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MARCH 1, 2026
18 BOULDER CITY
Past is present in Boulder City’s historic district, a hub for hospitality, adventure and culture.
14 WEEKLY Q&A
After two decades of stand-up at Luxor, Carrot Top still keeps it fresh and never stops laughing at himself.
28 NEWS
A new mine positions Nevada as a leader in the U.S. renewable energy supply chain.
32 SPORTS
Local DJ Jazlyn Rich honors her late father’s Globetrotters legacy by spinning at the legendary team’s games.
36 NIGHTLIFE
Raquel Reed’s Tub Club celebrates the spontaneous spirit of burlesque at Doberman.
38 ART
Artists examine the link between the environment and collective well-being in a new exhibit at Nuwu Art Gallery.
40 FOOD & DRINK
Gyu+ transports tastebuds to Tokyo with shokupan sandos.
SUPERGUIDE 08
Mural by Connie Burnett Ferraro (Photo by Christopher DeVargas)
Marc Anthony gets personal at BleauLive Theater, mumblecore pioneer The Puffy Chair screens at the Beverly with a filmmaker Q&A and more this week.
SUPERGUIDE
THURSDAY FEB 19
DEF LEPPARD
8 p.m., & 2/21, 2/24, the Colosseum, ticketmaster.com.
KOTTONMOUTH
KINGS
7 p.m., the Usual Place, theusualplace.vegas.
ZACH RUSHING
HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS VS. ABBOTSFORD CANUCKS
7 p.m. (& 2/21, 6 p.m.), Lee’s Family Forum, axs.com.
Marc Anthony has spent more than three decades turning heartbreak into rhythm and arenas into dancefloors. Since his 1993 salsa debut, the Grammy Award-winning icon has had crowds on their feet, belting every lyric back to him. Now, he’s trading stadium scale for something more intimate. Anthony has taken over BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau for a 10-night residency launched over Valentine’s Day designed to feel personal. He’s hinted that the setlist will stretch beyond the hits, diving into deep cuts he’s never performed live. He’s also planning for some storytelling, surprise duets and the kind of closeup moments you don’t always get in a packed arena. After these weekend concerts, he’ll be back this summer, and more dates are expected. 8 p.m., & 2/21, $103+, BleauLive Theater, ticketmaster.com. –Gabriela Rodriguez the
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CALVIN HARRIS
Courtesy/Danny Mahoney
FILM: THE PUFFY CHAIR ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
In 2005, the Jay and Mark Duplass indie film The Puffy Chair won the Audience Award at South by Southwest, helping to spark the “mumblecore movement” of films focusing on ultra-personal storytelling and natural, often improvised performance. It’ll be re-released in theaters next month, thanks to Ink Films, and our very own Beverly Theater will host a screening this week bolstered by a live Q&A with the Duplass brothers and their castmate (and Mark’s wife) Katie Aselton, who you also know from the cult favorite FX comedy series The League and her own indie horror-thriller Black Rock. “People are watching this movie now who weren’t born when we made it,” she said of The Puffy Chair in a statement about the anniversary events. “That makes me feel everything at once—proud, uncomfortable, nostalgic, and very aware of how much time has passed.” 7:30 p.m., $21, Beverly Theater, thebeverlytheater.com. –Brock Radke
MAX AMINI
8 p.m., Encore Theater, ticketmaster.com.
JAY LENO
9 p.m., David Copperfield Theater, mgmgrand.com.
CHARLIE BERENS
10 p.m., Palazzo Theatre, ticketmaster.com.
UNLV WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. NEVADA
2 p.m., Cox Pavilion, unlvtickets.com.
SILVER DOLLAR CIRCUIT QUARTER HORSE SHOW Thru 2/25, times vary, South Point Arena, silverdollar circuit.com.
AREA15 BLOCK PARTY
6 p.m., Zone 2 at Area15, area15.com.
PEPPA PIG: MY FIRST CONCERT
2 & 6 p.m., Reynolds Hall, thesmithcenter. com.
COLD CAVE
10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com. DO IT ALL
FIRE FROM THE GODS With For the Fallen Dreams, 7 p.m., the Wall at Area15, area15.com.
8 p.m., Fremont Country Club, seetickets.us.
PHASE ONE
With Nimda, 8 p.m., the Portal at Area15, area15.com.
SIN CITY SAINTS 10 p.m., Copa Room, tuscanylv.com.
JOHN SUMMIT 10:30 p.m., LIV Nightclub, livnightclub.com.
FALLON 10 p.m., Discopussy, tixr.com.
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SUPERGUIDE
SUNDAY FEB 22 MONDAY FEB 23
Courtesy/The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
MONDAYS DARK
8 p.m., the Space, mondaysdark.com.
THE HYPE R&B VOL. 1 8 p.m., Backstage Bar & Billiards, dice.fm.
BOOZE BOMBS With The Triadics, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.
KAITLYN TAYLOR
7 p.m., Maxan Jazz, maxanjazz.com.
JOHN CAPONERA With Leah Knauer, Gary Cannon, thru 2/25, 8:30 & 10:30 p.m., Laugh Factory, ticketmaster.com.
BRAD GARRETT With Je Leach, Dean Delray, 8 p.m., Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club, mgmgrand.com.
COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA WITH NNENNA FREELON
3 & 7 p.m., Myron’s, thesmithcenter.com.
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHURCH
3 p.m., Copa Room, tuscanylv.com.
EXHUMED With No Mas, Oxygen Destroyer, Hands of Oblivion, 7 p.m., The Dive Bar, dice.fm.
DOC ROCK & THE ASYLUM
8 p.m., Fat Cat Lounge, fatcatlv.com.
LAS VEGAS SINFONIETTA: THE ART OF CHAMBER MUSIC
3 p.m., Clark County Library Theater, las vegassinfonietta.com.
ACRAZE
10:30 p.m., XS Nightclub, wynnsocial.com.
JOSH BAKER 10:30 p.m., LIV Nightclub, livnightclub.com.
PATRICK CORNETT
11:30 p.m., Drai’s After Hours, draisgroup.com.
ERIC DLUX 10:30 p.m., Marquee Nightclub, taogroup.com. DO IT ALL
SUPERGUIDE
TRIPTIDES
Buckle up for a sweet sonic ride with cosmic jammers Triptides. The LAbased trio leans heavy into a trippy psychedelic-rock landscape while keeping things light with tinges of Laurel Canyon folk. The band’s latest single, “How I Feel Today,” is a tender declaration about wanting to move on to the good parts, making listening easy and toe-tapping even easier. Local support comes from atmospheric indie-rock band Man of the Oasis and one of the freshest shoegaze-emo acts around, Same Sun Here. If your playlist leans vintage pysch with a modern polish, this one’s for you. 8 p.m., $15, the Gri n, dice.fm. –Gabriela Rodriguez
9:30 p.m., Jimmy Kimmel’s Comedy Club, ticketmaster.com.
MIKEY FRANCIS
10:30 p.m., Omnia Nightclub, taogroup.com.
TUESDAY FEB 24
*Spotlight events are sponsored
WEDNESDAY FEB 25
ERIC FORBES 10 p.m., Ghostbar, palms.com.
DJ FRANZEN 10:30 p.m., Hakkasan Nightclub, taogroup.com.
DJ G-SQUARED 10 p.m., On the Record, ontherecordlv.com.
DISSOLVE With Sugar Bloom, Mall World, 9 p.m., Red Dwarf, reddwarflv.com.
MAX STEELE 10 p.m., Sand Dollar Lounge, thesanddollarlv.com.
PADDOCK AUTO OASIS AT UNCOMMONS
On February 27, Paddock Auto Club invites locals and business neighbors to immerse themselves in a premium outdoor showcase featuring a curated display of automotive culture. From timeless classics to modern marvels, each vehicle tells a story of craftsmanship, character and culture. Hang out and enjoy live DJ sets that set the tone as you unwind and connect. Whether catching up with friends or making new ones, Auto Oasis is built to bring people together. Grab a drink, share a bite and enjoy exclusive tastes from the best restaurants in UnCommons. Take part in the Social Reserved wristband program and take advantage of extended happy hours and o erings from on-site partners. This event is free to the public the last Friday of every month. 6 p.m., uncommons.com.
SANTE SANSONE
Marquee Nightclub,
SPOTLIGHT EVENT
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Carrot Top in his dressing room.
(Photo by Christopher DeVargas)
There’s only one Carrot Top and he’s happy to be onstage at Luxor after 20 years
BY BROCK RADKE
Just a few months ago on November 22, Carrot Top, the main man for Las Vegas Strip standup comedy also known as Scott Thompson, celebrated 20 years of headlining at Luxor. That means the pyramid has had this headliner longer than it hasn’t. That means he’s used—and this is an uno cial number—300 bajillion di erent props in his one-of-a-kind act.
It begs the question: Does Las Vegas even exist without Carrot Top? Probably should have asked him that one.
There are so few performers, shows or anything that lasts this long in Las Vegas, let alone two decades on the same stage. How do you feel looking back and acknowledging you’re in this rare category of longevity?
When you’re doing it, you don’t think about it, you just do it. So to me, it’s just another year, but then when someone asks how long it’s been, it is kind of incredible. It just adds up. But I do go to work every day and think about how cool it is to do this, really absorb it. And it gives me fodder to make fun of myself. I’m not a young guy up there any more. I’ve made lots of jokes about being older, calling myself Cotton Top with the gray hair coming in. I show clips of me on the original Star Search and all these shows back in the day, and it’s like, wow, you are old.
Is longevity about sticking with what has worked for you, or do you have to be more open to change?
I’ve gone through the growth stage where my show evolved into a real production, because when I rst got to Vegas it was just me and my trunks [of props]. Now the show is way more interactive, it has a rock and roll kind of avor to it and has a lot of visuals.
There aren’t many year-round comedy headliners on the Strip anymore, but stand-up is probably more universally popular than ever before. Has your show been a ected by changing trends in comedy?
I don’t know … there’s de nitely been that pickup in comedy. I just did a Kill Tony Net ix special, which is a huge, crazy phenomenon. It’s great because it showcases new comics and there hasn’t been something like that in a while. I came in and did my old guy set and those young kids probably never heard of me. But it’s great to see di erent people getting exposure in those kinds of shows, especially for someone like me who’s been on every show. How do you see Vegas showbiz evolving in the next few years?
Absolutely you have to change, especially with content. It’s important to always create new stu .
Onstage, you’re still this larger-than-life character, but I’ve seen you around the neighborhood lots of times, and it always seems like you can be yourself and just hang out. Is that something you enjoy about life in Las Vegas?
Yeah, people in Vegas have always been open-arms with me. I always tell locals when I meet them, I really appreciate you having to look at my stupid billboards for 20 years. They’ve embraced me from day one and I’m lucky. People seem happy I’m a resident. And I love Las Vegas. It took a while for me to really grow here, and I’d never really performed in Vegas when I was coming up through the ranks. I got one gig at Bally’s [in 1995] and that’s where it started, and I never looked back. It’s been a crazy run.
CARROT TOP MondaySaturday, 8 p.m., $58+. Atrium Theater at Luxor, luxor.com
I think it will be as it has been forever, still growing. Now you can gamble in pretty much any state but it’s still not the same as the Vegas vibe. People always want to come here and get excited to come here, and there are bigger shows now—the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney. There are big names coming and it wasn’t like that before.
I do appreciate the longevity and not a day goes by I don’t realize I’ve been blessed that people still want to come see the show. That’s why I try to update it, keep it fun and fresh. This is a unique and wonderful place to be, and I get to see all the growth and do a lot of jokes about it. The old one is, you go to check in at a hotel that has so many rooms, and they tell you your room is not ready. Are they cleaning it? No, they’re building it. It’ll be ready in 20 minutes. And the new one is about the Hard Rock building, that huge guitar tower on the Strip, a real stupid joke that never gets a laugh: So the new Hard Rock is building the world’s largest guitar … then they have to build a case to carry it.
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A NIGHT ON THE SMALL TOWN
Boulder City’s historic district has transformed to a thriving destination
BY SHANNON MILLER
It’s a Saturday night, and my friend and I are on a bar crawl in Boulder City. You heard me—a bar crawl, filled with booze, live bands and burlesque. That bears repeating, especially for Las Vegans who tend to think of their southeasterly neighbor as a sleepy community meant solely for raising families, retiring or gassing up the boat before a visit to Lake Mead.
Our evening begins on Arizona Street with bites, beers and billiards at Cornish Pasty. Beckoned by the old-fashioned, colonial revival architecture of the Boulder Dam Hotel across the street, we wander in and are lured into the basement lounge, Cleveland’s, by a live band performing the Commodores’ “Easy.” We stay for a drink, watching couples dance to tunes by Josev Castaño and the Upfront Band. Next we head to Skinny Bar, where yet another musician is plugging in. We watch skilled mixologists light fire to sticks of cinnamon and inject smoke into glasses, among other impressive preparations for the craft cocktails served there. While we admire the stained glass near the entryway and the ornate carvings in the antique bar, we notice a door
toward the back of the long room. The portal leads upstairs to a rooftop tiki-themed speakeasy complete with its own drink menu and inviting fire pit.
At a burlesque show at the Club Room speakeasy, we hoot, holler and throw dollar bills for the sultry dancers. We run into friends and, after the show, join forces for karaoke at Big T’s Cantina.
In a small city that prohibits gambling and observes the sabbath, who would’ve guessed you could have such a fun night on the town?
The development is rather recent and marks a shift in the city’s openness to these kinds of establishments. Skinny Bar owner Grant Turner says he was “fighting uphill” with Boulder City around the time he opened his first restaurant, The Dillinger, on Arizona Street.
“It felt like the Boulder City governing body was against me. I had so much friction. They were just resistant to change,” Turner says. “Then, the leadership changed. In the last few years, they have been like, ‘Hey, what can we do to help you make this happen?’ It’s so cool that people are opening up coffee shops and bars and cantinas.”
Boulder Dam Hotel and Cornish Pasty by Christopher DeVargas
Burlesque dancer Tida Siribongkot at the Club Room
(Photo by Shannon Miller)
Fish and chips at Cornish Pasty
HOME OF HOOVER DAM
oulder City was created in 1931 as a federal company town to house the workers at Hoover Dam (then Boulder Dam). It wasn’t until 1960 that it became an incorporated municipality. With the largest employers being the Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, school district and the city, Boulder City is very much still a government town, and a conservative one compared to Las Vegas.
In reaction to rapid population growth in the ’70s, a controlled growth ordinance passed in 1979, and was later amended in the ’90s to cap the number of new residential units each year at 120. Since 2000, Boulder City’s population has stayed around 15,000.
“There’s a sense of making sure that there are protections and reminders that we want to be good stewards of the environment, and having open space—not having the sprawl of what was happening in the Vegas Valley,” says Jill Rowland-Lagan, CEO of the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce.
Boulder City’s historic district was listed on the National Register
of Historic Places in 1983. The 541 homes and buildings in the area are well-maintained and range from Spanish Revival to modern architecture, creating a fun landscape of unique businesses, parks and neighborhoods to explore.
Longtime residents started noticing a resurgence in the historic district in the ’90s when the late restaurateur Milo Hurst opened Milo’s Cellar on Nevada Way. Rowland-Lagan recalls it having a “domino effect” down the major thoroughfare and setting off a series of private and public investments in the area over the course of three decades.
Rowland-Lagan also cites the creation of a redevelopment agency program in which business owners in the historic district can apply for a grant for 30% of the total cost of preservation and rehabilitation projects. Turner was approved for the grant program several times. He used it to update the 1947 building where he opened The Dillinger. His event venue Forge Social House opened in 2014, another conversion of a historic build-
Bureau of Reclamation building in Boulder City
Hoover Dam
Tara Bertoli, owner of Boulder City Co. Store
ing. In 2023, Skinny Bar opened inside a 1932 building on Nevada Way.
“I like working with historic buildings that have good bones, and honoring them ... as opposed to, here’s a piece of land and here’s my brandnew construction that has no context in Boulder City,” Turner says.
Business owners in the historic district have a common respect for history and heritage. Take Boulder City Co. Store, which opened in 2019 in a building originally from 1931.
“I’m a history buff, and I knew that the [Six Companies] Store existed when Hoover Dam was being built. It
was the largest department store in Nevada from 1931 to 1936. I wanted to do a revival of the store that was authentic,” says owner Tara Bertoli.
“I got a preservation grant. I stripped the whole building down to its original studs, original floors with the Hoover Dam concrete that made our whole town. ”
While preservation is a priority in the historic district, business owners also are pushing cultural boundaries. In a city that was dry until 1969, Turner (see page 24) and Bertoli have opened speakeasies that pay tribute to the city’s storied past.
The Club Room at the back of Boulder City Co. Store is based on a real place that existed when the dam was being built, where executives of the Six Companies could partake in alcohol, Bertoli says. Today, it seats about 20 people and provides burlesque entertainment on Saturday nights.
“I had to get my liquor license in Boulder City, which is not easy,” Bertoli says, adding that city regulations prohibit her dancers from stripping down to anything less than what a swimsuit would cover.
Only in Boulder City.
Photographs by Christopher
DeVargas
Club Room speakeasy at Boulder City Co. Store
Wilbur Square
The Dillinger
LIVE, WORK, PLAY
oulder City offers nightlife steeped in history and a fun escape from Las Vegas. But it’s not all just play. To some Las Vegans, Boulder City has become a place to live and work, too.
Twenty-eight-year-old Niko Thomas was born and raised in Las Vegas. He first moved to Boulder City in 2021 for a restaurant manager job in the historic district. After briefly returning to Las Vegas and deciding to pursue a career in pipefitting, Thomas and his girlfriend found a house to rent in Boulder City’s historic district.
“As soon as we could find a spot back out here, we got it again. Because, at the end of the day, it’s peaceful here. If you forget to lock your car door or your front door, it’s not the end of the world,” he says. “You can always go back into [Vegas]. But you’re away from all the commotion and smog. And you can see a little more of the stars and mountains.”
The peaceful pace, natural surroundings and dark night sky that can be found in Boulder City are intentional on the part of the local government and chamber. Through a 2023 federal grant, the city began retrofitting all municipal lights with light pollution-reducing fixtures and is working toward a certification with the International Dark Skies Association.
Kimberly and John Bender, who own and operate Cornish Pasty locations in Downtown Las Vegas and in Boulder City’s historic district, live close to their Las Vegas location. They don’t mind the commute to Boulder City.
“You’re still so close. You get the small town feel, but you’re 30 to 40 minutes from the Strip for concerts or if you want to get a nice high-end dinner,” says John.
“You can get what you get out of a big city. But you can also have the things you get from a small town.”
The couple describes Boulder City as a “smaller market,” and one that has blossomed since they opened their restaurant on Arizona Street in 2022. They credit the city and chamber for cultural programming—like the monthly Best Dam Wine Walk—that draws foot traffic.
“The city itself puts on a lot of events, and they incorporate the businesses in all of it. Throughout fall and spring, almost every weekend, there’s something going on out there where it draws from Art in the Park to spring jamboree. There are car shows all the time. The Dam Short Film Festival. There’s so much,” says Kimberly.
A “neighborly” and collaborative business atmosphere is refreshing, she adds.
Community spirit can be found in Cornish Pasty’s weekly trivia nights. It can also be found around the corner at Iron Rose Plants and Vintage, where owner Melissa Wirthlin collaborates with Beer Zombies to host monthly “plant bingo.”
“I really want to share my business with them and likewise, they can bring their customers to me,” Wirthlin says.
The longtime Boulder City resident speaks highly of the unique small businesses that make up the historic district, calling them the “backbone” of the community.
“They’re your friends. They’re your neighbors. They’re the people contributing, sponsoring little league teams and helping out with school donations. They have a vested interest in the community, unlike a franchise or chain restaurant or big box store.”
Melissa Wirthlin of Iron Rose Plants and Vintage
LEFT John and Kimberly Bender of Cornish Pasty
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Billards at Cornish Pasty
SMALL TOWN, BIG ADVENTURE
any longtime residents say the small town mentality was reason to leave Boulder City just as much as it was a reason to return.
“Growing up, I was like, I’ve got to get out of there. There was just nothing happening,” says Skinny Bar’s Turner. “I moved around for a bit, and then I was like, maybe rather than moving to a place that has everything I want, I can make Boulder City a little bit cooler.”
As he and other business owners in the historic district contribute to economic growth, they look forward to the rolling out of publicly funded developments geared toward outdoor recreation. Millions of tourists visit the nearby Lake Mead National Recreation Area every year, and that’s an opportunity to get more foot traffic into Boulder City businesses.
In 2018, a bypass on Interstate 11 was completed, alleviating congestion and making it more convenient to travel between Boulder City and Las Vegas. And in 2022, Nevada received a $3.7 million federal grant to open two new adventure centers in the state—one in Carson City and one in Boulder City. The Boulder City adventure center will be a “one-stop shop for all the outdoor operators,” says Boulder City Chamber’s Rowland-Lagan.
“We’ve contracted with a bus company to pick guests up from the Las Vegas hotels four or five times a day and just drop them in the parking lot where the individual operators will check them in ... and put them in their own shuttle to take them to do the activity,” she explains.
Having a regular bus between Las Vegas hotels and Boulder City attractions will allow tour guests to explore Boulder City more, bringing in more money for small businesses. The adventure center is expected to open this summer and host an official ribbon cutting in fall.
“Between the $35 million investment the state has put into the [Nevada State Railroad Museum] and the amount going into the adventure center, another $3.5 million federal grant managed by the state, and a $5.2 million investment from RTC for a new road … We’ve been calculating the private and public investment. … We’re looking at $75 million invested in a rural community in a period of 20 months,” Rowland-Lagan says.
“Money makes money. … So we expect people to be paying attention to that chunk of change going into a rural community.”
Lake Mead and kayaking photos by Steve Marcus; Nevada Railroad Museum Shutterstock
Kayaking
Nevada Railroad Museum
Lake Mead
OUR FAVORITE DISCOVERIES
CS RECORDZ Encounter rare finds at this charming record store, also a treasure trove for cassette tapes, comics, vintage clothing, sound systems and local art. Dig in, and follow them on Instagram (@ csrecordz2022) for updates about live music and other events. 1000 Nevada Way #107.
TOM DEVLIN’S MONSTER
MUSEUM Enter … if you dare. This stop along the busy “business corridor” on U.S. 93 gets you up close with dozens of unsavory characters and villains from horror movie history including Chucky, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface and Pennywise. 1310 Boulder City Pkwy., tomdevlinsmonstermuseum.com.
HEMENWAY PARK This verdant stop along U.S. 93 has close and long-range views to take in. Watch the mountains turn purple over Lake Mead during sunset. Or allow your eyes to fixate on the bighorn sheep that graze here on a daily basis. 401 Ville Drive.
BOOTLEG CANYON Go fast on a mountain bike or take it slow on a scenic hike in Bootleg Canyon, which contains more than 36 miles of trails just west of town. If you’re looking for something more developed and kid-friendly, try the Nature Discovery Trail and Rock Garden. Parking o Canyon Road.
by Christopher DeVargas
Photos
LOST AND FOUND
Boulder City’s Skinny Bar brings back forgotten history
Alcohol has always been a taboo in Boulder City. When the town was created by a federal company in 1931, alcohol sales were not allowed. That policy stayed in place until 1969, well after the end of Prohibition.
That didn’t stop Hoover Dam workers from going just outside Boulder City limits to places like Railroad Pass Casino and Stagecoach Saloon. Based on a loosely documented history, the Stagecoach rst opened in 1932, changed locations several times through the ’60s and closed on U.S. 93 around 2008.
“People would ride their Harleys in. There were gun ghts in there. It was a rowdy kind of bar,” says Grant Turner, a born-and-raised Boulder City resident and restaurateur.
“I went in there with a buddy the night before it got torn down. ... A month later, I’m walking down the streets of Boulder City, and this guy pulls up in a atbed truck, and he has the old antique wood bar. I’m 22. He says, ‘I’ll sell you this bar for $23,000.’ I don’t have $23,000. I don’t have anywhere to put a bar. I lamented never getting my hands on that bar.”
Long story short, Turner tracked down the bar at a trailer park years later, eventually bought it and set out to rehabilitate it for his new concept, Skinny Bar. But by some misunderstanding with one of his workers, “a bar from 1880 built in Norway that had gone around the world,” was accidentally cut into pieces.
“We ended up salvaging, completely rebuilding. The ornate stu , we had to glue it onto a piece of wood and send it to this company for them to scan it and carve it out of white oak,” he says. “When you look at it, you wouldn’t know what’s original and what’s new. It just looks more beautiful than ever.”
The piece of history now serves as the centerpiece of Skinny Bar. And that’s not the only nod to Boulder City’s past.
On Skinny Bar’s rooftop, the Cement Slipper speakeasy’s name was inspired by stories of mob assasination tactics, which resurfaced in 2022 when a barrel with human remains was found washed up on Lake Mead’s shores. – Shannon Miller
Photos by Christopher DeVargas
Grant Turner
Year of the Snake cocktail
LET’SKEEPTHAT TICKERTICKING
IN THE NEWS
COLORADO RIVER STATES MISS DEADLINE TO COME
The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time Saturday to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo released a joint statement calling on Upper Basin states—Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming—to offer more concessions.
“The Colorado River is essential to our communities and economies, and our states have conserved large volumes of water in recent years to stabilize the basin’s water supplies for years to come,” the governors said.
“Our stance remains firm and fair: all seven basin states must share in the
UP WITH LONG-TERM USAGE PLAN
responsibility of conservation.”
Arizona, California and Nevada have offered to decrease Colorado River allocation by 27%, 10% and 17%, respectively.
The states previously missed a November deadline set by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to devise a strategy for when current guidelines expire this year.
Over 40 million people across these states, Mexico and Native American tribes rely on Colorado River water. The river is crucial to farming and provides water and electricity for millions. Major cities including Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles are big consumers.
Chronic overuse, drought and rising temperatures linked to climate change
have reduced water flows. The 1922 Colorado River Compact was based on water amounts that don’t exist today, especially with long-term drought.
Negotiations have continued for over two years. If no consensus is reached, the federal government could impose a plan that may result in litigation.
Scientists recently found snow cover in the West at its lowest in decades. Normally spanning 460,000 square miles, this year it covers only 155,000 square miles, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. –Las Vegas Sun Staff
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Developer pairs apartments with ‘transformative’ community space
Cherry Development is building a five-story, 104-unit apartment building in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside. The company will debut its interest list for prospective tenants at the city-backed Love on Jackson Block Party on February 21. Eighty-four units are designated “workforce housing” with rents starting at $1,275 per month.
“ShareWestside is a partnership with the Historic Westside community for us, and we want the [people] to have the first chance to join our interest list about leasing opportunities when they open this spring,” Sam Cherry, CEO of Cherry Development, said in a statement.
The company has also announced a February 25 groundbreaking for The Good Word Social Club, a “first of its kind gathering space” expected to bring dining, entertainment and “community-focused programming” together at D and Jefferson streets. –Shannon Miller
MUSIC FOR A CAUSE
Keep Memory Alive honored music legend Kenny Loggins at the 30th anniversary Power of Love gala on February 14 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The annual event benefits the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and its mission to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of brain disease. (Courtesy Brian Steffy/Getty Images)
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UNLV ALUMNI BECOME FIRST FILM TEAM TO JOIN FELLOWSHIP
A team of UNLV alumni have been selected to create a “proof-of-concept” for their debut feature film for UNLV’s Filmmaker Vision Lab, a program designed to help students collaborate with established filmmakers. Ryan LeBoeuf, Cody LeBoeuf and Rachel Alterman—who after graduating from UNLV worked on high-profile projects like Blade Runner 2049 and Viena and the Fantomes—will return to campus to lead a team-based semester of the incubator program. Their horror-based dark comedy project, It Came From the Swamp, marks their first debut as a group –Amber Sampson
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LITHIUM LOOP
A massive new mine highlights Nevada’s place at the center of the U.S. lithium push
BY TYLER SCHNEIDER
You may not know exactly what lithium is, but your life probably wouldn’t be the same without it. The lightweight metal is the secret ingredient in the batteries that power everything from phones and tablets to solar panels and electric vehicles. And while it’s relatively abundant, the United States produces less than 1% of the global supply today—far behind world leaders like Australia, Chile and China.
Nevada, which has some of the largest lithium deposits in the world, is at the center of the national push to shore up that gap. It currently produces all of the country’s raw lithium from a single site in Esmeralda County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But more projects are in the works. By late 2027, a massive new mine near the state’s northern border is expected to start producing eight times as much annually—or enough to power 800,000 electric vehicles.
But that $3 billion project, known as Thacker Pass, has also become a ashpoint. Last fall, the Trump administration restructured a Biden-approved $2.26 billion loan to Lithium Americas—the Canadian company developing it—in exchange for a 5% equity stake. The move raised questions about
Thacker Pass in Orovada, Nevada, April 2022.
(Photo by Wade Vandervort)
government overreach and who really stands to gain from a future lithium boom. It’s also located on land that’s considered sacred by Indigenous tribes, while construction has triggered disputes over water rights and environmental concerns.
Tim Crowley, vice president of government and external a airs at Lithium Americas and a native Nevadan, says the company has handled these challenges responsibly. The company reached a private water settlement with a local rancher in August and committed more than $5 million to help the nearby Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe build a community center. In Crowley’s perspective, Nevada is at the precipice of a new mining frontier, and Thacker Pass is a crucial benchmark.
“As a country, we’re not even really on the playing eld right now,” Crowley says. “We make about 5,000 tons of lithium carbonate a year now, all in Nevada. Thacker Pass will produce about 40,000 tons a year, but it still doesn’t ful ll the U.S. needs. We’re going to need many more projects, but materially, it’s a big step in the right direction.”
WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEVADA
Gov. Joe Lombardo sees an opportunity to diversify Nevada’s economy, noting last year that lithium represents “salvation for the state.” In a joint September statement with Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei, the pair called Thacker Pass “the single most signi cant opportunity to build a secure, reliable North American lithium supply chain.”
It helps that Nevada is already active in all seven stages of that supply chain—from exploration and mining to manufacturing and recycling. According to a 2022 report by UNLV research-
ers, the state employs more than 9,000 across the entire process, including over 60% of the nation’s lithium-ion battery jobs. That number could soon surge, as the report estimates that the global battery industry will grow to $115 billion by 2030—a 422% increase from 2020.
As CEO of the Nevada-based American Battery Technology Company—which both re nes lithium and recycles batteries— Ryan Melsert has front row seats to the supply chain.
“We’re getting close to being self-sustaining on the vehicle and battery manufacturing side. But for the materials that go into the batteries, there’s close to zero production in the U.S.,” he says. “It’s just about addressing that imbalance, because right now it’s kind of created a bottleneck for facilities that aren’t able to source their minerals domestically.”
Projects like Thacker Pass, which Crowley says will sta 350 full-time employees when it opens, plus another mine called Rhyolite Ridge that was approved in 2024 but has yet to start construction, will also indirectly spur additional job growth in other sectors of Nevada’s lithium industry.
To prepare for that future, state o cials have supported major initiatives like the University of Nevada Reno’s Nevada Tech Hub, which awarded $15.5 million in grants last year to help build a talent pipeline that can meet Nevada’s current and future lithium needs.
“I absolutely think the potential is there for [Nevada] to become a world leader,” deputy director Jennifer Ott says. “We have a lot of great companies that are working in all parts of the supply chain, but we also do have some gaps. Historically, this has been a global industry. Now, the focus really is on trying to see if all of that can be domestic.”
TRIBAL OPPOSITION
Not everyone is convinced the bene ts of the lithium economy are evenly distributed.
Shelley Harjo, former treasurer of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, says the land at Thacker Pass—known to her people as Peehee Mu’huh—is worth far more than money. It includes the now-sacred site of an 1865 massacre of their sleeping ancestors by the U.S. army.
“It was once used as a prayer place, as a lookout for scouts and for obsidian to make tools for our people,” Harjo says. “It’s like a graveyard to us now.”
She says Thacker Pass continues to divide the tribe’s 1,200 members, including the 300 or so who live on an impoverished reservation that lacks both signi cant economic drivers and sustainable water infrastructure. Some believe the infusion of funds from Lithium Americas could o er relief, but Harjo isn’t sure.
“My people are the ones that are in the sacri ce zone right now, and many don’t even know it, because a lot of them don’t necessarily get o of the reservation,” she says. “That mentality of economic viability has clouded some of our people’s minds. We’re dealing with outside entities who want to come in and destroy our land—o ering us pennies while they’re taking out billions.”
Crowley says that Lithium Americas continues to work with the tribe in good faith. In December, they renegotiated a 2022 community bene ts agreement with tribal leaders to allow them to utilize the company’s $5 million contribution to potentially bring in far more than just the originally planned community center and childcare facility. Ideas include healthcare services, senior housing and rebuilding its lone gas station, which burned down in
2020. Crowley believes that plan is viable.
Still, Harjo’s concerns extend to how the project could impact the environment and the tribe’s longterm health.
“We know what a little bit of lithium could do to the body, but we don’t really know what a lot more could do. We’ve already got a high rate of cancer, and I also worry about the water, land and air contamination,” she says.
WHAT’S NEXT?
As work on Thacker Pass continues, Crowley says some challenges remain. Trump’s tari s have increased costs and forced the company to tap into additional funding sources. Meanwhile, Trump’s decision to end the federal electric vehicle tax credit program last summer has driven U.S. demand for EVs down at a time when the international market is still “red hot.”
It’s also di cult to get a new project o the ground in the rst place. Thacker Pass was in the works for nearly 20 years before the federal investment and a $900 million partnership with General Motors made construction possible.
“Nevada is absolutely the heart of U.S. battery development,” Crowley says. “We’ve got all the components here, but I think it’s important for the public to know this is not a one-year endeavor. It takes decades.”
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DJ Jazlyn Rich builds on her father Chris Richardson’s basketball legacy
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BY TYLER SCHNEIDER
Jazlyn Richardson was a sixth grader at Sedway Middle School when her father, Chris Richardson—a 28-yearold former UNLV basketball star and member of the touring Harlem Globetrotters—died unexpectedly in his sleep at a Japanese hotel.
Some of her earliest memories revolve around attending his games, doing her homework in the basketball gym, or the pride she felt when he’d visit her at school for parent’s day. And after a long tour, he’d always surprise her at the front door and take her out to spend the whole day together.
“He really was just the best dad on the planet,” she says. “I really don’t think I would be where I am today without him.”
That sentiment is far from superfluous. Now 28 herself, Richardson has in many ways been living both of their dreams, ever since the Globetrotters reached out to see if she’d like to become the official team DJ in 2023. After a few years of local gigs as DJ Jazlyn Rich, the offer cemented her decision to pursue music fulltime.
“I immediately called my mom, and she was like, you have to do it,” she says. “It felt like such an alignment, because DJing was still just a hobby
and never my first career choice. For me to now experience everything my dad used to do, it’s kind of like once he left this world, my world turned into his.”
Now in her fourth tour—and the Globetrotters’ 100th season—Richardson will be on the road through late April, pumping up the crowd during pre-game warmups and punctuating their on-court feats in an anniversary campaign that celebrates much more than just the team’s iconic fusion of athleticism and entertainment.
The early Globetrotters paved the way in the segregation era for nearly a quarter-century before alumni Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton became the first Black player to sign an NBA contract in 1950. All-time great Wilt Chamberlain also toured with the team for a season ahead of his NBA debut in 1959.
Richardson relishes the chance to blend her father’s contributions to that legacy with her own journey behind the turntables. In the process, she frequently discovers new “Easter eggs” that remind her of him.
“They have a play named after him called C-Rich, which is where I got my DJ name from. And whenever they call it out, I play an instrumental of one of his favorite songs, ‘Big Pimpin’’ by Jay Z,” she says. “They also recently showed a clip of them doing ball han-
dling tricks from the year he died, and you can see my dad’s initials stitched on the jerseys.
“The fact that I still find new hidden gems about him when he’s not here is part of what makes what I’m doing so special. It truly feels like it was God’s plan for me to be here.”
The western branch of the Globetrotter tour stops in Henderson at Lee’s Family Forum on February 26, but Richardson won’t be back home yet—she’ll be in Pennsylvania with the other touring team.
But her music career is also heating up in Las Vegas. In 2022, she performed at an afterparty hosted by Usher—an artist she and her father both revered. And she’s planning an upcoming regional tour for her ongoing pop and hip-hop party series, Sincerely Nostalgia.
No matter what Richardson’s future holds, her father’s spirit will continue to live on through her passion and purpose.
“I just can’t make this up. It really is a story that has already been written for me,” she says. “My life could have taken a completely different turn once my dad passed away, but I want people to know that it does get better. The most important thing is to just stay true to yourself, continue to remain inspired and always remember to cherish the people around you.”
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Tub Club celebrates the spontaneous spirit of classic burlesque at Doberman
BY SHANNNON MILLER
There are a lot of things in the Doberman that you might not expect to see in an Arts District cocktail bar: antique chandeliers, cases of dead butterflies, taxidermized deer heads ... a bathtub.
“The moody decor makes it the perfect vibe. There’s literally dark corners everywhere where you might get caught kissing. It’s kind of naughty and just screamed burlesque. The place really makes you feel like you go back in time,” says burlesque producer and dancer Raquel Reed.
The creator of the annual Sin City Burlesque Festival and wildly successful burlesque variety show The Jiggle Room launched Tub Club in January.
The new monthly production is a departure from choreographed acts, instead emphasizing the kind of improvisation you might see in scenes like New Orleans or New York.
“I started my career in New York winging it to a live band. ... When I got into cabaret, I was in set routines and ended up in Vegas. But I really missed that aspect of free-flowing burlesque. That’s honestly what burlesque
was in the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. Classic burlesque has no choreography, just pure feeling,” Reed says. “I wanted to make something where everyone can come in. I can change up the cast with a lot of big names coming through town. It’s something people can have fun with and live their best classic life.”
Pure feeling was on full display at the January installment of Tub Club, where Reed and Ginger Watson individually worked Doberman’s cavernous yet cozy space. In between singer Coco Lamar’s intoxicating renditions of “I Put a Spell on You” and “Killing Me Softly,” the dancers disrobed from their glamorous costumes while moving through two separate rooms—bumping and grinding on the occasional unsuspecting onlooker along the way. At the end of each number, the dancers slipped into a vintage claw-foot tub, reveling in confetti, dollar bills, hoots and hollers.
The cast changes each month. On the February 23 lineup is singer Mimi Meow and LA-based burlesque dancer Moxie Gold. Reservations are required and come with a two-drink minimum. Reed says her ultimate goal is to provide a space for performers to break away from structure and have an intimate, riotous time with the audience.
“I want to inspire people to get in the tub at the end. Take some pictures. Make it a thing,”
Reed says.
Raquel Reed (Courtesy/Radiant Inc)
HEALING THE HEART Thru March 28, Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m., free. Nuwu Art Gallery, nuwuart.com.
“Que Divina es la Tierra” by Haide Calle
(Photo by Wade Vandervort)
Sacred surroundings
Nuwu Art Gallery’s Healing the Heart exhibit praises the undeniable power of ecology
BY GABRIELA RODRIGUEZ
Since 2022, the Nuwu Art Gallery and Community Center has housed some of the city’s most honest and re ective work by artists from historically underserved communities. With Healing the Heart, curator Fawn Douglas continues that legacy, inviting viewers into a layered exploration of plant ecology that’s grounded in Indigenous knowledge, community care and lived experience.
Included in the ongoing Weaving Our Culture series, the show features 17 artists examining the link between environmental care and collective well-being.
greens. The jungle itself isn’t so much a backdrop as it is the bloodstream of the piece.
Now, whether the jaguar has consumed the medicine isn’t clear, but it hardly matters. What radiates from the paper is heightened instinct, a communion with unseen realms and a reminder that ecology can stand as a covenant.
royalty, Caribbean resistance and con-
pastel work that hums is from afar and up close.
On the right-hand wall hangs Jesus Gonzalez’s “Yagé” (2025), a 24-by-18-inch soft pastel work that hums with feral color. The jaguar, muscled and alert beneath a starpricked sky, is less predator and more of a protector. In Indigenous cosmologies, yagé (more widely known as ayahuasca) is a plant of medicine, a spiritual detonator, and Gonzalez roots his composition in that lineage. The feline serves as the guardian of the sacred vine. It stands at the center of the living system, in this case centered in the riotous foliage of electric blues and
Across the gallery, Faye Ahubo Lenore’s “Fleur-de-Lys” (2025) transforms dyed corn husk and canvas into an intricate meditation on lineage and contradiction. The large work reclaims a symbol that has traversed French royalty, Caribbean resistance and contested Canadian homelands. Lenore holds both the oppressor and the oppressed within her ancestry, rendering the eur-de-lys as a prayer for reconciliation. Formed with this ancient material, the iris becomes an emblem of resilience and a vessel for grief, asking future generations to inherit pathways toward healing. The piece is equally breathtaking from afar and up close.
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Light painter DariusTwin illuminates the roads less traveled for The Neon in Nature Series at Nevada State Museum
BY AMBER SAMPSON
Exploring the great outdoors often resparks that sense of joy we experienced as kids playing in our own backyards. It’s that sense of discovery that pushes us toward that next new bit of open-air awe. So when Travel Nevada approached acclaimed light painting photographer Darren Pearson about capturing some of Nevada’s most secluded scenery over a weeklong road trip, how could he resist?
Then there is Haide Calle’s “Que Divina es la Tierra” (2026), an installation of pastel pink painted ceramics, palm leaves, husks and thread rising from the oor like a quiet uprising. Informed by her Otomi heritage and the dislocation of living in the United States, Calle conjures morphing bodies and maguey forms from repurposed debris. What’s cut away becomes sacred again. The e ect is tender, almost childlike, and steeped in intent. It invites viewers to reconsider waste, belonging and the evolving narratives embedded in land.
the oor like a quiet uprising. Informed by her Otomi heritage and
“There’s so many ghost towns in this state that make for really nice places for photographers to capture,” says Pearson, who works under the artist moniker DariusTwin. “There’s also vast landscapes, starry skies, the roads go on forever, and some of these locations are just like playgrounds for a photographer.”
THE NEON IN NATURE SERIES
Thru April 6, Thursday-Monday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $10-$20. Nevada State Museum, lasvegasnv museum.org
The Neon in Nature Series, Pearson’s first museum exhibition in the United States, combines his playful light painting process with the barren beauty of the Nevada desert. By using long exposure photography, he’s able to draw detailed figures, from electric green aliens to glowing dinosaurs, with LED light, immortalizing them in the photograph.
Pearson’s light paintings pop up in many unexpected places. His trek to the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel led him to draw a technicolor cow levitating above asphalt in mid-abduction. And in the historic mining town of Nelson, he paints two skeletal lovers locked in an eternal embrace within a western chapel.
The exhibition, now on display at Nevada State Museum through April 6, compels us to see our beautiful home in a whole new light.
I was in Tokyo recently and took the eating seriously. Sushi at Tsukiji Market, steaming bowls of ramen, melonpan straight out of the oven—when it comes to culinary pleasures, Japan is an endless adventure.
One of my favorite bites? The egg sandos from 7-Eleven, which have reached legend status thanks to social media. These perfect little triangles of u y white bread cradling clouds of creamy egg salad are available 24/7, and when I was wide awake at 4 a.m. jet-lagged and hungry, I simply got one next door from my hotel.
I’ve been chasing that little sando wonder ever since landing back in Vegas. Which brings me to Gyu+, the Japanese sando shop that’s been making waves in Chinatown since October 2024 and just opened its second location in the southwest Valley.
The story starts with Freddie
Paloma and Luis De Santos, managing partners at Elevate Hospitality Group, who spent years traveling to Japan plotting how to bring authentic Japanese food to Las Vegas. When the pandemic hit in 2020, they saw an opportunity. Gyu+ launched out of a cloud kitchen and social media did its thing. Demand quickly outpaced capacity, forcing a move to a larger shared kitchen with Italio. By October 2024, they were ready for a brick-and-mortar in Chinatown, complete with Gyu+ Social Lounge, an intimate Japanese speakeasy built into the space.
The southwest expansion continues that trajectory. “We’re thrilled to expand our footprint in Las Vegas,” Paloma says.
The menu begins with shokupan, the soft Japanese milk bread that serves as the basis for the signature crustless sandwiches. The Spicy Chicken Katsu Sando ($14) features panko-crusted chicken thigh with spicy mayo cabbage slaw, pickled daikon and carrot and tonkatsu sauce. The Steak Sando ($24) ups the ante with a half-pound of beef let, onion jam and secret sauce.
Then there’s the Japanese Wagyu Sando ($99), where the restaurant’s name, “gyu,” is derived. It’s a half-pound of A5 Japanese Wagyu let with onion jam, secret sauce, housemade Russet potato kettle chips with tru e salt and thyme, plus dessert. It’s a fantastic sandwich worth the splurge.
Of course, the Egg Sando ($12), for me, is the reason to come.
This version, with diced Jidori eggs, Kewpie mayo and secret sauce, is fancier than the Japanese 7-Eleven version and rises to a whole new level when accompanied by the house-made togarashi potato chips ($6).
Gyu+ ts into a broader shift toward Japanese food gaining traction in Las Vegas beyond sushi. The Chinatown location already proves there’s an appetite, judging by the weekend lines. The southwest expansion o ers a larger, brighter dining space with a more expansive menu.
I still think about those 7-Eleven egg sandos at 4 a.m., but at least now I don’t have to wait for my next trip to Tokyo to get my x.
Wagyu Sando (Photo by Wade Vandervort)
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TOM DEVLIN’S MONSTER MUSEUM | BOULDER CITY | FEBRUARY 2, 2026
In this macabre museum dedicated to honoring the art of horror movie makeup, classic monsters like Nosferatu greet you at the door. Step into this winding, film-history time warp and encounter a Frankenstein’s monster that would make Boris Karloff himself jump. Leatherface and Michael Myers represent the slashers of the ’70s while Freddy Krueger and Ash from Evil Dead cover the ’80s. Apparently, there’s a version of Jason Voorhees for every Friday the 13th movie he’s been in. Pinhead and their gaggle of Hellraisers invite you to play with their puzzle box. From behind the glass case they’re displayed in, Chucky and his bride plot to murder you. In the room I like to call the “clown room,” an It and Killer Klowns from Outer Space crossover becomes a reality. The girl from The Exorcist, the T-1000 from Terminator 2, Beetlejuice—they can all be found under one roof in quaint and quiet Boulder City. –Shannon Miller
