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Why you should care about Adele’s new Vegas residency (if for some reason you don’t already).
Game-day convenience isn’t the only reason to consider taking the bus somewhere these days.
Majestic Repertory gets witchy with its take on ’90s cult classic film The Craft.
Gina Marinelli’s new Downtown Summerlin steakhouse, plus the latest Paris Las Vegas arrivals.
Nevada’s Cannabis Advisory Commission aims for increased diversity in the industry.
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VICE 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv. com. THE CRAFT: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY Thru 2/6, various times, Majestic Repertory Theatre, majestic repertory.com.
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MARSHA WARFIELD With Daniel Simonsen, Tanael Joachim & Traci Skene, 7 & 9:30 p.m., thru 1/23, Comedy Cellar, ticketmaster. com.
LECTURE: WHO KILLED MALCOLM X? 7 p.m., Sahara West Library, & 1/21 at West Las Vegas Library, lvccld.org. DEEJAY AL 10:30 p.m., Tao Nightclub, taolvnc.tao group.com. DISTILL’S OPOLO VINEYARDS WINE DINNER 7 p.m., 6945 S. Rainbow Blvd., eventbrite.com. GREG LOPEZ 9:30 p.m., Foundation Room, house ofblues.com. NICK GUERRA 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, tickets.thestrat. com.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. MONTREAL CANADIENS 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com. (AP Photo/Photo Illustration)
TYMARA WALKER The term “supper club” is all over Las Vegas these days, equally applicable to fashionable restaurants with live entertainment on the Strip and upstart local listening rooms and lounges that add dining to the experience. The latest venue to use the label is a familiar entertainment space in Henderson. Formerly known as E-String Poker Bar, Gambit on Sunset Road includes a cocktail and gaming bar called the Bank, a hidden tequila-themed speakeasy known as 33 and the full-service Gatsby’s, offering a classic dinner-and-show combo with a versatile menu and even more exciting roster of entertainers. Starting off this weekend right is the wildly talented Tymara Walker (House of Blues Gospel Brunch, Michael Jackson One, Heartbreak Hotel) headlining a KUNV-sponsored “Soul of Jazz” evening of music, backed by The SOJ All Stars band. Walker has toured and performed with Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan, among others, and her vocal abilities deserve the biggest stage and brightest spotlight available. 6:30 p.m., $20-$280, 2031 W. Sunset Road, lvlivepresents.com. –Brock Radke
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Considering that much of the music he has written and produced with superstars like Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Chicago has been performed for years up and down the Strip, it only makes sense for David Foster to have a show of his own in Las Vegas—especially since he’s playing lots of that stuff while sharing stories about those artists and other aspects of his career. “I love going there, and I’ve seen so many shows there over the years, all the way back to Elvis back in the day,” Foster says. “I’m hoping what I do is a good fit, because what could be better than traveling once a month to Vegas for four shows, coming from LA? I would love it.” 8 p.m., $200+, Encore Theater, ticketmaster. com. –Brock Radke
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Up until her early 20s, Faith Jones lived the stuff of nightmares. She grew up on an isolated commune among the Children of God, a religious cult her grandfather created in 1968 to prepare for the “End Times.” The cult grew exponentially over the years, amassing thousands of followers in more than 100 countries and even catching the attention of notable celebrities. Allegations of horrific abuse within the cult soon surfaced. At 23, Jones managed to escape the group and begin a new life. Today, she’s a successful attorney and the author of the memoir Sex Cult Nun. Hear the inspiring survivor read passages about her time within the cult and how she took her life back. 7 p.m., free, the Writer’s Block, thewritersblock. org. –Amber Sampson
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SMITH/KOTZEN 7:30 p.m., Count’s Vamp’d, eventbrite.com.
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It took a village to create the phantasmagorical world of Omega Mart at Area15. Now, 13 of those same brilliant minds will display their artwork in Local Explorations, a group exhibition at Core Contemporary Gallery inside the Historic Commercial Center District. Meow Wolf and Core Arts Concord will co-sponsor the show, and the newly opened Fort Bedlam Cafe will provide light refreshments. The participating artists are Avantarded, Kent Caldwell, Elliott Demlow, Nancy Good, Heather Hermann, Mila May, Jerry Misko, Jane Poynter, Brent Sommerhauser, Joel Spencer, Clarice Tara, Eric Vozzola and Valentin Yordanov. Experience the work of these Vegas-based talents at the opening reception on January 22, then return on February 12 for an artist discussion before the exhibit closes on February 26. 6 p.m., free, Core Contemporary Gallery, 900 E. Karen Ave. #D222. –Amber Sampson
BRIAN MCKNIGHT 8 p.m., Encore Theater, ticket master.com. BAD BOY BILL 10 p.m., Discopussy, disco pussydtlv.com. AUSTIN MEADE & KODY WEST 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com. CEDRIC GERVAIS 10 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, marqueelvnc. taogroup.com.
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP BARBARA Barbara Dixon is a belter/hoofer in the tradition of Liza Minelli and Elaine Stritch. She performs classic Broadway tunes, tells lewd showbiz stories and, when the muse favors, has been known to cut a rug. (Google “Barbara’s Fosse Dance Tutorial,” and be prepared to learn “The Rich Man’s Frug,” “Soft-Boiled Egg Hands” and “Baby Made of Noodles.”) Everything’s Coming Up Barbara, her autobiographical show, comes to Vegas following wildly successful runs in LA and New York, and just ahead of rumors that Dixon is actually writer and performer Leah Sprecher, a member of the acclaimed Groundlings troupe and a BroadwayWorld Person to Watch nominee. 8 p.m. & midnight, $35-$45, Majestic Repertory Theatre, majesticrepertory.com. –Geoff Carter F O R M O R E U P C O M I N G E V E N T S , V I S I T L A S V E G A S W E E K LY.
HIROSHIMA 6 & 8:30 p.m., Myron’s, the smithcenter.com.
With Blonde Redhead (below), 8 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.
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COSMIC GATE 9 p.m., the Portal at Area15, seetickets.us.
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signing where the author was Asian American. Do you have a favorite YA novel? It changes all the time. I think, classic childhood—it’s not necessarily YA it’s actually middle grade—is Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted. I loved that when I was a child. My favorite book of all time is The Little Prince.
How long have you been in Las Vegas? I was born in New York and raised in New Jersey. I came here when I was 16, so over 15 years ago. I left Vegas for a little bit to go to the University of California, San Diego, and then I got my graduate degree at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I also lived in New York for a year.
Your new book is a reimagining of the classic Korean folktale The Tale of Shim Cheong. Why did you select that? I think it’s because that was my favorite Korean folktale growing up. It’s also like the most famous Korean folktale. It’s like the Cinderella of Korea … I had a picture book growing up as a kid that was this exact folktale.
When did you know that you wanted to be a YA author? I went to UCSD with a declared literature major, just because that was my best subject. I didn’t really know what I wanted to be, but I always loved reading. Then while I was in San Diego, I actually went to my first book signing to see other authors. It was like a panel for authors, and one of them was an Asian-American author named Cindy Pon. She kind of became a mentor to me. I didn’t know I wanted to be an author until I knew that could be a job … I saw her, and I was like, ‘Oh, Asian people can be authors?’ Literally, a light-bulb moment.
What significant changes did you make in your version? It’s more inspired by the tale. The only crossover is the character Shim Cheong, who is a side character in my book. The main character is an original character. And that they go into another world. Shim Cheong in the original folktale goes to the Dragon King’s palace. In mine, Mina jumps into the sea and goes to what I call the Spirit Realm, which also has the Sea God’s palace. In that way there’s similarity, but otherwise, it’s completely different.
Why had it never occurred to you before that Asian people could be authors? It never occurred to me that Asian-American people could be authors, specifically Young Adult authors, because there were so few books written by Asian-American authors when I was growing up. And I also had never gone to a book
Who do you think would enjoy The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea? I think it’s very family friendly. All ages can enjoy it. It’s very like [Hayao] Miyazaki. People who like Studio Ghibli, people who like Pixar movies. Were you also inspired by the Studio Ghibli films? Definitely. I’ve watched maybe all of them, and I’ve grown up with them. This book was [pitched as Miyazaki’s]
Spirited Away meets [Naomi Novik’s] Uprooted, which is an adult fantasy novel about a girl that gets taken by a wizard. … It has that Ghibli atmosphere and magic. Do you have a favorite Studio Ghibli film? My favorite film is Spirited Away, but my favorite heroine is from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. What tips do you have for aspiring writers? We have a Las Vegas chapter of SCBWI here, which stands for Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. I’m a part of that group. They’re doing mostly online stuff right now, like virtual meetups with agents, [in which] agents do critiques. There are also other groups that meet up for writing critiques. They have a lot of really cool opportunities. What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned there? That being surrounded by other writers actually helps you with your writing, because they motivate you. Showing passion for what you’re passionate about [makes] you feel validated in what you’re doing. And a lot of those writers have supported me in my career.
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The rumors of an Adele musical residency on the Las Vegas Strip have been circulating for several years, quite astonishing considering the 33-yearold Brit didn’t emerge as the superstar singer and songwriter the world knows until her triple-platinum debut album was released in 2008. After winning two Grammys, including Best New Artist, the following year, it was almost as if the soulful performer had reached a sort of instant-legend status. That’s why November’s announcement of the Weekends With Adele residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, which begins this week and continues most Fridays and Saturdays into April, was the least surprising Las Vegas entertainment announcement in recent years. Her fourth studio album, 30, had been released less than two weeks before the show’s unveiling, preceded by runaway smash single “Easy on Me” in October, an emotional ballad that spent seven weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart heading into Christmas. When warm familiarity washed over fans through the extraordinary vocals of “Easy”— her first new music in six years—executives at Caesars and Live Nation Entertainment were already on the cusp of closing the deal for one of the most anticipated headlining acts in a decade. The intense format of the residency matches the bold ambition of Adele’s new album. She’s planning to take the Colosseum stage 24 times in three months. Despite the high number of shows, initial demand for tickets was so overwhelming, Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan sign-up process locked down every seat for every show, making a traditional public on-sale completely unnecessary. Megastars like Usher, Sting, Carrie Underwood and Katy Perry have opened their own Vegas residencies in recent months—while such returning headliners as Bruno Mars, Santana, Lady Gaga, Shania Twain have made their way back to the Strip—Adele’s are the most sought-after tickets in town. There’s no question she’s a special artist, but the same can be said about any of the stars mentioned above. Yet the presentation of Adele’s singular talent and unique history, set against the backdrop of the current Las Vegas landscape, is nothing short of historic. Here are four reasons why this Strip residency could become one of the most impactful events ever for both the singer and the city.
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Similar to the way Gaga began her two shows, Enigma and Jazz & Piano, at Park MGM just as she had stepped into a new career echelon with a critically acclaimed performance in A Star Is Born, Adele has moved into a new phase of creative maturity with 30. Rolling Stone called it her best album yet: “The more mature she gets as an artist, the more finesse and tact she brings to the microphone, without sacrificing any of the primal firepower that made her famous in the first place.” Pitchfork awarded the album a score of 8.2 out of 10: “Life is messy and not always built for three-minute pop songs with perfect hooks. Adele was always more complicated than that, and now she has an album that ups the stakes and nuance of her artistry.” Like a great new album does for any act, 30 provides a big boost for Adele fans who have been craving new music and the opportunity to see her perform these songs live . But she’s also landing in Las Vegas at a crucial time, when a fresh crop of diverse artists are also making their way to the Strip for residency shows, and when live music lovers from around the world are making plans to get back out there again and catch concerts after two years of staying home. “I don’t want to say that Adele is necessarily the icing on the cake, but if you look at those artists that have been here and add her into the mix with the others that just came in at Resorts World, all of a sudden this city is the must-visit destination where you can see a concert one night and maybe go to a sporting event or a show like Absinthe or Cirque du Soleil the next night,” says Craig Nyman, head of music and live performances for Downtown Las Vegas’ annual Life Is Beautiful festival. “You are plan-
ning your weekend around your favorite artist, and you have so much else to do.” Underwood and Perry recently opened their residency shows at the brand-new Resorts World Theatre, and country star Luke Bryan and Vegas legend Celine Dion are expected to open new shows there this year. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé is also set for a six-night run there in April. After last year’s debut of residency shows from Usher and Sting at the Colosseum, John Legend announced a new residency coming to Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood in April. Live Nation is expected to announce some new and returning headliners soon—including official confirmation that Usher’s show is moving to Park MGM’s Dolby Live theater—only adding to the Strip’s current galaxy of stars, which also includes Keith Urban, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith, John Fogerty, Lionel Richie, Barry Manilow and Donny Osmond. With that blend of legacy acts and legendsin-the-making of various musical genres, 2022 looks like a peak year for the modern Las Vegas residency show. “It’s definitely exciting when you have that many superstars and talented musicians performing here, and seeing so many people coming and buying those tickets, my hope is this will continue in the future as the city is adding more theaters on top of it,” Nyman says. “Before the pandemic, the average person maybe went to one or two concerts a year, so now when you are going to a show, you’re really thinking about what that show is going to be. Is it your favorite artist or is it someone new? These are artists and entertainers people have been waiting so long to see, so it’s like, let’s do it.”
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First opened in 2003 for Dion’s first Strip residency A New Day… and renovated and refreshed in 2019, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace is easily one of the most important venues in the history of the Strip. It’s ground zero for the Vegas residency as we know it, also having hosted pivotal concert engagements with Elton John, Bette Midler, Cher and Mariah Carey. Its original programming partner, AEG Presents, and its current partner, Live Nation, have driven the residency evolution and expanded concert events at larger Las Vegas venues through the years, including T-Mobile Arena since its opening in 2016 and Allegiant Stadium in 2020. But through this development and other important residency productions like Britney Spears’ Piece of Me show at Planet Hollywood in 2013, the Colosseum remains the blueprint and the grand dame of Vegas venues. Last year, behind-the-scenes chatter had Adele playing at Resorts World, where AEG books the 5,000-seat theater. In a November Rolling Stone interview, she denied a Vegas residency was on the way “because there’s f*cking nothing available.” AEG officials told USA Today in December that it was in talks with Adele, but Resorts World Theatre was essentially booked up with its other headliners. Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment officials declined to comment for this story. Whether or not Adele actually had her choice of Vegas venues, the Colosseum makes the most sense for aesthetic and historic purposes. Newer, larger theaters on the Strip would certainly accommodate an incredible production, but there’s a perfect story to the way this residency booking played out, a sort of torch-passing from Celine to Adele. And if you’ve been able to revisit the Colosseum since its pandemic-era reopening, you know it hasn’t lost any luster. For now, it’s still the room.
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“She’s never quite fit the mold. She’s always made it her own,” singer Janae Longo says of Adele. “Growing up, I always listened to older artists like Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Wynonna Judd—these big powerhouse voices—as did she. She came up writing music at a time when that was not expected from a 19-year-old. She wasn’t pop; she wasn’t Britney or Christina. She definitely created her own brand and sound and that’s why I love her.” Longo will be making her Las Vegas debut next month in the longest-running production show currently playing the Strip, Legends in Concert at the Tropicana. It’s a new Legendary Divas-themed show, with tribute artists paying homage to Vegas residents past and present: Cher, Dion, Gaga, and now Adele. Longo is Adele. “I was driving down Las Vegas Boulevard the day she announced her residency, going to work at 5 in the morning, and no one knew it was happening,” she says. “All of a sudden the Caesars [marquee] lit up with her face, and I thought, if that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is.”
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fame and pop culture notoriety. Simply put, she’s the realest. And the rarest. She famously dislikes touring and has eschewed untold opportunities in order to maintain that privacy and care for her 9-year-old son, Angelo. Adele onstage, any stage, is a rarity, and that’s another reason why the demand for her Las Vegas shows has been and will continue to be overwhelming. “When she puts music out, the world listens,” Nyman says. “She’s one of those rare artists where if you’re 7 or 70, there’s a connection with fans, and there is a mystique because she hasn’t toured much but people have seen interviews where she’s so open and candid while also private. “Of all the residency headliners we’ve had in this city, this is the artist that has probably played the least amount of live shows in the U.S. That’s really special,” Nyman adds. “I can’t wait to see, during these first shows, all the people coming in and walking out of the Colosseum so emotionally charged up from that experience, because those memories will not fade.”
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WAVE OF DEATHS COMING? The fast-moving omicron variant might cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing, and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.
COVID AT-HOME TEST KITS Nevada will get more than 500,000 COVID-19 test kits to distribute to residents, starting at the end of January. The tests will be delivered to health care clinics, fire departments, libraries and other places where people can pick them up.
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NEVADA WATER ADVOCATES VEXED BY UTAH PIPELINE PLAN A federal agency’s preliminary determination that a proposed water pipeline in Utah would have minimal effects on Nevada has some water activists and hydrologists crying foul. The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District in Cedar City, Utah, is seeking approval for a $253.6 million 50-mile pipeline project to transport about 15,000 acre-feet of water a year from an aquifer underneath the Pine Valley in Beaver County, Utah, to Cedar City. The Bureau of Land Management’s draft environmental impact statement says the effects of the drawdown of water to feed the pipeline “are not expected to be measurable or observable” on the nearby
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Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, disagrees and says the project will harm water supplies in Nevada. He points to a different model produced by the U.S. Geological Survey that showed the project would lead to a massive water drawdown in Snake Valley, which is home to Great Basin National Park, about 200 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Over the course of 62 years, the pipeline would negatively affect Nevada’s side of the Great Basin and 11 other basins, Roerink said. A report commissioned by the Great Basin Water Network that was conducted by Roux Associates, an environmental consulting and management firm, found that even if less than 15,000 acre-feet of water were to be pumped from Pine Valley and Wah Wah, the effects on Nevada “would likely be substantial.” –Jessica Hill
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Mike Mayock, left, and Jon Gruden embrace in September 2020, after the Raiders won their first-ever regular-season game at Allegiant Stadium. (Isaac Brekken/ AP)
GRAMMYS COMING TO TOWN The 64th edition of the Grammys, which honor achievement in the music industry, will be held April 3 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The show, which will be televised on CBS, was originally scheduled for January 31 in LA before the recent surge of COVID cases.
TITUS PROPOSES NATIONAL MONUMENT AROUND SPIRIT MOUNTAIN Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, is introducing legislation that would turn 450,000 acres of land in Southern Nevada into a national monument. The proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument would protect biologically diverse and culturally significant land in the Mojave Desert. The area is south of Searchlight, near the privately owned community of Cal-Nev-Ari. Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, is a site of cultural significance for Native Americans and is the basis of several creation stories. The area features scenic peaks, canyons, Joshua trees, bighorn sheep migration routes, grasslands and petroglyphs, Titus said in a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Brenda Mallory. Tribes, conservation groups and others have been working to protect the land after proposals to develop a wind farm in the area. -Jessica Hill
The new Lunar New Year exhibit at the Bellagio Conservatory, which features 5,700 plants, will be displayed through March 5. The conservatory and botanical gardens, a free attraction, are open 24 hours a day. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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likely. A new general manager might want his own coach in place. Before Mayock’s firing was announced, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that the Raiders were interviewing New England Patriots director of player personnel Dave Ziegler for their general manger position and linebackers coach Jerod Mayo for the head coaching job. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport also reported that the Raiders would interview Indianapolis assistant general manager Ed Dodds. Former Cleveland and Kansas City general manager John Dorsey was also linked as a potential target. It appeared there would be a chance both Mayock and Bisaccia could return after the Raiders reached the playoffs for the first time in five years, but the team lost, 26-19, to Cincinnati in the first round. -Case Keefer
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games as well.” RTC’s Game Day Express routes—you can find them online at bit.ly/34QJgXd—are no-stop lines that travel from various Valley resorts to Raiders, Golden Knights and UNLV games and back for just $4 round trip. In many cases, they bypass game-day traffic entirely; the Allegiant Stadium drop-off, for example, is at Gate 11, just steps from the doors. “I’ve been on the Game Day Express and seen the locals clapping; they’re excited because we get to bypass all the cars that are waiting to pull into the parking lot,” Maynard says. “We get moved straight on and park right in front of the stadium. It’s been really fun to watch.” That modest miracle has, in return, allowed RTC to benefit
from a miracle of its own: Vegas locals—many of whom “have never been on a bus before,” Maynard says—are beginning to understand how cities can benefit from a public transit network functioning near the top of its ability. Once Valley traffic truly begins to approximate LA levels of madness—not an “if” at this point, a “when”—some of these game-day riders might notice the dedicated bus lanes on surface streets and express buses sailing through the high-occupancy lanes on gridlocked freeways, and perhaps decide to take a bus to work or the airport. It’s fitting that RTC Transit should gain local notice while it weathers one of its greatest challenges. As it did to every local industry, the COVID-19 closures
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continues. “But when we compared our ridership during the height of the pandemic to that of our peer transit systems around us, we saw less of a drop, because we’re a service industry town. Even though there were a lot of hotel workers unemployed, we were moving grocery workers, hospital workers, retail and manufacturing workers.” Even in reduced form, the RTC’s numbers are impressive. Prior to the pandemic, local routes accommodated roughly 67 million individual trips annually. During the pandemic, they still managed to provide 50 million trips, a high per-
the OnDemand zone. The one-way price is just $2. “If this works, we may use this model in other areas in the Valley,” Maynard says. “I think that it’s an opportunity not only to look at the traditional way of providing service but also another way to keep up with technology, and with consumer demand.” The infrastructure bill funds will also help to build a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line for the heavily used Maryland Parkway corridor, a bus line similar to light rail; buses travel in their own dedicated lane and collect fares before riders get on. And if all goes to plan, those buses—along with every other bus in the Valley—will be part of a zero-emissions fleet. “We developed our zero-emission vehicle plan last year,” Maynard says.”If [infrastructure bill] funding is the right amount, we’ll be able to transition our fleet to zero emission by 2035.” Buying electric buses isn’t the main concern—the RTC already receives funding for that—but the infrastructure bill money is needed for the facilities, staffing and infrastructure an all-electric fleet needs to run. At present, the RTC has two hydrogen fuel cell electric buses ready to roll out soon, with the option to buy more once funding sources are identified. Maybe these advances aren’t as sexy to mass-market tastes as the RTC’s game-day miracle. Maybe onboard Wi-Fi, dedicated traffic lanes and the RTC’s recently announced partnership with the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District—offering riders access to audiobooks, eBooks and movies through the Libby app—isn’t enough to convince even some environmentally conscious Las Vegans to leave their cars parked at home. That’s all right, Maynard says. The RTC will make sure the buses are there when folks need them. “That’s the benefit of working for the public,” Maynard says. “We get to do great things on their behalf.”
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of 2020 had a chilling effect on bus ridership—though the RTC never had the option of parking its buses and waiting it out. “Every transit system in the U.S. was negatively impacted [by COVID], some in more significant ways than others,” Maynard says. “Our express routes on the Strip saw over a 95% drop in ridership; I mean, it just came to a screeching halt. But on the other side of things, it was a reminder of how many essential workers rely on our transit system to get where they need to go. “We saw 50% reduction in ridership [on local routes],” Maynard
centage of which were for seniors and veterans. “We’ve got a great team,” Maynard says. “The drivers and mechanics are amazing; they work really hard. They’re showing up every day, working under really extreme circumstances, and we could not do what we do without them.” Still, the pandemic resulted in a shortfall of rider revue, which was compounded by budget cuts that preceded the shutdowns. The RTC was forced to make painful cuts, adjusting down-route frequency times and reducing service hours on weekends. It was able to put resources where they were needed most by polling riders through the buses’ onboard Wi-Fi: The provided information, delivered almost in real time, told the agency which routes and usage hours were most vital. Then, in mid-2021, the RTC received more than $303 million in federal stimulus money, allowing it to restore the lost service hours and even expand service “into areas of the Valley that have never seen transit,” Maynard says. “We were able to provide service to about 185,000 residents who have had never had access to transit before.” Now, with the promise of funds from the bipartisan federal infrastructure bill—and with the agency’s ridership tallies steadily ascending, now to 65% of pre-pandemic numbers—the RTC is looking to move forward decisively by building on its current strengths and modernizing its fleet. The agency is already doing some cool things people might not be aware of, like its RTC-OnDemand service, in pilot operation in west Henderson and the southwest Valley. Similar to rideshare services like Lyft and Uber, RTC-OnDemand picks up riders at their doors and delivers them to destinations like grocery stores, medical facilities and schools within a fixed area, and to bus stops if they’d like to leave
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BY BROCK RADKE andalay Bay has always maintained one of the biggest and most diverse samplings of entertainment, dining and nightlife on the Strip, but right now, the property’s offerings are somewhat in flux. Restaurants are making changes while waiting for Las Vegas convention traffic to pick up, and seminal nightclub Light only recently announced its reopening next month. But a new nightlife venue emerged on New Year’s Eve and stands ready to fill any perceived void with an intimate and luxurious lounge experience. SBE, the hospitality giant that operates Mandalay Bay restaurants Citizens and Kumi, along with the connected Delano hotel and nearby Hyde Lounge at T-Mobile Arena, has opened the first stand-alone location of its S Bar concept to the Strip, a cocktail-centric experience that falls under the company’s elevated dining brand Disruptive Restaurant Group. Other S Bars are located within Katsuya Japanese restaurants, but the Vegas version is a glamorous revamp of the former Red Square space just off the casino floor.
“The response has been good so far; we were almost completely full on New Year’s Eve,” general manager Tylor Kezar says. “We weren’t exactly sure how that opening day was going to go, but there was nothing but compliments and appreciation.” Kezar, who has been with SBE long enough to help open SLS Las Vegas (now once again the Sahara) and its club and lounge venues Foxtail, Life Nightclub and the Sayers Club, says the S Bar experience is all about plush, intimate vibes, a VIP feel for every guest, terrific craft cocktails and a rising energy level throughout the night. “I think it really complements the property, because we should be able to catch the early crowd before they go out to dinner or a night out, grab the clientele coming from conventions and cater to them with a great cocktail or even the opportunity to dine with us, and roll into that ultralounge nightlife element later on weekends,” he says. “Being a boutique venue, I think we’re going to fit in nicely.” A striking, glowing-gold entrance captures the attention of passersby, and S Bar’s interiors are highlighted by red and blue jewel tones against natural colors and subdued design elements, plus plenty of ultra-cozy furniture. The cocktail and curated bites menus at this brand-new spot started small and are expected to expand in coming weeks. But the flavors are there, with lobster mac and
cheese ($28), tuna poke ($26), sticky char siu pork belly bao ($21) and prime steak tartare ($24) appealing to your cravings. The beverage program is handled by Yael Vengroff, head of bars and mixology for all S Bars and Katsuyas, and it uniquely splits the difference between bottle service and bespoke mixology. “Tableside Sips” allow guests to choose a bottle of their favorite spirit with handcrafted mixers for a personalized experience, while the list of signature cocktails ($11-$24) allows Vengroff to show her creativity. “It’s definitely a different program than what we see at S Bar in LA and New York. There’s an element of freedom, but it’s also restrained,” Vengroff says. “There are four or five cocktails on the menu that drink like a highball, like a Japanese whiskey and soda or a vodka tonic, but they’re just packed with flavor.” That’s accomplished through an acidulated water solution that acts as the normal citrus or acid element, leading to clear drinks that “mess with your head completely, because they’re packed with pear or coffee or other flavors,” she says. “It’s definitely a made-you-look, double-take moment. I love things that play with whimsy and things with ethereal qualities, and that’s largely what this program is built on, things that are delicious and simple but visually deceiving.”
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in hopes they would go viral. She Many of the clips stretch into the agreed, and began making clips, 15-minute range, much of which is with Gonzales’ tentative help. pure suspense (“Just keep watch“I was a little averse to it at first, ing until the end”) and Koroly and but then I started filming with her Gonzales gleefully chewing the and I really enjoyed it,” Gonzales scenery down to a paste. Even when says. Previously, he had a martial you don’t particularly care what arts instruction and demonstrathe reveal is going to be, you keep tion channel on YouTube and watching, engrossed by the pair’s TikTok (both @wushucharisma and go-for-broke wes), but working with commitment to the skit. Watch Koroly motivated him to The @wesandalison Wes & Alison on Facebook embrace other kinds of channel now has more @wesandalison short-form storytelling. than 68,000 followers, “We make dramas, and countless more viewers [comedy] skits, feel-good encounter the stories when videos and all these different they go viral. Gonzales’ @wushuvideo genres that I would have never wes TikTok channel, now featuring done otherwise. I mean, maybe I the clips he makes with Koroly, has would have gotten to drama, but exploded to nearly 372,000 followit would have been a martial arts ers. (A clip that Koroly and Gonzadrama,” he says. “Sometimes it’s a les conceived—an Alien-inspired cheater video. Sometimes it’s just chest-bursting scene—has 177,000 a masked prank in a Walmart. … views. Another clip in which they You’re just kind of coming up with appeared, dreamed up by someideas and seeing what people like.” one in Lax’s orbit, accumulated a Koroly and Gonzales’ Facebook whopping 400,000 views.) Before channel, @wesandalison, offers a long, they were drawing enough ad larger range of creative programrevenue for both of them to abandon ming than most TV networks, from their job searches and commit to loopy cooking tutorials to domestic making viral videos full-time. dramas to flat-out body horror. “You don’t need Hollywood to
make this kind of content,” Gonzales says. “And honestly, [viral] videos get bigger views than then most things produced by Hollywood. It’s crazy.” Hollywood studios don’t engender expectations of new content every single day, however. Koroly and Gonzales have to work hard to keep their viewers happy. “In a threeday period last month, we filmed 34 concepts, about eight of them ours,” Gonzales says. They handle everything themselves—cameras, lighting, props, costumes, distribution and, inevitably, policing their own work to make sure it doesn’t run afoul of platforms’ community standards. “We have grown in a lot of ways as creators, and I do think that over time, your tastes change, especially when you’re doing it for money,” Gonzales says. “You’re not just an artist anymore; you also become your own executive. When you’re sitting around the boardroom of your mind, you’re like, ‘Hmm, that could get us in trouble.’ We look at this as our job; we enjoy entertaining people. And it’s not worth putting that in jeopardy just because we wanted to be more edgy.” In any case, it beats impatiently waiting for stage work to come calling, Koroly says. “The type of people that we’re working around now are like-minded,” she says. “During the pandemic, instead of feeling ‘less than’ because we didn’t have a stage anymore, we all said, ‘OK, what’s next? How do I swerve?’ And no matter if this job stays this form of creation forever or morphs into something else, I think all of us are going to hang on.”
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From left: Jenelle Catherina, Caitlin Ary, Katie Marie Jones and Malia Rae (Brett Loudermilk/Courtesy)
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T WITCHY WOMEN Majestic Repertory puts a magical retro spin on ’90s cult classic The Craft BY AMBER SAMPSON
t’s an iconic scene. Four teenage girls—Nancy, Sarah, Rochelle and Bonnie—board the afternoon bus to the California countryside. Marianne Faithfull’s “Witches’ Song” plays as the city blocks rush by . And as the bus reaches its final stop, the driver issues a warning: “You girls watch out for those weirdos.” “We are the weirdos, mister,” Nancy famously retorts. More than 20 years later, The Craft, Andrew Fleming’s 1996 horror film, remains one of the most popular witch tales in pop culture. As Clueless defined the decade with an amicable coming-of-age story and all the plaid a girl could handle, The Craft took an unapologetically darker approach, one that spoke to a generation of outcasts. “It’s an ode to being Gen X,” says Troy Heard, founder and artistic director of Majestic Repertory Theatre, which will stage The Craft: An Unauthorized Musical Parody from January 20 through March 13. “For us back then, we didn’t see anything like this—nothing as strong as this and certainly nothing that dabbled with the occult.” The story follows Sarah, a troubled newcomer who befriends a group of girls rumored to be witches at her Catholic high school. Together, they
form a coven, using their powers to enact revenge on bullies, reclaim their autonomy and even gain power. Majestic’s musical parody will pay homage to the film and poke fun at the ’90s, including the iconic fashion, brought to life by costume and hair designer Natalia Castilla from The Beatles Love. “It is very Hot Topic,” Heard says, “and we’re encouraging audience members to come dressed up.” Majestic will transform its Downtown theater into an intimate cabaret space, complete with a “We Are the Weirdos” craft beer on tap, created by Las Vegas’ Beer Zombies Brewing Co. Performers might leap upon your table or lean against your chair. And if the musical didn’t rock enough, a live all-woman band will play tracks from the ’80s and ’90s, propelling the story. Music director Brandon Scott Grayson, who worked on Majestic’s The Sandman, curated the female-forward band, which he notes was a “huge priority for us.” “If we’re gonna have this sisterhood right here in front of your face, and the band’s present, I didn’t want four guys on instruments behind these four women,” Heard says. “I felt it should be all women in that room telling the story.” Grayson puts the “rock” back in
THE CRAFT: THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY Through March 13; Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.; $30-40. Majestic Repertory Theater, majestic repertory.com.
rock musicals, dramatizing music from The Cure, Nine Inch Nails and others for specific scenes. “It’s the songs that everyone knows and loves, and they will be satisfied, but it’s in service to our story,” he says. Take The Lost Boys theme song “Cry Little Sister,” for example. “We use that song for summoning a demon god,” Grayson says. “We needed to amp up the energy and the stakes of it, so we made it a little more rock.” This parody promises hysterics, but “as much as we tried to find the funny and punch up the laughs, you’re still invested in Sarah’s journey and in the journey of the coven,” Heard says. Vegas Golden Knights arena host Katie Marie Jones says she related to her role as Sarah, having experienced a similar new-girl-at-school situation—sans the witchcraft. Film die-hards will catch Easter eggs, Jones says, but experiencing The Craft for the first time as a musical is just as enjoyable. The message that we should celebrate our differences endures. “That’s still a big issue for a lot of teens and a lot of people in general,” she says. “But I think you absolutely can get that from this show while having a really good time and having a cool beer.”
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L OCCASION A SPECIAL Get fancy (and hungry) for Gina Marinelli’s new Harlo BY BROCK RADKE
et’s hope local restaurant and bar giant the LEV Group has decided to just go ahead and kick off every new year in Las Vegas by opening an undeniably great neighborhood restaurant. In 2021, it was a collaboration with James Trees at Tivoli Village, Al Solito Posto. This time, the company has teamed with Gina Marinelli for Harlo, an archetype steakhouse in the former Andiron space at Downtown Summerlin. And it’s quickly setting an elevated standard for off-Strip fine dining.
Marinelli’s excellent boutique Italian spot, La Strega, the first piece of this partnership, is nearby, allowing the chef to bounce between kitchens. We first fell in love with the chef’s food at the former D.O.C.G. at the Cosmopolitan, and the prospect of sampling Marinelli’s take on a fancy steakhouse is cause for excitement. With every bite of every dish at Harlo, she exceeds our expectations more and more. What’s the name of that neighborhood restaurant with mind-blowing caviar service? No such thing, until now. It’s certainly a splurge, ranging
from Kaluga ($155) to a baller pairing of Russian Osetra with Louis XIII cognac ($400), but there are too many fun extras with this offering to dismiss the possibility: whipped burrata, yuzu creme fraiche, smoked salmon, Korean scallion pancakes, potato latkes and more. You can also opt for a potato-hamachi caviar taco ($12) or a yuzu and white chocolate caviar macaron ($10). It’s not for everyone, but that section of the menu sets the tone for luxurious fun. In addition to a terrific hot and cold shellfish selection, standout opening dishes
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sharing, there’s the 40-ounce, 28-day dry aged Bistecca alla Fiorentina, which deserves to be surrounded by some innovative sides like tempura chili crunch caulilini ($14), a twice-baked potato saturated with smoked cheese sauce and bacon lardons ($12) and the fascinating flavor and souffle-like texture of spinach sformato ($13). The space has been tweaked just enough to give Harlo its own personality. The entrance and bar have been relocated to maximize style and drama, and finishes have been darkened and polished to better suit a destination dinner. The music’s soulful and energetic, and the service is similarly warm yet elegant. What’s that neighborhood restaurant that makes you want to get all dolled up for an extra-special night out but still feels cozy enough for a next-level weeknight dinner? Yeah, it’s only Harlo.
n Thanks to its striking monuments and imagery at center Strip, Paris Las Vegas will probably always be best known as a prominent product of its era, the themed casino boom of the 1990s. Tourist magnets Mon Ami Gabi and the Eiffel Tower Restaurant have defined its dining portfolio, though Gordon Ramsay made a significant impact with his first Strip project, an eponymous steakhouse in 2012. Ten years later, Paris is about to be stacked with celebrity restaurants. It already has a scrumptious little morsel with Brioche by Guy Savoy, and the coming months will see the opening of Vanderpump à Paris from LA restaurateur and reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump, another Bobby’s Burgers outlet from Bobby Flay and the third Las Vegas Nobu restaurant from Nobu Matsuhisa. And then there’s the Bedford, the first-ever restaurant concept from
Martha Stewart, set for a spring opening at Paris. Designed by Stewart herself and inspired by the lifestyle icon’s country farmhouse in Westchester County, New York, the 194-seat restaurant will serve dinner and weekend brunch, along with special holiday menus throughout the year, and its arrival seems like the tipping point for this 23-year-old Strip property. Paris will be a very different place to eat and drink by this summer. “Martha Stewart is one of the most celebrated voices in hospitality, and we are truly honored that she’s chosen Paris Las Vegas as the home for her very first restaurant,” Jason Gregorec, Paris senior vice president and general manager, said in a statement. “When we open the doors, the Bedford by Martha Stewart will be a dining experience you simply can’t get elsewhere.” –Brock Radke
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include steak tartare ($20) with Vietnamese herbs, lime aioli and addictive “beef crisps” taking the place of the traditional baguette or crackers; roasted Asian pears with burrata cream, arugula pesto and pistachio ($16); and a duck confit salad ($22) with those latkes and a perfect poached egg. If you’re skipping the steak, there’s Steelhead trout with roasted squash and sauce verte ($36); a smoked lamb shank ($42) with beans and greens; or Jidori chicken ($32) with pickled shallots. And of course, you can’t visit one of Marinelli’s spots and forego pasta. At the very least, get the spicy puttanesca rigatoni ($14) as a side dish. Snake River Farms, Allen Brothers and Flannery are among Harlo’s beef sources. The 10-ounce ribeye cap ($85) has all the flavor you’re hoping for, beautifully encased in savory char from the grill. For table
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ears fell, voices cracked and heads hung as the Raiders filtered in and out of the locker room at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, where their season ended in a 26-19 wildcard round playoff loss to the Bengals. Four of the team’s captains spoke to the media during the postgame session, and three of them—quarterback Derek Carr, running back Josh Jacobs and defensive end Maxx Crosby—did so emotionally. Tight end Darren Waller, meanwhile, had a more cerebral view of how the Raiders should head into the offseason. “It starts with reflecting on the season, reflecting on the things that we did well, but also in the process of that, the process of growing, we need to face some things we need to get better at individually and collectively to
take that next step,” Waller said. At the top of the list for necessary improvement, as anyone who has watched the Raiders closely this season can attest, is play along the offensive line. Las Vegas was good enough at every other position group not only to compete in the postseason but to potentially win a playoff game or two for the first time in 19 years. But the play up front held the Raiders back all season, quite literally so against the Bengals on Saturday. Las Vegas was more efficient than Cincinnati offensively—the Raiders held a 385308 yardage edge and averaged 0.4 yards more per play—but the deciding factor was that the Bengals finished one more drive with a touchdown. Fans assigned much of the blame for that to Carr, who has struggled in the red zone all year, and to the referees, who
blew an inadvertent whistle that directly led to a Bengals touchdown in the second quarter. But the Raiders had another prime scoring opportunity in the third quarter that was ruined solely by the offensive line. Las Vegas became the first team in seven years to pick up three holding penalties on the same playoff drive, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The final flag, on left guard John Simpson, wiped out a Jacobs run to the 1-yard line and forced the Raiders to settle for a field goal. “When three of the holds are on you in one drive, that’s tough,” Carr said. “I love that [officiating] crew, nothing against them. They saw something. I don’t see it. I have my back turned. It sucks for it to be that way.” All five of the Raiders’ starting offensive linemen picked up a penalty against the Bengals, with
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n Last Week: Bengals 26, Raiders 19 The Raiders had largely relied on late rallies to build a fourgame winning streak to get to the playoffs, but they came up just short of another one in Cincinnati. Las Vegas got down to the 9-yard line with 30 seconds to play and a chance to force overtime, but quarterback Derek Carr spiked the ball to stop the clock on first down and then threw two straight incompletions. He tried to force a fourth-down pass to Zay Jones, but it was intercepted by Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt. Las Vegas trailed for most of the game but fell into its biggest deficit—14 points—during the second quarter, when Cincinnati scored a touchdown on a pass that replay revealed should have been ruled dead by an inadvertent whistle. n AFC DIVISIONAL-ROUND PLAYOFF MATCHUPS Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans Saturday, January 22, 1:30 p.m., CBS (Channel 8) Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. CBS (Channel 8) n Remaining Rooting Interest: The Raiders probably don’t care which team reaches the Super Bowl out of the AFC, or even ultimately wins the championship … as long as it’s not the Chiefs. Despite Kansas City blowing out Las Vegas twice this season, the long-running rivalry felt ramped up. The Chiefs accused the Raiders of taking a victory lap around Arrowhead Stadium in their team bus after a road win last year and played up what they interpreted as a sign of disrespect going into both meetings. The Raiders also added new fuel this year when they purposefully held a pregame huddle over Kansas City’s logo at midfield at Arrowhead Stadium before a Week 14 game the Chiefs won 48-9.
n Offseason Player to Watch: Quarterback Derek Carr The most interesting situation starts at the top of the roster. Carr will head into the final year of his deal next season, and starting quarterbacks in the NFL rarely play out the course of their contracts. They’re either extended or moved, and both seem like possible scenarios for the eight-year veteran. Carr has been solid for the Raiders, but they’ll need to commit around $30 million per year to him on a new contract. That would limit resources to spend on the rest of the roster for years to come. It’s a no-brainer to keep him if the Raiders believe he can lead them to a deep playoff run, but considering he only just made his playoff debut against the Bengals, that will require a leap of faith. –Case Keefer
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rookie right guard Alex Leatherwood flagged twice to move into second place in the NFL with 16 penalties this season. Penalties were far from the only problem up front for Las Vegas this season. Jacobs rarely had any holes to run through, ranking 22nd among starting running backs in yards before contact during the regular season. Carr was sacked 40 times, fifth-most among NFL quarterbacks. Leatherwood was graded the third-worst starting guard in the league by Pro Football Focus’ metrics, and Brandon Parker, Leatherwood’s neighbor, was graded the eighth-worst tackle. Down the stretch of the season, the Raiders’ offensive linemen claimed to have improved. That was true to an extent, but there was nowhere to go but up considering how poorly the unit played for most of the year.
“There’s always room for improvement; just dialing in to technique where it’s important in certain situations when we’ve got to have it is a big thing,” center Andre James said. “That comes with maturity. That comes with reps and experience, really.” James was advocating for the same group to get another chance to grow next season, but the Raiders can’t afford to go that route. They need to make significant changes. James and left tackle Kolton Miller, who arguably deserved to make the Pro Bowl, are the only offensive linemen who have proven they can play at a starting-caliber level. Simpson didn’t struggle as much as Leatherwood or Parker, but he also didn’t progress as much in his second year as the Raiders needed. More high-profile matters will get more attention when it comes to the Raiders’ offseason, including decisions on Carr and interim coach Rich Bisaccia. Compelling cases can be made either way on whether to keep or let go of all those power players. No matter what decisions the franchise makes elsewhere, it will need better protection up front. Las Vegas dismantled its veteran offensive line last offseason and got younger, a casualty of a shrinking salary cap caused by a season without fans in the stands. That approach to the offensive line was a worthy experiment that ultimately failed. This offseason, with likely extra money to spend, the Raiders’ priority needs to be rebuilding that unit. “I think I had 50-something yards come back [to penalties],” Jacobs said as he shook his head after the loss in Cincinnati. “I was kind of frustrated with that.”
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s a 9-year-old, A’Esha Goins learned her uncle would be going to prison after being arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana following a traffic stop. The episode had a profound effect on Goins and was one of the reasons why the longtime Las Vegas resident drifted toward a career that centers on creating solutions to provide for added diversity in the cannabis industry. Along with owning her own boutique business consulting and lobbying firm, Goins is chair of the Social Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee of the state’s Cannabis Advisory Commission, a 12-member body that offers recommendations to the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board. Goins said her mission is to bring more diversity into the ownership and leadership ranks in Nevada’s cannabis industry, which has come under fire for its lack of minority faces. Early last year, the commission released a report showing that 73% of cannabis business license holders, company managers and board members identified as male, while 65% identified as white. “I have a family member who was disenfranchised by the failed war on drugs,” Goins said. “That’s the reason why we have to diversify. You cannot be profiting off of people’s trauma and then consistently make them consumers, but not offer opportunities for ownership.” In Nevada, the monetary bar to clear for ownership of a cannabis dispensary is high—license-seekers have been expected to have at least $250,000 in cash at their disposal in order to start a
business. It’s unclear if that would continue to be the case during future versions of the license application process. The last round of recreational marijuana dispensary licenses in Nevada came in 2019. Today, the state is working on the final touches of a program that will offer consumption lounge licenses. “No average person has $250,000 liquid to start a business,” Goins said. “That means the playing field is not level. The type of capital needed to start a marijuana business in Nevada, there’s no other business out there that you need to have that type of capital to start, outside of casinos.” Partly because legalization is such a new phenomenon—recreational
marijuana became legal in Nevada in 2017 after a measure was approved by voters—the industry is still maturing. A component of why the Cannabis Compliance Board was created by the state Legislature in 2019 was to bridge the gap between white and minority owners in the industry. Tyler Klimas, executive director of the board, said conversations about how the industry can become more diverse have been “much-needed.” He said Goins has helped lead the way. “A’Esha brings knowledge and passion to the table,” Klimas said. “While diversity should be a priority in all industries, given the infancy of the legal cannabis industry and the significant impact of past drug policy, it’s important for the CCB to take advantage of this
opportunity and work with its stakeholders to set the standard for better representation and a more inclusive industry.” Goins acknowledges that the state has recognized the diversity problem, but she believes much more needs to be done to remedy it. “I think the state took the risks that it needed to take in starting an industry that was and is federally illegal,” she said. “We have a rhythm now. Nevada has done a really good job on the regulatory end of the industry. This is the time to broaden the marketplace to offer opportunities for others to be a part of this.” Still, Goins believes that specific steps will need to be taken to allow for a more equal business playing field in the cannabis arena. “I think we have to introduce some business licensing for micro-business models so that we’re not asking business owners to have millions of dollars,” Goins said. “I don’t foresee us being successful if there’s no infrastructure, no money and no education. Lastly, we have to figure out ways to stop putting people in jail for marijuana.”
A’Esha Goins, chair of the Social Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee on the state’s Cannabis Advisory Commission (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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BY JODI HERZIK program designed to train people to fill jobs in the fast-growing cannabis industry is off to a solid start. Extended Studies at UNR partnered with Green Flower to offer four noncredit certificates in cannabis education. “The Green Flower Higher Education Team is very excited about the interest and growth of the cannabis certificate programs with [UNR],” said Daniel Kalef, executive vice president of Higher Education for Green Flower. “Since our marketing outreach began, we’ve had more than 1,000 students inquire about the programs directly, and more than 30 enroll for either the November or January start dates. We expect to see that number increase through 2022 as more students realize how the programs can help train and guide them into a new career in the legal cannabis industry,” Kalef said. According to Business Wire, cannabis is the fastest-growing industry in the United States. The 2021 Leafly Jobs Report states that last year, legal cannabis supported 321,000 full-time jobs and is growing faster than any other industry. “Since 2016, when voters in Nevada voted for legal adult use of canna-
bis and then-Gov. [Brian] Sandoval signed the law into effect, the cannabis industry in the state has seen unprecedented growth and continues to show no signs of slowing down,” Kalef said. “Such growth has created a large and growing job market, and a tremendous opportunity for people in Nevada to find rewarding careers.” The Cannabis Education program has four certificates: the business of cannabis; agriculture and horticulture; law and policy; and health care and medicine. Each track includes three, eight-week online courses for a total of six months of instruction with a certification awarded at the courses’ completion. Medical experts, instructors with doctorates and experts who have been in the cannabis industry for years teach the online courses. Extended Studies is proud to partner with Green Flower for the certificate programs. Nevada was the third state to approve cannabis for medical use with the adoption of the Nevada Medical Marijuana Act in 1998. We were once
again trailblazers when Nevadans voted to legalize cannabis for adult recreational use in 2016. With the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis in two-thirds of the country, the UNR Extended Studies team naturally wants to ensure Nevada also is at the forefront of cannabis education. The expanding cannabis industry is creating a demand for qualified workers with a broad range of skills. “Nevada’s cannabis market is growing exceptionally fast. It’s creating a need for high-quality, well-trained people to service these businesses,” said Max Simon, CEO of Green Flower. The Nevada Legislature gave the green light to cannabis lounges last year, with launches coming by the middle of this year. According to the Cannabis Compliance Board, there are 16,000 employees licensed to work in the industry in Nevada. That number is expected to grow by hundreds to thousands, as retail establishments have expressed interest in creating a cannabis lounge.
“Cannabis is remarkably complex. That’s one of the ways the training really helps, preparing people to be good stewards of cannabis service and support. Cannabis is a highly regulated industry,” Simon said. While many prospective students may want to delve into agriculture or the sales aspect of the industry and may not have experience in higher education, those with medical degrees or doctorates may want to take a course as well, to further their understanding of cannabis. For program participants, the curriculum is valuable for other fields such as cultivation, business, accounting and finance, distribution, compliance, manufacturing and product development, marketing, medicine and health care, sales and human resources. The courses in the certificate programs are designed using online learning best practices, and they are scheduled to accommodate working professionals. Through videos and homework, students will develop a portfolio of case studies and projects that can be used to demonstrate sector-specific cannabis knowledge to prospective employers. The next course starts March 7. The remaining 2022 start dates are May 2, July 4, September 5 and November 7. The cost is $2,950 per certificate, with discounts offered to veterans and to those who register for multiple certificates. Payment plans are available. More information can be found at cannabiseducation.unr.edu. Questions about the new online certificates can be emailed to cannabiseducation @lists.unr.edu. Jodi Herzik is the interim vice provost for Extended Studies at UNR.
The Cannabis Education program has four certificates: the business of cannabis; agriculture and horticulture; law and policy; and health care and medicine. Each track includes three, eight-week online courses for a total of six months of instruction with a certification awarded at the courses’ completion. Medical experts, instructors with doctorates and experts who have been in the cannabis industry for years teach the online courses.
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VegasInc Notes Comprehensive Cancer Centers hired nurse practitioner Michelle Bigg, MSN, FNP-BC and clinical educator Heather Emmons. Prior to joining Comprehensive, Bigg served as the women’s oncology program coordinator at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center and the Breast Center at Sunrise Hospital. Bigg Emmons previously served as a registered nurse at Comprehensive’s Horizon Ridge treatment center. Ryan Growney, general manager of South Point, was named 2021 Resistol Man of the Year during the National Finals Rodeo. This honor recognizes individuals who have devoted time to promoting the western way of life as well as western culture. Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance was named one of 60 finalists for Phase 1 of the American Rescue Plan’s $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge from the federal Economic Development Administration. As a finalist, LVGEA will be awarded $500,000 in a planning grant for preparation of Phase 2 of the two-part competition, which will ultimately award 20-30 coalition winners up to $100 million to implement proposals. Additionally, Jared Smith was appointed interim CEO. Georgene Stoops-Withrow earned the nationally recognized Registered Skilled Reporter certification from the National Court Reporters Association.
Stoops-Withrow is a member of NCRA and works as freelance court reporter. Spring Mountain welcomed Michael Frye as the newest addition to its leadership team. As director of business development, he is responsible for overseeing the implementation of business objectives for the hospital’s marketing and business development professionals to increase growth and awareness. He joins Spring Mountain with 27 years of experience in business growth. Boulder City welcomed Joseph Stubitz as the city’s utilities director. Stubitz was selected after a lengthy regional and national search. He comes to the city after more than 16 years working for the Bureau of Reclamation, where he served as an electrical engineer. Stubitz The Plaza welcomed Victor Fernandez to the property’s group sales team as associate director of sales and catering. He will support sales efforts to attract new corporate, leisure and catered events to the Downtown property. UNLV was once again classified as R1, or “Very High Research,” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This elite classification for university research is held by just 137 out of nearly 4,000 institutions nationally.
B&P Advertising, Media & Public Relations added four new professionals to its advertising and public relations teams. Art directors Chris Jones and Rowena Castillejos joined the company as well as senior account executive Jennifer Tang and public relations account executive Joshua Mattern. Additionally, B&P promoted two executives: Cathy Vo to senior account executive, and Shannon Sarver to associate creative director.
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