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will become Hi’iaka’s. The Death Valley Luau in Tecopa, California, will transform the southern-most corner of the hottest spot on earth into an island paradise. In support of the Goldwell Open Air Museum and Tecopa Artists Group, everyone will savor a sumptuous Hawaiian dinner while enjoying traditional dance and music from area pros like Gary and Sheldeen Haleamau. So hop from the ninth island to one of the other eight without stepping foot in McCarran. (MO) 6p, $25 admission with dinner included, Tecopa Hot Springs Resort, Death Valley
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Classy cold one Beer has become as specialized as wine. Craft brews and small batches lap the once-familiar microbrews. This is why a beer festival hosted at the Cosmo makes as much sense as a Bedazzling craft party hosted by Liberace. Desert Hops (1) may sound like the latest indie band out of SoCal, but this poolside international festival will feature more than 150 beers from over 25 countries. Noshing on savory delicacies prepared by The Cosmopolitan’s restaurants while looking down on the Strip's twinkling lights will also make this party much less of a brouhaha and more of a soirée. (MO) 8p, VIP entrance 7p, tickets starting from $30, Boulevard Pool in The Cosmopolitan
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A fix for stunt junkies October is one of the nicest months of the year in Las Vegas.
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Sarah O’Connell For Asylum Theater’s artistic director, the play — preferably new and daring — really is the thing Sarah O’Connell? Artistic director of Asylum Theatre and a 2014 One to Watch, that Sarah O’Connell? Okay! Here’s what I have learned: She loves the spicy ketchup that comes with the fries at Bar + Bistro, where me meet. She is bouncy, animated, funny and erudite when in the throes of theater evangelism — not once in the 55 minutes and 57 seconds of our conversation is she at a loss for words. Asylum Theater occupies a singular spot in the city’s theater ecosystem. It works with playwrights nationwide to present only new works — no comfortingly familiar Arsenic and