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A VERY VEGAS WEDDING CHAPEL COMES TO PAWN PLAZA Ring the bells. Pawn Plaza has found love. The colorful shopping center adjoining the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop of History Channel’s Pawn Stars recently added a very Vegas amenity: Rev. Scott Polek’s Chapels at the Pawn. Unlike more traditional wedding chapels, this one features “predominantly female reverends,” according to a press statement. Some offer bilingual services. With the slogan “Las Vegas weddings the way Las Vegas weddings were meant to be done,” this wedding chapel adds pizzazz to those nuptials. One of the venue’s five chapels is a 1920s-style speakeasy and another is actually on location at the “Pawn Stars TV Set Chapel.” In lieu of wedding cake, the chapel has partnered with Carl’s Donuts for romantic doughnut bouquets and doughnut walls. You don’t actually have to get married to enjoy the fun. Polek’s Chapels provides “Las Vegas Friendship Ceremonies.” —C. Moon Reed

WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EV E N T S T O F O L L OW A N D N EWS YO U M I SS E D

LATE LATE SHOW “I still love you, in spite of your hostility,” Madonna told the crowd November 7 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, where she took the stage for her Madame X tour. The pop star had been scheduled to begin her show at 10:30 p.m. but didn’t appear until after midnight, and the audience let their displeasure be known, with large segments heckling and booing her.

Activists march toward a Bureau of Land Management office on November 12 to protest attempts by the BLM to expedite public land leases to oil and gas developers. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Cover story: Talking Vegas with the ‘Property Brothers’

CULTURE

Las Vegas’ Gina Carano joins the Star Wars universe

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Garlic Yuzu, Black Belt Eagle Scout and more

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Sports: Lady Rebels assistant coach Mia Bell Vegas Inc: The Mob Museum’s moonshine

STORIES FROM LAST WEEK LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS Las Vegas’ reputation as the entertainment capital of the world is bolstered every year by the multitude of music awards shows taking place on or near the Strip. This week brings two massive musical celebrations that set up in Vegas years ago: The 20th annual Latin Grammy Awards is set for November 14 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, and the 2019 Soul Train Awards will be held November 17 at Orleans Arena. The Soul Train Awards will be broadcast live (at 5 p.m. on BET and BET HER) for the first time this year, something BET has been working on for a few years. The Latin Grammys will also air live, starting at 8 p.m. on the Univision Network. FILLING IN FOR AN ICON Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak had to have emergency surgery, and his longtime co-host Vanna White will fill in for him while he recovers. The show said in a statement that the November 7 taping was canceled as the 73-year-old Sajak underwent successful surgery to correct a blocked intestine. The 62-year-old White stepped in as host when taping resumed November 8 for episodes that will air starting December 9. The statement says Sajak is resting comfortably and looking forward to returning, but does not say how long he is expected to be out or how long White will act as host. KILLER RELEASED Michael Anselmo, a 67-year-old man who became one of the longest-serving inmates in Nevada history after he was convicted of murdering a woman at a Lake Tahoe casino in 1971, was released from prison November 1, more than a decade after a Nevada Supreme Court justice who previously prosecuted him as Washoe County district attorney recommended he be given the possibility of parole.

LAS VEGAS COUNCIL HOMELESS ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT

In an attempt to address homelessness, the Las Vegas City Council approved 5-2 a controversial ordinance on November 6 that bans camping, sleeping and similar activities throughout Downtown and in residential areas. Proposed by Mayor Carolyn Goodman, the measure made it a misdemeanor to rest, sleep, lie down, use a blanket, camp or “lodge” in public rights of way adjacent to residential properties, in 12 Downtown-area districts, or within 500 feet of a food processing facility. The goal of the ordinance is to connect the thousands of homeless people who reside in Las Vegas to services in order to get them off the streets, according to the city. Mayor Pro Tempore Michele Fiore, Councilwoman Victoria Seaman and Councilmen Cedric Crear and Stavros Anthony joined Goodman in voting for the measure. Councilwoman Olivia Diaz and Councilman Brian Knudsen voted against it. The ordinance will only be enforced when shelters and the city-run Courtyard Homeless Resource Center have reached capacity. Under the ordinance, Metro offices are required to inform offenders that they are in violation of the law and that they must relocate to one of the resource centers or to an area outside the ban’s jurisdiction. Districts subject to the so-called camping ban include Fremont Street, the Arts District, the Historic Westside, the Medical District and other surrounding neighborhoods. The measure took effect November 10. Starting February 1, offenders who refuse services or to relocate will be fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to six months. —Miranda Willson

NEW MUSIC STORE OPENING IN THE VALLEY

Las Vegas is about to get a little louder. On November 19, Sixx Gun Music will officially open at 1631 E. Sunset Road #C114. The boutique sells new and used musical gear and includes a custom guitar shop that will feature “Build Your Own Guitar” workshops. Attendees learn how to assemble their own custom guitar, which they keep. “The vibe is totally like Jimi Hendrix’s living room,” representative Sabrina Chapman says of the store in an email. Pro drummer Daniel Margasa owns the shop with partner Alicia Anderson. Margasa has performed with Meatloaf, Deep Purple, Sublime and Fuel. He has his own line of hand-built Margasa amps and guitars, which his store distributes. They’re made in New England, and the first Sixx Gun Music shop is in Palermo, Maine. This is the second location, and represents a big jump to the West Coast. “We are so excited to bring Sixx Gun Music to Las Vegas,” Margasa says in a press statement. “The city is a uniquely creative, bustling entertainment market.” —C. Moon Reed

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the emoluments clause and why it matters

Some officials are accusing President Trump of wrongdoing, stating that he violated this clause in the constitution By John Sadler | Weekly staff

hen President Donald Trump announced the Group of 7 Summit would be held at the Trump National Doral Miami resort, governmental ethics experts and many politicians cried foul over what they saw as a blatant violation of the emoluments clause. As a result, the president decided to pull the summit from the property, but that doesn’t mean Trump’s troubles with the emoluments clause are over. In a very brief description, the emoluments clause bars the president from using his office for personal gain. There are disagreements between the Trump administration and others, though, on what personal gain can mean: Is paying for a hotel room in a Trump-owned hotel the same as directly paying the president? Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., thinks so. As chairwoman of the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee, the Nevada congresswoman is a lead on the House of Representatives investigation into potential violations of the emoluments clause, focusing on Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C. “Even in Nevada, the law says you can’t, if you’re an elected official, enter into any kind of contract with the government,” she said. The situation with Trump is a new one, she said. “We’ve never had a president who kept his businesses going and [stayed] involved with them while they were in office,” Titus said. “They were either put on a blind trust or they didn’t have businesses to start with, but this is new, unprecedented.”

What exactly is the emoluments clause?

There are two clauses of the Constitution that deal with emoluments on the executive level. The domestic emoluments clause bars the president from receiving benefits from the government or any state government besides what has already been allocated to the presidential position. It includes a provision stating that the president’s salary cannot increase during his or her term. The second clause, the Title of Nobility Clause (also known as the foreign emoluments clause), bars executive-level officials from receiving benefits from foreign states or dignitaries. The Trump administration has repeatedly downplayed accusations that the president has violated the emoluments clause, and the definition of “emoluments” itself has not escaped the fray. The president’s lawyers have defined the term as meaning “profit arising from office or employ.” However, a study done by John Mikhail, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, argues that this interpretation is flawed. In the study, Mikhail studied English-language dictionaries published from 1604-1806 and common law dictionaries published between 1523-1792. Mikhail found that every definition of the term relied “on one or more of the elements of the broad definition [that the Department of Justice] rejects in its brief: ‘profit,’ ‘advantage,’ ‘gain,’ or ‘benefit.’ ” Only 8% of the dictionaries cited contained language supportive of the Justice Department’s definition. Titus said that because of the drama surrounding special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s alleged involvement with Russia, as well as the controversy surrounding Trump’s demand for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in exchange for previously appropriated funding from Congress, average Americans may be distracted and less aware of the emoluments issue. “Just the average person on the street is not all that knowledgeable about the details of the Constitution,” she said. “If you say ‘bribe,’ they know just what you’re talking about, but if you say ‘emoluments,’ then that needs a little explanation.”

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What violations is Trump accused of? At the core of Titus’ investigation is the Trump International Hotel, located in the historic Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. Trump did not divest himself from the business. Instead, he placed it in a revocable trust—a decision which has led, Titus said, to businesses and others staying in the hotel to curry favor. For example, former Maine Gov. Paul LePage racked up a $22,000 bill—paid for through state funds—at the Trump International Hotel during his term as governor. With regards to the foreign emoluments clause, multiple issues have been brought up, including a party hosted by the Kuwaiti embassy, numerous room rentals by Saudifunded lobbyists and a celebration of Philippines Independence Day held by the Philippine embassy at Trump’s hotel. “It’s pretty obvious that they’re staying in his hotel to curry his favor,” Titus said. “And also because he and his family are still making money off of the hotel, you might as well be handing him an envelope of cash.” Trump’s decision to stage the G-7 Summit was a more blatant step toward violating the clause, Titus said. “It was an in-your-face [move], and I think that it was so blatant and so bold that that’s why for the first time, you’ve seen Republicans now doing pushback on this emoluments issue,” she said. Titus said Trump’s claim that the summit would have been held at cost holds little water because the hotel would have benefited from the publicity. “Whether he did it at cost or not, it would be a real plus for him having all those people stay there at a time where it would have otherwise been empty,” she said. There are other challenges to the president’s perceived violations of the clause as well. Maryland and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging that he violated the foreign emoluments clause. Long-standing Justice Department guidelines have set precedent that the president cannot be indicted on criminal charges. Titus, though, said this shouldn’t stop courts from investigating. “That’s just the Justice Department’s opinion. That’s not the standing precedent. That’s something that can be challenged, too,” Titus said. As for what happens next, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., who is head of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has filed a subpoena to the General Services Administration, which supervises the lease of the building where Trump’s hotel is housed. Titus said she expects this will start a legal showdown. “If they ignore that [subpoena], then we’ll take it to court, but unfortunately that takes a long time,” she said. “But the thing to remember is if they ignore that, that’s an example of obstruction of justice, and that’s one of the charges that they got [former President Richard] Nixon on.” According to multiple national media outlets, the Trump Organization is exploring selling the property. Titus said this will have little effect on the investigation. “I think the pressure’s getting to him and he wants to sell it if he can, but two things: That doesn’t negate the fact that he’s been using it for three years to make money off of, and that’s the violation of the emoluments clause,” she said. “And also, [with regards to] selling it, we’ve got to be sure we look very closely at the terms of the lease and who he sells it to and how he sells it and all that, because it’s still a public building. We’ll have some involvement in that.” (Photo Illustration)

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‘Property Brothers’ Jonathan and Drew Scott make Vegas their hub By Brock Radke

re you a person who thinks it might be too early to start celebrating the holiday season? Because we don’t want to hear it. Las Vegas Weekly trimmed its Christmas tree the day before Halloween, and we won’t apologize for it, especially because local residents Jonathan and Drew Scott—stars of TV’s popular Property Brothers and the siblings behind home design empire Scott Living—cosigned the preseason cheer. Jonathan even took it to the next level by showing off the blueprints for his Vegas holiday home makeover, a fully decked-out installation happening this week thanks to Ralph Jones Display: “It’s too much for one person to do on his own,” Jonathan says.

The brothers have always been big on Christmas, but Las Vegas has played a central part in their lives and success since Jonathan moved here from their native Canada at the end of 2008. “I think it was -40 degrees in Calgary at that time, and I was like, ‘I’m out, bye snow!’ And that’s when we had that 50year snowstorm in Vegas,” he says. That was before the incredible success of Property Brothers, a reality show that follows real estate expert Drew and licensed contractor Jonathan helping families find, buy and renovate houses into the homes of their dreams. The show was originally released on the W Network in Canada in 2011 before finding its way to HGTV. Now it’s the center of a franchise—and the inspiration of the brothers’ rapidly growing Scott Living home furnishings and décor line. This has been a huge year for the brothers. They acquired the Property Brothers intellectual property for their own production company, launched a new TV show from right here in Las Vegas that’s airing now on HGTV and began work on Dream Homes by Scott Living, a luxury home design and construction project that broke ground on its first property in Henderson over the summer. That’s a lot of stuff to celebrate, which is why we’ve all agreed to get going early on holiday festivities this year. Drew and Jonathan visited the Weekly offices to look back on 2019, look forward to more Vegas fun in 2020 and share some of their plans and traditions for Christmas in Las Vegas.

Jonathan (above) and Drew Scott (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Let’s talk about Dream Homes by Scott Living. Jonathan: The first one is in MacDonald Highlands [in Henderson], and it’s well underway and should be complete in March. It’s the first official Dream Home, and it’s amazing. It has a full indoor basketball court and a climbing wall, and it has a bridge that goes like a catwalk across to the main level. Drew: We’re trying to take the things we think about and others we know think about if you were just dreaming. If you put price and everything else aside, what would be the coolest things you could have in your home? That’s what we want to do for Dream Homes by Scott Living, bring all those dreams to reality. Jonathan: People ask what we dream of, and it’s stuff we see in beautiful resort properties or when we’re traveling. And we’re thinking, how can we do that in a residential application? The Dream Homes program is quintessentially the coolest design stuff possible. Drew: I’m a nerdy basketball guy. I wanted to be in the NBA as a kid, so the idea of being able to put a basketball court indoors would be amazing.

I’m sure you’re planning to take these home designs all over the place, but Vegas seems like the perfect place to start. Drew: Because this is home, we love the idea of starting this program here. But it’s also a big thing because a lot of people think Vegas is all desert landscape, and that sort of Spanish or Mediterraneanstyle home is [all there is]. That’s not the case. There are all different neighborhoods here, and the more contemporary feel of these Dream Homes still bring the warmth and personality that would make a great family home. Is Las Vegas truly headquarters for your various business enterprises? Jonathan: The headquarters for Scott Brothers Global is Nashville. That’s our head office, but we formed the company here a long time ago, and some of our other business, like real estate, is here too. Drew: Our production company headquarters is in Toronto, Scott Brothers Entertainment. We

are spread out a bit, but this is a hub for us in a lot of what we do, and we want to continue to grow here. As Dream Homes grows here in Vegas, we’re looking to expand across the country and North America, and we have been approached to do projects internationally. People have seen the specs of what we’re doing here, they love the designs and we’ve been asked to do properties in Dubai, areas of Europe and Asia and Latin America. Who knows? Maybe we’ll go international. Jonathan: The challenge is, we’re doing 39 projects now across five different cities. It’s hard to break away. With Dream Homes, we’re not in any rush. We’ll see what the response is to this one, then do another and another and keep building from there. Drew: I have a question for you: Have you seen our big poster on the side of the World Market Center Las Vegas? I have. It’s pretty big. Jonathan: It’s obnoxious.

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Renderings of Dream Homes (Scott Brothers/Courtesy)

Drew: That’s for our mattresses by Scott Living. We actually came up with those mattress designs, because we’re so busy and we actually needed a better night’s sleep. That’s [an example of] how it all comes together. So when you’re working on Dream Homes or the Scott Living home collection or shooting a TV Show, everything sort of blends into everything else? Drew: Jonathan and I like to divide and conquer. We’re not going to lead the same project. There are certain aspects of our collections that Jonathan will head and certain aspects I’ll head, just like our production company has our shows and we have other shows we produce and we’ll head different ones. Jonathan: We produce Nate & Jeremiah by Design and Dave and Kortney Wilson’s show [Masters of Flip]. The most time-consuming part of our schedule would be the shows we’re hosting. We host 45 episodes per year. We do a lot, but we’re efficiency experts in how we do it. Even when we’re on set, when we have downtime we’re on our phones going through projects, making notes and approving products. When Drew is touring a house, if he sees something cool or some new technology, it’s like, how can we incorporate this? Drew: We cannot do what we do without our team. I think anyone who has seen some level of success in what they do in their passion or business would be the first to admit the same. Our team makes us what we are. Jonathan: Hire people smarter than you. Our philosophy is actually that we like to work with people we like to work with. We’ve been doing our show now for almost 11 years, and we’ve latched on to the people we think are special. Is it difficult to switch gears so frequently? Because you’re always working on projects that are very different. Drew: For work stuff and the shows we do, that’s not hard, because we’re used to doing that. What’s hard for me is to switch off and just chill. Jonathan makes fun of me all the time for being a die-hard workaholic. Jonathan: I call it robot mode. Drew: My wife works for our company as well, so she and I are always talking shop. For us to switch off and relax and enjoy family and friends, that’s the tough part sometimes. (Continued on Page 14)

We’re trying to take the things we think about and others we know think about if you were just dreaming. If you put price and everything else aside, what would be the coolest things you could have in your home? That’s what we want to do for Dream Homes by Scott Living, bring all those dreams to reality.” -Drew Scott

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(Continued from Page 13) You spent more time this year filming here at home in Las Vegas than ever before. Jonathan: One hundred percent true. I think it was the most time we’ve spent being at home. We filmed for four months for our shows, and we’re actually coming back in February for another three and a half months, so that will be nice. It’s nice to be able to sleep in your own bed, but beyond that, I think that was probably one of the best seasons we’ve ever done. The quality of the work, the stories and the families, everything was great. Drew: It was also the first season of Property Brothers: Forever Home. The original Property Brothers is people looking to buy a house to renovate, but Forever Home has a lot more heart. These are people who have had their houses for a long time and have a lot of memories attached, or maybe they’ve inherited the home from their parents. For us to kick that off in Vegas was cool. We even renovated our older brother’s house. Jonathan: We also have local [general contractors] attached to every single project, so there’s a warranty on all that work, even after we leave for the next city. At the end of the day, we want people to fall in love all over again with their homes and truly want to stay there. Drew: One thing I love, again, is that a lot of people think it’s just a desert here, and on Forever Home we were able to showcase some of the beautiful neighborhoods and all different architectural styles that exist here. We had a lot of viewers saying, “Wait, that’s in Vegas?” Jonathan: “There’s grass in Vegas?” Drew: It was cool to showcase that and all the different stories. One of my favorites was this couple— one of them was a man who was celebrating his 60th birthday, and he decided he wanted to become a drag queen. Frank Marino is one of his idols, and we actually got Frank to come in and kick off that episode and inspire our homeowner.

“It’s always been exciting for us to shine a light on Vegas and show there’s more than gambling and partying here.” -Jonathan Scott

There’s no shortage of personalities you can grab when you’re shooting TV in Las Vegas. Jonathan: It’s always been exciting for us to shine a light on Vegas and show there’s more than gambling and partying here. Drew: That’s the reason we spent so much time renovating the house here. We want this to be our hub. And I love the idea of all our family and friends coming here and spending time together. You’ve moved your family holiday around in recent years, but this year is all about Christmas in Vegas, right? Jonathan: It used to be in Vegas every year until we thought we’d mix it up. It hasn’t been in Vegas for four years. This is a big one. We appreciate your professional guidance in decorating our Las Vegas Weekly tree. I’m not sure about those mini Jonathan and mini Drew ornaments, though. Drew: Those are selling like hotcakes. Jonathan: But wait, which one is selling more? Drew: There’s no statistic that shows that.

The Brothers’ second picture book was released in September. (Harper Collins/Courtesy)

Shouldn’t they be sold only as a set? Drew: Yes, that would be better for me if we did that. Jonathan: We laugh about this all the time, because years ago we did this novelty nightshirt for women. One said “Future Mrs. Jonathan,” and the other was “Future Mrs. Drew.” After the first week, it was like, “Holy smokes! Jonathan, you’ve sold 50. Drew, you sold one.” And his wife bought it. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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H O L I DAY D É C O R I D E A S F R O M T H E S C O T T FA M I LY Christmas traditions are a big deal for Drew and Jonathan Scott and their family, and it’s always been that way. “We go all out, lots of decorations,” Jonathan says. “We always watch It’s a Wonderful Life and Elf and the old-school A Christmas Carol.” Visit Las Vegas Weekly’s Instagram page and you’ll see the brothers are big on singing, too, which takes the celebration to the next level. “We’ll sing carols to the neighbors, and people think we’re weirdos, but we love it,” Drew says. “It’s a nice way to put a smile on someone’s face. We’ll bring a little gift and sing a song.” “It’s usually something fattening and delicious,” Jonathan says of the gift. Even though their parents live in Canada, and the brothers are often on the road working right up until Christmas Day, the family has always made it a point to be together for the holidays. With their updated Scott Living Christmas Collection, the guys are sharing their own festive style with fans and followers. “The whole idea of it is to give people an option, if they want something a little more sophisticated and elegant for Christmas or something that reminds you of growing up, something a little more traditional,” Drew says. “It’s fun to set the mood for the holidays without it being overly expensive or difficult.”

Drew likes the collection’s accent chairs and area rugs, while Jonathan favors the serving plates and platters. Everything is available on QVC or at Kohl’s. “Holiday décor is sort of the same as regular home décor and furnishing, in that a lot of people have a design aesthetic that’s just based on what they grew up with; a traditional style, because they haven’t been introduced to something new,” Drew says. “We’re trying to give people a little bit of a push to something more fresh.” Small touches can make a big difference in your holiday home. “If you have leftover wrapping paper and ribbon, look around your home, and if you have picture frames and things like that, cut out some wrapping and put a little in the frame for a pop of holiday décor, or to cover up some of your uglier relatives,” Jonathan jokes. “Or if you have larger art pieces on the walls, wrap the entire piece and frame and put ribbon around it. It looks like presents all over the walls.” Drew suggests using a wreath to create a table centerpiece, putting it down flat and layering different-size candles in the middle. “When we were kids, we would save greeting cards from the year before and string them like garland across the room,” Jonathan says. “When friends and family came over, they’d recognize the card given the year before was now part of the décor.” –Brock Radke

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HOW TO WINTERIZE YOUR LANDSCAPING

OTHER TIPS ■ If frost or freeze has damaged one of your plants, leave it alone until a period of warmer temperatures has passed; new growth may still appear. Pruning or transplanting a colddamaged plant in the winter can cause more harm.

■ Locate your water shut-off valve and learn how to stop water at the source, which can help minimize damage from leaks or burst water lines caused by freezing.

Las Vegans aren’t faced with harsh winter challenges but our temperatures do dip low enough to cause frost and freeze damage to plants. Winterizing them now will help ensure they make it through the cold months and encourage healthy growth throughout the rest of the year.

PROTECTING YOUR LANDSCAPE DURING THE WINTER Landscapes need less water in colder months, however, specific plants may need special attention. Be sure to give each one an individualized touch. “Determine if your plants are winter hardy and safeguard them accordingly,” said Fritz Kollmann, Botanical Garden Supervisor at Springs Preserve. Before freezing temperatures strike, cover sensitive plants and move potted plants to a protected area or covered patio. “Cover frost-sensitive foliage with frost cloth or blankets to prevent damage,” Kollmann said. “Use some sort of support to keep heavier fabric off the plants you are covering to prevent breakage. Tomato cages, tent poles or other scaffolding-type materials work well.” The fabric should cover the soil below the plants as well. This helps keep the heat in and protect shallow roots. Kollmann notes that frost cloths can be left on the plants for several days but heavier cloths should be removed as soon as temperatures are a few degrees above freezing. More resilient plants require less winter maintenance, but it’s still important to be mindful of their needs. “Many leafy perennials, shrubs, trees and conifers can have improved frost tolerance if they receive water roughly once every 10 days throughout winter,” Kollmann said. “Water these plants before a hard freeze to help the leaves survive.”

WINTER WATERING SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 1 – FEBRUARY 29 For spray irrigation and sprinklers, water only one day a week on your assigned watering day. Drip irrigation is also limited to one day per week, though it can be any day but Sunday. To prevent freezing, water during mid-morning, when temperatures are warmer. You can find your assigned watering day on your water bill or at snwa.com.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE SUCCULENTS Cacti and succulents should be kept mostly dry during the winter. “Most cacti and succulents in the Las Vegas area grow actively during the hot summer months and are dormant in the winter,” Kollmann said. “Wet soil and freezing temperatures are often a lethal combination, causing rot at the base. Protect the tops of frost-sensitive cacti and succulents with foam cups and entirely cover frost-intolerant plants with rose cones, old coolers, frost cloth or anything that provides some insulation.” Covers can be removed once the danger of frost has passed.

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■ Disconnect and drain garden hoses when they are not being used.

■ Set your thermostat to 55 degrees when you’re away to protect pipes and houseplants.

■ Insulate your backflow device with an inexpensive cover or even an old towel and bucket. Be sure not to obstruct or seal the ports.

■ To avoid freezing, wrap exposed irrigation pipes with pipe insulation, faucet socks or an old towel secured with duct tape.

CONSIDER WATER SMART LANDSCAPING Winter is a great time to consider replacing your grass with water smart landscaping through Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Water Smart Landscaping Program. “Use the winter months to plan your landscape conversion, coordinate with a landscaper (or do it yourself), and apply the program so that you are ready to go when the spring planting season arrives in March,” said Bronson Mack of SNWA. Find a list of water-smart contractors to help with the conversion at bit.ly/2K2hh9K. “Better yet, visit the Botanical Garden at Springs Preserve and get inspired to create a welcoming outdoor space that is enjoyable and water-smart,” Mack said.

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INDUSTRIAL EVENT SPACE LAS VEGAS PIZZA FESTIVAL It’s a pie-off! More than 20 of the Valley’s pizzaiolos show off their dough-tossing skills at this first-ever Vegas pizza fest. Participants include Good Pie, Pizza Rock, Naked City Pizza and Dom DeMarco’s. 1-4 p.m. (VIP entry at noon), $45$85, 2330 Industrial Road, vegaspizzafest.com. –Genevie Durano

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COSMOPOLITAN ICE RINK TREE-LIGHTING CEREMONY The holidays arrive at the Cosmo with a celebration hosted by Golden Knights goalie Marc-André Fleury and winger Max Pacioretty. The event will also mark the season debut of the 4,200-square-foot rooftop Ice Rink. Enjoy s’mores, hot cocoa and snow flurries—or should we say “fleurys”—as you marvel at the 36-foot Christmas tree. 6-8 p.m., free admission ($10-$25 to skate). –C. Moon Reed (Courtesy)

SUN, NOV 17 ARTEMUS HAM CONCERT HALL RYAN COOGLER UNLV’s Barrick Lecture Series is the domain of superheroes. Its previous speakers have included Annie Leibovitz and Guillermo del Toro, with Anita Hill due to appear in early 2020. But as impressive as this august body might be, none of them have willed an entire nation into being. With Black Panther, producer, screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler did just that; thanks to him, Wakanda is indeed forever, no matter what Martin Scorsese has to say on the matter. (Speaking of similar cinematic miracles: Coogler’s direction earned Sylvester Stallone an Oscar nomination for his acting in Creed, Stallone’s first such nomination in nearly 40 years.) But the Oaklandborn maker of Fruitvale Station probably isn’t coming here just to talk about his movies. The 33-year-old is also a founding member of the Blackout for Human Rights campaign, and counsels kids at San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall. Those are real superheroics, right there. 7:30 p.m., free (tickets required), unlv.edu/event/ barrick-lecture-seriesevening-ryan-coogler. –Geoff Carter

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Tremblay’s art focuses on the applications of virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and more. Her lecture will consider where transdisciplinary research and art meet. 1 p.m., free. –Leslie Ventura

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By Jason Latham ot that it needed to be reinforced, but we’ve been reminded again recently that there are no guarantees in Las Vegas nightlife. Audiences are fickle and frugal, though there’s an upside, in that clubs can make under-the-radar moves with unproven programming and still draw curious revelers long after the pools have closed. That’s the takeaway from Wynn Nightlife’s just-launched Intermission series. Encore Beach Club’s offseason edition has enlisted the party planning committee from Spain’s elrow to infuse the atmosphere with a carnival-esque blend of pink, green and yellow colors, oversize props, inflatable animals and Comic-Con-level cosplay. Event founder and CEO Juan Arnau Jr. explains, “elrow is a place where anything can happen and where craziness is the normal.” That’s a familiar pitch in Las Vegas, but Arnau stresses that you’ll never see the same theme twice at an elrow bash, so each one is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity. For the uninitiated, here are three things to know about elrow. It’s a party born in the streets of Barcelona. “Elrow came from a club we had a few years ago in downtown Barcelona that we called ‘Row,’” Arnau says. “In May 2008, we took it over and called it ‘Row 14,’ after its 14-kilometer distance from the center of the city. Over time, guests started shortening Row 14 to ‘elrow.’”

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It saved Spain from a stale nightlife scene. “A few years ago, we began to notice and feel that the scene needed a change,” Arnau says. “Nightlife was starting to become boring, dark and linear. People asked for something new and were looking to be part of the show. They wanted to forget their problems and find their inner child. Little by little, we started to investigate and tried to make something new. First, we decorated the room. Second, we got some costumes for the crew and added confetti. People loved that. We incorporated inflatables and toys for people to interact, play with and take as a souvenir.” Partying in Vegas fulfills a familial goal. “My grandfather was dreaming about Vegas for many years,” Arnau says. “In the early ’60s, he heard that Xavier Cugat, a Catalan musician, was making it big in Las Vegas. After years of stubbornness and insistence, he persuaded him to perform in our home venue Florida in Fraga. Cugat arrived with star dancer Abelain, and unfortunately, bad luck struck. One day before his performance, my grandfather died. When we saw the opportunity to enter into the Vegas market, we didn’t think twice and took the chance immediately.” Intermission will keep partygoers busy Saturdays from 2-10 p.m. through December 30. The next pair of elrow events are set for November 16, featuring Nic Fanciulli, Denney and Bastian Bux, and December 7, with Paco Osuna, Andrea Olivia, Bastian Bux and De La Swing.

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DJ Dash 11/15. DJ D-Miles 11/16. DJ Shift 11/20. Wed, Fri-Sat, Mirage, 702-693-8300.

DJ Konflikt 11/15. DJ Earwaxxx 11/16. Nightly, Mandalay Bay, 702632-7631.

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Thu-Sun, Palms, 702-953-7665.

Party Favor 11/14. Crankdat 11/15. Jeff Retro 11/16. DJ Shift 11/17. ThuSun, MGM Grand, 702-891-3838.

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DJ Nyse 11/15. JD Live 11/16. DJ ShadowRed 11/20. Wed-Sat, Paris, 702-776-7777.

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DJ Ikon 11/15. Justin Credible 11/16.

DJ E-Rock 11/18. Mon, Fri-Sat, Aria, 702-590-8000.

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DJ Orma is Bad Bunny’s musical sidekick, and it’s a big weekend for Latin trap in Las Vegas. The Latin Grammys take over MGM Grand November 14, and Bad Bunny performs at Mandalay Bay Events Center November 16; Orma headlines the Saturday concert afterparty at

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Dash Berlin 11/15. Tchami 11/16. Ruckus 11/18. Mon, Fri-Sat, Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. OMNIA

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Are you ready for your first taste of Bellagio’s Mayfair Supper Club? The new dining and nightlife venue set to open in time for New Year’s Eve will takeover OTR Wednesdays this week, offering a tease of MGM Resorts’ newest experience on November 20. Also: DJ G-Squared 11/15. DJ Mighty Mi 11/16. Wed, Fri-Sat, Park MGM, 702-730-6773.

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The Trinity 11/19. Jacky 11/20. TueSun, 525 E. Fremont St., 702-4456400. DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

2 Chainz just reminded his fans and followers exactly how long he’s been on the grind when he announced his Playaz Circle albums are now streaming. His duo with Dolla Boy served up two LPs before 2 Chainz started crafting his infamous series of mixtapes, where he really made his name. Will he drop some classic material when he returns to Drai’s on November 16? See for yourself. Also: Trey Songz 11/15. Brytiago 11/17. Thu-Sun, Cromwell, 702-7773800.

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As 2019 winds down, so does the original three-year exclusive residency for The Chainsmokers at Wynn Nightlife. The pop-dance duo has already signed on to extend its Vegas run for two more years, which means many more Saturday night parties at XS, like the one planned for November 16. Also: Dillon Francis & Valentino Khan 11/15. Lost Kings 11/17. Friday-Sunday, Encore, 702-770-7300.

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GARLIC YUZU SUCCESSFULLY BLENDS KOREAN AND JAPANESE STYLES BY JIM BEGLEY t’s a not-so-secret secret that a fair number of Japanese restaurants are Korean-owned. Chances are good your neighborhood allyou-can-eat sushi joint is, and your favorite ramen spot might be, too. One example: Chinatown’s Ramen Hashi, whose outstanding chickenbased broth proves that exemplary Japanese food isn’t limited to Japanese chefs and restaurateurs. Being a Hashi devotee, I was excited to hear a sister venue, Garlic Yuzu, had opened in the southwest Valley. When you visit the new eatery on Durango just north of Warm Springs, you’re almost guaranteed to meet chef Kyung Hong, a dining room fixture who’s been swinging by tables multiple times during meals to check in with diners. Simply put, it’s refreshing to see a chef work a room like this. Hong has created a menu highlighting both his Korean heritage and his background as a Morimoto alumnus. Hong tweaks kanpachi serrano, a Japanese menu staple, by adding his yuzu caviar, which provides bursts of citrus flavor. Even better is the unique, home-smoked ocean trout—lightly smoked seafood touched up with salty, funky miso. Grilled eggplant salad pairs a sizable mixed greens salad tossed in a yuzu vinaigrette with smoky, meat-like Japanese eggplant, all accented by garlic crumbs and grilled shishito peppers. The mild chilies reappear in the innovative shishito pepper soup—the green, creamy concoction adorned with shishito threads unlike any other bowl in town. It’s a must on any Garlic Yuzu visit. Among entrees, an outstanding spicy pan-seared octopus with baked gabocha—Korean for Japanese pumpkin—and miso-baked onions accented by Korean gochujang chili sauce awaits. A robust U4 tiger shrimp risotto made with herbal gondre (Korean thistle) rice is another great choice, while the miso Duroc pork belly on chestnut-esque mung bean pottage (stew) is stick-to-the-ribs hearty. Just be sure to save room for a fun, fried milk dessert. Garlic Yuzu is another welcome addition to southwest Valley’s ever-growing scene. Drop by and welcome Chef Hong to the neighborhood.

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HAIL MARY An LGBTQ favorite returns with a fun, beefed-up menu

Hamburger Mary’s is a Las Vegas instituming, like karaoke on Tuesdays. “We went from a tion, whether or not you know about it. Once very small one-page menu to a full menu, and our a favorite among the LGBTQ community, drink menu is brand-new,” Healey says. (Each drag the burger joint—then located on Harmon Avenue queen even has a cocktail named after them.) Burgacross from the Hard Rock Hotel—closed ers start with certified Angus beef patties, HAMBURGER 13 years ago before reopening on Flamingo or you can customize any order to include MARY’S east of Maryland Parkway in 2018. Kobe beef or the vegan Impossible. There 1700 E. Perhaps best known for its drag shows, are 11 different burger styles, including Flamingo Road, Mary’s has always done things a little difthe Sloppy Mary with steak or vegan chili 702-733-8787. Sundayferently. For one, it doesn’t tout itself as a and the Queen Mary with grilled onions, Thursday, 4-10 gay venue but as a restaurant for everyone. bacon, cheese and Mary’s Thousand Isp.m.; Friday, Despite its history, however, Mary’s return land sauce—plus lighter options, like the 4 p.m.-midnight; Saturday, 11 a.m.was rockier than expected, according to LGBT sandwich with lettuce, guacamole, midnight. co-owner James Healey. “We had a rough bacon, tomato and garlic-herb mayo. opening,” he says. “We had to basically Don’t skip the fried pickle spears, rebuild the business from the ground up.” which are superior to their pickle chip Part of that overhaul includes an entirely new brethren, and be sure to order a Magical Unicorn food menu and additional entertainment programcupcake on your way out. –Leslie Ventura

A BIGGER BIN 18bin expands on a Container Park favorite

Going on six years, partners Sonny Ahuja and Don Welch have run a tiny powerhouse of a bar at Downtown Container Park. Totaling a mere 640 square feet, Bin702’s shipping container space is tinier than most one-bedroom apartments. The duo’s new Arts District bar/restaurant, 18bin, poses the opposite challenge: how to fill 4,000 square feet of interior space and 5,000 additional square feet of patio. The answer: a comfy-yethip medley of experiential nooks. On the patio, traditional bistro seating shares space with a corner stage and an oversize sculpture of a Spam can. Inside, a retro ’70s vibe gives the bar a slightly edgy feel, while a separate game room counters with a playful atmosphere. New Orleans-bred chef Jennifer Landry brings a contemporary Southern style to the small-butmighty food menu. Cajun gumbo ($9) and jambalaya ($12)—both featuring Andouille sausage—hint at Landry’s Louisiana roots. At $9 each, the cheesy Ropa Vieja Shepherd’s Pie and indulgent brisketblend hamburger might be the best deals Downtown. House-made potato chips with dusky chili seasoning accompany all sandwiches. Salads, house-made hummus and bruschetta boards will keep vegetarians happy. And on the booze end, an international beer list and a carefully curated wine list offer offStrip value. Ahuja envisions 18bin as a fun gathering spot for friends, a locals bar, a live-music brunch spot and an event venue. Open for a little over a month, 18bin is already well on its way. –C. Moon Reed

18bin 107 E. Charleston Blvd. #150, 702-202-2484. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-midnight; FridaySaturday, 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

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By Josh Bell feel like I’m in my infant stages of being a true Star Wars fan,” says actress and retired MMA fighter Gina Carano, who’s gotten a crash course in the franchise thanks to her role on the new Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which debuted this week. Carano, who grew up in Las Vegas and attended Trinity Christian High School and UNLV, has been working steadily in film and TV for the past decade, but The Mandalorian features her most high-profile role to date, a main character on the flagship series of Disney’s new streaming service. “The week before we started shooting I definitely had a moment of panic, and I started thinking about all the ways I’m going to ruin Star Wars,” she remembers. “But I usually find if you don’t have that panic moment, it means you don’t care enough.” Created by Jon Favreau and set between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, an intergalactic bounty hunter from the same culture as fan-favorite Star Wars character Boba Fett. Carano plays Cara Dune, a former Rebel Alliance Shock Trooper who’s now working as a mercenary. “She’s confident and she’s funny, and she’s soft when she needs to be,” Carano says of her character. “Playing Cara Dune has really helped me

be a lot better of a person.” and really just get my hands dirty That might sound like an odd with the stunt coordinators,” she thing to say about a fantastisays of working on the show’s cal space warrior, but getting fight choreography, which she the call to play Cara Dune sees as an integral element of the marked a major turning point storytelling. for Carano. “It’s been an up Although it’s been 15 years and down kind of career, and since Carano lived in Las Vegas, for a second I didn’t know if I she still has strong local family was going to make it,” she says ties, including her grandparents of her acting work, which has (co-founders of the local Rebel ranged from Steven Sodergas station chain), her mother bergh’s Haywire to small-scale and her siblings, and she can indie action movies. “I think easily rattle off local restaurants for so long I’ve been so typecast (Nora’s, Joe’s Stone Crab) that as the muscle and the fighter in she likes to visit when she’s in all these movies, and for a long town. “If I consider a place going The Mandalorian Fridays, Disney+. time I was fighting it.” home,” she says, “it’s definitely But Favreau helped her emgoing home to Las Vegas.” brace her action-hero image. For now, though, The Mandalo“I believe Cara Dune is the first rian will be taking her around time in my life I’m not fighting against being the world. Production on the second season this Mack Truck who can kick ass,” she says. has already started, and Carano got a taste of Part of the reason is that the show’s producers the massive Star Wars fan reaction when she gave Carano more to do than just throw kicks appeared at April’s Star Wars Celebration in and punches. Favreau worked with Carano to Chicago. After a career of ups and downs, she’s craft the character to her strengths and personhappy to be firmly entrenched in a galaxy far, far ality, and she drew on her MMA expertise to help away. “People have really embraced me, and they design her own fight sequences. don’t even know my character yet,” she says. “It’s “I’m able to read the character, read the scene impossible not to feel the warmth of that.”

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KATHERINE PAUL— AKA BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT—BRINGS HER DREAMY, FORWARD-THINKING MUSIC TO THE BUNKHOUSE BY GENEVIE DURANO

n the opening song of Black Belt Eagle Scout’s sophomore album, At the Party With My Brown Friends, Katherine Paul plaintively sings, “How is it, how is it real?/When you don’t even notice it/ How is it real?” before breaking into the lilting chorus—“We will always sing”—over and over again. Listeners might be lulled into its dream-pop gauziness before realizing it’s an anthem of resilience, a drum-fueled resistance to the systemic marginalization people of color have endured for generations. Paul, who also goes by KP, is an

indigenous multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Oregon. She grew up on the Swinomish Indian Reservation in northwest Washington state, where music was part of her cultural DNA. “I grew up dancing in powwows, and my family had a drum group where they would sing powwow music,” she says during a recent phone interview with the Weekly. “Music was just a very natural part of my life, so I was able to feel connected to it at a very young age. And that connection has obviously stayed with me in how I create music.” Her 2018 debut album, Mother of

My Children, is a chronicle of loss on many levels, written during the Standing Rock protests, in which some of Paul’s loved ones participated. She also suffered heartbreak of a more personal nature, stemming from the dissolution of her first serious queer relationship and the death of her mentor—illustrator and musician Geneviève Castrée. “I guess [songs] come out more naturally when I’m having a hard time with things,” Paul says. “I’ll sit down and just play guitar. Writing that album was like a whole ordeal, because I was having a rough go at stuff.” The process proved cathartic for

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NOISE BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT with Hikes, Sonia Barcelona. November 17, 8 p.m., $10-$12. Bunkhouse Saloon, 702-982-1764.

FRACTION OF THE SUM PRIMING YOU FOR BUILT TO SPILL’S SECRET CELEBRATION Who: A pillar of 1990s indie music, leader Doug Martsch’s Boise, Idaho-based band has continued carrying the torch for guitarbased rock in the decades since, touring regularly and releasing occasional—and still excellent— studio albums, most recently 2015’s Untethered Moon.

Katherine Paul, aka Black Belt Eagle Scout (Eleanor Petry/Courtesy)

Paul and opened up her mind to fully embracing the notion of her music not just as an inward chronicle of her experiences, but also as a larger lens giving representation to the intersectionality she embodies: indigenous, activist, queer, feminist. Her close-knit relationships—from her tribal family to her family of choice in Portland’s music scene—are woven throughout Party, from “Going to the Beach With Haley,” about a day she and fellow artist Haley Heynderickx spent writing music, to its most luminous track, “You’re Me and I’m You,” Paul’s love song to her mother. “She wears her atikluk under the sun/The tundra hits her heart, it’s

just begun/I am the one/The one she loves/No matter what/My heart becomes,” she sings. Paul, who plans to continue making music in Portland for a few years before going back to the reservation to be with her family, says she hopes her shows bring people together. “Come with an open heart and learn a little bit more, especially about indigenous culture, because in my shows, I talk about indigenous issues,” she says. “The narrative around my music is about that, so I hope it opens up [the idea] that space be created for more people of color and leads to people conversing with one another.”

The album: The current tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of 1999 LP Keep It Like a Secret, the third piece of Built to Spill’s beloved ’90s album trilogy (following 1994’s There’s Nothing Wrong With Love and 1997’s Perfect From Now On). Where Perfect featured eight slow-burning compositions running from five to eight minutes apiece, Secret scaled back on that sprawl, with half of its 10 tracks—including catchy cuts “The Plan,” “Center of the Universe” and “Else” coming in under (or around) four minutes. “Keep It Like a Secret was a shift back in the other direction, mostly because Perfect From Now On was such a hard record to make,” Martsch, Built to Spill’s vocalist and lead guitarist, told Consequence of Sound earlier this year. “If a song is twice as long, it doesn’t take twice as much work. It takes, like, five times as much work.” Despite its sharper focus, Secret still includes moments of

epic ecstasy, like the hypnotic “Time Trap;” fist-pumping fan favorite “Carry the Zero;” the rock pantheon-checking lyrics of “You Were Right” (“You were right when you said all we are is dust in the wind/You were right when you said we’re all just bricks in the wall”); and the unhurried—deliberately untidy—“Broken Chairs.” The show: Expect to hear all of Secret … but not in the order you know. A setlist.fm check finds the band—whose latest lineup features Brazilians Lê Almeida (drums), João Casaes (bass) and João Luiz (guitar)— resequencing the record in concert, and mixing in a few non-Secret catalog cuts and covers. Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets” even made a recent appearance. The past: Built to Spill’s relationship with Las Vegas dates back to a 2003 House of Blues gig, which was followed by an appearance at the second Vegoose fest in ’06, another HOB show in ’07 and then—after six years away from the local scene—2013’s re-emergence at Vinyl and four Bunkhouse sets between 2014 and 2016. –Spencer Patterson

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THIN TISSUE Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s science-inspired art fuels curiosity but undercuts it By Dawn-Michelle Baude onnective Tissue by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya wagers that viewers don’t want to just look at artworks. They want to participate and have fun doing it. The excited faces inside UNLV’s Barrick Museum— listening, pressing, sitting, touching—suggest that Phingbodhipakkiya is, up to a point, right. Connective Tissue revs curiosity with high-intensity murals and interactive sculptures, installations and videos designed to “connect” with viewers in service of an urgent PSA: Science is fun. What’s more, women can do STEM, too. Feminism and science drive the show’s content. A suite of large-format murals depicting women not only wraps the gallery with vibrant colors, it marks territory. Phingbodhipakkiya, trained as both a neuroscientist and a graphic artist, uses clashing hues to paint crisp female figures, while graphic symbols—depicting spores, bacteria or subatomic particles—reinforce science themes. The flat picture planes, matte finish and stylized portraits are reminiscent of pop art, but without its rich irony. The upbeat murals depicting hugging women are sincerely meant to demark a space

in which women are welcomed and supported. Case in point is “In the Company of Great Scientists,” with 20 busts of female scientists whose QR labels access online profiles. Similarly, “Beyond Curie” features 31 portraits of accomplished STEM women who come to life with a wave of the “Beyond Curie” app. Interactive installations include “Binary Outcomes” and “Campfire,” which illustrate the cascading effects of crowdsourcing with music or light, and “Strange Sequences,” which offers museumgoers the chance to weigh in on the ethics of science. While the clean design, often with mid-mod inspiration, is praiseworthy, the pieces are so message-heavy that they inch the museum toward the classroom. Rather than opening quantum fields of interpretation, as masterful art does, they shut down. “Impulse,” for example, appears at first to be an interesting sculpture heaped on the floor like some kind of suspicious, semi-packaged Amazon product. Made from transparent plastic, 10 pressure-sensitive air pillows insulate light tubes wired together like explosives—an association at odds with the cute colors and innocuous padding.

An accompanying panel announces that the sculpture illustrates how myelin sheathing protects neurons: Touching a pillow sends a signal illuminating other pillows, allowing viewers to conceptualize energy exchange in neuronal networks. Case closed. Connective Tissue provides a laudable community service in terms of promoting women in science and showcasing interactive, pedagogical works rarely encountered in Las Vegas. Schoolchildren who see this show are thrilled and likely marked in positive, durable ways. But because the show is premised on problems that need to be solved—the purview of graphic art and design—and aims an almost messianic messaging at naïve audiences, viewers seeking complexity risk disappointment. The depth, wonder, doubt and soul-searching messiness that delivers fine art achievement just isn’t there.

aaacc Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya: Connective Tissue Through February 22; Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, noon-5 p.m.; free. Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, 702-895-3381.

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Dr. Evans (Daz Weller) welcomes the intrepid Dr. Watson (Marcus Weiss) to his asylum. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

The search for Sherlock Vegas Theatre Company’s fleet-footed Holmes and Watson mixes mystery and fun by C MOon Reed n its Vegas debut, Jeffrey Hatcher’s play Holmes and Watson picks up where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous 1890s detective stories leave off. It’s been several years since the ingenious British sleuth (presumably) fell to his death battling the evil Professor James Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. In search of his lost partner, the devout sidekick Dr. Watson follows a tip to a remote Scottish island, where a mental asylum holds three inmates claiming to be Sherlock Holmes. Watson interviews them all in search of his real friend … but all is not what it seems. “It’s exciting. It’s fun. It’s heightened. It’s tense, it’s adventurous, and it’s family-friendly,” actor Marcus Weiss—who also stars in Celestia at the Strat—says of Holmes and Watson. “It’s funny and highly dramatic.” Weiss plays Watson as someone who’s “always feeling something out.” It’s a very satisfying role for Weiss, who says he loves to inhabit a charac-

ter’s unique vocal and physical being: “It’s someintermission. “We don’t want anybody stopping thing that, as an actor, I love to chew on.” to think too much,” Paul says. “[The play] starts With so many surprises in store, the audience pretty fast. And it just gets faster and faster. And must stay on its toes. “Invariably, they come to the the more disconcerted the audience gets, the more wrong solution, which is great because we can pull fun we’re having … because they’re trying to pick the carpet out from under them,” director up on all the red herrings and clues we’re Andrew Paul says. “They can really have throwing out at them.” Holmes a good laugh at the end when they realize To help nail all the British and Scottish and Watson Thru Decemthey’ve been had.” accents, the play employs dialect coach ber 8, dates There’s no need to study up before Christina Gardner. Actor Geo Nikols has & times vary, seeing Holmes and Watson, because its been perfecting his British RP accent $15-$33. Art Square narrative stands alone. If you do know (that’s what the Queen speaks) for his role Theatre, 725your way around the Holmes universe, as Sherlock No. 1. He calls that “really fun 222-9661. however, keep an eye out for Easter eggs. and really challenging.” Another actor, BryPaul says that the play is “loaded with an Todd, must learn four dialects: Scottish, stuff for the cognoscenti,” adding, “but Cockney and “two posh British accents.” you really don’t need [to know] any of that in Overall, audiences should be pleased with this order to enjoy the play.” Vegas Theatre Company production. “Who doesn’t Holmes and Watson might be inspired by a great love a good mystery?” says actor Christopher literary work, but that doesn’t make it heavy—or Brown, who plays Sherlock No. 2. “That’s what this long. Paul says the play runs 80 minutes, with no is all about.”

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Lady Rebels assistant coach Mia Bell has helped open UNLV’s Vegas pipeline

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Olivier said. Olivier always suspected Bell would have a future on the sidelines. During Bell’s freshman season, when most of her teammates headed home after practices, she stayed behind to study game film with coaches. She describes herself as addicted to the process, finding a sense of purpose in becoming intimate with the sport. After graduation, Bell received a contract offer to play professionally in Poland. Her agent kept calling, asking why she hadn’t signed the deal. The simple answer: A UNLV assistant job had opened, and Bell was ready to launch her career in coaching. “I love being around basketball. I always wanted to stay connected to the game, because it has done so much for me,” Bell says. “I’ve been lucky that I’ve had good people as coaches. Each of them has impacted me in different ways, whether it’s getting over fears or dealing with personal things and handling emotions.”

s she waited to be handed a UNLV degree in 2013, Mia Bell couldn’t help thinking about her late mother. The accomplishment of becoming a college graduate was something the two had long talked about, and the day ***** had finally arrived. Of all the life events her mom When Olivier returned to her had missed over the past eight years, alma mater to become the Lady this one felt the most significant, the Rebels’ head coach in 2008, she most painful. UPCOMING made clear her intentions to build Bell’s mom died when Bell was a HOME GAMES the program by recruiting Southern high school freshman, before she Nevada’s top high school players. began piling up honors as one of NeNovember 14: Bell, who’d received scholarship vs. Duke at Thomas vada’s all-time top basketball players. & Mack Center, offers from other Mountain West Bell won Nevada’s Gatorade Player of 5:30 p.m. Conference schools—but not the Year award as a senior at Durango UNLV—became Olivier’s first local November 23: High, earned a scholarship to play vs. South Carolina recruit. at UNLV and later became the Lady State Bell thrived at UNLV for four Rebels’ team leader. at Cox Pavilion, years, finishing among the top 10 in 5:30 p.m. Bell reflected on all that as she numerous categories in the program’s walked in her cap and gown on graduNovember 30: record book—third all-time in assists ation day, knowing her mom would vs. Elon at Cox (434) and 3-point percentage (36.2%), Pavilion, 11 a.m. be proud. “I couldn’t get it together, seventh in career starts (103) and because I remember talking about Tickets: unlvtickets. 10th in steals (191). this day with her,” Bell, now 28, says. com, 702-739-3267. That success story surely gets “I remember in the sixth grade, tellmentioned when the Rebels recruit ing her I was going to graduate.” local players, which remains a Bell soon became an assistant on priority as Olivier’s term continues into its the Lady Rebels’ coaching staff; she’s now in her second decade. This year’s roster features a trio sixth season. Not many athletes go from player to of players—Justice Ethridge, Melanie Isbell and assistant coach the very next season. Then again, Bailey Thomas—from national power Cententhere aren’t many people like Mia Bell. nial High, and Liberty High product Paris ***** Strawther graduated in May before following Bell’s example and immediately joining the Lady Bell attended every Lady Rebels home game Rebels’ coaching staff. as a senior at Durango, bouncing a basketball “The biggest thing is showing the impact you in her seat—typically one directly behind the can have in the community,” Bell says. “It’s more UNLV bench. During timeouts, coach Kathy than playing basketball. It’s going out to the comOlivier would look up and see Bell peeking into munity and making it better.” the huddle. Had Bell not paved the way—proving that local That’s what the best point guards do—take every kids can thrive in the UNLV women’s basketball opportunity to learn the intricacies of the game program—the Lady Rebels might not be in considplan. “It was like she was already on the team,”

eration for the best talent in the area. Before Bell, many Las Vegans considered playing for the team but chose other schools. “We take care of each other in Las Vegas,” Olivier said. ***** Ironically, Bell says she nearly quit the sport in middle school, when she was cut from the Lawrence Junior High team. Instead, she accepted an invite to play for a boys Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team alongside her cousins, playing as often as possible and quickly gaining confidence. “I was really bad, so bad,” she recalls with a smile. “But I just loved the game. I wanted to play it every day.” The next year, Bell was the best player at Lawrence. She earned a starting spot as a freshman at Durango, one of the top programs in Las Vegas at the time. As a high school senior, Bell averaged 26.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. One night, she poured in a school-record 52 points. ***** Bell’s mom died unexpectedly at age 44 during Bell’s first week of high school, right as Bell had begun flourishing on the court. The two had spent the previous summer traveling together to basketball camps and tournaments. Bell’s father lived in Chicago, so she went to live with her grandmother, and then her older brother. It was a turbulent time for the teenager, but basketball kept her focused. “It was extremely tough,” she admits. “I was ready to stop playing.” Bell received support from friends in the sport, especially Durango teammate Lindy La Rocque, who eventually played in a Final Four with Stanford. Bell ate many meals and spent many nights at the La Rocque house, and she still considers the family an extension of her own. “Mia was really shy, really quiet,” remembers former Durango coach Al La Rocque, Lindy’s dad and one of the area’s most successful all-time high school coaches. “She was just so kind and sweet. She’s just really special to our family.” Bell’s grandmother died last month, and Al La Rocque attended the funeral—another instance of the Vegas basketball community looking out for its own. As the Lady Rebels continue into the heart of their 2019-20 season, look for Bell to continue carrying on that tradition.

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Study finds climate change and drought are killing off Mojave Desert birds

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hrinking water resources due to climate change are driving major declines in Mojave Desert bird populations, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Spanning 48,000 square miles in Southern Nevada, southeast California, northwest Arizona and southeast Utah, the Mojave Desert has been receiving less and less rainfall for a century due to climate change, the study notes. Bird populations in the region have also been decreasing, but the exact connection between those trends was not previously clear to scientists, said Steve Beissinger, co-author of the study. By simulating how much water 50 common Mojave birds need to cool off during the hottest hours of the day, Beissinger’s research team found that access to sufficient water resources for cooling purposes greatly affects birds’ survival rates. As the climate gets hotter and dryer, birds will need more

water to keep cool. “That’s kind of a fundamental finding that was really interesting, because most of the time, we haven’t been able to find a direct, physiological link between climate change and declines of species,” said Beissinger, a professor of ecology and conservation biology at UC Berkeley. Led by UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar Eric Riddell, the study built off historical data and a similar study conducted by the same team of researchers last year. That study found that 30% of 135 common Mojave Desert bird species declined significantly over the past century, while only one species—the common raven—saw a significant increase, Beissinger said. For the new study, the team looked at 50 of those 135 species and found that birds with the highest cooling requirements have generally experienced the greatest decline in the past 100 years. Species size and diet were the main factors influ-

encing survival rates, the team found. Large birds need more water to cool off, while carnivorous and insectivorous birds get their water primarily from their food sources. Hotter, dryer temperatures mean that those species now need to find more food to keep cool, Beissinger explained. The American kestrel, turkey vulture and western bluebird were among the insectivores and carnivores with the highest cooling requirements that declined the most in the studied areas. The mountain chickadee, black-throated sparrow and canyon wren were some of the seedeaters and omnivores with lower cooling costs that declined the least, Beissinger said. In addition to climate change-driven reductions in precipitation, groundwater pumping in the Mojave could be a factor driving bird declines, according to the study. Many omnivorous and seed-eating birds get most of their water from increasingly

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■ The American kestrel, turkey vulture and western bluebird were among the insectivores and carnivores with the highest cooling requirements that declined the most in the studied areas. (Photo Illustration)

scarce springs and surface water, Beissinger said. “Springs and surface water have been disappearing throughout the Mojave, partly by climate change and partly by groundwater pumping over the past century,” Beissinger said. “So it’s getting harder for these species to find the water they need to offset changes that have happened in the environment.” The loss of spring and surface water also affects insectivorous and carnivorous birds, because lower water levels could be driving habitat loss for those birds’ prey, Beissinger added. Published September 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is significant because it highlights how climate change is affecting bird species that aren’t necessarily considered endangered, said Patrick Donnelly, Nevada state director for the Center for Biological Diversity. “This is affecting every bird,” he said. Donnelly sees the study as compelling evidence

for the need to prevent habitat loss, keep sprawl in check and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Southern Nevada. “We need to take this as a screaming alarm bell that we need to take bold, decisive action on climate and need to do it immediately,” he said. The study also suggests that the impacts of groundwater pumping on water resources are far-reaching, Beissinger said. Most of the study area covered protected lands, such as Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve. Although those areas are at least 50 miles from Las Vegas and other major urban centers, less ample groundwater was still observed there. “So much of our groundwater system is connected that the pumping out of groundwater is probably having a negative effect in a much greater area,” Beissinger said. “We probably need to be a lot more

judicious in giving permission to future pumping out of the groundwater.” To help more bird species survive in a warmer, dryer climate, local parks and nature preserves could install water-catching systems or artificial springs, which would benefit whole ecosystems, Beissinger said. “If you have positive effects in ecosystems, that should at least do something to sort of mitigate the problem,” he said. Even though Beissinger’s team only looked at birds, Donnelly expects that drops in bird populations are affecting other natural resources and overall biodiversity in Southern Nevada. “It’s not like if all the birds disappear, we’re just going to be sad because there’s no birds tweeting out our window,” Donnelly said. “If all the birds disappear, our clean air, clean drinking water and our food are likely very closely following behind that.”

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Mob Museum making its legal moonshine business a success

BY BRYAN HORWATH VEGAS INC STAFF

he Mob Museum is branching out into the wholesale liquor business. The Downtown Las Vegas attraction began selling its corn mash moonshine product at Lee’s Discount Liquor stores in mid-October. “It’s unique—there aren’t a lot of corn whiskey moonshine products out there,” said Jonathan Ullman, president and CEO of the museum. “There’s a strong connection to the Mob Museum and the story we tell here about Prohibition and the history of that time period.” The museum started making the spirit from its Prohibition-themed basement speakeasy, the Underground, in 2018. “It’s a high-quality product,” Ullman said. “It actually tastes good, which is something that is, I think, surprising for people. They tend to associate moonshine with something that is not a refined product. That’s often the case, but our process isn’t like that.” The original product has a buttery popcorn taste, Ullman said, but they also infuse it with cinnamon and other flavors in specialty cocktails served at The Underground. Moonshine has seen a resurgence in recent years in pop culture, thanks in part to the popularity of the TV docudrama series called Moonshiners on the Discovery Channel. The moonshining operation at the Mob Museum, however, is anything but backwoods. Behind a glass wall in a room adjacent to the Underground’s main lounge area sits an orderly row of liquor-making equipment, including a custom-

made moonshine still from a German company called CARL, which has been fabricating distillery equipment since 1869. “We wanted to have something that looked consistent to what you might have found back in the 1920s,” Ullman said. “This is all ultramodern equipment, so it’s not the exact genuine article of what people were using back then, but it gives us that feel.” From start to finish, the entire process to make

a batch takes seven days, said distilling manager Everett James. Previously only available at the museum, the liquor is now available at all 19 Lee’s locations. The 750-milliliter offering, which retails for $24.99, comes in an old-time canning jar. The smaller version is $4.99. The museum’s distributor is Johnson Brothers of Nevada, a Las Vegas-based company. “We are excited for the opportunity to help promote Las Vegas and its history,” said Kenny Lee, president of the discount liquor chain. More than 1,000 gallons of moonshine have been distilled in the museum’s basement since April 2018. It has the capacity to bottle 250 of the 750-milliliter jars every week. “We’ve started talking about having a night shift,” Ullman said. “From the mash to the fermentation to the distilling, we’re doing it all, including bottling on-site to make sure we’re consistent with our proof. Certainly, we’re going to be interested in seeing how we might be able to grow this.” Ullman is hoping to get the product into local bars and restaurants. “We believe in this product,” Ullman said. “Getting it off-site is a big step. It’s also a way to enhance our brand and help push people down to the Mob Museum, where we tell the story of Prohibition, which is so important. This is history, science and culture all in one.”

Jonathan Ullman, president and CEO of the Mob Museum, holds a glass of moonshine distilled on property. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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VegasInc Notes Clark County Commissioners Tick Segerblom and Jim Gibson are partnering with Get Outdoors Nevada, Metro Police and volunteers for a desert cleanup in the area near the Sunrise Trailhead from 9 a.m. to noon November 16. Volunteers can park near the Sunrise Trailhead in Clark County Wetlands Park, and then will be directed to nearby areas for the cleanup. To get to the trailhead, drive south on Hollywood Boulevard for about 2.7 miles. “We are happy to host this fall cleanup to help keep Clark County Wetlands Park and the neighboring desert areas clean,” said Segerblom, whose District E includes the park. “It’s a great time of year to get outside, meet some new friends and do something good for the community.” Sarah Thornton Public Relations, a public relations and social media management firm, has rebranded as Connected Communications. It Thornton provides media relations, strategic planning, marketing, special events, business development, community relations and social media management. Thornton started the business in Las Vegas in 2007 and represents clients in professional services, real estate, law, engineering and finance. The firm also named Whitney Ogden public relations specialist. Dr. Nilesh “Neil” Gokal of Southwest Medical Associates, part of OptumCare, has been awarded an honorary Pi Alpha Award by the Pi Alpha Honor Society. The recognition took place October 30 as part of the physician assistant banquet at Sunset Station for the students

of Touro University. The award recognizes accomplishment in the areas of academic achievement, leadership, research, community/professional service, and the encouragement of a high standard of character and conduct among PA students and graduates. Goodwill of Southern Nevada on November 15 will open its newest retail store and donation center in Las Vegas at 3141 N. Rainbow Blvd. The location will be staffed with 40 employees to assist with purchases and accept donations of electronics, housewares, shoes and other items. Air Liquide announced plans to build a liquid hydrogen production plant in North Las Vegas’ Apex Industrial Park. The plant will produce 30 tons of liquid hydrogen per day as part of the company’s efforts to increase hydrogen supply to the mobility market in the western United States. “This is a huge milestone for the development of Apex Industrial Park and for the diversification of our regional economy as companies like Air Liquide recognize Apex as a key strategic location for the implementation of advanced technologies,” said Ryann Juden, North Las Vegas city manager. Mercer, a global consulting firm and a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced that Anne Weintraub has relocated Weintraub from the Irvine, California, office to the Las Vegas office as a senior health and benefits consultant. In this role, she will work with clients to assess their benefit offerings

as well as future strategy and plan design considerations. Weintraub has more than 20 years of consulting experience with a focus in project management, benefit objective/strategy setting, financial analysis of plans, vendor selection and implementation. Flutist Elizabeth Hebing will compete as a Division Finalist in the Music Teachers National Association Southwest Division Junior Woodwind Performance Competition. Hebing, a high school freshman, is the principal flutist in the Las Vegas Youth Orchestras Youth Philharmonic, and also plays flute and piccolo in The Honor Winds, and in ensembles at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church. The winner of the competition, which is done through video in December, advances to nationals in Chicago in March. Wallace Neumann & Verville will join Eide Bailly, a regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm, effective November 18. The three partners and 13 staff at Wallace Neumann & Verville will move into Eide Bailly’s office to bring more knowledge and expertise in several key industries. “We’re excited for the opportunities this union will bring,” said Brad Wallace, partner at Wallace Neumann & Verville. “Eide Bailly shares our culture of dedication to client service and understanding the unique needs of every client.” Mesa West Capital has provided The ConAm Group with $40.875 million in short-term, first mortgage debt for the acquisition and repositioning of South Valley Ranch Apartments in Henderson. South Valley Ranch features 292 apartment homes on a 17-acre site. ConAm, one of the largest multifamily owner-operators in the U.S. with more than 53,000 feemanaged and company-owned units under management, has budgeted a multimillion-dollar renovation program targeting common areas, amenities and apartment interiors.

FEA Consulting Engineers was ranked the seventh-largest hotel engineering firm in the country, according to the recently released BuildFinnegan ing Design + Construction 2019 Giants 300. It is the second consecutive year that FEA has been nationally recognized—the firm placed seventh in the 2018 and 2019 Giants 300 report, ranked by revenues. “We are incredibly honored to receive this national recognition,” said Robert Finnegan, PE, president and owner. “Our entire staff works diligently to ensure our clients receive the best possible service and product we can offer.” Alexia Crowley has been promoted at Colliers International Las Vegas to associate vice president within the Healthcare Services and Crowley Office Division. With nearly two decades of real estate experience, Crowley specializes in providing real estate solutions for owners and occupants of health care and office properties. Her past clients include Women’s Health Associates of Southern Nevada, Spinal Rehabilitation Center and Smith Plastic Surgery. The Desert Ford Dealers announced a founding partnership with Allegiant Stadium and the Raiders to become the official vehicle of the franchise when it debuts in Las Vegas in 2020. There are five Ford dealerships in Las Vegas: Ford Country, Friendly Ford, Gaudin Ford, Rush Truck Center and Team Ford. “The Raiders are proud to welcome the Las Vegas Ford dealers as the newest founding partner of Allegiant Stadium,” Raiders President Marc Badain said. “We are excited to add

another worldwide brand to the Raider family and for the annual activation and tailgating experiences this partnership will provide to our fans.” Angelina Scarcelli, senior portfolio manager with Colliers International Las Vegas, received the Certified Commercial Investment MemScarcelli ber designation from CCIM Institute. Scarcelli was among 228 commercial real estate professionals who earned the designation by passing CCIM Institute’s comprehensive examination, the capstone element in the designation process. To earn the designation, real estate professionals complete more than 160 hours of education on interest-based negotiation, financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis, investment analysis and ethics. Sue Longson, advocacy specialist for Boulder Dam Credit Union, received the Leagues’ Distinguished Service Award at the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues’ REACH Conference. Longson was recognized for her work within the industry as well outstanding efforts in advocacy. “Her leadership skills, personal communication style and passion for integrity have endeared her to hundreds of elected officials over the years,” said Eric Estes, Boulder Dam Credit Union president and CEO. The Siegel Group Nevada Inc. purchased the former Palm Court Inn in Tucson, Arizona, for $6.10 million. This acquisition increases the number of Siegel Suites and Siegel Select properties throughout the country to 56 and marks the brand’s second location in Tucson. This location is in addition to the company’s presence throughout Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina and Ohio.

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ACROSS 1 John, James or Judas 8 GI show sponsor 11 13-digit publishing ID 15 Just barely 19 Taking place in cyberspace 20 Give a very bad review of 21 Piddling 22 Papa’s mate 23 For a very long time 25 Experts 26 Body part over the eyes 27 Bakery units 28 Brand of fat replacer 30 Arouse the interest of 32 Auntie — (pretzel bakery chain) 33 Good-fortune symbols 35 Here, in Cannes 37 Beards on barley 38 State, in Cannes 39 Cruel ruler in Alice in Wonderland 46 High-ranking clergyman 49 Terrifying dino 50 With no muss or fuss 51 Nintendo consoles 53 CNN anchor Burnett 54 Dots on sea maps 56 Torah temple 57 Car ding 58 “— a vacation!” 59 Volkswagen sedan model 61 Aspire to high goals 64 Seek the love of 66 100% 67 Thumbs-up vote

68 Their passengers stand in baskets 76 Skewered meat dishes 81 Old family name in violinmaking 82 “Dies —” (Latin hymn) 83 Castro of Cuba 85 Monte — 86 Nada 87 Round hammer part 88 Conical shelters 90 Bog grass 91 Enchants 93 Pursue impossible dreams 96 One-named singer who was a muse for Andy Warhol 97 Subpar grades 98 Historic start? 99 Get ringers and leaners 105 Topic to debate 110 In a disturbed way 111 Gem often on a string 112 Goddess of wisdom 113 Think (over) 114 Offers 116 Cereal associated with seven key words in this puzzle 118 Tablet 119 Composer Charles 120 LAX info 121 Icy treat 122 Stick around 123 Big top, e.g. 124 — Moines River 125 Old Greek harp players DOWN 1 Home of St. Teresa 2 Attach, as a boutonniere

3 Financial adviser Suze 4 Fend (off) 5 Listens to a broadcast 6 Deposits 7 “Slippery” tree 8 Samoan island where Robert Louis Stevenson died 9 More lucid 10 Getting a regular paycheck 11 Small demon 12 Tiny letter flourishes 13 Bucking ride 14 People cuddling up 15 Having mixed feelings 16 Place to set one’s sights 17 Illicit affair 18 1920s U.S. veep Charles 24 Hugs, in a letter 29 Salamander 31 Memorizing process 33 Military flutes 34 Part of Q&A 36 Swindle 39 Swab brand 40 Celestial bear 41 Sinuous swimmers 42 Previous spouses 43 Gag reaction 44 Needle case 45 Men-only 46 Succinct 47 Arena part 48 Finales 52 Acct. accrual 55 Horror film sequel of 2005 57 Del Rio of old Hollywood 58 Sci-fi writer Asimov 60 Blue Jays, on a scoreboard

62 Andy Capp’s missus 63 “Eww, mice!” 65 Some theater awards 68 Mental fog 69 Boding sign 70 Fast Italian whirling dance 71 How a nation with nukes is armed 72 Consist of 73 Cavalry weapons 74 Neck back 75 Bringer of a legal action 77 Catty remark 78 Nabisco bite 79 Erupted 80 Grassy turfs 84 Vaults 87 Put a ban on 88 Like grads’ caps 89 Titled man 92 Folkie Phil 94 Dickens’ Uriah 95 Nor’s partner 97 All for Love playwright John 99 Oil rig parts 100 Native Alaskan 101 Drab hue 102 Terre — 103 Killer whales 104 Wapiti 106 Ventriloquist Lewis 107 Kosovo inhabitants 108 Not fulfilled, as a goal 109 The Far and the Near? 112 Suffering a flu symptom 115 Old JFK jet 117 Big initials in fashion

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Every now and then shed your polite, tactful personas and express the angst you sometimes feel but usually hide. Read this mischievous rant by blogger Clary Gay: “We Libras are constantly thinking about how to make everyone else comfortable and happy. There’s not a minute going by when we’re not worrying about radiating a soothing and comforting aura... If a Libra is cranky, it’s because they snapped!” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Robert Bly tells us that the door to the soul is unlocked. You don’t have to struggle through any special machinations to open it or go through it. It harbors the precise treasure you need in order to be replenished and empowered. During the next two weeks, abide as much as possible in the soul’s realm. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What you’ve experienced lately has been akin to a fermentation process. You may have had to endure some discomfort, but you’ll ultimately be quite pleased with the results, which will be ready no later than ten days after your birthday. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Many books have been written about Joan of Arc, a 15th-century teenage peasant girl with an improbable ascent to military leadership. Among the many miraculous elements of her story was the fact that less than a year before she led troops into battle on horseback, she didn’t know how to ride a horse. Expect an equivalent marvel in your future. By this time next year, you will have developed an aptitude that might seem unimaginable now. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Divine Comedy is one of history’s greatest literary works. Up until that time, its author, Dante Alighieri, had published just one book and a few poems. Early on in the Inferno, the not-yet-renowned author presents a fictional scene in which he meets with the spirits of antiquity’s most famous authors: Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid and Lucan. Those illustrious five tell Dante he is such an important writer that he ranks sixth, after them. Dare indulging in behavior like Dante’s: to visualize and extol the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Latin word for sea is mare. Flustra is the calm sea. Aequoreus means “connected with the sea.” Meditate on these lyrical terms, you’ll be moved to remember the first lakes, rivers and oceans you ever swam in. It’s a favorable time to seek the healing and rejuvenating powers of primal waters—both metaphorically and literally.

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