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WYNN ROLLS OUT COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE
Charity usually begins at home, but for Wynn Las Vegas employees, volunteerism is very much part of the work culture. The company rolled out Dollars-For-Doers, a community service initiative that matches employees’ off-hours volunteer work with cash. For example, if an employee volunteers 25 hours of personal time to a nonprofit, Wynn will give $250 to that organization, up to $10,000 per calendar year. The company plans to turn up to 10,000 volunteer hours into $100,000 in cash grants. For employees who are short on time but would like to give money instead, the Wynn Employee Foundation has a dollar-for-dollar matching program, up to $50,000 per employee per year, to eligible nonprofits. To launch Dollars-For-Doers, the cast of Le Rêve volunteered at the Animal Foundation, teaching adoptable dogs and cats obedience techniques and exercises. Starting June 12, the first 100 people to adopt a pet from the Animal Foundation will receive two tickets to attend Wynn’s signature production. —Genevie Durano
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STAYING HOME Tai Tuinei, a 6-foot-3, 260-pound defensive tackle from Arbor View High School, became UNLV’s first local pledge for the class of 2020 recently when he announced his decision to stay at home. He is also the first player to do so from inside the Rebels’ Fertitta Football Complex, the nearly completed $31 million home for the program. Tuinei had 74 tackles and nine sacks in 2018 in helping Arbor View win the Mountain Region championship.
THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK
THE JUICE IS LOOSE … ON TWITTER O.J. Simpson launched a Twitter account June 14 with a video post in which the former football star said he’s got a “little gettin’ even to do.” Simpson has generally kept a low profile since his release from prison in October 2017 for robbery and kidnapping over an attempt to steal back some of his sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room. SOCIAL MEDIA CURRENCY Facebook on June 18 unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new digital currency similar to Bitcoin for global use, one that could drive more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its platforms. The digital currency, called Libra, is scheduled to launch sometime in the next six to 12 months. Facebook is taking the lead on building Libra and its underlying technology; its more than two dozen partners will help fund, build and govern the system. Facebook hopes to raise as much as $1 billion from existing and future partners to support the effort. PARENTS SCORE WIN AGAINST HOAXERS Lenny Pozner, the father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened. “My face-to-face interactions with Mr. Pozner have led me to believe that Mr. Pozner is telling the truth about the death of his son,” Dave Gahary, the principal officer at publisher Moon Rock Books, said June 17. “I extend my most heartfelt and sincere apology to the Pozner family.” Pozner has been pushing back for years against hoaxers who have harassed him, subjected him to death threats and claimed that he was an actor and his son never existed. DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR Two drag queens plan to read stories to children at the Sparks Library on July 20, according to the Reno Gazette Journal. Libraries across the country have hosted similar events since the New York-based nonprofit sponsored readings in San Francisco four years ago. The conservative Nevada Family Alliance has urged residents to contact the local library to oppose the event. Washoe County Library system director Jeff Scott said he’d received dozens of emails but there were no plans to cancel.
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IN THIS ISSUE REVOLVE, THE NEW POP-UP BOUTIQUE AT THE PALMS With millennial pink walls, a dynamic chandelier, golden clothing racks and a flower display (perfect for selfies), the new boutique Revolve is a jewel box of Instagrammable cool. The “long-term pop-up” is the latest step in the Palms’ evolution toward its new tagline, “Unstatus Quo.” “We are extremely excited to take our partnership with the Palms to the next level,” Revolve co-CEO and cofounder Michael Mente said in a press statement. “We can’t wait to further bring the Revolve lifestyle to Las Vegas through the Palms’ elevated retail experience and our portfolio of premium brands.” The 1,000-square-foot store gives the popular e-retailer a physical space in real life. In turn, its location within a resort allows for unique amenities, such as in-room styling. Travelers can also order in advance online and find their outfits steamed and waiting in their hotel room. It carries clothing by Lovers + Friends, Tularosa, GRLFRND and more. Luxury denim brand WilsonGabrielle is also on display. It’s designed by Las Vegas sisters Kelley Nemiro and Victoria Fertitta, who were in attendance at the June 14 opening party. “We’ve seen [our label] on the Revolve website, which is equally exciting,” Nemiro says. “But seeing it hang on the clothing rack is …” Fertitta cuts in and completes her sister’s sentence: “pretty surreal.” —C. Moon Reed
Revolve pop-up boutique at the Palms. (Jeff Green/Courtesy)
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By Miranda Willson | Weekly staff
t has been nearly 30 years since the Howard Hughes Corporation started construction on The Hills, the first minivillage of the master-planned community of Summerlin on the west side of town. Today, the now-famous Summerlin is home to 22 distinct villages, more than two dozen schools, 100,000 residents and, when fully developed, enough homes to accommodate 200,000 residents.
Population: More than 100,000
The Howard Hughes Corporation designed Summerlin in the 1980s and 1990s as one of the first residential, familyfriendly and permanent communities in a city known for its transient population and adult-oriented entertainment. The community was also intended to serve as a secluded, exclusive home for some of the area’s wealthiest people, away from the debauchery of the Strip. Today, there’s no shortage of ultraexpensive housing in the 22,500-acre community. The Summit, one of the most exclusive villages in Summerlin, just opened last year and is among the most in-demand real estate in the Las Vegas Valley, said Realtor Pauline van Betten. Nonetheless, Summerlin has a lot more to offer than just high-end suburban homes in strictly residential neighborhoods. The community has been a regional trailblazer when it comes to sustainable design, walkability and bike-ability, architectural beauty, native and plentiful landscaping, and, more recently, mixed-use development. With Downtown Summerlin open but still under development and sports amenities such as the Golden Knights practice facility and Las Vegas Ballpark open for business, Summerlin is starting to offer a more urban experience in addition to a luxurious and private one. Downtown Summerlin in particular is bringing a new live-work-play dynamic to the area, said Kevin Orrock, president of Summerlin for the Howard Hughes Corporation.
“The first home was sold in ’91, and I don’t think we had much commercial until ’98 or ’99,” Orrock said. “Most people thought Summerlin was just a residential community.” There are plenty of reasons for the new emphasis on further developing the urban core in and around Downtown Summerlin, Orrock said. First and foremost, the Howard Hughes Corporation is finding that more people want to avoid traveling far for work or groceries. “You’ve seen folks, especially a lot of great law firms and financial firms, who might’ve felt in the past that they needed their office near the Strip or a corridor there … coming to the point where it’s really about work-life balance,” explained Andrew Ciarrocchi, vice president of management and operations at the Howard Hughes Corporation. In Summerlin’s effort to bring home and work closer together, two residential complexes are now leasing, and the two main office buildings in Downtown Summerlin are practically fully leased. Coworking company WeWork is the most recent commercial tenant to open shop there. Other major companies include gaming corporations Aristocrat Technologies and Station Casinos. Between Red Rock Resort, the new sports amenities and nearby Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, the community seems to be going through another notable shift: What started as the
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STEP INTO SUMMERLIN
Founded: 1988. The first residents moved into Summerlin in 1991.
Ownership: The Howard Hughes Corporation owns all of the land on which Summerlin sits. All of Summerlin north of Charleston Boulevard is located in the City of Las Vegas, while all of Summerlin south of Charleston is located in unincorporated Clark County.
neighborhood that was going to make Las Vegas a popular place to live and not just visit has become a popular place to visit in and of itself. “We have the biggest concentrations of dining other than the Strip all in one place [in Downtown Summerlin],” Ciarrocchi said. “You’ve got that concentration that folks are really looking for. And you can’t overlook the Class A office space, and more importantly, what sports has brought to Downtown.” Maintaining a high quality of life for residents first and foremost continues to be a focus for Summerlin. Its ZIP codes consistently rank as some of the highest home prices in the Valley, which could be attributed to Howard Hughes Corporation’s thoughtful, intentional planning, said Danielle Bisterfeldt, vice president of marketing for Summerlin. For example, any new residential, commercial or retail spaces that open in the community must meet strict architectural
and design criteria and must include desertappropriate landscaping to be approved by the corporation, Bisterfeldt said. Every new village must also have a park or other attraction. Throughout Summerlin, sidewalks must be lined on both sides with native, drought-resistant vegetation. Those standards seem to set Summerlin apart from other master-planned communities and large residential subdivisions, which are sometimes criticized as generic, unoriginal or sterile. “It’s really important to the planning process to make sure the neighborhoods look unique and not too cookie-cutter,” Bisterfeldt said. “So we go right down to color type and stone type, and one house cannot look exactly like the house next to it, diagonal to it, or behind it.” Summerlin’s parks and recreation opportunities and its reputation for strong schools also make it a popular place to live, van Betten said. “Other neighborhoods start to look old
and the character changes. Summerlin is so stable that way,” she added. Adding to its appeal, Summerlin makes it a priority to create a vibrant, social community, said Tom Warden, senior vice president of community and government relations for Summerlin. That’s part of why most neighborhoods are connected to Summerlin’s extensive trail system, Warden said. Beyond creating safe routes for children to walk or bike to school, the trail system offers residents a way to get out of their private home and into their community. “Here in the West, people love to have walls around their backyard. But when you do that, it tends to cloister the community,” Warden said. “So it also helps with the social aspect of the community.” The trails reflect Summerlin’s investment in sustainability. Perhaps one of the more unusual, lesser-known sustainable design elements in the community is its traffic circles. Howard Hughes Corporation was the first
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LAS VEGAS FARMERS MARKET AT THE PAVILION Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Stock up on fresh produce, baked goods and specialty items from a variety of local vendors. Free admission, Downtown Summerlin.
FITNESS ON THE LAWN Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. Join free yoga, fitness and dance fit sessions led by pros from Dance Dynamics, Lululemon, Pure Barre and TruFusion. The Lawn at Downtown Summerlin.
Summerlin’s boundaries are often the subject of much debate. Most of the community is bounded by Hualapai Way to the east, Cheyenne Avenue to the north, Arby Avenue to the south, and Red Rock Canyon and the Spring Mountains to the west. Sites such as Tivoli Village and Angel Park Golf Course are actually outside the boundaries of Summerlin, but still serve many of its residents. Future Villages
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SALT LAKE BEES AT LAS VEGAS AVIATORS July 11-14, 7:05 p.m. Haven’t checked out the Triple-A team’s new ballpark, colors or mascot yet? This four-game series packs some fun promotional punch, including $2 beers (July 11), free travel neck pillows (July 12) and Captain America bobbleheads (July 13) for the first 2,500 entrants. $15-$40, Las Vegas Ballpark.
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THE NUTCRACKER AND I AT SUMMERLIN LIBRARY July 9, 11 a.m. Touring pianist Alexandra Dariescu teams with ballerina Désirée Ballantyne— augmented by a set of hand-drawn digital animations—to bring the classic holiday tale to life midsummer. Free, 1771 Inner Circle Drive.
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in Nevada to build traffic circles because they reduce the number of stalled vehicles that contribute to air pollution, are aesthetically pleasing and are generally safer than traditional stoplights, Warden said. “They’re a much more efficient way to move traffic. You’re not sitting there with your engine running, waiting for a light to change,” he said. It’s no secret that Summerlin hasn’t historically been a community accessible to all. It lacks below-market-rate, affordable housing, and Las Vegas’ Ward 2, which includes the northern half of Summerlin, is significantly whiter and wealthier than the city as a whole. But Howard Hughes Corporation has tried to make some townhomes and neighborhoods accessible for families and residents of moderate incomes, such as the Affinity homes off of Interstate-215 that start in the mid-$200,000s. “There is a growing focus on for-rent products to meet demand from millennials and empty nesters seeking a ‘lock and leave’ lifestyle,” Melissa Warren, a spokeswoman for Howard Hughes Corporation, wrote in an email. With approximately 6,000 acres set aside for future development, Summerlin also isn’t done growing and, as Howard Hughes executives put it, reinventing itself. And the corporation isn’t limiting itself to what those remaining undeveloped parcels, including parts of Downtown Summerlin, will look like. “Things are always evolving,” Orrock said. “If you’re a good developer, you’re looking at best practices constantly.”
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DAVID CROSBY AT RED ROCK BALLROOM September 13, 8 p.m. Catch the ’60s survivor digging into a catalog that includes Byrds, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young and solo material, performed with his new Sky Trails Band, featuring son James Raymond on keyboard. $34-$64.
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VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS TRAINING CAMP AT CITY NATIONAL ARENA September 13-30 Whether you’re a die-hard VGK season-ticket holder or a more casual fan, these preseason sessions provide a good chance to scout the 2019-20 roster, see how the prospects look and welcome the veterans back to town—free of charge. Days & times vary.
PETER FRAMPTON AT SANDBAR September 28, 8 p.m. The 69-year-old English guitar wizard behind such ’70s staples as “Show Me the Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do” brings his Les Paul and his talk box to town for a poolside stop on his farewell tour. $44-$99, Red Rock Casino Resort.
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The tourist corridor may get most of the ink in listings about awesome places to eat in Las Vegas, but locals know best when it comes to neighborhood gems. There are so many dining options in Summerlin that residents need never step foot on the Strip for a stellar meal. Here are some of our favorites when we find ourselves on the west side of town.
Summerlin’s selection of restaurants is among the best in the Valley
Andiron Steak & Sea
Restaurateur couple Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla’s Andiron has become a go-to spot for an evening of fine dining since opening in 2015. Its menu is indeed a paean to both land and ocean, featuring various cuts of Prime meats for landlubbers, and oysters, fish and more for sea lovers. The restaurant exudes a Hamptons vibe, especially during brunch service when one can luxuriate into the afternoon while noshing on lobster rolls and drinking a cocktail or three. Downtown Summerlin, 1720 Festival Plaza Drive, 702-685-8002.
Andiron’s Duroc pork chop (Sun File)
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Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill
Since the 2017 closing of the Cosmopolitan’s original Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill (since replaced by Blue Ribbon Brasserie), fans have yearned for its return. Earlier this year, that wish was granted when the same concept came to Red Rock Casino, featuring a menu dotted with old favorites—the signature fried chicken served with wasabi honey, Duroc pork ribs and oxtail fried rice with bone marrow and egg—plus sushi and sashimi selections sourced from the Pacific and the Atlantic. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7444.
Vintner Grill
Given the level of competition, any restaurant in Las Vegas that makes it past the 10-year mark is to be commended. Vintner Grill, which opened in 2006, is a beloved institution, a spot to celebrate special occasions or casual evenings. The menu specializes in American cuisine with Spanish, French and Italian influences. Its Fromage + Carne section deserves a special nod for its variety of cured meats and cheeses, along with a wine selection numbering more than 400. 10100 W. Charleston Blvd. #150, 702-214-5590.
Hawthorn Grill
La Strega
Summerlin’s newest kid on the block opened in February to much acclaim—and deservedly so. Chef Gina Marinelli, who honed her craft working with Scott Conant, Shawn McClain and Michael Mina, has introduced superb Italian cuisine to the neighborhood. Standout dishes include anchovy crostini, stracci with braised beef cheeks, wild mushrooms and Pecorino, and the Witch’s Garden of artisanal vegetables. With its strong debut, La Strega has already become one of Summerlin’s culinary stars. 3555 S. Town Center Drive #105, 702-722-2099.
Nittaya’s Secret Kitchen
Less a secret than a destination, Nittaya Parawong’s Thai spot is as authentic as one can get on this side of the Pacific. The chef grew up in Thailand, steeped in the family restaurant business from an early age. She brought those recipes to the Valley, serving up her interpretation of Asian cuisine tapas style. For entrees, you’ll find the usual suspects, from salads to pad Thai to curries. For dessert, Nittaya’s selection goes beyond the mango sticky rice prevalent in other Thai restaurants—here guests can finish their meal with bread pudding, doughnuts and creme brulee, among other treats. 2110 N. Rampart Blvd. #110, 702-360-8885.
The interior of Hawthorn Grill, top, and huevos rancheros (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
There’s a good chance you’ll find early-bird Summerlin residents at Hawthorn Grill at JW Marriott, where the breakfast menu boasts healthy choices like salmon egg white frittatas, along with indulgent ones like maple custard French toast. But the reason one would hang out here so early, especially as the temperature continues to inch up, is the outdoor patio that feels like your own lush paradise, complete with foliage and a waterfall. Al fresco dining, along with classic steakhouse fare, has made this a locals’ favorite. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-507-5955. —Genevie Durano
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Baseball at Las Vegas Ballpark The swimming pool near center field is sold out for the season, but you can still enjoy our beloved minor league team, the Las Vegas Aviators, from a variety of great seats. The ballbark holds 10,000 fans, which leaves plenty of room for friends. Because it’s Vegas, the culinary lineup is outstanding and features local favorites: Flydogs by Sparrow + Wolf chef Brian Howard; Capriotti’s sandwiches; Frosé by Giada de Laurentiis; and Aviator Ale from Tenaya Creek Brewery. 1650 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-943-7200.
Developments often considered part of Summerlin that cater to residents but are not technically located within Summerlin boundaries: Queensridge, The Lakes, Tivoli Village and Peccole Ranch
Fox Hill Park (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
Ice Skate at City National Arena Take a spin around the Vegas Golden Knights’ practice facility during one of the public skate times ($8-$12, with package passes available). There’s also a Vegas Golden Knights Skating Academy, which prepares desert dwellers to learn hockey, figure skating or just recreational skating. Hockey players can join leagues and compete in tournaments. With programs and options for kids and adults, the ice is open to all. 1550 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-902-4904.
Get Creative at Corks & Crafts Located in the Downtown Summerlin mall, this crafting space is perfect for a shopping break or an evening out. Drop in for a self-guided DIY session, take a class, send your kid to camp or reserve the space for a private party. Craft options include silk scarf marbling, paper flower making, felt hair accessories and a magnetic slime lab. There’s a food and beverage menu (try the sparkling white sangria) to keep the creative juices flowing. 1875 Festival Plaza Drive #100, 702-684-7223.
Bowl at Red Rock Lanes Red Rock resort may be located immediately adjacent to Downtown Summerlin, but there’s nothing more Vegas than bowling inside a casino. The resort has upgraded the classic experience with 60 regular lanes and 12 separated VIP lanes. Cosmic bowling, party specials, leagues and various discounts keep the bowling going. For those who want a little laid-back fun, try the Angry Bird branded bowling. Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7777.
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Walk along the 150-mile Summerlin Trail System
Watch movies at Regal Cinemas Summerlin moviegoers have a wealth of options in practical walking distance. Regal Cinemas Red Rock 16 & IMAX is a longstanding goto theater inside Red Rock Resort. Nearby in Downtown Summerlin, the newer option is Regal Summerlin Luxury, which offers food and alcohol along with comfy reclining seats to create the ultimate cinematic experience. Red Rock Resort, 2070 Park Center Drive, 844-462-7342.
Summerlin is filled with parks and trails, and it’s a great way to get some outdoor exercise if you’re not up to a full-fledged trip to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (the nature mecca near Summerlin). Check out summerlin.com for specific locations of trails and parks. A good place to start is the 10 miles of trail along the 215 highway. While some parks in Summerlin are limited to residents, most are open to all. summerlin.com. —C. Moon Reed
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STEP INTO SUMMERLIN Crate & Barrel
The home decor, appliances and furniture chain opened in November 2017 and remains the only Crate & Barrel in the state. Turn your pad into a sanctuary made for entertaining guests with a mid-mod sofa or bar cabinet of your dreams. Schedule an appointment with C&B’s design experts. Crate & Barrel also provides custom upholstery, custom rugs and two-hour private registry events with food, drinks and music designed just for newlyweds. Downtown Summerlin, 1765 Festival Plaza Drive, 702-534-3445.
Madewell
The J.Crew offshoot coveted by millenials opened its first Vegas store in 2018, bringing effortless casual threads and quality denim. Find jeans in an assortment of fits, rises and rinses, summer sandals and festival-ready boots, flowy dresses with pops of color, drapey tees, accessories, leather goods and more. Don’t forget to bring in a pair of used jeans to get a discount off your next denim purchase. Downtown Summerlin, 1985 Festival Plaza Drive, 646-984-4451.
Pressed Juicery
(Outside Summerlin’s boundaries but frequented by residents)
Other major attractions Red Rock Resort & Casino, Downtown Summerlin, Trails Village Center and dozens of parks, trails and recreation areas
Hailing from West LA, Pressed Juicery opened its doors in California in 2010 and has since expanded all over the country, including a location in Summerlin’s Tivoli Village. The science behind cleanses hasn’t exactly been proven, but delivering a daily dose of veggies to your body via juice never hurt anyone, either. Add some leafy greens, vitamins and minerals to your diet, and throw in an immunity-boosting wellness shot while you’re at it. Got a cold? Give it a roundhouse kick to the face with the Yuzu Jalapeño green juice, back for a limited time. Tivoli Village, 410 S. Rampart Blvd. #135, 702-333-0609.
D’annata
(Outside Summerlin’s boundaries but frequented by residents)
If you’ve come to Tivoli Village looking for “pretty things for you and your home,” D’annata is the right place. Duvets, throw pillows and diffusers make your home feel cozy and bright, and an assortment of coffee-table books from Gwyneth Paltrow, Diane Keaton and Reese Witherspoon will have you reaching for your wallet before you can say “Goop.” Tivoli Village, 400 S. Rampart Blvd. #160, 702-457-4457.
Vasari
(Outside Summerlin’s boundaries but frequented by residents)
This local boutique stocks designer brands like Diane von Furstenberg, Alice + Olivia, J Brand, Young Fabulous & Broke, shoes, accessories and more. Don’t miss Vasari’s selection of housewares, which includes an assortment of handcrafted candles and votives. Tivoli Village, 410 S. Rampart Blvd., 702597-9500.
Las Vegas Cyclery
A one-stop shop for cycling and running aficionados, Las Vegas Cyclery is just a few minutes from Red Rock, making finding a bike to buy or rent even easier. Stocking serious bike brands like Specialized, LVC also does bike repair, bike fitting, tours and more. 10575 Discovery Drive, 702-596-2953.
Restoration Hardware
(Not technically within Summerlin boundaries but often a spot for residents)
This American home-furnishings company based out of Northern California brings luxe, modern living to Las Vegas. Find beautiful and elegant furniture sets, rugs, lighting, décor, art, vanities and an assortment of linens and furnishings for your bedroom and bath, all in a classic studio environment. Tivoli Village, 340 S. Rampart Blvd., 775-464-0770. —Leslie Ventura
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Since the opening of the Las Vegas Ballpark this spring, Aviators games have become one of the most popular sports destinations in the Valley. According to the team, they draw an average of almost 9,000 fans per game, the best attendance numbers among all 3- Triple-A franchises across the country. Not only are fans drawn to the new stadium and the rebranded team, but the Summerlin location allows for an entire day of activity options leading up to the game when you factor in Red Rock Resort across the street. “You will definitely be amongst Aviators fans while visiting Red Rock, and those numbers continue to grow along with the Aviator fan base,” said Kimberly Joslin, vice president of marketing at the resort. “It is exciting to see more and more guests supporting our home team.” As summer kicks off, here is a guide to creating the perfect Aviators game day.
IF YOU’RE GOING ON A DATE … Go on a Thursday for $2 beer night and a lowkey, high-vibe date spot. To up the romance factor, there are a few games this summer that have post-game fireworks.
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There’s stadium parking right next to the ballpark, and Red Rock Resort offers free parking as well.
Before/after the game: Grab dinner before the game at Blue Ribbon Sushi or Hearthstone, which are both great for date nights. For additional drink specials after the game, hit the Race & Sports Bar, Rocks Lounge or the Bowling bar at Red Rock Resort. All offer $3 Coors Light and $5 shot specials on home game days. And if the Aviators turn a double play, plan a second date at the buffet. Visit any Station, Fiesta or Palms buffet for a 2-for-1 offer during any meal the day after a home game defensive double play, Joslin said.
IF YOU’RE GOING WITH KIDS… An Aviators game can be an ideal family outing with an array of family-friendly promotions scheduled throughout the summer. If you’re taking younger kids, day games may be a safer bet, but keep an eye out for Sunday Family Nights as well. Dogs are welcome on the berm on Wag Your Tail Wednesdays. You’ll need to get a berm ticket for your pup, but all proceeds are donated to the Animal Foundation. Before/after the game: Hop across the street to the Grand Cafe at Red Rock Resort, where you can get Aviators-themed sundaes in collector helmets for $1.99 on any home date. From there, cool off after an afternoon game at the resort’s pool or treat the kids to a few rounds of bowling.
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GVR GRAND EVENTS CENTER RHETT & LINK If you haven’t seen the YouTube stars eat gross stuff like python cupcakes frosted with snake skin or grasshopper cookies mixed with actual grasshoppers and chocolate sauce, you clearly haven’t spent enough time watching Good Mythical Morning, their simultaneously sidesplitting and stomachchurning show. Catch Rhett & Link live for a taste of comedy gold. 8 p.m., $41-$74. –Genevie Durano
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RECYCLED PROPAGANDA ANTISOCIAL MEDIA Izaac Zevalking, the provocative street artist who calls himself Recycled Propaganda, does expert work lampooning corporate targets. This Saturday, at his eponymous Main Street gallery, he’ll throw a wrench into the social media apparatus. The show also features works by Juan Cardenas and Azia Skeen, and the first 50 arrivals get a free print. 7 p.m., free. –Geoff Carter
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SUN, JUN 23 CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY REEL ROCK 13 With dizzying heights, gorgeous vistas and impressive athletic feats, rock climbing makes a great subject for documentary film. Since 2006, Reel Rock has been touring the country, bringing the year’s best climbing docs to fans as a sort of roving film festival. The latest iteration, Reel Rock 13, features four incredible adventure stories. Up to Speed explores the subdiscipline of speed climbing, which will be an Olympic sport in 2020. Queen Maud Land follows six elite climbers (including Las Vegas’ own star Alex Honnold) on their climbing quests to Antarctica. Valley of the Moon is a story of crosscultural connection, as international climbers and local guides team up to make the sandstone walls in the Jordan desert a climbing destination. In Age of Ondra, world-class climber Adam Ondra seeks to expand the limits of the sport by climbing the hardest grade of wall in one try. “Despite all the pressure that you feel,” Ondra says in the film’s trailer, “you have to control all these doubts and just go for it without any fear.” Free, 7 p.m. (arrive as early as 6 p.m. to pick up required wristband). –C. Moon Reed
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The 21-year-old French producer, born Valentin Brunel, creates tunes that are perfect for the pool. His black and white “Be Right Here” music video, a collaboration with Stargate and GLDN, even features the young DJ poolside, snuggled up with Colombian model Carolina Jaramillo. Brighten up your weekend when Kungs hits the decks, complete with live instrumentation. 11 a.m., $20-30. –Leslie Ventura
FRI, JUN 21 DOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA Find your om during this worldwide celebration, with live music, refreshments and complimentary yoga classes from TruFusion. All ages and skill levels are welcome. 5-9 p.m., the Lawn. –Genevie Durano
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The helmet-clad, one-man punk-blues band responsible for such deathless classics as “Boob Scotch” headlines a simpatico bill that includes The Fat Dukes of F*ck, Sheiks of Neptune and The Swamp Gospel. 9 p.m., $10-$15. –Geoff Carter
With the cheeky tagline “the only time we’ll show you our balls,” Drag Queen Bingo is a fun and glamorous bimonthly event that just marked its one-year anniversary. Play a round to celebrate Pride Month and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. 6:30 p.m., free. –C. Moon Reed
JUN 26JUL 13 SUPER SUMMER THEATRE A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM The Shakespeare classic gets reimagined as a “concert fantastic” by the Lab LV. Song and dance augment the tale of star-crossed lovers and mistaken identities. Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m., $15. –C. Moon Reed
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Drai’s celebrates five years at the Cromwell By Leslie Ventura
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hen Drai’s opened on the Cromwell’s Strip-side rooftop five years ago, it already had 17 years of history under its belt. Named after the film producer-turned-nightlife impresario Victor Drai, the club originally launched in the basement of the Barbary Coast in 1997 and became the place for local revelers and tourists to party after-hours. Since 2014, Drai’s Nightclub and Beachclub has drawn parties to the top of the same property—now known as the Cromwell—while Drai’s Afterhours continues to thrive in its downstairs location. Recently, Victor Drai brought on his son Dustin to keep things moving. Formerly the director of marketing and advertising, Dustin became Drai’s vice president of entertainment two months ago and now splits his time booking talent and leading the club’s marketing and advertising team. The Weekly spoke with Dustin about Drai’s successful foray into hip-hop, its Cromwell anniversary and more. How has Drai’s changed since it first opened in May 2014? The Beachclub was doing great, but the nightclub not so much. People were still going to see the Steve Angellos and Afrojacks of the time, and they weren’t coming to Drai’s. Toward the end of that first year, [Drai’s] decided to start doing hip-hop and was like, “OK, let’s try to put a show on.” No one had really done it yet. My dad was like, “If this is the direction we’re going to go, it needs to be full-on performances.” It went from once a week, to twice a month, to twice a weekend. We very quickly realized we needed to do live talent every single night. We can’t compete with the EDM artists; they’re contract. So we started with pop— The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Iggy Azalea—to a hip-hop guy here, a hip-hop guy there. It was this synergy of hip-hop at the time becoming the No. 1 genre in the world and us doing live talent. We didn’t expect it to blow up like it did. It just kind of transformed. Do you feel like Drai’s spearheaded the idea of nightclubs doing full concerts in Vegas? One hundred percent. My dad and the Drai’s team, from the very beginning when they made that decision to go all out, they were like, “If we’re going to do this,
French Montana, performing at Drai’s (Courtesy)
we’re going to do 45-minute shows. We’re not going to do a couple of songs or this that and the other.” It’s funny, today clubs do it, but they don’t do it the way we do it, which is shocking, because we’ve been doing it now for five years and they’re not copying us. We kind of found that sweet spot, and definitely we’ve spearheaded the live talent, live artist type of thing. What does the future of Drai’s look like to you? Because I’m related to Victor and it’s my name and my brand, I’m able to make decisions for the brand on the marketing side that in another company would have to go through 20 layers of approval. I have a small team, and we work really well together and we do things really quickly. Me and my marketing team are constantly finding new and creative ways to market in an ever-changing social media [landscape]. We have to constantly stay up to date. We’re music-focused. I see the brand continuing to grow— potentially [to] other markets out of Vegas, potentially other concepts in Vegas. We are a small company that’s able to diversify and quickly change. Growth doesn’t scare us; it actually excites us. We went from a small restaurant and after-hours club to this mega beach club-nightclub, so you never know what could happen.
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On the right track Ta s t e m a k i n g A u s s i e DJ Anna Lunoe returns to EBC By Brock Radke
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hen you’re jumping up and down and feeling a bit jarring and even unmotivating, but I’ll take one the beat while dodging cryo-cannon blasts and afternoon a week and do all my listening, just go really Champagne showers at Encore Beach Club, hard, and then clear the slate so the next day I can you’re probably not thinking about all the time think about my own music. It’s a different part of the the DJ spent sifting through new tracks to create the brain that plays and creates and writes and wonders.” perfect mix for this particular party. Lunoe clearly manipulates her creative switches at No matter who’s spinning, rest assured he or she will. Last week she dropped the Right Party EP on felspent some time crafting and choreographlow Wynn Nightlife resident Diplo’s Mad DeNIGHTSWIM WITH cent label, a summer-appropriate collection ing this soundtrack, but if you catch NightANNA LUNOE swim on Friday, you’ll be in the presence of new and previously released songs that June 21, 10 p.m., of a true curator. Few artists are as current should ignite dancefloors all season long. $25-$45. Encore with the freshest dance music sounds as “My goal for this EP was to make really Beach Club, 702-770-7300. Anna Lunoe. simple, playable songs,” she says. “I played The Australian DJ, producer and host of them all at my last Vegas show. [It] was really Apple Music’s Beats 1 Dance Chart show, Red nice to get outside and play the pool, because Bull’s Twitch series Remix Lab and her own Hyperthe first time [at Wynn this year] it was raining and I House livestream likes to “listen in clusters” when had to play inside. she’s hunting for addictive tracks. “The really nice thing now is getting to settle into “The great thing about having curation be a part of the room and experiment. I’m learning how it works my repertoire is it’s a great way to make sure you’re and what works best, and [to] push myself in differalways curious and looking at what’s fresh and new,” ent areas. I’m stoked to be able to do it, and obviously she says. “It’s a double-edged sword, because you can Wynn is the most beautiful place to be. I’m really enget really inspired but you can also get exhausted. Lisjoying the time I spend there and just getting familiar tening to 500 different dance songs every week can get with the space.”
+ HOT SPOTS HE$H & BOMMER THU 20 | VINYL Dubstep producer Bommer signed to Insomniac after starting out in local bars in his hometown of St. Louis. At 18 years old, Dallas’ He$h has been touted as an unlikely new face of the genre. Catch them both when they fill intimate venue Vinyl with brutal bass frequencies. 9 p.m., $15, Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.
SKRILLEX FRI 21 | KAOS Sonny Moore threw down at his recent Ultra set in Singapore, delivering a remix of his “Face My Fears” collaboration with Utada Hikaru. Will the Kaos resident tease the unreleased track, which is also the Kingdom Hearts 3 theme song, again this weekend? 10:30 p.m., $20-$30, Palms, 702-329-6200.
FEDDE LE GRAND FRI 21 | MARQUEE The Dutch house titan returns to Marquee just days before taking off for Ibiza and Portugal. You’ve heard his latest banger, “Like We Do,” but witnessing it drop inside the Cosmopolitan club is something else completely. 10:30 p.m., $20-$30, Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. –Leslie Ventura
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TREE OF LIFE ITALIAN SPOT ADA’S BRINGS NEW ENERGY TO TIVOLI VILLAGE BY GREG THILMONT
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ivoli Village got a needed jolt when Ada’s, a bustling Italian eatery, recently opened there. Created by James Trees, the mind behind the stellar Esther’s Kitchen in Downtown’s Arts District, Ada’s (and its outdoor patio) has been brimming with bodies during lunch and dinner hours—and even in between. Meals usually start with crusty, flavor-dense boules of bread ($4) with cultured butter, olive oil and sea salt on the side. Luscious burrata cheese ($5) and umami-forward anchovy butter ($3) are also available for slathering. In the antipasti category, mussels ($16) with spicy ’nduja sausage, lemon and parsley are a savory and fragrant collection of shellfish. Truffled arancini ($11) with summer corn purée and a hint of chili are crispy, yet ethereally light. The seasonal Market salad ($15) is bright with pickled peaches, hazelnuts and ricotta cheese, and the sautéed rapini ($11) delivers farmhouse goodness with pickled chilis, garlic, lemon and pecorino. Trees’ handmade pasta dishes have made waves Downtown, and the trend continues at the Summerlin-adjacent Tivoli. On a hot summer day, the best choice is a bowl of gemelli ($15), emerald-green, basil-flavored noodles tossed with pistachio pesto redolent with citrus. Traditionalists, meanwhile, can go for spaghetti with pomodoro sauce ($15) and meatballs ($6 more). Ada’s features 15 pizzas, starting with familiar ones like the tomato-and-mozz Margherita ($10) and the zesty Calabrian ($13) with salami and ricotta salata. Then it’s on to more advanced pies, including the Veggies ($13), with asparagus, peas and zucchini. Things really go over the moon with the luxurious foie gras ’za ($27) topped with duck liver, pistachio butter and truffled cheese. As you munch through the menu, sip on tableside-crafted cocktails from the roaming gin cart and choose pours from the well-curated and value-priced wine list ($9-$18 per glass). And Ada’s experience should end with mind-blowing scoops ($4 each) from the attached Best Ice Cream counter, where flavors like spearmint chip, blueberry cheesecake, salted caramel and cherry-almond sorbet take Las Vegas’ frozen dessert game to a sweet new place.
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No one is going to mistake Henderson’s coffee scene for Seattle’s—not yet, anyway—but the opening of some newish java joints has perked up our interest. While third wave coffee isn’t new here—Mothership Coffee Roasters has been around for a few years—the latest options are a boon for caffeine junkies and gig-economy freelancers, who now have new Wi-Fi-equipped hangouts. The Henderson location of Joe Maxx Coffee (joemaxxcoffee.com) is its second in the Valley, offering robust coffee from beans made exclusively for the company. The family-owned business, with locations in four states, has a cozy, casual atmosphere, its walls adorned with local art (all for sale, and anyone can hang up their work). There’s nothing precious or pretentious here. It’s just a place for a solid cup of, well, joe.
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True to its name, Zen Coffee Bar (zen-coffeebar.business.site) can’t help but evoke a feeling of serenity, with its airy and light-filled space dotted with plants throughout. Linger over well-crafted drinks and pastries made in-house solo or with friends—there’s plenty of room to stretch. In addition to lattes and pour overs, you’ll find matcha, beer and wine, plus mimosas and chocolates. Dark Moon Coffee Roasters (darkmoon. coffee) is all about bespoke beans, with a 12-kilo roaster as its centerpiece. The ambience is industrial chic, with angled dark wood paneling, white-painted brick and a green glazed terra cotta tile wall. For iced-coffee enthusiasts, there are nitro-infused cold brew taps; and roastery tours, cuppings and tastings are in the works. –Genevie Durano
This year’s Restaurant Week is in full swing, and if you haven’t checked out the special, prix fixe menus at some of the best restaurants in the Vegas Valley, you still have time to designate a few cheat days until it ends on June 28. Log on to helpoutdineoutlv.org for a list of participating restaurants, which you can sort by cuisine, location and price point (ranging from $20 for breakfast to $80 for dinner). It’s a great way to try out Locale, the much anticipated restaurant by Nicole Brisson, which opened June 19. The $40 three-course dinner features balsamic and mustard-braised pork shanks, brined and roasted baby chicken and a flourless chocolate cake, among other selections. This is the 13th installment of Restaurant Week, with a portion of the proceeds helping Three Square food bank in its fight to end hunger in Southern Nevada. Since 2007, the event has provided more than 5 million meals to those in need. –Genevie Durano
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Khalid is talented, vulnerable and philanthropic. And he’s only 21 Contrary to its title, Free Spirit shows us a 21-yearold trapped in his insecurities rather than reveling Khalid isn’t so much a star as a supernova. Two years in his legal drinking days. And though he’s looking ago, the then-teenage Texas R&B singer’s coming-ofinward, Khalid can still make a righteous bop. “Betage debut, American Teen, cemented him as the voice ter” brings a hip-hop swagger to his lovelorn moodiof his generation. Songs like “Young Dumb & Broke” ness, while “Talk”—produced by British house duo became irreverent high school anthems and made oldDisclosure—is a bubbly, mid-tempo strut. Both have er listeners pine for that youthful carelessness. Now, at been radio and party mainstays for months. Don’t 21, he’s an inescapable pop sensation with five Grammy expect them to go away anytime soon. nominations and a handful of hit singles already under Beyond the music, Khalid is a role model in the his belt. If he keeps up this streak, he could go down as making. Despite his impressionable age, success one of the greats. We’d be all the better for it if he does. doesn’t seem to have gotten to his head. He’s left In a time where pop stars are transient and trite, his parents’ house in El Paso for LA, but he hasn’t Khalid’s music hits you like brisk air-condiforgotten his roots. In April, when a Twitter Khalid tioning in smoldering heat. While his modern troll attempted to call him out for turning with Clairo. R&B peers opt for trapped-out beats and drughis back on the El Paso community that supJune 22, 8 p.m., $40-$90. filled sex fantasies, the young singer is earnest ported him, Khalid set the record straight MGM Grand and wholesome, embracing a sound that’s with a $30,000 clapback, announcing the Garden Arena, equal parts ’80s nostalgia and contemporary launch of the Great Khalid Foundation. “It 702-531-3826. bounce. His sophomore LP, April’s Free Spirit, starts in El Paso, and my goal is to provide finds him maturing into a serious, introspecresources and help bridge education and tive adult. prominent music programs in the city,” he tweeted. If American Teen was the house party, Free Spirit is In May, the foundation handed out three $10,000 Khalid mopping up the mess and picking up the red Solo scholarships. cups alone. The former features the song “8TEEN,” which Even before that philanthropic act, Khalid was sums up his life at that age with the refrain: “Let’s do all named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential the stupid sh*t that young kids do.” On Free Spirit, he gives People of 2019. In her essay for the magazine, Alicia listeners an update with the sober sequel, “Twenty One.” Keys sang hopeful praises for the young star’s future. “I’m in pain, but I’m to blame,” he sings over a ’90s pop“He has a beautiful journey ahead of him, and I hope rock guitar riff. He even questions his masculinity over the he accomplishes things he can’t even imagine yet,” stomping drumbeat of “Self,” wondering, “Does my raw she wrote. Considering Khalid’s two-year run, that emotion make me less of a man?” feels like a sure bet.
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Noise By Case Keefer eminal metalcore act The Acacia Strain was blistering through its set—a 30-minute April support slot at Downtown’s American Legion Post 8—before abruptly pausing midway through. Vocalist Vincent Bennett, the band’s lone original member, needed a moment to gush about having the increasingly rare opportunity to perform to an all-ages crowd in a DIY venue. “This is one of the coolest shows we’ve played in a long time,” Bennett said. Dustin Shaw and Justin Fornof typically stay straightfaced at the shows they put on, but both may have broken into simultaneous grins from different parts of the sold-out room as they listened to Bennett’s salute. The acknowledgement of what they—who operate Blackpath Booking alongside longtime friends Aaron Bautista and Albert House—have built locally over the past three years, hit harder than any of the Western Massachusetts band’s ultraheavy, down-tuned breakdowns. “Especially coming from that band. We were all there [15 years ago] when they played the Roadhouse [Casino] for the first time,” Fornof says. “They were just the new band coming onto the scene we were all growing up around. They were the popular band you looked at as, ‘Man it would be cool to book them one day.’” Blackpath could now conceivably bring almost any modern hardcore act to town. A dormant period for the scene earlier this decade appears to be over, as tour routings that routinely omitted Las Vegas are once again stopping here. That reemergence has come largely because Shaw and Fornof joined forces. Fornof has booked shows continually since the mid-2000s but began seeing sparse crowds and a dearth of new faces about five years ago. Shaw was one of the area’s primary hardcore contacts as a teenager from 2004-2008 but stepped away after growing tired of venues continually being shut down and the direction of the scene overall. “Everything I had enjoyed about coming to shows and being at the shows had been taken away,” Shaw says. “Hardcore isn’t a soundtrack to ego or a tough-guy contest, so I kind of just focused on me for a little while.” During his initial run as a promoter, Shaw had put on shows at makeshift venues like junkyards and concrete factories. That fit with a long history of the local hardcore scene cramming performances into any available space. From legendary warehouse shows by the likes of Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys in the 1980s to generatorpowered desert performances featuring such local favorites as Curl Up and Die and Faded Grey in the late 1990s, determined promoters have always found a way. But Shaw and Fornof wanted something more reliable, which proved challenging. They ran into so much rejection from potential venues that they nearly quit before ever starting. “We drove around literally seven hours
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one day and went everywhere,” Shaw recalls. “No one was interested.” They eventually found the 200-capacty Legion hall, which became their de facto home base as attendance slowly increased during sporadic shows. A marked change was evident when Blackpath brought back current touring heavyweights like Chicago’s industrialtinged Harm’s Way and Boston’s genre-blurring Vein on multiple occasions. “There were new kids, younger kids that seemed like they really embraced hardcore,” House says. “It was something we hadn’t seen in a long time, and I think it was the most important thing.” The group has also put an emphasis on the hardcore tradition of trying to improve the surrounding community. In December, Blackpath threw a Giving Everything Holiday Toy Drive—a free show with a donated gift— headlined by a reunion of local thrash outfit Acid Rain. A similar back-to-school drive will follow on August 17; a school-supply donation will grant entry into a show celebrating the EP release of local crossover act World Tension, with support from rising Southern California bands Drain and Hands of God. “Giving back goes hand in hand with hardcore,” Bautista says. “It’s bigger than music. It’s about helping people, uplifting people.” Plenty of people appeared uplifted the night of The Acacia Strain show, especially during a headlining set from Oldham County, Kentucky, act Knocked Loose, arguably the biggest band in hardcore at the moment. A wave of teenagers and folks in their early 20s flooded toward the stage to scream every word into the oftenoutstretched microphone of vocalist Bryan Garris. Shaw and Fornof flashed back to their younger selves as they looked on and felt a sense of pride. “When you’re a kid and going to shows, you don’t realize how much goes into planning and booking those shows. So it’s nice to feel like this many years later—that we can be the ones doing these for a whole new generation of kids. And you hope that down the line, they do the exact same thing for the next generation,” Fornof says. “That’s the whole point behind a DIY hardcore scene. That’s the whole point of doing this.”
UPCOMING BLACKPATH SHOWS At American Legion Post 8 June 25: Creeping Death, Sentenced to Burn, Fuming Mouth, Languish, Dredge the Lake, Casket Raider June 29: Ceremony, Sheer Mag, Bugg, Spitting Image August 12: Backtrack (farewell tour), Spirit World, Dare, Somerset Thrower, The End of Everything, Hand of Doubt August 17: Back to School Drive ft. World Tension (EP release), Drain, Hands of God, Suffer the Loss, Beg for Life, Misdirection, Close Combat, Minimal Tickets available at ticketweb.com.
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The show goes on Ribbon of Life channels Woodstock this year at the TropICANA By Brock Radke he production-show landscape on the Strip is as unpredictable and turbulent as it has ever been, evidenced by the scant number of shows—Cirque du Soleil’s offerings aside—that have been around for a decade or longer. Golden Rainbow’s Ribbon of Life is an annual fundraising and awareness event and not a regular Vegas show, but over the course of more than three decades, it has offered a thread of stability and consistency in that show landscape. That’s why performers are always happy to come back and give their time and talent to support its mission. “One of our directors, Jenny Ammon, has been dancing in the show since she was 15,” says Pietra Sardelli, producer of Ribbon of Life. “She danced, then she did choreography, and now she’s dancing, directing and doing choreography.” Adds Golden Rainbow Executive Director Gary Costa: “We have a lot of stories, and we love the stories about someone doing the show for the first time and then getting it stuck in their head that
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Angels in the architecture With his new mural, artist James Stanford pays homage to a Downtown icon By Leslie Ventura ames Stanford’s work inspires contemplation. And while his kaleidoscopic mandalas foster a sense of wonder, they also capture the essence of Las Vegas, using photographs of the city’s neon landscape to transcend the city’s shimmering facade. If neon optical illusions distract people from the desert’s inherent brutality, then Stanford’s mandalas magnify that illusion, creating intensified visual abstractions that entrance and mystify. His most recent work, A Phalanx of Angels Ascending, might not require the same level of introspection as his Shimmering Zen mandalas, but the symbolism is no less potent. Las Vegas history is in Stanford’s blood. He was born and raised here, growing up in the now-gentrifying Huntridge neighborhood. His parents moved to Las Vegas in 1936 and his father, Harvey Stanford, coached the undefeated 1944 Las Vegas High School football team, a “dream team” that became local legend.
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When local curator Laura Henkel asked him to create a digital rendering for a mural on the Neon Museum-adjacent 705 Arts Incubator building— replacing an Aaron Sheppard mural—he knew the Blue Angel had to be a part of it. “I remember when the Blue Angel motel was built,” Stanford, 71, says. “She was very close to me.” Situated at Charleston Boulevard and Fremont Street, the now-defunct motel’s 16-foot tall guardian angel—created by “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign designer by Betty Willis—was a Downtown beacon, overseeing everything below it for six decades. In 2016, the Angel was taken down and stored for a still-ongoing restoration, though she made an appearance last year during a brief exhibit at the Neon Museum’s NE10 Studio. Stanford reminisced about cruising down Fremont Street while listening to The Rolling Stones, driving past the Blue Angel to a drivein diner called the Blue Onion, and he realized
something: “Our lady of Las Vegas is not around, so the Blue Angel has to be on the building.” And instead of painting just one Blue Angel, Stanford decided to paint multiple versions—one emerging from a half shell like Sandro Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus,” and others as rockets ascending toward the heavens. “I thought, what’s better than one Blue Angel? Lots of Blue Angels!” Stanford laughs. Airbrush artist Cliff Morris, who also painted the mural of Mayors Carolyn and Oscar Goodman behind Main Street’s ReBar, was tapped to paint the building’s 2,000-square-foot exterior. A fundraiser for the mural, on schedule for completion in July, is up through July 7 at Kickstarter.com. Stanford says the Blue Angel represents his experience growing up in Las Vegas. “People don’t think about Las Vegas being an all-American city, but in a way it exemplifies the rest of the country. We build what [people] want, and they come here to enjoy it.”
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Striving for third place Las Vegans need more gathering spots beyond their homes and jobs By Geoff Carter remember when there were five Starbucks locations in this town. We approached them with expectancy and awe—It’s from Seattle! All the drink names are Italian!— and for a solid month we drank them dry. (Hard to believe it now, but a Starbucks cup was once a conversation starter.) Then, the novelty exhausted, we returned to our favorite seats at Cafe Espresso Roma, Copioh and Enigma. When we hit Starbucks these days, it’s usually a drive-thru. The reason we preferred those aforementioned, Vegas-born establishments—sadly all defunct now—wasn’t because they made a better cup of coffee (though on a given day, at least two of them did), or because they were the first in the Valley to go pseudo-Italian. Rather, we went there because we felt like we belonged there. I could walk into Enigma virtually any time of the morning, afternoon or evening—because back then, most local coffeehouses stayed open into the evening hours—and find at least one friend to talk to, argue or flirt with. Failing that, I could sit alone among other groups of friends, do my work and feel like I was being social.
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That sensation is part of what compelled me to move to Seattle in 2002. Way up yonder, neighborhood cafes and coffeehouses run thick; it’s not unusual to find one right next door to another. The reason for this, as near as I could figure out, is simple: Seattle’s long, gray, wet winters have the potential to drive anyone insane, and if you’ve only got your home and your workplace to sustain you, you’re not going to make it. You need a spot where you can hang out for a long stretch and read a book, chat with a neighbor or play chess with a frenemy. You need a “third place.” Sociologist Ray Oldenburg introduced the term “third place” in his 1989 book The Great Good Place. He reasoned that in order for communities to form and grow, we need a gathering spot beyond our homes and jobs (places one and two). As examples, he cited several historic types of locales, among them the agoras of ancient Greece and the taverns of the American Revolution—places to make friends, exchange ideas and build societies. To those, I would add the cafes of Seattle, which kept me sane for 10 years, and the extinct coffeehouses of Maryland Parkway, where I met virtually everyone I know today.
Happily, new third places are developing around us. This column was written at two of them: Sambalatte in Boca Park and the new Writer’s Block. Gäbi Coffee & Bakery, in Chinatown, punches several boxes; not only does it give off strong Northwest coffeehouse vibes, but it also has the feel of a museum, a park, a library—other first-class third places. (By the way, our libraries are also splendid places to hang out—Sahara West, particularly.) We have board-game cafes, places of worship and, after sundown and in winter, our parks. But there’s not nearly enough of these places just yet, and we need them badly. Without third places, we might be tempted to lean too heavily on the internet for the socializing we used to do in public. So, let’s build the cafes, the museums (I used to spend hours writing in Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park) and the air-conditioned park pavilions. Let’s keep the coffeehouses open past 4 p.m. (looking at you, Vesta Coffee Roasters) and renew our library cards. Let’s skip the bars for once, get together someplace relatively quiet and talk to each other. Let’s make some great good places and, I dunno, maybe hatch a revolution there.
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172 Sub-Radio 6/20. Evol Walks, Mother Mercury 6/21. These Killers (Killers tribute) 6/22. Modern Mimes 6/23. Nirvana Mania (Nirvana tribute), Leaving Springfield 6/29. Rio, 702-513-3356. ACCESS SHOWROOM Serpentine Fire (Earth, Wind & Fire tribute) 6/29. Aliante Casino, 702-692-7777. AMERICAN LEGION POST 8 Creeping Death, Sentenced to Burn, Fuming Mouth, Languish, Dredge the Lake, Casket Raider 6/25. Ceremony, Sheer Mag, Bugg, Spitting Image 6/29. 733 N. Veterans Memorial Drive, 702-382-8533. Backstage Bar & Billiards Mastiv, Late Night Savior, Mynas, Limitless, Always 2 Late, Achromatica 6/22. Crash Midnight 6/29. 601 Fremont St., 702-382-2227. THE BARBERSHOP Shawn Eiferman 6/20. Cameron Dettman 6/21. The 442s 6/22, 6/29. Justin Carder 6/27. Ryan Whyte Maloney 6/28. Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7434. THE BOXX Young Nut, Sizz Pacc, Blaw Blaw, Hoodie, TM, Yung Salvo 6/22. 1000 N. Nellis Blvd., 702-824-5281. Brooklyn Bowl Get Ur Freak On 6/22. Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Aggrolites, Tomorrows Bad Seeds 6/23. Linq Promenade, 702-862-2695. Bunkhouse Saloon Bob Log III, The Fat Dukes of F*ck, Sheiks of Neptune, The Swamp Gospel, DJ Omar the Kid 6/22. Jon Walker, Mark Rose 6/23. Chels Fuego, Jazlynrich, J Word, Lowwki 6/26. Ho99o9, Hoddy the Young Jedi 6/27. A Night of Hip-Hop and Poetry 6/28. Mystic Braves, The Acid Sisters 6/29. 124 S. 11th St., 702-982-1764. Chrome Showroom Bobby Caldwell 6/22. Santa Fe Station, 702-658-4900. CLEOPATRA’S BARGE Wayne Newton 6/246/26. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. THE CLUB Queensrÿche, Skid Row 6/22. Metalachi 6/28. Cannery, 702-507-5700. CLUB MADRID John Mayall 6/28. Sunset Station, 702-547-7777. The Colosseum Reba, Brooks & Dunn 6/26, 6/28-6/29. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. Count’s VAMP’D Jason Walker & The Majestic 12, Peaceful Retreat, Tulgey Woof 6/20. The Bones, Burn Unit 6/21. 4NR (Foreigner tribute), Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (ZZ Top tribute) 6/22. John Zito Band & Friends 6/27. Paul Gilbert, Stoney Curtis Band 6/28. Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango, Jeff Carlson Band 6/29. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. THE Dillinger Jase Wills 6/21. Marty Feick 6/22. Monk & The Po Boys 6/28. Manny Franco 6/29. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001. THE Dispensary Lounge Chris Clermont 6/21. Ryan Baker 6/22. From Worlds Alike 6/26. Frank Potenza 6/28. Jo Belle Yonley 6/29. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. THE DISTRICT AT GREEN VALLEY RANCH Gracen Reign 6/21. Cameron Dettman 6/22. Richard Mann 6/28. Mikey Tucker 6/29.
2225 Village Walk Drive, 702-564-8595. Dive Bar Anti-Nowhere League, The Besmirchers, The Jagoffs, Better Broken, Lean 13 6/27. GC Records 20th Anniversary ft. Toys That Kill, The Dirty Little Betty’s & more 6/29. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOWNTOWN CONTAINER PARK Richard Mann, Sunrise Sunset, Super Lemon 6/21. Rein Garcia Duo, Jill & Julia 6/28. Stanley Avenue 6/29. 707 Fremont St., 702-359-9982.
Biscuits 6/22. Blackbear, Elohim, Gashi 6/23. Gasolina Party ft. Rickstarr, 2DEEP, DJ Ocho 6/27. In the End (Linkin Park tribute), New Doubt (No Doubt tribute) 6/28. Feed Me, Teeth 6/29. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, Every Time I Die 6/28. Judas Priest, Uriah Heep 6/29. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000. THE LAWN Minus Point 8, All Too Familiar 6/26. Downtown Summerlin, downtown summerlin.com.
The Scatterbrains 6/26. The Bar Squad 6/27. Chris Tofield 6/28. GoldTop Bob, The Moanin’ Blacksnakes 6/29. 3355 Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. STAR OF THE DESERT ARENA Christian Nodal 6/29. Primm, 702-386-7867. STARBOARD TACK Eamon Fogarty, Bad Girls Smoking Lounge, The Quacks 6/29. 2601 Atlantic St., 702-684-5769. Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Brodie Stewart 6/21. Garrett Speer 6/28. Town Square, 702-435-2855.
DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER SoundYard ft. Destructo, Golf Clap & more 6/22. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000.
M PAVILION Pat Green 6/15. M Resort, 702-797-1000.
Encore Theater Robbie Williams 6/21-6/22, 6/25-6/26, 6/28-6/29. Wynn, 702-770-6696.
MGM Grand Garden Arena Khalid, Clairo 6/22. 702-531-3826.
SUNCOAST SHOWROOM Queen Nation (Queen tribute) 6/22. DSB (Journey tribute) 6/29. 800-745-3000.
EVEL PIE A Vulture Wake, Brock Frabbiele 6/26. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460.
Orleans Showroom The Platters 6/28-6/29. 702-365-7111.
Terry Fator TheatRE Boyz II Men 6/21-6/23, 6/28-6/30. Mirage, 702-792-7777.
Fremont STREET EXPERIENCE Sugar Ray 6/29. vegasexperience.com.
Park Theater Aerosmith 6/22, 6/24, 6/27, 6/29. Park MGM, 844-600-7275.
T-Mobile Arena Hootie & The Blowfish, Barenaked Ladies 6/22. Paul McCartney 6/28-6/29. 702-692-1600.
Gilley’s Saloon Scotty Alexander 6/21-6/22. Matt Farris 6/26-6/27. Dillon Carmichael 6/27. Left of Centre 6/28-6/29. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722.
Pearl CONCERT THEATER Machine Gun Kelly 6/29. Palms, 702-944-3200.
Golden Nugget Showroom Greg Kihn Band 6/21. Gary Lewis & The Playboys 6/28. 866-946-5336. THE Golden Tiki Pope Paul & The Illegals 6/25. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196. House of Blues The Dan Band 6/21. Grits &
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7/19. 1025 S. 1st St., 702-383-3133. Baobab Stage Theatre The Spot 6/26. Town Square, 702-369-6649. BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Greg Vaccariello 6/20. Jill Kimmel 6/27. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Dave Landau, KT Tatara, Matt Holt Thru 6/23. Paul Ogata, Gabriel Rutledge, Derek Richards 6/24-6/30. Brad Garrett, Paul Ogata, Gabriel Rutledge 6/30. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. The Colosseum Jerry Seinfeld 6/21-6/22. Trevor Noah 6/30. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. COMEDY CELLAR Shane Torres, Emma Willmann, Allan Havey, Dean Edwards, Mark Cohen Thru 6/23. Dan Naturman, Pete Lee, Aida Rodriguez, Dov Davidoff 6/24-6/30. Rio, 702-777-2782. GRAND EVENTS CENTER Rhett & Link 6/21. Green Valley Ranch, 702-617-7777. JIMMY KIMMEL’S COMEDY CLUB Orny Adams 6/20-6/23. Rich Vos 6/27-6/30. Linq Promenade, 702-777-2782. JOKESTERS COMEDY CLUB Ron Coleman 6/20-6/21. Don Barnhart, Oscar Ovies Thru 6/23. Don Barnhart, Ralph Tutella 6/24-6/30. The D, 702-388-2111. L.A. COMEDY CLUB Peter Berman Thru 6/23. Todd Rexx 6/24-6/30. The Strat, 702-380-7711.
GO POOL Jenna Palmer & Exodus 6/20. DJ Supa James 6/21. Vanilla Ice 6/22. Flo Rida 6/23. Greg Lopez & JD Live 6/25. Flamingo, 702-697-2888.
LAUGH FACTORY Mitch Fatel, Steve Marshall, Alex Powers Thru 6/23. Rob Little, Heath Harmison, Dave Mencarelli 6/24-6/30. Tropicana, 702-739-2411.
Hyde DJ Sleep 6/20. DJ Ikon 6/21. Greg Lopez 6/22. DJ Finesee 6/23. DJ E-Rock 6/25. DJ Sincere 6/26. Bellagio, 702-693-8700.
Millennium Fandom Bar Jozalyn Sharp, Garrett Hall, Vincent Blackshear, Eric Bell, Evan Fonfa 6/20. 900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-405-0816.
JEMAA THE NOMAD POOL PARTY Brett Rubin & Steve Walker 6/20. Chris Garcia & J. Diesel 6/21. Kungs 6/22. Crykit 6/23. Park MGM, 702-730-6784. KAOS Above & Beyond 6/20. Dayclub: David Clutch 6/21. Skrillex 6/21. Dayclub: Marshmello 6/22. Kaskade 6/22. Dayclub: Kaskade 6/23. Louis the Child 6/23. Palms, 702-739-5267. Light DJ E-Rock 6/21. DJ Sourmilk 6/22. DJ Romeo 6/26. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700. Marquee DAYCLUB Timmy Trumpet 6/21. R3HAB 6/22. Sam Feldt 6/23. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. Marquee Fedde Le Grand 6/21. Chuckie 6/22. Sam Feldt 6/24. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. ON THE RECORD Chris Villa 6/20. Mell Starr 6/21. DJ Ross One 6/22. Park MGM, 702-730-7777. TAO BEACH Greg Lopez 6/20. DJ Kittie 6/21. Ruckus 6/22. Kay The Riot 6/23. Venetian, 702-388-8588. TAO DJ Five 6/20. Justin Credible 6/21. MikeAttack 6/22. Venetian, 702-388-8588. XS Kygo 6/21. Major Lazer 6/22. Nightswim: The Chainsmokers 6/23. Encore, 702-770-7300.
Comedy ART SQUARE THEATRE Bleach Improv 6/28,
SAND DOLLAR LOUNGE Comedy 6/24. Spring Mountain Road, 702-485-5401. South Point Showroom The Clean Up Crew w/Jeff Norris & Chris Monty 6/21-6/22. 702-696-7111. Terry Fator TheatrE Kathleen Madigan 6/21. Jay Leno 6/22. Ron White 6/28-6/29. Mirage, 702-792-7777. TICKLE ME COMEDY CLUB Traci Skene, David Lee Thru 6/22. Jeremy Flores, David Caliz 6/25-7/6. Eclipse Theaters, 702-816-4300. TopGolF Sean Finnerty 6/27-6/28. 4627 Koval Lane, 702-933-8458.
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Erotic Heritage Museum Freak Show— Viva Las Freaks! 6/20-6/21, 6/27-6/28. 3275 Sammy Davis Jr. Drive, 702-794-4000. Henderson EVENTS PLAZA Last Friday 6/28. 200 S. Water St., 702-267-2171 Henderson Pavilion Henderson Symphony Orchestra Summer Pops Concert 6/27, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. THE Mob Museum Stonewall and the Mob: The 50th Anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement 6/27. Follow the Money: The Treasury Department’s Century-Long War on the Mob 6/29. 300 Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org. THE Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Thru 6/23. (Cabaret Jazz) David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra: The Music of Disney 6/21. Frankie Moreno 6/23. The Composers Showcase 6/26. The Lon Bronson Band 6/29. Conversations with Norm: Chef Julian Serrano and Chef Rick Moonen 6/30. 702-749-2000. West Charleston Library Transcendent Sound Bath 6/30. 3045 Walnut Dr., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas ARTS CENTER The Poets’ Corner 6/21. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989. West Las Vegas LIBRARY The Poet’s Corner 6/21. It’s Not Just Me: A Musical Theater Youth Performance 6/22-6/23. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787.
LOCAL THEATER COCKROACH THEATRE Satango Thru 6/23. Art Square Theatre, 1025 S. 1st St., #110, 725-222-9661. Majestic Repertory Theatre I, Nomi 6/27-/30, 7/11-14 Bigfoot 6/28-7/14. 1217 S. Main St., 702-478-9636. Super Summer Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream 6/26-7/13. Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 702-579-7529. Velveteen Rabbit A Midsummer Night’s Dream 6/23. 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.
SCREEN Clark County Library Bag It 6/22. Reel Rock 13 6/23. Easy to Love 6/25. Harry Potter Interactive Movie Experience 6/26. Persona Non Grata 6/26. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702507-3400.
Performing Arts & Culture
THE Mob Museum Angels With Dirty Faces 6/24. 300 Stewart Ave., themobmuseum.org.
ArtificE Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School 6/20. Steampunk Nightmare Masquerade Ball 6/21. Ridiculesque 6/29. 1025 S. 1st St. #A, 702-489-6339.
Galleries & Museums
BARNES & NOBLE Wayne Turmel 6/29. 567 N. Stephanie St., 702-434-1533.
ALPHA VOYAGE GALLERY Lumen Essence by Rommel Lozano Thru 7/6. 3105 W. Tompkins Ave., 888-831-4844.
Clark County Library Ignite Dance Center: Iconic dance recital 6/20. Movement Dance Experience: Vegas Baby dance recital 6/22. Dance Fusion 2019 Showcase 6/27. Las Vegas Men’s Chorus: Colors of the Rainbow 6/29. 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
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Barrick Museum of Art (East & West Galleries) Justin Favela & Ramiro Gomez: Sorry for the Mess Thru 8/3. (Braunstein Gallery) Vessel: Ceramics of Ancient West Mexico Thru 8/17. UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381.
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Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (Artist Studio) Parker Ito Thru 6/23. 702-693-7871. Centennial Hills Library Wade Hampton: Palet Thru 6/30. 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-6100. Charleston HeightS Arts Center Gallery Salon des Refusés Thru 6/22. Remnant 6/26-9/28. 800 Brush St., 702-229-2787.
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CORE CONTEMPORARY Meaning: The Search For Thru 6/27. 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222, 702-805-1166. CSN (Fine Arts Gallery) 2019 Juried Student Exhibition and Salon des Refusés Thru 6/22. (Artspace Gallery) Making a Mark Thru 6/28. 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., 702-651-4146. East Las Vegas Library Checko Salgado: 28th Street Thru 7/7. 2851 East Bonanza Road 702-507-3500 Enterprise Library Christopher Brandstetter: Detroit: Art in Decay Thru 8/13. 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702-507-3760.
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Drive, 702-507-3860. West Charleston Library Las Vegas News Bureau: Vegas Golden Knights Thru 7/16. 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3940. West Las Vegas Library Ted Polumbaum: Lives on the Line Thru 6/25. 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3980. Whitney Library Dale Cox: Paintings Thru 7/9. 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. Windmill Library Schmitt and Johnsen: Frozen in Flux Thru 7/14. 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.
FOOD & DRINK 8th Annual Bones & Booze 6/21. Natural History Museum, lvnhm.org. White Party 6/22. Andiron Steak & Sea, 1720 Festival Plaza Drive, bit.ly/2JKDvhU. drink beer hail pizza 6/26. ReBar, 1225 S. Main St., bit.ly/31C7O07
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Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Then and Now: The Neon Boneyard Lighting Up Las Vegas Thru 7/24. 1017 S. 1st St. #190, nevadahumanities.org.
FUTURE STARS OF WRESTLING 6/23. Sam’s Town Live, 702-456-7777.
Priscilla Fowler Fine Art Animals and Birds Among Us Thru 6/29. 1025 S. 1st St. #155, 719-371-5640.
LAS VEGAS ACES Washington 6/20. Dallas 6/22. Seattle 6/25. Indian 6/29. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777.
RECYCLED PROPAGANDA Antisocial Media 6/22-8/22. Reception 6/22. 1114 S. Main St. #120, recycledpropaganda.com.
LAS VEGAS AVIATORS Sacramento 6/206/24. Reno 6/29-7/3. Las Vegas Ballpark, 702-386-7200.
Sahara West Library Everybody Has a Dream Juried Exhibit Thru 7/20. Denise R. Duarte: Unraveling Identity Thru 7/20. 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.
LAS VEGAS LIGHTS Oklahoma City 6/29. Cashman Field, 702-728-4625. TUFF-N-UFF Pack the Mack 6/29. Thomas & Mack Center, 702-739-3267.
Springs PRESERVE (Big Springs Gallery) Forgotten Horizons: National Parks in Nevada and New Mexico Thru 6/23. 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700.
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CHASING A CHANCE JORDAN DAVIS LOOKS TO CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS TO THE NBA
BY RAY BREWER ordan Davis didn’t expect a team to select him in the NBA Draft on June 20.. The North Las Vegas native played at a small college, Northern Colorado, is considered undersized at 6-foot-2 and lacks the consistent outside shot practically required in the modern NBA. The scouting report won’t change, and he says he’s fine with that. But it doesn’t mean he isn’t worthy of an opportunity to reach the league, especially considering he was Northern Colorado’s all-time leading scorer, thanks to high-level athleticism that routinely produced highlight-reel plays. His mentality is simple: “Give me a chance, and I’ll prove you wrong,” he says.
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It was the same approach when he was a senior at Canyon Springs High School. Despite being one of Southern Nevada’s most accomplished players as part of three consecutive regional championship teams, Davis was lightly recruited. He may have drawn interest in football at wide receiver. Then Northern Colorado came calling—the one Division I chance he needed. Not only did he shatter scoring records and lead the Bears to a CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament title in 2018, but he also developed a new maturity. “They got me ready for life after basketball,” he said. “I trust those guys with my life. Those guys taught me how to work out the right way. They taught me how to be a pro.” Davis finished with 2,270 career points in college, including a monster senior season in which he posted averages of 23.4 points, 4.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game en route to being named the Big Sky Conference’s Player of the Year. Along the way, he had several signature moments. There was the dunk in the Big Sky Conference tournament, where he elevated over a Montana defender for a ridiculous slam. It was that day’s top play SportsCenter on ESPN’s SportsCenter. “Great players making great plays,” the announcer proclaimed excitedly in a clip that spread across social media. “That’s even better than that.” And there was that time when Davis nearly led Northern Colorado to an upset of nationally ranked Arizona. He had 20 points in the 2016 loss, catching the eye of Arizona coach Sean Miller. “Jordan Davis can play at any program in the country,” Miller said. “He’s a special talent. He’s big. He’s physical. He made the game easier for his teammates.” The following season, Davis scored 28 points against hometown UNLV, and the Rebels had to rally for the win. ThenUNLV coach Marvin Menzies wondered
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aloud in the postgame interview why the previous coaching staff hadn’t recruited Davis. Davis wondered the same thing. His idol growing up was Anthony Marshall, the former UNLV point guard who also hails from North Las Vegas. Davis wanted to follow in Marshall’s Rebel footsteps. But it wasn’t meant to be—and that might have been for the best (for him, at least). Davis developed into a prospect at Northern Colorado, playing significant minutes as a four-year starter to get on the radar of pro scouts. He declared for the draft last year after his junior season, but didn’t hire an agent and returned to college, where he improved his 3-point shooting from 24 percent as a junior to 36 percent this past season. “I had to grow mentally and become a better point guard. I had to become a better shooter and defender,” he said of returning. “I’m continuing to show [the scouts] what I can do. I didn’t play on TV every night. I wasn’t in an elite conference. They are just now starting to see me.” While Davis wasn’t expected to be picked in the draft, there’s a good chance he’ll land on a roster for the NBA Summer League, which begins July 5 in Las Vegas. His college coach, Jeff Linder, calls him “a miniature Russell Westbrook.” This past week, Davis was invited to work out for the Denver Nuggets, the first of many chances to make a splash in the NBA. As he says, it only takes one opportunity. “I’m from North Las Vegas,” Davis told reporters after the tryout. “If you go there and I take you to the neighborhood where I grew up as a kid, like my high school, you wouldn’t take any opportunity for granted.”
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MEASLES
About one in 20 children with measles develops pneumonia. About one in 1,000 children with measles will develop encephalitis. This can lead to convulsions and can leave the child deaf or with intellectual disabilities. One to two of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.
BY MEREDITH S. JENSEN | SPECIAL TO WEEKLY
t begins with a fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes and a sore throat— common enough symptoms. What follows is a more telltale sign—a blotchy red rash that spreads across the body. Measles, also known as rubeola, is a viral infection that was once a common childhood illness and is now preventable with a vaccine. While it can be serious and fatal for small children, death rates have fallen worldwide. Still, more than 100,000 individuals—most under the age of 5—die each year, and because of the antivaccine movement and international travel to and from areas experiencing outbreaks, the measles virus has been rebounding.
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Transmission Measles and mucus are happy bedfellows. The virus lives in the membranes of the nose and throat, and spreads through coughing, sneezing and general respiration. Measles can sustain itself for up to two hours in the air and on surfaces, which means even if the infected person is no longer in the room, the virus may remain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected.
Symptoms The virus works through the body during a period of two to three weeks. Measles incubates for 10-14 days before the first symptoms appear. It is communicable for about eight days after symptoms begin.
ABOUT MEASLES A highly contagious viral disease, measles is considered rare, despite its recent resurgence. Anyone at risk for contracting the disease should be aware of the signs and symptoms.
Days 1-2 Fever Cough Runny nose Sore throat Swollen, red eyes (conjunctivitis)
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Days 2-3 Tiny white spots with blue centers (Koplik spots) may appear in the mouth
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Days 3-5 Blotchy, flat rash spreads quickly over entire body Fever spikes
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About one in five people who get measles will be hospitalized.
Vaccine Recent outbreak concerns have prompted health officials to encourage people to know their immunization status. People who need the vaccine include the following: ■ Children ages 1-6 need to get the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine as part of their routine vaccine schedule. They should have their first dose at 1215 months old, then at 4-6 years old. Children younger than 12 months need one dose of the measles vaccine if they’re traveling outside the United States.
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■ Any adult who wasn’t exposed to measles or received the vaccine as child may need to get it as an adult. Everyone age 18 and older born after 1957 who has not had measles needs at least one dose of the measles vaccine. Most people born before 1957 were exposed to the illness and do not need the vaccine. Anyone vaccinated from 1963-1967 should have their blood tested unless they can find the appropriate documentation. Two vaccines were used during this time, one of which was ineffective. A new vaccine was developed in 1968, then expanded in 1971 to include immunization against mumps and rubella. The MMR vaccine is safe, effective and still used today. Anyone who has had the recommended two doses is covered.
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What is an outbreak? Officials define a measles outbreak as three or more reported cases. Current ongoing outbreaks are linked to travelers who brought the virus back from countries where large outbreaks are occurring. The CDC recommends making sure you are vaccinated against measles before any international travel.
Measles Outbreak 2019* According to the CDC, from January 1 to June 13, 1,044 cases of measles have been confirmed in 28 states.
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By the 1960s, nearly all children got measles by the time they were 15. According to the CDC, an estimated 3-4 million people in the U.S. were infected each year, and of those cases, 400-500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized and 1,000 suffered encephalitis.
Current cases States with reported cases are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington. ■ This is the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since 1994 and since measles was declared Measles cases reported by year 2010: 63 2011: 220 *Data as of June 13. The 2012: 55 count is preliminary and 2013: 187 subject to change. 2014: 667 **2018 count is preliminary 2015: 188 and subject to change 2016: 86 2017: 120
2018: 372**
2019: 1,044* Measles became a noteworthy disease in the U.S. in 1912. In the first decade of reporting diagnosed cases, there were an average of 6,000 measles-related deaths each year.
MEASLES IN NEVADA After a measles case was reported in Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District encouraged all Southern Nevadans to review their immunization status. According to a press release from the SNHD this spring, an international visitor to Las Vegas potentially exposed vulnerable people to the measles virus at Treasure Island resort March 9, as well as Desert Springs Hospital on March 10 and 11. Those who may have had contact with the individual have been notified. No other cases have been reported at this time. For information about area immunization clinics, call 702-759-0850. Immunizations are available at the following locations: ■ Main Public Health Center, 280 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas ■ East Las Vegas Public Health Center, 570 N. Nellis Blvd., Suites D1 & E12, Las Vegas
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Southern Nevada Health District
■ Southern Nevada Health District Henderson Clinic, 874 American Pacific Drive, Henderson ■ Mesquite Public Health Center, 830 Hafen Lane, Mesquite
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New agreement cuts water usage further if Colorado River levels keep dropping By John Sadler
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he American West has never been particularly wet, but it’s getting even drier. The Colorado River is low. Lake Mead is low. Lake Powell is low. The white ring along the sides of giant mountain-lined reservoirs continues to grow. Since 2000, the West—including Nevada—has been in a serious drought, and affected states are scrambling to adapt. A recent agreement between Western states—initially proposed and approved by their U.S. senators and signed into law by President Donald Trump—will attempt to tackle the dearth of water in the Colorado River by instituting further water-use restrictions. The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan, divided into plans for the river’s upper and lower basins, is the product of years of interstate negotiations, business transactions and political dealings. What, though, does it mean for Nevada and other Western states as a whole?
A history of agreements on top of agreements protecting the Colorado The first major agreement allocating water from the river to the states within its basin was the Colorado River Compact, signed into law in 1922. This agreement, among other provisions, granted the upper and lower basins 7.5 million acre-feet of water [the amount needed to cover an acre of land with a foot of water] annually, required the two basins to distribute their allocations across their states, and required the upper basin not to let the river drop below an aggregate of 75 million acre-feet for any 10-year period. Unfortunately, this first agreement was made during an uncharacteristically wet period, so the allocations were not indicative of the Colorado’s normal flow. Other agreements began in 1928 with the authorization of construction of the Hoover Dam, and have continued from then. Allocations of water to Mexico [where the river’s mouth is], desalination efforts and allocation to each state within the basins were some of
ADDITIONAL DROUGHT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLORADO RIVER
States along the Colorado River basin agreed in 2007 to water “contributions”—which are essentially decreases in water allocations—during periods of drought. Despite the efforts, water levels have continued to drop. To combat this, basin states recently accepted an additional agreement (which adds to the previous) in an effort to slow the decline. Here are the most recent contribution additions:
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the issues tackled in those agreements. Together, the series of laws and acts create what is referred to as “the Law of the River.” One of the more recent agreements was added in 2007, and it addressed water allocations during periods of drought. Under this agreement, Nevada’s Colorado River allocation decreases by 13,000 acre-feet a year if the level in Lake Mead drops below 1,075 feet. Arizona, with a much higher annual allocation, decreases 320,000 acre-feet in that same scenario. California has senior water rights, meaning it would be the last state to decrease allocations in drought scenarios. California’s participation in the planning process was voluntary, as no cuts would technically be required of the Golden State under the law. Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State, said a decline in 2000 led the states to realize they needed to act to protect the river. “With that quick drop [in water level], all the parties involved realized they had to do something,” he said. The upper basin states tend not to use their full allocations, which Schmidt said is one of the only reasons Lake Mead has survived the drought. Water not used in the upper basin continues to flow south. But that’s not enough. The water level in Lake Mead is still dropping, so the new contingency plans are a Band-Aid on the 2007 agreement.
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Upper Basin Contributions The Colorado River is mostly refilled by melting snowpack in the Rocky Mountains. The ultimate discharge, or amount of water in the river, can fluctuate depending on annual precipitation rates, so states are allocated a percentage of discharge, which varies each year depending on the weather. The Upper Basin plan does not require any water cutbacks.
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What does the new agreement mean? Probably not much for Nevada. The state has nearperfected a range of water conservation and recycling measures that will likely cover any reductions in its allocations from the Colorado. Nevada, like the other lower basin states, has signed on to further “contributions”—essentially further water allocation cuts—to Lake Mead in the event of a low water level. The Silver State has agreed to an additional 8,000-acre-foot contribution if the water level at Lake Mead falls below 1,090 feet, and a 10,000-acre-foot contribution if Lake Mead recedes below 1,045 feet. These contributions come on top of the previously promised allocations agreed to in 2007. Nevada is one of the smallest contributors under the plan when measured by a straight amount of acre-feet. For example, Arizona would contribute 192,000240,000 under the same river levels, and California would contribute 200,000-350,000, on a sliding scale determined by the river’s water levels between 1,0301,045 feet. As of June 1, the Lake Mead water level was just above 1,086 feet. Nevada should be fine because it gets credit for recycled water returned to the river.
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already below 1,090 feet, so additional cuts in allocations won’t come into play for a while. The Bureau sets the likelihood that Lake Mead will drop below 1,050 feet before [and including] 2020 at 0%, and a no more than 39% likelihood by 2023.
New Lower Basin Contributions 1,200
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Colorado river allocation: 300,000 acre-feet per year
Colorado river allocation: 2.8 million acre-feet per year
If Lake Mead drops to 1,045-1,090 feet, Nevada is allocated 292,000 acre-feet
If Lake Mead drops to 1,045- 1,090 feet, Arizona is allocated 2,608,000 acre-feet
Below 1,045 feet, Nevada is allocated 290,000 acre-feet
CALIFORNIA
Colorado river allocation: 4.4 million acre-feet per year If Lake Mead drops to 1,040-1,045 feet, California is allocated 4,200,000 acre-feet
Below 1,045 feet, Arizona is allocated 2,560,000 acre-feet
Per a 1944 treaty, Mexico is typically allocated 1,500,000 acre-feet annually
If Lake Mead drops to 1,035-1,040, California is allocated 4,150,000 acre-feet
Water levels at Lake Mead: 1,086 feet (as of June 1)
If Lake Mead drops to 1,030-1,035, California is allocated 4,100,000 acre-feet If Lake Mead drops below 1,030, California is allocated 4,050,000 acre-feet
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“We’re in pretty good shape,” said Eric Witkoski, executive director of the Colorado River Commission of Nevada. The state, which gets 300,000 acre-feet a year from the Colorado, has attacked water waste vigorously. Witkoski said the Southern Nevada Water Authority targeted activities such as lawn watering and car washing to discourage any use that left water in the ground, where it cannot be recycled. The agreement will expire in 2026, so the states will continue to hash out a more long-term solution— though Schmidt doesn’t like the word “permanent.” “The reality is we see into the future poorly,” he said, stressing that continued changes in the
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climate would require continued action to protect the Colorado.
HOW DID WE GET HERE? The world is getting hotter. Warming temperatures mean less snowfall on average. Less snowfall means less snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, which means that each spring there’s not enough water flowing down the mountains to feed the Colorado and the streams that empty into it. Schmidt said the drought’s connection to climate change is “unambiguous.” “There isn’t one serious water manager in the
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Colorado River basin who doesn’t take climate change seriously,” he said. Hotter temperatures can cause more rain and less snow, higher evaporation rates and staggered snowmelt. Under the Trump administration, the United States has retreated from serious action on climate change, stepping back from the Paris Climate Agreement almost immediately after President Donald Trump was sworn into office. Schmidt has little patience for partisan bickering around climate change. The issue, he said, it settled. “There’s no time for silly political rhetoric,” Schmidt said. “We’ve got big decisions to make.”
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t’s tough to miss Fidel Ortiz at the Las Vegas Lights games. He’s affectionately called “The Argentinian” by other fans because of his roots from Saavedra in Buenos Aires. On this night, he’s wearing an Argentinian national jersey with a Lights cape and hat. He, like many of the other supporters, is optimistic that talks of turning the minor-league Lights into a Major League Soccer expansion franchise come to fruition. Las Vegas is a great fit, he says. “It’s going to grow in a way that they don’t even know,” Ortiz said. “This is a raw diamond that needs be polished, and they’re polishing it right now.” Of course, there’s plenty that needs to happen for Las Vegas to land a Major League soccer franchise—namely, MLS still needs to choose Las Vegas over other cities vying for presumably the last spot in the league. But after this month’s City Council vote to enter into an agreement with a developer to remake Cashman Field for the MLS, as well as a separate plan floated by the Golden Knights and owner Bill Foley, momentum is stronger than it has ever been. That’s good news for soccer junkies like Ortiz who can’t wait to see the country’s top league come to the area. The Lights average about 7,600 fans per game, which is fifth-best in the United Soccer League, according to Soccerstadiumdigest.com. “For us, it’s more real now,” Las Vegas Lights FC goalie Angel Alvarez said. “If I had been growing up in a town with an MLS team, I would have been striving for that my whole life. I would have been
supporting the team since Day 1.” Alvarez, a Las Vegas native, was not an MLS fan growing up. Like many soccer fans, he followed clubs in other countries and didn’t give the MLS much attention. When he was young, one could argue, the MLS was a smaller league looked down on by the soccer community. The prestige of the league is growing, though. Within two years, MLS will boast 27 teams, with a
stated desire to add three more. First-year Lights coach Eric Wynalda played for San Jose when the league began in 1996 and scored the first goal in league history. He said MLS has come a long way, and that Las Vegas is next frontier for the league. “Part of my thinking was that I always wanted to be in Vegas for the possibility and potential of this happening,” Wynalda said. “Vegas is a city that has all the ingredients necessary to support a Major League Soccer team.” Las Vegas is up against Phoenix; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Detroit among teams vying for a team, with the expectation that St. Louis and Sacramento will each get a team. It’s stiff competition with each city offering something different. Las Vegas has become a landing spot for professional sports development in the past two years, with unprecedented investment in new teams and facilities—everything from the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on the Strip, to the Raiders in 2020 relocating here to play in a $1.8 billion stadium. “To me, it represents opportunity to our town,” Alvarez said. “The talent that we have here in Vegas is not going to go to waste anymore. They have something to look up to. A young boy who likes hockey, who likes football, now who likes soccer, they see these pro teams in their hometown, so it pushes them automatically to do better and it makes them start dreaming from a young age that they’ll be there one day.”
Las Vegas Lights FC goalkeeper Angel Alvarez, center, made his professional soccer debut February 13 in a preseason game against the Vancouver Whitecaps. (Courtesy)
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InsideFlyer magazine announced its Freddie awards, voted on by participants of frequent flyer and reward programs. In the hotel category, Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars Rewards program won Best Customer Service and the 210 Award, given to the best-scoring program that is ranked by fewer than 10% of voters. Hyatt’s World of Hyatt won Best Elite Program. Marriott Hotels’ Marriott Bonvoy program won Program of the Year, Best Redemption Ability and Best Promotion. In the airline category, Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards won for Program of the Year, Best Customer Service and Best Redemption Ability. The airline’s Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card from Chase won Best Loyalty Credit Card. American Airlines’ AAdvantage program was awarded Best Elite Program. Avianca’s LifeMiles was awarded Best Promotion. Air Canada’s Aeroplan won the 210 Award. Introduced in 1988 by InsideFlyer magazine, the Freddies are named for Sir Freddie Laker, a British aviation executive. William Caron is the director of the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System. Advanced Imaging Solutions has acquired Comworx, a telephone, video and data company. AIS will
Nevada State Bank, LifeCare Specialty Pharmacy, Montevista Hospital, Desert Radiology and PharmaScript Ambulatory Infusion Center joined Las Vegas HEALS (Health, Education, Advocacy and Leadership for Southern Nevada).
Comprehensive Cancer Centers is an official partner of the Las Vegas Aviators, providing free sunscreen to fans during daytime baseball games throughout the season. Cary Berner is vice president of human resources at SLS Las Vegas. The Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE (Livability, Innovation, Future and Education), which provides opportunities for companies and individuals in the private sector to support key city initiatives, formed its advisory committee. Members include: Andy Abboud, Las Vegas Sands Corp.; Gian Brosco, Nevada Community Foundation; Kristine Creel, community leader/philanthropist; Allan Creel, Creel Printing; Christina Ellis, Ellis Island; Cindy Ellis, Nevada Women’s Philanthropy; Brian Formisano, Wells Fargo; Derrick Hill, Cox Communications; Maria Gatti, MGM Resorts International; Dr. Gard
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some traditional astrologers believe solar eclipses are sour omens. They theorize that when the moon perfectly covers the sun, as it will on July 2, a metaphorical shadow will pass across some part of our lives. Others consider a solar eclipse to be a harbinger of grace and slack and freedom. Or it may be a sign that your inner critic is going to shut up and leave you alone. Or you could suddenly find that you can access the willpower and ingenuity you need so as to change something about your life that you’ve been wanting to change. Start planning now to take advantage of the upcoming blessings of the eclipse. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are you doing with the fertility and creativity that have been sweeping through your life during the first six months of 2019? Are you witheringly idealistic, caught up in perfectionistic detail as you cautiously follow outmoded rules about how to make best use of that fertility and creativity? Or are you being expansively pragmatic, wielding your lively imagination to harness that fertility and creativity to generate transformations that will improve your life forever? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mythologist Joseph Campbell said that heroes are those who give their lives to something bigger than themselves. That’s never an easy assignment for anyone, but right now it’s less difficult for you than ever before. As you prepare for the joyous ordeal, shed the expectation that it will require you to make a burdensome sacrifice. Picture the process as involving the loss of a small pleasure that paves the way for a greater pleasure. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1903, the Wright Brothers put wings on a heavy machine and got the contraption to fly up off the ground for 59 seconds. Sixty-six years later, American astronauts landed on the surface of the moon. The first motorcycle was another quantum leap in humans’ ability to travel. Your next potential breakthrough will be more metaphorically similar to a motorcycle flip than the moonlanding. It may not be crucial to the evolution of the human race, but it’ll be impressive—and a testament to your hard work. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the year 37 AD, Saul of Tarsus was traveling by foot from Jerusalem to Damascus, Syria. He was on a mission to find and arrest devotees of Jesus, then bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished. Saul’s plans got waylaid—or so the story goes—when a “light from heaven” knocked him down and turned him blind. Three days later, Saul’s blindness was healed and he pledged himself to be a devotee of Jesus that he had previously persecuted. In the coming weeks, you will change your mind about an important issue and consider making a fundamental edit of your belief system. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You could be a disorienting or even disruptive influence to some people. You might also have healing and inspirational effects. You should probably warn your allies that you might be almost unbearably interesting. Let them know you could change their minds and disprove their theories. But also tell them that if they remain open to your rowdy grace and boisterous poise, you might provide them with curative stimulation they didn’t even know they needed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some children dislike the taste of broccoli. Food researchers at the McDonald’s restaurant chain decided to address the problem. In an effort to render this ultra-healthy vegetable more palatable, they concocted a version that tasted like bubblegum. Kids didn’t like it, though. It confused them. Get equally creative, even a bit wacky or odd, in your efforts to solve a knotty dilemma. Allow your brainstorms to be playful and experimental. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Rein yourself in from the possibility of committing excesses and extravagance. Set in motion corrective forces that tweak your unconscious mind in just the right way so as to prevent you from getting too much of a good thing. Avoid asking for too much or venturing too far. Be content with and grateful for the exact bounty you have gathered in recent weeks. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your inspiration for the coming weeks is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It begins like this: “The holiest of all holidays are those/Kept by ourselves in silence and apart/The secret anniversaries of the heart/ When the full river of feeling overflows.” Create your own secret holiday of the heart, which you will celebrate at this time of year for the rest of your long life. Be imaginative and full of deep feelings as you dream up the marvelous reasons why you will observe this sacred anniversary.
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