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7 mail The great Cosby debate.

43 noise Stevie Wonder revives

Meet our very leggy cover model!

Songs in the Key of Life. Angela Kerfoot gets her greedy on.

8 as we see it When to have “the talk” about race. Plus, a peek inside the voluptuous hiding place of the Venetian’s art mystery.

12 Weekly q&a Welcoming Alex Stratta to the neighborhood.

14 the look of 2014 From a dragon in a bathtub to a reflection of Fremont, the year’s best images.

24 nights The house music scene gets a weekly infusion.

39 A&E The best country music

46 fine art Javier Sanchez’s somber look at Mexico’s drug war.

47 print Why Alice Munro is the best fiction writer alive.

the spoilers in your life.

41 screen The Librarians tries to refresh a franchise. An ode to Sons of Anarchy.

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48 food The Perch’s ballsy pasta and Boulud’s ideal meal.

52 calendar Prepare for shock-rapper Tyler, the Creator.

56 first friday Smoking with a caterpillar in Wonderland.

acts to go with the country sports heroes of National Finals Rodeo.

40 pop culture How to avoid

This Christmas – An Evening of Holiday & Hits

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KILLER PUMPKIN! The Killers’ Mark Stoermer will spend the next few weeks playing bass for The Smashing Pumpkins, whose latest tour touches down at Brooklyn Bowl on December 13. Read his thoughts about joining the Pumpkins’ live band at lasvegasweekly.com. CHEF TALK

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OLD-SCHOOL VEGAS Former Mayor Oscar Goodman celebrates one of his favorite old haunts, the Ruvo family’s Venetian restaurant on West Sahara, with an upcoming fundraising dinner for Keep Memory Alive. Take a stroll down memory lane with Hizzoner and get the dinner details at lasvegasweekly.com.

MOST READ STORIES lasvegasweekly.com 1. Reminder: EDC 2015 tickets on sale today 2. Presumed guilty? (Unpopular) thoughts on Bill Cosby’s canceled Vegas show 3. Weekly Q&A: Photographer Shelbi Schroeder focuses on the naked—and real—female form 4. Three reasons why Cheffini’s rules 5. 43 things we’re thankful for

Mail to the instructions a judge will read to a jury at the beginning of a trial. Other than that you are always assumed guilty until proven innocent. Unless you are in that very specific courtroom situation “innocent until proven guilty” does not apply anywhere in our society. Not our laws ... not our Constitution. Our citizens so often misunderstand that fact. –Steve Tiger

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WINE TIME JIVE TURKEY Almost everyone was thankful we put DJ Five in a turkey suit on last week’s cover—and inside the magazine in a sexy doughnut-laden image. Almost.

Shocked that he didn’t make the centerfold. Simply pornographic. —Denise Rose Rutan

THE COSBY FIRESTORM Unsurprisingly, Steve Friess’ latest Vegas on My Mind column regarding the cancellation of Bill Cosby’s performance at TI inspired a dizzying array of reader feedback.

The headline says “(unpopular) thoughts,” but these ideas aren’t unpopular at all. They are rampant and they are the reason women stay silent. –Eva Holland By putting the judgment before the judging, you create a weapon for a malicious wielder. Regardless of the right/wrong in this case, it further proves you don’t need proof, just enough people pointing and saying someone “did it” to ruin their lives and careers. So many like to think in this age of technology and fast information that they’re capable of making judgments akin to those of a vetted, informed jury. Fine, believe that, but when people start losing their livelihoods at the hands of the court of public opinion, we have to ask ourselves what we’re doing to enable someone with an Internet connection, a few fake accounts, and a Twitterbot to irreparably tear someone’s reputation to shreds. We don’t say “innocent until proven guilty” for the sake of the guilty. –yeknomgod Anyone who knows our justice system knows that “ innocent until proven guilty” only applies

Our online holiday wine tips, offered up by master sommelier Kevin Vogt, brought some delicious ideas to your table.

I agree with the Pinot Noir, and the Champagne or Prosecco before the meal. But the Beaujolais Nouveau or the German Riesling Spätlese or Zinfandel will not do it for me. Then I prefer a Californian Merlot. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! –Sonja Rogers-Banz

BURGER ENVY We discovered a tasty bite at the brand new Crave American Kitchen & Sushi bar, a juicy bison burger topped with pork belly and harissa-cilantro sauce. Turns out, we weren’t the only ones enjoying its deliciousness.

My hubby had that. He said it was the best burger ever. I had the Norwegian salmon salad, definitely drool-worthy. –Karen Dawson

MEET OUR COVER MODEL, OZZIE Walking into the Lion Habitat Ranch, I was greeted by Ozzie the giraffe. My 5-foot-2 stature was quickly dwarfed by the 6-month-old, 10-foot-tall baby. As I stood fawning over the cutie, he responded by looking quizzically at my camera. Not quite sure who was more curious about the other, I took some images and bid farewell. I had to go get a glimpse of the lions … who tried to spray me with urine as I walked by. I missed Ozzie already. –Mikayla Whitmore

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> no end in sight? Protests—and arrests—continue in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to indict a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Ferguson, race and America’s most difficult conversation ∑ The recent spate of high-profile cases of cops

killing African-American men and boys has got me thinking about having “the talk” with my son. Most black families know about the talk— the conversation where parents school their children on how to survive interactions with law enforcement. Thing is, I never received the talk. My parents gave me basic advice: Remain calm, be respectful and, above all, never get in the kind of trouble that involves cops. My son believes in the cops, that they’re inherently benevolent, here to serve and protect. He’s drawn to men and women in uniform. They can do no wrong.

He’s glimpsed snippets of the protests and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by a grand jury acquittal of Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown on August 9. He wants to know why everyone is so mad at the cops. How do you explain the facets of this case to a 6-year-old? In his mind, cops nab bad people—they aren’t the bad people. The combustible relationship between the black community and law enforcement is too often viewed through a binary prism: Each side thinks the other is at the root of the problem. To unpack all that contributed to Wilson firing the shots that took Brown’s life—or to the deaths of scores of other young men of color by police—is to examine the history of race in America. Slavery. Institutional racism. Disenfranchisement. Poverty. Political marginalization. Criminalization. Geographic isolation. Voter suppression. Prison industrial complex. Heady stuff even for a top-flight academic, much less a 6-year-old boy who’d rather watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As long as black parents believe it will increase the odds of their children surviving police encounters, they will have the talk.

Killer carol traditions, and Las Vegas band The Killers has established its own, writing and performing a Christmas single every year since 2006 to raise money for (RED), a global AIDS charity that started that same year. This year’s single, “Joel, the

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Lump of Coal,” is also noteworthy in that it’s a collaboration with another famous Las Vegan, Jimmy Kimmel, who provides the voice of Santa. It’s total Christmas kitsch, right down to the horrific sweaters Kimmel doles out to the band to wear for the video, but just like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” it’s a sweet fable about how every-

one, even misfits, can make a difference. (RED) has made a serious difference, raising more than $240 million since 2006. The Killers will definitely not be getting a lump of coal this year. –Ken Miller “Joel, the Lump of Coal” is available on iTunes for $1.29.

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Their fears are well-founded. A ProPublica analysis of 20 years of data on officer-involved fatalities revealed that black males are 21 times more likely to be killed by cops than whites. Scarier still: Officers are rarely charged with crimes. So Wilson’s acquittal came as no surprise to many blacks. How can I possibly package it all into one talk, or even a series of talks? There are hundreds of sides to this issue and a million opinions on how to change the paradigm. Community policing. Jobs. Active fathers. Jobs. Reducing black-onblack crime. Jobs. More police officers, prosecutors and judges of color and fewer prisons. Jobs. Not allowing the DA’s office to investigate officerinvolved fatalities. Jobs. Revitalizing neighborhoods. Jobs. Prayer. That some of that hard, necessary work is going on here (Safe Village and other initiatives have reduced crime in Las Vegas’ worst areas) and across the country is an important part of the conversation. Thankfully, my son is young, so I have some time to get my thoughts together and, more importantly, I have time to help work on a solution. After all, talk is cheap. –Damon Hodge

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> BENCH WISDOM There’s already an artistdesigned bench in the “Atomic Passage” on Casino Center Boulevard. One tagger left a thought ...

A curated selection, cool classes and a rabbit mascot— welcome to the Writer’s Block “Fiction on the left, nonfiction on the right; the signs are being made,” a slight man in an apron—who turns out to be owner Drew Cohen—explains to his first customers. A lot is still in process at Downtown’s new bookstore, the Writer’s Block. But books are on the shelves, the refurbished neon letters that spell out “shop” are alight, and the store masTHE cot (a rabbit known only WRITER’S as “the Baron”) munches a BLOCK 1020 lettuce leaf appropriately Fremont St., near the cookbooks. 702-550-6399. Although I was expectMondaying a crush of people at Saturday, 10 Saturday’s opening, what I a.m.-8 p.m., found might foretell even Sunday, 11 better things for this small a.m.-6 p.m. store with big ambitions:

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Artist-designed benches will “beautify” Downtown, but we have other ideas ...

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For better or worse, artist-designed benches are a public art staple, whether it’s storybook benches in London (literally, open books as benches) or more minimal and ergonomic structures of stylish sophistication. With Las Vegas jumping in with a national call for artists and $225,000 from Public Works for benches in its Main Street Beautification Project, anything could land on the table. One artist will be responsible for all 40 benches. Because that individual will be selected based on qualifications rather than proposals, we won’t know for some time what will materialize on the stretch of Main Street between Bonneville and Stewart in phase one of the project (phase two will extend down to Sahara Avenue). What we do know is that questions have been raised in recent Arts Commission meetings about the idea of benches rather than art (particularly with our extreme summer temperatures), as well as extending beyond local talent. Assuming the discussion will swell in the post-install complaining process that accompa-

nies public art projects, we figured we’d throw in our advice. If it’s not to be something created by a local artist—Zak Ostrowski, for example—who has the means, talent and fabrication skills, it could at least bend the rules by looking at “bench” as concept rather than function. Perhaps this could pacify the naysayers: revisiting Brian Zimmerman’s 16-foot sculpture of stacked wooden chairs (touching on the idea of sitting while evoking life’s transformations) displayed last year at the Clark County Government Center. Or even better, the city could raise some extra money and bring in Danish artist Jeppe Hein to riff on his completely dysfunctional “Modified Social Benches” that will, much like art would, bring about questions and contemplations (rather than ass-burn). –Kristen Peterson

a steady stream of serious customers. Everyone who comes in the door, from the security guard who was just passing by to the UNLV dean I spotted, seems impressed. That’s probably because the Writer’s Block is wearing so many hats. Cohen and his partner Scott Seeley plan to offer fun classes like “make your own comic book” as well as having onsite bookmaking and letterpressing. What makes skipping Amazon so worth it, though, is the surprisingly diverse selection of curated books and the custom help finding the perfect one. They’re stocking funny howto’s like My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag, imaginative works like Fictitious Dishes, best sellers like the new Jodi Picoult and artbooks like 1000 Record Covers at reasonable prices (an artbook for $20, for real?). For those of us who fell in love for the first time between the paper pages of a book, it means so much to have this spot in the neighborhood. –Molly O’Donnell

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In making a first impression on Season 10 of The Bachelorette, Marquel Martin didn’t drop some slick line. He Dessert goes interactive with Social Cookie talked about his sincere love ... for cookies. Fans of the show went nuts on social media, ultimately dubbing the Las Vegan “Cookie Monster.” ¶ Hoping to make it official, Martin is going for $50,000 on Kickstarter to launch a local sweet shop called Marquel’s Social Cookie, so named because social-media chatter will determine part of the menu. Next to classic, fusion, lifestyle and signature flavors, a “social cookie” might come from a customer’s recipe or a vote on the best chef’s idea on Instagram. Cookies will have their own profiles and comment feeds, so you can leave your mark on an in-the-works flavor inspired by Dana White or Martin’s personal creation—French toast stuffed with bananas and almond butter—though he says his baking is mostly recreational. ¶ “I’m passionate about eating cookies,” says Martin, who has until December 10 to meet his Kickstarter goal. From the campaign page: A cookie connects, a cookie speaks, a cookie is social. –Erin Ryan For more about Social Cookie, go to lasvegasweekly.com.

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Hoop dreams forever No professional sport makes as much sense for Vegas as basketball By Brock Radke > if you build it We have the arena. Now we need the pro basketball team.

at Thomas & Mack, which has also been home to the NBA Summer League since 2004. As recently illustrated in The Sunday, high school hoops in Las Vegas have come a long way in recent years, further proving the sport is in our DNA. Four of the top prep prospects in the nation live and play here, and it sure would be cool to see them go pro one day, playing on the Strip. Or maybe our NBA team will play at the All Net Arena, which also broke ground on the Strip this year. A planned $1.4 billion arena and hotel project adjacent to SLS, All Net is led by former UNLV and NBA basketball player Jackie Robinson, who still needs to reach a development agreement with Clark County and line up additional financing before this local sports dream becomes reality. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s recent New York Times editorial calling for the legalization of sports betting across the country adds an outsized straw to this camel’s back. His predecessor David Stern softened in his

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anti-Vegas stance over the years, but new boss Silver is decidedly pro-Vegas. Today’s NBA has a great relationship with Las Vegas—unlike the NFL, for example—with no argument against a potential pro basketball team based here. Let’s face it: Las Vegas doesn’t need a team. The idea that one of the most exciting, unique and recognizable places in the world needs pro sports to climb into world-class status—a concept former Mayor Oscar Goodman used to repeat ad nauseam—is nuts. Anyone who buys into that hyperbole does so because he or she has a personal stake in the game. But we still want a team. We live here and work here and grow here, and we’ve been ready for this for a long time. Las Vegas is a big-event city, and we know we can count on tourism to fill some of those seats. Yet even with that important weapon in the arsenal, support from the locals will be essential to the success of a Las Vegas pro sports franchise. Will we get behind our team? If it’s basketball, the odds are stacked higher.

HIV/AIDS awareness and service organizations met at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center December 1 for World AIDS Day, a global movement to unite those in the fight against the disease, support those living with HIV/AIDS and remember those the disease took too soon. The event began with a panel discussion and Q&A session with four locals living with HIV/AIDS. “When I received the notice … it was a death sentence,” one panelist said, as “very experimental” drugs were the sole options available at the time. “Medications weren’t evolved,” he said, sharing that his health diminished greatly before a new drug hit the market that finally made a difference. “I probably made it within the six-month window.” Much of the discussion revolved around the stigma of HIV/AIDS, namely the common ignorance of how the virus is passed on. The CDC says HIV is spread “mainly by having sex with or sharing drug injection equipment” with an HIV-positive person, but there are other ways to contract the virus. One panelist shared her story of being infected while getting a tattoo at home, as the artist used an unsterilized needle from his resident tattoo shop. “The first thing you think is sex or drugs,” she said, saying even doctors were initially asking questions like, “How many partners?” or “Drug of choice?” That same panelist recounted how her son reacted to the news of her positive status by buying her plastic cutlery and paper plates (the CDC says HIV is not transmitted by saliva and/ or casual contact like sharing the same drinking glass) and giving her a tutorial on how to use the bathroom. “If my child is going to react like that, how is everyone else going to react?” The dialogue quickly turned to medical support for those living with HIV/AIDS, explicitly the specific requirements one must meet to receive aid from organizations like the Health Department of Southern Nevada. While not on the evening’s panel, a member of the Sin Sity Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (an organization that provides HIV medication assistance to many in the Valley) took the mic for a moment, letting the audience know many HIV/AIDS patients will forego paying their rent or even eating to afford their medications. Science has advanced, and organizations have popped up to provide support. But one thing was definitely clear during Monday night’s dialogue: More support, and awareness, is still needed. –Mark Adams

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Right now, Las Vegas is closer than ever to having a professional sports team. Headlines and rumors have swirled constantly this year, with multiple developments in multiple sports fueling the fire. Findlay Sports & Entertainment is working with Mayor Carolyn Goodman and the Cordish Companies to court an MLS expansion team to play soccer in a potential new stadium in Symphony Park. How about hockey in the desert? The Maloof family is part of an ownership group working to bring an NHL expansion team to Vegas. Of course, these kinds of efforts are nothing new. Local sports fans have heard it all before. But there’s one simple fact that’s impossible to ignore and instantly escalates standard rumors into serious consideration: We’ve got an arena. MGM Resorts and AEG are building a 20,000-seat arena, right now, right behind New York-New York, set to open in 2016. Could that hockey team slide into that arena? Sure. The Downtown soccer thing could happen, too, but no professional sport makes as much sense in Las Vegas as basketball does. There’s no better fit than an NBA team in that MGM arena. We are a basketball city. The sports identity of Las Vegas has traditionally been tied to boxing (and, more recently, mixed martial arts), and that whole legal sports betting thing has fashioned Vegas into a fun football destination. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels national championship in 1990 remains our city’s defining sports moment. The Thomas & Mack Center still buzzes from that era’s all-encompassing energy, nearly 25 years later. Tark is still God. Hoops still rules. Hockey or soccer or anything else wouldn’t be able to capture us as easily, because our most glorious sports moment happened on the hardwood. And that’s far from the only big basketball connection. Las Vegas infamously hosted NBA All-Star Weekend in 2007 and is a frequent home for the star-studded USA Basketball Men’s National Team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke the league’s all-time scoring record in 1984 during a Lakers-Jazz game

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> scale model within a scale model On December 5, the Venetian will reveal what’s inside the mermaid’s breasts.

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What lurks beneath the bosom of the Venetian’s lobby mermaid sculpture? By Kristen Peterson A few months ago in the middle of the night, Venetian staff members entered the hotel’s ornate lobby near the registration desk, draped its famous zodiac-themed mermaid sculpture and crowded around. While an engineer struggled with a secret switch behind the head of one of the mermaids, others anticipated the mystery inside. Within an hour of working discreetly behind the curtain (and under the dramatic murals on the gold-plated dome above), they broke through the protective shellac and released the latch. The mermaid’s breasts popped open, leaving the workers awestruck. There had been talk of a treasure buried within “The Armillary Sphere” for years, and it was obvious something was indeed different with the bosom of one of the mermaids. Her breasts had been attached separately after the initial construction, and it was difficult to miss the anomaly on one of the mostphotographed sculptures on the Strip. Toland Grinnell, the New York artist responsible for the work, said he’d never kept it a secret—that over the

years someone from the hotel would contact him about the rumor, which he’d always confirm, but nothing came of it. Someone who’d attended a talk in which Grinnell discussed the work brought it to the attention of a Venetian concierge, who finally set into motion the culminating reveal. On December 5, as part of its Ultimo weekend, the Venetian will show the hidden work to select visitors: a colorful, three-dimensional diorama of the canals of Venice made from wood, resin, paint and other materials. “We always tout the many ‘hidden treasures’ of the Venetian—but this was literally hidden,” says Keith Salwoski, the property’s executive director of public relations. As to why the hidden piece is there, Grinnell, who is an accomplished contemporary artist, says he was hired to fabricate a work that would fit in with the hotel’s richly indulgent Renaissance theme. His adoration of Las Vegas—its incorporation of the high and low, the old and new, the right and wrong and its democratic

predications—is what inspired him to take the job. “They were trying to re-create Renaissance Venice, and I was giving them contemporary art,” Grinnell says. “If there’s any place where those two things could collide, it would be Las Vegas.” Additionally, he says, “It speaks to Las Vegas in the sense that the closer you look, the more there is. The ingenuity that goes into those casino environments is monumental. I wanted to make a microscopic version of the monumental effort of the hotel. They really committed themselves. The Venetian is a scale model of Venice, so I created a scale model within a scale model.” Stylistically, the mermaid sculpture differs from Grinnell’s works exploring consumer culture and

excess in works that turn banality into luxury. But, he explains, it’s not that much of a stretch. “The work I am best known for are my trunk sculptures,” he says, referring to trunks that open to create luxury environments. “So the Venetian sculpture is in harmony with my work.” When learning this week of the hotel’s middle-of-the-night discovery of the hidden treasure—a discreet effort, because fumbling with a statue’s D-cups would seem awkward to guests and because Venetian officials were unsure what to expect—the artist was elated. “They had their own archaeological experience inside their own hotel,” he said. “That’s the sh*t dreams are made of.”

December 4–10, 2014 LasVegasWeekly.com

Weekly Q&A

> man with a plan Stratta has two restaurants set to open soon.

Stratta’s sphere Strip fine-dining pioneer Alex Stratta is now building local greatness When we last checked in with chef Alex Stratta in January, he had found his way back to Las Vegas after more than a year away and spoke of being refreshed and ready for new culinary challenges. He’s still best known as a fine-dining champion on the Strip—the James Beard-awarded, Michelin-starred chef who helmed Renoir at the Mirage and Alex at Wynn—but he had his sights set on something different, more approachable and much more local. Stratta’s plans are coming together. He’s found a home with Preferred Restaurant Brands, which franchises restaurants like Capriotti’s and Papa John’s and develops new concepts, including Stratta’s. First up is Tapas by Alex Stratta, opening this month at Tivoli Village, and that will be followed by Alex Stratta Steakhouse in the spring at Gramercy. One of Las Vegas’ favorite chefs has so much going on, it was time to check in once again. We just passed the Mirage’s 25th anniversary, a resort that means so much to what Las Vegas is today. Nine years after launching it, Steve Wynn brought you here to open Renoir. What was that like? I remember very

clearly how hesitant I was to come to Las Vegas. I had a great job and was nice and comfortable in Scottsdale [Arizona], and I had already been in a gaming environment at Monte Carlo in Monaco, so I had a taste of that, though Vegas is quite a bit different. I’d never been until I interviewed with Mr. Wynn. I didn’t know what I was getting into. But it was all about building Renoir and whatever I needed to make that happen. It was a great opportunity for me to take the next step. Now that you’re building restaurants off the Strip, are you looking to anything or anyone as a model? I’m

kind of going my own way. I see this as a similar opportunity as I saw Scottsdale back in the day, with the Summerlin area having experienced the same kind of growth we experienced there in the sense of restaurants and shopping and fashion. When I moved to Phoenix in 1989 there was not much going on, and we built a five-star restaurant. I think the demographic is similar. There seems to be a lack of crafted restaurants. And for me, this has nothing to do with anything negative about the Strip; I just needed to grow into a different part of my career. I’ve been working in hotels for 36 years now. It was time for a change, time to do something a bit more risky. For those who’ve followed your fine-dining restaurants, the idea of Alex Stratta doing Spanish tapas is pretty exciting. I hope so. I think there’s a fine line I

need to ride where there’s an expectation of Alex— the quality of that restaurant—yet the food is not like that, or it doesn’t have that price. What I want

to get across is this is all of the technique, the quality of ingredients, the same amount of passion and drive as I’ve always had. I don’t do anything halfway. And this is tapas, not small plates or a gastropub. The fundamentals are classic Spanish, though there will be a little bit of North African, French and Italian, there’ll still be that Spanish accent. You can come for paella or pan tomate and then morph into a Moroccan-spiced dish, or an Algerian-spiced dish. The idea is to come and create your own tasting menu—it just won’t be 300 bucks. The goal is still to give you the best iteration of X, Y or Z that you’ve ever had. That’s what I want. Oh my God, that’s what that’s supposed to taste like! I’ve always wanted that. Tapas is opening December 17. When is the steakhouse opening? Hopefully March. That’s a different ani-

mal. I thought, what are the most popular and viable restaurant styles people like? A steakhouse, and Italian, and sushi is right up there. Well, I’m not doing sushi, but I am doing a shellfish and raw bar with

different ceviches and different raw interpretations of fish. Also, great, true-to-form pastas, really identifiable and wonderful, and the steakhouse component will have more than the fundamental five or six cuts. We’ll do a lot of braises ... I can’t run away from braised short ribs. The off-Strip dining scene is really surging lately, and you seem positioned to help keep up that momentum.

I think it’s a great opportunity to be a part of that, but I don’t think of myself as a catalyst. You know, things were really rocking and rolling, and then with [the recession] everybody hit the brakes. Now it’s coming back. I think there are a lot more people who maybe don’t want to go to the Strip for a great dinner all the time, and now there are more options so they don’t have to. For us that live here, that’s really important to have that side of Las Vegas. The Strip gave me a life beyond my dreams, but it’s not something I want to do every day if I don’t work there. Now maybe we don’t need to go to the Strip. We can go down the street. –Brock Radke

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REFLECTIONS OF 2014 In any given year, Las Vegas Weekly runs thousands of images of life in our Valley. Add the combined Greenspun Media Group force of the Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Magazine and The Sunday, and the vision of where we are—and who we are — gets incredibly colorful. Here’s some of our favorite color from 2014, in honor of the stories these photos can tell without any words at all.

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DOUBLE VISION “It was my day off, and we were visiting a friend’s family near Charleston and Decatur when storm clouds rolled in. Lightning was flashing, but I couldn’t leave yet, because my wife was still chatting. Finally we got in the car and headed Downtown, where the storm had already hit and moved on. I knew the neon lights would reflect on the wet streets of Fremont, so I pulled over and took some shots of the reflections. Then I moved a photo to the website from my car as my family patiently waited.” –Steve Marcus

the ice-cold rush of victory “I have been covering sports for 20 years, and one of my favorites is high school football, mainly due to the playing for the love of the game with emotions high and skills on the grow. While I do my best to capture the best game-time action, I always keep an eye on the sidelines and stands for other worthy moments, like this post-game iced-water bath of Arbor View’s coach after his team beat Centennial. To capture a moment like that, I’ve found that I need to be on the winning side as time winds down, ready to shoot with a wide-angle lens. Getting out in front is key for a clear shot. This time, luck met preparation.” –L.E. Baskow

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PORTRAIT OF PAIN “With boxing, it’s often frustrating trying to get a clean photo of a connection. Sometimes an arm or a glove will block the fighter’s face. Or sometimes all you see is the back of the fighter but you can hear the sound of the connection and the fan reactions as sweat flies up around his head. This fight was on the undercard of a Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout. Amir Khan (left) won against Luis Collazo by unanimous decision.” –Steve Marcus

CHANNELING ICONS “We had the wonderful opportunity to work with kids at Boys & Girls Club of Las Vegas. It was such a rewarding project! We were able to put them in the spotlight and give them the chance to portray various Las Vegas entertainers. In this shot we have Damien, Travis and Aiden embodying the Blue Man Group, and boy, did they play the part well! We all had a great time shooting this image. The cleanup was equally intense, but well worth it!” –Christopher DeVargas (photo illustration) DECEMBER 4–10, 2014 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM

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LIGHTS IN THE DESERT “Every now and then I get to cover events I’ve never experienced, like the recent Rise Lantern Festival. It was incredibly dark on the Jean Dry Lake Bed, which made for a creative use of the light that was there. Taking advantage of headlamps and phones made for interesting images as participants streamed in and wrote meaningful notes on the lanterns being set to float away. I hauled out a tripod, and it paid off.” –L.E. Baskow

NATURE OF THE BEAST “Having moved to Nevada just over a year ago, I had limited experience with rodeo sports like bull riding, but I was intrigued. I appreciate the classic battle between man and beast, and capturing those moments is a battle in itself, the action fast and unpredictable. There are so many elements to the competition and just as many ways to miss the shot. Often, the rider and animal are facing away from you, or blocked by those in the ring to protect a cowboy from injury. Timing is everything, and so is lens choice, focus and the ability to sense the movement of the bull. There’s a little luck involved, too.” –L.E. Baskow

TOUGH AS SIN “These Legends Football League women are no joke! They play, pass and tackle like pros—definitely wouldn’t want to go up against any of them. It was a well-played game, with the Las Vegas Sin beating the Green Bay Chill, 34-24.” –Christopher DeVargas

STACKED Breakfast at the Pantry is a beautiful, beautiful thing. –Photo by Peter Harasty; styling by Roni Fields-Moonen

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CLASSIC PIFF

“It didn’t seem that unusual, for a dragon and his magical Chihuahua to be sharing a tub with me, or that the goldfish on the tiny piano was reading our minds. We were in a cluttered chamber of Rose. Rabbit. Lie., like the cloakroom of Wonderland. This moment captured it all, except for the part where Piff made an entire box of doughnuts disappear.” –Erin Ryan; photo by Adam Shane

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g-strings and gutsiness

family business

“Most of us hide behind our clothes, hoping the world will never see the lumps, wrinkles and scars that make us feel imperfect. Strippers can’t worry about that. Of course, it helps when they look like Sydney, a Crazy Horse III dancer whose legs (and heels) went on forever. Even if you can’t relate to the profession, you can’t deny the beauty and symmetry of a mostly naked human form on a pole.” –Erin Ryan; photo by Mona Shield Payne

“I had the pleasure of working on a package about dirty jobs some folks do in Las Vegas. One such individual was Bob Combs of R.C. Farms, a pig farmer for half a century and proud of his family business. He gave me a tour of his property, pleased with the idea of working with casinos to recycle all of their food waste. With laughing, squealing piglets and creative design I managed to capture a great moment—and make a friend.” –L.E. Baskow (photo illustration)

time warp Like any great city, Las Vegas has corners that blur eras together, where neon relics shine among digital flash and revamped buildings retain some of their old bones. While Fremont Street has transformed many times, it wasn’t hard to weave images of the 1940s and now. It’s nice to know that some of the same names are still in lights. Photo illustration by Corlene Byrd and L.E. Baskow December 4–10, 2014 LasVegasWeekly.com

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HOT SPOTS DJ SHIFT AT HAKKASAN With gigs up and down the Strip this month—all at competing venues (Hakkasan, Light, Drai’s and XS), no less—it seems the veteran beatmeister is in high demand here in his hometown. Local Justin Bueltel (AKA DJ Shift) returns home Thursday night to celebrate his big 3-4 with a set in MGM’s megaclub main room. December 4, doors at 10:30 p.m., $20+ men, $10+ women. DEE JAY SILVER AT EYECANDY LOUNGE Know what’s more popular than Santa hats here in December? Cowboy hats. The 10-day National Finals Rodeo is upon us once again, and who better to book for some post-supper line dancing than Dee Jay Silver? He’s turned Nashville to mashville with his rhythmic reinterpretation of country music, which he adventurously merges with other pop-music genres. He’ll be holding court for most of NFR at Mandalay Bay’s Eyecandy Lounge. (For those looking for a more conventional club setting, he’ll also be at the Bank December 5 and GBDC the next day.) December 4 & 6-11, 9-11:30 p.m., free. REPEAL DAY AT THE MOB MUSEUM

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Break out the feather boas and start Guinness World practicing that Lindy Hop. The Record for the largest Downtown institution wants you to party was held on Main Street, gathering of Santas, party like it’s 1933, during its thirdback when the Ice House in 2007. annual throwback bash for Repeal Day. Lounge often owned Downtown Celebrate the end of the Great Experiment nights. Look for a refreshed version with Prohibition-era drinks, a “Boss of the of the funky throwback shindig at its Bars” cocktail competition, a toast led by Oscar new host venue, Velveteen Rabbit—with Goodman, a live jazz swing band and the evening’s a new free-admission policy. December 5, doors at Roaring ’20s costume contest. If you need us, we’ll 10 p.m., free. be sipping on Sidecars … December 5, 7 p.m. (6 p.m. VIP), $40 ($60 VIP). LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE AT ROSE. RABBIT. LIE. The colorful, rhythmic performance troupe that combined multiple artistic practices might GARETH EMERY AT LIFE A longtime fixture at have recently blown through town, but its quick Marquee, the beloved U.K. trance-and-stuff proreturn comes with a new and different show called ducer/DJ is moving up the Boulevard to Life, which Lucent Unprohibited—and surely it’s no coinciwill launch Emery’s new residency—called Kings & dence that an event with that title debuts on Repeal Queens—on Friday night. Potential attendees should Day. If there was ever a local venue for the fourthexpect opulence and, well, British-ness. December 5, wall-breaking LDE, it’s the anything-goes Rose. doors at 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. Rabbit. Lie., which changes things up itself with guest performers headlining its ballroom all this THE GET BACK AT VELVETEEN RABBIT It’s been month. December 5-6, 9 p.m., $22+. almost 10 years since the enduring First Friday

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife news & notes Need an excuse to finally tour the Artisan Booze District in Henderson? A variety of guided treks within the Valley’s newest barhop zone—which includes Las Vegas Distillery, Grape Expectations winery/winemaking school, Bad Beat Brewing and CraftHaus Brewery— can accommodate groups small and large, and involve operational demonstrations of each facility. And with various passports good for up to six months, they also make for solid gift

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GREAT SANTA RUN AFTERPARTY AT DOWNTOWN 3RD While you usually have to brave holiday shop-

ping crowds to catch a glimpse of the Man in Red, thousands of Kris Kringles will descend on the streets of Downtown this Saturday for the 10th-annual Las Vegas Great Santa Run. The yuletide fun continues beyond the finish line, so carb up with some beer and bar bites at Downtown 3rd. Did we mention Hogs & Heifers, Pizza Rock and Triple George Grill all open early? December 6, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. MIKE HAWKINS AT DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB The upand-coming Danish DJ embarked on his debut North American tour this year, playing the Cromwell danceteria in mid-July. He’s back this weekend, so check out his latest productions—the first of four free remixes he’ll release through the end of the year—on his Facebook page before gettin’ down to the real thing Saturday night. December 6, doors at 10 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women.

ideas for your beloved boozehounds. For scheduling, pricing and other info, visit boozedistrict.com. It’s that time of year, where Strip nightclubs collect unwrapped toys for less-fortunate children in lieu of a cover charge. While Surrender held its toy drive on December 3, Chateau keeps its own campaign—which includes both free entry and a comped cocktail— going through December 17. And speaking of seasonal deviations: Tryst will go dark December 14-30. DJ Arty will move from Drai’s to XS come December 5. Borgeous, however, will now boast a dual residnecy with the Cromwell’s rooftop danceteria

and Marquee, which he’ll play on Christmas night. The former nightspot has lured two familiar names for December 19 and 20: veterans Bad Boy Bill and Robbie Rivera, respectively. On the subject of curious bookings: Former pro skateboarder and active film/TV/video game personality Tony Hawk will host the December 5 edition of Sayers Sessions at Sayers Club. Another house weekly has surfaced, this time at Tacos & Beer. True House Sundays favors the more colorful versions of house music, and the new promo is helmed by Downtown Cocktail Room resident Douglas Gibbs. –Mike Prevatt

NIGHTS ness of the Vegas club scene. One of those DJs, BadBeat, preceded Rob Dub behind the booth on November 29. His involvement with Habitat is interesting considering he has his own weekly underground party, Techno Taco Tuesday, across the parking lot at Tacos & Beer. That Habitat provides a Saturday night home for is, of course, a midweek party, whereas Habitat is a weekend happening. house music lovers BY MIKE PREVATT In the bigger clubs, given the similarity of talent, music and clientele, that would be considered competition. But there’s a different dynamic when it comes to the more intimate, adventurous events off-Strip. “Habitat is not competition,” says BadBeat, making a distinction between the VIP-catering megaclubs and the more organic locals’ scene. “It’s another home for us to go listen to the music we love and, on top of that, hang out with people that share the same passion for the music we love. ... We are all together on this—we don’t compete with each other, we work together.” But are there now too many options for a local house fanbase that remains small? The three weekly parties are > CO-HABITANT Rob Dub is a resident at Habitat at Satay. also complemented by EDM-snuffing one-offs and afterhours parties, to say nothing of Life’s almost-consistent Disconect would also serve as a resident soft-opened on November 1 and occuThe beginning of Rob Dub’s set Underground Sundays. One could DJ.) The resulting group would conpies a rare prime-time Saturday slot for draws few bodies to the dancefloor make the claim that the underground siderably widen the network of potena house party—makes three. inside Satay Thai Bistro & Bar’s side scene is spreading itself too thin. tial attendees, be it by social media—i.e. The new party has a predecessor, as room. But as the local underground “There’s always the potential for Clement’s Habitat Facebook page— Satay hosted Patio Sessions between house DJ gets warmed up during the that, but we’re in Vegas and everyor, per Sanchez’s preference, inviting 2009 and 2010, headed up by reguNovember 29 edition of Habitat, his one works crazy schedules,” friends the old-fashioned lar diner and longtime DCR resident throng steadily begins to grow, attendSanchez says. “Not everyone way: calling them up. Carlos Sanchez. Fast forward to a few ees leaving the small bonfire in front of can make it out on a Tuesday Which partially explains HABITAT months ago, when Satay owner Jay-Son the restaurant and joining the expandthe slightly older crowd— Saturdays 10 p.m., or Saturday night.” Low approached Sanchez to do another ing—and already friendly—group on the He adds that his night will including a large hand- free, Satay Thai night. He agreed, with conditions. patio. As Dub cranks things into gear ful of scene veterans—last Bistro & Bar, 3900 be musically more inclusive. “I was interested, but I said if I did with Mark Fanciulli’s throwback “Seal That, in turn, should also help Saturday. Now, the organiz- Paradise Road, it, I wanted to bring in a team of peoof Approval,” the crowd overflows into unify what he sees as a fragers hope to lure in younger 702-369-8788. ple, because my life is so busy. I have the seating area and, in the case of two mented scene that sometimes and less-familiar revelers a family now, I have other stuff going people, behind the DJ booth. loses sight of the reason such parties to fully realize the mission statement on,” says Sanchez, who also wanted to One could draw a parallel to the exist: fun and dancing. Clement crafted for the Habitat page, “regroup the underground. We’re very gradually unfurling house music scene “I think the Vegas music scene which describes “a space for like-mindsegmented. There’s no unity—everyitself. Before the summer, there was is very closed-minded, which is the ed people to gather together who enjoy one has their own style and no one only one weekly non-mainstream opposite of what the house commuunderground dance music.” wants to work together.” house/techno music party (Tuesday nity is supposed to be about,” Sanchez That dance music is to be played Except for fellow local DJs Dub, night’s Cymatic Sessions at Downtown says. “People find their clique and largely by locals, a DJ demographic Nathan Clement, Tino BadBeat, Vixen Cocktail Room). Then, another (Techno they stick to it. We’re trying to break Sanchez believes doesn’t get the expoand Edgar Reyes, who all agreed to Taco Tuesday at Tacos & Beer) surfaced that mold a little bit.” sure or gigs it deserves despite the vastco-produce Habitat with Sanchez. (DJ a few months ago. Now, Habitat—which

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Oliver Huntemann, “Schatten” Wankelmut & Emma Louise, “My Head Is a Jungle” (MK remix) Robin Schulz feat. Jasmine Thompson, “Sun Goes Down” Foals, “Late Night” (Solomun Remix) Massive Attack, “Paradise Circus” (Gui Boratto Remix)

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Listings are accurate as of press time. For more info, contact venues directly.

VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1 OAK

Closed

DJ set; DJ Kid Conrad; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

ALIBI

Brooke Evers

DJ Justin Hoffman 10 pm; free; lounge open 24 hours

DJ Atom E

8 pm; free; lounge open 24 hours

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Closed

Doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women, locals free

Closed

10 pm; free; lounge open 24 hours

Lounge open 24 hours

Doors at 5 pm

Vegas Blues Dance Lessons

Double D Karaoke

Lounge open 24 hours

DJ Mayket, 10 pm, free; live jazz, 6-10 pm, free; lounge open 24 hours

Closed

Industry Night

Nickel Beer Night

Karate Karaoke

DJ E-Rock

Doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

DJ Sincere

One of a Kind

Rapture

ARTIFICE

Doors at 5 pm

Dana Dav & Ang Kerfoot live; DJs Hektor Rawkerz, Xander Xero; 10 pm; free; doors at 4 pm

Sound

DJs Justin Hoffman, Eddie McDonald, JustIN Key, others; 10 pm; $10; women, locals free; open 24 hours

ARTISAN

Lounge open 24 hours

#FollowMe Fridays

THE BANK

Glitz & Glamour Champagne Thursday: champagne for women until 1 am; doors 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

BEAUTY BAR

Doors at 9 pm

DJs Byra Tanks, Zack the Ripper, BEV$TMDE; doors at 9 pm; free

DJs Dee Jay Silver, Que; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ MikeAttack

DJ Joey Mazzola; 10 pm; $10, women and locals free; lounge open 24 hours

Justine Villegas

live; DJs Five, G-Squared; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Under the Moon

Latin Ladies Night

BLUE MARTINI

Live music, 9 pm; halfprice happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, women free after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Throwback Thursday

BODY ENGLISH

DJ Hope; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

CHATEAU

Closed

DRAI’S AFTERHOURS

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Friday Night Live

Live music, 9 pm; DJ Jace 1; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Ryan Richards & Mattie Breaux

host; DJ BRadical, Koko; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Brittany McGowen hosts; DJ Justin Hoffman; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Closed

EDM Saturdays

DJs, 10 pm; live music, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; $10 men, $5 women after 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

WEDNESDAY

7 pm; donation; doors at 5 pm

Social Sundays

DJs Double J, JustIN Key, midnight, free; drink specials, 11 pm-1 am; lounge open 24 hours

10 pm; free, doors at 5 pm

Latin Revolution

Karma Sundays

Jeremih live; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Santoros & Psychomagic

No Tides, Same Sex Mary; doors at 9 pm; free

Sunday Sessions

Doors at 9 pm; free

Lit

Doors at 9 pm; $10

Doors at 9 pm

Ladies Night Out

DJ ROB & The Star One All Stars Band live, 6 pm; happy hour 4-8 pm, doors at 4 pm

DJs Exile, Tommy Lin; half-off drinks for industry; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

$4 Blue Moons; happy hour w/half-price drinks, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

Half-off drinks for women; live music, 9 pm; happy hour, 4-8 pm; doors at 4 pm

Closed

Doors at 10:30 pm

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Girls Night Out

DJ Ease, BRadical; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Cowboy Troy

DJs Sinister, Bigster, Poun; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Afterhours

Doors at midnight; $30 men, $20 women

Country Club

$4 Miller lite $3 & Coronas BlaCkjaCk

115 E. Tropicana • www.hooTErscasinohoTEl.com

Closed

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VENUE

THURSDAY

DRAI’S NIGHTCLUB

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; live music, 7-10 pm; doors at 5 pm

FIZZ

Warren Peace

DJ Karma

GHOSTBAR

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women, locals free before midnight

10 pm; $30

DJ Seany Mac

Ladies Night

Austin Law live, 9 pm; $1 drafts/wells for women, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

Doors at 10:30 pm; $20+ men, $10+ women

HYDE

live; 9 pm, $20+; doors at 5 pm, free

INSERT COIN(S)

Doors at 8 pm

UFC 181 Official After Party

DJs Eric Forbes, Marc Mac; free champagne/vodka for women; 9:30 pm; $30

DJs Sam I Am, Greg Lopez; free champagne/vodka for women; 9:30 pm; $30

DJ Exodus

GBDC: Ride Em Rodeo

DJ Presto One; doors at 8 pm; $25 men, $20 women

Dee Jay Silver; doors 1 pm, $10, women free; Night: doors 8 pm; $20-$25

Austin Law

live, 10 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am; $10-$20 after 10 pm

DJs Julian Jordan, Turbulence; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Afrojack

DJs Apster, Skratchy; doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ Five

Mahi

10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

Saturday Night Live

Game Over

18 and Over

Ladies’ Night

DJ Mike Bless; doors at 10:30 pm; $20 men, $10 women

NFR viewing parties; drink specials for 21+; dance lessons; doors at 7 pm; $10, $15 for 18-20

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

DJ G-Eazy; doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Closed

Two-hour Bottomless Bubbles, 5-7 pm and 7-9 pm, $36; doors at 5 pm

DJ Kay TheRiot

DJ SINcere

Sundrai’s

DJ Marc Mac 10 pm; $30

DJ bRadical

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

Bikini Bull Riding

$200 prize; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; 2-for-1 drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

#MNF Football Watch Party

Drink specials, 5:30 pm, free; DJ Casanova, 10 pm, $30

DJ Seany Mac

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

Locals Night

Doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals

DJ Wellman

DJ Seany Mac

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DanSing Karaoke

10 pm; $30;

DJ Presto One

Doors at 8 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DanSing Karaoke

8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am

8 pm; line dance lessons, 7 pm; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; drink specials, 7-10 pm; doors at 11 am

Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

DJ Konflikt; 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

Doors at 5 pm

Doors at 8 pm

Closed

Doors at 8 pm

Closed

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

DJ Wellman; doors at 10:30 pm; $20 men, $10 women

The Chainsmokers

Lost Angels

Locals Stampede

NFR viewing parties; dance lessons; doors at 7 pm; $10, $5 for locals w/ ID; free w/ cowboy hats, boots

DJ Mike Bless; doors at 10:30 pm; $20 men, $10 women

10 pm; $30

Line dance lessons, 7 pm; LoCash Cowboys live, 9:30 pm; drink specials; doors at 11 am

DJ Joe Maz

10 pm, $30+ men, $20+ women; doors at 5 pm, free

Doors at 8 pm; $10, $5 locals, women free

NFR viewing parties; dance lessons; bikini bull riding; doors at 7 pm; $10

DJ Shred

LAX

Mike Hawkins

Martin Garrix

DJ Shift

HAKKASAN

LAS VEGAS BULL

SATURDAY

Quintino

Bubbles For Beauties

FOUNDATION ROOM

GILLEY’S

FRIDAY

DJ Wellman

DJ Mike Bless; doors at 10:30 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DJ Cass

Doors at 10:30 pm; $20 men, $10 women

DJ Cass

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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY CLUB GRID

VENUE

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

LEVEL 107

DJ Dezie

DJ Shy

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJ Laszlo

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJ Majesty

LIAISON

DJ Murat; doors at 10 pm; free

DJ Laszlo; doors at 10 pm; $20+

LIFE

Closed

Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

LIGHT

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

MANDARIN BAR

Doors at 5 pm

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

MARQUEE

Closed

DJ Frank Rempe; doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $20+ women

MOB BAR

Grand Laughs Comedy Show

Gareth Emery

Andy Caldwell

Live music

ATB

PBR ROCK BAR

8:30 pm; doors at 7:30 pm

Ladies Night

$1 vodka for women, 9 pm, $5; 2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am

Bare

PIRANHA

REVOLUTION LOUNGE

Des’ree St. James hosts; $8 drinks w/text (“GAY” to 83361); doors at 10 pm; free

RARE Thursdays

DJ G-Minor, doors at 10 pm; $20 men, ladies free

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Wizard of Song

SATURDAY Panorama Saturdays

DJ Dezie; $5 Absolut drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; 15% off bottles; doors at 4 pm

Liaison Undressed

Lauren Foster host; DJs Mash-Up King, Ayler; doors at 10 pm; $20+

R3HAB

Doors at 10:30 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

Tony Arzadon

Doors at 10 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

Live music

9 pm; free; doors at 4:30 pm

Firebeatz

Doors at 10 pm, $40+ men, $20+ women

Downtown Keys

8 pm-midnight; doors at 5 pm

2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 8 am

F*ck it Fridays

India Ferrah, Desree St. James hosts; DJs Vago, Virus; $25 liquor bust; doors at 10 pm; free

DJ Sincere

Doors at 10 pm; $20 men, ladies free

Dirty Pop

Goddess show, 12 am; doors at 9 pm; free

DJ Flow

DJ G-Minor; doors at 10 pm; $20 men, ladies free

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Scenic Sundays

Sky High Mondays

TUESDAY DJ Dezie

WEDNESDAY Woman Crush Wednesday

DJ Girl 6; 2-4-1 drinks for locals, $5 Skyy drinks, 1-4 am; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Closed

DJs Moby, Pete Tong; doors at 10:30 pm; $25+, locals free

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $20+ men, $20+ women

Live jazz

Doors at 5 pm

DJ Kittie; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

DJ Dezie; 2-4-1 drinks for women; 11 pm; doors at 4 pm

Glam of Drag

Desarae hostess; Allie McQueen live; doors at 10 pm; $20+; locals free

All Gone Las Vegas

6 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Firebeatz

Baauer

Closed

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, locals free

Closed

#Social Sundays

Monday Night Football Jersey Giveaway

$20 open bar 9 pm-1 am w/ social media follow; doors at 8 am

El Deseo

DJs Virus, Vago; $5 mystery drinks; doors at 10 pm; free

5:30 pm; beer pong, 9 pm; doors at 8 am

Hott Mess

Karaoke Night

10 pm; 2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am

La Noche

2-for-1 beer pong, $22, 11 am-9 pm; doors at 8 am

Boylesque

Hosted by Des’ree D St. James; 2-for-1 well drinks w/text until 1 am; doors at 10 pm; free

DJ Vago, Majesty; $2 well drinks w/text until 1 am; doors at 10 pm; free

India Ferrah hosts; 2-for-1 drinks w/text until 1 am; doors at 10 pm; free

Closed

Revo Sundays

DJ Morningstar; doors at 10 pm; $20, locals free before midnight

NIGHTS | club grid

VENUE

Listings are accurate as of press time. For more info, contact venues directly.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Blacklight Friday

Silver Saturdays

REVOLVER

Closed

Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm

ROCKHOUSE

Happy hour, 2-6 pm; $50 open bar; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 11 am

$50 open bar; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 11 am

$50 open bar; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 8:30 am

Lucent Unprohibited

Closed

Sessions

Builds and Peaks

ROSE. RABBIT. LIE.

SAYERS CLUB

Doors at 5:30 pm

Battle: DJ vs. Drummer

10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Tease Thursdays

SURRENDER

Yara Sofia performs; drink specials w/text (iShare to 313131); $10 liquor bust; doors at 10 pm; free

Closed

Worship Thursday

TAO

DJ Five; doors at 10 pm; costume contest; $20+ men, $10+ women

TRYST

Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

TUSCANY

Velveteen Rabbit

DJ Dave Fogg

Danny Lozada Latin Band

DJ Randy Vargas hosts; T-Spot Lounge; 10 pm; free

Repeal Day

The All-Togethers; food; 8 pm; free (password: botanist); doors at 5 pm

Closed

live, 9 pm, $22; doors at 5:30 pm

Sessions

Hosted by Tony Hawk; live music, 10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:15 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm

live, 9 pm, $22; doors at 5:30 pm

Live music, 10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Share Saturdays

Stripper Circus

Doors at 10 pm; drink specials; free

Half-off cocktails, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

Lil Jon

Tommy Trash

DJ set; doors at 10:30 pm; $40+ men, $30+ women

Breathe Carolina

DJ set; doors at 10 pm; $20+ men, $20+ women

DJ Alie Layus

Doors at 10:30 pm; $35+ men, $25+ women

DJ Eric D-Lux

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

DJ Melo D

Doors at 10 pm; $30 men, $20 women

Kenny Davidsen

Corro/Van Such Band

and guests; T-Spot Lounge; 10 pm; free

SUNDAY

MONDAY

Confession Sundays

$50 open bar; NFL open bar, $100; doors at 8:30 am

10:30 pm, free; doors at 7 pm

Closed

Ladies Night

Closed

Taco Tuesdays

Drink specials; Line Dancing 101, 8-9:30 pm; doors at 8 pm; $5 after 10 pm

9 pm; MNF jersey giveaway, 5:30 pm; happy hour, 2-6 pm; $50 open bar; doors at 11 am

$1.50+, $5 tequila shots, $7 margaritas; beer pong, 9 pm, $25; happy hour, 2-6 pm; doors at 11 am

Happy hour, 2-6 pm; $50 open bar; 100 oz. beer tower, $35; doors at 11 am

Closed

Doors at 5:30 pm

Chris Pierce

Intergalactix

Lounge

Doors at 7 pm, free

Closed

Caliente

Josie Cavallar hosts; DJ Flow; half-off cocktails, 10 pm-midnight; doors at 10 pm; free

Ugly Sweater Party

Closed

DJ Deniz Koyu; doors at 10:30 pm; $45+ men, $35+ women

Closed

Nik at Night

Rockie Brown Band

Piazza Lounge; 7 pm; free

T-Spot Lounge; midnight; free

Djs John Doe, Danny Boy, Aurajin, others; 10 pm; free; doors at 5 pm

Doors at 5 pm

Arty

David Guetta

Salva

Blackout Artists Holiday Party

The Get Back

Doors at 10 pm; $75+ men, $35+ women

WEDNESDAY Ladies Night

SIN Sunday

Drink specials; doors at 8 pm; $5, free for industry and before 10 pm

Piazza Lounge; 8:30 pm; $10

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women

TUESDAY

Doors at 10 pm; $30+ men, $20+ women, local women & industry free

Moonshiners

Piazza Lounge, 8:30 pm; free

Pub Quiz

Franky Perez

T-Spot Lounge; 10:30 pm; free

7 pm; free; doors at 5 pm Wed

Doors at 5 pm

Closed

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Arts&Entertainment MOVIES + MUSIC + ART + FOOD

RODEO ROUNDUP Highlights of NFR week’s country concerts

TRUST US

Stuff you’ll want to know about SUPPORT GREAT SANTA RUN It’s a funny juxtaposition, Santa (bowl full of jelly) and fitness (bowl full of eight-pack), but Opportunity Village’s annual red-suited run is the best holiday spectacle ever. And it’s celebrating 10 years of raising funds to support individuals with disabilities. Wanna pitch in—and find out what 15,000 Santas looks like? December 6, 10 a.m. start, $40-$55 day-of registration to run, Fremont Street.

GO A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN’S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT A mashup of a traditional nativity play

and a musical bio of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard—with a cast of children performing for an adult audience. A new holiday tradition? Through December 20, dates & times vary, $20-$25, Art Square Theatre. A DICK JOHNSON CHRISTMAS CAROL Will the town detective learn the true meaning of Christmas as he faces his past, present and future? It’s a story loosely based on A Christmas Carol, produced by Poor Richard’s Players. December 5-14, dates & times vary, $20, Onyx Theatre.

SEE

HEAR

STANLEY HALL Vegas-based artist Wendy Kveck

HEART If you weren’t planning to catch the Wilson

examines depictions of women—from art history and contemporary media—in a series of new drawings and paintings. Through December 27, Trifecta Gallery.

sisters this weekend, watch the Seattle episode of the Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways series, which spotlights their ’70s heroics, then buy a ticket. December 5-7, 7 p.m., $55-$125, House of Blues.

LINE IN THE SAND: THE PEOPLE, POWER AND PROGRESS OF THE CULINARY UNION This

LAUGH

comprehensive exhibit on the impact and battles of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 (founded in 1935) opens at UNLV’s Lied Library. Through April 1.

her Comedy Central show to her stand-up, Schumer is the comic of the moment: scathing, gut-bustingly funny … and everywhere. December 6, 6 p.m., $45-$65, Chelsea.

AMY SCHUMER From her cameos on Girls to

Rodeo fans aren’t the only ones who should be relieved that the National Finals Rodeo has decided to stay in Las Vegas. Country music fans have reason to rejoice as well, since every year while cowboys are ropin’ and ridin’ at the Thomas & Mack, the city’s music venues fill up with country acts. Probably the biggest name hitting town for this year’s NFR week is Lady Antebellum, which will play the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (December 5, 9 p.m., $35-$100). The pop-country trio is known for the ubiquitous “Need You Now,” as well as other adultcontemporary ballads. Fans of classic country can check out legendary artists Hank Williams Jr. (Golden Nugget, December 4-6, 10 p.m., $142-$274) and Merle Haggard (Golden Nugget, December 7 & 8, 10 p.m., $109$329), both still going strong after 50 years in the business. Haggard has been an NFR staple for years now, but you never know when it might be your last chance to see him. Country/folk singer-songwriter John Prine is just as influential, if not as widely known, and he’ll be stopping at the Pearl with fellow singer-songwriter Iris DeMent (December 6, 8 p.m., $49-$79). New venue Brooklyn Bowl is getting into the NFR game in a big way, including a two-night stand from mainstays Big & Rich (December 5 & 6, 9 p.m., $51-$55) and an appearance by rising bro-country star Cole Swindell (December 8, 9 p.m., $17-$22). The most intriguing Brooklyn Bowl show, though, is veteran alt-country band Reckless Kelly (December 4, 9 p.m., $13-$17), whose blend of Texas twang and rock ’n’ roll grit is consistently underrated. –Josh Bell

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> The first Fan That’s a real, undoctored tweet from the president. He doesn’t like spoilers, either.

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No spoilers!

How to insulate yourself from those who would ruin your favorite shows By Smith Galtney I spent all of November trying to get caught up with House of Cards, which never really happened. Perhaps it was the show itself—am I really supposed to care about these ridiculous people?—but something else was unfortunately at play: I’d been exposed to two major plot twists, well before I ever encountered them on my own terms. I detest spoilers. Getting wrapped up in a good story, then getting blindsided by it, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. So when someone (or something) prematurely reveals a “big reveal,” I feel robbed and cheated. In the pre-Internet days, this used to only happen every so often, but since social media has turned the spoiler into a virus one can catch at least once a month, I’m offering this list of precautions. Follow them. Abide by them. Don’t let happen to you what too often happens to me.

low in your doctor’s office and playing it cool before they attack. That big-ass, holycrap, total-shocker moment that kicked off the second season of House of Cards? There it was, right in the intro of David Fincher’s Playboy interview. And I’m still nursing a serious grudge toward Us magazine (back in the ’90s, before it went weekly), for ruining the end of Se7en during a Gwyneth Paltrow Q&A. Granted it was two or three years after the movie came out, but still!

1. Avoid all social media. I’m not talking about friends who post crucial information. Aside from that one person who tweeted the end of Prometheus after seeing an early screening of it on the day it opened (?!), most of my cyber pals have the decency to start threads without disclosing anything, plus include a fair warning to scroll on if you’re not on the same page. No, I’m referring to the true enemy: those “related links” sections that are always popping up in your feed. Did the Daily Beast really need to give away the end of Homeland’s third season in a headline? I soon forgave my Prometheus friend (the reviews were pretty shite, after all), but f*ck you, Daily Beast! May you die a slow, messy death on the information superhighway.

4. Lock yourself in a closet. Pack some music to pass the time. Put it on an iPod, not an iPhone. Leave behind all audiobooks, comic books and novels—graphic or otherwise—as these things tend to become movies and TV shows, all potential spoilers.

2. Avoid all print journalism. These things are sneakier and stealthier, just lying

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3. Avoid all social gatherings. These aren’t really dangerous, just annoying. Just tell people you haven’t seen such-and-such yet, and even if they’re complete jerks, they will keep quiet. But not before cracking the usual funny: “You mean the part where everyone dies at the end?” That’s always a real knee-slapper.

5. Spend more time watching movies and TV shows. It’s that simple, really. We used to live in a time when one had five to 10 years before plot points became public domain. Now it’s barely five to 10 months. So stop dawdling. And please, put your smartphone in another room while you watch. Midway into my House of Cards binge, I developed a crush on Frank Underwood’s new bodyguard. So I searched Google Images for Nathan Darrow, the actor who plays him, and instantly learned way too much about an upcoming episode. Sadly, I can’t blame that spoiler on anyone but myself.

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Childish things Horror movie The Babadook makes parenting scary

> home on the range Jones and Swank bicker around the campfire.

FILM

Go west, old man

Tommy Lee Jones returns to the Western with The Homesman By Josh Bell the role of Mary Bee. George agrees to help with Mary Tommy Lee Jones’ fourth film as a director is his Bee’s mission in exchange for freedom and money, and third Western, and like fellow actors-turned-directors his eventual warming to her cause is predictable but Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner, he demonstrates a affecting. What’s less predictable is Mary Bee’s character clear affection for and understanding of the genre. The arc, which takes an unexpected turn about half an hour Homesman is more traditional than Jones’ last Western, before the movie ends, giving the preceding story an The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and it can be extra resonance. a little stolid at times. But it also uses a familiar genre That twist ties in with the movie’s sympaformat to subtly subvert conventions, blending thetic perspective on the difficulty of pioneer the old-fashioned and the progressive into a life for women; while Mary Bee appears to be story that can be unexpectedly powerful. aaacc Jones stars as drifter and ne’er-do-well THE HOMESMAN self-sufficient, the women that she and George are transporting have been completely broGeorge Briggs, who’s introduced being vio- Tommy Lee Jones, ken by the pressures of living on the frontier. lently ejected from the Nebraska ranch where Hilary Swank, Jones and his co-screenwriters (working from he’s been illegally squatting. Tied to a tree and Grace Gummer. left for dead, George is rescued by Mary Bee Directed by Tommy a novel by Glendon Swarthout) treat them Cuddy (Hilary Swank), a rare independent Lee Jones. Rated R. with more respect than they get from any of the male characters, showing the brutal living woman on the frontier, who’s been charged Opens Friday. conditions they were forced to endure. Even with transporting three mentally unstable Mary Bee can’t escape the cruel expectations women (played by Grace Gummer, Miranda placed on women in this particular time and place. Her Otto and Sonja Richter) to Iowa so they can be returned ultimate response to those expectations is haunting to their families on the East Coast. and jarring, although it sets the movie’s final act adrift. The dynamic between the pious, dedicated Mary Bee The pacing is a bit off even before that, and too many and the irascible, opportunistic George is the stuff of of the quiet moments end up inert, but at its best, The a thousand buddy movies, but Jones (both as director Homesman offers a welcome addition to the contempoand actor) treats it with enough delicacy to feel genuine, rary Western canon. and Swank brings her typical determined strength to

Children know that children’s books can often be inadvertently terrifying, and the Australian horror movie The Babadook uses that to great effect, transferring a child’s irrational (but all-encompassing) fear to an equally traumatized parent. Ever since her husband was killed in a car accident while driving her to the hospital to deliver their son, Amelia (Essie Davis) has been living in a state of shock, barely able to give her son Samuel (Noah Wiseman) the love he deserves. Samuel, in turn, has become disobedient and stubborn, acting out at school and rarely listening to his mother. Into this toxic relationship comes a mysterious book titled Mister Babadook, whose whimsical storyline soon turns sinister. Amelia discards the book, but the title character remains, seemingly infecting her home and tormenting her child. The more she tries to deny it, the stronger the monster grows. Is it a ghost, or a demon, or just a manifestation of aaabc her own ambivaTHE lence about being a BABADOOK parent? Essie Davis, Mainly it’s that Noah Wiseman, last one, which Barbara West. means that The Directed by Babadook can Jennifer Kent. sometimes be a little Not rated. thematically blunt. Available But it’s also deeply on Video on unsettling, thanks Demand. to Davis’ gradually more unhinged performance and writer-director Jennifer Kent’s emphasis on atmosphere over quick scares. The production design mimics the stark, monochromatic style of the creepy book, and Amelia and Samuel’s cozy suburban house eventually becomes a claustrophobic trap. The conclusion is a little anticlimactic, but it shows how the fears and doubts of parents (and children) never really go away, and can only be placated and contained. –Josh Bell

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Too little, too late

The Librarians fails to make an old franchise new again

TNT aired the first TV > The replacements movie in its The Librarian franChristian Kane, Lindy chise in 2004 and the last in Booth and John Kim (from left) are the 2008, so the new TV-series new Librarians. version seems a little belated. On top of that, Noah Wyle, who starred as the title character in the three movies, is busy appearing on fellow TNT series Falling Skies, so the main role in The Librarians falls to Rebecca Romijn, leading a new team of recruits working for the mystical library that houses the world’s magical artifacts. The concept is a cross between Indiana Jones and Syfy’s Warehouse 13, with the how the show will proceed without him. librarians traveling the world aabcc The goofy pulp tone is mildly entertaining, but to prevent powerful objects from THE the three team members meant to stand in for falling into the wrong hands. LIBRARIANS Wyle’s Flynn Carsen are a little bland, especially Wyle and original co-stars Sundays, 8 compared to Wyle’s enjoyably hammy perforBob Newhart and Jane Curtin p.m., TNT. mance. Romijn and co-star John Larroquette are make appearances in the tworeliable players, but The Librarians seems like a part pilot (and are set to pop up faded copy of an idea that had probably already occasionally throughout the season), and Wyle’s run its course. –Josh Bell role is so significant that it’s a little tough to tell

Bloody sunset How good has Sons of Anarchy been over its seven seasons? After one particularly agonizing episode from the current season involving the novel use of a grapefruit spoon, I turned to my wife and said, “I think I’ll miss this show more than Breaking Bad.” He’s got no Emmys on his mantel, but creator Kurt Sutter SONS OF knows what the viewing public ANARCHY wants: lots of highs, very few Final episode lows. While the Sons motorcycle December 9, 10 club may traffic in guns, drugs p.m., FX. and porn, Sutter’s show traffics in over-the-top, eye-for-an-eye (sometimes literally) drama. Its central protagonist, Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) is Tony Soprano in a leather highway jacket and KD’s sunglasses, always five steps ahead of his competition and, for all his reprehensible acts, ultimately a tragic figure. And as the final season nears its blood-soaked conclusion, Sutter’s tragic vision has never wavered. People die gruesome deaths, horrific truths get revealed and the gang always goes on. Or does it? Something tells me there might be no one left for a potential Sons spinoff, but come on, do you really want to see Gotta Call Gemma? –Ken Miller

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> LEGEND IN CONCERT When he wasn’t commanding the stage himself, Wonder had India.Arie on the mic.

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LIFE LESSONS

Stevie Wonder brings his biggest album to the stage, in memorable fashion BY SPENCER PATTERSON

STEVIE WONDER BY BILL HUGHES; CHRISSIE HYNDE BY DENISE TRUSCELLO

As obvious a choice as Songs in the Key of Life might be for wholealbum-performance treatment based on its quality and timelessness, Stevie Wonder’s 1976 landmark wouldn’t seem like a truly viable candidate. Not only is it lengthy—two LPs and a bonus 7-inch, totaling 21 songs and an hour and 45 minutes—it’s also wildly elaborate, a buffet of musical styles making use of dozens of instrumentalists and vocalists in its original studio form. Yet Saturday night, Wonder did right by his Songs. The 64-year-old legend spared no expense in bringing his masterwork to life inside the MGM Grand, employing an army of more than 30 accompanists, including robust horn and string sections and a flock of backing singers. His

arsenal also featured neo-soul chanteuse India.Arie, a guest throughout the tour who added an air of distinction to what already felt like a momentous occasion. The tunes unfurled in their familiar-for-decades order, apart from the four bonus cuts, spliced in following sides two and three, and a first-set cover of “Fever,” sung by Keith John, son of the man who recorded the original, Little Willie John. Wonder wasted no time bringing Songs in the Key of Life’s themes of urban hardship and hope into the present, offering opener “Love’s in Need of Love Today” “in the spirit of Michael Brown, in the spirit of Trayvon Martin, in the spirit of every young boy that is shot by another young boy.”

Complaints? Sound was fairly A sublime version of “Village inconsistent, no major surprise given Ghetto Land” found Wonder backed the sheer number of players involved. only by strings. The regal, horn-highWonder’s voice, a treasure to this lighting “Sir Duke” brought half of day and in prime form for most of the older audience, which filled most the three-hour marathon, of the arena, to its feet, finally proved mortal duronly to be topped by the ing “Summer Soft,” failing funky “I Wish,” which sent aaabc the rest of the crowd to its STEVIE WONDER to meet the challenge of its vulnerable verses (some of feet. “Knocks Me Off My November 29, which he wisely handed off Feet” included an amus- MGM Grand to John). And most of all, ing vocal battle between Garden Arena. a de-facto encore segment Wonder and John, and was a significant letdown, finding “Ordinary Pain” finished with a Wonder sampling from his greatest three-female-singer assault led by hits—some in short live bits, others Wonder’s daughter, Aisha. “Ebony using the actual tracks—and only comEyes” saw the band strip down to its pleting one full song, “Superstition.” leanest, meanest parts, and album After he’d handed us the Key of Life, closer “Another Star” morphed the none of that seemed necessary. stage into a massive, all-in party.

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FIVE THOUGHTS: CHRISSIE HYNDE (November 28, the Pearl) If there’s such a thing as “sedate rock,” Hynde has perfected it. The first five songs out of the gate were all fine, highlighted Hynde’s first-ever solo record, June’s by The Pretenders’ “Biker,” but it set a low-energy tone that took awhile to overcome. Stockholm, was well-represented. “Sweet Nuthin’” has fun sing-along parts, and “Adding the Blue” fits well within Hynde’s catalog of fantastic ballads, though its placement as main-set closer after Pretenders hits “Don’t Get Me Wrong” and “Back on the Chain Gang” didn’t do it any favors. If you didn’t know Hynde is a fierce vegan and animal rights activist, she made it very clear, sharing her views on protecting animals. “Thanks for not killing them for profit or pleasure or just because you’re a f*cking asshole.” Songs not played included “I’ll Stand by You,” “Angel of the Morning,” “Time the Avenger” and “Brass in Pocket,” all of which would have been welcome boosts to an uneven setlist. Hynde asked the audience, “Wouldn’t you rather see us in a nice, little place like this than a big stadium?” It’s a fine thought, but in this situation it would be like a guy with a good outside shot and no vertical leap stating, “I’d much rather shoot jump shots then dunk a basketball.” –Jason Harris

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AC/DC Rock or Bust aabcc Veteran rock band AC/DC has been in the news lately more for personnel issues (guitarist Malcolm Young’s departure for health reasons, drummer Phil Rudd’s arrest) than for its music, but new album Rock or Bust ignores all that and gets down to the business of churning out riff-rockers. Sadly, churning out is the best the band can manage, even with songs constructed from riffs that Malcolm Young worked on before leaving the band (expanded by his guitarist brother Angus). There’s never been much variation in AC/DC’s meat-and-potatoes rock, but Rock or Bust is almost entirely forgettable, with interchangeable songs about rocking, partying and rocking while partying. The mildly catchy “Play Ball,” crafted for TV baseball broadcasts, can’t even manage some signature AC/DC double entendres. “Baptism by Fire” and “Rock the House” both start out strongly with vintage Led Zeppelin-style riffs, but both end up in the same place by the end. Rock or Bust isn’t a total bust, but it rocks only in the most basic sense. –Josh Bell

HIP-HOP

Wu-Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow aabcc Do we still like Wu-Tang Clan because it’s hip-hop heresy not to? Have the Marvel Avengers of rap actually released nothing but heat, or did they hit hero status during the Clinton administration and are heretofore tenured in the short list of rap fan favorites, regardless of everything after The W? Does it even matter if they’re too well-fed to be lyrically hungry anymore? These are all questions you’ll ask listening to 2014’s A Better Tomorrow. What’s weird is, the album isn’t even bad. Opener “Ruckus in B Minor” and “Necklace” have enough fire to keep the album spinning until the end— and would have been solid singles for lesser groups. But it became more obvious as the track numbers rose: 2014 Wu isn’t 1993 Wu. It isn’t even 1997 or 2000 Wu. The second-to-last song on the record is called, “Never Let Go.” In the interest of some members’ successful solo careers, maybe it’s time to follow new advice. –Max Plenke

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Bryan Ferry Avonmore aaaac At age 69, perpetually dapper Roxy Music auteur Bryan Ferry is refusing to coast on his past. On Avonmore, the silver fox enlisted an impressive gang of collaborators (including Nile Rodgers, Johnny Marr, Mark Knopfler, Flea and Todd Terje) to create music that subtly modernizes his sleek New Romantic synth-pop. And so, while the record’s music hews toward the sound of later-era Roxy albums such as 1980’s Flesh + Blood and 1982’s Avalon—especially its subtle disco-soul rhythmic throbs, fatalistic crooning and layers of romantic keyboards—it also eschews rote nostalgia. The title track is an urgent electronic rush pocked with saxophone, faint strings and arpeggiated guitars; the intimate cover of Robert Palmer’s “Johnny and Mary” boasts futuristic beat sunrises and sparse finger snaps; and the Marr-assisted, seaside folk-blues tune “Soldier of Fortune” contains frail, subdued vocals. On Avonmore Ferry’s muse has once again steered him in the right direction. –Annie Zaleski

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> strange birds Dau (left) and Kerfoot have been writing together since they met.

ON INdustry NIght LO C A L S C E N E

A Kings reception

Local urban trip-hoppers Ang Kerfoot and Dana Dau unveil their new album

group of songs that fit into “this To say that singer-songwrittrip-hop blues fusion sound. The er Ang Kerfoot—a former memsongs kind of grouped themselves ber of Lucky Cuss and frequent together,” she says. They call it Moksha collaborator—has had a “Urban Psy.” busy year would be an understateKerfoot adds: “There’s a really ment. Between releasing an EP, exciting new thing about our live writing and recording, performset”—the debut of the ing at Las Vegas’ regiongroup’s third member, al Burning Man event, Monica Sterling, whom (the Forgotten City) Kerfoot calls “an exquiand compiling her latsite classically trained est LP (Kings), Kerfoot pianist.” Other additions has finally found time include didgeridoo playto share her album with er Ashley Michaud, who the world. A collaboraalso contributed on the tion with electronic artalbum. There will be a ist and producer Dana Kings release theatrical element to the Dau, Kings has been out party show, too. “You can hear digitally since November December 5, 9 it on the album but you 2, but the duo officially p.m., free. Artifice, can’t see it.” Except now, unveils it on December 5 702-489-6339. you can. at Artifice. Kings is the result After meeting early of self-reflection. Through Dau’s this year during the Life Cube warm production, thick, crackling, project, Kerfoot and Dau immediglitchy beats and Kerfoot’s bluesy, ately started writing together. The serpentine vocals, the duo’s debut result was enough songs to fill two LP is rooted in realism yet shroudrecords—10 of which made the cut ed in mystic imagery. It’s an album on Kings. The others will end up by artists, for artists. “I always on a follow-up LP in the spring. wanted to write music that lyrical“We recorded Kings at [Dau’s] ly forced aspiring artists to think house and my house in very small about what they were doing with home studios,” Kerfoot says over their art,” Kerfoot says, “basically the phone during Thanksgiving to make the artist question themweekend. And although they used selves [and encourage] artists to “quality equipment,” she says pioneer avenues that aren’t being they “totally did it on the cheap.” pursued.” –Leslie Ventura What came out, naturally, was a

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> REMEMBRANCE ON REPEAT Part of Forty-Three Days 43 Names, frames of dried flowers serve as a hopeful memorial.

cycle of loss

Javier Sanchez’s new work contemplates 43 missing students in Mexico—and the drug war’s brutality By Kristen Peterson

46 LasVegasWeekly.com December 4–10, 2014

nated strips to represent the hope of the students’ families and the hope for change. An auditorium video shows a finger writing numbers in a white pigment on mirrors reflecting the sky, switching the color to black when the number 43 is reached. A monitor in the lobby displays each student’s name, again a looping cycle. But it’s

the flowers that tie it all together, as explained in the exhibit statement: “In Mexico every day is the day of the dead, and the day of the disappeared, and the day of the mutilated, and the day of the bereaved. Ayotzinapa and its unique convergence of events, actors, timing and place speak to this.” The installation, which began

on November 22, will culminate on January 5, lasting 43 days.

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More haunting than the field of dried Aztec flowers on the tiled floor of the Barrick Museum lobby is the audio creeping in from the auditorium behind it, the voice whispering over and over: “43 days. 43 names.” It’s somber and persistent, as bone-chilling as the brutality of the Mexican drug wars. As part of an installation created by Las Vegas artist Javier Sanchez in solidarity with the 43 students who went missing September 26 in Mexico, looping video and audio form a multisensory experience augmented by the smell of the dried Xempatzuchitl flowers. “I just want it to keep looping over and over again,” Sanchez says. “Keep remembering. Keep looping. Don’t forget. There are so many horrible, horrific things going on.” The artist, who was born and raised in the suburbs of Mexico City and moved to Las Vegas from San Francisco in 2001, began posting news of the 43 students on Facebook, including subsequent stories of protests and outrage. Seeing how the disappearance affected Sanchez, Aurore Giguet, curator and program director at the Barrick, approached him about a collaboration, to which he said yes. “I come from Mexico,” Sanchez says. “I see myself as one of the students. I have my Mexico roots. I feel like I needed to do something.” He remembered news footage of the field of Xempatzuchitl flowers that the missing students would be preparing to harvest to sell for the upcoming Day of the Dead celebration, which helps fund their tuition at the poor rural teachers college. The students were arrested by police while en route to a protest and reportedly turned over to the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel under the order of the mayor. It’s suspected that they have been killed, which has sparked international protests and greater awareness of drug-war activities. In wanting to create something symbolic, simple and powerful, Sanchez placed the crumbled, dried Xempatzuchitl flowers within a wood border and, in the center, set illumi-

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Alice Munro crafts more of the immortal short stories that set her apart BY TOD GOLDBERG full collection, 2012’s Dear Life. When Alice Munro won the Jackson steps off a train in rural Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, Canada, running away from a difshe was 82 years old and had ficult past, and settles at a farm already officially announced that with a woman named Belle, whom she was retiring from writing. The he lives with for the next two Canadian author had collected decades, seemingly without any every conceivable literary prize emotion at all … until he simply by that point anyway, and at long walks out of her life, too, at a hoslast her sales matched her acclaim. pital in Toronto. “Things could be Why not leave on top? What the locked up, it only took some deterselections in Family Furnishings: mination,” Jackson thinks, and it Selected Stories 1995-2014 reveal ends up being a mantra for his is she’s been at the top for a very existence. Avoidance always one long time. train stop away, even if it takes There is simply not a better Jackson 20 years to step off. writer of short fiction alive. The machinery of love is a comIn “Passion,” for instance, first mon return for Munro. Her claspublished in her 2004 collection sic “Hateship, Friendship, Runaway, that common Courtship, Loveship, trope of the lost youthaaaaa Marriage,” which centers ful summer at the lake FAMILY on a terrible hoax involvtakes on a shocking gloss FURNISHINGS: ing love letters forged by when Grace, the narrator, SELECTED bored kids that actually runs off with her fiancé STORIES 1995ends up bringing togethMaury’s drunk brother 2014 By Alice er a lasting marriage Neil, only for Neil to die Munro, $30. between two desperately that night in a car accilonely people, is a master dent. “She did not have to class on Munro. A horrible decideal with Maury face-to-face. He sion leads to a surprising end, but wrote her a letter. Just say he made in the middle the benign cruelty you do it. Just say you didn’t want of humanity comes into contact to go. She wrote back five words. I with our great capacity to love, to did want to go. She was going to add change, to become truer versions I’m sorry, but stopped herself.” In of ourselves. just those brief sentences, Munro If the stories in Family does what few writers can: convey Furnishings are indeed from the that intractable truth of a moment. last act of Munro’s writing life, Grace made a decision that set her it’s a perfect coda to the master’s up for a good life, it seems, if one work: uncomfortable, enlightening, coupled with the same regrets we troubled, but wonderfully human. all have. But what Grace is not, Alice Munro may have only writwhat Munro’s characters rarely ten short stories, but in each is the are, is passive. They make choices. mystery of life, the questions of Often, the worse ones. existence, where the answers are Like Jackson, the main characrarely answered cleanly. ter of “Train,” from Munro’s last

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FOOD C H E F TA L K

> FLAVOR ELEVATION The Perch’s perfect pasta, angel hair with anchovy, almond and currants, flanked by a chopped salad. Below, smooth salmon tiradito.

Jason Neve, Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group Jason Neve began working with Mario Batali’s restaurant empire at Del Posto in New York City almost 10 years ago. The young chef was soon shipped out to Las Vegas to help open B&B Ristorante at Venetian. Today, Neve is culinary director overseeing all four of the company’s Vegas restaurants.

Bird on a wire

The Perch is taking some delicious risks Downtown By Erin Ryan

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Italian food on the Strip has changed a lot over the years, and B&B helped by adding a little more variety. I think so. People are getting away from thinking Italian is just red tablecloths and veal marsala. There’s a lot more to this food. There are 21 different regions in Italy, and each is like a small state. It’s like the cuisine of Florida or Texas. You can’t just say there’s one American cuisine. How different is your job now that you’re culinary director? I still try to spend as much time on the line as I can and still consider myself a cook. But it’s hectic with one restaurant—there’s always something going on, something is broken or a truck missed its delivery. Then multiply that by four. I can’t really plan my schedule. I wake up and check my email and keep my fingers crossed that it’ll be a smooth day of cooking. –Brock Radke

THe perch by steve marcus; JASON NEVE by christopher devargas

We had to see the potato nests—rustic fritters cradling cold sour cream and glistening salmon roe spooned without restraint and speckled with the finest dice of fresh and dill buttermilk dressing with a touch of heat. But chives. Nothing was shy about the dish, from the briny the heartier stuff really shines, especially the flatbreads. and earthy flavors to temperatures and textures playing at Alegra ($13) starts with a smear of refried black beans and some kind of super-gourmet deconstructed bagel. It was queso fresco, adding sweet shrimp and a tangy drizzle of weird and memorable, and really tasty. chimichurri. Bianca ($12) nails the umami bomb of cheese The Perch has retired the nests since that September (mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan), white truffle evening, but not in some act of surrender oil and fresh arugula tossed in oil and salt. It where it cuts out everything adventurous and doesn’t need the $4 prosciutto add-on even a works the sure things. There are some, like THE PERCH little bit. Don’t get so busy chewing that you calamari with spicy, smoky tomato dipping Downtown forget to sip on a Perch Martini ($9), the rich sauce, or thick fries with fluffy aioli smacking Container Park, purple color and floral complexity coming from of garlic. But even the dishes you expect are 702-854-1418. elevated at Downtown Container Park’s first Sunday-Thursday, hibiscus petals, and the boozy kick of Absolut 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; and St-Germain going down way too easy. full-service restaurant. While the menu encourages sharing, there Given the motley nature of the compound Friday & Saturday, are seven designated entrées. Two are pasta (beef jerky lives across from crazy leggings and 11 a.m.-1 a.m. dishes, one involving anchovy and currants. a whiskey bar) and the surging energy of the As a friend put it, “That’s ballsy.” It’s a $12 pile of silky neighborhood’s dining scene, the menu’s delicious clash angel hair saturated with the anchovy’s salty funkiness of influences is on-key. and heavy garlic, sharpened with lots of fresh parsley Spanish favorite pan con tomate ($6) slathers heirloom and smoothed with almonds and the deep sweetness of and Roma tomatoes smashed with olive oil on bread currants. It’s so good. charred enough for bitter notes to play up the fruit’s As are the desserts (all $8), from beautifully torched acidity. Pecans crusted with brown sugar, rosemary and creme brûlée to chocolate-hazelnut torte piled high with chile piquin ($6) seem a mashup of Southern, French fresh whipped cream. But you want the ricotta cup—the and Mexican comforts. Salmon tiradito ($10) shows how best cannoli filling of your life swirled with lemon zest, Japanese immigrants impacted Peruvian cuisine, velvet vanilla bean and poached pears and served with thin sheets of raw fish dressed in a bright salsa of cucumber, vanilla-almond biscotti begging for a dunk. jalapeño and luscious mango. This is special, uncompromising food, and I hope it You could stay light with lemony carpaccio-style beets stays that way. ($8) or a chopped salad ($10) with tart apple, shallots

What was it like to “audition” for a position at Del Posto? It was an intimidating place. I was one of the few non-Batali cooks to start there, and they pretty much gave us a menu and said go make this stuff. I spent a couple days studying up and figuring it all out. To make these dishes and walk up to a table of Lidia Bastianich, Joe Bastianich, Mario Batali and Mark Ladner sitting at a four-top and put your plate down and hope you have a job in a few minutes, that’s pretty intense. But it was a cool thing to be a part of.

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THE PERFECT MEAL

Daniel’s favorites

Chef Boulud curates classics and modern twists from the DB Brasserie menu By Brock Radke

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If you caught the recent Lyonbased episode of Parts Unknown, in which Daniel Boulud guides Anthony Bourdain through his hometown— known as the mecca of French cuisine—you might have a new idea of what it means to create a perfect meal. They ate Nouvelle Cuisine classics with the legendary Paul Bocuse. That’s not something that can be topped. Fortunately, Boulud sat with us to construct a perfect meal we can all enjoy, picking his favorites from the menu at DB Brasserie. “I’m entertaining a few friends?” he asked. “Sure,” we said, “Who would you invite?” “Well, the people have to be fun,” he answered, so keep that in mind when you’re eating this food. 1. Tarte flambée with the Ex-Pat “In Vegas, starting with a cocktail is a must.” Boulud loves this simple sip of Maker’s Mark with a ginger-vanilla ice sphere: “As it’s going, it keeps smoothing itself out.” He pairs it with the Alsatian tarte flambée, a delicate pizza-ish thing with a super-thin crust, crème fraîche and fromage blanc, crisp pancetta and caramelized onions. 2. Ballotine of quail “It’s very important to start with some foie gras or pâté de campagne. I’m from Lyon so I love charcuterie. But we are doing a new ballotine of quail, which has

a light crust, quail and foie gras and some light fruit.” 3. Thai calamari “Then, something a little spicy, a little crunchy. The calamari is beer-battered and has pickled Fresno pepper, kaffir lime, cilantro and a coconut sauce. It doesn’t have much to do with French cuisine, but I’ve always had a passion for Asian cuisine, and there are fresh flavors in this dish that really resonate.” 4. Escargots spätzle After that, it’s time to get super-French with a fricassee of snails, shallots, mushrooms, hazelnuts and chicken oysters over parsley coulis. “It’s finished with fresh garlic, and when that hits with the chicken and snail together, I love that. To me, it’s a classic dish.” 5. Tunisian lamb “Unless you want to finish casually with some burgers—and certainly ours is one of the best in Vegas—the Tunisian spiced lamb is the one.” This majestic dish includes a house-made merguez sausage plus grilled lamb loin marinated in harissa. “We serve that with lemonbraised spinach that’s so delicious— almost like collard greens—and chickpeas, a little tagine vegetable sweet pepper stew, and finished with yogurt tzatziki with cucumber and mint. It’s so refreshing and has a lot of spice, great contrasts.”

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A&E | Short Takes Special screenings The Dark Side of the Rainbow 12/11, The Wizard of Oz plus live performance of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, 8 & 10 pm, $10. The Bunkhouse, 124 S. 11th St., 702-8541414. Erotic Movie Night Fri, 7 pm, free. Erotic Heritage Museum, 3275 Industrial Road, 702-794-4000. Galaxy Classics Series 12/7, Home Alone, 7 pm, $7, two for $15, includes popcorn. Theaters: CAN, GVL. Holiday Classic Double Feature 12/7, A Christmas Carol (1938), Christmas in Connecticut, 2 & 7 pm, $7.25-$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. 12/10, encore showing, 2 & 7 pm, $7.25-$10.50. Theaters: ORL, SF, SP, ST. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. RiffTrax Live 12/4, Santa Claus with comedic commentary, 8 pm, $10-$12.50. Theaters: CAN, COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 12/6, augmented by live cast and audience participation, 10 pm, $9. Theaters: TC. Info: rhpsvegas.com. Sci Fi Center Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 12/6, Alien, 10 pm, free. 5077 Arville St., 702792-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 12/9, Tenth Avenue Angel. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. The Vatican Museums 3D 12/10, video tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in 3D, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

New this week Action Jackson (Not reviewed) Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam. Directed by Prabhudeva. 144 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A small-time criminal gets involved with a mysterious woman. Theaters: VS Dirty Dealing (Not reviewed) Frida Farrell, Michael Madsen, C. Thomas Howell. Directed by Christopher Robin Hood. 98 minutes. Rated R. A group of women conspire to rob the casino where they work. Theaters: SP The Homesman aaacc Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer. Directed by Tommy Lee Jones. 122 minutes. Rated R. See review Page 41. Theaters: ORL, SP, VS The Pyramid (Not reviewed) Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare, James Buckley. Directed by Grégory Levasseur. 89 minutes. Rated R. A team of archaeologists exploring an ancient pyramid are confronted by an evil entity. Theaters: CAN, GVL, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, TS, TX

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> It’s no luxor Archaeologists explore the horrors of The Pyramid.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day aabcc Ed Oxenbould, Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner. Directed by Miguel Arteta. 81 minutes. Rated PG. In order to turn Judith Viorst’s 1972 children’s book into a live-action feature, producers have abandoned almost everything about it except the concept of a bad day, which now extends to young Alexander’s entire family. Viorst’s book is a beloved classic; the movie is destined for afternoon filler on the Disney Channel. –JB Theaters: CH, VS Annabelle aaccc Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard. Directed by John R. Leonetti. 95 minutes. Rated R. A year before encountering the ghost-hunting Warrens in The Conjuring, the titular creepy doll terrorizes young housewife Mia (Wallis) and her newborn child with standard horror-movie tactics. Director Leonetti generates occasional suspense but can’t do much about the inert storytelling. –JB Theaters: DI Before I Go to Sleep aaccc Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong. Directed by Rowan Joffé. 92 minutes. Rated R. Adapted from the best-selling novel by S.J. Watson, this risible thriller stars Kidman as an amnesiac trying to work out whether she’s being manipulated by her husband (Firth), her shrink (Strong) or both. When the answer arrives, unfortunately, it doesn’t make a lick of sense. –MD Theaters: SC The Best of Me (Not reviewed) James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey, Liana Liberato. Directed by Michael Hoffman. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. Former teenage lovers reunite many years later. Theaters: SC

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Beyond the Lights aaccc Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker, Minnie Driver. Directed by Gina PrinceBythewood. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Prince-Bythewood’s labor of love about a troubled Beyoncé-type pop singer has pretty lead actors but no real direction once they cross paths. The film struggles to create conflict and barely explores the struggles-of-fame themes it introduces, leaving stars Mbatha-Raw and Parker to carry the film with their looks. –MK Theaters: AL, RP, ST, TS, TX Big Hero 6 aabcc Voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, T.J. Miller. Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. 108 minutes. Rated PG. Based loosely on an obscure Marvel comic book, this Disney animated adventure features a bright, friendly world and some exciting action sequences, plus a very entertaining character in cuddly robot Baymax. But its superhero-team origin story is bland and familiar, with Scooby-Doo-level plotting and underdeveloped characters. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Birdman aaabc Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. 119 minutes. Rated R. Keaton gets a much-needed comeback vehicle in Iñárritu’s entertaining chamber piece, playing a washed-up actor—famous for playing a Batman-like superhero called Birdman—who’s now directing and starring in a chaotic Broadway play. Seemingly composed of a single continous shot, the film also boasts Norton, Watts and Andrea Riseborough as fellow actors. –MD Theaters: GVR, ORL, ST, VS The Book of Life aaccc Voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana,

Channing Tatum. Directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez. 95 minutes. Rated PG. This animated movie tells a bland story about a love triangle connected to the Mexican Day of the Dead. With corny jokes, flat dialogue, a thin plot, blocky animation and a soundtrack full of lazily mariachi-fied versions of pop songs, it’s a weak representation of a rich cultural tradition. –JB Theaters: TX Citizenfour (Not reviewed) Directed by Laura Poitras. 114 minutes. Rated R. Documentary about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Theaters: VS Dracula Untold abccc Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper. Directed by Gary Shore. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. Focused on the title character before he was worth making a movie about, Untold takes place in the 15th century, with Vlad the Impaler (Evans) going to unspeakable lengths to defend his homeland of Transylvania. Untold is a generic medieval action epic, filled with garish CGI clutter and ironically bloodless violence. –JB Theaters: ST, VS Dr. Cabbie (Not reviewed) Vinay Virmany, Kunal Nayyar, Adrianne Palicki. Directed by Jean-François Pouliot. 101 minutes. Not rated. An Indian doctor emigrates to Canada and works as a taxi driver, treating patients from his cab. Theaters: VS Dumb and Dumber To abccc Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle. Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Dim-witted friends Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd (Carrey) return to search for Harry’s long-lost daughter. Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly do their best

to recapture the first movie’s appeal 20 years later, but the effort comes across as desperate and sad, with meager laughs and sloppy storytelling. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS The Equalizer aabcc Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 131 minutes. Rated R. Washington is convincingly worldweary and taciturn as a former government operative, living a quiet life until he decides to take on the men who beat up a local prostitute (Moretz). Washington’s wry presence enlivens what can be a drab, dreary film, an overlong adaptation of the 1980s TV series. –JB Theaters: DI, SC, TX Fury aaacc Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman. Directed by David Ayer. 135 minutes. Rated R. Five American soldiers take on what seems like the entire SS in this ultraviolent World War II epic, written and directed by David Ayer (End of Watch). At once refreshingly old-fashioned and disturbingly modern, Fury is perched midway between grave and grotesque, and constantly threatens to topple over. –MD Theaters: CH, DI, ORL, PAL, SF, SP, ST, TX, VS Gone Girl aaabc Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Kim Dickens. Directed by David Fincher. 145 minutes. Rated R. Fincher turns Gillian Flynn’s nasty pulp novel about a missing Missouri housewife (Pike) and her suspicious husband (Affleck) into a meticulous, often riveting thriller, which streamlines some of the novel’s most excessive elements. It’s a solid, sometimes seriously unsettling movie, with a number of very good performances, but it’s still second-tier

A&E | Short Takes his directorial debut, The Daily Show star Stewart could have given his imprisoned-journalist movie more of a satirical bite, but instead it becomes a serious, “issue” movie (with about two percent mild chuckles), albeit one that’s skillfully made and well-acted (by Garcia Bernal and Bodnia). –JMA Theaters: SC Saving Christmas (Not reviewed) Kirk Cameron, Darren Doane, Bridgette Ridenour. Directed by Darren Doane. 80 minutes. Rated PG. A Christian man reminds his brother-in-law of the true religious meaning of Christmas. Theaters: ST, VS St. Vincent aabcc Bill Murray, Jaeden Lieberher, Melissa McCarthy. Directed by Theodore Melfi. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. Murray plays a rare leading role in this formulaic buddy movie about a cranky gambler who bonds with the precocious son (newcomer Lieberher) of his new nextdoor neighbor (McCarthy). He’s fun to watch, as ever, but it’s dispiriting to see him wasting his energy on forgettable fluff. –MD Theaters: GVR, ORL, SC, SF, SP

> Mmm ... cheezy One of the Penguins of Madagascar gets his snack on.

Fincher. –JB Theaters: RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, ST, TS Guardians of the Galaxy aaabc Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Lee Pace. Directed by James Gunn. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sarcastic space outlaw Peter Quill (Pratt) finds himself at the center of an intergalactic battle, and enlists a team of reluctant allies. Guardians is a much looser, funnier Marvel superhero movie, although it still falls back on the CGI-cluttered, large-scale destruction of a city for the somewhat disappointing climax. –JB Theaters: DI, SC Horrible Bosses 2 abccc Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day. Directed by Sean Anders. 108 minutes. Rated R. After not actually killing their bosses, friends Nick (Bateman), Kurt (Sudeikis) and Dale (Day) go into business for themselves, but when they get screwed over by an investor, they conspire to kidnap his son. The lazy, tasteless jokes are matched by the haphazard plotting, which recycles several elements from the first movie. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 aaacc Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth. Directed by Francis Lawrence. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. After enduring the titular tournament of death twice now, headstrong teenager Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) has moved on to fighting directly against her totalitarian government. Mockingjay may lack the action and excitement of the previous two movies, but it makes up for it in greater emotional and thematic resonance. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Interstellar aaacc Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain. Directed by Christopher Nolan. 169 minutes. Rated PG-13. Nolan’s three-hour, effects-heavy sci-fi epic (about the search for a new planet for humanity to

inhabit) turns out to be a soft-hearted plea for the power of love, ultimately relying on sentimental platitudes. At the same time, Nolan creates overwhelming, often breathtaking suspense in a number of astonishing set pieces. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX John Wick aaabc Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen. Directed by Chad Stahelski. 96 minutes. Rated R. Retired assassin John Wick (Reeves) takes on the entire Russian mob in this silly but stylish revenge thriller. Director Stahelski (a veteran stunt coordinator) stages a number of fluid action sequences, mixing brutality with clarity and just enough wit. –JB Theaters: AL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF The Judge aaccc Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga. Directed by David Dobkin. 141 minutes. Rated R. Downey’s amoral lawyer Hank engages in typical cityboy-returns-home activities when he heads back to his Indiana hometown in this hokey, emotionally manipulative dramedy. Trusted with defending his proud, antagonistic judge father (Duvall) on murder charges, Hank endures seemingly endless heartbreak and life lessons, delivered alongside awkwardly pandering comedy. –JB Theaters: RR, SC The Maze Runner aaccc Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Directed by Wes Ball. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on yet another young adult sci-fi book series, The Maze Runner is set in a mysterious world where teenage boys with no memories try to escape a deadly maze. The plot never gets out of second gear, and the eventual answers are meager and unfulfilling. –JB Theaters: DI Nightcrawler aaaac Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed. Directed by Dan Gilroy. 117 minutes. Rated R. Gyllenhaal gives what may be the best performance of

his career as Louis Bloom, a freelance videographer who sells footage of gruesome violence to the local TV news. Nightcrawler is a dark, funny and often brilliant character study about a truly reprehensible character. –JB Theaters: AL, CH, ORL, SF, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Ouija ABCCC Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff. Directed by Stiles White. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. Cheap jump scares are the hallmark of this toothless horror movie that doubles as a toy commercial, about a group of teens who accidentally awaken an evil spirit with their Ouija board. The characters are one-dimensional, the plot is rushed, and the scares are tame and perfunctory. –JB Theaters: DI, TX

Penguins of Madagascar aabcc Voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights. Directed by Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith. 92 minutes. Rated PG. The no-nonsense penguins who stole scenes in the Madagascar animated movies get their own feature, proving again that characters who are funny in small doses aren’t necessarily suited to carrying entire movies. The penguins’ madcap adventures fighting an evil octopus are occasionally cute and occasionally clever, but mostly just end up exhausting. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS

The Theory of Everything aaccc Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis. Directed by James Marsh. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Redmayne gives an impressive physical performance as famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, conveying a vivid sense of a lively mind trapped inside an unresponsive body. Alas, the movie, which gives science short shrift, is primarily about Hawking’s bland relationship with his first wife (Jones). –MD Theaters: SC, SP, TS Whiplash aaabc Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser. Directed by Damien Chazelle. 107 minutes. Rated R. Teller plays an aspiring jazz drummer who has either the good or bad fortune to fall under the tutelage of a sadistic teacher-conductor (Simmons). There’s not much to the film apart from their weird sort of S&M relationship, but with two lead actors this formidable, that’s enough. –MD Theaters: VS

Rosewater aaacc Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Shohreh Aghdashloo. Directed by Jon Stewart. 103 minutes. Rated R. For

JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo; MK Matt Kelemen

Theaters

Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178

(AL) Regal Aliante 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283

(FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283

(BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 702-221-2283

(GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(PAL) Brenden Theatres at the Palms 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 702-507-4849 (CAN) Galaxy Cannery 2121 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, 702-639-9779 (CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570 (COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283 (DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565 (DTS) Regal Downtown

(SP) Century South Point 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-260-4061 (SC) Century Suncoast 9090 Alta Drive, 702-869-1880

(GVL) Galaxy Green Valley Luxury+ 4500 E. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702442-0244

(SS) Regal Sunset Station 1301-A W. Sunset Road, Henderson, 702-221-2283

(ORL) Century Orleans 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-889-1220

(TX) Regal Texas Station 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283

(RP) AMC Rainbow Promenade 2321 N. Rainbow Blvd., 888-262-4386

(TS) AMC Town Square 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-362-7283

(RR) Regal Red Rock 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-221-2283

(TC) Regency Tropicana Cinemas 3330 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-438-3456

(ST) Century Sam’s Town 5111 Boulder Highway, 702-547-1732

(VS) Regal Village Square 9400 W. Sahara Ave., 702-221-2283

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Calendar LISTINGS YOU CAN PLAN YOUR LIFE BY!

> COME PREPARED When Tyler, the Creator performs, be ready for anything.

CREATIVE OUTLET We recommend dressing for Tyler, the Creator’s Friday night show the way you might for a theme park, or an obstacle course. Think comfortable, durable clothes—no open-toed shoes. That’s the best way to prepare for the rapper’s famously unpredictable live sets, which have been known to include anything from drenching crowds with squirt guns to moshing with inflatable animals to inciting riots. The ringleader of LA hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All makes his Las Vegas debut Friday—likely with a handful of other OFWGKTA members in tow for support—and the only thing we can say for sure is that it’s gonna get weird. ¶ But while controversy and precociousness are certainly in Tyler’s wheelhouse, there’s more to him than shock value. The gravel-throated MC and producer has one of the most interesting sounds and styles around, influenced as much by jazz, punk and Tumblr as by hiphop. And while his forthcoming fourth album is said to be more contemplative than hyperactive, it almost certainly won’t be boring. His stream-of-consciousness flows jump from smart-aleck trolling to social commentary to unsettling confessions about depression and suicide fantasies, sometimes all in the same breath. The stuff’s not easy to swallow, but that’s part of what makes him so compelling—and why TYLER, THE CREATOR crowds leave his shows wide-eyed and grinning. Even if they also December 5, 6:30 p.m., $30. need to change their shirts. –Andrea Domanick Hard Rock Live, 702-733-7625.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl Reckless Kelly 12/4, 9 pm, $13-$17. Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy, Electro Shine 12/5-12/6, 9 pm, $51-$55. Blue October, Zeale 12/7, 8 pm, $22-$28. Cole Swindell, Beau Hodges Band 12/8, 9 pm, $17-$22. The Smashing Pumpkins 12/13, 9 pm, $58-$61. Who’s Bad 12/18, 8 pm, $22. WAR 12/19, 9 pm, $28-$33. French Montana, Jeremih 12/20, 9 pm, $28$33. The Mighty Diamonds, New Age Tribe 12/22, 8 pm, free. The Funk Jam, Wed, 10 pm, free. The Linq, 702862-2695. The Colosseum Shania Twain 12/612/7, 12/9-12/10, 12/12-12/13, 7:30 pm, $55-$250. Caesars Palace, 702-7317333. The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 12/30, 7 pm; 12/31, 9 pm, $125+. 702-698-7000. Dive Bar The Casualties, Rule of Thumb, IDFI, Brutal Resistance 12/31, 8 pm, $25-$30. Barbwire Dolls,

The Vermin 1/3, 9 pm, $10-$12. The Toasters, Mustard Plug 2/6, 9 pm, $10-$12. 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy., 702586-3483. Double Down Qui, Fat Dukes of F*ck 12/4. Oddball, Plane Wihout a Pilot 12/5. The Love Me Nots, The Vermin, Graveyard Psychos 12/6. Super Zeroes, Analog Law, Geezus Cryst & Free Beer, No Other Option 12/12. The Psyatics 12/13. Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Rd., 702791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 12/912/13, 12/30-12/31, 1/1-1/3, 7:30 pm, $69$139. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Austin Law 12/4, 9 pm; 12/512/6, 12/12-12/13, 10 pm. Lo Cash Cowboys 12/7-12/11, 10:30 pm. Sam Riddle Thu, 9 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm.Treasure Island, 702-8947722. Hard Rock Live Tyler, The Creator; Taco 12/5, $30. Emmure, The Acacia Strain, Stray From the Path, Fit for a King, Kublai Khan, We Gave it Hell 12/7, 5 pm, $18. Digitour 12/8, 6 pm,

$26-$30. Suicidal Tendencies, Trash Talk 12/13, 8 pm, $25. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702733-7625. House of Blues Alex Clare 12/4, 6:30 pm, $23-$30. Heart 12/5-12/7, 7 pm, $55-$100. Gary Allan 12/11-12/12, 7 pm, $50-$70. Starset, Twelve Food Ninja, 3 Pill Morning 12/13, 6 pm, $28. 3BALLMTY 12/17, 7 pm, $22-$25. HIM, Motionless in White, Wounds 12/19, 7 pm, $32-$42. Rhyme N Rhythm Mon, 9 pm, free. Live swing music Tue, 9 pm, free. Blues Wed, 8 pm, free. Phil Stendek Thu, 8 pm, free. Singles Sat, 9 pm, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am & 1 pm, $27-$50. PJ Barth Trio Sun, 8 pm, free. Mandalay Bay, 702632-7600. The Joint Mix 94.1 Mark & Mercedes’ Not So Silent Night ft. Train, Better Than Ezra, Matt Nathanson, Andy Grammer 12/5, 8 pm, $40+. Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, Beartooth, This Wild Life 12/6, $30+. X107.5’s Holiday Havoc ft. Bush, The Airborne Toxic Event, Priory, Meg Myers 12/12, 7 pm, $40+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222.

Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Googoosh & Ebi 12/27, 9 pm, $86$423. Maroon 5 12/30-31, 8 pm, $100$225. 702-632-7777. MGM (Grand Garden Arena) Andrea Bocelli 12/6, 8 pm, $78-$403. Joey Yung 12/27, 8 pm, $88-$168. 702-8917777. Mirage Terry Fator: A Country Christmas 12/1-12/25, Mon-Thu, 7:30 pm, $60-$150. Boys II Men 12/2612/28, 7:30 pm, $39.99-$59.99. 702792-7777. Orleans Burton Cummings 12/5-12/6, 8 pm, $44-$66. The Charlie Daniels Band 12/12-12/13, 8 pm, $30. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 12/29-12/30, 8 pm, $20+. Disco Inferno 12/31, 10 pm, $75. NiteKings Wed, 4 pm. Rick Duarte Fri, 9 pm. Acoustic Den Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., 702-365-7075. Palace Station (Jack’s) Peter Love Trio Fri, 9 pm. Willplay Sat, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-547-5300. Palazzo (Laguna Champagne Bar) Jimmy Hopper Thu-Sun, 9:30 pm, free. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702414-4300. Palms (The Lounge) Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $10. 702-944-3200. The Pearl John Prine, Iris DeMent 12/6, 8 pm, $40-$80. Tears for Fears 12/13, 8 pm, $43-$103. The Brian Setzer Orchestra 12/20, 8 pm, $43$93. Styx 1/18, 8 pm, $33-$83. Ringo Starr 3/15, 7:30 pm, $73-$153. Joe Bonamassa 5/1-5/2, 8 pm, $89-$130. Palms, 702-942-7777. Piero’s Pia Zadora Thu-Sat, 9 pm, $30. 355 Convention Center Dr., 702-3692305. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 12/27-12/28, 12/30-12/31, $60-$195. (855) 702-234-7469. Stratosphere David Perrico and Pop Evolution First & third Tue, 10:30 pm, $20. 800-998-6937. Tuscany Danny Lozada Sun & Thu 10 pm, free. Kenny Davidsen Celebrity Piano Bar Fri, 10 pm, free. Live music Sat, 10 pm., free. 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-893-8933. Venetian Brian Wilson and Friends 12/12, 8 pm, $58-$75. 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-287-5922. Vinyl Lita Ford & Warrant 12/7, 8:30 pm, $35. Orianthi, The Bayonets 1/3, 9:30 pm, $22+. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed-Thu, 9 pm, $10.

D OW N TOW N Backstage Bar & Billiards Silversage, Jesse Pino & The Clever Clouds, Black Belt Karate 12/5, 8 pm, $5-$7. Tomorrow’s Hand, Neon Knights, Outta the Black 12/6, 8 pm, free. Lights After Dark 12/9, 7 pm, free. The Ataris, Fenix TX Teenage Kicks, Floodlove, Happy Campers 12/12, 8 pm, $16-$20. Audiovibe, Since Exile, Very Much Alive, Badd Pitt & Adam Crow 12/13, 8 pm, $5-$7. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227. Bar & Bistro Out of the Desert Bluegrass Band Sun, noon. Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 702202-6060. Beauty Bar Santoros, Psychomagic, Same Sex Mary, No Tides 12/7, 9 pm, free. Moving Units, LA Witch, Newsense 12/12, 9 pm, $8. Ten Foot Pole, S.F.T. 12/20, 9 pm, $10. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757.

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E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Artifice Dana Dau & Angela Kerfoot 12/5, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-4896339. Artistic Armory No Gods Just Santa Claus Toy Drive ft. Hard Pipe Hitters, The Delta Bombers, Mercy Music, Rayner, Fire Water Folklore, Bitch’n Dudes, New Cold War, Illicitor, Not for Sale 12/12, 6 pm, $5 or free with toy. 5087 S. Arville St., 702-547-9005. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. Hip Hop Roots Fri, 10 pm, $5. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702-368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Duane Mark and Reverend Red 12/4. American Voodoo 12/5. Out of the Desert 12/6. Rick Berthod Band 12/12. Crossroad South 12/13. DJ Hayden & Friends 12/19. Shows Fri-Sat, 8 pm; Wed-Thu, 7 pm. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702-243-2739. Boulder Station (Railhead) Boulder Blues 12/11, 7 pm, $5. Gene Watson 12/12, 8 pm, $19-$39. Bee Gees Gold Fri, 10 pm, $5. El Moreno Carrillo Sun, 11 pm, $5-$10. (Kixx Bar) Joey Vitale Fri, 8 pm. Reflection Sat, 8 pm. 702-432-7777. Adrenaline Sports Bar and Grill Ty Herndon, Josh Ward and the Overdrive Band 12/4, 9 pm, $20. Battlecross, Wretched, War of Ages, Nocturnal Burial, Leviathan 12/12, 8 pm, $12-$15. Stranger, Haleamano 12/14, 7 pm, $7. Open Mic Night Thu, 7 pm. 3103 N. Rancho Dr., 645-4139. Count’s Vamp’d Sin City SInners 12/4, 10 pm, free. Saigon Kick 12/5, 9 pm, $15-$20. Burning Rain 12/6, 9 pm, $10-$15. Outta the Black, Cyanide 12/12, 9:30 pm, free. Stephen Pearcy 12/13, 9 pm, $15-$20. John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849.

The Dillinger Marty Feick Thu, 7 pm. Stefnrock First & third Sat, 8:30 pm, free. 1224 Arizona St., 702-293-4001. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri-Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-4586343. Eastside Cannery Three Dog Night 12/13, 8:30 pm, $17-$37. (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-507-5700. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thur, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702-293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Michael Grimm High Strung Cabaret 12/12, 12/27, 8 pm, $21-$31. Fayne & Friends 12/20, 7 pm, $15$30. Jazz Conversations Big Band Series: Jimmy Wilkins 12/6, 1 pm, $15. Swingin’ Sundays Sun, 5 pm, $10. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Star of the Desert Arena Bell Biv Devoe 12/27, 8 pm, $28-$450. Buffalo Bill’s Resort & Casino, 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Primm, 800-386-7867. Winchester Cultural Center Fiesta Mexicana 12/6, 7 pm, $10-$12. Meshugginah Klezmorim 12/14, 2 pm, $10-$12. Winchester Headliners Holiday Show 12/19, 6 pm, $7. 3130 S. McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340.

Comedy Louie Anderson Wed-Sat, 7 pm, $60-$102. Plaza, 702-386-2110. Big Al’s Comedy Club Wed-Sun, 8 pm, $20. Gold Coast, 702-251-3574. Bonkerz Comedy Club Downtown Grand Fri-Sat, 8:30 pm, free (with two-drink purchase). 206 N. 3rd St., 702-719-5100. Bonkerz Comedy Club JW Marriott Shows 7 pm, $15. 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-5075900. Bonkerz Comedy Club Primm Fri, 8 pm & 10:15 pm; Sat, 10:15 pm; $10. Primm Valley Resort , 31900 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 800-3867867. Bonkerz Comedy Club Silver Sevens FriSat, 10:30 pm; $10. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, 4100 Paradise, 702-733-7000. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Steve McGrew, Doug Williams, Derek Richards Thru 12/7. Brad Garrett, Cowboy Bill Martin, Michael Malone 12/8-12/14. Mike Pace, Landry, Shayma Tash 12/22-12/24. Quinn Dahle, Sam Fedele, Shayma Tash 12/26-12/28. Tom Rhodes, Quinn Dahle, Sam Fedele 12/29-12/31. All shows at 8 pm (12/4-12/13 shows at 9 pm), $65-$87. MGM Grand, 8917777. Rodney Carrington 12/7-12/13, 10 pm, $60$90. MGM Grand, 891-7777. Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8:30 pm, $50-$60. Luxor, 702-262-4900. Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39$50. Quad, 888-777-7664. Andrew Dice Clay 12/11-12/14, 12/18-12/21, 9 pm, $59. Vinyl, hardrockhotel.com. Comedy After Dark Wed-Sun, 10 pm, $40$60. LVH, 702-732-5755. Chris D’Elia 12/27, 10 pm, $40-$50. Mirage, 702-792-7777. Jeff Dunham Wed-Sun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Bill Engvall 12/5, 12/12, 9 pm, $48-$75. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Vinnie Favorito Nightly, 8 pm, $55-$100. Flamingo, 702-733-3333. Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy 12/1212/13, 9:30 pm, $55-$125. Planet Hollywood, 702-531-4320. Eddie Griffin Mon-Wed, 7 pm, $90-$182. Rio, 702-777-7776. HydroComics Unleashed Wed, 9 pm, free. Lucie’s Lounge, 3955 Charleston Blvd., 702776-6417. The Improv Tue-Sun, 8:30 & 10 pm, $30-$45. Harrah’s, 702-369-5000. The Joe Show Thu-Sat, 8 pm, $30. Tuscany, 255 E. Flamingo Rd., 702-629-0715. Jokes With Friends Thu, 10 pm, free. Nacho Daddy, 9925 S. Eastern Ave., 702-462-5000. L.A. Comedy Club Tue-Sun, 9:30 pm, $39$62. Ballys, 702-777-2782. Lisa Lampanelli 12/26-12/27, 10 pm, $74-$118. Venetian, 866-641-7469. The Laugh Factory Shows nightly, 8:30 & 10:30 pm. $29-$45. Tropicana, 702-739-2222.

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Performing Arts A Charlie Brown Christmas 12/5-12/6, 8 pm; 12/6-12/7, 12/13, 4 pm, $10. Colabo Studio Theater, 900 E. Karen Ave, Ste. D-114, 702742-6109. Christmas, Motown and More ft. Human Nature 12/12-12/16, 12/19-12/23, 7 pm; 12/24, 1 pm, $50-$140. Venetian, 866-641-7469. The Forgotten Carols 12/22, 7:30 pm, $14$32. Cashman Center, 850 N. Las Vegas Blvd., forgottencarols.com. Funny, Phat & Fabulous 12/25, 7:30 pm, $25. Ron DeCar’s Event Center, 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Joni & Gina’s Wedding 12/11, 12/26, 6:45 pm, $30-$80. Ron DeCar’s Event Center, 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-384-0771. Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops Series II: Fa La La Las Vegas 12/6, 2 pm & 7:30 pm, $26$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Las Vegas Philharmonic Masterworks III: Rising Star 1/10, 7:30 pm, $26-$94. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Living Christmas Tree 12/4-12/6, 7 pm; 12/7, 2 pm, free. Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-2241. London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas 3/30, 7:30 pm, $29. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Meet Me in St. Louis 12/5-12/6, 12/12-12/13, 7 pm; 12/7, 12/13-12/14, 2 pm, $5. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., artslasvegas.org. Momix Alchemia 3/10, 7:30 pm, $19+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. The Nutcracker 12/13, 12/19-12/20, 7:30 pm; 12/14, 12/21, 1 pm & 5 pm; 12/20, 2 pm, $29$179. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Totally Awesome ‘80s 12/12-12/20, 8 pm, $10. Colabo Studio Theater, 900 E. Karen Ave, Ste. D-114, 702-742-6109. Totally ‘80s Symphonic 12/7, 7:30 pm, $24+. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Trouble in Tahiti 2/20-2/21, 2/27-2/28, 8 pm; 2/22, 4 pm, $15. Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical 12/7-12/14, 7 pm, $10. Faith Lutheran High School, 2015 S. Hualapai way, faiththeatrecompany.com.

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Sports Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic 12/2212/23, 12 pm, $47-$107. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. Dixie State Las Vegas Challenge 12/17-12/18, 12 pm, $10-$20. Orleans Arena, orleansarena. com. Fight Nights 12/13, 3 pm, $40-$150. The Chelsea, 702-698-7000. Good Times Quarter Midget Racing Winter Nationals 12/3-12/7, times vary, free. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. Amir Khan v. Devon Alexander 12/13, 3 pm, $50-$300. 702-891-7777. Las Vegas Legends Soccer 12/2, 7 pm, $9-$20. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. MGM Grand Showcase: Huskies v. Sooners, Runin’ Rebels v. Utes 12/20, 6 pm, $31-$301. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. Nascar After the Lap 12/4, 5 pm, $17. Pearl, 702-942-7777. National Finals Rodeo 12/4-12/13, 6:45 pm, $55-$220. Thomas & Mack, unlvtickets.com. Priefert World Series of Beer Pong 12/912/13, 8 am, free. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl 12/20, noon, $25-$110. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets. com. Tarkanian Classic 12/19, 8 am, $7. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. UFC 181 12/6, 4 pm, $128-$1,003. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777. UNLV Basketball 12/5, 7 pm, 13+. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com. World Championship Boxing: Timothy Bradley v. Diego Chaves, Mauricio Herrera v. Jose Benavidez 12/13, 10 pm, $40-$150. Cosmopolitan, cosmopolitanlasvegas.com. World Series of Team Roping 12/3-12/7, times vary, free. Orleans Arena, orleansarena.com.

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CASINO CENTER City of the World Gallery “Joy” Juried winter show ft. various artists. 1229 Casino Center Blvd., 702-5235306. Cornerstone Art Gallery 201 E. Colorado St., 702-238-5894. Photo Bang Bang 224 E. Imperial Ave., 702-527-2264.

MAIN STREET Clay Arts Vegas Hand-crafted gift sale ft. works by various artists. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147.

THE ARTS FACTORY 107 E. Charleston Blvd., 383-3133. Galleries include: 17 Moons Art Studio Ste. 240., 702-245-7725. 303 North Studio Ste. 115. A. Stein Visual Arts Ste. 220. Blue Sky Yoga Ste. 145, 702-5921396. Eden Pastor Gallery Ste. 215. Happy Panda Toys Ste. 120B 702-516-3432. HellPop! Ste. 105B. Hillary Salon Ste. 250, 702-525-1053. Hiptazmic Studio Ste. 105C., 702-516-9563. Jana’s RedRoom Ste. 160, 702-4543709. Joseph Watson Collection “Save the Best Until Last” ft. work by Joseph Watson, Dave Dave and Spencer Davis. Ste. 115. 858-7332135. Obgarts Creative Main lobby. PeaceNArt Studio Ste. 230. R Space Studio Ste. 125. Sin City Gallery Enigma by Anthony Bondi. Ste. 100, 702-952-9656. Studio West Photography Ste. 250, 702-383-3133. Trifecta Gallery “Stanley Hall” by Wendy Kveck. Ste. 135, 702-3667001.

NEARBY Blackbird Studios “Pure Imagination” A group show tribute to Willy Wonka. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702782-0319. Gainsburg Studio 1533 W. Oakey Blvd., 702-249-3200. Globe Salon 900 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-938-4247.

DOWNTOWN SPACES 1800 Industrial Rd. Galleries include: Brazen Architecture Ste. 200 C. Skin City Body Painting 702-4317546. SolSis Gallery Ste. 130 H, 702-5572225. Spectral Gallery Ste. 104 D. Urizen Gallery Ste. 206 B. Ortego’s Juniper Gallery Ste. 206 A. Wasteland Gallery 702-475-9161.

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LAND OF WONDER

707 Fremont St., 702-637-4244. Galleries include:

With so many rabbit holes to fall down, it’s best to find one with a hookah-smoking caterpillar, painted bodies and Wonderlandian drinks to help taint logic while discussing the idea that it’s eternally 6 p.m. somewhere. At Skin City Body Painting (inside Naked City Studios) this First Friday, Las Vegas artists take on the nonsensical underworld of Lewis Carroll in a themed party/art exhibit that can only be pulled off by Robin Barcus Slonina, artist and owner of Skin City (and judge on reality show Skin Wars). ¶ Down the Rabbit Hole follows her Wonder Woman group show two years ago, in which local artists and creatives—including Absinthe’s Gazillionaire (Voki Kalfayan) and Penny Pibbets (Anais Thomassian)—created works on the superheroine. This year’s event includes work by 42 Las Vegas artists of varying disciplines, including a full-sized “Whack-A-Wabbit” sculpture by Steven Horlock. Former Le Rêve flamenco dancer David Oliveri will perform while models, painted as characters from the fairy tale including a hookah-filling caterpillar, roam Wonderland. As Barcus Slonina says, “You can literally smoke with the caterpillar.” –Kristen Peterson

Lead in the Window Ste. 2250, 702907-2787. Lil’ Art Bodega Ste. 2230, 702-7121708.

EMERGENCY ARTS 520 Fremont St., 686-3164. Galleries include: Burlesque Hall of Fame Ste. 120. Different Strokes Gallery Ste. 212. Rhizome Gallery 702-907-7526. Satellite Contemporary 973-9643050. Stone Fox Salon Ste. 207, 702-7794542. Sommersault Letterpress Ste. 188. Space 164 Ft. works by Tess Felix. Ste. 164. V3 Arts Ste. 166.

ART SQUARE 1017-1025 First St., 702-481-7972. Galleries include: Art Square Theatre Ste. 110. Brett Wesley Gallery Ste. 150, 702-433-4433. Freddie Ramon Ste. 170. Las Vegas Camera Club Ste. 185 Modern Studios Ltd. Ste. 195. Nevada Humanities Ste. 190. Ryan Williams Fine Art Gallery Ste. 135, 321-258-9032. Josephine Skaught Salon Ste. 165, 702-431-8071. Unhinged Ft. work by Sarumaru. Ste. 155.

AFTERPARTIES Artifice 1025 S. First St. Atomic Liquors 917 Fremont St., 702982-3000. Beauty Bar 517 Fremont St., 702598-1965. Dino’s Lounge 1516 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-382-3894. Don’t Tell Mama 517 Fremont St., 702-207-0788. Downtown Cocktail Room 111 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-880-3696. Frankie’s Tiki Room 1712 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-385-3110. The Griffin 511 Fremont St., 702-3820577. Hard Hat Lounge 1675 Industrial Rd., 702-384-8987. Hogs & Heifers 201 N. Third St., 702676-1457. Insert Coin(s) 512 Fremont St., 702477-2525. Inspire 512 Fremont St., 702-4772525. Mob Bar 201 N. Third St., 702-2599700. Oak & Ivy Container Park, oakandivy. com. Vanguard Lounge 516 Fremont St., 702-868-7800. Velveteen Rabbit 1218 S. Main St., 702-685-9645.

SHOPPING Amberjoy’s Vintage Closet 1225 Main St., 702-825-2020.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE December 5, 6-10 p.m., free. Skin City Body Painting, 1800 Industrial Road, 702-431-7546.

American Vagabond Container Park, 702-816-8200. Art Box Container Park, Ste. 230, 702789-7115. Buffalo Exchange 1209 S. Main St., 702-791-3960. Coterie 515 E. Fremont St., 702-3502939. Gaia 4 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-9970222. Jessica Galindo Couture & Fine Art Container Park, Ste. 2080, 702-5380632. Not Just Antiques 1422 Western Ave., 702-384-4922. One Man’s Trash 2960 Westwood Dr., Ste. 22, 702-778-7988. Patina Decor 1300 S. Main St., 702-776-6222. Retro Vegas 1131 S. Main St., 702-3842700. Widow Den Boutique The Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd, Ste 120A.

RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS Bar+Bistro Arts Factory, 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 155, 702-2026060. The Beat Coffeehouse Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., 702-6863164. Big Ern’s BBQ Container Park, 702834-7845. Bin 702 Container Park, 702-8262702. Bocho Sushi 124 S. 6th St., 702-7500707. Carson Kitchen 124 S. 6th St., 702473-9523. Casa Don Juan 1204 S. Main St., 702384-8070. Cheffini’s Hot Dogs Container Park, Ste. 1050, 702-527-7599. Hogs & Heifers Saloon 201 N Third St., 702-676-1457. La Comida 100 Sixth St., 702-463-9900.

Le Thai 523 Fremont St., 702-7780888. Lola’s: A Louisiana Kitchen 241 W. Charleston Blvd., Ste. 101, 2702-275652. Makers & Finders Coffee 1120 Main St., 702-586-8255. Mingo Kitchen and Lounge Art Square, 1017 First St., Ste. 180., 702-685-0328. O Face Doughnuts 124 S. Sixth St. Ste. 140, 476-3223. The Perch Container Park, 702-8541418. Pinches Tacos Container Park, Ste. 5, 702-910-3100. Pizza Rock 201 N. Third St., 702-3850838. Radio City Pizza 508 E. Fremont St., 702-982-5055. Simply Pure Container Park, Ste. 2310, 702-810-5641. Triple George Grill 201 N. 3rd St., 702-384-2761.

FIRST FRIDAY INFO All activities run from 6 p.m-midnight. There is no charge for this month’s First Friday. Street artists, live painters and bands will set up on East Fremont Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Art exhibits will be set up in the festival area on Casino Center Boulevard and Colorado Avenue. Free parking is available at the Stratosphere, City Hall and at the Clark County Government Center with shuttle service (from 5:30-12:30 a.m.) headed to the Casino Center hub. The shuttle from the Government Center will also stop on Fremont East. Dedicated parking lots in the Arts District are available for $5. Free valet parking is also available at the Arts Factory from 6-9 p.m. Hungry? Fifteen food trucks will set up Downtown during First Friday.

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HOROSCOPE

free will astrology

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES

LEO

SAGITTARIUS

March 21-April 19

July 23-Aug. 22

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

The National Science Foundation estimates that we each think at least 12,000 thoughts per day. The vast majority of them, however, are reruns of impressions we’ve had before. But I am pleased to report that in the coming weeks, you are primed to be far less repetitive than normal. You have the potential to churn out a profusion of original ideas, fresh perceptions and pertinent questions. Brainstorm like a genius.

What feelings or subjects have you been wanting to talk about, but have not yet been able to? Can you think of any secrets you’ve been keeping for reasons that used to be good but aren’t good anymore? The time has come to relieve at least some of that tension, Leo. I suggest you smash your excuses, break down barriers and let the revelations flow. If you do, you will unleash unforeseen blessings.

Pope Francis has tried to reframe the message of the Catholic Church. He has made moves to dismantle the Church’s bigotry toward gays. He even invited iconic punk poet Patti Smith to perform at the Vatican Christmas Concert. You now have extra power to exert this kind of initiative in your own sphere, Sagittarius. Be proactive as you push for constructive transformations that will benefit all.

TAURUS

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

Every day I am barraged by nonsense and delusion from the news media, the Internet, politicians and a host of fanatics. “Smoking is healthier than exercising” is just a more extreme and obvious lie than many others that are better disguised. The moral of the story for you in the coming week: Be alert for exaggerations that clue you in to what’s going on discreetly below the surface. Watch carefully for glitches in the Matrix.

In 1662, Rembrandt finished The Oath of Claudius Civilis. Local burgomasters decided it was offensive, and returned it to be reworked. Rembrandt ultimately chopped off three-fourths of the original. Art critic Svetlana Alpers wishes the entire painting still existed, but nevertheless raves about the remaining portion, calling it “a magnificent fragment.” I urge you to think like Alpers. It’s time to celebrate your own magnificent fragments.

When the limpet is scared, it escapes at 2 inches per hour. If you get flustered in the coming week, I suggest you flee at that speed—or don’t leave the scene at all. Why? First, you may be under the influence of mistaken ideas that are causing you to be nervous about something there’s no need to be nervous about. Or second, if you are indeed in an authentic bind, you really do need to deal with it, not run away.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Every one of us has blind spots about the arts of intimacy and collaboration. What are yours? Ha! Trick question! They wouldn’t be blind spots and unconscious habits if you already knew about them. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the next six weeks you can catch glimpses of these blocks, and make a good start toward reducing their power to distort your relationships.

You now have a special talent for connecting things that have never been connected. You also have a magic touch at uniting things that should be united but can’t manage to do so under their own power. In the next three weeks you will be unusually lucky and adept at forging links, building bridges, and getting opposites to attract. I won’t be surprised if you’re able to compare apples and oranges in ways that make good sense.

Recently I discovered Philip K. Dick once lived in a house that’s a few blocks from where I now live. I went to the place and found it was unoccupied. That night I slept in a sleeping bag on the back porch, hoping to soak up inspiration. It worked! Afterward, I had amazing creative breakthroughs for days. I recommend a comparable ritual for you, Aquarius. Go in quest of greatness that you want to rub off on you.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

Now and then, it is in fact possible to fix malfunctioning machines by giving them a few swift kicks or authoritative whacks. In the coming days, you might be inclined to use it a lot. I suspect it’ll work even better than it usually does. There will be problems, though, if you adopt a similar approach as you try to correct glitches that are more psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual in nature. For those, I recommend sensitivity and finesse.

“In spite of my initial shock,” successful novelist Amy Tan said, “I admit that I am perversely honored to be in CliffsNotes.” It was a sign of success to get the same treatment as superstar authors like Shakespeare and James Joyce. This is an operative metaphor in your life. Try to find it in your heart to be honored, even if it’s perversely so. For the most part, trimming and shortening and compressing will be beneficial.

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Do you enjoy telling people what to do? If you are a typical Pisces, the answer to those questions is no. The kind of power you are interested in is power over yourself. You mostly want to be the boss of you. Right now is a favorable time to intensify your efforts to succeed in this glorious cause. I suggest you make aggressive plans to increase your control over your own destiny.

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mystic falls park winter wonderland | sam’s town | November 26, 2014 Animatronic animals don’t need anything extra to draw stares, but that has never stopped Sam’s Town from indulging guests in the daily ritual of music, dancing water and crazy laser lights of Mystic Falls Park. For the holidays, the free attraction makes it snow in Las Vegas, and the fearsome wildlife is rocking Santa’s castoffs. On opening night, the lone wolf howled against a Pink Floyd spray of light, and fake snow fell through rainbows into the hands of 7-year-old Jewel Lynn Morales. You only wish your dreams could be this awesomely weird. –Erin Ryan