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GET YOUR FREED’S SUGAR FIX ON A BUDGET, AND HELP A GOOD CAUSE Fans of Freed’s Bakery can buy vanilla and chocolate cupcakes for $1 on April 11. Fifty percent of the proceeds will go to Easterseals Nevada, which provides services to those with disabilities or special needs and their families. Order online at freeds bakery.com/products/1cupcakes-for-easter-seals —Camalot Todd

NEW LIBRARY TO OPEN ON LAS VEGAS’ EAST SIDE The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District will open its new East Las Vegas Library (2851 E. Bonanza Road) April 25 at 10 a.m. The 40,000-square-foot branch will have free Wi-Fi, a tech art lab, a toy lending library, a homework help center and the district’s first demonstration kitchen. lvccld.org —Camalot Todd

HOTEL CALIFORNIA ON THE STRIP On April 2, Live Nation announced that the Eagles will perform their 1976 Hotel California album in its entirety in concert for the first time. Tickets for the show, which will take place September 27-28 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, will go on sale April 12 through Ticketmaster. Hotel California is the third-best-selling U.S. album in history.

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WELCOME BACK, KNIGHTS The Vegas Golden Knights found their way back into the win column April 1 after dropping five games in a row for the first time in team history. They held Edmonton to 19 shots in a 3-1 victory. Their last two games of the regular season are at April 4 versus Arizona and April 6 at Los Angeles. The playoffs will begin April 10, with the Golden Knights set to play against the San Jose Sharks, a team with which the Knights split four games this season—winning 6-0 and 7-3, and losing 3-2 and 4-3.

GAME OF THRONES MAKES A SPLASH In collaboration with HBO and WET Design, Bellagio debuted a unique Game of Thrones fountain show March 31. It will run twice nightly—at 8 and 9:30 p.m.— through April 13, leading up to the iconic fantasy series’ final season. A larger-than-usual Sundaynight Strip crowd flocked around the fountains to watch water and light join forces to paint pictures of blizzards, blue fire, flying dragons, the Night King and, finally, the lake ignited by dragon fire. BEARD’S CHOICE PAYS OFF Chris Beard, who was the UNLV men’s basketball coach for a week in April 2016 before changing his mind and taking the job at Texas Tech, on March 30 earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four when his team defeated top-seeded Gonzaga, 75-69. UNLV was paid $1 million by Texas Tech to buy out Beard’s contract and has since fired Marvin Menzies, the man hired to replace Beard. ZIPPY’S HEADED TO LAS VEGAS A popular Hawaiian restaurant chain announced March 29 that it had purchased land in southwest Las Vegas to expand for the first time to the U.S. mainland. Zippy’s Restaurant, known for its chili, Korean fried chicken, Visit lasvegasweekly. sushi, pupu platters and com/budbracket to vote other menu staples, is for your favorite local expected to open next year strains in our first-ever on the corner of Badura Bud Bracket! Avenue and Montessouri Street.

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ELECTION RESULTS: CAROLYN GOODMAN KEEPS HER MAYORAL POST Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman secured her third and final term in the April 2 municipal primary election, defeating six challengers for the position and ushering in an additional four years of Goodman family leadership in Las Vegas. Goodman received 22,316 votes, or 83.5 percent of the total, making her the automatic winner of the race. Because she secured more than 50 percent of all votes, the city will not hold a general election for mayor in June. First elected in 2011, Carolyn Goodman, 80, succeeded her husband, Oscar Goodman, a three-term mayor and former Las Vegas mob lawyer. She has been credited with continuing and expanding her husband’s efforts to revitalize Downtown throughout her first two terms. In her final term as mayor, Goodman hopes to further develop the city’s burgeoning medical district, improve public safety, reduce homelessness and increase transportation options, campaign manager Tom Letizia said in a March interview with the Las Vegas Sun. Turnout for the race included 26,723 voters, or about 8.7 percent of all eligible voters in the city. By comparison, about 15.6 percent of all registered voters turned out for the 2015 municipal primary, which Goodman also won by more than 50 percent. —Miranda Willson

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Where does the money go?

How do gaming fines work? and what does Nevada do with the money? By Bryan Horwath | Weekly staff

he Nevada Gaming Commission regulates everything from casinos on the Strip to the row of slot machines at your neighborhood convenience store. Anything deemed a threat to interests of the state or licensed gaming is subject to a fine. Those fines have previously come down for underage gambling, overserving alcohol, illegal bookmaking and more. Under an intricate monitoring system, casinos are encouraged to step in to regulate themselves for the public interest. Here’s what you need to know about how it works:

Gaming-fine money usually goes into the state’s general fund. At the end of the most recent fiscal year for the state—the 2018 fiscal year ended June 30—the state had about $425 million in its general fund, according to Mark Krmpotic, a fiscal analyst for the Legislative Counsel Bureau. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s projected budget, which could change depending on what lawmakers do this spring, would leave $262.5 million in the general fund at the end of the current fiscal year, not including some of the more recent fines. Assuming the budget projection holds, which is far from certain, it will get an increase of about 8 percent in general fund monies from recent fines. “Money from the general fund is used to support state government,” Krmpotic said. “So it partially funds the K-12 [education] system in Nevada, the university system, the Department of Corrections and programs like Medicaid and other health and human services. There are other programs that money supports.”

How does the state police the gaming industry? The Nevada Gaming Control Board, which has three, full-time, governor-appointed board members and nearly 400 staff members, acts in a prosecutorial capacity, policing Nevada’s gaming industry and issuing fines. If a fine agreement cannot be made between the board and the company at fault, the case goes to the Nevada Gaming Commission, which serves in a judicial capacity by determining a potential punishment. Infractions can be uncovered by enforcement agents working for the board. They can also be provided by tipsters or the organizations themselves in the form of self-reporting. “The industry is very well-policed, not only by regulators, but by themselves,” Gaming Commission Chairman Tony Alamo said. “That’s a statement of fact. Every so often, we get fines that take over the news. … Rest assured, though, that’s very rare.” Because gaming license holders want to retain their privileges, they generally want to make sure they’re not breaking the rules, Alamo said. He says gaming fines of at least $1 million have only been handed down 11 times in the state’s history. “We’re talking about an industry that’s selfpoliced better than any other industry we have in the country,” he said. “Look at the EPA or the FDIC—they lower a lot more hammers than we do, because we don’t have to.” Alamo said license holders often come to the board to ask if certain actions would be violations.

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How Nevada spends its general fund money (2017-19) ■ Commerce and industry $115,643,915 (1.4%)

Health and human services $2,496,761,841 (31.3%)

■ Public safety $711,464,315 (8.9%)

■ Infrastructure $78,128,971 (1%)

Can a fine be protested or appealed? “It’s final,” Alamo said. “I’m not sure if one could potentially file a civil recourse, but it’s never happened. People want to keep their license. It’s not cops and robbers; it’s cops and cops. Both sides really want to get to the same place.”

■ Special purpose agencies $21,736,056 (0.3%) ■ Elected officials $345,398,162 (4.3%)

Higher education $1,223,599,760 (15.3%)

■ Finance and administration $76,005,549 (1%)

Kindergarten to 12th grade $2,917,317,412 (36.5%)

Total $7,986,055,981

What can companies be fined for?

THE LARGEST FINE In January, a fine of $20 million was issued to Wynn Resorts for failure to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against former CEO and company founder Steve Wynn before he resigned. It is the largest fine ever levied by state officials. In this case, the Gaming Control Board and Wynn Resorts couldn’t come to an agreement, so the matter went to the commission for a final decision. The fine was paid in early March, according to Nevada's Legislative Counsel Bureau.

Other notable fines The previous high for a gaming fine was issued to CG Technology for $5.5 million in 2014, related to illegal betting infractions. MGM Resorts International was fined $5 million in 2003 for misappropriation of funds. No other gaming fine in state history has been for more than $3 million.

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Reasons that license holders are fined run the gamut, Alamo said, though a fine usually isn’t levied unless there’s a significant issue. Examples include: taking illegal bets, allowing minors on the casino floor, money laundering, failing to register employees with the state and allowing a banned gambler to wager. “Fines are for significant issues that call for a change in behavior,” Alamo said. “We could be talking about something found in an audit or something related to behavior.” Fines can be small and large, some for $1,000 or less. “There are restricted and non-restricted licensees,” Alamo said. We could be talking about a huge organization … or something like a 7-Eleven with seven machines.”

Prior to the recent large fine, state regulators collected more than $6.7 million in gaming fines during the past three fiscal years combined.

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he South has fried chicken, Texas has barbecue, Chicago has hot dogs, New York has pizza and Las Vegas has them all. That is to say, our regional cuisine is the buffet. The all-you-can-eat extravaganza is the epitome of Sin City self-indulgence. But how did buffets become synonymous with Las Vegas? How do they remain relevant in the ever-changing culinary landscape? And what are the latest #buffetlife trends? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here with a veritable smorgasbord of answers. (Photograph and Photo Illustration by Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Birth of the buffet

Fittingly enough, the first casino on the Strip also featured the first buffet. Opened in 1941, the El Rancho Vegas fed hungry gamblers at its chuck wagon-styled Buckaroo Buffet. For the low price of $1 (the equivalent of about $12-$17 today), diners enjoyed “every possible variety of hot and cold entrées to appease the howling coyote in your innards … everything you can eat and you’ll want it all,” according to a vintage advertisement. An online exhibit about Strip dining by UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research explains that the 24-hour buffet was “a big hit” that “changed casino dining forever,” and that by the 1950s, most Strip casinos followed the El Rancho’s lead with $1.50 “midnight chuck wagon buffets.” The menus might look familiar to modern diners: lobster, steak, shrimp, cold cuts and fish. Second course

In the late 1980s and early ’90s, Las Vegas was starting to become a culinary destination in its own right, with the opening of the Mirage and Wolfgang Puck’s

The El Rancho’s buffet, circa 1956. (Courtesy/Las Vegas News Bureau)

Spago at Caesars Palace. To keep pace, the better Vegas buffets began expanding beyond traditional American fare to embrace multicultural cuisine. “Casinos created exciting new spaces by renovating their old, value-oriented mess halls into fashionable, even opulent, gastronomic temples,” according to the Center for Gaming Research, which cites Treasure Island’s Dishes buffet (now called Corner Market) as one such transformation. With its international focus, the Rio’s Carnival World Buffet, in particular, helped bring buffets into the modern era.

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Today, buffets are thriving, and there seem to be as many trends as there are food options. Unattached from the branding of celebrity chefs or even the commitment of printed menus, buffets are free to experiment with new dish ideas. Buffets have begun offering a variety of luxury upgrades, often involving line passes and special gourmet add-ons. At the Excalibur buffet, for example, a $10 upgrade gets you lobster tail. Many buffets now offer a bottomless booze package, typically for roughly the price of one casino-bar

cocktail. The Mirage’s Cravings Buffet even features a bar with stools and a TV. The most popular upgrade—available at the Bellagio, Mirage and Caesars Palace—might be the Chef’s Table. This concept, borrowed from elite restaurants, offers guests an opportunity to sample special foods—some presented tableside—and connect with the executive chef. Live cooking stations are all the rage, allowing diners to sample made-to-order dishes while also enjoying a bit of a show. They’ve expanded from the classic omelette station to encompass French toast, crepes, pasta, hand-tossed

pizza and more. Value customers are enjoying recent innovations, too, like all-day wristbands (Luxor’s day pass costs $40$45, for example) and Caesars Entertainment’s popular Buffet of Buffets pass, which grants access to the buffets at the Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah’s, Paris, Planet Hollywood and the Rio within one 24-hour period ($70-$80; $25-$35 upgrade to include Bacchanal). And get this: at the Mirage, your buffet meal can continue even after you’ve left the premises thanks to the To-Go Container ($16-$20 on its own or as a buffet add-on).

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Go at off-hours to avoid long lines, like late weekday mornings and early afternoons. Avoid holidays and weekends. Also, see if your buffet takes reservations. Make use of your loyalty card to get discounts and line passes. Also, loyalty card holders might receive occasional buffet coupons, so don’t forget to check your mail. Check discount websites such as Groupon to see if discounts are available. You might be surprised at what you’ll find. Inquire about locals’ discounts. The Rio’s Carnival

World Buffet, for example, offers free entry during a Nevadan’s birth month (caveat: the discount only applies to your meal). Try an all-day pass. Caesars Entertainment offers the most Vegas of day passes, the Buffet of Buffets. For as low as $60, diners have 24 hours to eat at up to five buffets. Bring a few extra dollars to tip the chef who makes your omelet to order. And don’t forget to tip the staffers who refill your drinks and clear your plates. Just because you ate like a beast doesn’t mean you should act like one.

Survey the scene. When you first arrive inside, take a moment to make note of everything that lies before you. We suggest spinning around like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, as you mentally plan your impending food assault. Start with small portions. Bacchanal Executive Chef Leticia Nunez likes to say, “Take small bites; it’s a big buffet.” Starting small allows for maximum variety and prevents overeating and waste. If you love an item, you can always return for seconds … or thirds.

Avoid filler foods. A smart buffeter usually skips breads, carbs and the like. Don’t go in traditional meal order (bread, salad, soup, main course, dessert). You’ll fill up too fast. Eat high-dollar foods first: seafood, meats, exotic cheeses and fancy fruits. Get experimental. For your second plate, try some foods you don’t normally consume. Do it up for dessert. If you still have room at this point, all bets are off. Just go for it! One fun game: Invent your own sweet creation by combining different items.

Call first. Author and Vegans, Baby website founder Diana Edelman recommends contacting a buffet in advance if you have dietary restrictions. Since buffets often rotate their menus, this will help you get the most up-to-date info on what foods will or won’t be available. Work with the staff. Edelman suggests letting the buffet host know if you’re vegan (or

have a different dietary need) when you arrive. She emphasizes the importance of communicate, because some foods might not be marked. “If you’re unsure about items, ask for a chef to walk you through,” she says. Ask questions. Don’t be afraid to inquire about food preparations or cross-contamination, Edelman says. –C. Moon Reed

(Photographs by Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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BACCHANAL BY THE numbers

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By C. Moon Reed Fresh-sliced wagyu beef and applewood smoked bacon. Cinnamon churros and chocolate champurrado. Truffled egg cocotte and bananas foster donuts. Watermelon juice and yogurt parfaits. Tempura shrimp udon and tonkotsu ramen. Maple-glazed sweet potato tots and egg sardou with lobster bearnaise. Smoked salmon, mussels, creole shrimp ’n’ grits, tuna poke and, of course, crab legs galore. Our list seems ridiculously long—without even including dessert—yet it barely scratches the surfaces at this gourmet garden of delights. Serving up to 4,000 people a day, the Bacchanal Buffet is the highest-grossing-revenue restaurant at Caesars Palace. It has achieved that distinction by being the best at two things: quality and quantity. More than a culinary triumph, Bacchanal is also a monumental achievement of engineering, planning and teamwork. Here’s how it works.

n Farm to many tables “Even when you’re cooking for thousands of people, I still want to do everything from scratch,” Executive Chef Leticia Nunez says. “Everything has to come in fresh, and we make it all here.” Nunez hails from Oaxaca, Mexico, where she grew up eating her grandmother’s mole and barbacoa. She came up as a chef in Northern California’s Napa Valley, where she cemented her preference for farm-fresh ingredients and scratch-made dishes. “We had a huge garden, and we just went out there and picked all of our herbs and tomatoes,” Nunez says of her experience working at the restaurant at Robert Mondavi Winery under Chef Annie Roberts. (Over the years, she has also worked with other such greats as Thomas Keller, Alice Waters and Rick Bayless.) “I just love the smell of basil growing or fresh tomatoes. That’s where a lot of my influences came early on.” Impossible as transferring craft concepts to a buffet might seem, Nunez had a head start. Before taking the job at Bacchanal, she gained large-scale experience as the executive banquet chef at Rio. “I love the idea of doing this big, big, big baby. It had my heart from the beginning,” Nunez says about the job opportunity. “So it was easy is it to say yes.” Bacchanal is divided into nine show kitchens: Latin, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, American, seafood, pizza, deli and dessert. As diners go through the line, they see chefs assigned to each, tossing pizzas, scooping gelato and carefully constructing dishes. But these are just the finishing touches. The buffet kitchens aren’t large enough for the entire job, so Bacchanal makes use of a large production facility roughly a mile away, in the resort’s Octavius Tower. In order to make everything from scratch, the first cooks arrive at the Octavius Kitchen at 3 a.m. They prepare sauces and smoke meats for hours. They send soup to Bacchanal in 140 gallon batches, which Nunez says go fast. And six runners deliver ingredients to the buffet via motorized carts daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. “We have to move fast,” Nunez says. For her part, Nunez shows up on property between 3 and 5 a.m., depending on the day’s workload. She works until 7 p.m., typically taking her sustenance from three or four taste line taste-tests “to make sure that we’re staying on point with flavors.”

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n Team buffet One of a buffet’s toughest obstacles is timing. Since guests aren’t ordering from a menu, there must be an even flow of food coming out at all times. Too little, and diners feel slighted. Too much, and food sits out too long. After about 10-15 minutes, dishes are discarded. Bacchanal has determined that the optimum batch size is 12 servings, often plated individually for the most elegant presentation. Thus, a dish like risotto is always being made fresh, in batches small enough to serve a single family. Even as chefs oversee daily tasks, they have an eye toward future menus, which change seasonally. Nunez and her team constantly search for fresh ideas, keeping an eye on the most desired dishes from around the globe to please an international tourist base. And the staff fastidiously monitors Yelp reviews to fix any problems as soon as they arise. “We have to stay very much on top of every culinary trend … we have to keep our tools sharp,” Nunez says. “We can’t just come in and say that we’re on top the world. We have to stay motivated.” Caesars Chef de Cuisine Richard Leggett credits the staff’s dedication and attention to detail for Bacchanal’s success. Still, he concedes that it can be challenging to get the buffet’s 140 employees on the same page at the same time. And it’s not just cooks and runners. The buffet also requires an engineering department to maintain the equipment, and a stewarding department to clean. There

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are hosts up the front and bussers removing empty plates from tables. “It’s a lot of moving parts,” Leggett says. “The buffet needs a set number of people in order for it to operate.” Bacchanal keeps a steady flow of employees trained and ready in case regulars call in sick. Like any sports team, different players have different skills and abilities. “You can’t put everybody on pizza, because it’s an acquired skill to be able to toss the dough, pour the dough and make a good pizza.” Similarly in the Octavius Kitchen, employees must have specific training to follow Nunez’s recipes. “We want certain people in certain positions, our aces in places, so to speak. “We make it work by giving them something to believe in and giving them the support they need.”

• 3.7 million shrimp • 2 million pieces dim sum • 500,000 sliders • 131,000 pounds prime rib • 87,000 pounds of clarified butter • 40,000 nori sheets for sushi • 30,000 pounds fresh salmon • 24,000 gallons of gelato • 20,000 pounds mozzarella cheese • 18,480 pounds slice bacon • 4,000 pounds gummy bears • 1,065 pounds goat cheese • 400 pounds fresh basil

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■ Vegetarian/Vegan The Buffet at Wynn Casino creator Steve Wynn famously went vegan nearly a decade ago, and Vegans, Baby founder Diana Edelman recommends the Wynn buffet for veg-minded diners. Her other picks include Palace Station, the Palms, M Resort and the allvegan Govinda restaurant in the southeast Valley. ■ Meet the In-Laws Veranda Weekend Breakfast Buffet at Four Seasons If you hope to end your meal with a surprise wedding proposal, may we suggest hiding the ring in a cranberry and blood orange mimosa? With its rarefied country club feel, the Veranda is perfect for elegant occasions. Standouts include frittata bianca, avocado toast, house-smoked salmon and coldpressed green juice. It happens 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, and is $39 per plate Another great option: The Jazz Brunch at Lakeside at Wynn.

■ Sound of the South Gospel Brunch at House of Blues This down-home buffet is packed with Southern delights, and the weekly brunch is also a sweet deal— in addition to the food, $55 gets you an energetic and inspiring live performance—“a nondenominational participative celebration of gospel music,” as HOB describes it. ■ Value for Veterans Cravings Buffet at the Mirage Few military discounts are as generous as this: 40 percent off for U.S. military ID holders (and up to four guests). Better yet, entry includes unlimited beer and wine, and champagne on the weekends. ■ Bring The Kids Circus Buffet at Circus Circus Children under 4 eat free, and the tariff is just $13 for those ages 4-10 (adults’ meals cost only $20-$21, by the way). Bonus: They can work up an appetite at the Adventuredome and/ or Midway.

■ Mexican Fiesta Brunch at Border Grill at Mandalay Bay Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., enjoy unlimited small plates—Peruvian shrimp & grits, brisket mini tortas, bacon jalapeño PBJ sandwiches, churro tots and more—for $43. And $25 more gets you bottomless mimosas, micheladas and Bloody Marys.

■ Gourmet Dinner The Buffet at Bellagio On Friday and Saturday from 3-10 p.m., Bellagio’s buffet kicks it up a notch with its gourmet dinner service ($44), which includes luxurious finishes like ikura and tobiko caviar. For an extra dose of special, make reservations for the daily Chef’s Table (a $69 upgrade). Another great option: The gourmet dinner at the Buffet at Aria features Dungeness crab legs, snow crab legs and king crab legs. (Jon Estrada/Special to Weekly)

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Feast Buffet at Palace Station This recently renovated spot features a rare Vegas buffet amenity: It’s open 24/7. With overnight (midnight to 8 a.m.) buffet prices as low as $8 with a casino loyalty card, it’s also quite the deal. In a twist on the traditional buffet organization, the Feast is laid out by cooking technique (hearth, wok, grill, cravery, healthy and desserts), rather than cultural origin.

■ Indian Interlude Mint Indian Bistro Buffets are a great way to explore a new cuisine. You don’t have to “know” what to order; you can simply try a bit of everything. This beloved bistro offers a traditional lunch buffet at both of its locations. 730 E. Flamingo Road; 4246 S. Durango Drive. ■ Sushi Sampling Goyemon There’s a particular joy in all-you-can eat sushi. It’s a “seated buffet,” where you can order anything from the menu, and the food is made-to-order and brought to you. With the motto “the best sushi for all people,” Goyemon is a great introductory spot for those who might be sushi curious. 5255 S. Decatur Blvd. ■ VIP Package Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace This luxurious buffet is already the ultimate in indulgence. But in Vegas, more is more, which is where the #LikeACaesar reservation package comes in. For $98 total dollars, diners get a special reservation time, an “all-you-care-to-drink” package and an Instagram-worthy VIP seafood tower featuring king crab legs.

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BALLY’S DIONNE WARWICK Her name might not come up in conversation as often as it once did, but that hasn’t stopped Dionne Warwick’s hits—“Walk on By,” “Déjà Vu,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose”—from playing on oldies radio every few seconds. Share an evening, or 12, with a legend. Days & times vary, $67-$139. –Geoff Carter

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RANDOM ALCHEMY GALLERY WINTER IS COMING The White Walkers are advancing, but there’s still time to view Game of Thrones-inspired art by Jeffrey Locke Lemert and Random Alchemy gallerist Lisa Dittrich. Bonus: Dittrich’s New Orleans Square neighbor the Sci Fi Center will screen new Thrones episodes Sundays starting April 14. Free; reception April 5, 4-9 p.m. –Geoff Carter “Edge of the World” by Lisa Dittrich (Courtesy)

VENETIAN THEATRE CHICAGO Supermodel and actress Christie Brinkley is a style icon. She has graced the cover of more than 500 magazines, including Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue three times. She designed her own line of sunglasses, along with a line of “Real Model” dolls based on real models such as herself. She was the “Uptown Girl” in then-future exhusband Billy Joel’s music video of the same name. You’d think that dazzling resume would be enough. But Brinkley told The New York Times that her fantasy career is “performing on Broadway.” Dreams do come true if you’re an internationally renowned beauty. “I got to live it,” Brinkley says. “I appeared several times in Chicago and will perform in the national road tour.” The long-running musical, which stops at the Venetian for seven performances, tells the story of murderous, famechasing chorus girl Roxie Hart (Brinkley) in Jazz Age Chicago. In addition to the star power, there’s choreography styled after Bob Fosse’s original moves and unforgettable songs like “All That Jazz,” “Cell Block Tango” and “Razzle Dazzle.” Wednesday-Friday, 7:30 p.m.; SaturdaySunday, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; $75-$183. –C. Moon Reed

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The Palms’ new megaclub wraps its grand-opening weekend with a sunny set from one of its resident DJs, longtime Vegas pool-party fave Kaskade, coming off a surprise drum and bass set at Beyond Wonderland SoCal. Vice provides additional support. 11 a.m., $35-$45. –Brock Radke

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Celebrate the Far East in the Southwest at this annual spring festival, featuring arts and crafts, a traditional tea ceremony, martial arts demonstrations, taiko drums and, of course, food. 11 a.m.5 p.m., free. –Genevie Durano

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Since 1984, Aid for AIDS of Nevada has provided support, services and education to thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS. This year, AFAN’s biggest fundraiser features a pre-walk festival with appearances by Penn and Teller, Human Nature, Piff the Magic Dragon and more. 8 a.m., register at afanlv.org. –Leslie Ventura

MON, APR 8 THE WRITER’S BLOCK MIXTAPE: Lyrics WITH HANIF ABDURRAQIB Writer, cultural critic and Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellow Abdurraqib presents an evening of poetry featuring a band of local musicians. He’ll discuss Nina Simone, My Chemical Romance and more. Free, 7 p.m. –C. Moon Reed

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KAOS EMBRACES LATIN SOUNDS AS PART OF ITS BROAD MUSICAL SPECTRUM BY BROCK RADKE

CARDI B, J BALVIN & G-EAZY April 6, 10:30 p.m., $80+. KAOS, 702-739-5267.

ust look at that grand-opening weekend lineup: Marshmello on Thursday, Travis Scott and Skrillex on Friday, Cardi B and G-Eazy on Saturday and then Kaskade poolside Sunday before the Zac Brown Band caps off one of the biggest country music weekends of the year in Las Vegas. No matter your genre of choice, KAOS has you covered in a way we haven’t seen a nightclub/dayclub do it before. One of the most innovative programming strokes at this exciting new venue is represented by the international superstar left out of that Saturday-night billing. Reggaeton favorite J Balvin is also a KAOS resident artist and a big part of opening weekend, best known for his ubiquitous 2017 hit “Mi Gente,” which famously topped the charts when Beyoncé jumped on the remix. The Colombian singer, songwriter, rapper and fashion figure actually has five No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, and his 2018 album Vibras was the biggest streaming Latin album ever, establishing Balvin as a mainstream force in the U.S. Since then, he has teamed with fellow KAOS residents Cardi B and Bad Bunny for last year’s Hot 100 smash “I Like It” and earned a spot at next month’s Coachella festival.

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Balvin has been performing regularly in Las Vegas since 2015—and not just during Latin holiday weekends in May and September. The Strip has seen residency shows in big theaters and concert halls from the likes of Latin artists Carlos Santana, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin. But KAOS is the first club venue to add consistent live performances from current Latin mega-stars to its programming—even though reggaeton, Latin trap and other Latin dance music are played almost every night in almost every club here. Balvin, who’ll be back at the Palms on April 26, is just one of a trio of urban Latin stars who will help bring an international audience to KAOS and be recognized and celebrated by more mainstream pop and dance music fans. Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican trap star who broke through in Las Vegas at the off-Strip Embassy Nightclub and then performed twice at the Strip’s house of hip-hop Drai’s Nightclub, will make his debut during F#%KIN’ KAOS Thursdays on April 25. And his countryman Ozuna, the artist with the most 1 billion-view videos on YouTube, will take the stage on April 28. The KAOS calendar certainly contains a lot more Marshmello and Kaskade gigs than shows from these three hitmakers, but the club’s other live residents like Cardi B and G-Eazy are playing fewer dates, too. It’s all part of the plan for a Vegas club with one of the biggest music mixes yet.

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Deeper Grooves ahead Nora En Pure gets set f o r t h e s u m m e r a t W y nn By Brock Radke

orn in South Africa and raised in Zurich, Switin our world, it’s all about work and constantly being zerland, Daniela Di Lillo is exactly the kind of reachable and online. The only place you can get away nuanced electronic artist that might not have fit from all that is somewhere out in nature. into the Vegas club format just a few years ago. The serene, uplifting music she creates as Nora En Did you pursue any other careers before music? I Pure has been classified as deep house or indie dance, actually started in criminal psychology. I’ve always and those unique sonic sensibilities have propelled loved music and played different instruments and her up the ranks on the festival circuit, including one even had singing lessons, not that I would pursue of her biggest gigs yet at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival that now. last month. She has found a comfortable new Vegas home for 2019 and returns to the You played last summer at Marquee DayNORA EN PURE April 6, 10:30 p.m., booth at EBC at Night this weekend. club and have moved over Encore Beach $25-$45. Encore Club this season. What’s that transition Beach Club, You just played the main stage at Ultra for been like? I’m really happy to be here at 702-770-7300. the first time. Do you feel like your sound Wynn. I got to play the Sunday of Art of the stands out in the festival environment? Wild, and it was really fantastic. I just loved I often feel like I’m a little bit the exotic one. ... It’s it. Vegas is such a big scene and big platform for me, difficult to stick out these days, and there’s a lot of and I’m really excited for the summer. electronic music out there at the moment. It’s pretty hard to develop a unique characteristic, so from that It seems like your style is a perfect fit at Wynn. sense I’m happy. Definitely. A lot of my music is quite emotive and emotional and sometimes melancholic, so sometimes What is it that attracts you to that sound? I guess playing the more commercial venues is not as satisfymy biggest inspiration comes from nature. I’m a big ing. I love to go a little deeper, so I’m really happy to outdoors person. ... Nowadays there is so much stress be in this environment right now.

+ HOT SPOTS DEE JAY SILVER FRI 05 | DAYLIGHT The country/rock/hip-hop mashup master is naturally all over Vegas for ACM Awards weekend, starting with a Friday set at Mandalay Bay’s beach club. 11 a.m., $20-$30. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700.

DAVID GUETTA SAT 06 | ENCORE BEACH CLUB Get ready for a summer loaded with Saturday sets from David Guetta, also one of the biggest names on this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival roster. 10 a.m., $45-$65. Encore, 702-770-7300.

BIG DADDY KANE WED 10 | ON THE RECORD OTR Wednesdays throws it back this week with a performance by one of the all-time greats, Big Daddy Kane, aka Dark Gable, aka Count Macula. 10:30 p.m., $25$30. Park MGM, 702-730-6773.

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It’s that time again: Motley Brews’ Great Vegas Festival of Beer is upon us this weekend at its new home, the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. Since there are more than 500 beers on the slate from over 100 breweries, we thought it’d be a good idea to provide some highlight-worthy suggestions. Consider this a cheat sheet as you wander through the bounty of brews. ■ Man’s Best Friend 002: Local brewer Big Dog’s Brewing Company’s second foray into its Man’s Best Friend series is a Belgian-style dark strong ale that doesn’t drink as hot as the 10-percent ABV might suggest. But it wafts of whiskey (if that’s your thing, and it should be) after aging for more than five months in Jameson Irish Whiskey casks. ■ Paleo Porter: You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! You got your peanut butter in my chocolate! These two great tastes pair great together in this well-balanced coffee porter tinged with both chocolate and peanut butter from Henderson’s Lovelady Brewing Company. ■ Einstök Ölgerð Beers: Never had Icelandic beer? Now’s your chance. The country’s most famous brewery recently arrived in Las Vegas straight outta Akureyri. Particularly interesting are the Icelandic Toasted Porter and the Icelandic Arctic Pale Ale. Close your eyes after a couple of these and you’re bound to see the northern lights. ■ Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Stout: Apparently, I’ve got a thing for peanut butter-flavored beers, and you should, too. The San Diego-based brewery with the adorable mascot serves a stout delivering peanut butter taste that isn’t cloying. It’s like a drinkable dessert. ■ Joseph James 10th Anniversary BBA Stout with Coconut and Cacao Nibs: Dive into a decade of brewing excellence from the Henderson brewery with this robust combination of barrel-aged beers brewed with house-toasted cacao nibs and coconut. ■ El Charro Mexican Lager: At some point in the afternoon, you’re going to need a break from the high-ABV onslaught. Turn to Las Vegas’ own Tenaya Creek Brewing Company. Think of this one as a Corona with more flavor.

GREAT VEGAS FESTIVAL OF BEER April 5, 7-10 p.m.; April 6, 2-7 p.m.; $45-$95. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, greatvegasbeer.com.

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Dope dough

Edible raw cookie dough comes to the Strip

Nordic tales Saga brings a taste of Scandinavia to Henderson

There’s a lot more to Scandinavian food than ness and fattiness with just the right amount of Swedish meatballs. While most Americans’ acidity. Seafood—like the Norwegian smoked salmon associations with that region of Europe sandwich—is the main attraction at Saga, but there might involve inexpensive, difficult-to-assemble are options for vegetarians, too, like the buffalo mozfurniture, one man is setting out to change that, one zarella sandwich. sandwich at a time. The Smorgasbord ($13) combines Saga’s three main His name is Gert Kvalsund, and he’s proteins—Arctic shrimp with mayonthe owner and chef at Henderson’s Saga naise; smoked salmon and boiled eggs; Saga Pastry Pastry + Sandwich. He’s also the former and Fra’ Mani rosemary ham with Jarls+ Sandwich 10345 S. Eastern Ave. assistant executive chef at Ikea Las berg cheese—into one giant, open-faced #100, 702-260-0860. Vegas, but he can make a lot more than sandwich you must fork-and-knife to Daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. those little spongy balls for which the eat. (You can also get sandwiches served blue-and-yellow store is famous. And in a Nordic waffle or on a baguette). he’s happy to talk about his minimal-but-delicious Feeling sweet? There’s a full waffle, pancake and approach to Scandinavian food, or the health benefits crepe bar—$8 gets you your vessel of choice and three of wild coldwater shrimp, a Norwegian staple rarely toppings—along with an assortment of traditional found in the United States. Norwegian pastries from Chef Flemming’s Bake If you’re unfamiliar with Norwegian cuisine, Shop in Boulder City. Whatever you choose, it’ll be an expect simple, delicate flavors that balance freshadventure. –Leslie Ventura

We’ve all indulged in the illicit thrill of raw cookie dough. Unfortunately, consuming that most delicious treat is like playing Russian roulette with salmonella poisoning. But thanks to a new dessert spot at Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops, the health quandary is solved. Doughp— pronounced “dope”—serves safe-to-eat raw cookie dough. It removes the danger by omitting eggs and heat-treating the flour. A Bay Area import, Doughp is a self-described “millennialbrand on a mission.” Everything about the place is tailored to the Instagram era. An enormous mixer stands in the window, whipping up 50-pound batches of dough daily in full view of phone cameras. The interior also features picturesque neon signs, stadium seating, a temporary tattoo vending machine, a separate dough vending machine, a full espresso bar, printable latte art and $1 milk shots. The place is swimming with hip puns and catchphrases, such as “dough you, boo”; “legit cookie dough”; and “spoonlicker.” Founder Kelsey Witherow overcame addiction to create Doughp, so she styled it to be a boozefree bar with a mental health mission. Proceeds from the #Doughp4Hope Remix flavor benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Diners begin by ordering one ($6), two ($9) or three scoops ($11) of dough, then selecting mixers (60 cents each), the type of toppings you find at self-serve yogurt shops: chocolate chips, candy and cookie pieces, sprinkles, nut butters and sweet sauces. An employee hand-mixes the dough as you watch, serving it in a cup, waffle cone or with a scoop of ice cream. –C. Moon Reed

Doughp Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, 702-550-2908. Sunday-Wednesday, 10 a.m11 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m-midnight.

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AEROSMITH: DEUCES ARE WILD April 6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23 & 26, 8 p.m., $69+. Park Theater, 702-730-7777.

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Reflecting on Aerosmith’s many distinct eras, as the band begins its Park Theater residency By Julie Seabaugh

erosmith—singer Steven Tyler, guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer—has been one of the most enduring and resilient bands in American music history. On the eve of the group’s Park MGM residency, we revisit the career phases that led it to the Las Vegas Strip. Blues Beginnings The band formed in 1970 and signed to Columbia Records in 1972, but its first two albums were met with little fanfare. Tyler even kept his real singing voice under wraps as the quintet found its footing with sparse and somewhat rootsy songs. They might play: “Dream On,” “Mama Kin,” “Same Old Song and Dance,” “Train Kept A-Rollin’.” Breaking Big Tyler—known as the Demon of Screamin’ for his bombastic shriek—and the moodily enigmatic Perry helped send 1975’s Toys in the Attic and 1976’s Rocks up the Billboard charts to RIAA multiplatinum status. They might play: “Walk This Way,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Last Child,” “Back in the Saddle.” Fall and Rise Warring creative tensions and escalating drug use earned Tyler and Perry their Toxic Twins nickname during the 1970s, and led to the band bottoming out as a cohesive unit. Perry departed in 1979, followed by Whitford in 1981. After both returned in 1984, the band signed with Geffen Records, but 1985’s Done With Mirrors suffered from lingering resentments and substances circulating in the group’s collective bloodstream. They might play: “Draw the Line,” “Kings and Queens,” “Come Together,” “Chip Away the Stone.” MTV Resurgence Thanks to the new network showcasing music videos ’round the clock and 1986’s cross-genre collaboration with rap royalty

Run-DMC, the mid-’80s through early-’90s found a second generation of fans discovering a decidedly tamer, more corporate-minded incarnation of their parents’ favorite troublemakers. (Star power courtesy of a teenage Alicia Silverstone didn’t hurt, either.) Album sales of Permanent Vacation, Pump and Get a Grip rivaled—and in some cases outstripped—that of Aerosmith’s ’70s heyday. They might play: “Janie’s Got a Gun,” “Angel,” “Love in an Elevator,” “Living on the Edge,” “Cryin,’” “Crazy,” “Amazing.” Pop Turning Point With 1997’s Nine Lives marking Aerosmith’s final full-fledged rock effort, the next year’s globally inescapable Armageddon soundtrack ballad, “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing,” improbably became the band’s biggest single of all time. In 2001, the group played the Super Bowl 35 halftime show and earned induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They might play: “Pink,” “Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees),” “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing,” “Jaded.” Mainstream Maneuvers Following 2008’s Guitar Hero edition and Tyler’s two-season stint as an American Idol judge, a subsequent decade of world tours, charity work, solo albums, blues revivals and overcoming medical maladies (Tyler’s addiction to painkillers for a bum knee, Perry’s onstage collapse) helped cement Aerosmith’s cultural legacy as one of the most inspirational stories in the music business.

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RETRO RENEGADE QUIRKY PERFORMER NELLIE MCKAY BRINGS HER SUBVERSIVE SONGS TO THE SMITH CENTER BY C. MOON REED

ellie McKay—singer, songwriter, pianist, ukulele player and Broadway baby—is something of an enigma. Her voice is pure, her face is sunny and her blonde curls are bouncy. Everything about her is undeniably cute. But her old-fashioned, jazzy tunes hide a darker, deeper meaning, a biting truth and a raucous wit. She’s like a great white shark wearing a vintage romper, inviting you to come swim. Even if you’ve never heard her name, you’ve probably heard her music. McKay’s songs have graced Mad Men, Grey’s Anatomy, Boardwalk Empire and NCIS. McKay is proudly political; she’s a progressive Brooklyn vegetarian who isn’t afraid to

promote PETA or write songs like “Mother of Pearl” (lyric: “Feminists don’t have a sense of sense of humor … They say child molestation isn’t funny/Rape and degradation’s just a crime/Lighten up, ladies.”) Now, McKay is embarking on a tour behind her seventh album, last year’s Sister Orchid, which found her putting a unique spin on such timeless American standards as “My Romance” and “Georgia on My Mind” and Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood.” What were you looking to do on your new album? You know, have a great, good old-fashioned liquor. The album is about having a drink.

According to the official description, “this album speaks of the night, the outsider, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea.” Do you feel as haunted as your music? Jeez, we live in such an alienated culture. We avoid those closest to us, and that makes sense, because it tends to go awry. It’s good to be functional within your community and to organize, because the people at the top profit by our dysfunction. ... We are all born alone, live alone, die alone. We can try to stave that off. Sinatra, a big-time Vegas icon, he tried to surround himself by people so that he wouldn’t be alone. It’s within all of us.

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NELLIE MCKAY April 6, 7 p.m. $39-$59. Cabaret Jazz, 702-749-2000.

What appeals to you about the retro sound? It’s a beat, it’s musical, it’s light-hearted, even when it’s sad. What can viewers expect from your live show? Boy, I want to be happy because it’s Vegas. Maybe a sequin or two. I expect I’ll try to kick my leg, but I can’t promise anything. Speaking of Sinatra, might you play any classic Vegas lounge songs? Good idea! I hadn’t even thought of

Who: A U.K. indie-rock band Why it’s resonating: Indie originally formed by Leo Duncan rock’s love affair with all things and Ben Moorhouse—a pair of retro—breezy Laurel Canyon buskers who cut their teeth playcountry-rock, ’70s classic rock, ing on the Tube in London—that glossed-up ’80s heartland rock ’n’ recently expanded to a quintet. roll—shows no signs of abating. Sound: The band’s second Look no further than Vampire album, Future Perfect, Present Weekend’s jammier sound, ModTense, is touted in press materiest Mouse’s guns-blazing heavyals as finding “the sweet spot metal riffage on new single “Poibetween the woozy son the Well” and The TEN FÉ drawl of [The] War War on Drugs’ moody with Naked Elephant. on Drugs and the taut Dire Straits-isms. April 6, 8 p.m., $10-$12. melodrama of FleetPlus: As the vinyl Bunkhouse Salooon, wood Mac.” That only (and now cassette) 702-982-1764. tells part of the story. revival has shown us, Moody basslines modern popular culture conjure New Order’s salad days is fascinated with analog times, or the darker past of The Cure, when music was perceived to be while the driving piano-pop more tangible, and absorbing new approach of other tracks recall sounds was an active, personal early-’00s U.K. favorites like process. At the same time, streamKeane and Travis. ing has made these bygone days Spin: The gorgeous, acoustic feel more present and accessible, “Won’t Happen,” which wouldn’t if not romanticized—all of which sound out of place on The GoTen Fé understand and taps into. Betweens’ 16 Lovers Lane; the What’s next: Ten Fé is on a Springsteen-writes-for-an-’80scross-country U.S. tour before teen-movie-soundtrack vibe of the band will hop back across the “Coasting”; the synth-dazzled pond for a nearly month-long U.K. glam lullaby “Superrich.” and European tour. –Annie Zaleski

that. It’s very exciting, the sky’s the limit! What’s next for you? It’s dull but it’s mostly just trying to unpack [from the tour] and not be consumed by dysfunction. I guess we don’t have a proper place for anything, and we should. Life is maintenance; it’s horrible; how do you get out of it? I don’t know how anybody does it. I’m eternally overwhelmed. (Abi Raymaker/Courtesy)

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Bliss in a tent Fuerza Bruta brings a fresh feel to the Strip By Brock Radke here’s a VIP ticket to Fuerza Bruta (for $115), but it only includes a drink, some sort of gift and access to a VIP lounge, wherever that is. This show, presented twice nightly five days a week inside a tent set up in a small Excalibur parking lot, is all about general admission. You’ll walk through the sprawling medieval kingdom-themed casino past the Johnny Rockets burger shack and out to Las Vegas Boulevard, then into this temporary structure that makes Absinthe’s Caesars Palace tent feel like the Four Seasons. There are no seats. You’re on your feet on the pavement for the duration of the show, and it’s likely you’ll be scooted to a different standing space several times as performers, crew members and production elements roll by. It’s very clear, before it even begins, that Fuerza Bruta is entirely different from any other show on the Strip. It’s also one of the most thrilling, soothing, uplifting and jubilant things to land in Las Vegas in a long time.

A true interactive theater experience created in out of the way so there’s room to dance, you’ll want Buenos Aires by Diqui James and composer Gaby to join in. When the walking man in the white suit Kerpel in 2002, Fuerza Bruta has been performed explodes through the walls he encounters, you for more than 6 million spectators in more than 34 might get a boost of steadfast courageousness, too. countries. James also co-founded De La Guarda, a If you’ve heard about the part where a Lucite pool similar if slightly more acrobatic seat-less show that containing lights and liquid and playful women toured for 13 years and stopped in Las Vegas at the floats down from above, allow me to endorse its Rio in 2000. utterly hypnotic effects. The Strip has a tendency The Vegas version of Fuerza Bruta is to induce delirium, but this is the kind FUERZA BRUTA of dream you want to have: warm and co-produced by the principal promoter for WednesdayCirque du Soleil shows in South America, beautiful and unexpected. You don’t have Sunday, which makes sense considering these to dance, but you can. 7 & 9:30 p.m., $73. Excalibur, productions are kindred spirits with lots in Fuerza Bruta kicked off its planned six702-597-7600. common, including international accesmonth engagement on March 7, and it’s sibility, avant-garde leanings and music hard to tell if it could extend that run or without language. if that was never part of the plan. The ExBut where the average Cirque show is precisely calibur seems like an unlikely home, so it’s possible plotted, Fuerza Bruta is a creative and cathartic this is a bit of a tryout for a more permanent Vegas free-for-all. Whether celebratory or spooky, it’s all spot, perhaps at a different MGM Resorts property. emotion, with just enough narrative for everyone to A Vegas-style evolution would be an intriguing understand and relate. When its feisty cast trashes proposition, but don’t wait. This show exists only to its stage, furiously throwing and kicking everything bring you joy, and why would you want to miss that?

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Nevada, in depth The histories of our Valley and 3D photography meet in Bryan McCormick’s Personal Space By Geoff Carter hotographer Bryan McCormick knows this territory. He has navigated it twice before, once as a historian (his 2013 project with Geoffrey Ellis, Vegas Vernacular, documented Las Vegas’ now largely extinct hand-painted signage) and then as a technician (he was co-proprietor, again with Ellis, of the Las Vegas Camera Club—a now-defunct camera shop and classroom that specialized in Polaroid and other forms of instant photography). For his newest venture, Personal Space: Stereoscopic Nevada, McCormick returns to historic Las Vegas, and to specialty photography, with a passion. The Nevada Humanities Program Gallery show, running through May 29 (with a reception and curator’s talk on April 4), is equal parts art show and museum exhibition, with a collection of 3D Nevada photography that speaks for itself and a collection of vintage stereoscopic cameras and viewers so comprehensive that it kinda needs McCormick to speak for it. “The amazing thing is that it really isn’t about the device at all; the whole thing is happening

inside your head,” McCormick says. “When you hobbyists (and longtime hardcore collectors, like put the viewer up to your eyes, it’s basically like Queen’s Brian May). having a theater box that you’re putting on your McCormick is both fascinated and unnerved head. There’s really nothing there except two by how close analog stereoscopic photography pieces of paper or film. Your brain is what puts is to extinction. “The number of people who them together and makes the illusion happen. can actually fix these machines is down to two That’s the part people find magical, in the entire country, and one of because it’s so simple. … There’s no them doesn’t want to do it anymore,” Personal Space: mechanism making this happen, no Stereoscopic Nevada McCormick says. “We’ve got a very Through May 29; fancy technology at all.” fragile ecosystem here. When those Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. If you’re old enough to rememguys go, and when the cameras no Opening reception ber View-Master, you know what longer function, that could be the April 4, 6 p.m., free. Nevada Humanities he’s talking about: perfect, static end of the road.” Gallery, 1017 S. 1st St. three-dimensional moments frozen If that’s the case, Personal Space #190, 702-800-4670. in time. Personal Space will feature will be a worthy send-off. McCorsome View-Master reels and viewers, mick engaged two artists—Samantha but also stereoscopic viewing cards Forbes and Krystal Ramirez—to help like the kind your great-grandparents might have him to create new 3D images of Las Vegas from a owned, plus rare 3D cameras, color slide viewlocal’s perspective. And the vintage photos cover ers and other 3D devices you likely never knew more than 100 years of our state’s history, from existed. McCormick spent more than a year our mining boom to the building of Hoover Dam, collecting this stuff, often closing nail-biter eBay right through to the creation of the Strip. It’s all deals just seconds ahead of newly-engaged 3D here, and close enough to touch.

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Time TO GET CREATIVE COULD A new Downtown art space also help save TROUBLED HUNTRIDGE CIRCLE Park? By Leslie Ventura as Vegas tends to destroy its landmarks the moment they go out of style. But every now and then, we repurpose our old, dilapidated buildings to a better use: A former Downtown medical center becomes creative hub Emergency Arts, or a former Carl’s Jr. across from UNLV is remade as student art studios. Now, a former Save-A-Lot grocery at the Huntridge Shopping Center could be remade as an interactive art space dubbed the “Time Machine.” The brainchild of creative partners Robin Barcus Slonina, Sean Michael Pasinsky and Sarah Kate Larsen with business partner and developer J Dapper, the Time Machine will be an art “wonderland” comprising mostly local artists. In a City Council meeting last month, the partners also proposed a new use for the currently closed Huntridge Circle Park. As a satellite to the Time Machine, the park would be repurposed as both a sculpture garden and

a children’s park. Dapper says the project came together serendipitously when Save-A-Lot pulled out of Nevada and California two years ago, leaving a vacant space in his Charleston strip mall (anchored by the Huntridge Tavern, Wing Stop and Savers). “All of a sudden one day I got a call from [real estate agent] Downtown Steve [Franklin] saying, ‘Hey, I’ve got some friends who want to do this art experience, would you be willing to meet with them?’ I said yes, and that’s how it all started.” While the area could certainly use another grocery store—outcries for a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods populated social media when Save-A-Lot closed two years ago—Dapper said he attempted to bring a number of grocery chains into the space, but none were interested. He’s funding the buildout of Time Machine, and assisting in a fundraising campaign for the park renovation.

Dapper is hopeful the sculpture garden will transform the neighborhood. “When you change the use of the park into something that’s an interactive art experience, you have artists that are spending lots of time and money to put these art exhibits together,” he says. Artists Joel Spencer and Nova May will work as project directors, with the goal of bringing in artists to fill the indoor and outdoor spaces. To combat the vandalism and crime that has plagued the park for years, Dapper says security and volunteers will keep the grounds safe and clean. According to a memorandum of understanding agreement, the city and the Time Machine partners will continue to meet over the next six months to discuss and research logistics of the project, after which the city will vote whether or not to approve the project. “If it’s approved,” Dapper says, “we start building out the Time Machine space at the shopping center and simultaneously at the park.”

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calendar LIVE music 172 Vitalogy (Pearl Jam tribute) 4/6. Rio, 702-513-3356. Backstage Bar & Billiards Bravo Delta, A Trigger WIthin 4/5 Mastiv, Take, Cirka Sik, Psyde Affect, Volterrum 4/6. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227.

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier hits the Pearl on April 7. (Rachel Wright/Courtesy)

Brooklyn Bowl Trevor Hall, Xiuhtezcatl 4/5. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Wicked Garden 4/4. El Tributo Por La Ley, Quinto Rayo, Teotitlanti, The Sonz 4/5. Ten Fé, Naked Elephant 4/6. Bughouse! The Art of the Dialect 4/9. The Artistic Epidemic 4/10. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. The Chelsea The Bull’s All Star Guitar Pull ft. Dustin Lynch, Kip Moore & more 4/4. Flogging Molly 4/5. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-6797. Chrome Showroom American Eagles USA (Eagles tribute) 4/6. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900. Count’s VAMP’D The End Machine, Leona X, Drop D 4/5. The Moby Dicks (Zeppelin tribute), Dinner Music for the Gods 4/6. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. THE Dispensary Lounge Linda Woodson 4/5. Gary Fowler 4/6. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar Billy & The Kids 4/5. The Scoundrels, The Mutineers, Under 4/7. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON The Jagoffs, Girls & Wolves, Cromm Fallon & the P200, Chainsaw Fight, Strange Mistress, Stereoglass 4/5. Johnny Hootrock, Thee Swank Bastards, The Mutineers, Dawg Will Hunt 4/6. The Burly-Q Revue w/Johnny Zig & The Force 4/7. The Bargain DJ Collective 4/8. Unique Massive 4/9. Johnny Zig & The Force 4/10. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Eagle Aerie Hall Lobotomize, Moral Deficit, A Burden on Society, Fubar, Gerry Trevino, Symptom, Model Citizen 4/6. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927. Encore Theater John Fogerty 4/10. Wynn, 702-770-6696. EVEL PIE Marbles Marbles, Heck Yes, AntiVision 4/9. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. Gilley’s Saloon Jesse Labelle 4/4. Michael Austin 4/5-4/7. Scotty Alexander 4/10-4/11. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Golden Nugget Showroom The Buckinghams 4/5. 866-946-5336. Hard Rock Live Adelitas Way 4/6. 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625.

MARQUEE BALLROOM ACM Stories, Songs & Stars ft. Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman & more 4/5. ACM Decades ft. Rodney Atkins, Tracy Lawrence & more 4/6. ACM Awards Official Afterparty ft. Brett Young, Brantley Gilbert & more 4/7. MGM Grand, partyforacause.com. MGM Grand Garden Arena Academy of Country Music Awards 4/7. 702-531-3826.

Velveteen Rabbit Cameron Calloway, Cameron Dettman, Camden West 4/6. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.

Orleans Showroom Up Up & Away 4/5-4/6. 702-365-7111.

ZAPPOS THEATER Backstreet Boys 4/10. Planet Hollywood, 702-777-6737.

Park Theater Aerosmith 4/6, 4/8. Park MGM, 844-600-7275. Pearl CONCERT THEATER Il Alicia Keys 4/5. Needtobreathe, Sean McConnell 4/6. Hozier, Jade Bird 4/7. Palms, 702-944-3200. THE Railhead The Nick Moss Band 4/4. Boulder Station, 702-432-7777. SAM’S TOWN LIVE Toño Rosario 4/7. 702-456-7777.

House of Blues Gasolina Party 4/6. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600.

Sand Dollar Lounge Blues Society Jam 4/5. Stoney Curtis 4/6. Whiskey Maiden 4/7. Open Jam 4/8. NAB Party 4/9. Funk Jam 4/10. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.

JUBILEE THEATER Dionne Warwick 4/4-4/6. Bally’s, 702-777-2782.

South Point Showroom Tony Orlando 4/5-4/7. 702-696-7111.

KAOS POOL Zac Brown Band 4/7. Palms, 702942-7777.

Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Jon Langston and Hardy 4/4. Smithfield, Stephanie Quayle, Tenille Arts, Bailey Bryan 4/5. Tyler Rich, Travis Denning, Austin Jenckes, Ray Fulcher 4/6. Town Square, 702-435-2855.

M PAVILION Hotel California (Eagles tribute) 4/6. M Resort, 702-797-1000.

TopGolF ACM Party for a Cause ft. Chris Lane, Ashley McBryde & more 4/4. ACM Lifting Lives Tee-Off ft. Morgan Evans, Chris Lane, Scotty McCreery 4/6. Matt Stell 4/6. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458.

clubs APEX SOCIAL CLUB Claptone 4/4. DJ Neva 4/5. Gorgon City 4/6. DJ Shift 4/7. Palms, 702-944-5980. THE BARBERSHOP Elvis Monroe 4/6. Chris Lane 4/7. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7000. Chateau Bayati & Casanova 4/4. DJ Sev One 4/5. DJ Dre Dae 4/6. DJ Stephi K 4/10. Paris, 702-776-7770. DAYLIGHT DJ Neva 4/4. Dee Jay Silver 4/5. Morgan Page 4/6. Soulja Boy 4/7. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700. Drai’s BEACHCLUB Kittens 4/5. DJ Pauly D 4/6. Savi 4/7. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. Drai’s DJ Esco 4/4. Fabolous 4/5. French Montana 4/6. DJ Franzen 4/7. Cromwell, 702-777-3800.

ENCORE BEACH CLUB EBC at Night: Diplo 4/4. Cedric Gervais 4/5. EBC at Night: Elephante 4/5. David Guetta 4/6. EBC at Night: Nora En Pure 4/6. DJ Snake 4/7. Encore, 702-770-7300. Foundation Room DJ Seany Mac 4/4. DJ Excel 4/5. DJ Crooked 4/6. DJ Sam I Am 4/8. Kay The Riot 4/9. DJ Sincere 4/10. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7631. GO POOL Jenna Palmer & Exodus 4/4. DJ Supa James 4/5. Parmalee 4/6. Koko & Bayati 4/7. Greg Lopez & DJ D-Miles 4/9. Flamingo, 702697-2888. Intrigue Flosstradamus 4/6. Gianluca Vacchi 4/10. Wynn, 702-770-7300. KAOS Marshmello 4/4. Travis Scott & Skrillex 4/5. Dayclub: Marshmello 4/6. Cardi B, J Balvin & G-Eazy 4/6. Dayclub: Kaskade & Vice 4/7. Zac Brown Band 4/7. Palms, 702-739-5267. Light P-Lo 4/5. London on da Track 4/6. Paul Wall & Slim Thug 4/10. Mandalay Bay, 702-6324700. Marquee DAYCLUB Crespo 4/5. DJ Mustard 4/6. SNBRN 4/7. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. Marquee Tritonal 4/5. Jeffrey Sutorius 4/6. Jeffrey Sutorius 4/8. Cosmopolitan, 702-3339000. ON THE RECORD Dee Jay Silver 4/5. Rev Run & Mel DeBarge 4/6. Big Daddy Kane 4/10. Park MGM, 702-730-7777. TAO BEACH V-Tech 4/4. Kay The Riot 4/5. DJ

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C-L.A. 4/6. Charlie Darker 4/7. Venetian, 702388-8588. TAO DJ Five 4/4. MikeAttack 4/5. Eric DLux 4/6. Venetian, 702-388-8588. XS The Chainsmokers 4/5. Galantis 4/6. Encore, 702-770-7300.

Comedy BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Mike Krasner 4/4. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Bard Garrett, Alonzo Bodden, Jack Coen 4/5-4/7. Brad Garrett, Larry Reeb, Ken Garr 4/8-4/13. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. COMEDY CELLAR Jared Freid, Nicole Aimee, Rocky Dale Davis, Sherrod Small, Mark Cohen 4/4-4/7. Dean Delray, Adrienne Iapalucci, Owen Smith, Sean Patton, Mark Cohen 4/8-4/14. Rio, 702-777-2782.

Concert & New Horizons Band 4/10. (Beam Music Center) UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Dvorak Project 4/7. 702-895-2787. Venetian Theatre Chicago 4/10-4/14. 702-414-9000. West Las Vegas LIBRARY Once on This Island 4/7. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787. Whitney Library Opera Las Vegas: Jack and the Beanstalk 4/7. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. Windmill Library Opera Las Vegas: Jack and the Beanstalk 4/6. André Mehmari: Pianist & Composer 4/7. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6019. The Writer’s Block T Kira Madden 4/4. Hanif Abdurraqib 4/8. 519 S. 6th St., 702-550-6399.

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Historic Fifth Street School (Mayor’s Gallery) Nevada Watercolor Society: Signature Member Exhibition Thru 6/1. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-6469. Las Vegas City Hall (Grand Gallery) Brett Bolton: Overcast Thru 5/9. (Chamber Gallery) Vicki Richardson: Alter Images Thru 4/11. 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center ART GALLERY Transitions: An Exhibition of Women Artists and Writers Thru 6/1. R2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. THE Mob Museum Battling the Black Hand: The Epic Story of How a Postal Inspector Who Took on the Mob 4/11. Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org. Nevada State Museum Finding Frémont: Pathfinder of the West Thru 4/30. 309 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-486-5205.

Encore Theater Chris Tucker 4/6. Wynn, 702-770-6696.

COCKROACH THEATRE Sweat Thru 4/7. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661.

Sahara West Library Christopher Brandstetter: Detroit: Art in Decay Thru 5/26. Sush Machida: Twenty Years in Vegas Thru 4/27. Clay Arts Vegas: Out of the Fire Thru 4/27. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.

JOKESTERS COMEDY CLUB Steven Pearl, PJ Molloy 4/4-4/7. Rick D’Elia, Melvin Washington Jr. 4/8-4/14. The D, 702-388-2111.

CSN FINE ARTS THEATRE PROGRAM (Nicholas J. Horn Theatre) The Pillowman 4/54/14. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483.

Spring Valley Library Sunsets: Capturing a Moment in Time 4/4-6/4. 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820.

L.A. COMEDY CLUB Brandon Hahn, Trixx 4/44/7. Stratosphere, 702-380-7711.

FIRELIGHT BARN Dog House & Cowboy Kisses Thru 4/6. 133 W. Lake Mead Parkway #140, 702-518-7464.

Summerlin Library From Darkness Into Light 4/4-6/9. 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.

LAUGH FACTORY Quinn Dahle, Rick D’Elia, Ron Morey 4/4-4/7. Rondell Sheridan, Flip Schultz, Jeff Johnson 4/8-4/14. Tropicana, 702-739-2411. Sand Dollar Lounge Comedy 4/8. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401.

Las Vegas Little Theatre (Black Box) As You Like It Thru 4/7. 3920 Schiff Drive, 702-362-7996. Signature Productions Newsies 4/44/27. Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.

Terry Fator TheatrE David Spade, Ray Romano 4/5-4/6. Mirage, 702-792-7777.

Performing Arts & Culture Clark County Library Las Vegas Stories: Joe Neal, the Westside Slugger 4/4. Opera Las Vegas: Jack and the Beanstalk 4/5. André Mehmari: Pianist & Composer 4/5. Southern Utah University Ballroom Dance Company: Simply Ballroom 4/6. Journey Through Jazz 4/9. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. CSN Performing Arts Center (Jay Morrison Recital Hall) Vocal Jazz Solo Nights 4/5-4/6. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-5483. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza Japanese Spring Festival 4/6. Lorenzi Park, 720 Twin Lakes Drive, 702-229-3514. THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Las Vegas Philharmonic: Dvořák in America 4/6. Young Artists Orchestra: The Music of West Side Story 4/7. (Cabaret Jazz) Nellie McKay 4/6. Michael Grimm: A Tribute to Otis Redding 4/9. The Composers Showcase 4/10. (Troesh Studio Theater) Steve Solomon’s From Brooklyn to Broadway in Only 50 Years 4/5-4/7. 702-749-2000.

Galleries & Museums ALPHA VOYAGE GALLERY Glynn Galloway & Kim Johnson: Ho-Fi Lowbrow 4/7-5/3. 3105 W. Tompkins Ave., 888-831-4844. Barrick Museum of Art (East Gallery) (East & West Galleries) Justin Favela & Ramiro Gomez: Sorry for the Mess 4/12-8/3. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Centennial Hills Library Myranda Bair: All That Glitters Thru 4/23. 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-6100. Charleston HeightS Arts Center Gallery Celebrating Life! 2019 Master’s Exhibition Thru 4/24. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787. Clark County LIBRARY Jennifer Weber: Wanderlust Thru 4/7. Thomas Shea 4/9-6/18. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. CORE CONTEMPORARY Leon Syfrit & Holly Lay: Blow-Out/Flow’r-Out 4/4-5/31. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166.

VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTER Hearts4Vegas Thru 4/10. 101 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-229-1100. West Charleston Library James & Christine Kim: Korean Brush Painting Thru 5/14. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas ARTS CENTER Wade Hampton: Palet Thru 4/14. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787.

FOOD & DRINK GREAT VEGAS FESTIVAL OF BEER 4/5-4/6. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, greatvegasbeer.com.

SPORTS LAS VEGAS AVIATORS Sacramento 4/9-4/11. Las Vegas Ballpark, Downtown Summerlin, 702-386-7200. Tuff-N-Uff 4/6. Mardi Gras Ballroom, Orleans, 702-365-7469. UNLV BASEBALL Arizona State 4/9. Earl E. Wilson Stadium, 702-739-3267. UNLV SOFTBALL Fresno State 4/5-4/7. Eller Media Stadium, 702-739-3267. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS Arizona 4/4. T-Mobile Arena, 702-692-1600.

The Space Mondays Dark 4/8. 3460 Cavaretta Court, 702-903-1070.

CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) Kathleen Nathan: Inside Brooklyn 4/4-4/27. (Artspace Gallery) Art of the Young Child 4/4-4/27. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146.

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THOMAS & MACK MOOT COURTROOM Donald F. McGahn 4/9. UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law.

Donna Beam Fine Art Nanda Sharifpour: Implanted Nature 4/4-4/5. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3893.

Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows Ft. Bob Eubanks 4/6. The Club at the Cannery, 702-507-5700.

UNLV (Artemus W. Ham Hall) Nevada Music Educators Association: All-State Music Festival 4/5. UNLV Music: Community

Enterprise Library Stephanie Serpick: A New Fall 4/4-6/11. 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702-507-3760.

Paw Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure 4/5-4/7. Orleans Arena, 702-365-7469.

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Step into the stadium Digging into the Aviators’ shiny new Downtown Summerlin ballpark By Ray Brewer

on Logan, the longtime face of professional baseball in Las Vegas, couldn’t help but be impressed with the pageantry during a visit to a minor league ballpark in Dayton, Ohio. By his own admission, he was envious. Back in 2000, Dayton was debuting its new stadium, which included the player and fan amenities Logan sought for his club in Southern Nevada. Everything was modern and clean, and more importantly, fans packed the stands for a night of entertainment. A few years later, as other minor league ballparks across the nation started to be renovated or rebuilt com-

pletely, Logan was in Frisco, Texas, for another opening. It rained that day—and the game still sold out. Logan saw minor league baseball booming and envisioned a similar transformation in Las Vegas. “Nothing against Dayton,” Logan says, “but everything about Las Vegas was bigger and better.” So Logan started his quest of moving the Triple-A franchise out of Downtown Las Vegas and into one of the Valley’s suburban neighborhoods. That mission will finally be realized next week—more than 15 years later—when the Las Vegas Aviators begin play at the Las Vegas Ballpark at Downtown Summerlin.

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Here’s what to expect ■ A pool beyond the left-center fence, which can hold up to 50 people for a per-game cost of $2,000. Most of the stadium’s 22 suites have been accounted for, at $75,000 for the season. There are party decks, featuring a view of the ballpark and the Strip, on each side of the club level. The open-air space seats around 400 fans on each side and costs $40 per person, including food. Gameday suites are available to rent for 18, 36 or 54 guests and start at $1,250. ■ Ticket prices will fluctuate depending on the game’s demand, from $12 for the berm outfield seats to the outfield box for $15-$25, followed by dugout boxes from $22-$32 and $35-$45 behind home plate. ■ Season-ticket sales, which include partial plans, have tripled to more than 4,000. And within 15 minutes of going on sale, all tickets for the home opener were sold out. ■ Unlike Cashman Field, which had no permanent seating in the mostly closed-off outfield, the new stadium is open from endto-end and is walkable all the way around during the game. (The view is especially awesome when looking down from the foul poles). Similar to Boston’s Fenway Park, there are rows of seats in left field, just beyond the 14-foot home run wall. ■ The heat of the Las Vegas summers won’t be as intolerable, since all of the seats are mesh—the only ballpark nationally to have them, according to the Aviators. Most others are plastic or vinyl. With air flowing through the seats, officials say they will maintain a temperature of less than 100 degrees. Also, there will be fan circulation throughout the concourse to help alleviate high temperatures. ■ The video board is 3,930 square feet—the largest Daktronics has installed in a minor league park at 31 feet high by 126 feet wide. It features a 13 HD pixel layout, and on nights the team doesn’t play, movies will be played. ■ When players are promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to the parent club in Oakland, they’ll notice the clubhouse in the big leagues isn’t as spacious or luxurious as the one in Summerlin. Indoor batting cages, a weight room and a rehabilitation center are among the player amenities at Las Vegas Ballpark, major upgrades from Cashman’s offerings. ■ The bullpen for each team will be in right field, rather than down the baseline like at Cashman. The park dimensions are 340 feet to right and left field, and 415 to center. The home run wall, with the exception of left field, is 10 feet high—meaning fans may see potential home run balls robbed by the outfielders. ■ The food and beverage options are equally upscale, including beer from Tenaya Creek Brewery and bites from local favorites such as Capriotti’s, Me Gusta Tacos and Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant. The ballpark includes a show kitchen where celebrity chefs can cook for fans. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

Logan, the club’s president and chief operating officer, calls the $150 million, 10,000seat facility the best minor league setup he’s seen in three decades in the industry. “This is like a major league stadium,” he says. Funding new construction, whether it be upgrades to outdated Cashman Field or a new build, always represented a significant hurdle. But in 2013, Summerlin developer the Howard Hughes Corp. was part of a group that purchased the team and essentially started its plan to move out of Downtown.

The effort was assisted by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, providing $80 million over 20 years for the ballpark’s naming rights. Logan is constantly giving tours to colleagues and residents ahead of the April 9 opener against Sacramento. He says the response has been almost uniform. “They’re like, ‘Wow, you pulled it off,’ ” Logan says. “This is so far an upgrade from what existed in this market that people are just awestruck.”

■ The Aviators will be the lone professional sports franchise in Las Vegas to offer free parking. Additionally, nearby Red Rock Resort plans to provide free parking in its garage, encouraging fans to start or finish their night of entertainment at the Station Casinos property. ■ The club’s popular Dollar Beer Night will be replaced with a $2 beer night, still on Thursdays and utilizing the same 10-ounce cup. ■ The popular Fourth of July fireworks display will take place on July 3 going forward. That’s because neighboring Red Rock Resort, one of the Aviators’ corporate sponsors, features fireworks on July 4. Other scheduled firework nights include April 26, May 24, June 21 and August 30. ■ Other promotions include: Aviators sunglasses on April 14; Star Wars Night on April 27; Dri-Fit Aviators shirt on May 3; Aviators hat May 4; a School Day game on May 14; and Aviators jersey on June 29 and August 31.

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DIVING INTO THE COLLAGEN CRAZE DOES THIS BUILDING-BLOCK PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT TRULY SLOW SIGNS OF AGING?

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rom granola bars and bone broth to skin creams, vitamins and powders, collagen consumption has risen in popularity. Celebrities have praised it for making their skin, joints and body radiate youth. Some are even dubbing collagen the new Fountain of Youth, and it seems all the rage with health and beauty experts. But why? Is this a craze that is just going to come and go like so many others? Let’s take a look.

TYPES OF COLLAGEN There are 16 types of collagen, but 80 to 90 percent of the body’s collagen is made of types I, II and III, according to National Center for Biotechnology Information.

What is collagen? Collagen is the term for the building-block proteins that make up the skin, tendons, joints, muscles, nails and more in humans and animals. Our bodies produce it naturally until that production begins to decline around the age of 25. Our joints slowly lose strength, and our skin thins. This is why you begin to see those pesky signs of aging in the form of wrinkles and why some people battle aches and pains. It’s also why many are looking to boost their collagen intake via beauty products and their diet. Ever wonder what makes your grandmother’s chicken soup broth or gelatin dessert jiggle when chilled? Collagen.

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What are collagen supplements made of? It depends, but many supplements are not vegetarian or vegan. They’re usually made from ground-up parts of cow, chicken, pig or fish. It might sound gross, but it’s actually often flavorless. Vegetarian and vegan supplements do exist, but instead of containing collagen itself, these supplements actually support and aid your body’s natural collagen production, The New York Times reports

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Really though, how do I get younger looking skin? If you’re interested in making your skin look better, Dr. F. Victor Rueckl says one of the best things you can do is use sunblock every day and stay hydrated. In Las Vegas especially, it’s nearly impossible to avoid UV rays, which break down the skin’s elasticity and wrinkle it. “Smoker’s lines” around the mouth and face are not usually a result of smoking, but rather from the sun, Rueckl says.

BONE BROTH BASICS In traditional Chinese medicine, people use ejiao, or donkey gelatin made from the hide of the animal, to relieve physical ailments, slow aging and boost libido, Newsweek reports. In fact, demand for ejiao was so high in 2017 that the donkey population in South Africa became threatened. Some farmers were forced to protect their herds from poachers, while others took it upon themselves to kill their animals to meet the demand.

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If you’re considering collagen but feeling nervous about consuming supplements from the store, give this collagen-packed food a try. The options here are endless when it comes to vegetables and herbs. Have fun and mix and match to create your desired flavor. Here are some basics to get you started, but add to the list as you see fit. ■ Organic bones from poultry, cows or fish. The more cartilage the better. Think: knuckles, marrow, chicken feet, neck bones, etc. This is how you get your collagen. ■ Onions ■ Carrots ■ Celery ■ Fresh herbs of your choice ■ Himalayan sea salt ■ Black pepper ■ Garlic ■ Water Want a bigger flavor? Play with parsley, thyme, rosemary and more.

Does it work? Can you eat your way to endless youth? Preliminary studies by the National Institutes of Health do show that some oral supplements can slightly reduce the signs of aging and aid in joint health, although the organization is quick to note that more studies are needed. In regards to digestive health or muscle repair sought after by athletes, not many scientific studies have been conducted, so the verdict is still out, despite the many health food claims. For your skin, it’s also too soon to tell, said Dr. F. Victor Rueckl, a dermatologist at Lakes Dermatology. Companies can claim a product increases collagen, but the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate many of them. For the most part, a company can write whatever it wants on a product label, and catchphrases are attracting millions of customers regardless of a product’s efficacy, Rueckl said. He does note one product that has been proven to work for skin—A.G.E. Interrupter from SkinCeuticals. The anti-aging cream is made of blueberry extract, proxylane and phytosphingosine, a chemical found naturally in your body. Rueckl said the company has taken biopsies of customers and measured the amounts of collagen before they started applying the cream and three months after. Results showed an increase in collagen.

Are there any risks to taking collagen supplements? Potential risks of collagen supplements have been at the center of many debates between doctors. Some medical practitioners believe it’s just protein and therefore safe. Time magazine reports that others are concerned that collagen supplements could have increased levels of contaminants and heavy metals because they are an animal product. And just as consuming anything can have its risks, The New York Times reports that collagen supplements can cause allergic reactions or digestive discomfort. Moral of the story? If you’re considering supplements, consult your doctor and start slowly.

What does the future look like with collagen supplements? While it’s hard to truly say, Rueckl thinks this isn’t a fad that will pass quickly. Companies might start to invest in studies to prove whether or not supplements work to increase collagen to support a market that will likely continue to boom. In 2018, it was worth about $3.5 billion and is estimated to increase to $4.6 billion by 2023, according to The Associated Press.

Method tips 1 The quantity of veggies, herbs and aromatics depends on your desired flavor. Maintain a proper bones-to-water ratio—there should be just enough water to cover the bones without making them float— and the rest is up to you. 2 In a large kettle or slow cooker, add water, bones, veggies, seasonings and aromatics. 3 Simmer on low for eight-plus hours. The longer the better. 4 Strain when done. Bone broth with collagen benefits will be gelatinous when cooled. Pro tip: For a richer, cleaner flavored broth, Bon Appétit recommends blanching the bones first and then roasting them in the oven until browned before simmering in your broth.

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The Huntridge’s uncertain future THE STATE SAYS THE THEATER’S OWNERS DEFIED COURT ORDERS AND ALLOWED THE HISTORIC VENUE TO DETERIORATE—AGAIN

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leek, tall and modern, a marked contrast from the surrounding strip malls and gas stations, the historic Huntridge Theatre was supposed to be open to the public from time to time. The owners were supposed to repair its interior, secure the exterior and allow the state to inspect it. Instead, the 75-year-old Downtown structure on Charleston Boulevard, which has been closed since 2004, has fallen into further disrepair over the past several years, hasn’t been opened once and is frequently surrounded by trash and debris, according to reports from the state. That’s why the Nevada Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation has filed litigation against Huntridge owner Eli Mizrachi, alleging that the Las Vegas local has defied court orders and covenants requiring him to preserve the building and make it accessible to the community and the state agency for inspections. The legislation comes three years after an earlier lawsuit against the owner ended in settlement, which offered Mizrachi a final opportunity to improve the building and open it at least 12 days per year. But Mizrachi, who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in state grants to maintain and repair the building, failed to comply with the settlement terms and could be held in contempt of court, the new suit states. Built by prominent modernist architect S. Charles Lee, the Huntridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, opened as a cinema in 1944 for the burgeoning residential Huntridge neighborhood. In the 1990s, it was taken over by the nonprofit Friends of the Huntridge Theatre, which eventually sold it to Mizrachi in 2002 for $925,000. Mizrachi kept it up and running as a concert venue until 2004. Since its closing, there have been multiple efforts to “save” the theater, including a crowdfunding campaign in 2013 that raised more than $200,000 to purchase the property. But the funding wasn’t enough for much more than a new paint job, and rumors that some private parties might purchase the building have yet to materialize. Meanwhile, the building has become the site of homeless encampments and trash, and the interior suffers from damage to the ceilings, floor tiles and walls, the suit alleges. Additional damage to the exterior of the building and inadequate security lighting has been observed by the Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation as well. “It makes sense that there’s a lawsuit,” said Derek Stonebarger, a longtime Huntridge neighborhood resident. “State or city funds were given to the owners to use to do something with the building, and the funds were misappropriated. That’s obvious.” The next court hearing for the case is scheduled for May 29. Representatives of the Attorney General’s Office and the com-

mission declined to comment on the case. Given that the state has already gone through the process of suing Mizrachi and his businesses, ECT Holdings LLC and King George LLC, it remains to be seen whether this new suit will pressure the owners to do something with the Huntridge— or to sell. “On the one hand, it’s a good move because it safeguards taxpayer dollars,” said Assemblywoman Heidi Swank, whose district includes the theater. “I’m also hopeful that this will be enough of a push that the current owners will sell the building at a reasonable price.” Swank is open to the theater being adaptively reused, or repurposed for something different than its original intended use. In fact, she wonders if an operating theater at this location would be overshadowed by venues on the Strip. “We could make it something other than a theater but retain the exterior,” she said. “That’s going to be the best way forward, because it’s so hard to compete with the Strip.” Mizrachi, who could not be reached for comment, expressed interest over the years in transforming the property into something else, such as a secondhand store, while maintaining its historic exterior, neighbors recalled. “They had great plans for redevelopment,” said longtime resident Kathleen Kahr D’Esposito. “Then there was the horrible real estate meltdown; those plans were abandoned, and the building just sat there.” And while some in the neighborhood, such as Daniel Roberts of the nonprofit Huntridge Foundation, are wary of veering from the structure’s original purpose, D’Esposito just wants to see something happen. If the building were to be demolished, she said, it might turn into a “tent setting” for the homeless in the area. “That’s really going to be trouble for the neighborhood if that thing is brought to the ground,” she said. “There has to be a plan in place.” Others are almost ready to give up on the historic property, as the Huntridge neighborhood has other issues to mull over. For example, Huntridge Circle Park, which some say has been plagued by homelessness and crime for years, is slated to be upgraded into a space for leisure and public art, per a recent proposal from local developer J Dapper. “We’re tackling one problem at Huntridge at a time,” said Ward 3 City Councilman Bob Coffin, whose district includes the neighborhood. For Swank, an advocate of historic preservation in Nevada, the Huntridge Theatre is far from a lost cause, and the significance of architect S. Charles Lee is enough to merit its preservation—as long as it comes with a plan. “People think of it a lot as community history, but because it’s associated with that architect, it’s a big piece of American history, too,” Swank said. “And it’s totally salvageable.”

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ith professional sports franchises and venues transforming Las Vegas, a new minor league ballpark in Summerlin is about to provide an economic jolt for the master-planned community. On about 70 days this spring and summer, thousands of people will visit the new, $150 million Las Vegas Ballpark, where the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators will reside in the heart of Downtown Summerlin. The stadium is walking distance from Red Rock Resort and just behind City National Arena, the Golden Knights’ practice facility. “This is the talk of the town in Summerlin wherever you go,” said Kevin Orrock, president of the 22,000-acre master-planned community. “This is going to be a huge amenity in the middle of our community, but also something that Southern Nevada can be proud of.” There is so much interest in the new facility that tickets for the Aviators’ opener—April 9 against Sacramento—sold out in a matter of minutes when they went on sale recently. Even on the days when there isn’t a baseball game, Orrock said, the goal is to have concerts and other events at the ballpark. And without a doubt, event nights will be a massive economic boon to Summerlin—baseball fans visiting restaurants and shops, and more important, seeing everything Summerlin has to offer. “We’re pretty excited,” said Steve Zurita, owner of Sports Town USA, a sports merchandise store in Downtown Summerlin. “It’s going to bring people down. That first game being sold out, that’s huge.” With Summerlin about a 20-minute drive from the Strip, the hope for the Howard Hughes Corp.— owner of the Summerlin community and the Aviators—is that fans from across the Las Vegas Valley

will routinely visit the ballpark. It will be a slightly longer drive for fans coming from Henderson on the 215 Beltway. “Access to the ballpark is phenomenal,” Orrock said. “You can get to the site from probably anywhere in the Valley quicker than you could get to the old Cashman site. It’s just off the 215, and once you get here, you’re going to get a great fan experience.” Summerlin has already found success with City National Arena, which has been a significant draw for spectators. When the NHL season ends and Southern Nevada’s summer temperatures begin to skyrocket, businesses in Downtown Summerlin tend to see fewer customers and patrons. “This will really lift [businesses] during their

slow months, usually from mid-June through Labor Day,” said Don Logan, president of the Aviators and the longtime face of professional baseball in Las Vegas. “The notion that sports venues don’t work for communities is false. The interest that we have and the interest that the Knights have at City National Arena, it’s significant.” Tom Kaplan of Summerlin’s Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill, which sits just a stone’s throw from Las Vegas Ballpark, said if even a fraction of the ballpark’s capacity is filled each game, it should help area restaurants. “We’re going to see large crowds to Summerlin on a regular basis,” Kaplan said. “It can be a bit of a struggle during the summer around here because of the heat and because people are going on vacations and things like that. Even if 2,000 people go to a game, though, that means more people around. If we got 10 tables per night because of baseball, that helps a lot.” As for the question of people sitting outside to watch a baseball game during the summer, Logan said the Summerlin site has an advantage over Cashman Field, the Downtown Las Vegas former home of the team. “It’s 1,000 feet higher in Summerlin than at Cashman, and that means it’s 10 degrees cooler,” Logan said. “We have mesh seats, which are 68 degrees cooler than a regular plastic seat. I’d argue that 110 is the magic number—under that is all right. Anything 110 or higher is brutal, but there’s also no humidity here.” It all adds up, Orrock said, to an easy-to-get-to, family-friendly attraction for the spring and summer months. “A lot of people go to baseball because it’s a social, family event,” Orrock said. “The future of Summerlin and the future of Vegas is strong. This is a downtown area in Summerlin that will, 10 years from now, look very different.”

Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin will open April 9 for the Aviators’ first home game. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Teaching Entrepreneurship. Caesars Entertainment helped create the Shared Future Fund, which will be used to help adult and child victims of human trafficking. The fund will be controlled and managed by ImpactNV. NFL player Brandon Marshall provided tablets, headphones, food vouchers and hygiene products to 16 North Las Vegas families. The gifts were part of Marshall’s Feed & Educate to Empower Leaders movement. Marshall was born in Las Vegas. The Desert Sage Auxiliary of the Assistance League donated a batch of Preemie Buddies to Sunrise Children’s Hospital. A stuffed doll made of soft sheepskin material, the Preemie Buddy is designed to promote bonding between baby and parents. The doll itself is placed with the baby while its clothing goes home for the parents to hold next to their skin. When the human scent is absorbed into the clothing, the doll is dressed and helps bond baby and parent through the sense of smell.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Only one of Nana Mouskouris’ vocal cords works, but over the course of an almost 60-year career, the Libran singer has sold over 30 million records in twelve different languages. Many critics speculate that her apparent disadvantage is key to her unique style. You will be like Mouskouris in your ability to capitalize on a seeming lack or deprivation. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your tribe is symbolized by three animals: the scorpion, the eagle and the mythological phoenix. Some astrologers say the scorpion is the ruling creature of “unevolved” or immature Scorpios, whereas the eagle and phoenix are associated with those who express the riper, more enlightened qualities of your sign. That said, the scorpion is worthy of all Scorpios. It is a hardy critter that rivals the cockroach in its ability to survive. For the next two weeks, make it your spirit creature. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian novelist Gustave Flaubert declared that it’s “our duty is to feel what is sublime and cherish what is beautiful.” But that’s a demanding task to pull off on an ongoing basis. Having said that, you could get all the way up to 95-100 days of feeling what’s sublime and cherishing what’s beautiful. And as many as 15 to 17 of those days could come during the next 21. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sommeliers are people trained to perceive the nuances of wine. By sampling a few sips, the best sommeliers can discern facts about the type of grapes that were used to make the wine and where on earth they were grown. You should launch an effort to reach a comparable level of sensitivity and perceptivity about any subject you care about. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Every language is a work-in-progress. New words constantly insinuate themselves into common usage, while others fade away. Coin a slew of your own fresh terms. To get you warmed up, try this utterance I coined: vorizzimo! It’s an exclamation that means “thrillingly beautiful and true.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One of history’s most audacious con men was George C. Parker, a Pisces. He made his living selling property that did not legally belong to him, like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Statue of Liberty. You could summon his level of salesmanship and persuasive skills in the coming weeks. But use your nearly magical powers to make deals and perform feats that have maximum integrity.

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