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FLIGHT-RIDE EXPERIENCE SET TO SOAR ON THE STRIP THIS FALL A new Las Vegas Strip attraction set to open in early fall will bring a multisensory journey over the most iconic locations and natural wonders in the American Southwest, including the Strip itself. FlyOver, a division of Arizona-based Viad Corp’s Pursuit attractions and hospitality company, is getting ready to open its third location at Showcase Mall on Las Vegas Boulevard, across from Park MGM and next to the Hard Rock Cafe. The attraction will take over the renovated spaces that formerly housed the United Artists movie theaters and Famous Footwear retail store and will feature two flight-ride theaters that accommodate 46 riders per showing, along with preshow entertainment areas and a full-service bar. FlyOver’s moving platform has six degrees of motion to create a gliding feeling, and the visual aspect is a high-definition film created specifically for this experience using video shot the past 14 months with front-mounted helicopter cameras. And while riders will get to FlyOver the Strip, that’s just the beginning of the presentation, which also includes the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Zion and Arches National Parks and Lake Tahoe. There are even special effects like wind, mist and location-specific scents adding to the immersive experience. FlyOver, which has similar place-specific attractions in Vancouver, Canada, and Reykjavik, Iceland, first announced its Vegas plans in 2019. The pandemic delayed construction and the film crew was able to continue its work in the region during quarantine. –Brock Radke
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Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-André Fleury makes a save during a 3-2 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes, May 1 in Glendale, Arizona. The victory moved Fleury into a tie with Roberto Luongo for third on the NHL's all-time wins list with 489, behind only Patrick Roy (551) and Martin Brodeur (691). (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)
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Cover story: Meet 12 inspiring Nevada women Scene: The Pinball Hall of Fame hits the Boulevard The Strip: Cirque prepares for its Vegas comeback Food & Drink: Carmine's extends its family legacy Sports: The Aviators return to Las Vegas Ballpark
STORIES FROM LAST WEEK BAFFERT'S LUCKY 7TH Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby by a half-length May 1, giving trainer Bob Baffert his seventh victory, most of any trainer in the race’s 147-year history. Sent off at 12-1 odds—astronomical odds for a Baffert-trained colt—Medina Spirit was in a street fight thundering down the stretch but held off Mandaloun, Hot Rod Charlie and 5-2 favorite Essential Quality.
Jennifer McBride, 50, who returned three French bulldogs stolen after shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker, was among five people arrested in connection with the theft, LA police said April 29. The dog walker, Ryan Fischer, is recovering from a gunshot wound.
FAMILIES BEING REUNITED The Biden administration said May 3 that four families separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called it “just the beginning” of a broader effort. Parents will return to the United States on humanitarian parole while authorities consider other, longer-term forms of legal status, said Michelle Brane, executive director of the administration's Family Reunification Task Force. The children are already in the U.S.
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Rhamondre Stevenson, a Centennial High School graduate, and his mother, Juran, smile during a May 1 NFL Draft party with family and friends in a suite at Aria. The 6-foot, 245-pound running back from the University of Oklahoma became the first Las Vegas-area player selected this year when the New England Patriots picked him in the fourth round, 120th overall. Stevenson declared for the draft shortly after rushing for 186 yards and a touchdown against Florida in the Cotton Bowl. Two other players from Southern Nevada were picked on the third day of the draft. Tight end Brevin Jordan, a former Bishop Gorman star and the top tight end recruit in the country in 2018, went in the fifth round, 147th overall, to the Houston Texans. He posted 38 catches for 576 yards and seven touchdowns last season at the University of Miami. Linebacker Tony Fields, a four-year starter at Arizona and West Virginia who won a high school state championship at Desert Pines High School, went to the Cleveland Browns with the 153rd overall pick, also in round five. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
REPORT: NEVADANS LOST MILLIONS TO ONLINE ROMANCE SCAMS IN 2020 Nevadans lost more than $6 million last year to online romance scams, making it the 22nd most “catfished” state in the U.S., according to Social Catfish, a computer dating investigative service. Catfishing refers to creating a false online identity to build a relationship with someone or scam them out of money. People in the U.S. lost more than $300 million in computer romance scams last year, according to Social Catfish. During the pandemic, many people were stuck at home spending more time on social apps and dating websites, and “that’s where the scammers are,” said David McClellan, founder and president of Social Catfish. “They treat this like a job, and they even call their victims their clients. That’s how disgusting it is,” McClellan said. The scammers might build an emotional relationship with the victim before asking for money to help pay for rent or some other emergency, he said. Scams that target men are typically more sexual than emotional, McClellan said. A common tactic is for a scammer to message a man on Facebook or another social media platform and ask him to switch to Skype. A woman then undresses herself and tells the man to do the same, McClellan said. The scammer will screen shot the video of him getting naked and tell him if he doesn’t send money, she will send the pictures to everyone on his friend’s list, McClellan said. –Sara MacNeil
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GOOD VIBRATIONS Find healing and relaxation through vibrational sound therapy BY LESLIE VENTURA
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elf-care might be more important now than ever before, but access to therapy, including touch therapy, isn’t always available or even desired during pandemic times. Over the past decade, one organization has utilized the modalities of sound and vibration to deliver healing and relaxation without the patient ever being touched by someone’s hands. Founded in 2014 by sound therapist Jeff Howard, the Vibrational Sound Association (VSA) is the only official body that provides certification courses, instruction and advocacy for vibrational sound therapists. According to the website, vibrational sound therapy (VST) combines “powerful vibration and tones to induce an immediate relaxed state,” beneficial to the client in different ways.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS A typical VST session looks similar to a massage treatment, beginning with the client lying face-up or facedown on a massage table. A practitioner then places therapeutic singing bowls directly on the client’s (clothed) body, allowing the induction of the sound waves to enter directly into the client. “A practitioner engages with their client both physically and aurally,” the VSA website explains. VST has certain strengths that other therapeutic modalities do not, especially for clients with trauma, PTSD or anxiety. “One major comfort barrier that prevents many people from receiving a traditional massage is fear of being touched by a stranger,” the website reads. “In the VST method, the client remains fully clothed and is never touched directly by the practitioner. In fact, because the singing bowl is doing most of the physical work, contact is kept to a minimum.” Because VST doesn’t involve direct physical contact, it’s also great for people who get sore easily and prefer a therapeutic alternative to massage. It can be used in conjunction or in addition to reiki, psychotherapy, acupuncture and more. Carey-Sue Kaplan, owner of Desert Vibration and Sound Therapy, is a Las Vegas-based, VST-certified practitioner with 23 years of experience in massage. Kaplan says the practice of VST is comparable to a sound bath and offers similar healing properties.
Vibrational sound therapist Carey-Sue Kaplan (Yasmina Chavez/Staff)
The key difference between VST and a traditional sound bath is that VST incorporates vibration, not just sound, as a healing tool. “A sound bath is an immersive sound experience, where one or many people are in a room that has really good acoustics,” Kaplan says. “They use all manner of instruments to make the sound crescendo to wash over you and create a deep sense of relaxation.” Therapeutic singing bowls resemble traditional Tibetan bowls in their
appearance, but they’re designed specifically for vibrational sound therapy. According to the VST website, therapeutic singing bowls “are the first singing bowls designed as a tool to provide application of vibration directly to the body.” They’re made of resonant alloy, and “the notable audible differences between a therapeutic singing bowl … and a modern Himalayan singing bowl can be found in the subdued volume and the purity of tone of the therapeutic bowls.” “They’re specifically made by artisanal workers, and they make them in specific ways to enhance the vibration of the bowl, so that when it’s placed on the body, you feel the vibration more than you hear the sound,” Kaplan explains. “The vibration throughout the body and the rhythmic sound creates a sense of relaxation.” Vibrational sound therapy might be new, but Tibetan and Himalayan
bowls have been used to hold food for thousands of years. It wasn’t until the spiritual tourism boom of the ’70s and ’80s that Westerners began purchasing them and incorporating them into their daily lives. Kaplan says the benefits of vibration and sound as a form of therapy have been known for many years, but it wasn’t called vibrational sound therapy until recently. “That terminology didn’t come about until the ’80s, when crystal bowls came along,” she says. Though not used in VST, quartz crystal singing bowls are commonly used in sound baths to induce a similar meditative response; however, these bowls are not placed on the body and don’t produce strong enough vibrations to be felt. The experience is different for each individual, Kaplan explains, but there are broad benefits to VST. “It does all of the things massage would do in terms of physiological responses—it lowers blood pressure, calms the sympathetic nervous system, your heart rate slows, and you fall in and out of consciousness,” Kaplan says. “It’s very relaxing, but beyond that, everyone has a very subjective reaction. There are people who get energized, people who get sleepy, people who feel they’ve had a whole body massage or [experience] a release where they start crying. It’s choose-your-own-adventure.” In addition, Kaplan says, VST can be beneficial for people who find meditation difficult. “If you can’t shut off your brain, VST allows you to focus on the rhythmic pulsing of the bowls, so it pushes you [into a meditative state]. Whereas if you’re in your head all the time, VST lets your thoughts float away from you with every hit of the bowl. It’s a really nice meditation tool if you can’t meditate.”
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was difficult before the pandemic. Since then, we’ve entirely reestablished those boundaries. Our collective resiliency is in no small part due to the mothers, daughters, friends and colleagues who stepped in to provide leadership and empathy throughout turbulent times. We highlight many of these women in the following pages, and many more uplift us every day in our communities. At City National, our own Kelly Coffey is no stranger to being CEO one minute and mom the next. Her compassionate leadership permeates our entire organization, and I’m so proud to work for a company that champions female colleagues at every level in their careers. As we celebrate more than 65 years in business, our long-standing commitment to supporting clients, colleagues and communities is embedded in the fabric of our Silver State. Together, we can support the next generation of Women Inspiring Nevada by advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion in our workforces. City National is also proud to be the official bank for the Vegas Golden Knights, Touro University and so much more. As your neighbor, we promise to help our communities throughout Nevada find ways to achieve their financial success. Last but not least, my heartfelt congratulations to all of the 2021 Women Inspiring Nevada honorees! Your influences on our community and state are remarkable and inspire a better tomorrow for all of us. On behalf of Nevada, thank you for the work you do every day. Sincerely,
n Inspiration can come to us from a multitude of sources. It can come from our longtime role models or industry disrupters. It can also come from changing your environment or shaking up your daily routine—something we’ve all become accustomed to over the last year. At Vegas Inc, we love looking to our many local leaders as sources of inspiration—to do more and to do better. The 12 women you are about to read about have been lighting the way forward for our community. Our 2021 Women Inspiring Nevada honorees have shown us all hope and humanity in a surreal year. Thanks to the commitment of several past honorees serving as judges, Vegas Inc is proud to present our 14th annual women’s recognition list. Through the years, these awards have remained steadfast in elevating the work and voices of powerhouse women who inspire a better tomorrow for our community while also pioneering their own industries. This year is no different— showcasing a diverse and impressive list of women taking Southern Nevada by charge. As visionaries in business and philanthropy, these women share their stories of success and perseverance across nearly every industry that touches the Valley—each serving as leaders in their respective roles and constant sources of inspiration for all those who cross their path. If you hadn’t heard their names before, you won’t soon forget them now. I would also like to express our gratitude to our sponsor, City National Bank, for their support of this special publication. And a special thank you to The Front Yard at Ellis Island for hosting the intimate celebration where we honor these outstanding women. From all of us at Vegas Inc, congratulations to this year’s Women Inspiring Nevada honorees. We couldn’t be more excited to share the work they do and to celebrate their many accomplishments. Southern Nevada is lucky to have such forward-thinking, dedicated and compassionate women leading the way.
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From the nomination: Elizabeth has done so much for women in the restaurant industry, and she is an inspiration to all women who want to own restaurants. She is passionate about her community and dedicates her time to help eliminate hunger in Southern Nevada.
Elizabeth Blau C E O , B L A U + A S S O C I AT E S
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Erica Mosca FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LEADERS IN TRAINING
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rica Mosca went to seven different schools growing up and experienced the same educational inequity at each. With the help of a nonprofit she joined in high school, Mosca went on to attend and graduate from college—becoming the first person in her family to do so. Mosca wanted to elevate opportunities for others in the same way. Mosca began her career as a fifth-grade teacher, where the theme of her classroom was “leaders in training.” Once those students began ninth grade, she officially launched her nonprofit of the same name to support them and their families. What started as a small-scale endeavor eight years ago has grown to serve more than 500 students—and members of that first cohort are now college graduates and diverse leaders in our community. It is Mosca’s goal to end systemic and structural inequities in every sector and in every community. She believes it’s imperative to be an active member of the community and to achieve the change you wish to see.
YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: 13
From the nomination: Erica is a visionary force of inspiration in Nevada. She took an idea from her days teaching in a classroom all the way to a thriving nonprofit where she uplifts, gives voice and empowers many first-generation college students.
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From the nomination: Carrie is a very diverse leader in business and philanthropy. She has supported hundreds of nonprofit organizations and projects in the community, and shares her expertise as a speaker and serves on various boards and committees.
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nce a runway model and spokesmodel, Carrie Carter Cooper serves today as another kind of model: model citizen. Carter Cooper founded BESTAgency in 1997 and has since grown it to over 300 employees with offices in Honolulu and Miami. The agency produces events and entertainment concepts, and supplies models and entertainers for the projects. Carter Cooper devotes much of her time to philanthropic pursuits. She is a founding member of Nevada Women’s Philanthropy and a founding board member for the Discovery Children’s Museum. Her most recent endeavor is the formation of the Las Vegas Fashion Council, a nonprofit organization with a vision to diversify the economy in Las Vegas through the fashion industry. During the pandemic, Carter Cooper created an initiative called the Mask Task Force through the LVFC that engaged hundreds of volunteers to support the devastating shortage of PPE—resulting in the donation of more than 30,000 PPE pieces.
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From the nomination: Valerie is passionate about serving and advocating for children and families, including the disproportionate number of children of color and the issues that lead them to be overly represented in the child welfare system. She is committed to ensuring all children experiencing foster care can heal, hope and thrive.
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alerie Hicks believes family and community are the cornerstone for the success of our children. Determined to be part of the solution, she has dedicated her entire career to working with children and families. At SAFY (Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth), Hicks leads a statewide team of social workers and clinicians to strengthen families and communities through therapeutic foster care, adoption, behavioral health, family preservation and older youth services. As a licensed social worker herself, she is passionate about serving more than 3,000 young people experiencing foster care in Clark County, responding to their unique needs within the context of the social issues they face. Hicks is involved with many organizations promoting the well-being of children and families in Southern Nevada, including Nevada Youth Care Providers, Family Focused Treatment Association and Clark County Health and Human Services. She also participates in the legislative process, advocating for funding for child welfare and mental health services.
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fter immigrating to the U.S. from Uzbekistan, Elena Ledoux tackled challenge after challenge to achieve her American dream. Ledoux worked two jobs while in law school and graduated at the top 10% of her class, despite not being fluent in English. After practicing law for several years, she started Superb Maids with just a $1,000 investment. It is now the No. 1 professional house cleaning company in Las Vegas, servicing more than 5,800 clients. Ledoux is currently leading the charge at Boss Security Screens as it scales nationally. In 2019, Ledoux was named the SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year in Nevada and Entrepreneur of the Year by National Association of Women Business Owners for Southern Nevada. Recently, she was given the 2020 NiceJob Community Impact Award as a do-gooder of the community. Ledoux is a board member of HealthySunrise Foundation, a nonprofit that helps at-risk moms, and has served as its director of communication for the past three years.
YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: 7
From the nomination: Elena has helped many women in the Las Vegas community optimize their own businesses without asking for anything in return. She wants to see other women thrive and be successful, and is always willing to offer a helping hand.
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s a hair and makeup artist, Joy Hoover was often exposed to powerful stories from adult-industry workers. Hearing of their unmet needs motivated her to help, and what started as a simple gesture of bringing cupcakes into strip clubs ultimately led Hoover to establish The Cupcake Girls. The Cupcake Girls is a nonprofit that provides support and resources to people in the adult industry and aftercare to those affected by domestic sex trafficking. With locations in Las Vegas and Portland, and clients in more than 22 states, Hoover has built a community by creating safe and inclusive spaces for an often-marginalized group—offering more than $1.2 million in resources and referrals to hundreds of new clients in 2020 alone. Hoover helped start the Hidden Violence Coalition, a partnership of nonprofits working together to address domestic violence in Las Vegas, and she is a member of the Jameson Fellowship, fostering collaboration among community leaders to influence change.
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Joy Hoover
YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: 11
From the nomination: Joy believes in genuine relationships and the power to build community through the genuine good in each person. Joy dreams big for the sake of others. She not only envisions a future of safety and inclusion for our community, she works hard to make it a reality.
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graduate of UNLV’s hospitality program, Fuilala Riley didn’t set out to work in the nonprofit sector. It’s something she has chosen to do. Riley began her career with HELP of Southern Nevada as the events and development manager. Over the years, she evolved in her role and was eventually appointed to president and CEO in 2016. Riley now oversees 10 departments, a team of over 150 employees and serves tens of thousands of clients each year. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Riley stepped up in a major way. Under her direction, HELP brought on an additional 400 beds for homeless individuals and families; paid for 3,400 months of rental and utility assistance for those affected; and created an additional 30 jobs within the nonprofit. HELP was also awarded the largest private donation in its 50-year history—$5 million from the Bezos Day One Fund, which is being utilized to end homelessness for 150 Southern Nevada families.
YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: 28
From the nomination: Fuilala’s community service is felt throughout Southern Nevada—beyond her unwavering commitment to furthering HELP of Southern Nevada’s mission. She has remained committed to giving back to the Las Vegas community for 18 years.
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From the nomination: Dr. Hibbler has spent her entire career working to improve the lives of children in our community and create new ways to address social needs. She champions the mission of ensuring all children are healthy, safe, successful in school and connected to caring adults.
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ith a city councilwoman as her mother and a senior master sergeant in the Air Force as her father, Dr. Lisa Morris Hibbler grew up with community service as an integral part of her life. She became a member of the American Legion Junior Auxiliary Post 229 when she was only 8 years old—and she is still active with the organization today. Morris Hibbler has worked at the City of Las Vegas for 24 years, and the creation of the Department of Youth Development and Social Innovation is one of her proudest achievements. She manages $8 million in programs and services related to preschool development, youth development, out of school time programs, workforce development and multicultural community relations. Morris Hibbler also worked with the Las Vegas City Council to create the Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE, an opportunity for public/private partnerships to support specific community needs in four areas: Livability, Innovation, Future and Education. In two years, the fund has raised more than $2 million in cash and $5 million in-kind.
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From the nomination: Kimberly has proven herself as both an effective health care professional and an accomplished business leader under the most trying of circumstances. She has been a dedicated, career health care professional from the day she graduated.
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fter experiencing the care and compassion from the nurses who helped deliver her premature daughter, Kimberly Shaw was inspired to become a nurse herself. Now, she’s a nurse who runs an entire hospital. Passionate about delivering great health care to our community, Shaw dusted off her scrubs and got out on the front line when the hospital experienced the COVID-19 surge. She jumped in as an emergency room charge nurse—bringing her back to the reason she got into health care in the first place. Shaw led more than 1,000 members of the San Martin team as the hospital managed its way through unprecedented times. Shaw also provided unparalleled leadership and management on the business side of the hospital—managing shortages of critical PPE, balancing critical demand for sensitive medical equipment including ventilators and respirators, and maintaining collective bargaining agreements under rapidly evolving and uncertain circumstances.
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yesha Mehdi is a problem preventer and problem solver by nature—making law a natural career choice. She specifically chose health care as her focus, because it is dynamic and challenging. Day-to-day, Mehdi counsels physicians and other health care professionals, along with various health care-related businesses, in a wide range of corporate, transactional, regulatory and licensure matters. But it is her pro bono work with Children’s Attorney Project of Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada that she finds truly invaluable. She is passionate about ensuring justice for children and doing what she can to give back to the community. Mehdi is a published writer and often speaks at regional and national conferences for both legal and health care associations, where she educates others about rapidly changing health care laws. She also serves her alma mater, the University of Kansas, on the law school board of governors and actively mentors law students.
YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: 11
From the nomination: Ayesha is someone who doesn’t need the word “leader” in her title to take ownership of her area of influence. Ayesha intentionally researched and pursued a niche sect of law that would immensely benefit her city’s medical community. She is someone who looks at the macro level, strategizes everything and works to achieve bigger goals and vision.
Congratulations, Dr. Morris Hibbler on this well-deserved honor. You’ve been inspiring us for years and we are so proud of you!
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From the nomination: Irene knows how to overcome challenges and break barriers. Irene is a bridge builder and the kind of dynamic leader you want to work with. Every day she brings people together for the good of our community.
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he daughter of migrant farm workers, Irene Bustamante Adams remembers waking before dawn to work the agricultural fields with her family. It was this experience that ingrained in her the value of hard work and servant leadership. Bustamante Adams was the first in her family to graduate college, and was the first Latina to earn an Executive Master of Business Administration degree at UNLV. After working as a corporate executive for nearly two decades, she was faced with the untimely death of her brother. Bustamante Adams felt compelled to do more. She took a chance, ran for political office and won—serving four terms in the Nevada Assembly. Bustamante Adams applies her own life lessons daily in her current role at Workforce Connections—transforming lives by connecting individuals to new careers. During the pandemic, she was part of the group that helped secure more than $10 million for Southern Nevada as part of the federal government’s National Emergency Grant for dislocated workers.
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From the nomination: Maureen has stewarded Southern Nevada health care through multiple stages of growth—working to evolve the community into a center for innovation, discovery and creativity in the area of health care research, education and clinical programming.
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aureen E. Schafer works hard and always wants to win. Growing up an athlete, this mentality was instilled in her at a young age. After working in many sectors, Schafer has spent the past 15 years focused on health care. Schafer played a major role in opening the Cleveland Clinic Nevada and launching the UNLV School of Medicine, serving as founding chief of staff in the launch of Las Vegas’ first four-year public allopathic medical school. Among her many achievements, donating a kidney to an anonymous 51-year-old dad in Ohio is her proudest moment. As the president and CEO of Nevada Health & Bioscience Corporation, Schafer remains actively involved with UNLV and is currently overseeing the new Medical Education building— effectively transforming the educational and medical landscapes of Las Vegas. She established startup operations and cultivated relationships for the $150 million construction project. Schafer is always working to aid in bringing awareness, resources, services and support to Nevada—a win for all involved.
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MCU SOUNDTRACK PLAYLIST The needle drop is one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s superpowers—say, pairing the Guardians of the Galaxy with The Runaways, or Thor with “Immigrant Song.” This Spotify playlist collects all the MCU’s sound choices. spoti.fi/3aVcEMa
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KIM’S CONVENIENCE If you love Schitt’s Creek, here’s another family-centric sitcom from our neighbors up north. Kim’s Convenience follows the quotidian life of a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto. Generational and cultural misunderstandings ensue, but the heart of the show is the big-heartedness of its characters. The fifth and final season just dropped; watch the series from the beginning and fall in love with the Kim family and the Canadian-nice cast of characters that walk through its door. Netflix. –Genevie Durano
GUIDED BY VOICES: EARTH MAN BLUES Do I sound like a broken record, recommending records by Robert Pollard? I won’t stop until he does, since he’s already proven his creations won’t suddenly cease being worthwhile. Latest album Earth Man Blues continues the streak, with Guided By Voices’ modern-day lineup adding muscle to Pollard material both catchy (“The Batman Sees the Ball,” “Trust Them Now”) and hypnotic (“Lights Out in Memphis (Egypt),” “I Bet Hippy”). And playlist-ready as those cuts might be, there’s cohesive magic in Earth Man’s 15-track sequence. If you’re a fan of rock music and haven’t been keeping up with GBV’s recent output, you’re doing it wrong. –Spencer Patterson
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RAIN ON YOUR PARADE Based in drizzly Seattle, the game developers of Unbound Creations know a few things about clouds. They’ve drawn on that hard-earned knowledge in creating Rain on Your Parade, an addictive and hilarious game in which you’re a raincloud gleefully soaking “hoomans” as they enjoy concerts or attend fancy outdoor weddings. This scrappy, low-fi indie might not be a graphics showcase (the “hoomans” are old-style blocky sprites; the cloud is a 2D, Waze-like cutout suspended from strings), but it’s cool, irreverent fun—and just in time for triple-digit heat. Nintendo Switch, Steam, Xbox; bit.ly/3u3zUyO. –Geoff Carter
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DEFUNCTLAND: JIM HENSON Kevin Perjurer, producer of the Defunctland podcast (and last year’s excellent documentary Live From the Space Stage: A Halyx Story) delivers a compelling six-part YouTube series on the life and subversive genius of the “Muppets” creator. bit.ly/3e4MF6H
Twenty-nine years after the game debuted on consoles like Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo and 26 years after the original movie premiered, the gory cult classic has been reimagined for modern times. New character Cole Young assembles fighters to protect Earthrealm from the powerful enemies of Outrealm in a deadly ancient tournament. There are far worse ways to spend two hours of your life. In theaters and streaming on HBO Max. –Leslie Ventura Rain on Your Parade (Unbound Creations/Courtesy)
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CLINT HOLMES AT NOTORIETY LIVE Longtime headliner Clint Holmes didn’t jump into virtual shows or pop up in other pandemic-era productions last year, choosing instead to write and collaborate behind the scenes. When he was ready to return, he did so in a new venue with a fresh, eclectic approach. “I’m doing songs I’ve never done before, and it’s such a treat,” he says of his monthly Regeneration Series at Downtown’s Notoriety Live. There’s still plenty of jazz, but it mingles with contemporary sounds from the likes of Billie Eilish and PJ Morton, and Holmes is incorporating guest artists and student musicians, too. May 8, 3 p.m., $50, notorietylive.com. –Brock Radke
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ILLUSTRATED RAT PACK LECTURE AT LOCAL LIBRARIES Nothing says classic Vegas like the Rat Pack, the stars of yesteryear who lit up casino stages and drew tourists from around the country. More than 50 years later, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. shine again via this illustrated lecture by professional musician Dulais Rhys. Viewers will learn about the story of their success and their eventual separation. An accompanying slideshow of quotes, photographs and embedded music tracks help bring history to life. May 6, 7 p.m., Clark County Library (1401 E. Flamingo Road); May 7, 7 p.m., Windmill Library (7060 W. Windmill Lane); May 8, 1 p.m., Rainbow Library (3150 N. Buffalo Drive); free, lvccld.org. –C. Moon Reed
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BALLROOM The Pinball Hall of Fame makes a bold, ambitious move to the Strip BY GEOFF CARTER
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s there really pinball in there?” A woman, still in her car, asks me that question as I walk through the parking lot of the new Pinball Hall of Fame location, on Las Vegas Boulevard near Mandalay Bay. She gestures to the building, painted with massive red letters shouting “PINBALL.” “There are literally hundreds of pinball machines in there,” I tell her. “Some of them are 60, 70 years old, and you can play all of them.” Satisfied, the woman parks, gets out of her car and hustles inside. Tim Arnold, the owner of the Pinball Hall of Fame and its sprawling assortment of new and vintage pinball machines, video arcade games and various mechanical amusements, has seen several impulsive visits like this one since the PHOF soft-opened in its new location less than a month ago. “We had a guy two nights ago who was up in an expensive restaurant on the top of the Mandalay Bay, looked out the window and saw ‘PINBALL,” finished his meal and scooted right over here,” Arnold says. “And another one saw it from the window of a plane when the high winds changed [McCarran’s] approach pattern.” It’s hard to imagine that there are people who don’t know about the PHOF—it’s been in the first tier of Vegas’ word-of-mouth attractions for years now—but nevertheless, a huge, uninitiated audience is out there, and it makes sense that Arnold would want it to find his collection. That’s the main reason he built a new, 27,000-squarefoot location from the ground up on one of America’s most expensive thoroughfares. (“We’re half a million dollars
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BLITZ behind, paying for this happy shack,” Arnold says, despite a GoFundMe campaign that had raised more than $170,000 at press time, and a separate donation of $80,000 from another supporter.) He’s doing it because, through nearly 15 years of offering access to his collection through invitation-only “pinball fun nights” and two nondescript Tropicana Avenue locations, he’s never had enough space. “We had about 250 machines out; now we’re at about 400 to 450, and we have many more to bring in,” Arnold says. “There’s stuff here that I haven’t seen since I put it in that storage building 30 years ago. … I got a bunch of really nice old pitch-and-bat baseball games, early mechanical fortune tellers, driving games with moving glass plates, just weird old stuff. “It wasn’t an economic decision,” he continues. “We would probably make more money staying on Trop. But I’m not going to be able to keep doing this forever. What’s the point of having all this [stuff] unless, at least once in your life, you throw the doors open and it’s all here?” Wandering the long, long aisles of the new PHOF—still entirely staffed by volunteers—is a head-spinning experience. All of the museum’s classic pinball machines made the move: 1980’s “Black Knight,” 1993’s “Twilight Zone,” 1975’s Spanish-made “Impacto,” 1976’s Elton John-themed “Capt. Fantastic” and 1994’s incredibly rare, only-two-in-existence prototype “Pinball Circus” are all here, and all playable for a pinch of quarters. They stand alongside recently built machines based on pop culture franchises like Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Munsters. (The latter machine, a hyper-responsive
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game with a split-level playfield, is my new favorite.) Fans of arcade games will find scores of them lining the walls, from popular favorites like “Tron” and “Paperboy” to obscure titles like “Wacko” and “Computer Space.” And Arnold wasn’t kidding about the weird old stuff: To the right of the front doors are two 1962 “Disneyland Toy Factory” Mold-A-Rama vending machines, which, when returned to service, will produce wax figures of Donald Duck and Pluto on demand. Those Mold-A-Rama machines will have to wait their turn. As we talk, Arnold’s all-volunteer crew is busily assembling some machines and dissecting others, steadily moving PHOF toward that 400 working-machine goal. “Because there are no qualified technicians, it’s going to take a while to get to that
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number,” he says. “There’s a limit of how many hours I’ve got in a day, and I just can’t go out and hire people. They just don’t exist. But if it was easy, there would be one of these on every street corner.” Even though the new space is bigger and in a more prominent spot, Arnold’s not keen to change what’s been working for the PHOF since the mid-aughts. There will no DJ nights here, no consumption lounges set up. (“[No] grass, vape or chew,” warns a sign at the door.) He doesn’t want to serve food or drinks, and is offering T-shirts only reluctantly. “The problem is if you start paying attention to that stuff, you don’t pay atten-
tion to the games—and then your quality slips, and people don’t like it,” he says. “We want to do only two things and do them well: be a pinball museum open to the public with free admission and free parking, and give money to local social service charities, which we haven’t done for several years, because we’ve been stuck in this real estate hamster wheel. “We’re all about the bottom of the entertainment pyramid,” Arnold says. “The very wide bottom of mom and pop, the kids, the casual player and people just looking for something to do before they hop on the freeway. Those are our peeps.”
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Cirque du Soleil’s June return will reunite Vegas performers with their passion
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arah Turner is a British-born gymnast and acrobat who has been training since she was 5 years old. There are thousands of versions of her living and working in Las Vegas, but there’s only one Sarah Turner. When she’s performing in Mystère as one of the show’s high-flying “Spermatine” characters, catapulting across the stage from the teeterboard or somersaulting furiously along a series of trampolines, she’s unrecognizable as Sarah Turner, but in another way, that’s the truest version of herself. She’s been THE with Cirque du INCIDENTAL Soleil since 2010, TOURIST performing in BY BROCK RADKE several touring and resident productions, and arrived in Las Vegas in 2018 to join the cast of the company’s first Strip residency show at Treasure Island. When I met her last year, she told me how much she and her twin daughters enjoyed living in Las Vegas and hoped to stay here for a long time. “It’s crazy to me this is my job and I get paid for this,” she said. “It’s a very fun and unique environment. Everybody knows the Strip and all the shows, and it’s really exciting to be part of that. The audiences in Las Vegas seem to be more lively.” On March 4, 2020, we did an interview and photo shoot for a magazine article that never got published. A few days later, I went on vacation for a week, and when I returned to Las Vegas, Strip casinos were shutting down. Turner had taken a vacation back home to England in January when Mystère took its annual two-week break, and although word was spreading about the coronavirus, it didn’t seem to be much of a concern when she came back to Las Vegas. “We all felt like kids at school.
‘Wash your hands, cover your nose and mouth,’” she recalls during a Zoom call last month. “Then in March, the [Cirque] touring shows shut down, and [we realized] maybe this was bigger than we thought. I went into work on Saturday, and we had a meeting and found out we were probably going to be reducing shows, but everything was going to be OK. Then we went in on Sunday, and it was, ‘Actually, we’re going to close.’ We did two shows that night and that was it, but even then, we thought it was going to be two weeks.” The majority of Cirque du Soleil employees around the world were laid off, but most cast and crew members in the Las Vegas shows were furloughed and their benefits were maintained. President and CEO Daniel Lamarre says the company’s focus quickly shifted to supporting its artists in the best way it could. “We kept up with medical insurance and worker comps to try be helpful, and that was a lot of money for us, to be frank, but obviously the situation was tough for the artists,” he says. “Today I look back, and I can say that was the best investment we could do, to keep these artists in Las Vegas and keep those relationships between us. “We have over 125 artists on work visas, and if we would have stopped the [business] relationships between us, they would have had to leave town. Those were the kind of investments not going directly into their pocket, but certainly it protected their positions moving forward.” Turner says she was lucky to maintain that connection and to be able to receive unemployment to keep day-today life as stable as possible during the past year. She also kept in touch with her Cirque family through virtual athome workout sessions and chats. She appreciated all the extra time with her daughters, especially being able to put them to bed at night. That only happened a couple times a week before the pandemic. When Mystère reopens on June 28,
Turner and her castmates will perform for the first time in more than 15 months. They’re not just going back to work. “I think a lot of people take their job in the way that it’s a big part of who you are, but for us it’s more of a complete lifestyle,” she says. “It’s a unique job and a really cool job, and a lot of people are very proud to work for Cirque. So all of a sudden to have that taken away, I felt like I didn’t have a purpose in life. I’ve never not worked, never been on unemployment, never been that
person that stays home and doesn’t do anything. But obviously, it affected the whole world and the whole industry, so it’s not like you could go out and get a job doing something else. “Now that so many [performers] have had it temporarily taken away from them, I think everybody will be even more grateful for the job they have, especially knowing we’ll be one of the only shows that will be open,” she says. “There are still thousands of artists out of work, and we’re all hoping and praying they can get back to work.”
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NO STOPPING Androjinni’s ‘EDM rap’ sounds at home in Las Vegas
yatt Marshall never thought Las Vegas would wind up being a place to settle down. It’s been seven years since the artist left Southern Utah, and this has truly become Marshall’s home. “I kind of moved here intending not to stay,” Marshall says. “It was just a stop on my way to California, but once I experienced Vegas life, I fell in love, and now I’m stuck here,” the rapper, 27, tells the Weekly between endearing laughs. It’s a common story: Small-town kid moves to the big city in search of something bigger. For Marshall, that was music. “It was interesting to say the least,” Marshall says of the move. “It was super easy for me to fall in love with the city. We’re spoiled here.” Marshall goes by Androjinni (pronounced “andro-genie”), a play on words based on the artist’s identity. ”I’m gender-nonconforming and nonbinary,” Marshall says. Marshall released debut EP Contact High in 2020 and is readying a follow-up, due out this summer. “I’ve always been a writer,” Marshall says. “I write all my lyrics, and I’ve written lyrics and songs since I was really young, like in high school.” Eventually, Marshall found a group of friends “who hyped me up about my music,” providing the confidence to start recording. Marshall first performed as Androjinni as a host at the local Bodywork dance event inside Oddfellows, and then at gay bars and dive bars throughout town. Androjinni began as an EDM project, Marshall says, before morphing into something broader and more difficult to pigeonhole. “I think I just slowly started going more into rap sounds,” Marshall says. “I wouldn’t say that my genre is hip-hop. It’s rap, but it’s more like EDM rap.” As Androjinni, Marshall works with Vegas-based producer and FVYDID Records creative director Jack Lozeron, better known as JackEL. For Androjinni’s recent single “Can Not Stop Me,” the singer raps over JackEL’s beats, a distinct sample of TLC’s “Creep” seeping into each bar. “He’s super talented,” Marshall says of the producer, who collaborated with the rapper MIMS in 2016. “He’s known around the world and works with a lot of people in the EDM industry. He knows the ins and outs of the industry. I was lucky to meet him.” On April 30, Androjinni dropped new single “I Don’t Want to Cry,” which the artist says is “a little more pop-sounding than I normally do.” And while Marshall isn’t able to perform new tracks for an audience just yet, the artist can’t wait to get out onstage. “I’m sick of sitting at a table bouncing back and forth,” Marshall laughs. “I’m very much looking forward to performing. I’ve done a few little small gigs, but you can’t really do much [during the pandemic]. I miss going out and dancing, just being close to people’s bodies, that kind of thing.”
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hen the Weekly recently caught up with Frank Vento, owner of Carmine’s Pizza Kitchen, it just happened to be opening day at the fourth location of his pizzeria, located on Raiders Way in Henderson. It was yet another significant milestone for Vento and his entire family, as they continue to impact the local food scene. It all began when his parents, Carmine and Annie Vento, came to Las Vegas on vacation in 1975 and fell in love with what was then a small desert outpost. A true-blue Sicilian by way of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Carmine knew all the secrets to a great pie, a skill he learned with his siblings early in life. “If you ever saw Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta, where he walked up to the window and grabbed two slices, that’s where they all started. That’s where they all learned how to make pizza,” Frank says. Carmine drove a cab when he first came to town, but pizza was never far from his mind. He didn’t see that hallowed pizza-by-the-slice tradition here. So in February 1976, he opened the first Villa Pizza in Las Vegas’ Commercial Center, a hub of activity for locals and marquee names alike. “At that time, a lot of the dealers lived around the Hilton in the Las Vegas Country Club, because they wanted to be close to the Strip. And we had the pizzeria right there,” Frank says. “It was a very, very small town back then, so Elvis would come in there and Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. So once that happened, word
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spread really quick.” Villa expanded to multiple locations, run by various members of the family, and Carmine eventually incorporated Instant Replay sports bars into his portfolio, along with Ven-
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tano’s Italian Grille & Seafood in Henderson. (Carmine continues to run that business.) Meanwhile, his kids, including Frank, picked up where Carmine started—in the pizza business. Frank served a stint in the corporate
world, including working as director of food and beverage for MGM, but he says he missed the family atmosphere of his father’s restaurants. “When you get somebody dinner, it’s exhilarating to see them happy,” he says. “It’s exhilarating to put a restaurant team of 50 employees together and watch them all work in happiness instead of stress.” As for the family’s overarching philosophy on running restaurants, well, that hasn’t changed at all in the four decades-plus they’ve called Las Vegas home. Family remains at the heart of it, even more so since Annie’s death last year, and as Frank and his siblings have taken on more of responsibility running and expanding Carmine’s Pizza Kitchen. “We focus on our quality of food,” Frank says. “We go by all the recipes that have been handed down from great-grandfathers and grandmothers from Sicily. The pasta dishes and the soups are made the same way in the house that we make them in the restaurant. “We focus on giving people a great product at a great price,” he continues. “We’re not looking to drive a Ferrari on the profit margin. We’re looking to make a living and hopefully still be successful and see the local community the way we did when we first got here in ’76.”
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FLYING HIGH The Aviators look to duplicate their award-winning Las Vegas Ballpark debut BY CASE KEEFER
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he Las Vegas Aviators might need an entire wing of Las Vegas Ballpark to house all the awards and accolades they received in their inaugural season at the venue two years ago. Ballpark Digest named the Aviators the Team of the Year and Las Vegas Ballpark the Ballpark of the Year, the first time in the baseball-industry awards’ 20-year history that a franchise earned both. Meanwhile, Aviators President and Chief Operating Officer Don Logan took home Baseball America’s coveted Minor League Executive of the Year honors. Oh, and the actual team went 83-57 to win its Pacific Coast League division in front of a total, seasonlong home attendance of 650,934—most in all of minor league baseball. “You saw how successful we were and how great of a place this is and how well we
fit with the sports scene here with major league sports now,” Logan says. “We’ve really carved out a great situation here.” The Aviators finally get to rejoin the local sports landscape and defend all their crowns when the second season at their Downtown Summerlin home begins May 6 with a series against the Sacramento River Cats. After many attempts to start and stop amid the pandemic last year, the minor league baseball season was ultimately canceled. Several teams across the country didn’t survive the financial devastation of a missed season, but there was no doubt the Aviators would return after their monster 2019 campaign. Now the organization’s focus is on picking up where it left off. “Everyone I talk to is ecstatic about it and really excited to come back out,” Logan says. “It’s really a great feeling.” Some differences will be noticeable, of
course, as the team complies with social distancing mandates, including reduced capacities and mandatory face masks. The Aviators’ pool of opponents will also be shallower after the dissolution of the Pacific Coast League—the franchise’s home since it began as the Stars in 1983 at Cashman Field—to make way for the 10team, Triple-A West. Las Vegas plans to compete and emerge as one of the best teams in the new league. Player development often overtakes winning titles as the primary focus of minor league baseball, but Logan says the Oakland Athletics, the Aviators’ parent club, values a steady balance. “Competitive baseball is good for business, good for the fan base. It’s more fun to watch your team win,” Logan says. “I can tell you that last year when [MLB] did the alternate site setup [for potential call-ups] that they’re doing now, one of the
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biggest drawbacks to that and one of the biggest complaints from managers was [that] guys coming up from the minor leagues weren’t ready to play, because they hadn’t been playing meaningful games. They hadn’t been playing to win.” In 2019, the Aviators featured a stacked roster filled with players now in the big leagues, including shortstop Jorge Mateo, pitcher Jesús Luzardo and outfielders Seth Brown, Skye Bolt and Dustin Fowler. A similarly productive class could emerge in 2021, with Logan mentioning former second-round pick outfielder Buddy Reed and former
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Padres catcher Austin Allen as two players to watch from the outset. “The A’s don’t do things the way other teams do; their emphasis is always to draft and develop,” Logan says. “That means, as a minor-league affiliate, you’re always going to have a competitive group out on the field, especially at this level. Most if not all of these guys are going to spend or have spent some time around the big leagues, and that bodes well for the product you’re going to see on the field.” The man leading the roster will also return. Coaching staffs tend to turn over rapidly in the minor leagues, but Fran Riordan will be back to manage the Aviators for his second season. Riordan also got into the 2019 Aviators’ award parade with recognition, as the Pacific Coast League’s Manager of the Year. The first season at Las Vegas Ballpark was quite literally a banner year for the Aviators, and now they’re out to re-create that success. “This ballpark is really such a special place,” Logan says. “Now we get to take all the groundwork we’ve laid and put it back into action.”
n PLAYER OF THE WEEKLY: MARK STONE The Golden Knights captain put together yet another strong week, posting four points in three games. At press time, he led the team with 37 assists and 57 points in 49 games, and has eclipsed the 20-goal mark for the seventh straight season.
Report THIS WEEK’S VOTE 1. Mark Stone 2. Jonathan Marchessault 3. Max Pacioretty 4. William Karlsson 5. Marc-André Fleury As voted by Las Vegas Weekly’s panel, based on games played April 19-25. SEASON STANDINGS 1. Mark Stone (44 points) 2. Max Pacioretty (30) 3. Jonathan Marchessault (25) 4. Marc-André Fleury (23) 5. Alex Tuch (20) 5 points for 1st place in a week, 4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th, 1 for 5th. UPCOMING GAMES May 7 vs. St. Louis Blues, 7 p.m. May 8 vs. St. Louis Blues, 7 p.m. May 10 vs. Colorado Avalanche, 7 p.m. May 12 at San Jose Sharks, 6 p.m. Games air on AT&T SportsNet and 98.9-FM/ 1340-AM unless noted. STANLEY CUP ODDS: 9-TO-2 at Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook PROSPECT WATCH: JACK DUGAN The 22-year-old forward scored three goals for the Silver Knights during a weekend series against San Jose. At press time, his 22 assists led the team and his 30 points were tied for the most on Henderson’s roster.
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achel Mason’s first job after graduating from the plastic surgery program at the UNR School of Medicine was at an all-femalestaffed clinic in Nebraska. She learned a lot about the industry in those three years, including the value of woman-to-woman care. So, when she moved to Las Vegas to be with her husband, a local veterinarian, she decided to bring the female touch she found so rewarding for three years in the Midwest. This month, she’ll open Perspectives Plastic Surgery on South Durango Drive. Mason will start with a small handful of employees—all women—but hopes to eventually scale the business and add more locations. “The vast majority of plastic surgeons everywhere are men,” Mason said. “I think probably more women feel comfortable talking to another woman, and there’s more comfort in showing your body. It’s an intimate kind of thing. I think that level of comfort is different.” Part of that comfort level is evident in the layout of the office, which, in addition to exam rooms and an area for minor procedures, has a playroom for children. Those individual touches in getting a business off the ground aren’t second nature to someone whose background is in medicine, but Mason has embraced them. “They don’t teach you any of this in med school,” she said with a laugh. “There’s been a learning curve. You have to ask people to help you and point you in the right direction. It’s been one step at a time. Figuring out one thing will lead me to the next problem; that’s been the process.” Mason doesn’t aim to cut into the existing clinic market share in Las Vegas so much as help keep up with demand, which has been growing during the pandemic. Last year, the public spent nearly $17 billion on
cosmetic procedures in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. In 2019, nearly one-third of all procedures performed occurred west of the Mississippi River. “People have had a lot of time lately on Zoom, so I think there’s just more people wanting things done,” Mason said. “Different people are looking for different things. Younger women are looking for a lot of enhancements—fillers and maybe having their lips done. Breast augmentations are popular, and Brazilian butt lifts.” When women get closers to their 40s, Mason said, they’re often looking for a rejuvenating “mommy
makeover,” which often includes a tummy tuck to remove excess midsection for women who have gone through childbirth. “They’re looking to get back to that more youthful look that they once had,” Mason said. “Older women, they’re usually just looking to correct age.” One of Mason’s passions, she said, is to help breast cancer survivors with breast reconstruction operations. Mason said she received more than 100 applications from women hoping to work at Perspectives. One of those who made the cut is Aliyah Spears, a Valley native who will be a medical assistant at the center. Spears, who has worked in dermatology and other areas of medicine, has plans to go through the physician assistant program at Touro University Nevada. “I really got interested in aesthetics while working in [dermatology],” Spears said. “I fell in love with plastic surgery. The interactions with people are so different. Nobody wants to come in to get a colonoscopy, but people love coming in to get a breast augmentation or something like that. People are excited when they come in, and I also love the idea of women empowerment.” Mason said she certainly won’t turn away male clients, but her focus will be on woman-to-woman care. She hopes more women will continue to go into the field and said she’s looking forward to providing a service to Las Vegans. “The good news is more and more women are becoming plastic surgeons,” Mason said. “Right now, there aren’t many plastic surgeons here.”
Dr. Rachel Mason, left, and medical assistant Aliyah Spears of Perspectives Plastic Surgery (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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