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1. I dislike my co-workers!
What should I celebrate in April?
2. I'm fond of outdated cultures!
A lot, or with the white-hot intensity of 1,000 suns?
get poesy! Ladies and gentlemen, direct from “The Wasteland,” here’s T.S. Eliot to introduce National Poetry Month:
Are you a kook?
NO
Confederate Memorial Day
A lot
Do you prefer music or lyrics?
april 26
1,000 suns
Lyrics
April Fools' Day
Music Both
Take your child to work day
april 1
National Poetry Month
april 24
3. Let's Talk about Values!
Record storE Day
Have you ever had sex?
april 19
Do you love a good meaningless, gimmick-driven holiday?
Are you a kook?
Arbor Day
NO
April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land ...
Yes
Jazz appReciation month
YES
INt'l Trombone Week
YES
april 25
NO
april 6-13 NO
Yes
Healthcare decisions day
Just kidding, tree huggers!
Still kidding, 54 people who know what that is!
Conch republic independence day
april 15
Still kidding, planet-lovers!
april 22
april 16
Tax Day
Earth Day
april 23
Patriots' Day april 21
Hey, that sounds like the intro to Financial Literacy Month, also in April. (We always mix those two up.) Regardless, whether you’re a poetry connoisseur, a casual fan or a man from Nantucket, April offers (poetic license alert!) a multifariousness of events. On April 8, Black Mountain Institute brings in Lynn Xu (Greenspun Hall, unlv.edu). “If you have ever believed that organ donation for your lover is not merely useful but kind of hot,” one critic writes, “the poems of Lynn Xu are for you.” Speaking of organs, BMI will also stage a reading of "O, Heart," a verse drama by UNLV prof Claudia Keelan (April 24, Student Union, unlv.edu). It’s about “a woman’s quest to understand the human heart through her encounters with ... Emily Dickinson, Jane Bowles and the father of modern cardiology," For “Creativity and the Word,” Lee Mallory will read his poems and discuss the creative process (April 27, Whitney Library, lvccld.org). Of course, for some, every month is poetry month. Each Monday, Human Experience opens its mic at The Beat (the-human-experience.org). The Provoke Infusion series has settled into Bar + Bistro on Tuesdays (see its Facebook page). Word Up! Poetry does its thing at Wake Up Cafe on Wednesdays (Facebook again). And the Las Vegas Poets Organization throws down Pop-Up Poetry every First Friday at Art Square (lasvegaspoets.org). — Scott Dickensheets
Deleted scenes from Godzilla When the new Godzilla opens next month, it will feature several scenes set in Las Vegas. But not all of them. Here’s what was left on the editing-bay floor. — Andrew Kiraly & Scott Dickensheets
After marveling at its diaphanous, dreamlike beauty and daring lack of a traditional narrative structure, Godzilla eats Mystere.
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Godzilla starts destroying suburban communities around the Strip, but is eventually driven away by poor education system, lack of family amenities and little sense of community.
Begins ferocious and terrifying destruction of Las Vegas; then settles into a lazy, safe routine; offered residency at Planet Hollywood.
In 44-minute continuous-shot scene, Godzilla waits for a table to open up at Le Thai.
Godzilla tries but fails to destroy Harmon Tower and becomes entangled in complex constructiondefect lawsuit.
Eager to learn more about exciting home interiors and spring fashion, Godzilla locates a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Jamba Juice to pick up the April issue of Desert Companion.