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IN THIS ISSUE

SPORTS

SUPERGUIDE

MUSIC PARTY

SNAIL MAIL With Water From Your Eyes, Dazy, 8 p.m., the Portal at Area15, area15.com

UNLV DANCE: SPRING FORWARD

7:30 p.m., thru 4/15 (& 4/15, 2:30 p.m.), Alta Ham Fine Arts Dance Studio One, unlv.edu.

SPORTS

POUYA With Terror Reid, 6:45 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, concerts.livenation.com.

UBUR & PHISO With Prosecute, 10 p.m., We All Scream, seetickets.us.

JERRY SEINFELD 8 p.m., & 4/15, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.

UNWRITTEN LAW With Authority Zero, Mercy Music, 8 p.m., etix.com.

ARTS

FOOD + DRINK

STATIC-X With Fear Factory, Dope, Twiztid, Cultus Black, 5:30 p.m., House of Blues, concerts.livenation.com.

ORNY ADAMS 7:30 p.m., thru 4/16 (& 4/14-4/15, 9:30 p.m.), Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, ticketmaster.com.

JOEL CORRY 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.

BARRY MANILOW 7 p.m., thru 4/15, Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.

DJ CLA 10:30 p.m., Tao Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

BABYFACE RAY With Veeze, etix.com

axs.com. 9 p.m., 24 Oxford,

SMOKEY ROBINSON 8:30 p.m., & 4/15, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.

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THE CONVERSATION

One of the great advantages of having a dedicated art house cinema, aside from screening the latest independent and international films, is enjoying classic films you’ve only ever seen on television … or perhaps not at all. Downtown’s Beverly Theater has already taken a few intriguing steps in that direction (guarantee you it’s the first to screen 1949’s The Third Man and 1995’s Leprechaun 3 in the same month), but it ramp ups with this three-day run of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic 1974 thriller The Conversation. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s the story of expert bugger Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), and a recorded conversation that might anticipate a murder. The supporting cast, which includes Harrison Ford and the late, great John Cazale, is perfection, and its taut, claustrophobic storytelling earned it a Best Picture Oscar nomination, which it lost to Coppola’s other movie from that year, The Godfather Part II And if ever there was a classic film that could benefit from the nuances of the Beverly’s terrific sound system, it’s this one. April 14-16, 4 & 7 p.m., $10, the Beverly Theater, thebeverlytheater.com. –Geoff Carter

PLAN YOUR WEEK AHEAD

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE: NATURE ROARS BACK

7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

BRAD PAISLEY 8 p.m., & 4/15, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

USHER 9 p.m., & 4/15, 4/19, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com.

BASSJACKERS 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE

4 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

POP EVIL With The Word Alive, Avoid, 7 p.m., House of Blues, concerts. livenation.com.

LOWDOWN

BRASS BAND

7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

NICK ELLIOTT

Noon, Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.

UNLV SOFTBALL VS. CALIFORNIA Thru 4/16, times vary, Eller Media Stadium, unlvtickets.com.

PLEASUREKRAFT

With Spektre, 10 p.m., Discopussy, seetickets.us.

EPIK HIGH

Korean pop music has been steadily spreading around the world for at least two decades, its appeal personified here in Las Vegas by last year’s BTS Allegiant Stadium takeover. But hip-hop trio Epik High predates that global expansion and has been cited as a major influence by many of the biggest K-pop groups. Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz have been crafting lyrically complex tracks since 2001, before hip-hop was anything close to mainstream in South Korea, eventually breaking through with 2005 album Swan Songs (which, as the name describes, was originally meant to be their final album). The pioneering, genre-blending group has taken different breaks through the years for military service and family time, eventually surging again in 2016 when it became the first Korean act to play Coachella. After dropping two-part album Epik High Is Here over the past two years, Epik High wraps up its extensive North American tour with a debut concert at the Cosmopolitan, another reminder that Las Vegas truly is a global music destination. 8 p.m., $40-$200, the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com. –Brock Radke

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SUPERGUIDE

SATURDAY

LAS VEGAS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Ft. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway & more, 11 a.m., Centennial Hills Park, lasvegasnevada.gov.

KASKADE 11 a.m., Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

SPORTS

VADER

With Krisiun, Decrepit Birth, Claustrofobia, 7 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.

ALESSO 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.

ARTS

FOOD + DRINK

SMOKUS POCUS 7 & 9:30 p.m. (Wed-Mon thru 6/15), Area15, area15.com.

FOOD TRUCK & WINE WALK 6 p.m., Tivoli Village, tivolivillagelv.com.

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

TIËSTO 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com.

PARMALEE 8 p.m., Backyard Amphitheater at Green Valley Ranch Resort, ticketmaster.com.

THE SHAKEWELLS With The Rebel Set, The Thingz, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS VS. ONTARIO REIGN 7 p.m., Dollar Loan Center, axs.com.

JEFFREY OSBORNE 8 p.m., Orleans Showroom, ticketmaster.com.

FABOLOUS 10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

ARRIVAL FROM SWEDEN 8 p.m., M Pavilion, ticketmaster.com.

COMEDY

STEVE AOKI 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events. taogroup.com.

TROYBOI 11 a.m., Daylight Beach Club, tixr.com.

JUMAANE SMITH 6 & 8:30 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

GETTOBLASTER 10 p.m., Discopussy, tixr.com.

SUNCAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

Festival season is upon us, and with that comes Las Vegas’ first edition of SunCan, a benefit event curated by Shana Salazar of Black Sheep Booking and Arrlo, the pop-driven fourpiece that won last year’s Life Is Beautiful Battle of the Bands. Black Sheep Booking has been announcing a steady output of local shows—more than 30 since last year— but this marks the first festival Salazar has put together, and she’s positive it won’t be the last.

Ten up-and-coming Las Vegas bands— including Arrlo, “corporate punk”

trio Pure Sport and Desert Island Boys— will play the bill in an effort to bring awareness to social issues like homelessness and harm reduction. Canned food donations are highly encouraged and will net you a discounted $10 ticket, so clean your shelves before you get there, and leave some time to peruse the wares of the small businesses on site. 5-11:30 p.m., $10-$15, Fergusons Downtown, blacksheepbooking. ticketbud.com.

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REMI WOLF

How does one describe the alt-pop self-described “crazy bih” known as Remi Wolf? Let’s count the ways, through song. “Cake” is Wolf at the height of her bombastic hyper-pop powers, turning her verses down and cranking her choruses up for explosive effect.

“Michael” is the singer at her most tender, relishing the titular character in falsetto over plodding, garage band drums. And on “Photo ID,” featuring Dominic Fike of Euphoria fame, she’s an absolute joy. Wolf, whose past includes a stint on American Idol and alpine skiing runs at the Youth Olympic Games, rips a page from many different musical styles, affecting everything from soul and funk to brash strokes of punk. She regales the listener with fun music that feels equal parts important and relatable to the growing generation. The pop artist made her Vegas debut at Life Is Beautiful 2021, and now’s a perfect chance to see her command her own space as she runs through debut album Juno With Lava La Rue. 7 p.m., $30, Brooklyn Bowl, concerts.livenation.com. –Amber Sampson

MONDAYS DARK 8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com.

BRAD GARRETT

With Nate Craig, Brandon Vestal, thru 4/19, 8 p.m., Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, bradgarrettcomedy.com.

DJ SHIFT 10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, events.taogroup.com.

APR.

DEORRO

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

PATTI LUPONE

7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, the smithcenter.com.

LIL JON

11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.

TOSCHA COMEAUX QUINTET

1 p.m., the Bootlegger, lvjs.org.

NOIZU

11 a.m., Marquee Dayclub, events. taogroup.com.

MAX KAPLAN & THE MAGICS 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv.com.

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FKJ 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

SUPERGUIDE

TUESDAY

PENDULUM (DJ SET) With Richter, Bushido Brown & Red, Discopussy, discopussydtlv. com.

UNLV CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: THE MIRÓ QUARTET 7:30 p.m., Doc Rando Recital Hall, unlv.edu.

WEDNESDAY

SILVERSTEIN With SeeYouSpaceCowboy, One Step Closer, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, concerts.livenation.com.

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

PATRICK HOGAN TRIO 7 p.m., Maxan Jazz, maxanjazz.com

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MATT SASSARI 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com.

THE HIRS COLLECTIVE With Evelyn Scythe, 8 p.m., the Gri n, eventbrite.com.

FRANKIE MORENO 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter. com.

JUSTIN CREDIBLE 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, events.taogroup. com.

JOHN MULANEY

CITY MOUSE With Se Vende, Crimson Riot, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

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Leading up to the April 25 release , the eternally youthful-yet-sinister John Mulaney will take the stage at Wynn Las Vegas for five straight nights of funny stu likely to make you feel bad for laughing so hard. Recorded in February at SymBaby J set reportedly focuses on his addiction, intervention and time spent in rehab during the pandemic, “and his stories are darker—and funnier,” according to . “It was easier to laugh with him at other specials; this time, we’re expected to laugh at him as he recalls teetering on the brink of death.” That tightrope walk has long been Mulaney’s calling card, stretching back Saturday Night Live, when dark lines would creep into fake movie trailers and Bill Hader characters Stefon and Herb Welch on “Weekend Update.” Unbound by network restrictions—as he also was with a short-lived sitcom—Mulaney’s stand-up is a fastpaced adventure to wherever he wants to go. Thru 4/23, 8 p.m., $91-$215+, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com. –Brock Radke

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From country to jazz, Chris Lowden creates memorable local experiences

BY BROCK RADKE

Porchlight Hospitality CEO and veteran stock car racer Chris Lowden has one of those only-in-Vegas backgrounds. He’s the son of a bandleader/ c a sino operator and a state senator/ TV news anchor, so it’s safe to say his family has left an impact on the city. And Lowden is following suit. He and his company have operated Stoney’s Rockin’ Country for the past 16 years, establishing the bar, music hall and dance spot as a West Coast institution that has helped propel countless country artists to the next level. This summer, its offshoot, Stoney’s North Forty, will reopen at Santa Fe Station casino resort in northwest Las Vegas, where it first welcomed guests nearly 15 years ago. And Porchlight recently debuted a new and different venue, Vic’s in Downtown’s Symphony Park, a music-first take on a jazz supper club.

Are you still racing stock cars? I am. I’m driving parttime this year, and I have one driver who will drive the ARCA West and East Series and another who will be racing in the West. I’ve been racing since I was in my 20s, but ARCA is relatively new; it’s not Saturday-night racing at the local track. It’s a little more serious and a little more expensive. It’s a big deal, and I feel like we have a good shot at the championship this year. But for me, I drive for fun. I love racing.

There seem to be some common threads between running a racing team and running a country music bar. Stoney’s is all about country music, but it’s America, it’s NASCAR; all those things intertwine. I have a picture of [driving legend] Martin Truex Jr. holding my 1999 Winston Cup helmet in my office, and he was there at Stoney’s because he was friends with one of the art-

ists [performing there]. There’s that kind of tie-in.

Did you go into the music and bar biz because it was sort of in your blood? We grew up in the casino business. That’s just what we did. I learned a lot from my parents about how to operate, and one of the main things was how to treat an artist. That’s a philosophy that is strong here at Stoney’s, and it’s given us a reputation that apparently a majority of venues don’t believe in, which is taking up-and-coming artists that work hard, travel hard and are living a hard life, and treat them like they’re somebody. Look at our history—Cody Johnson, Whiskey Myers, Gretchen Wilson, Montgomery Gentry. We’ve had so many artists growing up here. Kane Brown, this is the first place he played west of the Mississippi.

How does it feel to be bringing Stoney’s North Forty back to Santa Fe Station this summer? It’s weird, because [our family] built and operated that place until 2000, when we sold it to Station Casinos. But putting Stoney’s back in makes a lot of sense. It’s far enough into the northwest market that there’s a lot of customers that don’t come down from there anymore. And we really like that market.

How will it differ from the location at Town Square?

The place at Santa Fe is a little hipper, a little nicer, but with the same kind of programming. There are more TVs and a giant 3,000-square-foot covered patio. But at the end of the day, it’s all about the dancing. People come to dance, and it’s still country music, but country is a melting pot of genres now—

pop-country, Southern rock; now there’s something called hick hop and a new term called punktry. But [the two venues] are probably more similar than different.

Vic’s is obviously a very different kind of place. Did you create that spot more for locals? Surprisingly, with the exception of NFR and PBR weeks, Stoney’s is primarily local. But with Vic’s, we really like the location, and one reason we decided to make it a straight jazz venue is because it’s across from the Smith Center. I think it’s primarily a locals’ place and it’s like Stoney’s in that our sound is second to none. It’s really meant to be a musician’s place to go. If you are a topnotch jazz player, you’re gonna want to play at Vic’s, and we’re starting to see that. Jeff Hamilton is arguably one of the best drummers in the world. Chuck Redd is one of the best vibes [vibraphone] players in the world. We’re getting those calls.

It feels like Vic’s and the new Stoney’s are part of a trend of music and entertainment venues developing off the Strip, which is especially nice to see after all the pandemic stuff. The Strip is its own animal, but it’s expensive to go down there and park and do something. To find a venue or a restaurant that is quality, to get something you had gone to the Strip for before, I think that’s what’s helping that [trend]. You want the experience, but you don’t want the expense. And Vic’s is about that; it’s what I think a supper club should be. You go there at night, have dinner and watch live jazz, every night, and we don’t charge a fee for that. You just make a dinner reservation.

Chris Lowden (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

BY SHANNON MILLER

As city dwellers, we spend most of our lives in homes, o ces and schools, with nature serving as a peaceful backdrop and a potential retreat.

Recently, however, that presence has been less harmonious. Climate change has contributed to the worst drought of the millennium, along with plummeting water levels along the Colorado River. Rising temperatures have led to more frequent and intense wildfires, which threaten wildlife habitats. Humans, too, have contributed to the natural world’s distress, when developing land, damming rivers and introducing non-native species.

Lauren MacLeod, a wildlife education coordinator with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), teaches students and the public

about Southern Nevada’s natural environment and why we should care about its non-human dwellers. Twenty-eight plant and animal species in Nevada are classified as endangered— with 48 considered threatened—by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS).

As a state agency, NDOW is responsible for managing and restoring fish and wildlife resources. Its fish hatchery at Lake Mead serves as one example of those e orts. “It’s dedicated to native fish rearing, specifically the Razorback Sucker and Bonytail Chub,” MacLeod explains. “Right now, they’re currently not raising either of those fish, because the raceways don’t have water in them.”

Last spring, Lake Mead’s level receded

so much that an intake pipe became visible above water for the first time. Scientists have pointed to more than 20 years of below-average precipitation along the Colorado River, compounded by the warming of the atmosphere due to carbon emissions (climate change) and changing weather patterns.

In many ways, wildlife, plant life and the larger ecosystem are in human hands. We have the power both to destroy and restore, and our well-being and survival depend on us better understanding the natural world and the life that inhabits it.

In celebration of Nevada’s diverse plant and wildlife, the Weekly invites you on a guided nature walk.

Amazing critters call Southern Nevada home— and they need your attention!

Endangered? No.

Basics: The Desert Bighorn Sheep is Nevada’s state mammal, well-adapted to live in the desert. “They have specialized hooves, which are almost like a suction cup,” MacLeod says. “It’s a really great adaptation to keep them high and above the sights, whether it’s to dodge predators or just keep an eye out for [them]. And it allows the sheep to outrun them pretty nicely, too.”

Desert Bighorn Sheep eat mostly grasses, shrubs and cacti. For that reason, “Water is one of their larger threats, especially with the drought we’ve had for over 20 years,” MacLeod says.

Observe them up close at Hemenway Park in Boulder City.

Status: Nevada’s Desert Bighorn Sheep population has declined in recent years due to unprecedented drought and an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia among herds. In 2017, the sheep population peaked around 10,000. Today, NDOW biologists estimate there are about 8,000 statewide.

“They require freestanding water to drink, so it can be a challenge when some of that isn’t available in the desert,” MacLeod says.

The agency isn’t waiting for it to rain. NDOW installed more than 40 “guzzlers,” or human made drinking reservoirs, in the driest areas in 2020 and 2021. Since then, helicopters have hauled more than 200,000 gallons of water to those sites.

Endangered?

No, but Mojave desert tortoises were federally classified as threatened in 1990, so they’re at risk of becoming endangered.

Basics: The Mojave Desert Tortoise is Nevada’s state reptile. “They have a lot of adaptations that help them in a dry environment. They might go an entire year and not take a sip of water. Most of the water they get is from the plants that they eat,” MacLeod explains. “They don’t need any standing water.”

That doesn’t mean droughts don’t a ect these tortoises, however. “[Drought] still can negatively a ect their ability to thrive o of some of those plants that they’re eating,” McLeod says.

Also, and this is important, if you ever encounter a desert tortoise, “Don’t pick it up,” she says. “The way that they hold onto their hydration is through their bladders, … [and] if they’re frightened, the tortoise will actually [pee] itself and could potentially lose all the water that it’s been storing for a year, which can be pretty detrimental to their survival.”

Mojave Desert Tortoises tend to live about 40 years in the wild.

Status: Mojave desert tortoises typically live in open desert ecosystems at low elevations.

“That’s usually the creosote, bursage habitat … anywhere where you’re seeing cactus,” MacLeod says.

“One of their main threats is habitat loss due to development,” she says. “[But] our habitat team has been working on planting native plants to combat the introduction of some invasive weeds [that] increase wildfire in general, which can be detrimental to some of those tortoise populations,” along with their habitats.

Counting the Mojave desert tortoise population can be complicated, unlike bighorn sheep, which NDOW can survey by helicopter. MacLeod says, “A healthy population of desert tortoises in their given habitat has been determined to be about four tortoises per square kilometer, which is what their numbers were found to be at around 10 years ago. Today, that has dropped to three or below per square kilometer.”

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Endangered?

Bonytail Chub: Yes, since 1980, and considered critically endangered by conservation and advocacy organizations.

Razorback Sucker: Yes, since 1991, and also considered critically endangered.

Basics: Those who fish Lake Mead and Willow Beach know that they’re filled with striped bass, rainbow trout and catfish. But the Colorado River reservoir is also home to several endangered or threatened fish.

The bonytail chub is a thin, strong swimmer, even in swift rivers. It has an olive-colored back, silver sides and a white belly and can grow up to 22 inches and weigh as much as two pounds, according to FWS.

The razorback sucker is most plentiful near Willow Beach in upper Lake Mohave and can also be found in Lake Mead. Although the “razor” in its name evokes images of sharp-toothed piranha or barracuda, it’s actually an olive-colored sucker fish with a thin “keel” bone behind its head. FWS considers it “one of the largest” suckers in North America, weighing up to 10 pounds.

Bonytail and razorback populations have been declining since the damming of the Colorado River. “[It] reduced the sediment in the river, allowing sunlight to penetrate through the water and produce an abundance of algae and plant growth,” the National Park Service website reads. “Without the abrasive sediments, small animals were able to colonize the riverbed and bank lines as well as the newly formed reservoirs.”

The dams also changed seasonal flooding and water temperature patterns throughout the river system, a ecting the fishes’ habitats.

Status: “One of their primary threats is the non-native fish species,” MacLeod says. “Both the chub and the razorback are pretty slow-growing, … [and] if they’re spawning in the river system, it’s pretty easy for a bass to eat them up before they even get a chance.”

Before razorbacks were listed as endangered, their population had declined by 60%—from around 60,000 counted in 1988 to fewer than 24,000 in 1992, according to NPS.

NDOW operates the Lake Mead Hatchery to raise and grow chubs and suckers, so they can compete with non-native fish. That operation is currently on hold, due to water pumping issues caused by Lake Mead’s low water level, though o cials expect to resume in 2024.

With endangered status come certain protections. “There’s no harvesting [allowed for] the bonytail or razorback,” MacLeod says. Those caught can face fines as high as $50,000 and up to a year of jail time.

Razorbacks have been known to live for more than 40 years, while Bonytail Chubs can live up to

age 50.

The Basics: The Southwestern Willow Flycatcher is a small, perching songbird less than 6 inches long and weighing under half of an ounce. “It’s dependent on a riparian habitat throughout the Southwest and Mexico … thick vegetation you can find along shorelines or in standing water,” MacLeod says.

“[And] because they do require that shoreline nesting habitat, it’s pretty directly a ected by the drought. When there’s less available water to create their nest, it could have an e ect where they’re unable to raise their young.”

She adds that the construction of dams has compounded habitat loss for the species. But the growth of a non-native weed in the area has been a boon for the flycatcher. “With the introduction of tamarisk, the flycatcher has kind of adapted to it, and you’ll now actually find them nesting around some of the tamarisk.”

Status: In addition to habitat loss, parasitic birds pose a threat to Southwestern Willow Flycatchers. “We have the Brown-headed Cowbirds out here, … [and] what they do is lay their own eggs in the nest of other birds. When those eggs hatch alongside the native birds, the mama bird tends to feed all of them. And, evolutionarily speaking, the larger birds get the worm,” MacLeod says.

Endangered? Yes, since 1995.

As with other birds, the cowbirds have had a visible e ect on the flycatcher population. NDOW is monitoring “significant” flycatcher populations in Overton and the Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area in Lincoln County. Recent recovery plan goals for flycatcher habitats set aside 1,975 “stream kilometers” in Arizona, New Mexico, Southern California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, according to the NPS website.

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Endangered? Yes, since 2013.

Basics: The Spring Mountains west of Las Vegas are known as a “sky island,” a mountain ecosystem surrounded by desert. With the intense summer heat and vast desert blocking the range o from other ecosystems, it’s home to many endemic species.

The Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly is one of 20 known animal species that can be found only in the Spring Mountains. Despite its name, it has some purple tones—almost a shade of periwinkle—and a light brown or gray border, with females displaying shades of darker blue and orange.

The tiny creature, whose wingspan usually reaches only 1 inch, prefers to live in forests at elevations between 8,200 and 11,500 feet, according to a recent FWS report. The species largely depends on buckwheat and the flowering Torrey’s Milkvetch plant to lay eggs.

Status: Regional plants and wildlife are feeling the heat. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, every part of the Southwest experienced higher average temperatures between 2000 and 2020, with some areas up to two degrees warmer than average.

With the Southwest among the country’s most rapidly warming regions, climate change is threatening the habitats of sky islands. Species in these isolated ecosystems depend on mountain temperatures and precipitation patterns—both of which are impacted by climate change—to sustain life.

While all sorts of wildlife in the Southwest are dealing with these changes to their habitat, endemic species like the Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly could see their population dwindle even further. FWS and UNLV researchers are monitoring their status, and working to restore and designate habitats for them.

Prepare yourself for coyote (and even mountain lion) encounters

Southern Nevada is sprawling. In 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Clark County second in the nation for population growth. And, according to a recent UNLV report on regional planning, the county’s population is expected to reach 2.94 million by 2035 and nearly 3.39 million by 2060.

Of course, the need for shelter isn’t exclusive to humans. When we develop new places to live, we often encroach on wildlife habitats, forcing animals to adapt.

Local coyotes, in particular, have become very comfortable sharing space with humans in the area. “They’re such adaptable creatures,” says Lauren MacLeod, wildlife education coordinator with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW).

“When they learn that a golf course has a sprinkler system and an abundance of rabbits, it’s not a matter of them not being able to return to the desert. It’s a matter of them choosing that area over the desert, because the desert is hard to survive [in].”

Coyote sightings have become common around the Las Vegas Valley, frightening for owners of small pets, in particular. MacLeod says it’s important for the community to understand how to interact with all sorts of wildlife.

“The rst time they see a human, they’re going to run the other direction, [thinking] this huge predator is going to eat me,” she says. “If they keep returning to that location and then continue to see humans that are just kind of ignoring that they’re there, they stop seeing us as predators.”

NDOW emphasizes that people should “actively scare” coyotes: “1. Stand your ground; 2. Get big, loud and scary; and 3. Wave your hands, and yell at the coyote,” the agency’s website advises.

Local mountain lions sightings also seem to be on the uptick, with NDOW receiving about 80 such reports in 2021 and 2022. And make no mistake, MacLeod says, they pose a “serious threat” to public safety. “Some of that can de nitely be attributed to the drought—chasing resources into town, whether it’s prey or water,” she adds.

Comprehensive guides for how to properly deal with wildlife encounters are available at ndow.org. –Shannon

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Lake Mead’s nursery aids in plant preservation

The Lake Mead National Recreation Area employs three vegetation biologists, charged with weed control, preservation of plant habitats and growing native plants. Biologist Carrie Norman is one of them, working out of the park’s Song Dog Native Plant Nursery, which marks its 30th anniversary this year.

“It’s really good to get the native component back out there, because … [it] keeps that circle going,” she says. “We provide the food out there for pollination for the di erent insects or animals to eat.”

And Song Dog, the nursery’s name? It’s a coyote reference, Norman explains. “Coyotes eat the seeds and put them wherever they’re walking, and then the [seeds] grow up because of the fertilizer from [the coyotes’] poop.” Like those coyotes, “We help bring the plants up from seed, and then other agencies put it out into the eld for their restoration projects.”

The nursery raises plants requested by multiple agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Department of Wildlife. Lately, Song Dog has elded

requests to grow pollinators like globe mallow and penstemon. The nursery often grows creosote, which lives throughout the park and provides food and habitat for creatures like the Mojave Desert Tortoise and small mammals. Song Dog also works with water-dependent species found near the Colorado River and its tributaries, including cottonwood and willow trees and aquatic plants.

Additionally, Lake Mead biologists are heading removal projects for invasive weeds, chie y tamarisk. “It can take over, because it grows faster,” Norman says. “Its roots grow a lot deeper than native plants like willows or cottonwoods.”

Eliminating all tamarisk in the vast park would be too dicult; the plant’s deep roots make it tough to remove for good. So, “We’ve decided to focus on the springs, the riparian corridors and springs in the park,” Norman continues, adding that Song Dog depends heavily on volunteers.

Find information about the nursery’s volunteer opportunities at bit.ly/3zF0yTo

–Shannon Miller

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POLITICS

NEWS IN THE

Rosen will run for reelection

CONTROL OF THE SENATE COULD HANG IN THE BALANCE

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, who steered a moderate path during her first term in the chamber, announced April 5 that she will seek reelection.

In a video announcing the launch of her reelection campaign, Rosen called back to her middle-class upbringing and career as a computer programmer as experiences that helped her initially run for o ce in 2018.

Rosen also cited her role in passing the bipartisan infrastructure law and the American Rescue Plan Act as cornerstone accomplishments of her first term.

If elected to another six-year term, Rosen said, some of her priorities would be continuing to fight inflation, defend abortion access and protect entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. And much like the 2022 election, in which fellow Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto narrowly defeated her Republican challenger to give Democrats control of the upper chamber, Rosen said fate of the Senate could be determined by Nevada.

“With so many important fights ahead, I’m proud to o cially launch my reelection campaign,” Rosen, 65, said. “Nevada is always a battleground, and this Senate race will be one of the toughest in the country.”

In January, Rosen was listed as holding one of the eight seats most likely to flip in 2024, according to a January 16 report from The Hill, a publication that covers Congress. –Casey Harrison

WATCH THIS

On April 7, at the tail end of an event that featured live local music and a show of historic photography, Dapper Companies turned on the Huntridge Theater’s iconic pillar sign and marquee, formally announcing the start of a process that will restore the nearly 80-year-old venue to operation.

According to Young Electric Sign Company executive Ed Stagner, the sign actually pow-

ered up easily after some 20 years of neglect, which meant that YESCO only needed to do a bit of sympathetic restoration. “There are 20, 25 units of [new] neon up there, and we rewired the whole inside of the sign,” Stagner says, adding that the marquee lamps and chaser lights were replaced with modern LED equivalents.

The sign will largely remain illuminated during the

next phase of the restoration process, which mainly involves permitting. The Huntridge’s historic landmark protections will slow the process somewhat, but they also create some helpful financial incentives, a Dapper Companies representative explains.

With any luck, by this time next year, the Huntridge will be well on its way to resurrection.

–Geo Carter

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The Golden Knights will host a playo game April 17 against an opponent yet to be determined.

DOWNTOWN

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WEIGHS COMPETING PLANS

The Biden administration released an environmental analysis May 11 of competing plans for how seven Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling water supply from the Colorado River should cut their use but declined to publicly take a side on the best option. On one side is California and some tribes along the river that want to protect their high-priority rights to the river’s water, which they use for drinking and farming. On the other side are the other six states—Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico—who say it’s time to come up with an approach that more fairly shares the river. The lengthy environmental analysis released by the Biden administration explores both options, as well as a third option that includes taking no action. States, tribes and other water users now have until May 30 to comment before federal officials announce their formal decision. –Associated Press

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JULIAN STRAWTHER

The junior at Gonzaga and graduate of Liberty High is declaring for the NBA Draft. Some predictions have him pegged as a firstround prospect after he averaged 15.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this past season.

Strawther leaves Gonzaga with three West Coast Conference championships, a national runner-up finish in 2021 and a memorable game-winning shot in last month’s Sweet 16.

SCARLET AND GRAY PUT ON A SHOW FOR FANS

UNLV defensive back Jaxen Turner (2) grabs the face mask of running back Andrew Wimmer (28) during the UNLV Spring Showcase at Allegiant Stadium. Defensive back Jordyn Morgan (25) is at right. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

TRANSPORTATION HOV lanes could be eliminated

The hours of operation for high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Southern Nevada will be reduced as part of a plan to evaluate the possibility of eliminating them altogether, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced April 10.

The Nevada Transportation Board of Directors voted to limit HOV lane operation from 6-8 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. The lanes will be open to all general-purpose traffic at all other times.

The new policy will begin in May, though an exact date for the change to take effect has not yet been announced.

NDOT also will conduct a multiyear National Environmental Protection Act study to assess social, economic and environmental impacts— alongside transportation and engineering needs—associated with eliminating the lane restrictions entirely in Southern Nevada.

Any recommendation would ultimately need to be approved by the Federal Highway Administration. –Staff

MAN OF THE HOUR

CONTROVERSIAL

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METHODS

Nevada committee to vote on bill for research, decriminalization of psilocybin

Greg Rea had his first experience with psychedelics when he was 56 years old. Up until then, he’d been a Reno police officer on SWAT for 12 years before retiring from the force to become a pastor and then a real estate investor.

“I retired a couple years ago, but I still was a pretty tightly wound guy,” Rea tells the Weekly in a phone interview. “And I had a seven-days-a-week drinking problem.”

Rea says that despite having a “pretty good life,” like many first responders, alcohol use was adversely affecting him—until about three years ago, when a friend invited him to a group psychedelic experience.

During that experience, which comprised several sessions, a combination of psilocybin [the drug in “magic” mushrooms] and MDMA [aka ecstasy or Molly]took Rea back to two “fairly violent, critical incidents” in which he was involved as a SWAT officer. The intense, emotional trip led to a breakthrough, he says.

“I realized I had some form of PTSD connected to those things,” Rea says. “And I had no idea I’d carried it for almost 20 years.”

After group sessions with other first responders, he began to find a community to talk about mental health—“inner world things” that the wider community might misunderstand. “First responders are exposed to an inordinate amount of human suffering [that] the typical citizen isn’t. So, we said, why don’t we start

our own group?”

In the group, firefighters, first responders and current and former military service members are opening up and “finding their healing with psychedelic medicine,” he says. “And I’m free from my seven-daysa-week alcohol habit. My life is just inordinately better. And my relationships are better.”

Rea was one of many who gave public comment during a March 23 hearing for Senate Bill 242 (SB242).

In his testimony, Assemblyman Max Carter said that his therapy with ketamine, the only drug currently legal for psychedelic therapy, has been “transformational” in his mental health and struggle with chronic depression.

“Psilocybin, studies show, is much more powerful. Where I’ve gone through eight or nine ketamine sessions, [it] probably would have been one or two [sessions], if psilocybin was legal,” Carter said, adding that, based on studies, the effects of psilocybin appear to be longer lasting than ketamine.

The bill would establish a framework for research of psilocybin in the state and, if passed as amended, decriminalize possession of the substance, currently listed as a Schedule 1 drug.

At the March 23 hearing, bill sponsor Sen. Rochelle Nguyen presented an amended bill to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Stakeholders provided testimony and answered questions from the panel of lawmakers.

Compared to the original bill draft, the amended version removes mention of research of MDMA, and adds provisions for decriminalization of possession of up to six ounces of psilocybin for adults 21 and older. The proposed amendment also removes guidelines for research facilities to apply to study psychedelics. Instead, a Psychedelic Medicines Working Group would develop a plan on how to “enable access” to these substances, and present that plan at the next legislative session.

“One of the things that I really wanted to take a look at … is this failed war on drugs and this failed classification on how we look at drugs,” Nguyen said. “This is one of the most disproportionate penalties and punishments for this type of possession.”

Current state law classifies possession of one ounce of mushrooms as a Category B felony, carrying one to 10 years of jail time and a fine as high as $50,000, she noted. Although many testified in support of the bill as amended—largely citing psychedelic therapies’ ability to help with PTSD, substance use disorder and behavioral health—several groups, most notably law enforcement, testified in opposition.

“I think the most terrifying thing to us [is], with so much fentanyl out there right now, what we’re seeing is an increase in recreational psilocybin. And we’re seeing that increase in our nightclubs and large music events,” Metro Police Sgt. Beth Schmidt said.

In contrast to Washoe County police, who “do not run into a lot of mushroom arrests,” according to Jason Walker from Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Schmidt said Metro Narcotics “impounded 29 pounds” of psilocybin in 2022. On behalf of the department, Schmidt said that decriminalization of psilocybin “is a threat to public safety.”

“We oppose SB242 as written, because this is a decriminalization bill. Psilocybin is a Schedule 1 controlled substance, and it is prohibited at the federal level,” Schmidt said. “Decriminalization aside, we don’t disagree that making psilocybin medically available is perhaps a next step. We acknowledge that addressing mental health is a priority for this state and for our citizens.”

Schmidt added that, because psilocybin remains classified Schedule 1 under federal law (as does cannabis) Las Vegas police would not be permitted to use the drug for mental health therapies. “It wouldn’t be allowed, per policy, for them to use this,” she said.

Nguyen says that, since the hearing, she has held “numerous working groups” to further modify the bill.

“The vast majority of stakeholders were united in the importance of addressing and studying the effects of psilocybin on mental health and suicidal ideation,” reads a partial statement from Nguyen. “My legislative priority and intention was to address the ongoing crisis Nevada is facing, and continues to be.”

Thus far, Oregon is the only state that has legalized psilocybin for supervised therapeutic use. Reports as of November 2022 say a majority—25 of 36 Oregon counties—voted against even that.

The City of Henderson opposed the bill as amended, for the decriminalization of possession. “We believe this is a big step and may have severe unintended consequences to our community,” said a city representative.

In Carson City, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee is scheduled to hold a work session for SB242 on April 13. A simple majority vote of the five-member committee is required to move the bill to the Senate floor.

The Weekly reached out to the office of Gov. Joe Lombardo, former Metro Sheriff and a U.S. Army veteran, for comment on the bill’s amendments. His staff did not return the request, but Lombardo has said before that he won’t comment on any bills until they reach his desk.

A WALK THROUGH CANNABIS HISTORY

Cannabis has been used for millennia for its medical properties, with possible evidence of its existence dating back 12,000 years to central Asia. “Cannabis seeds have accompanied the migration of nomadic peoples” across the globe, according to the Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, reportedly treating everything from arthritis to asthma. As April 20 approaches, here’s a look at the history of cannabis and a few theories about the origins of 420.

The earliest cannabis records

Believed to first be used in central Asia or Western China after appearing within EMPEROR SHEN NUNG’S pharmacopoeia, some argue that the referenced herb may not have actually been cannabis. Nung, whose writings are dated to about 2800 BC, is considered the father of Chinese medicine. In that same era, cannabis is mentioned in Hindu texts, with legend stating that SHIVA was given the title, “The Lord of Bhang,” because of the god’s appetite for the plant. Cannabis also surfaces in early Roman, Assyrian and Greek texts. PLINY THE ELDER , a philosopher during the early Roman Empire, wrote about the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes. Ancient Greek philosopher GALEN reportedly used cannabis to lift his mood.

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19 th Century

Cannabis was widely introduced to the Western world by WILLIAM BROOKE O’SHAUGHNESSY. He studied medicine in Scotland before moving to India, and in 1839, he first published his observations about the medical, and intoxicating e ects, of cannabis. He also described ways cannabis was prepared in India, including a process that essentially described the creation of hash butter.

By the turn of the century, cannabis was sold in Europe and the United States to treat ailments, including stomach aches and vomiting. QUEEN VICTORIA reportedly used cannabis for painful menstrual symptoms, and EMPRESS ELISABETH of Austria may have used it to stimulate her appetite.

Queen Victoria’s physician went on to publish his observations about the medical benefits of cannabis after using it to treat patients for decades.

While cannabis was being used frequently during the late 19th century and early 20th century, most of its benefits were somewhat anecdotal because the active chemicals had not yet been identified. It would take more than a hundred years for researchers to isolate some of the active cannabinoids.

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THE HISTORY OF 420

For a brief but meaningful period, cannabis was used widely as medicine in the U.S., but a series of obstacles began restricting usage. The film Reefer Madness was released in 1936, depicting cannabis as an addictive drug that caused violence, insanity and more, scaring the public against recreational use. Shortly after, the U.S. passed the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937, e ectively criminalizing cannabis out of regular sale. In 1970, cannabis was declared a Schedule 1 drug, the same class as heroin, which put a stop to research and led to the incarceration of millions.

While the history of cannabis is well-documented, the history of cannabis’ 420 holiday is hazier. The most accepted history is that in 1971, group of high school students in California gathered to smoke marijuana. Some believe the holiday relates to the police code for cannabis crimes, or the number of active chemicals in marijuana.

It wasn’t until 1996 that California passed the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed for medical cannabis use for some individuals with chronic or severe disease.

TodayCannabis is legalized for recreational and/or medical use in 37 states, and the World Health Organization reports that almost 150 million people use cannabis worldwide. Because of advocacy and education e orts, many expect cannabis to be federally legal soon. In 2022, the House passed a bill that federally decriminalized cannabis, which removed it from the list of scheduled substances.

Sources: The University of Sydney, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine

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AKASHAA

“Roses”

The artist formerly known as Ami Divine reinvents herself on this echoing mantra of spoken word and jazz-infused hip-hop. The five-minute track possesses a sonic ambiance that unfurls in layers as AKASHAA delivers a tribute to her late mother. On Instagram, the vocalist described the song as a “psychedelic experience inspired by the power of gratitude.” She continued, “Give people you love flowers while they can still inhale them. Call people you love while you still can. Time is precious. And saying ‘thank you’ is free.” linktr.ee/xoakashaa

LOCAL SPIN

Fresh singles from Desert Island Boys, Post NC and more

BY AMBER SAMPSON

THE RED SEA

“Gate of Tears”

Our only dig about this track is that we wish it were longer, but shout out to the repeat button. The Red Sea wholly embraces its New Wave sound, producing dancing notes and a lullaby of synths that sound equal parts resplendent and retro. The guitars give “Gate of Tears” its pop-toned sheen, but it’s vocalist Issac Hagos’ lulling voice that makes it all feel like a dream. linktr.ee/theredseaa

CUDDLETHOT FEAT. TORYON

“Sweet Tea”

Endearing and cleanly produced, “Sweet Tea” plays out like a melodic Tinder bio as Cuddlethot reveals what she’s looking for in a partner over a hum of guitar ri s. “I just want a girl/Who’s down to take over the world with me/I’m just trying to flourish/With a baby girl who’s down to learn and grow with me,” she sings e ortlessly, showing that Cuddlethot the rapper has more than a few good traits to accentuate. juiceboxent.com/cuddlethot

DESERT ISLAND BOYS

“Hai” & “Evil Monkey”

The Boys are back with their half of the Punk Rock Double Feature 1 split with The Negative Nancys, and both tracks rip. “Hai” sets the table as a hyper dance of desert surfrock, then “Evil Monkey” finishes o the feature, pumping the brakes on tempo to deliver a traditional dose of Desert Island Boys, complete with wavy solo licks, moshable interludes and an addictive “Ooh, ooh, ah, ah!” chorus that’ll have you humming for days. linktr.ee/desertislandboys

POST NC

“Egress (Second Hall)”

Marcus Flippen (drums), Leo Berenguel (keys) and Samuel Ramirez (guitar) deliver harmonious synergy as Post NC, a band partial to improvisational jams and fixated on seeing a narrative all the way through.

“Egress” demands multiple listens, as the trio weaves many diverse elements throughout the track—thunderous drum fills, covert melodies, soaring keys and much, much more. post-nc.com

RHAINA YASMIN

“Stars”

Fans of Liz Phair and Soccer Mommy will love the woozily nostalgic ’90s feel of “Stars,” which singer-songwriter Rhaina Yasmin penned and then produced with outside musicians. An alternative-rock gem at its core, “Stars” best encapsulates the stormy nights we’ve spent alone, contemplating our lives. But as quickly as that introspection sets in, the track jars you awake with a blaring trumpet finale that both surprises and delights. linktr.ee/rhainayasmin

FIRST BLUSH

The new cocktail-centric Rouge Room beckons from the ’burbs

BY AMBER SAMPSON

I’m in a scene from a Bond lm as I drink in the sights and sounds of Red Rock Resort’s crimson-hued Rouge Room.

Libations ow at the Champagne bar, and a lithe server in a apper-girl dress strides past. Murmurs of conversation slip in and out of wine-colored velvet booths and warmly lit corners where couples sip martini ights. A DJ spins the nu-disco of Satin Jackets before making a suave transition into a house cut of Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much.”

A brainchild of Wish You Were Here Group, whose restaurant portfolio includes Virgin Hotels’ Kassi Beach House, the new cocktail-centric lounge is a showpiece of all things intimate, sexy and indulgently over the top.

“It’s all about the ambiance, the way that we’re going to make everyone feel when they come in,” explains Jason Bartucci, managing partner of the bicoastal hospitality company. “We want to take people away to another time, another place. That’s where 1920s Paris comes in.”

French-inspired cuisine anchors the menu, including Wagyu tartare on buttered brioche ($28) and a caviar-topped king crab pasta ($40). And if you’re here to imbibe, Rouge Room’s craft cocktail program truly stands out.

Corporate Beverage Director Julien Calella designed the French-infused drinks with familiar ingredients in mind, to keep patrons comfortable as they explore new spirits. The La Rouge ($19), made with mezcal, blackberry and smoked rosemary, might win over folks unsure about the agave-based spirit, and the tequila-forward Le Mime ($19), infused with elder ower, sage and chili, is a masterclass in mixology, utilizing steeped sage tea and a tincture of chili pepper.

Patrons indicate their preferred spirit and style of martini on a card, and check boxes to add tinctures. That ensures uniqueness, which also applies to the Rouge Room’s live music programming.

ROUGE ROOM

Red Rock Resort, rougeroomlv.com. Thursday & Friday, 4 p.m.-midnight; Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m.-midnight.

Tinctures help set Rouge Room’s drinks apart, especially when it comes to its martini cart service. “Because we have this beautiful, elegant room, we thought it’d be fun to do something tableside, and of course guacamole doesn’t really make sense, so we decided to do martinis,” Calella says with a smile. To avoid blending too many syrups and juices, Calella relies solely on these concentrated herbal extracts for many cocktails. “I have jasmine tinctures, key lime, blackberry and cardamom, peach and lavender,” he lists. “That allows me to take a few drops and add it to the already-classic martini, which then turns it into something totally di erent.”

Around 7 p.m., Jazz Eclectic Vegas— a troupe known for playing everything from Sade to Gnarls Barkley—takes center stage, shifting the energy from swank ultralounge to roaring Parisian den. Leading into the weekend, revelers will also get an eyeful of L’experience du Rouge, a modern Moulin Rouge featuring contortionists and other sexy entertainers.

It’s refreshing to see live music at the foreground of Summerlin’s social scene, especially in a space that housed the nightclub Cherry from 2006 to 2010. The beautiful, tunnel-like arched entrance remains from those days, as does a world-class sound system that reaches out to the private pool patio.

“Not everybody wants to go to the Strip; not everybody wants to go to the dayclubs,” Bartucci says. “If you’re out here, it really is a place where we can just have a little bit of fun, be ourselves and enjoy the Vegas experience.”

Rouge Room (Courtesy/Clint Jenkins)

FRANKLY OUTSTANDING

When Cherry Development needed a muralist to cover three sides of its new, 84-unit ShareDowntown Fremont East apartments, the company reached out to pop mashup artist Snipt (Derek Douglas), who in turn looked to some key figures from Las Vegas’ storied past. He created hip and vibrant portraits of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., and installed them with the help of his own Rat Pack: members of the Cult 33 art collective (cult33.blog), to which he belongs.

“When ShareDowntown reached out for a three-sided mural ... a tribute to the Rat Pack was the first concept that came to mind,” Snipt says. “With the help of You Killed Me First and Dan 45, we scaled the four-story facade and braved the wind and rain over five days to install these large scale murals. I hope that residents, locals and tourists smile when they see Sammy, Dean and Frank overlooking DTLV.”

Snipt’s Rat Pack reunion is happening now at the corner of 11th Street and Stewart Avenue, and at sniptlv.com. –Geoff Carter

Snipt’s ShareDowntown Fremont East mural of Frank Sinatra (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

Snipt brings the Rat Pack tradition to Vegas’ rising, new Downtown

FRUITS OF THE SEA

Naxos Taverna brings the gifts of Greece to the desert

BY GENEVIE DURANO

When the Weekly caught up with chef Mark Andelbradt, who recently opened Naxos Taverna at Red Rock Resort, he was waxing poetic about his trip to the restaurant’s namesake Greek island on the Aegean Sea, where the freshness of ingredients—from the produce to the seafood—is the stuff of legends. After all, there’s a temple there dedicated to Dionysus, the Greek god of good food and good times.

“I’m on this rocky road going up this hill on a little 4-by-4 that I rented, and I’m like, wait a second, that looks like fennel to me,” Andelbradt recalls. “As a chef, you can just brush your hand across an herb and you can tell exactly what it is. And sure enough, it was the most herbaceous, anise-scented fennel I’d ever seen in my life.”

Such was the chef’s inspiration for the recently opened Naxos Taverna, which features seafood-forward Greek cuisine that’s so fresh, you’ll swear you can hear the sound of the sea from the patio, just beyond the 13-seat Kallisto Oyster Bar. (The more casual Kallisto is just as abundant with seafood as Naxos, offering more than 25 varieties of fish and slow-cooked pan roasts of lobster, shrimp or crab.)

airy and addictive. The tzatziki, muhammara and houmous are the trio you should not miss.

Delectable as that pita is, don’t fill up, because there’s much more to explore. On the small plates section, the kataifi wrapped prawns ($23), served with kalamata olive aioli, are big flavor, with shredded filo dough encasing U-13 jumbo shrimp for an irresistible bite, The zucchini and eggplant chips are compulsively snackable ($16). There are also fresh salads—the produce is closer to home, with most coming from California farms—including a shaved fennel salad with yogurt-poppyseed dressing ($18) and baby beets ($19) with spiced yogurt.

NAXOS TAVERNA Red Rock Resort, 702-516-8888, naxosredrock.com.

Sunday-Thursday, 4-10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 4-11 p.m.

To truly experience the depth of the seafood program at Naxos, order a whole fish for the table (market price). It’s prepared one of two ways: over live charcoal-fired grills or salt-baked, which essentially steams the fish. Both methods focus on flavors and textures, and selections vary daily depending on what’s flown in.

Almost everything on the menu is meant to be shared, so start your meal with items from the raw bar, along with dips and spreads to create your own mezze plate. Seafood, flown in several times a week from the Mediterranean and other coastal locales, is the star here. The hamachi ($19), prepared with lemon, Sicilian capers, pine nuts and olive oil, is a good amuse, while oysters ($14 for three) come in East and West Coast varieties. The dips and spreads ($7 each) are tempting bites that come with piping-hot house-made pita—light,

This simplicity of preparation is at the heart of Greek cuisine, Andelbradt says. “Greek food is not overly complicated. It’s your mom’s cooking; it’s your grandparents’ cooking,” he says. “When you break a cuisine down to its simplest parts, it’s really just about cooking from your heart. And what better place to cook from than with great seafood, a lot of vegetables and olive oil that we source from Greece ourselves.”

Meat lovers also won’t feel out of place here. There are grilled steaks and chops on the menu, including a very Greek spinach and feta-crusted tenderloin ($48). And end your meal with the baklava cheesecake ($12), made with pistachio filo and accompanied by strawberry sorbet. Dionysus himself would approve.

Charcoal-roasted king crab at Naxos (Courtesy/Anthony Mair)

Ichiza Hanare’s beef tataki, salmon ikura salad, honey toast, corn butter and spicy tangy fried chicken (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

PRIVATE PARTY

Ichiza Hanare ups Chinatown’s late-night game

You’ve had a few drinks. It’s after midnight. You open the rideshare app in your phone … Do you type in your home address? Or do you stretch the night out a little longer?

Ichiza Hanare just joined Vegas’ list of late-night izakaya options, so you don’t have to mess up your kitchen making instant ramen after a long night out. You can have real ramen, sushi or small plates, all from the comfort of a private dining room.

The second location of 20-yearplus Chinatown favorite Ichiza just a few blocks west on Spring Mountain Road, the new restaurant opened in December and offers 11 rooms outfitted with lan-

tern-style light fixtures, bamboo curtains and wood panel detailing, complete with a button to summon attentive servers.

Ichiza Hanare is also about shareable bites designed to complement drinks, and guests can sample beer, spirits and cocktails, or choose from more than a dozen sakes. While the kitchen serves salads and larger entrees like fried rice and yakisoba, it’s known for stick-to-your-ribs “drunk food” like spicy, tangy fried chicken ($9)— hot, juicy tenders tossed in sauce and garnished with green onion. The corn butter ($7), chopped and cooked tuna, corn, romaine lettuce and melted cheese piled on top of a crispy cracker and drizzled with mayo, must have been invented after a few cocktails.

Honey toast ($9), a loaf of toasted white bread stacked with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with (you guessed it) honey, provides a grand finale for a perfect late-night meal. Last call is at 1:30 a.m. –Shannon Miller

ICHIZA HANARE 5300 W. Spring Mountain Road #101, 702-749-7477, ichizalv.com. Thursday-Tuesday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m.

CREATING SUSTAINABLE HABITS THIS EARTH DAY +

At times, the concept of living sustainably can seem daunting. What exactly does living sustainably mean? How does it affect my lifestyle? While the umbrella of sustainable living is broad, small adjustments can create large-scale change as more individuals strive to become ecoconscious. One of the most convenient paths to sustainability is in how you dispose of unneeded and unused objects in your home. Consider this guide as you reflect on Earth Day—and plan your spring-cleaning routine.

How to recycle (basically) anything

Republic Services will allow you to recycle everyday paper, carboard, glass bottles/jars, hard plastic and metal cans with curbside pickup. Never put food waste, soiled or wet carboard, or bottles with liquid in the general recycling. Everything should be empty, clean and dry. If you’re not sure if you can recycle an item, check online first, and when in doubt, throw it out. One item not within Republic Service’s guidelines can contaminate the entire truck.

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What about e-waste?

The short lifespan of electronics means they often end up in landfills, which threatens the environment and wastes materials that can be reused. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the world produces as much as 50 million tons of electronic and electrical waste each year, and only 20% of it is formally recycled. The annual e-waste produced is estimated to be worth more than $62.5 billion, and there is 100 times more gold in one ton of e-waste than in a ton of gold ore, as gold is most frequently used in RAM chips. Further, e-waste in landfill poses a much higher environmental risk than most of the other objects that are found in landfill.

Use trash bags for trash only, and put recyclables loosely in the bin. Plastic bags, including most trash bags and ones from the supermarket, cannot be recycled. Do not include items such as batteries, lightbulbs, clothing, toys and electronics.

More than 320,000 pounds of electronics were collected and recycled in 2022

PAKAI, pictured, was created by local artist Luis Varela-Rico using donated electronics to help raise awareness about e-waste.

How to dispose of items that curbside recycling programs cannot take

BATTERIES AND LIGHTBULBS: Republic Services offers a mail-back recycling program for some hard-to-recycle items such as batteries and lightbulbs. Request a pre-paid, pre-addressed box online.

CLOTHING, TOYS, HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS: Most can be donated to a local nonprofit to extend their lifespan and bring joy to others. Donating also ensures they won’t end up in a landfill.

ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES: Some usable electronics and appliances can be donated and resold, depending on their condition, while other unworking electronics can be recycled. Whether for donating or recycling, Goodwill will securely erase all data from the device and ensure that the valuable metal materials will be reused. They will also recycle cords, keyboards and anything that plugs in.

FOOD WASTE: While food waste can’t be recycled in the traditional sense, it can be composted to create fertilizer for your plants.

Donate a bright future

When you donate to your local Goodwill, it’s not only good for the environment but also for the community. Retail store proceeds go to help fund job training programs, extended learning classes and more, strengthening the workforce and creating jobs for those in need.

32.8 million pounds

Total weight of goods Goodwill diverted from local landfills in 2022

6,288

Number of individuals who received free career services from Goodwill Career Coaches in 2022 $5 OFF

HEART OF THE KNIGHTS

The remaining original Golden Knights prepare for another Stanley Cup Playo s run

BY DANNY WEBSTER

Six players remain from the beloved Golden Knights team that improbably advanced all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals in its inaugural season. Call them the pillars of the franchise, a foundation that has stayed strong enough to help deliver Vegas to the Playo s in ve of its six seasons.

William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, William Carrier, Brayden McNabb and Shea Theodore have stayed the course in Vegas since 2018, despite roster turnover elsewhere. They’re now being rewarded with another golden opportunity to match the initial magical run, if not top it.

The Western Conference has looked wide open all season, giving the Golden Knights a clear path back to the Stanley Cup Final when the playo s begin April 17.

“It’s not something you can take for granted,” Marchessault says of the near-perennial success. “For me, I’ve been pretty lucky. I didn’t make the playo s two years of my 11, 12-year career. I consider myself lucky.”

One of his non-playo years came last season. Having suffered injuries galore, the Golden Knights fought to stay alive until the penultimate game of

their regular season, when they were o cially eliminated. They did so without stars Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty for half of the season, and other standouts like Karlsson and Alec Martinez, to name a few, also missed signi cant time.

Injuries have struck again this season, and though they haven’t hit quite as hard, they might again be the biggest hurdle standing in the way of a long playo run. Carrier has a lower-body injury that has him out inde nitely, while Theodore’s playo status is also up in the air with the same designation.

In addition, Stone has been out since January and underwent back surgery. He recently began light skating as part of his rehab, and though he could possibly return at some point, it likely won’t be early in the playoffs.

Goaltending is something of question mark, too. Logan Thompson and Adin Hill appear close to returning after dealing with lower-body injuries that sidelined them and dampened what had been strong play for stretches throughout the season. But there’s no guarantee either of them will see postseason action if Laurent Brossoit takes control of the goalten-

ding job by continuing the high level of play he locked into late in the regular season.

“Opportunities like this don’t come every year,” Marchessault says of the playo s. “You have to be in the moment, take it one game at a time and take care of business.”

Marchessault, Karlsson and Smith—the trio forever known as “the Mis t Line”—have certainly taken care of their end this season. Although they haven’t stayed on the same line together as in the past, their production has remained high.

Marchessault is closing in on a second consecutive 30-goal season and is nearing his third 60-point season since joining the Golden Knights.

Injuries thwarted Smith’s chances at his rst career 30goal season, but he has still exceeded expectations in the rst year of a three-year, $15 million extension signed on the rst day of free agency last July.

Karlsson, meanwhile, has made the biggest leap of the three. After seeing his play decline from his 43-goal expansion season, he has rebounded for his rst 50-point campaign since 2018-2019 and had amassed a career-high 37 assists through 78 games at press time.

Those three original Mis ts have kept the team humming throughout the franchise’s existencex. Even on a star-studded roster headlined by the likes of Jack Eichel and Alex Pietrangelo, those in the Vegas locker room point to Marchessault, Karlsson and Smith as the engine of the team.

Nothing might ever match what they achieved their rst

year in Vegas, when Karlsson was scoring highlight-reel goals and the line was converting oddman rushes with ease, but the experience has proven benecial for them.

“That was the best hockey anyone in that lineup played in their life,” Marchessault says about the expansion year. “That’s something that’s never going to be repeated.”

Smith is the team’s all-time leader in playo points with 52, while Marchessault leads Vegas with 21 playo goals. Marchessault became a local legend during the 2018 playo run, when he scored 21 points in 20 games.

“Even still, to this day, I’m chasing the playo s I had [that year],” Marchessault says. “I want to get better. I’m still looking to get better.”

While this might not be the most talented team the Golden Knights have put on the ice— the 2020-2021 team that led the league in points at the time of the COVID-19 season interruption is tough to top in that department—this year’s group is still well-equipped to compete against any opponent. And, once again, it’s largely on the backs of those who started it all.

“They care about the Golden Knights’ legacy,” coach Bruce Cassidy says. “They’re original guys, and they want to be remembered for that. I think they take a lot of pride in that. I see it in their work every day, staying in the lineup, by being healthy, taking care of themselves.”

(Clockwise from top left) William Carrier, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson (AP Photo/Photo Illustration)

OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE TO EXPAND FOR THRIVING VILLAGE

BY KATIE ANN MCCARVER VEGAS INC STAFF

One of the hardest parts of Bob Brown’s job as president and CEO of Opportunity Village, a nearly 70-year-old Las Vegas nonpro t serving thousands of people with disabilities, is convincing loved ones that the organization can make a di erence in the lives of its patrons.

Many of the programs at Opportunity Village are aimed toward making people with intellectual and developmental disabilities more independent, Brown said, which can seem unrealistic to their families who care for them and might never anticipate them having a job or leaving home.

“And yet, we should expect that, because they’re human beings just like everybody else and they have that ability,” Brown said, noting that he’s a parent of a child with a disability. “But it just takes a little more work and more e ort. That’s what we do here.”

The organization, perhaps best known for annual events like its Magical Forest winter wonderland, o ers several opportunities for people with disabilities—from daily arts and recreation to long-term employment, rehabilitation and residential options.

People with disabilities start in whatever Opportunity Village program they want to, Brown said, and go from there. Ultimately, he said, the organization wants to help people grow.

“We’re nding what people need and lling those needs for families and people with disabilities,” Brown said, while sitting in the clubhouse at Betty’s Village, a residential community the organization opened almost two years ago as an inclusive independent living option for people with disabilities.

Betty’s Village is an integrated community of one- and two-bedroom apartments—and even a couple of four-bedroom houses—for people with disabilities, which is overseen by Opportunity

Village but allows for individual service providers to come in and take care of residents as needed, Brown said.

“In the majority of cases, there has to be better care for people with disabilities,” Brown said, noting the di erences between Betty’s Village and a traditional group home. “They can live wonderful, authentic lives, but they need to have the services. They need to have the wraparound services, and that’s what we provide.”

The neighborhood was at 100% capacity within three months of opening, Brown said, and hundreds of people are on a waiting list. The organization is fundraising for a second, larger Betty’s Village, he added, on which it would hopefully begin construction next spring.

The community is great, Brown said, and the residents have organized regular sunset walks together.

Lizzy Samlowski, a woman with disabilities who lives in Betty’s Village and described herself as its mayor, said she enjoys living on her own in one of the community’s townhomes, because she can spend her free time socializing with others.

“Sometimes I bring my bluetooth speaker and play music and we walk around … it’s fun to get to walk and talk,” she said.

Samlowski, a 36-year-old ambassador for Op-

portunity Village, also talked about her experience in the nonpro t’s employment program, in which job coaches provide training and employment placement for people with disabilities.

Samlowski has worked for about four years at a local Starbucks, where she greets many customers by name. “I like working there and getting to interact with customers,” she said.

Opportunity Village has 64 job placement opportunities for people with disabilities—ranging from mixing mochas at Starbucks to cleaning cages at the Animal Foundation—with on-site supervisors for people hired through OV, Brown said.

“That’s a big charge for us,” Brown said, “seeing people get jobs out of the community.”

As Opportunity Village looks to accomplish its goals—building a second Betty’s Village, further developing its cookie business, Dessie’s Table, and expanding its campuses around the Las Vegas Valley—the organization is hosting job fairs for people interested in working with people with disabilities.

When Opportunity Village hires a new employee, Brown said, the nonpro t can provide its services to two or three others.

“Working with people with disabilities is one of the most wonderful things you can do in terms of a job,” he said. “It’s so rewarding.”

Opportunity Village President and CEO Bob Brown (right) and ambassador Lizzy Samlowski (Brian Ramos/Sta )

BY RICK NEAL

When new acquaintances learn about my role at Goodwill, they instantly relate to our thrift stores and donation centers. That’s certainly understandable, given the visibility of Goodwill stores throughout the Las Vegas Valley and the states from which many of us hailed before calling Southern Nevada our home.

Each day, about 5,500 shoppers and 2,400 donors visit one of our 18 Goodwill locations. As our team members welcome customers on the sales floor or wave cars into a drive-thru, it’s not often we have time to explain what purchases and donations at Goodwill make possible.

Goodwill was founded more than 100 years ago with a simple-yet-profound guiding principle: saving the waste in people and things. While the benefits of thrift shopping are well known—unique finds, great deals and sustainability chief among them—the people side of that equation is served by the programs that drive our nonprofit mission to reduce the impact of poverty on our community by helping Southern Nevadans obtain local employment and upward mobility.

Our stores not only provide revenue to support ongoing and new programming, they also act as a training platform, providing job skills and leadership training for team members

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to advance either within Goodwill or with other local employers.

Goodwill career coaches help job seekers with barriers to employment find meaningful work and thriving careers outside our walls. Some people need brief support to convert a letter of intent to hire into employment. Others are looking to establish a career path that provides financial stability and growth potential, requiring intensive and personalized career services, which Goodwill provides at no cost to the job seeker.

Recognizing the region’s demand for skilled workers in growing industries, Goodwill sought to craft training programs that meet employers’ hiring needs, shorten the instruction window and facilitate immediate employment. We refer to these training models as “train-to-hire” programs.

About two years ago, to deliver on this “train-to-hire” promise, we introduced innovative Training Sprints (SM)—accelerated professional skills training that moves participants into a high-demand career as quickly as possible. The initial thrust of our train-to-hire pro-

grams focused on two industry sectors facing severe worker shortages: health care and skilled trades.

Our health care training programs usher in the next generation of medical assistants (MA) and certified nursing assistants (CNA). The 90-Day MA, a partnership with NV Careers and Intermountain Health, recently graduated its fourth cohort. Students who successfully complete the three-month program qualify for a paid 1,200-hour externship with Intermountain Health while they earn their Certified Clinical Medical Assistant certificate.

For those interested in training as a CNA, Goodwill’s weeklong bootcamp, led by NV Hope, helps participants discern whether a health care career is right for them. Should the weeklong program’s exposure to local health care leaders and hiring professionals, experience in the simulation lab at UNLV and professional career preparation reinforce their commitment, the next steps are formal CNA training, passing the licensing exam and employment.

Of course, the need for workers extends beyond the medical field. Good-

will’s two-week Stagehand Training program opens the door to careers up, down and off the Strip, where stadiums, arenas and other event venues need installers and movers of seating, stages, furniture and equipment. The two-week course includes OSHA 10 certification and leads to employment opportunities throughout the Valley.

With program completion, hiring and retention rates that exceed 90%, the outcomes are encouraging for employers, job seekers and training partners. In addition, participants appreciate the individual attention Goodwill career coaches provide from initial inquiry onwards, while employer partners are highly satisfied with the enthusiasm and quality of program graduates. Employers also benefit from Goodwill’s assistance in recruiting and training a more diverse workforce.

Goodwill efforts also extend to veterans and active-duty military families. As a veteran myself, I understand the important role a second income can play in veteran families, particularly those of our younger soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians. Our medical training programs are especially appealing to military spouses in need of stable, transferable and rewarding careers as required moves take their families from place to place.

Guided by our vision of a thriving Southern Nevada community in which every person who wants to work is employed and able to reach their full potential, we make a simple yet far-reaching compact to the communities we serve: When you shop and donate at Goodwill, you enable us to train people for jobs and thriving careers.

Together, we put our goodwill—and your Goodwill—to work toward a brighter future for us all.

Rick Neal is president and CEO of Goodwill of Southern Nevada.

While the benefits of thrift shopping—unique finds, great deals and sustainability being chief among them—are well known, the people side of that equation is served by the programs that drive our nonprofit mission to reduce the impact of poverty on our community by helping Southern Nevadans obtain local employment and upward mobility.

Your goodwill helps develop our workforce, and the entire community benefits from that investment

VEGAS INC NOTES

Southwest Medical, part of Optum Care, has added three new providers in Las Vegas.

Alicia Henrich, PA, joins the office at 4750 W. Oakey Blvd., and specializes in pain management care; Albert Or, PA, joins the office at 4475 S. Eastern Ave., and specializes in adult medicine; and Diana Jones, APRN, joins the office at 5820 S. Eastern Ave., and specializes in wellness care. In addition, Ela Kristel Bolisay, APRN, joins the Siena Heights Healthcare Center location in Henderson (2845 Siena Heights Drive) and specializes in adult medicine.

Dee for Dentist, a dental practice embracing technological innovations and techniques to treat and manage oral care,

acquired Las Vegas Dentistry (2421 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas). It’s the second brickand-mortar practice owned by Dr. Dee Dee Meevasin

Logic Commercial Real Estate and Sun Commercial Real Estate have announced their merger into Logic. As part of the merger, Logic welcomes Cathy Jones, CPA, SIOR, CCIM, as executive vice president. Prior to the merger, Jones was founder and CEO of Sun Commercial Real Estate.

Pinkbox Doughnuts will dedicate its April doughnut of the month to recognize the leadership of Peter Guzman, president of the Latin Chamber of Commerce – Nevada. It’s the first time Pinkbox has named

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a doughnut after a local leader. The El Guzman DoughCro is a croissant doughnut filled with guava and topped with a sweet cheese rosette and a dollop of guava will be available through April 27.

Charlie Skinner has been promoted to president at Marker Trax and Gary Larkin to president at Koin Payments Skinner previously served as the company’s chief operating officer since its founding in 2018. Larkin played an instrumental role in driving the adoption and growth of cashless payment solutions on a global basis. Before joining Koin, he was president of TNS Payment Systems Inc., and founded Debit Plus and EPOINT Payment Corp.

Cathy Jones, Logic

Peter Guzman, Latin Chamber of Commerce

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