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HUNTRIDGE THROUGH THE DECADES AT NEVADA STATE MUSEUM As community members continue to fight for its preservation, the once vibrant Huntridge Theatre sits vacant at the corner of Maryland and Charleston. The gutted building’s rich history will be celebrated in the upcoming exhibit Huntridge Through the Decades, opening at the Nevada State Museum on June 16.

Opened in 1944 as a theater and shuttered in 2004 as a music venue, the Huntridge had been a highly regarded cog of the Las Vegas art and music scenes for decades. Last year, efforts to buy and restore the venue—initiated by the now-defunct Huntridge Revival LLC—ceased, but the venue’s story continues.

The new exhibit, hosted by the Huntridge Foundation with funding by Nevada Humanities, will focus on the building as “an essential piece of our state’s cultural heritage.” From memorabilia like the original 1944 theater seats to concert fliers from the ’90s punk and indie shows that gave the theater its second life, the display will span the Huntridge’s colorful and turbulent 60-year existence, and hopefully reignite discussions about its future.

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–Leslie Ventura

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AMAZING LAS VEGAS COMIC-CON AT LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER After three years at the South Point, this year Amazing Las Vegas Comic-Con moves to the Las Vegas Convention Center, with expanded space for all its geek-related activities. In just the past few years, those activities have soared in popularity here in Vegas, with multiple events related to comic books, sci-fi and other genre fare. This year’s Amazing Con features another impressive roster of comic-book creators, including legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman and popular mainstream artists Jim Cheung, Steve McNiven and Tyler Kirkham.

There will also be plenty of room for local and indie creators, and one of the most exciting things about comic book conventions is discovering new work from unsung writers and artists. A costume contest, a geek pop-culture game show and a performance from nerdfocused parody band The Library Bards are among the scheduled programming.

Friday 3-8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $25-$60, amazinglasvegascomiccon.com.

–Josh Bell

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FRIDAY, 6 P.M

A MARRIAGE EQUALITY RETROSPECTIVE AT THE CENTER The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada commemorates the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling with a panel discussion featuring three married couples. and a photo exhibit highlighting local samegender married couples and previous rallies at the Center.

Free.

–Mark Adams

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WEDNESDAY, 5-9 P.M.

COOKIES & KEGS Everyone’s favorite boxed treat gets the beer-pairing treatment at Lovelady Brewing when the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada partner with the Henderson brewery for Cookies & Kegs. Brewer Richard Lovelady has also crafted Porter deLite, a brew infused with Caramel deLites and extra coconut and cocoa nibs. $20-$25.

–Mark Adams

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NICOLE MOUDABER AT DRAI’S AFTERHOURS You could catch the international techno star at EDC, lording over the deep ’n’ dark Neon Garden stage she helped curate last year. But if you’re not going—or just wanted to get the full Moudaber experience—her longer, early Sunday morning set shouldn’t be missed. $30-$50.

–Mike Prevatt

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WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS AT BUNKHOUSE SALOON We spoke with drummer Darren Lackie in advance of the Scottish indie rockers’ first-ever Vegas performance.

You guys have been playing a couple of brand new songs on this tour. Is that nerve-racking, like, “Hey, we’re going to play a new song,” and then you see people going to the bathroom? (Laughs) We just don’t mention that they’re new ones. [We] just go right into them and hopefully catch everyone off-guard.

You recently reissued 2009 debut These Four Walls on vinyl. What are your thoughts listening to it now? We were never fully satisfied with how it turned out, how it sounds, [but] that adds to the charm of it. It sounds almost DIY-type. [But] it’s still pretty current. People still like it. I’m very happy with that album.

Are you a vinyl collector yourself? I have started recently. I wanted to start off getting all of my favorite albums and then work from there—LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver, Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight, Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American. The classics.

With Close to Modern, the Astaires, Hektor Rawkerz, $10-$12.

–Annie Zaleski

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Why we can’t have nice things

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The utterly ungrateful vandalism of ‘Seven Magic Mountains’

By Kristen Peterson

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hen Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains” art installation was vandalized this month, the word on the ground and the webs was: Of course this was going to happen. Didn’t they

know this?

Yes, the project’s co-producers knew this. We’re barbarians. We destroy things others create and think it’s hilarious. Someone ruined a Maryland Parkway Zap! box created by Lance Smith, and Chris Bauder’s installation at Decatur and Flamingo was stolen and vandalized last month.

The $3-million budget for the “Seven Magic Mountains” project includes damage mitigation and repairs. But the bigger story is that installing it on public land near Jean Dry Lake Bed required miles of county, state and federal red tape and more than 6,000 hours of labor, with 99 percent of the project’s construction costs going into the Las Vegas economy, said Amanda Horn, spokeswoman for the Nevada Museum of Art. The museum co-produced the two-year installation with New York’s Art Production Fund. That budget also includes education, outreach and programming, and other costs such as installing a turn lane, providing parking and trash bins and installing informational text for those pulling off the freeway to get a closer look at the colorful totems in the desert.

Basically, “Seven Magic Mountains” was handed to Las Vegas and the Mojave whether either wanted it or not, with funding from private donors rather than public dollars. And while some people hated it, many more loved it. The community took it viral. Locals and tourists filled up Instagram feeds.

Artists debated its merits or lack thereof. Families and children went to see it.

So when vandals spray-painted the totems with hatred towards women, numeric references to sexual positions and “Hella Spiders,” it was a big f*ck you to those who invested time, energy and money, and to locals who loved the piece. It wasn’t surprising. Nor is it over. The museum is exploring additional security measures that could require more funding. Regardless, the installation will stay up for its duration.

Growth spurt The Golden Tiki had no sooner introduced itself to Las Vegas than it was already preparing for an expansion. The 4,000 square-foot Chinatown cocktail bar recently acquired an adjacent 2,500 square feet, slated to open to the public in mid-October, just three months after Golden Tiki’s first anniversary.

The new space will include a larger stage for acts—“bands that normally wouldn’t stop here,” managing partner Branden Powers says—and be called Cyclops’ Burial Grounds (aka CBG, a nod to a famously acronymed NYC bar of yesteryear). Other additions will include dedicated mead and mai tai bars, more retail space, a food menu, a Ziggy Stardust likeness arranged among the ceiling stars above the existing main bar, and “fowl”mouthed animatronic birds. An enchanted tiki room, Vegas-style. –Mike Prevatt

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What was that?, one of our staffers wondered as a series of sonic booms roused her from a deep sleep early Tuesday morning. Oh yeah, the first part of the Riv just came down. Sniff? (L.E. Baskow/Staff)

THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TI’S NEW AVENGERS ATTRACTION It’s cool, if you’re obsessed with the Marvel cinematic universe.

Fanatics could spend hours inside the new attraction squeezed in above the CVS store at Treasure Island. Avengers gear and uniforms are everywhere, culminating in Iron Man’s hall of armor, which includes the awe-inspiring Hulkbuster suit.

It’s nerdy. Designed like an interactive science museum, the

exhibition feels like it’s more about grown-ups than kids, with a deluge of details explaining how the superhero world works.

This is only the beginning. Victory Hill Exhibitions will unveil a Transformers attraction later, and officials are in discussions with Disney about expansion: Could Star Wars be coming to the Strip, too?

–Brock Radke

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HOW TO BE

The LGBT community displays sadness, anger and togetherness the day after the Orlando shooting

BY MIKE PREVATT

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Thoughts abounded after reading breaking news that a gunman had opened fire inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando late Saturday night, starting with the painful envisioning of my gay brothers and sisters (and straight allies) having their revelry and existences so violently taken from them, and ending with flashes of a Queer as Folk episode where a deadly explosion rocked a popular nightclub.

Despite the anxiety caused by that recurring flashback, and past occurrences of violence at local bars and clubs, I’ve never hesitated to patronize a gay gathering spot, mostly because I wouldn’t allow such flashbacks and shootings to scare me back into hiding. I had fought too hard for the (self-)liberation that enabled me to be gay to the world—to truly be me. So my boyfriend and I continued to do so (like so many others) Sunday afternoon at Luxor’s LGBTthemed Temptation pool party, further protected by extra security and Metro officers.

The latter were also in full force that evening at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada. It had been billed as a vigil, but once it began, its organizer, state Sen. Pat Spearman, reminded the 600+ audience that it was also a “call to action.” That aspect dominated the tone of the proceedings, from spirited exhortations and social media-friendly messaging to impassioned pleas for gun control by both the audience and nearly every speaker—except Mayor Carolyn Goodman. She insisted gun laws needn’t change, hardly comforting words to a large group grieving the fatal shootings of 49 people within its tribe and scarred by decades of violent homophobia.

The crowd’s anger rose enough for her to abruptly exit.

Thankfully, state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson transitioned the crowd from boos to silence when he introduced the human element to the discussion of gun violence, which robbed him of his father years ago. And former state Sen. Justin Jones tearfully recounted the story of his brother-in-law’s partner’s best friend, Ian, who had overcome the rejection of his family members after revealing his true self, only to be killed early Sunday morning inside Pulse.

I would say that Sen. Jones’ tribute was a reminder why we had gathered in the first place, but we were there for many reasons: to be sad, angry, mournful, safe, engaged, loving, reflective, unafraid, hopeful and together—all the ways a persevering community can and must be.

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FULL BLOOM In 1991, Southern California promoters Stephen “Steve Kool-Aid” Enos and Gary Richards dub an edition of their Double Hit Mickey rave as Electric Daisy Carnival, held in Pomona, California. They throw additional EDC parties in ’92 and ’93.

Another SoCal party promoter, Pasquale Rotella of Insomniac, attends Las Vegas-area rave Desert Move in 1996, planting a seed for his eventual relocation.

One year later, Rotella—reportedly with permission from Richards and Enos—resurrects the Electric Daisy Carnival concept for a Shrine Expo Hall event in 1997. The growth of the LA party scene and the commercial rise of electronic music in America help EDC draw 6,000 revelers.

The 2000 party, now in the San Joaquin Valley, draws more than 30,000—then said to be the largest attendance for a North American electronic dance massive.

EDC expands for the first time in 2001, with a second festival in Austin, Texas. Lone Star operations end after the ’02 edition, restart with a successful 2010 Dallas event, and cease again after 2011.

Current stage names like Kinetic Field, Cosmic Meadow, Neon Garden and BassPod are established at the 2005 EDC, held at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.

Fan demand and the beginning of the commercial EDM movement push EDC into Exposition Park and the Los Angeles Coliseum football stadium in 2007, headlined

by Paul Oakenfold, Deep Dish and Kaskade.

Insomniac gives expansion another shot with a Colorado EDC in 2008 (ending after the 2011 edition). In 2009, a third launches in Puerto Rico, which hosts the party for seven years.

The festival eventually spreads to Orlando, New York City, Chicago (for one year), London, Mexico City and Sao Paulo.

LOOKING BACK ACROSS TWO DECADES OF EDC

Back in LA, 2009 sees EDC expand to two days.

Attendance hits the six-figure mark on the Saturday of the 2010 party, which creates havoc on the overcrowded Coliseum field. Worse, a 15-year-old attendee dies after an Ecstasy overdose, triggering lawsuits and a criminal investigation, and ending Insomniac’s four-year Coliseum run.

Rotella and Insomniac head east on a red carpet rolled out by then-mayor Oscar Goodman and stages EDC 2.0 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2011, drawing more than 230,000 attendees over three days.

Saturday 2012 gets shut down by extreme winds, and two revelers die offsite, the first casualties linked to the event here. Since then, three other EDC Vegas attendees have died.

In 2013, underground heroes Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin play the EDM-dominant Kinetic Field main stage, and Empire of the Sun becomes the last live band to play EDC Las Vegas.

Documentary EDC 2013: Under the Electric Sky debuts at Sundance Festival in January 2014.

EDC 2014 passes the 400,000 three-day attendance mark, as does the 2015 edition, establishing itself as the most-attended one-weekend music festival in North America.

The Nevada legislature enacts an expansion of the Live Entertainment Tax that fests like EDC and Burning Man had thus far eluded, though Rotella cleverly counters by offering a presale for this year’s event that dodges the 9 percent bump nine days before its October 1 enactment.

Projections put the local economic infusion by the five Vegas EDCs at $1.3 billion. –Mike Prevatt

TIPS FOR MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR PARTY WEEKEND Discover new DJs—while you’re there and before you go.

First and foremost, EDC is about the music. You’ve surely already marked your favorite DJs on the schedule, but familiarizing yourself with artists big and small will ensure that you experience something new. Once you’re there, leave schedule gaps to visit different stages and make full use of your festival pass.

Get there early (and consider leaving early, too). Give yourself plenty of time to get to the Speedway so you don’t miss early must-sees, as there will be traffic. And though you’ll be tempted to stay till sunrise, it might be worth skipping out to beat the crowd and avoid getting trapped in the parking lot exit lines for hours. If you do stay, leave bottled water and snacks in your car for the ride home.

Dress up, and dress functional. If your furry boots aren’t comfortable, leave them at home. You’ll be walking so much, your feet will be begging for sensible shoes. As for the rest of your outfit, go crazy!

Buy a water bottle and keep it on you. You can bring in your own Insomniac-branded bottle—or purchase one there—and fill it up at any free hydration station. Use the map to memorize the location of each one.

Mark a meeting spot or bring a totem.

With thousands of people in the same spot clogging up networks, don’t depend on your cell phone (even with free wifi at the Carnival Square area in the middle of the Speedway). Designate a meeting spot in case you get separated from the pack.

And if you don’t mind carrying around a stick all night, create a totem that will stand out—you might even end up in our photo roundup! –Leslie Ventura

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Open book Electronic music icon Moby reflects on EDC and his career

By Deanna Rilling

Ignore at your own risk

> KRNE

Alongside EDM heavyweights, EDC 2016 has an unofficial undercard stacked with up-and-comers and can’t-miss veterans. Here are 10 to make room for on your schedule. > Tycho

Juan Atkins The word “legend” gets thrown around quite a bit—as does the phrase “must-see set”—but both descriptors fit like a glove for this Detroit techno pioneer. Monday morning, 2:45 a.m., Upside Down House.

KRNE

Tycho

Julia Govor

Hannah Wants

Jazz-influenced trap? Hiphop-tinged house? Phaseshifted electro? Between remix work—including a recent renegade Drake redo—and originals, the Oakland-based producer/ DJ slices and dices influences with glee. Monday morning, 2:45 a.m., Stage 7.

You’re going to need a chill-out break at some point during EDC. Might we suggest San Franciscobased Tycho, whose DJ sets drift toward ambient electro and downtempo house bliss? Sunday morning, 4:15 a.m., Cosmic Meadow.

She’s come a long way from her days singing for a Russian military band.

Govor now resides in New York and specializes in inventive deep house tinted by techno.

Friday night, 7 p.m., Neon Garden.

In between a summer Ibiza residency and dates around the U.S., the Birmingham, U.K., DJ makes her Vegas debut at EDC. Expect a house- and bass-focused set with the occasional oldschool garage track thrown in. Monday morning, 3:30 a.m., Cosmic Meadow.

We spoke to the prolific and pioneering electronic music producer (and sometimes DJ) ahead of his appearance at pre-EDC conference EDMbiz, where he was set to deliver a keynote talk and sign copies of his justreleased memoir, Porcelain.

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of dance music, I wouldn’t describe it as terribly innocent or fresh.

What was the process for you when writing the book? This was such an interesting process because, to state the obvious, it was actual writing—hundreds of thousands of words. What I found is one of the things that made this type of writing different from the world of music: You can never fake anything. If you’re writing a song and you come up with a really good chorus, you can just repeat the same chorus a few times and it sounds pretty good. But if you’re writing a book, you can’t copy and paste paragraphs and keep repeating them.

You’ve said the music is a time capsule reminiscent of New York from 19891999. What do you remember most about the spirit of that era? Clearly the club scene or the rave scene or whatever you want to call it nowadays is so huge—just go to EDC and look at the 500,000 people there and the level of production and how much money is involved with it. The difference between now and then is back then, everything was truly underground. ... There was such an innocence and freshness to it that, as much as I love the current state

How did the track “Porcelain” end up being the memoir’s namesake? That song just seemed very fitting because it has a sort of elegiac quality to it and the book, in a way, part of it almost functions as an elegy of sorts.

[And] porcelain is white and fragile and I’m white and fragile, so it sort of made sense.

I saw you at EDC in LA in 2010. What are your thoughts on how it has grown? As someone who lives in Los Angeles, I wish EDC were here so that afterwards I could get in my car and drive home and sleep in my own bed.

But from a sort of aesthetic perspective, EDC makes sense in Las Vegas, because Las Vegas is this city of spectacle and EDC is a festival of spectacle.

When you look at just the lights and the pyrotechnics and the lasers that happen at EDC, it just makes such perfect sense for it to exist in Las Vegas.

EDMbiz Keynote: June 16, 2:45 p.m., Caesars Palace’s Palace Ballroom, Salon III. Book signing: June 16, 4 p.m., Caesars Palace’s Prefunction I. $319-$399; more info at edmbiz.com/ register.

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Bumperto-bumper fun Things you can do while stuck in edc traffic On the way in …

Paint your face. If traffic is slow enough—and it likely will be— get crafty and bust out the glitter and face paint.

Read the Tao Te Ching (or, if you’ve memorized it, thoughtlessly recite it).

Paint your nails—preferably metallic or neon. There’ll be plenty of time for it to dry.

Turn on your location-based dating apps and find your mid-fireworks makeout partner.

On the way out …

Ghost ride the whip, blasting something very much not EDM— like Mozart’s Requiem, or Barry Manilow. > Juan Atkins

Do a mini-spa treatment. Bring some makeup remover, scrub off the night’s grime, then relax in your car with a soothing face mask.

Visit lasvegasweekly.com for festival recaps and, for you marathoners, where to dayclub it up that afternoon.

Write haikus with your friends, summing up your EDC experience.

Plan the next day’s earlier arrival and exit times, duh.

> Hannah Wants

Go Freek

Brookes Brothers

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Snails

The Aussie duo has worked with Crookers and released remixes on Ministry of Sound and Mad Decent. Its appeal? A cliché-despising, early-’90s sound indebted to electro house and techno. Saturday night, 7 p.m., Cosmic Meadow; Sunday morning, 3 a.m., Upside Down House.

Drum ’n’ bass doesn’t get much better than this London-based duo, whose remixes and originals can be hardscrabble and frantic—or, if appropriate, downright tranquil.

Monday morning, 4:30 a.m., BassPod.

Between its sledgehammer beats, urgent production and lyrical inspiration from the seedier side of life, this ominous Netherlands hardstyle duo isn’t for the faint of heart. Sunday morning, 2:45 a.m., Wasteland.

Trap has a pronounced influence on EDC this year.

For one of the genre’s best, look no further than this versatile London-based producer, whose imaginative compositions swerve through soul, house and electro. Sunday night, 10:30 p.m., BassPod.

The Montreal-based producer/DJ’s party-smashing mix of dubstep, hip-hop and trap (dubbed Snail Music) is colorful and wildly creative. It’s a no-brainer that both Skrillex and Flosstradamus are his buds.

Saturday morning, 1:30 a.m., BassPod. –Annie Zaleski

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REINVIGORATED CUISINE KHOURY’S BENEFITS FROM ITS RECENT RELOCATION, AND SO DO YOU

BY JIM BEGLEY or more than a decade, Khoury’s has arguably been the most consistent of Las Vegas’ Mediterranean restaurants. Previously situated in the southwest, it closed briefly in December to accommodate a relocation to Village Square shopping center. The new location is more convenient for most, and the food might be even better.

The Khoury’s experience begins with the delivery of piping hot, puffed-up pitas to your table; these freshly baked. You’ll gladly endure the sear to your fingers as you dip into the accompanying za’atar and olive oil blend—particularly noteworthy since the traditional MediterICYMI ranean spice blend of thyme, oregano and marjoram is a rarity on Las Vegas menus.

Mezze, or small plates, are a staple of most Lebanese meals, and Khoury’s options are plentiful. The house sampler ($33) is a ridiculous amount of food and a great way to sample the menu if you’re with a crew. No visit is complete without an order of the mtabel baba ghanoush, which has serious smoky undertones. Other standouts include bamieh (sautéed okra) and a not-too-tart labni-matoom (yogurt). Any of these can be ordered individually, as can a biting, jalapeño-infused hummus and herbaceous falafel served with a sharp tahini sauce.

The expansive Greek salad ($10) delivers a solid option while the tabbouleh ($10) is a light-yethealthy meal. On the heartier side, the hummus ma’a-lahmi (lamb over hummus) is addictive, with the meat’s hints of cumin and nutmeg tempered by the cooling chickpea dip. If you’re feeling a little more daring, try the kibbi-nayi ($28): raw, ground lamb blended with a bit of bulgur and served with a plate of pickles, mint and olives. Wash it down with an Almaza (beer), and you couldn’t get a more authentic Lebanese experience.

If you haven’t done Khoury’s before, the relocation gives you a new reason. Just don’t forget to order the baba ghanoush.

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Jalapeño hummus, lamb tenderloin kabab and fresh pita. (Jon Estrada/Staff)

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Mexico meets Mumbai at this funky new casual concept on the east side of town, co-owned by the folks behind Mint Indian Bistro. The drill is familiar (pile protein on a rice bowl or stuff it in a tortilla), but the flavors are unexpected.

Meat eaters should go for the stir-fried lamb in makhani ($7.49), a tomato-based butter sauce, while vegetarians will inhale the tofu chili in a fragrant korma sauce ($7.21). Sure, you can add a side of fries, but even better are the chaat, or Indian street snacks. Pani puri ($4.99)—crispy hollow crackers smashed open and stuffed with chickpeas, potatoes and chutney—are magnificent flavor

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bombs that will put spuds and ketchup to shame.

And kurkuri bhindi ($4.99), or spicy deep fried okra, will convert anyone with an aversion to the slimy vegetable.

For early birds there’s also a limited breakfast menu. Burritos filled with scrambled eggs or tofu ($4.81) and kale are made with organic ingredients, right down to the coffee. Just make sure to leave extra time to enjoy your grub at an outdoor table—Desi is a drive-thru operation with no indoor seating.

DESI BURRITO 670 E. Flamingo Road, 702-987-5310; Daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Pour ingredients over ice in a Collins glass.

Stir, garnish and serve.

The Horse’s Neck is a classic, long-revered cocktail that boasts as many recipe variations as it does accolades, making it an ideal drink for a Father’s Day celebration. The spicy kick of the ginger ale complements the rich smokiness of the whiskey, while the aromatic bitters enhance the flavors and the lemon peel keeps it bright and refreshing.

With June 19 fast approaching, be sure to delight your favorite dads out there with this old-timey and delicious libation.

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Industry Weekly caught up with the dynamic Swedish duo as they prepare to take the EDC and Hakkasan stages again this weekend.

What’s it like to be back again for EDC this year? Ingrosso: We’ve both played EDC in the past, but back in 2014 we made our EDC Vegas debut as AxwellIngrosso. It’s always an amazing time, and this is the 20-year anniversary so we’re looking forward to another night of incredible memories.

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Ingrosso: The production is truly over the top, genuinely one of the best in the world. And when the crowd brings that much energy you always know that it’s going to be a sick party. Naturally we want to give all our energy back to the crowd and make the show epic for them.

You’ve both been in Vegas a lot lately.

What is your take on the Vegas club sound right now? Axwell: The thing that sets Vegas apart is that people come here to have a crazy fun time no

matter what. Just like the music scene evolves, we see the club scene evolving and it’s interesting to see how the most progressive-thinking minds in entertainment and nightlife are approaching the “new” Vegas. It’s important to support the talent of tomorrow—and having a great mix of talent at the shows—so we’re really excited by the fact that clubs are putting more and more focus on bringing in emerging talent to add diversity in the artists being booked, in addition to the established acts.

How much fun did you have putting together the video for “Thinking About You”? Ingrosso: Ax actually came up with the idea of creating [it] ... once we saw the Snapchat face swap filter, we were hooked and have been using it to face swap ourselves with everything, all the time! Needless to say, we’ve been hysterically laughing at the video ever since we received the first draft. Axwell-Ingrosso at Hakkasan at MGM Grand, June 17. –Brock Radke

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or three nights, Electric Daisy Carnival will once again light up the sky, but the afterglow of the annual festival will live much longer. Traces of EDC can be found at nightclubs and party pools all around Las Vegas throughout the year, as Insomniac’s influence and modern take on rave culture have permanently infiltrated the city’s dayclub and nightlife scene.

Just look at Marquee’s Halfway to EDC bash in February, produced in conjunction with Insomniac and hosting a roster of top-tier DJs like Dash Berlin and Andrew Rayel dropping beats for a massive crowd of neon-clad

clubbers—many sporting kandi bracelets and daisy-wreath headbands, hallmarks of the festival’s fashion.

EDC’s stamp can also be seen at Hyde’s elaborate XIV Vegas Sessions parties—specifically its Neon Circus edition—and at Ghostbar Dayclub, where neon tutus, furry legwarmers and bedazzled bikinis are the norm.

It’s not just rave wear that makes Vegas nightclubs feel like it’s EDC all year long. Some of the city’s newest party palaces, Jewel and Omnia, have made massive DJ booths the focal point of their rooms, and routinely fill them with the same headlining talent playing Las Vegas Motor Speedway

this weekend. Daylight’s half-dome would fit right in among the Cosmic Meadow and Circuit Grounds stages.

The EDC impact will be most prominent this week, of course, when festival DJs—and many of its hundreds of thousands of attendees—flood the Vegas clubs. Don’t forget your kandi beads. –Mark Adams

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If you have made the rounds at the spot formerly known as Imperial Palace, you might have noticed an overall relaxed vibe and discovered a no-fuss place to party, eat, drink and more ... including swim. The Pool at the Linq has recently emerged as an upbeat alternative to the Strip’s swanky day-

clubs. The sparkling pool is lined with 24 cabana rooms and 35 daybeds, all sheltered by the hotel’s smile-inducingly bright, multi-colored towers ... and the High Roller, of course.

The views are as fun as the programming. DJs spin every day, and on Fridays, the infamous O’Sheas bar (from the Linq Promenade below) takes over, bringing drink specials, beer pong and its rowdy mascot Brian “Lucky” Thomas. Tropical Saturdays and Champagne Sundays push the fun further, and if you hit the Linq during one of the Mountain Dew Kickstart Poolside Pregame parties (the next one is June 25), be ready for

live musical performances, celebrity appearances and a raging party that stretches into the night.

If the Linq hotel and casino was redesigned with millennials in mind, the vivid fun at the pool might be the best example of this movement. The Pool at the Linq, 702-503-8320; daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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His first Vegas venture— already a must-dine hit in SoCal—has San Diego similarities. Searsucker Vegas is near mega-nightclub Omnia, as it is in downtown San Diego’s bustling Gaslamp Quarter. The two venues in Caesars are adjoining, perfect for a bite before clubbing commences.

Searsucker specializes in the freshest of food from the farm and sea. The recently revamped menu is separated into creative categories with an emphasis on shareables, including the spicy hamachi and avocado sashimi-

style dish with Fresno chili and cilantro, and the shrimp ceviche and toast with cucumber and pickled banana.

A bit heartier but equally fun to pass around the table are the biscuits with whipped butter and infused honey, the play-on-breakfast eggs and bacon with pork belly and a crispy poached egg, and the Buffalo-influenced lollipop wings.

Consider the beer-braised shortribs, braised pork butt and scallops with spring peas from the signature dishes selection, but save room for the sweets, from the s’mores bar and chocolate trifecta to the backto-basics cookies and milk. Enjoy it

all with Searsucker’s inventive and savory cocktail menu, an absolute delight. Searsucker at Caesars Palace, 702-866-1800; Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 5-11 p.m., Tuesday, Friday & Saturday 5 p.m.midnight. –Don Chareunsy

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OM’s seasonally rotating signature libations—each playfully dubbed with a memorable ladies’ name—are as hand-crafted as it gets, employing house-made weapons of taste construction such as maple gastrique, habanero syrup, strawberry balsamic shrub and aleppo pepper-infused honey syrup.

The Svetlana is a thing of beauty, horseradish-infused vodka with lemon, ginger and the Czech Republic herbal liqueur Becherovka. If it sounds like the perfect cocktail match for sweet and briny oysters, you’re starting to catch on.

Bessie is a fresh, spice-kissed take on a margarita, smoothed over

with watermelon. Mavis blends rye, vermouth, lime and tiki bitters with sweet, tropical Velvet Falernum liqueur and silky, sensuous gomme syrup.

Most cocktail menus have a few easy drinkers listed, concoctions that go down a bit too smooth.

Other Mama’s entire menu fits that bill, which is why this neighborhood upstart is not just one of the best restaurants off the Strip, but one of the best bars, too. Other Mama, 3655 S. Durango Drive #6, 702-463-8382; daily 4-11 p.m.

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XS G H OSTBAR Thu Benny Black. Fri-Sat DJs Exodus & Mark Stylz. Sun Benny Black. Mon-Tue DJ Seany Mac. Wed DJ Presto One. Palms, nightly, 702942-6832.

LIGHT 6/16 Claude VonStroke. 6/17 Morgan Page & Party Favor. 6/18 Laidback Luke’s Super You and Me. 6/22 DJ Mustard. 6/24 Eric DLux. 6/25 E-Rock. 6/29 Baauer’s Studio B. Mandalay Bay, Wed, Fri-Sat, 702-632-4700.

6/17 Zedd. 6/18 Kaskade. 6/19 Alesso. 6/20 Skrillex & Diplo. 6/24 Flosstradamus. 6/25 Zedd. 6/26 Diplo. 6/27 Dillon Francis. 7/1 Zedd. 7/2 Alesso. 7/3 Skrillex. 7/4 Diplo.

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Thirteen years after Finding Nemo, sidekick Dory takes center sea.

From special events to blockbuster holdovers, your guide to the big screen.

Was Death Fest as rough as its name suggests?

Plus, new Chili Peppers tunes.

The Kats Report checks in on Mondays Dark, Sin City Comedy club and more.

The one-nightonly Small Space Fest gets appropriately tiny

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Calm waters Sequel Finding Dory places Pixar in familiar territory

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(Hayden Rolence) and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a blue tang who helped Marlin find Nemo and suffers from short-term memory loss. After recoverBy Josh Bell ing one of her dormant memories, Dory becomes n the 13 years since Finding Nemo was determined to travel across the ocean to reunite released, Pixar has made incredible leaps with her long-lost parents. in the technology used to create animated Thus the plot is very similar to the first movie, films, as evidenced by the astoundalthough Dory skips over the long ocean ing photorealistic animation in “Piper,” aaabc journey and brings the three main charthe short film that precedes Nemo sequel acters right to the Marine Life Institute, FINDING DORY Finding Dory. The company’s storytellwhere they immediately end up separated Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, ing techniques, however, have remained and must enlist the help of various other Albert Brooks, largely unchanged, which means that aquatic creatures to reconnect with each Hayden Rowhile Dory is thoroughly charming and en- lence. Directed other and to find Dory’s parents. Those

by Andrew joyable, it’s also a bit formulaic and repetisupporting characters are often quite Stanton. Rated tive, especially during the drawn-out third funny, and the plot has some nice (if PG. Opens Friact. Anyone who’s seen and loved Finding familiar) lessons about family and selfday citywide.

Nemo will find plenty to like about Dory, confidence. Although the animation is a which comes from original director and little less sophisticated (in keeping with co-writer Andrew Stanton. But from a company the style of the earlier movie), it’s still frequently once known for its relentless innovation, pleasant gorgeous. Nearly everything about the movie hits sequels like Dory are a bit of a disappointment. the right marks, but never goes beyond that. Pixar Set one year after the events of Nemo, Dory has spent more than two decades perfecting its catches up with clownfish Marlin (voiced by approach to moviemaking, and it seems increasAlbert Brooks), his formerly missing son Nemo ingly less willing to shake things up.

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As Kevin Hart teamups go, his pairing with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Central Intelligence is marginally more successful than his collaborations with Josh Gad (The Wedding Ringer), Will Ferrell (Get Hard) and Ice Cube (the Ride Along movies). Hart is in familiar territory as Calvin Joyner, a onetime high school superstar who’s now a put-upon accountant. On the eve of his 20th high school reunion, Calvin reconnects with Bob Stone (Johnson), a former bullied fat kid who’s become, well, The Rock. Now a CIA agent, Bob recruits a very reluctant Calvin to be part of his latest mission.

While Hart sticks to what he’s known for, Johnson ends up as the comedic highlight of the film, maintaining Bob’s uber-dork personality even as he’s become a muscle-bound badass. The character work is stronger than the inconsistent jokes and especially the lackluster action sequences, which take place almost exclusively in generic corridors and offices. The thriller plot is boring and incoherent, and it forces the movie to drag on for nearly two hours. A couple of famous faces show up in delightful cameos as Calvin and Bob’s former high school classmates, and given how entertaining those brief scenes are, the movie might have been better off just sticking to the reunion.

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Cinema city The Las Vegas Film Festival wraps up another successful year

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n its third year Downtown and its second partnering with the revived CineVegas, the Las Vegas Film Festival showcased another strong selection of features and short films, with impressive turnout for most screenings. The program included five locally connected features this year, and although they varied in quality, they all demonstrated the professionalism and creativity of filmmakers in town.

The highlight among local features was Rabbit Days, the long-in-theworks feature debut from brothers (and UNLV grads) Ryan and Cody LeBoeuf, who’ve made numerous excellent shorts. Like their shorts, Rabbit Days is surreal, funny and unsettling, with a heavy David Lynch influence. The absurdist plot doesn’t make any logical sense, but its weird energy is consistently mesmerizing, thanks especially to a charismatic lead performance from veteran character actor (and UNLV professor) Clarence Gilyard.

Documentary Tickled was a festival highlight.

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The LeBoeufs also contributed one segment to omnibus feature Dealer, alongside fellow Vegas filmmakers Jeremy Cloe, Adam Zielinski and Jerry and Mike Thompson. Star and co-writer Lundon Boyd anchors the movie well, playing a hapless loser commandeered into delivering four packages for a mysterious crime lord.

The anthology approach means that the movie as a whole doesn’t really build to a climax, but each individual piece is entertaining on its own.

Sundance favorite Frank & Lola, an uneven slow-burn thriller starring Michael Shannon as an intensely jealous chef and Imogen Poots as his insecure, damaged girlfriend, made

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its Vegas premiere, appropriately enough, mere blocks from many of its shooting locations. Local producer Chris Ramirez did a great job adding authentic local flavor to the film from New York-based writer-director Matthew Ross.

Two other features with local ties were mostly misses, especially the insufferably self-satisfied meta-thriller Director’s Cut, written by and starring magician Penn Jillette. Heavyhanded social-issue drama The Track, directed by UNLV professor Brett Levner, was also a disappointment, despite some solid performances from established actors.

My overall festival favorites both

came from the CineVegas program, and both originated in New Zealand.

The engrossing documentary Tickled starts out as an exploration of a weird subculture before turning into something darker and more profound.

The warm-hearted comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople features a breakout performance from young star Julian Dennison and a surprisingly strong comedic turn from Sam Neill. Both movies will be out in theaters later this month, although neither is currently scheduled for Las Vegas. That’s just one reason why LVFF is a valuable institution, well-deserving of its position as the city’s most prominent film fest.

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National Theatre Live 6/21, encore broadcast of One Man, Two Guvnors starring James Corden, 7 p.m., $18. Regal Colonnade, Village Square. Info: fathomevents.com.

Sci Fi Center Sun, Game of Thrones viewing party, 7:15 p.m., free.

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Finding Dory aaabc Voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence. Directed by Andrew Stanton.

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Udta Punjab (Not reviewed) Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt.

Directed by Abhishek Chaubey. 150 minutes. Not rated. In Hindi and Punjabi with English subtitles.

People from various walks of life deal with drug abuse in Punjab, India. Village Square.

Now playing Ali (Not reviewed) Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight. Directed by Michael Mann. 157 minutes. Rated R. Re-release of the 2001 biopic about boxer Muhammad Ali. Town Square.

Alice Through the Looking Glass aabcc Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by James Bobin. 113 minutes.

Rated PG. This sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland has much of the same design, strange makeup effects and funny performances, but it doesn’t have Burton, and it lacks the element of surprise. The effects-driven storytelling can’t overcome a general sense that no one cares. –JMA Theaters citywide.

The Angry Birds Movie aaccc Voices of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride. Directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly.

97 minutes. Rated PG. The movie version of the mega-popular mobile game (about birds being flung at pigs via slingshot) attempts to create a story around a series of basic, repetitive actions.

The explanations are both boring and largely nonsensical, and expanding the game into a cohesive, family-friendly movie proves too difficult a task.

–JB Theaters citywide.

A Bigger Splash aabcc Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. 125 minutes. Rated R. A recovering rocker (Swinton), her filmmaker boyfriend (Schoenaerts), her record-producer ex (Fiennes) and his newly discovered daughter (Johnson) convene at an Italian seaside villa. Everyone is harboring secrets, but director Guadagnino isn’t in any hurry to reveal them, and as a result the movie is often completely inscrutable, albeit visually striking. –JB Suncoast.

Captain America: Civil War aaacc Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson. Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo. 147 minutes. Rated PG-13. Civil War sets up a battle between factions of superheroes led by Captain America (Evans) and Iron Man (Downey), who disagree on whether the Avengers should submit to government oversight. The story’s deeper meaning takes a backseat to a cluttered narrative (overstuffed with Marvel characters) and some rousing, well-crafted action sequences. –JB Theaters citywide.

The Conjuring 2 aabcc Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor.

Directed by James Wan. 134 minutes. Rated R. Once again based loosely on one of the actual cases investigated by real-life ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga), this sequel features a handful of effectively scary moments spread out over 134 minutes of a fairly dull haunted-house story. –JB Theaters citywide.

Dark Horse aaabc Directed by Louise Osmond. 85 minutes. Rated PG. This entertaining, rousing documentary focuses on residents from a working-class Welsh town who pooled their money to purchase a racehorse. It’s one of those remarkable underdog sports stories that sound too good to be true, and Osmond knows how to get out of the way and let the people involved tell it. –JB Suncoast.

The Jungle Book aabcc Neel Sethi, voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley.

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Directed by Jon Favreau. 105 minutes. Rated PG. The latest Disney live-action remake of an animated classic is a fairly faithful retelling of its source material, about a young boy raised in the jungle. The tone is an awkward mix of savage jungle naturalism and cuddly animal antics, and there’s a sort of prefab blandness to the amazing photo-realistic CGI. –JB Theaters citywide.

The Lobster aaabc Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. 118 minutes.

Rated R. The third film by Greek director Lanthimos (Dogtooth, Alps) stars Farrell as a newly single man in a dystopian world where people are given 45 days to find a new mate, and get turned into an animal of their choice if they fail. Endlessly creative, allegorically frustrating. –MD Colonnade, Village Square.

Love & Friendship aaabc Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Chloë Sevigny. Directed by Whit Stillman. 92 minutes. Rated PG. Stillman’s adaptation of an early Jane Austen novella stars an excellent Beckinsale as Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and self-absorbed high-society widow whose favorite pastime is playing with others’ affections. Lady Susan is an entertaining sociopath, and Stillman’s screenplay is full of bone-dry humor and some hilarious one-liners. –JB Colonnade, Suncoast.

Maggie’s Plan aaccc Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore.

Directed by Rebecca Miller. 98 minutes. Rated R. This dramedy about a love triangle among NYC academics never figures out a proper tone or narrative approach, mixing aggressively whimsical comedy with angsty relationship drama. The arch, literate tone aims to emulate Woody Allen or Noah Baumbach, but the jokes aren’t clever or incisive enough to get to that level. –JB Sam’s Town, Village Square.

Me Before You aabcc Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer.

Directed by Thea Sharrock. 110 minutes.

Rated PG-13. Clarke tries way too hard as Louisa, a working-class young woman who falls in love with Will (Claflin), the wealthy quadriplegic and former playboy she’s hired to take care of. The romance takes far too long to get going, and Clarke’s overstated performance is more exhausting than endearing. –JB Theaters citywide.

The Meddler aaacc Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons.

Directed by Lorene Scafaria. 100 minutes.

Rated PG-13. Sarandon plays a widow coping with her loss by micro-managing her daughter’s life (and the lives of strangers). The Meddler is a sweet, low-key dramedy that is a little unfocused at times, but it emerges as a poignant late-in-life coming-of- age story, proof that maturity and wisdom can arrive at any age. –JB Village Square.

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising abccc Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace Moretz. Directed by Nicholas Stoller.

92 minutes. Rated R. After the barely passable 2014 original made an unholy amount of money, this sequel seems expelled from some collective digestive tract. Not one character is smart or even lifelike, and though it’s sometimes satisfying to see them pummeled in lifeless slapstick gags, there’s not one genuine laugh here. –JMA Downtown Summerlin, Green Valley Ranch, Sam’s Town.

The Nice Guys aaabc Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice.

Directed by Shane Black. 116 minutes. Rated R. Crowe and Gosling play a pair of disreputable private investigators in 1977 LA who find themselves caught in a conspiracy as they investigate a missing young woman. Black balances the serious, sometimes violent mystery with a barrage of one-liners and physical comedy, and The Nice Guys is consistently funny from beginning to end. –JB Theaters citywide.

Now You See Me 2 aaccc Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan. Directed by Jon M. Chu. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. This time around the outlaw stage magicians known as the Four Horsemen are basically just a group of thieves, hired to steal a piece of ultra-powerful tech. The plot is just as convoluted and belabored as the first time, without the added panache of the Four Horsemen’s stage productions. –JB Theaters citywide.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping aabcc Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Tim Meadows. Directed by Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. 86 minutes. Rated R. Samberg stars as pop star Conner4Real in this parody of pop-music documentaries from comedy troupe The Lonely Island. The songs are catchy and creative, but the joke is stretched thin over feature length, with a bare-bones story and a lot of mild humor from celebrity guest stars. –JB Colonnade, Sam’s Town.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Not reviewed) Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Stephen Amell.

Directed by Dave Green. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. The sequel to the 2014 TMNT liveaction reboot vastly overcorrects for the first movie’s seriousness and intensity by turning into a grating, childish and overlong version of the old TMNT cartoon series. The plotting is ridiculous, the dialogue is terrible, and the in-your-face style is completely mind-numbing. –JB Theaters citywide.

Warcraft abccc Travis Fimmel, Paul Patton, Ben Foster.

Directed by Duncan Jones. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. At once ponderous and extravagantly goofy, this adaptation of the Warcraft videogame franchise, depicting a battle royale between orcs and humans, is no cynical cash grab (it was co-written and directed by Duncan Jones, who previously made Moon and Source Code), but that only makes its failure all the more painful. –MD Theaters citywide.

X-Men: Apocalypse aabcc Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac. Directed by Bryan Singer. 144 minutes. Rated PG-13. The latest adventure of the mutant superheroes reintroduces familiar characters in slightly new forms, and spends far too much time on set-up. World-ending villain Apocalypse (Isaac) is ridiculous and ineffective, and the overstuffed cast pushes too many new and/ or reimagined characters to the margins.

Even the big action climax is underwhelming.

–JB Theaters citywide.

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Brutal is beautiful Las Vegas Death Fest revels in the extreme

By Jason Bracelin hen getting it on with the deceased, it’s best to do so for a good cause. “This song is about a chick who [makes sweet, sweet love to] a dead dude,” explained Weston Wylie, frontman for Lone Star State extremists Primordius, his Texas drawl thick as the whiskers sprouting from his chin as he introduced a tune with an unprintable name. “It’s because she doesn’t want to be the last of her species.”

There were plenty of happy endings—in a variety of ways—on Saturday as the marathon of misanthropy that is Las Vegas Death Fest came to a close, like a coffin lid slamming shut, after three days at the LVCS. Now in its eighth incarnation, LVDF has become an international draw for globe-spanning gutturalists, drawing bands and fans from around the world.

The fest specializes in brutal death metal— yeah, all death metal is brutal, but the subterranean strain that LVDF trades in is especially so. Just as in dying, there’s a difference between going quietly in your sleep or being devoured by

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LVDF favors the latter, this particular brand of heaviness defined by deep, largely indecipherable vocals that double as another percussive instrument, slam rhythms, bone-abrading breakdowns, terminal velocity and a gallows humor as black as all the T-shirts. It’s an acquired taste—like doing shots of stomach bile—and delights in raising the hackles of non-converts, hence the “R.I.P. Ted Bundy” T-shirts among the plentiful serial killer gear available for purchase in the merch area.

The subgenre frequently faces accusations of misogyny, but there was a large female contingent here that was certainly in on the joke, and some of them weren’t idle onlookers, but full-on, elbowthrowing participants.

During a particularly feisty showing from Boston’s Parasitic Extirpation, a tall lady in boots, fishnets and a “Clit Eater” shirt dominated the pit, then went to the side of stage and banged her head against the blaring monitors. When a blonde woman got slammed to the floor twice

during a hair-whipping set from San Diego’s Condemned, she picked herself up and took matters into her own hands, charging her aggressors and pushing them back on their heels.

Mostly, though, this death fest was a love fest, a bunch of self-selected outsiders coming together for some good, friendly, violent fun in their intestines-churning in-club. “The music is secondary,” announced the guitarist for South Central LA death metallers SICK from the stage.

“It’s a big-ass family reunion. It’s beautiful.”

Said beauty was in the eye of the beer-holder, as evidenced by the party grind of Tennessee’s Coathanger Abortion, who came hard with groove-heavy dirges about “gittin’ drunk off yo’ ass,” and the cheeky gutpunch of New Zealand’s Odiusembowel, led by guest frontman Blue Jensen from Vegas’ Guttural Secrete. They were followed by the smiley savagery of Colombia’s Masacre, who raged well past 1 a.m., with two more bands to go. Twelve hours in, the fest’s final day was like all the Pabst tall boys gripped by so many: No one wanted to let go.

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ZAR POWER Out in the backyard at a house on the westside, Mercy Music finished up a midday set as a sea of heads looked on. To the left of the sweaty throng, partiers cannonballed into the pool as a smaller music fan—the house pup Krieger—waited for Dark Black to set up inside. The house show, dubbed Zarfest 3 to mark the DIY gathering’s third year, switched things up this time. Former sessions have focused more on punk and hardcore, and while bands like Anti-Vision, Narrowed, Unfair Fight and Hard Pipe Hitters participated on Saturday, acts like Rusty Maples, Special-K, Twin Cities and The Rifleman broadened the musical spectrum.

The house, known as Zarfest Fairgrounds (search around for the address; we won’t post it here), hosts shows all year long, and plans are already in the works for Zarfest 4.

VIDEO VICTORY The Las Vegas Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and local electro-rock band Glass Pools and Vegas filmmaker Steven Z. Smith were among its latest batch of winners, taking first place in the music video lab contest. They paired up to create a cute yet terrifying narrative for single “Dumb” to come out on top of a field that also included Alaska, Hassan, O Wildly , WNTRBRK and Dusty Sunshine, the latter taking second place (with director Justin Bergonzoni) for “Baby Girl.”

FRIEND ZONE The Bunkhouse hosted an eclectic night of progressive and folk rock on Thursday, featuring Vegas acts Wax Pig Melting and Dear Friend Time, marking the latter’s first gig in more than a year. Featuring the animated Seth Babcock (formerly of Hoka Hey) on vocals and Rafael Lemos (Days After Hail) on guitar and vocals, Dear Friend Time mixed elements of hip-hop, folk and spoken word and featured a guest appearance by scene compatriots Dana Dau and Ang Kerfoot. DFT is currently working on new recordings.

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PEPPERS Sugar Sex Magik) in favor But there’s enough going The Getaway of working with Danger on in the other half, includMouse (who also co-wrote ing the slow, atmospheric and performs on several songs), title track, the booming, bass-heavy and very little on The Getaway lead single “Dark Necessities,” the sounds like it’s directly trying to full-on ’80s-style dance-rock of “Go channel Frusciante.

Robot” and the piano-driven “Sick Instead of foregrounding a Love” (featuring Elton John), for different guitar sound from KlingThe Getaway to qualify as genuinely hoffer, though, the band has downnew, and that’s something the Chili played the guitars on many of the Peppers haven’t been able to boast in songs, with Flea’s dexterous bass quite some time.

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A real movement Shunock’s Mondays Dark to relocate and more from the VegasVille scene

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e haven’t given the scene a thorough canvassing in a while in the Weekly version of The Kats Report.

Let’s fill that void now.

Look for a significant announcement from Mark Shunock on June 20 about the future of the monthly charity show Mondays Dark. The show has been held at Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel on the third Monday of every month for most of its two-year run. But Shunock has plans to uproot and relocate to a 9,000-square-foot facility off the Strip as a permanent performing venue for Mondays Dark and also for Vegas enterthe kats tainers who want to report showcase their side

by John projects.

Katsilometes Shunock charges $20 a ticket and presents a silent auction at each of these events; the venue makes money by keeping the bar tab.

At a free-standing venue, that booze profit goes back to the production.

Shunock plans to reveal the specific location, and an investment program for those interested in buying seats in the new venue, during the next Mondays Dark performance. The theme that night is classic rock, which could be the theme of everything.

A very chic hang is developing in a most unlikely locale, Grandview Lounge at South Point. The newly renovated, 200-seat lounge was unveiled June 10 with Chris Phillips (commonly known as Zowie Bowie) and his Vegas … Straight Up showband production. This was a slick, fun

Mark Shunock at Mondays Dark.

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and (in Phillips’ case) appreciably addled performance in which the frontman dusted off such classics as “I’m Getting Married in the Morning,” “It Had Better be Tonight, and “For Once in My Life.”

Flanked by his 10-piece band and the sinewy vocalist Nieve Malandra, Phillips was joined by guests Travis Cloer—himself headlining the room with his With a Twist production (with keyboardist and arranger Chris Lash) on July 25—Shunock and longtime Vegas vocalist and radioshow host Dennis Bono. Swankiness permeated that lounge, and the night finished with a party led by Phillips in his Zowie Bowie dance-party persona.

An $80,000 investment in that room is allowing for some robust programing from hotel entertainment director Michael Libonati. Aside from Cloer, who is terrific in his solo shows away from Jersey Boys at Paris Las Vegas (closing September 18, it has been announced), the lineup at Grandview is filling out with the throwback rock ’n’ roll act the Bronx

Wanderers on June 26, 27 and July 31; comic Drew Lynch (runner up from last season’s America’s Got Talent) on August 7, singing impressionist Tony Pace on August 14, AGT champ and Vegas fave Michael Grimm on August 25 and magician Seth Grabel on August 28. Tickets are in the $15-$25 range.

The mezzanine level at Planet Hollywood has undergone some renovations, with Sin City Comedy club moving across the hall from Sin City Theatre to the new Cabaret, which seats about 100 patrons and will also feature the weekly open-mic night “Tease From the Strip,” held Tuesdays at 10 p.m.

Back at the Sin City Theatre, the magician Xavier Mortimer—late of Michael Jackson One at Mandalay Bay and the first Cirque artist to leave the company for his own show—premiered his new show June 5. He’s adopted the title “Magical Dream,” and is parlaying his success in his home country of France into a Vegas headlining gig. If this sounds a little

like the path followed by one Alex Goude, it should. Goude, who made a valiant effort at Westgate with his Twisted Vegas parody production, is Mortimer’s director. That show in Sin City Theatre is the rare venue with two magicians—Murray Sawchuck hosts his afternoon show daily at 4 p.m., and even the Crazy Girls production invokes magic in the form of Tony “Bag of Donuts” Douglas.

Lastly, let’s hear it for Everybody, the soon-to-arrive show by Chicago’s Boy Band Review, opening June 24 at Sin City Theatre. This crew performs 5:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, and is a roll-out of such indefatigable boy bands as ‘NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block. The earlier start time effectively jams these guys between the two magic shows—and the idea is that fans who are at the hotel to see Britney or J-Lo could catch these guys first, grab a bite and hit Axis theater.

Or, just hang tight and wait for Mr. Mortimer. He can skip rope in thin air, for real (wink).

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Creativity in every corner The artistically boundless Small Space Fest crams into Emergency Arts for a night

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rtist Justin Lepper is standing in a former X-ray room inside Emergency Arts, once a medical center, discussing his visual, immersive sound-based experience involving a 3D hologram and four LED panels playing Mario Kart while head-trauma MRIs glow from a wall-mounted light board.

Tentatively titled “The Pharmacy,” the work based on fun while also referencing consequences is one of hundreds featured at the Small Space Fest, a well-curated, genrebending, multi-media art event set to occupy nook and crannies of the two-story Emergency Arts for one evening, June 20. “I really love interactive art,” Lepper says. “I want there to be activity.”

With artist Brent Holmes asking Hellenistic-era philosophical questions to visitors next door and offering response-based vegan spreads, that stretch of hallway will be highly active. But with more than 75 visual

and performing artists, the rest of the building should be moving, too. “Performers are going to be in bathrooms, freight elevators and closets,” says co-organizer Elizabeth Colon Nelson, who’s presenting the event with Heidi Rider and Adriana Chavez, all founders of the Weft in the Weave collective. “A lot of performers will be in elevators.”

Artist Jim White, whose exhibit, Palimpsest, is on exhibit at Satellite Contemporary on the first floor, is deconstructing, and then reconstructing, stuffed animals for his hanging soft sculptures. Emily Wilson’s photographs of hotels purchased by the Downtown Project share an area featuring D.K. Sole’s work using white towels (a Vegas hotel-room staple). Photographs of the grounds of mental institutions by Rhode Island artist Jodie Mim Goodnough will hang in the wide stairwell taking visitors to the second floor, leading to a hallway where works by Las Vegas artist Cristina Paulos address mental ill-

ness care systems.

The space dictates the work, Nelson says, explaining that in selecting participants, “We didn’t ask artists to present their works, but to present themselves. We wanted them to tell us about themselves, what they’re currently working on and work they’ve done, but to not submit a specific piece.”

One artist made surreal marionettes. Community-made smaller artworks from a First Friday activity will be dispersed throughout the rooms, and Las Vegans Nova May and Joel Spencer will take over drawers in the Emergency Arts’ zine library. And among all the visual works, opera singers, dancers and actors will be the stern and tyrannical school marm Miss Margarida, delivering moments of “Ouch” and “Hell yeah.”

Small Space Fest June 20, 6 p.m.-1:30 a.m., $20 suggested donation. Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., smallspacefest.com.

Applicants must audition in dance-wear, GoGo attire or swimwear.

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MGM Grand (Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club) Greg Morton, Mike Vecchione 6/16-6/19. 702-891-7777.

Orleans (Showroom) Steven Wright 6/17-6/18, 8 pm, $44-$65. 702-284-7777.

Triple George Grill (Sidebar) Tyler & Randall 6/16, 10:30 pm, free. 201 N. 3rd St., 702-384-2761.

South Point (Showroom) Christopher Titus 6/176/19, 7:30 pm, $18-$28. 702-796-7111.

Tropicana (The Laugh Factory) John Caponera, Denny Johnston, Steve Flye 6/16-6/19, 8:30 & 10:30 pm, $35-$55. 702-739-2222.

Performing Arts Baobab Stage Theatre Joan Collaso in “A Tribute to Nancy Wilson and Shirley Horn” 6/17-6/18, 7 pm, $40. 6587 Las Vegas Blvd. S., baobabstage.com.

Historic Fifth Street School DjangoVegas! 6/18, 5 pm, $15-$20. 401 S. 4th St., 702-229-3515.

Onyx Theatre A Few Good Men 6/17-6/18, 8 pm; 6/19, 5 pm, $20. 953 E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225.

Smith Center (Reynolds Hall) Cabaret 6/16-6/19, 7:30 pm; 6/18-6/19, 2 pm, $29-$129. 702-749-2000.

South Point (Showroom) Heather’s Dance Life

Live Music THe Strip & Nearby Brooklyn Bowl Drake vs Kanye Tribute 6/17, 9:30 pm, $15. Dru Hill 6/18, 9 pm, $35-$50.

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic 6/22, 8 pm, $25-$35. Linq, 702-862-2695.

6/21-6/22, 6 pm, $9-$14. 702-796-7111.

Killer 6/17. Dan Fester 6/18. Shows 10 pm, free.

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Boulder Station (The Railhead) Boulder Blues ft.

Stoney’s Rockin’ Country Chasin’ Crazy 6/17, 10 pm, $10. Stewart Harris, Jim McBride 6/18, 7 pm, $15. 6611 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-435-2855.

Vinyl Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth 6/19, 9 pm, $25-$49.

Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5000.

6/24-6/25, 8 pm, $55-$250. Steely Dan, Steve Winwood 6/19, 7:30 pm, $60-$225. Caesars Palace, 702-731-7333.

The Cosmopolitan (Chelsea) Alison Wonderland,

House of Blues Plan B 6/16, 7:30 pm, $35-$45. Lady Reiko, Sin City Prophets 6/18, 7:30 pm, $15. (hed) P.E., The Veer Union, diM, Bipolar, N.E. Last Words 6/22, 8 pm, $12. Mandalay Bay, 702-632-7600.

The Joint Excision, Datsik, Snails, Delta Heavy, Boombox Cartel, Teddy Killerz 6/16, 8:30 pm, $30-$95. Hard Rock Hotel, 702-693-5222.

Mandalay Bay (Beach) Phillip Phillips, Matt Nathanson, Eric Hutchinson 6/18, 8 pm, $41.

702-632-7777.

Planet Hollywood (Axis) Britney Spears 6/17-6/18, 6/22, 9 pm, $57-$259. 702-777-2782.

The Sayers Club Wildlife, Splitbreed, Loud N

Freakshow Wrestling 6/18, 8 pm, $20. Fremont

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Backstage Bar & Billiards Marianas Chamorro Concert 6/17, 6 pm, $30-$35. Onix, Rata Blanca,

Daikaiju, Marked for Death 6/22, 9 pm. 4110 S.

La Calavera, Amargo, Dr. Hizteria, DJ Joseph

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Doorbum, Fredward, Prolific 6/20, 8 pm, $12-$14.

pm, $28. SLS, 702-761-7617.

Special Events

Guns 6/18, 9 pm, $15-$18. 6750 W. Sahara, 702-

Existence, Brutal Resistance 6/19, 8 pm, $6.

6/18, 9 pm, $5-$10. Big Business, Andy the

Killa, Isaac Lee 6/16, 7 pm, $25. Kansas 6/17, 7:30

Kiss & Friends, Leona X 6/17, 10 pm, free. LA

Vile Child 6/18, 9 pm, $7. Hoods, Presagers, Cold

6/16, 9 pm, $30-$35. 702-698-7000.

The Foundry Borgore, Louis the Child, Manila

Count’s Vamp’d Burn Unit, U2LV 6/16, 8 pm, free.

Downtown

Valentino Khan, Vincent, Mija, Stooki Sound

601 E. Fremont St., 702-382-2227.

Beauty Bar 2Pac Tribute 6/17, 9 pm, $5. 517 Fremont St., 702-598-3757.

Bunkhouse Saloon We Were Promised Jetpacks,

Fashion Show Mall After Romeo 6/18, 2 pm, free. 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-369-8382.

The Golden Tiki Franks & Deans, Professor Rex Dart 6/17, 9 pm, free. 3939 Spring Mountain Road, 702-222-3196.

OMD Theatre Team Talent Pound Performance

Close to Modern 6/16, 9 pm, $10-$12. Prayers

6/16, 10 pm, $10. The Animal in Me, Set to Stun 6/17,

6/18, noon, $10-$15. 124 S. 11th St., 702-854-1414.

8 pm, $10. InAeona, Immortal Bird 6/20, 8 pm, $10.

Golden Nugget (Gordie Brown Showroom) Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 6/17, 8 pm, $32$141. 866-946-5336.

Hard Hat Lounge Mizz Absurd 6/17, 10 pm. Tim Shopp, CIK & more 6/18-6/19, 11 am-8 pm. Shows free. 1675 Industrial Road, 702-384-8987.

LVCS Dej Loaf, Cassidy 6/18, 9 pm, $42-$50.

8 pm; 6/19, 2 pm, $10-$15. 10 W. Pacific Ave.

Carolyn Wonderland 6/16, 6 pm, $5. 702-432-7777.

Dive Bar Cognitive, Resistance, Anger as Art,

The Colosseum Mariah Carey 6/17-6/18, 6/21,

Theatre in the Valley Weekend Comedy 6/17-6/18,

Aggression, Drown a Deity, Harborage 6/23, 8 pm, $10. 953 E. Sahara Ave., #B-30, 702-742-4171.

Primm Valley Resort & Casino Smokey Robinson 6/18, 8 pm, $32-$60. 31900 Las Vegas Blvd. S., 702-386-7867.

The Sand Dollar Lounge Ronnie Foster Trio 6/16, 6/23. The Slight Return 6/17. John Zito Band

Country Club, 702-382-6601.

Glow Worm 5K Fun Run 6/18, 8 pm, $40. Equestrian Park South, 1200 Equestrian Drive, active.com.

Juneteenth Festival 6/19, 6 pm, free. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza, 720 Twin Lakes Drive, june19lv.com.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: Circus Xtreme 6/16-6/19, times vary, $20-$50. Thomas & Mack Center, unlvtickets.com.

Small Space Fest 6/20, 6 pm, free. Emergency Arts, 520 Fremont St., weftintheweave.com.

Vegas Fringe Festival Thru 6/19, times vary, $10-$12.

Las Vegas Little Theatre, 3920 Schiff Drive, LVLT.org.

WWE Money in the Bank 6/19, 4:30 pm, $25-$475.

T-Mobile Arena.

Galleries Jana’s RedRoom “Fortifying Authentic Beauty” 6/17, 6 pm, free. Arts Factory #135, 702-454-3709.

Nevada Humanities Program Gallery Intersections: Art, Design and the Neon Museum Thru 7/28. 1017 S. 1st St. #190, 702-800-4670.

Conflict, Grand Collapse, Infested, The

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Wreckless, Infirmaties 6/20, 8 pm, $12-$15. 425

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50 Year Retrospective Thru 8/6. 9600 W. Sahara

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