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ISSUETHISINTABLE OF CONTENTS FIRST FRIDAY Photograph by Wade VandervortCOVERTHEON 08 MORE?WANT toHead lasvegasweekly.com. SPORTS UNLV football appears poised to make a run at bowl eligibility, but to get there, the program will need to answer these key questions.40 3216 343830 SUPERGUIDE Your daily events planner, starring The Killers, Ja Rule & Ashanti, Jagged Little Pill, Jim Gaffigan, TroyBoi and more. COVER STORY Monthly Downtown festival First Friday’s origin story—and its plans to keep pushing forward after 20 years. NIGHTS Return of a classic: dipping into the relaunched Ghostbar at the Palms. NOISE Las Vegas ska veterans album.theirAtaskadosLosreleasefirstfull-length ART honorscurrentBellagio’sexhibitthehistory of Black performance. FOOD & DRINK Bar Zazu bolsters Resorts World’s deep dining lineup, plus Great Buns Bakery celebrates 40 years in town. LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 7 I8.25.22 Los Ataskados (Wade Vandervort/ Staff)
ZEKE BEATS 10 p.m., We All Scream, seetickets.us. NERVO With Madds, 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
Now in its eighth year (and second at Westgate Las Vegas), the city’s blues festival—which attracts music fans from all 50 states and several other countries—has programmed a boatload of talent for another around-the-clock weekend. In what could be his final performance in Vegas (as he considers cutting back on touring), the 86-yearold legend Buddy Guy leads the lineup, which is also stacked with Little Feat (continuing its 45th anniversary tour), Larkin Poe, Tab Benoit, Shemekia Copeland, Victor Wainwright & The Train, Mike Zito, Southern Avenue, Damon Fowler and dozens more. The annual collaborative performance series continues with One for the Queens, a tribute to the women of blues and soul with several acts joining together onstage, and five di erent venues at the o -Strip resort will be running fullspeed all weekend long, including the historic International Theater and the late-night/early-morning jams at the I-Bar casino lounge.
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Founder and promoter A.J. Gross says last year’s COVID comeback and Westgate debut brought out the best in some of the bands and artists he has been bringing to Las Vegas for years now, especially when taking over that classic stage that Elvis once ruled: “The room made them step up their game and meet the moment. It’s got great vibes and a lot of history.” At this point, you could say the same thing about the Bender itself, a standout event in the city’s ever-expanding festival landscape. Thru 8/28, times & prices vary, Westgate, bigbluesbender.com. –Brock Radke JA RULE & ASHANTI 8 p.m., the Amp at Craig Ranch, etix.com ( Photo)
JESSE DANIEL With The Rhyolite Sound, 8 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com.
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PAPA ROACH & FALLING IN REVERSE With Hollywood Undead, Bad Wolves, 6 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com
WAVVES With Boyo, Smut, 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.
HUMAN NATURE 6:30 p.m., & 8/26-8/28 at 7:30 p.m., South Point Showroom, ticketmaster. com. MAD DOG With Jo Ji, MGMA, System Malfunction, 10 p.m., Commonwealth, seetickets.us.
HADESTOWN Thru 8/28, times vary, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com
JIM GAFFIGAN There’s something about stand-up comic, actor and writer Jim Ga gan that’s just so darn relatable. Part of it’s his material; Ga gan’s stand-up is observational stu that’s largely profanity-free and delivered with a balance of soft-spoken annoyance and bemusement. (“Adults have found a way to use co ee shops as a means to not look ridiculous walking around in broad daylight with a huge cup of ice cream with a straw in it.”) But really, it’s about the man himself, his presence—a dad-bod paragon who seems like the kinda guy you’d depend on to pick you up from the airport, or not to judge you on your wardrobe choices.
THE SEDUCTIONRED With Glass Boys, Hunters Briefcase, Rose Levee, 8 p.m., Taverna Costera, tavernacostera.com. TAIKI NULIGHT 10 p.m., Discopussy, seetickets.us. AURELIO VOLTAIRE 7 p.m., Artifice, artificebarlv.com.
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Jim Ga gan feels real, and it’s always easier to laugh along with someone real. August 26-27, 8 p.m., $75-$145, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.
SHANIA TWAIN 8 p.m., & 8/27 & Zappos8/31, JOHN 5 With Krash Karma, 7 p.m., Vamp’d,Count’s eventbrite.com. NGHTMRE 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
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THE KILLERS With Johnny Marr, 7:30 T-Mobilep.m.,Arena, ticketmaster.com. SONDHEIMSTRIPLY 8 p.m., & 8/27, Majestic Repertory Theater, repertory.commajestic DEADMAU5 10 Zoukp.m.,Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
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MARSHMELLO 11 p.m., Nightclub,XS wynnsocial.com. USHER 9 & 11 p.m., & 8/27 & 8/31, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com. COLLECTIVE SOUL & SWITCHFOOT 8 p.m., Sunset Station Amphitheater, ticketmaster.com JONAS BLUE AyuNoon,Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
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LOST ’80S LIVE With A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung, The English Beat & more, 7 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com
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LIL JON 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, taogroup.com.events. SHE REVENGEWANTS With &BackstageFearing,D’Arcy,8p.m.,BarBilliards, seetickets.us. Zappos Theater, ticketmaster.com.
LAS VEGAS LIGHTS VS. RIO VALLEYGRANDETOROS 7:30 p.m., Cashman Field, lasvegaslightsf.com. ZEDD 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
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THE DIRTY HOOKS With Elephante King, This Is Rogue Two, 9 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com. (Photo Courtesy) UNLV VS. IDAHO STATE FOOTBALL 12:30 p.m., Allegiant Stadium, unlvtickets.com. KASKADE 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.
TROYBOI When’s the last time you saw aerialists join a DJ onstage? It’s possible at a TroyBoi show—theatricality follows this guy wherever he goes. The South Londoner originally started in real estate (which might explain his impeccable taste in suits) before finding success on Soundcloud with his casual mixes. The multifaceted DJ sports a sound that’s culturally rich and reflective of the many styles to which he grew up listening, including tribal music. Trap-laced beats and slow tempo bass make up the foundation, while slices of reggae and dubstep bring a multilayered feel to every track. The pool’s the perfect place to take it all in; just keep your phone handy for possible surprise guest sightings. 11 a.m., $30-$50, Élia Beach Club, eliabeachlv.com. –Amber Sampson MASEGO 10:30 p.m., Light Nightclub, thelightvegas.com.
THE CHAINSMOKERS 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.
TREVOR WALLACE 10 p.m., Mirage Theatre, mirage.mgmresorts.com.
STEVE AOKI 10 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events.taogroup.com. NEW VISTA WINE WALK 5 p.m., Las Vegas North Premium Outlets, eventbrite.com.
LUIS R. CONRIQUEZ 7 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com. DILLON FRANCIS 11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. ERIC D’ALESSANDRO 6 p.m., Wiseguys, vegas. wiseguyscomedy.com.
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CHRIS BROWN & LIL BABY With Bleu, 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com. TIËSTO 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com. ILLENIUM 11 Taoa.m.,Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.
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CLAVE 702 With ClikaLV, 10 p.m., Commonwealth, commonwealthlv.com.
GORDO In case you’re keeping score, Carnage is no more. The DJ and record producer born Diamanté Blackmon in Guatamala City 31 years ago began drifting away from the trap and bass sounds that defined the Carnage brand last year, skewing back into house and techno while performing and recording under the new moniker Gordo. In the spring of this year, Carnage officially retired and Gordo took over, with the artist finding a refreshed perspective that has informed his ongoing residency at Wynn as well as new studio offerings; Gordo contributed to the majority of Drake’s new dance record Honestly, Nevermind 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, $65-$100+, wynnsocial.com. –Brock Radke 28 AUG.
With Rhythm Ace & The Nu-Tones, The Devil’s Duo, 8 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, thesanddollarlv.com. (Photo Courtesy/Eugene Baffle)
DIFY DIASPORA: IN MEMORY OF DAVE HICKEY Curated by Sush Machida, thru 10/7, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, donnabeamgallery.unlv.edu/
LAS VEGAS MEN’S CHORUS: HEROES AND DREAMERS 4 p.m., UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Hall, mpv.tickets.com.
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DJ SOURMILK 10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, com.events.taogroup.
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BLXST With Buddy, House of Blues, 6 p.m., livenation.com.
TCHAMI & JAUZ Noon, Élia Beach Club, eliabeachlv.com.
EDWIN SAN JUAN 8 p.m., & 8/30, LA Comedy Club, com.bestvegascomedy.
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EMMA WILMANN With Scott Henry, Justin Foster, thru 8/31, 8 p.m., Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, comedy.com.bradgarrett
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ALTURA & FRIENDS 10 p.m., Commonwealth, wealthlv.com.common BRUNO FURLAN 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
NATE SMITH 8:30 Country,Stoney’sp.m.,Rockin’etix.com.
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KAY THE RIOT 9:30 Room,Foundationp.m., ofblues.com.house
GRYFFIN 11 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com. JACK JR. Thru 9/4, 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.
JIMMY POWERS & THE DYNASTYHANG 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, downtown.dollarlv.com/thesand 31 AUG.
O.T. GENASIS 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
PROTOHYPE With Discopussy,Doom,Shanghai10p.m., com.discopussydtlv.
After getting pushed from its original spring opening date, this concert production starring favorite hip-hop, R&B and dance acts of various eras is ready to take over the Westgate International Theater for five opening shows running through Labor Day weekend, with many more scheduled through fall and winter. In addition to taking turns performing their own memorable hits, the artist lineup of CeeLo Green, Tone Loc, Kid ’N Play, J.J. Fad, Thea Austin (of Snap) and DJ Eric B will also collaborate onstage together, backed by a live drummer, a squad of dancers and more. If this sounds similar to the I Love the ’90s residency that took a shot at Paris Las Vegas a few years ago, that’s because Boombox comes from some of the same producers. Plenty of casino shows are playing on our collective music nostalgia; not all of them will feel like a throwback dance party designed to get you up out of your seat. Thru 9/4, 8 p.m., $29$109, Westgate International Theater, ticket master.com. –Brock Radke (Photo Courtesy)
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“We had [international] attention … plus all of the energy from the Jerry Miskos of the world,” Isbutt says. “All of a sudden, we started getting a thousand people [at our openings]. People were like, ‘What the f*ck is going on?’” Meanwhile, Brewer, who had stopped handling day-to-day operations at Enigma, began helping her friend Funkhouser to host local art in the Funk House’s back room. Like the Arts Factory, the Funk House had to promote itself on a show-by-show basis; when artists had openings, they needed to print cards and send them to those who had signed up for a mailing list, or give them to local promoters for distribution. Then Funkhouser took a family trip to Portland, Oregon, to visit her son Jason—a trip that would help transform a sliver of Downtown Las Vegas, from a sleepy assortment of vintage shops and neglected storefronts to a bustling culture and entertainment district that hosts what is arguably this Valley’s most popular and beloved streetWhilefestival.inPortland, Funkhouser discovered that city’s long-running First Thursday art walk.
“Julie and I had been doing First Friday art openings at the Funk House for maybe a year at that point,” Funkhouser says. “I was like, ‘There’s 2 million people in Portland, and there’s almost 2 million people in Vegas; we’re already doing something like this, and there’s no reason it can’t happen.’ Julie and Naomi and [LaserVida arts collective co-founder] Joe [Cartino] all tried to talk me out of it; they said it won’t work, people in Vegas don’t support the arts—problems they’d already experienced.”Funkhouser formed a nonpro t called Whirlygig to administrate Vegas’ First Friday, with Brewer and Arin as her partners. Brewer, who had worked with numerous artists during her time at Enigma, took care of much of the logistics and community outreach; Arin handled the legal concerns. The inaugural First Friday event took place in October 2002, with an assist from Misko, who encouraged the neighboring Arts Factory businesses and galleries to stay open that night.
Funkhouser asked several artists to set up tables outside her front door. Brewer walked around disguised in an expressionless white mask, blowing bubbles. And Isbutt allowed Funkhouser to create a path of day-glo footprints from the Arts Factory to the Funk House, using a pair of Converse hightops belonging to Brewer’s husband, Double Down Saloon owner P Moss. “Jason was wearing them,” Funkhouser says. “Julie and I would roll paint onto his sole, and then he’d take a been since began transforming Downtown Las
First Friday
The Arts District didn’t exist 20 years ago. Back then, the Downtown Las Vegas neighborhood that now hosts First Friday was a wide-scattered archipelago of galleries and cafés, not the densely packed concentration of galleries and bars we know today. In the late 1990s, you could walk a few blocks from an opening at the Contemporary Arts Collective (CAC) gallery on Charleston Boulevard to a spoken word reading at the Enigma Garden Cafe on Fourth Street, though few did. I lived Downtown in the mid-tolate 1990s, close enough to bike to the Enigma, where I handled the entertainment bookings for a time. I got to know Enigma’s founder and proprietor Julie Brewer, and while hanging out on Enigma’s lush patio I met several locals—among them artist Jerry Misko and attorney Naomi Arin—who would prove instrumental in shaping Vegas’ visual arts scene in the years to come. And though I moved from Las Vegas to Seattle in summer 2002, I was here long enough to see the opening of the Funk House, an antique shop owned by Cindy Funkhouser, and the Wes Isbutt-owned gallery hive the Arts Factory. I watched as the Arts Factory became the epicenter of local arts in the Valley; eventually, even the CAC moved its gallery there.
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Dirk Vermin’s art opening at the Funk House in October 2001 (Courtesy/Geoff Carter) Pat “Gulash” Dowds left, and Pig Aponas, center, at First Friday on August 5, 2022 (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
In 2011, then-Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh ac quired the rights to First Friday from Whirly gig. With the influx of cash, the event swelled to gargantuan proportions. Every First Friday, the city shut down five blocks of what had come to be known as the 18b Arts District. The event’s newly appointed chief manag ing partner Joey Vanas oversaw a festival that included four stages, 70 curated artists and satellite parking lots with free shuttle service.
“If they’re getting any bit of art or culture from it, then I’m glad,” she says, then adds with a laugh, “Just don’t tell me if they’re not.”
As for Funkhouser, she’s happy to see First Friday continue, thought she rarely attends the event. When I tell her that the crowds that pack First Friday are mostly made up of kids who had scarcely been born when she launched the event, she’s audibly pleased.
It wasn’t to be. Hsieh reduced his involve ment well before his death in November 2020, and the pandemic shutdown stopped First FridayToday,cold.the festival is closer to its mid-aughts size. Now confined to the streets and parking lots surrounding the Arts Factory and Art Square—streets that have been rebuilt with wide sidewalks and spacious, brick-lined plazas—today’s First Friday feels more focused, more neighborly. The arts and crafts vendors and food trucks are tucked into street pockets that were more or less built for them, and the live bands and street entertainers have moved into neighborhood venues that didn’t exist 20 or even 10 years ago.
Sometimes I’m there, too. I moved back to Las Vegas in May 2012, only a couple of blocks from where I lived in the 1990s and early aughts, and I can still ride my bike to Downtown gallery openings. I wander through the packed galleries, occasionally buy something from the street vendors (enamel pins, mostly), nosh on something from the food trucks and close out the evening with Night Weapons’ DJ sets at Berlin Bar. But I can’t visit with the originators. Funk houser sold the Funk House building some years back. Isbutt has relocated to Colorado. Today, First Friday is operated by the non profit First Friday Foundation, whose board of directors includes local business owners, casino and entertainment industry executives and marketing professionals. The event has a dedicated production team. It’s come a long way since high-tops and fluorescent paint. For his own part, Isbutt, who still owns the Arts Factory building, has mixed feelings about First Friday today.
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The idea from the beginning was to expand out west toward the Smith Center and do an other activation there, and then fill in the gaps between the Arts District and Fremont East.”
The expanded festival was a smash. In an Oc tober 2011 interview, an optimistic Vanas told me, “We want this thing to be a citywide event.
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big step. He was very annoyed, because we were laughing so Funkhouserhard.”estimates that some 300 people visited the Funk House that night. Isbutt, who maintained a cool relationship toward Funk houser and Whirlygig (“We never really talked much,” Funkhouser says), quickly recognized the value of First Friday as a promotional tool. “What First Friday brought was a consis tent date and time,” he says. “We didn’t have to tell anyone anymore, ‘It’s June 14, it’s April 27.’ Suddenly, it’s every first Friday [of the month]. That was the big change in the public understanding. … ‘Oh, this is going to happen whether someone tells me or not.’” Attendance grew quickly. “It pretty much in creased monthly,” Funkhouser says. “The word got out, artists wanted to be involved and people wanted to come out.” The City of Las Vegas, and former mayor Oscar Goodman, took notice. In the months that followed, more and more city resources were allocated to the event. Police presence was stepped up, and assorted vendors were allowed to line the sidewalks. Before long, crowds thronged the streets around the Arts Factory and Funk House, milling past arts and crafts stands, food trucks and live entertainers. The streets were shut down out of what Funkhouser calls “a matter of necessity.”And,inevitably, growing pains set in. “I had recently gone [to the] American In stitute of Graphic Arts conference in Phoenix, and guess what they had? First Friday,” Isbutt says. They had been doing it for about 10 years at that time. And it was big; they were drawing probably 10,000 people, and they were having all kinds of problems with police and city infrastructure. When I came back to Vegas, I said, ‘Well, this is the future. This is where we’re going. This is going to happen. We need to address this now, so we don’t have these fights down the line.’ “They went, ‘Yeah, right; go home, sir,’” Isbutt says, chuckling, “And then all of that happened.”Allthedifficulties
Tens of thousands of Las Vegans attended the Hsieh-era First Fridays, many of them under 21. Those young attendees seemed more interested in making art than in looking at it, and many of them were likely inspired to do just that.
“First Friday has helped the arts community, but it’s hurt it to some degree, also. When you put it in a festival setting, it takes away from the seriousness of the thing. … It hasn’t turned into the mindset where, if I’m a serious art collector, I’m going to look to buy something,” Isbutt says. “It’s harder to sell art in Las Vegas than other places. But it’s a better art scene, because the artists work harder to do it.”
inherent to mounting a monthly street festival came to a head shortly after the start of the Great Recession, Funk houser says, when a cash shortfall compelled the city and Whirlygig to scale down the event, forgoing the street closures and overtime police. Funkhouser, who was recovering from a cancer battle and open-heart surgery—and still reeling from Julie Brewer’s unexpected death in August 2007—had to manage expectations for a First Friday without the city services attendees had come to expect. “I had to try to get people to not walk in the streets, because there were cars in the streets,” Funkhouser says. “My health problems had nearly broken me financially, and I was like, ‘I just can’t do this anymore.’”
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With rising Downtown rents forcing some art hot spots, such as the Priscilla Fowler Gallery, to uproot and move beyond the First Friday festival boundaries, foot tra c has become more important than ever.
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And, she adds, First Friday is “critical to the economic development of this area, and to its businesses.”BobbieAnn Howell, who serves as the program manager of Nevada Humanities, echoes that“I’vesentiment.beenatFirst Friday since the days we would have a few tenuous tables out in the middle of the street, waiting for the sun to go down or for the wind to quit blowing,” she says. “It’s been one of those roads where you just want to keep that part of the community going, because I think the community element of First Friday is its biggest strength.”
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When Corey Fagan looks back on First Friday’s origins, it’s in admiration of its founders’ modest initial mission.
Howell says Nevada Humanities moved its o ces to the Arts District for that very reason and continues to see the bene t. “First Friday allows us to really reach people directly,” she says, “which is probably the hardest thing to do in this digital world that we’re in, to have that one-on-one conversation with someone.”
The event brings “a wonderfully diverse audience to our door,” she says. Sometimes it’s skateboarders, other times it’s women in shnets or parents pushing strollers and tourists popping in to familiarize themselves with the local“It’sscene.such a broad and diverse community that every day we’re trying to gure out how can we make sure we’re reaching and serving everyone that we can,” she says. “First Friday helps us do that and we’re appreciative of getting to be involved with them in whatever way we can.”
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“For some of these artists, this is their bread and butter,” Fagan says. “They don’t have a gallery; they don’t have a brick and mortar. They’re making art in their house. This is how they feed their families, by coming to First Friday.”
Today, that core goal persists on First Fridays. Each month, a featured local artist receives a generous spotlight on their work, which is exposed to some 20,000 visitors passing through the closed-to-tra c city streets.
“When First Friday started 20 years ago by Cindy Funkhouser and those beautiful ladies … it was a ghost town down here,” Fagan, the nonpro t’s executive director, says of Downtown Las Vegas. “They wanted to bring people to their businesses. They were invested in this area. They wanted to celebrate these artists that people didn’t know even existed.”
Las Vegas’ arts and culture festival continues to evolve and adapt
First Friday attendees dance in the Arts District on August 5, 2022. (Wade Vandervort/Sta )
But Fagan says that contraction, due in part to higher costs for security and road closures,
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The footprint of the monthly festival has shrunk considerably since its Tony Hsiehowned iteration, when First Friday stretched ve blocks from Colorado Avenue to Coolidge Avenue, with art clusters on nearly every corner. Today, it covers just one block, from Charleston Avenue north to Coolidge, and from Art Way west to Main Street.
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has an upside. “When everything shut down [at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020], it allowed us to really focus on coming back smaller and more sustainable, and then [we’ll] grow as we can,” she says. And though some restaurants and bars are now outside the First Friday footprint, it hasn’t stopped patrons from wandering in for dinner and drinks. “Having draws like Brewery Row inside of the Arts District is special, because it’s bringing a di erent demographic out that’s going to travel to the galleries,” she explains.
Downtown’s Saturation Gallery hosts a First Friday show on August 5, 2022. (Wade Vandervort/Sta )
“This long-standing event has embraced our community through challenging times, always in celebration of our artists. I am always honored [to] create a space where the artists can do what they do best, which I believe is to heal our world through art. We need that more than ever right now.”
Recently First Friday’s community support programs have expanded to include help for other programs such as the domestic violence shelter SafeNest, and their charitable e orts will soon reach another vulnerable population through Art U Okay?, a program advocating for mental health support and teen suicide prevention. First Friday is working with the City of Las Vegas to debut the program in March 2023, and 13 local schools will be invited to participate.
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The First Friday Foundation continues to work on behalf of its artists outside of the monthly event, Fagan says. The nonpro t oftentimes connects artists other nonprofits, and with sponsors such as T-Mobile and Nissan, to work on art mural projects in exchange for stipends. Events like the First Friday Art and Gala Fundraiser on September 16 will feature locally created pieces for auction.And,Fagan says, there are plans to go even further.“Mybig vision for First Friday is to have a residency program at some point, because I think artists need a space where they can feel welcome to come from wherever they’re coming,” Fagan says, “and to have artists who are struggling here not having to think about their gallery rents.”
Some artists are making art in their house, and this is how they feed their families, by coming to First Friday.”
It’s a lofty idea that she admits will take time, funding and resources, but it remains on her future wish list.
“We are most known for the tradition, consistency of this monthly event; and we’re beginning to be known for all of the ancillary things done on other days within the community that support local artists, small business, and nonpro ts throughout the year,” Fagan says.
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The top-seeded Las Vegas Aces swept the Phoenix Mercury in Round 1 of the WNBA playoffs, winning Game 2 117-80 on August 20 to advance to a matchup with the fourth-seeded Seattle Storm in the semifinals. The teams begin play August 28 at 1 p.m. at Michelob Ultra Arena.
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UNLV President Keith Whitfield is ready for what he hopes will be the first “normal” school year since the outset of the pandemic in early 2020. The university will still offer some online class options for those who need the flexibility, but much of the student popula tion returned to campus August 22 for the start of the fall semester. Whitfield, who has held his position since August 2020, sat down for an interview about the upcoming semester and more.
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What about this new year excites you? I think that … this one is going to be more normal than ever before. We’re coming close to what we used to do in terms of in-person delivery. UNLV is a brick-andmortar place —we’re not a place that you log on and are never, ever actually on cam pus. But the new reality is that students need that flexibility and opportunity. So we still have online classes, we still have some remote classes, but about 75% of our courses will be back in person. What are you most proud to have accomplished during your tenure as UNLV president? Surviving! I’m still standing. … It’s amazing, because you see how much has gone on at this university, and it’s during COVID. For example, we have been able to make some strategic thinking and purchasing relative to real estate and what our physical campus is go ing to look like, and that’s moving forward. We’re going to have some new signage, so that you can actually navigate the univer sity better. We’ve purchased a place right across the street—Rebel Plaza. I came here, and I really wanted to have this university district. … We shared that with the public, and everybody came back to us and said, “Oh, yeah, [former presi dent] Carol Harter thought of that 20 years ago.” So, it wasn’t anything new, but it looks like we’re finally going to realize it. Did you have any perspectives about UNLV that were challenged once you spent more time here? My perception is that UNLV is a nationally recognized name, and so I don’t have to worry about going to “Backwater U.” You’re going to a strong research university. I perceived certain things about the university. Some of that has changed, [but] most of it was a pretty good read, which is [that] we’re aspirational, we highlight and we value di versity, and—the even bigger piece is about the hunger piece, which I love. I like getting in there and swinging when you’re the underdog and you’re trying to come up, and I think sometimes we see that [at UNLV]. The COVID-19 pandemic brought at least a 12% budget cut to the university. What sort of impact has that had? [The budget cut] hurt greatly. It affects our ability to be able to teach, it affects our ability to be able to do research … But one of the things that you find at UNLV is that … we’re not going to roll up the carpet and just say everything’s over. We’re like, OK it’s going to be twice as hard now, what can we still do? Da Rocha
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Frontman King Diamond performs with Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, August 21 at Psycho Las Vegas inside Resorts World. For our look back on the festival’s 2022 weekend, visit lasvegasweekly.com.
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Measures recently announced by the Department of the Interior for 2023 that call for Nevada to lose 8% of its water allotment from the Colorado River amid the continuing drought aren’t sitting well with local elected o cials. They say Nevada has been a leader in conservation and water-saving innovation. Despite having one of the nation’s fastest-growing metro areas, Nevada uses less water today than it did 20 years ago. Now it’s time for other states who share the dwindling supply in the Colorado River to do the same, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said. The Colorado River supplies water to 40 million people in seven U.S. states and Mexico and is vitally important to an agricultural industry valued at $15 billion a year. “We use less than our allotment,” Cortez Masto said. “We use less than our allotment because we’ve done such a great job here in Nevada, particularly in Southern Nevada, and we are one of the only areas in the nation using less water each year. That’s why it was so disappointing that despite leading in all these conservation efforts, the U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced that Nevada will face another cut.” Cortez Masto joined John Entsminger, the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, in calling for action. She’s asking for details from the Department of Interior on how it will distribute the $4 billion in funding to combat drought that’s part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping $750 billion health care, tax and climate bill recently signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Las Vegas has more than 14 million square feet of convention space, most of which is on the Strip. With a 35,000-square-foot third floor space—including a 14,000-square-foot ballroom—Circa is looking to host smaller conventions, with under 1,000 attendees, said Sasha Lee, Circa’s director of sales. Most events will be in the 500- to 800-person range. The first conference at Circa will be a cryptocurrency event, she said. “We really tried to create a flexible space for all di erent kinds of groups,” Stevens said. “This is a high-tech space that we think will open up the door for a lot of di erent people to come Downtown.”
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Perennial local high school football power Bishop Gorman will play one of its most anticipated games ever when it hosts Mater Dei of California August 26 at 7 p.m. in a battle of teams ranked in the top 10 of the Max Preps national poll. Mater Dei is No. 2, Gorman No.Las6.
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As Circa Las Vegas o cials showed o the resort’s new meetings and convention space on August 22, Circa owner and CEO Derek Stevens said his team is almost ready for a planned September opening. “This was always planned, right from the early design [of Circa],” he said. “We all know that the convention business is coming back.”
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S ince June, Nevada has had long-awaited good news regarding jobs and pandemic recovery in the state. The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) has reported 7,700 jobs added in July, one month after Nevada reached an “all-time high” of 1,452,600 jobs in the state, bringing statewide employment up 5.7% over the last year. On the other hand, Nevada still ranks among the ve states with the highest unemployment rates. Although the state’s unemployment has improved 0.3% since June, the current rate of 4.4% is right behind that of Alaska and New Mexico, the two states tied with the highest unemployment in the nation at 4.5%.
Hospitality lags after many Nevada job sectors bounce back to pre-pandemic levels
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Pappageorge and Bellarmino cite companies’ use of technology as one of the biggest unknown factors in hospitality jobs bouncing back. Automated check-in kiosks, cashiers, even automated bartenders could impact the number of workers a company
“People who were laid o during the pandemic are going to be more reluctant to go back to a somethingthey’ve[especially]organization,hospitalityifalreadypivotedintotheyviewasmorestable.”
As with many industries, some workers might have left hospitality seeking a better work-life balance, especially if they were a caregiver for someone at home.
“The No. 1 thing out there is Pappageorge tells the Weekly en, Latinos, immigrants earn tips. a says. “And I think workers have been very clear, coming through tee that companies will be able to attract them, “Regardlesshowever.ofwhatthey Pew Research Center, the “accommodation and food services had the largest increase (more than 18.4%) in average weekly spring 2020. a pandemic furloughs and layo s likely made many workers decide a cially] if they’ve already pivoted into something they view as more tality seeking a better work-life balance, especially if they were a use impact the number of workers a
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“COVID-19 increased and kind of accelerated this use of technology,” he says. “There’s going to be jobs. The question is, are they going to use that technology to get rid of senior workers and bring in new workers? Or are they going to make sure that new technology still provides opportunity for workers who are there?” He adds that technology has the ability to enhance workers’ experience and make their work more e Bellarminocient.says the goal of new technology isn’t necessarily to replace workers, but rather to make up for a worker shortage and smaller pool of workers to choose
Amanda Belarmino, assistant professor at UNLV’s College of Hospitality
More conventions and tourists—still about 8% behind Las Vegas’ pre-pandemic visitation— will add more jobs in the sector, she says, as well as new sports and entertainment options to attract more visitors and business.
With some gains made in the state, and more to be made, Dr. Amanda Belarmino, assistant professor at UNLV’s College of Hospitality, says the economy— namely the lagging hospitality sector—is bound to recover. It’s just a question of when. “The pace is going to be roeconomic impacts,” she says. [we’re] looking at in ation, to have an impact on employbeRunningthere.” the recovery of jobs and possibly holding back industries looking to return to their for30,000 jobs below its peak, according to DETR. Culinary Pappageorge says about 80% of members are back to work, not been called back in. bor Statistics, unemployment in is 5.6%—a 2.8% improvement from last year, but also considerably higher than the current statewide average (4.4%).
“Whatfrom.Ihear from operators is, ‘I would love to have my pre-pandemic sta , I just can’t nd the people. So yes, we’re turning to this as an option,’” she explains. “One of the greatest things I think we underestimate is the impact of the people who passed away from COVID-19 … we have a smaller population to draw from, for jobs.”
“There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic. The Super Bowl [in 2024] is a great reason,” she says. “We’re diversifying our hospitality segment more … We’re not simply gaming, but adding sports, and really focusing on being an entertainment destination.”
Pappageorgeneeds.says the union remains vigilant about the e ects technology could continue to have on hospitality jobs.
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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 27 I8.25.22 sector—is bound to recover. It’s impacted in a lot of ways by mac“So, beyond the pandemic itself, looking at gas prices. All of these di erent things [are] still going ment, but the recovery is going to Running higher than it has in forty years, in ation is slowing mer glory, she says. In July, the hospitality industry remained Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted leaving about 10,000 who have According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in the Las Vegas metropolitan area the cost of rent for folks, the cost of housing and the cost of gas,” Weekly, adding that the majority of union members are women, Latinos, immigrants and workers who don’t “There’s going to have to be a healthy increase in wages for the hospitality industry,” he says. “And I think workers have been very clear, coming through COVID, that they want to be valued and paid in a fair manner for their work.”
Since the pandemic, many employers have increased wages to adjust for a shortage of hospitality workers. That doesn’t guarantee that companies will be able to attract them, “Regardlesshowever.ofwhatthey do with pay, it’s just really hard to get people back,” Bellarmino says. According to a 2021 study by Pew Research Center, the “accommodation and food services sector” which includes hotels, had the largest increase (more than 18.4%) in average weekly wages since the lockdown of spring 2020. So if employers are paying more than they did before, why aren’t more workers coming back? Bellarmino says having a lot of time to re ect during pandemic furloughs and layo s likely made many workers decide to change industries—part of what has become known as the Great“PeopleResignation.whowere laid o during the pandemic are going to be more reluctant to go back to a hospitality organization, [especially] if they’ve already pivoted into something they view as more stable,” she says. “There are some people [for whom], perhaps, this was never a passion. And now they’re following what that passion is.”
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he interesting reawakening of Palms Casino Resort continued at the top of the month with the grand opening of Ghostbar, the 55th- oor nightclub returning to its original name after a signi cant renovation under previous ownership. With its unparalleled Vegas views and high-energy atmosphere, Ghostbar of old was one of those legendary local hot spots. This one is di erent. Is it still a bumping club, or more of a relaxed ultralounge? Are there still DJs controlling the rhythm of the room, or some other form of innovative entertainment that appeals to di erent audiences? So far, the answer to all our questions is yes. Under San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality, all things Palms are designed for broader appeal, and Ghostbar is emblematic. It’s an indoor/outdoor social cocktail spot with DJs and vibes until Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m., when a full-on production show created by beloved local performer Skye Dee Miles kicks into gear.
Aiming for something di erent in a familiar space brought the Palms to Miles, who left her weekly Bourbon and Blues gig at the Shag Room lounge at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas to launch Midnight Skye: The Revival at Ghostbar. A singer with inimitable style and loads of experience at Vegas lounges, in production shows and at innovative supper clubs like the former Rose. Rabbit.Lie at the Cosmopolitan, Miles is putting everything she’s got into this new project.
“Every component of this show is something I’ve already done, but in a di erent format,” she says. “You get to see the beauty of Vegas showgirls, live band members, dancers, costumes, comedy ... and we do have a DJ and party music, we make time for that.”
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“One of the main questions we received before re-opening [the resort] was, Are you bringing back Ghostbar?” says Crystal Robinson-Wesley, Palms vice president of entertainment. “We decided early on one of the main things we want Palms to be known for is a live entertainment hub. Ghostbar made sense because we knew it was something folks wanted to see, but how do you transition from what was most recently known as Apex and marry that with what people remember from Ghostbar, and incorporate the Palms’ new brand?”
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Palms executives and entertainers celebrate the reopening of Ghostbar on August 3, including (from left) Greg Van Stone, Crystal Robinson-Wesley, Cynthia Kiser Murphey and Skye Dee Miles. (Steve Marcus/Sta ) thru October 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Boulevard Pool, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/cocktail-hour.
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■ Las Vegas has a way of making every day feel like the weekend, and the Cosmopolitan’s Sunset Cocktail Hour is a perfect example. The rooftop party, which kicks o around sundown every Thursday at the Boulevard Pool’s North Bar, brings the essence of a latenight lounge into an open-air setting where the night is still young. Sweeping Strip views o er the perfect backdrop and live mixes by saxophonist and DJ Natty Rico keep partiers on their feet when they aren’t noshing on shareable bites like smoked pork belly buns ($10) and hummus fries ($12), or sipping a grapefruit-tinged Pink Paloma ($18) or Tea Time ($18) cocktail with Ruku gin, green tea and spiced honey ginger syrup. It’s not uncommon for Rico to interact, standing on tables and playing sax all the way back to the decks before dropping the beat to Cardi B’s “I Like It.” Sunset Cocktail Hour has no business being this fun on a weekday, but we’ve got no complaints. It’s the perfect place to unwind with a few drinks, plan your night’s next adventure and start the weekend just a bit early. –Amber Sampson iteration of Ghostbar. “People are coming in just to feel it again, to buy someone else a drink and listen to the music, and it’s somewhere between a party, a production show and a lounge act. It’s all in one,” Miles says. It ts into the Palms’ comeback strategy, Robinson-Wesley says, building something that “hopefully feels like home, with a little bit of something for everyone. Folks have walked in like, What? This is not what I expected. But I think that’s OK, to be a little uncomfortable then a little bit surprised.”
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arlos Flores has been leading and perform ing with Los Ataskados for eight years, but his Las Vegas band has never released an album … until this month. Why now?
The group picked up steam in late 2019 through early 2020, booking its own shows. Just as Los Ataskados were about to play the Skaland festival in LA in March 2020, however, the show was canceled due to COVID-19. But where one door closes, another opens. “We have a little home studio DIY setup … and we had a lot of time on our hands, because the wheels weren’t turning in the world,” Nicholson says. “We spent about nine months recording.”
Los Ataskados isn’t about to let all this newfound energy go to waste. The band intends to gather more footage for another music video at the August 26 show, and is working on several new singles to release before year’s end.
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“There’s a lot of people that go there for different kinds of music, punk rockers, people who listen to banda music … Some people were looking at us like, ‘What the hell are you guys doing?’ Some people were liking it,” Flores says. “And that’s the image I wanted to get—getting in between people.”
The same might be said of the single “Envy,” which is about “staying in your lane and having fun with it,” Flores says. “It’s not talking bad about nobody.” The band filmed a new music video for the song at Broadacres Marketplace, a setting that encompasses the band’s range of influences.
The critics were also a motivating factor to re cord an album, says Najera, recalling the first show he played with Flores in fall 2019. “There were people in the crowd booing,” he says. “It was just more motivating, in the sense of, ‘OK, now I really want to be a beast at this type of music.’” Metal chords in the opening of single “Sin Fron teras” (“no borders”) are eerily layered with the tinkling melody of a carnival organ grinder. Sung in Spanish, the song is an indictment of the United States’ immigration system and child separation. Backed by a reggae beat and trumpet, the soul-bearing poem of “Love Note” eulogizes the end of a relationship. “Mota Man” conjures an upbeat ska moshpit and tells a story of working to survive. Blending musical styles into one album took persistence. When Flores and original member and keyboardist Joab Mendez were joined by Nicholson, trumpet player Daniel Valdez, percussionist Joni Calavera and brothers Ivan (bass) and Diego Najera (drums), Los Ataskados began absorbing new skills.
Having been through countless house parties, moshpits and generator-powered desert shows with the original Ataskados, who broke up in 2019, Flores regrets not having some thing permanent to document that time. “Since the old band broke up, we didn’t really release any thing,” he says, looking around at his current band mates. “We wanted to leave something behind.”
“Saul had to learn how to play ska … Like, this guy shreds on the guitar and metal and everything. But just simple ska, it takes time,” Mendez says. “I had to learn a whole new approach to music,” Najera says. “And it was f*cking awesome.”
Los Ataskados (from left) Joni Calavera, Saul Najera, Ivan Najera, Diego Najera, Joab Mendez,NicholsonTommyandCarlosFlores (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
Agrees rhythm guitarist Tommy Nicholson, “This is something we’re doing in this moment that I wanted to keep forever. “Like, let’s put a time capsule on it and record this period of time.”
Recorded by Nicholson’s Good Girlfriend Records during the pandemic shutdown—which hit shortly after the band had found footing behind its new members—Redemption is a carousel of ska, punk and cumbia layered with Flores’ adventurous vocals. The self-described “psyskadelic” band will perform the new material at an album release party at the Space on August 26. Lead guitarist Saul Najera says the melding of diverse styles and backgrounds left Los Ataskados with a product that’s more “relatable” than the ska niche, or any one genre on its own, could offer. “We wanted to expose all the different backgrounds— funk, metal, ska,” he says of the members, who come from Vegas, Anaheim and Mexico.
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The exhibit features rarities, such as the first mention of rock ’n’ roll in promotional material, one of the only cinematic presentations of Bessie Smith (in the 1929 short film St. Louis Blues) and a glance at the poster for The Emperor Jones, a 1933 film featuring actor Paul Robeson that was privately funded and historically the first to depict a Black man killing a white man on screen.
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Caldonia at the Bellagio Gallery helps illuminate the history of Black performance
“It’s an amazing collec tion that Ralph DeLuca amassed over 20 years and this is only a portion of it,” says Demecina Beehn, curator of special projects and programs for MGM Resorts Art & Culture. “Much of it is actually ex tremely rare, where there may only be three copies in existence. Some of these posters have never been seen before. It’s this part of history that is starting to disappear.”
“You have comedians, you have musicians, you have big bands, you have actors and actresses. Ev erything’s coming together to showcase this boom of talent, even in the midst of segregation, in the midst of the deep oppression of African Americans,” Beehn says. “I really want people to take away the contri bution of Black creative talent to American society and the weight of that.”
BY AMBER SAMPSON Bellagio’s Caldonia exhibit includes such gems as this Cabin in the Sky movie poster. (Courtesy/Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art)
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B essie Smith. Ruth Brown. Richard.LittleJimi Hen drix. These artists, and many other Black pioneers of music and film, set the tone for the generations that followed. Yet when we look at Black artistry across eras and how it fits contextually into history, it’s rarely overstated and often work1970s.fromBlackoutcollectorYearsoverlooked.ago,memorabiliaRalphDeLucasettopreserveasliceofperformancehistorythe1920sthroughtheThepinnacleofthatis Caldonia, an exhib it at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, featuring 44 vin tage posters chronicling the concerts and films of some of the greatest Black talents of the 20th century.
Caldonia’s brief in troduction to the “Chit lin’ Circuit,” a series of nightclubs, juke joints and theaters that commer cially supported touring Black performers during segregation, also revealed how many artists such as Aretha Franklin, Big Mama Thornton, Lester Young and James Brown were able to get their starts and make names for them selves. The circuit’s influ ence on so many legendary musicians goes widely unnoticed today but has been thoughtfully revived by DeLuca’s efforts. It’s eye-opening to see just how much history is in danger of fading away. But more than 100 perform ers receive recognition in Caldonia, which is what they’ve always deserved.
Caldonia, a reference to a 1945 love song performed by saxophonist Louis Jor dan and written by Black songwriter Fleecie Moore (whose writing would later inspire artists such as Queen and James Brown to incorporate iconic shouts in their music), debuted at Salon 94 in New York City earlier this year. DeLuca went through great lengths to build the collection, tracking down old printers of concert posters, promot ers and even their families.
The work itself is re splendent. In some cases, artists’ faces and words appear as cutouts, planted stylishly along the post er with bold splashes of color, while declarations of “the greatest colored cast ever assembled” leap out above the images. It’s surreal to see phrases like that in 2022, as are the concert posters with Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Martha and the Vandellas all listed on the same bill for a $2 ticket.
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Skilled and steady Las Vegas hospitality pros Nicole Bris son and Jason Rocheleau created the most buzzed-about restaurant in the first wave of Resorts World dining with last summer’s opening of Brezza. That was no small feat, considering the massive resort’s ambitious arrival and the dynamic breadth of its food and beverage portfolio.Theduo’s second act, upscale European tapas lounge Bar Zazu, landed a few months later, rounding out the western end of the shopping and dining district alongside Carversteak and Caviar Bar. Now there’s so much food happening at Resorts World, it’s likely Bar Zazu has been over
Put Bar Zazu at the top of your must-eatStriplist Bone marrow at Bar Zazu (Courtesy/Sabin
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looked when it deserves to be exalted as one of the most stylish and exciting new places to eat on theWithStrip.plush booths lining the intimate, colorful space, Zazu looks and feels clubby without the clatter, creating the perfect atmosphere for a small or large group dinner with your friends— or at least the ones with the best taste. Brisson’s precise menu is big on small, shareable plates, but the entrees are perfect for passing around the table as well, and the flavors never disappoint. But you already know that from experi encing the chef’s food at Brezza, Locale or the late, great Carnevino. You’ll find terrific renditions of favorite Spanish tapas like ham and cheese croquettes ($15) flush with Manchego and served with saffron and garlic aioli sauces, patatas bravas ($13) and perfect pan con tomate ($12), delightful all alone or bolstered by more Man chego (plus $2) or buttery, blissful jamon Iberico ($16). Cheese and salumi boards are available for those who love to graze, as are starters of various backgrounds like chickpea hummus ($14), arbol chili lollipop chicken wings ($16) or tuna carpaccio ($27) with avoca do, citrus and squid ink flatbread. Simple salads stand out for their superior ingredients and light touches, like arugula with goat cheese-stuffed peppers ($18)
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“We have such great relationships with the chefs and owners that they end up coming in themselves, and now we’re seeing different generations coming in,” says Deborah Morelli, Madonia’s cousin. They both serve as owners and operators along with Tony Madonia Sr. and his wife Lynn. “It’s amazing to see the evolution of our customers, and really fun to put a face to a name from a purchase order on a large corporate account.”
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A wildly successful business supplying Las Vegas casinos and restaurants with all their fresh-baked goodies doesn’t need to also operate a retail store and sell those breads, rolls, pastries, pies, bagels and more to regular folks like you and me. But Great Buns Bakery has been doing it for decades and can’t stop, because we keep coming back for more—and because they like to see us.
“Our business is over 90% wholesale, but we’ve made so many relationships through the years,” says fourth-generation baker Tony Madonia Jr. “It’s an odd situation having the store, but it is necessary and gives an avenue for customers that don’t get deliveries to come in and pick things up. And there’s a lot of people that like to do that, who come almost every day for fresh bread.”
Great Buns celebrated 40 years with a special event on August 16, but every visit from a regular feels special here. Plenty of business people who manage those big wholesale accounts turn into “small” customers, bringing their families to the eastside bakery for a loaf of white chocolate raspberry bread “that makes the most unbelievable French toast,” Madonia says. That’s proof that there’s something special happening here be yond amazing product.
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“Withoutrecipe.the amazing people we’ve worked with over the years, we wouldn’t have near the offering we do today,” Madonia says. –Brock Radke and a colorful bowl of kalamata olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and feta sprinkled with oregano and red wine vinaigrette ($18). Treat these fresh offerings as shareable dishes,Seekerstoo.of decadence will find it in the roasted bone marrow for two ($42), which actually feeds many more with the rich, unc tuous marrow spread over crisp brioche with trumpet mush rooms and pickled mustard seeds pushing each bite to the limit. If you want to take a less meaty, more oceanic route after that, there’s charred Spanish octopus ($25) or pan-roasted shrimp accented with paprika and preserved lemon ($29). Other entrees will wow with huge flavors (once again, think back to Carnevino). A lamb T-bone ($45) is served with pea puree and pea shoots while the Cape Grim skirt steak ($49) dances in a green peppercorn sauce. And it looks innocent on the menu, but the confit chick en ($31) is out of this world, fall-off-the-bone tender and subtly kissed with lemon and garam masala. Not every Strip resort offers so many different cuisines and dining styles, but Resorts World has obviously made it a top priority. Teaming with these restaurateurs was one of the company’s best ideas.
More than 35 varieties of hearth-baked rolls and deli breads are at the core of Great Buns’ success, but there are countless artisan options, along with traditional holiday breads and plenty of sweets like cookies, pies, cakes, muffins and more. The bakery’s creativity has always been driven by its customers as the staff—now numbering 120 employees—happily cranks out special requests and perfects each
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman at a ribbon-cutting celebrating Great Buns’ 40th anniversary (Wade Vandervort/Staff) BUNS’ FRIENDSHIP
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Breaking down everything about UNLV football heading into the 2022 season BY MIKE GRIMALA UNLV enters the college football season with a decent chance to secure its rst .500-or-better record in three seasons under coach Marcus Arroyo and reach a bowl game for the rst time since 2013. Here are some of the questions the Scarlet and Gray need answered, players they hope will emerge and games they must win to achieve those goals.
5 QUESTIONSQUARTERBACK
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Considering UNLV’s uncertain o ensive line, whichever passer can take a licking and keep on ticking might be the best option.
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2 Kyle Williams, wide receiver. White isn’t the only down eld threat on the roster. The speedy Williams looks poised to emerge as a gamebreaker after a so-so sophomore campaign. It’s been a long time since UNLV has elded a fearsome passing attack, but this could be the year behind Williams and White.
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1 Is Doug Brumfield the man? He certainly looked like it last year when he took over the starting job in the second half of last season’s opener, but injuries felled Brum eld after just three games. At 6-foot-6, Brum eld possesses the strongest arm on the roster and is the most capable runner. After brie y exploring the transfer portal in the spring, the sophomore has looked spectacular in training camp. Brum eld has been listed at No. 1 on the depth chart through the o season, and now it looks like he’ll get rst crack at quarterbacking this team.
2 Can Harrison Bailey win the job? Bailey was the favorite to start after transferring in from Tennessee during the o season, but so far, he hasn’t been able to unseat Brum eld. It’s not for a lack of e ort, however; Arroyo has commended Bailey’s study habits and work ethic since joining the program. Bailey has vowed not to let up even if he’s not named the starter for Week 1.
5 Last-minute decision? Arroyo isn’t the type of coach to go around announcing things, and he has traditionally kept his quarterback decisions to himself for as long as possible. So unless there’s a sudden shift in philosophy, don’t expect to know who UNLV’s starting quarterback will be until he runs onto the eld for the opening series August 27 against Idaho State. back group despite his better-than-solid a
4 Who has the best chance of staying healthy? This might end up being the deciding factor in which quarterback eventually earns the fulltime gig. Brum eld has a slender build and got brutalized in his limited playing time last year; Friel also got banged up and had to limp to and from the huddle on several occasions. Bailey is an unknown when it comes to durability.
1 Ricky White, wide receiver. The sophomore transfer from Michigan State has been uncoverable in training camp, racking up big gains no matter which quarterback has been throwing to him. But there’s a little extra chemistry with Bailey—the two were high school teammates at Marietta High just outside of Atlanta.
3 What about Cameron Friel? Normally, when a quarterback wins the conference Freshman of the Year award, the runway is cleared for him the following season, and expectations are through the roof. But Friel seems to have taken a back seat in the quarterback group despite his better-than-solid showing down the stretch last year. It’s a testament to the fact that, for once, UNLV seems to be in good shape at the sport’s most important position. For now, Friel is depth—and that’s a positive development.
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(Left to right) Doug Brumfield, Kyle Williams and Harrison Bailey (Steve Marcus/Sta /Photo Illustration)
5 Nohl Williams, cornerback. Someone has got to take control in the secondary, and Williams has the best
Establishing home-field advantage. Allegiant Stadium has proven to be a house of horrors for UNLV. Since the stadium was erected, the squad has gone just 1-8 in its new home, including a 1-5 mark in 2021. Rebuilding the defense. UNLV allowed an outrageous 32.6 points per game last year. That number has to come down signi cantly under new coordinator Keith Hayward and a handful of transfers.
5 UNLV’s roster is already being tested. Linebacker Brennon Scott was lost for the season during spring practice (knee), and cornerback Ricky Johnson got hurt on the rst day of camp (arm).
UNLV closes the season with back-to-back winnable games, so if it has four victories by the time it heads to the islands, bowl hopes will be alive and kicking. On paper, UNLV has a better team than its archrival for the rst time in years and currently sits as a 2.5-point favorite in the Fremont Cannon game, in which a bowl berth could be on the line.
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5 KEY DECISIONS
5 GAMES THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK THE SEASON
2 vs. North Texas (September 17). The October 22 date at Notre Dame is the highlight of the nonconference schedule, but this is the more winnable game to give UNLV its best chance to nish above .500 outside of the Mountain West Conference. 3 at San Diego State (November 5). UNLV somehow always seems to play San Diego State tough, including springing its share of upsets, and it needs to steal this road contest—or one like it—to claw its way to bowl eligibility.
Choosing the right QB. UNLV botched this decision last year by going with Justin Rogers in Week 1, and it cost the team dearly when Brum eld couldn’t quite rally the squad all the way back in double overtime against Eastern Washington. Arroyo is considered a quarterback guru and, by all accounts, he’s got good options this year, so he needs to get it right.
4 Adam Plant, defensive end.
chance. He’s going into this third year as a starter, and had one interception to go with three pass de ections last year.
The Bishop Gorman High product is the leader up front on defense, coming o a junior season where he had 3.5 sacks and 7.5 tackles for loss. Defense won’t be the calling card for the Scarlet and Gray, but the 6-foot-5, 260-pound senior gives the team some muscle not to get trampled.
1 vs. Idaho State (August 27). It’s the only unlosable game on the schedule.
2 Coming up big in close games. UNLV was terrible in tight contests last year, going 2-6 in games that were within one score in the fourth quarter. A leaky defense, inconsistent quarterbacking and questionable coaching decisions were all factors.
3 Aidan Robbins, running back. A transfer from Louisville, Robbins has the unenviable task of succeeding UNLV’s all-time leading rusher, Charles Williams. UNLV won’t run the ball as much as it did year, when Williams was the focal point of the o ense, but Robbins has an intriguing power/speed combination.
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Growing up in the Bay Area, Barnes said she spent a lot of time around her father and brother, who were both in the construction business. She also enjoyed woodshop classes in high school and became skilled in the area of drywall work.
“Traditionally, working in con struction has been a man’s job,” Barnes said. “There’s a stigma that it’s dirty and that maybe women don’t have the strength or capacity to do it, but we do. I can use my hammer just as good as anyone else out there.”
“Up until recently, I was a single mom and construction is what I did to pay for everything from college funds and just saving,” Barnes said. “This is an interesting industry for women. It’s male-dominated, so there’s a big underserved community of women, and it’s also fun.”
Dawn Barnes, owner of the North Las Vegas company, said it’s already on a growth trajectory, but that win ning a local small-business contest that promises $100,000 in advertis ing will help. On August 17, the four-year-old company was named winner of the annual Las Vegas Raiders and Ameri ca First Credit Union Small Business Showcase.Afterbeating out three other finalists—A Taste of Coffee, Caked Up Las Vegas and The Steamie Wee nie—Barnes’ business will receive a seasonlong sponsorship deal that will include radio advertisements, digital signage inside Allegiant Stadium, and promotional space on the team’s website and mobile application.
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Business owners were asked to write a profile about how the sponsor ship package would help them.
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“Winning this is going to allow me to grow the company and work with different organizations,” Barnes said. “We’re a enoughintotowomen-ownedminority-owned,company,andIwantworktohelpbringmorewomenthisfield.Thiswillhelpmegrowtobeabletohelpeducateon thatChristiantopic.”
The Raiders and America First Credit Union announce the Small Business Showcase winner, RGD Construction (from left) Dave Nellis (AFCU), Tyler Metzel (AFCU), Dawn Barnes, Tammy Gallegos and Brett Greenwell. (Brian Ramos/Staff)
RGD does a lot of residential remodel work, but also takes commer cial jobs, mostly jobs that consist of flooring, drywall and painting.
Barnes said she got wind of the contest through Frank Tavares, an America First Credit Union employee and an active member of the Nevada Hispanic Business Group, of which she’s also a member.
R GD Construction has only about a half-doz en employees, but its owner hopes to have at least five times that many in a few years.
Barnes is particularly excited to win the contest because wom en-owned construction companies aren’t terribly common. And she has a special connection with the team and stadium, since RGD did painting at the facility when it was being built. “We need more women in the con struction field, and I will train them and hire them,” Barnes said. “You just have to have the confidence to do it.”
SMALL BUSINESS
Howard, vice president of corporate partnerships for the Raiders, said it’s important to his employer to give back to local small businesses.“Smallbusinesses are so important to not only the Valley but the entire country,” Howard said. “This is just such a cool program, because none of these small businesses would be able to be involved in a sports partnership at this level, just because of the size and cost of something like that. To af ford a small business some assets that it wouldn’t normally be able to afford, it’s just great.” One of Barnes’ biggest fans is her daughter, Journey Adams, a student at Cram Middle School in North Las Vegas. Journey even helps out on some construction projects.
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COMMON BUSINESS FRAUD SCAMS
OTHER PREVENTPRACTICESBESTTOFRAUD
Another common type of wire fraud impersonates a company’s vendors or suppliers and requests that routine payments be sent to a different account — one that isn’t actually going to the vendor.
It’s important for business owners to be savvy about the types of fraud that can affect their business’ bottom line. From washed checks to phishing scams, being prepared for the worst can mean keeping your business safe. “Fraud continues to get increasingly sophisticated, and businesses need to equip themselves with updated information to prevent it,” said Craig Kirkland, Executive Vice President and Director of Retail Banking at Nevada State Bank. There are many different methods that can help prevent or even correct fraudulent activity.
PHISHING
“These fraudsters will text, email or call you pretending to be someone else,” Kirkland said.
It’s common for phishing schemes to use fear-based tactics to prey on people. Someone may call claiming to be from your bank or from a utility company and threaten to close your account or cut off your service unless you pay immediately. Banks, utility companies and other essential services will not call using scare tactics like this. If you’re ever unsure whether a call, text or email is legitimate, call the number on your statement directly.
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“For instance, they can use an email address that appears to be coming from Nevada State Bank, but it’s not. Never click the links in an email or text from someone you don’t know, and never give personal information over the phone.”
Phishing attempts to extract sensitive information from its victim under the guise of a reputable company.
“In these circumstances, the vendor has likely been hacked and funds are going to the fraudster,” Kirkland said. “Further, with recent supply chain issues, many businesses are struggling to find the right vendor and might hire a new vendor for the price but aren’t getting what they ordered after making the payment.”
WIRE FRAUD
WATCH OUT FOR THESE
1 checksratherdirectpossible,Wheneverusedepositthanphysicalforpayroll. 2 Invest in I.T. support and cybersecurity.up-to-date 3 Use the resources you have available, including security options provided by your bank and free small business resources from the Federal Trade Commission.
WHAT IF FALLENYOU’VEVICTIMTOFRAUD? Contact your bank immediately. They can help advise you on options, next steps and more.
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There are several types of wire fraud prevalent in the business world. Business Email Compromise is a billion-dollar crime industry that tricks employees into wiring money to fraudsters. Emails often impersonate an executive who has permission to send wire transfers and they request that the recipient send funds immediately. Once a wire is sent, the money cannot be recovered. As with other phishing scams, it’s important to verify where a request is coming from and train your employees to spot signs of a scam.
While modern technology has opened the door for new types of fraud, there are plenty of less sophisticated methods that are still common. “Washed checks are still happening a lot,” Kirkland said. “We see people duplicating checks or employees who alter the amount on their last check.”
While there are several ways someone can modify or issue fraudulent checks, keeping your physical checks safe and working with your bank’s anti-fraud services can prevent check fraud. “All businesses should be using Positive Pay, which is a banking service that verifies the check issued, the number and amount,” Kirkland said.
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There is more to be done—SBA is working to strengthen supply chains and open more doors of opportunity so our small businesses can compete locally, nationally and globally.
SBA scaled systems and leveraged technology to reduce fraud while ensuring legitimate businesses had a clear path to emergency financial lifelines.SBAis working closely with dedi cated teams to track down the people who abused these relief programs so they can be held accountable. This year, the Fraud Risk Man agement Board was created, in coordination with the SBA’s Office of Inspector General and the Depart ment of Justice’s Chief Pandemic Prosecutor. Together, we will hold fraudsters accountable and shut down future pathways to fraud. In addition, there is a law estab lishing a 10-year statute of limita tions for criminal charges and civil enforcement against PPP fraud. This will extend the runway for those investigations and the prosecutions.
Vegas Inc recently caught up with Ramos to learn about his plans for the agency and to get his thoughts on the health of the small-business community in the Las Vegas Valley. So far, has the job been what you expected it would be? I’m honored to now serve as Nevada’s District Director. Over the past few years, our office quickly pivoted as the pandemic brought unprecedented challenges. I’m very proud of the district staff and our partners. Together we delivered to Nevada over $4 billion in EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) funds, $47 million in EIDL grants, $6.9 billion in PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loans, $267 million in Restaurant Revitalization Funds, and $254 million in Shuttered Venue Operators grants. As I meet with business owners around the state, I hear inspiring stories of how they benefited from the SBA’s economic aid and credit those programs for saving their businesses. It has been a rewarding journey. So many small businesses were affected—some fatally—by the pandemic. Has the small-business community in the state rebounded to anywhere close to what it was before COVID-19?
Americans are starting new busi nesses at a record rate, up about 30% compared with before the pandemic. The unemployment rate in Nevada is at 4.4%, according to the July report from the Department of Employ ment, Training and Rehabilitation, which is a sharp contrast to the peak of 28.5% in April 2020.
Americans are starting new businesses at a record rate, up about 30% compared with before the pandemic.” Ramos (Steve Marcus/Staff)
It was well-documented that there were some issues with fraud within the government response to help small businesses. Where does that stand today? Millions of small-business owners will tell you that SBA COVID-19 eco nomic relief programs were vital to their ability to reopen and rebuild.
I n April, Saul Ramos took over as the top U.S. Small Business Administration official in Nevada when he replaced Joe Amato, who left to return to the private sector. It was Amato who guided the Nevada SBA operation through the upheavals caused by the pandemic, which led to the closure of or substantial change to at least 20% of the small businesses in the state. Ramos, who is from LA and had served as deputy director for the Nevada district for four years, isn’t new to the SBA, but he’s now the leader of the local branch of the federal organization, which exists to support small-business owners.
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How can the SBA’s services help small-business owners—or perspective owners—accomplish their goals? What are some things the SBA can provide that perhaps doesn’t get talked about much? We assist entrepreneurs who may not qualify for traditional bank loans and help them prepare a business plan, including financials, market ing, bookkeeping, mentorship and more. We connect them with a lend er and provide a loan guarantee at a much lower rate than they would pay with other loans or credit cards. Describe the Las Vegas Valley small-business community. This is a city often lauded for its ingenuity and ability to adapt. Do you find that’s true in the small-business community, too? During the pandemic, innovators came through with creative ways of doing business while keeping the community safe. Although the norms of doing business have changed, there is still a small-business culture that is friendly, supportive and collaborative for entrepreneurs who have a business idea and are ready to launch. If anyone has a business idea, reach out to the Nevada SBA District Office to learn more about the local resources we can offer.
The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law by President Biden this month. Can you outline how the legislation could help local small-business owners? The act tackles inflation, powers transition to cleaner energy, and drives down health care and energy costs for Businessesbusinesses.canreceive a tax credit that covers 30% of the cost of switch ing to low-cost solar power and can deduct up to $1 per square foot of their business for making high-energy efficiency upgrades, which will boost their deduction if completed by work ers who are paid a prevailing wage. It also expands clean energy tax credits, including a bonus credit for paying workers a prevailing wage.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Poet Danusha Laméris discovered that earthworms have taste buds all over their bodies. Now she loves to imagine she’s giving them gifts when she drops bits of apples, beets, avocados, melons and carrot tops into the compost bin. “I’d always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar.” But now she wants to help the worms fulfill their destinies. You may have comparable turnarounds in the coming weeks.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Whenever you are contemplating a major decision, raise questions like these: 1. Which option shows the most self-respect? 2. Which path would be the best way to honor yourself? 3. Which choice is most likely to help you fulfill the purposes you came to earth to carry out? 4. Which course of action would enable you to express your best gifts?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Create an altar filled with treasures that symbolize major turning points in your destiny. Forgive yourself for what you imagine to be old errors and ignorance. Summon memories of the persons you were at ages 7, 12 and 17, and write a kind message to each. Say “thank you” and “bless you” to the self you were when you succeeded at challenging tests in the past.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Flee from stale and rigid certainty. Rebel against dogmatic attitudes and arrogant opinions. Be skeptical of unequivocal an swers to nuanced questions. Instead, give your amused reverence to all that’s mysterious and enigmatic. Bask in the glimmer of intriguing paradoxes. Draw inspiration and healing from the fertile unknown.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Never allow yourself to be tamed by others. Cultivate maximum access to the raw, primal sources of your life energy. Your ability to thrive depends on how well you identify and express the beautiful animal with in you. If you imagine there may be value in being tamed a little, in harnessing your brilliant beast, do the taming yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Kabbalistic writer Simon Jacobson says, “Like a flame, the soul always reaches upward. The soul’s fire wants to defy the confines of life. It cannot tolerate the mediocrity and monotony of sheer ma terialism. Its passion knows no limits as it craves for the beyond.” That sounds both marvelous and hazardous. Your deep motivations are likely to be extra noble and generous in the coming weeks. Your soul’s fire will be very constructive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-style intelligence typically has a fine intuitive grasp of how today’s realities evolved out of the deep patterns and rhythms of the past. But that doesn’t mean you perfectly understand how karma works. Learn more. Become even savvier about how the law of cause and effect impacts the destinies of you and your allies.
PISCES 19-March(Feb.20): Here’s a good way to build your vibrancy: Use your emotional intelli gence to avoid swimming against strong currents for extended periods. Swimming against strong currents is fine, even advisable, for brief phases. Doing so boosts your stamina and fosters your trust in your resilience. But mostly, you should swim in the same direction as the currents or swim where the water is calm and currentless. In the coming weeks, you can enjoy many freestyle excursions as you head in the same direction as vigorous currents.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The witch Lisa Chamberlain says brown “represents endurance, solidity, grounding and strength.” To move your imagination in a righteous direction, wear shades of brown. Grace your environment with things that have the hues of chestnut, umber, mahogany, sepia and burnt sienna. Eat and drink caramel, toffee, cinnamon, almonds, coffee and chocolate.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Spanish, there’s the idiom pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo. Its literal translation is “thinking about the immortal ity of the crab.” It applies to a person engaged in creative daydreaming. Other languages have similar idioms. Enjoy an abundance of such explorations in the coming days. You need to fantasize more than usual.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A blogger named Chaconia writes, “I’ve cultivated a lifetime of being low maintenance and easy-going, and now I’ve decided I’m done with it. Demanding Me is born today.” Make a similar declaration. You have every right to be a charming, enchanting and generous version of a demanding person. Enjoy yourself as you ask for more of everything.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian reader Georgie Lee says, “Accept that you don’t really have to understand yourself. Be at peace with how you constantly ramble, swerve and weave to become more of yourself. Appreciate how each electric shift leads to the next electric shift, always changing who you are forever.”
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