Everyday People | Vegas Seven, Seven Nights | Feb. 23-March 1, 2017

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Cirque in the city

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AFTER DARK

By Mark Adams

THURSDAY 23 HEAR: Don’t stow away those pink pussy hats yet—the Women’s March on Washington was only the beginning. Rock yours at the Bunkhouse Saloon tonight, when a handful of local bands—including Glass Pools and Thee Swank Bastards—unite for a show benefiting Nevada’s chapter of the National Organization for Women. 8 p.m., $5, 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com DANCE: Intrigue gets trap-tastic with beatmeister Flosstradamus tonight, with DJ Politik holding it down in the nightspot’s Living Room. 10:30 p.m., $20–$30, inside Wynn, intriguevegas.com EXPERIENCE: Break out your bathrobe and

Birkenstocks for Brooklyn Bowl’s Big LeBOWLski screening and bowling tournament, which features a costume

contest and $5 White Russians. Just make sure Jackie Treehorn isn’t mixing those cocktails for you … 9:30 p.m., $99, at The Linq Promenade, brooklynbowl.com/las-vegas

FRIDAY 24 HEAR: Bask in the nostalgia of the early

aughts at Bunkhouse tonight, where emo rockers Hawthorne Heights take the stage.

Maybe forgo the skinny jeans and guyliner this time around … 9 p.m., $15–$20, 124 S. 11th St., bunkhousedowntown.com

Glass Pools

DANCE: “Party Till The Daylight” on the dance floor at Omnia, with beats supplied

by Dutch DJ sensation Hardwell.

10:30 p.m., $30–$50, inside Caesars Palace, omnianightclub.com

is putting on a fiesta to celebrate the tapping of its Amigo brew, a Mexican imperial stout version of its Comrade beer made with Mexican vanilla and chillies.

Did we mention there will be churros?

2 p.m.–midnight, 7350 Eastgate Rd., crafthausbrewery.com

EXPERIENCE: If you were a fan of Just Shoot Me!

and Everybody Loves Raymond in the ’90s, the comedy pairing of your dreams takes The Mirage spotlight tonight. Catch David Spade and Ray Romano in the next installment of the hotel’s Aces of Comedy series. 10 p.m., $87–$120, mirage.com

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GL ASS POOLS PHOTO BY KRYSTAL RAMIREZ

TASTE: Henderson’s CraftHaus Brewery

Hardwell (top) and Bon Jovi (bottom)

SATURDAY 25 HEAR: It looks like Bon Jovi’s tour stop at T-Mobile

Arena will be chock-full of fan favorites, as “It’s

My Life,” “Wanted Dead or Alive” and “Livin’ on a Prayer” have made the set list at the veteran rocker’s past few shows. By reading this you’re, um, halfway there … 8 p.m., $37–$383, t-mobilearena.com

DANCE: Have a totally awesome night at Artifice during

HARDWELL BY GERARD HENNINGER; BON JOVI BY SHELLY WALL/SHUTTERSTOCK

its ’80s Retro Revival dance party, when the Downtown bar plays new wave, post-punk, pop and more from the beloved era. 9 p.m., 1025 1st St., artificebar.com

SUNDAY 26 DANCE: Borgeous takes Hakkasan “Over the Edge” tonight with another installment of his residency.

Check out that track, which features former Las Vegan Dia Frampton, before seeing the house DJ/producer drop it live. 10:30 p.m., $20-$30, inside MGM Grand, hakkasanlv.com

MONDAY 27 HEAR: Find out how hard Satanists play— and party—at Backstage Bar & Billiards tonight, when Finnish black metal band Archgoat takes the stage. Prepare yourself with a playlist—may we suggest its collab album with Satanic Warmaster, Lux Satanae: Thirteen Hymns of Finnish Devil Worship? 8 p.m., $15-$20, 601 Fremont St., backstagebarandbilliards.com DANCE: It’s a trap-heavy week at Wynn/ Encore as RL Grime keeps the electro/ hip-hop fusion alive at XS tonight. 10 p.m., $20-$30, inside Encore, xslasvegas.com

TUESDAY 28 TASTE: Happy Fat Tuesday! The Big Easy

might be hundreds of miles away, but

Boulder Dam Brewing Co. is doing

Mardi Gras some serious justice with an

Abita Brewing tap takeover. What better

way to celebrate than by toasting with a Louisiana brew? 6 p.m., 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, boulderdambrewing.com

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WEDNESDAY 01 EXPERIENCE: Time to study up, hop heads!

DVR a week’s worth of Jeopardy!, then head down to Tenaya Creek Brewery for another installment of its weekly Pub Quiz night. The beer might not help your mental health, but it’ll definitely taste damn good! 7:30 p.m., 831 W. Bonanza Rd., tenayacreek.com 7

Cirque du Soleil Stars: They’re Just Like Us!

By Jason R. Latham

Photography Russ Quackenbush Creative Direction: Nathalie Brown, Y&R Retouching: Origo Lab

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We see them on billboards, commercials and cabs. We watch them onstage, showcasing talents honed since birth and showing off parts of their bodies that we’d keep covered in the shower if we could.

Despite all this, what do we really know about Las Vegas’ Cirque du Soleil stars? What is beneath the elaborate costumes, that artful makeup and those incredible wigs? How do you know your neighbor isn’t secretly a Cirque performer who spends his nights contorting himself into impossible positions?

To get the answers to these questions, we did the only thing we could do. We asked.

We found three stars, all born outside of the United States, who now make Southern Nevada their home: a ballerina from O, an archer from KÀ and an aerial performer from Zumanity.

The trio is being featured in a new locals-focused “Get to Know Your Neighbors” campaign that shows them undertaking everyday tasks—picking up dry cleaning, ordering coffee, etc.— in full Cirque regalia.

The inquiring minds at Vegas Seven wanted to know what their lives were like before Cirque, how they wind down after the curtain drops and if they cry at the end of Armageddon, when Bruce Willis pushes Ben Affleck back on the space shuttle and says he’d be damn proud to have him as his son. Yeah, stuff like that.

So in the tradition of our favorite tabloids and documentary interviews, here’s our version of “Cirque du Soleil Stars: They’re Just Like Us!” 7

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R W I N N E

enjoy tastes from New Orleans via a multi-course dinner created and hosted by

Chef Scott Commings

Winner of Hell’s Kitchen Season 12

March 1 | 6:30pm – 8pm | FREEDOM BEAT $35 all inclusive

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Las Vegas’ newest brewing outfit harbors explosive potential

By Xania Woodman Photography Krystal Ramirez Februa r y 23 -Ma rch 1, 2017 vegasseven.com

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Able Baker Brewing Co. ablebakerbrewing.com Instagram: @ablebakerbrewing From left: Randy Rhode, Atomic Duck, James Manos

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ble Baker Brewing Company founders James Manos and Randy Rohde celebrated the launch of their new Las Vegas brewing outfit on Nevada Day with a huge party at Hard Rock Live that was attended by friends, family and supporters, including Five Finger Death Punch bassist Chris Kael and Angel’s Envy Bourbon co-founder Wes Henderson. The brewery’s mascot, the Atomic Duck, made the rounds taking selfies and handing out rubber duckies good for a taste of a secret beer. More importantly, a thirsty city at last got a deep draft from the brewery that had till then only been a periodic pop-up since debuting at Motley Brews’ beer festivals in 2014.

A year before its official launch, however, things looked very different for Able Baker. In late 2015, they entered into escrow on a building on Main Street in Downtown’s Arts District. The former home brewers had a concept rooted in the city’s Atomic-era history—Able and Baker being the first two atomic bombs dropped at the Nevada Test Site— and a mascot glorifying the one animal that managed to survive those tests, a duck. They had solid recipes honed over years of tinkering and a proprietary yeast strain that Manos developed himself. They had a financial backer and legions of fervent fans. Who could ask for anything more?

But the bad news came in the form of a not-so-little water issue at their intended brewery. Water being chief among the four ingredients of beer, suddenly their dreams of brewing Downtown were heading down the drain.

When their backer bailed as renovation estimates skyrocketed, Manos admits they could have folded. He could have easily continued his 21-year career as a corporate trainer for Hard Rock International or capitalize on his background in microbiology and genetics for someone else’s benefit. Rohde, a Day One employee at Wynn, could have remained a full-time bartender, used his sommelier certification or returned to banking. But persistence and a constant flow of support from friends and local brewers such as Joseph James’ director of brewery operations Matt Marino spurred the project on.

Flush with capacity from a recent expansion, Marino offered the tanks and brewing commenced at Joseph James’ commercial brewing facility in Henderson. “They

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helped us scale up the recipes,” Manos says. “Everything is ours. We participated in the brewing process, kegging, barrel aging, everything. But we’re doing it on their equipment, which helps us get to the marketplace.”

Surprisingly, such camaraderie is not unheard of in the brewing community. “Ours is an industry that’s a little different from most,” Marino says. “There’s definitely competition in the market, but with the local brewers, everyone’s pretty friendly and helps each other out.”

Another early supporter, bassist Kael actually inspired Able Baker’s first official brew, a limited-edition private-label release of Chris Kael Impale’d Ale, created especially for the dedication of his bass at Hard Rock Hotel. “Even if it wasn’t for the incredible beers [Manos] makes, his intelligence level is probably top 3 of anybody I know. I’m not going to give him No. 1, but I will say Top 3,” the musician and ex Hard Rock Café bartender Kael says, poking fun at his former co-worker.

To make the brew, Henderson lent his support by shipping three Angel’s Envy’s bourbon barrels to Manos and Rohde for a barrel-aged version of Kael’s beer. “We’re very selective about the people we work with,” Henderson says. “We have a lot of barrels, but we want them to go to places where we know the brewer will be creative and at the same time, respect the tradition of bourbon.” Double Barrel Chris Kael Impale’d Ale was introduced at midnight on Nevada Day following the launch party and Five Finger Death Punch’s show at T-Mobile Arena. Needless to say, Marino, Kael and Henderson will always hold a special place in these brewers’ hearts.

Right now, Manos and Rohde are preparing for Able Baker’s first long, hot summer, with a calendar that already includes a summer beer preview at Tacos & Beer, and booths at the Brews N ’Ques Fest on March 4 and Great Vegas Festival of Beer on April 7–8. No longer contract brewers, Able Baker now has its own license, meaning that a brick-and-mortar facility could at last become a reality. “We really want to be a destination brewery,” Rohde says. “We don’t think a place in Las Vegas has actually done that yet, where people say, ‘When I go to Vegas, I’m going to the Stratosphere, the Bellagio fountains … and Able Baker Brewing.’” 7

What’s Brewing?

Atomic Duck IPA

Dry-hopped to “atomic proportions”; 7.3% ABV.

Honey Dip Stout

Brewed with organic honey and Madagascar vanilla beans and aged on American oak; 11.1% ABV.

Test Site Saison

Brewed with proprietary yeast, fresh chamomile flowers and ginger root; 5.5% ABV.

Five-Pepper Porter

Brewed with roasted coconut and five varieties of chili pepper including jalapeño and habanero; 6.5% ABV.

Double Dead Duck IPA

An off-the-charts hop bomb; 10.4% ABV.

Chris Kael Impale’d Ale A smooth brown ale aged in Angel’s Envy bourbon barrels; 10.1% ABV.

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SEVEN TURNS 7

Vegas Seven staff, friends and VIPs partied to the beats of A-Trak at Intrigue Nightclub on February 16 in celebration of the magazine’s seventh anniversary. One of the highlights of the night was an exclusive cocktail party inside the venue’s Living Room where an all-vinyl set swept the crowd into revelry. During the event, attendees experienced all the vibes and feels, popping Perrier-Jouët, eating cake and dancing till the wee morning hours.

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