Vegas’ theater scene is maturing into a teeming ecosystem of talented professionals.
COVER ART Photo courtesy Audrey Tarris/A Public Fit
14 WEEKLY Q&A
The new director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy meets “unprecedented” demand head on.
24 SPORTS
Two players stand out as the guiding force behind the Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup hopes.
28 NEWS
Like many other concerned Nevadans, Boulder City residents rally against a proposed data center.
30 ART
Artists from the Historic Westside come full circle with murals for new apartments in the neighborhood.
34 COMEDY
Janelle James brings murderously funny material to her Aces of Comedy set at MGM.
36 FOOD & DRINK
Mama Mai Vietnamese Café’s coffee and banh mi sandwiches come from the heart.
Majestic Repertory Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd (Courtesy/Richard Brusky)
SUPERGUIDE
THURSDAY JUNE 11
SPOTLIGHT EVENT
AZÚCAR
EXHIBIT: JUNETEENTH IN THE PRESENT
Thru 7/20, Mon.-Thu. 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Henderson City Hall, cityofhenderson.com.
FALLOUT FRINGE FESTIVAL Thru 6/25, times & venues vary, falloutfringe.org.
THE KID LAROI
8 p.m., BleauLive Theater, ticketmaster.com.
THE UNORIGINAL UNFITS
With Punk n Country, Bear Supply, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.
DJ PAULY D
10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com.
TYNAN
With Fraxure, 10 p.m., We All Scream, eventim.us.
BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
Forget everything you read in the history books because patriotism is about to go punk. Scream’d breakout star Joey Derby leads this satirized musical about America’s seventh president and his creation of the Democratic Party. It’s Hamilton-lite with a hefty amount of eyeliner and Derby nailing his role as an angsty president hell-bent on rocking out and ruffling a lot of feathers. Of course, Jackson’s political legacy is paved with dark decisions (Trail of Tears, anyone?), and Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson confronts that controversy head-on, with a wicked soundtrack to boot. Thru 7/12, dates & times vary, $50, Majestic Repertory Theatre, majesticrepertory.com. –Amber Sampson
FRIDAY JUNE 12
BANDA & LATIN NIGHTS
Las Vegas finally has its Latin party—and it’s happening every Friday and Saturday on the Strip. Azúcar brings together a live banda performance, Latin DJ, and an open bar with breathtaking rooftop views of Las Vegas Boulevard at Sugar Factory. From reggaeton to cumbia, bachata to salsa, Azúcar is the most electric Latin night in the city. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, bachelorette, or just an unforgettable weekend, this is the party you’ve been waiting for. Ages 21+. azucarvegas.com
LAS VEGAS ROCKERS VS. CINCINNATI SLINGERS 6:30 p.m., Orleans Arena, ticketmaster.com.
ANVIL
With Midnite Hellion, 8:30 p.m., Copa Room, eventbrite.com.
JASON ARCILLA 11 a.m., Palms Pool, palms.com.
MR. NOBODY
With Michael Grimm, 7 p.m., the Underground, themobmuseum.org.
GEMS SPOKEN WORD POETRY
1 p.m., the Wall at Area15, eventbrite.com.
TYGA
11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, taogroup.com.
KNOLLDOLL 11:30 a.m., LIV Beach, livnightclub.com.
SOLEIL SUNDAYS LAUNCH PARTY
11 a.m., Rouge La Plage, rougeroomlv.com.
MONDAY JUNE 15
LOUIS THE CHILD
11 a.m., Omnia Dayclub, taogroup.com.
AMBLE 8 p.m., 24 Oxford, etix.com.
ANGEL ROSE 7 p.m., Maxan Jazz, maxanjazz.com.
SEBASTIAN CETINA
With Jeremy Curry, thru 6/21, 8 p.m., LA Comedy Club, bestvegascomedy.com.
KEN GARR With Jeffrey Baldinger, Justin Foster, thru 6/18, 8 p.m., Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, mgmgrand.com.
BOB ZANY Thru 6/21, 8 p.m., Laugh Factory, ticketmaster.com.
EMO NITE
10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com.
DO
SUPERGUIDE
TUESDAY JUNE 16
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17
LAS VEGAS AVIATORS VS. ROUND ROCK EXPRESS
Thru 6/20, 7:05 p.m., Las Vegas Ballpark, ticketmaster.com.
FRANKIE MORENO
7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.
NOVULENT
With Babyteeth, 7 p.m., Grey Witch, dice.fm.
KATRINA BREE 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv.com.
KEITH THOMPSON & TONY ARIAS 6 p.m., Composers Room, thecomposersroom.com.
JOSH WOLF
7:30 p.m., Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, ticketmaster.com.
LUIS TORRES 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.
MILLION DOLLAR BAND
The Summerlin Sounds Summer Concert Series has become one of the most reliable suburban events of the season, pitch-perfect vibes for families and neighbors to relax with some stellar live music and perhaps a drink from Downtown Summerlin stalwarts Pancho’s or La Neta. Local bands take the stage at the Lawn every Wednesday night, and this week stars the energetic, dual vocalist-anchored Million Dollar Band, with a supporting set from versatile singer and acoustic guitarist Sidney Patrick. 6 p.m., free, Downtown Summerlin, summerlin.com. –Brock Radke
WREKONIZE
7 p.m., the Usual Place, eventbrite.com.
MAGIC & MARTINIS
9 p.m., Clique Lounge, cliquelv.com.
SULLIVAN KING & VALENTINO KHAN
10:30 p.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com.
DJ FRANZEN 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com.
JAZZ VEGAS ORCHESTRA & WAYNE BERGERON 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.
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James Humm on the transition from guiding Nevada’s cannabis policy to becoming its leading energy official
BY TYLER SCHNEIDER
ames Humm has spent the last nine years traversing Nevada’s governmental roster like a utility player— from serving as deputy chief of staff for a Republican attorney general, to ushering economic development bills through the Legislature under former Gov. Steve Sisolak and current Gov. Joe Lombardo, to leading the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board. Most recently, he was appointed by Lombardo to director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy.
Humm steps into his new role at a time when Nevada’s energy infrastructure is at a crossroads. According to NV Energy’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, statewide demand for electricity is on pace to nearly double in the coming decades. Greenlink, an NV Energy-led development of two new state-spanning high-voltage transmission lines, is one effort to expand the state’s power grid, but a recent Desert Research Institute study suggests the proliferation of new data centers could offset those gains.
The Weekly caught up with Humm to hear his take on what it’s like helping the city and state he grew up in navigate its next big test.
As a Valley native, how has watching the growth we’ve experienced over your lifetime informed your approach to public service?
My dad was born and raised here. In 1953, there were 50,000 people [in Las Vegas], or so he says. And when you go from a couple hundred thousand people to just shy of 3 million, I think water, power, jobs and infrastructure have to really guide us. We have to lean into that anticipated growth, plan for the future and really take a pragmatic but strategic approach.
You worked in private law before joining former Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s office in 2017. What drew you to the public sector? And what was that transition like for you?
I just wanted to pivot to giving back. You hear the words “servant” and “leader” thrown around a lot, but I truly love this state. I am like the biggest Nevada fan in the world. So, when the opportunity arose, it just ended up being an incredible fit.
You then moved over to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development in 2019, where you served under two administrations until Gov. Lombardo named you executive director of the Cannabis Compliance Board in 2023. How did you approach stepping into an industry you hadn’t worked in before?
Coming in, it was two things: keeping an open line of communication and relying on a lot of very smart folks who were more knowledgeable than me. I met with everyone—from key industry stakeholders and trade groups to all different types of licensees like labs, cultivators, producers and dispensaries. The biggest advantage that cannabis had was the passion of the people in the industry. It was about listening to them and saying, hey, what can we fix?
Gov. Lombardo appointed you to lead his Office of Energy in late March. How is Nevada working to overcome its energy challenges?
The projected demand is unprecedented. It exceeds any expectations people probably could have had a year or even two years ago. And it’s not a challenge that’s unique to our state, but it is something that we, NV
Energy and the [Public Utilities Commission] will have to work on. We have Greenlink coming online in mid2027, which will certainly help.
I have not had the chance to dive into [data centers], but I think the administration has taken a pragmatic approach to that. Let’s be very, very conscious of water and power usage and how they actually fit onto the grid, but as long as they’re economically viable projects that make sense, are cognizant of water and not increasing taxpayer rates, then we’re all for pursuing them.
What are some of Nevada’s other strengths and weaknesses when it comes to energy?
Solar is certainly an opportunity and something that we’ve been able to leverage, and we also have a lot of companies here that have been on the forefront of geothermal technology. Between those two, I think Nevada has been really good at not just meeting the market, but at meeting the moment—or at least putting in the infrastructure and trying to.
The weaknesses are that we don’t have any meaningful oil or gas production, so all our oil and gases are imported. That’s certainly a challenge, and it’s no secret that there’s some volatility there. The governor issued an order putting together the Fuel Resiliency Committee to figure it out, and we’re having another meeting [this month].
Speaking of renewables, Nevada has a mandate requiring NV Energy and other state utility companies to acquire at least 50% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. How are we working to meet that goal?
Nevada is on a strong path toward meeting its 2030 renewable energy goal. NV Energy reported that 46.8% of the electricity provided to customers in 2024 came from renewable sources, well above the current Renewable Portfolio Standard requirement of 34% and nearing the state’s 50% target. The Governor’s Office of Energy remains committed to supporting renewable energy development across Nevada. Bringing new renewable projects online is critical to diversifying the state’s energy mix, maintaining reliability, and meeting Nevada’s long-term energy goals.
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Pedal through Nevada’s desert beauty and rich railroad history
Perfect for families or an adventurous date night under the Nevada sky, rail bike tours offer an unforgettable journey down Boulder City’s historic railroad tracks.
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Through ups and downs, Las Vegas’ theater scene has hit its stride —and you’re invited along for the ride.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Maxim Lardent from Shoelaces in Paris, Aurora Watts from 10 Lovers and Venus Cobb from The Heavy Petting Zoo, all Fallout Fringe Festival productions.
Photos by Wade Vandervort/Photo Illustration
BY AMBER SAMPSON & GEOFF CARTER
To rephrase Shakespeare, Las Vegas is a stage, and its people merely dealers—or chefs, acrobats, bartenders, dancers, Uber drivers. The Strip is our proscenium, and the surrounding Valley our backstage. When we’re “onstage” we smile and strive to convince our tourist audience that we’re partying with them; that we’re not thinking of the bills and messes we have piled up a few miles away. We don’t fill our positions so much as inhabit our roles.
Considering this, it’s not surprising that Las Vegas’ live theater culture is beginning to hit stride. It began decades ago: Super Summer Theatre was founded in 1976, Las Vegas Little Theatre in 1978, the Asylum Theatre in 1997, UNLV’s Nevada Conservatory Theatre in 2000. Our independent local theater companies—those previously named, plus Vegas Theatre Company (formerly Cockroach Theatre, founded 2003), A Public Fit Theatre Company (2013), Majestic Repertory Theatre (2016) and Nevada Shakespeare Festival (2021)—are programming robust seasons every year.
This momentum has led us to this moment, when local theater has finally earned wide respect and is on the verge of laying a foundation for sustainability. Two promising entities have recently come into being. Fallout Fringe Festival is a curated experimental theater fest featuring everything from puppets to drama to drag. And THIRD Street, a “theater incubator” taking shape Downtown, will combine education and performance in a way this city has never seen before.
tor—and Vegas’ theater culture, in general—as a necessary civic asset, a social good that’s “encouraging empathy.”
“We need a central hub in this city ... a central place that connects people,” Weller says.
“That’s my big mission: How do we get connected? How do we bring people together to share a story that may or may not transform the way you see the world?”
Las Vegas’ theater scene is forming into a tight network of interconnected elements from the classroom to the black box. To paraphrase Shakespeare once more, its players, and the way they’re inhabiting their roles, is the traffic of our stage. Let’s raise the curtain.
COMMUNITY OF COLLABORATORS
Theater isn’t just a communal experience for audiences. What is now forming among Vegas’ actors, writers and stage crews is akin to a theater ecosystem. The same stagehands who rigged lighting and built sets at Majestic on Saturday might be calling cues at a Vegas Theatre Company production Tuesday. Actors bounce between companies, their networks expanding with every rehearsal and every new project. Even the scrappiest, most stripped back one-person performances rarely happen in a silo. Why should they, when our talent pool grows deeper by the day?
For Gary Parlanti—a stage manager, set builder, scenic collaborator and everything in between—Vegas’ collaborative scene has always been strong. And it’s only getting stronger.
Daz Weller, THIRD Street CEO and director of Vegas Theatre Company, sees the incuba-
I do shows all over the city,” Parlanti says. “Right now, I’m at Super Summer Theatre for 1776 So, as I keep moving around the city, people keep grabbing me, like ‘Gary, are you available for this? Gary, are you available for that?’ I see it growing.”
Actor and playwright Juliana Noble can attest to the importance of collaboration and getting the right people in the room.
She and Parlanti just collaborated on her heartfelt family drama The Will to Live at Vegas Theatre Company. And Daz Weller is directing and producing her darkly humorous Fallout Fringe play, Can’t Save Everyone. For Noble, working with Weller again—after first meeting during his guest-direction of The Crucible for Nevada Conservatory Theatre—was something she’d been building toward for years.
“Daz was the first person who I wanted to direct my shows,” Noble says. “Every show I’ve seen of his … he’s never had a dud here. If you look back at the Eat More Art reviews, it’s five and a half stars, five stars. He’s just damn good at what he does. In college, I’d always go to his productions, and I just wanted to be a part of that.”
(Eat More Art Vegas, a culture website published by Asylum Theatre artistic director Sarah O’Connell, publishes local theater reviews regularly.)
For both Noble and Parlanti, teaming with Weller extends beyond just a crossover of talent. It’s a crossover of influence. Parlanti says his collaborative relationship with the Vegas Theatre Company artistic director opened
Juliana Noble
Gary Parlanti
Daz Weller
doors in the theater world he never expected. Prior to that, Parlanti had no experience at all.
“I had knowledge of power tools, woodworking, that sort of thing, and I really wanted to get into theater out of just this crazy dream ... how am I going to do this? How am I going to make money? I went down to what was formerly Cockroach Theatre. That’s how I met Daz, and he gave me a shot when nobody else knew who I was,” Parlanti says.
It’s those kinds of risks that drive the health of Vegas theater. In conceptualizing the month-long Fallout Fringe Festival, artistic director Breon Jenay—known for her stagings at A Public Fit—took the leap of inviting artists from around the country to come out and play.
“We wanted to open it up and let Vegas artists mingle with artists from New York and Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and form connections with them and network,” Jenay says. “To explore new avenues, make new friendships and take classes that they otherwise wouldn’t have access to.”
Downtown venues will welcome audiences and acts for the Fallout Fringe shows, extending to places like THIRD Street, Bizarre Bar, Cornish Pasty, Vegas Theatre Company, Majestic Rep and many more that you know and love. It’s a sprawling takeover, one that’s essential to any
great fringe fest that’s worth its salt and serious about pulling off memorable productions outside of a traditional theater.
“It’s celebrating not only the art but the venues,” Noble says. “It encourages people to hold on to the Arts District while we still have it. Something like this kind of shows the city, hey, we do care.”
A THIRD PLACE
An inevitable side effect of collaboration is artistic growth. Annette Houlihan Verdolino—a versatile performer who’s worked with most of Vegas’ theater companies, plays the bubbly burlesque emcee Blanche DeBris and did a tour-de-force turn as an authoritarian teacher in Miss Margarida’s Way at the Smith Center—says she learned a few new things in a recent collaboration with A Public Fit’s artistic director Ann Marie Pereth.
“She’s a really good director, empathetic and sensitive,” Verdolino says. “She broke me of habits that I had I didn’t even realize I had gotten into.”
Land-van Buuren, Laugh After Dark, and magician Teller—to renovate a former cinema multiplex into THIRD Street, a multidisciplinary arts center that aims to “bring together live performance, broadcast production, education and community.”
THIRD Street will incorporate live theater spaces, screening rooms, classrooms, rehearsal space and more. Las Vegas Sinfonietta, Laugh After Dark, Vegas City Opera and Vegas Theatre Company will be its companies-in-residence, but on a July 2025 walkthrough, Weller suggested opening an even bigger umbrella.
“Part of the idea is, when we get the design right, it becomes not just a hub for these four resident companies, but we can accommodate other companies and share resources,” Weller says. “It becomes a mini WeWork for the arts, so there’s this cross-pollination happening within the building.”
That spirit of sharing resources, of constructive feedback, is driving Weller and his collaborators—which include Vegas City Opera’s Ginger
The possibilities of a designated space for collaboration among performing arts groups have galvanized Vegas’ arts community, as well as educators. College of Southern Nevada has agreed to give credits to students working with THIRD Street, and the incubator is in discussions with UNLV about
Ann Marie Pereth
Annette Houlihan Verdolino
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Steve Marcus;
Annette Houlihan
Verdolino courtesy/Amanda
Rebholz; Ginger Land-van Buuren courtesy
Ginger Land-van Buuren
Emma Newton and Jeremy Dubey in Fallout Fringe Festival in 2025.
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youth and senior educational programs.
There’s about to be a lot more theater people walking around. And the existing community couldn’t be more excited about that.
“I wanted to cry once Daz toured me [around] this place,” Parlanti says. “A year ago, it felt like it was a pipe dream. I feel like it’s our own little Smith Center for Vegas locals, for the local town that’s right here. This is actually a dream come true. It’s a very, very exciting time for theater right now.”
TWO-WAY STRIP
Actor Katie Marie Jones, who balances her time at Majestic with gigs like in-arena hosting for the Vegas Golden Knights, acknowledges that the bar is set high when it comes to local theater companies performing in the shadow of the Strip.
“Because Vegas is such an entertainment town ... I don’t think most theater companies in town settle for mediocre,” Jones says. “We’re going to strive as much as possible to make that show the best anyone’s ever seen. … You might think we’re semi-professional theater, but we’re going to put on at least an off-Broadway quality show for you.”
of-your-pants kind of theater.”
Could happen, right? Live entertainment is one of Vegas’ most consistent audience draws, preceding sports and attractions by decades. Several Broadway shows—Chicago, Avenue Q, Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King—have enjoyed Strip residencies. And much of what draws crowds night after night, from the ghouls of Universal Horror Unleashed to the horny cowpokes of Atomic Saloon Show, is grounded in straight-up acting.
Matthew Morgan, artistic director of Nevada Shakespeare Festival and a frequent Strip performer, had an epiphany while getting coffee with a friend from Cirque du Soleil.
“We’re going to strive as much as possible to make that show the best anyone’s ever seen. … You might think we’re semi-professional theater, but we’re going to put on at least an off-Broadway quality show for you.”
–Katie Marie Jones, actor
And when they’re not in the joyous trenches of local theater, many theater workers are finding well-paying gigs on the Strip. Take Verdolino, who outside of her local performances may be better known for her role in Menopause the Musical at Harrah’s. She was thrilled to do “that, and only that” for just over six years, both in Vegas and on tour. Menopause was a good, steady gig that made her lots of friends and connections, but its nightly demands didn’t leave much room for improvisation or creative growth.
“I’d love to just be able to have a place off the Strip where I wouldn’t need a day job,” Verdolino says. “My love is the grungy, Downtown, seat-
“When you do those big shows you’re performing at people. When you do the shows at Vegas Theatre Company or Majestic you’re performing with people, for people. You can see them; you can engage them; you can change things for them. That’s almost more dangerous, and more exciting, and more fun in a way.”
If any city could be that theater utopia, where corporate money supports that kind of creative growth, it should be Las Vegas, which needs all the razor-sharp working actors it can get. But it hasn’t played out that way. Pereth once put hours into applying for a grant from a Strip gaming giant, only to get $250 and a dismissive, seemingly AI-written follow-up, she says.
“I go to theaters in Chicago and I look at their donor pages, and I see all the corporate support that is completely missing in Las Vegas,” Pereth says. “[Vegas corporations] are very interested in their own projects, and they have not taken the time to really see what we’re about.”
For Majestic’s artistic director Troy Heard, who has lived in places where that kind of giving was more commonplace, he has had to make
Katie Marie Jones in Scream’d (Courtesy)
The cast of Nevada Shakespeare Festival’s Hamlet (Photo by Wade Vandervort)
do without that support.
“It was a shock to the system moving to Las Vegas 17 years ago and finding absolute minimal corporate philanthropy, compared to what we had in Georgia,” says Heard. “Unfortunately, that picture hasn’t changed at all.”
Verdolino says corporate help could go a long way for local theater companies.
“I worked in corporate contributions way back. A $5,000 grant is a drop in the bucket to a casino but can make such a big difference to a small theater company,” says Verdolino. “It could mean hiring a development director for two to three months to create more momentum with donations and giving and grant writing. A lot of people running local theater companies are doing it all by themselves.”
The local scene still faces financial headwinds. And we have no regional theater company affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres, a not-forprofit collective that administers collective bargaining agreements
with Actors’ Equity Association, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and United Scenic Artists. (Put into sporting terms that our city leaders can understand: Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah and Washington all have regional theaters. We need a damn franchise.)
Theatrical work, fulfilling as it is, is still work, and deserves to be paid. Vegas theater is rising to meet that challenge as best it can, says Verdolino, an Actor’s Equity member.
“Pretty much all the companies here are paying now,” Verdolino says. “That’s incredibly respectful and valuable. An actor can’t make a living only working in theater, unless you’re doing Broadway or a national tour. You just can’t.”
COME TO A SHOW
A New York Times feature on Las Vegas’ professional theater scene by theater writer Elisabeth Vincentelli, published last January, shined a spotlight on what many locals have always known:
Our scrappy, artistically obsessed community takes the stage as seriously as any other place in the country. The main photo featured Jones, in costume as Sally Bowles for Majestic’s Cabaret.
“It was nice to actually be a part of that, but for me, it was more about the fact that this woman— who writes articles for the New York Times every day, goes into these theaters every single day and writes reviews—saw one of our shows, came to a rehearsal, and was like, what is this? This exists here?” says Jones. “She just had no idea and was so taken aback by the level of talent and the level of shows, and what we have to offer here in Vegas, because it wasn’t ever talked about.”
Every theater company mentioned in this story received its flowers in that NYT piece. It was, by all measures, a watershed moment. A true leap toward a bigger audience that this community has always deserved.
In 2023, we got a taste of that with Majestic’s breakout musical
Troy Heard
parody Scream’d. The musical defibrillated Majestic after the pandemic, resuscitating interest in other local theaters in the process. Who would’ve guessed Billy Loomis and Stu Macher grinding to Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody” could do that?
“In the past, I’ve heard a lot of chatter about the Vegas theater scene or Vegas theater actors and people just not taking it seriously. I get it to a point, but there are so many ridiculously talented, creative people in Vegas,” Jones says. “It is always infuriating to me when someone brings a show to Vegas and they don’t cast locals. You can cast that show 10 times over here. You just are choosing not to.”
This February, Majestic expanded two cult favorite horror productions—Empanada Loca and The Craft’d—to Los Angeles. Starring as the lead witch in The Craft’d, Jones got to experience their new audiences firsthand and prove that locals can command any stage.
“It was a great first step to show at least another city what Majestic has been doing here for 10 years,” Jones says. “When you’re doing something and it’s great in your city and people love it, it’s like, yeah, we feel like it’s good. But going somewhere where
nobody has to say nice things about you, to validate your work ever, and getting similar feedback, or even honestly better feedback, it was really cool. I think it showed Troy, and the cast, and just hopefully the community, that what we do in Vegas is very special.”
Building an audience for Vegas theater means building an appetite. Shows like Scream’d do that. But so do risky, visceral horror plays like Vegas Theatre Company’s Abandon, Notoriety’s cheeky burlesque parody ClueX, and A Public Fit’s sharply produced What the Constitution Means to Me.
The hunger to consume theater must go both ways. And the ongoing Fallout Fringe Festival is a perfect sampling of everything in its most condensed and kooky form. It’s experimental theater as gateway drug. Perhaps you’ll go to your first local stage production there.
“Fringe in general has the capacity to open people that wouldn’t normally go to the theater,” says Jenay. “Get them into places that they haven’t been before … and see these shows that are new. Then be like, ‘What else is here? You’ve got another show next month?’ Maybe it’ll open up a wider audience and build the theater community even more. That’s the goal.”
June 26-27, Clark County Library, apublicfit.org.
ClueX
The Craft’d courtesy; Troy Heard by Christopher DeVargas; ClueX by Wade Vandervort
Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb are the guiding forces of the Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup hopes
Shea Theodore (left) (AP Photo/ John Locher) and Brayden McNabb (Wade Vandervort/ photo illustration)
BY CASE KEEFER
Vegas’ top defensive pair collaborated to end the first Stanley Cup Final game at T-Mobile Arena in three years, on June 6, in Game 3 of the Golden Knights’ showdown against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Brayden McNabb shuffled the puck from one side of the blue line to the other to partner Shea Theodore, who fired a shot that hit off the end boards and multiple Hurricanes before finding the net.
The goal gave the Golden Knights one of the biggest wins in franchise history, a 5-4 double-overtime victory to go up 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
“I didn’t even have much energy to celebrate,” McNabb admitted in the locker room afterwards. “I was just happy it was over and (Theodore) probably felt the same way.”
Theodore later confirmed that was exactly how he felt, and the exhaustion was understandable considering the two “Original Misfits” played a total of 74 minutes and 56 seconds. They were the two leading skaters in the game by ice time, with Theodore logging more than 39 minutes and McNabb finishing just short of 36 minutes.
That’s part of the reason why there couldn’t have been a more appropriate ending to what immediately went down as one of the best games in Stanley Cup Final history.
The Golden Knights’ third run to the championship series in the franchise’s nine-year history has mostly featured different headliners.
Mitch Marner is virtually guaranteed to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup playoffs’ most valuable player if Vegas ultimately beats Carolina. The first-year Golden Knight, previously panned for his playoff failings with the Toronto Maple Leafs, set a single-season franchise record by reaching 28 points a couple hours before Theodore’s game-winner.
First-year goalie Carter Hart has thrived during stretches of the postseason to unseat 2023 Cup-win -
ning netminder Adin Hill as the Golden Knights’ primary stopper going forward.
But the Golden Knights don’t get to where they currently stand without Theodore and McNabb manning the largest share of the defensive responsibility.
“They’ve been a shutdown pair,” Vegas coach John Tortorella said. “I thought there was some inconsistency in Shea’s game in the regular season in the games that I coached. He’s just brought it to a different level come playoff time. Him and Nabber are very important as we play a team like (the Hurricanes), how deep they are.”
The pairing has posted elite statistics across the board in the playoffs, including a 57.2% expected goal percentage in nearly 272 minutes of ice time through three games of the Final. Theodore leads the entire postseason with a +6.1 defensive rating.
The 35-year-old, 11th-year professional is providing, if not surpassing, the type of play many expected the Golden Knights to lack this season. The biggest concern coming into the year was the loss of stalwart alternate-captain defenseman Alex Pietrangelo to semi-retirement from hip injuries.
Pietrangelo had held down the role as Vegas’ top blue-liner ever since coming to Las Vegas in 2020. Theodore had complemented him as a standout offensive defenseman, but he’s elevated his game on his own side of the ice when it matters most during these playoffs.
“He’s really taken off,” McNabb said. “When he gets his legs moving, he has some of the best feet, best skater in the league. It’s fun to watch. I’m very fortunate to be out there with him.”
Theodore may have lifted the Golden Knights more on the ice, but arguably no one on the team has provided more of an emotional spark than McNabb in Game 3. The 35-yearold, 14th-year professional played less than six minutes in Game 2 before taking an 87 mile per hour slapshot
squarely to the nose.
He immediately fled the ice and was transported to the hospital, where he got more than 25 stitches from the bridge of his nose down to his nostril. McNabb was not cleared to fly back to Las Vegas from Raleigh, North Carolina, with the team but came later and stunned many by being able to play in Game 3—wearing a full-cage facemask.
“The stuff he went through from (Game 2) and everything, it’s incredible for him to bounce back like that and be able to come in today, get ready to play,” Theodore said. “I thought he played unbelievable given all the circumstances. It’s never easy, especially to wear a cage like he did. That’s a change in the vision and all that, but he’s just so impressive out there.”
McNabb matter-of-factly stated the situation was, “not ideal,” and admitted breathing hurt “a little bit,” but shrugged that the injury was “part of hockey.”
He had the primary assist in Game 3, not only on Theodore’s game-winner but also on the second of Marner’s three goals during a stretch that saw the forward bank the fastest natural hat trick (six minutes, 10 seconds) in Cup Final history.
Marner praised McNabb after the game and said everyone on the ice always seems to be on the same page when the top defensive pair is out there. Theodore and McNabb credit each other for fostering that comfort.
“It’s a treat playing with him for sure,” Theodore said of McNabb.
IN THE NEWS
Forever One Memorial set to break ground this fall
The Vegas Strong Fund announced it has received more than $27 million in donations for the Forever One Memorial to permanently honor the survivors and victims of the October 1, 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. A recent $5 million donation from Live Nation Entertainment helped push the fund over that threshold.
The Forever One Memorial will serve as a site of remembrance of the 2017 tragedy at the Route 91 Harvest festival that led to the immediate
deaths of 58 people. Over 800 more were wounded during the shooting, which remains the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
In 2019, the Clark County Commission established a committee to plan a permanent memorial honoring the victims, survivors, first responders and all those affected by the Strip tragedy. Four years later, commissioners approved the Forever One Memorial design created by JCJ Architecture.
The Vegas Strong Fund—which has
been involved with raising money for causes related to the mass shooting—was designated the nonprofit arm responsible for fundraising, designing and constructing the memorial in 2024. In early March, the Vegas Strong Fund announced it had secured about a third of the project cost, putting the memorial on track for groundbreaking on October 1 this year, and a phased opening by the 10th anniversary remembrance in 2027. –Grace Da Rocha
Nevada State Parks to waive entrance fees June 13
Nevada State Parks will open their gates for free June 13 for the annual Free Adventure Day. The event coincides with the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Free Fishing Day, which allows visitors to fish without a Nevada fishing license wherever fishing is permitted. The annual tradition is open to both experienced anglers and first-time participants. Some parks may offer guided hikes, educational activities and family-friendly events, officials said in a news release. A full list of events and activities is available at parks.nv.gov/events. The fee waiver applies to entrance fees only. Camping, boating, reservations, special use fees and other park fees will still apply.
Park officials encourage visitors to plan, bring plenty of water and dress for changing weather conditions. Visitors are also asked to practice Leave No Trace principles to help protect the state’s natural and cultural resources. –Las Vegas Sun Staff
BY THE NUMBERS
Formula 1 has announced a 10-year extension of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, meaning the race will continue each year on and around the Strip through 2037.
UNITED IN GRIEF
Survivors, family and community members hold photos of the victims of the mass shooting that took place on the Las Vegas Strip on October 1, 2017, during a media event for the Forever One Memorial on May 7. (Steve Marcus/Staff)
LOCAL CHEFS SHOW THEIR SKILLS IN NYC
Las Vegas chefs and restaurateurs—and James Beard Award semifinalists—Jamie Tran of The Black Sheep, Bank Atcharawan of Jipata and Kimmie Mcintosh of Milkfish Bakeshop (from left in photo below) traveled to New York City recently to cook at a special dinner at the Beard Foundation’s Platform show kitchen celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The event was presented by Visit Las Vegas to promote the local culinary scene beyond the tourist corridor. This year’s Beard Award winners will be announced in Chicago on June 15. –Staff
THE STRIP
Boulder City residents rally against data center proposal over concerns about water and environmental impacts
BY TYLER SCHNEIDER
The federal government established Boulder City in 1931 to house the families who helped build Hoover Dam. Nearly a century later, it remains one of just two Nevada municipalities to prohibit gambling, maintaining a time-tested habit of rejecting the same commercial sprawl that’s come to define its metropolitan neighbors.
That tradition is now being challenged by a proposal to construct an AI data center—designed to store equipment used to power AI systems, cloud computing and digital storage—on cityowned land. In recent months, hundreds of residents have mobilized in opposition, organizing protests, planting hand-painted yard signs and flooding public meetings.
For resident Brynn deLorimier, who started a change.org petition that has garnered more than 6,200 signatures against the project, the data center question threatens Boulder City’s very identity.
“We’re a historic town at our heart and soul, and one example of that is with respect to gambling. We’ve all said we just don’t want it in this town, even though it’s lucrative. You can do it right up the street at Railroad Pass, a five-minute drive away. We said, ‘We don’t care, we don’t want it, bring it there,’” deLorimier says.
Boulder City is hardly alone. Across Nevada and the American West, the AI boom has triggered a data center land rush that is reshaping energy grids, straining dwindling water resources and forcing communities to pick sides. Today, there are over 60 operational data centers statewide, including more than 30 in the Valley, plus dozens more that are
either proposed or under construction.
These facilities already consume close to a quarter of Nevada’s electricity, according to a 2026 Desert Research Institute study that projects the figure will more than double by 2033. The state’s largest data center, Google’s Henderson facility, consumed at least 205 million gallons of water to cool its systems in 2024 alone, according to the company’s own 2025 environmental report. It did so using the same evaporative cooling technology that the Southern Nevada Water Authority has since banned for new data center projects.
In Boulder City, Texas-based developer Townsite Solar 2 LLC first proposed building the town’s first data center on 88.5 acres of city-owned land just south of Interstate 11 in January. If the city council approves the project, developers say it would generate $3.6 million in revenue for the city in just its first year, while the facility itself could eventually be worth as much as $4 billion.
The proposal got its first public test on May 20, when the Boulder City Planning Commission held a threehour public hearing in which more than 50 people spoke or called in—with all but three of them in opposition. When the dust settled, the commission voted 6-1 against recommending adding the project to the city’s Land Management Process, the first step toward leasing the land for development.
The commission’s decision is strictly advisory, however. City Clerk Tami McKay confirmed via email that the city council may consider the proposal as soon as July. Still, the planning
commission hearing laid bare just how deep the data center rift in Boulder City has become.
Kendra Dyson, a resident who attended the developer’s two community open houses in addition to the hearing, left all three unconvinced.
“The feeling is that they seem to think that if we just understood it, we would love this. And that’s just not the case at all,” Dyson tells the Weekly.
In the hearing, project manager Rick Lammers sought to address the opposition’s most persistent concern— water—by highlighting the developer’s pivot to a 100% air-cooled, closed-loop system, rather than the evaporative cooling system that’s now been banned regionally for using far too much of it.
“It doesn’t require any type of use of water, other than a one-time fill of 400,000 gallons—about 20 average-sized swimming pools,” Lammers said, adding that daily kitchen and bathroom usage would equal just 10 local homes. “We could even have [the water] trucked from California or Arizona … You don’t even have to get it from Boulder City.”
Commissioner Matt DiTeresa, a retired operating engineer, didn’t buy it.
“I don’t want to be rude, but that is absurd. There are hourly blowdowns all over the equipment. You’re going to be constantly refilling the system. That’s just the nature of the animal,” DiTeresa said. “If you’re putting out misinformation like this, how can I trust anything else you people say?”
Tensions grew when Commissioner Beth Bonnar asked Lammers about
projected corporate revenues. Lammers replied that tenant revenues were “to be determined,” but Bonnar continued to press him until Lammers said it was “at least 12% of the $2 billion investment”—implying a minimum return of $240 million.
Commissioner Steven Morris—a former city attorney appointed to the commission by Mayor Joe Hardy just five weeks after the developer submitted its application—cast the lone yes vote.
“The vote tonight is not an endorsement or a denial of this project itself. The authority of this commission is to determine whether the applicant has met the threshold of being included in the land management process. Honestly, it’s a low threshold,” Morris said, adding that “the city can dictate the terms by which this project has to adhere to.”
In an email to the Weekly , Lammers rec -
ognized that “revenue alone will not carry this proposal.”
“We are committed to working with the city to incorporate the parameters that make this project one Boulder City truly wants,” Lammers wrote, adding that the developer is considering a separate application to build the data center on adjacent federal land just beyond city limits if the city council ultimately rejects the proposal.
The opposition is also working on its own contingency plan. If their citizens’ initiative petition garners at least 1,700 signatures by the end of June, the November 3 ballot will feature a question asking residents to weigh in on a policy requiring voter approval of any future data centers in Boulder City.
Boulder City is far from the only community to take matters into its own hands. On June 2, in response to similar public
pushback, the Reno City Council voted 6-1 to extend a 30-day moratorium on new data center approvals through August 2027—a first in Nevada. It came just a week after the Nye County Water District Governing Board unanimously approved an emergency order urging the Nye County Commission to establish a similar restriction for the Pahrump Valley.
Those actions echo a national trend quantified in a May 13 Gallup poll in which seven of 10 Americans surveyed said they opposed building data centers in their local area—far more than the 53% who opposed nuclear power plants in the same study.
That sentiment was on full display in Boulder City’s Planning Commission meeting, where self-identified MAGA conservatives and progressives united over shared environmental concerns.
Google data center in Henderson
On the walls of a new housing development, artists are preserving the joy and resilience that have long defined the Westside
BY GABRIELA RODRIGUEZ
Past, present, future and forever. Those are the themes embodied on four walls of a new five-story apartment building, shareWESTSIDE, coming to Las Vegas’ Historic Westside. Commissioned by Cherry Development, the murals reflect the identity of Las Vegas’ first African American neighborhood.
“It’s kind of tough coming up with concepts for a community that is going through redevelopment and gentrification … to be able to create something beautiful, something that speaks to the community in a real way and is suitable for a commercial development. They trusted us to get that,” says Chase McCurdy, the project’s curator.
The founder of the Westside’s ThirtyThree Gallery recruited artists who grew up in the neighborhood, Courtney “Yard$” Haywood and landry Randriamandroso, to beautify the exteriors of the housing—a total of 104 units— coming to the long-neglected neighborhood.
During segregation, the area served as the cultural and economic center of Black life in Las Vegas. Often referred to as the city’s “Black Strip,” the neighborhood became home to businesses, churches and gathering spaces that flourished despite exclusion elsewhere. In the decades that followed, many residents moved away and investment slowed, leaving parts of the community struggling to maintain that vitality.
The artwork arrives at a pivotal moment when new investments and a wave of development have begun to transform the Historic Westside. Recent additions include the West Las Vegas Library and the College of Southern Nevada’s Westside Education and Training Center. The Good Word Social Club, a mix of
dining, entertainment and other programming, is also expected to open next door.
“It’s a great beginning ... to actually see the physical rebuilding of the community,” says Haywood.
On the west wall, a re-creation of a 1970 Clinton Wright photograph shows neighborhood children speeding along in a soapbox race.
“It’s a picture inspired by an archival photograph,” Randriamandroso says. “That’s really the joy, the idea of freedom and the idea of happiness. It’s a universal theme.”
Images like that recall the Historic Westside of the past, back when families gathered on front porches to watch the children play, and Black-owned businesses formed the backbone of a thriving community. Those memories remain woven into the neighborhood’s identity. They’re stories that deserve to be preserved in paint—just as much as the present.
Another mural depicts an adult holding a paint roller alongside a child. “That represents the present because it’s building and transferring that to the youth,” Haywood says.
On the east wall, colorful silhouettes of children’s profiles symbolize movement and continuity.
The south wall, representing forever, features a black heart radiating bands of green, orange and yellow.
“The idea was inspired by the love of the Westside and how that will stay forever,” Haywood says.
As shareWESTSIDE prepares to welcome residents (they’re having a ribbon cutting on June 17), its exterior has become a public canvas, one that ties a changing neighborhood to the people and memories that shaped it.
Photos by Wade Vandervort
Artists Courtney “Yard$” Haywood, left, and Iandry Randriamandroso
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Janelle James on her foray into Hollywood, Vegas entertainment and … murder
BY SHANNON MILLER
You know Janelle James from the acclaimed ABC show Abbott Elementary, where for five seasons she has played an unfiltered principal whose ruthlessness is matched only by her fabulousness. You may also know her from her showcases on Netflix series The Comedy Lineup and The Standups. She’s been in the standup business for almost 15 years and recently filmed an hour-long special coming to Netflix.
On June 19, she brings her best stuff to Las Vegas as part of the Aces of Comedy lineup at MGM Grand.
“I’m excited for people to find out more about my talents as a funny person and professional clown,” she says. “Abbott has definitely been a windfall for me in that I have a bigger, new fan base, people who may not know that I’m a comedian. But I’m excited for people to find out that I can be funny in both ways.”
You recently finished filming a special at the Vic in Chicago, and you got your start in comedy in Illinois. Did that feel like a homecoming?
I started more downstate, not in the city. I chose Chicago not because I started there, but in my travels as a comedian, it’s frequently been my favorite place to perform. A lot of comedians and musicians say that. The audience is always great and ready to have a good time, and there’s a lot of theaters.
Now you’re bringing it here. Do you have any Vegas stories you’d like to share?
I’ve definitely performed in Vegas before, opening for some other comedians. I think the most memorable Vegas moment was when I saw the Backstreet Boys at Sphere. I didn’t think of myself as a Backstreet Boys fan before this, but my friend is, and she was going to go by herself. I said, absolutely not. … I had so much fun that I got depressed for two days after. I think I was filled with so much dopamine and joy. I’m not on Backstreet Boys’ payroll, but I would definitely recommend that show.
You were a standup comedian and a TV writer before you landed your role on Abbott Elementary as principal Ava Coleman. How was that transition into the limelight?
In the first and early seasons, I was mostly just [telling] jokes, which I’ve already been practiced at. It’s a skill to be able to do a well-timed joke and have jokes land, especially the mean things that my character says, and still remain charming.
[Abbott] was my first big role. I think I got lucky in that this character I’m playing is hilarious and a big jokester. I think [show creator] Quinta [Brunson] probably drew out my acting talents. And as I continued, she could see that I had other layers to my acting skills, so that’s been drawn out over the seasons.
What can we expect at your Aces of Comedy set at MGM Grand?
I like to say that most of my special is about murder [laughs]. Isn’t that hilarious? I fancy myself a comedian that tackles dark topics, so if you like that, come on through.
Read the full interview at lasvegasweekly.com.
JANELLE JAMES
June 19, 9 p.m., $58-$88. MGM Grand Theater, mgmgrand.com.
Vietnamese coffee delivers flavor and a caffeine kick like no other, and now, Spring Valley has a new spot for that. Mama Mai Vietnamese Café opened in December on Jones and Flamingo and already has garnered a loyal following for homemade banh mi sandwiches and coffee-based drinks.
Behind the operation are daughter-mother duo Tram Nguyen, 30, and Mai Truong, 65. Born and raised in Vietnam, Nguyen moved to Las Vegas in 2013, where she graduated from UNLV with a degreee in graphic design. While she was working as a product designer, her mother moved to Las Vegas, and together, they started selling Vietnamese-style bao buns at pop-ups.
“She had a language barrier. So in order for her to have income, she came up with the idea to sell homemade bao buns to the Vietnamese community. … It got some traction. And at that point, I thought maybe this has the potential to be much bigger,” says Nguyen.
Nguyen’s mother-in-law, Christy Vu, helped develop a drink menu for the pop-ups, and then, Nguyen got a nudge to go all in on starting a brick and mortar.
“In 2024, unfortunately, I got laid off from my job. But it was like a catalyst to take this whole venture seriously,” she says.
While steamed pork and quail egg bao buns are a thing of Mama Mai’s pop-up past, the women have
Photos by Christopher DeVargas
BY SHANNON MILLER
now embarked on a new, delicious chapter—showcasing their culture through the coffee of their home region, Dak Lak, as well as Truong’s recipes.
Each of the cafe’s banh mi sandwiches ($7.25) come with plenty of crunchy veggies—fresh cucumber, pickled carrot and daikon and cilantro. Most include housemade mayo, and they are laden with your choice of cold cuts, charbroiled pork, shredded chicken or omelet and Chinese sausage.
With her daughter translating, Truong reveals the secret to the signature pâté on the House Special banh mi.
“The pâté has to meet all of the most important flavor profiles: rich, creamy, not too strong on the liver taste. The recipe was handed down from my mother,” she says with a wink.
Beaming at the business in the cafe, she says she never imagined she would have a food establishment in her name. Nguyen agrees.
“Where we came from in Vietnam, my parents had a camera shop. We did prints and photocopies for our customers. So, it was never in our minds to open a restaurant or cafe,” Nguyen says, nodding to her mother. “She says she puts everything into this, her heart, her effort, to create the food that we deliver to customers. We’re happy that our customers resonate with it.”
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Rimini Street, Inc. seeks a Manager, Software Development in Las Vegas, NV (Remote). Responsibilities include: Full lifecycle development from gathering requirements directly from customers, designing solutions, developing prototypes, validating designs and prototypes with customers; Serve as a Trusted Advisor to Clients for their infrastructure concerns and issues managing development projects and interactions with customers; Train, guide and mentor company’s client’s IT staff in adapting IT standards, best practices to provide superior quality solutions for business requirements; Drive product roadmaps, review and analyze current architecture and its ability to support strategic objectives; Collaborate with all levels of client and internal IT staff; Provide technical sales support and retention of existing clients by solving issues related to infrastructure; Developing final solutions that meet design parameters consistent with business goals within Rimini Street that are significantly different than legacy industry practices; Analyze technical problems and find the root cause, proposing a viable solution; Align the project deliverables with the Rimini’s roadmap, identifying the customer needs and incorporate them into Rimini products. Remote with 10% annual travel in office for team meetings and product roadmap planning, in person either at the Las Vegas, NV or Pleasanton, CA office. Min. Req. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Info.Sys., Comp. Sci., or a related technical discipline, plus 10 yrs of exp. in any occupation in which exp. was gained. Exp. must include 5 years of exp.: in ERP Sys.; in sftwr devlpmnt languages including Java, .NET, and Python; in SAP ABAP programming, SAP interfaces and open-source interfaces such as REST, SOAP and RFCs; in customer relation skills; in ERP Systems, integration and software development (ABAP and Java); with common software protocols for networks and applications (e.g. TCP/IP, HTTP(s), SMTP, IMAP, POP3REST, SOAP, RFC); with technical experience in ERP Systems, integration and software development.
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BREZSNY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Many of you have a fraught relationship with discipline. You recognize you need it for a life rich with epic adventures, yet you sometimes resist planning or organizing, fearing it might dampen immediate pleasures. The problem is that skipping the groundwork often leads to unsatisfying short-term fun. The encouraging news? You are now in a cycle where you can transform how you relate to discipline and render those old patterns obsolete.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Gemologists evaluate opals less for flawless uniformity than for their mesmerizing play of color. The most prized stones are not necessarily perfect in shape, but those whose internal structure produces the most vibrant, varied and alive rainbow displays. This is a marvelous metaphor for you in the coming weeks. Do not obsess over consistency or smooth away your complications. Let the world see your play of color.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Dear Oracle: Why must we always start at the beginning? I would love to bypass the tedious baby steps and fast-forward directly to the fun stuff. –Bored with the Groundwork.” Dear Bored: Your timing is perfect. The planetary omens say you are now authorized to vault over the preludes and prologues and dive right into the heart of the action.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Restoration ecologists have discovered that seeds of native plants can lie dormant in soil for years. Once they remove invasive species and restore controlled fire, wildflowers long absent spring back to life. Consider what dormant possibilities lie buried in your own psyche. What dreams or talents are waiting for you to clear away the choking overgrowth? Old potentials are patient, not dead.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Better than any other sign, you understand that ego and generosity can be collaborators rather than enemies. Your charismatic radiance is a public service. When you express your interesting beauty, you give others permission to tap into their own luminosity. The rest of us need your intense insistence that flair and flamboyance are forms of resistance against the forces that diminish life’s splendor.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Golden Gate Bridge is painted continuously. Painters start at one end, work their way across, and by the time they reach the other side, it is time to start over. Maintenance is the permanent condition. Similarly, you do not have to fix everything once and for all. The relationships, projects and internal states you are concerned about are meant to be an ongoing practice, not a final completion.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Innovative theater director Viola Spolin taught that the best scenes emerge when actors avoid trying to control outcomes and instead commit to the reality they are creating together. Let improvisation be your keynote in the coming weeks. The most interesting magic will happen as you relax into the collaborative process, trusting it to guide you toward beauty you could not have scripted alone.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have a sacred duty to celebrate your poignant sweetness and dark intelligence. For your emotional health, pay wild reverence to your deepest yearnings and tenderly nurture your inner world. Keep this prayer by Rainer Maria Rilke close: “Be attentive to what is arising within you, and place that above everything you perceive around you. What is happening in your innermost self is worthy of your entire love.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the coming weeks, relative pitch—the ability to recognize musical notes in relation to others—will be a more useful metaphor for you than perfect pitch. Do not insist on fixed, flawless standards of right and wrong. Instead, practice relational discernment. How does a choice feel compared to another? For you right now, truth lives in the intervals and connections.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The best way to eliminate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. Identify a specific habit that drains your energy, and pinpoint what it is secretly trying to give you, like comfort or control. Your mission is to find a healthier behavior that offers a similar payoff. When the itchy habit hits, what concrete alternative will you do instead?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1905, 26-year-old Albert Einstein worked full time as a patent clerk. In his off-hours, he wrote four audacious papers that fundamentally changed physics, proving we can recreate the world even without the support of glamorous circumstances. This principle applies to you now. Breakthrough insights may arrive while you are doing ordinary, routine tasks. Be alert for the flashes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Japanese, mono no aware refers to the tender poignancy felt in the presence of fleeting beauty. I bring this up because I suspect you, too, are untranslatable right now. Forget about trying to get others to grasp exactly what is going on with you. Instead, find soulful artists and emotionally intelligent creatives who naturally speak the language of your mystery. WEEK OF JUNE
STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 3 | T-MOBILE ARENA |
JUNE 6, 2026 When this series began, Vegas fans had to endure the narrative that the Golden Knights had become the greatest villains of the NHL. But after a history-making, pulse-pounding Game 3—a 5-4 double overtime win for Vegas at the Fortress—hockey analysts and fans alike are calling this year’s Stanley Cup Final one of the all-time greats. Mitch Marner has been a big reason for the narrative shift, scoring the quickest hat trick in Cup Final history in the second period, three goals in just over six minutes. If the fan that caught this souvenir sword Marner tossed to the crowd while celebrating the win wants to step forward and donate it to the Weekly sports archives, we’d be happy to take care of it. –Brock Radke
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