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SUPERGUIDE Your daily events planner, starring Duran Duran, a Princess Diana exhibit, Pat Benatar, The Kid Laroi, Swedish House Mafia and more. COVER STORY Something for every taste this fall, from arena concerts to local theater productions, and all points in between. NEWS The DMV combats staff shortages with appointments, but it might not be so easy for everyone. STAGE The bawdy gals of Bridesmaids jump from the screen to the Venue at the Orleans. FOOD & DRINK Pine Dining brings top chefs and fresh flavors to Charleston.Mount NIGHTS EDM duo Phantoms prepares to further explore Las Vegas— and envelop it in sound. 40 18 0834 4852 IN THIS ISSUE 56 SPORTS College football fires up for real this week, so here’s a guide to some of the top local products playing on Saturdays, in case you needed more reasons to do your favorite touchdown dance. FALL FUN GUIDE Illustration by Ian RacomaCOVERTHEON WANT MORE? Head to lasvegasweekly.com. LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 7 I9.1.22 Nicole Unger as Annie in Bridesmaids Vandervort/(WadeStaff)
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DURAN DURAN Most of the New Wave bands that survived the 1980s, even some of the great ones, cling together in package tours for survival. Duran Duran never had to do that. It probably never even considered doing that. Even when the group included only two of its five original members—the Medezzaland/Pop Trash era, 1997-2000—and couldn’t sell newly recorded music to save their lives, they could pick pretty much any room in the world and sell it out, because their generally acknowledged imperial phase (roughly 1981-1993) is chockablock with beloved hit songs: “Girls on Film,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Reflex,” “Notorious,” “Ordinary World” and so on. Onstage, Duran Duran, now with four-fifths of its original lineup (we hardly knew ye, Andy Taylor), can bring it for two solid hours—yes, even with the new material you don’t know, even with the godawful cover of “White Lines”—because the truth is this: Duran Duran’s imperial phase never really ended. September 1 & 3, 8 p.m., prices vary, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com. –Geo Carter Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon (AP Photo)
JAMIE KENNEDY 8:30 & 10:30 p.m., thru 9/4, Laugh Factory, master.com.ticket CRESPO 10:30 p.m., Tao Nightclub, com.events.taogroup. SPYDATEK 10 p.m., We All Scream, tixr.com. KATCHAFIRE With Gonzo, 7 p.m., CountryFremontClub, tmrevents.net. ANAYAH & FRIENDS 9 thep.m.,Usual Place, vegas.theusualplace.
LAS VEGASCRIMEORGANIZEDSTORIES:VEGASINLAS 7 p.m., CountyClarkLibrary, lvccld.org. SPROCKETS With Living In Fiction, The Forget Me Nows, High Sierra Club, 8 Tavernap.m.,Costera, eventbrite.com.
DJ SNAKE With Savi, 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. LIL JON 10:30 club,Hakkasanp.m.,Nighttaogroup.com.events.
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Electronic Daisy Carnival is magical for many music lovers, and in the past year we’ve been spoiled with not one EDC event, but two. Still, we could understand if you’re missing it already, so for one night only, the Portal Room at Area15 will transform into a celebration of electronic dance music. Expect visual artists, vendors and, of course, the most cutting-edge electronic artists. Acts will include Modestep, a dubstep and electronic rock duo from London; Beat Kitty, a Brooklyn bass producer and DJ; and Crizzly, a DJ who creates soundscapes blending dubstep, crunk, drumstep and more. This party will help hold you over until next May. 8 p.m., $50-$65, Area15, eventbrite.com.
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AUDIEN With Mass,Hektor11a.m., Ayu Dayclub, grouplv.com.zouk
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DEON COLE 8 p.m., Theater,Encore com.ticketmaster.
PRINCESS DIANA: A TRIBUTE EXHIBITION Daily, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Shops at Crystals, dianalasvegas.com.
PAULA FUGA 8 p.m., Water Street Amphitheater,Plaza com.cityofhenderson.
HOUSESWEDISHMAFIA With Moojo, 8 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com. NIKKI GLASER 8 Theaterp.m., at Virgin, axs.com. DEADMAU5 10 p.m., Nightclub,Zouk zoukgrouplv.com.
FIRST FRIDAY 5 Downtownp.m., Las Vegas, ffflv.org.
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ONETWOMAKINGTOMORROW;NOTESRECEPTION:ARTFORROOM;CULTURESFAMILY 5 p.m., Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, unlv.edu.
LITA FORD 8 p.m., room,NuggetGoldenShow master.com.ticket
GEORGE LOPEZ 10 p.m., & 9/3, Mirage Theatre, resorts.com.mirage.mgm
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SHANIA TWAIN 8 p.m., & 9/3, 9/7, Theater,Zappos master.com.ticket
MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
VIAJE NAHUAL With Downtown,Sand10Undergrounds,ElevatedHeroineIslandDesertBoys,Honey,p.m.,Dollar com.thesanddollarlv.
BIG SEAN 10 p.m., Nightclub,Drai’s draisgroup.com.
STEVE AOKI 10:30 Hakkasanp.m.,Nightclub, com.events.taogroup.
RICK SPRINGFIELD, MEN AT WORK & JOHN WAITE 7 p.m., Fremont Street Experience, com.vegasexperience.
HOUSESWEDISHMAFIA 11 XSp.m.,Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. EVERCLEAR 8 p.m., M Resort, ticketmaster.com.
THE GREAT END OF BARBECUESUMMER With executive chef Kelly Bianchi, 7:30 Wynn’sp.m.,lawn, wynnlasvegas.com. CQ LIVE With DJ Millie, Mya, Natasha Diggs & more, noon, Azilo Ultra Pool, cqliveinvegas.com.
USHER 9/3-9/4 & 9/7, 9 & 11 p.m., Dolby Live, ticketmaster. com.
MAZE FT. FRANKIE BEVERLY With Kelly Price, J. White, Cam Calloway, 5 p.m., the Amp at Craig Ranch, live.com.diamondproductions
LOVESEVERYONEDICK Who is Dick Ripper? Information on him is scarce, but here’s what we know. He sells used cars. He’s a raconteur. He can rock an animal-print cowboy hat. He’s portrayed by Ernest Hemmings of experimental sketch comedy troupe TSTMRKT, and indeed, the hourlong, one-man performance piece Everyone Loves Dick (The Life and Times of Dick Ripper) is evolved from a seven-minute TSTMRKT bit, having been expanded to epic proportions with the addition of “music, collage and cheap theatrics.” We know Hemmings has a restlessly creative comic imagination that isn’t beyond making audiences the right kind of uncomfortable. The rest is for you to find out. September 3 & 9, 8 p.m., $25-$50, Art Square Theater, tstmrkt. com. –Geo Carter
LUKE BRYAN 8 p.m., Resorts World Theatre, axs.com.
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SIN SOUTHERNCITY BLUES FESTIVAL 5 p.m., Clark Amphitheater,County lvssbc.com.
CQ LIVE With Virgin,7AmerieFabolous,KeyshiaD-Nice,Cole,&more,p.m.,Theaterat axs.com. FLOSSTRADAMUS 11 a.m., Élia Beach Club, eliabeachlv. com. KASKADE 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
ZEDD 10 p.m., Nightclub,Zouk zoukgrouplv.com.
PAWZ GUILTYCOPYWRITE,ONE,SIMPSON 8 p.m., Costera,Tavernaeventbrite. com.
FISHER 11 a.m., Dayclub,Marquee taogroup.com.events.
PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO Ahead of Benatar’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the release of an original musical, the singer and her guitarist husband will reopen the Pearl at the Palms, playing the first show there since March 2020. After 40 years of collaboration that has produced multiple Grammys, platinum and gold awards, the hitmakers haven’t slowed down. They’ve announced Invincible – The Musical, a “modern” retelling of Romeo & Juliet featuring their songs, which is set to debut in LA in November. In the meantime, they’ll perform hits like “Love Is a Battlefield,” “We Belong” and “Heartbreaker” to town … but not “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” which Benatar recently retired in response to this country’s mass-shooting epidemic. 8 p.m., $97+, Pearl Theater, ticketmaster.com. –Shannon Miller (Courtesy)
TIËSTO 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
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THE KID LAROI This international superstar has wasted little time putting the Australian rap scene on the map. At age 19, The Kid Laroi became the youngest solo artist to reach No. 1 on Australia’s album charts. He has toured with the late and highly influential Juice Wrld, gigged and collaborated with Justin Bieber on the smash hit “Stay” (which spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100) and cleaned up at several award shows. The 2020 mixtape, F*ck Love, humanized The Kid Laroi as a heartful but complex rapper trying to get over an unhealthy relationship. It has since been re-released, expanded upon and has drawn a whole generation of listeners looking to relate to someone their own age. This Kid is definitely going places. September 4, 11 a.m., $20-$30, Tao Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup. com. –Amber Sampson
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SWAE LEE Noon, Daylight Beach Club, tixr.com.
REILLYBRIDGET 1 SoulBellyp.m., BBQ, com.soulbellybbq. DRAGDIVA-LICIOUSMARINO’SFRANKBRUNCH 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., DW Bistro, dwbistro.com.
&SILVERMANSARAHFRIENDS 8 p.m., Theater,Encore master.com.ticket CHAINSMOKERSTHE 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. TRAVIS TRITT & HOUSERRANDY 9 p.m., Mandalay Bay Beach, com.ticketmaster.
&GUERREROCARLOSFRIENDS 10 Downtown,Sandp.m.,Dollar com.thesanddollarlv.
FREDERICK ZLOTKIN 5 p.m., RecitalRando-GrillotUNLV’sHall, unlv.edu ROB GUSON 10:30 Omniap.m.,Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.
GARRETTBRAD With ComedyBrad8Ellis,Thomas,DrewMarkthru9/11,p.m.,GarrettClub, comedy.com.bradgarrett
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JAGGED LITTLE PILL Olivia Rodrigo will induct Alanis Morissette into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on September 24 in Toronto and that’s as perfect as it gets. The two artists might be separated by three decades, but the deep catharsis in their music connects with their very dedicated fans, respectively. The same can be said for the Diablo Cody-penned musical based on Morissette’s breakthrough 1995 album, a Tony winner that lands at the Smith Center for the first time this month. Powered by “Ironic,” “Perfect,” “Head Over Feet,” “You Learn” and many other era-defining songs, the production follows the relatable struggles of an American family through individual and collective self-discovery, breaking apart and coming back together again. Thru 9/9, 7:30 p.m.; 9/10-9/11, 2 & 7:30 p.m.; $30-$138; Reynolds Hall; thesmithcenter.com. –Brock Radke
ALL TRICKWAFFLE With EvelCheck,Brake8p.m.,Pie, evelpie.com.
HANSON With Grand Southern, 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.(Courtesy/JonathanWeiner)
07 SEPT. 999999999 With 10&LanceBadbeat,LeRokOscarMolina,p.m.,LuckyDay, luckydaydtlv.com. VEIN.FM With Candy, Regulate, Living Weapon, 6 p.m., American Legion Post 8, seetickets.us.
CLINT YORKANDTHEBETWEENHOLMES:MOONNEWCITY 7 p.m., Myron’s, com.thesmithcenter. SOXXI 10 p.m., On the Record, com.ontherecordlv.
MARTIN IKIN 10 Nightclub,Marqueep.m., taogroup.com.events.
CREDIBLEJUSTIN 11 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com.
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18 LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 9.1.22 Your guide to entertainment, arts, food, MALUMA
Rumbazo (September 10, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center) Ready for the Latin music blowout of the year? This inaugural fest, featuring performances by Colombian pop star Maluma, Puerto Rican rapper Ivy Queen, Bronx-born singer Prince Royce and others, delivers rhythm, culture and Hispanic heritage Downtown. Life Is Beautiful (September 16-18, Downtown Las Vegas) The street fest’s eighth edition will bring in big names— Gorillaz, Calvin Harris, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde and Beach House among them— and rising stars, along with local acts, comedians, culinary showcases and more.
When We Were Young (October 22, 23 & 29, Las Vegas Festival Grounds) This single-day fest seemed too good to be true to fans of early-2000s emo, but it proved real—real enough to sell out three separate dates, in fact. Find tickets and you, too, can catch My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Avril Lavigne, Bright Eyes and more.
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Maluma, My Chemical Romance (AP Photo); Gorillaz (Courtesy) Luxury Furniture Store will perform at Life Is Shi*t. (File Photo)
Life Is Sh*t (September 17, the Dive Bar); iHeartRadio Music Festival (September 23-24, T-Mobile Arena & Area15); Lost in Dreams Festival (September 30-October 1, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center); Reggae Rise Up (October 7-9, Downtown Las Vegas Events Center). to
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Carly Rae Jepsen (October 15, Theater at Virgin) Yeah, “Call Me Maybe” was fun, but have you heard Emotion? The Canadian singer has proven to be so much more than a one-hit wonder, serving up candied pop bliss you can sink into and rewind again and again. (AP Photo)
Elton John (November 1, Allegiant Stadium) The 75-year-old rock icon, who staged not one but two Las Vegas residencies at Caesars Palace (The Red Piano, 2004-2009 and The Million Dollar Piano, 2011-2018), fittingly brings his Farewell Yellow Brick Road final tour to town for a last local performance.
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Drab Majesty (October 27, Backstage Bar & Billiards)
St. Vincent (October 1, the Pearl) Anyone who caught Annie Clark’s 2021 Life Is Beautiful set here knows, she doesn’t take the stage willy-nilly. The indie dazzledwhichtoherartistrysinger-songwriter’sstretchesfrommusictoherstaginghercostuming,allofshouldleaveyoubynight’send.
Turnstile with Snail Mail (November 8, Brooklyn Bowl) We love unusual pairings, and this one’s a doozy: throttling melodic hardcore (Turnstile) mixed with dreamy indie pop (Snail Mail). What do they have in common? Besides their restless spirits, they’re both from Baltimore.
Kehlani (September 9, the Chelsea) As if this Bay Area queen didn’t already have the R&B game on lock with 2020 album It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, she one-upped herself on April’s Blue Water Road, an intimate body of work that feels tailor-made for the Chelsea.
Eddie Vedder (October 7, Dolby Live) Pearl Jam still hasn’t played Las Vegas since 2006, having been forced to cancel a planned May concert here when a member caught COVID. Seeing Vedder isn’t the same thing, but he’ll be armed with a backing band that stars Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and former RHCP guitarist Josh Klingho er, among others. (Photo Courtesy)
Vocalist Deb Demure (Andrew Clinco) calls this LA outfit’s dark, synthy sound “tragic wave,” and that nutshells Drab Majesty’s memorable live experience—shadowy, cryptic and draped in the strange suggestion of peril.
Steve Lacy (October 31, House of Blues) Gen Zers know this Californian, who came up as the guitarist for The Internet, has become a full-blown sensation in his own right, behind a string of albums that swirl up soul, funk and pop and send them in unexpected directions. This show sold out instantly, but where there’s a will, there’s usually a way.
Om (October 11, Brooklyn Bowl)
Al Cisneros is best known as the devilish singer and bassist behind legendary stoner-metal trio Sleep, but he’s also the devilish singer and bassist behind stoner-metal trio Om, the sort of hypnotic sound generators for which edibles were invented.
My Chemical Romance (October 7, T-Mobile Arena) After a six-year hiatus, Gerard Way and his Black Parade mates reunited in 2019 for a tour scheduled to reach Las Vegas in October 2020. The pandemic wound up pushing that back two years, heightening the excitement for MCR’s return, particularly in the wake of new song “The Foundations of Decay,” the band’s first since 2014. Mary J. Blige (October 8, Michelob Ultra Arena) We’ve got “Real Love” for the iconic Queen of Hip-Hop Soul who has spent 30 years empowering listeners with songs they now know by heart. Always pushing forward and never pigeonholed, Mary J. always o ers something special.
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Compton’s king of rap sits in the upper echelon of some of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time. He’s a once-in-a generation MC who o ers an introspective look into the Black experience through a union of spoken word, jazz and West Coast flavor.
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PLUS! Duran Duran (September 1 & 3, Encore Theater); Swedish House Mafia (September 2, T-Mobile Arena); Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo (September 3, Pearl Theater); Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard with Poison & Joan Jett (September 9, Allegiant Stadium); Imagine Dragons (September 10, Allegiant Stadium); Melvins (September 12, Backstage Bar); Interpol & Spoon (September 13, Theater at Virgin); Nine Inch Nails (September 15, Zappos Theater); Girl Talk (September 16, Brooklyn Bowl); Sacred Reich (September 17, the Space); Boy Harsher (September 20, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Bad Bunny (September 23-24, Allegiant Stadium); Khruangbin (September 29, Brooklyn Bowl); Demi Lovato (September 30, Venetian Theatre); Gang of Youths (October 1, 24 Oxford); Soft Kill with Portrayal of Guilty (October 1, Backstage Bar & Billiards); Roger Waters (October 1, T-Mobile Arena); Killswitch Engage (October 5, House of Blues); Quicksand (October 6, 24 Oxford); Alice Cooper (October 8, Dollar Loan Center); Karol G (October 14, T-Mobile Arena); Bonobo (October 15, Area15 A-Lot); The B-52s (October 19, 21 & 22, Venetian Theatre); Panic! At the Disco (October 21, T-Mobile Arena); Slaughter (October 22, Fremont Street Experience); Foals (October 28 Brooklyn Bowl); Allen Stone (October 28, 24 Oxford); Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros (October 28-29, Theater at Virgin); Phantogram (November 2, Brooklyn Bowl); Je Beck (November 4, Pearl Theater); Protomartyr (November 4, Backstage Bar & Billiards); The Who (November 4-5, Dolby Live); Jonas Brothers (November 10-12, Dolby Live); AmonAmarth (November 11, Brooklyn Bowl); Post Malone (November 11, T-Mobile Arena); Awolnation (November 12, Brooklyn Bowl); The Ghost Inside (November 18-19, Brooklyn Bowl); Cannibal Corpse (November 25, House of Blues).
PLUS! Shania Twain (closes September 10, Zappos Theater); Aerosmith (reopens September 14, Dolby Live); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (opens September 27, Paris Theater); Adele (0pens November 18, the Colosseum).
Miranda Lambert (Opens September 23, Zappos Theater) Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan have made their mark at Resorts World Theatre with new country music residencies. Now, Lambert takes her turn in the spotlight, launching her new Velvet Rodeo production at Planet Hollywood. (AP Photo)
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We’ve seen an explosion of non-DJ superstars and live performances in Las Vegas megaclubs in recent years, but the union of creative forces Travis Scott and the Zouk Group promises to raise the bar, especially considering the Houston rapper has only recently returned to the stage.
Travis Scott (Opens September 17, Zouk Nightclub)
You haven’t experienced nightlife in Vegas today if you haven’t hit Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World and witnessed the awesome technological capabilities of its “mothership” rig that roves over the dancefl oor. The Deadmau5 “cube” residency might be the best way to see what that venue can do, and it’s back for a massive Labor Day weekend bash on September 2. One night later, longtime Vegas resident DJ Kaskade helps launch the holiday weekend shenanigans with a September 3 set at Omnia at Caesars Palace, a venue also known for its mind-blowing ceiling installation.
You’ll need to log some serious pool time over the weekend, and there’s no better place to begin than Encore Beach Club. Absorb some positive vibes and tropical house sounds on September 3 compliments of Kygo, who’s working on a new album these days and might have some fresh tracks to share. For live hip-hop, head to Mandalay Bay’s secluded Daylight Beach Club on September 4 to catch the charismatic Swae Lee, whose many hits always feel right for summer.
Or take in one of the most iconic Vegas pool parties when the legend Steve Aoki commands the festivities at Wet Republic at MGM Grand on September 4. –Brock Radke
David Blaine (Opens September 30, Resorts World Theatre) A magic show in a 5,000-seat Strip theater? All eyes will be on Blaine, perhaps the only famous illusionist without a steady Vegas gig, when he launches a di erent kind of residency show later this month.
NIGHTLIFE Wind down summer with these Labor Day weekend club parties
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Deadmau5 (Wade Vandervort/ Sta )
COMEDY
Let’s hope Silverman’s debut at Wynn’s intimate music and comedy room turns into a recurring gig; the Strip could use more disruptively hilarious female comedians to break up the great Ga gans, Seguras andofManiscalcosthescene.
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Jo Koy (November 19, T-Mobile Arena)
This former Las Vegan is bigger than ever, coming o his flick Easter Sunday and continuing on his massive Funny Is Funny tour. Koy’s Vegas fam will be on the Strip for this one, and he’ll be making fun of them, as usual.
Sarah Silverman&Friends (September 4, Encore Theater)
Steve-O (October 16, Theater at Virgin)
We don’t really know what to expect from the recovering Jackass star’s Bucket List tour stop at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, because Steve-O has always been utterly unpredictable. But it will surely be entertaining, and he’ll likely share lessons learned from a lifetime of terrible decisions, because that’s the subtitle of his new memoir, A Hard Kick in the Nuts. (AP Photo)
PLUS! Nikki Glaser (September 2, Theater at Virgin); Nate Bargatze (September 9-10, Encore Theater); ALV Comedy Fest (September 16, MGM Grand Garden Arena); Sebastian Maniscalco (September 17, Encore Theater); Tracy Morgan (September 24, Venetian Theatre); Vir Das (October 8, Summit Showroom at Venetian); Nimesh Patel (November 7, Wiseguys).
John Bentham—CEO of Ivory Star Productions, which produces the annual Glittering Lights holiday display at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway along with casino shows like Tape Face, Marriage Can Be Murder and more—grew up as a military brat and spent several years living in Germany. “The culture and feeling of Germany is still deep within my soul,” he says, which is why, when he started producing events, he dreamed of creating an authentic Oktoberfest festival that could become an annual destination event in Las Vegas. That becomes a reality at the Orleans Arena, September 29 through October 2, with the launch of Seven Oh Brew Oktoberfest. The inaugural event will feature multiple stages and more than 50 live entertainment acts spread over a revamped “festival grounds” outdoor area, plus a traditional Maipole Village with workshops, demonstrations and plenty of other activities. And the fest is still accepting applications for vendors, promising to provide one of the most expansive offerings of German and Bavarian brews and bites ever seen in Las Vegas. Ticket information is available at sevenohbrew.com “To start an event of this caliber and magnitude is pretty overwhelming, but we’ve hired incredible people to join this team to pull this off, and … the Orleans Arena team are phenomenal partners,” Bentham says. “My ultimate goal over five years is to create one of the largest and best Oktoberfest events in the U.S., something that becomes a legacy event.”
–Brock Radke
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Ladyhosen will perform at Seven Oh Brew Oktoberfest. (Courtesy/ Bruno Justi, Kathrin Jakob)
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■ UNLV men’s basketball home opener vs. Southern (November 7, Thomas & Mack Center)
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■ Vegas Golden Knights home opener vs. Chicago Blackhawks (October 13, T-Mobile Arena)
■ UNLV women’s basketball season opener vs. Pepperdine (November 7, Cox Pavilion) ■ UCLA vs. Illinois & Baylor vs. Virginia men’s basketball (November 18, T-Mobile Arena) ■ UNLV vs. UNR football (November 26, Allegiant Stadium)
Canelo Álvarez, left, and Gennady Golovkin III trade punches during a 2018 boxing match, won by Álvarez. The two fighters meet again on September 17. (AP Photo)
Three pizzerias participating in Las Vegas Pizza Festival (Photos by Christopher DeVargas, Wade Vandervort/Sta )
LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 25 I9.1.22 SPORTS PLUS! San Gennaro Feast (September 21-25, M Resort); Las Vegas Greek Food Festival (September 23-25, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church); Great American Foodie Fest (September 23-25, Silverton); Tropicana Wine Mixer (September 24, Havana Room at Tropicana); Las Vegas Food & Wine Festival (October 5-9, Tivoli Village); Downtown Brew Festival (October 22, Clark County Amphitheater); The WhiskyX (October 29, Cosmopolitan’s Boulevard Pool); Black Las Vegas Food Festival & Block Party (October 29, Clark County Amphitheater); Great Las Vegas Taco Festival (November 4-6, Craig Ranch Regional Park); Las Vegas Pizza Festival (November 12, Industrial Event Space); La Cuvee One Drop (November 12, Rivea).
■ Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin III (September 17, T-Mobile Arena) ■ Las Vegas Raiders vs. Denver Broncos (October 2, Allegiant Stadium) ■ Shriner’s Children’s Open (October 7-10, TPC Summerlin)
■ NASCAR Weekend (October 14-16, Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
■ Notre Dame vs. BYU football (October 8, Allegiant Stadium)
■ UFC 279 (September 10, T-Mobile Arena)
Nevada Ballet Theatre: Dracula (October 6-9, Reynolds Hall) Enter the spooky season with NBT’s production of Ben Stevenson’s Dracula adaptation. Set to the music of Franz Liszt, the dark, otherworldly adventure is packed with eerie Gothic grandeur, from its costumes to its sets. (File )
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The longtime Strip headliner has published a handful of books over the years, but Random, out October 11, will be his first in six years. It’s being touted as a thrilling work of fiction about a young Las Vegas native who must figure out how to repay his late father’s debt to a kingpin.
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This three-weekend celebration, which kicks o OLV’s 24th season, will include three separate productions: Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli and featuring librettist Royce Vavrek; the world premiere of Letters to Lily by local composer Emily Clements; and Bellesongs, a recital by soprano Kara Grover and pianist Lois Henry.
The Phil opens its 2022-2023 season with a show dedicated to red, white and blue, featuring selections by American composers William Grant Still, Wynton Marsalis, George Antheil and Ferde Grofé.
Las Vegas Philharmonic: American Classics (September 17, Reynolds Hall)
Smith Center musicals (various dates, Reynolds Hall)
The coziest season for book reading is upon us, which means it’s time for Southern Nevada’s largest annual literary event once again. Specifics remained unavailable at press time, but expect the 2022 book fest to include panel discussions, activities, workshops and, plenty of books by local authors.
Opera Las Vegas: Women Composers Festival (September 23-October 8, multiple locations)
Broadway in the Hood musicals (various dates & venues). The local nonprofit that aims to expose at-risk youth to plays and theater opportunities, stages the thought-provoking drama American Son (September 2, Historic Fifth Street School) and Lion King Jr. (October 7-8, West Las Vegas Library). Earlier this year, the theater’s statewide touring production of American Son brought themes of law enforcement and its impacts on families to the fore.
PERFORMING ARTS & CULTURE
Las Vegas Book Festival (October 22, Historic Fifth Street School)
The performing arts center’s latest Broadway series runs the gamut, from ’90s jukebox musical Jagged Little Pill (September 6-11) to beloved classic Annie (November 2227) to the pop retelling of the lives (and deaths) of King Henry VIII’s wives in Six (September 20-October 2) to musical titan Hamilton (October 18-November 6)—a fittingly stacked bill for the venue’s 10th anniversary.
Penn Jillette reading & signing (October 19, the Writer’s Block)
THEATER
Majestic Repertory Theatre: Angry F*gs (September 29-October 23) What better way to grab your attention for the opening of Majestic’s latest season than with this “wild, dark comedy about left-wing terrorism” by Topher Payne, Never one to shy away from politics, Majestic says its production is meant to show “solidarity” with the queer community. (Photo Courtesy/RuBen Permel)
PLUS! Las Vegas Little Theater: The Foreigner (September 9-25); Vegas Theatre Company: Dry Land (September 14-October 2, Art Square Theatre); Super Summer Theatre: Retro 45 Celebration–The Best of SST (September 15, Spring Mountain Ranch Park); A Public Fit: Keely and Du (September 30, Flamingo Library); Nevada Conservatory Theatre: The Cherry Orchard (October 7-16, Judy Bayley Theatre); A Public Fit: Three Days of Rain (October 14-November 7, Super Summer Theatre In City Stage).
PLUS! Author Amanda Skenandore (September 9, the Writer’s Block); Reflections From the Haze and Eggwalking publishing party (September 15, Avantpop); Henderson Symphony: Bang! (September 23, Dollar Loan Center); UNLV Symphony Orchestra: Verdi, Beethoven & Brahms (September 28, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall); Author P Moss (October 6, the Writer’s Block); California Guitar Trio & Montreal Guitar Trio (October 7, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall); Las Vegas Philharmonic: Appalachian Spring (October 15, Reynolds Hall); UNLV Dance: In Bloom (October 21-22, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall); Author Kid Congo Powers (October 22, the Writer’s Block); LoveNVegas book signings (October 23-25, Planet Hollywood); Jazz singer Nnenna Freelon (November 9, Myron’s); UNLV Opera: Roman Fever & The Stronger (November 9-10, Beam Music Center); Las Vegas Philharmonic: Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (November 19, Reynolds Hall); Las Vegas Master Singers: Coronation Mass (November 22, Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall).
INDUSTRIAL POETRY
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The idea of American ingenuity is older than this nation, but only recently have we started thinking about how natural resources fit into the picture.Premiering at UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Hall, Cirque Mechanics’ Zephyr plays with these themes using a Wheel of Death or “Wheel of Destiny”—a traditional circus discipline that utilizes a spinning beam with a cage on one end for the acrobat, and a counterweight on the other—to breathe life into the story. “This large Wheel of Destiny act will power the blades of the windmill, spin the turbine and create, hopefully, a nice breeze for the people sitting in the fifth row in the audience,” says Chris Lashua, creative director for Cirque Mechanics, which will bring the touring production to town. The story centers around the character Nigel, who loses faith in the wind’s ability to power his windmill and turns to motor-powered energy, “much like humanity and the industrial revolution,” Lashua explains. He says audience should expect an “immersive” circus and clowning experience in a theater setting. Since 2000, Cirque Mechanics has been using self-built mechanical contraptions as a focal point of their productions, to adapt the circus for the stage. “Rather than hiding how the aerialist is lifted, we make it a part of the poetry show,” he says, adding that there’s no shortage of heartfelt emotion and storytelling woven in with industrial themes.
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Trash Queen of America (Throughout September, Recycled Propaganda) Local drag star Lynn Troller has been preparing Trash Queen of America for five years, and she’s been packed: she’s been a regular at Piranha, a host of Oddfellows’ Bodywork and is currently a performer in residence at the Garden,. With this show, “America’s Next National Disaster” aims to expand her reign of “rebellious queer creativity” through “a visual art multidimensional experience” that “[tells] the story of the potassium-filled character since her beginnings.” Don’t forget to curtsy.
PLUS! George Strasburger: Parables (September 2.-November 25, Sahara West Library); Miguel Rodriguez (October 7-30, Priscilla Fowler Fine Art); Jamie Kovacs: Keys to Your Soul (October 27-January 10, Centennial Hills Library); Zoë Camper (November 11-December 30, Core Contemporary).
This fall brings three concurrently-running exhibitions to the Barrick’s three galleries. The largest is Notes for Tomorrow, a 2020 exhibition created by New York-based Independent Curators International (ICI). Featuring artworks selected by 30 di erent curators spanning 25 countries—from Australia to Zimbabwe—Notes for Tomorrow “reflects on a new global reality ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to its press statement. Some of the works draw on their home country’s mythologies; others shine a light on political structures, both currently-existing and long defeated. Featured artists include Invasorix, Daniela Ortiz, Yan Shi and other international talents, who were asked by the curators “to share an artwork they believe is vital to be seen today.” Making Room features the museum’s most recent acquisitions, while observing the 10th anniversary of Into the Light, the 2012 exhibition that brought the Las Vegas Art Museum’s former collection, locked away since 2009, under the Barrick’s umbrella and back into public view. “Making Room shows us where we’ve been and where we want to go as the Museum strives for greater equity with more acquisitions of art by artists working across the spectrum of gender and race,” declares the show statement.
Some Pigeons I Know (September 7-December 13, Sahara West Library) Artists and educator Myranda Bair was inspired to curate this exhibit one morning at sunrise, when she spotted two of its namesake birds having a moment, “like two friends lost in a conversation.”
OUT! of This World (October 7-November 4, Core Contemporary) Co-curated by Core owner Nancy Good and Gender Justice Nevada board member Tracy Dean Skinner, OUT! of This World celebrates National Coming Out Day (October 11) with a fun, alien-flavored group show about how cool it is to be di erent, together. “We all have different identities and they should be celebrated, whether they’re flamboyant or muted or whatever,” Good says. This will be the first show held at Core Contemporary’s new home (900 Karen Ave. #B109)—and once again, proceeds benefit Gender Justice. Duck Duck Shed (October 27-30. Neon Museum) In the 1972 book Learning From Las Vegas, architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown described various Vegas properties as “ducks” (buildings with a descriptive shape, like the Luxor) and “decorated sheds” (generic buildings given character through paint and signage, like the original Stardust). The Neon Museum marks its 10th year with duck-and-shed-centric tours, art shows and educational events, including a rare exhibition of Scott Brown’s photography. See duckduckshed.com for full details.
And Two Cultures, One Family: Building Family, Finding Home, a group show presented in conjunction with the Weaving Our Cultures Arts Festival (WoCAF) and curated by Dr. Erika Abad, asks questions about family relationships, gender, bicultural intergenerational dynamics and reproductive justice. Featured artists include Las Hermanas Iglesias, Gabriela Muñoz and Vegas’ own Krystal Ramirez. For her own part, Dr. Abad considers Two Cultures, One Family a “love letter” to her mother and grandmother. “While our struggles are di erent, I am here because of them—a testament to their resilience and sacrifice,” she says. –Geo Carter All three exhibits up through January 28. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Reception September 2, 5 p.m. Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art at UNLV, 702-895-3011, unlv. edu/barrickmuseum.
(Photo Courtesy/Myranda Bair)
This group show, also featuring works by Angela Brommel, Lauren Grant, Melissa Russell, Sean Russell and Gavin Watts, finds the common threads between people and “a creature who builds homes, co-parents, and provides for their mates and o spring; a life we strive for ourselves.”
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TAKING NOTES, MAKING ROOM AND BUILDING FAMILY ART
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It all starts with cannabis distillate, a type of high-concentration extract. Distillate is created using a series of processes that extract the active chemicals—cannabinoids and terpenes—from the dried flower. The result is a potent, flavorless oil that can be used for making edibles. Cannabis oil can be added to just about any recipe, but some of the most common are gummies and lozenges. They’re generally produced by combining cannabis oil, sugar, corn syrup and water to create lozenges, with the addition of gelatin to make gummies. Depending on the recipe, natural flavors are added, too. Once brought to the right temperature, the mixture forms an infused syrup that can then be poured into a mold and cooled. In commercial facilities, this is done using a machine that dispenses the perfect amount of product into each mold. Once cooled, the infused edibles are ready to be packaged, tested and sent to the dispensary for sale.
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Edibles are foods or beverages that have been infused with cannabis for a smokeless experience. There are many forms, including gummies, lozenges, chocolate, baked goods, beverages, tinctures, oils, butters, honeys and more. With a variety of products and a full spectrum of dosing options, there’s truly an edible favoriteandediblesaeveryone.forHere’slookathowaremadesomeofouroptions.
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TOURISM SOARS IN JULY Las Vegas welcomed nearly 3.5 million visitors last month, the highest total since the start of the pandemic. Midweek hotel occupancy, a good barometer for the health of convention business in the city, was just under 80%, a 5% increase from July 2021, according to the LVCVA.
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UNLV COACH SHOUTS OUT PLAYERS’ EXTRA HUSTLE IN OPENING WIN
White racked up his share of high lights on the day, finishing with eight catches for 182 yards and two touch downs, but he agreed that the gang pushing Williams into the end zone was an example of a special play. “To me, that defines us,” White said. “Our bond and the work that we put in all year, all spring, all fall camp, to get to where we’re headed to. We’re a fami ly. That’s going to show every week.”
UNLV maintained that level of intensity even after the outcome had been decided. In the fourth quarter, reserve left tackle Brandon Logan became an unlikely center of atten tion as he raced downfield to block for Courtney Reese on a long run. Logan, a 290-pound junior, didn’t actually block anyone on the play, but his teammates took notice as he chugged ahead of the 165-pound Reese for the entire length of the 47-yard gain.“To have B-Lo out in space running like that, the sidelines were yelling “B-Lo!” as he’s running down the field,” Arroyo said. “He didn’t have the ball. I’m like, ‘What are you guys yelling at?’ Then I see him out front, and I’m like, ‘Oh here we go, big dog.’ It was awesome. That’s just effort.”
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“My favorite play—I talked about it for five minutes yesterday with the team—was the goal line push in the end zone on Kyle’s play,” Arroyo said. “I rewound it 50 times. To watch guys change gear from the play and just turn. Preston [Nichols] had a differ ent speed when he saw he could impact that play and get there, and he weighs 300 pounds. That was a lot of energy. All of those guys.”
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It was easy to identify the big plays as they happened in UNLV’s 52-21 season-opening win over Idaho State on August 27. Doug Brumfield’s 72-yard touch down pass to Ricky White leapt off the page, as did Aidan Robbins’s three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiv ing). Austin Ajiake stepped in front of a screen pass and intercepted it, returning it 47 yards to set up another score. Those game-breaking sequences were hard to miss. But when head coach Marcus Arroyo went back to analyze the tape, he found himself more interested in the plays that didn’t make the highlight reel.In the second quarter, Kyle Wil liams caught a short pass on the goal line and ran into a wall of Idaho State defenders. Williams kept driving, and five different UNLV blockers hustled to the pile, eventually using their combined might to push Williams into the end Whenzone.itcame time to go over the film with his players, Arroyo made sure to emphasize the unsung efforts that made that touchdown possible.
GOLDEN KNIGHTS ADD GOALIE Vegas added some insurance between the pipes on August 29, acquiring goaltender Adin Hill from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2024 fourth-round pick. He joins the tandem of Logan Thompson and Laurent Brossoit. Robin Lehner is out for the season after undergoing hip surgery.
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SISOLAK TAPS COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS TO BRAINSTORM WATER CONSERVATION IDEAS
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The Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, provides water to more than 40 million people in seven U.S. states and Mexico. The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced that Nevada will lose 8% of its water allotment from the river next year. During Sisolak’s tour of the pumping station—completed in early 2020 at a cost of $522 million—he lauded regional water authorities for their planning and work to help conserve water.
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Wastewater detectives in Las Vegas are gearing up to look for the polio virus after it was recently found in sewage in New York City and London. In Southern Nevada, the risk for contract ing polio remains low, and there have been no clinical cases, said Edwin Oh, a professor who leads UNLV’s wastewater surveillance team. Oh and his team are setting up a surveillance program to catch traces of the polio virus and will have results this week, he said. The surveillance work of the UNLV team has been crucial in monitor ing the community’s response to COVID-19 and monkeypox.
“I don’t think we’re at a major risk of a large [polio] outbreak, but I think there are going to potentially be communities where we might see some risk, and so we’re trying to assess [the] risk in some of these communities,” Oh said. “We want to be able to be in a place where we can say, this is an area that we can get informa tion out.”
–Grace Da Rocha
Sisolak made the announcement after a tour of a lowlake-level water pumping station at Lake Mead, about 30 miles from Downtown Las Vegas. Amid a relentless drought in the Southwest, leaders in Nevada and other states have worked to raise awareness about the region’s finite water resources.
–Bryan Horwath
UNLV SLEUTHS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POLIO VIRUS HEALTH
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on August 24 announced the formation of a committee made up of what he called some of the smartest people in the water conservation realm.The three-person committee comprises Southern Nevada Water Authority General Manager John Entsminger, former SNWA General Manager Pat Mulroy, and UNLV professor and governor’s office climate advisor Kristen Averyt. “I feel these three people are the most knowledgeable and have the most experience in the state of Nevada when it comes to water consumption,” Sisolak said. “We need to do whatever we can to put our brightest minds together to come up with a plan on how to continue on our path of conservation.”
UNLV quarterback Doug Brumfield (2) prepares to throw a pass against Idaho State at Allegiant Stadium on August 27. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
Could the new DMV appointment system pose challenges for vulnerable residents?
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“Particularly, if you are a person who is in a vulnerable situation and you’re trying to pull yourself out of that, you need ID.”
Calvin also points out that Nevada’s DMV appointment portal requires a phone number—something only 1% of her clients have, sheThird-partysays. organizations, such as Project ID, can provide a phone number for clients to use, and assist those who don’t have the ac-
wo weeks after the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles switched to an appointment-only model and moved to “eliminate” walk-in services, Deputy Director Tonya Laney says the agency has seen more “happy” customers than in the past.
The Nevada DMV cites “sustained sta shortages” as a catalyst for transitioning to requiring appointments, and eventually phasing out in-person services that can be completed online. Similar moves have been made in Colorado and Illinois, where o cials have said they experienced high customer volumes in 2021.
“One very common tactic of abusers is to lock up documents,” she explains.
But unlike in those two states, Nevada appointments can only be made online. The DMV website instructs customers to not call or email for an appointment.
The DMV has reported a 2.4% decrease in the use of online services since July 2021. More than 200,000 transactions that could have been done online were instead done in person, leading to long waits for customers withCommercialappointments.andrural o ces don’t have to make the switch, which went into e ect on August 15. And walk-ins are still welcome on Saturdays for all services, and Monday-Friday for vehicle movement permits, license plate drop-o s, driver’s license reinstatements, past-due debts, kiosk transactions and vehicle inspections.
Calvin says requiring appointments— and requiring them to be made exclusively online—adds a barrier and possible delays for populations who might desperately need identi cation services from the DMV. “You have to have access to the internet to make an appointment, which means if you are unhoused … you have to go to a library or nd a place to use the internet,” she says.
Having to make an appointment could make it much tougher for vulnerable populations to access DMV services—a “lifeline” for some, says Kat Calvin, founder of Project ID, a nationwide nonpro t that has helped more than 9,000 people obtain identi cation so that they can access medical and social services and apply for jobs, shelter or housing.
“You need that for everything … to get most types of health care, to stay at most shelters and get food from most food banks ... for a bank account, for literally anything that you need to do in your life,” she says.
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“We made this move to ensure that we could provide the services that the customers expect from us, when they book an appointment,” she tells the Weekly, adding that, during the rst week, the agency took the majority of customers’ appointments on time.
“We have a lot of survivors who’ve escaped, and they aren’t able to get a job because they don’t have their documents.”
Calvin says many of her clients are foster children, new citizens, disabled, low-income, seniors, veterans, unhoused, transitioning from prison and domestic violence survivors.
Calvin says she understands why some DMVs are moving more communications and services online, but they need to make it easier for the people who need those services the most.
Laney says the DMV is aware of the challenges vulnerable populations might have accessing services. Well before switching to an appointment-only model, the agency had established “partnerships and outreach” with organizations including Catholic Charities, the Governor’s O ce of New Americans, law enforcement, human trafcking nonpro ts and housing facilities or transitional programs for people who have recently been released from prison.
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“It’s the group of people who we just sort of forget exist. But they are exactly the people who need our services the most,” she says. “The DMV needs to understand they are a lifeline for people.”
People who do try to walk into a DMV location for a service that requires an appointment can still nd assistance at the information centers in each o ce, Laney says. Sta there can work one-on-one with customers to identify the barriers to making an appointment, connect them to needed services, educate people about what services are available online and show how to book an appointment. “If it’s something that they can’t assist them with, and they don’t have an appointment, those sta are also able to book them a future appointment to come back and see us, if it’s something that does take a transaction that needs to be done at a window,” Laney explains, adding that the intent of shifting online was to better serve all customers, not just those with appointments.
A spokesman for Nevada DMV tells the Weekly that customers who don’t have a phone number “can enter a number from a relief agency or even a known disconnected number such as 702-555-1212. However, they need to ensure they write down the date and time of the appointment as they will not receive text con rmation.”
cess or ability to make a DMV appointment on their own.
Still, any delays in obtaining assistance and/or ID can be critical for those who rely on public services or who live on the street, Calvin“Thestresses.dierence between getting it done now, or maybe in six months, or maybe never … You don’t know what your life is going to look like,” she says. “We just had a client who was deaf; she was living in a tent on skid row—very dangerous for her. … We got her ID. And just last week, she told me she was placed into housing.”
“The customers that do need to walk in— and we know we’ll have them—will be able to just [walk] in and get the service that they need very quickly,” Laney says. “Because we’ve moved so much online, it will free up the resources that we have available in Sheperson.”adds that the appointment-only model will need to be in place for a while before the DMV starts to see shorter wait times more consistently.
The agency’s worker shortage calls for some form of relief for employees who might already be strained, and further stretched by in uxes of walk-in customers.
At press time, the Nevada DMV had 178 vacancies, “85 of which are in the eld services division. Of the 85, 49 are in Southern Nevada o ces,” a DMV spokesman says.
Will the stories be local in nature? We’re gonna start with Las Vegas and branch it out. I made a name for myself in Scottsdale and New port Beach [California], but Stephen and I know the players in Las Vegas, so we’re gonna have insider stuff that we can bring to light.
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What’s an example of the sort of story you see FACTZ running? It’s such a wide range. We already have 100 stories in the can, everything from school teachers who are hiding infor mation from their students about their pasts to hotel and nightclub owners not following liquor-code and gaming-commission rules to the sheriff, [Joe] Lombardo, who’s basically acting like the holy Christ of Las Vegas.
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[And second,] FACTZ came about because we’re sick and tired of this divide between the red and the blue, just attacking each other and no one getting anywhere. The reality is, there’s a purple party, a middle, and it’s like 90% of us. There’s so much fake news, and no one knows who to trust. So we said, let’s put all the facts out there and see where people lie.
What did you learn from TheDirty experience that can help steer you through this? The biggest thing I learned is [to have] no fear. I’ve been through 50 lawsuits, and I’ve won all 50. It doesn’t matter who my challenger is. As long as the law is with me and the court system works the way it’s supposed to, I know I’m in good standing.
“Those are our standard guidelines, and we’re hoping that transcends to the public and all our readers,” Richie, the CEO of new media entity FACTZ, explains. “And if we can all stand by our code, then at least we can sleep at night.”
Richie, best known for launching onetime Scottsdale, Arizona-based gossip website The Dirty.com, has teamed with a familiar Nevada name on the endeavor: businessman Stephen J. Cloobeck, founder and former chairman of the Diamond Resorts timeshare company and current chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission.Richiesaysthey have already hired a staff of 15, a “dream team” that includes employees with previous experience at TMZ, Us Weekly and beyond. That crew will celebrate the kickoff of website FACTZ.com and its mobile app during a party at Zouk Nightclub at Resorts World on September 4. So what is FACTZ, and what does it hope to accomplish? Las Vegas Weekly caught up with Richie by phone on August 25 to get some spe cifics. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
36 LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 9.1.22 thics, morals, love, respect and integrity.” That’s the five-part code of honor Nik Richie expects his new employees, and their followers, to abide by when his com pany launches as the clock strikes mid night the morning of Sunday, September 4.
What made you decide to do this? A couple of factors. One, I met with Stephen, a strong figure who’s been through the trenches and come out on top. He told me about a lot of the different things that he’s done with Harry Reid in terms of [renaming] the airport and for the future of the community, and it was inspiring, because that’s what I’ve been trying to do my whole life with TheDirty—spread awareness to wake people up from the cons, the frauds and the grifters.
So what will FACTZ offer? It’s going to be an app, a social media network, a first-of-its-kind hybrid between, for example, TMZ, where it’s giving you breaking news—lifestyle, political perspectives, celebrities—but also [operating] in the Gen Z world of the influencers. The reality is, people are living for “likes,” so we need to showcase that. We’re doing a hybrid model; much like [Elon] Musk has done in the vehicle world, we want to do it in the media world, like an Instagram but also TMZ.
I want to create what I did with TheDirty, where we have anonymous heroes coming in and exposing the underbelly of society. If we’re able to fact-check and make calls, we can put these stories on the front page.
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But during our brief chat ahead of the duo’s Labor Day weekend show supporting Louis the Child at Resorts World’s Ayu Dayclub, Kaplan and Pergola drop a list of favored destinations that’ll scratch locals right where theyThere’sitch.
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he first thing you should know about Kyle Kaplan and Vinnie Pergola, the LA-based EDM duo collectively known as Phantoms, is that they know their way around Las Vegas. Artists and DJs with residencies on the Strip tend to move so fast from gig to gig, they rarely see much between the airport and their hotel.
Chinatown’s Golden Tiki (“We’re into dive bars,” Kaplan says); Area15’s Oddwood bar (“We drink a lot,” Pergola cracks); Down town fave Esther’s Kitchen (“Some of the best Italian food in Vegas,” Kaplan proclaims); and appropriately, Resorts World’s 66th floor Allē Lounge, previously Starlight on 66. That last one, Pergola adds, might be high on the to-do list when Phantoms swings through town this weekend. But fans will get more from seeing the dance-music duo in its natural habitat, feeding the dayclub party with a curated set of personal favorites along side recognizable Phantoms hits.
If the Ayu crowd is lucky, it’ll get a taste of Phantoms’ August sophomore album, This Can’t Be Everything, an LP conceived during the peak of the pandemic, when Kaplan and Pergola—much like the rest of us—were spend ing their days and nights isolated at home. “We started right before [the pandem ic] and wrote and finished it throughout,” Kaplan explains. “The ability to just be home and not know where things were going in the world freed us up to make something we want to Lockdownmake.” wasn’t the only thing fueling that creativity. For This Can’t Be Everything, Phantoms changed labels and teamed with Foreign Family Collective, the outlet formed by Odesza duo Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight.Going independent put Phantoms in a “supportive ecosystem” surrounded by friends the pair had known for years and upon which they could rely for honest advice. It also gave Kaplan and Pergola an opportu nity to co-write a lot of songs, strengthening their “personal attachment” to the material, Kaplan says, though the record also includes contributions from English singer Jem Cooke and producer Big Wild. “We wanted to tell broad stories and not be too specific, so this is really unique and tells a story that flows together,” Pergola adds. “We also wanted [the record] to feel eclectic but have a unifying sound, with live instrumenta tion—more so than our previous stuff—so it’s not just a collection of beats.”
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Rediscovering Magic: Back on desert soil, Manalo had a lot to adjust to. Beloved music venues like the Bunkhouse had closed. And new ones, such as Taverna Costera, were kicking up. “It was a nice little shock,” she says, “Like, damn, this is what I’ve been missing.”Thesinger took a barista job on Main Street and moved closer to the Downtown scene. In October, she released Magic, an EP of material written before and during her time in Portland. Many tracks touch on spirituality and growth, while others, like “Far Away From Home” and “One Hell of a Year,” seem to reference Manalo’s time away from Vegas. She says the title track—which former President Barack Obama added to his 2021 Spotify summer playlist!—remains a favorite. “I wrote this song while I was working at a co ee shop in Portland,” Manalo recalls. “It was about how I wanted to stop working so much for the man and sing for people. “I was so into my hustle that I forgot a lot of what makes me really happy.” When she looks back on her pre-Portland life, Manalo sees a woman still in bloom. “You could tell that I was reserved and constricted all those years ago,” she says. “But now it’s all about having fun onstage and not really caring anymore. “Sometimes I don’t even have a setlist … my bandmates probably get pissed … but I go with what I want. It’s more jamsesh-y, but it’s real.”
The Latest: Jessica Manalo hasn’t met a risk she wasn’t willing to take. From busking on the Strip to quitting her day job to gig full-time, the bluesy soulstress approaches life with tact and tenacity. “I’m that way on purpose,” the 29-year-old says, “because you don’t know what’s out there if you don’t try.”
In 2019, Manalo made her largest leap yet, packing up to move to Portland. “I felt I did a lot in Vegas musically; I had played everywhere I wanted to play,” she says. “[But] I had never tried to do something on my own, something so big like that. I had no family out there and hardly any friends, but I wanted to try a whole di erentOncescene.”inthe Pacific Northwest, Manalo says, she realized, “I could be anything I wanted to be, “not that I couldn’t do that here, but it was like a breath of fresh air.”
Upcoming: Manalo performs at Nellie’s Southern Kitchen at MGM Grand every Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. She also just released a cover of The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army,” and plans to continue putting out more covers and videos this year.
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When Portland’s venues shut down due to the pandemic, Manalo improvised with Magic Mondays, a series that found her performing covers in the lush outdoors. But she missed home, and returned to Las Vegas in the summer of 2021. “I figured out a lot about myself and what I needed,” she says. “It was a soul journey more than anything.”
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“We definitely take the piss out of the rom-com, the female buddy flick,” she says, adding that there’s even a song called “Meet Cute” that pokes fun at couple introduction tropes. “But then we also heightened it, and there’s some new characters we’ve added.”
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Unger, like some of her castmates, also performs in Friends. You might also have caught the versatile per former in her such Vegas productions as Evil Dead the Musical at Planet Hollywood and Cherry Boom Boom at Tropicana. She has even portrayed The Little Mermaid’s Ariel on a Disney cruise line.
“[People] were holding their breath, waiting to see if lady comedies could work, and this was so life-changing for female actors,” says Valerie Witherspoon, the book and lyrics writer for Bridesmaids: The Unauthorized Movie Musical Parody, now playing at the Venue at the Orleans. “I didn’t realize it at the time … but it was a transformativeWitherspoon,show.”who also appears in and serves as as sociate produce for Friends! The Unauthorized Musi cal Parody at the Orleans, says reviving Bridesmaids as a spoof came purely of a desire to write something a little less family-friendly and a little more “girls’ night out, bachelorette party.” Rather than pondering how Ross will declare his love to Rachel in a two-min ute, Witherspoon’s Bridesmaids challenge became, “How do you write explosive diarrhea into a song?”
New additions aside, the 90-minute musical parody is a fairly faithful tribute to Bridesmaids. All the iconic gross-outs and slapstick moments remain (With erspoon couldn’t wait to resurrect the infamous Air Marshal airplane scene), as do all of the heartfelt story beats that ultimately make Bridesmaids an endearing comedy about camaraderie.
“A lot of people can relate to at least some of Annie,” says Nicole Unger, who stars as the zany maid of honor in the Orleans version. “We’ve all had those moments where our best friend, or someone we’re really close to, is taking this really huge life change, and they may not be taking you with them. … I think Annie has a really hard time communicating how she’s feeling. Then she finally figures it out towards the end of the show.”
“You’re gonna have so much fun,” Witherspoon as sures. “You’re gonna sh*t your pants from laughing.”
ince 2011, studios have been on the hunt for the next Brides maids. The Paul Feig-directed film, co-written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, reshaped the modern-day chick flick, opting for an unapologetic buddy comedy full of bawdy gags and memorable scenes fans still reference today. In the film, maid of honor Annie and her group of raunchy bridesmaids become entangled in a series of shenanigans leading up to their friend Lilian’s wedding. The movie paved the way for similar films to be greenlit, and gave some viewers their first silver-screen introduc tions to powerhouse comedic actresses like Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne.
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Unger says it can be a challenge not breaking character working with a cast this hilarious. Actress Caitlin Ary— who plays Melissa McCarthy’s character, Megan—for example, still has comedy fans reeling from her leading role as Nancy in Majestic Repertory Theater’s musical parody of The Craft
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ummer is winding down, and if you haven’t had a chance to attend the culinary event of the season, you still have a couple of weeks to do so. Pine Dining, the popup chef series taking place on Mt. Charleston in a temporary structure where the Lodge used to be, has been the hot ticket for the Valley’s food and nature lovers.Christina Ellis, general man ager of Ellis Island Casino— which owns the Lodge and the adjacent cabins—felt the pull of nostalgia for the storied spot, which burned down in 2021. “It was so devastating when we lost it. Now we are tasked with this wonderful opportunity to create what the next genera tion of Las Vegans are going to think of when they think of Mt. Charleston Lodge,” she says.
“We wanted to do right by the Mt. Charleston community and provide something a lot bigger for the community and beyond.” Ellis’ vision was a series of unique weekend dining ex periences curated by some of the best chefs in town while the Lodge is in the process of being rebuilt. The partic ipating chefs—which in the past six weeks have included James Trees, Justin Kingsley Hall and Nicole Brisson—have been given free license to be as creative as they want with the menu, with proceeds from each event going to a charity of their choice.TheLabor Day weekend line up includes a pizza extravaganza on September 3 and an Italian sit-down communal dinner on September 4 with Gina Marinel li of La Strega and Harlo. Todd English of Olives, the Pepper Club and the Beast will close out the cookout series on September 10 and “I’ve11.known the Ellis family for years. We have a Metro Pizza inside Ellis Island, and we’ve had a connection with them for 20 years,” says Chris Decker of Metro Pizza, who will be collab orating with Ismaele Romano of Via Focaccia, Michael Vakneen of Pop-Up Pizza and Giovanni Mauro of Old School Pizzeria and Monzú for Saturday’s event. “Christina is an amazing person who loves this community and loves great food. When she was talking about this idea of Pine Dining, I was like, wow, what an amazingDeckervision.”andhis fellow piz zaiolos are planning to serve more than just pizza, though there’s certainly plenty of that. For his part, Decker will make a Margherita pizza from yellow S
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For her Sunday Chef’s Table Dinner event, Marinelli is ex cited to get her staff out of their kitchens and into the elements.
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“We wanted to reflect on that Northern Italian feel, because we will be in the mountains,” she says. “We’ll be making mortadella with some gnocco fritto and caviar. We’re going to do a touch of seafood in there to represent La Strega, and we’re going to do northern-style pas ta and rabbit cacciatore.”
The Sunday supper will be served on one long table, with some courses individually plat ed and the last course served family style, when guests have gotten to know each other a little better while enjoying the mountain views, Marinelli says.This conviviality around food, where strangers become family around the table, is just the kind of vibe Ellis seeks. It’s what prompted her family to acquire the Lodge in 2018 in the first place.
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Carver Road Hospitality, co-founded by longtime Las Vegas innovator Sean Christie, is growing its Flanker Kitchen & Sports Bar concept from the original location at downtown Salt Lake City’s Gateway development, and it will take over this big spot next summer.
“It’s such a unique property and fits in with the nostalgia,” Ellis says. Pine Dining has been a really cool and unique culinary experience, and these events have just exceeded all of my expectations. It’s been really exciting.” mtcharlestonMt.pricesSeptember3-4&10-11,times&vary.CharlestonLodge,lodge.com/pinedining.
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n RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay was a paragon of Strip dining for nearly 15 years. Its loca tion bridging one of the city’s most massive casinos with the Shoppes at Mandalay Place lent even more gravitas to the restaurant, which seemed like an impossible act to follow after closing in late 2018. But the resort and the en tirety of the south Strip have changed quite a bit over the past couple of years, and a seemingly perfect fit is on the way.
–Brock Radke cherry tomatoes he found in a small farm in Watsonville, Cal ifornia, with burrata, purple basil and orange oil. A second pizza, with portobello and shiitake mushrooms dipped in a sake, mirin and soy sauce glaze before being roasted and topped with toasted sesame seeds, sesame oil and scallion, is sure to turn heads, Decker says. Both are one-off creations that can only be experienced on this day.
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“As the sports scene in Las Vegas has evolved with professional teams coming to town, sports bar and grill concepts have also evolved,” Christie said in a statement. “Flanker Kitchen and Sports Bar will strive to become the next generation leader by delivering an approachable premium dining, drinking and sports-viewing experience.” Mandalay Bay is the gate way to Allegiant Stadium, with plenty of sports fans walking from the resort to the game. With Flanker, they’ll be able to hit a walk-up window for tacos and sliders to nosh during their journey, or grab a seat in one of five different dining areas before or after the game to sample an expan sive beer selection with their meal. Sounds like a win-win.
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This group of Las Vegas products should be di erence-makers this college football season
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owhere is Las Vegas’ relatively newfound reputation as a football hotbed more visible than in college football. Players from local area high schools are spread at universities all across the country as the season begins in earnest on Saturday, September 3. ¶ There are more local players on Football Bowl Subdivision rosters than can be fully tracked, but here are 15 who should make a big impact in the 2022-2023 season.
The sophomore out of Bishop Gorman became the highest-rated recruit landed so far during Michigan State coach Mel Tucker’s tenure. Gaoteote was part of the linebacker rotation as a freshman but could play a bigger role this season.
Georgia tight end Darnell Washington The 6-foot-7, 269-pound Desert Pines High graduate has seen his stock skyrocket and could go high in next year’s NFL Draft with another strong season, during which he’ll look to help the Bulldogs win a second straight national championship.
Purdue cornerback Bryce Hampton The former Centennial High star was working at a local fast-food restaurant two years ago after COVID canceled his season at Division II Adams State. But he never lost sight of his football dreams, gathering late interest from Purdue, where he might now be thrust into a starting role.
Michigan State wide receiver Germie Bernard The Spartans might replace a local who was their top deep threat last year—Bishop Gorman High graduate Jalen “Speedy” Nailor, who’s now with the Minnesota Vikings— with another one this year. Bernard is pushing to make an early impact as a freshman after winning Nevada’s Gatorade Player of the Year award last year at Liberty High.
Oklahoma defensive lineman Jonah Laulu The Sooners have a strong local presence with five Las Vegas natives on the roster, largely due to the e orts of running backs coach DeMarco Murray, a Bishop Gorman legend. But Centennial High product Laulu, a fifth-year senior who transferred from Hawaii, is the most likely to make a di erence this season.
Michigan State linebacker Ma’a Gaoteote
Oregon tight end Moliki Matavao Big things are expected from one of the stars of Liberty’s 2019 state championship team after he had a promising freshman season a year ago, including a touchdown catch in Oregon’s stunning road upset of Ohio State.
Ohio State linebacker Palaie Gaoteote A rash of injuries have somewhat derailed the career of Ma’a’s older brother, who transferred to Ohio State from USC three years ago. But as a former USA Today Nevada Player of the Year, Palaie still has the talent to play a role on one of the teams favored to win the College Football Playo .
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Oregon State wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey The other key members of Bishop Gorman’s backto-back-to-back USA Today national championship teams from 2014-2016 are now out of college football, but Lindsey will play a sixth season after receiving an extra year of eligibility through an early-season transfer from Nebraska in 2018 plus a COVID-19 bonus year.
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The Bishop Gorman product and son of longtime NFL player Brian Kelly, Kyu is a preseason First-Team All Pac-12 selection and potential high pick in next year’s NFL Draft.
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UNLV linebacker Kyle Beaudry UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo has come under fire for not fully committing to recruiting in Las Vegas, but the captain of his defense first made his name at Liberty High. Beaudry, a senior, committed to the Scarlet and Gray during Tony Sanchez’s tenure but stuck around and has risen up under Arroyo.
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The Utes are getting an inordinate amount of College Football Playo buzz, and much of the optimism has to do with the way Kincaid broke out last year. The Faith Lutheran High product scored a teamhigh eight touchdowns during a season that culminated with a Rose Bowl berth.
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Washington guard/tackle Troy Fautanu
A fifth-year starter, the former Bishop Gorman star stands as the most prolific returning dual-threat quarterback in all of college football. He contemplated declaring for the NFL Draft last year before deciding to return with a statement that concluded the Bruins, “can go farther in 2022.”
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The 2019 Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year picked up where he left o at Bishop Gorman upon arriving at Washington, where he has been a productive player for the past two years. Some are calling for him to make a leap into the Pac-12 Conference’s elite this season.
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The former Bishop Gorman lineman is in a battle for the starting center spot, but even if he doesn’t win out, new Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire has hinted Briggs could also be used at guard. If he plays center, he could be snapping to former Bishop Gorman teammate Donovan Smith, the Red Raiders’ backup quarterback, who played well when pressed into action as a freshman last year.
Texas Tech center Cade Briggs
The forceful former Liberty High lineman slid into a starting role at the end of last season and is expected to retain it heading into his redshirt sophomore season under new coach Kalen DeBoer.
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to a recent survey of over 600 small business owners commis sioned by a nonprofit called Small Business for America’s Future, nearly three out of four respondents said they supported the Inflation Reduction Act. At the very least, Newsome said, the act will provide a sense of hope to small business owners—many of whom have long advocated for larger corporations to be taxed at a higher rate. It’s a group of business owners with whom Newsome has a strong relation ship, as the marketing company special izes in promoting small organizations throughout Southern Nevada.
The act earmarked $80 billion for the IRS, money that will go toward a host of areas, including improvements in tech nology and the hiring of more auditors.
LOCAL BUSINESSES HAIL THE NATION’S SWEEPING NEW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BY BRYAN HORWATH VEGAS INC STAFF 60 VEGAS INC BUSINESS 9.1.22
S haundell Newsome of Sumnu Marketing in Las Vegas is celebrating the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping $750 billion federal health care, tax and climate bill signed into law this month by President JoeSumnu,Biden. a marketing firm with eight employees that caters to small business clients in the Las Vegas Valley, will be better off because of the act, which Newsome said will help employees on a number of fronts.
“It’s difficult to grow now, and sustainability is difficult for these businesses,” High said. “I am expecting that we go into more of a recession the rest of the year and into 2023, but as a small business owner myself, I’m always optimistic. There’s a big percentage of Nevadans who work for themselves and that number is growing.”
The new law requires companies the government deems as the largest and most profitable—those that bring in at least $1 billion in income annually—to pay a minimum tax of 15% on corporate“Oneprofits.thing I know that small busi nesses always ask for is for taxes to be equitable,” said Newsome. “Over the past few years, some of the big compa nies paid more like 6% or, in some cases, noAccordingtaxes.”
“The more things that can be done to help our small business employees, the better they feel, which will mean they’re more productive,” Newsome said. “As the owner of a small business, you know how your employees are feeling and how they’re doing on any particular day. You understand what’s bothering them, and a lot of the things that keep them up at night also keep us as business owners up at night.”
About 90% of respondents in the Small Business for America’s Future survey said their business has been impacted by consumer inflation— which jumped to levels not seen in four decades this year—while 96% said they believed it is important that Congress and the Biden administration to address soaring“Smallprices.business owners are mak ing an economic impact at the local levels,” Newsome said. “Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk aren’t coming into our local communities. Instead, it’s the small business guy who’s buying groceries locally and spending money at the dry cleaners and at the ballpark. There’s a big difference between big business and smallNewsomebusiness.”said “big business” inter ests like Amazon and other large corpo rations got “a lot of what they asked for” during the Trump administration. He said more advocacy for the small busi ness sector was needed under President Biden and other Democratic leaders.
High, who came to the Las Vegas area from California nearly two decades ago, noted that many small businessowners in the valley have been through some difficult years lately, especially with the disruptions and supply chain issues that were caused by the pandemic.
According to the White House, about $124 billion will be generated over 10 years simply because the act will make resources available to allow the IRS to collect taxes already owed by the wealthy and large corporations.
Lydia High, a former UNLV finance instructor and the founder of the Pre cise Business Management accounting firm, said her company works with several dozen local small businesses, including some in the retail, manufac turing and food industries. She said one of the most important aspects of the act is how it will work to better fund the Internal Revenue Service, including billions of dollars that will go toward the addition of more agents to enforce the tax code.
High said she believes that the IRS at times would work to find violations by middle-class Americans and small businessowners because it’s generally more expensive and more labor intensive to police wealthy individuals and large corporations. “I think this act could help level the playing field,” she said. “We’ll see how it all plays out.”
According to a recent opinion piece authored by SBA Region 6 administra tor Ted James, the act will also help save some small businesses close to $500 per year on energy bills.
Lydia High, owner of Precise Business Management (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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