4340 S. Valley View #210, 702-579-7529.

West Charleston Library Clark County Artist Guild: Renenderings From the Heart Thru 1/9. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940.

Galleries & Museums Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) Tamar Ettun: Jubilation Inflation Thru 12/15.

(West Gallery) Soundscapes Thru 12/15.

(Braunstein Gallery) Vessel: Ceramics of Ancient West Mexico Thru 12/16. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.

West Las Vegas ARTS CENTER Dray: Buttered Soul With Cheese Thru 12/1. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787.

West Las Vegas Library Art House LV: Life in Vibrant Color Thru 12/2. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3980.

Windmill Library The Beauty and Rhythm of Ink Thru 1/6. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702507-6030.

Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Yayoi Kusama 11/17-4/28. 702-693-7871.

SPORTS

Centennial Hills Library The Fabulous Las Vegas Scribes Thru 12/4. 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-6100.

MGM Resorts Main Event College basketball 11/19, 11/21. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.

Charleston HeightS Arts Center Gallery Etty Yaniv: On the Horizon Thru 1/5.

800 Brush St., 702-229-2787.

UNLV MEN’S BASKETBALL Oakland 11/16. Pacific 11/20. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267.

UNLV WOMEN’s BASKETBALL Gonzaga 11/17.

Cox Pavilion, 702-739-3267.

Clark County Rotunda Gallery Camilla Oldenkamp Thru 1/10. 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS St. Louis 11/16.

T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.

CORE CONTEMPORARY Biscuit Street Preacher: Nunca Ido Thru 11/21. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Donna Beam Fine Art ¡Americanx! Thru 11/21. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702895-3893.

East Las Vegas Community Center Hearts4Vegas Thru 12/10. 250 N. Eastern Ave.,

MECUM CAR AUCTION 11/15-11/17. Las Vegas Convention Center South Hall, mecum.com.

SCANDINAVIAN HOLIDAY BAZAAR 11/17.

Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-418-0379.

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LEADING THE PACK THE CHIEFS AND RAMS COLLIDE IN WEEK 11, BUT THEY AREN’T THE ONLY SUPER BOWL CONTENDERS

BY CASE KEEFER wo Super Bowl favorites will make NFL betting history on Monday Night Football to cap Week 11 of the season. The Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams face off with the highest-ever over/under total of 64 points at the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.

Sports books don’t report betting handle on specific games, but it’s likely the showdown—in which the Rams are 2.5-point favorites—will be the most bet-on contest of the regular season.

Sports bettors have a predilection toward teams with high-powered offenses at the top of the standings. In the Rams and Chiefs, they find a pair of teams that hit on both counts. The two teams are tied for both the NFL’s best record, 9-1, and its most efficient offense, with both averaging 6.9 yards per play.

Chiefs second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who leads the NFL in passing with 3,150 yards and 31 touchdowns, is the runaway favorite to win the MVP award at minus-150 (risking $1.50 to win $1). Two of the next five players chasing

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Mahomes are on the Rams—Todd Gurley, who leads the NFL in rushing with 988 yards and 13 touchdowns, sits at 4-to-1; and Jared Goff, who trails Mahomes with 3,134 yards and 22 passing touchdowns, is at 18-to-1.

Generally, the words “potential Super Bowl preview” get thrown around too loosely, with any regular-season game pitting a strong AFC team against a strong NFC team earning the distinction. But this is one case in which it’s justified.

Offshore betting odds had made Rams vs. Chiefs the most likely Super Bowl matchup for several weeks, until it only recently slipped back to second behind the Chiefs against the New Orleans Saints. The South Point sports book lists both Kansas City and LA at 7-to-2 odds to win the Super Bowl, which puts them tied for second in the league.

Only five other teams are priced at less than 20-to-1 as the NFL officially arrives in the second half of the regular season, with every team having played more than eight games. Here’s a look at the other contenders from a betting perspective.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (5-TO-2) The Rams had gotten as low as 7-to-5 to win the Super Bowl—and even had a proposition wager asking if they’d go undefeated at several sports books—until the Saints put an end to all of that. New Orleans beat LA 45-35 as 2.5-point underdogs two weeks ago, and then assumed the Rams’ spot at the top of the futures betting board. New Orleans has won and covered in seven consecutive games, having helped bettors beat up on the books the past couple of weeks.

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Pittsburgh Steelers (6-to-1) If it weren’t for the Saints, the Steelers would be considered the hottest team in the NFL. Overcoming the dysfunction that plagued them during a 1-2-1 straight-up, 1-3 against-thespread start to the season, the Steelers have since won and covered in five straight games. And the most promising part is that none of the victories has been close. Pittsburgh has won and covered by at least seven points in each game of its current streak.

Los Angeles Chargers (10-to-1) The knee-jerk reaction was to write off the Chargers after they lost two of their first three games both straight-up and against the spread. Hindsight revealed that was flawed methodology, considering the two teams to beat them were the Chiefs and Rams. The Chargers have flown ever since, winning every game and showing the efficiency that made them a preseason sleeper in the future market. Their biggest hurdle is that they’re AFC West divisionmates with the Chiefs, with the December 13 rematch between the two teams looming as one of the biggest remaining games of the year.

Minnesota Vikings (15-to-1) It might not feel like the Vikings fit this high; an argument could be made that they haven’t quite lived up to expectations. Their odds to win the Super Bowl have actually risen, as they went off the board at 10-to-1 at the end of preseason. With a nominal plus-17 point differential, the Vikings are fortunate to be 5-3-1 straightup. They have a chance to seize control of the NFC North, however, when they travel to take on the Chicago Bears as 2.5-point underdogs on Sunday Night Football. Chiefs vs. Rams might be the historic meeting looming over all of Week 11, but Minnesota vs. Chicago could be just as significant.

New England Patriots (9-to-2) New England is always in the thick of the race under coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady, but this year’s version looks more vulnerable than usual. The Patriots are coming off of a noncompetitive 34-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans, and it wasn’t their first lopsided setback against subpar opposition (they’ve also fallen 31-20 to the Jaguars and 26-10 to the Lions). And yet, the Patriots are still a comfortable 7-3 straight-up and 6-4 against the spread, with a history of peaking at the end of the year.

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt (27) attempts to vault over Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker (36) November 11 in Kansas City.

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or anything on it, but it had my name and hen Deryk Engelland first came No. 5—just to throw out the vibes. Since day to Las Vegas, he was a 21-yearone, we hoped we would end up here, and old hockey player from Edmonwe actually built a house here two and a half ton who had already kicked years ago. My contractor and friend brought around the minor leagues for five seasons. dirt in to build up the lot from the T-Mobile Assigned to the new ECHL mid-level [Arena site]. And fortunately, we ended up team the Las Vegas Wranglers, he was six here. Building a team from the expansion years away from his NHL breakthrough draft on was amazing, and I didn’t think it with the Pittsburgh Penguins and had yet would get this big this fast. To see it go that to meet his wife, Melissa, who moved to quick, I never expected it.”

Las Vegas to pursue a master’s degree at Engelland has stepped into a new role UNLV the previous summer. with the Knights. He’s a guy who does TV But he realized pretty quickly that Las commercials, a guy who shows up at Vegas was a great place to be. “It all different types of community was a little more difficult back events and a guy who addresses then, making $500 a week and an emotional crowd of ALL THE VEGAS Catch the whole trying to survive on that,” thousands of Las Vegans conversation with Brock Engelland said during our searching for a way to heal Radke, Mark Shunock conversation on the latest after October 1. and Deryk Engelland on Apple Podcasts and episode of the All the Vegas “On every other team, I allthevegas.com. podcast, available at kind of fly under the radar. allthevegas.com. “Luckily, I met You just come to the rink and my wife shortly into the season, do your job,” he said. “Being and she definitely took care of me.” from Las Vegas already helps, and beShe was the foundation for Engelland’s ing an older guy. But it’s fun to get out and new life in Las Vegas, the city he would conbe able to do those things. You meet a lot of tinue to call home no matter where hockey great people.” would take him—Lowell, Massachusetts; Engelland has made it his job to meet even North Charleston, South Carolina; and three more Las Vegans by creating the Engelland’s different towns in Pennsylvania. He and Vegas Born Heroes Foundation this year. Its Melissa had decided Vegas was the spot. mission is to publicly recognize and reward “It’s the people. It’s a big city with a smalllocal charities and community members town feeling,” Engelland said. “Everyone is who selflessly help others. so friendly and helpful. And then you can go The effort has started small, Engeloutside in shorts and a T-shirt eight months land said, selecting 20 nominated heroes out of the year. It’s a lot more outdoorsy than to attend a Golden Knights game to be a lot of people think.” recognized and receive a jersey and Vegas Engelland famously cemented his love Born Hero shirt. “We’re hoping to be able of Las Vegas last season as an anchoring to grow it into something more, maybe defenseman for the Vegas Golden Knights raising money for the community,” he said. during the team’s historic inaugural “There are so many little things people season—“the most fun I’ve ever had in my are doing that you might not know about, hockey career,” he said. and it’s just amazing that people take their “The day they announced the team, my spare time to help other people out. That’s wife made a T-shirt—it didn’t have a logo what we’re trying to do, too.”

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n Nov. 6, the voters of Nevada showed the nation exactly what true American patriotism looks like.

It’s supporting problem solvers instead of extremists. It’s rejecting the politics of hatred and fear-mongering, and instead embracing inclusion. It’s massive turnout, especially among groups that haven’t historically taken part in midterm elections.

At its core, it’s stepping up for democracy, which is exactly what Nevada voters did.

For that, here’s a thunderous round of applause.

Nevadans got it right in 2018, just as they did two years earlier when they elected the nation’s first Latina senator, Catherine Cortez Masto.

This year, they swept in a new bipartisan-minded senator, Jacky Rosen, and elected moderate Democrats to the three House seats on the Southern Nevada ballot. They elected a diverse selection of candidates to positions in state government and the Legislature, where the Assembly will be composed of a majority of females. So will the Nevada Supreme Court.

In Steve Sisolak, voters chose a governor who will continue the moderate leadership the state has enjoyed under Gov. Brian Sandoval, who routinely put the best interests of Nevadans above party ideology by supporting a tax increase for education and becoming an early adopter of Medicaid expansion, to name a couple of his actions.

Nevada’s state government will be in terrific hands, and our congressional delegates will work to return Congress as a fully functioning check on the balance of power.

That’s a huge win on both accounts.

The credit goes partly to the winning candidates,

a particularly strong group in terms of their character and qualifications.

But it also goes to organizations that helped energize voters and prompt them to go to the polls, like the Culinary Union and NextGen America. The union has become a national gold standard for engaging voters, particularly Latinos and others who haven’t typically turned out for midterms, and it came through again this year. Meanwhile, NextGen America—the action group funded by California billionaire Tom Steyer—did a terrific job in getting

younger voters interested in this year’s races.

But ultimately, the credit goes to voters themselves, who showed they were paying attention to the tribal politics of the far right and were willing to do something about it.

Nearly 1 million voters turned out, about 425,000 more than in the 2014 midterms and only about 150,000 less than in the 2016 presidential election.

Amazing. Bravo, Nevada.

And while we’re at it, here’s a shout out to Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria, his team and the volunteers who staffed the county’s voting centers this year.

Gloria and his staff have done a remarkable job in making voting more convenient in recent years, including by doing away with the precinct model in favor of voting centers where any eligible voter can cast a ballot. By also allowing voters to register through various methods—online, by mail or in person—Clark County is heading in the right direction while other areas impose restrictions that threaten Americans’ right to vote.

The past two-plus years have been grueling for Americans, who’ve been forced to witness an ongoing attack on our nation’s values of justice, egalitarianism, compassion and decorum.

In Nevada, though, our American spirit burned brightly in this year’s election.

Thanks to you, voters, we put the state on a course to continued prosperity, and we elected congressional leaders who’ll work to restore a constructive approach to meeting the nation’s challenges.

The Silver State is in good hands—not just those of its leaders, but of those who had the wisdom to elect them.

Voters stand in line Nov. 6 at Kenny C. Guinn Middle School.

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What do the election results mean for Nevada?

Democrats solidified their dominance in the Legislature, and the Assembly became the first in the U.S. with a female majority

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evada’s Legislature will be bluer and more female in 2019 than in 2017, and those changes could be even more pronounced before lawmakers open their next session in Carson City.

Democrats won 41 of 63 state legislative races in Tuesday’s election, up from 38 in 2017. The party will have a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly with at least 29 of the chamber’s 42 seats. The election also made Nevada the first in the country with a female-majority Assembly, and it brought the state closer to becoming the nation’s first with at least equal representation in its Legislature for men and women.

“We made history,” Assemblyman Jason Frierson said on election night.

“We showed the world what happens when we show up.”

Nevada already ranked among the top states for male-to-female ratios in the Legislature, at about 40 percent in 2017. Voters chose 30 men and 30 women this year, with three vacant seats to be filled before the 2019 session. State law says county commissioners represented by a vacant seat pick a replacement from the same party as the previous officeholder.

Emily’s List, a group that recruits and trains prochoice women candidates nationwide, was supporting 11 women running for the Legislature this cycle.

“Progressive women have been at the forefront of incredible progress in the Nevada Legislature,” said Stephanie Schriock, president of Emily’s List. “This state is proof that with more women in elected office, you get better policies for women and working families.

Now, bolstered by this wave of women leaders who have ensured a historic majority-women state Assembly, all

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Nevadans can count on a state government that works for them.”

A blue Legislature under Democrat Steve Sisolak, who will succeed Brian Sandoval as governor, might again take on legislation vetoed in 2017, including an increase in the minimum wage, paid sick leave for employees and limits on surprise hospital bills.

“We look forward to returning to Carson City for the 2019 legislative session, where we will continue to fight to improve our public schools, create more good-paying jobs and protect Nevadans’ access to health care,” state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas and the new Senate majority leader, said in a statement. “We have a long track record of fighting for working families, and that is exactly what we will continue to do.”

State Senate Republicans chose James Settelmeyer of Carson City as minority leader and Joe Hardy of Reno as assistant minority leader. Sens.

Scott Hammond of Las Vegas and Heidi Gansert of Reno will serve as the Republican whips.

“Senate Republicans look forward to working with our colleagues in the Assembly and Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak to continue creating positive results for our state,” Settelmeyer said in a statement. “I am honored to lead our caucus and look forward to a productive session.”

In the Assembly, Frierson has been re-elected to serve as speaker, but other leadership positions have not been announced.

Three vacancies need to be filled in the Legislature: one for a Republican seat in the Assembly with Dennis Hof’s death and subsequent election; and two Democratic seats in the Senate with Aaron Ford’s election as attorney general and Tick Segerblom’s election to the Clark County Commission.

At least one race remains in question as well.

Democrat Julie Pazina has requested a recount in her race in the 20th Senate District against Republican Keith Pickard, who previously served in the Assembly.

The Henderson-based seat opened with Republican Michael Roberson’s unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor.

Pazina and Pickard are separated by 28 votes.

“The closeness of that result merits a recount to ensure that every vote is counted accurately and every voter’s voice is heard,” Pazina said in a statement. “I believe it’s worth taking a second look at the votes cast to ensure that we get it right in a race with a razor-thin margin.”

(Jacky Rosen, Steven Horsford, Dina Titus by John Locher/AP Photo; Steve Sisolak by Wade Vandervort/ Staff/Photo Illustration)

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or survivor connects with SafeNest and other resources. This immediate on-scene response aids the victim with instant safety planning, preparation and education. The program launched December 2017 in the Northwest Area Command precinct, which has already seen positive results, with a 15 percent drop in repeat domestic violence calls. Spring Valley was added in October. The goal is to expand the program citywide on a 24/7 basis by 2020.

SafeNest aims to put an end to domestic violence homicides

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FINDLAY GOOD WORKS LIZ ORTENBURGER SAFENEST Title: CEO Agency address: 3900 Meadows Lane, 89107 Agency phone number: 702-877-0133 24/7 Crisis Hotline: 702-646-4981 Agency website: safenest.org Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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SafeNest provides a full range of services dedicated to ending domestic violence homicides in Clark County. Our core services are based on the following three guiding principles: Prevention Services

■ Education ■ Training ■ Batterer’s treatment ■ Youth programming ■ Camp Hope Protection Services

■ 24/7 crisis hotline ■ Protection orders ■ Confidential shelter ■ Court support ■ Project Safe 417 Empowerment Services

■ Counseling ■ Victim advocacy ■ U-Visas ■ Transitional housing ■ Survivor groups ■ Employment assistance

Our focus is ending domestic violence homicides; in doing that, we have to treat the batterer. We offer both court-ordered and voluntary services.

Who are its clients today?

SafeNest serves batterers, survivors, victims and families of domestic violence in Clark County. Last year, we provided direct service to 39,673 individuals.

What is the greatest success in which you’ve participated?

It will be when we can celebrate one, two, three years and beyond as a community that is free of domestic violence WHAT IS FINDLAY homicides.

What are its current initiatives or goals?

GOOD WORKS? Good Works is a twice-monthly series in Las Vegas Weekly in which we highlight the efforts of nonprofit groups that are making a difference in our community. You can check out the good work of more organizations by visiting facebook.com/ FindlayAutoGroup.

Ending domestic violence homicide is our primary mission. Current initiatives include innovations in the treatment of batterers, establishing Camp Hope for children who have experienced domestic violence and Project Safety 417.

PS417 and Metro Police formed a partnership to specifically address domestic violence in the Las Vegas Valley. SafeNest PS417 volunteers help provide crisis intervention and support to domestic violence victims by reducing the time from when a patrol officer responds to a call to the time when a victim

When and why was it established?

In 1977, SafeNest was incorporated as Temporary Assistance for Women (TAW) when the agency opened the first shelter house for abused women and children in Southern Nevada and launched its 24-hour crisis hotline.

During the next 20 years, with the help of individual donations, legislation and statewide partnerships, TAW added shelters, open donation and counseling centers, critical legal assistance and expanded programming. In 1996, TAW adopted the name SafeNest and opened additional offices in Laughlin, Mesquite and Boulder City.

What services might the community not know about?

SafeNest CEO Liz Ortenburger stands in front of Hoover Dam, which was illuminated in purple for National Domestic Violence Awareness month in October.

(Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

What can people do to get involved in the cause you serve?

Simply give—volunteer time, offer items to the donation center or dollars to SafeNest. Don’t be afraid to lend an ear to a friend, family member or co-worker who may need you. With one in three women and one in seven men experiencing domestic violence, we all know someone suffering from this epidemic.

What can Southern Nevadans do to improve our community in general?

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Resorts see possibility of marijuana lounges as a dilemma

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BY VEGAS INC STAFF ospitality industry leaders expressed mixed feelings about the prospect of marijuana lounges in Las Vegas, which on one hand would give guests a place to legally consume and on the other compete with resorts for tourist dollars.

A panel including Andrew Pearl, general counsel and chief compliance officer for the Cosmopolitan, Melissa Kuipers Blake, a shareholder at Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and Melissa Waite, a member of the Dickinson Wright law firm in Las Vegas, discussed the issue at a marijuana symposium at UNLV on Nov. 2.

Tourists know it’s legal to buy pot in Las Vegas, but they often don’t realize it’s illegal to consume it in public spaces, including hotel-casinos, panelists said. People are often discovered using marijuana—either by smoking it or through edibles—in casinos, they said.

When informed of the law, most guests comply, and, overall, the use of marijuana causes far fewer problems than alcohol, Pearl said.

“We haven’t faced the sort of challenges with people being under the influence [of marijuana]

“If I tried to quantify the portion of our security incidents that are alcohol-related, it would be an extremely high percentage. I don’t think I can say the same thing about marijuana.”

— Andrew Pearl, general counsel and chief compliance officer for the Cosmopolitan

certainly to the degree that alcohol does,” Pearl said. “If I tried to quantify the portion of our security incidents that are alcohol-related, it would be an extremely high percentage. I don’t think I can say the same thing about marijuana.”

Nevada only allows for the lawful use of marijuana at private residences; tourists have nowhere to legally consume it. “We don’t have anywhere we can tell them where to use it, we just tell them

Keith Baskerville and Xavier Baskerville consume marijuana at a Barbary Coast Dispensary smoking lounge in San Francisco on March 1.

While San Francisco permits marijuana smoking lounges, Las Vegas is still navigating the pros and cons of their possible future existence. (Associated Press)

where they can’t,” Waite said.

With the city considering approval of marijuana lounges as early as the end of the year, resorts could have a place to recommend guests go to consume the drug—which creates a solution and a dilemma for resort operators.

Initial proposals call for pot lounges to be located outside of casinos, as federal law and gaming regulations would need to be changed to allow them at resorts.

“Resort properties in general fight very hard … for every dollar that consumers spend,” Pearl said.

“I think there is a real tension within the industry and also fearing that this becomes another source of how consumers can spend their dollars, and it’s not at our resorts.”

But if pot lounges are approved, it could be a springboard for them to pop up in hotel-casinos if federal law and gaming regulations eventually change, Pearl said.

“This could become another amenity the Strip has to offer,” he said. “Just like the nightclubs, just like the restaurants, they could have lounges that allow the consumption of marijuana, just like we allow the consumption of alcohol.”

“Then all you’re left with is the odor issue,” he added. “It’s quite important, because the smell of the smoked product is overpowering. That’s a real, live problem in terms of allowing it inside the building, but I think we could sort that out either through edibles or technology, whatever it may be.”

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BROKERED TRANSACTIONS Sales $4,950,000 for 29,999 sq. ft. of office 168 Gibson Road, Henderson, 89014 Landlord/Seller: MCA Landlord/Seller agent: Taber Thill, SIOR, and Patti Dillon, SIOR, of Colliers International Tenant/Buyer: Henderson Building Plaza, LLC Tenant/Buyer agent: Did not disclose $59,000,000 for 617,821 sq. ft. of retail 5200 S Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89148 Landlord/Seller: Weingarten Realty Landlord/Seller agent: Lucescu Realty Tenant/Buyer: Affiliates of the Krausz Companies Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,933,750 for 9,266 sq. ft. of medical office 2555 Montessouri St., Las Vegas 89117 Landlord/Seller: Prop II, LLC Landlord/Seller agent: Stacy Scheer, CCIM; and Alexia Crowley, CCIM, of Colliers International Tenant/Buyer: Medical Systems, LLC Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose Leases $6,989,000 for 854 sq. ft. of office 8708 Spanish Ridge Ave., Suite 145, Las Vegas, 89148 Landlord/Seller: Did not disclose Landlord/Seller agent: Did not disclose Tenant/Buyer: Phigenics Tenant/Buyer agent: Soozi Jones Walker, CCIM, SIOR; and Bobbi Miracle, CCIM, SIOR, CIPS, of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services

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$104,720,896

$5,907,634

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$79,544,271

$11,416,187

292

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Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-853-3000 • springvalleyhospital.com Valley Hospital Medical Center 620 Shadow Lane Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-388-4000 • valleyhospital.net

$68,266,202

$4,938,003

301

7

$64,872,673

$11,346,464

250

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$57,720,135

$3,616,736

293

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$46,878,469

$4,042,474

186

10

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($2,852,872)

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St. Rose Dominican Hospitals— San Martin Campus 8280 W. Warm Springs Road Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-492-8000 • dignityhealth.org

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re entering a phase when you will derive special benefit from these five observations by poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. 1. “There are truths that you can only say after having won the right to say them.” 2. “True realism consists in revealing the surprising things that habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.” 3. “What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” 4. “You should always talk well about yourself. The word spreads around, and in the end, no one remembers where it started.” 5. “We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Adolescence used to be defined as a phase that lasted from ages 13 to 19. But scientists writing in The Lancet say that in modern culture, the current span is from ages 10 to 24. Even if you’re well past 24, revisit and reignite your juvenile stage in the coming weeks. You need to reconnect with your wild innocence. You’ll benefit from immersing yourself in memories of coming of age. Be 17 or 18 again, but this time armed with all you have learned since.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian baseball pitcher Satchel Paige had a colorful career characterized by creative showmanship. Paige’s success came in part because of his wide variety of tricky pitches. Now is an excellent time for you to amp up your charisma and use all your tricky pitches.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head,” writes fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss. The imminent future will be an excellent time to get clear about the dramatic narrative you weave. Be especially alert for demoralizing elements in your tale that may not be true. You’ll be able to draw on extra willpower and creative flair if you make an effort to reframe the story you tell yourself so that it’s more accurate and uplifting.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In describing a man she fell in love with, author Elizabeth Gilbert wrote that he was both “catnip and kryptonite to me.” Is there anything in your life that resembles Gilbert’s paramour? You now have more ability than usual to neutralize its obsessive and debilitating effects on you.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I had to learn very early not to limit myself due to others’ limited imaginations,” testifies Libran astronaut Mae Jemison. She adds, “I have learned these days never to limit anyone else due to my own limited imagination.” You now have power to resist being shrunk or hobbled by others’ images of you. You also have power to help your loved ones grow and thrive as you expand your images of them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The U.S. is the world’s top exporter of food. Second is the Netherlands, which has 0.4 percent as much land as the U.S. How do Dutch farmers accomplish this miraculous feat? In part because of their massive greenhouses. Another key factor is their unprecedented productivity and commitment to maximum sustainability. During the next 12 months, you have the potential to make huge impacts with your focused and efficient efforts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The world is like a dropped pie most of the time,” writes author Elizabeth Gilbert. “Don’t kill yourself trying to put it back together.

Just grab a fork and eat some of it off the floor. Then carry on.” The metaphorical pie has indeed fallen onto the metaphorical floor. My advice is to sit down on the floor and eat as much as you want. Then carry on.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Novelist Anita Desai writes, “Isn’t it strange how life won’t flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forward in a kind of flood?” The locks she refers to will soon open for you. Events may not exactly flow like a flood, but they will at least surge and billow and gush.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Miracles come to those who risk defeat in seeking them,” writes author Mark Helprin. “They come to those who have exhausted themselves completely in a struggle to accomplish the impossible.”

Those descriptions could fit you well in the coming weeks, but with one caveat. You’ll have no need to take on the melodramatic. Just the opposite, in fact. Risk defeat and be willing to exhaust yourself in the struggle to accomplish the impossible, but do so in a spirit of exuberance, motivated by the urge to play.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear,” warned author G.K. Chesterton. “It annoys them very much.”

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