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ISSUETHISINTABLE OF CONTENTS LAS VEGAS ACES (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)COVERTHEON 08 MORE?WANT toHead lasvegasweekly.com. SPORTS Coach Becky Hammon was the final piece to the Aces’ WNBA championship puzzle.44 3614 40 1842 SUPERGUIDE Your daily events planner, featuring Miranda Lambert, The Crystal Method, a Meat Loaf musical and more. WEEKLY Q&A Sitting down with Professor Rex Dart to talk Double Down, tiki madness and more. FEATURE You might not believe gorgeousthesenature shots were all taken in the greater Las Vegas Valley … but we promise, they were. NOISE Reflecting on the iHeartRadio Music Festival’s lineupothercontinuesevolution,Vegaswhichwithan-star-studdedthisweekend. SCENE The ofupcomingapproachtakesSymphonyHendersonOrchestraaheroicforitsseasonmusic. FOOD & DRINK Chef Matt Meyer serves up aclosesFoodandchophousecraft138°,theGreekFestivalinonhalfcentury. LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 7 I9.22.22 Gilcrease Orchard (Wade Vandervort)
SIX: THE MUSICAL Thru 10/2, times vary, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.
READING: &LANG-CASSERAHEATHERFRIENDS
7 p.m., thru 9/24, Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.
HOT SINCE 82
UNLV CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: HORSZOWSKITHE TRIO
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WATER STREET JAZZ SERIES
7:30 p.m., thru 9/25, Water Street Plaza Amphitheater, cityofhenderson.com.
NGHTMRE
OCEANO
With Left to Su er, Crown Magnetar, Sheer Cold, Empire of Ruin, Dredge, 7 p.m., Fremont Country Club, seetickets.us.
10 p.m., Commonwealth, seetickets.us.
7 p.m., the Writer’s Block, thewritersblock.org.
BARRY MANILOW
West Coast dubstep duo Smoakland is known for creating a sonic spectrum of weedsoaked rhythms and thick bass drops, and that seems like an ideal soundtrack for the fresh and funky kaleidoscopic wonderland that is We All Scream on Fremont East. DJs and producers Harrison Hays and Anthony Battaglia both hail from the Bay Area but crossed paths in college in Idaho, deciding to join forces and return to California to attack the deep, low end of the EDM scene. Smoakland continues to tour through Texas, Florida and other Southern states as fall sets in, but not before RVLTN Events brings the party-ready pair Downtown for a Smoke Sesh Tour stop, with support from Kehpri, Chieef and Invade the Place. 10 p.m., $10, We All Scream, seetickets.us. –Brock Radke (Photo Courtesy/Kathy Rosario)
With Ameme, 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
PAULY SHORE: STICK WITH THE DANCING!
ZIMMER
LAS VEGAS AVIATORS VS. RENO ACES
7:05 p.m, Las Vegas Ballpark, ticketmaster.com.
10:30 Hakkasanp.m.,Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.
8:30 p.m., Area15 Portal, area15.com.
9 p.m., Wiseguys, vegas.wiseguyscomedy.com.
MARCO BAILEY
7:30 p.m., Beam Music Center, unlv.edu.
22 SEP.THURSDAY
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MUSICIHEARTRADIOFESTIVAL
7:30 p.m., & 9/24, T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.
LAMBERTMIRANDA
GREAT FOODIEAMERICANFEST
11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.
FOOD FESTIVAL
Palomino), “If I Was a Cowboy” and the definitive revenge anthem “Gunpowder and Lead,” one of Lam bert’s most powerful tracks. It’s a Vegas residency, so Velvet Rodeo should naturally deliver a spectacle fans haven’t seen from Lambert’s tours. In an interview with E! Online, the country star teased “lots of pyro,” rhinestones and fringe. Just what the cowgirl ordered. 8 p.m., $85+, Zappos (AP–Amberticketmaster.com.Theater,SampsonPhoto)
BAD BUNNY
SANTANA
SNAILMATE
TOM SEGURA 10 p.m., & 9/24, Mirage Theatre, mgmresorts.com.mirage.
With Same Sex Mary, Decaying Tigers, Elijah Stone, 8 p.m., Taverna Costera, eventbrite.com.
STEPHEN PEARCY
AEROSMITH 8 p.m., & 9/26, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.
Thru 9/25, times vary, St. John the Baptist Church, lvgff.com.
DIPLO
10 p.m., Zouk Night club, zoukgrouplv.com.
7 p.m., & 9/24, Allegiant Stadium, ticketmaster.com.
JEEZY
SAM HUNT 8 p.m., & 9/24, the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com.
TIËSTO
10 p.m., Drai’s Night club, draisgroup.com.
FRIDAY
OPERA LAS VEGAS: PROVING UP Thru 9/25, times vary, Ham Fine Arts Black Box Theatre, operalasvegas.com.
Thru 9/25, times vary, Craig Ranch Park, est.com.greatamericanfoodief
ROD STEWART 7:30 p.m., & 9/24, 9/28, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.
Country’s reigning badass saddles in for Velvet Rodeo, her debut residency set to kick off with 24 dates. The album“Actin’catalog,hitsingtohelpingAwards,myhistorydecoratedshinessinger-songwriter,38-year-oldwhoasthemostartistintheoftheAcadeofCountryMusicwillbringaofhonkytonkthebigstage,offercareer-spanningfromher10-albumincludingUp”(fromApril
With Black V Neck, 8 p.m., Sahara Event Center, seetickets.us.
LAS VEGAS GREEK
MALAA
8 p.m., Golden Nugget Showroom, ticketmaster.com.
Thru 9/25, 7 p.m., House of Blues, certs.livenation.com.con
BLACKBEAR With 8HeartWaterparks,AttackMan,p.m.,BrooklynBowl, ticketweb.com.
SEP.
ANGELIC ROOT With Leet, 8 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.
With Rabbit in the Moon, 1 a.m., Discopussy, discopussydtlv.com.
EMPIRE RECORDS: 10TH ANNIVERSARY 8 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.
With Cheyenne Giles, 11 a.m., Wet Republic, events.taogroup.com.
VS. SAN DIEGO LOYAL 7 p.m., Cashman Field, lasvegaslightsfc.com.
11 a.m., Area15, axs.com.
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THE CHAINSMOKERS
LAS VEGAS LIGHTS
6 p.m., CraftHaus, eventbrite.com.
10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
IHEARTRADIO FESTIVAL
DEADMAU5 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
PARADISEFUNBOX: TAKEOVERFEVER
SUPERGUIDE
SATURDAY
VEGAS 97 AFTERPARTY
LAUREN DAIGLE
CIRQUE MECHANICS: ZEPHYR 7:30 p.m., PerformingUNLVArts Center, unlv.edu.
Over the course of its 72 minutes, 1996’s In Sides achieves a perfect balance of headlong excitement and motion picture soundtrack-like shock and awe. When I played the record for friends I’d say, “Imagine if a Las Vegas group could make an album like this.” And a year later, one did: Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan, a pair of producers/DJs who met at UNLV’s Student Union, made Vegas, an epic, dirty piece of work. Its synth lines buzz overhead like fighter jets; its pulsing bass and fist-punch rock drums seemingly come up through the floor. “Countless people have come up to me and said that Vegas was their gateway drug to electronic music,” said the Method’s Kirkland during a recent Weekly interview. “That’s something that both Ken and I are really proud of.”
DAYTIME STAGE
SUPERGUIDE
With Blessing O or, 7:30 p.m., Resorts World Theater, axs.com.
In the late 1990s, electronic dance music crossed over from raves to radio and stayed there. A staggering number of important artists, in genres spanning breakbeat to ambient to full-on techno, broke big in that time—Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin and more. Throughout 1997 I obsessively listened to the breakthrough albums of two such artists: In Sides, by Orbital, and Vegas, by the Crystal Method.
11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.
Want proof? Orbital and The Crystal Method headline Vegas97, an RVLTN Events showcase at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center. Even though Vegas is 25 years old and the Method is down to one member (Jordan has retired from the music business), when “Busy Child” and “Keep Hope Alive” hit the DLVEC, trust me, you’ll feel the ground tremors. And before you go, read more of Kirkland’s remembrances of Vegas at lasvegasweekly.com With Hyper, Stanton Warriors, Robert Oleysyck, 7 p.m., $40-$75, Downtown Las Vegas Event Center, seetickets.us. –Geo Carter (Photo Courtesy)
KYGO 11 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.
12:30 a.m., Cheapshot, cheapshotdtlv.com.
CELEBRATIONANNIVERSARYEIGHT-YEAR
ORBITAL & THE CRYSTAL METHOD
UB40 With The Original Wailers, Maxi Priest, Big Mountain, 6:30 p.m., Sunset Station Amphitheater, ticketmaster.com.
TRACY MORGAN 8 p.m., Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.
FISHER 11 Taoa.m.,Beach Dayclub, events.taogroup.com.
LOUD LUXURY
STEVE AOKI
Danish DJ and producer Morten Breum has been credited with pioneering the dance music genre of future rave (with decade-strong Wynn Nightlife headliner David Guetta), described as a synth-heavy, more syncopated take on traditional big room EDM. So it seems like Morten, who has been teaming up with Guetta all summer for the buzzy Hi Ibiza residency, should have landed on the Las Vegas Strip a long time ago. But the time is actually now, when he makes his headlining debut at Encore Beach Club on Sunday. He’ll be back for a nighttime bash on October 15, and we ex pect Morten to slide over to XS sometime this fall, too. 11 a.m., $30-$50+, Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. –Brock Radke
(PRESEASON)ANGELESKNIGHTSGOLDENVEGASVS.LOSKINGS
With Talking Bombs, Suburban Resistance, Chzbrgr Picnic, The Dirty Licks, The Love Bombs, 8 p.m., Double Down Saloon, doubledownsaloon.com.
THE ORCHESTRA:CHAMBERNEVADA FAMOUS JEWISH COMPOSERS
3 p.m., Library,Summerlin lvccld.org.
CELEBRITY STALKER
7:30 Whitneyp.m.,Library, lvccld.org
MONDAYS DARK
With The Interrupters, Tiger Army, 8:45 p.m., Mandalay Beach, ticketmaster.com.
GALANTIS
MORTEN
10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
PAUL OGATA Thru 9/30, 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, comedy.com.bestvegas
With The Hate, 8 p.m., Evel Pie, evelpie.com.
8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com.
SEP.
ILLENIUM
VTECH
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10 p.m., Tao Beach Dayclub at Night, events.taogroup.com.
7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.
With Epica, 7 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.
26 SEP.MONDAY MarchessaultJonathan (AP Photo)
FLOGGING MOLLY
LA ARMADA
11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.
SABATON
LAS MUSICCLASSICAVEGAS
GREG MORTON With Ken Club,Garrettley,BernadetteGarr,Pau8p.m.,BradComedy rettcomedy.com.bradgar
SUNDAY
But this is a room that has also hosted The Producers, Jersey Boys and Barry Manilow, so it feels essential to have a big draw centering the property. Now it’s Meatloaf’s turn, or to be more specific, it’s time to shine the Vegas spotlight on the operatic rock created by the late singer and actor with longtime collaborator Jim Steinman. Bat Out of Hell premiered in 2017 at the Manchester Opera House and has played London’s West End, o -Broadway in NYC and toured internationally. The Las Vegas version is produced by David Sonenberg, Michael Cohl and Tony Smith and managed by Base Entertainment, and will star fresh-faced 27-year-old country/rock artist Travis Cormier in the lead role as Strat, a Peter Pan-like character who falls in love with Raven (Alize Cruz), the daughter of tyrannical leader Falco ( ’ favorite Travis Cloer). It’s a whole lotta show for a casino that needs just that. Opens September 27; Tuesday-Sunday, 7 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; $58+; Paris Theater; ticketmaster.com. –Brock Radke
BAT OUT OF HELL - THE MUSICAL From Marilyn! The New Musical to Circus 1903 to I Love the ’90s, no resident production launched from the seminal 1,400-seat theater at Paris Las Vegas has been able to find stable ground in recent years.
PLAN YOUR WEEK AHEAD
JIMMY POWERS & THE HANG DYNASTY
NICKY ROMERO
TUESDAY
10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.events.
LOVER’S ROCK 8 p.m., Cheapshot, sevenrooms.com.
GET THE LED OUT 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketweb.com.
10 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, dollarlv.com/downtown.
EARL TURNER 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com. DEUX TWINS 11 p.m., EBC at Night, wynnsocial.com. UNLV ORCHESTRASYMPHONY 7:30 p.m., Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, unlv.edu. MAPACHE 8 p.m., Artifice, eventbrite.com. DEEPER PURPOSE 10:30 Marqueep.m.,Nightclub, events.taogroup.com. KENWARD COOPER With Trevor and The Joneses, Aaron Archer, 9 p.m., Sand Dollar Downtown, dollarlv.com/downtown.thesand DJ NEVA & SHALVOY Midnight, On the Record, ontherecordlv.com. Metellus)Courtesy/Jerry(Photo
dollarlv.com/downtown.thesand
SEP.
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THE GOLDENWITHMANTHEDISCS
Rex Dart (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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An all-vinyl DJ whose sets swing from soul to surf to punk to whathave-you, the “Professor”—his stage name is an homage to New Orleans bluesman Professor Longhair—Rex Dart has made his bones venturing into noisy, smoky dives and turning them into rapturous get-downs. Here’s how he does it.
What was that like? Oh, it was an adventure every f*cking time. Some nights it was dead; some nights it was packed; sometimes it was tourists, sometimes locals; sometimes we had bands. … I brought in other DJs and started the Bargain DJ Collec tive, which was kind of my WuTang Clan—all these different people that have all these different styles of music. Why not let them tell their stories?
Put me in, coach; I’m ready to play.’ … The tiki realm is bloody amazing—the mugs, the artwork, the burlesque.
I was like, what happened here? I thought these guys were legends and they’re just bums like me (laughs). Great. I love it.
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Legendary dive and tiki bar DJ Professor Rex Dart knows just what it takes to captain a party
BY GEOFF CARTER
When did you find your way to the Double Down? I’d been let go from [KTNV] Channel 13, where I was an editor. I was a little sad about it, so I went to Champagnes Cafe, and I ran into my buddy Ryan Pardey, who knew I was a radio DJ with a little record collection. He said, ‘Hey, we’re gonna play a party for our friend on Monday. Would you want to DJ with us?’ … We had a great time, and he said, ‘Let’s do this again.’
rofessor Rex Dart has be lievers believing him. The sharply dressed DJ, born Ben Coy, is a regular at the Golden Tiki and a frequent special guest at the Double Down Saloon. He’s earned a sizable and loyal local and regional follow ing for a simple reason: He plays music that makes people feel good.
You from around here, stranger? No, no. I was born in Alabama. My pop was in the Air Force, and we bounced around a couple of places. We were in Anchorage [Alaska] prior
This guy Sven [Kirsten, author of The Book of Tiki] once made a big chart of, like, all the things that inspire a tiki bar. And pirates are on the outside ring! Oh, I love every single thing on that chart.
When did you start spinning?
We started doing it every Monday at Champagnes, bringing in our home stereo equipment, breaking fire code. We played indie rock and alternative stuff that nobody else in town was really playing, and it went like gangbusters. We brought in other DJs like [fellow Rock Avenue DJ] Ryan Kinder, who took us into the Double Down Saloon. [Owner P] Moss loved Ryan, so Ryan vouched for us. That started a relationship between Moss and me, and I played the Dou ble Down every Monday for 20 years.
Around 1997, at KUNV [FM]’s Rock Avenue [indie and alternative music show]. I had a beautiful late-night Sunday 3 to 6 a.m. shift. It was perfect. I got, like, three phone calls a night, and I could play whatever. Before that I’d been listening to Bazooka Joe, Poison Ivy and other legendary [Rock Avenue] DJs, and then I was in the room with them!
to being in Las Vegas, and we moved here in winter 1978, when it snowed. I’ve been here ever since. … I’ve thought about leaving Vegas many times, but then I realize what I have here. The people that I know here are just so sweet and so awesome. I can walk into any place and like get treated like Norm from Cheers
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Aw, Joe. He’s a sweet heart. He was an absolute influence on me. It’s not about what people want to hear; it’s what they need to hear. You don’t have to play Top 40 or what they request, because it’s usually something that every body’s heard 5,000 times.
The sound just fits right. You can tell when the music’s not right in any place. Like, you don’t play hillbilly music in an Italian restaurant type of scenario (laughs).
How do you know what Golden Tiki and Double Down crowds need to hear? Is it instinctual? Absolutely. I never know what I’m gonna play from night to night. When I go, I pack up some records: ‘Oh, I’ll bring my surf box. I’ll bring my blues box. I’ll bring my exotica box, my lounge box.’ And then I take the best tracks from those, and I try to make a cohesive story.
Your DJ sets could be their own ring on the chart.
So, we had Jeff Murphy, who’s got all those great metal stuff, and Hanson Meyer [AKA DJ Atomic], who grew up in the early ‘80s hardcore punk rock scene. He’s now doing more at Double Down than I ever did, and I love him for it.
And then Brandon Powers brought you into Golden Tiki. It’s a good place for you. Oh, yeah. When Brandon walked me into the construc tion of Golden Tiki, I was like, ‘Oh, I see what you’re doing.
Four community-based organizations were awarded a total of $500,000 in grants to expand health care access to members of our community.
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accessEducationEconomicstabilityandquality
GETTING TO THE CORE OF INDETERMINANTSHEALTHNEVADA
WHAT ARE SOCIALOFDETERMINANTSHEALTH?
In an effort to address these community challenges and promote better health for everyone, UnitedHealthcare is donating $11 million in charitable grants in 11 states through the Empowering Health program. Here is a look at how that funding has affected Nevada.
Health care accessqualityand
GRANT RECIPIENTS
This organization supports pregnant and postpartum mothers who use or have used opioids. It’s designed to help moms to thrive as mothers, caregivers and women. “Through UnitedHealthcare’s generosity, the $150,000 in Empowering Health Grant funds will go toward providing care coordination, individual therapy, and group therapy for pregnant and postpartum women with substance or opioid use disorder, and to support the household-centered home visitation program that address social determinants of health for the entire family,” said Andria Peterson, executive director of the EMPOWERED program.
Social determinants of health are the conditions in which we live that can affect our health, happiness and quality of life. It’s estimated that social determinants influence up to 80% of health-related outcomes, according to an article published by the National Academy of Medicine, and as the pandemic has exacerbated social and economic challenges in some communities, it has also contributed to an increase in health disparities.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlines five main categories of social determinants of health (SDOH).
EMPOWERED, ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Social determinants of health can be closely interconnected and may include: personal safety, housing insecurity, discrimination, job opportunities, access to nutritious food, clean drinking water, literacy skills and much more. Because these consequences can be so far reaching, community organizations that work to address social inequities can make a significant difference in the health of the individuals impacted.
ADVERTORIAL PRESENTED BY UNITEDHEALTHCARE
“[With the grant,] our organization will be able to provide labor support, postpartum care, childbirth education classes, breastfeeding assistance and support groups for mothers and fathers to underserved and Medicaid-eligible families, adolescents, LBGTQIA+ families, immigrants, refugees and others,” said Cordelia Hanna, executive director of Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance.
UNLV SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
HAPPY MAMA HEALTHY BABY ALLIANCE
The alliance was awarded $150,000 in grant funding to provide quality birthing services—skilled maternity care, breastfeeding support, and doula support and midwifery—to multicultural communities in Southern Nevada.
Social Neighborhoodcommunityandcontextandbuiltenvironment 423 17 I9.22.22 atonebettertheConnectingworldtohealth,personatime To learn more, visit uhc.com
THE CENTER
The Center serves the LGBTQIA+ community of Southern Nevada by providing social support, affirmations, family and senior services, and more. “We strive to empower everyone to live their authentic lives,” said Brian Hosier, chief operations officer of the Center. “With the generous $100,000 grant funding through UHC’s Empowering Health program, The Center created Thrive, a youth-focused LGBTQ+ Affirmative Counseling assistance program. The program will provide financial assistance for comprehensive mental health therapy, wellness education, and group participation for LGBTQ+ youths, their families and loved ones. This support will impact the lives of thousands here in the Las Vegas community.”
The School of Public Health is the first accredited school of public health in Nevada and one of only 68 accredited schools of public health in the world. It aims to advance the sciences of public health and eliminate health disparities in Southern Nevada and the world. “Through the UHC Empowering Health Grant, the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Public Health is able to introduce a groundbreaking telehome visiting pilot,” said Shawn Gerstenberger, Ph.D., Dean of UNLV School of Public Health. “The generous $100,000 in funds will launch a telehome visiting program through Prevent Child Abuse Nevada, allowing case workers to check in with new parents two to four weeks after discharge from the hospital and provide additional support and engagement in mental and behavioral health services.”
VeGas! I can’t believe it’s
Photographs by Wade Vandervort
18 LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 9.22.22 FEATURE
Here’s a fun, bilingual nature fact: Las Vegas is Spanish for “the meadows.” Many years ago, when the aquifer beneath this Southern Paiute land bubbled up in springs that fed grasses, flowers and mesquite trees, a Spanish explorer happened upon our Valley and rightly called it a meadow, because it obviously was. ¶ Today, weekend travelers see Las Vegas as mostly concrete, asphalt, chlorinated water, electricity, non-native trees and rock. But anyone who has lived in this Valley for more than a week knows that it contains pockets of natural beauty—places that look wholly unlike the Vegas the world has come to know. Here, knowledgeable explorers can find lush parks, meadows, wetlands, forests, even orchards. The real Las Vegas is out there. You only need to know where to look.
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20 LAS VEGAS WEEKLY 9.22.22 FEATURE 2601 Sunset Road Daily, 6 a.m.–11 p.m.
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The top-of-ticket debates between Laxalt and incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and between Lombardo and Gov. Steve Sisolak were supposed to be held either October 13 or 27 but were canceled after both GOP candidates did not respond to the debate’s invitation, said Matt Vaughan, news director at Reno’s KOLO-TV Channel 8.
-WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, cradling a bottle of champagne during her postgame news conference September 18 after the Las Vegas Aces capped their title run with a 78-71 victory over Connecticut and won the best-of-five series 3-1. For more coverage, turn to Page 44.
State cannabis regulators on September 20 announced an October gathering period for consumption lounge applications, according to a news release. The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board, which oversees the state’s cannabis industry, will accept consumption lounge applications from 8 a.m. on October 14 until 5 p.m. on October 27. In June, the regulatory body approved a set of statewide regulations for cannabis lounges, areas where cannabis customers can use products purchased at that location. Any cannabis dispensary operator can apply for a lounge license, with the state set to award about 40 licenses for lounges that would be attached to existing marijuana retail stores. There will also be 20 independent licenses available for free-standing lounges.
–Casey Harrison
A debate between candidates for two of Nevada’s highest-profile political races have been scrapped after U.S. Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt and gubernatorial contender Joe Lombardo—both Republicans—declined to participate.
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In a statement, Cortez Masto campaign spokesman Josh Marcus-Blank blasted Laxalt for the move and said Laxalt’s campaign opted to not participate in three debates to which Cortez Masto committed. That includes a debate on Spanish-language television.
– Bryan Horwath
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“It’s clear Adam Laxalt cannot defend his record of cashing in with a longtime D.C. lobbyist, trying to overturn the 2020 election and attacking a woman’s right to choose,” Marcus-Blank said in the statement. “Laxalt is ducking debates, just like he did during his failed run for governor.”
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The Las Vegas scene has been mourning the death of one of its best-known and most-loved musicians, Blair Dewane, dynamic frontman for indie bands The Skooners and Rusty Maples. Those of us who knew him will miss hearing his voice, from the stage and o of it, but our memories—and his songs—will live on forever. (Photo by Geo Carter/Sta )
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The ABC a liate was the sponsor of the debate, along with the Reno Gazette-Journal and the League of Women Voters.
It’s expected that as many as 170,000 visitors could descend on Las Vegas for the event.
Alex Scally (left) and Victoria Legrand perform on Life Is Beautiful’s Bacardi Stage on Night 3 of the Downtown Las Vegas music festival’s 2022 edition. For our coverage of the weekend, visit lasvegasweekly.com. Ramos/Sta )
The Las Vegas Grand Prix, which will partially be held on a temporary race track that includes stretches of Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip, will occur November 18, 2023. The race is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. that night, according to the release.
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An opening ceremony, a practice day for the drivers and qualifying for the race will take place over several days prior to the occasion.
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The much-anticipated Formula One motor sports race on the Strip will take place the Saturday before Thanksgiving next year, according to a news release.
The UNLV football team has scored more points in its first three games this season—two wins and a road loss to Cal—than it did in its first six games of 2021. It’s the highest-scoring three-game season-opening stretch in school history. UNLV plays September 24 at Utah State.
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Date set for Las Vegas Grand Prix
Plans are for a 3.8-mile racetrack to be constructed along a stretch Las Vegas Boulevard and some adjacent streets. The track will start near Top Golf and MGM Grand before heading north on Koval Lane. A 50-lap race is planned.
Experts believe the race could bring as much as $500 million in economic impact to the Southern Nevada region. -Bryan Horwath
It will then wind around the under-construction MSG Sphere facility before it connects with Sands Avenue and, eventually, Las Vegas Boulevard to go south until turning to the east on Harmon Avenue.
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hooting dust into clouds to make them produce more rain or snow … does it sound like something from a science ction movie?
BY SHANNON MILLER
But while cloud seeding can give the canyon a needed boost, McDonough says it’s “not a drought buster. ... It’s not going to ll Lake Mead.” But it will have a measurable impact and yield valuable information for further research about water and groundwater systems in Red Rock Canyon, he says.
Joshua trees are really dying, and it’s really in dire condition.
According to results from 2021 cloud seeding in the Spring Mountains, the project added nearly 3,360 acre feet to winter precipitation in the Lee Canyon area—“enough water to supply all the water needs for a year for about 6,700 households,” McDonough says.
Save Red Rock raises money for a cloud seeding project amid the prolonged drought
Climate change and years of less-than-average rainfall have taken a toll on plant and wildlife, says Pauline van Betten, land and water specialist for Save Red Rock. During a webinar about cloud seeding, the organization’s leaders discussed why the intervention is needed. “We all love Red Rock Canyon … [and] it’s not doing so well,” van Betten said. “The
“When the airplane crashes into a cloud with water drops that are below freezing … [it] can actually accrete enough ice where it can no longer y,” McDonough says. “[Scientists] accidentally realized that if we can arti cially introduce ice into a water cloud, we can make it snow or rain.”
According to meteorologist Frank McDonough, the technology for the process known as cloud seeding rst arrived nearly a century ago, during the 1930s. Scientists were studying the way clouds could act as an aviation hazard, when pilots would y through them and their aircrafts became weighed down by ice.
“Fifteen years ago, the lower Cottonwood Springs was a 15-foot deep swimming hole. The upper Cottonwood Springs was full of reeds and frogs and birds and all kinds of water plants. And … they’ve been bone dry for years,” she said, adding that her group sees evidence of wildlife seeking water and food sources in the city.
The nonpro t Save Red Rock is fundraising a cloud seeding project in response to prolonged drought in the beloved, well-worn national recreation area west of Las Vegas. According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, average annual precipitation levels have fallen from a mean of 11.3 inches (1981-2010) to 6.9 inches (2011-2017).
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As program manager of Desert Research Institute’s cloud seeding projects for the past eight years, McDonough has overseen several e orts that have increased area precipitation by about 10%, according to DRI data.
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He estimates cloud seeding proj ects cost $8 to $10 per acre foot of project area.
How it works
(Left) Snow covers Red Rock Canyon in 2019 (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
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(Below) DRI’s Frank McDonough atop a Lovell Canyon cloud seeding generator (Courtesy/ Pat Melarkey, DRI)
To enhance a cloud’s ability to make snowflakes, “ice-forming dust”—a type of aerosol—is introduced into “liquid water cloud layers,” which leads to the creation of ice crystals and, ultimately, snowfall. Silver io dide, a naturally occurring inorganic molecule, is a choice aerosol, since it has a molecular structure similar to iceAlthoughwater. it sounds rather unnatu ral, the use of silver iodide has little to no negative environmental impact, McDonough says.
Other states have turned to largescale cloud seeding projects to stave off some of the effects of climate change. Amid record low levels on the Colorado River and its reservoirs, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming have state-funded cloud seeding programs that “try to produce additional runoff coming down the Colorado River, serving the lower Basin,” McDonough says.
“At its simplest, cloud seeding is a method to enhance a cloud’s ability to produce precipitation … to produce snowflakes, in general,” McDonough explains.SaveRed Rock and DRI are aiming for a project start date of November 15—timed for the months when Red Rock Canyon receives the majority of its precipitation. About 70% of groundwater recharge in the Spring Mountain range, which includes Red Rock, comes from winter storms, McDonough says.
McDonough and his team, which includes another meteorologist and two technicians, install the aerosol generators and monitor weather con ditions—looking for cloud patterns and temperature ranges at which the aerosol can accumulate ice crystals within clouds. Once the storm moves through the project area, they can turn the generators off.
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“Since the 1980s, more than 100 Sierra Nevada rivers and lakes have been studied to address potential issues regarding cloud seeding. And no detectable silver above the natural background has ever been found in the seeded target area water bod ies, precipitation or lake sediment samples,” he says. “Nor is there any evidence of silver accumulating, even
So, back to shooting dust into clouds. How exactly do the scientists make it rain?
DRI scientists also collect data on precipitation to better understand water systems including groundwater recharge, which is particularly important in Red Rock Canyon, a lower-elevation area of the Spring Mountains.“Whenyou get snow, it melts and usually heads down toward the creeks,” McDonough says. “In the Spring Mountains, there are a lot of places where the water disappears into cracks and then pops back up in a spring somewhere else,” he explains, adding that hydrologists are studying the water systems in the area to understand best strategies for intervention.
after 50 years of continuous seeding.”
Save Red Rock has raised more than one-fifth of its $150,000 goal to fund cloud seeding projects this win ter through May 2023. Those interest ed in donating can visit saveredrock. com/make-it-rain
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It doesn’t really get the at tention it deserves, because i ts all-star lineup of mainstream artists playing 25-minute sets defines the iHeartRadio Music Festival as something very dif ferent from the current cultural c a tegory of music festivals. But it’s undeniable that this event, now in its 12th year, is the perfect musical weekend for Las Vegas; both the concert and the city are designed for absolute fan service.
The star-stacked iHeartRadio Music Festival shines as an only-in-Vegas affair
BY BROCK RADKE
“You never know what’s going to happen.”Daytime Stage stars are the main stage headliners of tomor row, and every act on the main stage would likely headline other genre-specific festivals. On sev eral occasions, iHeart sets have sparked musical comebacks or reunion tours. “I recall how impactful it was when Back street Boys played with Florida Georgia Line, or when Queen reunited for the first time [in years] on our stage,” says Tom
-John Sykes, president of entertainment enterprises for iHeartMedia
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“[They] realize they don’t own this audience,” Poleman says. “These are the biggest artists in the world, and they’re used to playing in front of their own fans. But when they step on that stage in Vegas, they’ve got to win over that audience, and they’re really trying hard from the first song to get that crowd. Paul McCartney told us about that. So you have maybe the greatest artist in the history of music saying, ‘I’ve got to go out there and give them my best.’”
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In case you’ve never been— and locals skipping iHeart is common, since it has frequently been held over the same week end as Life Is Beautiful; not the case this year—it really is a “best in class event” covering “every genre of music from classic rock to pop to hip-hop to country and everything in between,” as Sykes describes. For two nights at T-Mobile Arena, attendees this year will see performances by Halsey, Megan Thee Stallion, Sam Smith, LL Cool J, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Morgan Wallen, Diplo, Lionel Richie, Pitbull, The Black Keys and
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“Las Vegas has become the most important music city in America, and maybe the world,” says John Sykes, president of entertainment enterprises for iHeartMedia. “We like to think we were ahead of the curve by bringing this event when Las Ve gas was really emerging with the residencies and performances as the place where the world wants to go see music. We saw the festi val not as an industry event, but really for fans and artists who love playing Vegas.”
In other ways, this festival is like a Grammy or Academy Awards production. The perfor mances resonate because the performers go out of their way to make things special onstage.
Poleman, chief programming officer. “Backstreet Boys didn’t realize what would happen after that, which was a massive tour and a Las Vegas residency.”
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more. And at Area15 on Satur day, the Daytime Stage will once again feature emerging artists, this year showcasing Latto, Maggie Rogers, Big Time Rush, Willow, Lauv, Chloe, Chase Rice, Gayle, Carly Pearce and others.
(Left to right) Megan Thee Stallion, LL Cool J, Halsey and Sam Smith (Courtesy)
“And a funny thing that happens that we’re always in awe of, is that once an artist finds out who their fellow performers are, they surprise everyone and get onstage and you see these collaborations you’d never get anywhere else,” Sykes says. It happened with Prince and Mary J. Blige, Sting and Lady Gaga, and Alicia Keys with Coldplay.
“Las Vegas has become the most important music city in America, and maybe the world.”
What was it like making an album with Vieux Farka Touré? Ochoa: It was challenging to work with somebody who’s basically a one-man band. He plays incredible, amazing guitar—a very full-bodied style of playing, and sings as well. [So] it was a challenge for us to gure out how to work around his style of playing. Also, neither of us speaks each other’s rst language. … It’s really beautiful to be in the studio and honor the fact that music is a universal language. We were able to speak through playing.
How did the pandemic a ect the recording process with him or with Leon Bridges on
The album mixes Vieux Farka Touré’s distinct guitar, vocals and Malian styles with Khruangbin’s genre-bending psychedelic cocktail of funk, reggae,
Vieux Farka Touré (left) with Khruangbin (Courtesy/Jackie Lee Young)
hruangbin will have a bonus treat at its September 29 tour stop in Las Vegas, in the form of virtuoso guitarist and singer Vieux Farka Touré. He’ll accompany the Houston trio on the heels of the collaborative project Ali, released September 23 and titled in honor of Touré’s father, late African blues great Ali Farka Touré.
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The artwork, music videos and promotion posters surrounding these projects also stand out. How do you approach those visual elements? Ochoa: Everything Khruangbin does is thoughtfully curated. Aaron Lowell Denton is behind the Texas Sun artwork. He had done one of the posters for our tour with Leon. … He was somebody that we were all fans of working with [and] we’ve worked to create the landscape in a way that was tting for the content.
soul and world music. One track, “Savanne,” nds a mystical guitar solo layered with reggae and Latin rhythms and Touré’s singing, while the blues-rock hook in “Tongo Barra” eases into a hip-swaying vamp amid masterful ri s.
Ochoa: From processing plans to vital mastering—all that stu got backed up over COVID. And we were all stuck in our respective homes, which are not near each other. So we were kind of lucky that we burned out in 2019 (laughs). Because we just wanted to be sheltered in for a while. The [“Texas Moon”] video was the rst time we were actually together in the pandemic, I think.
those collaborative works? Johnson: We had a really good 2019, recorded a lot of stu —[2020 EP] Texas Sun, Mordechai and [some of] the Vieux Farka Touré material ... basically at the same time. [Then] in 2020, we shut it down.
With that release, along with February EP Texas Moon with Leon Bridges, 2020 EP Texas Sun (also with Bridges) and 2020 LP Mordechai in its ever-expanding arsenal, the band is now in full performance mode, putting on stellar shows while cycling in a variety of guest artists. Since Khruangbin’s Space Walk tour began in July, Canadian indie group Men I Trust has joined the group onstage, and Thundercat is slated to open for them in Denver.
The Weekly caught up with Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee Ochoa and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson ahead of their Brooklyn Bowl performance, to discuss working with Vieux Farka Touré and Bridges and more.
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Your tour for Mordechai was delayed by the pandemic. How has it been performing those songs live, two years after they were released? Ochoa: It’s obviously bittersweet, because the pandemic took a giant toll, and it’s still taking a toll on everything. But I think, as performers, it’s a really rewarding time to play. ... It’s safe to say that we’re still playing shows where it’s people’s rst show back.
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Another parallel, she points out, is the injuries. The repeated motions can lead to anything from painful tension in the body to carpal tunnel syndrome.“That’swhy we decided to bring this up and talk about how much work it takes,” she says. “Everybody goes to concerts … that’s the result of not only a week of rehearsals but years and years of training andThepractice.”HSO’sseason will open with a very literal take on the theme, a performance of Danny Elfman’s “Batman Suite” and John Williams’ “Superman Suite.” From there, however, three soloists will perform traditionally di cult pieces on their instruments during the remainder of the season.
“She was very genuine and obviously very talented, and Alex conducted at a di erent level
majority of the public has some understanding of what it takes for an athlete to make it to the big leagues. But what about a classical musician? The Henderson Symphony Orchestra will put a spotlight on what it takes to be a professional with its 2022-2023 campaign titled “Heroes.”
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The Henderson Symphony Orchestra looks to expose new audiences to classical music
Arrieche jokes that her inner superhero would be the “Black Wizard,” and her baton would act as her wand. Then again, she could be considered a superhero in her own right, representing diversity in a male-dominated industry.
Music Director Alexandra Arrieche tells the Weekly that a musician’s journey starts at a very young age, usually around 5 years old. They pick their instruments and must practice for hours every day, the way an athlete does, and only the most dedicated will make it.
Julie Williams, HSO’s director of operations, says HSO selected Arrieche due to her “rapport with the musicians.”
than many of them.” Williams says. “Some people conduct at more of a technical teaching level. … She was more about making the music. It brings out a di erent element of the orchestra. It was just what we were looking for, and we thought that would really help us grow as musicians and grow as artists.”Arrieche isn’t just representing women on the stage; she’s on a mission to bridge the gap between the casual music listener and classical music. She explains that, in the past, classical music had to experienced in person, but with better technology—studio recording, physical copies of music and streaming—came easy access to all kinds of music in our “[Athome.thatpoint], classical musicians decided that we were part of an elite. … We started with all the rules: You cannot bring food. You cannot talk. You just go to be elevated in some way. And in the past, it wasn’t like that,” she says.
“Usually, when you go to see an orchestra, they’re all dressed up as penguins—which doesn’t happen with us—and then a dude comes out and rarely addresses the audience. He turns his back and then starts playing. There’s no interaction between orchestras and audience. That’s a huge problem. But there are orchestras like us that are breaking those barriers.”
De Ann Letourneau will present Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto,” Yvonne Cox will play Ginastera’s “Harp Concerto” and Michael Sheppard will deliver Rachmanino ’s “Piano Concerto No. 3.”
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HSO also collaborated with a UNLV ne art student, Lee Letourneau, to transform the musicians into superheroes. Cox’s bow radiates with power and Sheppard is depicted with a cape of ivory keys in promotional materials.
BY EVELYN MATEOS
Music director Alexandra Arrieche with the Henderson Symphony Orchestra (Courtesy/ Henderson Symphony Orchestra)
“In Brazil, we don’t have many orchestras, and the ones we did have had male conductors. It was di cult for a man, imagine for a woman. So I never thought about [being a conductor] until I was about 26 and one of my teachers said you should try because you have something to say,” Arrieche says. “I decided to give it a try, but before, there were really no women conductors in the world … it’s still a problem.”
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“It’s always going to be as much avor as I can possibly muster and get into something, but now I’m trying to be a bit more focused with our brand and what we’re o ering, so it can be cohesive. But I can’t think of food any other way.”
Served was all about huge avors and maximum satisfaction, whether it was breakfast, lunch or dinner. “That’s still going to be my philosophy on cooking and the way I cook. It’s always going to be like that,” he says.
“Once we started [with Served] here, I started really getting into sourcing high-quality proteins, and it just blossomed from there,” Meyer says.
Chef Matt Meyer transforms his spot into ansteakhouseambitious
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“I was facilitating these relationships with smaller ranchers and boutique producers, and the more I got into it, the more I realized what I wanted to do.”
att Meyer is ready to take things to the next level, and if you’ve ever dined at his restaurantHendersonServed Global Dining, you should be excited about what’s coming.
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The new focus brings 138°, a “craft chophouse” concept set to open September 30 in the former Served space on Horizon Ridge Parkway. The name is inspired by the ideal temperature for nishing a great steak (and maybe by an old Mis ts song) and the cuisine is galvanized by Meyer’s careful e ort to work with elite purveyors for the highest quality product.
So 138° will serve beef from Lund, Nevada’s Perigo Hay & Cattle, where the chef and owner has spent a lot of time learning about the product and
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“People like the food, but they also love the dancing and come for that, too. It’s a very lively event,” says organizer and publicist Marilyn Flan gas. “You’ll see young people climbing on the tables to dance, like they do in Greece.”
There will be a la carte steaks with optional sides, but the menu also includes composed dishes like seed-crusted lamb loin with Anson Mills’ Carolina Gold risotto and rapini, and duck breast with a mole sauce and a mezcal beurre blanc. Meyer has expanded his repertoire into
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As always, this year’s three-
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But it’s really the welcoming spirit and warm cultural exchange that keeps the festival going strong year after year, and keeps attracting new families to the event. “It’s a way for us to show our culture,” Flangas says. –Brock Radke
The 2018 Greek Food Festival (Courtesy/Greek Food Festival)
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what makes it special, but his new restaurant will also run an in-house dry-aging program to ensure each cut reaches its peak.
“We don’t have one ribeye from one ranch; we have several different options, like a bone-in ribeye from Five Dot Ranch in [Northern] California or a grass-fed option from Stemple Creek Ranch [in Tomales, Cali fornia],” Meyer points out.
day event will include tours of the Byzantine church, and the Run for Change 26.2-mile fundraising run. All proceeds from the race this year, which kicks off at Tivoli Village, will benefit the Nevada Partner ship for Homeless Youth.
vegan dishes in a much more meaningful way—and he’s excited about that—but Served fans will still get their over-the-top burger fix at 138°. The house-ground burger will use that Nevada beef, topped with Brie, confit shallot, Parmesan crisp and Meyer’s take on A1 He’ssauce.elevating the overall expe rience, too, moving into fine-din ing territory while keeping things comfortable for loyal diners. “It’s a hard line to walk, but we are moving into a direction where the food is elevated and the space is elevated, but we still want to be approachable for those guests who have become loyal customers in the previous five years,” Meyer says. “We still want to be that place where people feel com fortable, and we don’t want to be stuffy or pretentious.”
(Left) The Perigo ranch 60-day dry-aged ribeye, and (above) the 138° burger (Wade Vandervort/Staff)
The Greek Food Festival edges closer to its 50th anniversary
The food is legendary at this festival, including our favorite, grilled chicken or pork souvlaki wrapped in warm pita and doused with tzatziki, and Flangas’ fave, beef and rice-stuffed grape leaves with a squeeze of lemon known as dolmathes.
n Fall brings out all sorts of festivals around the Vegas Valley, but there can only be one Greek Food Festival. The annual event held at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Spring Valley was likely the first food fest found ed in Las Vegas, and it’s cel ebrating 49 years dishing up delicious spanakopita, saga naki, gyros and honey-kissed baklava with generous sides of music, dancing and fami ly-friendly fun.
The counterintuitive gambit paid huge dividends, as reserve guard Riquna Williams took advantage of mismatches to pour in 17 clutch points, including a pair of go-ahead 3-pointers in the final two minutes. She hit one
By raising the stakes so high, anything less than a championship in 2022 would have been a failure. Turns out, Las Vegas won’t have to settle for anythingHammonless.was worth every penny.
“When I took the job in December, I thought when I started breaking down the roster that I can do something with it,” Hammon said. “I had a vision of what I wanted to do with this team.”
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Her most important endeavor, though, was getting the players to be lieve in her and in themselves.
tember 18 in Uncasville, Connecticut, after a Finals-clinching victory against the Connecticut Sun.
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“It was immediate,” Gray said. “In training camp, you saw her making those habits and start creating that relationship. She’s not going to be easy on us—she’s making sure we’re ready for when the time comes.”
Veteran point guard Chelsea Gray, one of the most respected players in the entire WNBA, said Hammon accom plished that goal early on.
The 45-year-old Hammon, a former college and WNBA star player, had spent the previous nine years appren ticing under Gregg Popovich as her name circulated for potential NBA head coach openings. It seemed like ev ery time a job opened up, Hammon was rumored to be among the finalists.
The Las Vegas Aces captured the 2022 WNBA title with a 3-1 series win over the Connecticut Sun. (AP Photo)
as a cohesive unit, the results were stag gering, as Las Vegas rolled through the regular season with the WNBA’s best record (26-10). She emboldened super star A’ja Wilson, who won her second WNBA MVP award, while Hammon earned Coach of the Year honors.
Taking over the most talented roster in the league—but one that had come up short in the past three playoffs— Hammon quickly sorted out the players’ strengths and weaknesses and installed a modern offensive system.
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“The first thing you have to do in building a championship culture is to set a tone of accountability, first and foremost,” Hammon said. “Bringing people together for a common goal bigger than themselves.”
That vision became reality against the Sun, as Hammon piloted the Aces to a Game 4 victory to close out the WNBA Finals and bounce back from a humbling 105-76 loss in Game 3. The win featured another stroke of genius from Hammon, who went to a smaller lineup in the second half despite Connecticut having bullied Las Vegas in the interior for the past six quarters of the series.
as Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis likes to aim big when it comes to hiring coaches, an ambition that paid off with his WNBA fran chise. The successful courtship of former San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon proved to be the first domino to fall and set in motion a championship season.
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So how did Davis manage to swoop in and land one of the most sought-after candidates in the sport? With a re cord-setting contract worth a reported $1 million per year, making Hammon the highest-paid coach in the WNBA— and, controversially, about four times the maximum player salary.
Her first year at the helm was sensa tional, from starting with victories in nine of her first 10 games to lifting the WNBA Championship trophy on Sep
Once Hammon got the team to play
Where: Nissan Stadium
Hammon’s coaching acumen was a driving force behind the Aces’ success allOnyear.amacro level, she completely rewrote the team’s o ensive playbook. Previous Aces teams played fast and scored a lot of points but did so via an archaic style that relied on post play and de-emphasized 3-point shooting. Las Vegas ranked last in three-point shooting a year ago despite being third in Hammonaccuracy.ditched the inside-out approach and installed a more Spurs-like pace-and-space system that promoted ball movement and outside shooting. Las Vegas vaulted to third in 3-point attempts in 2022 while topping the league
■ Matchup: The Las Vegas run defense has looked competent so far, but gets its biggest test yet in Tennessee’s Derrick Henry, the twotime NFL rushing champion. The 6-foot-3, 247-pound former Heisman Trophy winner is a load to bring down, especially for a Raiders front seven dealing with a couple of key injuries. Middle linebacker and team captain Denzel Perryman missed the Cardinals game with an ankle injury, and starting defensive tackle Bilal Nichols left the field with a hurt shoulder. The Raiders are also down cornerback Anthony Averett (thumb) and safety Tre’von Moehrig (hip). Averett will miss at least four games, but Moehrig is one to monitor going into the Titans game.
When: Sunday, September 25, 10 a.m.
■ This Week: Raiders (0-2) at Titans (0-1*)
Wilson was the focal point during the regular season, averaging 19.5 points per game and becoming both an o ensive and defensive threat from everywhere on the oor. Gray took over in the postseason, averaging a team-high 21.7 points per game while shooting a league playo record 61.7% from the oor en route to a WNBA Finals MVP nod.
That allowed her to be doused in confetti and champagne at the conclusion of the season, reaching the pinnacle of the sport barely eight months after taking the job.
in accuracy and o ensive e ciency.
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“The bigger thing is the players really bought into it,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what scheme you’re doing, the players have to believe in it. I think at the end of the day, they saw the good results.”
Arizona tight end Zach Ertz runs after a catch during against the Raiders on September 18. (AP Photo)
“I felt like if we could just scrap and dig out balls at the other end, [Connecticut] would have a tough time guarding us down there,” Hammon explained. “Whoever their biggest player was on, we were running them into pick-and-roll actions and then just kind of stepping out and making them pay in di erent ways.”
more triple that all but secured the win with less than a minute to play.
Betting line: Raiders -1, over/under: 45.5 * at press time (the Titans played Monday night)
The Raiders blew the biggest lead in franchise history in their home opener, squandering a 20-0 halftime advantage to lose in devastating fashion in overtime. Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow fumbled twice in the span of three plays with the Raiders just yards away from a comfortable game-winning field goal attempt, and the second got scooped up by Cardinals cornerback Byron Murphy and returned for a 59-yard walk-o touchdown. The Raiders’ o ense could never get anything going after a stellar first half, gaining only four first downs after halftime. And the defense couldn’t bring down slippery mobile quarterback Kyler Murray, who led the Cardinals to a pair of late touchdowns and two-point conversions to force overtime in a game in which the visitors’ win probability dipped as low as 3.1%, according to ESPN analytics.
■ Raider to Watch: Wide receiver Mack Hollins
The veteran newcomer led the Raiders with five catches for 66 yards against the Cardinals. He keyed on a couple scoring drives in the first half before drawing a big pass interference penalty on a deep ball to set up a field goal in the second half. Teammates and coaches have raved about Hollins all o season, and voted him a team captain, but it was hard to see him carving a consistent o ensive niche on a team already loaded with so many talented skill-position players. But so far, he’s done so, and it will be interesting to see whether he can maintain his hot start. – Case Keefer
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Hammon knew the team needed to lean on its point guard, who also averaged seven assists per game in the postseason. She nailed such coaching decisions all season, and it’s the biggest reason why the 2022 Las Vegas Aces were able to succeed where previous editions failed to bring home a title.
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■ Last Week: Cardinals 29, Raiders 23
“Performancedecades.and longevity,” Bentley said. “It’s unreal. Nothing comes close. Carroll Shelby was a true winner, and the company is a true winner.”
“A significant amount of work goes into it,” said Gary Patterson, president of Shelby American. “We’ll redesign the en tire front fascia, fenders, hoods, wheels, tires, brakes, suspension … the content list is huge. It’s a lot more than just stick ers. We change these cars a lot.”
run that will produce 30 “Code Red” Mustang GT500s. Those have twin tur bo 1,300 horsepower engines. They’re so specialized and powerful, in fact, that they aren’t even highway legal.
After walking out of the Shelby Heritage Center just south of the Strip on Wednes day, Wade Bentley reflected on why it took so long for him to visit the sports car museum.
Shelby American is in the midst of a
AC Cobras at the Shelby American facility’s Heritage Center in Las Vegas (Steve Marcus/Staff)
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THE LAS VEGAS-BASED SHELBY AMERICAN AUTO LINE REMAINS A ‘TRUE WINNER’
“I’ve followed Shelby all my life, and I’ve been to Vegas many times, but I just hadn’t been here before today,” Bentley said. “It was very in formative. You could see into the back where they were modifying the cars, which was pretty cool.”
The company—which has a large warehouse and shop operation in the same building as the Heritage Cen ter—also creates a line of Shelby trucks, which are put together in Indiana.
Today, 60 years since the first Shelby Cobra CSX2000 was displayed by Ford at the 1962 New York Auto Show, the brand is still synonymous with quality, craftsmanship, style and American racing history.
Shelby vehicles can be so coveted by sports car enthusiasts and collec tors—and thereby so copied—that an official vehicle registry exists to authenticate each vehicle.
The movie, which starred actors Matt Damon and Christian Bale, grossed more than $200 million worldwide.
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The Shelby is a special perfor mance brand for Ford’s Mustang line of vehicles, a venture launched by en trepreneur and auto designer Carroll Shelby in California in 1962.
Patterson said interest in and visita tion to the Heritage Center increased after the release of 2019 film Ford v Fer rari, a loose interpretation of Carroll Shelby’s quest to build the Ford GT40 in hopes of capturing glory at the 1966 “24 Hours of Le Mans” auto race in France.
Like many of the thousands who visit the Shelby American facility in Las Vegas each year, Bentley is a car person. In fact, he runs a Ford dealer ship in Cullman, Alabama, roughly an hour from Birmingham.
Inside the Heritage Center, onlook ers can look at classic cars, read up on Carroll Shelby’s life and the history of his company and purchase anything from a Shelby T-shirt to a Shelby refrigerator magnet.
For Bentley, it didn’t take any time at all to collect his thoughts on why the Shelby brand remains so popular after six
For a fee, visitors can partake in a guided tour that leads them onto the shop
The Shelby American operation moved to its off-Strip location— sandwiched between I-15 and Town Square—in 2013. Before that, the com pany was stationed near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for about 15 years.
“Shelbyfloor.is all about having fun, and that’s what Vegas is about, too,” Patter son said. “We continue Carroll Shelby’s passion for innovation and trying new things here. Like Shelby over the years, Vegas is a place that keeps reinventing itself, so that’s pretty cool.”
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Everything else produced out of the Las Vegas facility, however, is legal to drive anywhere in the United States.
It wasn’t long after, however, that the COVID-19 pandemic began, dras tically limiting visitation to Las Vegas for a “Iftime.you’re into Shelby vehicles and Shelby products, coming to Las Vegas is kind of like being Catholic and going to Rome to see the pope,” Patterson said. “Since we moved here from our location near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway eight years ago, it’s worked out really well. We’re close to the airport and close to the Strip, which both work to our advantage.”
ment of V-8 supercharged Mustangs into Shelby Super Snake Mustangs. The snake moniker comes from the revered Shelby cobra logo, which is recognized by gearheads the world over.
Much of what happens at the shop facility revolves around the enhance
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson once described the most disappointing event in his life. He was eating a meal in the same dining area as a cartoonist he admired, Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family Larson wanted to introduce himself to Addams, but he was too shy. Don’t be like Larson. Connect with receptive people you’d love to communicate with.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tips to get the most out of the next three weeks: 1. Use your imagination to make everything seem fascinating and won derful. 2. When you give advice to others, be sure to listen to it yourself. 3. Move away from having a rigid conception of yourself and move toward having a fluid fantasy about yourself. 4. Be the first to laugh at and correct your own mistakes. 5. Inspire other people to love being themselves.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn poet William Stafford wrote, “Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.” In coming weeks, speak your truths as often and as clearly as possible. And do all you can to avoid exposing yourself to trivial and delusional “truths” that are really just opinions or misinformation.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m getting a vision of you cuddled up in your warm bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and wrapped in soft, thick blankets with images of bunnies and dolphins on them. Your headphones are on, and the songs pouring into your cozy awareness are silky smooth tonics that rouse sweet memories of all the times you felt most wanted. In the coming days, I suggest you enjoy experiences akin to what I’ve described here.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe more than any other sign of the zodiac, you periodically outfox karma. But in the coming weeks, I will nevertheless counsel you not to barge into situations where rash boldness might lead to wrong moves. At least for the foreseeable future, I hope you will be prudent and cagey in your quest for interesting and educational fun.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): More than usual, Scorpio, you need to commune with fantastic truths and transcendent joys. To be in maximum alignment with the good fortune that life has prepared for you, you must give your loving attention to the highest and noblest visions of your personal destiny that you can imagine.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are an extra authentic Aquarius if people say that you get yourself into the weirdest, most interesting trouble they’ve ever seen. The upcoming chapter of your life story might be as entertaining as any you have had in years. Luckily, imminent events are also likely to bring you soulful lessons that make you wiser and wilder.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1946, medical professionals in the UK established the Common Cold Unit. Before it was shut down, it produced just one innova tion: zinc gluconate lozenges that reduce the severity and length of a cold. The results of that research were modest, but they were better than nothing. During the coming weeks, you may experience comparable phenomena, Taurus: less spectacular outcomes than you might wish, but still worthwhile.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Love your mistakes and foibles,” Virgo astrologer Wil liam Sebrans advises. “They aren’t going away. And it’s your calling in life—some would say a superpower—to home in on them and finesse them. Why? Because you may be able to fix them or at least improve them with panache.” While this counsel is always relevant for you, it will be especially so in the coming weeks.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Tips for making the most of the next three weeks: 1. Be proud as you teeter charismatically on the fence. Relish the power that comes from being in between. 2. Act as vividly congenial and staunchly beautiful as you dare. 3. Experiment with making artful arrangements of pretty much everything you are part of. 4. Flatter others sincerely. 5. Cultivate an open-minded skepticism that blends discernment and curiosity. 6. Plot and scheme in behalf of harmony, but never kiss ass.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here’s a scenario that could be both an invigorating metaphor and a literal event. Put on rollerblades. Get out onto a long flat surface. Build up a comfortable speed. Fill your lungs with the elixir of life. Praise the sun and the wind. Sing your favorite songs. Glide and coast and flow with sheer joy. Keep rambling until you feel spacious and vast.
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