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SELF-CARE & LEISURE A local reformer pilates studio gives tips for strengthening your core with mat pilates at home.

NEWS Amid increasing local overdoses, an emergency room doctor and bar manager team up to host Narcan tranings.

SPORTS The Las Vegas Aces cement their WNBA dynasty with a third championship.

NIGHTLIFE Fremont East has amassed such a curation of experiences, it’s impossible not to find your scene.

THE STRIP F1 Arcade at Caesars Palace’s Forum Shops is the ultimate adrenaline rush for racing fans. FOOD & DRINK Burger battle: Naughty Patty’s and With Love, Always face off in a beefy brawl.

Nevada Ballet Theatre stages Romeo & Juliet at the Smith Center, Las Vegas Book Festival returns Downtown with author events and more this week. Want More? Visit lasvegasweekly.com. Main Street (Photo by Wade Vandervort)

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NEVADA BALLET THEATRE: ROMEO & JULIET Shakespeare harnessed the power of language to tell tales that have endured through the ages. Now, Nevada Ballet Theatre harnesses the power of dance to tell the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. The 1940 ballet by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev with choreography by NBT’s James Canfield promises all the excitement of the play and more with lush costumes and sets, street fighting and swordsmanship. As Romeo says when he first spots Juliet—which you might find yourself uttering after the show—“Did my heart love ‘til now? Forswear it, sight, for I ne’er saw true beauty ‘til this night.” 7:30 p.m., & 10/18 (& 10/18-10/19, 2 p.m.), $42-$202, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. –Shannon Miller

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. BOSTON BRUINS 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

MARINELLI BROS. CIRCUS Thru 11/3, dates & times vary, Craig Ranch Park, marinellibroscircus.com.

GREEN OUR PLANET GIANT STUDENT FARMERS MARKET 9:30 a.m., Clark County Government Center, greenourplanet.org.

SHANE GILLIS 8 p.m., & 10/18, Resorts World Theatre, axs.com.

ON THE ROCKS TASTING EVENT 7 p.m., Keep Memory Alive Center, totalwine.com.

DEON COLE 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com.

BARRY MANILOW Thru 10/18, 8 p.m., Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com.

EARTH, WIND & FIRE 8:30 p.m., & 10/18, 10/22, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.

JERZY 10:30 p.m., Tao Nightclub, taogroup.com.

TAKING BACK SUNDAY 7:30 p.m., BleauLive Theater, ticketmaster.com.

LLOYD 10:30 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

THE STORY SO FAR With Sunami, Set Your Goals, 6:30 p.m., the A-Lot at Area15, area15.com.

ALANIS MORISSETTE 8 p.m., & 10/18, 10/22, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.

ARMORED SAINT 7:30 p.m., the Space, thespacelv.com.

MARTIN GARRIX With Justin Mylo, 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.

STORY OF THE YEAR With The Cab, The Rocket Summer, Her Leather Jacket, 6:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketmaster.com.

INSOMNIAC X TOMORROWLAND: UNITY With Sara Landry, Subtronics, 11:15 p.m., & 10/18, Sphere, ticketmaster.com.

NIKO MOON 7:30 p.m., House of Blues, ticketmaster.com.

ICE NINE KILLS With The Plot in You, 7 p.m., Pearl Concert Theater, axs.com.

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS With Plain White T’s, Spitalfield, The Paradox, The Higher, 12:30 p.m., Swim & Social at Strat, thestrat.com.

LIONEL RICHIE 8:30 p.m., & 10/18, 10/22, Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.

YDG With Seth David, Zen Selekta, Toolie, 10 p.m., Substance, seetickets.us.

LORDE With Blood Orange, The Japanese House, 7 p.m., MGM Grand Garden Arena, axs.com.

TESLA 7:30 p.m., & 10/18, 10/22, House of Blues, ticketmaster.com.

ADRENALINE With Skepsis, 10 p.m., We All Scream, tixr.com.

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SATURDAY OCT 18 LAS VEGAS PRIDE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL 3 p.m., Desert Breeze Events Center, lasvegaspride.org.

JULIAN MARLEY & THE WAILERS 9 p.m., Fremont Street Experience, vegasexperience.com.

HARD HAT LOUNGE 3-YEAR ANNIVERSARY With Style Cramps, Mercy Music, 8 p.m., Hard Hat Lounge, hardhatloungelv.com.

MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC 3 & 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS VS. CALGARY FLAMES 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com. FIESTA FOLKLORICO 1 p.m., West Las Vegas Library, & 7 p.m., West Charleston Library, thelibrarydistrict.org. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG With Panic! At the Disco, Blink-182, Weezer, more, noon, & 10/19, Las Vegas Festival Grounds, whenwe wereyoungfestival.com. PLAYBOI CARTI With Destroy Lonely, Homixide Gang, Apollo Red, 7 p.m., MGM Grand Garden Arena, axs.com. INTOCABLE 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com. CRANKDAT With Gorillat, Celo, 7 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, seetickets.us. THE WANTED 2.0 8 p.m., M Pavilion, ticketmaster.com. WHEN WE WERE WARPED 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, seetickets.us.

HENDERSON BLUEGRASS 3 p.m., Water Street Plaza, cityofhenderson.com. DIPLO 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. CITRUS PARTY 5 p.m., Citrus Grand Pool Deck, eventbrite.com. KASKADE 10 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com. E-40 10:30 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com. STEVE AOKI 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com. FISHER 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com. CHRISTOPH 11:30 p.m., Club Ego, posh.vip. WUKI 10 p.m., Discopussy, tixr.com.

CHANCE THE RAPPER 8 p.m., BleauLive Theater, ticketmaster.com.

LAS VEGAS BOOK FESTIVAL This weekend, feed your imagination with Downtown’s annual Las Vegas Book Festival. Nevada’s largest literary event returns with author signings and inspiring guest speakers like Las Vegas-based authors Axie Oh and Amanda Skenandore. Headliners for this year also include Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six (now a hit Amazon Prime TV series starring Riley Keough); journalists Katherine Stewart and Tim Alberta, who will discuss the separation of church and state; and the writers of Disney’s Meant to Be book series. Bibliophiles can engage in workshops, browse books and sit in on panels devoted to fantasy novels, the works of Jane Austen, horror writing, Las Vegas fiction and more. It’s one never-ending story at LVBF, so choose your own adventure. 10 a.m., free, Historic Fifth Street School, lasvegasbook festival.com. –Amber Sampson

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MIKEY FRANCIS 11 a.m., Palm Tree Beach Club, taogroup.com.

PRIDESTYLE WRESTLING: HEARTBREAK SEASON 5 p.m., Swan Dive, swandivelv.com.

DEUX TWINS With Kim Lee, 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

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GWAR With Helmet, The Dwarves, Blood Vultures, 6 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketmaster.com.

TEARS FOR FEARS 8 p.m., & 10/24-10/25, BleauLive Theater, ticketmaster.com.

ZOOKRAUGHT With The Sins, Dizz Brew, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.

JASON VIEAUX 7:30 p.m., Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall Lobby, unlv.edu.

DJ FRANZEN 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com.

CHADWICK JOHNSON 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

JUSTIN CREDIBLE 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.

STEREOPHONIC Not a musical. The multiple Tony Award-winning Stereophonic is about a band that’s on the cusp of mid-1970s superstardom, and it features original songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire. But it’s not a musical; it’s a play by David Adjmi, and its songs are performed live on stage by the actors in a faux “recording studio.” Butler collaborated closely with playwright Adjmi to make the music fit the story, and vice-versa. “Hearing three people sing in harmony sounds so 1970s,” Butler says. “These people have spent a lot of time in a room to sound that good together.” Which, naturally, leads to dramatic dustups both creative and personal. Read our complete interview with Butler at lasvegasweekly.com. Thru 10/26, dates & times vary, $35-$172, Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com. –Geoff Carter

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There was a time when reformer pilates exclusively applied to physical therapy and professional athletes like ballerinas. But the level of access for

everyday people has changed. Thanks partly to a growing interest in intentional movement, pilates is experiencing a major revival. “I found it through a friend. I had just recently had an injury in my shoulder, and I was talking about how nothing really felt good,” says Ashley

Ansuini, owner of The Good Place, a local reformer pilates studio. “And she said, ‘Oh, you should try pilates on a reformer.’ I just had no clue what it really was. I took my first class, and I was like, oh my gosh, this is incredible.” Pilates is named after its creator, Joseph Pilates, a German physical

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trainer who immigrated to the United States in the 1920s and eventually patented a suite of exercise equipment, including the reformer, a flat platform that moves back and forth on wheels using springs for resistance. “I think some people have a picture in their head of a type of person that does pilates, and it’s not them,” Ansuini says. “When somebody tries reformer pilates, especially, they’ll realize that it really can be for anybody.” Ansuini opened The Good Place in 2022 and what began as a modest studio quickly gained momentum, so much so that it expanded to a larger space in Henderson and a second location at UnCommons. The studio has facilitated rooftop mat pilates classes at UnCommons that have drawn crowds of up to 200 people, she says. Those will continue through October on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Additionally, The Good Place is working with Resorts World to plan more rooftop classes this fall. Details will be available at instagram.com/thegoodplacelv. You don’t need to commit to a full studio membership to get started. Even basic mat pilates, done at home with little to no equipment, can offer noticeable improvements in strength, flexibility and control.

3 LOW-IMPACT PILATES EXERCISES TO TRY AT HOME:

Whether you’re easing into movement or looking to enhance your core strength, these mat-based exercises are perfect for all levels.

1. ROLL UP

Start lying flat on your back with arms extended overhead and toes reaching away, like a morning stretch. Inhale deeply, then exhale as you tuck your chin to your chest, leading with your arms to “roll” up to a seated position. Inhale again and slowly roll back down one vertebra at a time. You can bend your knees for added support if needed.

2. TOE TAPS

Lie on your back with arms by your sides and hips on the ground. Bring your legs into “tabletop” position, knees bent at 90 degrees, directly over hips. Slowly tap one toe toward the floor, maintaining the bend, then return and switch legs. You can lift your head, neck and shoulders into a crunch for added core engagement.

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Begin on all fours, hands under shoulders and knees under hips. Extend one arm straight out in front of you, then switch. Next, try extending one leg at a time. Once that feels stable, try extending opposite arm and leg at the same time. Add small pulses, or windmill the arm and leg outward for extra shoulder and glute activation.

HOW TO LEVEL UP YOUR PILATES PRACTICE Curious about how to get more from your mat routine, or wondering why reformer pilates feels so different? “Of course there’s a strength component, whether it’s your own body weight or, in the case of a reformer, spring-loaded resistance,” Ansuini says. “You get resistance and feedback. Depending on the machine, there are about five heavy springs you can attach or remove to create more or less feedback.”

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT FOR HOME: Fabric or rubber resistance bands (great for bridges and squats) 9-inch soft ball (for core, balance, and alignment work) Grip socks (for safety and support) Don’t forget: your breath is part of the workout. The slower and more controlled you are, the more effective each exercise becomes.

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The part of town we tend think of as Downtown Las Vegas—Fremont Street and Fremont East, the 18b Arts District, Symphony Park, the Gateway District and the neighborhood informally known as “Lawyer’s Row”—is experiencing growth so widespread and rapid you can practically see it happening in real time. Multiple apartment and condo developments are going vertical. Nightlife, dining, entertainment and cultural districts are solidifying. Downtown’s streets are buzzing with activity: driverless vehicles, electric bikes and scooters, pedestrians—yes, pedestrians! In this economy!—and the roadways themselves are being resurfaced, remade. The Weekly can’t offer you a complete picture of our dynamic and evolving city core. It’s happening too fast. But we can offer you a snapshot of the people and places that are elevating it right now, from a new civic plaza, to the women business owners of the Arts District, to an empire of Fremont East bars and clubs (see page 34). Downtown Las Vegas is on the rise. And by the time you read this, it will have risen higher still. –Geoff Carter

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The Arts District’s bars, restaurants, shops and galleries come from the heart of female business owners BY GEOFF CARTER I want to tell you about an epiphany I had last July as I interviewed Roxy Hendrickson and Jen Taler, owners of the recently opened Dustland. Kat Calma, Dustland’s bar manager, served me one of the bar’s specialty cocktails, the mezcal-based Amarillo—still my favorite—while explaining what compelled her to leave her Strip job for an unproven Arts District spot. “Downtown is where everyone is. That’s where all my people are, who I want to serve,” Calma said. “So, finding out that Jen was in this partnership, I extended my hand and was just like, ‘Hey, if you need any consultation or anything like that, I’d be happy to help in any capacity.” And I thought, wow, that’s so cool, these three women running this place together. (Hendrickson’s husband Logan is also involved, but hold up, let me cook.) In that moment, I realized that most of the small business owners and co-owners I’d met in the Arts District were women: Natalie Bigler of Dark Sister, Lisa

Blanchard of The Good Wolf, Taylor Gardner Chaney of Dig It! Coffee, Danielle Crouch of Jammyland, Randi Garrett of Cork & Thorn, Angelica Govaert of Sin City Yoga, Jennifer Hunter of Atomic Style Lounge, Rachelle and Charlie Luster of The Analog Dope Store, Amy Ortiz of Cream Me Ice Creamery and Rockin Bettie, Marissa Pretkus of Horse Trailer Hideout, Taylor Rice of Alt Rebel … I went back to the office and began to make a woefully incomplete list, stopping just shy of 40 names. The truly remarkable thing is that it simply happened. No specific program was enacted to attract women business owners; they went through the same process to open Arts District businesses as their male counterparts. “I think that women are just as assertive and aggressive and ambitious as men, but we look for our opportunities,” says Kim Owens of Main St. Provisions. “When the Arts District was first starting out, I pulled inspiration from Christina and Pamela Dylag, who owned Velveteen Rabbit. They came in here in their early 20s and just did something special.

“I think that, as a female entrepreneur, there aren’t enough opportunities for any of us,” she adds. “I don’t remember the exact statistics, but in the hospitality industry there’s a very small percentage of women in leadership positions. There are few opportunities in the corporate world, and this neighborhood inspires entrepreneurship.” Even some of Owens’ neighboring business owners were surprised to learn of how many women were similarly inspired. “I don’t even know if we collectively realized it until we started working together,” says Dustland co-owner Taler, who also runs the retail store Akin Cooperative. She cites her close relationships with the proprietors of several neighboring women-owned businesses—For The Love’s Emily Johnson, Spilled Milk’s Kari Cortez and Stylehouse Las Vegas’ Tinna Lee Farrell—with reinforcing her confidence in the neighborhood. (“Our group chats are great,” Farrell says, chuckling.) “And as more and more businesses keep opening here, they also just happen to be women-owned, too.” One of those recent arrivals is chef Natalie Young, who ran the acclaimed breakfast and lunch restaurant Eat until a sustained period of road construction on Carson Street put the squeeze on her business. (Eat had a literal trench just outside its front door for a long time.) When the lease for the Eat space was up

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That brings me to the reason why I love the Arts District. I don’t know if it’s because of the preponderance of women business owners in the neighborhood, but the Arts District has always seemed more peaceful, more carefully considered than other nightlife, retail and dining districts around the Valley; it emits an unmistakable “no a-holes allowed” vibe. Even the dude-owned businesses of the neighborhood are what they are because a woman creative is heavily involved: James Trees’ establishments are designed by his sister Amanda, and Ryan Doherty’s upscale bar Doberman is built around the masterful cocktail program of Juyoung Kang. The women of the neighborhood just make the dream work, IMHO. “It is organic,” Owens says. “All of our visions are individualized, and they’re coming from the heart. Everything that I’ve done here at Main St. Provisions comes from my heart.”

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for renewal, she closed the restaurant and went all in on Echo, a beautifully designed Arts District listening bar combining craft cocktails, Young’s delicious small plates and an audiophile sound system playing jazz and soul records. Young didn’t come to the neighborhood because her neighbors were largely women, but it sure didn’t hurt. “I think it’s just a coincidence, but how beautiful is it that we’re all empowered, and have the ability and the opportunity, to come down here and open these independent small businesses? How cool is that? Very cool,” she says. “We don’t know if we’re going to be here tomorrow. I want to spend today doing the best I can with the people that want to be around me, with creatives. … There’s enough bulls**t in the world right now. Let’s just create a beautiful, small space where people can come together, all kinds of people, and take a minute and just take a deep breath and enjoy themselves.”

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Rose Signor, who co-owns the Silver Stamp with her husband Andrew Smith, is at the heart of her establishment; I don’t think I’ve ever stepped foot in there without getting a beer recommendation from her, and she’s always right. Signor embodies that Arts District difference to me in her every atom: She’s a terrific, gregarious host (as is Owens and everyone else I’ve mentioned); a sharp businessperson whose inventiveness has won the bar awards and accolades; and also, it seems, a stand-up boss. “We have great employee retention. There’s very little turnover here. I’m very proud of that,” Signor says. “Everybody here hangs out, outside of work. There’s really no drama here, which is odd. I’ve honestly never worked in a place where that hasn’t happened.” She might be too good. But that’s cool with her. Signor wants to create opportunities for her people, just as Atomic Liquors owner Lance Johns once did for her. “We have a few employees that are bartending, but they’re also doing some work in the office with us. We’re sort of grooming them for different roles here,” she says. “And I’ve said this to them from day one: ‘I want you guys to move on and open up your own spot. I want to invest in that. I want to do everything I can, and show you everything I know, so that you guys can go on and do your own things.” Maybe some of those employees, floating away from the dandelion of the Silver Stamp, will become business owners themselves. Perhaps some of them will be women; perhaps some will land in the Arts District. But whatever the case, the women are already on the ground, doing the work. I still have that big Arts District list, and I’ll be watching that roster of women all-stars as they expand and develop their businesses into empires. And even if they just stick with one or two Arts District businesses, that’s okay. As Taler says, at least they’re in the right place. “If we’re able to navigate our lives in a positive way, let’s do it and enjoy where we’re at, because this is what we’re doing day in, day out,” she says. “I feel really fortunate to have who’s around me. That’s the women that I get to work alongside, who are also my good friends. … It’s good people who are a part of this and are experiencing it, which is awesome.”

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Symphony Park evolves at last into the cultural center of the Valley “People often forget that Symphony Park was once a desolate Union Pacific railyard, an abandoned brownfield that sat empty for years,” It’s time for some tangible validation for patient says City Councilwoman Shondra Summers-Armand positive Las Vegans who’ve been following strong, whose Ward 5 includes the 61-acre DownDowntown developments: The Urban Land Intown district. “Today, it has transformed into a stitute Nevada will honor Symphony Park as the thriving hub for medical research, arts, culture 2025 Place of the Year at an awards ceremony next and residential living.” month at World Market Center. Developer Jackson-Shaw opened AC Hotel by It’s a significant recognition “of how thoughtMarriott and Element by Westin at Symphony ful planning, world-class architecture and a Park last month on South Grand Central Parkway commitment to create a transformative destinawith five stories and 441 guest rooms. The dual hotion through visionary leadership can uplift an tel created more than 200 full- and part-time jobs. entire city,” according to a statement from ULI And on the other side of Symphony Park’s actual district council chair and former Henderson park greenspace, more than 600 luxury rental mayor Debra March. units are now open at the Parc Haven and Auric Of course, that transformative destination projects, with ground-floor retail spaces ready has always been the goal, but recent months and and waiting. New construction by Southern Land years have brought more pieces together, signifiCompany is expected to add another 540 units and cant residential and retail developments joining 20,000 square feet of retail. And Origin at SymThe Smith Center for the Performing Arts and phony Park will bring a 32-story condominium the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain WORLD MARKET Health. Symphony Park is quickly becoming a CENTER tower, multifamily housing and more than 90,000 EXPO CONVENTION square feet of retail, grocery and office space. place to be, not just a place to go, and the exciteCENTER EXPANSION “We are very hopeful that a new grocery store ment for the impending Las Vegas Museum of Art will be a part of the Origin development, and we looks to be the icing on the culture cake. BY BROCK RADKE

expect to have new dining opportunities, coffee shops and really everything you need to support all the residents who will be living there and folks visiting all the attractions in the area,” Summers-Armstrong says. “It is an incredible business opportunity when you think about being next door to The Smith Center and the Las Vegas Museum of Art.” For Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center well before its opening in 2012, “it is great to see the pieces come together,” he says. “Having seen the 61 acres as dirt and having dreamed of it one day being fully developed … and now you look around and see what’s happening with the Cello Tower’s groundbreaking [part of Origin] right around the corner, and it’s going to be the place we dreamed of.” The blending of residential and office space with the traffic generated by the Smith Center and the eventual $150 million art museum—expected to break ground in the next few years—is the difference maker. Those developments add daytime vibrancy and will hopefully attract diverse retailers. Symphony Park will soon feel like a real Vegas neighborhood, one very different from the rest of Downtown. And yet it will be something special built for locals, much like its anchor, the Smith Center. “We like that distinction,” Martin says. “I remember having multiple conversations with consultants and officials about what it would be to the city, and we said then that all the various parts would be like musicians in a symphony, all important to creating the sound of what Symphony Park would be.”

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Las Vegas’ new Civic Center is a hub for public art

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BY SHANNON MILLER The primary purpose of constructing Las Vegas’ Civic Center & Plaza was to consolidate city offices in one place. But thanks to foresight and careful planning, it also serves as a site for community gatherings and public art. Located across from Las Vegas City Hall, two buildings contain offices as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space and two pads for future restaurants. A 15,000-square-foot courtyard sprinkled with 100 trees provides an area for events like music and food festivals, pet adoptions and farmers markets. One of the most exciting features of the $190 million development is the 2,400-square-foot Civic Center Gallery, which opened its first exhibit on October 14. Presented by the City of Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Family Album showcases an intergenerational roster of artists examining histories through family photographs. It is open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Art isn’t confined to the gallery. Feast your eyes on some of our favorite artworks scattered throughout Civic Center.

GIG DEPIO “BEYOND THE MEADOWS”

Look closely at Gig Depio’s “Beyond the Meadows” and you’ll notice themes of risk-taking and luck. The 12-by-12-foot oil on canvas painting features three “cowboys”—explorer Rafael Rivera, neon icon Vegas Vic and a UNLV football player. A drone, a tiny UFO and a depiction of the Boring Company’s tunnel machine represent technology and innovation, summing up Vegas’ penchant for pushing boundaries.

FAWN DOUGLAS “MAH-NAĪ-KNEE”

“Mah-naī-knee” is a Paiute word that means “energy,” and that’s embodied in Fawn Douglas’ installation. Inspired by the basketmaking of the tribe, the artwork is composed of conduit, wire and acrylic paint, offering a fresh take on tradition and symbolizing the deep and enduring heritage of Native Americans in Las Vegas.

VALENTIN YORDANOV “YOU ARE HERE, WELCOME HOME”

Bulgaria-born, Las Vegas-based artist Valentin Yordanov offers a cubist, candy-colored distortion of our city’s skyline with “You Are Here, Welcome Home.” On a house-shaped canvas, palm trees, neighborhoods, resorts, mountains and sky take up separate planes and yet are all connected. The city’s dynamic nature is captured with strategically placed lines, calling to mind urban transformation.

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KRYSTAL RAMIREZ “NEON STUDY #2”

One of the most beautiful things about the desert is how light plays on all its surfaces, natural and artificial. Contrived breeze blocks and light in Krystal Ramirez’s “Neon Study #2” remind us of that beauty in a culturally specific and minimalist fashion. The materials also echo her forthcoming life-size Civic Center courtyard installation “The Night We Met.”

We can’t get enough of these Downtown jewels PETITE BOHEME’S COCKTAIL PROGRAM

Petite Boheme, the backyard sibling to James Trees’ fabulous French bistro Bar Boheme, is one of my favorite cocktail bars in a neighborhood that’s brimming with them. The drinks they serve are booze-forward, ambitiously conceived, boldly made and generally yummo. Drinking here is making me smarter and better-looking. Come down here and I’ll prove it to your face. –Geoff Carter

VIC’S JAZZ NIGHTS

It’s rare to find good music, good drinks and good food all in one place, but Vic’s succeeds on all of those fronts. Stop at the Symphony Park bar for gaming, cocktails or bites (you must try the meatballs and crab cakes) before or after a Smith Center show. Or claim a spot in the dining room and enjoy live music nightly while feasting on Italian-American classics like chicken parmesan. –Shannon Miller

FAT SAL’S FAT BANH MI-KI

Adjacent to the Fremont Street Experience, Fat Sal’s $20 Fat Banh Mi-Ki won’t help you binge on a budget, but it is an obsession worthy sandwich. An over-the-top take on a Vietnamese bánh mì, it checks all the boxes of a great, hangover hero. It’s spicy from the Szechuan slaw, crunchy from the pickled veggies, and that sweet, soy-marinated ribeye steak makes the hit to your cholesterol worth it. –Amber Sampson

CORNISH PASTY’S RENOVATED LOUNGE

At the edge of the Arts District, Cornish Pasty serves up beer, Irish car bombs, pasties, and a no-bull atmosphere. The bar and restaurant’s revamped lounge— with pool tables, leather booths, couches and weekend DJs—blurs the line between dive and den. It’s where the Downtown drifters drink, settle in and stay too long. No pretense, just a reliably good time. –Gabriela Rodriguez

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A’ja Wilson, left, goes to the basket against Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner, during Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on October 10. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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How the Las Vegas Aces improbably achieved dynasty status with another championship

In a year where the Las Vegas Aces strung together a historic 17 straight victories through their first playoff game, it only made sense that they would end the season in style and on another winning streak. The Aces prevailed in five consecutive contests including a four-game sweep of the Phoenix Mercury in the first-ever best-of-seven WNBA Finals to win the championship trophy for the third time in four years. No team had won that many titles in that short amount of time since the original Houston Comets, which won four in a row when the league started from 1997-2000. Champagne flowed and tears were shed as the once-again champions tried to describe the feeling brought on by that feat, after knocking off the Mercury 97-86 on October 10 in Phoenix for the clinching game. “I’d say greatness is who you’re around,

that’s true greatness,” WNBA Finals and regular-season Most Valuable Player A’ja Wilson said afterwards. “This group right here, we’re battle-tested from top to bottom. We showed up to work every single day with the mindset of being great.” It just didn’t come easily this year, but that’s what makes the 2025 WNBA title arguably more satisfying than the previous championships in 2022 and 2023. Three years ago, in the Aces’ inaugural season under coach Becky Hammon, beating the Connecticut Sun for the franchise’s first ring felt like a sigh of a relief more than anything. There was a sense that the then-core of Wilson, Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum had underachieved by falling short the previous three seasons, especially after adding All-Star point guard Chelsea Gray in 2021. But Gray and Hammon pushed Las Vegas over the top in 2022 with a WNBA Finals MVP

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nod for the former. Seeing the first major professional championship parade down the Strip will always be a moment to remember, but it felt overdue. Then, in 2023, bringing home the trophy was expected. The Aces had the best season in league history and rolled to a championship series win over the Liberty with Wilson transcending to an all-time great level with her first Finals MVP. But salary-cap leagues like the WNBA aren’t designed for the victors to stay on top for long. The Aces declined last year with a semifinal exit and then really seemed to fall off this season after Plum forced her way out and was traded for Jewell Loyd. The fit was clunky for the first three months of the season, and the Aces sat at .500 on August 2 after a 111-58 loss to the then championship favorite Minnesota Lynx—the WNBA’s largest-ever margin of victory. Some wondered if the Aces would even advance to the postseason at that point. “There was a lot of doubt besides us in that locker room,” Gray said. “We had a lot of confidence in each other, (especially with Wilson and Young). I’m really proud of how we stayed the course and trusted the process the entire time.” An assortment of emotions may have accompanied the first two championships, but the third one produced nothing but pure bliss because of how unlikely it seemed earlier in the year. “This one hits different because it was different,” Hammon said. “There was probably a lot more adversity than any of us anticipated. At the end of the day, we’re humans that wanted to get it right and get it right together.” The playoff run truly wound up a microcosm of the Aces’ whole season. After the win streak ended, there were real questions about whether Las Vegas could rediscover the magic. It took a would-be game winner from Seattle’s Erica Wheeler to miss the mark—as the lights went out a split second prematurely at Michelob Ultra Arena to memorably cause some confusion—for Las Vegas to avoid elimination in the first round. The injury-ravaged Indiana Fever then took the Aces to the brink in the second round despite being massive underdogs. Las Vegas had to outlast Indiana in overtime of the decisive Game 5 of the best-offive-series just to get back to the Finals. That’s where the Aces regained their groove, as the betting odds only painted them as the smallest favorite against

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The Las Vegas Aces celebrate the franchise’s third WNBA championship on October 10 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

“There was probably a lot more adversity than any of us anticipated. At the end of the day, we’re humans that wanted to get it right and get it right together.” –Coach Becky Hammon

the Mercury but they rolled in a fashion reminiscent of the way they caught fire in August and September. Wilson created further distance between herself and everyone else as the best player in the world, but the championship wasn’t only her doing. The constantly overlooked Young carried the Aces during an uncharacteristic off night from Wilson in Game 2 and was lethally efficient in the pair of tilts at Phoenix. The 33-year-old Gray looked like a prime version of herself after having slightly declined throughout the regular season. And Hammon officially declared Loyd, who moved to the bench to spark the Aces’ late-season climb, the final member of the team’s new “Big Four.” “Becky was definitely the person that believed in me from the start,” Loyd said. “I was kind of written off and exiled but I ended up in the promised land.” Las Vegas has been the pinnacle of women’s professional basketball for a half-decade now, but it looked quite different during the original heyday. Only four of the 10 players who logged time in the final game this year were members of the last championship team with starting power forward Kierstan Bell joining Wilson, Young and Gray. There may have been a gap year and the roster makeup might have changed, but the Aces are now undoubtedly a dynasty. And while Hammon was respectful of all the other great championship teams that came before them, she said the Aces should stand alone given how much the league has evolved. “These ladies are at the top of the game,” Hammon said. “It’s the best basketball the W has ever seen.”

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BY AMBER SAMPSON In Clark County, it’s chilling to think that many people are only a few degrees of separation from knowing someone who’s died of a drug-related overdose or nearly has. But that’s quickly becoming our reality. In February, the CDC reported that while most states in the U.S. saw a near 27% drop in overdose deaths in 2024, Nevada remained one of the top states still experiencing an uptick. According to the Southern Nevada Health District, Clark County saw 802 drug overdoses last year, with more than 400 attributable to fentanyl. The synthetic opioid is still the leading cause of fatal overdoses, and in Clark County fentanyl-involved deaths have surged 699.8% in the last six years, according to the SNHD. Those numbers weigh heavily on Dr. Suzanne Roozendaal, an emergency medicine physician at Sunrise Hospital who deals with the ramifications of Clark County’s drug epidemic everyday. “It’s something that as an ER physician, I’m seeing more and more of, and it’s such young kids,” says Roozendaal, who also coowns Barter Beer and Mall, an Arts District antique and arts space. “Every time you [hear], ‘There’s a code coming in, they’re 30 something.’ You’re like, oh God, another

overdose, and they just didn’t find them in time.” That reality also weighs heavily on ReBar manager Matthew “Buck” Buckosh, who has seen one too many nights go from fun to life-threatening. But what’s most frustrating is that training for how to deal with overdoses is severely lacking. “Every other program that is out there basically is just a distribution program. There’s no education. There’s no backing by a hospital,” Buckosh says. “There’s a lot of Narcan programs out there. Most of the bars out here have it, [but] it’s just that it’s been handed to them, and there’s been no direction on what to do.” While visiting the Huntridge Tavern Downtown, where Buckosh used to work, Roozendaal conceptualized an idea: What if they distributed the Narcan to the bars and provided a short video to train the staff? A pre-survey could help gauge a bartender’s existing knowledge, and a post-test could reveal how much they retained. What if bartenders could serve drinks but also save lives? “I know Suzanne does it all the time, but as bartenders, we don’t do that. It’s not a normal thing for us,” Buckosh says. “I can’t speak for everybody, but I would love to be able to say, ‘Because of all this, we were able

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to make sure that people didn’t die.’” The SNHD supplies the naloxone (Narcan) for the program. Meanwhile, the Sunrise Health Emergency Medicine Residency program gathers data from the surveys bartenders fill out. That research could eventually end up in a medical journal, Roozendaal says. “Physicians read medical journals to look at new drugs. But this is a different take on how physicians can be responsible in their own community,” she says. “When we structured this project, we looked at the zip codes that have the most overdoses and fatalities. The Arts District is right smack dab in the middle of that. Plus, where I live is smack dab in the middle of that. It also affects us personally.” This trend of overdose prevention advocacy has seemingly swept the nation. Recent reports of people training bartenders on overdose prevention in Florida and Seattle have made a difference. Now several Downtown Las Vegas bars have joined the movement, including ReBar, Davy’s, Barter Beer and Mall, Stray Pirate, Prowl and Cornish Pasty. Roozendaal and Buckosh have also started working with local store owners including Recycled Propaganda and Main Street Peddlers Antique Mall, because while bartenders are usually the first lines of defense, you never know when a situation may call for your help. The duo warns against thinking fentanyl-related overdoses only happen with opioids. Recreational drugs can lead to disaster as well. “It’s the Molly, MDMA, all that, and cocaine,” he says. “A lot of times it’s stimulants that they’re doing that are laced with fentanyl. They’re up until they’re not.” “Things to look out for are decreased consciousness. If you can open somebody’s eye and their pupil looks like it is really constricted or looks like a little tiny pinpoint, that’s an obvious symptom of overdose,” Roozendaal adds. “Shallow breathing, slow breathing … if you see one or any of those things, be concerned.” If you’re a bartender or business owner who would like to participate in Roozendaal and Buckosh’s program, email them at: suzanne_roozendaal@teamhealth.com and rebarbuck@gmail.com.

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Local Filipina community leader Rozita Lee speaks October 9 at Boulevard Mall during a sign unveiling for the Filipino Town cultural corridor. In April, Clark County unanimously approved the designation for the 1.2-mile area along South Maryland Parkway between Desert Inn and Flamingo roads. At right are Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros and Aurora “Amie” Belmonte, far right, the first-ever Philippine honorary consul to Southern Nevada. (Photo by Steve Marcus)

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between Flamingo and Desert Inn roads as the new Filipino Town. Clark County commissioners approved the designation April 15 in a unanimous vote. The yearslong effort to recognize the Filipino community in Southern Nevada was led by Rozita Lee, who has lived in Las Vegas since 1979 after moving from Hawaii. Lee previously told the Las Vegas Sun that there weren’t many areas at that time for the Filipino community to meet. Filipino Town is anchored by Seafood City Supermarket, an Asian grocery store carrying staple products for Filipino cuisine. Some locations, like the one off Maryland

Parkway, also house Filipino businesses like fast-food chain Jollibee and Red Ribbon bakery. “We have 200,000 Filipinos in Clark County. They’re leaders in all walks of life, and we just want to make sure that they’re honored, they feel comfortable, and the world knows about Las Vegas and our Filipino community in Las Vegas,” said County Commissioner Tick Segerblom. Segerblom added that the county expected the designation to bring economic benefits to the corridor, both from existing businesses and the ones they believe will flock to the area as it continues to be redeveloped. –Grace Da Rocha

U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Assemblymember Howard Watts, Nevada Indian Commission Executive Director Stacey Montooth and Clark County Commissioner William McCurdy gathered with tribal community leaders at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on October 13 to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Days earlier, President Trump had signed a proclamation declaring Monday to be Columbus Day and pledging to “reclaim” the Italian explorer’s “extraordinary legacy.” “Our community is very resilient. This is not the first time they’ve tried to erase us,” said Barbara Hartzell, executive director of the nonprofit Native Voters Alliance Nevada and descendant of the Chemehuevi Paiute tribe. She added that Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in June vetoed a bill that had passed in the Legislature, which would have authorized the governor to issue proclamations urging the observance of Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday in October, the same day as Columbus Day. “Our voices are not silenced. … We are not going anywhere,” she said. –Shannon Miller

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How Fremont East has matured into a nightlife destination geared toward the now

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BY AMBER SAMPSON Ryan Doherty, founder of Corner Bar Management, built a nightlife empire on East Fremont Street without fully knowing what it would become. But he did know one thing: Night culture matters in Las Vegas. “I’ve always understood that one restaurant can change an entire neighborhood. We’ve seen that happen so many times in the East Village and even North Park in San Diego,” says Doherty. “And I always thought the second thing that mattered most was night culture, whether it was a cocktail bar, a nightclub or a lounge, something that people were celebrating around. Night culture was always central to the identity of a city, and we wanted to be part of that.” Over the last decade, Doherty has been behind many projects driving that culture forward. Corner Bar’s portfolio blankets the Fremont East Entertainment District with options: dance sanctuaries like Discopussy and We All Scream; cocktail bars like Commonwealth and Lucky Day; dining hot spots like La Mona Rosa and Park on Fremont; showrooms like Cheapshot. Ten years ago, Fremont East felt like a brief barhop with the same music and scene; it’s now a chooseyour-own adventure. And that growth has led to new nightlife neighbors moving in. Electric Mushroom brought significant buzz to the block this summer with its

neon frontage and playground aesthetic. Neonopolis’ dance club Substance has established itself with EDC-level bookings and jam-packed reggaeton parties. Corner Bar has evolved the standard with Lucky Day’s Latin nights and club calendar, featuring everyone from Anderson .Paak’s DJ Pee.Wee to Noizu. Fremont East has amassed such a curation of experiences; it’s impossible not to find your scene. That momentum has even caught the attention of the Strip. Earlier this year, Corner Bar and Wynn Nightlife presented the first Feed the Block party, featuring Gryffin. Thousands of fans—many locals— packed the streets of Fremont East, dancing well into midnight. “What was so special about Life Is Beautiful was walking around the streets of vintage Las Vegas and having these buildings with art on them and infrastructure that you can walk in and out of. We missed that,” Doherty says. “So when Vegas started getting a [bad] rap for being overpriced, and going after just a luxury traveler … we said we should do a block party that’s a free party.” Major Lazer anchored September’s Feed the Block. And Diplo has already signed on to perform on October 27. “After he did the Major Lazer show, he was really impressed with Downtown in general, and loved the overall setting,” Doherty says. It’s still hard sometimes to convince

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BY AMBER SAMPSON Max Verstappen’s gaining on me. I can see it in the way his single-seater Formula 1 race car rides my slipstream on the straightaway, trailing closely behind to boost his speed. Before I know it, he’s not following—he’s flying. As we near a hairpin turn, Verstappen attempts to overtake me but overcorrects for the corner. His wheels lose traction, the car spins out, I pump my fist in triumph—before McLaren driver Lando Norris whizzes past us to the victory podium. A defeat like that warrants another lap, or two, or five. Luckily at F1 Arcade, Las Vegas’ newest racing playground, more than 80 simulators are ready to feed that need. Liz Norris, vice president of launch strategy and communications for F1 Arcade, helped open London’s first location in 2022. The experiential hospitality brand has since opened U.S. outposts in Boston, Washington, D.C., Denver and Philadelphia. When Las Vegas’ 21,000-square-foot version at the Forum Shops at Caesars opens on October 17, it’ll be the largest F1 Arcade in the country. Here are five reasons why it’s the ultimate adrenaline rush for racing fans.

It’s the closest you’ll ever get to the track. F1 Arcade spared no expense in designing a simulator that could put fans in the driver’s seat of a real-life racing experience. “These sims are built specifically for us in consultation with Formula 1. This is what a driver would feel when they are practicing without the G-force on,” Norris says. “You will get up to speeds of over 200 miles an hour. You will feel their full motion. If you go off the actual track, you will vibrate. You can even flip the car, and you will feel that.” The steering wheels are modeled after real F1 wheels, and the eight in-game tracks are based on real speedways like Austin’s Circuit of the Americas or the Las Vegas Strip Circuit. “The beauty is, you can’t do this anywhere else,” Norris says. “We have all of this as our own design. The game is ours as well,” she says. “This isn’t stuff that you can play on PlayStation.”

It’s for every kind of race fan. F1 Arcade is social gaming at its finest. The sims’ dual screens allow competitors to monitor their driving while spectators root them on in the race. You can race against AI or friends on five difficulty levels, from beginner to elite, which gives seasoned drivers full control—no assists, no traction control. Norris says F1 Arcade is many people’s first introduction to Formula 1, and the space is built with that in mind. There’s also reaction-based reflex games to play if you don’t want to get behind the wheel. Attention to detail is everywhere, from the chandeliers that resemble racetracks to the walls featuring tire marks. Children ages 7 and up can race, but after 7 p.m., F1 Arcade becomes a 21-and-older venue, with DJs spinning nightly. Head-to-head races start at $26, and race points you accumulate can even lead to prizes, such as being entered to win a Grand Prix ticket.

The food and beverage are worth a pit stop. F1 Arcade takes its dining and drinking just as seriously as its driving. Lauren “LP” O’Brien of Netflix’s Drink Masters, created a globally inspired beverage menu of signature F1 cocktails and mocktails. The arcade also boasts an impressive dining menu, featuring burgers, flatbreads, ahi tuna tartare and flat iron steaks. Take it out on the Strip terrace for an outdoor dining experience with an unbeatable view.

The greats respect it. Norris says F1 Arcade has also naturally attracted pros like Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Valtteri Bottas, McLaren’s Lando Norris (an investor) and the stars of the F1 movie. “One of my favorite days of work was when Brad Pitt came into our London location,” she says. “He was with Damson [Idris] and they raced against each other. And they loved it.”

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It’s the home base for F1 watch parties. As Formula 1’s Grand Prix in Austin kicks off on October 17-19, F1 Arcade will host watch parties, starting at $59 and with unlimited sim racing before the event begins. It’s a place to watch the race, compete with friends and make new memories with your F1 family. “The fact that we are a venue for F1 all year round, we’re seeing the growth of the audience, and we love that,” Norris says. “This is where people who are either big fans, or just getting into it, can be part of a tribe.”

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SPECIAL TOPPINGS: The secret Smash Sauce is tangy, tomato-based and full of umami. “Smash burgers are known to be a little messy,” Schilling says. “If you don’t have that sauce dripping out, you’re not doing it right.” The Naughty Patty comes with creamy, savory New School American Cheese, tomatoes, kosher dill pickle chips, white onions, lettuce and a soft potato bun that can handle a hefty bite.

THE VERDICT: The Block 16 Urban Food Hall has acquired a winner with Naughty Patty’s. This smashburger is juicy, easy to devour and goes great with the restaurant’s house-made root beer. “It’s something unique, something different, getting away from those big, thick steakhouse burgers,” says Schilling. “This one is fun, it’s efficient and it’s fast.” –Amber Sampson

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2020 KING FEATURES SYNDICATE ACROSS 1 Perp’s excuse 6 Bee-related 11 Lipids 15 In addition 19 “Cheers!,” in Spain 20 Cousin of largo 21 Concept 22 Geometry, e.g. 23 Photo-sharing app, casually 24 Be finished by 25 Shakespeare in Love Oscar winner 27 A Pocket Full of Rye novelist 30 Device connecting to a computer port 31 “Alley --!” 32 High mountain peaks, in Italy 33 “J to -- L-O!” (2002 album) 34 Put on 35 Portrayer of Emma Peel on The Avengers 40 Longtime editor-in-chief of Vogue 44 Purported psychic gift 45 Reebok rival 46 One-celled swimmer 47 -- 500 (auto race) 48 Ren or Stimpy, e.g. 50 Peanuts blanket toter 52 Cherry-hued 53 “Dr.” of rap 55 Gazes at creepily 57 “Rebecca” novelist 63 Fee-free, as a mutual fund 65 Come -- halt 66 Succotash ingredient 67 Kung -- chicken 68 12-month period, in Rio 69 Longtime Royal

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be an excellent time to make a big wish upon a bright star. But you must be clear and exact, as even a slight error in formulating your wish could result in only a partial fulfillment. The good news is you are currently in a phase when you’re far more likely than usual to make all the right moves. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Actor and inventor Hedy Lamarr’s frequency-hopping technology was essential for later WiFi and GPS. You, too, have the potential to generate ideas that might not be ready for prime time but could ultimately prove valuable. Your visionary solutions are laying the groundwork for contributions that won’t fully ripen for a while. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You won’t experience a meltdown in the coming weeks. What unfolds may bring a similar intensity, but in the opposite direction: a personal breakthrough, a cavalcade of illumination, or a surge of awakening. Be alert for streams of insights that rouse a liberating integration. Can you handle so many blessings? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Engineer Nils Bohlin designed the three-point seatbelt and insisted the design be made freely available to all car manufacturers. Your assignment now is to give generously without fussing about who gets the applause. Share your solution, insight or creation without reservation. Your best reward will be observing the beneficial ripple effects. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your exploratory adventures out on the frontiers have been interesting and mostly successful. I love how you have roused more boldness than you’ve summoned in a long time. You have wisely heeded clues offered by one particular fear worth considering while ignoring others. Please continue this good work! You can keep riding this productive groove for a while longer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Korean tradition, mudangs are shamans who endure a personal crisis and emerge with supernatural powers. I don’t mean to imply you’re following a similar path, but your recent discomforts have been like an apprenticeship. This has given you an enhanced capacity to help others. How will you wield your power to bless and heal?

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