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Contents 7 Mail How Vegas you were.

42 Noise That awkward moment

Love/hate for the next Bunkhouse.

when the performer you paid to see walks offstage. New albums from Avicii and Deafheaven.

8 As We See It Water on Mars— local microbiologists soak it in. Would the world explode if casinos charged for parking?

46 Comedy Keith and the Girl.

14 Feature | The wheels

Fright Dome’s mask.

47 The Strip The man behind

oN the bus A day on a doubledecker opens a new window to the Vegas experience.

48 Fine Art An exploration of

16 Feature | Cocktail

49 Stage Donkey Kong … the

Hour Our annual ode to all things boozy, flavored with tiki talk, a spirits school and kombucha.

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24 Nights Island grooves and

desert fragility, through fabric.

50 FOOD Giada for the weekend. Sharing at Atomic Liquors.

sweet 45s at the Waterhole.

Chicken & Sausage Quesadilla

39 A&E My Morning Jacket (finally) brings its big rock show back to town.

40 Screen Peter Pan’s needless

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DESERT DETAILS Further Future— our 2015 pick for Best Music Festival—returns April 29-May 1 and has announced its first wave of vanguard acts, like techno titan Dixon, ambient icon Oneohtrix Point Never and hip-hop veterans The Pharcyde. Read more at lasvegasweekly. com.

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be a waste to not have music again at Bunkhouse. It’s a music venue. –Jason Giffen Moving the venue outdoors to increase the capacity but booking mostly local acts? Did the people who came up with this concept ever go to the Bunkhouse in either of its previous incarnations? If it’s going to be mostly local, keep using the awesome stage and sound inside, because that 250 capacity is far more than enough. My only beef with the Bunkhouse was an awful beer list. –Carl Askew

STATUS CHECK How did you score on our How Vegas Are You quiz?

180. The best parking in Vegas is behind Caesars with access to DI, so you can escape the Strip, even on NYE. [And] Tool at the Huntridge was a legendary show; so was Aphex Twin at the Joint. –Aaron Adler 161, Very Vegas. Then I grew up, got married and had a family. But the memories ... –Kelliann Velasquez-Overton I’m 115 if I can change martinis with Oscar to Champagne. 95 without. –Joe Ash 155! Not bad for someone from the U.K., although I consider Las Vegas my second home. My favourite place in the world! –Ivanna Roberts-Cillia I laughed so hard when I took your quiz! Scored 190.5. Gave myself half credit for the “underwear, not mine” [question] for [underwear] found on a hotel room closet shelf. I have lived here less than three years, so that score is either awesome or pathetic. And yes, a waitress once brought us Carrot Top’s pizza by mistake. –Amy Campbell Foulks Born and raised = all the points. –Tamarisk Wood

BACK FROM THE DEAD? The shuttered Bunkhouse Saloon is showing signs of life.

Less music and more bar? All the shows that have been moved over to SLS have drawn big crowds. It’d

Just happy to see someone is taking an interest in trying to revive it ... again. –Lisa Fields Clark

COMING SON A luxury movie theater is under development, bringing a new amenity Downtown.

I’m not sure an upscale experience is going to work long-term, but I’ll give any theater Downtown a chance. Lots of people will want to catch a movie after work, but I’m not sure they’ll want to pay more for the convenience. –Matt Keller I hope this project makes it and wish it the best, but like Han Solo, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” –Ron Hudy

CRYSTALLIZED ATTRACTION The new “Hoto” installation at the Shops at Crystals proves once again that art is subjective.

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Define “art” please. –Tony Bakhaazi It looks like a Dalek crossed with a sex toy. –Steven R. Brown

MEET THESE MUPPETS Who could have predicted the new Muppets show would be so controversial?

It’s not the Muppets I was looking forward to seeing. I like silly Muppets that are a fun distraction, not a reminder of all the media crap I’m avoiding. I’ll Netflix the older stuff. –Charity Morgan Seriously? You’re offended? Do you not have better things to think about, such as how they keep having new seasons of 16 and Pregnant? –Jessica Messina

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The desert is fertile ground for scientists studying what Mars might be like By Krist y Tot ten No liquid water, no life. It’s that simple, which is why scientists shared a collective freak-out last week when NASA revealed evidence that water flows on Mars. Though the presence of water doesn’t guarantee life, it’s a necessary condition, and brings us closer to discovering microorganisms if they exist on Mars. “It’s pretty exciting,” says Henry Sun, an associate research professor of microbiology at the Desert Research Institute. “We have been studying Mars since the ’60s. We always thought that Mars had flowing water in [its] past, but not today. This is the first evidence that there’s liquid water on the surface. It changes the question about the biology of Mars, from looking for fossils to perhaps living organisms.” Nevada is no stranger to NASA research, and DRI scientists like Sun and Duane Moser have spent years studying life in extreme environments. “You don’t want to use an Iowa cornfield as the analog for Mars, but the desert really works,” Moser says. Both biologists specialize in life underground, where life on Mars would be most likely to exist.

> juicy planet This NASA photo shows evidence of flowing water on Mars.

Sun studies microorganisms living in rocks in the dry valleys of Antarctica. Though it’s too cold for plants or animals, life thrives within the rocks during the summer—a possibility that could apply to Mars. At DRI, Sun also works on broader Mars life detection, life in South America’s Atacama Desert and microbial communities in Death Valley. Moser works on NASA Astrobiology Institute’s Life Underground project, searching for microbial life in the Earth’s subsurface, and he’s submitted a proposal to NASA to search for microbes in Mars’ underground lava tubes using a test rover. His team will participate in the 2020 Mars rover mission. Ice was detected on the red planet in 2008, but it was only recently that an orbiter’s supercamera snapped what appear to be streams, and a spectrometer measured reflected light to confirm harsh salts in the water. Salt is thought to be what keeps water from freezing on Mars, which has an average temperature of -81 degrees Fahrenheit. “We have to find out if life as we know it can tolerate the extreme chemistry of this brine,” Moser says. “Life as we don’t know it might like it.”

Scenes from a meeting Ridiculousness abounds at a recent Downtown master-plan forum • The Downtown citizenry came—well, about 50-75 of them, anyway—to the second of two open forums held October 1 at the Historic Fifth Street School, organized to reveal progress and solicit public feedback on the development/overhaul of the City of Las Vegas’ master plan. They contributed in the form of wireless digital clickers and verbal comments. LA urban design/architecture firm RTKL, hired by the city as a consultant, led the meeting and, being from another city and unaided by anyone who actually represented Las Vegas, embodied a fish out of water—literally and figuratively. • About those clickers: When polled with a query that had four to five options audience members could choose, too many continuously chose “all of the above,” which—as local attorney/literary figure Dayvid Figler pointed out—rendered moot the aim of ascertaining Downtown residents’ actual priorities.

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• As for the verbal input, it tended to be reflective of the insular and myopic worldview of its speakers. One stubborn gentleman repeatedly parroted the anti-government party line despite the central and inextricable role government would play in any master plan. And then there were the usual new(er) residents bemoaning how Las Vegas needed to be more like Enter Other Metropolitan City Here. • If there was a voice of sanity and perspective, it was Future Restaurant Group owner Michael Cornthwaite, who critiqued the plan-in-progress’ lack of practicality. Cue the only applause of the night. “You’re still up at 30,000 feet,” he said minutes later. “We need to be at 100 feet.” • As such, the kitchen-sink vision statement was roundly rejected by the polled. One possible reason: its reliance on conceptual jargon like “co-creation,” heckled by one business owner as “bullsh*t.” He and two others left before meeting’s end. I can’t be the only one who wished I had followed suit. –Mike Prevatt

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Filling the Harmon hole Last month, the last bits of the Harmon Hotel— the CityCenter building too structurally compromised to open—were razed and taken away, ending the 15-month, piece-by-piece demolition job. Naturally, we brainstormed its replacement. Rocks: The Crystals Outlet The Huntridge Theatre

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Vdara Death Ray II: The Reawakening

New outdoor mall Pawn Plaza brings poutine and Marco Rubio Downtown

SlotZilla A James Turrell-designed crater called “CityCenter Nightlife Void” Another arena A Vegas outpost for Amoeba Music A kiosk that serves prime rib and Jell-O shots Starbucks

Nazarian, SBE out at SLS Sam Nazarian, the businessman who led the creation of SLS Las Vegas, is selling his ownership stake in the financially struggling Strip resort, and his company will no longer manage the property. San Francisco-based real estate investment firm Stockbridge Capital, which already owns 90 percent of the resort, is buying the 10 percent that Nazarian and his family own, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Nazarian’s company, SBE Entertainment Group, will transition to a licensing agreement with the hotel, allowing SLS branding and operations to continue unchanged. Nazarian was once the public face of SLS, but he stepped back amid dramatic appearances before Nevada gaming regulators at the end of last year. Since its opening in August 2014, SLS has fought to overcome its out-of-the-way location on the far end of the north Strip, among other challenges. The resort’s net loss for the first half of 2015 was about $84 million. –J.D. Morris

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While we’ve often seen Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison behind the counter at Downtown’s World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, he’ll be behind a different counter Friday night: the second-floor bar at Rick’s Rollin Smoke BBQ & Tavern. The reality star will sling drinks at the Pawn Plaza bar during the new outdoor mall’s October 9 grand opening, which features a private ribbon-cutting ceremony with the mayor and GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, an exclusive, invite-only party and the official public unveiling at 9 p.m., when Harrison will debut his mixology skills. And don’t worry—he’s legit. He recently obtained a TAM card and even went to bartending school for the occasion. Pawn Plaza has signed on nine tenants, including new-to-the-roster BodySpa Salon and Pawn Plaza Vow Renewals by VegasWeddings.com. While a representative says all operations will be up and running later this month, Smoke’s Poutinerie and Rita’s Italian Ice have already soft-opened, with Vegas Flip Flops, So-Cal Speed Shop and Rollin Smoke’s upstairs tavern joining them at Friday night’s christening. If you can’t make it to the grand opening but still want a Harrisoncrafted cocktail, you might be in luck—rumor is he may make a side gig out of tending bar at his namesake watering hole. –Mark Adams october 8–14, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 9

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Could free parking disappear from the Strip? There’s a lot more people coming to the Boulevard—and not a lot of space for their cars By Brock Radke

> Pay to play? Casinos could consider charging for parking as the Strip gets more crowded.

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don’t spend as much time on the Strip as I do. (Also, it’s my job.) Convenience is key to the Vegas experience, no matter where you’re coming from. We all just assume there will be loads of free parking waiting for us at all of these gigantic casino-resorts. And yet, more and more stuff is being built on the Strip to attract more and more people ... stuff other than hotel rooms and parking spaces. Stuff like MGM’s 20,000-seat arena behind New York-New York, which will open in the spring and could become home to Las Vegas’ first major league sports team if an NHL expansion franchise comes to town in 2017. The arena will be situated at the end of the Park, a pedestrian promenade of bars, restaurants, shops and the upcoming 5,000-seat concert venue at Monte Carlo. It’ll be very L.A. Live-ish, similar to the downtown LA complex home to the Staples Center, Microsoft Theater, Club Nokia, movie theaters, restaurants, shopping, etc. Except for this: When you go to a big concert or a Lakers game at Staples, you pay to park. You know you’re going to pay to park. There’s no new parking garage or lot waiting to accommodate your night at this new Las Vegas arena. The plan is to park cars at existing casino garages at New

York-New York, Monte Carlo, Aria and maybe even MGM Grand. Mark Prows, senior vice president of arenas for MGM Resorts, told the Las Vegas Sun in February the company hasn’t decided whether it will charge for parking during arena events, but that it’s possible, especially in the two garages closest to the arena. (Attempts at updates from MGM reps were unsuccessful at press time.) Considering the volume of events that will undoubtedly be planned for the arena and the new theater, and recognizing that these casino garages already fill up fast during big weekends, I’d say it’s more than possible paid parking will become a thing on the Strip. In fact, I’d say it could very well become the thing on the Strip. Locals like me and frequent road-trippers from California might gasp, or at least cringe, at the thought of paying to park in a casino garage, but that’s because we’ve just assumed it’ll always be there. Just like we’ve all tolerated weird evolution in air travel expenses— paying to check bags and such—we can and will get used to spending a few extra bucks for Vegas parking. Remember when resort fees happened? People only complain in the beginning. Then they adapt. Kinda makes you wonder why it hasn’t happened already, huh?

A gardening-based nutrition program for CCSD students gets a big boost in 2016 With Nevada ranked 11th in the U.S. for childhood obesity—which affects one of five kids in Clark County—someone had to spring into action. Enter Create a Change Now. According to executive director Melissa Blynn, the nonprofit, formed in 2009, has enacted its Healthy School, Healthy Life indoor/outdoor classroom program in 13 schools. But come next year, that tally could double—or more. Through the facility of Clark County School District, any elementary school will be able to take part for the 2016-2017 year, whether teachers incorporate the lessons into their own curriculums or elect to have a CACN-trained volunteer do the instruction. CACN provides relevant nutritional education and resources to students through classroom instruction and, most importantly, experience in gardens it has built in schools. The children in turn adopt lifestyle behaviors that not only help prevent health problems, but properly feed their brains and improve scholastic performance. “If they come to school malnourished and not eating food that’s nourishing to their brains, it definitely can impact their ability to learn and retain information significantly,” Blynn says. “We know what we’re doing can definitely enhance grades and performance long-term.” It’s also an effort for which CCSD doesn’t have to budget. Its School-Community Partnership Program works with hundreds of organizations on anything from classroom academic support and field trips to campus beautification, all funded not by the school district or taxpayers, but the partners’ sponsors. Next year’s learning-garden ramp-up is being underwritten in full by Cashman Equipment. The learning gardens are invaluable in more ways than one, according to Cheryl Wagner, a coordinator for the partnership program and a former science teacher. “I have personally seen the value of hands-on, real-live experience for our children. They can read and hear teachers lecture, but actually getting out and doing it yourself? That implants it into their brain. It’s so incredibly powerful.” –Mike Prevatt For more, visit createachangenow.org.

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In August, we went to this booze fest called Beer & Barrel at Mandalay Bay Beach. It was awesome. A warm night offset by plenty of icy beer and cool cocktails, tasty food, feet in the sand, that kind of thing. But we had to get there first. Turns out it was the same night as Ariana Grande’s concert at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, and a heavy-metal festival was going down across the street at the Las Vegas Village. It was a Saturday night, so there was plenty of normal Saturday night stuff already happening at the south Strip resort, too. My naïve first attempt to park was at the casino’s main valet on Las Vegas Boulevard—just silly. I tried the east valet in the cavernous self-park garage, only to be told by a slightly unhinged attendant that valet was full, only available for hotel guests, and that the garage might be full, too, which was hard to believe but apparently true. I hunted, gave up, couldn’t find any place to park at Luxor next door, and finally found a spot at Excalibur. Maybe all those cool drinks were extra-delicious after hiking across hot pavement to get to the beach. I’m a longtime local, so I blame no one but myself for my parking woes. I know better, as do most Las Vegans, which is why they

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If Taylor Swift is the most epic pop star, then Elizabeth Scarborough is the tribute artist of our time

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he leader of the free world has the slightest edge on Taylor Swift on Twitter. She and President Obama both have about 64 million followers, and profound influence. After an

explosive decade in the music business, Swift is already a legend at 25. Naturally, she needed to be in the lineup of tribute super-show Legends in Concert. Thanks to Elizabeth Scarborough, she is. A 22-year-old South Carolinian with a degree in public relations, Scarborough bears an uncanny resemblance to Swift, and we’re not just talking about long legs and red lipstick. The pop star inspired her to pick up a guitar at 15, and the more she performed Swift’s hits, the more everyone noticed how convincing she was. Many birthday-party gigs later, Scarborough created a Facebook page for her act, which led to a life-changing audition.

“Taylor really brought country music back to a younger audience. And I don’t think I’m any different than any other girl who loved her back then. I just think I took it a little further, maybe,

After Legends engagements in Myrtle Beach and Branson, Missouri, she made her way to the Flamingo’s stage in September. With a contract there through January,

than some people.”

Scarborough is settling in to this crazy city. We got her views on everything from snackage to that thing with Ryan Adams.

Before catching Taylor Swift’s recent show in Nashville, you posted a photo from your first Taylor concert when you were 14, and she opened for Rodney Atkins and Brad Paisley. Were you there for her? It was definitely

to see her. ... She really brought country music back to a younger audience. And I don’t think I’m any different than any other girl who loved her back then. I just think I took it a little further, maybe, than some people. (laughs) Did you ever think about trying to make it in music as yourself? My freshman or sopho-

to be respected as, not only in the music industry but also the business industry. Is it hard to watch her go through heartbreaks and the ensuing media flurries? I think any of her fans just

Were you happy or sad when she cut her hair? I was

know to write it off, and know that people are going to talk because she’s the biggest thing in pop music.

so excited! It takes me 20 minutes to comb my hair now, and it used to take me an hour.

Do you share her love of high-waisted shorts?

What do you think of this whole Ryan Adams phenomenon, with the indie singer-songwriter reimagining Taylor’s entire 1989 album? I really love it. I

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more year of high school my big thing was, “I wanna be like Taylor; I wanna be a country-music recording artist.” And I did spend some time in Nashville and got to see that side of the industry, and it is what everybody says it is. It’s cutthroat. … So when I was in college and found that I could sell myself as a tribute artist and just charge $50 or $100 for a birthday party, it became, first of all, a great way to make a kid’s birthday—the look on their face! That’s what it became first for me. The funds were secondary. And it wasn’t until I was approached by Legends in Concert that I thought this was a career opportunity. What is it like molding yourself into someone you admire? It’s super-fun, and it certainly is out of

a lot of respect and admiration for the character and the role model and the musician that she’s become, and also the woman that she has grown

a lot of time studying her on YouTube—facial expressions, arm movements, the way she holds a microphone, the way she cuts her eyes.

Oh yeah! I only wear high-waisted, even my workout things, just because it works better with my body type. I figured that out in college, and I was like, “Why didn’t somebody tell me this in high school?!” What should we know about Elizabeth Scarborough? Hmm. Let me think. I don’t spend

a lot of time talking about myself. (laughs) Okay, how about your favorite food? Almond butter. I love it. I go through like a jar a week. I think that’s way over the recommended serving size. How does it feel performing with Legends on the Strip?

It’s just amazing to be here and to see all the talent and all the people who have been on these stages before. ... The first Madonna I worked with had been doing Madonna with a company for 23 years.

think it was done very tastefully, and it really took it in a new direction without losing the essence of the songs. ... It’s really cool to see artists respecting her art to the point where they want to see what they can do with the music. Ever meet her? On Taylor’s Red tour, I went with friends who knew that if you ran down to the bottom of your aisle, that she ran through the crowd. ... I totally cut off this mom with her 6-year-old daughter. Didn’t even think about it—just ran right in front of them like, “NO. I’m going.” And I got to touch Taylor Swift. We touched and actually grabbed hands. We had a moment. (laughs) And I look back and this 6-year-old is sobbing. I was like, “Ohh, I just did that.” But then I was like, “You know what, I’ve been a fan of Taylor longer than you’ve been alive, and you will get your day.” –Erin Ryan

How do you style your physicality to be like Taylor’s?

Just from being a fan for almost 10 years now, a lot of the movements come quickly, but I spend

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Inside looking out A local gets the Vegas experience, as told on a double-decker bus

By Kristen Peterson photographs By mikayla whitmore The bus floats like a giant Cadillac, cruising through the 21st-century American Dreamscape. From its second floor we look everywhere and nowhere. Tiny raindrops pelt us, our courtesy ponchos rippling in the wind. We wonder if the tour guides will say that Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo, because so many people say he did. They do. It’s a common myth. The double-decker rolls forward. Riders hop on and hop off. There are 13 stops—19 if you include the Downtown route. We ride all day, up and down and up and down. The bodies on the ground amble past Venice, New York and Paris. We look at them, and they look back, their huge shopping bags telling us where they’ve been. Novelty drink cups are everywhere, and I wonder if tourists think we drink yard-longs at home the same way they ask if we live in hotels. These Big Bus Tours are motoring around 16 different cities on three continents, all of them owned by the same equities firm. Tourists in Vienna are seeing the Vienna State Opera house. In London, they’re seeing Big Ben. We’re seeing miniatures of cities, dioramas of the world. I want them to talk about the reality of the Strip—This is how it works, folks; this here chunk of land feeds the whole

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Valley—because that’s what’s happening here. The smoke and mirrors is our meal ticket whether we work on the Strip or not, and it seems just as intriguing as how much Liberace made when he started at the Riv ($50,000 a week), which we hear on every go-round. Without this 4.2-mile stretch of road and its three-dimensional expanse of fabulous facades and digital advertisements, the suburbs wouldn’t sprawl to the hills. We need it. A community has been built around it. Our guide tells us that Brad Pitt likes to shop at Crystals, that the lake outside the Bellagio uses water from the well that once serviced the Dunes golf course. He shares that prices are higher inside casinos, and how to order at Dick’s Last Resort. Questions are welcome, but between all the movies filmed here, celebrities who’ve married or died here, and reality shows taking place here, it’s hard to interrupt, nor would we want to. One question could blow the order of things. There is no dead air with Nicole, enthusiastic and youthful. She tells us the intersection of Tropicana and the Boulevard has more hotel rooms than any corner in the world—more than 14,000, topping the entire city of San Francisco. This is the one day it rains

> JOYRIDE Learn a thing or two while viewing Vegas through a visitor’s lens.

in Las Vegas, a place that only gets four inches annually. I wonder what the Big Bus Tour guides are talking about in Muscat. Parked near the corpse of the Riviera (where the buses depart), we stare at the sleeping giant, its symmetry and angles—concrete boxes painted a uniform off-white—an arrangement of shapes that will be imploded. The half-built Fontainebleau hasn’t even had its life yet, and probably won’t. The bus heads out, past the razed landscape that once held the Stardust and the New Frontier. Elvis played his first Las Vegas gig at the New Frontier, our guide says. The Harley-Davidson store on the Strip’s south end is the largest in the nation. The Walmart at the Venetian is the nation’s most lucrative. More pedestrians cross the Brooklyn Bridge here than the real one. Every restaurant inside Paris Las Vegas is good. For $44, we’re getting our money’s worth. The vantage point shields us from the traffic below. We may as well be on a magic carpet. Casino windows on certain Strip properties are three-stories high to make it seem like hotels are closer for those trekking on foot, one guide tells us. “If you lost as much at poker as I have, you’d understand why the windows don’t open,” says another on a later ride. Crossing Fremont on Sixth, nothing is said about Emergency Arts, not a word about the Arts District when we buzz through, but they do talk about the Smith Center and the Mob Museum. Hopping off at Circus Circus, we walk in the sunlight. A tourist photobombs us with a cigarette and a smile. He tells us, “Americans are crazy.” We realize our plastic rain ponchos imply we’re European. A bartender inside asks wryly if we’ve just seen Gallagher perform. Back on the bus we start the loop again: 70 percent of Strip revenue comes from entertainment, which includes shopping and dining. The pink, vintage Cadillac convertible outside the drive-thru wedding chapel is available for rent. Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton exchanged vials of blood when married at the Little Church of the West. The couple behind us is from Egypt. In the water pond surrounding the Statue of Liberty at New York-New York, a man is bent over picking up change tossed in with wishes. Maybe this is his wish. He wades a good distance. Security doesn’t seem to notice. We watch him until the bus lurches forward across Tropicana, toward the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign. We think about something Nicole said earlier in the day: There are 6,853 rooms inside the MGM Grand. If you had a baby and it stayed in every single room of the hotel consecutively, that kid would be 19 years old by the time it walked out. october 8–14, 2015 LasVegasWeekly.com 15

> golden glow Tiki culture has local temples in the Golden Tiki bar and (opposite) the Smileys’ backyard lounge, the 4H Club.

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Don’t be fooled by the tropical garnish or the swizzle stick—decorative tiki drinks pack a punch. “People think girly, little umbrella, stuff like that, but there’s often several shots of booze in the typical tiki drink,” says Las Vegas tiki enthusiast Bruce Smiley. “There’s usually more booze than in the Jack and Coke you normally have.” Tiki culture first emerged in California in 1934. Don the Beachcomber launched in LA and Trader Vic’s in San Francisco, introducing exotic cocktails with heavy pours of rum, which was cheap to come by after Prohibition ended a year earlier. The heady concoctions and intriguing decor were welcome diversions, a chance to whisk away to paradise for an evening. “In the 1930s, people didn’t have money to go on vacation. It was the Depression,” says Branden

Powers, founder of the Golden Tiki bar in Chinatown. “They couldn’t afford to travel, so they would go to these [bars] to escape.” Bruce Smiley and his wife, Suzanne, built the escape into their home, having sought all things tiki for more than 30 years. They’ve amassed an astonishing 300-plus mugs, as well as carvings, themed art and exotica music, which is richly described by the online Exotica Project: “Set against a tableaux of lush strings, punctuated by bird calls, made to shimmer and dance with Afro-Cuban percussion, vibraphones and mad jungle flutes, it was music manufactured to take the suburban classes to 5 o’clock dreamland.” The Smileys showcase their treasure trove in a backyard-shed bar they call the 4H Club (for Hubert’s Huli Huli Haus), “the best nonsmoking tiki bar in Las Vegas.” It’s a jaw-dropping space, a tiny, secret oasis

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full of eBay and thrift finds, souvenirs from island travels and friends’ artwork. Suzanne’s obsession began with cocktail umbrellas when she was a child, at a tiki-themed Chinese restaurant in New York. Chinese food was often served in tiki venues because, not long ago, it was still exotic to most Americans. “The whole thing is to have everything correct,” Bruce says of going tiki. “I don’t mean that in a snobbish way. ... What I mean is an immersive environment with the proper music on. … There’s a holistic thing to being in a themed environment.” So what do you need to have this immersive experience? “Umbrellas,” Suzanne jokes. The Smileys agree on four essentials: environment, music, a decent drink and, if possible, colorful

themed threads. Powers’ collection has a very public outlet in his bar. He got into tiki culture in the early ’90s, during the peak of its resurgence. He has mugs and thousands of records by exotica favorites such as Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny. And his clientele is bolstered by the fact that tiki picked up momentum again in the early 2000s. “The tiki resurgence brought about a whole new generation of sculptors and carvers,” Bruce says. Some make commercial mugs, some craft limited batches. At the 4H Club, the Smileys have about 200 “party mugs” or less-precious tiki cups on hand for any occasion. “You don’t serve this cocktail in a Solo cup,” Suzanne says, raising her mug.

tiki photographs by mikayla whitmore; kombucha by sonia seelinger

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Kombucha. Is it really an alcoholic beverage? It did get Lindsay Lohan busted when she was on probation, so we say yes. Like beer, kombucha makes you feel good inside. Unlike beer, it’s full of probiotics and good bacteria to balance out whatever nasty stuff is going on in your gut. Like beer, it’s an acquired taste—one my ma has skillfully mastered. Step 1: If you’ve never heard of a scoby, you might be thinking Scooby-Doo. But this giant blob of bacteria has nothing to do with the Mystery Machine. The symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast is essential to your kombucha. Without it, your tea will hardly yield any healthy benefits. It’s called the mother. “You can grow your own from a commercial bottle of raw kombucha with a blob in it,” Mom says. Next, brew a cup of black or green tea, add two tablespoons of sugar and let the mixture cool. Add a cup of the commercial kombucha—with the mother. (We like GT’s brand.) Put the contents in a glass jar and cover tightly with a paper towel and a rubber band. Let this ferment for seven days. A brand new scoby will grow and appear on the top. Oooh. Step 2: Now that you’ve got your scoby, this is what you’ll use to brew your first batch of ’booch. Boil two quarts of water and pour the liquid into a glass bowl. Add one cup of granulated sugar and stir to dissolve. Add eight tea bags and brew until the tea is cool. Add another one and a half quarts of water and one cup of kombucha (the bottled kind). “Once you get going, you can use the liquid for future batches,” Mom says. Now put the tea mixture in a large glass bottle and put a scoby in each bottle. Cover with a paper towel or cheesecloth and let it ferment for seven to 10 days. The scoby will become thicker and grow stronger with each batch. Yay! Step 3: After fermentation you can experiment with different flavors. Transfer the liquid to smaller glass containers (Ball jars work well) and add fruits or herbs. Have fun coming up with flavors that please your own palette. Let your smaller jars ferment for two to three days. Once they’re ready for consumption, be careful opening the jars as the carbonation and gas can cause the bottles to break. Open the bottles daily to let some of the gas out to prevent unwanted buildup, and a major mess.

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TH E B o o z e I s s u e

> welcome to the academy Tools for bartending, refined.

outhern Wine & Spirits of Nevada might not sound like an educational institution, but the leading distributor of wine, spirits and beer in Las Vegas has been investing significant time and money in something far from guaranteed to generate sales: teaching bartenders the history and culture of their world. “This is my $2 million baby,” Francesco Lafranconi says of Southern’s new education center. Though the executive director of mixology and spirits education won’t confirm an exact budget, the room—designed in collaboration with Southern’s senior managing director Larry Ruvo and interior architect Todd-Avery Lenahan (whose typical clients are luxury hotels like Mandarin Oriental and L’Ermitage)—was constructed so meticulously that it wasn’t truly finished until more than a year after its original completion date. “It was important to me to deliver something different, and special,” Lafranconi says. Hosting the Academy of Spirits and Fine Service (it even has an Ivy League-style crest!), the sleek, wood-lined room features stadium-style seating with ergonomic chairs, up-lit tasting desks and multi-camera video screens. The true centerpiece is somewhat hidden: Lafranconi’s stainless steel bar design, a significant reworking of the standard bartenders’ station that is impressively ergonomic, aiming to both speed up the work of serving cocktails and make it more comfortable. A “racetrack” inset well holding 12 essential bottles around three separate ice buckets, an ice

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carving station, a cutting board for garnishes, refrigerated drawers, self-cleaning taps and many more elements make it feel almost medical in its precision. Mixology tools, distillation models, refrigeration with three different holding temperatures and an herb garden still being cultivated are other elements. “It’s one of the most advanced rooms in the world when it comes to bartender training,” Lafranconi says. “We are investing in [Las Vegas] to be the most educated spirits, beer, wine and sake community in the country.” “Most” and “best” are words Las Vegas loves to use whenever possible, but Lafranconi has certainly been dedicated to that goal, teaching versions of the company curriculum to Southern salespeople and local bar and waitstaff since 2000, now charging a $500 “commitment fee” for his three-hour a week, 12-week course. Where other cities might rely on the organic influence of a leading bar like the Dead Rabbit (New York City) or the Varnish (LA), the culture of Vegas arguably would not have developed as it has without the concerted efforts at Southern. Other courses taught by Joe Phillips, Luis de Santos and Sam Merritt cover wine, sake and beer, respectively, offering serious techniques for tasting methods. “We’re not drinking, we’re learning,” Lafranconi likes to tell his students. “There are a lot of self-made bartenders in the U.S., but very few mentors to follow,” he says. “In Europe, a beverage manager knows how to make drinks and tend a bar and teach the bartenders, but

in the U.S. beverage managers know how to order and make schedules, not necessarily mix drinks. I’m trying to fill that gap.” The academy is not the only such entity in Las Vegas. Across town, Drew Levinson has been doing some of the same work at Wirtz Beverage Nevada since 2009, when he inaugurated the Alchemy Room, a similar facility that focuses on brand education seminars, staff trainings for new and existing venues, and a cocktail menu development lab with every tool and ingredient available. The room has been so rewarding for the company—Levinson estimates it paid for itself through increased sales within 18 months—that a second has been built in Chicago, and there may be others, even if few markets rival Las Vegas in volume. “It’s not just a training room. It’s also a great tool to spread the passion for culture throughout the sales team,” Levinson says. Wirtz’s Beverage Development Specialist Andrew Pollard notes that the room has been analyzed and copied by competitors in several states. Neither company’s efforts are wholly altruistic: Brands that participate in the courses find it increases bartender interest and loyalty significantly, and Lafranconi points out that many of his graduates have gone on to be national ambassadors for liquor brands, which is an exploding field in itself. But Lafranconi’s course also emphasizes discipline, cleanliness and above all, attitude. “At the end of the day, I feel I’m a promoter of civilization,” he says, quite earnestly. “It’s more than just booze in a glass.” photographs by christopher devargas

I’m sitting between equally charming companions Bénédicte Hardy and Craig Schoettler in Bardot Brasserie’s private dining room, having one of those profoundly satisfying, ultraexclusive Vegas experiences. I’ve sipped fine spirits and eaten far too much chilled seafood and steak tartare, and soon, I’ll sample four different, wildly expensive cognacs, one of which has never been tasted by anyone other than its makers, and another which was commissioned by the Aria resort, the only place in the world it’s available. We are all three in awe of this situation. “Las Vegas is very good, maybe the best, at doing things like this,” Hardy tells me. “Very good at the highest level and at the lowest level, too,” she laughs. So true. It’s here at Aria, but the cognac is hers. She is the fifth generation of Hardy Cognac makers, beginning with Anthony Hardy in 1863, and she’s here to help show off Thoroughbred, of which only 30 bottles were produced. Schoettler, a 29-year-old booze wunderkind and Aria’s head mixologist, says the resort chose to create its

own cognac—packaged in a stunning crystal decanter with raging horses serving as the stopper—to suit the highest of high-end clientele, mostly from Asia, who have taken home bottles as gifts from the casino or maybe purchased a few to give as gifts (at a price of $12,000 to $14,000 each; you can get a shot in the high-limit room for a mere $1,500). “Some of our clientele are collectors, and it’s become a very hot commodity,” Schoettler says. Hardy was the best possible partner because “the name is so well-known and respected in luxury markets.” Aria started with 29 bottles—Hardy kept bottle No. 13—upon Thoroughbred’s release earlier this year. How long will this last, this magical elixir blended from 20 cognacs crafted right after World War II? Tough to say. Schoettler would like to always have some available, so he’ll hold some back if supplies get depleted quicker than expected. “Maybe we’ll have to go back and do Thoroughbred 2.” So what does it taste like? Profoundly satisfying. Ultra-exclusive. All that and more.

> SO RARE Got five figures to spend on a bottle?

ARIA COGNAC BY CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS; MOODY TONGUE COURTESY

While wine pairings are a centuries-old tradition—Tyrion couldn’t get enough of the stuff with his meals at King’s Landing—the refined coupling of beer with food is somewhat in its infancy. But as adventurous restaurateurs and diners recognize the unparalleled versatility of beer, they’re becoming more prevalent. It’s exactly this flexibility that drew former chef Jared Rouben into the world of malt, hops and barley with Moody Tongue Brewing Company. Moody Tongue is named for a discerning palate, the drinker that Rouben is toiling away for. Hailing from the southside Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, the Culinary Institute of America graduate and former expeditor at superchef Thomas Keller’s legendary Per Se in New York is doing what he calls “culinary brewing”— straightforward, light-drinking beers that easily complement food. The former Goose Island brewpubs brewmaster “saw what was a natural extension from baking: brewing. It eventually led me to creating a different style of brewing—culinary brewing—which takes that chef’s mind-set and uses a lot of the same techniques that I was doing in kitchens. It allows me to highlight the flavors and aromatics within the ingredients.” Those ingredients include the prominent nectarine in the Sliced Nectarine IPA, melding citrus with hops; Meyer lemon in the Steeped Emperor’s Lemon Saison; and Oaxacan chocolate in the slightly-sweet Caramelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter. But the most prominent ingredient is the rarest of all: black truffle. Moody Tongue’s Shaved Black Truffle Pilsner is the stuff of legend, and at upwards of $100 a bottle, it should be. The Australian truffles in this limited release are hand-shaven by Rouben, and it sells out as quickly as it’s available. While you can already get Moody Tongue’s other offerings in Vegas places like Bouchon, B&B Ristorante and Tacos & Beer, the Truffle Pilsner has not landed here ... yet. Rouben looks forward to “getting to know the chef community” and bringing “beer and food a little closer together.” Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to finally trying one of the world’s rarest beers. –Jim Begley OCTOBER 8–14, 2015 LASVEGASWEEKLY.COM 19

> A PUB FOR ALL SEASONS There are 11 cozy locations in the Village Pubs family.

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Neighborhood bars built on video poker and cheap drinks dot this Valley, but only one brand has more than 40 years of history, its own locally brewed suds and a menu of family recipes handed down through generations. Walk into any Village Pub location and you’ll see how the chain of family-owned bar-restaurants has built and retained a loyal patronage for so long. After a warm greeting from the bartender and a swift pour of an Ellis Island brew, it’s easy to sink into a cushy leather barstool at these dimly lit, cozy watering holes. Sometimes a quiet, casual place like this is exactly what you’re looking for. No fuss, no pretension, just a snug space to unwind, always right around the corner. The original Village Pub opened in 1968 on Koval Lane just south of Flamingo Road, where patrons could knock back some cold ones and nosh on a ham sandwich or a bowl of chili, the only two items on

Wine with In-N-Out’s Double-Double, Animal Style: “I love that burger, so I have done this before, and I really enjoy it with a Qupe Syrah from the Central Coast,” says Red Rock Resort sommelier Juan Martinez. He says the Qupe red won’t overpower In-N-Out’s famed “secret menu” special, but its notes of pepper and cured meat will pair nicely with the beloved double-stack cheeseburger. “It’s a fun Syrah.”

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the menu. A lot has changed, specifically the name of that establishment in the shadow of the Strip. After Gary Ellis bought his father’s stake in the company in 1985, he rebranded the space as Ellis Island. He snagged a non-restricted gaming license in 1989 and started to transform the modest bar into the buzzing casino it is today, complete with table games and slots, a full-service restaurant, an infamous karaoke lounge (the initial Village Pub digs) and one of the city’s six Metro pizzerias. But Ellis didn’t want his father’s legacy to completely disappear. “He kind of wanted to pay homage and keep the name the Village Pub alive,” says Ellis’ daughter, Christina, now director of marketing for Ellis Island. “It’s where he grew up. It was his family business. It was what first inspired him to get involved in the industry.”

Beer with Sonic Drive-In’s Chili Cheese Tots: Certified cicerone Paul Sacksteder chose Banger Brewing’s El Heffe jalapeño hefeweizen to pair with Sonic’s side dish. “When you’re trying to pair food with beer you’re looking to complement but also balance,” says the CraftHaus brand ambassador. “So the jalapeño, the spiciness of that beer, goes really well with that chili … but then it’s a drier beer [so] it sort of balances out the fat [and] refreshes the palate.”

So in 1995 Ellis relaunched the Village Pub brand in the Cannery strip mall on Pecos and Flamingo, and opened two more suburban locations in Green Valley and Desert Shores over the next three years. Plans for a brewing operation at the company’s Ellis Island headquarters were also in the works, and shortly after the brewery’s 1998 opening, the casino started distributing its barley bounty to the Village Pubs. A small empire was born. “It became popular with the locals, and it just kind of grew as we found properties and people wanted more,” Christina says. The company now operates 11 venues around town in addition to Ellis Island, including nine Village Pubs, Green Valley’s Casino Valle Verde and Yorky’s near Summerlin. “We really pride ourselves on our customer service and having that friendly atmosphere among all of our team members,” she says. “We have guests that have been coming in since the original Village Pub opened.”

Cocktail with Little Caesars’ Pepperoni Pizza: Moët Hennessy’s local mixology ambassador Nathan Greene crafted his Hennessy Ginger Smash to pair with Little Caesars’ “Hot-N-Ready” pie. “We’re complementing the spiciness of the pepperoni with the ginger spice, yet contrasting it with the sweetness of the ginger syrup and Grand Marnier, while simultaneously cooling it with the muddled mint.” Greene adds that the young and bold Hennessy V.S. Cognac “allows the drink to stand up to the flavorful pizza.” Find the drink recipe at lasvegasweekly.com. –Mark Adams

VILLAGE PUB BY BILL HUGHES; FAST FOOD BY MIKAYLA WHITMORE

Every bartender worth a damn I’ve ever talked to has said: “Drink what you like.” Even if you have a booze geek’s palate that might occasionally include a species of beverage abused for being very sweet and very frozen. On the Strip, these cocktails are often called “daiquiris,” though the real thing is rum, lime and sugar without any ice, let alone blended and served in a busty plastic torso (see Page 58). But if you let Vegas’ frozen daiquiri be what it is, a refreshing punch of fruity, boozy coldness mellowing the heat and party fatigue, it can be just perfect. –Erin Ryan

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When you’ve already got the best beer fests in the city on lock, how do you get better? Perspective. Motley Brews, founded in 2010 and host of the annual springtime Great Vegas Festival of Beer, expanded to San Diego this year with an August event. “It was great turnout, around 3,000 people on a hot day,” says Motley founder Brian Chapin. “It was an opportunity to step into a market that’s DOWNTOWN already very mature on the beer side, where BREW FESTIVAL there are tons of festivals, and what we did October 24, 5-9 p.m., there was widely accepted. We’re going $40-$85. Clark County to use that to continue to raise the experiAmphitheater, ence for our Vegas guests.” downtownbrew the beer? “One of our favorite things to do The next experience is this month’s festival.com. is introduce new brands to the area, and Downtown Brew Festival at the Clark this time we have Founders coming in out of County Amphitheater, a laid-back event Michigan, just an amazing brewery. They are capped at 3,500 people with plenty of music really gonna do well here.” Other new and returnand food to match more than 200 brews from more ing brewers include Acoustic Ales, Chaucer’s Cellars, Left than 60 brewers. Hand, Shades of Pale, Pizza Port, Speakeasy and Stone. Chapin is especially excited about the event’s culinary “This is our favorite event, and this one will be the offerings, like the VIP food section anchored by favorite best so far,” Chapin says. “We’re just happy to see it local restaurants Blue Ribbon and Echo & Rig, and new musical acts Pumpkin and Vokab Kompany. But what about grow.” –Brock Radke downtown brew festival by fred morledge/courtesy

With 46 taverns scattered around the Las Vegas Valley, it was only a matter of time before PT’s Entertainment Group got in the brewing game. “We’ve been discussing it for the last two or three years, that the next logical step is we need to start brewing beer,” says Joe Romano, corporate vice president of food and beverage. When long-established local brewer Tenaya Creek recently vacated its space in northwest Las Vegas for bigger pastures Downtown, PT’s jumped on it. In the first quarter of the new year—maybe even in January—it will reopen as PT’s Brewing Company. The local craft-beer scene is heating up, but PT’s has some significant advantages. The company will be pouring at least six beers at the brewery, and it’ll go beyond just distributing its own beers through its own bars. “For our Sean Patrick’s brand, we may be brewing a red Irish ale or something like that, and at Sierra Gold, we might come out and brew an incredible IPA,” Romano says. “We are in a great position because we have so many different venues to distribute to, and we’ll do limited batches and seasonal stuff, see what works and what our customers want.” Another project: PT’s will create an annual homebrew competition, where the sudsy creations of amateurs across the Valley will be sifted and sorted with the winning beer finding a home on tap at the brewery. If that sounds like something that happens in bigger beer cities and not necessarily throughout Las Vegas’ burgeoning scene, that’s the point. “We want to be at the forefront of doing some things that will help bring notoriety to the local scene,” Romano says. “We’ve got a lot of local hopheads out there who just love craft beer, and we want to serve them.” –Brock Radke

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We hate to beat a wet horse, but Steve Aoki does Saturday, and the Chainsmokers, the duo that crafted “Selfie” and taught Shaq how to DJ, is playing Sunday, and that’s pretty much it for MGM Grand’s pool club. Plan accordingly. October 11, 11 a.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. A$AP FERG AT FOXTAIL Greystone Sundays has toggled between up-and-coming, alt-hip-hoppers and familiar, more nostalgic acts all summer long. This weekend it’s the former, when Harlem’s “Hood Pope” takes the Foxtail stage. October 11, 10:30 p.m., $30+ men, $20+ women. LIL JON AND GRANDTHEFT AT SURRENDER Shot Class gets cranked into overdrive Wednesday with an opening set by Toronto producer Grandtheft before LJ takes over and you get loose. October 14, 10:30 p.m., $45+ men, $35+ women.

CLUB HOPPING Nightlife News & Notes It’s never too early to plan New Year’s Eve. Already announced as Hakkasan Group club headliners are residents Calvin Harris at Omnia and Tiësto at Hakkasan. And at XS, Alesso will kick off his new two-year Wynn residency by

toasting 2016. He was most recently performing at Light at Mandalay Bay, but he’ll be on decks at Marquee at Cosmopolitan for Halloween. The monthly, confettistrewn XIV Vegas Sessions party at Hyde Bellagio is back on October 25, with a sexyspandex twist. This time the crazy costumes will be superhero-themed, so bring your cape or mask or web-slinging devices and get ready to save

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the world, soundtracked by DJ Julian Ingrosso. Surrender at Encore is adding two 6-by-12-foot screens to the giant LED screen situated above the “dome” entrance inside the indoor/outdoor club, creating an 180-degree view of video programming for partiers to absorb. The club is also upgrading lighting and sound this month and adding moving fixtures, too. –Brock Radke

NIGHTS

> keepers of the kingdom (Left to right) Waterhole founders Madolora, Pacquing, Tolentino and Suginaka.

welcome to the Waterhole

A dope new lounge for every local creature By Erin Ryan Cool blue light pulses over the stage, where a duo from local reggae favorite Haleamano does silky-smooth covers of Marlon Asher, Bob Marley and Justin Timberlake. Shots and Champagne keep a 21st birthday crew busy while a couple unwinds with pork tacos and $3 Shock Tops. The mood is right, buzzing but chill, in this new supper club in a Chinatown complex. The name is right, too, because the Waterhole is about everybody coming together. Tnes Madolora, the “mastermind,” takes a knee, sipping a mixture of cognac and Grand Marnier and nodding to the groove. The next moment he’s hauling liquor boxes to stock the bar, oiling the machinery of his dream. It breaks down into many dreams realized since he came to Vegas

in 2005, from streetwear brand HippoEsthetics to monthly hip-hop party Tuesday Blend, Japanese curry spot Kaba to mobile app Fashion Fit Log. In fact, the team behind this “Waterhole Kingdom” has taken over all three floors of the building. “Remember Voltron?” Madolora asks, looking at business partners Jayar Tolentino (promotion), Christian Pacquing (talent) and Sean J. Suginaka (operations). “We’re just doing everything that we like doing, pretty much— music, art, fashion, just lifestyle.” The Waterhole feels like a culmination, a laid-back lounge with a distinct musical vibe every night. Special events are common, from a listening party for dystopian hip-hop artist Phoenix Orion to October 14’s Ink, Drink and

Chinatown parties. So it’s like coming Eat Till the Brink, with a tattoo conback,” Tolentino says, adding that relatest, fusion dishes by Top Chef alum tionships and word of mouth have been Gene Villiatora and beats by in-house key for the 4-month-old venue. DJs like Alfred Aplus and Moose the The guys admit they’re wearing lots Coolest. But the weekly default is 100 of hats, working long hours and stressBelow (“slow jams; nothing goes over ing about the right mix of entertain100 bpm”) on Mondays, Freestyle ment, struggles that come with any new Forward (think Stevie B, Cover Girls) club. They poured everything on Tuesdays, the food-ceninto the Waterhole. Suginaka tric Grub, Guzzle & Groove says that the day it opened, on Wednesdays, Case of the THE there was maybe $200 left in Classicks (old-school R&B and WATERHOLE the coffers, but momentum hip-hop) on Thursdays, reg- 5115 Spring gae feast Riddim in the Red on Mountain Road has steadily built. At midnight on a Friday, Fridays and underground stuff #123, 702-9714720. MondayJKRAZY spins a 45 of dancefor Secret Bass on Saturdays. haller Tony Curtis’ take on R. The sound is colorful, Saturday, Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly,” but as Madolora says of the 10 p.m.-4 a.m. and dozens of bodies move Waterhole Kingdom, “Hipunder stylized portraits of a lion, a crochop is definitely our forte.” The new odile and a hippo—Madolora’s totem. club invites the scene’s creative forces Because it’s powerful, and because it to let loose, whether that means an feeds so many parts of the ecosystem. EP release or DJing an afterparty in a “This is our dream. It’s just time to neighborhood with some history. blow up now,” Suginaka says. “In the early ’90s, that’s where Presto Madolora smiles. “Voltron, man. [One], DJ Five and the whole group— Voltron.” that’s where it was birthed from, these

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Later this month, you can spend some time exploring Strip nightclubs while doing some good. ¶ On October 17 at 5 p.m., the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada presents Kaleidoscope: The 21st Annual Honorarium at Drai’s. The event includes a silent auction, light bites and themed cocktails, entertainment, and at 7 p.m., a recognition ceremony for this year’s honorees: Patrick Duffy, Beano Solomon and Las Vegas Sands. Colorful attire is encouraged. Tickets are $150 and available at thecenterlv.org, with proceeds benefitting the nonprofit. ¶ And on October 21, Lavo Casino Club at Palazzo hosts “A Night Out” benefitting the Rape Crisis Center, which has experienced significant increases in calls to its hotline and number of victims assisted in the past two years. The party starts at 5:30 p.m. and includes sounds from DJ88, Lavo snacks and signature “Party Smartini” beverages. Admission is $30, and tickets are available at the door or at rcclv.org. –Brock Radke

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> ONE MORE MAMBA Tuesday could be your last shot to witness Kobe.

ONE BIG HOLIDAY My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel gears up for Vegas What were you guys up to during the four-year gap before May’s Circuital came out? Everybody just took a little break. That’s our way of working now—go real intense with My Morning Jacket, then we need a break and then we come back to it with fresh ears, eyes and minds.

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LAKERS VS. KINGS Sure, it’s a preseason game, but it might be the last chance for locals to catch the fallaway jump shots of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who begins his 20th and final contracted season this month. October 13, 7 p.m., $24-$476, MGM Grand Garden Arena. WTT SMASH HITS Revisit the great Martina NavratilovaSteffi Graf rivalry without digging out your old VHS tapes, when World Team Tennis drops into Caesars Palace to benefit Elton John AIDS Foundation and AFAN. Among other scheduled participants: Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Lindsay Davenport, Tracy Austin, James Blake and hosts Billie Jean King and Elton John. October 12, 7 p.m., $45-$125.

GO LAS VEGAS BURLESQUE FESTIVAL Bust out the nipple tassels! This three-day event includes burlesque showcases, a costume contest, a swap meet, “BurlySchool” classes and more. October 8-10, $45-$150, Gold Coast, lvburlesquefestival.com.

RISE FESTIVAL Imagine a thousand fireflies lifting off the desert floor to carry well-wishes into the night sky. Rise is that, but with paper lanterns instead of bugs—and the ethereal sights are highly Instagram-worthy. October 10, gates at 3 p.m., $59-$109, Moapa River Reservation. AGE OF CHIVALRY RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL The smoked turkey leg alone is worth the price of admission, but this is a magical walloping of jousters, gypsies, pirates, princesses and something called the Snake Army. Plus, plenty of ale to make them all seem real. October 9-11, Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; $8-$15/day, $20-$30/three-day, Sunset Park.

HEAR NEIL YOUNG Whichever side of the GMO divide

you’re on—and whether or not you dig Young’s new album, The Monsanto Years—we can surely agree the man’s not to be missed live. He’ll be backed by Promise of the Real (featuring Willie Nelson’s son Lukas) and supported by Jenny Lewis. October 11, 6:30 p.m., $65-$250, the Chelsea. RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS The Texas punk revivalists (think Johnny Thunders meets Social Distortion) are your final shot at weekend rawk ’n’ roll revelry. Plus: local axe-slingers Mercy Music and Illicitor. October 11, 9 p.m., $10-$12, Beauty Bar.

You recorded the new LP at Panoramic House, a remote studio in Northern California. Do you think that helped provide a more relaxed sonic feel? Definitely. It was nice isolation, steps from an MY inspiring hike at MORNING any moment. You JACKET could walk out with Strand to a cliff and see of Oaks. vultures flying October 9 above you. We & 10, 9 p.m., were staying in $50. Brooklyn rental houses on Bowl, 702the beach, and 862-2695. we’d hike up to the studio-house every morning—it would take about 40 minutes—and then at night we’d hike back. We could see stars, maybe grab a beer and hang out together after we had worked on music all day. That definitely seeped into the record. You’re playing two nights here at Brooklyn Bowl. Will you take a different approach to the shows? Both nights will have 100 percent different music. I think since it’s two nights, some people traveling to Las Vegas that weekend are coming specifically to see us. And you know, Vegas lends itself to ridiculous behavior, so maybe there will be some ridiculous stuff. –Chris Bitonti For more of our interview with Broemel, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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> a pirate’s life for me Blackbeard forces Peter to walk the plank.

A flawed portrait He Named Me Malala does a disservice to a great activist

FILM

The lost boy

Pan gives Peter Pan a confused, unnecessary origin story By Josh Bell anachronistic rock songs (“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Pan opens with voiceover narration asserting that its “Blitzkrieg Bop”). Princess Tiger Lily (played by Rooney new origin story for Peter Pan is critical to understanding Mara), giant crocodiles, mermaids, fairies (including the well-known Peter Pan tale, but nothing that follows Tinker Bell), Hook’s sidekick Smee and other standard indicates anything of the sort. Retro-fitting Peter (played elements of the Peter Pan story show up in slightly difby Australian newcomer Levi Miller) with a clichéd ferent forms, but the movie doesn’t reinterpret them in Hollywood hero’s journey doesn’t add anything to J.M. ways that are either inventive or illuminating. Barrie’s children’s classic; if anything, it reduces Barrie’s Instead it saddles Peter with fulfilling a prophstory to just another assembly-line blockbuster ecy in which he’s the foretold savior (he’s literalattempting to start a franchise. ly referred to as a “chosen one”) who will defeat In the dubious tradition of recent movies aaccc Blackbeard and liberate Neverland. Director Joe like Dracula Untold, Pan over-explains every PAN Levi Miller, whimsical element of the Peter Pan story, while Garrett Hedlund, Wright, who enlivened classic literature with his excellent versions of Pride & Prejudice and Anna leaving out important connections that would Hugh Jackman. Karenina, overdoses on garish CGI in place of make its character prototypes recognizable as Directed by Joe his usually graceful visual style, and the battle the familiar figures they’re meant to become. Wright. Rated scenes are often cluttered. Worse, there’s no susThat’s especially true for James Hook (Garrett PG. Opens pense to Peter and Hook’s various scrapes, since Hedlund), whom the movie reimagines as a Han Friday. the stakes are frequently unclear. Solo-style rogue who befriends Peter when the Wright’s typical inventiveness shows up in just one child is whisked away to Neverland from his home at an scene, as Tiger Lily uses a magical tree trunk to spin the orphanage in World War II-era London. tale of Peter’s parentage in a sort of animated woodcut Abducted by Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman, in a ridicustyle. Otherwise the movie is a rush of special effects lously over-the-top performance) and his band of pirates, that signify nothing, telling a story that pretends to Peter and his fellow orphans are forced to toil in mines add to a beloved mythology while instead mostly just to extract fairy dust (here given the scientific-sounding cheapening it. name “pixum”) while inexplicably chanting lyrics to

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Anyone wanting to learn more about Malala Yousafzai, the extraordinary Pakistani teenager who last year became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize, should consult something other than the infomercial disguised as a documentary that is He Named Me Malala. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, who previously made equally stultifying docs about climate change (An Inconvenient Truth) and public education (Waiting for “Superman”), the film spends a great deal of time with its subject without ever getting a sense of what drives her; Guggenheim asks a lot of the right questions, but seems unconcerned when he gets evasive or banal answers. Yousafzai doesn’t much like talking aaccc about herself, HE NAMED which could ME MALALA be considered Directed by Davis admirable. But shy Guggenheim. reticence doesn’t Rated PG-13. exactly make for Opens Friday. riveting viewing. Granted, if you know nothing at all about Yousafzai, He Named Me Malala will give you the basics: her blog about life under Taliban rule, which she started writing when she was only 11; the 2012 assassination attempt that nearly killed her, and her choice to publicly forgive her assailant (who remains at large, as far as anyone knows); her subsequent worldwide fame and activism on behalf of women’s rights to education. But you could learn all that from Wikipedia in five or 10 minutes, and the bulk of this documentary is remarkably incurious, depicting traumatic memories via cutesy animated sequences and generally presenting the same view of Yousafzai one gets from her appearances on The Daily Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Such remarkable courage deserves better. –Mike D’Angelo

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> Noah Can do? The jury’s still out on The Daily Show’s new host.

Just crazy enough Musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend brings an appealing mix

Good news and bad news

Trevor Noah gets off to an uneven start as the new host of The Daily Show By Josh Bell shows hosted by four former Daily Show corresponWhen Comedy Central announced Trevor Noah as dents—Stephen Colbert on CBS’ The Late Show, John Jon Stewart’s replacement as host of The Daily Show, the Oliver on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, Larry Wilmore on backlash was swift and a bit out of proportion, especially Comedy Central’s Daily Show lead-out The Nightly Show in response to some tasteless jokes Noah had made on and Samantha Bee on TBS’ upcoming Full Frontal—and Twitter in years past. A relative unknown, the South in his first four shows, his personality didn’t shine African comedian comes to The Daily Show with little through often enough. He was awkward in his interbaggage but also very little following of his own, and his views, failing to give Republican presidential first week on the job showed him to be affable candidate Chris Christie much of a challenge, but not particularly fiery, in contrast to the pasaaacc and bumbling through more superficial celebsion Stewart brought to his job as America’s THE DAILY rity chats. But that’s a skill late-night hosts comedic conscience. SHOW WITH generally improve over time, and if nothing else Noah’s lack of exposure in the U.S. (he TREVOR Noah seems eager to please. appeared only a handful of times as a Daily Show NOAH MondayNoah’s South African background was the correspondent) is part of the reason he was Thursday, 11 p.m., source of some throwaway self-deprecating hired, and his version of the show doesn’t differ Comedy Central. jokes, but it also offered him the chance for his much from the one Stewart hosted at the end most distinctive segment of the first week, a bit of his tenure. The correspondents are a mix of comparing Donald Trump to various tyrannical African newcomers and holdovers, and the tone remains mostly leaders. Like the best Daily Show segments, it was funny bemused outrage at the state of the world. Noah’s youthful and insightful in equal measure, and it offered a fresh good looks actually undermine some of the show’s satiritake on a potentially exhausted topic. It also showcased cal bite, his beaming smile a benign contrast to Stewart’s Noah’s unique perspective, something the show will barely contained (or not at all contained) apoplexy. need to strengthen if it’s going to be more than The Daily It won’t be easy for Noah to carve out a unique idenShow Without Jon Stewart. tity for himself in a late-night landscape that includes

There’s a delicate balancing act in the mostly delightful CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, starting with the title. What could be read as demeaning and sexist (those emotional women!) becomes a sort of rallying cry for main character Rebecca Bunch (ridiculously charming YouTube star Rachel Bloom, who also co-created the show) in her haphazard pursuit of happiness. She’s also pursuing Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III), the boyfriend she had for two months at summer camp as a teenager, but that pursuit is as much about her need to upend her entire life as it is about actually winning the affections of the oblivious Josh. Bloom and aaabc co-creator Aline CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND Brosh McKenna successfully Mondays, 8 p.m., walk the line the CW. between depicting Rebecca as legitimately crazy and completely excusing her obviously reckless behavior. She’s self-aware enough to know that moving across the country—from New York City to anonymous LA suburb West Covina, the target of many of the show’s jokes—and abandoning a high-paying corporate legal job for the sake of an old crush is questionable, but she also knows that a life of 80-hour work weeks was slowly killing her soul. Oh, and she sings about it, with each episode featuring multiple original songs. The songs in the first episode are catchy and funny and actually contribute to character development, and they help prevent the tone from getting too serious or intense. All of that balancing might collapse over the course of an entire season, but in its first episode, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is clever, winning and unique, making it the most promising new show of a fairly dismal fall TV season. –Josh Bell

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A&E | noise > Country crusaders Keith Urban, left, and Lady Antebellum.

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Crowd-pleasing country

Route 91 Harvest fest revs up for its big move with another unsurprising success By Josh Bell MGM Resorts executives have already announced plans to move next year’s edition of the Route 91 Harvest country-music festival from the Las Vegas Village (the former parking lot across the street from Luxor) to the similarly named Las Vegas Festival Grounds (the home of Rock in Rio, at the north end of the Strip), and it was clear from this year’s October 2-4 edition that the attendance and attention warrant the shift to a bigger venue. Country fans crowded the Village (so clogged with lawn chairs and blankets that at times it was nearly

impossible to maneuver) for sets from mainstream stars including headliners Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban and Tim McGraw, and the lineup looked a lot like a country-radio playlist—short on female artists and heavily skewed toward a slick, pop-oriented Nashville sound. That was clearly fine with the enthusiastic crowd, and the mainstage acts I saw had no trouble getting people to cheer and sing. On Friday afternoon, I watched energetic country-rockers A Thousand Horses, whose sound falls somewhere between Dierks Bentley and

The Black Crowes, lead a sing-along to their hit ballad “Smoke” (somewhat predictably, they also covered the Crowes’ “Hard to Handle”). They were one of a small number of acts at the festival that departed slightly from the Nashville formula, something festival organizers seem reluctant to embrace. Country-folk group Sundy Best, which performed Saturday on the beefed-up second stage (a welcome improvement over last year’s poorly programmed, poorly attended version), also brought a bit of diversity with their low-key, back-porch sound, anchored by drummer Kris Bentley’s unique use of a cajón drum. Mostly, though, it was predictable, bombastic pop-country, albeit executed with skill. Slick adultcontemporary trio Lady Antebellum sounded livelier in concert than on its bland, overproduced albums, and there was some genuine emotion in

the group’s last scheduled performance before an indefinite hiatus. Urban followed Lady Antebellum with a Saturday-night headlining set that stretched beyond two hours, and the audience showed little fatigue despite the long day. Urban may idolize Bruce Springsteen, but his music is more Bryan Adams, straightforward, middle-of-the-road pop-rock with a bit of country flair. Urban is a talented guitarist, which he proved on several lengthy mid-song solos, but like too many mainstream country stars, he has terrible taste in covers (there was no excuse for a nearly 10-minute version of the Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker”). Still, the audience ate up the obvious classic-rock covers as eagerly as it did the country-radio hits, proving that the organizers and performers at Route 91 know how to deliver exactly what their fans are looking for.

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route 91 by l.e. baskow; the word by erik kabik

Give these guys a choir—The Word is the finest church band you’ll ever see. Five of the best musicians at what they do comprise the sacred steel/gospel band: Robert Randolph, pedal-steel guitar king, John Medeski, the superb keyboardist from Medeski Martin & Wood, plus all three North Mississippi Allstars (brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson, and Chris Chew). The bulk of the twohour, 24-minute set consists of long instrumental jams, joyous in nature. That allows the crowd to focus on individual players or let their minds wander, making for a spiritual evening either way. Randolph is appointment viewing whenever he’s in town. In contrast to his regular work with The Family Band, he’s more laid-back onstage with The Word, as he and guitarist Luther Dickinson exchange hot licks on songs like “Chocolate Cowboy.” Medeski makes magic on the organ, and he’s equally fun to watch. I’ve never seen a keyboard player sing to himself, especially on songs without words. But whatever he thinks might be missing, he fills in by mouthing “bop bop bum” again and again. Opener Amy Helm, daughter of The Band’s legendary drummer Levon Helm, joins The Word onstage for a few songs, singing like she’s making up for all the parts of the show that don’t feature words. Randolph and Helm trade vocals on “Come by Here” and it ratchets an already fine show up to another level. –Jason Harris

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it’s truly the album’s strongest Avicii surprised the indusmoment, no matter how played try twice with his debut album out this sound has become. But True—first by performing it live it’s when Avicii tries to repeat before a bewildered audience at himself on crossover country Ultra Music Festival in 2013 before cuts like “Broken Arrows” and its release and a year later when “Trouble” or the token trap song everyone came back around and “Pure Grinding” that loved it, once it was Stories begins to lack blessed with his any clear direction. brand of studio shine. Other head-scratchAs the title Stories ing moments include suggests, his sophoWyclef collaboration more album is very “Can’t Catch Me” much a sequel, where and “Somewhere again Avicii attempts in Stockholm,” to show that he’s which captures the more than an EDM Swedish/American producer. Doing the Avicii Stories cultural disconnect same magic trick aaacc that EDM DJs are twice loses its luster beginning to experiin the encore perforence with Vegas clubgoers. mance, however. Stories delivers all new mateThe likable “Waiting for Love” rial, but you can’t help feelis the sort of big-room, loveying like you’ve heard it before. dovey EDM that made songs like –Mike Pizzo “Fade into Darkness” so big, and

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DEAFHEAVEN New Bermuda aaabc “Baby Blue,” the third cut on Deafheaven’s new, third album, spends its first three minutes like tranquil Tortoise jazz-rock and the next five shrieking and guitarsoloing to attention, before closing with a found-sound announcement about closures on the George Washington Bridge. Put another way, it embodies everything that drew the indie masses to a metal band— and divided metalheads over the true metal-ness of that band—when Sunbather dominated musical conversation in 2013. If you liked that record odds are good you’ll dig this one, and if it perplexed you New Bermuda probably will, too. Deafheaven employs the same basic blueprint—affixing George Clarke’s blood-curdling shrieks (mixed relatively low, so as not to terrify too much) to music of varying force, traditional chugging riffs on one end of the spectrum, epically building soundscapes on the other. If the new LP suffers slightly in comparison to Sunbather, it’s only because it can’t pack the same surprise, not because it lacks an equal sonic wallop. –Spencer Patterson

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A&E | noise

Love ain’t enough

One musician’s Vegas walk-off reminds another how tough a town this can be By Jack Evan Johnson

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my generation’s Dylan—telling noisy audience members to hit the casino if they wanted to talk. I’m talking about Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, a band that rewrote the book on alt-country, nearly walking offstage after admonishing a loud crowd. And I’m talking about Lou Reed actually walking offstage here due to a chatty audience, though he was coaxed back out. This isn’t an issue of certain singers asking too much. Whether it’s a rock god on the Strip, or a struggling singer-songwriter like myself on Fremont Street, when people talk at the wrong times, it’s disrespectful. More importantly, it makes it tough for us to do our already hard job—connecting with people. I often play shows with a rockin’ band, forcing myself on the audience with the almighty power of volume. And while that’s fun, my most rewarding moments have come with an acoustic guitar and a crowd willing to float into my hand like a dandelion seed. It’s the kind of thing musicians sacrifice financial security and relationships to chase, and it has the power to change (or even save) a listener’s life. And sometimes, the only thing standing in its way is one set of flapping lips. So I can’t say I fault Snider, especially because he suffers from painful arthritis in his back and plans to retire from touring soon. In a way, it made me respect the man even more, because we’ve all wanted to do that at times. But what made Snider’s walk-off heartbreaking for me was that the audience might have been small, but it was mostly passionate—musicians, local radio DJs, even a couple from Alabama whose first date was a Snider gig. There was a lot of love in that room, and Snider initially seemed to be enjoying himself. But, unfortunately, as my friend and songwriter Zach Ryan, a Vegas ex-pat now living in Snider’s East Nashville, once titled a song, “Love ain’t enough.”

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One of the best singer-songwriters in America walked off a stage recently in Las Vegas after playing five songs, and if you’ve seen hundreds of concerts in this town like I have, you probably know why. Todd Snider is a hippie-folk-country-rock troubadour in his late 40s whom they call “the mayor of East Nashville.” He’s been touring for 20 or so years, has released major-label albums and has seen his songs covered by Garth Brooks and many others. He’s also the singer in Hard Working Americans—a superband featuring members of Widespread Panic and The Chris Robinson Brotherhood—an author, the subject of documentaries, etc. His persona might be that of a slacker burnout druggie dude, but Snider is an absolute master of his craft—a songwriter’s songwriter, and an equally adept, if not better, performer, a storyteller so charismatic and hilarious (on a good night), you might pay just to hear him ramble between songs. Think Nebraska-era Springsteen if he had a hit of LSD, or Bob Dylan if he had a personality. And so I wondered how, during a seated, solo acoustic show September 20 at Vinyl, Snider would deal with a drunk woman in the front row who cackled throughout “Play a Train Song,” a poignant

number about the singer finding his friend dead. After finishing the song to the applause of the lessthan-half-full venue, Snider said he was going to stay on the subject of dead friends, and began to tell a story about Eddy Shaver, the brilliant country guitarist who overdosed in 2000. But we didn’t get to see where the story went, because after one fateful burst from the same woman, Snider just stopped talking. She continued to cackle. And he waited. And the guy she was with yelled, “She’s laughing with you.” And Snider quietly sat. And the air in the room got thicker. And someone yelled, “I love you.” And the woman cackled. And Snider waited. And someone yelled, “Your music has helped me.” And Snider said, “Thank you.” And the woman cackled. And Snider sat. “I’m thinking of what to do,” he said. More cackling. More waiting. More discomfort. Then Snider simply said, “I’m going to go,” and gently set his guitar down, grabbed his coat and walked out the side exit into the casino. And he didn’t come back. The scene that followed wasn’t anything the peacelovin’ Snider would have endorsed. It involved fans yelling at the woman and her partner—someone even jumped onstage to scream down at them—a thrown bracelet, some spilled beer, security, etc. Fortunately it didn’t get physical, but it was damn close. But that’s not the point of this. And the point really isn’t even that Snider walked off the stage (and went on to play two long sets in Salt Lake City the following night), because he has walked off stages before. The point is that the so-called Entertainment Capital of the World is often not a very nice place for entertainers, no matter how much respect they deserve. I’m talking about Snider. I’m talking about Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, who could be considered

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A&E | comedy

> ’Casting Call Malley (left) and Hennessy celebrate 10 years with a tour that hits Vegas Tuesday night.

Freedom of expression

Four questions with Keith and the Girl cohost Keith Malley Keith Malley began online comedy-talk show Keith and The Girl with co-host Chemda Hennessy in 2005, back before the word “podcast” ever existed. Today they average a million downloads a month, maintain their own studio and network and have welcomed guests including Hannibal Buress, Eugene Mirman, Doug Stanhope and Gilbert Gottfried. In honor of KATG’s 10th anniversary they’ll tape 10 shows in 10 cities in 10 days. In Vegas on October 13, Malley, Hennessy and a busload of show fan favorites will welcome local comic Brandt Tobler and KOMP 92.3-FM’s Brandon “Gooch” Hahm to the stage.

be talking about, because it really looks like the From the inception of podcasts to breakouts world is falling into place and everyone is finally like WTF with Marc Maron and Serial, what getting along. has surprised you most about the evolution of the format? Is it okay to say we’re not really What one piece of vital advice do you have for surprised by how big it’s grown? When we started newbie podcast hosts and producers? New hosts podcasting 10 years ago we knew right away— and producers need to remember what attracted even though podcasting was in its infancy—that them to podcasting in the beginning: the it was something special and unique: ability to have a unique voice. Be yourtrue freedom of expression. To look self. There’s a lot of youse out there, and back at what we did before the iPod and Keith and The they’re ready to listen. iTunes even had podcasting sections, it Girl podcast does seem amazing. But it has also been taping This is the first time you’ve brought 10 years. That’s a nice amount of time October 13, 9 p.m., KATG to Vegas. Anything you’re parfor something this exciting to catch on. $22-49. Backstage ticularly looking forward to doing, It’s funny to think 10 years ago it was a Bar & Billiards, seeing, eating or drinking while in nerdy thing, and now it’s a force. That’s 702-382-2223. town? Other than making, oh, a billion very fun to see. dollars at the tables, we’ll need to experience everything Vegas. We’re free spirits. I know What’s on the horizon for KATG following it’ll be fun to hang out with everyone and paint the the tour, and what do the next 10 years hold? On town red … and then go home with one of those the immediate horizon following this tour is a nap. giant millionaire checks! –Julie Seabaugh As for the next 10 years, it’s hard to say what we’ll

In one of the few film-related segments in Jay and Silent Bob Get Old Saturday night at Vinyl, the titular characters played by Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes read their intro scene to Smith’s upcoming film Moose Jaws. The movie, as the title suggests, is an homage to Kevin Smith and Jason the classic shark blockbuster … with the sea creature replaced by a vicious moose. Jay and Mewes bring Jay and Silent Bob play the part of Quint the hunter, and as Jay reveals his name, he introduces the Silent Bob to the stage crowd to Silent Bob, whom he calls his “hetero life mate.” ¶ That’s an apt description of the relationship between Smith and Mewes, best friends since well before the Clerks days, and their podcast is mostly a love fest between the two. Fans looking for inside film knowledge would have been better off at one of Smith’s other two shows of the weekend, An Evening With Kevin Smith or Hollywood Babble-On. ¶ Basically, JASBGO exists so that Smith and his audience can check in with Mewes about his sobriety and get a weekly update. (The man who portrayed Jay to iconic status says he’s now five years and three months clean.) We also get lots of talk about babies and family life, and Smith and Mewes have such a natural rapport, they can make just about anything entertaining. So when the two husbands chat about trying to squeeze in sex with their otherwise committed wives, it comes off as relatable madness. ¶ By breaking the live podcast into segments, Smith and Mewes keep things fresh and maintain momentum. That means reading from the 30 different journals Mewes wrote during 30 different rehab stints. And it means closing with the game “Let Us F*ck,” in which Mewes writes down names of made-up sex positions, and then acts them out with different audience members. ¶ No matter how old they get, no matter what the medium, two things shine through for Smith and Mewes: their humor and their love for one another. –Jason Harris

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A&E | The strip

> FRESH MEAT Fright Dome offers new attractions every year.

T H E K AT S R E P O RT

Scare tactics

Fright Dome founder Jason Egan continues his fearsome expansion By John Katsilometes Jason Egan sits at a table tucked in the back of the Garden Grill restaurant on the Circus Circus promenade, just across from the entrance to the Adventuredome Theme Park. Each October, Adventuredome is overtaken by his macabre Halloween fortress, Fright Dome. Egan sits in an unoccupied area that seems reserved for VIPs, but is actually just a place conveniently absent of diners. He pulls from his wallet a Circus Circus room key and slides it across the table. The image on that key is the Fright Dome logo. “It took 13 years to get on the key,” Egan says, his eyes dark from lack of sleep but his smile beaming. “This is a great advertisement.” One of the city’s great entertainment success stories, the 37-year-old Egan has once more set a new standard for themed attractions with this year’s Fright Dome fear park. The Dome takes over five acres of Circus Circus territory, as usual, but new to the lineup of haunted houses is Insanitarium, said to be Egan’s “most intense, disturbing and visceral labyrinth yet.” Guests are led to a check-in desk at a nurse’s station, where they sign “voluntary” commitment papers before entering the haunted fortress. Visitors are locked inside, then chased by a crazed surgeon with no mapped-out means of exiting the giant body locker, which smells of rotting corpses. Also, Fright Dome is partnering with SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment and Warner Bros. Consumer Products to be the first haunted attraction to feature a 4D show, titled Friday the 13th 4-D, A Deadly Experience, wherein

Jason Voorhees wields the machete with great zeal at the visitors to Camp Crystal Lake. This type of blaring, gory and even odiferous innovation is why Travel Channel and USA Today have both ranked Egan’s Fright Dome as one of the top 10 haunted attractions in the country. His annual investment in Fright Dome surpassed $2 million last year, and he expects more than 100,000 visitors through this month. “Everything’s fresh, every year,” he says, even when he talks of fake, rotting flesh. “That’s why we’ve had success.” Egan employs more than 400 actors and 20 technicians in the current incarnation of Fright Dome. In the spring he signed a five-year contract with the hotel to continue operating Fright Dome, and has plans to expand further to Shanghai in 2016. His haunted house in Hong Kong in 2014 itself was something of a learning experience, placed in a poor location on a mountaintop, its prospects also curtailed by pro-democracy protest efforts that cut into business on the weekends leading to Halloween. Egan is recalibrating his Fright Dome debut in Boston, which had been planned for 2014, on Georges Island in Boston Harbor. That project was set back a year while Egan cleared several legislative and legal hurdles involving land owned and operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. But the contract is signed and, as Egan says, “We’re going 110 percent for an opening in Boston in 2016.” Though his still-boyish looks belie this reality, Egan has matured significantly as a businessman and an enter-

benefitting from that state’s distinctive tainment trailblazer. He remembers architecture and similarly distinctive early in his partnership with Circus tax-credits for movie production. Circus, which effectively leases him the Investing “more than $800,000 and Adventuredome space, when he was less than $10 million” in the film, Egan apt to just let some issues just slide. Not hopes to develop a franchise and even any longer. “I used to be a pushover, an iconic character with which to crossto be honest. But I’m not a pushover promote his collection of Fright Domes. anymore,” he says. “I’m still a very nice “We’ve had many in the past: guy and treat everybody with Michael Myers, Leatherface, respect, but I stand behind Freddy Krueger, Jason,” Egan what I say better than I used says. “But we have not had to. I make sure stuff gets done. FRIGHT “I used to work on just a DOME Through many really iconic characters handshake. Not anymore. This October 31, dates with wide appeal in the past vary, 7 p.m.-midseveral years. I’d love to create is my livelihood.” a movie with that type of charEgan has explored many night, $36-$100. acter that just takes off.” film-licensing partnerships in Circus Circus Egan looks out toward the past, which have allowed Adventuredome, him to use famous titles in frightdome.com. the entrance to Fright Dome, which soon will be filled with the Fright Dome haunted thousands of frightened visihouses. He is particularly fond tors. “There is always room to grow, of producer-director Marcus Dunstan and we’re in a great place here at Circus (Saw, The Collector) and makeup artist Circus. It’s an amazing partnership.” Gary Tunnicliffe (My Bloody Valentine, As he says that, the great horrorScream 4). He plans to work once more attraction visionary unconsciously with Dunstan on a movie, The Neighbor, taps at his Circus Circus hotel key. co-producing the film with his Las Jason Egan has opened a lot of doors Vegas attorney Tony Sgro (a capable in Las Vegas—and if he walks in while songwriter and musician who will also gripping a chainsaw, know that it’s record the film’s soundtrack). The film just a prop. begins shooting in Ohio in November,

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A&E | fine art > bedscapes Rebecca Pugh’s cloth strata evoke the Mojave.

Desert looms

With Perimeters, Rebecca Pugh weaves a story of the Mojave’s fragile beauty By Dawn-Michelle Baude

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There’s no Mojave Desert in Rebecca Pugh’s sculptures. No pictures of sand dunes, no actual piles of sand, no maps or souvenirs of barbed wire. The materials—bed frames and found fabric—have nothing to do with the desert. The horizontal and vertical lines in the sculptures have little relation to the organic rise and fall of rocky hills and plains on the outskirts of Las Vegas. But this is just where it gets weird—because the Mojave pulses in Pugh’s Perimeters exhibition at the Government Center Rotunda Gallery. The five free-standing sculptures look, at first, like looms—the twin, double and queen-size bed frames wrapped in strips of fabric. They can just as easily be seen as windows, sporting the familiar blinds found in many Las Vegas homes—stripes of fabric instead of wooden slats, the view seeping in through cracks. On closer inspection, delicacy becomes apparent in the carefully frayed edges, the loose threads, the transparency of the weave. Some of the strips of fabric dangle their loose ends; others are tucked tightly around the wooden posts. Four of the works feature horizontal lines, the fifth vertical. Rather than being aaabc displayed on pedes- PERIMETERS tals, the sculptures sit Through November 13; Monday-Friday, directly on the floor. With their preva- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. lent stripes, commercial Clark County materials and banished Government pedestals, Pugh’s sculp- Center Rotunda tures might be mistaken Gallery, 702for a textbook recap of 455-7030. Minimalist art. Are they chastised Donald Judds? Crafty outtakes from a geometric Frank Stella canvas? Neither. While Minimalism generally sought to deflect illusion and metaphor, Pugh’s works are made to invoke the desert. The palette of worn and faded fabrics, culled from used-clothing stores, recall the subtle range of color in the Mojave, particularly at the end of the day when the light lengthens and shifts toward the red end of the spectrum. The stripes have less to do with the man-made geometries of urban design than with geological stratification. And finally, the fragility of these artworks—wooden bed frames that can easily topple, fabrics that can easily soil—is a reminder of the desert’s fragile habitat. The fragility that is Perimeters’ strength is also its Achilles’ heel. Industrial stanchions with retractable plastic belts herd the works into the center of the busy Rotunda Gallery. Protecting the art from damage is one thing; damaging its power while protecting it is another. Pity that another solution was not found. The sculptures are, finally, like the desert itself: mostly looked at from afar.

A&E | stage

Barrel rolls

> JOY STICKLERS Lauren Van Kurin, left, and Amber Ruffin.

A documentary about a video game becomes a musical, of course

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By Jacob Coakley It’s a tale as old as 8-bit gaming itself: One person holds the high score, another one wants it. This struggle was captured in the 2007 cult-hit documentary, King of Kong—and it immediately spoke to Amber Ruffin and Lauren Van Kurin, creators of the hit comedy musical King of Kong: A Musical Parody, playing at the Onyx Theatre this weekend only. “It’s a classic good-versus-evil story,” says Van Kurin, a Chicago-trained actor and writer who now lives in LA. “We both really just fell in love with the documentary and the quest that they were going on.” “I couldn’t believe how cocky the bad guy was,” says Ruffin, KING OF KONG another Chicago-trained actor, October 9 & 10, who writes for Late Night With 8 p.m.; October Seth Meyers and has appeared 11, 2 p.m.; $20. on Key and Peele on Comedy Onyx Theatre, Central. “He was so beautiful- 702-732-7225. ly unchecked, he becomes an insane person.” And to Ruffin, beautifully unchecked good and evil lead to just one thing: musical parody. “In most musicals people sing because they cannot help themselves. Their feelings have reached an apex that normal words cannot describe, so they must sing. And if that is the rule for musicals—this had no choice but to be a musical.” The two women put their improv training to work and started creating songs and scenes, but quickly found themselves on the outside of a story about two guys. Their solution was as simple as it was silly: play all the parts themselves. “We were having so much fun writing these songs and scenes I suggested we play all the parts, because I’m selfish and this is so much more fun,” Van Kurin says. The result was a loopy little musical-comedy gem that was named Best Musical at both the New

York and Hollywood Fringe Festivals, despite its creators’ unorthodox qualifications. “We dance as if no one ever told we should not be. It’s like we don’t know any better than to dance our little hearts out,” jokes Ruffin, who also stresses that the show is only an hour long—the perfect length for

bringing along that special someone who might not be into video games (or musicals) as much as you are. “Every musical I’ve ever seen I could cut 20 minutes out of,” she laughs. “This has no such lags. You get there, you get put into the chamber and you get shot out.”

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the Emilia offers prosciutto with a cream sauce. The two local Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana locaFor a snappier texture, there’s a trio of crostini ($5) on tions have been popular for their blister-crusted pies for the list. Toasted bread con crudo is laden with 24-monthyears, but many folks might not know the West Sahara aged prosciutto. Other planks carry marinated artichokes, location has a cool side bar with an excellent weekday goat cheese and speck, a smoke- and air-dried happy-hour menu. viand. Even a garden-fresh bruschetta mixes Along an attractive white marble counter crispy-fried pancetta with fresh tomatoes and and at tall wall-lining tables, well-priced items SETTEBELLO basil, the king of herbs. And for a secret, offlike arancini—fried balls of rice filled with 9350 W. Sahara menu crostino item, ask for the broccoli rabepeas, smoked mozzarella di bufala and diced Ave. #170, 702-901sausage-ricotta toast. cured meats served with marinara sauce—are 4877. Happy Hour: Beyond these edibles, Settebello West’s just five bucks. Other lip-smackers being proMonday-Thursday, drink specials are the real deal, too. Draft duced by chef Maurizio Di Cicco’s open-air 3-6 p.m. & 8-9 p.m.; beers and wines by the glass are $3 off. Even kitchen include a salad of roasted beets with Friday, 3-6 p.m. & better, an adventurous craft program maswhipped goat cheese and Marcona almonds. 8:30-10 p.m. terminded by bar manager Kendra Sides is Plus, there’s a handy plate of meat and cheese producing some of the best cocktails in the slices with focaccia, plus a mighty fried calzone. shadows of Red Rock Canyon. Current libations include Of course, there are pizzettes, or mini-pies ($5), still the Negroni Estate (eh-stah-té) with in-house raspberrybelly-fillers. The Margherita (crushed San Marzano tomainfused Campari, Dolin blanc vermouth and Ford’s gin. A toes, mozzarella, Parmigiano, basil and olive oil) and close flavor-challenger is the Rustic Tuscan with Bulleit Marinara (no cheese, add garlic and oregano) are house bourbon, Amaro del Sole, lemon, simple syrup and Fever staples. The Diavola brings roasted red bell peppers and Tree ginger ale. –Greg Thilmont slices of salami, the Vigo carries sausage and fennel and

A bottle share is exactly what it sounds like—people coming together to taste and share with one another. Acquired from travels or trades, bottle shares allows beer lovers to circumvent archaic distribution limitations and try brews from around the country and the world. ¶ Khoury’s Fine Wine and Spirits hosts weekly Wednesday-night shares, but until recently there wasn’t a central event for non-Hendersonians hoping not to trek out on a school night. When Wirtz Beverage wine and spirits sales consultant Chelsea Potts’ bottle shares outgrew her home, she reached out to Atomic Liquors general manager Rose Signor for help, and a Second Saturday share was born. ¶ Potts says it’s “a way to build a craft culture and to share with people who are just as excited about it as you are.” Signor adds, “It’s about bringing the beer community together.” ¶ The cost of admission is $10 plus a bottle that’s not readily available in the Vegas market. This could be beer from a brewery not distributed locally; a discontinued, cellared beer; or even a one-off with limited distribution elsewhere. Recently, bottles from Bend, Oregon’s sourcentric Ale Apothecary and Trillium Brewing—which only distributes in Boston— have surfaced, but most epic was a 2011 Dark Lord Russian imperial stout from Indiana’s 3 Floyds Brewing Co. This particular beer is so rare, a heavy-metal festival takes place on its single April distribution day. ¶ This month’s share will be replaced by Atomic’s annual Sour Saturday, but stay tuned to Atomic’s Facebook page and/or Potts’ Instagram (@chelsea.r.potts) for details on the next one. Besides, this will give you time to track down your contribution. –Jim Begley

SHARING IS CARING

SETTEBELLO BY STEVE MARCUS; ROSE SIGNOR BY CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS

INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 oz. Absolut Vodka /2 oz. Imbue Bittersweet Vermouth

5 oz. Wilks & Wilson Bloody Mary Mix Juice from two lemon wedges Garnish: lemon wheel, celery, pink pepper, Fresh Origins Tiny Veggies onion, Fresh Origins Nature Straws

METHOD Combine ingredients in a shaker tin with 1 cup of ice. Using another tin on top, roll back and forth four times, then strain over fresh ice into a 12-ounce Collins glass. Garnish and serve with fresh pink pepper.

Bloody Marys are a beloved, classic cocktail open to many interpretations. In the Garden-Side Mary, all-natural Bloody Mary mix uses grated horseradish and fire-roasted red peppers to give it just the right amount of kick. Connoisseurs of spicy, savory Bloody Marys, rejoice! This one’s for you.

Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine & Spirits.

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A&E | Short Takes > outlaws The honorable thieves of Ladrones.

ST, TS, TX, VS Rudrama Devi (Not reviewed) Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Allu Arjun. Directed by Gunasekhar. 165 minutes. Not rated. In Telugu and Tamil with English subtitles. Biopic about 13th-century Indian queen Rudrama Devi. Theaters: ST The Second Mother (Not reviewed) Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila. Directed by Anna Muylaert. 112 minutes. Rated R. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Tensions arise when a housekeeper’s daughter returns to live with her mother and the upper-class family she works for. Theaters: VS

Now playing 90 Minutes in Heaven (Not reviewed) Kate Bosworth, Hayden Christensen, Hudson Meek. Directed by Michael Polish. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. After a serious car accident, a man awakens claiming to have seen heaven. Theaters: BS, SC

Special screenings Banff Mountain Film Festival’s Radical Reels 10/8, touring festival of adventure sports films, 7 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema 10/11, Giselle, 12:55 pm, $16-$18. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Boozy Movie Wednesdays Wed, 8 pm, free with cocktail purchase, 21+. 10/14, The Devil’s Rejects, The Evil Dead (2012) plus burlesque performance by Kalani Kokonuts. Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-489-9110. Cinefest 10/11, classic Hispanic films Al Son de la Marimba, El Padrecito, Ahi Esta el Detalle, Enamorada, 11:30 am-10 pm, free, tickets at La Bonita supermarkets. Texas Station Grand Ballroom, 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-631-1000. Cinema in the Circle 10/9, Walk the Line plus performance by The Clydesdale, 6 pm, free. Huntridge Circle Park, 1251 S. Maryland Parkway. Cinemark Classic Series Sun, 2 pm; Wed, 2 & 7 pm, $7-$10. 10/11, 10/14, Monty Python and the Holy Grail quote-along edition. Theaters: ORL, ST, SF, SP, SC Classic Movies at the Pavilion 10/9, The Breakfast Club, 8 pm, $6.50$8.50. Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-267-4849. Finding Noah 10/8, documentary film plus broadcast of panel discussion, 7 pm, $10.50$12.50. Theaters: COL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. The Hobbit: Extended Edition Expanded editions of The Hobbit trilogy, plus recorded introductions by filmmaker Peter Jackson, 7:30 pm, $10.50-$12.50. 10/13, The Battle of the Five Armies. Theaters: COL, ORL, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

Japanese Anime Afternoon 10/10, anime shows, cosplay encouraged, 3 pm, free. West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3980. Kickstarter Film Festival 10/15, program of Kickstarter-funded films What We Do in the Shadows, T-Rex, Afronauts, Submarine Sandwich, World of Tomorrow, 7 pm, free, RSVP required. Theaters: VS. Info: filmfest.kickstarter.com. Last Night of the Proms 10/14, broadcast of classical concert from London’s Royal Albert Hall, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: SP, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Midnight Brewvies Mon, movie plus popcorn, midnight, free. Elixir, 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 702-272-0000. National Theatre Live 10/15, Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch, 7 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: COL, ORL, SF, SP, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com. Outdoor Picture Show Sat, dusk, free. 10/10, Beetlejuice. The District at Green Valley Ranch, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Henderson, 702-564-8595. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 40th Anniversary Through 10/31, Fri-Sat 10 pm, $5.50$8.50. Theaters: TS Saturday Movie Matinee 10/10, Mad Max: Fury Road, 2 pm, free. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Sci Fi Center Sun, Doctor Who Night, 6 pm, free. Mon, Cinemondays, 8 pm, free. 10/10, The Exorcist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow cast, 8 pm, $9. 5077 Arville St., 855-501-4335, thescificenter.com. Tuesday Afternoon at the Bijou Tue, 1 pm, free. 10/13, Angel on My Shoulder. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. USA vs. Mexico 10/10, broadcast of soccer game between USA and Mexico national teams, 6:30 pm, $13-$15. Theaters:

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ORL, ST. Info: fathomevents.com. The Who 10/8, concert film recorded live at Hyde Park in London, 7:30 pm, $13-$15. Theaters: COL, SF, ST, VS. Info: fathomevents.com.

New this week 99 Homes (Not reviewed) Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern. Directed by Ramin Bahrani. 112 minutes. Rated R. A man goes to work for the same real estate broker who evicted him in hopes of getting his family’s home back. Theaters: BS, FH, GVR, RR, SC, TS Boruto: Naruto the Movie (Not reviewed) Voices of Yûko Sanpei, Kokoro Kikuchi, Ryûichi Kijima. Directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita. 110 minutes. Not rated. In Japanese with English subtitles. Feature film based on the Naruto manga and anime series, featuring the children of the original main characters. Theaters: TS He Named Me Malala aaccc Directed by Davis Guggenheim. 87 minutes. Rated PG-13. See review Page 40. Theaters: COL, VS Jazbaa (Not reviewed) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi. Directed by Sanjay Gupta. 130 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A lawyer must take on an impossible case in order to save her kidnapped daughter. Theaters: VS Ladrones (Not reviewed) Fernando Colunga, Eduardo Yáñez, Miguel Varoni. Directed by Joe Menendez. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. A legendary thief comes out of retirement to stop a family of unscrupulous landowners from stealing a community’s resources. Theaters: CAN, ORL, ST, TS, TX Pan aaccc Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund. Directed by Joe Wright. 111 minutes. Rated PG. See review Page 40. Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS,

Ant-Man aaabc Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. Directed by Peyton Reed. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. Semi-reformed thief Scott Lang (Rudd) is recruited by scientist Hank Pym (Douglas) to steal a version of a size-changing suit from a greedy technocrat. Ant-Man plays things relatively safe, but it’s still a different sort of Marvel superhero movie, a looser, funnier and lower-stakes story than Marvel’s typical world-ending spectacles. –JB Theaters: BS, COL Avengers: Age of Ultron aaabc Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth. Directed by Joss Whedon. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Marvel superheroes (including Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and more) team up for their latest adventure, taking on evil robot Ultron. Writer-director Whedon manages to include an impressive amount of character development and clever dialogue, although eventually the action set pieces and cluttered plot steamroll over the drama. –JB Theaters: TC Black Mass aaacc Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Scott Cooper. 122 minutes. Rated R. Depp undergoes a startling physical transformation as James “Whitey” Bulger in this historical biopic, but opts to make the notorious Boston crime boss just the latest in his series of vaguely inhuman freaks, portraying him less as a typical gangster than as a Nosferatustyle ghoul. –MD Theaters: AL, CH, DTS, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Captive aaccc Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Michael K. Williams. Directed by Jerry Jameson. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13. This faith-based thriller is less heavyhanded than most films targeted at the Christian market, but it replaces preaching with mostly dull, slow drama. Oyelowo and Mara are strong as an escaped killer and the recovering drug addict he holds hostage, but the movie never reaches the larger resonance it strains for. –JB Theaters: SF Etiquette for Mistresses (Not reviewed) Kim Chiu, Kris Aquino, Iza Calzado. Directed by Chito S. Roño. 122 minutes. Not rated. In Filipino with English sub-

titles. Unbeknownst to each other, five successful women are all having affairs with the same married man. Theaters: ORL, VS Everest aaacc Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. This big-budget drama about the day in 1996 when eight climbers died on Mount Everest is not as informative as any of the several books on the subject, but it is viscerally exciting, with awe-inspiring visuals. The characters don’t make much of an impression, but the mountain and the storm do. –JB Theaters: AL, CH, FH, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Fantastic Four AABCC Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell. Directed by Josh Trank. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. Trank’s rebooted Fantastic Four stacks the deck in the wrong direction, spending far too much time getting things going and caring very little about these particular superheroes. This the fourth feature-film version in this franchise, counting a 1994 low-budget mishap, and it just seems as if it’s doomed. –JMA Theaters: TC The Gift aaacc Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton. Directed by Joel Edgerton. 108 minutes. Rated R. Married couple Simon (Bateman) and Robyn (Hall) run into Gordo (Edgerton), a creepy loner from Simon’s past who appears way too eager to befriend the couple. Writer-director Edgerton subverts expectations with his stylish, elegant thriller, although he eventually succumbs to a cheap, sensationalistic twist ending. –JB Theaters: VS Grandma aaabc Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden. Directed by Paul Weitz. 79 minutes. Rated R. Tomlin brings fire to the title role, an aging lesbian poet who spends a day trying to round up funds for her granddaughter (Garner) to get an abortion. Some of the episodic interactions are a little forced, but the movie shines when it focuses on the multigenerational connections and conflicts. –JB Theaters: GVR, SC The Green Inferno aaccc Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns. Directed by Eli Roth. 103 minutes. Rated R. Roth attempts satire in this horror movie about student activists captured by a cannibalistic Amazon tribe, but he misses the mark. Instead of taking down privileged Americans, the movie wallows in nasty exploitation, with a series of gory acts of savagery by natives who are never given any motivation or agency. –JB Theaters: BS, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, SC, SS, TS, TX Hell and Back (Not reviewed) Voices of Nick Swardson, T.J. Miller, Mila Kunis. Directed by Tom Gianas and Russ Shuman. 84 minutes. Rated R. Two friends travel to hell to try to rescue a third friend from the clutches of the devil. Theaters: TS Hitman: Agent 47 (Not reviewed) Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware. Directed by Aleksander Bach. 96 minutes. Rated R. A genetically engineered assassin targets the corporation that created him. Theaters: TC Hotel Transylvania 2 (Not reviewed) Voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg. Directed by Genndy

A&E | Short Takes Tartakovsky. 89 minutes. Rated PG. Dracula and his fellow monsters try to get Dracula’s half-human grandson to embrace his vampire side. Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Inside Out aaabc Voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind. Directed by Pete Docter. 94 minutes. Rated PG. Pixar’s latest animated feature takes place almost entirely inside the brain of an 11-yearold girl, focusing on the five core emotions—Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger—who control her behavior. It’s a funny movie with a remarkably wise message, but parents of pre-teen kids be warned: It will wreck you. –MD Theaters: COL, TC The Intern aaccc Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo. Directed by Nancy Meyers. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. For a movie that’s supposedly about life experience, The Intern shows very little. De Niro (as a “senior intern”) and Hathaway (as his boss) give everything they can to keep this company afloat, but filmmaker Nancy Meyers polishes and bleaches every scene, drizzling them in tinkly, twittery music; it’s scrubbed of life. –JMA Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Jurassic World aabcc Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fourth movie in the series about genetically engineered dinosaurs returns to the theme-park setting, with a new deadly dino wreaking havoc on the fully operational park. Two decades after the groundbreaking original, this sequel arrives as just another overstuffed, CGI-filled blockbuster about people running and yelling. –JB Theaters: ST The Man From U.N.C.L.E. aabcc Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander. Directed by Guy Ritchie. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Based on the 1960s TV series of the same name (and set in that time period), U.N.C.L.E. features Cavill and Hammer as American and Soviet secret agents, respectively, forced to team up against a poorly defined threat. Director Ritchie throws buckets of style onto the screen but fails to generate an interesting plot. –JB Theaters: SC, TC The Martian aaaac Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by Ridley Scott. 141 minutes. Rated PG-13. Astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is left behind on Mars when the rest of his team believes him dead. Damon carries the film with an excellent performance that conveys Mark’s mix of ingenuity and loneliness, and the story makes furious calculations and engineering simulations into gripping, can’t-lookaway drama. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, DI, FH, GVL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials aaccc Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. Directed by Wes Ball. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are no mazes in this sequel to The Maze Runner, but there sure is plenty of running. The second movie in the dystopian sci-fi series based on the popular YA novels just throws together a bunch of overused post-apocalyptic elements and careens haphazardly from one to the next. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CAN, CH, COL, DI,

FH, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SC, SF, SHO, SP, SS, TS, TX Minions aabcc Voices of Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda. 91 minutes. Rated PG. In the two animated Despicable Me movies, the little yellow pill-shaped creatures were reliable sources of pratfalls, pranks and puns, but given the task of carrying their own 90-minute feature, they quickly wear out their welcome. It’s just a series of silly set pieces barely held together by a halfformed plot. –JB Theaters: ST Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation aaabc Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. 131 minutes. Rated PG-13. The fifth movie in the action series finds Cruise’s secret agent Ethan Hunt once again on the run after being disavowed by the very government he works for. While not the strongest in the remarkably consistent series, it’s still entertaining and exciting, an example of the best in blockbuster filmmaking. –JB Theaters: GVR, RR, TC, VS No Escape abccc Owen Wilson, Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Erick Dowdle. 103 minutes. Rated R. Wilson and Bell are miscast in serious roles as an American married couple who’ve just moved with their two young daughters to an unnamed country in Southeast Asia, hours before an armed coup begins. The action that follows is mostly laughable when it isn’t tedious or insulting. –JB Theaters: SC Pawn Sacrifice aabcc Tobey Maguire, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard. Directed by Edward Zwick. 114 minutes. Rated PG-13. This conventional biopic about troubled chess champion Bobby Fischer (Maguire) is a superficial portrait of a complex man. It’s more interested in his mental anguish than his talents (which are only occasionally depicted effectively), and his relationships with the supporting characters are pretty thinly drawn. –JB Theaters: SC The Perfect Guy aaccc Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut. Directed by David M. Rosenthal. 100 minutes. Rated PG-13. A successful lobbyist (Lathan) becomes a stalking target for her unhinged ex (Ealy) in this overwrought, Lifetimestyle thriller. It’s too ridiculous to work as serious drama, but it takes itself too seriously to succeed as camp. Instead, it strands three talented actors in a story that devolves quickly from grounded to histrionic. –JB Theaters: AL, GVR, ORL, PAL, RR, SF, ST, TS, TX Pixels aaccc Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad. Directed by Chris Columbus. 105 minutes. Rated PG-13. When aliens invade Earth with replicas of ’80s video-game characters, the president (James) calls on loser Sam (Sandler) and his fellow video-game nerds to save the day. Based on a 2010 short, Pixels is mostly genial and family-friendly, but also plodding and frequently boring, with listless performances and a moronic plot. –JB Theaters: DI, ST Shaun the Sheep Movie (Not reviewed) Voices of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili. Directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. 85 minutes. Rated PG. Shaun the sheep must find his way

home to his farm from the big city. Theaters: TC Sicario aaaab Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. 121 minutes. Rated R. Blunt plays an FBI agent who gets in over her head when she agrees to join a special inter-agency task force intended to take down a Mexican drug kingpin. Brolin and Del Toro co-star as operatives with questionable tactics and loyalties; the tension throughout is palpable. –MD Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, DI, DTS, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS Singh Is Bliing (Not reviewed) Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Kay Kay Menon. Directed by Prabhu Deva. 140 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi with English subtitles. A Punjabi man falls in love with a foreign woman. Theaters: VS Sinister 2 (Not reviewed) James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan. Directed by Ciarán Foy. 97 minutes. Rated R. A single mother and her two sons move into a haunted house. Theaters: ST Sleeping With Other People aaabc Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Adam Scott. Directed by Leslye Headland. 95 minutes. Rated R. College lovers Lainey (Brie) and Jake (Sudeikis) reunite a decade later but pledge to remain just friends in this predictable but well-crafted romantic comedy. Writerdirector Headland (Bachelorette) invests a somewhat formulaic story with genuine, flawed characters and a frank tone about both sexuality and emotional hang-ups. –JB Theaters: TS, VS Southpaw aabcc Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Oona Laurence. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. 123 minutes. Rated R. Former boxing champion Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) attempts to mount a comeback in this contrived melodrama. The direction and the performances end up pounding the audience as hard as Billy in his early fights, and there isn’t much relief in his eventual drawn-out triumph. –JB

Theaters (AL) Regal Aliante 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283 (BS) Regal Boulder Station 4111 Boulder Highway, 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

Theaters: SC Straight Outta Compton aaacc O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell. Directed by F. Gary Gray. 146 minutes. Rated R. Seminal ’80s hip-hop group N.W.A. gets the musical-biopic treatment, with Ice Cube played by his dead-ringer son (though it’s Mitchell, as Eazy-E, who’s the potential breakout star). It’s fairly standard-issue, but the time is definitely right for a cathartic portrait of the group that sang “F*ck Tha Police.” –MD Theaters: GVR, RR, TC Trainwreck aabcc Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. Directed by Judd Apatow. 125 minutes. Rated R. Comedy Central star Schumer wrote the latest film directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, This Is 40), and also plays the lead, a commitmentphobic journalist who falls for a surgeon (Hader) she’s profiling. It’s a perfectly ordinary rom-com that merely swaps the genre’s standard gender clichés. –MD Theaters: SC Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Not reviewed) Voices of Bruno Bichir, Carlos Espejel, Angélica Vale. Directed by Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste. 99 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Spanish with English subtitles. A young, timid rooster must stand up to an evil rancher who threatens his family. Theaters: BS, TX Vacation aaccc Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Skyler Gisondo. Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein. 99 minutes. Rated R. This franchise sequel/reboot recycles the plot of the 1983 original, replacing previous patriarch Clark (Chevy Chase) with his son Rusty (Helms), taking his family on a cross-country road trip. Relying heavily on nasty gross-out humor, it’s a series of belabored, poorly executed jokes, a sad re-creation of a once-beloved comedy franchise. –JB Theaters: TC Veteran (Not reviewed) Jeong-min Hwang, Ah In Yoo, Hae-jin Yoo. Directed by Seung-wan Ryoo. 124 minutes. Not rated. In Korean with

Summerlin 2070 Park Center Drive, 702-221-2283 (FH) Regal Fiesta Henderson 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283 (GVR) Regal Green Valley Ranch 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson, 702-221-2283

English subtitles. A detective targets a young millionaire who runs a crime syndicate. Theaters: VS The Visit aaabc Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. Teenage siblings Becca (DeJonge) and Tyler (Oxenbould) start noticing strange things while visiting the grandparents they’ve never met before. Shyamalan brings impressive skill to the disreputable found-footage genre, effectively mixing comedy and scares and adding cinematic flair to the genre’s typically artless style. –JB Theaters: AL, BS, CH, COL, DI, ORL, PAL, RR, SC, SF, SP, SS, TS, TX A Walk in the Woods aabcc Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson. Directed by Ken Kwapis. 104 minutes. Rated R. Redford and Nolte attempt to hike the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail in this adaptation of Bill Bryson’s bestselling 1998 memoir. Bryson was only 44 at the time, however, whereas Redford is 79 (and Nolte 74); consequently, the movie version has a distinct grumpy-old-men vibe. –MD Theaters: BS, COL, SC The Walk aaacc Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Benedict Samuel. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. 123 minutes. Rated PG. Zemeckis’ film about Philippe Petit’s high-wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974 attempts to blow the story up into a grand Hollywood spectacle, with mixed results. Zemeckis struggles with the personal drama, but when he gets to the walk itself, his excessive technical wizardry works wonders. –JB Theaters: AL, CAN, CH, COL, FH, GVL, ORL, PAL, RP, RR, SF, SHO, SP, SS, ST, TS, TX, VS War Room (Not reviewed) Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie. Directed by Alex Kendrick. 120 minutes. Rated PG. A couple turns to prayer to save their troubled marriage. Theaters: AL, FH, ST, TX, VS JMA Jeffrey M. Anderson; JB Josh Bell; MD Mike D’Angelo

(SF) Century Santa Fe Station 4949 N. Rancho Drive, 702-655-8178 (SHO) United Artists Showcase 3769 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-221-2283 (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 (TX) Regal Texas Station 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, 702-221-2283

(CH) Cinedome Henderson 851 S. Boulder Highway, Henderson, 702-566-1570

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

(COL) Regal Colonnade 8880 S. Eastern Ave., 702-221-2283

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

(DI) Las Vegas Drive-In 4150 W. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas, 702-646-3565

(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

(DTS) Regal Downtown

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

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WINE AMPLIFIED’S ROSY NEW BLEND “We don’t like people who are snobby about their wine,” Rock ’n Roll Wine founder Chris Hammond says. “That’s something that we always want to make sure we do, as far as our representation, our branding—take away the snobbery.” ¶ This weekend the company will do just that at its annual Wine Amplified music festival, inviting oenophiles and wine novices alike to sample more than 150 varieties of fermented grapes—all while getting down to some live tunes. This year, the two-day music lineup is decidedly amped up, with popular acts like Passion Pit, Panic! At the Disco, 50 Cent and Sublime with Rome headlining. “We said, let’s really look at this like we’re curating a major music festival,” Hammond says. ¶ In past years RNRW billed well-known acts like Train and Blink-182 to headline, but opted to “save some money and fill some people in” for lower-tier bookings. But not only is this year’s roster decked out with notables, it’s also extremely eclectic, from alt-rock (Cold War Kids) and soul-pop (Fitz and the Tantrums) to electronic (Robert DeLong) and the previously mentioned hip-hop titan. “We’re going to have 50 Cent at a wine tasting,” Hammond says. WINE AMPLIFIED “That’s going to be amazing.” ¶ Such diversity carries through the F&B selection, with not just October 9, 5 p.m.; October 10, wine samples, but also a craft beer garden, a New Amsterdam-branded “speakeasy” and small bites 4:30 p.m.; $59-$139/day; $109from local food trucks and restaurants. “It’s about introducing something new, a new experience,” $249 two-day. Las Vegas Village, Hammond says. “Plus we want to get a nice little wine buzz.” –Mark Adams wineamplified.com.

LIVE MUSIC T H E ST R I P & N E A R BY Brooklyn Bowl Dark Star Orchestra 10/8, 8 pm, $25-$28. My Morning Jacket, Strand of Oaks 10/9-10/10, 9 pm, $50. Blues Traveler, Matt Jaffe 10/22, 8 pm, $28-$33. Pepper, Ballyhoo! 10/24, 8:30 pm, $25-$27. Deftones 10/27, 8 pm, $27-$42. Rusted Root, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Moksha 10/29, 8 pm, $27-$32. Trey Anastasio Band 10/30-10/31, 9 pm, $43-$50. Rebel Souljahz, Tribal Theory, Teki 11/5, 8 pm, $20-$23. The Dandy Warhols, The Shelters 11/6, 9 pm, $20-$23. Moon Taxi 11/8, 9 pm, $18-$20. Peaches, Christeene 11/11, 8 pm, $22-$27. Mac Miller, Tory Lanez, Michael Christmas, Njomza, Alexander Spit 11/17, 7:45

pm, $33-$38. Motionless in White, The Devil Wears Prada, The Word Alive, Upon a Burning Body, The Color Morale 11/15, 5 pm, $22-$25. J Boog, Spawnbreezie 11/18, 9 pm, $18-$20. Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Tigers Jaw 11/21, 8 pm, $26$30. Public Image Ltd 11/25, 9 pm, $30-$50. Gogol Bordello 11/28, 9 pm, $30-$35. Fortunate Youth 11/29, 8:30 pm, $12-$15. Gary Clark Jr. 3/12, 9 pm, $30-$50. Linq, 702-862-2695. The Colosseum Celine Dion 10/910/10, $55-$250, 7:30 pm. Elton John 10/13-10/14, 10/16, 6:30 pm, $55-$500. Reba, Brooks & Dunn 12/2, 12/4, 12/6, 12/9, $60-$205. Mariah Carey 2/2, 2/5-2/6, 2/10, 2/13-2/14, 2/17, 2/19-2/20. 8 pm, $55-$250. Rod Stewart 3/193/20, 3/23, 3/25-3/26, 3/29, 4/1-4/2, 4/5, 7:30 pm, $49-$250. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. The Cosmopolitan (Boulevard Pool)

Garbage, Torres 10/10, 8 pm, $40. Father John Misty, Mikal Cronin 10/15, 8 pm, $23. The Neighborhood, Bad Suns, Hunny 10/30, 8 pm, $25. Bruno Mars 12/31, 9 pm, $150. (Chelsea) Neil Young & Promise of the Real 10/11, 6:30 pm, $65. Sam Hunt, Carter Winter 12/4, 8 pm, $30. (Rose. Rabbit. Lie.) Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox 12/30-1/2, 9 pm, $50. 702-698-7000. Double Barrel Roadhouse Live music, Sat, 9 pm, free. Monte Carlo, 702-222-7735. Double Down Bargain DJ Collective Mon. Unique Massive Tue, midnight. The Juju Man Wed, midnight. Shows 10 pm, free unless noted. 640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Flamingo Olivia Newton-John 10/2710/31, 11/17-11/21, 11/24-11/28, 12/1-12/5, 12/15-12/19, 1/1-1/2, 7:30 pm, $69-$139. Donny & Marie Thru 10/10, 10/14-

10/17, 10/20-10/24, 11/3-11/7. 11/10-11/14, 7:30 pm, $105-$237. 702-733-3333. Gilley’s Easy 8’s 10/8, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/26, 9 pm. 10/9-10/10, 11/27-11/28, 12/26, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 10/15, 12/17, 9 pm; 10/16-10/17, 12/18-12/19, 10 pm. Scotty Alexander Band 10/15, 11/19, 9 pm; 10/16-10/17, 11/20-11/21, 12/31, 1/1-1/2, 10 pm; 10/21, 9:30 pm. Chad Freeman and Redline 10/22, 9:30 pm, 10/23-10/24, 12/3, 10 pm, 10/25, 9 pm. Biran Lynn Jones 10/30-10/31, 10 pm. Kenny Allen Band 11/6-11/7, 10 pm. Country Nation 11/1311/14, 10 pm. Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band 12/4-12/6, 10 pm. Locash, Rainey Qualley 12/712/12, 11 pm. Shows $10-$20 after 10 pm unless noted. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722. Hard Rock Hotel Pool Live, Elvis Monroe 10/2, 9 pm, $35. 702-6935000.

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Hard Rock Live Tremonti, Trivium 10/11, 6:30 pm, $25. Skinny Puppy, Youth Code 10/30, 8 pm, $29. Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life, As It Is 11/15, 5:30 pm, $26. Hard Rock Cafe (Strip), 702-733-7625. House of Blues Halestorm 10/17, $30. Seether, Saint Asonia 10/20, 6:30 pm, $33-$43. Korn 10/23, 7:30 pm, $50. The Adicts 10/30, $17-$20, 6:30 pm. Ghost 10/31, $25. Carlos Santana 11/4, 11/6-11/8, 11/11, 11/13-11/15, 1/27, 1/29-1/31, 2/3-2/6, 5/18, 5/20-5/22, 5/25, 5/275/29, $90-$350, 8 pm. King Diamond, Exodus 11/9, 7 pm, $35-$50. Ride 11/10, 7:30 pm, $30. Collective Soul 11/12, 7 pm, $33-$36. The Wonder Years 11/5, 5 pm, $23-$25. Heart 11/19-11/21, 8 pm, $55-$70. Parkway Drive 12/6, 4:30 pm, $25. Kamelot, DragonForce 12/7, 7 pm, $22-$25. (Crossroads) Looped Sun, Thu, 9-11 pm, free. Nothing but the Blues MonWed, 8-11 pm, free. Rockstar Karaoke Fri, 9 pm-midnight, free. Get Up and Dance Sat, 9 pm-midnight, free. Gospel Brunch Sun, 10 am, 1 pm, $60. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. The Joint UB40, Ali Campbell, Astro, Mickey Virtue 10/16, $40-$55. Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More 10/22, 7 pm, $40-$175. J Balvin, Becky G 10/24, 8 pm, $60$200. Rick Springfield, Loverboy, Avalon Landing 10/25, 8 pm, $40$175. Rob Zombie, Danzig, Witch Mountain 10/30, 8:30 pm, $50-$175. Café Tacvba 11/18, 8 pm, $35-$120. West Coast Feast ft. Bone ThugsN-Harmony, DJ Quik, Collie Buddz, Tha Dogg Pound 11/27, 9 pm, $45. Little Big Town 12/4, 8 pm, $35-$150. Gary Allan, Clare Dunn 12/11-12/12, 9:30 pm, $40-$125. Bastille, Silversun Pickups, Fidlar, The Moth & The Flame 12/15, 8 pm, $40-$150. Bullet For My Valentine, Asking Alexandria 2/6, 7:30 pm, $32. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222. Mandalay Bay (Events Center) Roberto Carlos 11/20, 8 pm, $100$175. Maroon 5 12/30-12/31, 8 pm, $100-$225. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand (Garden Arena) Madonna 10/24, 8 pm, $43-$383. Latin Grammy Awards 11/19, 8 pm, $125-$500. Andrea Bocelli 12/5, 8 pm, $78-$403. Mötley Crüe 12/27, 7 pm, $25-$150. 702-891-7777. Orleans (Arena) The Masters of Funk ft. Bar-Kays, Switch, Brick, Original Lakeside, One way, Mary Jane Girls, Dazz Band 10/17, 8 pm, $50-$80. (Showroom) Jamey Johnson 10/1010/11, 8 pm, $44-$66. Bret Michaels 11/21-11/22, 8 p, $66-$94. 702-3657075. Palace Station (Jack’s Irish Pub) Forget to Remember Fri & Sat, 9 pm, free. 702-547-5300. The Pearl Gregg Allman 10/9, 8 pm, $39. Judas Priest, Mastodon 10/17, 8 pm, $73+. Godsmack, Red Sun Rising 11/14, 8 pm, $53-$93. Puscifer 12/12, 8 pm, $43-$103. Palms, 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood Britney Spears 10/14, 10/16-10/17, 10/21, 10/23-10/24, 10/28, $60-$195. 702-234-7469. Rí Rá The Black Donnellys 10/8, 10/11, 10/20-10/22, 10/25, 8:45 p.m.; 10/9-10/10, 10/23-10/24, 9 p.m. John Windsor 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 8:45 p.m. Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones 10/13-10/15, 10/18, 8:45 p.m.; 10/16-10/17, 9 p.m. The Crooked Jacks 10/27-10/29, 8:45 p.m.; 10/3010/31, 9 p.m. Shows free unless noted. Mandalay Place, 702-632-7771.

Calendar Rockhouse Rockhouse Live Mon, 9 pm, free. Venetian, 702-731-9683. The Sayers Almost Normal 10/14, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). Doomtree, Astronautalis 10/18. Crash Kit 10/21, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). The Dirty Panties 10/28, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). Eliza Battle 11/4, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). Deerhoof, Cy Dune, The Anti-Job 11/5, 9 pm, $12-$15. In the Valley Below 11/13, 9 pm, $12$14. The Polyphonic Spree 11/18, 9 pm, $25-$27. The Solid Suns 11/25, 10 pm, $10 (locals free). Buckin Fridays Fri, 10 pm, $10. SLS, 702-761-7618. 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 Road, 702-8938933. Venetian The Judds 10/10, 10/1310/14, 10/16-10/17, 10/21, 10/2310/24, 8 pm, $60-$225. John Fogerty 1/8-1/9, 1/13, 1/15-1/16, 1/20, 1/22-1/23, 8 pm, $60-$350. 702-414-9000. Vinyl The Set List: Thriller 10/8, 11 pm, $25-$35. Get the Led Out 10/9, 9 pm, $25-$45. ZZ Ward 10/14, 8 pm, $25-$45. New Kingston 10/18, 8 pm, $12-$20. The Sword, Kadavar, All Them Witches 10/21, 8 pm, $20-$35. The Internet 10/23, 9 pm, $15-$35. Be Like Max 10/24, 7 pm, $20-$35. Corrosion of Conformity 10/25, 8 pm, $17-$35. Soulfly, Crowbar, Shattered Sun, Incite 11/6, 8 pm, $20-$35. Viva Ska Vegas ft. Hub City Stompers, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Interupters & more 11/7, 5 pm. Misfits 11/11, 8 pm, $25-$45. Escape the Fate, A Skylit Drive, Sworn In, Sirens & Sailors, Myka, Relocate 11/12, 6:30 pm, $17-$19. The Struts, Andrew Matt 11/14, 9 pm, $11-$25. The Story So Far 11/18, 7 pm, $21-$24. Bless the Fall, Stick to Your Guns, Emarosa, Oceans Ate Alaska 11/19, 6 pm. Reverend Horton Heat, The BellRays, The Lords of Altamont 12/4, 9 pm, $25-$45. Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000. Wine Amplified Festival ft. Panic! at the Disco, 50 Cent & G-Unit & more 10/9-10/10, $59-$249. Las Vegas Village, wineamplified.com. Wynn (Eastside Lounge) Michael Monge Wed & Thu, 9 pm, $10. 702-770-7000.

D ow n tow n Artifice Vegas Jazz Tue, 7 pm, $15. Thursday Request Live First Thu, 10 pm, free. 1025 S. 1st St., Ste. 100., 702-489-6339. Backstage Bar & Billiards Conflict, Total Chaos, Hard Pipe Hitters, Brutal Resistance, D.I. 10/8, 7 pm, $20. My Life WIth the Thrill Kill Kult, Candy Warpop, EMDF, Midnight Feature 10/9, 8 pm, $15-$20. Sons of Texas, 3 By Design, Silversage 10/10, 8 pm, free. Wanda Jackson, Delta Bombers, The Yawpers, DJ Lucky La Rue, Catman Eddy Bear & The Cubs 10/31, 8 pm, $20. Tankcsapda 11/6, 8 pm, $35. The Album Leaf 11/14, 8 pm, $10-$15. 601 E. Fremont St., 702382-2227. Beauty Bar Gardens & Villa, James Supercave 10/8, 9 pm, $8. Cash’d Out 10/9, 9 pm, $10. Riverboat Gamblers 10/11, 9 pm, $10. Joey Cape, Walt Hamburger, Laura Mardon 10/13, 9 pm, $10. Swingin Utters, The Bombpops, Success 11/17, 9 pm, $12. The Rocket Summer 11/20, 9 pm, $12. Nikki Lane 12/3, 8 pm. Everlast 12/5, 9 pm, $18.

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517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757. Downtown Container Park Cameron Calloway, Shaun DeGraff Band 10/9, 7 pm. ‘80s Station 10/10, 9 pm. David Ryan Harris 10/16, 10:30 pm. Avalon Landing, The Moonshiners 10/17, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 707 Fremont St, downtowncontainerpark.com. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Daughtry 10/17, $35. All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, One OK Rock, Neck Deep 10/24, 6 pm. Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Letlive 11/21, 8 pm, $40$80. 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec.com. Fremont Country Club Failure, Local H 10/22, 8 pm, $18-$20. Gwar, Born of Osiris, Battlecross, We Gave it Hell 10/23, 7 pm, $20-$25. Lagwagon, The Briefs, Runaway Kids 11/11, 8 pm, $20$22. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-3826601. Fremont Street Experience Frank & The Steins Thru 11/1, dark Mondays & 10/20, 8 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas, vegasexperience.com. Golden Nugget Lou Gramm, 10/9, 8 pm, $32-$65. Morris Day and the Time 10/16, 8 pm, $32-$76. Little River Band 10/23, 8 pm, $76-$109. Ohio Players 10/30, 8 pm, $32-$65. Foghat 11/6, 8 pm, $21-$65. Village People 11/13, 8 pm, $32-$65. Eric Burdon & The Animals 11/20, 8 pm, $32-$87. Jefferson Starship 11/27, 8 pm, $21-$65. Edgar Winter 12/18, 8 pm, $32-$65. (NFR) Tanya Tucker 12/3, $43-$87. Big and Rich 12/4, $54-$142. Trace Adkins 12/5, $109-$164. Terri Clark 12/6, $43$87. Merle Haggard 12/7-12/8, $109-$164. LeAnn Rimes 12/9, $54-$109. Alabama 12/10-12/11, $163-$252. Shows at 10 p.m. 129 E. Fremont St., 866-946-5336. Griffin Together Pangea, White Reaper, Leather Lungs, DJ Fish 10/31, 9 pm, free. Live music Wed, 10 pm, free. 511 Fremont St., 702382-0577. Hard Hat Lounge The Funk Jam Wed, 10:30 pm, free. Florescent Flames Second Sat, 9 pm, free. Foundation Factory Fourth Sat, 8 pm, free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987. LVCS Cage, Ekoh, The Tribe, Sicc, Doms Gage, Perils & Plague 10/8, $10-$13. Xoch, Pet Tigers, Midnight Clover, Block 16 10/9, 8 pm, free. DJ Drama, Bryan Michael Cox 10/11, 9 pm, $10-$15. Abigal Williams, Today is the Day, Meade Avenue, The Holy Pariah, Firewater Folklore 10/15, 8 pm, $8-$10. Walk Proud, Vegan Jihad, Rule of Thumb, Bipolar, Unfair Fight, Battle Stag 10/24, 8 pm, $12-$15. 425 Fremont St., 702382-3531. Mickie Finnz Live music daily, 4-7 pm, free. 425 Fremont St., 702382-4204. The Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Kenny Loggins 11/10, 6:30 pm, $39-$179. The Tenors 2/20, 7:30 pm, $24-$95. (Cabaret Jazz) Clint Holmes 10/9-10/10, 11/6-11/7, 12/3-12/5 8:30 pm; 10/11, 11/8, 12/6 2 pm; $37-$46. Goapele 10/15-10/16, 7 pm, $29-$69. Lon Bronson All-Star Band 10/17, 7 & 10 pm, $20-$35. George Bugatti & Vincent Falcone 10/19, 7:30 pm, $39-$45. Jane Monheit, Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch 10/23, 7 pm; 10/24, 6 & 8:30 pm; $39-$65. Glenn Williams: Remembering Robert (Goulet) 10/25, 2 pm, $25. Reckless in Vegas 10/30, 8 pm, $35-$45. Spectrum, Radiance 11/14, 7 pm; 11/15, 3 pm; $37-$40. The Skivvies 11/20-11/21, 7 pm, $39-$45. Poncho Sanchez Latin

Jazz Band 11/27, 7 pm; 11/28, 6 pm; 11/29, 8:30 pm; $47-$69. Laura Osnes 12/11-12/12, 7 pm, $39-$59. Kristen Hertzenberg & Philip Fortenberry 12/19, 2:30 & 7 pm, $26-$36. 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000.

The ’Burbs Eagle Aerie Hall Secrets, A Friend a Foe, From Where We Came, I Am of Terra 11/3, 5:30 pm, $12-$15. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702645-4139. Green Valley Ranch (Hanks) Dave Ritz Tue, Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Wed, 6 pm. Nick Mattera Fri, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702367-2470. M Resort (M Pavillion) Martin Nievera 12/12, 7 pm, $32-$46. Shows free/drink minimum. M Resort, 800-745-3000. Rampart Casino (Addison’s Lounge) Wes Winters Tue, 6 pm. Mark O’Toole Wed, 6 pm. Shows free unless noted. JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., 702-5075900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Fleetwood Nicks 10/9, 7:30 pm, $15. Zowie Bowie Fri, 10 pm. The Dirty Sat, 11 pm, $10. David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra Sat, 11 pm, free. (Onyx) Jared Berry Fri & Sat, 9 pm. The Dirty Sat. 11 pm, $10. (T-Bones) Dave Ritz Wed, 6 pm; Fri, 7 pm. Rick Duarte Thu, 6 pm; Sat, 7 pm. Shows free unless noted. 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-797-7777. Santa Fe Station (Revolver) Bro Country Thu, 8 pm. (4949 Lounge) Jared Berry Thu, 7 pm, free. 4949 N Rancho Drive, 702658-4900. Sienna Italian Authentic Trattoria Vegas Good Fellas Thu, 7:30 pm. Red Velvet Fri & Sat, 8:30 pm. 9500 Sahara Ave., 702360-3358. Silverton (Veil Pavilion) The Fabulous Thunderbirds ft. Kim Wilson 10/10, 8 pm, $29. 3333 Blue Diamond Road, 702-2637777. South Point Tower of Power 10/1610/18, 7:30 pm, $45-$55. Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers 10/23-10/25, 7:30 pm, $45-$55. The Lettermen 10/30-11/1, 7:30 pm, $25-$35. Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns Mon, 10:30 pm, $5-$10. Dennis Bono Show Thu, 2 pm, free. Wes Winters Fri & Sat, 6 pm, free. Spazmatics Sat, 10:30 pm, $5. 702-797-8005. Sunset Station (Club Madrid) Yellow Brick Road Fri, 9:30 pm. Zowie Bowie Sat, 10 pm. (Gaudi Bar) Ryan Whyte Maloney, Cali Tucker Fri, Sat, 7 pm. Willplay Sat, 7 pm. (Rosalita’s) Tony Venniro Fri, 7 pm. Peter Love Sat, 7 pm. (Sunset Amphitheater) 1301 W. Sunset Road, 702-547-7777. Texas Station (A-Bar) Darrin Michaels Fri & Sat, 7 pm. (South Padre) VooDoo Band Fri, 9 pm. Yellow Brick Road Sat, 9 pm. 702631-1000.

E v e ry w h e r e E l s e Arizona Charlie’s Boulder (Palace Grand Lounge) Live music Fri & Sat, 9 pm, free. 4575 Boulder Highway, 888-236-9066. Arizona Charlie’s (Naughty Ladies Saloon) Jerry Tiffe Fri, 4 pm. 740 S. Decatur Blvd., 702-258-5200. Boomers Live music Wed, 10 pm, $5-$10. 3200 Sirius Ave., 702368-1863. Boulder Dam Brewing Stolen Gold 10/2. Sunset Ridge 10/3. Holes and Hearts 10/9. Out of

the Desert 10/10. Troy Bullock 10/16. Water Landing, The Legendary Boilermakers 10/17. Andy Frasco and the U.N. 10/19. The Deltaz 10/22. The Alkis 10/23. Chicago Joe and the Waybacks 10/24. The AllTogethers 10/30. Boulder Dam Halloween Bash ft. Critical Ways 10/31. Thu, 7 pm; Fri & Sat, 8 pm. Shows free unless noted. 453 Nevada Way, Boulder City, 702243-2739. Boulder Station (Kixx Bar) Reflection Fri & Sat, 8 pm. 702432-7777. Count’s Vamp’d Trixter, Cyanide 10/2, 9 pm, $10. Smashing Alice, Bong 10/3, 10 pm, free. Britny Fox, Kill Ritual 10/8, 9 pm, $10. Stephen Pearcy 10/10, 9 pm, $18$23. Act of Defiance, Allegaeon 10/22, 8 pm, $8-$12. House of Zombie, The Solid Suns, One Ton Project 10/23, 9 pm, free. Pretty Boy Floyd 10/24, 9 pm, $10. Loudness, Cyanide 10/30, 9 pm, $12-$17. The Winery Dogs 11/7, 8:30 pm, $20-$25. John Zito Electric Jam Wed, 9 pm, free. 9:30 pm, free. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-220-8849. Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater Yesterday the Beatles Tribute Show Band 10/9, 8 pm, $5-$10. War 10/10, 8 pm, $20-$25. Sammy Kershaw 10/23, 8 pm, $20-$25. 628 W. Craig Rd., 702-633-2418. Dispensary Lounge Uli Geissendoerfer Trio Fri & Sat, 10 pm. 2451 E. Tropicana, 702-4586343. Dive Bar The Goddamn Gallows, The Scoundrels, The Sawyer Family, Eliza Battle 10/17, 9 pm, $8-$10. D.R.I. 10/28, $20-$22. One Eyed Doll 10/30, 9 pm, $10-$12. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway., 702586-3483. Eastside Cannery (Marilyn’s Lounge) Claudine Castro Band Mon, 10 pm. Phoenix Wed, 9 pm. Spazmatics Sun, 9 pm. Shows free unless noted. 702-507-5700. Fiesta Henderson (Coco Lounge) All shows 7:30 pm. 702-558-7000. Fiesta Rancho (Club Tequila) Sherry Gordy: Take the Stage Thu, 7 pm, $5-$10. (Cabo Lounge) Shows free unless noted. 702631-7000. German American Social Club Vintage Classic Jazz Night Tue, 7 pm, $4. 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-649-8503. Milo’s Cellar Live Music Thu, 8 pm, free. 538 Nevada Hwy., 702293-9540. Ron DeCar’s Event Center Merv Harding Talk of the Town Orchestra ft. Miss Senior Nevada Kat Ray 10/10, noon, $15.Jim Fitzgerald’s Gold Coast Orchetra ft. Christy Bailey 10/24, noon, $15. Jimmy Wilkin’s New Life Orchestra 11/14, noon, $15. Bruce Harper Big Band ft. Elisa Fiorillo 11/21, noon, $15. 1201 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-453-8451. Sam’s Town Los NiteKings Sun, 7 pm, free. Shows free unless noted. 5111 Boulder Hwy., 702-284-7777.

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CALENDAR Hard Rock Hotel (The Joint) (Vinyl) Kevin Smith 10/2, 10 pm, $40-$45. 702-693-5000. Harrah’s (Main Showrom) Mac King Tue-Sat, 1 & 3 pm, $33. (The Improv) Scott Henry, Suli McCullough, Alysia Wood Thru 10/11. Darryl Wright, Sandro Iocolano 10/1310/18. Brian Scolaro, Tony Camin, Alli Breen 10/20-10/25. Vince Morris, Carrie Snow, David Gee 10/27-11/1. Darryl Lenox, Marc Price 11/3-11/8. Tue-Sun, 8:30 pm; Fri & Sat, 10 pm; $30-$45. 702-369-5000. Luxor Carrot Top Wed-Mon, 8 pm, $50$60. 702-262-4900. MGM Grand (Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club) Nightly, 8 pm, $43-$87. 702891-7777. Mirage Jay Leno 11/20-11/21, 10 pm; $60-$80. Nick Swardson 10/9, 10 pm, $55-$66. Ray Romano 10/2-10/3, 10 pm, $55-$77. 10/23-10/24, 12/4-12/5, 12/11-12/12, 10 pm, $60. Daniel Tosh 10/16, 11/13, 10 pm; 10/17, 11/14, 7:30 pm. 702-792-7777. Orleans (Showroom) Don Rickles 10/17-10/18, 8 pm, $88-$110. 702-2847777. Palms (The Pearl) Bill Maher 10/24, 8 pm, $49-$99. 702-942-7777. Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Live Comedy Club) Edwin San Juan Nightly, 9 pm, $56-$67, V Theater. (PH Showroom) Jeff Dunham WedSun, 7 pm; Sat-Sun, 4 pm, $72.. (Sin City Theatre) Sin City Comedy & Burlesque Show Nightly, 8:30 pm, $38-$49. 702-777-2782. Quad Jeff Civilico Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu, 4 pm, $39-$50. 888-777-7664. Rampart Casino (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Thu, 7 pm, free., 702-507-5900. Red Rock (Rocks Lounge) Rita Rudner 10/17, 8 pm, $25-$35. Orny Adams 11/21, 8 pm, $25-$35. Hal Sparks 1/23, 8 pm, $25-$35. Justin Willman 2/20, 8 pm, $25-$35. 702797-7777. Rio Eddie Griffin Mon-Thu, 7 pm, $73$136. 702-777-2782. The Sayers Club (Bonkerz Comedy Club) Thu-Sat 8 pm, $10. SLS, 702761-7000. South Point Dave Coulier 10/9-10/11, 7:30 pm, $15-$25. Jay Mohr 11/6-11/7, 7:30 pm, $25-$35. 702-797-8005. Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) Nightly, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $35-$55. 702-739-2222. Treasure Island Margaret Cho 10/16, 9 pm, $44-$72. Bill Engvall 10/23, 12/4, 9 pm, $53-$83. Whoopi Goldberg 11/13, 9 pm, $58-$99. Billy Gardell 11/27, 9 pm, $44-$72. 702-894-7111.. Venetian Loni Love 10/10, 9:30 pm, $40-$60. Whitney Cummings 11/28, 9:30 pm; 1/2, 8 pm, $50-$118. Lisa Lampanelli 10/31, 8 pm; 12/26, 8 pm, $50-$118. Jennifer Coolidge 10/3, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Roseanne Barr 10/17, 9:30 pm, $50-$118. Jen Kirkman 10/24, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. Fortune Feimster 10/24, 9:30 pm, $40-$97. Garfunkel & Oates 11/7, 9:30 pm, $40$96. Iliza Shlesinger, Sarah Colonna 11/14, 9:30 pm, $40-$96. 702-4149000.

PERFORMING ARTS Brooklyn Bowl Alice: A Steampunk Fantasy 10/13, 10 pm, $15-$30. 702862-2695. Christ Church Episcopal AdventChristmas Recital 12/6, 4 pm, $15. Adam J. Brakel 1/8, 7:30 pm, $15. Hans Uwe Hielscher 2/5, 7:30 pm, $15. David Dorway 4/29, 7:30 pm, $15. 2000 S. Maryland Parkway, sncago. org. Erotic Heritage Museum Judy Forever in My Heart 11/8, 2:30 pm,

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$18-$20. 3275 Industrial Rd, 702794-4000. Italian American Club Voices of Rudy: The Journey to the Movie 11/13, 7:30 pm, $30. 2333 E. Sahara Ave., 702-457-3866. Las Vegas Little Theatre Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) 10/9-10/10, 8 pm; 10/11, 2 pm. 3920 Schiff Dr., 702-362-7996. Las Vegas Philharmonic Passport to the World 10/24, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius 11/21, 7:30 pm, $26-$96. The Snowman 12/5/12-6, 2 pm; 12/5, 7:30 pm; $26$96; 12/6, 2 pm, $46-$96. Cabrera Conducts Rachmaninoff 1/9, 7:30 pm, 1/10, 2 pm, $26-$96. Pink Martini 2/6, 7:30 pm, $100-$250. Spotlight Series 2/16, 4/26, 5/3, 7:30 pm, $168. Smith Center, 702-749-2000. Nevada Ballet Theatre A Balanchine Celebration: From Tchaikobsky to Rodgers & Hart to Gershwin 11/7, 7:30 pm., 11/8, 2 pm, $29-$139. The Nutcracker 12/12, 8:30 pm, 12/13, 1 & 5:30 pm, 12/18, 7:30 pm, 12/19, 2 pm $ 7:30 pm, 12/20, 1 & 5:30 pm, $29-$179. Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall, 702749-2000. Onyx Theatre King of Kong: A Musical Parody 10/9-10/10, 8 pm; 10/11, 2 pm, $20. She Kills Monsters 10/15-10/17, 10/22-10/24, 10/29-10/31, 8 pm; 10/25, 5 pm, $20. Mister Wives 11/12-11/14, 11/19-11/21, 11/27-11/28, 8 pm; 11/22, 5 pm, $20. The Blanche DeBris Emergency Xmas Broadcast 12/10-12/12, 12/17-12/19, 8 pm; 12/13, 5 pm, $20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702732-7225. Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) The Book of Mormon Thru 10/11, 10/1310/18, 7:30 pm, 10/3-10/4, 10/10-10/11, 10/17-10/18, 2 pm, $36-$160. Room on the Broom 10/21, 6:30 pm, $15$23. Ragtime 10/27-11/1, 7:30 pm; 10/31, 2 pm; $30-$130. Simply Ella 11/13, 7:30 pm, $35-$125. God Lives in Glass 11/15, 3 pm, $19-$79. Elf the Musical 11/24-11/29, $29-$129. New Year’s Eve at the Smith Center 12/31, 7 pm, $39-$125. The Cat in the Hat 1/13, 6:30 pm, $15-$23. Riverdance 1/26-1/21, $29-$129. Panties in a Twist 2/2-2/6, $35-$43. Cinderella 2/13, 7:30 pm, 2/14, 2 pm, $29-$139. The Bridges of Madison County 2/23-2/28, $29-$129. (Troesh Studio Theater) Miss Margarida’s Way 10/22-10/24, 7 pm; 10/24-10/25, 2:30 pm; $49. Violet 10/30-11/1, 8 pm; 10/3111/1, 3 pm; $34. ’Twas a Girls Night Before Christmas: The Musical 11/24-11/28, 7 pm; 11/28, 2 pm; $35-$43. My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m Home for the Holidays 12/2-12/5, 7 pm; $35-$40. Driving Miss Daisy 1/15-1/17, 8 pm; 1/16-1/17, 3 pm; $34. 702-749-2000. Treasure Island (Mystère Theatre) A Choreographers’ Showcase 10/11, 10/18, 1 pm, $25-$45. UNLV (Rando-Grillot Recital Hall) Christopher Houlihan 10/9, 7:30 pm, free. Pacifica Quartet 10/22, 7:30 pm, $27-$30. Thomas Strauss 11/1, 7:30 pm, free. Larry Del Casale & Carlos Barbosa Lima 11/21, 8 pm, $45. Amernet Quartet ft. Rachel Calloway 1/28, 7:30 pm, $27-$30. Andrew York 2/20, 8 pm, $41-$45. Chelsea Chen 2/26, 7:30 pm, free.Jens Korndorfer 4/8, 7:30 pm, free. Duo Deloro 4/13, 8 pm, $41-$45. Dorothy Young Riess 5/20, 7:30 pm, free. (Artemus W. Ham Hall) UNLV Wind Orchestra: Raise the Roof 10/1, 7 pm, $10. National Circus and Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China 10/2, 8 pm, $20$70. UNLV Dance: In Orchestra 2 10/16-10/17, 7:30 pm; 10/17, 2:30 pm, $18. Well Strung 10/24, 8 pm, $20$70. Rockapella’s Holiday Concert 12/5, 8 pm, $20-$70. Sarah Chang

and Julio Elizalde 2/6, 8 pm, $25-$75. Polish Baltic Philharmonic 3/17, 8 pm, $25-$75. Orlowsky Trio 4/2, 8 pm, $20-$70. (Judy Bayley Theatre) Nevada Conservatory Theatre: Much Ado about Nothing 10/2-10/3, 10/8-10/10, 8 pm; 10/4, 10/11, 2 pm, $28-$33. UNLV Jazz Ensemble 1 & UNLV Contemporary Jazz Ensemble 10/13, 7:30 pm, $10. The Magic of Seth Grabel 10/17, 7 pm, $30. 702895-3332.

SPECIAL EVENTS Alvin and the Chipmunks Live on Stage 12/2, 3:30 pm & 6:30 pm, $18$65. An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom With Executive Chef Edmond Wong. 10/13, 11/10, 7 pm, $135. Bellagio, 866-406-7117. A Symposium on Social Justice 10/11, 1:30 pm, free. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Las Vegas, 3616 E. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-647-7378. Bill O’Riley and Dennis Miller: Don’t Be a Pinhead 12/5, 7:30 pm, $86-$501. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333. Charles Bukowski: Man and Myth 10/17, 2 pm, free. Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Dr., 702-455-7340. Courtroom Conversation: The Real Story Behind Casino 11/7, 7 pm, $25. Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., 702-229-2734. Ethel M Chocolates Holiday Cactus Garden 11/11, 5 pm to 10 pm, free. Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden, 2 Cactus Garden Dr., ethelm.com. Fetish & Fantasy Halloween Ball 10/31, 10 pm, $50-$100. The Joint, 702-6935222. Freakling Bros. Trilogy of Terror ft. Castle Vampyre, Gates of Hell, Coven of 13 Beginning Oct. 9, 7pm-11 pm, Sun-Thu; 7 pm to midnight, Fr-Sat., $14-$15. Grand Canyon Shopping Center, 4245 S. Grand canyon Dr., 702-362-3327. Gingerbread Fair & Pantry 10/10, 9 am, free. Green Valley Presbyterian Church, 1978 Wigwam Parkway, 702454-8484. Golden Nugget Fall Beer Festival 10/910/10, Henderson Oktoberfest 10/24, 4 pm, $10-$15. Henderson Events Plaza, 200 Water St., 702-267-2171. Lebanese Festival 10/9-10/11, times vary, $3. St. Sharbel Catholic Church, 10325 Rancho Destino Road, 702616-6902. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas 12/3, 7:30 pm, $35-$75. Orleans, 702284-7777. M.E.N.U.S. presented by Epicurean Charitable Foundation 10/9, $500. The Beach at Mandalay Bay, 702-9325098. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock Anniversary 12/14, 8 pm, $20-$50. Vinyl, 702-693-5000. Monday’s Dark with Mark Shunock 10/19, 11/16, 9:30 pm, $20-$30. Vinyl, 702-693-5000. Motley Brew’s Downtown Brew Festival 10/24, 5 pm, $35-$80. Clark County Amphitheater, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, downtownbrewfestival.com. Nitro Circus Live 11/21, 8 pm, $42$128. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. Nicholas Schou 10/17, 7 pm, free w/ admission. Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., 702-229-2734. Christopher Norment Book Signing 11/17, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399.

Jessica Lee Richardson Book Signing 10/24, 7 pm, free. The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., 702-550-6399. Las Vegas Burlesque Festival 10/810/10, 8 pm, $50-$150. Gold Coast, 702-367-7111. One Drop Walk for Water 10/17, 8 am, $20-$25. Smith Center, onedrop.org. Pawcasso Art & Silent Auction 10/10, 6:30 pm, $25-$30. Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., pawcassolv.org. Sevens Live Music, comedy & spoken arts. Tue, 7 pm, one-drink minimum. Silver Sevens, 4100 Paradise, 702733-7000. Summerlin Festival of Arts 10/10/10/11, 10 am, free. Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, summerlib.com. Suicide GIrls: Blackheart Burlesque 11/20, 8 pm, $25. Vinyl, 702-6935000. Take Back the Night March 10/8, 5 pm, free. UNLV, unlv.edu. Vegas Valley Book Festival 10/15-10/17, times vary, free. Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., vegasvalleybookfestival.org. Windmill Music Club 11/15, 12/20, 4 pm, free. Windmill Library, 7060 W Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030.

SPORTS AMA Pro Flat Track Finale 11/20-11/21, 7:30 pm, $45-$55. Orleans, 702-2847777. American Bucking Bull Inc. World Finals 10/19-10/23, times vary, $10$50. South Point, southpointarena. com. Boxing: Cotto vs. Canelo 11/21, 2 pm, $150-$2,000. Mandalay Bay Events Center, 702-632-7777. California Saddle Horse Futurity 10/29-10/31, times vary, free. South Point, southpointarena.com. Cinch Boyd Gaming Chute-Out 12/1012/12, 2 pm, $50-$110. Orleans, 702284-7777. Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational 11/26-11/27, noon, $47$157. Orleans, 702-284-7777. Friesian World Cup 10/29-10/31, times vary, free. South Point, southpointarena.com Global Force Wrestling Amped 10/23, 8 pm, $10-$125. Orleans, 702284-7777. Indian National Finals Rodeo 11/311/7, times vary $15. South Point, southpointarena.com. International Gay Rodeo Association World Gay Rodeo Finals 10/10-10/11, 10 a.m., $20-$40. South Point, southpointarena.com. Las Vegas Tennis Open 10/19-10/25, times vary, $5. UNLV, Frank and Vicki Fertitta Tennis Complex, unlvtickets. com. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings 10/13, 7 pm, $25-$500. MGM Grand Garden Arena, 702-891-7777. Monster Energy Cup 10/17, 6 pm, $56-$76. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Mylan World Team Tennis Smash Hits 10/12, 7 pm, $45-$125. The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, 702731-7333. PBR World Finals 10/21-10/24, 6 pm; 10/25, 1 pm, $30-$170. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets.com. Rocky Mountain Gun Show 11/7-11/8, times vary, $15. South Point, southpointarena.com. Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl 12/19, 12:30 pm, $24-$110. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. Runnin’ Rebel Madness 10/22, 7 pm, free. Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, 200 S. 3rd Street, dlvec.com.

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UFC: Fight Night ft. Paige VanZant vs. Joanne Calderwood 12/10, $75$225. Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale ft. Frankie Edgar vs. Chad Mendes 12/11, $150-$350. UNLV Football San Jose St. 10/10, 6 pm, $17-$53. Sam Boyd Stadium, unlvtickets.com. World Series of Team Roping 12/512/8, 9:30 am, price TBA. Orleans, 702-284-7777.

GALLERIES Amanda Harris Gallery of Contemporary Art By appointment. 900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-7696036. Arts Factory 107 E. Charleston Blvd, 702-383-3133. Galleries include: Joseph Watson Collection Wed-Fri, 1-6 pm; Sat, noon-3 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 115, 858-733-2135. Sin City Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm; Sun, 11 am-2 pm. Suite 100, 702-608-2461. Suite 135, 702-366-7001, trifectagallery.com. Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art Picasso: Creatures and Creativity Thru 1/10. Daily, 10 am-8 pm, $11-$16. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-693-7871. Blackbird Studios By appointment. 1551 S. Commerce St., 702-782-0319. Brett Wesley Gallery Wed-Sat, 1-7 pm. 1025 S. First St. #150, 702-433-4433. Clark County Government Center Rotunda 500 Grand Central Parkway, 702-455-7030. Clay Arts Vegas Mon-Sat, 9 am-9 pm; Sun, 11:30 am-6:30 pm. 1511 S. Main St., 702-375-4147. Downtown Spaces 1800 Industrial Road, dtspaces.com. Galleries include: Candy Wolves Studio 702-6003011. Skin City Body Painting 702-4317546. Solsis Gallery 702-557-2225. Spectral Gallery Sat, noon-10 pm & by appointment. Urizen Gallery First Fri, 6-10 pm. Wasteland Gallery Mon-Fri, 10 am-2 pm. 702-475-9161. Emergency Arts 520 Fremont St. Galleries include: Satellite Contemporary 973-9643050. Rhizome Gallery 702-907-7526. Gainsburg Studio & Gallery Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 1533 West Oakey Blvd, 702-249-3200. Las Vegas City Hall Chamber Gallery In Focus: Downtown Architecture by Ryan Reason & Jennifer Burkart Mon-Fri, 7 am-5:30 pm, 495 S. Main St., 702-229-1012. Left of Center Tue-Fri, noon-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-3 pm. 2207 W. Gowan Road, 702-647-7378. Michelle C. Quinn Fine Art By appointment. 620 S. 7th St., 702-3669339. P3Studio Record & Play by Shantell Martin Thru 10/11. Wed-Thu, 5-10 pm; Fri-Sun, 6-11 pm. Cosmopolitan. UNLV Barrick Museum Recent Aquisitions Thru 10/10. Mon-Fri, 9 am–5 pm; Thu, 9 am-8 pm; Sat, noon-5 pm. 4505 S Maryland Parkway., 702-895-3381 Donna Beam Fine Art Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Sat, 10 am-2 pm. 702-895-3893. Lied Library The French Connection Thru 10/31. Mon-Thu, 7:30 am-midnight; Fri, 7:30 am-7 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm; Sun, 11 am-midnight. West Las Vegas Arts Center Wed-Sat, 9 am-7 pm. 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800. Winchester Cultural Center Art Gallery Tue-Fri, 10 am-8 pm; Sat, 9 am-6 pm. 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702455-7340.

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free will astrology

By Rob Brezsny

ARIES

LEO

SAGITTARIUS

March 21-April 19

July 23-Aug. 22

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it’s important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You’ve got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It’s especially important that you do so in the next 16 days.

We all go through phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental and random thought our monkey minds generate. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind’s fabrications. Right now it’s especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can’t afford to be duped by anyone’s crazy talk, including your own. Be extra-vigilant in your quest for the raw truth.

The last time I walked into a McDonald’s and ordered a meal was 1984. Nothing that the restaurant chain serves up is appealing to my taste or morality. I do admire its adaptability, however. In cow-loving India, McDonald’s only serves vegetarian fare that includes deep-fried cheese and potato patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans order their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At a McDonald’s in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. Adjust your offerings for your audience.

TAURUS

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I’d heard about. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they’d reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it “helps make conscious what has been unconscious.” Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring “the power to remove obstacles.” I knew these were the exact oracles you needed.

Do you know about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn’t wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you’ve got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.

You have been flirting with your “alone at the top” reveries. I won’t be surprised if one night you have a dream of riding on a Ferris wheel that malfunctions, leaving you stranded at the highest point. What’s going on? Here’s what I suspect: In one sense you are zesty and farseeing. Your competence and confidence are waxing. At the same time, you may be out of touch with what’s going on at ground level. Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relationship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear.

GEMINI

LIBRA

AQUARIUS

May 21-June 20

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

George R.R. Martin has written a series of fantasy novels called A Song of Ice and Fire. They have sold 60 million copies and been adapted for the TV series Game of Thrones. Martin says the inspiration for his master work originated with the pet turtles he owned as a kid. The creatures lived in a toy castle in his bedroom, and he pretended they were knights and kings and other royal characters. “I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom,” he has testified. The next seven months will be a perfect time for you to make a comparable leap. What’s your version of Martin’s turtles? And what valuable asset can you turn it into?

If I could give you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I’m referring to? I’m sorry I can’t simply provide you with the instructions you’d need to locate it. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue No. 1: Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. No. 2: Ask yourself, “What is the most unripe part of me?” and then devise a plan to ripen it. No. 3: Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven’t been brave enough to work with until now. No. 4: Take one medium-sized bold action every day.

I haven’t planted a garden for years. My workload is too intense to devote enough time to that pleasure. So eight weeks ago I was surprised when a renegade sunflower began blooming in the dirt next to my porch. How did the seed get there? Via the wind? A passing bird that dropped a potential meal? The gorgeous interloper eventually grew to a height of four feet and produced a boisterous yellow flower head. Every day I muttered a prayer of thanks for its guerrilla blessing. I predict a comparable phenomenon for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 21-July 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Feb. 19-March 20

The editors of the Urban Dictionary provide a unique definition of the word “outside.” They say it’s a vast, uncomfortable place that surrounds your home. It has no ceiling or walls or carpets, and contains annoying insects and random loud noises. There’s a big yellow ball in the sky that’s always moving around and changing the temperature in inconvenient ways. Even worse, the “outside” is filled with strange people that are constantly doing deranged and confusing things. Does this description match your current sense of what “outside” means, Cancerian? If so, that’s okay. For now, enjoy the hell out of being inside.

Galway Kinnell’s poem “Middle of the Way” is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon’s Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: “I love the day, the sun ... But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness—and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: “an inexplicable sense of joy, as if some happy news had been transmitted to me directly, bypassing the brain.”

The coming days will be a favorable time to dig up what has been buried. You can, if you choose, discover hidden agendas, expose deceptions, see beneath the masks and dissolve delusions. But it’s my duty to ask you this: Is that really something you want to do? It would be fun and sexy to liberate so much trapped emotion and suppressed energy, but it could also stir up a mind-bending ruckus that propels you on a healing quest. I hope you decide to go for the gusto, but I’ll understand if you prefer to play it safe.

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THE D BAR | FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE | OCTOBER 2, 2015 | 11 A.M. Living in Vegas, I’m used to seeing all sorts of characters walking aimlessly down Fremont Street with yard-longs in hand. It’s not often, however, that one of the best movies that documented the Las Vegas landscape, intentionally or not, comes into play. Perhaps it was the fact that the cup was a headless torso filled with strawberry daiquiri in a silver bathing suit, but my mind jumped to a scene from Mars Attacks! where Sarah Jessica Parker and her Chihuahua are abducted by martians. After a surgery, the Chihuahua’s head is stitched to Parker’s body, dressed in a silver bathing suit and awkwardly running around the spaceship. I already have a Chihuahua. All I need is a bathing suit and a few daiquiris to get down the walk, and I’ll be ready to crush Halloween. –Mikayla Whitmore

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