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HUNTRIDGE THEATER APPROVED FOR DESIGNATION AS HISTORIC SITE The iconic Huntridge Theater is one step closer to being recognized as a historic site by the City of Las Vegas, following a unanimous vote May 26 at the Historic Preservation Commission. The approved application moves to the Las Vegas Planning & Zoning Commission, and then to the City Council for a final vote, a process that could take a few more months. “I think we will likely be successful getting it on” the Las Vegas registry, said John Curran, senior vice president development for Dapper Companies, which closed on the purchase of the venue earlier this year for $4 million, with intention to spend “a lot more.” The shuttered performing arts center on the southeast corner of Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard is already in the federal and state historic registries, so with the move Wednesday, “it only makes sense that it’s included in the local registry,” Curran said. Being on the registry would allow the theater to qualify for tax dollars available to preserve a historic site, Las Vegas City Senior Planner Michael Howe said. Once in the local registry, modifications would need to be approved by the commission “to make sure the integrity of the property is maintained.” Questioned by Preservation Commissioner Mia Palencar about a time frame on when renovation and construction would begin at the site, Curran said the development company can’t commit to a timeline, but that it would be a lengthy process. –Ricardo Torres-Cortez
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD N EWS YO U S H O U L D K N OW A B O U T
Nathan Peterman, center, takes part in practice, along with fellow Las Vegas Raiders quarterbacks Derek Carr (4) and Marcus Mariota (8) during an organized training activity May 26 at the Raiders practice facility in Henderson. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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The Weekly Q&A: Concertmaster De Ann Letourneau Cover story: Vegas' best cold treats for summer The Strip: Virgin bets on "musical adventure" 27 Food & Drink: Restaurant Week is back Sports: Ice Cube presents a new kind of "Fireball"
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STORIES FROM LAST WEEK TONY AWARDS HAVE A DATE The long-delayed Tony Awards have been given a fall air date and a four-hour streaming canvas to celebrate the pandemic-shortened Broadway season that upended the theater world. Producers of the telecast announced May 26 that the Tonys will be held September 26 and will air on CBS as well as Paramount+. As if making up for lost time, the usual three-hour event has added a fourth hour.
VAX-A-MILLION LOTTERY In Ohio, a $1 million Vax-a-Million incentive prize was awarded to one woman and a full-ride college scholarship to a teen who were vaccinated, the state announced May 26. More than 2.7 million adults signed up for the $1 million prize and more than 104,000 children ages 12 to 17 entered the drawing for the scholarship. Four more million-dollar prizes and scholarship winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
In this composite image, the moon sets over the mountains west of Las Vegas at the end of a total lunar eclipse early May 26. It was the first eclipse in more than two years and coincided with a supermoon. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
CASINO GUN BAN BILL PASSES BY ONE VOTE Senate Bill 452, which would expand criminal provisions for bringing guns into casinos, passed through the state Senate on an 11-10 vote May 26. State Sen. Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas, joined all Republican senators in voting against the measure. Under the bill, gaming properties would post signs notifying visitors that firearms—including those carried by concealed carry license holders—are illegal on the premises. Those in violation would be given a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of $2,000. Bill sponsor and Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, has argued the bill is designed to reduce violent crime rates on the Strip that increased during the pandemic. Metro investigated at least eight shootings on the Strip in a one-month stretch last fall. The bill has the support of gaming giant MGM Resorts International. Opponents of the bill are widespread, ranging from police unions to the Nevada Republican Party to the American Civil Liberties Union. The more liberal of these groups argue the measures allowing casinos to call police on suspected gun owners would lead to racial profiling, while conservative opponents generally argue against the bill on Second Amendment grounds. –John Sadler
HELLER TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR Former Sen. Dean Heller is preparing for a 2022 gubernatorial run, according to a Politico report. The report notes that Heller set up meetings with GOP leaders and major donors at the Republican Governors Association conference in Tennessee to gather support for a political comeback.
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“Since the emergence of COVID-19 there has not been such a dangerous gathering of people coming together in one place from so many different places around the world. It’s very difficult to predict what this could lead to.” –Dr. Naoto Ueyama, chairman of the Japan Doctors Union, on May 27, speaking about holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months
For the second month in a row, casinos in Nevada reported $1 billion in house winnings in April, showing signs that the tourism business is returning faster to pre-pandemic levels than some experts expected. The state Gaming Control Board said May 27 that the month’s overall “casino win” of nearly $1.04 billion was up a robust 11% compared with $936 million in April 2019.
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Circa Sports has upped its football handicapping game again. The Las Vegas-based sports betting brand from casino owner Derek Stevens on May 27 announced it has increased its guaranteed prize total to $10 million for its two popular pro football contests, Circa Millions III and Circa Survivor. The third annual Circa Millions contest will require players to pick five games against the spread each week of the NFL season. The cost to enter is $1,000, with 100% of fees slated to go back to contestants. The contest will guarantee $4 million in payouts, $1 million more than last season. Set for its second season in existence, the survivor contest, which will have a $6 million guaranteed payout, requires players to pick one team each week to win straight up, though the same team cannot be picked more than once. Entries for the survivor contest are also $1,000. “We’re excited about having Circa as the king of all football contests around the country,” Stevens said. “To guarantee $10 million, we’re putting some pressure on ourselves to see if we can get that many people to get to Las Vegas to sign up.” –Bryan Horwath
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BOW AND TELL
As concertmaster, violinist De Ann Letourneau serves as the Philharmonic’s right hand
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e’ve missed hearing the Las Vegas Philharmonic play Reynolds Hall inside the Smith Center, and we’re eager to see the symphony orchestra take the stage again later this year. In the meantime, we caught up with violinist De Ann Letourneau, the Phil’s concertmaster for more than 20 years. The Wisconsin native got her first professional job at 16 with the Duluth Superior Symphony, and she’s had an in-demand career for over four decades since. Letourneau chatted with the Weekly about life offstage and some of the memorable highlights of her illustrious career, including traveling and performing with Celine Dion for nine years. What has the past year been like for you? It has been very interesting. I told my husband that this is the first time in probably over 40 years that I have not had something onstage. That part as a performer has been really hard. But [other] things have gone really well. We have three girls. Our oldest is a second-year art student at UNLV; our 16-year-old is a junior at LVA, a violinist; and our youngest is an eighth-grader, a competitive dancer. When everything shut down, all the taekwondo, all the dancing, all the driving here and there all kind of just stopped. So we were home, and it really made for some good family time that I don’t think we would have had [otherwise]. Tell us about your role as concertmaster for the Philharmonic. I look at the concertmaster’s role as being almost like the assistant conductor. I look at my role as leadership in the organization from the players’ point of view. My job, literally, is to make sure the bowing reflects
what the conductor would like. Our bowings are similar to our speaking voice, and the volume or the timbre or how short or long we play something—the right hand to me equals the voice of a singer, the way you talk when you speak, the way you read out loud. And for me, the left hand, which technically plays all the notes, is like the words in a script that someone is reading. Everyone will read the same script, but they’re going to read it differently depending on their voice, or how they create the sounds, and that’s our right hand. So for me, choosing a bowing chooses the sound and the voice of the orchestra. I also believe that my job, just like [conductor] Donato [Cabrera], is in the public at large, because I’m the most visual. People see me, I walk out differently, a lot of times I’m up there as a soloist. I’m recognized a lot in the community, so I feel like it’s an important role to be an ambassador for the arts and for the Philharmonic. You’ve been with the Phil for decades. How has the organization changed during your tenure? I’ve been in this organization well over 30 years. We’ve gone through three different conductors—we started out with Harold Weller, then we had David Itkin and now we have Donato. Each one of those conductors brought something different. Think of it as having a different chef in the kitchen; you still can cook the dish, but if we’re playing the Tchaikovsky Overture, Donato approaches differently than David did, and David approached
it differently than Hal did. My role is to be a chameleon, to work with whoever is our artistic vision on the podium, so it makes it really, really fun.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MY JOB, JUST LIKE [CONDUCTOR] DONATO [CABRERA], IS IN THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, BECAUSE I’M THE MOST VISUAL. PEOPLE SEE ME, I WALK OUT DIFFERENTLY, A LOT OF TIMES I’M UP THERE AS A SOLOIST. I’M RECOGNIZED A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I FEEL LIKE IT’S AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE ARTS AND FOR THE PHILHARMONIC.” –De Ann Letourneau
In addition to your work with the Philharmonic, you’ve worked with some big stars in the music business. Drop some names for us. I’m the associate concertmaster of Andrea Bocelli’s touring orchestra. We play when he does his West Coast tour, and if he comes to MGM, if it’s not conflicting with the Philharmonic, I play that tour. … I’ve worked with Barbra Streisand, Elton John, Harry Connick Jr., Metallica, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bruno Mars … I played the national anthem at a [Vegas Golden] Knights game—no one in the history of the NHL has ever done anything like the violin. Do you have a favorite celebrity you’ve worked with over the years? [With] the kind of iconic power and work ethic Celine Dion has, it’s so fun to watch the genius happen and to be right there as it’s happening. She and I had a whole different connection, because we were both working moms. We talked about our kids, and we talked about her philosophy about schools. I mean, she was just like another mom. That stood out to me not because she’s Celine Dion the icon, but because she is Celine Dion the mom and a singer. What I remember about her is the way she treats her musicians, the way she treats her fans, the way she treats her kids. She’s a hero in my book.
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THE SWEET SPOT
Spend the summer with these cool treats BY GENEVIE DURANO Love it or hate it, the summer heat is coming. One way to survive is to indulge in treats that make your brain shiver. Luckily for us, there’s no shortage of the sweet stuff around here, from frozen bananas and shaved ice to ice cream rolled every which way to sundae. They’re decadent for sure, but how else are you going to get through the triple digits? So put on a hat, hit up these sweet spots and get ready to lick those sticky fingers clean.
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GODDESS NECTAR AT PARADISE CITY CREAMERY Is there a sexier ice cream shop than Paradise City Creamery? The adults-only treats are sinfully indulgent, with names that’ll make you blush. (The ice cream is meant to cool you down.) One of the most beautiful of the bunch is the Goddess Nectar, featuring lavender and agave nectar topped with an edible butterfly, for that extra kiss of sweetness. Curbside Pop-Up at Garagiste Wine Room & Merchant, 197 E. California Ave. #140, paradisecitycreamery. com.
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Got time for a sit-down shaved ice experience? Then hit up Sul & Beans in Chinatown for bingsoo, the Korean shaved ice dessert topped with a variety of ingredients like fruit, red beans, syrup and condensed milk. The season’s just right for the Strawberry Cheese Bingsoo, with perfectly ripe strawberries and cheesecake bites sprinkled with mozzarella on top. 4284 Spring Mountain Road #D103, sulandbeans.com.
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FROZEN BANANA POP ROLLED IN GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE AND NUTS AT LEA LANA’S BANANAS
Here’s a treat that feels somewhat virtuous but no less delicious. A frozen banana enrobed in chocolate and coated in nuts is a crowd pleaser no matter how you slice it. And that’s just the beginning at Lea Lana’s Bananas, where you can customize the frozen treat to your heart’s content. 7345 S. Rainbow Blvd., lealanasbananas.com
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RAINBOW SNOW CONE AT PURPLE PENGUIN
There’s no summer treat more quintessential than shaved ice, and Purple Penguin has more than 30 varieties from which to choose, including kid favorites like birthday cake and, yes, the ever-popular rainbow flavor. Adults can indulge, too, in a fuzzy navel or Red Bull. Top it with cream or ice cream for a kicked-up treat. Pro tip: Call the Snowcone Hotline before you get there so you won’t have to wait in line. Multiple locations, purplepenguinsnow.com.
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KONA COFFEE AT LAPPERT’S ICE CREAM
Lappert’s Ice Cream has total island vibes. It traces its origins in Kauai in the ’80s, and now its menu encompasses global flavors. The award-winning Kona Coffee ice cream is the best representation of those origins, and we also can’t resist the Caramel Coconut Macadamia Nut and the Kauai Pie, both made with macadamia nuts and toasted coconut. Think of it like vacation on a cone. California Hotel, lapperts.com.
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WAFFLE BOWL WITH CINNAMON, RASPBERRY SORBET AND BLACKBERRY AT MORA ICED CREAMERY
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Mora makes ice cream the old-fashioned way, in small batches with the finest ingredients, including imported chocolate. You can taste the care that goes into every bite, and you are only limited by your imagination in the flavor combinations you choose. Seasonality be damned, we fancy some summer lovin’ with raspberry and blackberry sorbets, nestled next to a cool-fall cinnamon bite. Town Square & Downtown Summerlin, moraicecream.com.
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MATCHA ICE CREAM AT SOMI SOMI
Somisomi’s fish-shaped waffle cone, with or without ice cream, is just about the most adorable thing we’ve ever seen. But do go ahead and fill that fish mouth with one of nearly a dozen flavors, including the subtle and not-too-sweet matcha, which perfectly complements the sweetness of the cone. Add toppings like rainbow sprinkles and a macaron for maximum cuteness. 9500 S. Eastern Ave. #110; 4284 Spring Mountain Rd, #104, somisomi.com.
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Rolled ice cream might have seemed like a fad when it started, but by now we know it’s here to stay. This concoction at Frost N’ Roll takes it one step further, housing the ice cream in a croissant/waffle hybrid. It’s then topped with cookie butter for a one-of-a-kind treat—at once crispy, flaky, warm and cold. No wonder it sells out daily. 2605 S Decatur Blvd #101, frostnroll. com.
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ELECTRONIC The debut album by British supergroup Electronic, released 30 years ago, features winning dance pop from New Order’s Bernard Sumner, The Smiths’ Johnny Marr and Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant. Check out the 23-song “special edition,” now on Spotify.
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THE RHYOLITE SOUND AT THE TANK Lots of live entertainment options are returning to the Vegas Valley, but there’s only one place for great music combined with real live shark watching. The Golden Nugget’s pool complex kicks off the new Honky Tonk at the Tank summer concert series Saturday with local rockabilly-blues outfit the Rhyolite Sound, and the pool, hot tub and shark tank will be fully operational during the free show. June 5, 8:30 p.m. Golden Nugget, 702-385-7111. –Brock Radke
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ST. VINCENT: DADDY’S HOME
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
The Life Is Beautiful music festival may still be months away, but you can get your fill of St. Vincent now with artist Annie Clark’s sixth studio release, Daddy’s Home. This album is a period piece of sorts—specifically, ’70s New York City—evoking that era’s soul, R&B and rock sounds, with Clark pairing the music with her most personal songwriting yet. The title refers to her father’s release from a decade-long stint in prison, spiraling into Clark’s own thoughts about parenthood. Ever the chameleon, St. Vincent once again delivers a new sonic persona, this one steeped in funk and nostalgia. –Genevie Durano
The world wasn’t quite ready for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 59th animated feature when it was released in theaters last March, but now that it’s screening on Disney+, Raya and the Last Dragon deserves an audience. The story of a warrior (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) and a shape-shifting dragon (Awkwafina) striving to reunite a warring country, this Southeast Asian-inspired fable is compelling, inspirational and visually sumptuous. Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong and Sandra Oh round out its top-tier cast. Disney+, beginning June 4. –Geoff Carter
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The crew at Drai’s Beachclub & Nightclub has been patiently waiting for the right moment to spring back into full-capacity, big-name-headliner, indoor-outdoor club action. That time has come. After DJ Franzen brought the venue back to life over Memorial Day Weekend, superstar residents Wiz Khalifa (Friday night and Saturday) and Future (Saturday night) mark the return of the Drai’s Live concert series this weekend. Nightlife and daylife have returned but hip-hop is also back on the Strip. June 4-5, times vary, $100+. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. –Brock Radke
The artist formerly known as Biscuit Street Preacher now goes by A Corporate Spy. It’s not an idle change; ACS has transformed his style into something more richly cinematic. The detailed canvases of his new series, Supervivencia, still nod to his old influences—street art, Basquiat—but they also evoke the anxious yet fascinating times we live in, serving up indictments of political manipulation and screen fatigue. It’s a steadfastly analog warning, sent from our man inside the Matrix. Opening reception June 4, 6 p.m. Recycled Propaganda, 1114 S. Main Street #120, 702-769-4459. –Geoff Carter
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rock ’n’ roll retrospective exploring the music and legacy of iconic artists like Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse sounds like something that would have fit nicely into the old Vinyl room at the Hard Rock Hotel. Now that the space is called 24 Oxford and the resort has transformed into Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, it still fits. 27 – A Musical Adventure is something we didn’t know we’d get right off the bat at Virgin—a resident production show. The original concept evolved from a movie to a Broadway play to a concert production, which is how it debuted at
the Troubadour in LA in March 2020 with plans to tour the country. When the pandemic stalled those plans, “Vegas seemed like a natural place for it,” says co-creator Ramy El Batrawi, whose company Hen Entertainment is producing the show at Virgin. “The room here is perfect for what we’re doing, and it’s even named after the first record store [Virgin Hotels brand founder] Richard Branson had in London,” El Batrawi says. “It’s sort of hand-in-glove. And the show is pretty amazing, a true rock concert, not just a tribute show. You will feel like you were there when these artists were touring.” Cobain, Hendrix, Morrison, Winehouse,
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From left: Toby Rand as Jim Morrison; Gabe Maska as Kurt Cobain; John Bingham as Robert Johnson; Adi Argelazi as Janis Joplin; Lea Cappelli as Amy Winehouse and Nazim Chambi as Jimi Hendrix. (Kelli Hayden/Courtesy)
Janis Joplin and Robert Johnson are the artists and and producer who held down a six-year residency at created the music at the core of 27, named for the the famed Viper Room in West Hollywood. “There’s age when they all passed away. The show opened in not one person [with Las Vegas experience] in our the approximately 850-seat 24 Oxford on show; it’s completely fresh faces. And 27 – A MUSICAL May 19, and it moves chronologically, from everybody is used to playing stadiums and ADVENTURE Johnson to Winehouse, featuring a cast of backing up other artists.” Wednesday-Sunmusicians and singers from LA who are John Bingham, who portrays Johnson, day, 8:30 p.m., mostly new to tribute-style performances. played in Fishbone, and Toby Rand, the $65-$125. 24 Oxford at Virgin “It’s very exciting from a musician’s show’s Morrison, appeared on reality show Hotels Las Vegas, standpoint to get to play six styles of Rock Star: Supernova. Rounding out the cast 27show.com. music in one night, so we really needed to are Tita Hutchison or Adi Argelazi as Joplin, find the best of the best that can play auNazim Chambi as Hendrix, Gabe Maska as thentically and with passion, and singers Cobain, Lea Cappelli as Winehouse, Himel that can transform themselves into the character,” and Jimmy Khoury on guitars, Victor Broden on bass, says musical director Erik Himel, a touring guitarist Jake Haden on drums and Adam Peri on keys.
Las Vegas entertainment is still in flux coming out of the pandemic, but there was an obvious and immense appetite on and off the Strip for classic rock and music from bygone eras, proven by successful recent residency runs from Aerosmith, Def Leppard and Journey. If it can gain a post-COVID foothold during this initial six-month run, 27 should fit right into a rejuvenated show landscape and generate some buzz for the new hotel and casino. “I think it’s a big advantage to open now, because there are very few shows still and all of them are selling out,” El Batrawi says. “And you can come back to this show, because it’s like listening to your favorite albums over and over again. I think it’s a word-ofmouth show, and it’s going to spread like crazy.”
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n the late 1940s, Hawaiian guitarist Malia Ka’aihue regularly performed at the Last Frontier into the wee hours of the Las Vegas night. To this day, Ka’aihue (better known as Mary Kaye) and her musical trio are credited with being the first lounge act in Las Vegas, opening the doors for other lounge acts and creating the 24/7 lifestyle for which the city is known. It’s a fascinating bit of history— one local Las Vegan Alex Higgins dives into on the first episode of his newish history podcast, What Happened in Vegas. “I initially just wanted to start a podcast so I could do the audio and prove to employers that I could do it,” Higgins says. But once he began the research for the first episode, Higgins says, he was hooked. Higgins, who plays in the Vegas-based indie rock band Tin Cup and works as a freelance mixer and sound designer for New York Magazine’s The Cut podcast, says he’s always been fascinated by Hawaiian culture’s influence and prevalence in Las Vegas. The city is often referred to by Hawaiians as the ninth island, and Higgins set out to ask why. “It took me like a year,” he says of that first episode. “I basically rewrote it five times, because I would write it and record it and then I would either get a new piece of gear that was better for voiceover or I’d learn a new storytelling technique and completely rewrite it. So that was kind of the process of that first year—just learning how to be a journalist, essentially.” Higgins is now working on his second episode—about the histo-
ry of farming in Las Vegas—while juggling his freelance podcast gig, a band and his full-time job in information technology. He expects it to debut in June. “I didn’t realize how much research it was going to be,” Higgins laughs. “I’ve read two dissertations and ended up talking to the archaeologist who found evidence of the first corn ever grown in the Las Vegas Valley in 350 BC.” What Happened in Vegas is a testament to Higgins’ dedication and research, and the result is a professionally produced and educationally informative podcast about the lesser-known parts of our bustling desert town. Though Higgins admits he once dreaded essays in high school, he’s a natural-born storyteller. “I was never interested in writing papers or anything, and now I’m forcing myself to write a 20-page research paper [every month],” he says. “But I’ve always loved stories, and I [write] music as well, so it’s been cool to get all of the parts of my creativity out there.” A year later, Higgins did end up finding an answer to his question, and it’s all there in the first 16-minute episode of What Happened in Vegas. But it was the process of getting there that Higgins found most memorable. “My favorite nugget of information I found from that was something I had never even heard of at all,” Higgins says. “There’s such an obvious difference in environment—the desert to a tropical paradise— but I had never heard a deep-dive explanation of how it came to be. It blew my mind.”
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fter a hiatus last year due to the pandemic, Restaurant Week, Three Square food bank’s annual fundraiser, is back this year better than ever. From June 7-18, more than 120 local restaurants will be offering three-course menus in price points from $20-$80. This is the 14th installment of the annual foodie fest, and in response to the altered dining landscape, some changes have been implemented. “A couple of the things that we’re doing different this year and the restaurants are offering, in addition to their regular three-course prix fixe menus, is an added takeout option,” says Michelle Beck, Three Square’s chief development officer. “Additionally, in an effort to support the culinary community this year, we are taking [just] $1 from every cover that they sell. In years past, it’s been anywhere between $4 to $6 per cover, but this year we just want people to get out, dine out, get into the restaurants and give back to our Las Vegas culinary
All the Fixings Sautéed Idaho rainbow trout at Bouchon (David Escalante/ Courtesy)
You have 12 days to check out some bucket-list restaurants in town and revisit some old favorites. Scroll through the menus at restaurantweeklv. org to whet your appetite. Here are a some menus we are eager to try out:
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community, while at the same time feed some of the most vulnerable people in our city.” This year, Three Square’s mission to fight hunger in Southern Nevada has taken on a greater urgency. “Pre-pandemic, we had about 272,000 people in Southern Nevada who were food-insecure,” Beck says. “At the height of the pandemic, that number rose to 440,000. Right now, we’re back down to about 363,000, which is one in six people.” Children are impacted even more, with one in four facing food insecurity. Since the start of the pandemic, Three Square has focused its efforts on emergency food distribution. Every dollar earned during Restaurant Week goes directly to Three Square’s mission to eradicate hunger. The culinary community has taken quite a beating as well during the health crisis. Now, with more people feeling comfortable dining out, many are optimistic that the restaurant industry is on the road to recovery. Supporting the restaurants participating during Restaurant Week is certainly a good place to start for diners looking to break out of their quarantine pods. “It’s a fun way for people to be able to go out with their family and friends, and get back out if they want or take out a meal and come home. They’ll be doing something to give back to our restaurant community and at the same time doing something to give back to those who are less fortunate,” Beck says. For a complete list of restaurants participating in Restaurant Week, go to restaurantweeklv.org. You can filter by location, cuisine type, price point and dining options such as patio seating. Reservations are recommended if you choose to dine in. Also, it’s been a tough year for the hardworking folks in the restaurant industry. Do tip generously.
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ce Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz have spent 25 years as business partners but say they may have never encountered a more painful decision than canceling last year’s planned Big3 season out of coronavirus concerns. The league had caught on in its first three years with its unique brand of 3-on-3 basketball, now officially dubbed “Fireball,” that features components like a 4-point shot circle and a format that awards victory to the first team to reach 50 points. Cube and Kwatinetz, the league’s co-founders, were certain the 2020 season was going to be the best yet with new rules including a lowering of the minimum player age from 27- to 22-years-old and a “Bring the Fire” twist. “Bring the Fire” allows each team, once per half, to challenge a foul call and enact a one-possession one-on-one showdown. It’s a year late, but the fourth season is finally happening. Big3 is holding its final offseason event on Friday June 4 at Tarkanian Basketball Academy, a combine where the league’s 12 coaches can evaluate incoming talent to fill out their rosters. A draft will follow before play begins Saturday July 10 at Orleans Arena and continues through a Sept. 4 championship at a to-be-determined location. We caught up with Cube and Kwatinetz to chat about the upcoming season and Big3’s place in the local sports scene. Was there ever any doubt Big3 would return after last year’s cancelation? Kwatinetz: We knew we would be back. Cube and I had been through so much to make this dream a reality and that really took a lot of wind out of our sails, but we regrouped. It was an emotional letdown but it’s hard to complain because everyone went through it. Cube: No doubt in my mind because we canceled because of uncertainty with COVID, not anything we did wrong. It was a pandemic the whole world had to deal with. If it was something we did wrong that was our fault then I would have some doubts but it was beyond our control.
Even without a pandemic, most new leagues last one, maybe two, seasons. How have you built enough interest to sustain this long? Cube: I think our entertainment background really sets us apart from other people. Other people who try leagues are more sports people but with us being from music, movies and television who are also diehard sports fans, we take Fireball very seriously. That’s our motto: Take the game serious but nothing else. Have fun with everything else. What are the origins of the new “Bring the Fire” rule? Kwatinetz: When you watch basketball games, you always dream of cer-
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Josh Childress (#7) and Dominic McGuire (#5) attack the rim. (Photos courtesy of Big3)
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Week 1 — 9:30 a.m., Saturday July 10 at Orleans Arena Week 2 — 11 a.m., Saturday July 17 & Noon Sunday July 18 at Orleans Arena Week 3 — 10 a.m., Saturday July 24 at Orleans Arena Week 7 — 10 a.m., Saturday August 14 at Orleans Arena Week 8 — 10 a.m., Saturday August 21 at Orleans Arena Games broadcast on CBS. All 12 teams play one game each week. Capacity restrictions and ticketing information to be announced soon at big3.com/schedule.
tain players going one-on-one against each other, and that’s often how games are marketed — LeBron versus Steph Curry, or this player versus that player. In our league, you can actually see that. Those things will happen. Cube: It might be sacrilegious for some basketball people, like, “What the hell is this? How dare they add a new wrinkle into basketball? Who the f*ck do they think they are?” But the kids were calling this fireball
when they played on the street, so we said, “Let’s adapt that name and lean into it and have a new sport.” We have the liberty and leeway to bring in new rules. It’s like the UFC did things a little different than boxing. What’s behind the decision to hold most of this season in Las Vegas? Cube: The city has welcomed the league from Day 1. We had our first combine, draft and championship
there when no one knew if it was going to work. And it’s a big sports town now as we see with the Golden Knights, the Aces and the Raiders and it’s just right for us to come back there. If we have to be in one city more than three or four weeks, Vegas is a no-brainer. What do you consider the best moment in the history of Big3 so far? Kwatinetz: I’d say the three greatest
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Who are the teams or players to look out for this year? Kwatinetz: It’s always hard to tell who’s going to be the breakout star each year, but I’m really excited to see Nick Young (on Enemies) and Jarrett Jack (on Trilogy) and excited to see Joe Johnson (on the Leslie-coached Triplets) defend his title. He was so amazing to watch in the third season. Cube: I would look out for Bivouac adding Marreese Speights to their roster with Josh Smith and Will Bynum. I would watch Enemies adding ‘Swaggy P’ (Young) but it’s going to be hard to take the Triplets down. That’s a formidable group. We’ll see. If some of these teams draft well, they might have a chance.
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arbara MacDonald couldn’t control her hands and had trouble guiding a fork to her mouth because of her numb fingers. Her body was deteriorating fast, and doctors couldn’t figure out why. By the time MacDonald, 53, was diagnosed in 2013 with amyloidosis, a rare blood disease attacking her nervous system, she had nearly lost the ability to feed herself. In six months, she went from walking and hiking to using a wheelchair. Unable to function without assistance, she had to leave her job as manager of the payroll department at Boyd Gaming. Chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant in 2015 got MacDonald’s condition into remission, but she would never have been able to stand up from her wheelchair without physical therapy, she said. MacDonald’s doctor recommended Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers. She went to Fyzical twice a week and inched closer to standing up every session. “There were ‘aha moments’ the whole entire time. Every day, I was able to make one more step,” she said. She still lacks feeling in her legs, but she can get around with a walker. “If it wasn’t for physical therapy and someone behind me going, ‘Let’s do this; try this,’ I wouldn’t be where I am today. I would probably still be sitting in a wheelchair,” she said. There are several Fyzical locations in the Las Vegas area, with another opening in August in Henderson. Nationwide, Fyzical, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, has more than 400 therapy centers in 45 states. James Mortensen, the company’s regional director in Las Vegas, said he became interested in physical therapy after his nephew was born with a syndrome that causes facial paralysis and issues with swallowing and breathing. The infant lived just three months, but Mortensen
was impressed by the therapists with whom he worked. “They seemed like people who were really genuine and truly cared about helping my nephew,” he said. Mortensen, a Las Vegas native, eventually got his undergraduate degree in kinesiology from UNLV and a doctoral degree in physical therapy from Touro University. After college, Mortensen in 2008 helped establish the Werner Institute of Balance and Dizziness in Las Vegas, which later merged with Fyzical Therapy & Balance Centers in 2013. Fyzical centers help patients recovering from various injuries and diseases, but they specialize in vestibular training, a type of therapy that addresses-
dizziness, lightheadedness and vertigo caused by inner ear imbalances or issues with blood flow to the head. Most patients are seniors who suffer from balance issues, and about half of patients who visit Fyzical clinics in Las Vegas receive vestibular therapy, Mortensen said. “For the older population, if they fall down and break a bone, the recovery time could be years,” Mortensen said. Falls are a leading cause of death in people over the age of 75, he said. Fyzical uses a computer system to assess whether patients’ ears, joints or eyes are affecting their balance. The clinic also uses an overhead support system Mortensen compared to a rock-climbing harness to help eliminate a patient’s fear of falling while challenging their balance. Brian Werner, national director of balance education for Fyzical, is known for bringing vestibular therapy to the Las Vegas area, Mortensen said. Werner travels to Fyzical locations across the country to educate and train physical therapists on working with patients at risk of falling. “Treating balance and dizziness disorders is not common, and the fact that Fyzical not only does that, but they teach people in the company to do that, is unique,” Mortensen said. MacDonald’s goal is to continue pushing her body to move so she doesn’t lose the ability to walk again. “This is just a hurdle. Everybody’s got their hurdles. This is mine,” she said. “I feel blessed I’m still alive and still here because I could not be if things didn’t fall in place. I could still be sitting in a wheelchair, not moving.”
James Mortensen, regional director of FYZICAL Therapy and Balance Centers (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
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