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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A fresh perspective on fall’s new looks.

Behind the scenes at the Moulin Rouge auditions.

All the Way Up

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TO DO: 24/7 What to do around the clock in Las Vegas.

BY LISSA TOWNSEND RODGERS

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SPACES AND PLACES Sharing Digs

BY SHANNON MILLER AND BOB WHITBY

Check out local Airbnbs.

PLUS: The Deal on football parties, a books-and-booze club, Route 91 fashion, a ravioli festival and last call for pool season.

Thomas & Mack Makeover

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BY JESSI C. ACUÑA

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The legendary sports arena gets a refresh.

BY MIKE GRIMALA

TASTE One Sip

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Westland American Single Malt is dessert in a glass.

The English pastry joint moves to the Arts District.

BY XANIA WOODMAN

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Charlie Palmer protégé Stephen Blandino sets sail on a solo voyage at Desert Shores.

Fashion in Las Vegas.

BY LISSA TOWNSEND RODGERS

VegasSeven.com

BY AL MANCINI

Ask a Native and Juhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new jewelry store, JAECI.

#7Stories With Uber

Sink or Swim

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And the Band Played On Kerry Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team delivers IJT mOBM DVMJOBSZ IJU XJUI Standard & Pour.

BY AL MANCINI

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SOCIAL INFLUENCE The Look Mark Lewandowski of Mntl-notes.

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Finding Home in the Community

CARE helps Downtownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeless stand on their feet.

BY SONI BROWN

First Look: Cornish Pasty

CONVERSATIONS

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Dish & Tell

Dining with Olympian Cody Miller. BY MARISA FINETTI

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The Comedy Queen Drag Race winner Bianca Del 3JP PO IFS /FUnJY NPWJF UPVSJOH the world and Frank Marino.

BY LISSA TOWNSEND RODGERS

DTLV.com New Pizza Spot Evel Pie Headed for Fremont The team behind The Golden Tiki joins forces with the son of legent Evel Knievel to bring a new high-concept pizza place to Downtown. DTLV.com/EvelPie

RunRebs.com Roster Projections

Cyndi Lauper Takes a Detour The singer goes country.

BY LISSA TOWNSEND RODGERS

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Seven Nights, MUNA, Cocktail Courier and L.A.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Viper Room merch.

Vogue, Instagram models and the death of fashion as we know it.

Over Life Is Beautiful weekend, we partnered with ridesharing giant Uber to record intimate jam sessions and interviews with festival bands, artists and chefs. Run them back at VegasSeven.com/7Stories.

College basketball season is almost upon us, as Friday XJMM NBSL UIF mSTU PGmDJBM EBZ PG QSFTFBTPO QSBDUJDF What will the Rebels look like when the games begin?

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Life Is Beautiful highlights.

The September Sellout

OUR SITES TO SEE

ON THE FLIP SIDE

Politics and the new Rick and Morty game.

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Paris or Bust

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Thursday 29 Bikes, bands, beer, bikinis … yes, friends, it’s time once again for Las Vegas BikeFest, a gathering of motorheads that turns Downtown into a giant party, 3 p.m. today through Sunday. You’ll find demo rides, stunt shows, music, food, tattoo artists and thousands of riders who like to have a good time. LasVegasBikeFest.com

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Find fresh food and family fun 4-8 p.m. at The District at Green Valley Ranch Farmers Market. Live music and good weather likely. Great shopping guaranteed. ShopTheDistrictGVR.com Listen to Jim Shaw speak at the UNLV Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Shaw’s work has been featured in New York’s The New Museum, and has been noted for its use of lowbrow aesthetics. Get inspired at Barrick Museum, 7 p.m. UNLV.edu

Extravaganza takes place Friday-Saturday, with profits going toward the First Friday Foundation and Toni’s House, an organization that helps the homeless and those facing addiction recovery.

SamsTownLV.com Celebrate Las Vegas’ connection to Hawaii at the Pure Aloha Festival & Concert, 5 p.m. today through Sunday at the Silverton. This one has everything from a carnival midway to cultural performances, and of course there’s good food.

SilvertonCasino.com Celebrate a beloved local booze hangout at Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits 12-Year Anniversary Party at 5 p.m. The suburban shop will tap a Joseph James beer made just for the occasion, pour premium wines for $5 per glass and offer upscale bites from the Dazzling Bistro food truck.

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Friday 30 Las Vegas’ most successful homegrown band, The Killers, return to their stomping grounds to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their sophomore album, Sam’s Town … at Sam’s Town. The Decennial

Pinup queen Amber J. Burkhart hosts the third annual Pin Up Pageant at Fremont Country Club. This event will kick off at 7 p.m. with a first-ever, popularly demanded man-geant and entertain

throughout the night with shopping, a runway and live music. Facebook.com/ FremontCountryClub

Bikers, unite! Gear up and head Downtown for Las Vegas BikeFest.

Catch The Specials at House of Blues at 7:30 p.m. Whether you’re listening on the side or in the pit, these ska/punk legends are sure to get everyone riled up. HouseOfBlues.com/LasVegas Las Vaudeville Variety Show at Bunkhouse Saloon promises 20 music and art performances on the inside stage. The event, starting at 7 p.m., also features a live art installation and an ice sculpture outside, plus games, free shots and beer specials. Did we mention the carnival-themed art auction? Awesomeness overload. BunkhouseDowntown.com

Saturday 1 If you’re ready to join the local-food revolution, the Grow Your Own Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Vegas Roots Community Garden (715 N. Tonopah Dr.), is where you need to be. It features workshops, demonstrations, chef stations and all the inspiration you need to get your hands dirty. GrowYourOwnFestival.org

24/7 What to do around the clock in Las Vegas

By Shannon Miller and Bob Whitby

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Football Parties All Week Long TEN YEARS AGO, MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WAS A

National landmarks have come to Fashion Show Mall in Lego form. The Lego Americana Roadshow, on display through October 9, features an opportunity for the kids to build Supreme Court models to take home from 12-4 p.m. on October 1-2. Don’t miss these epic models of mini proportions! TheFashionShow.com How does a concert on the beach sound?

Mandalay Bay presents Reggae on the Bay at Mandalay Bay Beach October 1-2 at 7:30 p.m., featuring Common Kings and other artists. Get down to smooth music with sand between your toes.

MandalayBay.com Root for the home team this weekend when UNLV Football takes on Fresno State at Sam Boyd Stadium. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m., but we suggest some prime-time tailgating action beforehand. UNLVRebels.com Dust off your lederhosen! The City of Las Vegas puts on a family-friendly Oktoberfest celebration 3-9 p.m. at the Historic Fifth Street School, complete with German music, beer and food, plus children’s activities. Prost! LasVegasNevada.gov

Sunday 2 Boulder City is lovely this time of year, and Art in the Park is your excuse to get out there and enjoy it. It’s one of the largest outdoor, juried arts festivals in the Southwest, and it’s also a fundraiser for the Boulder City Hospital Foundation. The event runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and today at Wilbur, Bicentennial and Escalante parks. BCHCares.org

or two makes the set list when he takes the stage at Brooklyn Bowl at 7:30 p.m.

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Tuesday 4 What once would have been considered science fiction is now science fact. So what does the future hold? Take a peek via Springs Preserve’s newest exhibit, Science Fiction, Science Future, which runs through January 8. This interactive display lets you play games with a robot, experience virtual reality and more. SpringsPreserve.org

Monday 3 In the era of Facebook, Twitter and the whole gamut of social media, human connection is a necessary and evolving concept. Showing the Need for Connection, at UNLV’s Barrick Museum, explores the idea of connection through art. The exhibit runs through December 15. UNLV.edu Get ready to ride with Smash Bros LV Las Vegas Bicycle Social Club. This friendly bicycle club welcomes all skill levels to tag along on their night rides, meeting Downtown at 7 p.m. Jump start your week with bikes, brews and good vibes. Instagram.com/SmashBrosLV Witness raw, live performance at Human Experience Open Mic at Hop Nuts at 7 p.m. This weekly event lends the stage to local poets, musicians and performers.

Plus, there’s local craft beer! Facebook.com/ HumanExperienceLasVegas Bright Eyes founder and frontman Conor Oberst is releasing another solo album October 14. Fingers crossed a new tune

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Chill out with Tycho. This Bay Area electronic artist delivers smooth, light beats that pair perfectly with the cooler weather. Catch him at Brooklyn Bowl at 7 p.m. BrooklynBowl.com/Las-Vegas

big deal in Las Vegas, but things have changed a lot over the years. Thursday and Sunday Night Football have made Mondays not quite that special anymore. And the NFL has become so popular that many of the deals that used to be reserved for Monday nights now run during any televised game. With that in mind, here’s a rundown of the football party scene on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays.

As it’s been for several years, the best pure party is at South Point, where a big crowd gathers in the showroom on Mondays and Thursdays for $1 hot dogs, $3 pizza slices and $2 draft beer. South Point also has a cash-drawing giveaway of $1,000, so you have a free shot at leaving with more money than you came in with, just like the old days.

Speaking of the old days, hats off to Sam’s Town for being the last holdout to give away anything for free.

On Mondays, everyone gets the first draft beer on the house. After that, beers are $2, dogs are $1.50 and eight wings are $8.

Other good Monday-night parties are held at Ellis Island, Gold Coast and the Orleans, while the action Downtown is in the Triple 7 Brewpub at Main Street Station. At Ellis Island, beers are a buck, and there’s a $5 food menu that includes eight wings (the best wing deal so far this year at 63 cents apiece) during all games, not just Monday Night Football.

Coming up big this year is Station Casinos, with deals at all of its properties during all games. At Stations and Fiestas, both beers and dogs are $1.50. The dogs come with all the fixings, and if you bundle a dog and a beer for $3, they throw in your choice of pretzels, Doritos or Cracker Jacks. The Wildfires, Wild Wild West and Barley’s have the best beer-bucket deal at five for $5. You can also get five burgers for $5 (and they’re not tiny sliders). All the casinos just mentioned also have good booze deals, from $2.50 shots of Crown, Jack Daniels and Jameson to $4.50 Patron margaritas.

The best deal at a strip club is the powerhouse open bar at Déjà Vu, which runs from 5:30 p.m. to midnight on Mondays. Just show your local ID and you’re in at no charge ($22 minimum for non-locals). Another good play outside the casinos is Home Plate, which runs food and drink specials for all the games and sometimes offers $20 in gambling match play during Monday and Thursday games.

This year’s good-thinking award goes to the new Goose Island Pub at the Hard Rock. When either team makes a safety during the featured game, everyone in the bar gets a free shot. It’s a cool idea, but don’t go rushing over—a safety occurs only about once every 17 games. 7

Wednesday 5 Stoke supply ebbing? We gotcha, bro. Hit the Banff Mountain Film Festival’s Radical Reels Tour, 7 p.m. at the Clark County Library, and watch films about epic bike skiing, mountain climbing and other impressive adventures. LVCCLD.org Get Zen at Spring Mountain Ranch Family Yoga. Bring your own mat to stretch and relax in the beautiful outdoors.

Class starts at 10 a.m. Parks.NV.gov/Calendar Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the critically acclaimed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra take The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall at 7:30 p.m. Look forward to original works by Marsalis and other band members, as well as songs by the greats (think Coltrane and Ellington).

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Anthony Curtis is the publisher of the Las Vegas Advisor and LasVegasAdvisor.com.

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By Anthony Curtis Chill out with Tycho at Brooklyn Bowl.

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LAST CALL for Pool Season Here come the final dayclub parties on the Strip Alas, the time has come to say “goodbye” to late sunsets and swimsuit weather. As a last hurrah to the summer, though, there are a slew of October closing parties to transport you back to the end of May.

Books and Bourbon The Writer’s Block’s book club discusses The Orphan Master’s Son

As the first DJ in the world who can say he owns a nightclub inside an airport, David Guetta doesn’t have to prove he knows how to get a party rolling. He also has the honor of closing out pool season at Encore Beach Club (in Encore, 702-770-7300, EncoreBeachClub.com) on October 1, armed with plenty of his own anthemic EDM beats to tide you over till the Halloween festivities begin.

Forget outdated notions of boring book clubs taking place in someone’s living room. The Writer’s Block Book Shop knows that what pairs best with a good book is some bourbon. This month’s Bourbon Book Club on October 6 will discuss Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son while sipping bourbon provided by the Whiskey Attic. Participants are expected to have read the book in advance.

Johnson’s stories are described as new science fiction—speculative and researched narrative that uses dark humor and irony. Johnson, who teaches writing at Stanford, will read and discuss his work at a Vegas Valley Book Festival After Dark event on October 15.

Your Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Orphan Master’s Son (2012), is an episodic adventure about the struggles of a North Korean man. What was it like visiting the hermit nation to research this novel? When I arrived at Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport, my head was still spinning from a landing on a runway lined with cattle, electric fences and the fuselages of other jets whose landings hadn’t gone so well. Even though I’d spent three years writing and researching The Orphan Master’s Son, I was unprepared for

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Although October 8 is not closing day for Drai’s Beachclub (in The Cromwell, 702-777-3800, DraisLV.com), the rooftop venue will welcome DJ AM protégé Makj for one of the last times of the waning season. For those who like a seamless blend of EDM and hip-hop including original tracks by the headliner himself, this is a goodbye party you won’t want to miss.

what I was about to encounter in “the most glorious nation in the world.

Stories in your collection Fortune Smiles (2015), which won the National Book Award, take the perspective of a former Stasi prison warden (“George Orwell Was a Friend of Mine”) and a child molester (“Dark Meadow”). You seem to be taking narrative dares in your writing. Our society was founded on the belief that all people are valuable.

I think we believe if you take the time to meet any human being on the street, you will find something interesting, and you will find you have something in common with that person. I am drawn to stories that put that to the test.

You work in the realm of dark humor with some heavy topics—technology and its effects on society, parental abandonment, dark tourism, terminal illness. I have an affinity for the humorous and dark—the two go hand in hand.

When people are funny without darkness, it’s like a helium balloon that just floats away. When a person is dark without being funny, too much tension is built up. In my work, one of the ways I control tension is through releasing it with humor.

Endless Sundays at Wet Republic (in MGM Grand, 702891-3563, WetRepublic.com) have been a welcome addition to the summer party schedule—as well as all of the Champagne shenanigans that come with.

However, October 9 will be your last chance to indulge in the bubbly goodness with Steve Aoki, whose new ILYSM EP released this summer. Plenty of those tracks, along with the classics that motivated the MGM Grand to give Aoki a ring in the first place, are sure to work their way into this final summer set. – John Carr

You bring Kurt Cobain to life as a digital projection in “Nirvana,” which also features a spy drone. Do you own a drone? If you could fly one anywhere, where would you go? I would most likely be one of those people who shoot down someone else’s drone. In that particular story, I wrote it after a friend took his life.

Afterward, I had a dream in which he came to visit me in [the] form of a drone, and I knew the drone that came in the night to visit me was my friend who I had lost. I wasn’t able to attend his funeral because my wife was undergoing cancer treatments at that same time. I believe that story came from the place where, because I wasn’t able to attend his funeral, I couldn’t process his death. It was The Bourbon Book Club, a disturbing Oct. 6, 6 p.m., Writer’s Block dream, and I Book Shop, 1020 Fremont started a story St., 702-550-6399, The from that image WritersBlock.org and went from there. — Becky After Dark at Vegas Valley Bosshart Book Festival, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-7500017, VegasValleyBookFestival. org.

TASTE Stephen Blandino.

The restaurant space at the southern end of Desert Shores’ waterfront retail strip has had a hard time defining itself.

For years it was home to Garfield’s, the site of multiple changes in chefs and menus. More recently, Downtown veteran Beni Velazquez took a swing at it, opening Latin Fish in early 2015.

It closed shortly thereafter, only to be immediately reopened by Velazquez as a pair of restaurants, Isabella’s Seafood Tapas & Grill and Republic Kitchen, a cafe. Unfortunately, they were also short-lived. But with such an amazing location, it’s no surprise that another name talent is ready to try his luck with the space. That chef is Stephen Blandino. And his restaurant, opening October 20, will be called Americana.

Born and raised on Staten Island, New York, and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Blandino is a protégé of Charlie Palmer and has been cooking on the Strip since 2000. He originally learned his way around the kitchen from his Italian-American grandmothers, and his first restaurant jobs were at various spots in the Hamptons, New York’s summer getaway spot. But it was a culinary school externship arranged by a friend in 1998 at Charlie Palmer’s original Aureole in New York City that mapped out the next 18 years of Blandino’s life.

In 1999, Mandalay Bay opened its doors with Aureole as one of its flagship restaurants. And Palmer was fielding talent from his New York team. “Charlie said, ‘Steve, do you want to go out there?’” Blandino says. “And I said, ‘I don’t know, I’ve never been to Vegas.’

Then I came out here and fell in love.

And I haven’t looked back.”

Those early days were arguably the glory days of the Aureole kitchen.

Blandino’s coworkers included Mark Purdy, Megan and Joe Romano, Barry Dakake and Brian Massie, all of whom have since found success outside of the Palmer organization. But Blandino stayed in the family, eventually being promoted to executive chef of Charlie Palmer Steak in the Four Seasons.

The chef held that position until this

August, when he decided it was time to strike out on his own.

Blandino’s mentor was supportive of his decision. “When I told Charlie, he said, ‘I know you’re gonna make it, man. Good luck!’” he says, touched by the confidence.

When he began searching for a location for his new spot, however,

“The steakhouse thing has passed for me. I’ve done it.

I love it, but ... I want to get back to my roots.”

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Blandino had never even been to Desert Shores. But once he saw the waterfront location, he knew he’d found his new home. “I was looking in Green Valley— all over the place,” he says. “And when I saw this place I thought this was the perfect venue for it. I just fell in love with the community here. Where else is there water [in Las Vegas]? It’s a totally different atmosphere. And when you do really good food, it’s going to attract so many people.”

So what’s on the menu? “Modern American,” the chef says. “I don’t want to say ‘tapas,’ but you’re not gonna get a big portion, a 20-ounce steak on a plate.

The steakhouse thing has passed for me. I’ve done it. I love it, but out here it should be more intimate and more fine dining. I want to get back to my roots.”

While dishes are expected to be seasonal, some of the “uniquely American” ideas that are being tossed around include a foie gras terrine with Nutella, raspberry spaghetti and figs, and white peach burrata with prosciutto. They’ll be offered in various-sized prix-fixe menus as well as a la carte, both intended to keep the price down. “I want to give that fine dining experience but not charge a gazillion dollars,” Blandino says. So he foresees a price point of around $50 to $100 per person.

He believes that formula can succeed where so many others have failed to make a lasting impression. “I’m very, very confident,” he says without hesitation, “that with this style of food and the level of service we’re gonna provide, it should sell.” 7

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and beef Wellington—are combined in the delicious Snail Wellington, which packages the sometimes daunting mollusks in thick, rich dough.

The steak is a coveted rib eye cap, masterfully seasoned with a juniper-berry rub. And the ketchup, mustard and mayo that accompany the fries are spiced with smoke, horseradish and basil, respectively. Other creative hits include the mac and cheese, drizzled with sweet port wine sauce, and a date and bleu cheese jam. A trio of mini burgers harken back to Simon’s Iron Chef hamburger victory.

As all of Simon’s restaurants have done since his days at Hard Rock Hotel, Standard & Pour dazzles with its desserts.

A wine and cheese sundae tops a cheesecake blondie with merlot ice cream and brandied cherries. A panna cotta plays on the late chef’s love of sugary breakfast cereals by adding Fruit Loops as well as raspberry gummies, hazelnuts and orange sorbet. And a standout Persian dish, saffron rice and rosewater pudding into which diners are invited to mix pistachios, pomegranates and dates, performs as well on the savory end of the palate as it does on the sweet.

$ )LèLQJ 7HVWLPRQLDO Historically at Kerry Simon restaurants, the late chef’s name and/or image tend to be front and center. However here, the sole reference is a pair of tables made from the original doors of his eponymous Hard Rock Hotel restaurant in Las Vegas.

But the entire concept is a testimony to the talent and ingenuity that was always far more important than the personality that sometimes overshadowed them.

NOT TO BE MISSED Venison tartare ($18), Snail Wellington ($14), rib eye cap ($26) and saffron rice pudding ($8).

A SIP TO GO WITH Venison tartare: Song Bird cocktail ($12); Snail Wellington: Davis Bynum Russian River Chardonnay ($12/$48); rib eye cap: Gin City cocktail ($12); and rice pudding: Raspberry Beret cocktail ($12).

Standard & Pour 11261 S. Eastern Ave., 702-6295523, StandardAndPourLV.com.

Open for dinner 4-11 p.m. Sun-Thu, 4 p.m.-midnight Fri-Sat. Dinner for two, $70-$150.

Clockwise from top left: venison tartare, the main dining room, the Song Bird cocktail, the Raspberry Beret bottled cocktail, saffron rice pudding and Snail Wellington.

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Finding Home in the Community &$5( KHOSV 'RZQWRZQ·V KRPHOHVV VWDQG RQ WKHLU RZQ WZR IHHW By 6RQL %URZQ On Foremaster Lane Downtown sits the CARE Complex building. It’s neither pretty nor grand, but its mission—to help homeless clients transition off the streets into jobs and a permanent home—belies its exterior.

The once foreclosed building has been transformed into a community center that collaborates with other social service providers in helping the homeless Downtown.

“What we really try to do is focus on those on the bubble. That is, they are ready to accept responsibility,” says CARE ambassador Mat Ellis. “We motivate them to find employment and to slowly become removed from government services and have an independent lifestyle.”

Clients perform volunteer work in exchange for CARE services, which includes being able to use CARE’s address for mail forwarding, getting identification, birth certificates and social security reproduction. CARE also provides résumé-building services, bus passes and free locker rentals.

Marianne Grochol, a CARE client,

is grateful for a place to keep her belongings safe and to contribute to the community. “Basically all I own is in that locker,” she says. “CARE has given me a purpose. It helps me to focus on other people so I can get back my mental state.”

Ellis believes that while necessary, donations of clothing and hygiene products are just the tip of the iceberg

in helping the homeless population; a community that cares about those living on the streets is essential. CARE, whose facility needs a great deal of repairs and exposure, accepts cash donations toward its self-reliance project. 7 To learn more about CARE or to donate resources, go to CareComplex.org.

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prone in a hospital bed and being denied food, water or my all-important tea, in case I had to have emergency surgery. I’m OK now, if a little smaller and a whole lot weaker than I was a month ago. My kidney decided it was unhappy, and crikey, did I know about it. Apparently it takes a hell of a time to recover as well—I don’t think I’ve ever slept so much in my life.

I am, of course, counting my blessings. While I had to miss a wedding I’ve been looking forward to for as long as I can remember, the timing did mean I was in a country that doesn’t bankrupt you for getting sick, and I wasn’t at Burning Man, possibly getting septic and dying in a tent full of overdosing hippies. So, swings and roundabouts, and I guess my friend saved my bank account, if not my life. Much love, Mrs. Leefe.

But the game! While I’ve yet to play it all the way through (seriously, I can’t make myself a slice of toast right now without taking a two-hour nap) or while soaked in booze, as I suspect may be the best way to experience it, I can vouch for its hilarity. The technique is simple: dice-wise, it is a straightforward game of chance, but each turn comes with a “dare”—and that is where the heart and fun of the game lies. Be prepared to improvise songs, call your friends to scream at them with no explanation, humiliate yourself and your gamemates and generally make a raucous mess.

Personally, I’m looking forward to full health, the reintroduction of alcohol (give me a month, maybe two?) and a gathering of my favorite clowns and improvisors to Meeseek to full effect. In the meantime, I’m going to go back and rewatch HarmonQuest, Harmon’s brand-new “this is not HarmonQuest Dragons, except it is” TV show on the Dungeons & Dragons new online comedy platform, Seeso.

Wish me well? Send vitamins and cups of tea?

Cheers! 7

See Charlie Starling in Absinthe, twice nightly in the Spiegeltent at Caesars Palace, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Wed-Sun. Visit AbsintheVegas.com for tickets.

Follow her on Twitter: @charlistarling

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It’s also going to be slightly different than planned, although admittedly a variation on a theme. Sometimes life gets interrupted and there’s nothing you can do but stride it out, take what the good doctor gives you and incorporate the experience into your biweekly ramblings. But before I veer too far off course ...

I confess myself a proud Harmenian. That is to say, I have a deep and consuming obsession for Community, Harmontown, HarmonQuest and Rick and Morty—anything Dan Harmon creates, really. I guess the self-indulgent, vice-laden, nihilistic narcissist thing speaks to me on some level. Weird.

I can’t imagine it’ll be too long before I dedicate a column to any or all of the above on their own, especially with a brand-new season of Rick and Morty on the not-too-distant horizon, but today I’d like to chat about the recently released tabletop game based on the Rick and Morty episode ‘“Meeseeks and Destroy.”

Meeseeks, a creation of everyone’s favorite Psychopath-Next-Door-Slash-Mad-Scientist-Grandad Rick Sanchez, exist only to—and only until they—help. Ask a question, the Meeseeks helpers appear, solve your problem and disappear. And now, thanks to the wonderful folks at Adult Swim and Cryptozoic Entertainment, you can summon your very own with Mr. Meeseeks Box ’O Fun: Game of Dice & Dares.

OK, back to the veering. I procured my copy of the game as a bridesmaidly duty for my oldest and dearest friend, and carried it to England so we, along with the other bridesmaids, could play it the night before the wedding. I had this column prewritten in my head and was buzzing with excitement. I got on a plane with my dress, shoes, purse and waterproof mascara, while trying my best to file away the creeping pain in my back as general dancer wear and tear.

Unfortunately, the pain did not go away. The fever that came with it, and my inability to eat became impossible to ignore. And yep, I ended up watching my bestest friend walk down the aisle via FaceTime while

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POLITICS

SOCIAL INFLUENCE

By Michael Green

Heeding History IN THE PAST, SPECIAL SESSIONS HAVE SPELLED DOOM FOR LAWMAKERS t may be inappropriate for Nevada legislators to meet in a special session around Yom Kippur. But they may have a lot to atone for, and the voters may not let them.

Gov. Brian Sandoval plans to call the session sometime in the second week of October. Then lawmakers will decide whether to raise room taxes for a stadium Sheldon Adelson and Mark Davis are funding with about $1.25 billion, with visitors to Nevada ponying up the rest.

Legislators have to decide whether they should increase taxes and put the additional revenue into a stadium.

It may or may not help them decide if they know that Adelson is worth about $31 billion, and Forbes values Davis’ Raiders at $2.1 billion with only about $225 million a year from NFL television contracts, and virtually every metric known to intelligent life ranks Nevada at or near the bottom in education and social services because the state chronically underfunds these programs. It may not help them if they realize everyone knows this tax hike wouldn’t happen if it funded those programs.

Similarly, it may or may not help them to know what has happened after other controversial special sessions— and this one will be controversial, whether or not the main local newspaper says so.

In 1907, the Industrial Workers of the World tried to organize miners in the boomtown of Goldfield. The mine owners, led by George Wingfield, the state’s future political boss, determined to break the strike. The shooting of a restaurateur enabled them to railroad murder convictions and prison sentences for two of the union organizers, who wound up being pardoned 80 years later—when they weren’t around to enjoy being vindicated.

The murder also provided the impetus to request that Gov. John Sparks seek federal troops to restore order to Goldfield. He did as he was told. Later, President Theodore Roosevelt, smelling a rat, sent out an investigating committee that concluded the troops were unnecessary.

Roosevelt told Sparks the state could handle its own problems by creating a state police force. In 1908, Sparks called a special session of the legislature, which did just that.

This pleased Wingfield. As for the voters … six of the 17 state senators and 33 of the 40 assemblymen—yes, 33 of 40—didn’t return for the 1909 session. And remember, state senators are elected every four years, so half of them weren’t even on the ballot that year—only three of the state senators from 1907 were left by 1911. Granting the mobility of a boom-and-bust mining economy and that being a Nevada legislator never has been the most pleasant duty, it isn’t hard to figure out that the voters made clear, or many legislators understood, the price they would pay.

Two decades later, Wingfield prompted another special

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session. In 1927, revelations appeared that two of his political apparatchiks, the recently departed state treasurer and controller, had embezzled more than $500,000 in state funds. Since their defense was essentially that Wingfield was their boss and they figured they were safe to do whatever they wanted as long as he ran the state and liked them, Wingfield eventually agreed to make up about 30 percent of the difference. The rest would come from a tax increase, which a special session agreed to in 1928.

How did they come out? Four of the 17 state senators and 25 of the 37 assemblypeople were nowhere to be seen in Carson City in the next session in 1929.

In 1989, lawmakers approved a pension increase for state employees. But they included themselves. Those who served 30 years in the legislature would gain 300 percent. Those affected would be few, but legislative leaders told their caucuses to vote for it or their bills would be killed. One member who disagreed countered that anyone who voted for it wouldn’t be around to make their lives miserable anyway.

Said member was right. After a special session to repeal the pension hike, nearly half of the members of the assembly weren’t back for the next session.

Now, there’s always turnover. There are also many reasons someone either doesn’t seek re-election or loses. But if the past is prologue, those who go to the special session in October might want to make completely sure their constituents are with them, or the day of atonement may become the day of judgment. 7 Michael Green is an associate professor of history at UNLV.

In a special session, lawmakers will decide whether to raise taxes for a stadium Sheldon Adelson and Mark Davis are funding with almost $1.25 billion.

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THE SEPTEMBER SELLOUT Vogue, Instagram models

By Lissa Townsend Rodgers

The September issue of Vogue is the magazine’s biggest, both physically and spiritually—it was even the subject of a 2009 documentary, The September Issue, which followed longtime editor-in-chief Anna Wintour through the creation of the inch-thick tome as she declared, “People are frightened of fashion because it scares them or it makes them feel insecure, they put it down … they feel in some ways excluded or not part of the ‘cool group,’ so as a result they just mock it.”

The September 2016 issue featured Kardashian sibling Kendall Jenner on the cover, continuing Wintour’s policy of including at least one member of the reality TV family in every issue. Jenner not only got the cover, but also an entire fawning article on “the face that launched a thousand likes.” Vogue has become completely social media–fixated: After 124 years of Irving Penn and Richard Avedon and Steve Meisel shooting Veruschka and Iman and Christy Turlington, the focus has become reality stars’ selfies. Perhaps, like many grandes dames of style before her, Wintour is fighting fears of aging and irrelevance by grabbing on to whatever the kids are doing—trying to become part of their “cool group.”

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and the death of fashion as we know it

Of course, there was a time when Wintour reportedly swore no reality star would grace her chic and glossy pages, but that all changed in 2014 when Kim Kardashian and Kanye West celebrated their wedding with a cover. Wintour was suddenly ecstatic, stating that if Vogue “just put deeply tasteful people on the cover, it would be a rather boring magazine! Nobody would talk about us.”

Why set trends when one can follow the dictates of the masses? Of course, how can Wintour presume to dictate what is chic after endorsing Kim Kardashian wandering Manhattan in Daisy Dukes, a bra and a pair of thigh-high transparent plastic boots, a look that would have been considered tacky for a backup dancer in a Whitesnake video? Or after declaring Kanye’s latest collection of spandex shapewear and broken-heeled shoes “wonderful”?

One cannot help but think of Vogue’s past doyenne and perhaps the greatest fashion editor of all time, Diana Vreeland. She was the inspiration for the expansive, adventurous fashion editor Kay Francis played in Funny Face, exhorting the world to “think pink!” as she turned Audrey Hepburn from duckling into swan. Wintour, of course, was reportedly the model for the icy bitch in $2,500 heels portrayed by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada. Today, Vreeland’s wild fantasies of models posing in the middle of Cambodian temples or wrapped in 10 yards of fake braids in the middle of the desert have given way to Wintour’s monthly spread of a bunch of random models, accompanied by a handful of artist/son-ofs and musician/daughters-of, all standing around in nondescript clothes in front of seamless gray paper, as well as the de rigueur appearance of Gigi Hadid and her two facial expressions (three if you count “mouth open”).

Vogue used to be everything to weird suburban art kids. We all had torn pages tacked on our walls—even rock legend Patti Smith ripped out pictures of Edie Sedgwick, inspiration for a New Jersey teen to become a New York City hipster. It was proof that sophomore year’s 6-foot beanpole nerd could become the toast of Paris and consort to rock stars, proof that the boy who spent recess in the art classroom hiding from bullies could rake in six figures from his flair for color and composition. It fed fairy tales from The Ugly Duckling to Cinderella to America’s Next Top Model.

Today’s models are cheerleaders who received the most votes for prom queen, rich girls who got the right plastic surgery. The article compares Jenner to legendary ’90s supermodel Linda Evangelista, declaring that both worked their way up and “willed it to happen.” Huh? Linda Evangelista was not dropped at the top of the heap by family wealth and fame. Hell, she didn’t even make runner-up for Miss Teen Niagara Falls—starting out, other models mocked her as too skinny and too ugly. She went on to become the diva of hundreds of runways and thousands of glossy pages, an accomplished chameleon who was a mysterious Novak blonde for Chanel, a coltish Hepburn brunette for Ralph Lauren, a redhead bombshell for Versace who coined the phrase, “We don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.” Kendall Jenner is no Linda Evangelista: She’s a pretty girl with dead eyes and no particular flair for posing. But she is popular. Which begs the question: What do we need fashion editors or even fashion magazines for, if all they’re going to do is point at whomever is at the top of the InstaTweet that month?

The fantasy of fashion is no longer a photo that evokes a mood, an emotion, a dream captured in 1/16th of a second. Now it’s about being on television, going shopping without looking at price tags and having a pop star boyfriend.

Is it a wise move that responds to the times? Perhaps, but remember that the 12-year-old who gives a thumbs-up to a Keeping Up With the Kardashians YouTube video isn’t shelling out $2,500 for a Gucci “Ghost” bag. One cannot live on likes alone …

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SHARING DIGS Check out Las Vegas’ Airbnb offerings

By Jessi C. Acuña

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particularly framed artwork dedicated to moss. Welcome to the Funhouse: a fivebedroom, three-bath living space designed with a cheerful, indoor-outdoor aesthetic.

A massive stone fireplace can be enjoyed from either side of the central living area, while the kitchen is modernized with sleek wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances.

But the real gem is found outside: a spiral staircase located next to the pool leads to a grass-lined rooftop, with furnished a sitting area that overlooks the vintage Vegas neighborhood. Located near Maryland Parkway and Oakey Boulevard.

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Whether it’s owners sharing their homes or rental real estate moguls cashing in, Airbnb is changing the way we live and the way we travel. Here are seven of our favorite local options. [Check the site for the most up-to-date listings as inventory comes and goes regularly.]

Modern Paradise Two miles east off the Strip you’ll find the classic architecture of Vegas yesteryear in a delightfully modern four-bedroom, twobath home that accommodates eight. Inside, clean lines, minimalist furniture and a retro vibe invite guests to make themselves at home, while the backyard becomes an adult playground perfect for sipping martinis by the firepit and geometric-shaped pool or for playing a round of putt on the mini golf course. Speaking of cocktails and greens, the exterior is a bold shade of chartreuse.

Need we say more? Located near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road.

Castle Court This 5,000-plus-square-foot home was renovated to invoke the feel of a castle.

Mission accomplished thanks to its dusky hues, regal prints and cross-adorned walls. There’s even a plethora of chandeliers with a gargoyle holding a bulb, but the highlight is definitely the blacked-out room lined with a row of paintings furnished only with a billiards table. Updated appliances such as a Sub-Zero fridge—the epitome of modern royalty—add to the four-bedroom gated community home, which houses up to 10 guests. Thrones, a pool and an outdoor Angelina Jolie–inspired mural also included. Located near Torrey Pines and Warm Springs.

The Artist Enclave The home known as 6th & Franklin is like a stationary come-to-suburbia Burning Man: art, community and music all intertwined with an intention on connection.

Its amenities include a music studio, a community garden, an art gallery, a live entertainment space, a private casita, a dedicated community yoga area and even a Zen rock-balancing garden. There’s a 12-foot-deep pool with a “Maktub” mural painting surrounded by art installations and plenty of sitting areas to soak up what is truly a home—the owners live here when you’re not visiting, after all. A short distance from the Downtown Arts District, the historic mid-century neighborhood of John S. Park—think Casino the movie—is “where the community pitches in to contribute to its good vibe,” according to the listings description. Located near Charleston Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard South.

Tropical Funhouse The living room couch is blue, the dining table is shades of sorbet and each room is embellished with shrubbery,

Cozy up next to a golf course like a true desert dweller at this restful villa near the Strip. Tee time is serious business in town, and there’s no better way to experience it than like a local. The home is brightly lit, offering plenty of that Southwest shine to radiate through the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath residence. So before—or better yet, after—you hit the course, there’s a pool flanked by cabanas to cool off or relax under the stars with mood lighting from above. Located near Desert Inn Road and Eastern Avenue.

The Estate If Airbnb were a dating site, this is where you would swipe right. Not because of its cleverly written bio, but simply because you can’t resist the lure of testing your luck to find out if it lives up to its appeal in person. (That profile pic, though?)

Supposedly Nic Cage once lived here. It’s an estate with two private gates, so we can’t rule that out. It appears to be located next to the Scotch 80s—the end-all, be-all of classic Las Vegas neighborhoods.

And its décor rivals that of any high-end suite in town. She’s a model, folks, and the only way to know if she’ll swipe back is by putting down a $500 security deposit for a two-night minimum. Small price to pay, if you ask us. Located near Oakey Boulevard and Rancho Drive.

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The Makeover of

Thomas & Mack

Legendary sports arena gets a refresh

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he UNLV basketball program went through a complete rebuilding process this off-season, bringing in a new coach and an almost entirely new roster. But the makeover didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop with the team itself.

The Thomas & Mack Center, the most iconic arena in Las Vegas and the home of Rebels basketball since 1983, is in the final stages of an extensive two-year renovation project, with the final touches scheduled to be completed by the time basketball season tips off on November 1 against Dakota Wesleyan.

Most of the construction work has already wrapped up. All 18,000 seats at the Mack have been replaced, the concourses have been remodeled and a new PA sound system has been installed for sports and concerts. The renovations also added more conference space and better wireless service capabilities, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the nuts-andbolts stuff.

The big headliner is the addition of the Strip View Pavilion, a two-story, 35,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor

lounge that overlooks the Las Vegas skyline. The swanky pavilion is fitted with 16 televisions and its own escalator and elevator access, which should make it a hot spot for sports and nonsports events alike.

Vegas Seven got an exclusive sneak preview of the Strip View Pavilion, and the space definitely adds a modern touch to the 33-year-old building. The panoramic view of Las Vegas Boulevard is going to make the lounge a popular gathering place for patrons before, after and even during games.

The total bill for the renovations was more than $72 million. The Thomas & Mack Center is expecting to accommodate upward of 850,000 visitors this year. 7

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The English pastry joint is relocating from Commercial Center to the Arts District.

Here’s what to expect.

fter announcing an intended move in fall 2015, Cornish Pasty Co.—known for its traditional English stuffed and baked pastry (think a Hot Pocket)—is at last making the transition into its new space at 10 E. Charleston Blvd. in the Arts District with a tentative late October opening.

“There are parts of Commercial Center that I’ll miss because it is such a unique place,” says co-owner John Bender. But he won’t miss the prostitution element. “I found it amusing, but customers didn’t always find it amusing.”

The new brick space is a whopping 7,400 square feet or so with high ceilings and room for two pool tables, darts and shuffleboard. There will also be large communal tables with views of the open kitchen and a long bar that seats 50; the entire restaurant holds 130 guests—a major upgrade from the original location.

After opening, the back of the restaurant will be transformed into a more open, well-lit patio space (there are two skylights and two large garage doors that open to the alley). Murals will adorn both the interior and exterior of this area. Bender also says the restaurant’s patio will be dog-friendly.

The new spot will have a similar look to the Commercial Center location, reflecting the same dark, cozy ambiance, with old mining photographs and wooden tables with nicer finishes from the previous space, Bender says. He purchased vintage lighting from neighboring retro furniture shops and new church pews to replace the old ones. There will be new high tops in the bar area, too.

The biggest change other than the extra room is the full bar, Bender says, as the original location served only beer and wine.

There will be nearly twice as many beer taps than the old space—24, to be exact—with a bigger focus on ciders and four to five on draft at all times. “The way the [ Tavern Limited] licensing works in the Arts District, you have to have a theme or live entertainment,” Bender says, which is why they are highlighting the concept’s English qualities.

In its new location, Cornish Pasty will also keep later hours. “[We’re] extending hours to at least 2 a.m., probably later on weekends if the demand is there” Bender says. “There are not a lot of late-night food options. Finding a place with good food that still has alcohol at 2 a.m. is really hard.”

The biggest complaint Bender has heard is about parking, of course. But there are plenty of spaces available on both Main Street and Casino Center Boulevard. Seeing as we’ll be eating pasties and drinking beer, we could probably all benefit from a few extra steps. 7

By Marisa Finetti

DINING WITH AN

OLYMPIAN THERE IS ONE THING YOU MUST REALIZE about competitive swimmers: Everything, and I mean everything, is about time. So when I spent a week dining around with Olympic gold and bronze medalist, American record holder and Palo Verde High School graduate Cody Miller after he returned from the 2016 Rio Games, we got a lot done—namely eating all of his favorite foods—in record time. Generally speaking, Miller is a health nut. During training, he eats approximately eight times a day, mainly fresh berries, nondairy yogurt, protein shakes with coconut or almond milk and chia seeds, kale or spinach salad, steak and asparagus—nothing processed and no soda. But now that he’s out of the pool, the topic quickly turned to food and his favorite cravings, so we dove into the binge together.

On the top of his list was Hawaiian pizza, of which we shared a couple of whole pies (not slices) at Bruno’s Pizza (4555 S. Fort Apache Rd., BrunosPizzaVegas. com, 702-258-0304), a small chain out of Indiana, where Miller graduated college and where he currently lives with his fiancée. The Las Vegas location is the only shop outside of Hoosier territory.

Why does he like this combination?

“The ham and the pineapple go really well with the cheese,” he says. Made in old-world style, “it’s the way pizza was made before the Industrial Revolution,” co-owner Darren Weiler says. “The ingredients are wholesome — no additives, no preservatives.” The pizza itself was loaded with whole-milk mozzarella, shaved ham and sweet pineapple chunks, and baked with Hawaiian black lava salt on the crust. Bite after very large bite, Miller plowed through two medium pizzas in 15 minutes.

Next came a burrito at Casa Del Matador (in Downtown Summerlin, 702-228-2766, MatadorRestaurants.com/ Summerlin). Stuffed with marinated shredded chicken thighs, combined with a crunchy serrano vinaigrette slaw, cheese, annatto orange rice, black beans and verde sauce, Miller’s burrito was served in a “wet” style, making it saucy and definitely a knife-and-fork affair. The combination of roasted tomatillos and serrano peppers simmered in cream and agave syrup with a touch

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of pineapple juice made that verde sauce quite irresistible and sop-worthy.

Miller made short work of that in about 10 minutes.

Finally, what every athlete needs for recovery and building muscle—protein—was consumed in the form of a handsome dry-aged, bone-in rib eye, prepared rare per Miller’s request at Carnevino Italian Steakhouse (in the Palazzo, 702-789-4141, Carnevino.com).

Here, Miller indulged in a four-course meal orchestrated by culinary director and chef Nicole Brisson as well as exquisite wines selected by beverage director (and Vegas Seven contributing wine writer) Kirk Peterson.

Starters, too, were protein-driven and included a succulent grilled octopus (Miller: “Best octopus I ever had”) and carne cruda (steak tartare), which were paired with the riveting Contratto Millesimato, 2010 sparkling wine. A luscious beef-cheek ravioli was paired with Podere Le Ripi “Lupi e Sirene” Brunello di Montalcino, 2007.

Sides included the famous mascarpone mashed potatoes and spinach, which Miller said he would have eaten raw and still been happy. A decadent peanut butter and chocolate torte was a sweet ending to what he noted was an amazing experience.

Clearly, a slow-paced meal is not his norm, but then Carnevino takes its steaks as seriously as Miller takes his swimming. For those keeping track, the whole affair took about two and a half hours, but were it up to Miller, the hostess would have been re-seating that table in 30 minutes. 7 Marisa Finetti savors with all five senses.

Read more at VegasSeven.com/DishAndTell or visit her blog, LoveAndRelish.com.

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Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio on her movie, touring the world and Frank Marino

Comedy Queen â&#x20AC;&#x153;I SAY YES TO EVERYTHING. I agreed to do this interview with you, right? I have no shame,â&#x20AC;? says Bianca Del Rio, smirking through the Skype screen in Lana Turner curls and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hillary Clinton jacket.â&#x20AC;? Since winning Season 6 of RuPaulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drag Race, Del Rioâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a.k.a. Roy Haylockâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; has broken out of the drag world with two comedy tours, a television special and her new movie, Hurricane Bianca. The film tells the tale of a New York City teacher who takes a job in a small Texas town and is fired for being gay. He returns as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Biancaâ&#x20AC;? to take his revenge: Throwing shade, smacking down bullies and letting loose with a barrage of quotable lines and insults that cut worse than Joan Rivers with a straight razor and PMS. Even without the snaps-back, Del Rio is still funny: She can make the name â&#x20AC;&#x153;Debbieâ&#x20AC;? sound like a foul insult and her contemptuous slow burn is a masterpiece.

Del Rio is currently on tour, and Hurricane Bianca is streaming on a device near you. She spoke to Vegas Seven about that, as well as dropping hints on â&#x20AC;&#x153;two secret projects that are

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going to happen by the end of the year.â&#x20AC;? Sitcom? Talk show? Best Bond villain since HervĂŠ Villechaize? Who knows â&#x20AC;Ś ?

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And I always say, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three drinks: Three drinks for me and three drinks for them and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all laughing at the same jokes. In Paris, I was doing live shows. I was concerned about the language issueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hell no!

All I had to say was â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not today, Satanâ&#x20AC;? and they were [like] â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woo!â&#x20AC;?

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always loved, even as a child. To do In Bed With Joan with her was something really, really special to me, in general. I must say, she was beyond kind and one of the sweetest people that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be. Her work ethic was amazing. We had a blast, and I left there loving her even more. I love Don Rickles. Wanda Sykes is just so goddamned funny she can say anything. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the privilege of hanging out with her because she has a home on Fire Island and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the most generous, down-to-earth people youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ever going to meet.

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We haven’t played lots of shows this year but @lifeisbeautiful was one of the best. Thank you for getting funky with us. —@Chromeo I just want to take a moment to say everything at @lifeisbeautiful is art and I appreciate it all!

Breathtaking. [sic] —@Trippyytrina None of these hotel websites will let me book a hotel for next year’s [sic] #LifeIsBeautifulFest

—@Lynoboeeleria

“You’re very beautiful.

There are a million other things I could say, but that’s all I have the courage to say to your face.”

–Man to woman during Mumford & Sons

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Already missing the people, music, and vibes from this weekend #LifeIsBeautifulFest

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Vegas was so much fun!

Met awesome people and #LifeIsBeautifulFest was perfect! —@Marrero_Marissa

@lifeisbeautiful what a weekend!

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Just like the blues album I did, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a foundation of what I sing.

6R WKLV LV VRUW RI D UHWXUQ WR \RXU FRXQWU\ URRWV" Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynnâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as a little kid it was beautiful ladies on TV with beautiful outfits, singing. I think that caught my eye right away. And that someone like Loretta Lynn would actually sing something like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Pillâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;as a young girl growing up, that made me just stop for a minute and think: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wow. She understands what women are going through. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of us.â&#x20AC;?

So I included all of these wonderful women artists and songs and stories that I thought related to today. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People go through life, they take a detour. Sometimes the detour is good, sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad. We did â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly,â&#x20AC;? which I think is funny. â&#x20AC;Ś I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how it was going to turn out because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a professional comic, though I like to tell stories and I like to be funny. I did one song that Dolly [Parton] made famous, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hard Candy Christmas.â&#x20AC;?

I wanted to do a Christmas song because you have to give people hope and that song is very hopefulâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get through, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be OK.â&#x20AC;? Alison Krauss was around and she wound up coming over to do it. <RX KDYH D ORW RI UHPDUNDEOH JXHVW VWDUV RQ WKLV DOEXP ÂŤ Jewel being on the record was another gift. I thought I could learn to yodel in three lessons. Peter Gabriel learned like that â&#x20AC;Ś and then I realized Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not Peter Gabriel. But we needed someone to really yodel. Anyway, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen Jewel on TV and she said she yodeled and her father taught her and I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;OK, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get her in here.â&#x20AC;? So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jewel on â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I Want To Be a] Cowboyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sweetheart.â&#x20AC;? Willie Nelson was making a record and I met with his producersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they had something they wanted me to sing on. I was doing his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night Life,â&#x20AC;? which is a really beautiful song. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those songs, you have to sing it like a pop song because all of the blues and jazz is already in it. He came in and sang on that Cyndi Lauper with special and I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, my God!â&#x20AC;? Having Emguest Operator Emz, The Joint mylou [Harris] come down and sing with me at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, was something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always remember. There Oct. 8, 7 p.m., $43-$178.50, were a lot of people on that album that were HardRockHotel.com pretty incredible.

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SUN 2 Grab brunch, then chill out poolside with DJ Hollywood at Foxtail Pool. If you read our interview with the turntable veteran, you know that he rocks parties in Atlantic City and Las Vegas on the regular. He’s also done time as a radio DJ for KLUC 98.5-FM, so he’s got a trained ear, seasoned by the Las Vegas streets. Witness a set that reflects that.

(At SLS, 10:30 a.m., FoxtailLasVegas.com.)

MON 3 Do you prefer guitars to turntables?

Head to Bunkhouse to get a dose of “reverb-soaked punked-out rock” courtesy of L.A. Witch. The name is singular, but it actually represents three ladies who craft songs reminiscent of The Pixies, Nirvana and Mazzy Star. Take a listen to the trio’s latest single, “Drive Your Car,” and get captivated in its driving, droney glory. Kurumpaw and The Acid Sisters open. (124 S. 11th St., 8 p.m., BunkhouseDowntown.com.) Feedbackridden guitar licks not your thing?

Hit up Marquee for a set by trap/ progressive house champion Carnage.

The Guatemalan DJ/producer recently collaborated on a track with fellow Marquee resident Timmy Trumpet named “Psy or Die.” It’s a progressive house banger that’s sure to be ripe for the room. Unfortunately the latter didn’t break out his signature trumpet for the tune, but hey, maybe he can improvise live? (In the Cosmopolitan, 10 p.m., MarqueeLasVegas.com.)

TUE 4 It’s official: The Chainsmokers have the hottest hit in the country. With the help of singer-songwriter Halsey, the New York-based duo created “Closer,” which has been sitting pretty on Billboard’s Hot 100 for several weeks now. And it’s hard not to acknowledge its catchiness. We’re not sure what it is that makes the song so great: Halsey’s airy vocals, The Chainsmokers’ earworm-worthy leading melody, or how they both mingle so well. Either way, the duo is sure to drop it when they spin at Omnia. Get closer! (In Caesars Palace, 10:30 p.m., OmniaNightclub.com.)

WED 5 If rap’s on your radar, hit up House of Blues for a set by Machine Gun Kelly.

He’s Cleveland, Ohio bred, but currently resides in Houston, Texas, so he’s gotten a good taste of the styles from each city.

That’s reflected in his lightning-quick raps and hyperactive stage presence.

MGK recently suffered a broken arm and scarred face after he performed Jackass-like maneuvers following a show. He ran on the roofs of cars before face-planting on one of the hoods. Cheer him up by turning up to “Till I Die.” (Mandalay Bay, 6 p.m., HouseOfBlues.com/LasVegas.) 7

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SAT 1 We could dedicate an entire issue to how Diddy spearheaded the move from hype man to manager to business mogul in the hip-hop world, but we’ll spare you the explanation and let you do the homework yourselves. Here’s the thing: There’s nobody in this world like Diddy. You might know him as Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy or simply Sean Combs, but his contributions to the rap world are undeniable. His record label, Bad Boy Entertainment, has served as a launching pad for some of the most memorable hits of the last three decades including “It’s All About the Benjamins,” “Bad Boy for Life” and “Last Night.” He’s made cameos in dozens of music videos including the classic “Mo Money Mo Problems” where he danced in shiny metallic suits with Ma$e. And you’ve probably seen him on television or in online ads relentlessly promoting his vodka, Ciroc. Diddy’s a walking role model for success, so maybe you’ll get some tips when he rocks the party at Hakkasan. (In MGM Grand, 10:30 p.m., HakkasanLV.com.)

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THU 29 Take some advice from Phantogram and “Fall in Love.” The New Yorkbased electro-pop duo consisting of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel invades Brooklyn Bowl, and they’re bringing all the catchy choruses, boomin’ bass and spacey keyboards for which they’re known. It’s hard to say what we’re most excited about: singing along to the melodic bounce of that tune, feasting our eyes on Barthel’s glamorous outfits or banging our heads to the bone-shaking bass buzz of its latest single, “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore.” Let the duo’s music get you high, and don’t forget: It’s perfectly fine to fall in love with them—even if you’re doing it all over again. (At the Linq, 7 p.m., BrooklynBowl. com/Las-Vegas.)

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FRI 30 Call into work and party all day at The Cromwell. The bender begins with San Diego DJ/producer Ookay at Drai’s Beach Club. He recently released a chilled-out version of Zayn’s breakout single, “PILLOWTALK.” It’s entitled “PLLWTLK,” and it features the soothing sounds of strings and pianos rather than pounding bass and hard-hitting drums.

It’s definitely worth getting out of bed to check out. (In The Cromwell, 11 a.m., DraisBeachClub.com.) Now that you’ve had a decent helping of electronic music flavor, stick around and let the nostalgia flow when Nelly hits the stage. You’ve heard “Hot in Herre,” you’ve heard “Dilemma,” but have you heard “Millionaire?” The St. Louis rapper’s collaborative cut with Cash Cash is a bumpin’ crossover hit that’ll tantalize the ears of both fanbases. Look it up and blast it out of your laptop speakers, then hear it through a world-class sound system at Drai’s. (In The Cromwell, 10:30 p.m., DraisNightlife.com.)

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