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PARTY OF TWO DON’T FLY SOLO IN THE I-15’S NEW HOV LANES Instead of the “I-15,” it’s time to start calling it the “We-15.” On May 20, the busiest lengths of highway in the Valley debuted dedicated High Occupancy Vehicle lanes. Here’s what you need to know to drive in the fast lane: Where are these new lanes? They go along Interstate 15 in both directions between Silverado Ranch Boulevard in the south and the Spaghetti Bowl in the north. They also go along U.S. Highway 95 in both directions farther north between Ann Road and the Spaghetti Bowl. By this summer, U.S. 95 will extend to Elkhorn Road. What counts as High Occupancy? Vehicles with two or more people (including babies); motorcycles (one or more riders); RTC buses (even without passengers); emergency vehicles (even with lights off). What doesn’t count? Pets; electric or hybrid cars with fewer than two people; trucks with more than two axles (no matter many riders). 24/7 enforcement: Unlike other towns, where the HOV lanes may only be in effect during rush hour, our HOV lanes will be on 24/7, because Las Vegas is a 24/7 town. Don’t forget: No matter how many passengers you have in your car, it’s always illegal to cross double-solid white lanes. Fines: Flying solo in the HOV lane will get you a $250 fine. For those who like to press their luck, there’s a 30-day “educational grace period.” –C. Moon Reed

WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD EV E N T S T O F O L L OW A N D N EWS YO U M I SS E D

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NEON MUSEUM EXPANDING The Neon Museum is booming. By fiscal year’s end, an estimated 245,000 people will have visited the Downtown museum known for its collection of vintage and historically significant signs from Las Vegas’ past. In the midst of this growth in popularity, museum officials have announced a new venture, made possible in part by the City of Las Vegas: Neon2020. The Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved an agreement May 15 to rent the closed Reed Whipple Cultural Center on Las Vegas Boulevard to the Neon Museum across the street. The expansion will allow the museum to double its current footprint. Under the agreement, the museum will pay the city $1 a year for the next three years to use and rehabilitate Reed Whipple, with a possibility for renewing the lease for 27 years. The City Council also voted to award the nonprofit museum a $2.2 million grant to help with its operations. –Miranda Willson

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Cover story: deadmau5 and other MDW party starters News: How one immigrant found a home and a family Punk Rock Bowling, La Strega and Magic Mike Live The Sun Standout Awards honor prep sports achievement Vegas Inc: Program tackles primary care shortage

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CLEAN SLATE A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College on May 19 when he announced at their commencement that he would pay off their student loans—estimated at up to $40 million. Robert F. Smith made the announcement while addressing nearly 400 graduating seniors in Atlanta. Smith said he expected the recipients to “pay it forward” and said he hoped that “every class has the same opportunity going forward.”

COWBOYS STAR HANDCUFFED AT EDC Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was handcuffed by police, but not arrested, after a scuffle involving event staff May 18 at the Electric Daisy Carnival. Video posted by TMZ appeared to show Elliott speaking with a woman and then with several security and event staff members, including one who falls backward over a metal parking area barricade before police arrive. The security guard declined to press charges, Metro Officer Laura Meltzer said in a statement.

Last week’s Culture Weekly cover incorrectly indicated Janet Jackson’s Metamorphosis residency would be staged at T-Mobile Arena. Her shows take place inside Park Theater. The Weekly regrets the error.

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MIGRANT CHILD DEATH TOLL REACHES FIVE U.S. border agents detained a 16-yearold from Guatemala, who died May 20, for six days—twice as long as federal law generally permits—then transferred him to another holding facility even after he was diagnosed with the flu. Since December, five minors from Guatemala have died after being apprehended by U.S. border agents. Guatemala’s foreign ministry said the boy was seeking to reunite with family in the U.S.

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TORCHING BUGS CAUSES FATAL FIRE A man who was trying to kill bugs under his house died May 20 after he accidentally started a fire with a propane torch in a crawl space, according to the Henderson Fire Department. The fire caused about $60,000 in damage, officials said. A woman and a dog were displaced by the blaze and were being assisted by family members.

Festivalgoers watch a fireworks display during the third night of Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wade Vandervort/Staff )

NEW ART AT CONTAINER PARK It starts as an all-white room. Sure, the walls and floors are white. But so are the piano, bookcase, books and house plant. All this trippy blankness is part of a collaborative art installation at Downtown Container Park called “The Pixel Sticker Room.” Think of it like a giant 3D coloring book. And it’s waiting for the people to mark it with colorful, pixel-like stickers. ¶ Big, bold art pieces have been on trend for major Vegas locales such as the Wynn, MGM Resorts properties and the Palms. But this is unique in promoting a collaborative piece by an unnamed artist. It matches parent company DTP’s “Three C’s”: collisions, co-learning and connectedness. Perhaps a fourth “C” is commerce: Would-be artists can acquire the stickers to decorate the installation by spending money at the park. -C. Moon Reed

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BY LESLI E VEN T UR A | P ORTR AITS BY WADE VANDE RVORT e’s one of the best-known electronic music producers in the world, but if you saw him in person, you probably wouldn’t recognize him. ¶ Of course, you’d know the giant mouse head. That’s been deadmau5’s signature since a friend—a member of industrial rock band Orgy—suggested it back in the 1990s. But when Joel Zimmerman arrives at KAOS nightclub at the Palms for an exclusive Weekly interview on May 18, some 15 hours after a 3 a.m. Electric Daisy Carnival set, he’s de-mau5ified: quiet and unassuming, smoking a cigarette down to the butt and with tattoos peeking out from beneath his black hoodie. ¶ It’s been four years since deadmau5’s last Las Vegas residency, which ran briefly at XS in 2015. It took something big to lure him back here.

It’s 6 p.m. on Saturday during EDC Week and KAOS Dayclub is in full swing. Music blares and high-cut swimsuits abound. Inside, the nightclub is mostly empty, as the crew prepares for another wild shift. Sitting in one of the club’s booths, the 38-year-old Zimmerman enthusiastically discusses what drew him to KAOS. For starters, he’s a perfectionist. It’s instantly apparent that the man under the mouse head is a paragon of technological knowledge—a master of coding, and now, the real-time graphics processing units that make his live experiences so memorable. Beyond crafting some of the most popular electronic music of his era, Zimmerman and his KAOS design partner, Aiden Kemp, are the visionaries behind deadmau5’s Las Vegas residency, which incorporates elements of his legendary cube experience. The third iteration of the Cube design, Cube v3, was unveiled at March’s Ultra Music Festival, and he’s hitting the road with a Cube v3 tour in September. Until then, deadmau5’s KAOS residency will serve as a satellite to that impressive, traveling

feat. And Zimmerman has full creative control. “It’s probably the amount of LED tech they stuck in here that got me sold,” he says. “As far as I know, it’s the highest-res single system in North America. It’s a lot of pixels—76.5 million pixels to drive, which requires nine media servers. Most club installations have half of one. So it’s been a challenge.” A self-professed nerd, Zimmerman spends lots of his time in the production weeds, learning how to program “real-time, procedural graphic animation for large-scale systems.” It’s something that puts him in an advantageous position as an electronic music producer with free rein over his club residency. The hardware at KAOS is so advanced, he explains, modern software isn’t powerful enough to power it all. “So we’re coming up with all these new kind of cool ways to be able to get it to look cool and cohesive and not tear—like that,” he says, pointing to an LED display above our heads. To the untrained eye, the graphics look seamless. To Zimmerman, it’s an eyesore. “We’re fixing that,” he laughs.

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deadmau5, performing at KAOS (Leah Sems/Courtesy)

Further separating deadmau5’s KAOS setup from that of other club headliners: his deep knowledge of tech, which allows him to design and program exactly what he wants, and to trigger content in real time. There’s nothing else like it happening in Las Vegas. So far, the Canadian producer has performed twice at the Palms club. The production isn’t 100 percent to his liking yet, but, “We’re almost there,” he says. “I’ve done a couple shows here, and they’ve been great. We just blasted our content on the wall and I had the cube thing going, but there was no direct cohesiveness between the rest of the club fixtures and the cube yet, because it’s a lot of work. It’s been about a month of developing custom software just for this. It’s a passion project for me.”

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Many performers get nervous before getting onstage, but that part’s painless for Zimmerman. There’s no mental preparation, no psyching himself up. “I just get up and go,” he says. “The hard part is being here on weekdays and working,” fine-tuning his giant LED behemoth and, at the moment, “coming up with ways to achieve things at the highest quality and the highest frame rate. “I’m such a sucker for frame rate. What we’re seeing here is 30 frames per second,” he says, looking to the display above our heads. “But we know the system is capable of doing 60.” Zimmerman talks about production the way folks talk about their kids or their pets. Where other topics might bore him, his eyes widen and his voice quickens when servers and pixels come up. If his Cube v3 tour is his favorite child, the KAOS residency is a close second. To generate his real-time content at KAOS, Zimmerman explains, he uses GLSL shaders, best known for their use in video game content building. “You know how when you play a video game, it’s different than watching TV, because the frame rates are higher? Well, those things that happen in the video game are real time, because you can move around, you can interact with objects. The same goes with music interactivity and stuff, too.”

Real-time systems, like what Zimmerman uses for his KAOS and Cube v3 shows, “let you do whatever you want,” he explains. For that reason, deadmau5’s visual content at KAOS is entirely unique. Over on the deadmau5 subreddit page (r/deadmau5), there’s a post from Zimmerman about how he programmed his Cube v3 project using Open GPL and GPU systems. His KAOS residency isn’t dissimilar. Moreover, it has required him to create a from-scratch rendering of the Palms nightclub—in 3D. “It’s a lot of manual, autonomous labor,” Zimmerman says. “Basically, what I need to do is model this whole club … every little square is a module, and there’s hundreds of thousands of modules, and then I build it in 3D. Once that’s done, then it’s about coming up with creative ideas, like. ‘OK, that’s great. I have this system working, and I can put the letter ‘L’ across every screen.’ But creatively, what do you want to do? How do you want it to correlate to what song, to what piece? Then I have to get creative with it, and

DEADMAU5 Upcoming KAOS dates: May 24, June 1-2, June 28, July 15, July 28. 702-953-7665, palms.com/kaos.

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Why create something so vast with an even bigger tour on the horizon? For Zimmerman, delivering the best production value is synonymous with the deadmau5 experience. It’s about challenging the industry, pushing the limits of technology and not just raising the bar upward, but moving it forward. “Yeah, sure, any DJ can come in and bring a video playback system where he’s got a VJ mashing away on buttons, but you can only do so much, because the video is video; it’s linear, it’s not modular,” he says. Real-time output, on the other hand? “It’s something I already exercise on my massive Cube tour, so they’ve kind of been developing in tandem. I’ve been borrowing things from my Cube and putting it into this system and vice versa.” As Zimmerman nudges his KAOS production closer to perfection, fans should expect to be blown away. He knows that people come to deadmau5 shows to experience something mind-bending—combining his electronic music mastery with cutting-edge visuals. But there are deadmau5 fans who also know they can depend on him to bring something extra, which fellow coders and programmers can geek out over and potentially be inspired by. Zimmerman says his April KAOS sets operated at about 70 percent, and they went impressively well. “People were in, people were drinking and dancing and having a good time, so that’s a win,” he says. “But for the deep, chin-stroking nerds like me?” That’s what his future at KAOS is all about. After all, perfection only comes with meticulous hard work— and in this case, brilliant, beautiful chaos.

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T H U R S DAY n Diplo at Encore Beach Club Cinco de Mayo, EDC and MDW. May is a special month for Vegas clubbing. At EBC, there are three Thursday Nightswim parties this month, and there’s no better way to kick off the epic weekend than the evening splashdown with veteran Wynn resident Diplo. 10 p.m., $25-$55. Encore, 702-770-7300.

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Memorial Day weekend brings the biggest pool parties of the year to Las Vegas dayclubs. There are too many big-name artists and colossal summer celebrations for even the hardest partier to catch them all. But if you could, your weekend itinerary might look like this.

n Deorro at Marquee Dayclub “Keep It Goin’” should be your mantra during Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas, and it’s also the name of Deorro’s latest festivalseason smash, a collabo with Danny Avila. Fuel up at Marquee on Friday. 11 a.m., $25-$35. Cosmopolitan, 702-333-9000. n Kygo at Encore Beach Club The Norwegian DJ refuses to stop making pop-dance hits, recently collaborating with Rita Ora for “Carry On” from the Pokémon Detective Pikachu soundtrack. Expect big energy for his Friday EBC set. 10 a.m., $35-$55. Encore, 702-770-7300.

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S AT U R DAY n Rick Ross at Daylight Ricky Rozay has been Daylight’s go-to guy for holiday weekends for a minute, and his Saturday set is likely to be a sellout. 11 a.m., $100-$150. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-4700. n Ja Rule at Go Pool It’s gonna be Fyre (too soon?) when Ja Rule takes over the Saturday Daybeats party with a live performance at the Flamingo’s tropical oasis. 9 a.m., $15. Flamingo, 702-697-2888. n Marshmello at KAOS There’s no doubt that ’Mello has been one of the kings of KAOS so far, and his dayclub party this weekend stands out. He returns for SOAK Sundays, too. 11 a.m., $20-$30. Palms, 702-953-7665.

n David Guetta at Encore Beach Club You never know who’ll jump in the booth with Guetta. Last week at XS it was Idris Elba, getting hyped for his own EDC set. Sunday’s big bash at the beach club could bring more surprises. 10 a.m., $45-$65. Encore, 702-770-7300. n DJ Pauly D at Drai’s Beachclub DJ Pauly D’s Playground could go down as the definitive summer party of 2019. You might not be binge-watching Double Shot at Love, but nobody sets a venue on fire like Pauly does at Drai’s. 11 a.m., $40-$60. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. n Mark Ronson at JEMAA Ronson’s soulful sets are the perfect match for the stylish and intimate environment of the NoMad Pool party. 11 a.m., $30-$40. Park MGM, 702-730-6784.

M O N DAY n elrow at Encore Beach Club There’s never been a dance music event in Las Vegas quite like elrow. The MDW 2019 chapter stars Aussie wild man Fisher and deep house chill expert Nora En Pure, an intriguing way to close out one of the biggest party weekends of the year. 10 a.m., $35-$55. Encore, 702-770-7300. (Photographs Courtesy)

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‘They’re fleeing some of the most dire situations on the globe’ How one teen escaped violence in El Salvador and found family and a future in Las Vegas By Miranda Willson Weekly staff

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Editor’s note: Some names and details have been changed or omitted to protect the identity of individuals. rowing up in El Salvador, Felix loved school, especially math, and hoped to become an accountant. But shortly after his 16th birthday, his plans were derailed by a single phone call from a gang member affiliated with MS-13, a notorious and violent gang in El Salvador. The caller told Felix that he owed them a large sum of money and had to pay or they’d rape and kill him and his family. That was 2014, one of the most volatile years in El Salvador’s recent history as the murder rate jumped 56 percent. In the face of growing poverty and inequality, gangs had become increasingly influential, and it was common for children as young as 14 to be recruited—or forced—to join. In a panic, Felix called his mother, who had immigrated to Las Vegas when he was 4 years old. They agreed the best option was for him to come to the United States. His mother sent money for bus fare and immigration fees (mostly to pay off gangs stationed at checkpoints), and Felix set off alone on the 2,000-mile trek through El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. On day nine, he reached the Rio Grande River at the U.S.-Mexico border. Hungry, thirsty and afraid, he managed to swim across before U.S. officials caught him.

He was detained for several days, at which point he was able to call his mother. She arranged for him to fly to Las Vegas. Felix arrived in Southern Nevada unable to speak a word of English. Stepping off the plane, he wandered around the airport in search of his mother whom he hadn’t seen since he was a toddler. She took him to live with her in a one-bedroom apartment shared with her boyfriend and a roommate. Like many immigrants from Central American countries, Felix came to the U.S. fleeing violence at home. Unfortunately, hardship followed him to Las Vegas. The following is his account of his experience and that of those close to him. nnn The central Las Vegas high school in which Felix enrolled two weeks after his arrival to the U.S. had a large population of students learning English and one of the highest populations of student refugees in the Clark County School District. On his first day, Felix met Brad, an instructional coach certified to teach English, French and Spanish and who is also an English Language Learner teacher. He has extensive experience working with those from different cultures and backgrounds, including traumatic ones. “[My students] are fleeing violence, they’re fleeing poverty, they’re fleeing some of the most dire situations on the globe, and they somehow end up here,” Brad explained. Initially, Felix couldn’t figure out why an alarm kept going off during classes. Brad explained to Felix in Spanish that the “sound” meant it was time to switch classrooms. “I was totally lost,” Felix said. Gradually, things got easier as Felix adjusted to the American education system and picked up more

English, and Brad realized that Felix was a bright, curious, motivated kid. But at a certain point, Brad noticed something troubling: Felix couldn’t stay awake in class. Shortly after arriving, Felix had started working 50 hours each week, per his mother’s orders, to repay her for getting him out of El Salvador and eventually for rent and other expenses. Six days a week, from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., Felix worked a low-wage job at a restaurant, then commuted back by bus, a journey that took nearly two hours at that time of night. He slept a few hours before showing up to school by 7 a.m. Eventually, Brad asked Felix why he couldn’t stay awake, and Felix confessed to the situation. “You could tell he was hungry and tired, so I tried to connect him to all the services I knew,” Brad said. “But there’s only so much you can do as a teacher. You have to be very distant.” Despite being overworked, sleep-deprived and under stress at home—his mother often put him down for not learning English quickly enough, or not making more money—Felix worked hard in school, earning a 3.8 GPA. After failing to pass the Nevada Proficiency Test during his second year, a controversial state graduation requirement for all students that was eliminated in 2017, his high school granted him an exceptional extra year to finish. Felix dedicated himself to studying for the exam, attending school on Saturdays and staying late on weekdays, all while getting a very different message at home: Quit school. Felix had other plans and begged his mother to let him finish out the year. “Every single fight was the same thing over and over,” he said. On Dec. 24, a few days after giving his mother his paycheck to cover half their rent, Felix came home from work to find his clothes and belongings in boxes outside the apartment. “She was like, ‘You are not a good son. You’re not the person we want for our life,’ ” Felix said. And if he came back, his mother and her boyfriend warned him, his life would be in danger. In the following weeks, Felix lived everywhere and nowhere. In the used car he had bought that year for $500. At his girlfriend’s home. Eventually, he scraped together enough money to rent an apartment for $600 a month. Lacking money for furniture, he slept on the floor. When school resumed after winter break, Brad realized something wasn’t right with Felix. He told a colleague of his concern and they both spoke to Felix, who immediately started crying as he confessed to what had happened. “He crumbled,” Brad said. Brad connected Felix to resources for at-risk youth in Clark County, namely the Title I Homeless Outreach Program for Education (HOPE) and Communities in Schools of Nevada. Both organizations helped Felix acquire food, a mattress, blankets, a microwave, a toothbrush and other things he lacked. Felix continued to work about 40 hours a week at a restaurant and studied for his proficiency. Finally, he

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passed, and Brad and other teachers shifted their focus to the next task: getting Felix to college. Felix still wanted to become an accountant, but given his uncertain immigration status, could he really make it to college? He applied to the College of Southern Nevada and UNLV, but neither accepted him. “I thought, ‘OK, well, I’m not going,’ ” Felix said. But Brad knew about a program at Nevada State College called Nepantla, specifically designed for first-generation college students. Felix applied and was accepted into the program on a scholarship. He started the academically rigorous program right after high school graduation but quickly wondered if he was in over his head. “He could pass the proficiency, but he couldn’t write essays on the social construction of race,” Brad explained. With few other academic resources, Felix sought help from Brad. He attended classes during the day, worked from early evening until midnight, and then stopped by Brad’s house to write essays. Brad continued to inform his school supervisors of the situation, but eventually, they told him that it was no longer necessary because Felix had graduated. With Felix’s housing situation still in flux, he would

often fall asleep on Brad’s couch around 3 a.m. after a night of studying. “It was probably the 70th time he fell asleep at my house at 3 o’clock in the morning... that I realized, ‘I just can’t let this one go,’” Brad said. It wasn’t just that Felix had no one else to turn to—he continued to face occasional threats from relatives relating to his fallout with his mother—it was also that Felix was motivated, bright, curious and kind. “How can you not love him?” Brad said. Felix had long thought of Brad as a paternal figure, telling friends that Brad was like a father to him. And in that first year of college, Brad and his husband, Karl, started to see Felix as a son. So in January, Karl and Brad invited Felix to live with them. Now, Felix calls them his dads. “I didn’t want a kid at all. But I’m super-happy to have one,” Brad said. “It’s been the best thing for us. It’s brought us together as a family.” As far Felix’s immigration status is concerned, they hope to settle his case in the future. “He did all the paperwork. He did everything right, but they closed his case administratively, which means it’s not open, it’s not closed, it’s not yes and it’s not no,” Brad said.

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Lawyers have advised them to wait to reopen the case until the political climate becomes less hostile toward undocumented immigrants. nnn Though some aspects of Felix’s story may sound exceptional, there are an estimated 29,025 documented and undocumented El Salvadorans in Nevada. They are the third most common immigrant group in the state, according to the American Immigration Council. Felix immigrated at a time when the U.S. experienced a rush of unaccompanied minors arriving from El Salvador, mostly boys between the ages of 14 and 17, said Randy Capps, director of research for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute. Many left El Salvador for similar reasons as Felix. “As they got old enough, they would start to get pressured by gangs and extortionists in El Salvador. That’s a very common pattern,” said Capps, adding that conditions there have begun to improve in the past year. In Nevada, about 5.2 percent of all immigrants are from El Salvador, making it the third-largest immigrant population in the state. Young El Salvadoran immigrants face similar challenges as other immigrants when they adjust to life in America, including language barriers, trauma, interruptions in their education, stress as a result of resettlement and culture shock, said Ignacio Ruiz, assistant superintendent for CCSD’s English Language Learners division. Some of them, like Felix, are part of a larger population of students considered “active refugees,” which can include asylees, victims of human trafficking and unaccompanied minors. There are 661 such students in CCSD schools now. After immigrating, children may also face stress and pressure at home. “The family is often struggling economically, and there’s usually an expectation that the kid is going to work once they reach age 16 to help. So there’s always that struggle,” Capps said. Jasmine Coca, director of immigration services at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, said she has witnessed firsthand these tensions between Central American immigrant children and their parents because of a family’s financial situation. “I’ve had to talk to my clients about the importance of a kid going to school, and that it’s not just about working,” Coca said. Under such circumstances, many students who arrive in the United States don’t end up as lucky as Felix­: halfway through college, a manager at a restaurant and on track to become an accountant. They might not find themselves at a high school with as many resources as the one Felix attended, and they might not meet a mentor and advocate like Brad. Nonetheless, it’s clear to Brad and Karl that it wasn’t just luck that got Felix to where he is today. It was also his exceptional grit, dedication and love for learning. Felix himself is a little more modest. “I just keep trying,” he said. “Even though life used to be really hard and it seemed there was no solution for it, there’s always a solution for it.”

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here’s a new transportation option on the Las Vegas Strip. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada this month rolled out a soft launch of a transit service called Trip to Strip, an on-demand ride service that promises no surge pricing. The service, which runs around the clock, can take passengers to and from locations along the Strip and extends to McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Convention Center. There are plans to eventually expand service as far north as Downtown Las Vegas and as far south as the M Resort, according to the RTC.

An RTC Trip to Strip ride-sharing service van, in front of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on the Strip. (Courtesy of RTC)

The service is designed more for those traveling in a party—the Ford Transit vans seat up to 11—but single riders can also use it, too. Pricing is based on the number of people in a party, but the RTC says there’s no price increase based on peak travel times or dates. As with Uber and Lyft, riders must download a mobile app to request the service. Pricing starts at $6, according to the RTC. The price for a ride depends on the number of passengers and distance. For example, up to three riders traveling from Sahara Avenue to Desert Inn Road would pay $6 for their trip. “Technology is rapidly evolving and consumer behavior is also changing when it comes to how people move,” said Tina Quigley, CEO of the commission. “Trip to Strip is designed to be an extension of our current transit options on the Strip, but we are incorporating new tools to stay relevant and meet the demands of our tourist market.” So far, reviews have been positive, Quigley said. “Out of about 300 trips taken, about 25 percent have left comments,” Quigley said. “All but three of the responses were five-star ratings.” The service, which also offers accommodations for people with disabilities, will formally launch early next month, Quigley said. Trip to Strip drivers are contracted by the RTC through a company called Keolis.

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City officials and dispensary owners press forward with cannabis lounge planning

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on’t expect Las Vegas marijuana consumption lounges to be cash cows for their owners—at least initially. That was part of the message delivered by Ben Sillitoe, co-founder of Oasis Cannabis, during a Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association luncheon May 16. “We lost a lot of money for a really, really long time,” Sillitoe said. “You don’t just get to open a cannabis business and make a ton of money. I promise you that lounges will be the same way.” The Las Vegas City Council in April approved an amendment to allow for lounges to operate by existing dispensary owners. Those without a state license to sell cannabis would be allowed to seek permits for off-site lounges starting in 2020. Because of the city’s somewhat lengthy permitting process, it’s expected that the first lounge won’t be open until sometime this fall at the earliest. The city did, however, receive its first special-use permit application request for a lounge May 16, according to a city spokesman. That was from Nevada Wellness Center on South Valley View Boulevard. “[Lounges] are a step in the right direction,” Sillitoe said. “At some point in time, you won’t need to have a cannabis consumption lounge to be able to consume cannabis, but this is the first step, and it’s a hugely important first step.” Tapping into revenue sources through lounges could be tricky for dispensary owners. Marijuanarelated items can be sold at lounges, but not marijuana products. The city’s amendment doesn’t allow for alcohol at lounges, which was a sticking point for law enforcement. If law enforcement finds alcohol at a lounge, the

space could be closed for 10 days. “It would be nice to have beer and wine [at lounges], at least as a minimum,” Sillitoe said. “It would be more fun [to have beer and wine], but this is part of that mentality that we have to start slow. We have to gain social acceptance and alleviate the fears that people have, just like we did with cannabis legalization. We’ll be able to do more things down the road.” City Councilman Bob Coffin, the sponsor of the new ordinance and a big proponent of the lounges, said it

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was important that current dispensary owners be the first ones allowed to open lounges. “These are people who are vetted and who have gone through the process of having their backgrounds checked,” Coffin said. “I think we’re going to have a good lounge industry.” Nevada legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, but the law only allowed people to smoke at private residences. “Taverns should allow for cannabis consumption. I think we’re on our way to that type of social acceptance,” Sillitoe said. “One day, maybe cannabis will even be a little bit more socially accepted than alcohol because it has been proven to be a healthier alternative for our society.” While Coffin said he believes the perceived problems with drivers operating vehicles while high on marijuana are often exaggerated, Sillitoe conceded that there are challenges to regulating the cannabis industry. “We need to limit lounges to begin with, so we can understand how hard it is to regulate them, what the impact on society will be and how to monetize them,” Sillitoe said. “Once that’s been done well, and you open it up to other people, you will see social consumption become normal. Right now, it’s a little controversial.” In 2018, a company called CLS Holdings USA acquired Oasis Cannabis, though Sillitoe remained with Oasis following the transaction. Oasis Cannabis was founded in 2014.

Barbary Coast’s marijuana consumption lounge, in downtown San Francisco, is one of three such facilities in the city where consumption is legal. (Sun file)

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MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Headlining the Mixtape Tour, your favorite Gen X boy band returns to Vegas with a nostalgic new track called “’80s Baby.” Of course, no mixtape is complete without a variety of bands, and this tour adds to the mix with fun, oldschool favorites Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty by Nature. 8 p.m., $40-$180. –C. Moon Reed

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Mandalay Bay Events Center SParks at Aces As if offseason improvements to our WNBA team’s home venue and a solid young nucleus led by Rookie of the Year A’ja Wilson weren’t enough to get excited about, the Aces just acquired allstar center Liz Cambage. The House will be rocking for Sunday’s home opener against LA. 4 p.m., $24-$58. –Brock Radke

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May 24-25 House of Blues Santana Carlos Santana released another single last week from his upcoming world music album, Africa Speaks, out June 7 on Concord Records, and it’s a slowburning, rhythmic rock anthem called “Yo Me Lo Merezco,” showcasing the powerful voice of Spanish singer Buika. She’s the guitar legend’s first female lead singer for an entire album, and Africa Speaks also marks Santana’s first collaboration with producer Rick Rubin. Now in the seventh year of his House of Blues residency, Santana says he first conceptualized a record of African music almost 20 years ago but waited for these key players—and the music itself—to arrive organically. “I had to be patient knowing we could have never done it without Buika or the other musicians but especially for the songs. It’s hard to tell where one begins and the other one ends, working with Buika and Rick Rubin. Everything is just like that now; it’s cooked through and through. It’s an incredible opportunity to present to the world a real alternative frequency.” 7 p.m., $99-$250. –Brock Radke

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Brothers Howard and Guy Lawrence broke onto the scene in 2013 with “Latch,” and last year they released six juicy house singles. Will they drop their recent Khalid collab “Talk” during EBC Nightswim? Grab your suit and find out. 10:30 p.m., $35-$45. –Leslie Ventura

THRU JUNE 23 BELLAGIO Artist Studio PARKER ITO Watch and interact with the emerging Japanese-American artist as he creates five major works depicting his Las Vegas experience using photography, painting and printmaking techniques. Tuesday-Saturday, 2-6 p.m., free. –Genevie Durano

MAY 23JUN 16 MAJESTIC REPERTORY THEATRE THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE This 2015 comedy, about a failing Florida Elvis impersonator seeking success as a drag queen, got tagged “stitch-in-your-side funny” by The New York Times. ThursdaySaturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 5 p.m.; $15-$25. –C. Moon Reed

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The comic and actor (Green Book, Martin Scorsese’s upcoming The Irishman) spreads his stand-up over two nights at Wynn. Take ride-share to see him, if you dare: He calls it “hitchhiking with your phone.” 7:30 & 10 p.m., $54-$142. –Geoff Carter

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SOSUPERSAM brings her R&B party to the Strip By Brock Radke id you notice? Park MGM is catching some serious R&B vibes. Headlining shows from Janet Jackson and Bruno Mars. DJ residencies from Questlove and Mark Ronson. Is this the most soulful spot on the Strip? It would explain why Samantha Duenas (aka SOSUPERSAM) is bringing the six-year anniversary tour of her 143 party—a monthly R&B jam in LA that has expanded along with her reach—to JEMAA, the NoMad Pool Party, on Friday, May 24. SOSUPERSAM has spun in Vegas before, Downtown at Commonwealth and at Hakkasan’s Ling Ling Lounge, but this will be her first time “throwing my own party,” she says. “We’ve been trying to bring our party to Vegas for years, and I’m really excited it’s finally happening,” she says during a stop in Detroit. “I have been able to experience more of the local music scene in Vegas, and I really, really like it. Actually, a lot of people come to my party from Vegas every month.” 143 is a real party, too, not just a DJ digging through your ’90s-era faves. “It’s very interactive. I try to keep it silly and get the crowd involved and singing along, and I’m usually on the mic singing while DJing, really getting into it and trying to get everybody else loose. This is an especially fun genre to sing along to, and we’ll hand out something random like Cheetos or pizza and keep it fun. That’s probably how it’s going to go down.” It should be noted that Duenas is a pretty awesome singer. She actually got her start as a dancer, performing and touring with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Kelly Rowland and Vanessa Hudgens, so when she’s busting moves behind and in front of the booth, you’ll have to keep up. She broke through as a DJ around 10 years ago and started dropping mixtapes including her own original music in 2016. Check out the Priority EP for a quick dose of her sugary bass-pop, especially the sexy “Good for It.” She tempers the heat with a goofy video, always keeping it light.

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ondon electronic music trio Above & Beyond might got that vibe of a uniquely Vegas club, but I don’t know not appear to be the most likely Vegas club act, but anywhere else in the world that does those things with Jono Grant, Paavo Silijamäki and Tony McGuinness the same commitment. And we do make our sets a bit have been having quite the time popping into our more punchy because of the destination. There’s a lot of desert dance music oasis for years now. They recently bepeople there who are not so familiar with us, but at the came one of the first announced residencies at new Palms same time we are growing into the place and feel very venue KAOS, which is pretty much as Vegas as it gets. much at home in Vegas. The Above & Beyond show we “For us, Vegas is a really interesting town,” McGuindo everywhere else does work in Las Vegas.” ness says. “We were at Hakkasan and before that at MarComing from such a musically refined act, that’s quee and the Hard Rock [Hotel], but we did a birthday a compliment for Las Vegas. A&B has been twice party for the wife of one of the owners [of the Palms] a nominated for Grammy awards and is well-known for couple years back and met them and really enjoyed their its wildly successful acoustic tours. Beyond festival and company. That relationship helps when there’s a new Vegas dates, next up is a return to the 27,500-seat Gorge venture like this, because there’s risk involved Amphitheatre near in Washington state for for both parties. But we went to see the club be- ABOVE & BEYOND the Group Therapy Weekender in late July. May 24, 11 a.m., fore the opening and had been impressed with “We’re very much looking forward to $20-$25. KAOS, 702-953-7665. the plans to renovate the Palms. They mean going back,” McGuinness says. “I remember business. This is not a half-assed thing.” [last time at the Gorge], going onstage with For A&B, which also owns English record Paavo for his yoga set and being rather overlabels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep and recently recome, even having a bit of a teary moment. It’s one leased a companion EP to last year’s Common Ground thing to see and hear a large audience in a dark club, album, playing at KAOS means maintaining a home in but when it’s in broad daylight and you can see people the global club capital while also experimenting with a kind of wandering with their cups of coffee and rucksomewhat unorthodox venue, something the group has sacks, really see how many people there are and the done consistently throughout its touring career. expressions on their faces, it’s quite an overwhelming “It’s definitely a Vegas club, and it reminds me a little experience for me, to realize how far we’ve come and of a cross between Hakkasan and [XS] at Wynn because what we’ve built as a fan base. So to go back and do of the nature of the pool space,” McGuinness says. “It’s that again is exciting.”

+ HOT SPOTS MEEK MILL FRI 24 | DRAI’S He just closed out this season’s Saturday Night Live finale with DJ Khaled, SZA, Lil Wayne and others; now he’s pairing up with Roc Nation to release a documentary on boxing. First, the Philadelphia rapper brings the party to Drai’s. 10:30 p.m., $125-$175. Cromwell, 702-777-3800. –Leslie Ventura

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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT THE PALMS

As far as big Las Vegas weekends go, Memorial Day is an especially anticipated one. Serving as the unofficial kickoff to summer, Thursday through Monday is packed with can’t-miss parties, superstar performers and a schedule of events so robust that many of us will be calling off from work Tuesday. The diversity of KAOS’ lineup is a passion project for Ronn Nicolli, Senior VP of Creative Strategy at the Palms. “Memorial Day Weekend is a great opportunity to highlight the real diversity of the lineup, from hip-hop, to pop, to Latin music, to EDM, to deep house,” Nicolli said. “Going further into the summer, we’re actively looking for new talent as well—it’s important to us to keep the lineup fresh and evolving.”

May 24 Above & Beyond

May 24 deadmau5

May 25 Marshmello

May 26 Armin van Buuren

May 25 Kaskade with special guest DJ Politik

May 26 SOAK Sundays with Marshmello

May 27 David Clutch

S O A K S U N D AY S C R E AT I N G A N EXPERIENCE With so many different venues, creating a synergistic and uninterrupted experience was paramount for the Palms team. “The single experiences are amazing, and each one has so many individual touch points,” Nicolli said. “We also wanted to ensure a fluent experience between them. The transition is important. If you’re at Greene St. and planning to head to KAOS, a host will meet you there and bring you to your table, where your server and buser will be waiting. And once you start winding down at KAOS, your server or host will make sure dinner is set up for you at your next stop.”

KAOS’ new pool party series, SOAK Sundays, is already making waves. “We recently launched SOAK Sundays, which is something I’m really excited about,” Nicolli said. Nicolli, formerly of Wynn Nightlife, continues, “In my past life, I had the opportunity to build other Sunday night pool parties, and particularly on holiday weekends, they’re the best. You don’t have to overthink the outfit or anything like that, you can just take an afternoon nap and come back to enjoy SOAK.”

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THE PERFECT H O L I D AY W E E K E N D Nicolli walks us through his ideal Memorial Day schedule. Thursday night G R E E N E S T. K I T C H E N & G - E A Z Y Before catching G-Eazy at KAOS, Nicolli recommends starting the night at Greene St. Kitchen. “There’s a great vibe on Thursday. It’s usually a collection of locals, industry people and the talent often stops in on Thursdays, too,” he said. “It’s kind of a who’s who going into Memorial Day Weekend.” For after-hour eats, check out Side Piece Pizza. Saturday KAO S & S COTC H 8 0 P R I M E “Start the day at the pool on Saturday, and personally, I recommend ordering the chicken fingers for lunch,” Nicolli said with a laugh. “Chicken fingers and fries are always the No. 1 seller at dayclubs, so we wanted make sure KAOS has the best chicken fingers and fries around.” For dinner, Nicolli suggests Scotch 80 Prime. “The food is amazing, and the vibe is a combination of a steakhouse, art museum and social club. It’s unlike anywhere else.” After dinner, it’s back to KAOS. Sunday B R U N C H ’ N AT G R E E N E S T. K I T C H E N A N D S O A K S U N DAY Greene St. Kitchen’s Brunch’n debuted in late April and quickly became one of the most popular brunches around. “It’s the first brunch I’ve been to in the States that truly feels like a European brunch. It’s like being transported to Ibiza or the Greek Isles. The energy, the oversized food and beverage presentations, it’s a blast,” Nicolli said. From there, it’s KAOS, nap, KAOS for SOAK Sundays.

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SEASON OF THE WITCH LA STREGA SCARES UP SUPERB ITALIAN FARE IN SUMMERLIN

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a Strega—Gina Marinelli’s new Italian restaurant in the former Due Forni space in south Summerlin—reflects an interesting convergence of trends. The first, ongoing since the Great Recession, is the migration of Strip talent away from the tourist corridor; in this instance, a former Cosmopolitan chef has resurfaced in the friendly confines of a suburban strip mall. The other is more recent: an Italian renaissance that began with James Trees’ Esther’s Kitchen Downtown and looks to continue with Nicole Brisson’s upcoming Locale in Mountain’s Edge. La Strega brings a strong pesto game to the scene, beginning with the Italian ($13), a colorful mix of greens interspersed with dense mozzarella and salami cubes and tossed in a sharp pesto vinaigrette hinting of heat. It continues with the pesto and truffle pizza ($15), a funky, umamiladen pie with a light crust topped with mounds of arugula and ample nutty pecorino; and the bucatini Genovese ($16), cylindrical pasta with dandelion greens pesto, showcasing Marinelli’s ability to make eating weeds enjoyable. The influence of Marinelli’s time at Scott Conant’s D.O.C.G. on the Cosmo’s third floor is apparent in her spaghetti pomodoro ($15), a nod to the celebrity chef’s magnum opus. Like Conant’s rendition, her spaghetti is straightforward: al dente noodles lightly coated in a simple tomato sauce bordering on buttery. Other pasta dishes are bit more complex, including the stracci ($18)—ragged, wide-bodied pasta with braised beef cheeks—and the rigatoni Bolognese ($19), accented with wild boar and spicy ’nduja, a spreadable pork. Swine is also the highlight of the Spicy Pig ($17) pizza, which melds meaty soppressata salami with smoked mozzarella and Calabrian chiles for the right amount of kick. La Strega’s name may be Italian for “witch,” but there’s nothing frightening about Marinelli’s take on classic Italian fare at one of the Valley’s best new spots.

LA STREGA 3555 S. Town Center Drive #105, 702-7222099. Tuesday-Friday, 5-10 p.m.; SaturdaySunday, 4-10 p.m.

La Strega brings a rainbow of flavors and colors to Summerlin. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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FOOD & DRINK Hardway 8’s Buffalo fried oysters, foreground, and the Brent Musberger-inspired MusBURGER. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

Winning on Water Street Hardway 8 ups Henderson’s sports bar game

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It looks like Henderson’s historic Water Street tifying a hole in the local market. “We all like sports, but has scored another winner. Barely a month there aren’t a lot of sports bars where you can get a craft into Hardway 8’s existence, the sports barcocktail, a craft beer or delicious food,” Jane says. “We meets-gastropub has become one of the most talkedwanted to redefine what a sports bar could be.” about food and drink destinations in town. That redefinition translates into a laidIts creators, entrepreneurs Bryant Jane back, nonsmoking environment and a menu Hardway 8 and Lyle Cervenka, are best known for refeaturing inventive drinks like the Scarlet 46 S. Water St., 702-410-5124. Daily, Beet Duke (tequila and beet juice) and launching the retro lounge Starboard Tack 11 a.m.-midnight. two years ago. They chose the name Hardway rotating quaffs like Lagunitas Lil’ Sumpin’ 8 in tribute to the 1977 Runnin’ Rebels men’s Sumpin’ ale. basketball team (the first UNLV squad to They also brought in a kitchen star to get make it to the Final Four), and the interior is steeped the game going: consulting chef Johnny Church, whose in scarlet and gray tradition, including wooden bar creations include spicy Buffalo-style fried oysters; turtops made from salvaged Las Vegas Convention Center key meatballs stuffed with prosciutto and Swiss cheese; bleachers. (The team played hoops in the venue from the and gourmet cheeseburgers. Add in street-facing seatlate ’60s through the early ’80s.) ing perfect for nice weather and Hardway 8 seems like a The partners say they opened Hardway 8 after idenslam dunk. –Greg Thilmont

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Some secrets are too good to keep. Rosina at the Palazzo, an intimate lounge perfect for quiet rendezvous and refined cocktails, has a big one: an off-the-books menu that riffs on classics such as juleps and Old Fashioneds. Right now, Rosina offers five modern variations of the Manhattan, that beloved cocktail made of whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters that dates all the way back to the 1860s. While the traditional Manhattan is made with rye, Rosina’s mixologists have stretched the very definition of the drink by using spirits such as tequila, rum, mezcal, and Scotch and Irish whiskeys. The Last Fortress, for example, is crafted with reposado tequila, sweet vermouth, banana liqueur and aguardiente. The banana flavor is subtle but bright, with the vermouth providing the familiar flavor profile. Heck-Fire, made with mezcal, Jamaican rum, blanc vermouth, green chartreuse and a lemon twist, is a tricky one: It might look light and smooth, but it packs a punch going down. Rosina, imbued with art deco glamour and opulence, nimbly navigates the classics while offering bold takes for those with a more adventurous streak. The menu in the 65-personcapacity space is sparse on purpose. The idea is to start a conversation with the expert behind the bar. “It’s our jobs as bartenders not only to give you a great drink but also to find what you’re looking for or maybe show you things that you’re not sure that you’re looking for,” bartender Daniel Yang says. “You get to experience something different than you normally find at a regular bar.” –Genevie Durano

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FLIPPER Opening for Killing Joke with The World Inferno Friendship Society, Egrets on Ergot, Fangs on Fur, Greg Antista & The Lonely Streets. May 24, 8 p.m., $30. Bunkhouse Saloon, 702-982-1764.

JESUS LIZARD LEADER DAVID YOW, ON FRONTING FLIPPER AT PUNK ROCK BOWLING

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BY LESLIE VENTURA ince forming in 1979, the band Flipper has maintained an existence on the outer fringe of punk—a genre itself intended to live beyond the mainstream. Aggressive, noisy and chaotic, Flipper’s music was punk in every sense. Known for songs like “Ha Ha Ha” and “Sex Bomb,” the group didn’t try to sound rude or sinister; it simply did. Original singer Bruce Loose suffered a severe back injury during the ’90s, sending Flipper into hiatus on more than one occasion. Loose toured with the band off-and-on, but when his condition worsened, Flipper sought out none other than David Yow—the incensedsounding madman behind influential noise-rock bands Scratch Acid and The Jesus Lizard—for its 40th anniversary tour. The Weekly caught up with Yow ahead of Flipper’s Punk Rock Bowling club set, to talk Vegas, cats and more.

Some people might be surprised to know that you were born in Las Vegas. How long did you live here? Less than two years. I think we moved away when I was 22 months old. Have you ever played Vegas? When I was in Scratch Acid, in 1987 … no, it was The Jesus Lizard—at a theater. The Huntridge? Yeah. I was so excited. I called my parents and said, “Hey, we’re playing in Las Vegas tonight at the Huntridge Theatre.” And my mom said, “Oh, yeah, you’ve been there.” She said it used to be a movie theater, and she had seen movies while she was pregnant with me.

playing a show in Los Angeles about four or so years ago, he asked if I would join him onstage to do those songs with him. Steve [DePace], the drummer from Flipper, happened to be in the audience, and at the time they were looking for a singer to do [some] shows. Steve told me that they had narrowed it down to Ian MacKaye, Keith Morris, Jello Biafra, Moby or me. I was pretty touched, like, ‘Whoa, what the f*ck are you putting me in a group like that for?’ So that was really cool. Flipper was extremely important to me, very influential to me and my friends and everybody I made music with. The idea of singing with Flipper just seems like I get to be queen for a day.

How did you end up singing with Flipper? The Jesus Lizard covered a couple of songs by Chrome, and then when Helios Creed—[the singer] from Chrome—was

Does knowing that original Flipper singer Bruce Loose is still around add any pressure when you perform? That’s an interesting question. I’m very

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David Yow, far left, and Flipper (Nick Sternberg/Courtesy/Photo Illustration)

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PERFECT GAME NINE MUST-SEE ACTS AT PUNK ROCK BOWLING 2019 KILLING JOKE (May 24, 11:59 p.m., Bunkhouse outdoor stage) If David Yow fronting Flipper doesn’t get you Downtown Friday night, this groundbreaking, industrial- and goth-flecked English post-punk act—formed in the ’70s and reunited in the 2000s—should. DRUG CHURCH (May 24, 8:15 p.m., Bridger Stage; May 26, 5:30 p.m., second festival stage; ) Folks who caught these upstate New Yorkers’ PRB 2017 set still swear by it, and November full-length Cheer further expanded the band’s post-hardcore sound. FLAG (May 25, 8 p.m., main festival stage) You know a fest’s stacked when a previous year’s headliner returns to play earlier in the night (before Rancid). Catch original Black Flag frontman Keith Morris leading the hardcore icons through their beloved early material. F*CKED UP (May 26, 5:50 p.m., main festival stage) The punk-boundary-pushing Toronto six-piece returns to PRB for the first time since 2010 (when it took place at Sunset Station!) with a trove of quality material off October album Dose Your Dreams.

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REFUSED (May 26, 8 p.m., main festival stage) These arty Swedes—who previously headlined PRB and are setting up Descendents this time— are best-known for 1998 LP The Shape of Punk to Come and for their intense live sets.

definitely not going to mimic Bruce, and there are a handful of lyrics that I refuse to sing, because they’re just too stupid. I’m not trying to be a dick about it; it’s just like, he was 18 and 19 years old [when he wrote them]. For instance, there’s a line in one of the songs that goes, “Why is there religion/ It’s just not fair.” I’m not going to sing that—I’ve got pubic hair and everything. I’ve never met Bruce. I was told that he at first was really kind of pissed off and he thought that I was mimicking him or ripping him off or something, because I put posts on social media about cats. I’ve got to let him know, he’s not the first person to be really into cats. So, in no way am I trying to reproduce anything that Bruce may have done. I want to do this stuff as if I was a member of the band instead of trying to be a Flipper cover band. For more of this interview, visit lasvegasweekly.com.

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THE MURDER CITY DEVILS (May 26, 10 p.m., Bunkhouse outdoor stage) The Seattle garagepunks’ barnburning 2015 PRB set got interrupted by lightning, so pray for clear skies. Also, arrive early for quality openers like Mexico’s Le Butcherettes and London’s Shame (the latter of which also plays the main fest Monday). DIRECT HIT! (May 26, 11:55 p.m., Downtown Grand’s Citus Pool) Dig deeper into these Wisconsinites’ sharp pop-punk tunes and you’ll discover some ambitious, conceptual craftsmanship. THE HIVES (May 27, 7:55 p.m., main festival stage) The Swedish quintet emerged during the early2000s garage-rock explosion, but its over-the-top live antics—directed by frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist—have kept it festival-relevant. THE SPECIALS (May 27, 9:15 p.m., main festival stage) How better to close an epic weekend than skanking and singing along to “A Message to You, Rudy” and “Monkey Man” with the English 2 Tone godfathers, making their PRB debut? –Spencer Patterson

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reasons to catch veteran Bay Area hip-hop crew Hieroglyphics

Vision quest By M.T. Richards

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It’s proof there’s life after major-label purgatory. Not many rap groups can claim to have been forged in rejection, but Hieroglyphics can. When its members first linked up, they were all casualties of the major-label system. They’d been forced into involuntary free agency by an industry where orotund syntax and bleary, minimalist beats had long since fallen out of fashion. Casual and Del the Funky Homosapien would’ve gathered their bearings eventually—by that point they already had several great solo albums between them—

but they’re more viable as a unit than they ever were as individuals. Let this be a lesson to discouraged young rappers: There is strength in numbers.

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Debut album 3rd Eye Vision will delight fans of a more writerly persuasion. In hindsight, these guys were clairvoyant: They predicted a future in which lovably dweeby, syllabically generous misfits were free to rap to their hearts’ desire. There’s a tremendous amount of linguistic jujitsu and gamesmanship on 3rd Eye Vision. That strategy wasn’t fashionable in 1998, a time when

brawn was prioritized over high verbal IQ, but Hieroglyphics had to compensate for its lack of toughness somehow. And compensate it did, circling the field and lapping it twice. It helps that the production on 3rd Eye Vision is resplendent, too.

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It made the Bay Area safe for wonky esotericists. When Hieroglyphics debuted, the state of play across its home region was furrow-browed befuddlement. Who were these overread yahoos with florid vocabularies, rapping about Newton and David Horowitz? The Bay

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NOISE SONIC TITANS PRIMING YOU FOR SLEEP, SET TO HEADLINE BROOKLYN BOWL BY SPENCER PATTERSON its six tracks date back to the “Dopesmoker” sessions and the others are relatively new, yet it forms a surprisingly cohesive— and undeniably powerful—whole. And live? “There’s so much openness to these new songs,” Cisneros told Billboard last year. “We can go into new territories with them.” Also, The Sciences contains the immortal lyric, “The pterodactyl flies again.”

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Hear: Under almost any R n so circumstances, (J a recommending a 64-minute song to a SLEEP newcomer would be with Big Business. absurd. But Sleep’s May 27, 7 p.m., defining piece— $30-$45. Brooklyn Bowl, “Dopesmoker,” 702-862-2695. recorded in 1996 and released in several versions since—best approximates the live experiPreviously: An elusive live act ence, evolving constantly while at points in its career, Sleep hypnotically staying in a sinhas become a more frequent gular headspace (opening line: stage presence of late and has “Drop out of life, with bong in actually performed twice locally hand”). If you like “Dopesmokin recent years: at the Psycho er,” you like Sleep. If not, well, Las Vegas festival in 2016 and Brooklyn Bowl probably isn’t the 2017. Both sets featured a chunk place for you on May 27. of “Dopesmoker,” songs from 1992 LP Holy Mountain and Recently: In 2018, more than 20 post-hiatus material. Monday years after creating its previwill mark the band’s first time ous full-length album, Sleep headlining its own show in Las released The Sciences. Two of Vegas, however. oe

HIEROGLYPHICS with Rap Noir, Stoney Hawk, Hi All, Mike Wird, S.A.V.E.1. May 26, 8 p.m., $27-$30. Brooklyn Bowl, 702-862-2695.

was a very different place then; its bailiwick was party-hearty, frolicsome pimp rap (C-Bo, Dru Down). In its time, Hieroglyphics was accepted as a fringe disrupter; today it’s revered not just by pasty neophytes in cargo shorts but at home, too. E-40, the most august and admired rapper in the Bay Area, even recruited the group for his 2012 track “40 & Hiero.”

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It has blessed us with possibly the fiercest foursome in underground hip-hop. As a producer, A-Plus is A1. You could remove the vocals from Souls of Mischief’s 93 ’til Infinity

(the founding document of the Hieroglyphics era) and still be left with a perfectly lovely record thanks to A-Plus’ intimate arrangements. Casual is the most instinctually confident of the bunch, a master of rhythm (listen to “Turkey & Dressing,” where he becomes one with Dante Ross’ piano loop). Del has the stentorian voice of a news anchor but is as ticklishly funny as any comedian. And the chameleonic Domino sounds at home anywhere, be it a G-funk track like “Sweet Potatoe Pie” or something more abstruse like “Dune Methane.”

Separately: Pike doubles as the singer and lead guitarist for sludge-metal trio High on Fire, which released its eighth album last year. Cisernos leads psych/ drone trio Om, which continues to actively tour. And Roeder has manned the kit for Neurosis since its formation in 1985.

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Who: A stoner-rock deity known for its slow, heavy and extended music, its weed-steeped lyrics and its blissfully altered audiences. Demonic bassist/vocalist Al Cisneros and untiring guitarist Matt Pike have been together since the Bay Area band’s 1990 formation, and after an 11-year break, Sleep began its second life in 2009, with drummer Jason Roeder—also of experimental-metal outfit Neurosis— completing the trio’s current lineup.

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Liinda Garisto (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

One dance Magic Mike Live ’s Liinda Garisto only needs a few minutes to steal the show By Brock Radke ots of people move to a different city for a new job at some point during their career. For a professional dancer, it’s commonplace. You go where the gig takes you. That’s the case with Liinda Garisto, but she still acknowledges that her current gig is quite unique and occasionally surreal. She’s the lone female dancer in Magic Mike Live—the acclaimed show created by the film series’ star Channing Tatum, which celebrated two years at the Hard Rock Hotel last month—and her job is essentially to perform in one scene every night, a few minutes onstage that translate to one of the sexiest moments you’ll see in any Vegas show. “It has been phenomenal all the way around,” Garisto says. “It has the makings of what a regular job would be—a schedule and days off like a normal person’s world. But it’s this job. And that’s the feedback I get from the ladies [in the audience], too. ‘I can’t believe this is your job.’ Yeah, it is. This is my little contribution to this live entertainment world.” If you haven’t seen Magic Mike Live, there’s an

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The Starlite Motel (1995) (Fred Sigman/Courtesy)

Bittersweet motel Fred Sigman’s outstanding book captures a fading, wild Las Vegas era By Geoff Carter here are dozens of coffee-table photo books on Las Vegas currently in print. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you live in this Valley—here in the midst of all this brilliantly lit, eminently photoworthy licentiousness and prolificacy—you only need one of them: Fred Sigman’s recently published Motel Vegas (Smallworks Press, $30). Sigman began documenting the 1950s-vintage motels of Fremont Street, Boulder Highway and North Las Vegas in the mid-1990s, using a conspicuously bulky large-format view camera that produced 4-by-5-inch Fujichrome transparencies. (If you feel self-conscious whipping out your iPhone in a sketchy neighborhood, imagine how Sigman felt trucking around with a big, obvious camera in pre-revitalization Downtown.) The resulting images are nostalgic but also bracingly current; many of these decaying properties are still standing and only slightly more timeworn. (And the Neon Museum, bless it, has preserved the signs of the ones that didn’t make it.)

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In anticipation of a May 25 book release event at the Nevada State Museum at Springs Preserve, Sigman spoke to the Weekly about the motivation behind this longtime passion project.

Some of them still stand. What happens to Vegas if we lose those motels? Let me work out the answer to that. I went to high school here. I went to Bishop Gorman, and during those days I started photographing down in the Las Vegas Wash, What convinced you that Vegas’ motels needed to back in the ’70s when it was 5,000 acres of cattail be documented? I was approached by Ivan Karp, swamp. Now, it’s a f*cking county park with picnic of OK Harris Works of Art in New York tables, interpretive signage, a visitor Fred Sigman: City. Ivan used to come to Las Vegas center and all that stuff. … Everything Motel Vegas to gamble rather frequently. … [We] that was wild about that place is gone. May 25, 2 p.m, free hung out a couple nights, and then he From a personal point of view, what with Spring Preserve and I just strolled down Fremont Street we’ve lost here is that the community admission. Nevada State Museum, one evening, when Fremont Street was no longer can experience a wild state, 702-486-5205. a little bit rougher than it is now. He no matter how man-made it could have looked at the motel signs, and he said, been. With that thought in mind, I look “These signs are going to be destroyed.” at the kind of experiences these motels [People know Ivan] mostly because he was Andy can offer us. That’s what we lose—we lose the Warhol’s dealer for many years, but he was also an experience of these motels. And that’s sometimes active architectural preservationist in New York a scary damn experience, I’ll tell you. City. ... He said, “There’s nothing we could do to stop their demolition,” but “I would like them at For an extended version of this interview, visit least photographically archived.” lasvegasweekly.com.

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The Colosseum Celine Dion 5/24-5/25, 5/285/29, 5/31-6/1. Caesars Palace, 866-227-5938. Count’s VAMP’D Kip Winger, Jaxin Outlaw 5/23. B.Y.O.B. (System of a Down tribute), Them Guns, Death Valley High 5/24. The Winery Dogs, ZFG 5/25. Jetboy, John Zito & Electric Church 5/30. Kaos/Bender, Burn Unit 5/31. 750 W. Sahara Ave., 702-220-8849. THE Dillinger Jase Wills 5/24. Mary Feick 5/25. Leo & Carmelo 5/31. 1224 Arizona St., Boulder City, 702-293-4001. THE Dispensary Lounge Indra Jones 5/24. Toscha Comeaux 5/25. Joe Darro & Friends 5/26. Summer Kodama Septet 5/29. Gary Fowler 5/31. 2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343. Dive Bar Savage Henry & The Infamous One Pounders, Keg Killers, Ramp-Aged, Dead Babies, Gob Patrol 5/24. Jessikill 5/28. Nana Pancha 5/29. 4110 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-586-3483. DOUBLE DOWN SALOON T.S.O.L. The Drim, Wolfhounds 5/23. Tiki Bandits, Sticky Doll, Not a Part of It 5/24. Riotgun, Bonecrusher, Welch Boys, High Society 5/25. The Heiz, The Pretty Flowers 5/26. Uberschall 5/26 (late). The Bargain DJ Collective 5/27. Unique Massive 5/28. Thee Swank Bastards 5/29. Atomic Video Jukebox 5/30. Honduh Daze, Nuclear Tourism, Dirt Parade, Chameleon Queen 5/31. 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER Pennywise, Sick of It All, Bollweevils JFA, Drug Church, Noogy 5/24. Punk Rock Bowling ft. Rancid, Descendents, The Specials & more 5/25-5/27. 200 S. 3rd St., 800-745-3000. Eagle Aerie Hall Spite, Fallujah, Oscillation, Silence Speaks, Man Made God, Vetivs, Crown Magnetar 5/24. 310 W. Pacific Ave., 702-568-8927.

EMERGE Ft. Brandon Flowers, Laura Jane Grace, Andrew Bird & more 5/31-6/1. Hard Rock Hotel, emergelv.com. EVEL PIE Spider, Dead 77, Fall Risk, Dallas Über Alles 5/25. Jerk!, Avenues, Problem Daughter, Magnitudes 5/26. Year of the Fist, The Venomous Pinks, Crimson Riot 5/31. 508 Fremont St., 702-840-6460. Fremont Country Club Mad Sin, Guana Batz, Zeros, 45 Grave, Stellar Corpses 5/23. Perkele, Infa Riot, Vicious Rumours, Doug & The Slugs, Antagonizers ATL 5/24. H2O, Lion’s Law, Rude Pride, Empire Down 5/25. Antisect, Conflict, Naked Aggression, Corrupted Youth 5/26. Punk Rock Karaoke, Ten Foot Pole, Superfuct 5/27. 601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-6601. Fremont STREET EXPERIENCE Good Charlotte 5/24. vegasexperience.com. Gilley’s Saloon Brian Lynn Jones Band 5/235/25. Chase & The Pursuit 5/26. Brett Rigby 5/29. Scotty Alexander 5/30. Voodoo Cowboys 5/31-6/1. Treasure Island, 702-894-7722.

3771 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-733-7625. Henderson Pavilion Country in the Park ft. Michael Ray, Abby Anderson, Thrillbilly Deluxe 5/25. Elle King 5/31. 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-267-4849. House of Blues Matisyahu 5/23. Santana 5/24-5/26. Tenille Townes 5/27. Appetite 4 Destruction (GNR tribute) 5/31. Ana Barbara 6/1. Fonseca, Spencer Ludwig 6/3. Chan, Domi, JD Beck 6/7. Led Zepagain (Zeppelin tribute) 6/8. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600. M PAVILION The Stylistics 5/25. M Resort, 702-797-1000. Mandalay Bay BEACH Juanes 5/26. 702-632-7777. Mandalay Bay Events Center New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Naughty by Nature 5/25. 702-632-7777. MGM Grand Garden Arena B2K, Mario, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Bobby V., Chingy, Ying Yang Twins 5/26. 702-531-3826.

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Orleans Showroom Air Supply 5/24-5/26. 702-365-7111. Park Theater Janet Jackson 5/25-5/26. Lady Gaga (Enigma) 5/30, 6/1, 6/6, 6/8. Lady Gaga (Jazz & Piano) 6/2, 6/9. Park MGM, 844-600-7275. THE Railhead Surfin’ (Beach Boys tribute) 5/25. Boulder Station, 702-432-7777. Rocks Lounge Erotic City (Prince tribute) 5/25. Red Rock Resort, 702-797-7777. SAM’S TOWN LIVE Arnel Pineda 5/24. 702-456-7777.

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Comedy BONKERZ COMEDY CLUB Louie Bruce, Jason Outlaw 5/23. Rampart Casino, 702-507-5900. Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club Brad Garrett, Quinn Dahle, Vargus Mason 5/23-5/26. Brad Garrett, Mike Merryfield, Mark Ellis 5/27-6/2. MGM Grand, 866-740-7711. COMEDY CELLAR K-Von, Keith Robinson, Traci Skene, Rich Vos, Mark Cohen 5/23. Robert Kelly, Keith Robinson, Traci Skene, Rich Vos, Mark Cohen 5/24. K-Von, Robert Kelly, Keith Robinson, Rich Vos, Mark Cohen 5/25-5/26. Chloe Hilliard, Rocky Dale Davis, Traci Skene, Owen Smith, Mark Cohen 5/27-5/29. Rio, 702-777-2782. Encore Theater Sebastian Maniscalco 5/255/26. Wynn, 702-770-6696. HADES HOOKAH LOUNGE Krista Kay, Thai Rivera 5/23. 702-720-0188. JIMMY KIMMEL’S COMEDY CLUB Dov Davidoff 5/23-5/26. Linq Promenade, 702-777-2782. JOKESTERS COMEDY CLUB Don Barnhart, Oscar Ovies 5/23-5/26. Comics for Causes 5/25. Don Barnhart, Krista Kay 5/27-6/2. The D, 702-388-2111. L.A. COMEDY CLUB Myles Weber, DJ Sandhu 5/23-5/26. Kabir Singh, Ron Josol 5/27-6/2. The Strat, 702-380-7711.

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Comedian Gabriel Iglesias performs at the Mirage May 24-26. (Courtesy)

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■ RISING STARS

JADEN HARDY CORONADO BASKETBALL | PAIGE SINICKI CORONADO SOFTBALL Gone are the days when the junior varsity team was filled with underclassmen waiting for their turn to contribute to the varsity team. In Las Vegas, many freshmen and sophomores are already making splashes on the big stage, and even dictating which teams win championships. Take Coronado basketball player Jaden Hardy, a sophomore who averaged 25 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game to earn first-team allstate honors for the second consecutive year. ESPN ranks him as the No. 2 overall recruit nationally for 2021. “What makes the game easy is my teammates. Once I get out there with them, I just let the game come to me,” Hardy said. Coronado classmate Paige Sinicki is similarly celebrated. The sophomore is rated as the No. 14 prospect nationally for 2021 by Softball America. She has verbally committed to Oregon. The shortstop finished the season with a .452 batting average to go with 11 home runs, 32 RBIs, 61 runs scored and 19 stolen bases. “Work ethic and passion,” Sinicki said. “Those are the two important things to be successful in

the game.” Rising Star was the Sun Standout Awards’ most competitive category, with eye-popping numbers for every finalist. Bishop Gorman volleyball’s Anjelina Starck, who is committed to Penn State, helped the Gaels win the state championship with 745 assists. Centennial’s girls basketball squad finished No. 3 nationally with the help of sophomore guard Taylor Bigby, the No. 19 overall recruit in the class of 2021, according to ESPN. In the boys category, a pair of football players had breakthrough seasons. Centennial’s Gerick Robinson had three touchdowns on kick returns and caught 44 passes for 565 yards and four scores. In track, he helped the Bulldogs win the region championship. Liberty running back Zyrus Fiaseu rushed for nearly 1,000 yards and has scholarship offers from Oregon and Nebraska. This won’t be the last you hear from this group. “I know I have a target on my back,” Hardy said. “That’s why I’m always going to play my hardest and give it my all. I know nothing comes easy in this game.”

FEMALE FINALISTS

■ Taylor Bigby Centennial basketball Named the state’s Player of the Year by USA Today after averaging 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game to help Centennial win a fifth-straight state title.

■ Amani Felipe Sierra Vista soccer Scored 23 goals to go with six assists during her freshman season.

■ Cindylou Rasiang Bonanza flag football Led the state with 6,300 passing yards and 77 touchdowns.

■ Anjelina Starck Bishop Gorman volleyball Helped the Gaels win a state championship with 259 kills, 225 digs, 745 assists and 108 aces.

MALE FINALISTS

■ Sergio Aguayo Las Vegas soccer Guided the Wildcats to a state championship with 25 goals on the year.

■ Amado Castellon Cimarron-Memorial wrestling Posted a 42-4 record as a sophomore and took second at the state championship meet.

■ Zyrus Fiaseu Liberty football Averaged 7.7 yards per carry with eight touchdowns as a sophomore despite dealing with injuries all season.

■ Gerick Robinson Centennial football and track Caught 44 passes for 565 yards and four touchdowns and added three kick returns for a score. In track, he was part of a 1,600-meter relay team that placed second at the state meet.

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BISHOP GORMAN GIRLS SOCCER most impressive performance in all ■ The of Southern Nevada high school sports this year came from the Bishop Gorman girls soccer team. Not only did the Gaels win the state title, they steamrolled their way through, going undefeated in 28 games with a plus-138 goal differential to finish seventh in USA Today’s national rankings. “It was a good mixture of club players finally getting the opportunity to play from one of the bigger clubs in town, and then the experience we gained from last year, returning a lot of those big players and getting to add a few more was a big difference for us,” coach Doug Borgel said. “We keep it very light, have a lot of fun.” Gianna Gourley (28 goals) and Jaden Terrana (21) were key returners from the 2017 state champion Gaels, who received a major boost from Vanderbilt signee Ashtyn Fink. The senior had only played club soccer until this year, when she had 33 goals and 16 assists in her sole high school season. “We ended up coming out of the chute just doing really well and winning a lot and scoring a lot of goals, and we just worked really well together,” Fink said. “The mentality was that every team was coming after us, so we had to be at the top of our game.” Gorman is still set up well for the future. Fink and Gourley are graduating, but Terrana is among 15 underclassmen looking for the three-peat in 2019.

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one hour before the Las Vegas High baseball ■ It’s team is about to start practice, and coach Sam Thomas is feverishly at work. He appears to be in his element. The veteran coach is climbing a ladder with a tool belt strapped around his waist. It’s almost comical, because Thomas also has on baseball pants, a coach pullover and turf shoes. Thomas is installing new speakers at the stadium in another upgrade at the east Las Vegas program he has meticulously managed since the late 1990s. “If something breaks at your house, do you wait around for someone to come fix it?” Thomas asks. Thomas was the recipient of the top honor at this year’s Sun Standout Awards—the Hank Greenspun Lifetime Achievement Award, named after the Las Vegas Sun founder. Many remember Thomas as Greg Maddux’s catcher at Valley High School and Bryce Harper’s coach at Las Vegas. “I got out of the way,” he jokes of coaching Harper. Thomas, of course, is being humble. Harper’s two years at Las Vegas were successful in part because Thomas treated him like the other players in the program, said Derek Stafford, the school’s assistant

principal in charge of athletics. “Any coach who can do 20 years at one school and in one program is doing something right,” Stafford said. “He truly cares about the kids and not just the game. The game is a medium for him to teach and coach.” What many don’t see is Thomas on Sundays. That’s when he throws batting practice to players—anyone who wants to show up, regardless of school— and also manicures the field’s grass. It’s one of the greenest in town, so beautiful that Thomas has also begun taking the lead on maintaining the softball and football fields. Thomas tells a story about a reporter asking him his all-time coaching record. “We won today. I’m 1-0,” he answered. That, again, is Thomas being humble. It seemed only fitting that in Thomas’ last year of teaching, his Wildcats had their most storied season under his watch. They won the Mountain Region championship and played in the state tournament for the first time during his tenure. He’s retiring this month from teaching but still plans to coach at least one more season. All the work on Sundays will be hard to give up. There’s a speaker to install and batting practice to throw, and that way of life is all Thomas knows.

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Bigger just wanted to be a part of her ■ Sydney sister’s basketball team. She became much more than that after taking on a role as the team manager. Diamondbacks coach Laurie Evans-Gygax called Bigger “the spirit of the season.” “She was super-emotional when we lost and super-happy when we won,” Evans-Gygax said. “She would even give speeches.” Bigger has Down syndrome, but according to Evans-Gygax, no one would ever know she had special needs from the outside. “She just walks around and has this great personality,” Evans-Gygax said. “She loves being part of what’s going on.” Evans-Gygax submitted Bigger’s nomination for the award as a way to thank her for all she contributed to Desert Oasis. One example that stood out came in a tight game when both sides became heated late in the first half. Bigger started dancing on the bench at halftime and lightened the mood. “She always brought [the team] back to reality. … You can’t help but remember it’s not always about basketball,” Evans-Gygax said. Bigger said her favorite

part about her role was cheering on the team and consoling them when they lost. “I feel sad, too … but I tell them, ‘It’s OK we lost; maybe next time we’ll win,’” she said. Bigger always kept the team grounded. “It makes you realize we are all here to learn,” Evans-Gygax said. “When you have someone on your team who consistently puts a smile on your face, it reminds you why you do what you do.” Olivia Bigger, Sydney’s sister, enjoyed getting to spend the season with her older sister. “She was really energetic on the bench,” Olivia said. “Everyone loved her.” Sydney plans to attend UNLV next year and study science. Olivia, a freshman, will miss having Sydney around the basketball team. Kelley Bigger, the girls’ mother, was ecstatic when she found out Sydney was up for the award. “I just thought it was really kind that her coach nominated her for that,” Kelley said. “I thought it was very sweet … just to know she thought so much of Sydney.”

■ Emani Frink Clark High football Called “the glue of the team” for fulfilling multiple roles including team manager, equipment manager and water girl.

■ Jean Rees Spring Valley cross country and swimming Headed a pair of service projects in Honor and Remember the Flag, which publicly recognizes fallen U.S. soldiers, and 4Ocean, which cleans trash from the sea. ■ Shana Stott Eldorado High athletics Advised student-athletes at her alma mater, an at-risk school, for the 20th straight year doing everything from providing meals to helping them apply for colleges.

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There certainly hasn’t been a better baseball player in Southern Nevada this year, and there might not be a single athlete who has performed as well as Aaron Roberts. The Desert Oasis senior infielder/pitcher batted .476 this season with 13 home runs and 58 RBIs to lead his team to a state championship. On the mound, he posted a 1.32 ERA with 84 strikeouts in 43 innings. “Being on the caliber of team I’m on, it just helps push myself even more to get better,” he said. “Seeing all these guys around me, my USC-commit teammates, Oregon, UNLV … they just push me to make myself better each and every day, and I push them. “It’s a never-ending loop of greatness.” Roberts is signed to play at California but could garner attention in June’s MLB Entry Draft and forgo a collegiate career altogether. The Golden Bears recruited him as both a pitcher and a hitter. He can’t decide which he likes better. Roberts has been a strong player throughout his high school career, but he’s taken it to another level this season. He said a commitment to focus was the key: “making sure that I keep my goals in check and don’t get distracted by outside things.”

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■ Christian Franklin Valley cross country and track Recorded Nevada’s best 3.1-mile course time this season—16 minutes, 22 seconds— to win the state championship, his ninth victory out of 11 races entered this season. ■ Jalen Hill Clark basketball Won the Gatorade Player of the Year award after averaging 17.5 points and five rebounds per game in his senior season and committing to Oklahoma. ■ Kyu Kelly Bishop Gorman football and track Won state championships in both sports and committed to Stanford as a defensive back. ■ Scott Solan Palo Verde volleyball Made the U.S. Youth National Team, won a state championship with 279 kills on the season and committed to play at Pepperdine next year.

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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AUDREY BOCH-COLLINS CLARK TENNIS Boch-Collins just keeps winning, and winning, and winning. In three years at Clark, she hasn’t even entertained the thought of losing a match—in fact, she hasn’t dropped a single set in her high school career. That streak continued through the 2018 campaign, as Boch-Collins rolled to her third consecutive state championship with her perfect individual record intact. Her 6-0, 6-1 triumph in the 2018 state final not only made BochCollins a three-time champ, it put her in position to do something no other Nevada prep player has accomplished: win four straight titles. If anyone can complete the high school grand slam, it’s BochCollins. In addition to taking private lessons and attending classes at a charter school, she also makes time to practice with the Clark team during the week. This is the second straight year Boch-Collins was honored at the Sun Standout Awards; she earned the Rising Star award a year ago.

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■ Dan Barnson Arbor View football Surpassed 100 career wins and secured his first regional title in his final season.

■ Kapua Pulotu Sunrise Mountain track and field Claimed state championships in the shot put and discus, with the winning throw in the latter coming in 12 feet farther than the second-place finisher.

■ Ashtyn Fink Bishop Gorman soccer Won the Desert Region Offensive Player of the Year award after scoring 33 goals and recording 15 assists for the state champion Gaels.

■ Aimee Garcia Boulder City swimming Won four races at the state championship, posting a time in the 500 freestyle that was 32 seconds better than her closest competitor.

■ Eboni Walker Centennial basketball Averaged 11.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game to help her team to a fifth-consecutive state championship.

■ Adam Schwartz Mojave basketball Improved the program by 18 wins in his first season, as the Rattlers went 22-8 overall after a 4-22 campaign a year ago, and reached their first state tournament since 2007.

COACH OF THE YEAR CHRIS MARTINEZ CENTENNIAL CROSS COUNTRY In his fourth year at Centennial, Martinez had the Bulldogs running at peak efficiency all season. The boys and girls teams both placed first at the UNLV Invitational, then proved they could hang with national competition at the Nike Portland Invitational, where the girls placed ninth and the boys finished 13th. Martinez’s charges capped off the campaign with dominant victories at the state championships, claiming twin 4A titles—the first time in Nevada history that one school won the boys and girls crowns in the same season. Martinez credited his runners for putting in the work. “There’s a lot of preparation and dedication,” Martinez said. “Taking care of your body, nutrition, hydration—there’s so much that goes into it besides just going out to run.”

■ Chris Walker Canyon Springs basketball Coached the Pioneers to their best season in school history with a 25-5 record and first-ever state tournament appearance.

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FEMALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR MACKENZIE CARCELLI

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CENTENNIAL GIRLS BASKETBALL The Bulldogs captured a fifthstraight state championship and became the only team that has garnered recognition at each of the first four Sun Standout Awards. Senior team leaders like Arizona State-bound Eboni Walker and UNLV-bound Melanie Isbell have secured their place in Southern Nevada high school sports lore. “Playing at Centennial, that’s the expectation,” Walker said. “It doesn’t matter what year it is, who is there. [Championships are] our goal all the time. For me, I felt like this is my last time, so I wanted to go out with something a little more.” Centennial managed a little more, arguably even surpassing expectations during one of the best seasons in the powerhouse program’s history. The Bulldogs went 31-2 overall, with the only losses coming against national programs. They won every game against in-state competition by at least 27 points.

SPRING VALLEY Mackenzie Carcelli accomplished so much at Spring Valley High, she ran out of room on her letter jacket. The Class of 2019’s valedictorian played three sports in each of her four years—soccer, basketball and track—and made the NIAA’s All-State Academic team. “I’ve had to stay focused and have my goals in mind,” Carcelli said. “I’ve never been honored like this in such a big way. To me, it’s like all the hard work has paid off.” Carcelli has earned a full scholarship to UNLV, where she plans to study criminal justice beginning in the fall semester.

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MALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ANJELO VIGILIA WESTERN Ever since elementary school, Anjelo Vigilia believed he possessed a different level of competitiveness. Many young athletes are determined to be the best on the playing field, but few carry the same motivation to also beat all of their peers in the classroom. Vigilia always wanted both. “I’m self-driven,” he said. “I want to be the best in everything I do.” One of the area’s top wrestlers, Vigilia supplemented a fourth-place finish at this year’s state tournament with a sixth-place showing at the junior nationals in his 106-pound weight class. He also lettered in cross country, led Western’s ROTC program and posted a 4.6 weighted grade-point average.

FINALISTS ■ Boulder City girls swimming Dominated all of its meets throughout the season en route to a seventh straight 3A team state championship, in addition to a handful of individual state titles.

■ Coronado girls tennis Put together a second straight undefeated season and was rarely challenged, even in the state championship, where it defeated Palo Verde 15-3.

■ Shadow Ridge girls bowling Posted a 142-2 record and never trailed in a single game at the state tournament.

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GAME OF THE YEAR Everyone expected Democracy Prep boys basketball to roll through the Class 3A playoffs this season. Chaparral had other ideas. The Cowboys, who were 16-7 on the year, eliminated the Blue Knights, who were undefeated in league play, in an 82-80 overtime win in the Southern Region semifinal in February. Meshach Hawkins hit a gamewinning shot in the final minute of

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR BROOKE BYKOWSKI FOOTHILL VOLLEYBALL When it comes to giving back, Bykowski gives it her all. The senior is involved in so many charities that it’s hard to list them all: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada, Families for Effective Autism Treatment Camp and the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation are just some of her endeavors. Bykowski is heading to the University of Arizona on an academic scholarship, and she plans to continue her charitable work there. Her reason for putting so much into helping others is simple. “I just love seeing the smile on people’s faces when you help them,” Bykowski said.

FINALISTS ■ John Howard Bobo Basic baseball Fundraised $1,500 per year for the past three years to cover the expenses of a special needs baseball team, drawing inspiration from a health scare he survived as a child.

■ Zachary Kriethe Sierra Vista baseball Volunteered to a number of charities, including the Angel Tree Program, which helps prisoners and their families celebrate Christmas.

■ Frankie Pelton Durango football Sacrificed a chance to play college football to follow his heart and sign up for the U.S. Army, where he intends to become a combat medic.

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overtime to secure the victory. “We were supposed to lose that game by 20, I think they said,” said Hawkins, who had a team-high 22 points. “It was joyful. My coach, he hugged me and I started crying and he started crying.” Democracy Prep outscored opponents by 24.6 points per game in the regular season to roll to a Sunset League title, while Chaparral grabbed

the No. 2 seed in the Sunrise League. Chaparral trailed by double digits in the game but grabbed the lead late in the fourth quarter before Democracy Prep tied it. The overtime win sent the Cowboys to the state tournament for the first time since before Hawkins was born. “That’s what the goal was, to go to state,” Hawkins. “No Chap team did it in so long.”

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MOMENT OF THE YEAR RICHARD CURRY SCORES FOR BONANZA HIGH FOOTBALL

FINALISTS ■ Democracy Prep football stuns Coronado to open season Defeated a school with four times the enrollment despite only dressing 26 players, moving up to the 3A level for the first time and surrendering a game-opening kickoff return for a touchdown.

■ Eldorado boys soccer knocks out CimarronMemorial in penalty kicks Pulled off a major upset against the team heavily favored to win the state title by holding them scoreless through regulation and overtime before winning a 4-2 penalty-kick shootout.

■ Green Valley flag football beats Bonanza in final seconds of state championship Succeeded on a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute remaining, scoring from 10 yards out to win the game instead of going for the safer five-yard extra point to force overtime.

Coaches were putting the finishing touches on plans for the annual “senior walk” when Dion Lee came up with the idea to honor his program’s most popular member. Senior manager Richard Curry would dress for the final home game when seniors are announced and take the field with family during a pregame ceremony. “It dawned on me that his parents would be surprised to see him dressed,” Lee said. That night against Faith Lutheran turned out to be more than uniform and pads for Curry, who is autistic. On the final play of the game, he scored a touchdown on a 26-yard run in a moment coordinated by coaches of both teams. Curry rarely spoke when Lee approached him a few years ago and asked him to join the team as the ball boy. It was a job he mastered. “He took pride in that job and got confidence because the kids accepted him,” Lee said. Before the game, Lee and Faith Lutheran coach Vernon Fox coordinated to allow Curry to have his moment—but only if the game was out of hand. Curry, with Bonanza trailing by six touchdowns in the final minute, entered the game not knowing what to expect. Soon, he was in the end zone and at the center of a massive celebration. In an unscripted move, players from both teams jumped up and down to celebrate. Video of the moment was captured and went viral. “The aftermath we didn’t plan,” Lee said. “That was the excitement of the game. That’s the thing about kids—they care about each other.” Curry is no longer reserved. Being part of a team, even if it is in a supporting role, has helped his development. The touchdown was an added bonus. “He is the man on campus. All of the kids gravitate to him,” Lee said. That includes the Faith Lutheran players. What made the touchdown so memorable was the joy the opposition shared. “That’s what sports and high school sports are all about,” Fox said. “At the end of the day, it didn’t matter what the score was. What mattered most was making that moment special for Richard.”

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BROKERED TRANSACTIONS SALES $4,636,506 for 18.81 acres of industrial

3649 Marion Drive, Las Vegas 89115 Landlord/seller: Las Vegas Blvd and Marion LLC Landlord/seller agent: Dan Doherty, SIOR; Paul Sweetland, SIOR; Chris Lane, CCIM; and Jerry Doty of Colliers International Tenant/buyer: Marion Drive Nevada Becknell Investors Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose $4,000,000 for 3,000 sq. ft. of retail 8925 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, 89123 Landlord/seller: Meyer S. F. Partners LP Landlord/seller agent: David Grant of Colliers International Tenant/buyer: Western Plaza LLC Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,800,000 for 10,000 sq. ft. of industrial 4870 W. Oquendo Road, Las Vegas 89128 Landlord/seller: 4870 W Oquendo LLC Landlord/seller agent: Dan Doherty, SIOR; Paul Sweetland, SIOR; Chris Lane, CCIM; Jerry Doty; Pat Marsh, SIOR; and Sam Newman of Colliers

International Tenant/buyer: Spring Meadow Presbyterian Church Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,582,000 for 8,258 sq. ft. of industrial 6623 S. Schuster St., Las Vegas 89118 Landlord/seller: John Morotti Landlord/seller agent: Dean Willmore, SIOR, Alex Stanisic and Mike Willmore of Colliers International Tenant/buyer: Scandia Realty Group, LLLP Tenant/buyer agent: Did not disclose

BUILDING PERMITS $6,680,700, office/warehouse/industrial shell 1379 Executive Airport Drive, Henderson Burke & Associates $4,999,500, office/ warehouse/industrial shell 1387 Executive Airport Drive, Henderson Burke & Associates $3,600,000, commercial tenant improvement 1172 Center Point Drive, Henderson Williams General Contracting

$3,000,000, commercial building 3110 S. Durango Drive, Suite C-1, Las Vegas Momeni Construction $3,000,000, commercial tenant improvement 8804 Spanish Ridge Ave., Las Vegas Taylor International Corp.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, you will have the wisdom to criticize yourself in constructive ways that will at least partially solve a long-standing problem. Hallelujah! You will also understand what to do to eliminate a bad habit by installing a good new habit. Capitalize on that knowledge! You’ll also have the saucy ingenuity necessary to alleviate a festering fear. Be audacious! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What standards might we use in evaluating levels of sexual satisfaction? One measure is the tenderness and respect that partners have for each other. Wherever you may fall on the scale, you can accomplish an upgrade. Read authors who specialize in the erotic arts. Talk to your partners with increased boldness and clarity. While meditating, search for clues in the depths. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If there were a Hall of Fame for writers, Shakespeare might have been voted in first. Be Shakespeare-like in the coming weeks. That is, be willing to draw equally from both intellectual and spiritual sources; be a deep thinker who communes with sacred truths; synergize the functions of your discerning mind and your devotional heart. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty,” writes author and entrepreneur Timothy Ferriss. He doesn’t do that himself, but rather is quite eager to harvest the perks of dwelling in uncertainty. Don’t embrace the fertile power of uncertainty 24 hours a day and 365 days of every year. But do just that for the next three weeks. There’ll be big payoffs if you do. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many 18th-century pirates were committed to democracy and equality. The camaraderie, fairness and mutual respect on pirate ships were different from the conditions faced by sovereign nations’ navy sailors. Seek alternative approaches to rigid and hierarchical systems. Gravitate toward organizations that offer you freedom and rich alliances. Ally yourself with emancipatory influences. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t wait around for fate to decide which decisions you should make and what directions you should go. Formulate those decisions yourself, with your willpower fully engaged. Never say, “If it’s meant to be, it will happen.” Rather, resolve to create the outcomes you strongly desire to happen. One more thing: don’t fantasize about the arrival of the “perfect moment.”

2018 King features syndicate

ACROSS 1 Having lasting import 9 Enzyme name ending 12 Directory no. 15 Toasty 19 In a busy way 20 Wacky 22 86-Across star Nastase 23 * Earth’s layers of rock strata 25 Met VIP 26 Reaping mo. 27 Partner 28 “Keystone” officer 29 Revolting one 30 Sit in on, as a class 32 * Top-end 35 Accompany 39 — -um (gnat) 41 Delicious 42 * Taking baby steps, perhaps 45 Cause to take notice 49 Touch-related 50 Away from home 51 — -en-Provence 53 Altercation 54 Spanish for “these” 55 Bank account amt. 57 Tick off 59 Indigo dye 60 Japanese religion 62 * Criterion applied unequally 66 Brainchild 68 Boosting drink 69 Prefix with dynamics 70 * Football receiver’s success 76 Swab analysis site

81 Everyone, to Germans 82 Dust specks 83 See 124-Across 85 Ballplayer Lefty 86 Tennis site 88 Org. for an air marshal 89 August hrs. 91 13th-century king of England 93 Final stops 95 * Classic coaster at Disney parks 98 Muscat native 100 Driving around in a Winnebago, e.g. 101 Mourned loudly 102 * Not on a leash 106 Dying fire feature 108 Go wide of 109 Apple apps use it 110 Norwegian port 111 Kin of -trix 115 Axel relative 116 Repeatedly (or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues) 121 Ballet dip 122 Hauled 123 Rendered unnecessary 124 With 83-Across, gave spoonfuls to directly 125 Plane domain 126 Paper crew, for short 127 Proximity DOWN 1 Witchy types 2 Frozen drink treat 3 “Uncle!”

4 Arcade error 5 Lacto- — diet 6 Bylaw, briefly 7 Epic of Troy 8 Tour de France activity 9 In a skillful way 10 Brit’s title 11 Book before Daniel 12 Heisman, e.g. 13 Be human 14 Fronted 15 Erudite 16 Perp’s out 17 Kind of bolt 18 Soft, dry and crumbly 21 Slip — (flub up) 24 Certain aria 29 Thruway exits 30 Like painters 31 Elec. or water 32 August woe 33 Man of La Mancha 34 Steak- — (frozen beef brand) 35 Politician Kefauver 36 Hoard 37 Mojave plants 38 Dramatist Joe 40 Dallas coll. 43 Kan. neighbor 44 Narrow way 46 Big Sicilian volcano 47 Ruckus 48 Auction cry 52 Wacky 56 Gets used (to) 57 Jai — 58 Unit of 36” 61 Lakers great Lamar 63 Beehive State athletes 64 Exacta, e.g. 65 Titleless one

67 Being hammy 70 War ender 71 Salve plant 72 Put-down 73 Preached 74 Grassy fields 75 Most regularly 77 “It’s —!” (“You’re on!”) 78 Old ship-locating system 79 World War II hero Murphy 80 Sightless 84 “In excelsis —” 87 Demure 89 Jazz great Brubeck 90 — -fi flick 92 “Valley of the Dolls” co-star Patty 94 Flatbread of India 96 Foretell 97 Film studio roarer 99 “Excuse me, but ...” 102 Actor Fiennes 103 Palate dangler 104 Away from home 105 “Walkabout” director Nicolas 107 Frozen, domeshaped dessert 110 Likelihood 111 Actor Richard 112 “Valley of the Dolls” co-star Sharon 113 Links 114 Halts 116 NFL coups 117 Tick off 118 Flanders of Springfield 119 LaRue of “CSI: Miami” 120 Plane domain

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming weeks, give yourself to generous, expansive experiences. Think big, funny thoughts and feel spacious, experimental emotions. Get luxurious glimpses of the promise your future holds, and visualize yourself embarking on adventures and projects you’ve been too timid or worried to consider before now. For best results, be eager to utter the word “more” as you meditate on the French phrase “joie de vivre” and the English phrase “a delight in being alive.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to Popular Mechanics magazine, more than 3 million sunken ships are lying on the bottoms of the world’s oceans. Some of them contain billions of dollars’ worth of precious metals and jewels. And fewer than 1% have been investigated by divers. Explore your inner world’s equivalent of lost or unknown riches. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to go searching for them. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some days you need god’s grace,” writes poet Scherezade Siobhan. “On other days: the feral tongue of vintage whiskey and a mouth kissed by fire.” These days, you might be inclined to prefer the latter. But those flashy phenomena would not motivate you to take the corrective and adaptive measures you actually need. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet William Stafford articulated some advice that you need to hear. Hold it close to your awareness for the next 21 days. “Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk,” he wrote. “Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.” By practicing those protective measures, you will foster and safeguard your mental health. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Love is an immoderate thing / And can never be content,” declared poet W. B. Yeats. Love will be immoderate in your vicinity during the coming weeks. On the other hand, it’s likely to bring you contentment—as long as you’re willing to play along with its immoderateness. Even as it brings you satisfaction, it will inspire you to ask for more from love and expand your capacity for love. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will know you are in sweet alignment with cosmic forces if you have an impulse to try a rash adventure, but decide instead to work on fixing a misunderstanding with an ally. You can be sure you’re acting in accordance with your true intuition if you feel an itch to break stuff, but instead channel your energy into improving conditions at your job.

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