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SUPERGUIDE

Your daily events planner, starring Pearl Jam, Olivia Rodrigo, Armin van Buuren, Marlon Wayans, Joshua Ray Walker, ‘Tootsie the Musical’ and more.

NIGHTS

It’s EDC Week in the clubs, and some of the most promising parties will actually take place off the Strip this year.

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COVER STORY

The Brent Holmeshosted Spectacle: Las Vegas podcast puts the city’s vast mythology into perspective.

Festivals forever! Las Vegas has quickly become a hub for multiday music fests, including Electric Daisy Carnival, which kicks off May 20.

SPORTS

Aviators backstop Shea Langeliers— a top 10 catching prospect—has been inching his way toward the majors.

NEWS

Some scary recent devlopments have folks wondering whether Southern Nevada is running low on water.

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FESTIVALS Illustration by Ian Racoma

FOOD & DRINK

The Napal Baji experience might not be for everyone, but we’re here to guide adventurous diners through the bites and booze on the Korean pub’s menu.

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FACTORY 93: BORIS BREJCHA With Ann Clue, Moritz Hofbauer, 9 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, factory93.front gatetickets.com.

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ADAM HUNTER’S UFC COMEDY JAM 2 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.

ESCAPE THE FATE With The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Violent New Breed, 7 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com. JASON PAIGE 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com. PORTER ROBINSON 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events. taogroup.com.

ABOVE & BEYOND 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com. BASSRUSH POOL PARTY 11 p.m., Daylight Beach Club, daylightvegas.com. GARETH EMERY 8 p.m., LSR/City Warehouse at 800 Karen Ave., elationlv.com.

CRIMSON RIOT With The Forget Me Nows, Nova Babies, Shatter the Moon, 8 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com. ALAN WALKER 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.

ELROW: ENCHANTED FOWREST With Claptone, Dombresky, Bastian Bux, Tini Gessler & more, 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

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CLOWN BAR 2 The crime underworld isn’t just seedy, it’s a joke. Majestic Repertory Theater presents Clown Bar 2, an immersive comedy noir brought to life by returning playwright Adam Szymkowicz and artistic director Troy Heard. You don’t need to have seen the first Clown Bar to enjoy this sequel, but those familiar with the original play’s funny games will remember Happy, the clown, who originally set out to find his brother’s killer. Clown Bar 2 picks up after that, only now, Happy’s gone missing. One can only hope he hasn’t been fast-tracked to that great big clown car in the sky, but there’s only one way to find out. Two undercover gumshoes must infiltrate the mobster bar and expose the truth about these jokers. With Happy nowhere in sight, these cops have some big clown shoes to fill. Through 5/29, Thursday-Sunday, times vary, $35, Majestic Repertory, majesticrepertory.com. –Amber Sampson

LAS VEGAS ACES VS. MINNESOTA LYNX 7 p.m., Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com.

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD With Of Good Nature, 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

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JIM GAFFIGAN 8 p.m., & 5/21, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com. CARMINA BURANA 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, (& 5/22, 1 p.m.), Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. DEADMAU5 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

ROD STEWART 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com. ANITA BAKER 8 p.m., & 5/21, 5/25, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com. THE CHAINSMOKERS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. CARRIE UNDERWOOD 8 p.m., & 5/21, Resorts World Theatre, axs.com. BILL MAHER 10 p.m., & 5/21, Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts. com.

AUTHOR & PUNISHER With Mvtant, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com. FISHER 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com. MIKE XAVIER PRESENTS: HIP-HOP & POETRY NIGHT 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb. com. DJ SNAKE With Charly Jordan, 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

SHAKESPEARE ON THE PLAZA: MACBETH 7:30 p.m., & 5/21, Water Street Plaza Amphitheater, cityofhenderson. com. I LOVE THE ’90S TOUR With Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, Color Me Badd, Young MC & more, 8 p.m., the Amp at Craig Ranch, etix.com. ARTBAT 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. GANG OF YOUTHS With Quinn Christopherson, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.

OLIVIA RODRIGO We’ve been spoiled by our share of musical wunderkinds, the Billie Eilishes and Lordes of the world, those introspective under-20 somethings who take as naturally to music as the rest of us do to blinking. In 2021, 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo made that list with Sour, a debut so raw and wrung out with teenage heartbreak, you could picture every stage of her grief. The “Good 4 U” singer plucked through the catalogs of her most influential icons—Avril Lavigne, Taylor Swift, Hayley Williams—to create a mood board of emotions, from the gritted-teeth delivery on “Brutal” to the wistful high notes on “Deja Vu.” Now’s your chance to catch Rodrigo in a smallish venue before she starts booking arenas like her prodigy predecessors. With Holly Humberstone. May 20, 8 p.m., the Chelsea, ticketmaster. com. –Amber Sampson

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ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL Thru 5/22, 5 p.m., Las Vegas Motor Speedway, lasvegas.electric daisycarnival.com.

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MARLON WAYANS 8 p.m., M Resort Pavilion, ticketmaster.com. (AP Photo/Photo Illustration)

ERIK BEEHN: FLOWER + LINE + CLOUD “I don’t know how you describe growing up in Las Vegas,” Erik Beehn said in 2016 interview with the Chicago Tribune. Beehn, a painter and illustrator who actually grew up in a Las Vegas Boulevard Travelodge belonging to his grandparents during the 1980s, allows his art to speak to that topic instead, creating works that trace the outline of “a simulacrum that reflects the contemporary American vernacular … a cultural melting pot ripened with kitsch sensibilities and saturated with excess.” In other words, Beehn gets it; he understands what makes this Valley so unconventionally beautiful and patently absurd. Flower + Line + Cloud, his latest show, wholeheartedly embraces the beauty, with a series of pieces “inspired by the minimalist desert landscape and electric blue sky of the southwest.” If you know what it’s like to grow up here, Flower + Line + Cloud will feel very familiar; if you don’t, this show might well point the way to a greater understanding. Thru July 23; reception May 21, 5-8 p.m., free; Savidan Gallery at Faciliteq Showroom; 1310 S. Main St., second floor; 702-3997190. –Geoff Carter

LAS VEGAS ACES VS. PHOENIX MERCURY Noon, Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com.

ARMIN VAN BUUREN 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.

AURORA With Sub Urban, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events. taogroup.com.

AFRICA DAY CELEBRATION 11 a.m., Craig Ranch Park, eventbrite.com.

JAZZ IN THE PARK: JARROD LAWSON 6 p.m., Clark County Amphitheater, seetickets.us.

BOXING: ALIMKHANULY VS. DIGNUM 2 p.m., Resorts World Event Center, etix.com. ALEJANDRA GUZMAN & PAULINA RUBIO 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com. ALESSO 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.

MARSHMELLO 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. BIG K.R.I.T. With Elhae, Price, 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com. TRASH PANDAS 10 p.m., We All Scream, weallscream.com. GUCCI MANE 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

THE DEVIL’S DUO With The Unwieldies, 10 p.m., Huntridge Tavern, huntridge tavern.com. VEGAS KNIGHT HAWKS VS. DUKE CITY GLADIATORS 7 p.m., Dollar Loan Center, axs.com. THROW RAG With The Vulturas, 8 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite. com.

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DAVID GUETTA 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

DJ FRANZEN 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

STEVE AOKI 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events. taogroup.com.

LASERS LASERS 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv. com. WAYNE DE SILVA 1 p.m., Bootlegger Bistro, lvjs.org.

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DIPLO 11 a.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

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ARMIN VAN BUUREN The trance icon just announced his summer residencies at two of the hottest clubs in Spain’s dance music mecca, Ushuaia and Hi Ibiza, but that sunny fun will have to wait until June. Van Buuren also just reunited with Russian producer/DJ Shapov for the new Welcome Home EP, a two-track rave-up that plays to both artists’ strengths in progressive house and emotional melodies. But this week is all about Vegas, where the Dutch legend will play Omnia Saturday night and the final night of EDC Sunday, sandwiched around his debut at the refreshing rooftop oasis that is Tao Beach at Venetian. There are so many notable pool parties on the Strip in the next few days, but this might be the one you can’t afford to miss. 11 a.m., $30-$50+, Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com. –Brock Radke

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MONDAYS DARK 8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark. com. TIËSTO 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv. com. DILLON FRANCIS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

LAS VEGAS CLASSICA MUSIC 7:30 p.m., Whitney Library, lvccld.org.

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D.R.I. With Life’s Torment, Substance Death, Lean 13, Societies Infection, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, eventbrite.com.

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RIVERS OF NIHIL With Fallujah, Body of Filth, Empire of Ruin, Wrath of an Empire, 7 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.

HAIL THE SUN With Strawberry Girls, Amarionette, Andres, 8 p.m., Rockstar Bar, seetickets. us.

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JOSHUA RAY WALKER 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

HONORING THE SACRED CIRCLE 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.

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MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 10:30 p.m., Omnia, events. taogroup.com.

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AEW DYNAMITE 4 p.m., Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com. (Courtesy/Lane Walbert)

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SILK SONIC 9 p.m., & 5/20-5/21, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.

SANTANA 7 p.m., & 5/20-5/22, House of Blues, livenation.com.

GORDO 10:30 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com.

IÑIGO VONTIER With Bad Beat, Aerial Gray, 10:00 p.m., Lucky Day, edcweek. frontgatetickets.com.

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 8 p.m., & 5/20-5/21, Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.

D-MILES & CRYKIT Midnight, On the Record, ontherecordlv. com.

RICK D’ELIA With Brian Scolaro, Trixx, Kathleen Dunbar, Michael Yo, 5/25-5/29, 7 & 9:30 p.m., Comedy Cellar, comedycellar.com.

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TOOTSIE THE COMEDY MUSICAL Tootsie, Sydney Pollack’s 1982 gender-bending romantic comedy, was ahead of its time. The story of struggling-but-difficult actor Michael Dorsey (played by Dustin Hoffman) and his plan to revive his crumbling career by joining the cast of a hit soap opera disguised as a woman is sometimes cringe-inducing and consistently funny. Hoffman’s performance as the soft-spoken but spunky Dorothy is thoroughly engaging, as is his chemistry with Oscar-winner Jessica Lange. What’s more remarkable is how the ’80s film, which now resides in the National Film Registry, subverts the conversation around gender and sexual fluidity and openly denounces sexism. By today’s standards, Tootsie isn’t perfect—some of its jokes have not aged well—but the way it moved the cultural needle can’t be denied. This month, the Smith Center welcomes the Broadway adaptation, Tootsie the Comedy Musical. And if the story doesn’t draw you in, maybe the Las Vegas Academy alumni appearing in it might. Maverick Hiu, who grew up watching Wicked and Mamma Mia! at Reynolds Hall, joins the cast as an ensemble performer. “It’s an actual dream come true,” says Hiu, who as a teenager appeared in Cockroach Theatre’s production of Bright Side, alongside Strip performer Robert Torti and Broadway actress Victoria Matlock. Tootsie the Comedy Musical loosely follows the original plot; instead of Dorsey becoming a soap opera star, he’s a Broadway sensation. Still, Hiu says, the hilarity remains intact. “It’s really fun to be a part of such a strong comedy,” he says. “The writing is so well done. Every single night we’ve got the audience laughing their heads off.” May 24-29, times vary, $30-$138, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. –Amber Sampson

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FEST If you blinked, you might have missed Las Vegas becoming the music festival capital BY BROCK RADKE

EDC is back, incredibly, for its second dance music mega-festival in seven months at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hundreds of thousands of revelers will once again travel to Las Vegas to catch hundreds of star DJs and celebrate across an undeniably spectacular festival landscape May 20-22, and the crowd will consist of many of the same people who visited in October to partake in the pandemic-postponed comeback of one of the largest annual events of any kind in our Valley. It’s a big thing, but one that has quickly become typical in a town

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that could add City of Music Festivals to its already-bursting résumé. This year has seen the inaugural Afterparty NFT Art & Music Festival at Area15 in March; the 25th-anniversary edition of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans in April; the Vibra Urbana reggaeton and Latin music fest in April at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds; and the recent Lovers & Friends— a star-studded array of veteran R&B and hip-hop acts—at those same Festival Grounds. And Las Vegas’ 2022 festival calendar will stay packed, with the

hard-rocking Psycho Las Vegas fest August 19-21 at Resorts World; the Big Blues Bender August 25-28 at Westgate; the sprawling Life Is Beautiful September 16-18 on the streets of Downtown Las Vegas; the iHeartRadio Music Festival September 23-24 at T-Mobile Arena and Area15; electronic gathering Lost in Dreams September 30-October 1 at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center; Reggae Rise Up October 7-9, also at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center; the emorock extravaganza When We Were Young October 22, 23 and 29 at the Festival Grounds on the Strip; and

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* * * * * One reason for Vegas’ continued emergence as a music festival hub: the times in which we’re living, says Chris Hammond, vice president of talent for AEG. “Coming out of the pandemic, it just feels like everybody is wanting to get together, and we saw that with EDC, Life Is Beautiful and Day N Vegas last year,” he explains .

“Finally, it’s 2022, and we don’t have many restrictions. There’s been a lot of planning within the past two years of getting back and launching new events.” Besides booking lots of concerts and events up and down the Strip— including Day N Vegas, which launched in 2019—AEG famously operates Coachella and Stagecoach in Indio, California, every spring for three consecutive weekends. A versatile location, like the expansive Empire Polo Club in the Coachella Valley or Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is an obvious necessity for fest success, but Vegas continues

to dream up a variety of venues to enable this trend. Vegoose, a destination fest created by the founders of the beloved Bonnaroo Music Festival and held at Sam Boyd Stadium from 20052007, couldn’t quite stick despite pleasant weather at Halloween and impressive lineups that included Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, Dave Matthews, Tom Petty, The Killers and the then-emerging Arcade Fire. “It didn’t really resonate; maybe it was a little too early,” Hammond says. “Maybe those fields [around Sam Boyd Stadium] didn’t feel

like a local festival, or something in Las Vegas. It could have been anywhere.” Two major developments in 2013 set Vegas on its path as a festival hub. Life Is Beautiful made its debut, bringing sets from The Killers, Kings of Leon, Beck, Vampire Weekend and more to makeshift outdoor stages spread across several city blocks Downtown, along with art, food and other authentic programming. Meanwhile, on the Strip, MGM Resorts opened the 15-acre Las Vegas Village across from the Luxor, which hosted iHeartRadio (Continued on Page 18)

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the potential fall return of hip-hop juggernaut Day N Vegas and 2023 comeback of longtime local anchor Punk Rock Bowling, which took 2022 off.

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that year and served as the launching pad for the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in 2014. The Village was also the precursor to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on the north end of the Strip, initially developed for the Rock in Rio USA festival that made just one Vegas appearance, in 2015. Hammond gives a lot of credit for the current landscape to MGM executive vice president of entertainment Chris Baldizan and LIB founder Rehan Choudhry. “Rehan flipped it. Prior to that, everyone was looking for the biggest field they could find, and he used more creativity and [did it] in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas,” Hammond says. “Chris was the visionary behind turning that lot into a festival grounds, and that was a game-changer. Because of that, you now have a true location to hold a massive festival everybody knows about at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.” After hosting Route 91 for four years and other music festivals, sporting events and food festivals, the Las Vegas Village permanently shut-

tered after the mass shooting there on October 1, 2017. Industry observers indicate a different country music festival could return to the Strip sometime soon, perhaps at the Festival Grounds, now owned and operated by the company behind Circus Circus and Treasure Island. * * * * * Location is key, but Las Vegas also had to get a bit more hip to become the hot spot for genre-specific music festivals. Headlining residencies from the likes of Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars helped in that effort, but the success of EDC and Life Is Beautiful provided powerful impact. “I think what makes the festival so special and unique is the setting,” says LIB CEO David Oehm. “There aren’t many events that take place in a city footprint this way, and it adds complexity and tons of intrigue.” Oehm came on board in 2019 and helped usher the festival through its most challenging times—the onset of the pandemic and the loss of key supporter Tony Hsieh.

Last year’s event, headlined by such stars as Billie Eilish, Green Day, Tame Impala and Megan Thee Stallion, was a joyous occasion, the first Vegas festival to return. Life Is Beautiful is still considered the Vegas festival, even after this year’s announcement that Rolling Stone magazine parent company Penske Media Corporation had acquired a majority stake. “Rolling Stone is the right partner at the right time for us, with the deep history they have rooted in music and culture, and this tremendous relationship with the whole Penske family,” Oehm says. “They realize how special the festival is and that we are excellent at producing it, and that’s not going to change.” While that homegrown event reaches for new heights—and looks to potentially expand beyond this city—other festivals, like Miami’s Vibra Urbana and LA’s Lovers & Friends, are finding their way to Las Vegas. It’s one of the most fascinating developments in the city’s storied entertainment history, and it will be an interesting trend to watch.

More than any other Valley music festival, Neon Reverb was aimed at locals. While the indie fest, founded in 2008 by James Woodbridge and Thirry Harlin, welcomed its share of popular national acts—The Walkmen, No Age, Wavves, The Regrettes, Jay Som, The Drums, Foxygen and many others played Reverb on their way up—its showcases typically took place on intimate Downtown stages and have always featured local bands. And while Neon Reverb hasn’t been held since a budget-restricted, truncated installment in 2018, its stakeholders vow that it will return, at a time to be determined. Woodbridge explains that he and partners Jason Aragon and Mike Henry have a major obstacle to overcome: Rising bands aren’t touring in numbers as they were prior to the pandemic, which needs to happen for Reverb to keep ticket prices low. In the meantime, Neon Reverb will continue to present one-off shows (Phoebe Bridgers’ March 2019 Vegas appearance, as part of Better Oblivion Community Center with Conor Oberst, was a Reverb production) while keeping an eye on touring schedules—and making sure the festival’s good name endures. “I’ve been talking to bands—both local and touring—and music fans at shows, and people are enthusiastic when the topic of Neon Reverb returning comes up,” Woodbridge says. “That definitely energizes our commitment to bringing the festival back.” –Geoff Carter

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The last time Daniela Di Lillo was getting primed for summer pool club season on the Las Vegas Strip, her career as a musician and DJ was hitting some all-time highs. Known onstage and in the studio as Nora En Pure, the South African-born, Switzerland-raised deep house specialist had played her first set at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami in 2019 before launching a new residency at Wynn. And the pandemic didn’t slow her rise. She was already planning a break from touring, and locking down meant getting creative. “Without the constant traveling you had way more time in the studio,” Di Lillo says. “[I] could work on ideas that were laying around for way too long. Besides that, [it] was an emotionally charged time, something new for all of us. This can change the approach in creativity or open new doors.” She also further developed her Purified Records brand while honing in on her unique indie-dance sound, exemplified by new single “Us,” a bittersweet anthem with a driving beat and layers of vocals and piano. And she’s bringing plenty of new music back to Las Vegas for her very first EDC performance, after playing the Mexico and Orlando versions of the fest in the past.

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Nora En Pure makes her EDC Las Vegas debut—and doubles down at Marquee BY BROCK RADKE

Your sets stand out at events like this because they are chill. Any special plans for your first EDC Las

Did you take a longer break from touring during the pandemic, or did you try to return to performing as soon as possible? My plan before the pandemic was to cut back on touring, as at that time the touring was heavy and taking its toll. However, during lockdown and travel restrictions, I had an extended period of time at home and was able to work on the label and other projects and soon began to crave getting back on tour. I think it made everyone realize how much we took for granted, and did feel like a reset, but as soon as I could, I was back on the road. It was a lot of work and uncertainties … but reconnecting with people around the world after so long was unforgettable. You had moved

over to Wynn just before the pandemic and now you’ve returned to Marquee, with plenty of dates for the Full Bloom party series coming up this summer. What’s it like to be working with the Tao Group again? I love both “homes.” I feel really comfortable at both residencies. In the end I’m just so grateful for the teams believing in my sound and that I can play my music in an entertainment city like Las Vegas. What differentiates Vegas from other tour stops? It is definitely quite a challenge musically. Vegas is all for entertainment; you really can’t expect visitors to be in for the deep, emotional musical journey. But that is what my sound is mostly about, and I always find it hard to venture too far from my style and also don’t feel like I should. It’s a mix of making the crowd have a good time, engage them, but also a little bit of musical education. I always try to keep it on the euphoric side, switch it up with a little more groovy tracks, make the set a little more on the fun and approachable side.

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Vegas set? I definitely adapt my set to … ravey sounds [more] than my usual organic approach. With festival slots being on the shorter side, you have to be a little more tactical than with an extended set, but I still hope to take the audience on a melodic journey across Purified soundscapes.

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NORA EN PURE May 20, Circuit Grounds Stage at EDC. May 22, 11 a.m., Marquee Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.

When you started making music, you never really intended to perform for live audiences. Now you’re playing the biggest festivals in the world, including EDC. How has the performance experience changed for you through the years? As a new or upcoming artist, you often play to half-full clubs, or really tiny venues, and it can take a while to start getting booked for larger events. While those shows can still be very rewarding, the feeling I get playing for audiences at the biggest festivals is so cool, as it shows you how far you have come, and especially with my calmer sound, I am always very humbled to be put on big stages like that. That being said, being placed on lineups with acts who play very hard or fast music can sometimes feel a bit daunting. But I believe in originality, diversity and authenticity, so I always stick to my sound. I also have been very lucky to cultivate a loyal fan base who come to my sets for my style.

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EDC transforms the 1,000-acre Las Vegas Motor Speedway into one of the world’s largest dancefloors. And with more than 100 acts on the lineup this year, your dance card can fill up fast. Be sure to make room in your schedule for these must-see acts.

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(Friday, Circuit Grounds Stage) This Italian trio can take an Irish bluesman like Hozier and turn him into an absolute club king. Their collaboration, “Tell It to My Heart,” is an unexpected marriage of worlds, and it comes off inexplicably right. Meduza is well-versed in this sort of magic, always keen to find the rare voice in a stack of sameness, a house vessel ready to relay epic stories. –Amber Sampson

Evan Giia

(Friday, Cosmic Meadow Stage) If this Brooklyn-based artist sounds familiar, it’s probably because she just blew the roof off Louis the Child’s latest single. A trained opera singer, Giia has started to pick up steam on more dance remixes, and her wavy bass hit “Westworld” checks all the boxes of an epic electronic anthem. –AS

Kx5

(Saturday, Circuit Grounds Stage) Dance and electronic music icons Kaskade and deadmau5 first collaborated on ubiquitous 2008 chill track “I Remember.” After the challenges of COVID, the pair have been revisiting dance sounds from a bygone era. They’ve released single “Escape,” an ethereal groove with vocals from Hayla, and they’ll make their global debut together as Kx5 at EDC. –BR

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Blunts & Blondes

(Saturday, Basspod Stage) This Florida-bred bass man has been smoking the dubstep competition for years. A student of classic dub, reggae and hip-hop, Blunts & Blondes keeps the energy high with hair-raising drops and heaters like “Bring It Back.” His latest album, Story of a Stoner, places hip-hop at the forefront. –AS

Illenium

(Sunday, Kinetic Field Stage) If you aren’t in your feelings by the end of an Illenium set, you haven’t been listening. The Denver DJ’s career-starting trilogy (Ashes, Awake and Ascend) put him on the map as an evocative EDM artist, unafraid to tap into themes of addiction and battered love, while latest album Fallen Embers is a collection of heartfelt and healing material. –AS

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Wax Motif

(Sunday, Cosmic Meadow Stage) G-house, or “gangster house,” wouldn’t be the same without Wax Motif, the Australian tastemaker who helped pioneer the hardcore house-rap movement. The producer has worked beside EDM mainstays like Tchami and released scorching remixes for Chromeo and YG, and his own “Skank N Flex” contains one of the wildest drops we’ve heard in years. –AS

TSHA

(Sunday, Cosmic Meadow Stage) Lauded as “London’s Next DJ Hero” by NME, TSHA brings thoughtful, intricate mixes to the decks. The selftaught producer’s collab with U.K. singer Gabrielle Aplin, “Change,” floats between house and electro-pop, while “Sister”—a heartwarming single about TSHA discovering she had a half-sibling— flourishes with euphoric dance beats. –AS

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(Saturday, Stereobloom Stage) A good open-format DJ reads the room. Great ones, like Honeyluv, command it. The LA-based DJ, who played NCAA basketball and served in the U.S. Navy, bounces between afrobeat, techno, R&B, hip-hop and house. Her most popular track, “Your Tongue,” reflects her flirty persona, while “Thr33 6ix 5ive” brings that feelgood vibe to the dancefloor. –AS

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More foster parents needed Clark County is asking more residents to consider becoming foster parents amid a surge of infants entering the system. As of May 3, more than 467 infants (1 year old or younger) have come into Clark County foster care, putting the number of infants on track to outpace the 793 and 781 in foster care in 2021 and 2020, respectively. “By recruiting residents to begin the process of becoming foster parents now, there will be more infant-ready foster homes available later this year if the trend continues,” read a statement from Clark County. There are more than 3,400 children in the county’s foster care system on any given day. In honor of National Foster Care Month in May, Clark County Family Services partnered with a local artist to create a traveling art exhibit focused on youth and the need for foster parents. The exhibit will open May 20 at Downtown Summerlin. The county also is seeking more foster parents who can care for children with special medical needs and for sibling groups with three or more children. Training, background checks and home inspections are required to obtain a foster parent license, and can take several months. Once licensed, the county compensates foster parents “typically around $700 per month per child” and provides some support services for medical and other costs for foster children. Anyone interested in becoming a foster parent can find more info at ClarkCountyFosterCare. com. –Shannon Miller

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The Aces host Minnesota (May 19, 7 p.m.), Phoenix (May 21, noon) and Los Angeles (May 23, 7 p.m.).

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Return to the Mack An estimated 3,384 newly anointed UNLV alumni walked across the stage May 14 at the Thomas & Mack Center, the first time a commencement ceremony has been held at the venue for a spring graduation since the beginning of the pandemic. “Wow, I’ve been in office since August of 2020 and I’ve never seen Thomas & Mack this full,” UNLV President Keith Whitfield said. “[But] through hard work, perseverance and tenacity, you earned your degree, and during that process,

you faced challenges that were uncertain and unsettling outside of the classroom. “Earning a college degree is no small feat, and your journey has required you to rethink, innovate and persist in ways we never imagined.” Approximately 86% of the 2022 class are Nevada residents, with others coming from some 40 states and 56 countries. Among them, 62% come from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds. This year’s class joins an

alumni base of more than 160,000, the university said. Graduates range in age from 19 to 77, and the average age is 27. Among them was honorary doctorate recipient and renowned actress Ann-Margret, a UNLV Fine Arts Hall of Famer who co-starred alongside Elvis Presley as Rusty Martin in the 1964 film Viva Las Vegas. The Emmy and Golden Globe winner—now 81—said the honorary designation marks one of the highest achievements in her career. –Casey Harrison

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MAGICAL RESIDENCY Magician, illusionist and stunt artist David Blaine, whose original TV special Street Magic was called “the best TV magic special ever done” by Penn Jillette, has chosen Las Vegas to be the site of his first-ever residency. Tickets and VIP packages for David Blaine Live at Resorts World Theatre will go on sale May 23 at 10 a.m. at axs.com and rwlasvegas.com/entertainment. The first six show dates are scheduled for September 30, October 1, 28 and 29, and December 16-17.

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$19.5M That’s what the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority agreed to spend over three years to bring Formula One racing to the city. The first race—the Las Vegas Grand Prix—will take place next year along the Strip and surrounding streets. It is expected to draw close to 170,000 visitors.

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POWER PROTEST Shannon Salter, founder of the activist organization Mojave Green, wears a horned lizard mask while demonstrating against the NV Energy Greenlink Nevada Transmission Line project. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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When you fire a coach who led a franchise to a pair of trips to the conference finals and won more than 60% of his games, the change has to be for the better. You have to get it right. That’s the pressure placed on Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon and president of hockey operations George McPhee after they fired coach Pete DeBoer on May 16. The Golden Knights have gone through two coaches in five years, opting to hit the reset button by parting ways with DeBoer, who went 12067-12 combined between three regular seasons and two playoff appearances. “You do what you believe in your heart to be the right thing,” McCrimmon said. “That’s usually not the easiest thing. I really felt there was an opportunity here to help our team with a change there. “We’ve talked openly about the impact that the injuries had on our season. It’s about starting with a fresh voice. It’s about starting with a re-energized team. It’s about having a group of players with something to prove, and that’s something I want to take into next season. This was part of that.” –Danny Webster

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WHAT TO DO AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT Hundreds of auto accidents occur on Southern Nevada’s roadways each week, and the number of accidents increases during warm-weather months. A car crash can turn your life upside down, so knowing how to respond after an accident is vital. Auto insurance companies aren’t always able to provide the help and support needed in the aftermath of a crash. Because of this, there are certain things that an individual should do when an auto accident occurs to assist in potential claims moving forward.

CALL THE POLICE

Call the police immediately. This is especially true if liability (question as to who is at fault) is in dispute and no witnesses are present. Be advised, if the accident occurs on surface streets, it may take the police a long time to arrive. This is especially true if the accident is not severe, or if an ambulance is not needed.

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While waiting for police to arrive, attempt to exchange information with the other drivers involved in the accident. If police are not called or you decide to not wait for them to arrive, do not leave the accident scene without first obtaining photographs of the other driver’s: n Driver’s license n Auto insurance information n Vehicle registration n Phone number if they will provide it

What if the other driver doesn’t have insurance?

Uninsured drivers are more common on Nevada’s roadways than you might think. If you’ve been in an accident with an uninsured driver or a driver who doesn’t have their insurance card with them, call the police immediately. In the event of injury, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage can be hugely beneficial. Review your insurance policy to see if it includes this coverage.

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In addition to exchanging information with the other driver, it’s always a good idea to take pictures to help document the accident itself. Gather pictures of the damage to both your vehicle and the other vehicle(s) involved in the accident. Take pictures of the accident scene in general to allow for a better understanding of how the accident occurred. Take pictures of the other drivers’ license plates, and if you’re able, take a picture of the other drivers’ VIN number (typically located on the driver side windshield). The more documentation you have, the better.

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Nick Pomponio of Pomponio Injury Law recommends that people call a lawyer at the accident scene, as they may be able to provide immediate guidance. Following an accident, it’s easy to panic, so third-party guidance can be invaluable in those early moments. If calling at the scene is not an option, contact an attorney as soon as possible. Each day that goes by without proper representation means that your potential case could suffer. “There is no downside in contacting my office, as there are no fees for a consultation,” Pomponio said. “We will assist in getting your vehicle repaired and get you the medical treatment that is needed, even if you don’t have health insurance. All we want you to worry about is feeling better. We’ll handle the rest.”

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GET THE REPRESENTATION YOU DESERVE Even if you are unsure who is at fault or have been told by another law firm that you do not have a case, seek a second opinion. “It can’t hurt for us to take a look at the facts of loss and let you know what options you may have,” Pomponio said. “Some law firms only want to take the ‘easy’ cases and don’t want to put in the work needed for a more difficult case.” If you think your case falls under the “more difficult” category, you may be surprised at the resources you still have available to you. Don’t assume before speaking with a professional.

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UNCERTAIN TIMES Climate change continues to impact Lake Mead and the Colorado River BY SHANNON MILLER

Water intake towers at Hoover Dam in July 2021 (Steve Marcus/ Staff)

ommunities that rely on the Colorado River for water and power have experienced two firsts in 2022. On May 3, the Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Lake Powell reservoir in Utah will hold back water releases for 12 months, so that Glen Canyon Dam can continue operating and generating hydropower for millions in the southwest. The “unprecedented” action, paired with the release of additional water from an upstream reservoir, came after the reservoir’s water level dropped to 3,522—nearing the critical level of 3,490 feet, below which the dam would be inoperable and the supply of drinking water for Page, Arizona, and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation would be compromised. According to the bureau, water managers will need to devise a long-

term plan for hydropower and water deliveries to Page and LeChee. Also for the first time, downstream from Lake Powell, a Lake Mead intake pipe installed by the federal government more than 50 years ago became visible above water in April. At an elevation of 1,050 feet, the pipe is expected to become more exposed this month. If not for a new intake and deep pumping station, which the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) installed at the bottom of Lake Mead in 2020, Las Vegas would be in an extremely precarious situation. “Losing that [first] intake would have meant that Southern Nevada lost [about] half of its capacity to bring water into the Valley, in April of this year,” says Bronson Mack, spokesman for the water authority. “[But] we were able to shut off pumping station No. 1

and transition over to the low lake level pumping station in a seamless manner,” Mack explains, adding that the $1.5 billion low-level intake was funded by infrastructure charges on customers’ water bills. Lake Mead provides 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada, which has a population of about 2.3 million. The Lake’s water level has declined to 1,051 feet, the lowest level on record. And the infamous “bathtub ring” that has formed around the lake, showing swaths of land that once were islands, is expected to grow by a few feet over the next two years, according to Bureau of Reclamation projections. Even if Lake Mead were to drop to an elevation of 895 feet—also known as “dead pool,” the point where Hoover Dam would become inoperable and unable to deliver water downstream

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partnership to increase the amount of water available for Southern Nevada customers. And the agency has acquired water rights on the Virgin and Muddy Rivers—Lake Mead tributaries—to help diversify water supplies, he says. Among all the unknown factors— precipitation levels in coming years, the effectiveness of other Colorado River users’ conservation measures and the ability to procure additional water supplies—Southern Nevada’s conservation measures remain potent, Mack says. Despite Clark County’s population having grown by more than 66% since 2000, the water authority has managed to reduce the region’s total consumption of Lake Mead water. “One of the remarkable things about Southern Nevada is that, since 2002, when the drought began, our community has reduced its consumption of Colorado River water from Lake Mead water by 26%. … So we supply more people with less water today than we did two decades ago,” he says. Those and future conservation measures might prove critical, with the region’s population expected to grow to more than 3 million by 2035, according to projections in the water authority’s latest Water Resource Plan.

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to California, Arizona or Mexico—the water agency would still be able to draw from the reservoir thanks to the low lake level pumping station, Mack says. Compared to Page and LeChee, which have a combined population of about 8,700, Clark County is more equipped to deal with the crisis unfolding in the Colorado River Basin—for now. The communities that depend on the river are not in the clear, officials say. The recent events have raised concerns about how governments can continue to power and supply water for the 40 million people across seven states and Mexico who rely on the river, not to mention commercial and industrial entities and a multibillion-dollar agricultural industry. So, how did we get here? And what can be done? Michael Cohen, a senior researcher with the nonprofit Pacific Institute, says water managers would be wise to focus on the “root cause” of Colorado River conditions and longstanding drought. “We’re in our 22nd or 23rd-

third year of drought. There were a couple of good years in there, which staved off complete catastrophe. But it’s been getting worse and worse,” Cohen says. ”It’s more of a result of the temperatures than specifically the amount of precipitation. … This has been building ever since we started pumping more and more carbon into the atmosphere.” Climate change is at the center of Colorado River management challenges, Cohen says. And effective solutions will focus on reducing the amount of greenhouse gases released in the atmosphere, to prevent temperatures from getting any hotter. But that reality can be a sticking point in fossil fuel-based economies, he says. “There’s a real disconnect that continues within the basin and the water users, between how much they’re able to conserve and what policies they’re able to push, and what’s actually causing these problems in the system,” Cohen says. “We’re continuing to be two to three or five years behind the curve in getting these agreements in place.” Nevada has made recent moves toward tackling climate change, focusing largely on increasing renewable energy standards and electric vehicle infrastructure. In October 2021, Nevada lawmakers passed the Clean Cars Nevada regulation, which adopts California’s emissions standards and aims to increase the number of electric vehicles in the state by 2024. Starting in January, “early action credits” became available to eligible manufacturers for delivering electric vehicles to be sold in state. As for renewable energy, renewable resources currently generate about 20% of the state’s energy. According to an annual report released in January by the Governor’s Office of Energy, public utilities filings suggest the state’s ability to reach 50% renewable energy by 2030. Nevada is on track to meet the requirements of a 2019 state law aiming to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. In the event that conservation and carbon emission reductions aren’t enough, the SNWA is working on securing additional water supplies. According to Mack, the authority is in talks with metropolitan water managers in California regarding a potential

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BY BROCK RADKE EDC Week, when electronic music artists who are and aren’t performing at the festival take over various Vegas clubs leading up to the ultimate party at the Speedway, has already started. Nghtmre played Omnia Tuesday night, Dom Dolla and John Summit teamed up at Marquee Dayclub Wednesday and Partiboi69 took it into the wee hours at Discopussy, right before you started reading this. There are plenty more parties in the biggest casino clubs over the next few days, accessible whether or not you’re headed out to EDC. And then there are the off-Strip parties, possibly designed for ready-to-rave locals who don’t necessarily need to fight bigger crowds. Take your pick of these alternative offerings and get into the groove at your own pace (for tickets head to edcweek.com).

BASSCON POOL PARTY AT CITRUS The recently reopened Downtown Grand pool deck brings in RVLTN and BassCon to curate this crew consisting of Code Black, Dr. Phunk, Kreation, LNY TNZ, Mad Dog, Suae and TNT. Things are going to get heavy. May 19, noon, $30. BORIS BREJCHA AT DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER You won’t find this prolific German producer and pioneer of the high-tech minimal genre playing Vegas much, so don’t miss a chance to sample his unique sounds in person instead of just watching his epic recent performance at the Arènes de Nîmes in France on YouTube. His pals Ann Clue and Moritz Hofbauer are the support acts for this Factory 93 show. May 19, 9 p.m., $40-$50+.

PRIMAL AT ÉLIA BEACH CLUB The stylish pool club at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas just east of the Strip launched this monthly party series on May 1, transforming the already tropical environs into a lush jungle wonderland. During EDC Week, Primal brings in a superpowered lineup of Vegas faves Flosstradamus, GTA, TroyBoi and Yellow Claw (May 21, 11 a.m., $45-$60+), but Élia has a full weekend of fun on the books with Bay Area tech-house phenom Jauz (May 20, 11 a.m., $20$30) and French electronic innovator Tchami (May 22, 11 a.m., $20-$30). AFTERHOURS AT TERRACE Brett Rubin’s late-night music mecca at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club kicks into high gear for EDC Week. First, he’s on the decks with Bart Skils and Aerial Gray on May 19; next up is Nick Warren, Riley Bee and Christopher James on May 20; and closing it out will be Rubin with Harry Romero and Steve Walker on May 21. Expect guest artists to pop in every night, er, morning. All shows 2 a.m., $20. TECHNO TACO TUESDAY AT LUCKY DAY Just when it’s supposed to be over, it’s never over. Let’s just go down to Fremont East, throw back a couple shots of tequila and listen to one of the definitive Mexican electronic artists, Iñigo Vontier, spin in a tiny DTLV bar along with Bad Beat and, once again, Aerial Grey. May 24, 10 p.m., $15-$20.

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hen comedian Shayma Tash moved from LA to Las Vegas in 2008, the first regular gig she landed was opening for the Amazing Johnathan. “He could make anything fun. We’d do the show and then go out as a group, the whole [crew] and the producers, and we’d have a blast,” she says. “Even if we were at some diner late at night, he’d find a way to make some game out of it, and we’d laugh our asses off the whole time. It was the best time of my life.” The comedy world has suffered too many significant losses this year, including Louie Anderson, Gilbert Gottfried and Bob Saget. The Amazing Johnathan died on February 22 in Las Vegas after a long battle with a heart condition. He was 63. Tash says she was able to see him in his final days and recalls how doctors initially gave him two years to live, but it ended up being closer to seven. “He lived life to the fullest. There’s literally no one on the planet you can compare to him, such an individual.” These days, Tash can be seen onstage in Fantasy at Luxor, the long-running female revue she started working with in 2009. She alternates with Laugh Factory headliner Murray Sawchuck to provide comic relief during the sexy spectacular, a very different experience than touring comedy clubs across the country or doing stand-up on cruise ships. “One of the main things for me is the fact that I get to wear an

evening gown. If I want to wear something sexy, as a female comic, that’s not always the most comfortable thing to do—not for me, but for audiences,” she says. “I think it’s changing, but audiences … historically put women in a certain category. When you do comedy, you’re supposed to be quirky, not sexy. But this show is giving me the opportunity to express both sides of myself in the same show, which is incredibly unique.” Striking that balance has always been important to Tash’s comedy style. She has done a lot of all-female touring shows through the years, including the well-known Pretty, Funny Women. She spent some time working with Carrot Top in her early Vegas days and eventually connected to Fantasy, since those shows share the same theater. She recently rejoined the production after the pandemic stalled her other projects. “Job security is very important for a comedian,” she says. “There are a lot of people like me who have been in the business 20 years and don’t know where the next gig is going to come from. Being involved with something that is so well-established and is not going anywhere, that’s how I was able to set down roots.” Plus, she loves working with women. “That’s something I think is a misconception about an all-female show or all-female anything, that women can’t work well together,” Tash says. “I’ve always found it to be the opposite. These women are fun, caring, attentive and supportive.”

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New podcast installment Spectacle: Las Vegas examines how our city’s history informs American culture BY AMBER SAMPSON

as Vegas has a unique collection of folklore. It’s steeped in showgirls and charismatic mobsters, fast-casual weddings and fabled film casino heists. We’ve all heard some of these tales, but what about the stories beneath the stories? In the newest season of the podcast Spectacle, Las Vegas artist and journalist Brent Holmes examines how our development into a presumed paradise of vices came to be and how our transgressional culture shifts have moved the needle of America. Produced by Neon Hum Media, the national podcast highlighted reality TV in its first season. To Holmes, Vegas feels like a relevant sequel in the sense that it, too, gets pegged as one-dimensional entertainment.

“People very frequently say, ‘Oh, well that’s where you go to get drunk and gamble and party.’ But all of these things are reflective of the greater zeitgeist of our civilization and how our culture works,” he says. “In a lot of ways, just like with reality TV, Las Vegas pushes forward certain ideas we begin to hold common later on.” The history buff explores that dynamic through “the popular media lens” in Spectacle, using films like The Hangover, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Showgirls to pull back the curtain on pop culture’s distorted representation of our city and the historical subtext behind it. Holmes’ Showgirls episode stands out for how it wades in deep, highlighting performers from the famed Folies Bergère and Jubilee shows and posing the questions we’ve all been dying to

know. Did the women really have to go on brown rice diets? Were the understudies truly cutthroat enough to trip the star down the stairs? The episode acknowledges the film’s camp but dives beneath the shiny surface. “We got to have a real conversation about what it was to be a woman in that industry at that time and what it was to be African-American in that industry,” Holmes says of the episode, which also covered the infamous “ebony line” of Black entertainers. “I also really love the Historic West Side episode talking about the Moulin Rouge. I’m very proudly Black, and I definitely like having conversations around the contributions of African-Americans to the larger culture.” Las Vegas shoulders such a culturally rich history, it’s hard to know where to begin or end. Spectacle covers a wide spectrum that’s as varied as it is enticing. One minute, listeners learn how Vegas became a boxing epicenter, the next they’re being introduced to divorce ranches and the revival of the Vegas residency. Holmes and his producer enlisted the help of local historians, Strip performers, journalists, sex workers and filmmakers to tell these pivotal stories. As the son of famed Las Vegas entertainer Clint Holmes, Brent even consults his own memory to help drive the narrative. In Episode 1, the host recalls growing up around the bustle of showbiz, his father singing in late-night clubs as showgirls tucked the young Holmes into bed. It’s these truly only-in-Vegas moments that bring a whole different perspective to our city’s beating heart. “The one thing I hope people take away is that we’re not just a cardboard cutout city. We’re not just a playground. We’re a real place where people have complex and intensive lives,” Holmes says. “If you are living here, I hope we unearth some things you didn’t know about a place you might consider home, so you can appreciate it even more.” Spectacle: Las Vegas just wrapped its 12-episode season. Holmes, who regards podcasting as a “powerful medium,” says he’d love to do more hosting if the right project comes along. “I find a lot of other things really fascinating about the world, and I feel like we should have more broad and complicated dialogues around them,” he says. “If I have the opportunity to be a voice in a conversation that I don’t think is being commonly held, then that’s really beautiful.” Spectacle: Las Vegas episodes available on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and at neonhum.com

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NEVADA ROAD TRIPS FOR YOUR ZODIAC SIGN Is a Nevada road trip in the stars for you? Whether you’re a daily horoscope reader or a total skeptic, we’ve got you covered. Here, we’ve matched astrological traits with Nevada’s 10 road trips. Whatever way the cosmos may lead you, all signs point to a stellar jaunt in the Road Trip Capital of the U.S.

Always on the go, we’re sending Aries up the Great Basin Highway. Even if you partied hard in Las Vegas last night, you’ll be up-and-at-’em early and ready for your next adventure. Head straight to Valley of Fire, aka bighorn turf, to commune with your fellow rams. From there, take US-93 toward Great Basin. Hit up a ghost town on the way, grab some enviable photo ops and enjoy the ride. Aries love to be ahead of the game, making this the perfect roadie: You may be among the first of your friends to visit Great Basin National Park, one of the nation’s least visited national parks.

FEBRUARY 19-MARCH 20 FREE-RANGE ART HIGHWAY Go with the flow on this funky adventure, Pisces, where you’ll experience some of the wildest art in the state. This trip begins in Las Vegas and ends in Reno, both of which have bustling, colorful art districts and music scenes with lots of stops along the way. Cruise through an avant-garde ghost town sculpture garden, a “gallery” of art-ified old cars, gem-packed rock shops to stir your inner mystic, and a historic, mining-era hotel.

JUNE 21-JULY 22 LAKE TAHOE LOOP APRIL 20-MAY 20 NEON TO NATURE This road trip offers the natural beauty and comforting luxury that a Taurus craves in just three days. Cruise the Red Rock Canyon Scenic Drive before settling in for a fine dining experience, possibly even a staycation, at a Las Vegas resort. On day two, explore the petroglyphlined trails at Valley of Fire before hitting the spa or golf course in Mesquite. The last leg of this trip takes you on a guided kayak tour of the Colorado River. We recommend capping off the trip with a champagne toast and a bubble bath—you deserve it, Taurus.

Water-loving, summer-baby Cancer, this road trip might as well be custom made for you. Imagine floating down the Truckee River, dipping into crystal-clear Lake Tahoe, and soaking at one of three historic hot spring resorts. You can do all this and more while cruising the Lake Tahoe Loop this summer. Plus, you’ll be able to fuel your inner foodie with Reno’s hip dining scene, Lake Tahoe’s fancy fare and Gardnerville’s J.T. Basque dinner house. This road trip has five legs over the course of 145 miles, so go at the chill pace that feels right to you.

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MAY 21-JUNE 20 LONELIEST ROAD IN AMERICA Gemini loves to learn and experience new things, and this road trip offers a history-rich route full of museums, shops, parks and funky hotels. Don’t let this road trip’s name fool you—it’s not all lonely. When you’re feeling your inner social butterfly, there are tons of fun bars and cafés where you can gab with the locals. When you’re ready to retreat inward and reflect, there are miles of empty road with beautiful scenery to enjoy all on your own. You won’t want to miss Renaissance Village and the Mural Walk in Ely. These colorful, open-air locations will speak to Gemini’s sensibilities.

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DECEMBER 22-JANUARY 19 COWBOY CORRIDOR Cap, allow us to keep you comfortably on track before, during and after this trip—an adventure that is easy to map and full of excitement. Indulge your inner history buff as you travel from American Indian historic sites to museums and galleries dedicated to Nevada’s buckaroo heritage. Then, bask in Basque culture at several dinner houses along the way, where you’ll be able to enjoy a traditional, family-style feast. We recommend making this trip in January when Elko puts on the annual National Cowboy Poetry gathering.

NOVEMBER 22-DECEMBER 21 RUBIES ROUTE How to satisfy Sag’s undying need for adventure? We wouldn’t dare tell you what to do, but might we suggest the Rubies Route? This trip is the ultimate freedom-flexing foray into Nevada’s majestic wilderness. Ditch the crowds, ditch the monotony, and as a true pioneer, swap the smartphone for a trusty paper map. Allow yourself to be driven only by your own curiosity and whims. Kayak winding, wildlife-abundant waterways. Hike to glacier-carved lakes. Take the dirt-road, subalpine pass to Jarbidge, the most remote town in the Lower 48. This trip will take you off the beaten path and beyond, and you’ll never know what’s around the next corner until you take the turn.

The Black Rock Desert offers the transformative experiences that speak to Scorpio’s unique, shadowy needs, and the Burner Byway road trip will take you there. You’ll quickly see why 70,000 people flock to the Black Rock Desert for Burning Man, but the real magic happens when you have the playa all to yourself. En route, stop at Pyramid Lake or the natural hot springs in the wilderness to soothe the water sign in you. And we recommend staying the night to marvel at some of the darkest skies on Earth—you might even spot your own constellation up there.

SEPTEMBER 23-OCTOBER 22 NEON TO NATURE With so many dreamy road trips, how is a Libra to choose just one? Our advice is to hit the road on the Neon to Nature trip—an adventure that does it all with three unique loops from Las Vegas. Tap into your inner yogi with a guided class beneath Spring Mountain Ranch’s red sandstone cliffs, take in the vibrant colors of Valley of Fire, head up to Hoover Dam to appreciate its grandeur (and impressive symmetry), and finish it off at one of DTLV’s hip and happening restaurants.

AUGUST 23-SEPTEMBER 22 DEATH VALLEY RALLY JULY 23-AUGUST 22 LAKE TAHOE LOOP Leo, you might be sharing this road trip with Cancer, but it’s just because you deserve the best — and there’s no better than Tahoe in the summertime. This trip is as extra as it gets, just like you. Steal the spotlight at Reno’s dance clubs and live music bars, enjoy sunning on Lake Tahoe’s sandy beaches, party hard at Virginia City’s raucous and eccentric events. And don’t forget to treat yourself at Tahoe’s waterfront resorts and Reno’s unique boutiques. Bonus points if you time your trip with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, which brings a level of drama and pageantry that’s only rivaled by your own.

This itinerary is easy to plan and action-packed, speaking to Virgo’s passion for variety and structure. Start at Death Valley National Park’s mesmerizing desertscapes and move through the trip’s pineforested mountains, funky bars, elegant wineries, and historic ghost towns before landing back in Las Vegas. This itinerary offers the peaceful nature that an earth-sign craves, without taking you too far away from the action. And yes, there are plenty of Instagrammable spots on this trip, so you can document every moment.

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How to attack the menu at the frenetic Napal Baji Korean Pub BY JIM BEGLEY

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hinatown’s new Napal Baji, which bills itself as a 1980s-style Korean pub, is the kind of place that works better with some ground rules. If you’re not into lively, chaotic atmospheres and communal plates accompanied by alcohol, you might want to take a pass. For the rest of us, it’s simply awesome. Whether you’re enthusiastic or just curious, definitely bring friends. They should be hungry and thirsty, but not necessarily of the vegetarian or vegan persua-

sion, because while the voluminous menu is brimming with options, very few don’t include meat and/or cheese. And please make sure your crew includes a designated driver, since part of the fun Napal Baji involves its seemingly endless rounds of soju and beers. Still intrigued? Start with an order of dried pollock (nogari) and peanuts ($15), quite possibly the Valley’s best new bar snack— salty, smoky fish jerky served with a combination of mayo and soy sauce for dipping, with

crunchy peanuts for a range of textures. It’s seriously addictive. A couple of my favorite large-format dishes are the pork back ribs ($35) and cheese dak galbi ($41). The former is pretty straightforward, tender ribs topped with a mound of mozzarella, lit afire tableside for some culinary theater. The latter arrives deconstructed, stir-fried chicken, tteok (cylindrical rice cakes) and sweet potatoes, which are then mixed on the table-top burner. Both dishes are spicy— rife with peppers beyond typical

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alt Lake first baseman David MacKinnon gets a good jump off first base and races for second during a steal attempt near the start of a recent game against Las Vegas. And then Aviators catcher Shea Langeliers reminds the packed house why he’s considered a top 100 prospect in all of baseball. Langeliers receives a fastball from Parker Dunshee, hops up, and in one motion, fires a laser to second baseman Nick Allen to throw MacKinnon out. “The biggest thing is anticipation,” Langeliers told the Weekly prior to the game. “You get a runner on base, it’s just anticipating every pitch that he’s gonna go. It kind of keeps you focused and locked in to the possibility that he might take off. The more comfortable you are with the pitcher, the easier it makes my job to make a good throw to second base.” Langeliers is the prime attraction on the field at Las Vegas Ballpark this season. He’s rated as the No. 2 prospect in the Oakland Athletics’ organization according to MLB.com (behind another catcher, Tyler Soderstrom, who’s playing for High-A Lansing at the moment), but thus far this season, Langeliers is playing above his ranking. In addition to his strong play defensively, he was batting .317 with 11 home runs and 24 RBI through the first 32 games of the year. The Atlanta Braves drafted the 24-year-old out of Baylor University with the ninth overall pick of the 2019

Major League Baseball Entry Draft, but his time with the defending World Series champions was short-lived. Langeliers was one of four prospects traded from Atlanta to Oakland for All-Star first baseman Matt Olson in March. It was a wake-up call to the realities of the business side of baseball. “At first I was definitely shocked, sad to leave all the friends I made over in the Braves organization,” he said. “[But] at the same time, excited. New organization, new opportunity. I’ve had nothing but fun, and I enjoy being around these guys.” Cristian Pache was initially considered the top player the Braves gave up in the deal, but with the outfielder mired in a slump in the big leagues, Langeliers is making a case that he’s the biggest asset the A’s acquired for Olson. The blend of hitting and defense Langeliers has shown with the Aviators doesn’t come around often for a catcher. Most players at the position are better in one phase of the game or the other. The likelihood of finding the next Buster Posey, Joe Mauer or Salvador Perez is slim, but Langeliers has shown he could have that upside. “It’s rare,” Aviators manager Fran Riordan said. “We happen to have a great one in Oakland in Sean Murphy. Having managed Murphy for a couple of years, and now seeing Shea, there are a lot of similarities there.” During his sophomore season at Baylor, Langeliers made eight starts

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at first base, but he prefers playing catcher and isn’t looking to switch positions anytime soon. That could be a long-term option for the A’s, however, if he continues to show promise at the plate. MLB.com has Langeliers as the ninth-ranked catching prospect in baseball, one spot behind Soderstrom, Oakland’s 2020 first-round pick. Riordan sounds confident that Langeliers is a big-league caliber catcher. “You combine his arm strength, his accuracy and release, he does a great job of flat-out shutting down the running game if our pitchers give him the chance,” Riordan said. “Just early in the season, you can tell teams are starting to run less and less when they face him because of the success he’s had throwing guys out.” Langeliers says he’s focusing on the present and not trying to look too far into the future. He adds that he hasn’t paid close attention to the chatter regarding the Athletics’ potential move from Oakland to Las Vegas, even though it could match with the prime of his career. He calls Las Vegas “a really cool place” and welcomes the idea of playing here for years to come. That’s not to say he wouldn’t be ecstatic to play for the A’s if they called him up to Oakland tomorrow, however. The A’s could certainly use more offense after sitting last in the league with a .200 batting average through the first month and a half of the season. But Langeliers is in no rush to get to the majors, as he enjoys his time playing in Las Vegas Ballpark’s “exciting atmosphere.” “In baseball … you’re going to have good stretches and bad stretches,” Langeliers said. “The good stretches, you find that routine, something that you get to the field every day and it locks you in and helps you focus on your plan, making sure the body feels good and all that type of stuff.”

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BANKERS OFFER ADVICE FOR HOMEOWNERS, CONSUMERS AS FED FIGHTS INFLATION BY HIKING INTEREST RATES

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he Federal Reserve is expected to raise its federal funds rate in the coming months by a half-percent in an attempt to combat soaring inflation, largely caused by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Upping that all-important rate, which had long been near zero, is one of the tools the Fed has used in the fight against worrisome inflation. On May 11, the Consumer Price Index showed that prices jumped 8.3% in April, compared with the same month in 2021. The increase means borrowers will pay more for products like mortgages, car loans and credit card debt. In Las Vegas, where the median price for a single-family home was a record $475,000 in April, now would be a good time for homeowners to brush up on their mortgage paperwork, said David Herpers, a senior vice president and head of digital banking for Credit One Bank. “People with existing loans will be immune to [rising interest rates] for the most part,” Herpers said. “But those with an ARM (adjustable-rate mortgage), about 10% of all those with mortgages, will see their rate rise. That will definitely happen.” Herpers said auto loan rates—generally always fixed-rate agreements—will also go up. “For someone who has an auto loan, I would just stick with it,” Herpers said. “Many don’t realize this, but there are a lot of banks out there that will refinance an auto loan. In this climate, though, it’s likely that whatever a bank would offer a person now would be more expensive

than what they already have.” On the bright side for consumers, bank savings rates will also likely go up, though Herpers said some banks can wait a long time before offering those increased rates once the federal funds rate begins to climb. “Most consumers do have some savings,” Herpers said. “For those who do, it can make a lot of sense to find a bank—often internet-based banks—offering a higher interest rate. As a hedge against all this, I would recommend that consumers seek out a place for those savings to sit, so they can earn at least some amount of interest.” During a talk at UNLV in April, Mary Daly, president of the Federal

Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said the Fed would likely embark on an “expeditious march to neutral” by the end of the year. Neutral, Daly said, is considered to be 2.5%. Mark Vitner, a Wells Fargo economist focusing on the Las Vegas market, said his employer forecasts the federal funds rate to rise to 3.75% by sometime next year. Despite the predicted increases, Vitner said bigger concerns for many consumers will likely continue to be high housing costs and gasoline prices. “When the Fed increases rates to battle inflation, it will take a year to 18 months until [we] will see any payoff,” Vitner said. “It’s going to cause a little more pain for consumers, say if they

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

have a home equity credit line. That will adjust upward. Auto loan rates will be impacted, but I think that will be minimal.” The short-term pain, Vitner said, is necessary. “Inflation has heated up to the point where it’s now squeezing household budgets and wiping out income gains,” Vitner said. “Unfortunately, I think we’re going to have to deal with the higher interest rates and the high inflation for at least the next few months.” In early May, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released a quarterly report showing that total household debt in the U.S. jumped about 1.7%—to $15.84 trillion—during the first three months of 2022 when compared with the same period last year. Credit card balances, the report showed, are now $71 billion higher than what data showed for the first quarter of 2021. The average credit card interest rate is around 16.5%, said Ted Rossman, a credit card industry analyst for Bankrate.com. He expects that figure to rise to around 19% by the end of the year. The average credit card balance, according to Experian, is about $5,500. “About half of all Americans have credit card debt,” Rossman said. “Half of those people have been in debt for at least a year, so there are a lot of people affected by this. Credit card debt is already very pricey, so whatever consumers can to pay theirs down, that’s going to be beneficial.” Rossman said it pays to know as much as one can about their financial situation and options. One bright spot, he said, is the robust labor market. Jobs are plentiful and employers across many industries are on the hunt for human capital. “There needs to be constant reassessment now because things have been pretty dynamic,” Rossman said. “With higher interest rates, ultimately that’s supposed to be the cure for inflation, but it depends. Borrowers with variable-rate debt will be squeezed more now.”

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BY PHYLLIS GURGEVICH very day, there are over 108 million credit card transactions in the United States. That’s a lot of swipes, card inserts

and taps. Debit and credit cards, obviously, are safer to carry than cash for several reasons. If you lose your cash, or your wallet is stolen, you’re out of luck. Payment cards and debit cards, in particular, can be swiftly canceled and new cards issued. The card system is designed to make being paid as easy as possible. It can eliminate the need for cash and provide confidence, safety and security for all the parties involved in financial transactions. In fact, surveys show that 80% of consumers prefer spending with a card over cash. Long before a card is swiped, financial institutions have invested in creating and supporting the system. This includes things like technology, integration, account maintenance, security, building and paying consumer rewards programs, fraud prevention, fraud reimbursement, customer service, and many other actions essential to ensuring that the merchant’s customer has a safe and seamless payment experience. The anatomy of the transaction starts when a consumer pays a merchant for things like food, services

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