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STATE OFFERS PRIZES TO BOOST CORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS
DELIVERING WITH DIGNITY SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
Nevada officials are hoping to entice more residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 with prizes like fishing licenses, college scholarships and $1 million in cash. Nearly 2,000 winners will get a share of raffle prizes worth a total of $5 million during the “Vax Nevada Days” promotion, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced June 17. The first drawing will be July 8. “We’ve been talking about Nevada’s 3 million reasons to unite behind lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, which is another way of saying every single Nevadan counts as we work to end this pandemic,” Sisolak said. “Now you have 5 million more reasons for Nevadans to step up [and] get protected against COVID-19.” The prize purse includes cash prizes starting at $1,000, tuition savings plans ranging from $5,000 to $50,000, hundreds of annual passes to state parks and more than a thousand state fishing licenses. Weekly drawings will continue through August 26, when the $1 million grand prize winner will be picked. Federal pandemic relief funds are paying for the prizes, Sisolak said. Vaccine recipients are automatically entered upon getting their first dose, and people who have already been vaccinated have been put in the running. Nevada ranks in the middle of the pack in vaccine uptake. According to NV Health Response, about 51% of residents 12 and older have had at least one shot; about 43% are fully vaccinated. -Hillary Davis
As the Valley experiences its first heat wave of the season, it’s important to remember our most vulnerable citizens. Delivering With Dignity, which was founded during the pandemic, delivers meals to those struggling with poverty or who are at risk of contracting COVID-19, including the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions. Even with the city reopening, volunteers are needed to help deliver meals prepared by partner restaurants. “The heart and soul of the program are our Food Heroes, who are delivering on average 6,500 meals per week,” says Tiffany Twohig, executive director for Delivering With Dignity. “It’s a great activity for students or a fun way for groups, like businesses, sports teams and organizations, to get together and help their community.” Volunteers receive 15% off a meal at any of four partner restaurants—Honey Salt, Graffiti Bao, Valencian Gold and the Jolt Coffee Co.—as well as a $30 Amazon gift card and $10 gas gift card for those who work three days in a week. To sign up, visit deliveringwithdignitylv. org. –Genevie Durano
THEY SAID IT
A fan-made replica of the Ghostbusters Ectomobile, built from a 1959 Cadillac Superior hearse, sold for $88,000 at the 2021 Las Vegas Barrett-Jackson auction at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s new West Hall. The auction ran June 16-19. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
WRECK AT PRIDE PARADE WAS ACCIDENTAL, NOT A HATE CRIME
n “There’s still more and I want to do it here; I don’t want to do it anywhere else. I’ve said it over and over again: I’d probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else. I’m a Raider for my entire life. … I don’t need a perfect situation to make things right.” –Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, June 15 n “The bottom line is that
A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally the NCAA and its members slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in are suppressing the pay South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously of student-athletes who injuring another, the group’s director said June 20, clarifying collectively generate billions of dollars in revenues for initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay colleges every year. Those community. enormous sums of money Wilton Manors Vice Mayor Paul Rolli and Fort Lauderdale flow to seemingly everyone Mayor Dean Trantalis said the early investigation shows it was except the student-athletes.” an accident. The 77-year-old driver was taken into custody, –Supreme Court Justice Brett but police said no charges have been filed and the investigaKavanaugh, writing in a unantion is ongoing. imous decision June 21 ruling The elderly driver had ailments that prevented him from that student-athletes could walking, according to a statement from Fort Lauderdale Poreceive education-related lice, who said he was cooperating with the investigation and payments there was no evidence drugs or alcohol was involved. “The early investigation now indicates it looks like it was a tragic accident, but nobody’s saying finally what it is,” Rolli told the Associated Press. The driver and the victims were a part of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus family, a small 25-member group of mostly older men. Rolli was on the float in front of the chorus truck along with Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and other city officials at a staging area where the floats were being readied. Trantalis said the driver of a pickup truck suddenly accelerated when he was told he was next in the parade, crashing into the victims. The driver continued across all lanes of traffic, ultimately crashing into a fence on the other side of the street, police said. –Associated Press
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OLYMPICS RESTRICTIONS Olympic organizers on June 21 set a limit of 50% capacity for all events—up to 10,000 fans, all of whom must be Japanese—at this year’s games. Cheering has been banned, as well, and officials said if coronavirus cases rise again, the rules could still be changed to bar fans altogether.
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Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon was placed in self-isolation June 20 after testing positive for COVID-19. McCrimmon, 60, traveled with the team to Montreal, and became the second person involved in the NHL series to test positive, after Canadiens interim coach Dominique Ducharme.
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The Weekly Q&A: Made for Love author Alissa Nutting Cover story: What you'll find inside the Strip's new Resorts World Nights: Virgin's Élia Beach Club is a feast for the senses Noise: Why is a band called Lords of Death wearing Hawaiian shirts? Food & Drink: Meet Bazaar Meat's new executive chef
WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD N EWS YO U S H O U L D K N OW A B O U T
Sports: Maxx Crosby looks to lead an improved Raiders' defense Vegas Inc: The Top Lawyers in the Las Vegas Valley
FIRST ACTIVE GAY PLAYER Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on June 21 posted a video on his Instagram account announcing that he was gay and that he was making a $100,000 donation to the Trevor Project. Nassib, 28, is the first openly gay player to be part of an NFL team's active roster. Michael Sam famously came out of the closet in 2014, two years before Nassib was drafted, but Sam was cut after the preseason and never appeared on an active regular-season roster.
3 FLORIDA MAN In Miami Gardens, Florida, a man pulled a gun on a Starbucks employee because she forgot to include cream cheese with the man’s bagel, according to police. The employee was the daughter of the police chief. The man faces several charges including aggravated assault with a firearm.
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The Crazy Girls' “No Ifs, Ands, or Butts” statue makes its way down the Strip after being removed from Planet Hollywood on June 15. The statue, created by Michael Conine in 1997, was originally installed at the Riviera. The seminude showgirl revue, which ran there from 1988 to 2015 and at Planet Hollywood from 2015 until it closed for the pandemic, will remain closed until it finds a new venue. The statue will be in storage until then. (Yasmina Chavez/Staff)
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RIP CHAMP BIDEN
The United States sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on June 20, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. Taiwan had been relatively unscathed by the virus but has seen a surge in new cases since May.
President Joe Biden announced June 19 that Champ, the older of the family’s two dogs, had died “peacefully at home.” The German shepherd was 13. The Bidens got Champ from a breeder after Biden was elected vice president in 2008. They are now expected to bring a cat to the White House soon to join the family.
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UNLV neuroscientists Rochelle and Dustin Hines are researching psychedelics for therapy purposes BY C. MOON REED
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or thousands of years, humans have used psychedelics for religious and therapeutic purposes. And yet, mainstream medicine has been skeptical of—if not downright hostile to—this class of drugs. Meanwhile, that very same mainstream medical community is falling short when it comes to treating mental health issues like depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction. But that’s slowly changing. Psychedelics are making a comeback from their heyday in the ’60s and ’70s. Around the world, serious researchers are cautiously exploring the science behind hallucinogenics as possible therapy for a range of mental disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcoholism, anxiety and depression. Psychedelics such as psilocybin
(the active ingredient in mushrooms) have even been declared “Breakthrough Therapy” by the Food & Drug Administration. UNLV neuroscientists Dustin and Rochelle Hines are two such researchers. The married duo are busy publishing research papers, seeking grants and teaching students. “We’re all about innovation,” Dustin says. “I believe that in the next five to 10 years, there will be significant change in this field.” The couple alternates between enthusiasm about the substances’ therapeutic possibilities and fear of them being misunderstood. “We’re sometimes caught in the social stigma between people who don’t think this can be a therapeutic—that it’s just some drug out of the ’60s and ’70s—and then other people who think everyone should take this
drug,” Dustin says. “Really, what we’re trying to do is provide evidence-based research to say here’s who, where, when and how this will help. We have just scratched the surface of that.” The fact that so little is scientifically understood about psychedelic compounds makes for a fertile area of research. Recently, the Hineses discovered a brainwave signature that allows researchers to better study the effects of psychedelics. They’re also studying how different compounds interact. For example, a recent research paper found a synergy between psychedelics and nicotine. For millennia, Mesoamerican cultures have combined nicotine and psychedelics for medical and ceremonial use. “We don’t really even understand why they combined it with psychedelics,” Rochelle says. “We just wanted to try to understand that and try to understand what they already knew.” She cautions that their research is in no way an endorsement for cigarette smoking. In fact, the scientists are cagey about describing the specific
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It’s fun to read about the latest in psychedelic research. But since it will be a while till the results of the studies trickle down to the rest of us, neuroscientists Rochelle and Dustin Hines offer these tips for keeping your brain in tip-top shape: “The simplest answer is use it or lose it, so you just have to keep active,” Dustin says. “I don’t think there’s one single activity to do. But using your brain every day is really important.” In terms of how to best exercise your brain daily, Dustin recommends opting for low-stress hobbies.
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In raising their two sons, Rochelle says that they’ve applied principles from neuroscience. For example, they expose their kids to a wide variety of experiences. They read to their children every day. They talk to their kids without talking down to them, using their full adult vocabulary and then explaining things that might be unclear. Ultimately, one of the healthiest things to do is to connect with others. “We engage with our students, we engage with members of the community, we communicate with others,” Rochelle says. “Because it’s rich for us, and hopefully, rich for others as well.”
Rochelle and Dustin Hines (Courtesy Josh Hawkins UNLV)
results of their research due to the fear of inspiring the public to take matters into their own hands. “We don’t want to educate the public to do something that we don’t think is a good idea,” Dustin says. “That everyone should just go and do drugs? That everyone should just go and mix psychedelics with compounds? It’s a terrible idea.” For example, the Silicon Valley trend of microdosing LSD to improve on-the-job creativity—well, that turns out to be mostly a placebo effect. UNLV expands “These are the kinds of things its offerings we’re trying to avoid—where New opportunities abound for people think they can read a university students who want to learn more about the brain. UNLV now offers paper, go out, ingest a whole an undergraduate minor in neuroscience bunch of compounds and just as part of the Psychology Department. make things work better for The Hineses are also excited about UNLV’s new interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in themselves,” Dustin says. neuroscience. “It brings together clinical For better or worse, the researchers from different colleges and general public will have to then us from the College of Liberal wait for science to catch up. Arts and the School of Medicine,” Rochelle says. “We do believe in the power of these compounds as a potent therapeutic,” Rochelle says. “But in order to really legitimize that, we want to make sure we have the appropriate evidence, and that we know the parameters so that they can be used safely and efficaciously.” The ultimate goal is to develop a product that is both clinically useful and safe, according to Rochelle. “We have a lot of anecdotal evidence behind these compounds,” Rochelle says. “Now it’s time to put them to the test in the lab and really develop the evidence.”
The duo has a number of projects in the works, and they are studying therapeutic treatment for a variety of different disorders. “We study very different things,” Dustin says. “Everyone thinks we’re both neuroscientists, which we are, but there’s a lot of difference between how Rochelle approaches things [and how I do].” Rochelle focuses more on the micro or cellular aspects of the brain, while Dustin prefers to zoom out to look at “the behavioral and the circuit level.” Rochelle’s interest is in neurodevelopmental disorders, i.e., how babies’ brain cells develop. Meanwhile, Dustin is studying certain brain cells called glial cells that might be able to help with early disease detection. Ultimately, the couple aspires to create a unifying theory of the brain.
So many scientists are studying tiny aspects of the brain, Dustin says, but the duo is seeking the bigger picture. “We want to look at the brain at this mezzo and macro level, and put it all together,” Dustin says. “The time is right for one of these unifying theories of neuroscience to look at not a single cell, but all the cells, all the receptors, all the circuits.” “To make a crude analogy: For a long time in neuroscience, we’ve been studying violins. We know a lot about what a violin sounds like, and maybe even a cello,” Rochelle says. “But now we need to put those things together and understand how all of the instruments would play together to make music.” “A symphony, if you will,” Dustin says. “That’s a great analogy. That’s why she’s the smart one.”
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UNLV alum Alissa Nutting talks about how Las Vegas found its way into her novel and HBO Max show Made for Love BY GEOFF CARTER
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he camera pans over a desert landscape dotted with Joshua trees and a blocky, futuristic set of blue-silver structures shimmering faintly in the distance. Suddenly, a hatch opens in the desert floor, and out pops Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti), soaking wet and gasping. She laughs in disbelief, composes herself, raises a determined middle finger to the distant structure and stumbles off into the Mojave, unaware that her obtuse tech mogul husband, Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), whom she just left, has implanted her with a chip that allows him to know every single thing she sees, hears and feels. In desperation, she seeks refuge with her estranged father, Herbert (Ray Romano), a cranky widower who has formed an intense, shameless relationship with a realistic sex doll. So begins HBO Max’s Made for Love, a sci-fi dark comedy series based on Alissa Nutting’s 2017 novel of the same name. Nutting, who earned her doctorate through UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute Ph.D. program and lived in Las Vegas “on and off” for four years plus, helped to adapt her book for HBO, and—real talk—deserves some kind of meritorious public service award for such timely, biting satire of our optin surveillance culture. (It’s no coincidence that “Gogol” is basically “Google.”) Nutting’s Hazel Green is the hero we need now; faced with an unblinking, invasive digital eye watching her every move, she rebels by slinging mud on it, metaphorically speaking. We should all find the strength to face our own personal Alexas and do likewise. Nutting is crazy-busy right now—she’s writing a book of essays and developing several TV projects, including Teenage Euthanasia, an animated comedy debuting on Adult Swim later this year—but the erstwhile Las Vegan graciously took a moment to talk about Made’s knockout first season, and how Vegas subtly influenced the creation of a backward, tech-crazy world that looks almost identical to our own.
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THE WEEKLY Q&A Did you write Made for Love while at UNLV? No, but I got really interested in motivational psychology because of gambling and slot machines. I was just kind of fascinated by brains being hacked—ways that technology could hack our behavioral patterns, or influence addictions or decisions. That very much got established while I was at UNLV.
How leery of technology are you? I’m both leery and lazy. I don’t know how much any of us truly understand exactly how much we allow our privacy to be invaded and our data to be mined; we don’t read the fine print. I certainly don’t. I mean, I’ll install just about anything to get a $5 coupon for pizza. So, I can’t say that I translate that caution into my behavior when I’m pressed for time or energy and it’s offering some convenience. So, I both fear it and, in a lot of ways, I’d say I deserve it.
A character in the book appreciates his resort town home because it’s “designed for transient living and those who preferred to stay anonymous.” That’s a widely held perception of Vegas. I love that about Vegas. I love so many things about Vegas, but I just love that you can walk into almost any building, any casino and see a huge mix [of people], you know what I mean? However you came, whatever you’re wearing, there’s a place for you. And no one thinks twice about people wearing sunglasses at all hours of the day or night … and indoors, at the tables! I really enjoy that. You can be whoever you want to be, in a sense, and remake yourself on any given night. Did Vegas’ baked-in objectification of women find its way in there? I mean, the guy pretty much marries a sex doll. You know, another huge thing that I—um, I guess the word “admire” is the one I’d select—is that Vegas is honest in a way that I don’t feel many cities and places are. When you go there, you get America; it’s all on display for you. It’s no different from anywhere else in the country; you’ll find that misogyny anywhere else. It’s just often hidden or concealed or, on the surface, sort of discouraged. Maybe it’s because of the gambling: You have this industry that’s all about concealment, and I think like in an odd way, it makes everything surrounding the industry hyperhonest [laughs]. … Vegas is very upfront. At the end of the day, that was actually stabilizing to me.
Cristin Milioti in HBO Max’s Made for Love (Courtesy HBO Max)
Are you happy with the TV adaptation of Made? Yeah. I mean, I had this idea that the show could be more of a companion piece or companion space, because the book is so internal. And I also felt like after Trump—and this was before the pandemic—the book felt a little pessimistic, even for me. I really wanted characters that felt more fully human. … We really wanted to complicate the characters, add layers to them and expand their emotional territory. The actors, also, showed us a lot of new layers [of their characters] as well. We just lucked out so hard with the cast and the crew. It was really like a giant family and everyone, I think, felt really safe on set and in the group. It led to this vulnerability on
their parts that was inspirational and breathtaking, and really let the characters go to new places. … There were times where we would see some takes and [we] would make adjustments based on the actors’ incredible range. I couldn’t imagine a better Hazel than Cristin Milioti. From the moment we started talking about casting, I had this “Made for Milioti” joke that wasn’t a joke at all. She was really the only choice. I knew that she could do comedy, I knew that she could do drama, and from her theater background, that she has an ability to convey … like, every feature of her face is a different actor! Her eyes can act independently from her mouth; they can tell you different things. She’s incredible. If you get a Season 2 order—fingers crossed here—where does Made for Love go next? You know, I’m such a huge sci-fi fan, and so is my collaborator Christina [Lee]. But most of the sci fi I read and watched growing up came from a male perspective and really focused on action. What we were so excited to do was sci fi that keeps one hand on the banister of being emotionally grounded—not sacrificing the sense of wanting viewers to feel things, and to know what matters to the characters on a personal level. You know, being as invested in their emotional story as in what’s happening in the plot and with the technology around them. The two main themes that the show is playing with are love and technology, and the conversation surrounding how one informs the other in our society. We want to keep that balance of the tech forces and the emotional forces being in equal dialogue with each other.
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BY BROCK RADKE It’s been a long time coming. Today will begin to tell the story of Resorts World Las Vegas, the first new ground-up casino resort to open on the Strip since December 2010. It’s the story of a $4.3 billion, 3,500room hotel and 117,000-square-foot casino project completing work on one of the largest construction sites in the country while the coronavirus pandemic threatened its arrival and the future of the entire global travel and tourism economy. It’s the story of a first-time Vegas operator, the 50-year-old Genting Group, finally bringing its destination resort brand to the mother of all destinations. But it goes back further, and deeper. The year 2020 was far from the first time Las Vegas was forced to bend, if not break. This expansive plot of land on Las Vegas Boulevard across from Wynn and Encore was home of the Stardust from 1958 until 2006, the foundational Strip hotel and casino that famously hosted the showgirls of Lido de Paris and Enter the Night, Wayne Newton, Don Rickles and Siegfried & Roy. The Boyd Gaming family bought it in 1985, added its first high-rise hotel tower in 1990, and then decided to build something bigger. Echelon was announced in 2006, and much of the Stardust was imploded the following year to make way for a $4.8 billion development that was to include four hotels with 5,300 rooms, a huge casino,
Resorts World brings fresh entertainment, dining and nightlife to the Strip
convention center, shopping mall and more, initially scheduled to open in 2010. But the recession sucked the life out of the ambitious project, and construction was suspended in 2008. Genting swooped in, purchasing the site in 2013 and quickly announcing plans for Resorts World that originally included a similar cluster of hotels, a multistory casino of 175,000 square feet, more than 500,000 square feet of convention space, a 300,000-square-foot swimming pool and water slide complex, a replica of the Great Wall of China and a live panda exhibit. The plans and design of the resort have changed, as they always do, but that doesn’t diminish the significance of today. Fighting hard to emerge from the pandemic, the Las Vegas Strip still has a few scars from the recession, but today, this big one has healed. Resorts World is opening with more than 6,000 employees clocking in for their first day on the job. “With something this big and so many last-minute things to do, it can be quite nerve-racking, but we’re so excited to introduce this to Las Vegas,” president Scott Sibella tells the Weekly. “It’s especially exciting seeing all the new employees joining the property, and everybody is so pumped up. We’ve been able to hand-select employees from up and down
the Strip, throughout the Valley and from other states, and some have never worked in this industry before. Vegas experience is important, but hospitality experience is most important. We want the right attitudes.” The Cosmopolitan was the last new resort to arrive, back in 2010, but it’s hard to compare that property with Resorts World, which has all the bells and whistles and feels more like a Strip boom-era opening because of its size and scale. “We broke the mold. I challenged everybody to build something we haven’t seen before, and it’s been over a decade and things have changed,” says Sibella, a longtime local gaming executive who has spent time at MGM Grand, the Mirage and Treasure Island. “This city has evolved with more technology, and nongaming revenue has continued to increase. This is still a gaming town, but you don’t build a casino like you did in the old days. We’re way past that, and you will see it when you walk in. You will be in awe.” There are too many features and amenities to list them all here, but there are easily areas where Resorts World has already set itself apart.
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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Celine Dion would have been enough. Resorts World will open with the most successful headliner of the modern era of Vegas entertainment anchoring a sparkling new 5,000-seat theater, and the iconic Canadian vocalist will perform there for the first time on November 5 to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts. But Dion is just one of four superstars set for that room, with the other three artists all set to kick off their first Las Vegas Strip residencies in the coming months. Multiple Grammy and CMA winner Carrie Underwood opens on December 1, global pop star Katy Perry takes over on December 29, and chart-topping country artist Luke Bryan makes his debut on February 11. The April release of a flashy commercial announcing their shows was unprecedented and required a titanic effort to pull everything together. It also elevated awareness of Resorts World on a national level. “Unfortunately, we were building this place during the worst time we’ve ever experienced. The pandemic held us back from talking about this property a lot,” Sibella says. “We thought, who are we to announce things like
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this when people don’t have jobs and can’t leave their houses? But we never stopped working. “Our goal is to be the best in class of everything, not just entertainment, but it’s a really big piece.” The Theatre at Resorts World is being co-created and will be programmed by AEG Presents, the same company that teamed with Dion and the Colosseum at Caesars Palace to craft the blueprint for the residency show that dominates the big-ticket Strip concert scene. AEG is also working the renovated theater at newly opened Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the former Joint space, continuing to demonstrate its ability to shape Vegas entertainment. “We have been able to work with great people and great properties, and select the venues we work with, but the Theatre at Resorts World is truly unlike anything that’s been done here,” says Bobby Reynolds, senior vice president for AEG Las Vegas. “The level of production, technology and sophistication going into this venue is going to wow everyone who walks in there, back of the house or front of the house.” The multilevel venue was designed by international firm Scéno Plus, with unobstructed sightlines and the furthest seat from the stage just 150 feet away. The Theatre will also boast the largest and tallest performance stage in the city, complemented by immersive audio and expansive video installations. And it’s not the only place for live entertainment at Resorts World. Versatile venues like the Dawg House Saloon and Sportsbook—which will host Uncle Kracker over the grand-opening Fourth of July weekend—and Gatsby’s Cocktail Lounge are expected to bring in consistent musical performances.
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If breaking the mold is the objective, Resorts World might accomplish it most notably in the food and beverage department. F&B vice president Bart Mahoney, a veteran of Southern Wine & Spirits, the Thomas Keller group, Wynn Las Vegas and Golden Entertainment, says the restaurant development team was given a clean slate with which to work, and didn’t need to subscribe to the typical casino resort dining portfolio. “It definitely wasn’t about checking some box. It was more, what can we do to be different and how can we do it differently,” Mahoney says. “We were given direction by the [Genting] chairman and Scott [Sibella] to select offerings that are unique to Las Vegas and the Strip, and that’s how you get to someone like Ray Garcia, who is doing Mexican cuisine [at Viva], or Marcus Samuelsson, a great guy who’s doing chicken concept [Streetbird] in our food hall.”
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That gigantic food hall, Famous Foods Street Eats, is a clear innovation, a collaboration with the Zouk Group bringing 16 diverse food stalls from around the world into one 24,000-squarefoot destination with a central bar offering 36 drafts pouring beer, wine and cocktails. Local chef James Trees’ Mozz Bar will be there, as will storied Asian street food concepts like Ah Chun Shandong Dumpling, Boon Tong Kee’s Hainan chicken, Geylang Claypot Rice, the legendary lechon of Pepita’s Kitchen and many more. “It’s a behemoth, and it’s gonna be fun,” Mahoney says. “It anchors one side of the casino, and it’s very interactive and experiential. There’s no wall, no gate or doorway; you just walk straight in and start experiencing this concept that takes you to cities and food from around the world.” Recognizable brands like Zouk’s Fuhu, LA’s Wally’s Wine
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& Spirits and Beverly Hills’ Mulberry Street Pizzeria are also on deck for their first Las Vegas restaurants at Resorts World, and Mahoney is equally excited about Kusa Nori, a modern Japanese bistro serving sushi, teppanyaki, yakitori and more, and Genting Palace, a high-end Chinese restaurant expected to compete with similar offerings at Wynn and Bellagio. Most recently announced is Carversteak, the first concept from Vegas nightlife luminary Sean Christie’s new Carver Road Hospitality, billed as the city’s largest luxury steakhouse at 14,500 square feet. Opening in December, it will feature private dining rooms the Knife Shop and the Scotch Room, signature dishes like lobster thermidor and Wagyu beef mini cheesesteak bites and a beverage program by Francesco Lafranconi.
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Two of the biggest names in dance music were also part of that “Stay Fabulous” commercial unleashed in April—Tiësto and Zedd. They were only the beginning of the Resorts World DJ roster, which has continued to roll out eclectic talent across multiple musical genres. Blond:ish, Disclosure, Dee Jay Silver, DJ Snake, Duke Dumont, G-Eazy, Green Velvet, Jack Harlow, Jamie Jones, the Martinez Brothers, Sita, Tay James and Zhu are just a few of the artists slated to perform at Ayu Dayclub and Zouk Nightclub, the latter of which opens this fall. “I knew walking in I wanted diversity in genre and performance type, but also in gender,” says Ronn Nicolli, vice president of Zouk Group Las Vegas and a former key player at KAOS at the Palms and at Wynn Nightlife. “For a long period of time in Las Vegas, we would do these great rosters and release amazing talent, but there would be 19 artists and no females. We didn’t want to go book female artists just for the sake of female artists. We did a lot of research to find male and female artists to be part of something special. Diversity is key, because we want the experience to be different every weekend.” Latin megastar J Balvin will perform and host a series of festival-style parties at Ayu in September, adding credence to the approach. But as big and unique as any of these acts might be, it will be hard to outshine the new venues themselves. Like Genting, the Singapore-based Zouk Group is a well-known hospitality firm in Asia looking to leave a
significant initial impact on Las Vegas at Resorts World. “Zouk is a 30-year-old brand, which is essentially unheard of in nightlife,” Nicolli says. “Bringing that into the most competitive nightlife market in the world comes with a lot of pride and responsibility to stay true to those foundations but also evolve the experience for the Western palate.” These new nightlife and daylife venues have already impacted the Vegas scene with their DJ and artist portfolios. Now we get to see how the clubs will stand out with service and atmosphere. “Sometimes it’s hard to get excited about walking into a square box with lights, but we’re really excited about what we did with Zouk,” Niccoli says. “It really is next-level, and it didn’t start in the boardroom. It started in Bali. The leadership team went to the source and decided what the goals were, authenticity and visibility. How do we bring a Balinesian-style paradise to Las Vegas Boulevard? How do you create a space that transforms you when you walk in?”
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ZHIWAN CHEUNG VIRTUAL RESIDENCY AT ROGERS ART LOFT The Rogers Art Loft is transcending the bounds of space and time with its latest residency, for which artist Zhiwan Cheung will virtually connect with Las Vegas from China. The former Reading Rainbow book reviewer will host a variety of events on a spread of platforms: live interviews (June 30 and July 14 at 6 p.m.) and a studio visit (June 30, 2 p.m.), which Cheung will lead on Instagram, plus an artist talk (July 22 at 6 p.m.) on Zoom. During his seven-week residency, Cheung will also host a weekly Las Vegas-centric version of his Seeing Color podcast, complete with local guests. Rogersartloft. com. –C. Moon Reed
FOSTER’S “TOP OF MY GAME” Soulful powerhouse Kaylie Foster now performs as simply Foster— part of an effort to shed the singer-songwriter label. Her debut single under the new name, now on Spotify, is the sound of a reinvigorated artist firing her best shot.
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MYSTÈRE REOPENS AT TREASURE ISLAND Maybe you have also been filling in the blank on this quickly-becoming-cliché statement: Las Vegas isn’t back until _____ is back. This week brings the return of one of the most obvious answers in this game of pandemic Mad Libs as Cirque du Soleil’s very first Las Vegas resident production show becomes the company’s first show to resume live performances. The ethereal, acrobatic Mystère, which originally debuted in 1993 in the same theater at Treasure Island, kicks off a stacked summer schedule of big-show comebacks. Get ready for goose bumps. Reopening June 28; Sunday-Tuesday, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; $75-$136. Treasure Island, 702-8947722, cirquedusoleil.com/mystere. –Brock Radke
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THE JUAN MACLEAN AT DISCOPUSSY Fans of James Murphy’s funky, atavistic LCD Soundsystem vibe should get Downtown for this DJ set by Murphy’s fellow DFA Records artist The Juan MacLean. MacLean—née John MacLean, formerly of 1990s hardcore group Six Finger Satellite—specializes in synth-driven dance jams that conjure dreams of top-ofhis-game Giorgio Moroder melding his pop sensibilities to the great electronica wave of the 1990s. Even if MacLean’s set just skims the top of his influences, it’ll be great. With DJ Shaun, Tony Comfort Jones and Glitterdisco. June 25, 10 p.m., $20, 512 Fremont St., discopussydtlv.com. –Geoff Carter
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LUCA Disney/Pixar’s latest is lighter fare than the metaphysical Soul and wistful Onward, but this heartwarming story of two young sea monsters discovering surface life in an Italian seaside town still manages to animate you right in the feels. Disney+.
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‘THE CHILDREN’ STAGED READING AT CLARK COUNTY LIBRARY A Public Fit’s staged readings at the library were a highlight of Las Vegas’ pre-pandemic theater scene. Performed by talented actors, they were a way for performers and viewers to experience a play without the cost and hassle of a full production. Now, the beloved local tradition returns with the critically acclaimed The Children by Lucy Kirkwood. It’s about married nuclear engineers living through an apocalypse who face an unexpected encounter with an old friend. After the performance, stay for the discussion, known as the Buzz. June 25, 7:30 p.m., free, 1401 E. Flamingo Road. RSVP at 702-507-3459 or at apublicfit.org. –C. Moon Reed
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BOURBON BOOK CLUB AT THE WRITER’S BLOCK Stephen King’s The Shining is the latest pick for the Writer’s Block’s Bourbon Book Club, and you’re invited to check in. The story follows aspiring writer Jack Torrance and his family as they encounter sinister forces at the Overlook Hotel (cue the whiskey pour). The in-person event will be open to 15 attendees, and face masks are optional for those fully vaccinated. This is one of several book clubs the Writer’s Block has slated for the summer, so there’s ample opportunity to join in on some insightful discussions. June 24, 6 p.m., free, register at thewritersblock.org. –Amber Sampson
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Sam Blacky performs at Élia Beach Club’s grand-opening celebration at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. (Denise Truscello/Courtesy)
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Virgin Hotels’ Élia Beach Club brings new vibes to the Vegas pool party BY BROCK RADKE
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he first glimpse of Élia Beach Club at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas was definitely an unexpected experience relative to Vegas pool party culture. Venue staff, local and national media, and invited VIPs followed along from the dancefloor as mogul Richard Branson and other Virgin executives participated onstage in a breath work and meditation session. It wasn’t the typical form of relaxation for a Vegas space once known as the rowdiest and wildest pool party on the planet. As Branson pressed play on The Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up” and launched the resort’s “Unstoppable Weekend” grand-opening celebration, the answer started coming for the next question about Élia: Can a seemingly serene, transportive dayclub destination still party hard? Celebrities such as supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio, rapper Flo Rida and reality star Audrina Patridge checked in through-
the main pool from a sandy beach entry. The stage and DJ booth is shrouded by a curved, strawthatched roof, and the entire space feels like an actual oasis set apart from hotel towers and energetic restaurant patios. out opening weekend, while guests To the right of the stage is the enjoyed poolside massage and Living Room, a place to find refuge cryotherapy from LA-based wellness with shade and cool cocktails but one spot Artha Sanctuary. Get you a pool unlike other pool club bar spaces. party that can do both. You’ll want to linger there a while, Élia comes from a partnership and there’s a rooftop area perfect for between Virgin’s ownership group private parties overlooking Élia and JC Hospitality and nightlife execthe Virgin resort pool. utives Mio Danilovic, Jason “JRoc” “We are trying to create an energy Craig and Michael Fuller. that not only lives uniqueThe club was designed by ÉLIA BEACH CLUB ly in the space musically Francois Frossard, who but also in the way the Virgin, 702-693-5570. also shaped Danilovic’s venue feels,” Craig said Friday-Sunday, Joia Beach Club in Miami, in an opening-weekend 11 a.m.-6 p.m. with inspiration from the statement. “An energy and beachy party scenes in vibe in a different lane Greece’s Mykonos, Mexico’s than your typical Vegas Tulum and Miami. pool experience.” Those destinations have been Though its debut brought Deadreferenced often by nightlife and mau5, Loco Dice and Sofi Tukker, daylife creators in Las Vegas when deep house sounds are expected to be it comes to influential music, decor the soundtrack of the summer. This and vibes. But Élia is a more visceral weekend offers surfer-DJ duo Coast manifestation of those inspirations. Club, electro-house favorite Laidback Cabanas and daybeds look like Luke and LA future-house expert tropical mini-huts with wood frames SNBRN. Élia’s Fourth of July weekend and draped fabric. Palm trees are evlineup had not been announced at erywhere, and you can saunter into press time.
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(Left to right) Guitarist Jayson Kingdon, vocalist Chris “Hacksaw” Duggan, drummer Jordan Pflueger, bassist Eric Fodor and (front) guitarist Matt Reininger (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
Get to know the Vegas ‘vacation metal’ quintet
Backstory: Veterans of various local bands (Better Broken, The Core, First Cousins, I Am the Thief, Mons Wolff, Narrowed) came together in July 2019 to form a new group, which has been recording and preparing for an as-yet-unscheduled debut performance. Sound: Post-hardcore, influenced by Hot Water Music, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Shai Hulud, Thin Lizzy, 1986 Kurt Russell cult classic Big Trouble in Little China and more. Vacation metal: The origin of that unique-to-Lords of Death Bandcamp tag? “When COVID hit, I showed up with a Hawaiian shirt on at practice, just being goofy, and then they all started showing up every Friday wearing them,” drummer Jordan Pflueger says. “We didn’t know if we still had jobs, so I was like, ‘I’m pretty much on vacation now.’ So that’s how we made it up.” –Spencer Patterson
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Windmill Library’s Pinewood Vortex takes playful aim at the male-dominated realm of land art
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tep right up, folks, to see the Pinewood Vortex. OK, well … you can’t actually see this mysterious tourist of locally sourced black rocks for “Spiral attraction in person—it’s located Jetty” (1970) in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. on private property along California’s But the high-minded movement also Sacramento River. But you can experisuffered from unintended pitfalls. It was ence the artifacts of the “50 Foot Hole,” exclusionary. Massive monuments require “Pile o’ Sticks” and “The Longest Line massive budgets, so only the most famous in the World” for free at the Windmill and funded artists could participate. In Library. And you can purchase souvenirs 1979, light artist James Turrell bought an relating to these odd feats of invention. A extinct volcano in northern Arizona for his corresponding website, PinewoodVortex. massive earthwork called “Roden Crater.” com, keeps the story going. It’s all part of How many artists can afford a volcano? a sublime and satirical exhibition of land With Pinewood Vortex, Hough and art by artists Kristin Hough and Faith Sponsler set out to challenge the stereoSponsler called Pinewood Vortex. types. “We want[ed] If it feels like you’re to widen the scope of missing something in who makes and shows the explanation, that’s land art, because it somewhat intentional. really is a traditionally “We [purposefully] male-dominated field,” didn’t include a lot of Sponsler says. “It was very explanatory stuff really important for us so that people could not to go in [to] makfollow a story,” Sponing the earthworks sler says. “We wanted with a lot of capital. We people to connect the wanted to just be using dots on their own.” our bodies—that was Viewers wouldn’t really important.” be too wrong if they Artwork from Kristin Hough Another pitfall of mistook Pinewood and Faith Sponsler’s land art: These massive Vortex for a historical Pinewood Vortex at Windmill Library projects can permamuseum exhibit showing (Wade Vandervort/Staff) nently impact the very ephemera from a bygone environment they’re highlighting. For roadside tourist trap. Banners advertising example, artist Michael Heizer cut two the individual attractions hang alongside 30-by-50-foot trenches into a remote large-scale photos of them. Postcards and desert mesa near Overton, Nevada, for souvenirs are on display in a glass case. And “Double Negative” (1969). Love it or a mysterious jumble of canvas sits Artwork from Kristin Hough and Faith Sponsler’s hate it, the 240,000 tons of sandstone in another display box. Could it Pinewood Vortex at Windmill Library removed for the sculpture won’t ever be be the “line” in question? (Wade Vandervort/Staff) returning to their natural form. When attempting to piece Hough and Sponsler took an opposite together the story line of (and motivation tack. “It was important to us that it sort of behind) Pinewood Vortex, it will help to didn’t last forever—that it could go away have a little background on the land art and not leave a harmful or lasting impresor earthworks movement. It emerged in sion,” Sponsler says. Because it’s long and the 1960s with a noble goal: to escape the shallow, their “50 Foot Hole” will fill itself hyper-commodification of the art world in. The “Pile o’ Sticks” will decompose. And while also reconnecting with nature. The as for “The Longest Line in the World,” scope is as large as a real-life landscape, and Sponsler says, “We had it there for a while, the materials are nothing less than nature and then we just rolled it up, and we could itself. For example, artist Robert Smithson take it away.” famously built a 1,500-foot-long coil out
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A LOVE BAZAAR
Executive chef Candace Ochoa finds her home in José Andrés’ culinary world
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ometimes, one lucks out early on and finds the place where they belong. Such was the case with Candace Ochoa, the new executive chef at Bazaar Meat. Ochoa began her career with José Andrés’ restaurant empire 11 years ago, when she was 22 years old. “I had a little bit of experience before that in some kitchens, but I really grew up in the Bazaar family,” Ochoa says. “I just really wanted to be a part of them. What they offered was very different from what most restaurants that I had been in—about how they care about their food and the product. You know, using an orange every which way possible. The zest, the juice, the segments, the whole orange. It was intriguing to me.” Before moving to Las Vegas seven years ago, Ochoa worked at the South Beach outpost of Bazaar, where she learned the nuances of Florida-influenced Spanish tapas. But having grown up in California, she says she’s happy to be back on the West Coast settling into her new gig, which began in March of this year. As for how she plans to put her own stamp on Andrés’ distinctive cuisine, Ochoa has no shortage of ideas, prompted by the Bazaar ethos of bold innovation. “If you think something is crazy, do it. It’s a staple here at Bazaar to always think outside the box and just get really creative,” Ochoa says. “Don’t
Strip loin wagyu with potato puree and beef tartar croquettes at Bazaar Meat; (below) Executive Chef Candace Ochoa (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)
be scared to show people things that they’ve never seen before. It might not always work out, but at least you tried. People will always respect that.” Bazaar serves as an unapologetic destination for carnivores, and Ochoa has been securing purveyors who have something new to offer in the meat market. She recently discovered a company in California that sources olive-fed wagyu from Japan, and she’s eager to get it on plates for diners to enjoy. “Little things like that I want to put on the menu,” Ochoa says.” “It doesn’t have to be a whole steer, it doesn’t have
to be the whole cow, but like just little cuts, something that we hadn’t had before. I ask the purveyor, ‘Who else in the city is using this? Nobody’s using it? Great, Bazaar wants it.’” And while meat remains the restaurant’s raison d’etre, the chef says she also wants to spotlight vegetables at their seasonal height as a worthy accompaniment. “A couple of weeks ago, we had baby carrots—organic with some Spanish goat cheese, some peanuts, just fresh and light, nothing too crazy. I don’t like to put too many ingredients on one dish, because flavors start to get lost; I just really want to
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accentuate the freshness of the carrot and the artichokes,” Ochoa says. As far as what the future holds for her, Ochoa is simply taking time to learn everything she can in her current position while also setting her sights for a larger role in ThinkFoodGroup, Bazaar’s parent company. “Manning this whole beast is insane. I think even in the next couple years, I’ll still be learning, I’ll still be trying to figure out how it actually runs, because I feel like every week, I come in and there’s new obstacles, new challenges,” she says. “It’s awesome. I’m never bored.” It’s also a testament to how much Ochoa respects Andrés’ way of running his business, not to mention his sense of philanthropy for the world at large. It inspires her to keep growing and learning within her work family of choice. “José’s mind is beautiful, the way he thinks and does things. It’s always very interesting,” she says. “Before I found José and the Bazaar brand, I didn’t really think like that about any of the chefs that I worked for. And I think that’s why—no, I know that’s why—I stayed with Bazaar, because you can continue to learn.”
BREAKFAST EXPANSION A Las Vegas favorite doubles down with the new Omelette Cafe
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he Summerlin area has long been a stronghold for breakfast restaurants, but no matter what pops up, the Omelet House at Lake Mead and Rampart has consistently been one of the most popular morning eateries in the neighborhood. After purchasing it 15 years ago from the owners behind the landmark Omelet House on West Charleston, the Sessa family added their own unique twists to the menu and the restaurant and created something new. Now, Centennial Hills residents have their own version. The Omelette Cafe opened in the Skye Canyon Marketplace center on January 20, bringing the same massive menu of signature omelettes to the far northwest. And it’s starting to grow as quickly as its surrounding neighborhood, adjusting after a waitand-see opening during tight pandemic restrictions. Many more booths are being installed for that cozy coffee shop feeling, and a liquor license is on the way. Your favorite dishes are here, too, like the pork chili verde omelet ($14) with freshly made tomatillo sauce that pops with every bite; chicken-fried steak and eggs with sausage gravy ($14)
and the “South of the Border” skillet ($13) with chorizo, green chile, fresh salsa and Jack cheese. This location also has a daily specialty board for those ready to try something new, and exclusive menu items include sweet-and-spicy chicken and waffles, eggs Benedict with lobster and avocado ($15) and a breakfast panini on house-made focaccia. Anyone who remembers the Italian specialties from the Summerlin spot’s former dinner menu will appreciate that fluffy focaccia, and you can find other familiar favorites with the lasagna omelet ($14) or the No. 27 Italian ($14), filled with meatballs, marinara and mozzarella. Balance all that savory with the sweet, stuffed French toast ($10) filled with your choice of blueberries, Nutella or cinnamon-apple cream cheese, or go way over the top with bananas foster, red velvet or cannoli pancakes ($10). If you take the cannoli, be prepared for ricotta filling, a sprinkle of sweet cannoli shell crumbles, a chocolate drizzle and plenty of whipped cream.
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Maxx Crosby looks poised for a breakout year at the Raiders’ final pretraining camp practices BY CASE KEEFER ll of last season, quarterback Derek Carr would lead the Raiders through their pre-practice stretching routine, racing out in front of his teammates at its conclusion and delivering a short message before they got to work. This year, he’s had a running mate right alongside him, whom he’s even let have the last word on a couple of occasions. Third-year defensive end Maxx Crosby has been at the forefront of the Raiders’ offseason practices over the past month—which concluded June 18—because of his assertiveness, intensity and transformed physique. “He’s come in in great shape,” new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley said.
“I like the way he looks, the way he’s practicing. He’s leaned up, he’s fast, and I’ve been very impressed with him.” The Raiders allocated substantial resources this offseason to repair what has been one of the NFL’s worst defensive lines and pass rushes over the past few season. They brought in a proven Pro Bowl pass rusher (Yannick Ngakoue), a solid interior starter (Quinton Jefferson) and a highly touted reclamation project (Solomon Thomas). But there’s now a feeling that the primary remedy might have already been on the roster. There’s a sense that the 23-year-old Crosby could make the leap from tantalizing prospect and reliable contributor to dominant force
July 27 Start of training camp for 90-man roster August 14 Preseason game vs.Seattle Seahawks at Allegiant Stadium August 17 Roster cuts to 85 players August 24 Roster cuts to 80 players August 31 Final cuts to official 53-man roster September 13 Regular-season opener vs. Baltimore Ravens at Allegiant Stadium (Monday Night Football)
MAD and consistent difference maker this season—and that feeling’s coming from inside and outside of the organization. Longtime Raider tormenter and former Super Bowl MVP Von Miller, perhaps the NFL’s best pass rusher of the past decade, has worked out with Crosby and shared his highest praise. “We’ve been talking pass rush for years, and we’ve been friends for a long time. … He’s a great guy for the Raiders,” Miller said after his local Pass Rush Summit, which Crosby attended. “He’s their franchise guy. We’ve been playing against
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BRETT A. AXELROD Fox Rothschild 702-699-5901 foxrothschild.com
TAMI D. COWDEN Greenberg Traurig 702-938-6874 gtlaw.com
OGONNA BROWN Lewis Roca 702-474-2622 lewisroca.com
MICAH ECHOLS Clagett & Sykes 702-213-2566 claggettlaw.com
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JOEL D. HENRIOD Lewis Roca 702-474-2681 lewisroca.com
ANDREA M. GANDARA Holley Driggs 702-791-0308 nevadafirm.com
FRANK A. LEAVITT Leavitt Law Firm 702-996-6052 leavittlawfirm.com
JAMES T. LEAVITT Leavitt Legal Services 702-385-7444 leavittlegal.vegas
DANIEL F. POLSENBERG Lewis Roca 702-474-2616 lewisroca.com
MATTHEW MCARTHUR Ballstaedt Law Firm 702-213-9583 bkvegas.com
JARROD L. RICKARD Semenza Kircher Rickard 702-835-6803 skrlawyers.com
JOHN F. SCHNERINGER Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani 702-577-9302 grsm.com
DUSTUN HOLMES Pisanelli Bice 702-214-2100 pisanellibice.com
SAMUEL A. SCHWARTZ Schwartz Law 702-385-5544 nvfirm.com
J. RANDALL JONES Kemp Jones 702-385-6000 kempjones.com
DAVID A. STEPHENS Stephens, Gourley & Bywater 702-656-2355 stephensbywater.com
NICOLE LOVELOCK Jones Lovelock 702-805-8450 joneslovelock.com
ABRAHAM SMITH Lewis Roca 702-474-2689 lewisroca.com JORDAN T. SMITH Pisanelli Bice 702-214-2100 pisanellibice.com ERIC D. WALTHER Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7062 bhfs.com DEBORAH WESTBROOK Clark County Public Defender’s Office 702-455-4685 clarkcountynv.gov
PHILIP THOMAS VARRICCHIO Varricchio Law Firm 702-724-8300 varricchiolawfirm.com
MARY E. BACON Spencer Fane 702-408-3411 spencerfane.com TODD L. BICE Pisanelli Bice 702-214-2100 pisanellibice.com MARK E. FERRARIO Greenberg Traurig 702-792-3773 gtlaw.com JP HENDRICKS Maier Gutierrez & Associates 702-629-7900 mgalaw.com
MICHAEL PARETTI Snell & Wilmer 702-784-5219 swlaw.com
JAMES J. PISANELLI Pisanelli Bice 702-214-2100 pisanellibice.com LAWRENCE J. SEMENZA, III Semenza Kircher Rickard 702-835-6803 skrlawyers.com CHRISTIAN T. SPAULDING Greenberg Traurig 702-792-3773 gtlaw.com
CANNABIS KEVIN M. BRENNER Connor & Connor 702-750-9139 connorpllc.com ADAM K. BULT Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7077 bhfs.com JENNIFER GAYNOR J. Gaynor Law 702-569-3208 jgaynorlaw.com
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2021 TOP LAWYERS CIVIL RIGHTS SCOTT M. ABBOTT Kamer Zucker Abbott 702-259-8640 kzalaw.com KATHLEEN J. ENGLAND Gilbert & England Law Firm 702-529-2311 gelawyer.com KARA B. HENDRICKS Greenberg Traurig 702-938-6856 gtlaw.com PATRICK W. KANG Ace Law Group 702-605-3113 acelawgroup.com ADAM LEVINE Law Office of Daniel Marks 702-386-0536 lawofficeofdanielmarks.com
CRIMINAL ALANNA BONDY Sgro & Roger 702-384-9800 sgroandroger.com DAVID BROWN Brown Brown & Premsrirut 702-598-1484 brownlawlv.com
CONSUMER PROTECTION ZACHARIAH LARSON Larson & Zirzow 702-382-1170 lzlawnv.com PAUL RAY Paul C. Ray Chtd. 702-823-2292 paulcray.com PATRICK REILLY Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7033 bhfs.com
E. BRENT BRYSON E. Brent Bryson, LTD. 702-364-1234 ebrentbrysonltd.com CHARLES CANO Office of the Special Public Defender 702-455-6265 clarkcountynv.gov DAVID Z. CHESNOFF Chesnoff & Schonfeld 702-384-5563 KYLE COTTNER Kaplan Cottner 702-381-8888 kaplancottner.com OSVALDO FUMO Pitaro & Fumo 702-474-7554 fumolaw.com K. RYAN HELMICK The Defenders 702-333-3333 thedefenders.net
STACY L. KOLLINS Clark County District Attorney’s Office 702-671-2500 clarkcountynv.gov ANDREW M. LEAVITT Law Office of Andrew M. Leavitt 702-382-2800 SUNETHRA MURALIDHARA Wright Marsh & Levy 702-382-4004 wmllawlv.com BENJAMIN J. NADIG Law Office of Benjamin Nadig 702-706-0076 lasvegasdefenselawfirm.com MICHAEL SANFT Mayfield, Gruber & Sanft 702-497-8008 mgslaw.vegas SEAN P. SULLIVAN The Law Offices of Sean P. Sullivan 702-385-7270 seansullivanlasvegas.com ARNOLD WEINSTOCK Law Office of Dan Winder 702-878-6000 attorneydanwinder.com MACE J. YAMPOLSKY Yampolsky & Margolis 702-385-9777 criminallawyerslasvegas.com
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MATTHEW MCKISSICK Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7054 bhfs.com JOSH REID Fennemore 702-692-8005 fennemorelaw.com
FAMILY JENNIFER ABRAMS The Abrams Law Firm 702-222-4021 theabramslawfirm.com MICHAEL C. FLAXMAN Leavitt & Flaxman 702-602-7447 leavittflaxmanlaw.com NEDDA GHANDI Ghandi Deeter Blackham 702-878-1115 ghandilaw.com JENNIFER ISSO Isso & Hughes Law Firm 702-434-4424 issoandhugheslawfirm.com BENJAMIN J. LEAVITT Leavitt Law Firm 702-384-3963 leavittlawfirm.com BRANDON K. LEAVITT Leavitt & Flaxman 702-602-7447 leavittflaxmanlaw.com
JESS R. MARCHESE Law Office of Jess R. Marchese 702-385-5377 DANIEL MARKS Law Office of Daniel Marks 702-386-0536 lawofficeofdanielmarks.com SAMANTHA J. MENTZEL Sin City Divorce 702-487-3771 sincitydivorce.com JASON NAIMI Naimi & Cerceo 702-901-4800 naimicerceo.com ROMEO PEREZ The Law Office of Romeo R. Perez 702-214-7244 romeoperezlaw.com ROCK ROCHELEAU Right Lawyers 702-830-9626 rightlawyers.com
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INSURANCE AND HEALTH GAMING MARK A. CLAYTON Greenberg Traurig 702-599-8006 gtlaw.com
CHARLOTTE BUYS Messner Reeves 702-363-5100 messner.com LEESA S. GOODWIN Bremer Whyte Brown & O‘Meara 702-258-6665 bremerwhyte.com
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INTELLECTUAL IMMIGRATION PROPERTY JOCELYN A. CORTEZ GWP Immigration Law 702-737-7717 gwp.law
GLENN J. LIGHT Lewis Roca 702-949-8276 lewisroca.com
JOSEPHINE E. SANSONE Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial 702-938-3828 wwhgd.com
RODOLFO GONZALEZ Gonzalez & Flores 702-778-3030 gonzalezandfloreslaw.com
KARL F. RUTLEDGE Lewis Roca 702-949-8317 lewisroca.com
MITCHELL J. RESNICK Resnick & Louis 602-456-7573 rlattorneys.com
DARREN HEYMAN Heyman Law Group 702-761-6755 heymanlawgroup.com
FRANK SCHRECK Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-382-2101 bhfs.com
ROGER W. STRASSBURG Resnick & Louis 602-456-6825 rlattorneys.com
XAVIER A. MENDEZ Xavier A. Mendez Immigration Law Firm 702-241-6444 xamimmigrationlaw.com
MATTHEW STAFFORD Stafford Consultancy Worldwide 702-496-9119 MARK STARR Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7093 bhfs.com
RANDALL W. TINDALL Resnick & Louis 702-997-8478 rlattorneys.com
MARTHA MENENDEZ UNLV Immigration Clinic 702-895-2080 law.unlv.edu RANEE SAMERTHAI RST Law Group 702-867-4994 rst-law-group.business.site
ERIN E. GROLLE Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7087 bhfs.com MICHAEL MCCUE Lewis Roca 702-949-8224 lewisroca.com BETHANY RABE Greenberg Traurig 702-792-3773 gtlaw.com LINDSEY WILLIAMS Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7056 bhfs.com
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PERSONAL INJURY MARCUS BERG Moss Berg Injury Lawyers 702-222-4555 mossberginjurylaw.com
DAVID MENOCAL Richard Harris Law Firm 702-213-9779 richardharrislaw.com
KYLE R. TATUM Ace Law Group 702-605-3113 acelawgroup.com
BRIAN BLANKENSHIP Claggett & Sykes Law Firm 702-213-2566 claggettlaw.com
CHRISTIAN MORRIS Nettles Morris Law Firm 702-410-6239 nettleslawfirm.com
EVAN THALGOTT Shumway Van 702-478-7770 lawfirminlasvegas.com
AMANDA J. BROOKHYSER Garg Golden Law Firm 702-850-0202 garggolden.com
BOYD MOSS Moss Berg Injury Lawyers 702-222-4555 mossberginjurylaw.com
MICHAEL S. VALIENTE Valiente Mott Injury Attorneys 702-623-2323 valientemott.com
DAVEN P. CAMERON Cameron Law 702-745-4545 cameronlawlv.com
ADAM MUSLUSKY Muslusky Law 702-302-2277 musluskylaw.com
ROBERT COTTLE The Cottle Firm 702-722-6111 cottlefirm.com
MIKE H.T. NGUYEN Nguyen & Associates 702-999-8888 thenguyenlaw.com
SHANE COX Bighorn Law 702-903-7418 bighornlaw.com
STEVEN PARKE The Parke Law Firm 702-469-3000 parkelawfirmlv.com
G. DALLAS HORTON G. Dallas Horton & Associates 702-380-3100 gdallashorton.com
ERIC ROY Eric Roy Law Firm 702-423-3333 ericroylawfirm.com
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NEAL HYMAN Law Offices of Neal Hyman 702-477-0042 nealhyman.com
LAWRENCE RUIZ The Ruiz Law Firm 702-874-3670 lmruizlaw.com
RICHARD SCOW Clark County District Attorney’s Office 702-671-2525 clarkcountynv.gov
CHRISTOPHER D. KIRCHER Semenza Kircher Rickard 702-835-6803 skrlawyers.com
TRAVIS E. SHETLER Law Office of Travis E. Shetler 702-866-0091
EMILY K. STRAND Pitaro & Fumo 702-474-7554 fumolaw.com
DUSTIN MARCELLO Pitaro & Fumo 702-474-7554 fumolaw.com
ROBERT SIDELL Sidell Injury Law 702-384-3847 robertsidell.com
MACKENZIE WARREN McDonald Carano 702-338-5485 mcdonaldcarano.com
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REAL PROPERTY MICHAEL E. BUCKLEY Fennemore 702-692-8006 fennemorelaw.com MARK H. GOLDSTEIN Bailey Kennedy 702-562-8820 baileykennedy.com BROOKE A. HOLMES Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7068 bhfs.com BRYAN A. LINDSEY Schwartz Law 702-385-5544 nvfirm.com JIM MACE Greenberg Traurig 702-599-8067 gtlaw.com REBECCA MILTENBERGER Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7052 bhfs.com TERRY MOORE Marquis Aurbach Coffing 702-942-2135 maclaw.com
TRANSACTIONAL/ PROBATE SECURITIES MICHAEL J. BONNER Greenberg Traurig 702-599-8030 gtlaw.com MAXIMILIEN FETAZ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7083 bhfs.com JON PEARSON Holland & Hart 702-222-2512 hollandhart.com ELLEN SCHULHOFER Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 702-464-7059 bhfs.com
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GREGORY S. SMITH Smith & Shapiro 702-318-5033 smithshapiro.com
SCOTT MACTAGGART Lewis Roca 702-474-2646 lewisroca.com
STUART J. TAYLOR Lee Kiefer & Park 702-333-1711 lkpfirm.com
SAGAR RAICH Raich Law 702-758-4240 raichattorneys.com
KENNETH A. WOLOSON Kenneth A. Woloson Law Office 702-856-4680 kbnevadalaw.com
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Leon F. Mead II Construction Law Mead Law Group 702-745-4800 meadlawgroup.com
TRAILBLAZER Ashley Watkins Personal Injury Sam & Ash 702-820-1234 samandashlaw.com
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Las Vegas studio goes big with virtual event space, ‘dramatically’ expands reach
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hen COVID paused Eric and Marina Worre’s planned December 2020 event at the MGM Garden Arena, the network marketing educators needed a robust replacement. And a simple Zoom meeting wasn’t going to cut it. With their Network Marketing Pro events drawing upward of 10,000 attendees, the couple sought a livestream that could be engaging, entertaining and interactive. “We wanted to come up with some solution, because all these people were hoping to learn and grow, and we didn’t want to leave them hanging for another year,” said Marina Worre, CEO of Network Marketing Pro. Her husband, Eric, is the founder. When nothing fit their needs, Marina built her answer: the multimillion-dollar Worre Studios. “It’s a state-of-the-art studio where we can do virtual interactive events to pretty much any place in the world,” she said. “Anybody who has an internet connection can [participate].” In September, Marina acquired a 25,000-squarefoot space at Tenaya Way and Rainbow Boulevard. She partnered with LED screen company Agility AVL to develop the 1.9mm 4K LED interactive screen system. Her team finished construction in time for the annual December event. “It’s a very unique, very elegant, very fun, wonderful spot,” Worre Studios President Larry Smith said. Worre Studios is built for hosting virtual conferences, music videos, television broadcasts, product launches, game shows and more. It features a theater-in-the-round stage, surrounded by 360-degree screens. A track system allows for the screens to move to customize the space and allow for an optional live audience. The system can host up to 250,000 virtual attendees who can interact in real time. The studio is also set up to facilitate real-time translation services in multiple languages simultaneously. The building also
features a conference room, green room and kitchen. The video walls allow for an endless variety of display options, such as 3D virtual backgrounds, pop-up chat boxes and a collage of up to 2,800 live attendees. “Depending upon the size of the meeting, we rotate everyone throughout the day,” Smith said. “Everyone’s guaranteed face time on the screens; everyone’s guaranteed front-row seats.” The streams are managed in real time through an “interactive village,” an area just beyond the screens with 48 Apple computers. Attendees use a curated dashboard to access downloadables (such as a workbook or a personalized celebrity autograph), along with breakout rooms, backstage access and even meet-and-greets.
“I truly believe that we were headed in this direction eventually, but COVID brought us 10 years forward,” Smith said. For its grand debut in December, called Virtual Go Pro 2020, Worre Studios hosted some 36,000 attendees from more than 100 countries, with live translations in nine languages. Smith says the response was phenomenal, and the retention rate was 87%. “People stayed fully engaged for over 30 hours of content over three days,” Smith said. Recently, Worre Studios opened up its schedule to outside booking. “Traditional production really loves the space,” Smith said. “Entertainers love the space, not only for putting on a concert but also to be able to have that global reach. You can have your residency down on the Strip, and then you can come here and do a concert based on time zone. It gives you a very unique way of operating.” Last month, Worre Studios hosted almost 180,000 attendees for Network Marketing Pro’s Most Powerful Women in Network Marketing event. “We learned that we were able to expand our reach so dramatically because of this technology,” says Marina Worre, who hosted Most Powerful Women. In person, her largest event drew 5,000 people. “[To go from] 5,000 to 180,000—it’s insane. The possibilities are just so unique and powerful.” Marina says that technology is the key to growth. “If you want to create a greater reach, that’s what you do. You blend the technology with the human connection, with the human touch,” Marina Worre said. “My imagination grew so much, my vision became so much bigger, because certain limitations that we had before don’t exist anymore.”
Entrepreneur Eric Worre interacts in real time with an attendee during Worre Studios’ inaugural event. (Jerry Metellus/Courtesy)
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VegasInc Giving Notes State Farm awarded $10,000 to FIRST Nevada, one of several Good Neighbor Citizenship grants FIRST Nevada has received from State Farm since 2016. To date, more than $45,000 has been received in support of the nonprofit organization’s science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education programs. State Farm’s support enables FIRST Nevada to reach more students statewide and continue to provide engaging, hands-on, impactful education programs. HomeAid Southern Nevada, the official outreach partner of the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association, completed its second of four custom home renovations on the New Vista Ranch home site, benefiting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. HomeAid provided time and materials through in-kind donations from trade partners, and residential builder Shea Homes managed construction efforts for one of the four homes. In total, the renovations will cover nearly 3,000 square feet. HomeAid also completed its annual “Baby Essentials Drive” benefiting Southern Nevada nonprofits in need
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of baby supplies. With the help of industry partners and community members, HomeAid collected and donated nearly 7,000 diapers, 11,000 baby wipes, 1,200 ounces of baby formula and 130 baby bottles for Living Grace Homes and the Shade Tree. Move 4 Less raised more than $9,000 for Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth through Kickoff for Kids, which supports the nonprofit organization and celebrates Las Vegas having a professional football team. Move 4 Less donated $500 for each Las Vegas Raiders win, and other funds based on game statistics for losses. the total contribution was $6,327. The community also was invited to participate. OS Construction gave $2,000; Hausbeck Brand, $500; and other individuals donated for a total of $9,042. Toyota and Vegas Golden Knights teamed up with Project 150 to donate supplies for at-risk high school students. Local dealers filled a 2021 Toyota Sienna with $2,000 worth of nonperishable food and personal hygiene items. The seventh annual Alyn Beck and
Igor Soldo Memorial Scholarship was awarded to 12 teens of active-duty Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers. The recipients, chosen from a pool of 60 applicants, will each receive a $5,000 scholarship to offset the costs of tuition, fees and books related to the college or vocational school of their choice. Cox Las Vegas presented $35,000 in scholarships to 10 high school seniors in Clark County as part of its annual Cox Diversity Scholarship program in partnership with the Public Education Foundation and Southern Nevada-based diverse organizations. Cox has awarded $280,000 in diversity scholarships since 2014, including $3,500 each to the 2021 recipients. Eden Group Home for Girls Inc., a nonprofit organization that encourages, supports and uplifts girls to become strong, productive and successful women through social and life skills, is seeking community support and donations including adequate housing, office and school equipment, food and transportation. Caesars Entertainment Inc. announced details of a $3.1 million donation to support vulnerable populations in the Las Vegas Valley, including underserved youth, people experiencing housing or food insecurity, persons with disabilities and more. Through funds collected
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from the company’s paid-parking garages, Caesars donated to nine organizations, including major gifts of $1 million each to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children and Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. Other organizations include Clean the World, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, the Shade Tree, the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, Kya’s Smiles Foundation, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation and Special Olympics Nevada. Nevada HAND Inc. was awarded $450,000 from NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization, to support efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing, revitalize and sustain neighborhoods, and create jobs in Southern Nevada. The Rape Crisis Center announced a $5,000 grant from the BE A SHERO Foundation. The grant, part of the SHERO Affiliate Grant Program, was awarded during Sexual Assault Awareness Month and will be used to support center’s mission to offer hope, help and healing to those affected by sexual violence and exploitation. Bristol Myers Squibb celebrated its five-year partnership with Make-AWish with a $500,000 contribution. The funds, given annually to Make-AWish since 2017, will continue to help grant wishes for children.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Albert Camus advised everyone to “steal some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self.” That’s excellent advice for you to heed in the coming days. Put yourself first and grab all the renewal you need. One possible way to accomplish this goal is to go on a long stroll or two. You are likely to be visited by major epiphanies. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Robert Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s leader for 37 years. In the eyes of some, he was a revolutionary hero. To others, he was an oppressive dictator. He was also the chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, where his wife, Grace, received her Ph.D. just two months after she started classes. You, too, will have an expansive capacity to advance your education in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase of super-learning. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry,” wrote author Umberto Eco. You’re capable of accomplishing comparable feats. Converting a chance encounter into a useful new business connection? Repurposing a liability into an asset? Capitalizing on a minor blessing or breakthrough to transform it into a substantial one? All these are possible.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I was so flooded with yearning I thought it would drown me,” wrote author Denis Johnson. You’re not in danger of getting swept away by a tsunami of insatiable desire. But you may get caught in a current of sweet, hot passion. Don’t think you have something better to do. Your time in the cascading flow may prove to be quite intriguing—and ultimately useful.
ACROSS 1 Bluff City Law network 4 Mandible site 7 Talks lovingly 11 One painting with dots 19 Long-popular ISP 20 Mythical horses 22 Indy 500, e.g. 23 Outdoor food party for 11- and 12-yearolds? 25 Some very valuable violins 26 Old Texas siege site 27 Saddlery tool 28 Meyers of Kate & Allie 29 Not adorned 30 Type 31 Identical sibling near some falling rocks? 37 Caesar’s 106 38 Neighbor of Vietnam 39 River through Orsk 40 Norma — 41 Happy Days star with gleaming eyes? 45 Ingredient in Nutella 49 A noble gas 50 Wedding page word 51 Top-notch 52 Genetic stuff 53 Major exhibition 56 Perform gastric bypasses? 61 Coastal inlet 64 Roof overhang 66 Musical sign 67 “Say again?” 68 One working to promote high-quality serge and denim? 75 Fuzzy picture 76 Tilted type: Abbr.
77 Imitate a lion 78 Susan of L.A. Law 79 Contest to see who has the cleverest taunts? 85 Have too much of, for short 87 Lance of the O.J. trial 88 Paris hub 89 Negatives 91 Wonder Woman star Gal 95 CBer’s lingo system 97 Time of day for muscle spasms? 102 That, in Lima 103 Any day now 104 “I goofed!” 105 K-12 org. 106 Expert at recognizing the finest strong string? 112 Lacking spice 113 “— it grand?” 114 Tofu source 115 Call to squad cars, for short 116 Lamp dweller 117 Arbitrator 120 Super-itchy wool cloth? 124 Coveted part for an actor 125 Big Apple animal attraction 126 — Lanka 127 It provides product plugs to websites 128 Skin malady 129 Passports et al. 130 IRS form fig. DOWN 1 Solaris actress McElhone 2 Amaze 3 Glade 4 Mother of Mars, in myth
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Hurrier’s cry Share a border with Give moral guidance Part of MoMA Ballplayer Mel Not cooked Hugs, in a love letter 73 Father 74 “Wild Thing” singers, with “The” 80 Not rigid 81 Triage physician, for short 82 Corrida cheer 83 Blasting stuff 84 Part of 130-Across: Abbr. 86 Slangy denial 90 Container for flats or heels 92 Stupidity 93 Things unlike all the others 94 Exchanged, as an older model 96 Franc division 97 Stage award 98 Go after romantically 99 Ending of some pasta names 100 Debtor’s slip 101 Says You! airer 103 Noisy sleeper 106 Florida city 107 Use, as a tool 108 Pakistan’s longest river 109 “— Mio” 110 Anglo- — 111 Back column 112 Kitten’s cry 116 Old Pontiacs 118 Opp. of departure 119 “Mazel —!” 120 Pacers’ org. 121 Foe of Frodo 122 Rambo’s gun 123 Grassy turf
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Psychology innovator Carl Jung wrote, “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only half of the truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to upgrade your own appreciation for the power of your feelings to help you understand the world. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For the indigenous Ojibway people, the word adizokan means both “story” and “spirit.” In fact, story and spirit are the same thing. Everything has a spirit and everything has a story, including people, animals, trees, lakes, rivers and rocks. Meditate on how your life stories are central elements of your spirit. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): No one ever showed most of us how to find, create and cultivate love. We may have received clues now and then from our parents, books and movies. But we never got formal instruction about the subject that is at the heart of our quest to live meaningful lives. The good news is this year will be one of the best times ever for you to learn important truths about love. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Alan Shepard didn’t think he’d get carried away with a momentous thrill once he arrived at the moon. But when he landed and gazed upon the sight of his home planet, he broke into tears. You may have similar experiences in the coming weeks. Mind-opening, heart-awakening experiences may arrive. Your views of the Very Big Picture could bring healing upheavals. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Clarice Lispector observed, “In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person.” This state of grace will visit you soon—and probably more than once. Capitalize on it! Take your time as you tune in to the luminescent souls of the people you value. Become more deeply attuned to their genius. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Psychoanalyst Ernest Jones (1879–1958) said, “There is no sense of contradiction within the unconscious; opposite ideas exist happily side by side.” It’s healthy and sane to be awash in seemingly incongruous blends. Use this time to celebrate your own inner dichotomies. If you welcome them as a robust aspect of your deepest, truest nature, they will serve you well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Guitarist Django Reinhardt was a celebrated jazz musician in occupied France during World War II. Amazingly, he was able to earn good money by performing frequently—even though he fit descriptions that the rampaging Germans regarded as abhorrent. Make him your role model for the next four weeks. May he inspire you to persist and thrive in the face of challenges. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean author Richard Matheson believed we’ve become too tame and mild. “We’ve forgotten,” he wrote, about “how to rise to dizzy heights.” He mourned that we’re too eager to live inside narrow boundaries. “The full gamut of life is a shadowy continuum,” he continued, “that runs from gray to more gray. The rainbow is bleached.” You have the power to escape blandness and averageness. Restore the rainbow to its full vivid swath: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Maybe even add a few colors.
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