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UFC Hall of Famer

Randy Couture helps veterans with the Ride For Our Troops motorcycle and poker run. 24 COVER STORY

Las Vegas hospitality workers take care of everyone, and that can take a toll on mental health. 36 MUSIC

Lady Faith talks female representation on the EDC lineup, and country singer-songwriter Lee Brice finds inspiration at home.

MENTAL HEALTH & HOSPITALITY

Fig Jam Fest showcases local music, Hemlock returns and Human Nature entertains fans old and new this week.

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DRINK

SUMMER CAMPS

Discovery Children’s Museum keeps the kids busy while they’re out of school, along with our roundup of summer camps. (Courtesy)

Singer Ané Marshall of The Shirelles spotlights female performers’ place in a man’s world at the Smith Center.

Lindo Michoacán comes full circle with a new restaurant at Palace Station. 48 SPORTS

Jonathan Marchessault’s future looms as the focus of the Golden Knights’ offseason.

Models Guillermo Garcia and Kira Vozzola

Photograph by Wade Vandervort

SUPERGUIDE

THURSDAY MAY 16

DEAD & COMPANY

Thru 5/18, 7:30 p.m., Sphere, ticketmaster.com.

PEARL JAM

7:30 p.m., & 5/18, MGM Grand Garden Arena, ticketmaster. com

SANTANA

7 p.m., & 5/18-5/19, 5/22, House of Blues, concerts.livenation. com

THE FOURMERS 6:30 p.m., South Point Showroom, ticketmaster. com

LAUNDER

With Orange Eats Creeps, Diiphen, 8 p.m., the Gri n, dice.fm

COME FROM AWAY Thru 5/19, 7:30 p.m. (& 5/18-5/19, 2 p.m.), Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com

BASSCON POOL PARTY

With Adrenalize, Atmozfears, Clawz, more, noon, Citrus Grand Pool Deck, seetickets.us

DIPLO

With Disco Lines, noon, Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com

ABOVE & BEYOND 11 a.m., Wet Republic, taogroup.com

BASSRUSH MASSIVE

With Ghengar, Hedex, Level Up, more, 8 p.m., Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, bassrush.front gatetickets.com

DREAMSTATE

With Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Infected Mushroom, Blastoyz, more, 10 p.m., the A-Lot & the Portal at Area15, area15.com

ILLENIUM

10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zouk grouplv.com

LILLY PALMER & NICO MORENO 9 p.m., Nine Twenty Warehouse, factory93. frontgatetickets.com

RÜFÜS DU SOL 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com

ONE N ONLY KICK-OFF PARTY

With Sleepy Wizards, Naked Civilian, Theta Burn, more, 10 p.m., Discopussy, onenonlyedm.com

LOST IN DREAMS NIGHT SWIM

With Adventure Club, Fairlane, more, 9 p.m., Daylight Beach Club, daylightvegas.com

EXCISION & ARMNHMR

With Armnhmr, 10:30 p.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com

STEVE AOKI

With 4B, Chyl, Cheyenne Giles, 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com

ARMIN VAN BUUREN 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com

ADAM BEYER & NICOLE MOUDABER 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com

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FRIDAY MAY 17

SHANIA TWAIN

8 p.m., & 5/18, Bakkt Theater, ticketmaster.com.

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MELANIE MARTINEZ

With Men I Trust, Beach Bunny, 7 p.m., MGM Grand Garden Arena, axs.com

LEE BRICE

With Payton Smith, 8 p.m., Theater at Virgin, axs.com

PHOENIX

With Beastie Vee, 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketmaster.com

RUSSELL DICKERSON

8 p.m., Sandbar at Red Rock Resort, ticketmaster.com

ADELE

8 p.m., & 5/18, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com

MAROON 5

8 p.m., & 5/18, 5/22, Dolby Live, ticketmaster.com

ELLE KING

8 p.m., & 5/18, Westgate International Theater, ticketmaster.com

THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Thru 5/19, 7:30 p.m., South Point Showroom, ticketmaster.com

FIG JAM FEST

DAVID PERRICO POP STRINGS ORCHESTRA 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com

DREW GREEN 10 p.m., Stoney’s Rockin’ Country, tixr.com

DAVID SPADE & NIKKI GLASER

8:30 p.m., & 5/18, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com

VEGAS CITY OPERA: DON GIOVANNI

7 p.m., & 5/18, Charleston Heights Arts Center, vegascityopera.org

ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL Thru 5/19, 7 p.m., Las Vegas Motor Speedway, lasvegas. electricdaisycarnival.com

ZEDD 11 a.m., Wet Republic, taogroup.com

DJ SNAKE Noon, Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com

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

JAMES KENNEDY 10:30 p.m., LIV Nightclub, livnightclub.com

What’s sweeter than a mini music festival? A local one. Las Vegas singer-songwriter Rhaina Yasmin (check out her moody ’90s-esque single “Stars”) has teamed with Katie Taylor of Maybe Katie and Taverna Costera to bring us Fig Jam Fest, a 21-and-up showcase spotlighting a heap of great musicians in the scene. The live music event, which makes use of Taverna Costera’s vibey rooftop space, debuts with a solid bill of indie rock and folk darlings, including Sonia Barcelona, Michael Ritcher, Audrey Brazelle, Chris Mendoza and Rachel & Bekah. Yasmin and Taylor also will join their musical peers in a set or two, making this a homegrown celebration locals shouldn’t miss. 5:30 p.m., $10-$15, Taverna Costera, posh. vip. –Amber Sampson

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SUPERGUIDE

SATURDAY MAY 18

HEMLOCK

YURI

KANE BROWN

With Tyler Hubbard, Parmalee, 7 p.m., T-Mobile Arena, axs.com.

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

LP GIOBBI: DEAD HOUSE 11 p.m., Brooklyn Bowl, ticketmaster.com

CHRISTINE EBERSOLE & BILLY STRITCH 5 & 8 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com

TROPHY EYES With Rarity, House & Home, 6 p.m., Eagle Aerie Hall, dice.fm

PUNK ROCK FACTORY

With Thomas Nicholas Band, 7 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, dice.fm

ABANDON

Thru 7/28, times vary, Vegas Theatre Company, theatre.vegas

VEGAS UNSTRIPPED 7 p.m., Palms, vegasunstripped.com

LAS VEGAS ACES VS. LOS ANGELES SPARKS Noon, Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com

LAS VEGAS LIGHTS VS. LOUISVILLE CITY FC 7:30, Cashman Field, lasvegaslightsfc.com

DANIEL TOSH 8 p.m., the Chelsea, ticketmaster.com

ERIC PRYDZ 11 a.m., Marquee Dayclub, taogroup.com

TIËSTO 11 a.m., Tao Beach Dayclub, taogroup.com

DAVID GUETTA 11 a.m., Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com

KASKADE 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightclub, zoukgrouplv.com

THE CHAINSMOKERS 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com

BUSTA RHYMES 10:30 p.m., LIV Nightclub, livnightclub.com

STEVE AOKI 10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com

DJ PAULY D 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com

When we last caught up with local metal legend Chad Smith of Hemlock, the bassist and vocalist forecasted the band would play 150 shows by the end of 2023. That’s the type of passion and ambition at work in this 30-yearold outfit. Hemlock is one of Las Vegas’ greatest indie success stories, as the group has managed to cut 12 albums and support everyone on tour from Ministry to Lamb of God without the help of a major label. And while Smith and his brother, drummer Brian, no longer live in Vegas, they rarely skip their hometown on tours. In that vein, Hemlock will return with a round of special guests at Fremont Country Club before heading to New Mexico. Let’s give the boys a warm welcome back. 8 p.m., $25, Fremont Country Club, backstagebarlv.com. –Amber Sampson

CALVIN HARRIS

11:30 a.m., LIV Beach, livnightclub.com

CRANKDAT

Noon, Ayu Dayclub, zoukgrouplv.com

SOULBELLY

ANNIVERSARY

ITALIAN BBQ FEAST

3 p.m., SoulBelly BBQ, eventbrite.com

ANÉ

3 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com

KHOREE

THE POET

7 p.m., Composers Room, thecomposersroom. com

MARSHMELLO

Noon, Encore Beach Club, wynnsocial.com. (AP Photo)

LOCAL NATIVES

Experience the harmonious melodies and electrifying beats of Los Angeles indie darlings Local Natives. Formed in 2005, this group’s distinctive indie-rock harmonies and electro-pop elements have captivated global audiences. Celebrating the release of their twin albums, Time Will Wait For No One and But I’ll Wait For You, the band embarks on an emotionally provoking tour that carries added significance as it marks the departure of founding member Kelcey Ayer, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who will grace the stage with Local Natives for the final time. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the original lineup in what may be their last performance together. 7 p.m., $28, House of Blues, concerts.livenation. com. –Gabriela Rodriguez

SIP & SAVOR WINE

7 p.m., Don’s Steakhouse, fontaine bleaulasvegas.com

MONDAYS DARK

8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com

With Honeyluv, Tobehonest, 11 a.m., Marquee Dayclub, taogroup.com

KASKADE & DEADMAU5 10:30 p.m., Zouk Nightzoukgrouplv.com

STEVE AOKI

10:30 p.m., Jewel Nightclub, taogroup.com

SUPERGUIDE

TUESDAY MAY 21 WEDNESDAY MAY 22

HUMAN NATURE

Australian harmony specialists Human Nature are coming up on their 15th anniversary as Las Vegas headliners, an astounding feat for any musical act. When they first landed on the Strip—ushered into town by none other than Smokey Robinson—they were a quartet of relatively unknown-in-the-U.S. singers looking to make their mark with Motown sounds. They’ve proven their talent and exceeded all expectations while starring on multiple local stages, and more recently have shifted into a trio and taken up a new residency at the South Point. The current Human Nature show comes full circle with a focus on those soulful classics that paved the way, but the boys are still satisfying longtime fans and impressing new ones every night. Thru 5/23, 6:30 p.m., $45, South Point Showroom, ticketmaster.com. –Brock Radke

KEITH THOMPSON’S PIANO PARTY

7 p.m., Composers Room, thecomposersroom.com.

CELTIC WOMAN

7:30 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter.com.

LAS VEGAS ACES VS. PHOENIX MERCURY

7 p.m., Michelob Ultra Arena, axs.com.

TAKING DOWN THE TRIADS 7 p.m., Mob Museum, themobmuseum.org.

TREY SONGZ

10 p.m., Drai’s Nightclub, draisgroup.com.

MARTIN GARRIX

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

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

8 p.m., & 5/25-5/26, 5/29, Resorts World Theatre, axs.com.

RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND

8:30 p.m., & 5/255/26, 5/29, Venetian Theatre, ticketmaster.com.

MICHAEL GRIMM 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.

VINTAGE CULTURE 10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.

STEVE BYRNE 9:30 p.m., & 5/23, Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, ticketmaster.com.

STILL FIGHTING

Local legend Randy Couture is always ready to Ride For Our Troops

WEEKLY Q&A

BY BROCK RADKE

Randy Couture was the fourth fighter to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, but if there was a hall of fame for those who fight for relief for U.S military veterans here in Las Vegas, he’d be inducted there as well. The actor and activist and former mixed martial artist and wrestler has long been a Las Vegas resident and created the Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation to assist our nation’s combat veterans and their families in the struggle to heal and handle financial burdens as they return to civilian life.

The foundation’s annual fundraising Ride For Our Troops poker run returns this month to boost Couture’s mission, and he took some time to chat with the Weekly about what he’s been up to and why this fun event is essential.

How long have you been living in Las Vegas?

It’s been 18 years. My first trip was in 1985. I was in the Army and I came to wrestle in a national open tournament at the old Showboat hotel; we called it Menopause Manor because all the bluehairs were there. They had that 100-lane bowling alley and it was a crazy place back in the day. I’ve been coming here ever since then, at least once a year, and then in 2005 I was going through a divorce and I needed to clear the decks and get out of Oregon and let the dust settle. I was in the middle of my fighting career and we just finished filming the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, and it made a lot of sense to move to Vegas.

How are things at your local gym, Xtreme Couture MMA?

It’s doing great. My son Ryan was fighting and decided to retire and wanted to get his family started, so I signed the gym over to him and he’s been running it since 2020. Of course, three weeks later we had to chain up the doors for COVID, but he pivoted well, started doing a lot of online training for the members and we got through all that. All the coaches and staff have done a great job building a new fight culture.

So what’s your focus these days?

What’s taking up your time?

Since I retired in 2011 I’ve been chasing acting jobs, and we filmed The Expendables 4 in 2021. I’ve been commentating for Professional Fighters League and it just started its seventh season, and the company is getting tons of traction right now. That’s been a blast. And really, it’s been the charity stuff. I started the foundation 16 years ago, and I’ve been doing a lot [on the board] with Merging Vets & Players, which just had its second annual gala in Dallas and they asked me to emcee that event, which was really fun.

You’re a U.S. Army veteran yourself, and you’ve learned a lot about veterans’ needs through your foundation. What have you learned that you really want the public to understand about how we can better serve our veterans in this country?

We speak a very particular language as veterans. We go through an indoctrination and learn the slang and the lingo of being a warrior, a soldier, and we take that oath to defend and protect the constitution of this country from enemies foreign and domestic. It’s not a switch you turn off once you’re out of uniform. That’s a real transition, especially since 9/11 and the war on terror, and there have been so many men and women since then that unfortunately, Uncle Sam can’t or won’t keep up with. That means it’s up to us, the veteran community, to step up and link arms and try to help in as many ways as possible.

In 2007 I went to Walter Reed [National Military Medical Center] and visited the Fisher House that basically takes care of the caregivers, the wives and husbands and dads whose loved ones are going through surgeries and getting repaired after being wounded in combat, and it was their remarkable attitudes that really stuck out to me. All the financial problems they were having, moms who lost their jobs while their sons or daughters were learning to walk again, and that was the impetus for me to [create the foundation] and try to raise funds and awareness, and our mission was to put money in the hands of these people that really need the help.

RIDE FOR OUR TROOPS

May 18, 9:30 a.m., Red Rock Harley-Davidson & Las Vegas Harley-Davidson, gifounda tion.square.site or xcgif.org.

And your annual Ride For Our Troops motorcycle and poker run is back to do just that.

This is the 16th year and it’s become one of our funnest and biggest events annually. Last year we had well over 400 bikes show up, and we have three other rides in Seattle, the Quad Cities and Cocoa Beach, Florida. It’s been fun to grow this brand, raise that awareness and really gratifying for those who come out and volunteer. We’re really a smalltown organization, all these people have worked at the gym or are friends and family who just want to get involved in the mission.

I think the last few years of the ride have been really big because everybody was locked up for COVID and we finally got to ride and people just turned out. I expect it will be big again this year in Las Vegas, and [local band] RadioXx have stepped up to participate, they’re going to be performing [at 3 p.m.]. A lot of folks who don’t ride are going to show up for that last stop just to be part of the event.

Ride for our Troops 2021 (Courtesy/Natural Couture/DarrellCraigHarris.com)

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HAPPY CAMPERS

With the last day of school for the Clark County School District set for May 20, summer is literally around the corner. How to stay active and keep learning? The Weekly offers a comprehensive guide to summer camps and fun things for kids and teens to stay stimulated over the next few months.

ATHLETICS

Rock climbing camps at Red Rock Climbing Center The Las Vegas Valley has some of the best rock climbing faces in the West, and this indoor climbing gym’s weekday camp gets kids excited about scaling them while teaching them the skills they’ll need to stay safe. Camp activities include climbing, knot tying, technique refinement and the always-fun rope swing. Ages 5-15, weekdays June 3-Aug. 4, $45 per day, redrockclimbingcenter.com

Your comprehensive list of summer camps and activities in Southern Nevada

Summerlin Sports & Games Camp

Ages 6-12, June 3-7 & 17-21, July 8-12 & 22-26, $275, summer link.com/recreation/camps.

Youth

Adventure Days at Lee Canyon

Ages 7-12, Fridays, $49, leecanyonlv.com/ youth-adven ture-days

Mermaid School at the Silverton Aquarium

Ages 7-12, select Fridays and Saturdays, $175, silvertoncasino. com/event/mer maid-school-kids.

GENERAL

Boys and Girls Club

Ages 6-12, weekdays

May 20-Aug. 8, $35 annual membership plus $80-$100 per week, bgcsnv.org/services/ summer-programs

City of Henderson Battle Born Kids and Teen Rec Connections

Grades K-5 and ages 11-14, weekdays May 21Aug. 9, $118 per week, cityo enderson.com.

YMCA

Ages 3-15, weekdays

May 28-Aug. 9, prices vary depending on the camp, lasvegasymca. org/sum mer-camp

The Learning Outpost

Ages 5-12, weekdays

June 3-June 28 and July 8-26, $250 per week, thelearningoutpost.com/summer

City of Las Vegas

Ages 3-15, weekdays

May 21-Aug. 9 (excluding national holidays), $100-150 per week with $10 per week supplies and transportation fee for Kids Camp and Teen Camp, lasvegasne vada.gov

Summerlin Summer

Fun Camp Ages 6-12, May 28-31, June 10-14 & 24-28, July 15-19 & July 29-Aug. 2, $275 per week, summerlink.com/ recreation/camps.

City of North Las Vegas

Grades K-5, weekdays May 28-Aug. 2, $25 registration fee plus $25 per day, 702-633-2550

UNLV Young Rebels

Young Rebels allows parents to access youth programming o ered by multiple colleges throughout UNLV. These programs spark critical thinking, foster friendships and build college readiness. Participants can learn to build robots, get a glimpse at navigating the nursing world, cook a gourmet meal and more. For elementary, middle and high schoolers, dates vary, free-$800, youngrebels. unlv.edu

Camp Pride Tree

This inclusive LGBTQ summer camp involves overnight stays at Camp Lee Canyon at Mount Charleston. Campers participate in game shows, art, nature, ice cream making, fashion shows, dance parties, board games and sports. Camp Pride Tree has full and partial scholarships available. The camp also o ers a counselor-in-training program for teens age 17. Ages 10-16, June 27July 1, $400, thepride treelv.com

Youth Adventure Days at Lee Canyon

UNLV Young Rebels

UNLV Young Rebels

Mermaid School at the Silverton Aquarium

Camp Pride Tree

Girls Rock Vegas

ARTS

Bash & Design Summer

Art Camp Ages 5 and up, weekdays May 28-Aug. 16, $80$576, bashanddesign.com

City of Las Vegas

Performing & Visual Art

Summer Camp for Kids

Ages 10-15, weekdays June 3-July 26, $400, lasvegasne vada.gov.

Rainbow Youth Company Theater

Summer Acting Camp

Ages 8-14, weekdays July 8-19, $299, lasvegasnevada. gov

Summerlin Drama Kids

Camp Ages 4-7, June 10-14, July 8-12, July 29-Aug. 2, $179 per week, summerlink. com/recreation/camps

Summerlin Kids Kitchen

Camp Ages 5-14, June 3-7, July 15-19 & 22-26, July 29-Aug. 2 & Aug. 5-9, $195 per week, summerlink.com/ recreation/camps

Girls Rock Vegas

For years, Girls Rock Vegas has been a force of empowerment for those who want to jam. The summer program gives gender expansive youths the chance to learn instrumental skills, form a band and write original songs from local musical professionals. Campers leave feeling inspired to find their own sound. Ages 9-17, June 24-28, $250, girlsrockvegas.org.

Vegas City Opera Music & Theater Camp

Calling all artistically inclined youths! Unleash your creativity, ignite your passion for performance and discover the magic of music and theater at the Vegas City Opera Music & Theater Camp. Expert instructors guide campers through vocal training, character development and solo performances, regardless of prior experience. Ages 8-16, weekdays June 17-28, $150, vegascityopera.org.

Vegas City Opera Music & Theater Camp

Discovery Children’s Museum

Discovery Children’s Museum

STEM

City of Las Vegas Becker Technology Center Summer Camps

Ages 6-14, June 3-14 & July 8-19, $290, lasve gasnevada.gov.

The Learning Outpost Minecraftinspired Week

Ages 5-12, July 8-12, $250, thelearningout post.com

The Learning Outpost STEM Explorers Camp

Ages 5-12, June 3-7, $250, thelearningoutpost.com.

Summerlin Bricks

4 Kidz Laser Tag Camp

Ages 6-11, weekdays May 28-Aug. 9, Aug. 2-9, $220-$275 per week, bricks4kidz.com.

Discovery Children’s Museum

Discovery Children’s Museum has an abundance of summer camps, and they aren’t just for tinkerers and tech-lovers. Kids can learn how to paint and code, study the stars, concoct crazy experiments as budding chemists, research robotics and many other activities over seven week-long camps. Ages 6-11 (varies by camp), weekdays June 3-28 & July 1-12, $325 per camp ($295 for museum members), discoverykidslv.org.

Discovery Children’s Museum

Camp Just One

FREE

Boys & Girls Club summer program for teens

With a club membership, teens play for free over the summer at 13 Boys & Girls Club locations across Southern Nevada. Activities include games, sports and fitness, art projects and teen nights. Ages 13-18, weekdays May 20-Aug. 8, $20 annual club membership required, bgcsnv.org/services/ summer-programs

Gear Up Aspire Scholars Program

This college pipeline collaboration between Nevada Department of Education, NSHE, CCSD and UNLV is for students who are interested in STEM or health sciences, and looking for support for their high school and early college careers. The program is free for any ninth grader and for 10th and 11th graders from Bonanza, Clark, Durango and Pahrump Valley high schools. Grades 9-11, June 9-15 for ninth and 10th grade camps, May 28June 27 for 11th grade camp, free for any ninth grader and for 10th and 11th graders from select Title I schools, youngrebels. unlv.edu.

Camp Just One

The Just One Project’s camps provide inclusive experiences for all attendees, regardless of their financial circumstances. The camps are chock full of volunteering, guest speakers and field trips to places like Allegiant Stadium or local college campuses. They’re divided into three weeks based on age group: June 10-14 for middle schoolers, June 17-21 for high schoolers interested in college prep, and June 25-28 for high schoolers as well. While the programming is free of charge, the nonprofit encourages a donation of $50 for the week-long camps. Grades 6-12, weekdays June 10-28, free (suggested donation), thejustone project.org.

Rebel STEM Explorers 3-5 Camp

This camp engages elementary school students with science and engineering activities, like learning about the power of the sun, exploring the ecosystem, measuring climate change effects and using engineering to develop solutions to everyday problems. Grades 3-5, June 10-14, free, youngrebels.unlv.edu.

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Las Vegas is looking to take better care of its hospitality workers

BY BROCK RADKE

as Vegas may seem like a magical place to the 41 million people that visit each year, but most of us understand that it’s great people who make that magic happen, every day and night, around the clock, 52 weeks each year.

Whether they’re pouring drinks in a fancy casino cocktail lounge or in a friendly sports bar, the bartender is as crucial to this magical mission as the Cirque du Soleil acrobat or the bright, shining headliner whose name is on the marquee. Las Vegas is in the experience business and it takes more than a village. Cooking food, cleaning hotel rooms, singing songs, checking in guests, prepping stages, dealing cards … skills and knowledge are always involved, and the mindset and attitude of a true team player is required. Team Vegas is deep. We’re all in this together, ultimately, but like any profession, it doesn’t always feel that way.

Las Vegas typically tops any poll surveying the best places to build a career in hospitality. The industry o ers seemingly in nite options, there remains great opportunity for experienced workers to attain above-average earnings, and the local cost of living is still lower than competing cities. And workers and their powerful unions continue to ght hard for new contracts with wage increases, reduced workloads, job safety protections and more for hundreds of thousands of hospitality workers.

The COVID pandemic forced the American public to become more aware of the plight of essential

workers, and in Southern Nevada especially, it became even more clear that hospitality professionals are as essential as it gets. Las Vegas relearned that it needs to take greater care of those who care for our visitors, and conversations about work-life balance, mental health and growing support services and resources have blossomed as they have in other industries across the country.

“Jobs that are demanding and require a lot of attention and focus like in hospitality, where it’s high-energy and intense, can be validating on one hand, but physically and mentally exhausting as well,” says Shane Kraus, psychology professor and director of the UNLV Behavioral Addictions Lab.

“It’s tough in many ways because it’s customer-focused, outward facing, and you’re not supposed to truly express how you really feel. It’s easy to bottle things up.

“These shifts are hard. The work is hard. I think we don’t really understand how much goes into hospitality, on the Strip or o the Strip. We love that Vegas is this great destination and people come here and expect great hospitality, but there’s a lot we have to do. It comes with risk.”

The Behavioral Addictions Lab researches substance use disorders and problem gambling among other psychopathology issues, and Kraus is also a clinical psychologist who treats several patients working in hospitality in Las Vegas. He con rms there isn’t an abundance of research dealing speci cally with hospitality jobs and their potential impact on

We love that Vegas is this great destination and people come here and expect great hospitality, but there’s a lot we have to do. It comes with risk.”

Shane Kraus, director of the UNLV Behavioral Addictions Lab

mental health. UNLV’s International Gaming Institute has conducted extensive studies on other industry topics and is currently researching problem gambling treatment and evaluation, among other projects. Kraus notes that hospitality workers have a higher frequency of problem gambling, though there hasn’t been much research on that either.

The potential challenges of working in Vegas hospitality appear obvious: Shifts are long and often stretch into the early morning hours, leading to erratic personal schedules; many positions bring constant exposure to alcohol and other drugs; and the nature of the work—to provide stellar service with a smile, to attend to customers’ varied needs and wants—is inherently stressful. Don’t forget that working for a huge casino company with thousands of employees can make it di cult to connect with co-workers, on top of living in a fast-growing Metropolitan area that’s still categorized as transient and often criticized for lacking the feel of true community.

“If you’re taking a position in the Las Vegas service industry, especially on the casino side, you are deciding on a lifestyle and not necessarily just a job,” says Ronn Nicolli, a respected veteran of the Strip’s nightlife scene who now serves as chief marketing o cer at Resorts World Las Vegas. “With [some jobs], it becomes part of your identity. You essentially become engrained in the place you work and you can’t turn it o .

“I’m on my phone 24/7 and when I’m back home in my 9 to 5 town, friends see me constantly going through messages and it’s a foreign thing. But if you’re sitting at a table with other industry professionals in Las Vegas, it’s commonplace that in-between a casual conversation, everyone is checking their phone.”

Hospitality is not unique in this phenomenon, where the work goes

home with the worker and the lines between career and lifestyle are blurred. Nicolli, who moved to Las Vegas from a small Ohio town and made his name at Wynn Las Vegas (“It’s like the Harvard of hospitality,” he says) confirms that in many branches of the industry, expectations of excellence saturate most companies, top to bottom. “You have to be on 24/7. You’re there to provide those experiences, on the frontline representing Las Vegas. That probably comes with some mental fatigue, at least, at some point, to maintain that high level.”

Brian Howard is a James Beard Award-nominated chef who came from Michigan and cut his teeth working under many of the Strip’s biggest star chefs for 20 years. He says the restaurant industry culture in which his formative years were spent has changed, for the most part, into a better version of itself. Howard and his management team instill some of the progressive principles they’ve learned through the years at his company

Spaghetti On The Wall’s restaurants, Sparrow & Wolf and Half Bird.

“I don’t regret a day of my training, and I never look back and say that was a hard environment or ‘woe is me,’ because I needed that ass-kicking in my life,” he says. “But it’s also changed the way I look at operations. We’re

foundation’s March event at Makers & Finders in Henderson.

(Courtesy/Ivan Carillo)

all human and you do have to treat everyone differently. It just comes with growth. We build our culture for a reason and we believe in it, and it starts with putting people first.”

Howard says he personally has struggled with mental health issues, including recently when the first location of Half Bird closed. “I lost a lot of money and I was afraid we might lose everything, and I put myself in a place that led to a dark spot, but coming out of that I realized we were much stronger,” he says.

While Sparrow & Wolf is one of the most acclaimed restaurants in the Valley, Howard’s team has seen some real struggles—two workers have been lost to suicide in the restaurant’s eight years.

“It’s been really tough at times, knowing you just didn’t know what was going on, or that there might have been an opportunity to help more,” Howard says. “Within our group, we try to ensure that people understand we’re a home, and in this house we communicate whether it’s good or bad. Raise your hand and talk about it, or we can [talk] with privacy, but we want to know when one of us is struggling, and we have the resources now and the ability to help each other.”

Las Vegas hospitality jobs may also be coveted for quality employee

benefits, including mental health services, treatment and resources. But knowing what your insurance covers and what you have access to is not the same thing as working in an environment that advocates for this important, but still somewhat stigmatized, heath care.

“Companies need to incentivize it,” says Kraus. “I would try to have a summit. Get the top businesses in hospitality to come together and figure out what they’re doing with employee assistance programs, what are the resources. There are ways to do this. We need to have a united front.”

Nicolli says the industry is changing, but “it’s not as front-facing as it should be. The younger generation, I think, seems to share and care a little more in that space, and they are more likely to have those conversations and seek out guidance and help,” he says. “My generation, I think, falls into a transitioning [space] where maybe we don’t know if it’s as acceptable. People still feel like dealing with stress and regular mental struggles openly, it might be identified as weakness, and it’s not. We need to have more consideration if we want people to seek help.”

Howard recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Love Yourself Foundation at a coffee shop in Henderson, a conversation specifically focused on mental health needs in Las Vegas hospitality and entertainment. The local nonprofit organization was founded in 2018 to organize events, provide information and offer workshops dealing with wellness and healing, using art and music as ways to connect.

“Because the big cornerstones from the beginning were art and music, that ended up naturally becoming the people we were supporting, those in the hospitality community,” says founder and director Monica Garcia, a Las Vegas resident since the age of

From left: Gary LaMorte of Honest Hospitality, Brian Howard of Sparrow & Wolf, Josh Molina of Makers & Finders, Monica Garcia of the Love Yourself Foundation and Jason Bornstein of the J Born Group at the

People still feel like dealing with stress and regular mental struggles openly, it might be identi ed as weakness, and it’s not. We need to have more consideration if we want people to seek help.”

Ronn Nicolli, chief marketing o cer at Resorts World Las Vegas

2. “In 2020 I was volunteering at my friend’s organic farm during COVID, and … that’s how I was introduced to Gary LaMorte, the director of Honest Hospitality, when he came to the farm. He was looking to get more support for his sta in terms of wellness and mental health, and he became our rst formal donor and had us visit with his sta three times since.”

The Love Yourself Foundation has facilitated di erent wellness workshops for the Honest sta and a few other local businesses, and the Henderson event was a fundraiser for its new project, the I Am Love Program, designed as a two-year pilot program o ering mental and emotional support to local entertainment and hospitality workers. Garcia says her foundation is hoping to raise $250,000 to set up a telehealth system that contracts di erent mental health professionals to provide convenient counseling and coaching services free of cost. Anyone interested in supporting the project can donate via PayPal and nd more information at thelyfoundation.org

“It’s been a very grassroots and organic way of us realizing these demographics really need this support, learning from di erent business owners and seeing on the ground level how people in these populations are quite underserved and how they receive help,” she says. “Maybe they’re a gig worker and they don’t have insurance, or maybe they make too much money to have insurance but not enough to get support.”

Kraus says he has come across patients who are working two or three di erent hospitality jobs in order to make ends meet, employed full-time

but not for a single employer so they don’t have access to standard bene ts, health insurance and mental health treatment or medication.

Finding those Vegas-speci c pockets of need and making sure people who are struggling don’t slip through the cracks is going to require a comprehensive e ort, and between upstart local organizations like the Love Yourself Foundation, thoughtful small business owners and the big hospitality corporations, it seems this important conversation is moving forward.

cracks is going to require a comprehen-

“As [Las Vegas] continues to stand out in the global competition for travelers, we need everyone to play their role and represent the city well, and we can’t do that if we’re dealing with depression and mental illness. We need to call attention to that and provide platforms to get help,” Nicolli says.

Howard and his team are implementing seemingly small adjustments— de-emphasizing alcohol by eliminating the traditional “shift drinks” for employees after work, mandating three-day weekends once a month for management, quarterly outings to volunteer together as a sta —and hoping they add up to a positive, supportive and responsive new culture.

ers, we need everyone to play their role and represent the city well, and we can’t our group while it’s been pretty tough to

“Things like this cost us more but they’re so much more rewarding, and we haven’t had a lot of turnover within our group while it’s been pretty tough to hire in the last couple of years,” he says. “A lot of people just want to be heard, to know that somebody cares. We’ve got to be bigger.”

(Courtesy/Mondays Dark/Denise Truscello)

The Entertainment Community Fund has gone through significant change in the last five years, persisting in its mission to build a strong safety net for performing arts and entertainment industry workers through existential threats like the COVID pandemic and the Hollywood writers and artist strikes. The 142-year-old charitable organization changed its name from The Actors Fund in 2022, developed a new affordable housing project in Hollywood, and voted Annette Bening as the new chair of the board last year.

The organization’s history and focus on the specific needs of its community has yielded impressive results for a long time—which sounds exactly like the kind of resource that could benefit the Las Vegas entertainment industry. The most exciting part is that it already has.

In April 2020, the local charity event Mondays Dark livestreamed a telethon featuring performances from dozens of Las Vegas entertainers in order to raise money for local industry workers who were suddenly out of work. The one-night event raised $122,000 that was distributed to Las Vegans through ECF, then still known as The Actors Fund. But many more locals became aware of ECF because of that event, and they applied for the organization’s standard emergency assistance grants. “That $122,000 turned into $1.2 million distributed in Vegas from the Entertainment Community Fund, and we were really grateful that those people who needed us got it,” says Keith McNutt, executive director of the Western region.

Our friend Mark Shunock, co-founder of Mondays Dark and proprietor of its headquarters, the Space, has continued to strengthen the Vegas connections to ECF and is hoping to

create more local space for its services and resources. I call him “our friend” quite literally; through his charitable efforts and high-profile sports event hosting gigs for the Vegas Golden Knights, Las Vegas Raiders and Top Rank Boxing, Shunock has transcended local entertainer status and become an energetic and positive leader in the community. (He’s a close resource and actual friend of mine as well. I’ve volunteered for Mondays Dark for years and we once produced a fun Vegas podcast together for this very magazine.)

“The Entertainment Community Fund having a presence in Las Vegas is something that’s needed, and our community deserves to have access to the kind of services and programming they provide,” Shunock says. “I’m honored to be able to help usher in that opportunity.”

The ECF’s recent expansion has been defined by its ability to make its extensive resources available online during the pandemic, McNutt says.

“We had to shift our whole model and rethink how we do it,” he says. “Our offices are in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, and all our support services and training groups happen there, then pretty much overnight we had to transition everything we do online.”

ECF has always specialized in emergency financial assistance and crisis intervention for professional members of the entertainment community across the country, so the necessity of shifting those services to the virtual space was a “blessing,” McNutt explains, because it made the process more efficient and available.

“We have a new online portal where people can sign into their account and explore whatever programs they want, and it’s much easier to access those services. Every support group and educational training program is now online.”

Before the pandemic, ECF was pro-

viding between $50,000 and $75,000 in grants weekly to workers across the country for help with rent, utilities, medical bills and other essential financial needs, he says, and “at the worst point in the pandemic, that went up to $500,000 or $600,000 a week.” During 2020, staff processed nearly $19 million in emergency grants to more than 15,000 people in need, nearly 10 times the amount of assistance provided in an average year.

Other services and programs include industry-specific workshops, career guidance and mental health-focused classes and support groups.

“We have a daily mindful meditation practice, and various support groups including affinity groups so a person can be with other people with like identity talking about what those common experiences have been and how to cope with things that might be different,” McNutt says.

As for the future, McNutt says the current hope is “to expand our presence in Vegas and Atlanta, and finding local partners to do that.” Both cities have obvious ties to the greater entertainment industry, and Las Vegas is taking steps toward developing film and television production infrastructure similar to what has grown in Atlanta in recent decades.

“It really is meaningful to have a pair of boots on the ground who knows the community. We have broad [programs] that can be helpful to everybody, but each local economy is a little different,” McNutt says. “Hospitality in Las Vegas is so tied in with the casinos and the nature of the entertainment workforce, so there is that need for specific services.” –Brock Radke

Mark Shunock hosting the 2020 telethon raising money for local entertainment workers in need during the pandemic. (Courtesy/Mondays Dark/ Denise Truscello)

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RULE THE NIGHT.

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“What I was doing, I was doing at the direction of and bene t of Mr. Trump.”

- Michael Cohen, former President Donald Trump’s fixer and lawyer, testifying May 13 at Trump’s hush money trial

BY THE NUMBERS

That’s how much money 50 jurisdictions, including Nevada, will get after a settlement with several wireless carriers, concluding state attorneys general investigations into “deceptive and misleading advertising,” according to a statement from Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s o ce.

Las Vegas Aces play host to the Los Angeles Sparks at noon on May 18.

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LAS VEGAS

Spaceport moves forward

Clark County Commissioners approved construction permits for the Las Vegas Executive Airport, a first step toward the development of the Las Vegas Spaceport.

Las Vegas Spaceport is envisioned to serve as a hub for “both commercial and private space tourism,” according to a news release from the company. The spaceport would offer civilian and flight acclimation training, hangar space for space vehicles and an academy equipped with advanced flight simulators.

EDUCATION

School District recommends closure of school after tropical storm

“We are thrilled with this week’s unanimous decision by the Clark County Commission. Additionally, we are especially grateful for the visionary leadership of the lieutenant governor’s office, Rosemary Vassiliadis at the Department of Aviation, commissioner Justin Jones and other important stakeholders, including the (Federal Aviation Administration),” said Robert Lauer, CEO of Las Vegas Spaceport. “While we understand this will be a very long process, the development of the Las Vegas Executive Airport marks a notable step forward in

realizing the dream of the Las Vegas Spaceport.”

According to the release, the spaceport will be located “in close proximity to renowned aerospace institutions like Area 51, the Nevada Test Range, Nellis Air Force Base and Creech Air Force Base.” Plans include a hotel, passenger terminal and rooftop observation deck and restaurant.

Groundbreaking for the Las Vegas Executive Airport is expected to commence in three months, according to the release. –Staff

Clark County School District is seeking to permanently close a Mount Charleston elementary school because of the extensive damage suffered during last year’s Tropical Storm Hilary.

Interim Superintendent Brenda Larsen-Mitchell notified families of Earl B. Lundy Elementary School students this month that district officials recommend closing the tiny campus in the mountain village of Old Town because of the expense of rebuilding the school after the August storm.

Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit the mainland United States in more than 80 years, was the remnant of a Category 4 hurricane that rolled over Mexico’s west coast and Baja California before dissipating as it approached Southern California. Hilary dumped rain on the urban and suburban areas around Las Vegas but slammed the mountains west of the city harder.

The closure recommendation will go before the school board in June.

NHL DRAFT

COMING

TO TOWN

Sphere will host the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft on June 28-29, marking the first time the event will be held in Las Vegas. It also marks the first time Sphere is hosting a televised event. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com

NEW MUSEUM DOWNTOWN

Construction is beginning on a site that will be the future home of the Evel Knievel Museum, according to a news release from developer Dapper Companies. The museum will showcase “a collection of authentic artifacts that belonged to the most legendary, death-defying daredevil of all time,” including the stunt man’s motorcycles. The site also will be home to the flagship retail location and primary roasting facility of Mothership Coffee Roasters, and a heavy metal-themed pizza parlor.

LAUNCHING A LOCAL MOVIE DISTRIBUTION ARM

The Beverly Theater has announced the launch of a theatrical distribution arm. Ink Films will provide theatrical distribution of “underrepresented” films, according to a statement from the nonprofit indie film house. All acquired movies will be screened at the theater.

A’S STADIUM SCORES A WIN

The Nevada Supreme Court on May 13 struck down a proposed ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide whether to repeal the public funding that lawmakers approved last year for a new stadium in Las Vegas. The ruling dealt a blow to those who saw a ballot question as an effective route to repeal parts of the bill that paved the way for the Oakland Athletics to move here.

UNLV TICKETED FOR MAUI

The men’s basketball team is part of field for the 2025 Maui Invitational, which will be held next November. Creighton, NC State, USC, Texas, Baylor, Oregon and Seton Hall were also announced as participants.

Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft takes a shot on the basketball court during a media preview for the new Silverado Ranch Community Center, the first community center to be built in Clark County in almost 10 years. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

REBEL FOR A CAUSE

BY AMBER SAMPSON

Some DJs just can’t get enough of the Electric Daisy Carnival. Case in point: Lady Faith, who will perform at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 12th time this weekend. “Someone last year called it the ultimate adult playground, and I agree,” Faith tells the Weekly Recognized as a hardstyle heavyweight in the U.S., Lady Faith has crushed expectations and sound barriers with her enormous sound, spiking heart rates with distorted mega hits like “Party.” The Persian DJ’s formative years were spent in two vastly different worlds, having been born in Iran and raised in America. But that culture clash is also how Lady Faith discovered her first female DJ, the UK’s Lisa Lashes.

“That’s when things really changed in my head. She showed me there was a whole new world,” Faith says. “She got invited to come to Los Angeles, and I was the person in the middle of the dance floor, not dancing, just standing there, staring at her with my mouth open.”

LADY FAITH AT EDC May 19,11:30 p.m., Wasteland Stage.

DJ Lady Faith talks about her Iranian upbringing, taking hardstyle to EDC and more

What was it about hardstyle that initially grabbed you?

It’s very fast. The hard house side of things, it’s very rebellious and in-your-face type of music, which I really liked. Then the hard trance side of it was beautiful melodies, and gave you all sorts of feelings. Put them together, and you have this really explosive, amazing combination.

I don’t really like mindless music. I really need it to speak to me, and for my brain to be able to process it.

How did your Persian culture and being born in Iran influence how you approach your music?

Being Persian, we’re all very musical. If someone starts clapping, everyone starts dancing. That kind of runs in our veins. I went to Iran a lot during my teenage years, and I was met with a lot of oppression over there. It made me more of a rebel. That kind of translates into my music. I try to speak about my experiences. I try to advocate for freedom and self-expression. All of the things I’ve witnessed

throughout my life, in one way or another, come through my music, from the track called “Queen Bitch of the Universe” to “We The People.”

This is your 12th time at EDC. Was hardstyle prominent at the festival when you first experienced it?

It’s grown so much since then. 2012 was the first year there was a hardstyle stage at EDC, and it was my very first EDC performance. When the opportunity came up, and they had me open for the biggest hardstyle DJ— who was Headhunterz at the time—it was a “wow” moment for me. The fact that EDC has

supported us so much, and every year, they’ve made sure they’ve had a Basscon Stage and that our sound has been able to be present in that massive festival … has done a world of good for myself, for the sound and for all the other artists.

EDC Vegas 2024 has more than 40 women. Has the representation of female DJs gotten better since you started?

Definitely, but we’re still not there yet. I represent 50% of EDM fans, and until we have a 50/50 in all events and festivals, I’m not gonna rest until that is done. I’m on this mission of spreading the sound and making sure female

artists have their moment in the spotlight. ... As long as we talk about it, and give the newcomers and the ones who’ve been around for a while opportunities to have a bigger platform … I think it’s going to be a good thing.

There are probably girls out there watching you, like you watched Lisa Lashes. They do contact me here and there. I try to have female artists on my lineups when I have shows. I’m a girl’s girl. Whatever I can do to help and make their lives a little bit easier than what I went through for the first few years of my career. I’m absolutely there for them.

FIVE B2B SETS TO CATCH AT EDC LAS VEGAS 2024

Who doesn’t love a good B2B (back-to-back)? It’s that match made in EDM heaven where two DJs partner up for a rave-worthy show. Here’s five you can’t miss at EDC 2024, May 17-19 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

1

John Summit & Green Velvet

Two Chicago house and techno kings with a staggering catalog of club hits? We approve. Green Velvet’s cavernous basslines, paired with Summit’s cinematic, confetti-popping beat-drops make them a dynamic duo behind the turntables.

2

Sally C & Matisa

The Berlin-based Sally C is a student of old-school ’80s house music. Matisa is an Italian DJ, whose work exudes a tincture of playfulness and chilled-out techno. It’s fun, bright and certainly worth witnessing how it works together for a B2B.

3

Boys Noize & VTSS

The London-based VTSS brings the spice to this B2B with sensual bangers fit for a muggy night on the dancefloor. That’s when German-Iraqi DJ Boys Noize tags in to cool it down with an ultra-chill medley of techno and electro house cuts.

4

Eli Brown & HI-LO

Dutch icon Oliver Heldens brings his alias HI-LO out to play for this incendiary B2B with his UK collaborator. HI-LO’s buzzing basslines, accentuated by a dystopian sort of drone, should fare well with Eli Brown’s equally dark soundscapes.

5

Noizu & Westend & Mele

United under the banner of euphoric, bass-blasting house music, this trio is a triple threat. Noizu and Westend are past collaborators, undoubtedly bringing their West and East Coast flair to the decks, while Mele’s percussive-driven UK sound should season the set to perfection. –Amber Sampson

LEE BRICE

With Payton Smith. May 17, 8 p.m., $49-$195. Theater at Virgin, axs.com

FAMILY MAN

Country singer-songwriter Lee Brice finds inspiration at home

BY BROCK RADKE

There’s been one constant in Lee Brice’s two-decade career as a musician: It’s all about the song.

Starting with the 2007 breakthrough “More Than a Memory”—the historic track Brice cowrote and Garth Brooks recorded that became the first single to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart—and continuing through last month’s “Drinkin’ Buddies” collaboration with Hailey Whitters and Nate Smith, Brice has long been one of country’s most productive and successful songsmiths. Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and many others have recorded his songs, and his seven ACM awards prove he’s saved plenty of the good stuff for his own records as well.

Brice showcased his body of work in a different way with his Me & My Guitar tour this year, a series of shows that played out exactly as it sounds they would, strengthening his connection to his music and the audience.

“It was me and 20 guitars on stage, going through three stations, and I just got used to going through this story of my whole life over two-and-a-half hours. It was one of the most fun

things I’ve ever done,” Brice tells the Weekly “Now that I’m back with the band, I’m thinking about that part, kind of slowing it down for a moment and telling that true stuff that connects to the audience, rather than just the music coming at you. I still like to keep it a roller coaster ride, but I’ll kick the band off stage to do a few by myself.”

That’s the plan for his return to Las Vegas this week. Brice will perform for the first time at the Theater at Virgin Hotels, an exciting venue change-up for a massively popular artist who’s also performed during big Fremont Street Experience block parties and during Mandalay Beach’s scorching summer concert series.

“We’ve been doing Vegas a good bit the last few years for private shows. I just slip in and out,” he says. “But there hasn’t been a big public show for a while. Vegas is always ready to rock; you know you’re gonna have a good time.”

With that new single “Drinkin’ Buddies” charging the charts, Brice is setting his sights on finishing his sixth album for an early 2025 release, and he’s producing music from other artists—including one of his heroes, Edwin McCain—that will see daylight this year. He says

he’s reached a point in his career where finding the perfect balance between touring and being at home in the studio—and more importantly, with his family—has become mandatory.

“Your mindset and heartset changes a bit,” Brice says when describing how being a dad has impacted his songwriting. “The creative process, and the road, it’s a lot of work, and it’s all tied up together. I’ve got a studio on my bus and that’s why, because I realized once I got home and I was off the road for a couple days, I couldn’t take those and go in the studio and work. I’m realizing, and [my family] is realizing, how much they miss me and I miss them and how important it is.”

Brice’s farm home has a studio as well, and when he’s working there—even when other producers and musicians stop by—the kids are a welcome distraction. They might even steal the show.

“They’re in and out all day, even if we have a big session going on,” he says. “It’s them first now, not that they weren’t before when they were babies, but I was really focused on music and now they’re little people. They’re different, they need certain things, and I had to make time for that.”

(Courtesy/Chase Lauer)

BRINGING THE BEACH

Sammy Hagar takes over the Palms Pool with an oasis experience

BY BROCK RADKE

As soon as Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar discovered Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, he began to morph from rockstar to lifestyle brand. There was his Cabo Wabo Cantina there (which expanded to include a Las Vegas Strip location still thriving at the Miracle Mile Shops) and his successful Cabo Wabo tequila, which he sold for $80 million.

Other venues and ventures have followed, but for Hagar—who continues to perform and tour steadily and will play MGM Grand Garden Arena in August—it’s always been about creating experiences where fans can live like the Red Rocker, “eat the food and drink the drinks we’ve created, maybe listen to me perform inside my building and not someone else’s venue,” he tells the Weekly. “It’s not an ego trip, it’s about giving fans the ultimate experience.”

He’s been doing that in Las Vegas for years, at concerts, his recent residency at the Strat and of course at the Cabo cantina, but now there’s a new version available just o the Strip. Hagar partnered with the Palms to create Sammy’s Island, primed for a grand opening on May 17.

“I went there after I played a year ago, and

I fell in love with the place. I used to go there back when it rst opened, and that was the rock and roll hotel in Vegas, for sure,” Hagar says of the Palms. “But I forgot how great it was. The previous owners put billions into that place … and I think it’s sort of undiscovered with its [new] owners and since it was closed for COVID. It’s one of the nicest places in Vegas.”

Sammy’s Island is the newest ourish, taking over the Palms Pool seven days a week from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. with tropical oasis vibes, themed bars (certainly specializing in beverages like Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum and Red Rocker Lager beer), a full food menu, luxurious cabanas and daybeds and assorted entertainment (certainly including Hagar and his musical buddies, when he’s in town). It’s a dayclub of a di erent color, more of a re ned and relaxing way to party.

“We’ve grown up from the 1970s, being rowdy, crazy and reckless, to being responsible partiers, but we still have a good time,” Hagar says. “You want a more upscale experience now, and there’s a lot to do there. The music in the day will be more groovy and cool, and it will get a little heavier at night. We want to have a con-

cert series where I’m gonna call all my buddies to come play, and there’ll be all the tacos and tequila you want.

“The rst thing people ask me is, ‘Are you gonna be there?’ Hell yes. I’m planning on spending a lot of time there making sure it works.”

When we caught up with him, Hagar was just about to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a ceremony emceed by his pal and business partner Guy Fieri late last month. “I’m more nervous about that damn thing than I am about opening the island,” Hagar said, and it makes sense; Sammy’s Island is the most familiar ground possible, and Las Vegas might be the best place possible to do it. “Las Vegas is such a playground for any entrepreneur or creative person, whether you’re a singer or a bartender. I just don’t see how they can cram any more into it, but I love getting more opportunities.”

(Food and drinks

Courtesy/

Patrick Gray; Sammy Hagar by Robert John Kley)

LADIES FIRST

The Shirelles’ Ané Marshall proves its more than a man’s world with new musical production at Myron’s

BY AMBER SAMPSON

Soul legend James Brown once famously wailed, “This is a man’s world/But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.”

For many female musical icons whose harmonies have been immortalized in history, those lyrics still ring true—especially when it comes to The Shirelles.

Before The Supremes or Martha and the Vandellas, this squad of New Jersey school girls redefined ’60s pop and soul as the first Black girl group.

“The magnitude of The Shirelles didn’t really hit me until we did the first show. My eyes almost fell out of my face,” says Ané Marshall, a Las Vegas musician who performed with The Shirelles from 1990 to 2016.

Marshall associated the reputable girl group with music her father enjoyed. But after being offered a spot in the revamped group, she got to witness their stardom firsthand.

Their chart-topping 1960 hit “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” appeared in Dirty Dancing and has been covered by Amy Winehouse and Taylor Swift. And in 1996, The Shirelles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside the likes of David Bowie and Pink Floyd.

If music is also a man’s world, it too wouldn’t be anything without a woman or a girl.

That’s the impetus behind Marshall’s new production It’s a Man’s World…Buttt, scheduled to run May 19 at Myron’s.

Throughout the show, Marshall points praise to legendary entertainers like James Brown, Smokey Robinson and Little Anthony and the Imperials, but she never leaves the ladies

out of the equation. This vocal powerhouse leaves an indelible stamp on many male-fronted classics, harnessing an unbottled sense of feminine energy that’s equally felt and heard.

“This is a man’s world. I know a lot of women don’t like to admit that. But that doesn’t negate the fact that we’re valued and we’re important,” Marshall says. “This is a man’s world, but wait one minute: Don’t leave us out. It is really talking about women doing what they love and not getting stuck in places that were just originally thought of for men.”

During her days performing with The Shirelles, male groups always closed the show. But what if a woman were the bombastic intro and the finale? Driven by her love for show business, the singer promises this will be a production of pure pageantry.

“A lot of young people have attended the shows and they are floored because they think it’s gonna be this old, decrepit lady coming on stage and can hardly breathe. What it really is, is a shining example of the true testimony to Las Vegas,” she says. “I have showgirls. I have a tapper. I have background singers. I have a full orchestra. I have a female percussionist. I have costumes. I have stories because I’ve shared the stage with so many icons.”

The point isn’t to negate but to celebrate entertainers from both camps in the only way Marshall knows how: By giving audiences a hell of a show.

“What can they expect? They can expect, for an hour and a half, to be taken higher,” she says.

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Lindo Michoacán at Palace Station is a natural fit

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CIRCLE OF LOCAL

BY BROCK RADKE

When Javier Barajas first moved to Las Vegas in 1976, he found a job at one of just a few Mexican restaurants in the Valley, on Sahara Avenue just west of the brand-new Palace Station. Of course, it wasn’t called Palace Station yet; it opened that year as The Casino and was soon renamed as Bingo Palace before it took its current moniker in 1984. But Barajas would pass by the “small bar” and casino every day and pop in occasionally.

Jump forward a few decades. The Mexican restaurant Barajas and his family opened in 1990, Lindo Michoacán, has become a true locals’ favorite, just like Palace Station. And the favorites have combined with this month’s opening of the fourth Lindo Michoacán location inside the joint where Station Casinos began.

“I’ve always admired the Station Casinos family and I think it’s a great company,” Barajas says. “I see that every year, they do better and better, and my restaurant does too. Every year we do more sales. So when they asked if I wanted to go there, I was very excited. My mom and dad [celebrated] their 50-year anniversary at Palace Station, so I was very happy and I want to have a great partnership.”

Generations of Las Vegas families have similar happy memories of special occasions at Lindo Michoacán, which is still going strong at its original Desert Inn restaurant as well as outposts in Henderson and Summerlin. When Barajas first opened the doors, he wanted to present a more authentic showcase of his food and culture, to demonstrate how Mexican food is “extended” beyond what was, at the time, a limited sampling.

“My dream was to bring real art

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from Michoacán for the restaurant, and authentic food, and my dream came true,” he says. “Ours was the first restaurant to have handmade tortillas.”

Favorite dishes through the decades like Coca-Cola carnitas ($22), steak ranchero ($30) and seafood specialties like surf and turf or shrimp Sarandeados ($24) are all available at the new restaurant, because the menu is exactly the same at Palace Station.

“I was a guest at Lindo Michoacán well before we thought about bringing them here, and I took my family there because the food is exceptional, the service was topnotch, and every time you went, it was a good experience and you left saying you can’t wait to go there again,” says Lee Torres, the casino’s general manager. “This is the first Station property and that family feel is important to us. We felt like that focus on delivering the best experience possible makes this the perfect combination.”

Or maybe the perfect combination is the No. 20 Patzcuaro ($19), a chile relleno, a tamale, a green chicken enchilada with sour cream plus rice, beans and fideo soup. Lindo regulars know the menu is massive and the options are endless.

“For some reason we have a lot of customers that live by Palace Station,” Barajas says. “They keep telling me they’re not going to have to drive too long now, so a lot of people are happy we’re open at Palace Station.

“I’m just excited to keep doing what we’re doing. ... Restaurants are hard work every day, but I love this restaurant, I love to cook, and I love to see my customers leave happy. That’s what we’re gonna do at all Lindos.”

Palace Station, 702-253-2916, palacestation.com. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m.

BOJANGLES CHICKEN IS COMING AND YOU NEED TO BE READY

Random fried chicken trivia: The island of Roatán, Honduras has its own Bojangles.

If you haven’t spent significant time in the South— or at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on layovers—then you might not be familiar with the marvel that is Bojangles. But soon enough, Roatán will no longer be able to hold their heads over ours as the Charlotte-based chain will be opening multiple Vegas locations, likely in late 2024 or early 2025.

Having lived in the South, I can assure you this arrival is cause for celebration.

Since Las Vegans are already familiar with another similar chicken sandwich-based franchise, think of it as a more Southern Chik-fil-A. And while I can’t imagine Bojangles eliciting the seemingly endless drive-thru lines of its competitor, it is decidedly more Dixie with its all-day, house-made buttermilk biscuits; actual fried chicken meals accompanied by sides like dirty rice and green beans; and even pimento cheese tubs. The

closest you’ll come to finding a salad on a Bojangles menu is coleslaw.

What you will find instead is Cajun fried chicken patties with just the right amount of heat, and those flaky buttery biscuits that are the stuff of legend.

Unless our lack of humidity proves to be their downfall, Bojangles biscuits will immediately become some of the best in town; Vegas is a biscuit desert in the actual desert.

For first timers, let a veteran offer some advice. My go-to order is the aforementioned Cajun chicken filet biscuit gilded with a slice of cheese, a side of savory, sausage-strewn dirty rice, and a half-and-half—a mix of the sweet and unsweetened teas.

Also, consider this piece a plea for the return of the mythical Cheddar Bo. Supposedly only available in some eastern North Carolina Bojangles outlets, this griddled gooey treat is Bo’s version of a grilled cheese. Having a Cheddar Bo in Vegas is truly something we could hold over Roatán. –Jim Begley

Caribbean Heritage FESTIVAL

May 18 | 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza

770 Twin Lakes Drive

Sample the traditions, music and flavors of the Caribbean. Bring a blanket or low back chair and enjoy a day of performances that will include steel drum, reggae, traditional Cuban music and sounds direct from the Caribbean. Also featuring kids’ activities, community exhibitors, artisan booths, food trucks and an alcohol vendor. Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza is outdoors. This event is presented with Mario Lorne and the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture of the Bahamas.

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MARCH AWAY OR STAY?

Jonathan Marchessault’s future looms as the focus of the Golden Knights’ offseason

BY JACK WILLIAMS

There are six original “misfits” left on the Golden Knights roster. How many and who will remain next season is an open question.

William Carrier, William Karlsson, Brayden McNabb, Shea Theodore, Zach Whitecloud and Jonathan Marchessault have been with the organization since its inception in 2017. They were dubbed misfits because they came from across the NHL as the Golden Knights cobbled together a team from scratch in the expansion draft. A few months later, they reached the Stanley Cup Final in establishing a winning tradition that mostly remained.

No player has been more important to the fabric and development of the Golden Knights than Marchessault, better known as “Marchy” to teammates and fans. But with his contract up in July, when he becomes an unrestricted free agent, it’s unknown how much longer he will remain a Golden Knight.

Bottom line, the team will look drastically different next season. What happens with the 33-year-old Marchessault will be the defining moment of the offseason.

General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Marchessault’s value “extends beyond what you see on the ice.” He’s a leader among his teammates and “an important guy in our dressing room,” McCrimmon said.

Marchessault won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2023, and scored 42 goals last season. He also played in all 82 games—an important stat considering the team was hampered by injuries in falling to the No. 8 playoff seed.

This much appears to be certain: Marchessault, who signed a $30 million, six-year contract in 2018, wants to stay in Las Vegas.

And this much is also certain: Considering the impact he has had on the organization, he will be asking for a substantial pay bump.

“I’ve done everything I can to stay

here,” Marchessault said, noting that he’s proven himself over the years.

“I would love to stay. This is my home. I’ve been part of the guys that started this. It’s the most proud thing I’ve done in my life,” he said.

While Marchessault said he wants to be “a Golden Knight for life,” he is aware the decision is not completely in his hands.

To bring Marchessault back, the Golden Knights would likely have to part ways with Alec Martinez, Chandler Stephenson, Theodore and possibly others, to free up enough salary cap space.

“There’s certainly a strong willingness from both sides to have real good discussions,” McCrimmon said. “We’ll work diligently on it and see where we get to.”

Marchessault’s teammates and coaches would also like to see him stay.

“He’s been a big part of the core of this team since it started in 2017,” captain Mark Stone said. “He scores goals, brings energy to the locker room and is an enjoyable teammate.”

“Things happen in our league and players change teams. He’s a guy I think most of us hope is in our lineup next year,” Stone said.

Defenseman McNabb, who was part of the original team, said he can’t imagine a locker room without Marchessault.

“Everyone knows how big he is to this team, what he means to the city and the fan base,” McNabb said. “It’s business, but we all hope Jon is back. We love him and we want him here.”

Coach Bruce Cassidy said he loves coaching Marchessault.

“The progression we’ve made may be one of the best I’ve had as a coach. ... I enjoy my relationship with him, talking honestly and openly,” he said.

“He’s had great years as a Golden Knight. I cannot say enough good things about him,” Cassidy said.

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LAS VEGAS COMPANY HELPS VETERANS GET BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY’RE ENTITLED

BY KATIE ANN MCCARVER VEGAS INC STAFF

Las Vegas-based Veteran Bene ts Guide has helped thousands of local veterans navigate the U.S. Department of Veterans A airs’ complex disability system, providing consultation to customers before and after they le a disability claim, said Donato Clay, chief operating o cer.

Clay and his colleagues have seen clients be compensated what they deserve and use it to pay their mortgage, save for retirement or even adopt a child.

“It allows someone to still push through to achieve their goals, or their dreams even, because they know that they have this tax-free bene t that’s available to them,” said Clay, a U.S. Army veteran. “It makes life a lot easier.”

Because of the bureaucracy involved in any process at the VA, there’s a lot of information about disability compensation that doesn’t always get communicated e ectively, even if that’s not the intent of the department, Clay said.

People who do choose to go through the process often receive a decision letter almost 100 pages long, he said, that may be di cult to understand or give an inaccurate rating to their claim.

He pointed to a married couple that were both “underrated” after initially ling disability claims. With the help of the Veteran Bene ts Guide, both of their ratings went up by 30% or more, so that the couple received their bene ts at a much higher rate. Neither knew they could le for the increase before encountering the company, Clay said.

“And so that’s a very common response or story that we hear from veterans who we’ve helped, that we helped guide them or give them almost whiteglove service in a very administrative bureaucratic process that they didn’t know was possible,” he said. “And so it’s been highly positive.”

Lisa Kalkes, chief marketing o cer for Veteran Bene ts Guide and also an Army veteran, said the company’s research found that a large majority

of veterans don’t le for disability bene ts because they fear the complex and timely process, they think they’re ineligible because they never deployed or they worry they’ll take money from somebody who “had it worse.”

“They’re not optimistic about the outcome they’ll receive,” Kalkes said. “The other thing we found, too, is a lot of veterans don’t understand that they’re eligible, that these are bene ts that they’re entitled to.”

He’s always surprised by the number of veterans like himself who don’t know that if they achieve a 100% disability rating, their student loan debt will be forgiven, Clay added. His friend had been done with his military service for over 22 years before realizing he could le for and possibly earn disability compensation, Clay said.

“That has changed his life,” he said, emphasizing that these are all bene ts veterans have earned for themselves. “And so that’s a story that you will hear from thousands of veterans that we’ve helped.”

In addition to seeing lives changed, Kalkes said she appreciates being a part of what Veteran Bene ts Guide is doing, because she stays “tapped” into the local veteran community. As a sponsor of the Vegas Golden Knights, the company even gets to spotlight veterans during local hockey games.

“Everyone truly does work together and cares about each other,” she said of the veteran com-

munity in Las Vegas. “Whether that’s supporting through disability bene ts, volunteerism, supporting each other in business ventures through the (Southern Nevada Veterans Chamber of Commerce). It’s just been very cool.”

When Veteran Bene ts Guide rst got o the ground nearly a decade ago—a time that Clay jokingly referred to as the company’s “garage days”— no one thought it would grow to what it is now, he said. What was then a “pipe dream,” however, is now a company with around 200 employees, and has given tens of thousands of dollars in charitable contributions and more.

“The focus was, let’s just do good, and then success came as a result of that,” he said. “I think that we’re still pushing forward with that, but also seeing how we can learn from experiences both good and bad, internally and externally, to then improve what we’re doing to make sure that we are helping more veterans every year—in fact, almost every day.”

Kalkes talked about how proud she is of the company’s diversity, its culture of belonging and engagement, and the rewarding nature of the work that it does.

“I’m really proud of the work we do internally and externally,” she said. “Of course, helping veterans, it’s a purpose-driven mission that everybody can get behind.”

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VEGAS INC NOTES

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties announced its national and local 2023 sales achievements. The company closed 3,796 transactions and completed $2,055,980,071 in real estate sales in 2023. Among over 55,000 sales executives in the global network, four Nevada-based teams were recognized in the rankings: No. 8, the Mullin Blankfeld Group, Top 25 Large Teams; No. 13, the Napoli Group, Top 25 Large Teams; No. 15, McGarey-Campa Group, Top 25 Medium Teams; and No. 23, the Tonnesen Team, Top 25 Small Teams. Among thousands of agents, the top 10 individual sales executives for 2023 were: No. 1 Cristine Lefkowitz, No. 2 Tony Vane, No. 3 Jung Kim, No. 4 Brian Wedewer, No. 5 Celine Florella-Mendy, No. 6 Jana Shore, No. 7 Rochelle Vannoy, No. 8 Tim Dunn, No. 9 Rachael Dipietro, No. 10 Mark Weinberg. The company’s top 10 teams for 2023 were: No. 1 the Mullin Blankfeld Group, No. 2

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the Napoli Group, No. 3 McGarey-Campa Group, No. 4 the Tonnesen Team, No. 5 the Carver Team, No. 6 Angarola Minucci Group, No. 7 Ellen Fahr Group, No. 8 Gaccione Team, No. 9 the Crampton Team, No. 10 the Margita Team. Real estate agent Janet Duffy from the Southwest office was named Rookie of the Year. Paul Navallo was named Employee of the Year.

Dr. Brian Carr and his team celebrated the grand opening of the Las Vegas Iovera Center inside their newly relocated Las Vegas Concierge Orthopedics office, 9260 W. Sunset Road, Suite 200. It offers an array of services including concierge orthopedics, Iovera, joint replacement, hand and wrist surgery, sports injuries and fracture care.

Summer House tanning salon opened its second location, 2225 Village Walk Drive, Suite 173, Henderson.

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Denise Charles was recently promoted to chief program officer at St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. She brings nearly two decades of nonprofit work experience to the community of hope and healing for children and young people. She is responsible for overseeing and leading the organization’s foster care service programs for children 18 and under, and programs for transition-aged youth, age 18 to 24.

Marker Trax hired four-decade information technology executive John Henderson as senior vice president of operations. He will help lead strategic planning efforts, execute new operator and customer initiatives, direct pursuit of key performance indicators, and ensure product and technology quality control. Henderson previously served as chief information officer at WorldStrides, and has held client partner roles at Accenture, IBM, and Cognizant.

Vegas Inc’s 2024 Women Inspiring Nevada awards aim to identify and highlight women in the community who exemplify determination, leadership and ambition. If you know an extraordinary woman who should be recognized please nominate them before the deadline.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Polish-born author Joseph Conrad didn’t begin to speak English until he was 21 years old. Today he is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language. You may not embark on an equally spectacular growth period in the coming months. But you do have extra power to begin mastering a skill or subject that could be crucial to your life story.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You could pour out your adoration to an unattainable celebrity or do your finest singing at a karaoke bar with two people in the audience. But I hope you will offer your skills and gifts with more discernment and panache—especially these days. Don’t offer yourself carelessly. Give your blessings only to people who deeply appreciate them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1995, thieves stole my Chevy Malibu. When I recovered it, it had been irrevocably damaged: It could no longer drive in reverse. I kept it for the next two years, carefully avoiding situations when I would need to go backward. It was a perfect metaphor for my life in those days. Now I’m suggesting you consider adopting it. There will be no turning around anytime soon. Don’t look back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Basketball coach Tara VanDerveer says that the greatest players “have a screw loose”—and she regards that as a good thing. I take her to mean that the superstars are eccentric, zealous, unruly and daring. If you’re interested in exploring the possible advantages of having a screw loose, the coming months will be one of the best times ever.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I encourage you to spend the coming weeks upgrading your relationship to the masculine archetype, no matter which of the 77 genders you might be. I see this as an excellent time for you to take practical measures to get the very best male influences in your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now that your mind, your heart, and your world have opened wider than you imagined possible, try to anticipate how they might close down if you’re not always as bold and brave as you have been in recent months. Then sign a contract with yourself, promising that you will not permit your mind, your heart and your world to shrink or narrow.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are in a phase when you require more fascination, amazement and intrigue than usual. If love and sex are included in the exchange, so much the better—but they are not mandatory. The main thing is this: You must get your limitations dissolved, your understanding of reality enriched and your vision of the future expanded.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio writer Andrew Solomon wrote, “We all have our darkness, and the trick is making something exalted of it.” Of all the signs of the zodiac, you have the greatest potential to accomplish this heroic transmutation—and to do it with panache, artistry and even tenderness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Have you been nursing the hope that someday you will change your loved ones in ways that make them act more sensibly? That you will convince them to shed qualities you don’t like? If so, I advise you to go through whatever mental gymnastics are necessary as you come to accept and love them exactly as they are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I predict that in the next 11 months, you will get closer than ever before to doing your dream job. But I’m not necessarily saying everything will unfold with perfection. And I am a bit afraid that you will fail to capitalize on your chances by being too insistent on perfection. Please assuage my doubts! Welcome imperfect but interesting progress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There is value of spending quality time in the here and now—enjoying each new unpredictable moment without compulsively referencing it to other times and places. I bring this up because in the coming weeks, you can enjoy far more free time in the rich and resonant present than is normally possible for you. Make “BE HERE NOW” your gentle, relaxing battle cry.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A high number of Pisceans claim to have had a paranormal encounter; that they can sense other people’s emotions; that they have had conversations with the dead. That number will be elevated in the coming weeks. I hope you love spooky fun and uncanny mysteries and semi-miraculous epiphanies! Here they come.

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THE ROLLING STONES | MAY 11, 2024 | ALLEGIANT STADIUM Someone started him up 62 years ago, and he hasn’t stopped. If they could make cars like they make Jaggers, we’d all get Satisfaction. Sixty-two years ago, it was 1962, the year they formed the band. Both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are 80 years old, and if you multiply 80 by 2, and add 62, it’s 222. I’m no numerologist, but I’d say I am a fan of the Micky’s Mouth Club. –Corlene Byrd

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